The Straits Times, 12 February 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Medical Council rapped
      51 1 THE Singapore Medical Council was rebuked by the Court of Three Judges, which quashed its decision to punish a doctor for misconduct. The judges also said the disciplinary process had left much to be desired, with the committee tying itself up in “intricate legal knots”. HOME PAGE
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      Lock icon Antasari gets 18 years
      33 1 INDONESIA’S former anti-graft chief Antasari Azhar was convicted of plotting the murder of a businessman and sentenced to 18 years in prison. WORLD PAGE A10 r V s J
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      Lock icon Iran marks anniversary
      45 1 IRAN has produced its first batch of highly enriched uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced yesterday on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marked the event which also saw clashes between police and protesters. WORLD PAGE A18
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      Lock icon Winter Games: Team Asia
      61 1 CHINA and South Korea will spearhead Asia’s chances at the Winter Olympics, which begin today. Both are sending their biggest delegations to a Winter Games China will have 91 athletes in Vancouver while the Koreans have 45. They aim to shine in a variety of disciplines
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      Lock icon Barang Barang closes
      52 1 FALLING sales and high costs have sent furniture retailer Barang Barang to the wall and forced it to shut its shops here and in Malaysia. The chain’s approximately 50 employees will likely be laid off although some will be retained temporarily to handle the remaining furniture. PRIME
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    Lock icon S’pore wants Romanian diplomat to return
    819 1  -  FATAL HIT-AND-RUN CASE BY SUJIN THOMAS Additional reporting by Teh Joo Lin sujint@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has asked for the Romanian Embassy’s charge d’affaires, Dr Silviu Ionescu, to be present when an inquiry into a fatal accident last year, in which he is suspected of involvement,
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    Lock icon Casino, theme park to open on CNY... with a catch
    721 1  -  BY LIM WEI CHEAN, JESSICA LIM, TESSA WONG Additional reporting by Jennani Durai THE casino and theme park at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) will open on Sunday, the first day of the Chinese New Year but there is a catch.
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      83 1 Really nice people in Africa, says author LIFE! PAGE C4 London’s curry murder Double-duty wear for Feb 14 IN URBAN PRIME, PAGE A9 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg If K Si O TIFFANY&CO TIFFANY KEYS
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        Lock icon Oh not again, when Sri Lanka is mending
        83 2 WE SAY Sri Lanka should be focused on rebuilding itself after a quarter century of civil strife. But the postelection rancour of the re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa acting against his rival, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, on allegations of abuse of his uniform
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        Lock icon Getting things done
        26 2 COLUMNS A group of technocrats has proven to be effective in changing the way Indonesia’s bureaucracy works, says Bruce Gayle. REVIEW PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Striking a balance
        30 2 Developing a suitable language curriculum for Singapore entails striking a balance between a grammarbased and a meaning-focused approach, say Russell Cross and Trevor Gale. REVIEW PAGE A20
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        Lock icon Go for nuclear option?
        46 2 OUR READERS SAY Tso Chih Ping says going nuclear is now a favourable option for Singapore; Peter C.N. Hardstone, on the other hand, believes harnessing solar and wind energy may be more suitable, given the country’s location and climate. FORUM PAGE A23
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com Nirmal Ghosh shares his travel experience to the heartland of Thailand’s Red Shirts.
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      Lock icon Netizens the new vigilante citizenry
      963 2  -  Cyberspace influenced the authorities’ thinking in handling Pastor Tan BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg WHEN the now infamous video clips of Pastor Rony Tan and two former Buddhists were first uploaded on his church’s website two weeks ago, it seemed a routine act. After all, clips
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      Lock icon Man charged with sexual grooming of underage girls
      443 3  -  He is first here to be charged with meeting young girls with intent to have sex with them BY ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MALAYSIAN stall assistant became the first man here to be accused of sexual grooming a charge which
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      Lock icon First aerial photos of Sept 11 attack released
      281 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was released this week, offering a chilling reminder of the catastrophic events of Sept 11, 2001. The images were taken from a police helicopter by the only
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; Photo By Det Greg Semendinger NYC Police Aviation Unit; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  281 words
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      Lock icon GIC may have 70% paper loss on UBS
      599 4  -  It will convert $14.5b of notes to shares at price that would show loss BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) will convert its 11 billion Swiss francs (S$14.5 billion) worth of UBS notes at a price that
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      Lock icon Barang Barang furniture shops close
      600 4  -  BY ESTHER TEO FALLING sales and high costs have sent furniture retailer Barang Barang to the wall and forced it to shut its shops here and in Malaysia. The chain’s approximately 50 employees will likely be laid off although some will be retained temporarily to
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      Lock icon RWS ‘openings’ irk tour agents
      618 6  -  Agents unable to close sales of travel packages to partially open resort BY BY JESSICA LIM, TESSA WONG limjess@sph.com.sg twong@sph.com.sg TRAVEL agents booed and hissed. But many other Singaporeans cheered. That, in a nutshell, was the reaction to news yesterday that Resorts World Sentosa (RWS)
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      Lock icon MFA: Ionescu made serious allegations in TV interview
      400 8  -  It says his claim of a set-up is a grave accusation against S’pore Govt’s integrity BY CAROLYN QUEK carolynq@sph.com.sg DR SILVIU Ionescu made very serious allegations against the integrity of the Singapore Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday. In
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      Lock icon Envoy claims he was framed
      594 8  -  BY JONATHAN EYAL ROMANIAN diplomat Silviu Ionescu has said in media reports back home that the hit-and-run accident was staged by the Singapore authorities against him. The local police tried to stage a similar accident against him in 2007, he added in an interview with
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      Lock icon Ministry seeks Romanian Embassy’s full cooperation
      861 8 MFA S P O KE S MAN S CO MMENT S IN RESPONSE to media queries on developments in the two hit-and-run traffic accidents on Dec 15, 2009 that involved the Romanian Embassy vehicle S3401CD, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesman said: “The
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      Lock icon Woman kills lover using powerful poison
      676 9 She targeted lover and his fiancee weeks before the couple were to wed LONDON CURRY MURDER BBC REUTERS LONDON: A woman whose secret lover of 16 years was preparing to marry a younger woman on Valentine’s Day last year poisoned his curry. Mr Lakhvinder
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      Lock icon Appeal court overturns woman’s conviction
      435 9 HK MILKSHAKE MURDER REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: The highest court in Hong Kong yesterday quashed the conviction of an American woman, whose trial riveted the territory with tales of marital violence, adultery and greed. Nancy Kissel was dubbed the “milkshake murderer” and
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, APPLE DAILY  -  435 words
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      Lock icon Antasari gets 18 years for murder
      1416 10  -  Former anti-graft chief to appeal; three others jailed five to 15 years MAFIA-STYLE KILLING OVER SEX SCANDAL IN INDONESIA BY SALIM OSMAN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT salim@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Indonesia’s former antigraft chief Antasari Azhar was sentenced to 18 years’ jail yesterday after he was found guilty
      PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: POLDA METRO JAYA  -  1,416 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      116 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Anwar accuser stuns court MOST COMMENTED ON Banker caught looking at sexy photos. Says Eagle2004: “I am sure looking at nude or scantily clad women from e-mail attachments happens worldwide every day in many offices. It just so
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      Lock icon Mainland mums skewing HK sex ratio
      542 11 More boys born in HK because of mainlanders’ preference for males HONG KONG: More boys are being born in Hong Kong as more mainland women give birth to preponderantly male babies here, causing the sex ratio among the city’s young to widen, local experts
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      Lock icon Fonseka calls for calm as tensions grow
      619 12 India urges fair trial; US denies funding arrested general’s presidential campaign AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka has appealed for calm, his wife said yesterday, even as neighbour India urged Colombo to conduct
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  619 words
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      Lock icon Surprise Beijing nod for Nimitz visit to HK
      463 12 HONG KONG: Beijing has approved a visit to Hong Kong by the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier battlegroup next week, a Hong Kong newspaper reported yesterday. The approval has raised many eyebrows given Beijing’s recent vow to suspend bilateral military exchanges and impose
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s first sub unfit for diving
      333 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first submarine, a European-made Scorpene delivered last September, has developed problems that make it unfit for diving, Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told reporters yesterday. The KD Tunku Abdul Rahman sailed in to a grand reception last year as
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      Lock icon Rulers: Settle ‘Allah’ issue immediately
      299 12 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s rulers want the controversy over the use of the word “Allah” by Christians to be resolved immediately. Speaking at the end of the Conference of Rulers, they expressed concern that “this issue, unless resolved immediately, will undermine the sanctity of Islam
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      Lock icon Mongolian case: PI says ‘no’ to meeting in S’pore
      222 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Elusive private investigator P. Balasubramaniam has declined to meet the Malaysian Anti-Cor-ruption Commission (MACC) in Singapore to give testimony about allegations surrounding the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. He is the MACC’s key witness in its probe into allegations
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    • Clouds over economy
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        Lock icon Thailand: Risk-shy firms plus political woes hurt growth
        705 14  -  BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: A lack of enterprise among Thailand’s business community is clouding the country’s economic prospects, which have been battered by longstanding political upheaval. Private economists said the reluctance among Thai businessmen and entrepreneurs to take
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        Lock icon Malaysia: Negative reports over ‘self-inflicted problems’
        837 14  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: As Prime Minister Najib Razak comes up to his first anniversary in office in April, the optimism generated in his first few months is dissipating. In the last few months, Malaysia has been assailed by
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      Lock icon Toyota could face US class action suit
      596 16 Lawyers hope to consolidate claims that recalls cost customers billions ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Lawyers with nearly two dozen firms around the United States hope to consolidate their claims that Toyota’s recalls have cost customers billions of dollars. Mr Tim Howard, a Northeastern
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      Lock icon Heaviest snow in a century hits US east coast
      541 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Massive snowfall and blinding winds blasted Washington and much of America’s east coast as the United States capital struggled with the latest storm in its most difficult winter in memory. Initially dubbed “Snowmageddon” by the media,
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG  -  541 words
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      Lock icon Britain shuts door on prisoners’ Facebook taunts
      302 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Britain has secured the removal of 30 Facebook pages used by prisoners after reports that they were being used to taunt victims. Justice Secretary Jack Straw yesterday told the BBC that he approached the social networking site three weeks ago
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      Lock icon Iran now a nuclear state, says President
      684 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES It produces highly enriched uranium as it marks anniversary of 1979 revolution TEHERAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed that Iran has produced its first batch of highly enriched uranium in defiance of the West, as his country marked
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Death of apartheid celebrated
        108 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS DRAKENSTEIN (South Africa): South Africans yesterday celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid’s death knell 20 years ago: Mr Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in jail. Thousands gathered for commemorations near Cape Town at what was known in 1990 as Victor Verster
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        Lock icon Red grapes, choc kill cancer
        120 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONG BEACH (California): Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented yesterday. Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soya bean and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies, Angiogenesis Foundation head William Li said
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        Lock icon Charlie Wilson dies
        110 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Mr Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman who championed covert Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) support for Afghans fighting Soviet troops in the 1980s, has died. He was 76. Mr Wilson became an influential player in the Cold War, funnelling billions of dollars
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        Lock icon Drugs passed off as Chinese tea
        91 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police seized RM9 million (S$3.7 million) worth of syabu (methamphetamine) on Tuesday, scoring their biggest single seizure of the drug in more than 10 years. They arrested four people who tried to smuggle out 36kg of the
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        Lock icon Zero-rupee note to fight graft
        113 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: An Indian lobby group has launched a novel anti-corruption tool the zero-rupee note that can be handed over to any crooked bureaucrat seeking a little extra payment. The protest note literally worth only the paper it is printed on is being
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        Lock icon Ma’s adviser quits over US beef
        119 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s right-hand man announced his resignation yesterday after becoming embroiled in a row on the ban of certain United States beef imports. National Security Council chief Su Chi, an adviser to Mr Ma on foreign affairs and China
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        Lock icon Designer McQueen found dead
        57 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home yesterday. He was 40 years old. Company spokeswoman Samantha Garrett said the body was found in the morning, but that she had no information “in terms of circumstances”. Police said the
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      113 16 I When you're at the movies, we want you to send us photos of yourself with your instant reviews. Stand next to the poster of the movie you've watched, strike a pose and let your fingers do the rating. One to five fingers one for really poor and five if
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Oh not again, when Sri Lanka is mending
      422 19 THOSE who wish Sri Lanka well and there are many in Singapore would be permitted a deep sigh after this week’s unhappy developments. A quarter-cen-tury’s violent insurgency is over, tourists are flocking back, stock prices have risen, the economy is expanding and
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      Lock icon Fight cyber threats with common sense
      867 19  -  FOREIGN MATTERS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg THREATS in the cyber domain surfaced again recently, when Google alleged that Chinabased hackers had broken into its computer networks. Such occurrences are not new. According to the US-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
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      Lock icon Blue and green: The colours of success
      810 19  -  MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg GLANCE at the newspaper headlines both inside and outside Indonesia these days and you could be forgiven for thinking that the first 100 days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second
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        Lock icon Time to find a balance between two extremes
        806 20  -  LANGUAGE LEARNING BY RUSSELL CROSS,TREVOR GALE Russell Cross is a lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne, and Trevor Gale is director of Australia’s National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, hosted at the University of South
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        Lock icon Don’t put climate science on ice
        818 20  -  BY ACHIM STEINER The writer is executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, which co-hosts the IPCC. PROJECT SYNDICATE THE science of climate change has been on the defensive in recent weeks, owing to an error that dramatically overstated the rate at which
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        Lock icon Ukraine’s zig-zag step towards independence
        792 20  -  BY TIMOTHY GARTON ASH The writer is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. UKRAINE is not yet lost. Yes, it’s a gobsmacking reversal that Mr Viktor Yanukovich, whose election fraud in the country’s 2004
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        Lock icon An emerged India... or a submerged Asia
        1023 21  -  A new book unveils Singapore’s long courtship of India driven largely by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Drawing from eight long conversations with Mr Lee, author Sunanda Datta-Ray chronicles the ups and downs and twists and turns of the relationship between the Asian
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      494 4  -  LEOW SI WAN EVEN as students in Singapore brush up on their Mandarin, more than 400 students from China have winged their way here for a chance to practise their Englishspeaking ability. The young visitors from the province of Jiangsu were
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      210 5 PUPILS from Xishan Primary School in Yishun were among the first to visit Changi Airport’s new aviation gallery yesterday. Apart from the fun they had with styrofoam aircraft, the children also had a chance to learn a bit more about Singapore’s aviation history and
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      376 6  -  ELENA CHONG A SINGAPORE businessman who turned violent when he was refused more alcohol during a flight has been dealt a four-week jail sentence. Jeswan Gupta Ramjee Teli was also fined $800 yesterday by District Judge Joseph Yeo for behaving in a drunken
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      485 6  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH A LAW clerk whose taste for gambling on board cruise ships sank her into debt has booked herself seven years and two months behind bars. Her offences: Forging of payment vouchers that enabled her to misappropriate $1.55 million to
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      131 8 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Reds claim derby with 10 men Terry ready for Arsenal Woods may return soon YOUR SAY Chelsea jumped to the defence of John Terry after the deposed England captain’s blunders cost his team vital points in the EPL
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      95 9  -  SOR LUAN The second countdown clock for August’s Youth Olympic Games was unveiled yesterday in the heart of Orchard Road. Eric Tan, chief operating officer of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (right) and David Ponzo, vice-president of Omega South-east Asia (left), were on hand to
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      298 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS VANCOUVER: The perceived notion that an Olympic Games have to move to a different continent has been broken, after China’s Nanjing on Wednesday won the race to host the second edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2014. Nanjing beat the only
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      651 9 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: In recent weeks, the talk about Nani was positive. His form was good, everyone remarked. Was this finally going to be the month when he became a key Manchester United player rather than just someone who occasionally popped up
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        76 10 NEW DEHLI: Lam Chih Bing surprised himself with his opening round of five-under 67 yesterday at the inaugural Avantha Masters, after recovering from a severe bout of food poisoning. “I almost couldn’t walk on the course the day before,” said the Singaporean, who was in
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        65 10 LONDON: Premier League football clubs Arsenal and Hull City were fined and warned over their future conduct on Thursday for failing to control their players in their match on Dec 19. Hull were fined £40,000 (S$88,900) and Arsenal £20,000 after players from both teams
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      530 10  -  HORSE RACING written by Craig Brennan THE first 10 meetings of the 2010 season has seen some good results coming from the new stable complex at the back of the Singapore Racecourse. Opened last November, the complex houses seven trainers and has the
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      375 10 IT may not be the richest race on tonight's nine event program at the Singapore Turf Club, but it is a race that could see the development of some potential topliners. The 365,000 Graduation Stakes over 1200m Race 8 on the nine event program has bought
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      133 10 SEAN CORMACK is the latest to join riding ranks in Singapore on a six month visiting jockey's licence. The 39-year-old South African, a rider for 20 years, has approximately 850 winners to his credit, 24 of them in "black type" races and two at Group 1
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      335 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VANCOUVER: A black slalom racer from Ghana nicknamed the “Snow Leopard”. A Canadian cross-country skier who is legally blind. A 48-year-old Argentinian in the youth-mad freestyle competition. These Winter Olympics will have their share of unique athletes. Television crews from as far as Brazil
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      177 11 SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS CHANGKAT Changi Secondary overcame Bedok View Secondary 2-1 in a thrilling contest at the Perses Centre yesterday, to be crowned Schools East Zone B Division sepak takraw champions for the third successive year. An upset looked to be on the cards as
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      330 11  -  BY CHIA JIE MIN AN AEROBIC dance routine that is all the rage in New Zealand’s primary schools looks set to take off among Singapore kids, going by the enthusiastic early response. Already, 27 primary schools with an average of 1,200
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      48 11 Amy Fearn, 31, who on Tuesday became the first woman referee to take charge of an English league football match. The touchline assistant replaced the injured referee in the 70th minute of the Championship game between Coventry and Nottingham Forest
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      560 11 Athletics Stockholm Indoor Meet (winners only) Men’s 400m: Rabah Yousif (Sud) 46.49sec. 800m: Abubaker Kaki (Sud) 1min 46.29sec. 3,000m: Augustine Choge (Ken) 7min 31.75sec. 60m hurdles: Dayron Robles (Cub) 7.49. Long jump: Viktor Kuznetsov (Ukr) 8.09m. Triple jump: Alexis Copello (Cub) 17.23. Women’s 60m: Angela Williams (USA) 7.32sec. 400m:
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      327 11  -  BY TERRENCE VOON A REPRESENTATIVE from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has urged the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) to make peace. The two sides have been at loggerheads in recent months over a variety of
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    1136 12 OBITUARIES ANG SIANG NGOH Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 10 February 2010. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Yap Teck Tee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yap Tai Seng Tan Sek Kin Yak Ji Sing Thomas Celine Tay Yap Sah Seng Larry Chia Mui Lin Catherine Yap See
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      47 14 IN BT TOMORROW Jean-Francois van Boxmeer must have one of the greatest jobs in the world. After all, he's the global chief executive officer of beer maker Heineken. In the Raffles Conversation, he talks about what it takes for a company like Heineken to stay on top.
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      590 16  -  DBS, RBS, Maybank pass reviews, can offer credit-linked notes again RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF STRUCTURED PRODUCTS BY FRANCIS CHAN franchan@sph.com.sg THE six-month ban slapped on three banks prohibiting them from selling structured products ended today after the institutions satisfied the regulator that they have
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      687 16  -  BY LORNA TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT POLICYHOLDERS of NTUC Income can expect a surprise bonus this year to commemorate its 40th anniversary. Yesterday, its chief executive Tan Suee Chieh told The Straits Times that it is likely to do “something special” for its customers to mark
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      443 16  -  BY GABRIEL CHEN DBS GROUP Holdings is Singapore’s top bank brand, according to a survey of the world’s 500 leading banking names. The Brand Finance Banking 500 report, which measures strength, risk profile and growth potential to calculate brand value, claimed DBS eclipses
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      103 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE AIG’s $140m bonus plan sparks outrage MOST COMMENTED ON Temasek to raise $1 billion in bond sale. Says goaheadbingostan: “I believe Ho Ching has done a wonderful job and is continuing to do so. Her mistakes are always
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        480 13  -  Chinese inflation lower than feared; hopes of rescue for Greece are up BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg INVESTORS breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as positive news coming out of China and Europe combined to ensure broad rises across Singapore’s share market. Lower-than-expected
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.20 billion shares worth $1.08 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 301 Losers: 130 Unchanged: 832 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials 2.04 660.37 Utilities 4.20 6.68 518.75 4.51 4.64
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          230 13 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Tokyo Nikkei 225 Wednesday’s close: 9,963.99 (+31.09) The Japanese stock market was closed for a public holiday yesterday. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 20,290.69 (+368.47) Hong Kong shares rose 1.85 per cent as sentiment improved, aided by firmer Chinese markets on easing worries over a hike
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        393 13  -  BY DAWN ZENG IMPROVED sales and higher margins across all areas of business lifted Olam International’s earnings by 53.6 per cent to $158.9 million for the quarter ended Dec 31. The buoyant three-month period the firm’s second financial quarter helped push the commodity supplier’s
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          427 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 11,2010 Top Rises Feb 11 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 334.3 2.3 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3975 114.3 2.1 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2820 74.8 1.9 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .***** 58.0 0.6 DBXT
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          406 13 Top Rises Feb 11 CENTS Capitaland.ES.1002 380 14.0 3.8 Ho Bee.ES.1002 173 10.0 6.1 F N.ES.1002 388 9.0 2.4 SIA.ES.1002 1486 8.0 0.5 Noble Grp.ES.1002 294 7.0 2.4 UOL.ES.1002 393 7.0 1.8 CityDev.ES.1002 1066 6.0 0.6 OCBC Bk.ES.1002 845 5.0 0.6 NobleGrpMBLeCW*****3 16 4.5 39.1 CoscoCorp.ES.1002 123
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          182 13 By Volume CENTS Vol Genting SP 108 1.0 0.9 114,026,000 Eastgate Tech 0.5 0.0 0.0 83,399,000 Golden Agri 52 1.0 2.0 56,785,000 ChinaHuAn 42.5 1.0 2.4 31,004,000 Ying Li 44.5 1.0 2.3 30,011,000 Oceanus 34.5 1.5 4.5 24,214,000 Sin Heng 33.5 -0.5 -1.5 23,113,000 CapitaLand 386 11.0
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          105 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 11 2010 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2420 1.2800 Can dollar 1.3290 1.3450 Euro 1.9380 1.9610 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4116 0.4125 NZ dollar 0.9790 1.0010 Sterling pound 2.2000 2.2260 US dollar 1.4080 1.4230 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          399 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 446 170 5606 CapitaLand 386 +11 ***** 386 374 1.8 10.4 ***** 189 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 180 +2 6541 181 178 4.9 20.3 5723.6
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          611 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 133 35.5 5600 Allgreen 112 unch 1630 114 112 1.8 27.3 1781.2 109 47.5 7533 AscendasIndT 97 +1 1357 98 95.5 7.8 12.9
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        556 14  -  Listing of retail development unit CapitaMalls Asia boosts results BY HARSHA JETHNANI harshamj@sph.com.sg A ONE-OFF gain as well as profits from residential developments in China, Singapore and Vietnam helped fuel a 1,036 per cent hike in profits at CapitaLand for the three months ended Dec
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        349 14  -  BY LEE YEN NEE GROWTH in key segments at conglomerate Fraser Neave (F&N) sent its net profit soaring 55.6 per cent to $138.4 million for the first quarter. Property, beverage and food all performed strongly in the three months ended Dec
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        477 14  -  BY ROBIN CHAN DESPITE a strengthening global economic recovery, Neptune Orient Lines still expects to be hit by losses during the first half of the year. Group president and chief executive Ron Widdows told investors yesterday that a better business performance
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        303 14  -  JOYCE TEO INTENSE competition kept a tight rein on profits at Nera Telecommunications last year, but the firm is offering an attractive dividend yield. NeraTel has proposed a final dividend of three cents a share, unchanged from a year ago. This works out
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        313 14  -  JOYCE TEO HIGHER exchange gains and earnings from associates delivered retailer FJ Benjamin Holdings a solid second quarter despite tough retail conditions. Net profit hit $1.7 million for the three months to Dec 31, up from $600,000 in the same period a year ago.
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      604 15 Aid may include loans to help country service debt and avoid default REUTERS BRUSSELS: European leaders struck a deal to provide financial aid to Greece yesterday, in an unprecedented move to stave off a broader crisis in the 16-nation bloc that shares
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      728 15 BLOOMBERG LONDON: “The worst possible signal which we could send out is one calling for outside help,” Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou told Bloomberg TV this week. He may be the only policymaker in the European Union who understands how disastrous a bailout
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      481 15 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The list of the biggest earners in finance usually reads like a Who’s Who of Wall Street. But these days, it reads more like a Who’s That? It turns out that some of the highest-paid financial executives
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      279 15 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS WASHINGTON: A huge wave of mortgage failures on US commercial real estate could hit next year. This could cause banks to lose up to US$300 billion (S$424 billion), imperilling lending for small businesses and threatening the country’s economic recovery,
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      672 15 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The latest export and import statistics released for the United States and China offer fresh signs that world trade is starting to recover from the global financial crisis. China said on Wednesday that its exports climbed 21
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      227 1 Playing Emily Scream fest Can Margaret Chan pull it off Bumperlistings 111 things to do this weekend Kris Allen gets lots of love C8&9 C2 C6 |)>[\%?}(]:_<}$>\`+`~"_`^~}]@^? Alexander McCall Smith, whose detective series set in Botswana has sold more than 18 million copies, tells MAGDALEN NG why he wants his
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      839 2  -  Margaret Chan comes back after 25 years at age 60 to reprise her iconic Peranakan matriarch akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Her portrayal of a Peranakan woman’s life in the iconic Singapore play Emily Of Emerald Hill had audiences crying and laughing 25 years ago. Now,
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      563 2  -  rebecca lynne tan Ten months after it was supposed to open after a six-month, $25-million makeover, The Legends Fort Canning Park is still a boarded-up construction site. The town club with 1,200 members, located at the top of Fort Canning Hill, closed
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      1461 4  -  His books set in Botswana have sold millions but it’s the people there that Alexander McCall Smith wants to showcase magdalen ng songyuan@sph.com.sg Changing the world’s perception of sub-Saharan Africa as a region of political strife, economic failure and corruption this is what Scottish author Alexander McCall
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        916 5  -  Texan rockers Midlake and English singer Corinne Bailey Rae do not shout to stand out sound bites yeow kai chai kaichai@sph.com.sg Idon’t know about you, but I got a splitting headache at the double-bill gig by two of last year’s most feted British newcomers at the Esplanade last
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          490 5  -  Boon Chan Actors often feel the need to multitask and pick up a mike as well. It is such a natural progression that it is encapsulated in the phrase “yan er you ze chang”, which means acting well and hence moving into singing. Too often, though, what
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          102 5  -  Chang Tou Liang Another year, another child prodigy turns professional. The 16-year-old American violinist Caroline Goulding’s debut recording is an enjoyable mix of Fritz Kreisler lollipops including the lesser-known but delectable Gypsy Caprice and Berceuse Romantique and unashamed Americana. A suite of familiar songs from Gershwin’s opera Porgy
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          181 5  -  Chang Tou Liang Last year, young American conductor Alan Gilbert began his tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic, which included an Asian tour that swung by Singapore. This recording of Mahler’s last completed symphony (1908-09) with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, where he was chief
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        103 6 ‘If they officially ask, I’m there. I’m just waiting. I just think it’s amazing that on American Idol those guys like Simon and my man, Randy, make so much dough from watching people that are talented’ Actor-singer Jamie Foxx (right) on taking Simon Cowell’s seat on
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        480 6  -  The American Idol could do with new material but not that it matters to his feverish teen following reviewconcert KRIS ALLEN Zirca Mega Club, Clarke Quay Wednesday eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg That it fell on a school night did not deter plenty of tween and teen
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        315 6  -  reviewconcert SARA BUECHNER PIANO RECITAL Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Wednesday chang tou liang A most interesting piano recital took place at the Conservatory on Wednesday evening. Not only was the repertoire tantalisingly different, but Sara Davis Buechner is also possibly the only transgender classical pianist in
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      1569 7  -  Clarke Quay joins in the Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown cheryl wee cherylw@sph.com.sg Peach blossoms are painting Clarke Quay a different hue this Chinese New Year. Gazing at the Singapore River, you can see the flowers gliding through the water, arranged prettily on the roofs and sides
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        6322 8 art TOP SHOT BY DANIEL COQUILLA Filipino artist Daniel Coquilla captures in detail Manila’s Chinese New Year festivities to depict the influence of Chinese settlers in the Philippines. Where: Utterly Art Exhibition Space, 229A South Bridge Road, Level 2 MRT: Chinatown When:
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        148 8 week’s picks theatre andy chen recommends Mando and Cantopop fans can have their cake and eat it too. Enjoy a clever stage production while watching up close singers Ariel Lin from Taiwan and Denise Ho (right) from Hong Kong. Man And Woman, War And
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        93 8 design tay suan chiang recommends The Making Of Yuji Kimura: Margins And Memories is an exhibition of the works of Japanese art director Yuji Kimura, who made a name in editorial design for publications such as the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. The three-week show is part of
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        65 8 music jocelyn lee recommends She is skinny and has a big voice. Stefanie Sun (right) could be Singapore’s Celine Dion. Celebrate Chinese New Year with the singer as she holds a 105-minute gig at the new Compass Ballroom in Resorts World Sentosa. Where: Resorts World Convention Centre,
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        451 8  - an hour the museum Deepika Shetty In this weekly column, we visit the museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see, if you have only an hour to spare. The Singapore Philatelic Museum celebrates the Year of the Tiger with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Danger, an exhibition of tiger
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        154 9  -  Tay Suan Chiang “Although I spend most of my weekends working, I will always steal a little time to be with my family and friends. Recent weekends have been spent going in and out of The Arts House for my latest musical, Re:Kindle Love. I’ve been spending a
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        578 12  -  magdalen ng says. songyuan@sph.com.sg Inspiration strikes at the oddest times. For theatre director Aidli Mosbit, it struck during a late-night karaoke session with friends and she got the idea for her latest mini musical, Fewling!. “We were singing the song Balqis by Siti Nurhaliza and it
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          25 12 The fourth Spider-Man movie will be filmed in 3-D and is scheduled for release on July 3, 2012, Sony Pictures said.
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          62 12 Bob Dylan’s first works on canvas went on sale yesterday in London’s Halcyon Gallery. “I’m not trying to make social comment or fulfil somebody’s vision and I can find subject matter anywhere. I guess in some way that comes out of the folk world that I
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          89 12 Film-maker Lu Chuan has disclosed that actress Tang Wei (right), who was slapped with a media ban in China for the 2007 film Lust, Caution, might have enemies in high places. He says two theories on why she was singled out were well known in
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        168 12 Whether you are celebrating romance with a loved one this Valentine’s Day, catching up with friends and family during Chinese New Year or trying to juggle both, chances are Feb 14 will be a busy day this year for many. To guide you through the doubly
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        205 12 Singapore theatre actor Lee Weng Kee (below) died two days ago, at age 55, after he was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for pneumonia three weeks ago. The veteran stage actor’s body was cremated at the Mandai Crematorium yesterday. He had a career that spanned
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        321 12 Los Angeles Michael Jackson’s full autopsy report was released on Monday, giving the coroner’s reasons why his death was ruled a homicide, and revealing that the singer was underweight, had a skin disorder and wore a wig. A day after his doctor Conrad Murray was charged
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        232 12 Agence France-Presse Beijing On her 31st birthday on Tuesday, actress Zhang Ziyi came under fire again over donations she pledged to survivors of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This time, the attacker was state broadcaster CCTV, which devoted segments on three news programmes to the
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      43 2 Jim L i am 1800-P0H HENG www.pohheng.com.sg gold Gold is a passion. For beauty and trust. You'll feel it in what we do, in who we are. In all that is Poh Heng. NOTHING IS QUITE AS PRECIOUS AS TRUST i POH HENG
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      70 4 V_yelebrate Valentine's Day and ring in the Year of the Tiger with seductive set menus ($88 $95++), cocktails and yusheng promotions at The Society Group flagship restaurants. I f V -9 to 2 The Nautilus Project 2 Orchard Turn, #04-09 ION Orchard, Singapore *****1 Reservations: 6509 1033 www.thenautilusproject.com Operating hours:
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      288 5 i&fev Roor 'into the Chinese flew Year Swith Science Centre Singapore! 1 o This Chinese New Year, there's a slew of activities lined up for you at Science Centre Singapore. Enjoy free Science Shows about Sound, our newest exhibit. Take the loudest Tiger Roar Challenge and win an iPod shuffle!
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      407 7 Celebrate Spring Romance By The River! Nights out with us this February are twice as fun as we celebrate both Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day by the river. It's an auspicious abundance of exciting activities and performances you should not miss. So see you there! For more ideas on
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      1740 10 SINGAPORE NO. 1 BOX OFFICE HIT! "...well-choreographed fight sequences... keep fans and non-fans intrigued." -TODAY, Genevieve Loh special appearance by introducing starring DONNIE YEN WEI ZHAO SAMMO HUNG CHUN WU KATE TSUI QIYUWU iff HIK m o 7*> 4TK w. > j isffl wn T i i yi i j
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      676 10 CATHAY CINEPLEXES S 6235 1155 www.cathay.com.sg Get your Exclusive Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Pen, Movie Poster or Book with min. 4 tickets purchased! Whilst stocks last Terms Conditions apply. t 24-HOUR MOVIES AT CINELEISURE ORCHARD Et LATE NIGHT MOVIES AT ALL OTHER CATHAY CINEPLEXES! THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road,
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      1131 11 M i ZL» Jf J cx [PC] SOME VIOLENCE MOST ANTICIPATED KUNG FU BLOCKBUSTER THIS CNY! VINCENT ZHAO MICHELLE YEOH ANDY ON JAY CHOU ZHOUXUN "True Legend is a must-watch..." Chart ene Chua, SPH TNP-FIKST TRUE LEGEN A YUEN WOO PING FILM re J8K >■: c NOW SHOWING !H GOLDEN
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      103 12 Continue to onioy your news during the lunar New Year! Available at selected McDonald's Restaurants* 1 st Day of Lunar New Year (14 February 2010) The Sunday Times 2 nd Day of Lunar New Year (15 February 2010) The New Paper Shin Min Daily News Lianhe Wanbao 'Not available at
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      2849 13 mustwatch free to air channel 5 HAPPY FAMILY Channel 8, 9pm AM 6.00 Entertainment Tonight (V) 6.30 Primetime Morning 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 7 (V) 10.30 The Oprah Winfrey Show 23 (V) 11.30 Simply Delicioso (IE) PM 12.00 The Rachael Ray Show 3 (V) 1.00 The Price Is Right
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      134 13 The weather Passing showers mainly over southern and western Singapore in the afternoon. SUNRISE 7.17am MOONRISE 5.45am SUNSET 7.21pm MOONSET 6.03pm AIR QUALITY PSI 36 (Good) 33/25 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.7m
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      280 13 mio tv sony entertainment ch20 AM 7.00 So You Think You Can Dance 4 9.00 The Rachael Ray Show 10.00 Desperate Housewives 11.00 The Rachel Zoe Project PM 12.00 What It Takes 4 12.30 What It Takes 5 1.00 Grey’s Anatomy 2 2.00 Party Of Five 3.00 The Rachael Ray
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      421 2  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph. com. sg For some reason, people are always curious about how a couple met. Most people would say they met in school, at work, through friends or, in today’s wired world, via the Internet. Even if the encounters fall within
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      336 3  -  These deodorants from popular fragrance lines take you easily from a day of Chinese New Year visits to your Valentine’s Day dinner date BEAUTYBOX Karen Tee karentee@sph.com. sg 1 DKNY Men antiperspirant deodorant stick (75g) $35, from major department stores This energising bergamot, juniper and sage fragrance, inspired
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      483 4  -  Rohaizatul Azhar,Ian Lee MAKING A COMMEBACK Cult Japanese fashion label Comme des Garcons’ guerilla brand, Black, has reopened at the Hilton Hotel after a two-month absence. Run by Club 21, it is modelled after Comme des Garcon’s concept of guerilla stores which close and pop up in new
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      320 4 A beauty industry veteran told me recently that while most Asian women use an average of four to five products in their regular skincare regimen, Japanese and South Korean women tend to use about seven to eight. This little factoid isn’t really that surprising. Call it a cultural
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      170 4 If you are hankering after Mulberry’s Alexa, this season’s It bag, you are in luck: Singapore is said to be one of the few cities that still has stock. Club 21 says the briefcase-inspired tote, launched here two weeks ago, are still available at Mulberry’s boutique in Hilton
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      491 9 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE TANGLIN VIEW. SPACIOUS 1249 sqft. 3-rm. Orchard/ Redhill MRT. $1.25M/ Proximo Robin Rd. 1119 sqft. $1.53M. HARVEST *****011 CUSCADEN 4200 SQFT. Super penthse. Panoramic view. 4+1 rms. Single level. Heart Of Orchard. 9436-8088 Chris Soo RHAPSODY MT Elizabeth. Penthouse, Just TOP! Heart
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      335 10 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE VIVA NOVENA. Urgent sale 3bdrm. 1345 sqft. F’hold. Next to United Sq. Walk to MRT. TOP 2012. Fr $1850 psf. *****539 GARDEN VISTA SPECIALIST. New list! Choice units 2/ 3/
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      622 10 416 D12 -14 B ALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS FOR SALE AVA TOWER 1227 sqft. 3 bdrms. Good view. Asking $960K. Serious seller! Bernard Lim *****222 Knight Frank RIVERINE BY THE Park. F’hold. 1313 sqft. 8 mins walk to MRT and 5 mins drive to town. Nearby amenities. *****292 NEW! IRESIDENCES’ CHOICE
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      498 10 417 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE TIERRA VUE (CONDO). F’hold. Mid flr. 2 bdrms, 2 toilets. 1033 sqft. Very near Tao Nan sch, amenities. Ask $1.25M only. 9022-2618 FORTREDALE (TG. RHU) F’hold. Approx. 1400 sqft. Full panoramic sea view. 10 yrs. *****877 LUXURY AALTO AT Myer’s Rd. 2443/
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      619 10 421 D25-28 NORTH PTE APTS FOR SALE 421 D25-28 NORTH PTE APTS FOR SALE 425 ANGMOKIO HDBAPTS FOR SALE $650K. AMK. TASTEFULLY Renovated. 5-rm. Near MRT and AMK HUB. 9028-2185 CH 5’I’ PT BLK 431. Value $490K. #21. Lift level. Panoramic view! MRT/ Hub/ Shops. GE 9641-4124 426 BEDOK HDB
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      453 10 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 457 CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT GOLDHILL RISE TERR. 2-Storey 3bdrms. Land 2210 sqft. Recently Renovated. Ask cheap. Grab before its gone. Sylvia *****102 D.10 HOLLAND CHARMING
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      529 10 iLLOURA BRAND NEW Cluster houses, pool gym Old Holland Road 4,176-4,563 sqft 4+Study+l call No» 9626-5755 CBRE V\JII I LWTF M m* mm CB RICHARD ELLIS 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT RARE! GROUND FLR unit 1800 sqft with patio, modern 3+1 bdrms The Pearl Mt Faber. VivoCity/
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      600 10 Blossomvale 1750/1400 Sqft 4+1/ +1 Renovated Regency Park 3700 sqft. 4+1. Aspen Hgt Penthse 3200 sqft 5+1 Amaryllis Ville. 985 sqft. 2+1 Beverly Hills 3800 sqft. 4+1+1 Tate Residence 1808/2200/ 3218 sqft 3+1/4+1. Study maid room One Chatsworth 3450 sqft 4+1 Study Balcony. Renovated Valley Park 800 sqft. 1+1 Balcony
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      688 11 465 D12-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS FOR RENT 4+ MAID’S RM. Simsville. Mins to Paya Lebar/ Circleline MRT. F/aircon/ furn/ condo facilities. Windy. 5 Mar. $3.8K. *****934 CONDO WITH MRT Kembangan! Astoria Pk. 3-rm. Approx 1400 sqft. High flr. Newly renovated Immed $3.8K nett. 9853-4863 THE BELLEFORTE F’HOLD 2/3 bdrms
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      746 11 468 D19-20 SERANGOON/THOMSON PTE APTS FOR RENT SAT 2-5PM! GARDENS Bishan 3rms. 1227sqft. High flr. Unblock/ Renovated/ Windy. Vacant. Near amenities. Sole Agt 9697 4000 CENTRAL VIEW CONDO 3+1. F/furn Mid flr. Nice Avail immed. S/pool/ gym Near S’goon MRT *****706 OASIS GDN. BRAND new 3+1. 1227 sqft. Full facilities.
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      685 11 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE 532 FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE Serquiet, profes*****002 ameniImmed. 5-rm. Vacant. MRT. Woodlands. to end Very bathrms, well 9818-6038 balcowell prefer 2050 3+1 All ImHigh furn. MRT. 2+1. Facing Mar. *****975 mins $1.5K-$1.8K. AmeQuiet. Woodlands renovated.
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      771 11 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Prime Ground Floor Warehouse Space Unit size from 2,766 sq ft Minutes from KPE, PIE and ECP Free parking Suits showroom, production or warehouse with ancillary office Call *****275/*****979 www.fareast.com.sg 527 HDB/HUDC APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) FAST RENTAL SERVICE! Urgent expats/ professionals. High budget.
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      250 11 535 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE Suntec City Grade A office, link to MRT 3900 sqft immed 4600 sqft immed, city facing 4800 sqft immed, lift lobby frontage 6,400 sqft, tenanted, lift lobby frontage Whole flr 10,000 12,000 sqft Eastgate Freehold, 840 to 2,000 sqft Walk to future Katong Mall Parkway
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      299 11 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT D15 ALONG STILL Rd ground flr 600 sqft open space/ 700 sqft back yard. Cover 2 car space. Good location. Suits bicycle, provision shop, F&B. With grease trap. $4200. 8338 3359 PN TANGLIN SHOPPING CTR retail shop. Ground flr. 571 sqft. Rental $11 psf. Call
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      377 11 540 RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT 24HR RESTN ALONG 279 Balestier Rd (AVA Rd). Near Chinese Temple. Next to Hotel 81. 1200 sqft. Good for Beer Gdn Restn. Need Thai Seafood Cook. *****214 RESTAURANT WITH COMPLETE Kitchen equipment furniture. Near Joo Chiat Complex opp. Geylang Serai Mkt. 1800sqft. Contact *****504/
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      3480 13 jj/md AT3 NOTICES BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg SMRT TRAINS LTD TENDER FOR LEASE OF COMMERCIAL SPACES TENDER CLOSING DATE TIME: 5 MARCH 2010 AT 2.00PM SHARP Notes: 1) Shop specifications, estimated available date, floor plan and area are subject to changes without prior notice.
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      1209 14 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND PRIMARY RESOURCES GOVERNMENT OF HIS MAJESTY THE SULTAN AND YANG DI-PERTUAN NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM invites EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) A STUDY ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL PRODUCT QUALITY AND ACCREDITATION CENTRE National Standards Centre, Ministry Of Industry And Primary Resources seeks the Expression of Interest for
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