The Straits Times, 13 March 2010

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1 76 The Straits Times

  • VIEWPOINTS
    • 74 2 WE SAY There is cause for satisfaction now that Jemaah Islamiah terrorist leader Dulmatin has been eliminated by Indonesian security forces. Many should also be gratified with the help that American and Australian security agencies provided the Indonesia authorities. But whatever the successes in
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    • 27 2 COLUMNS Anthony Paul wonders if the world is ready to accept the Taleban taking a role in running Afghanistan again. REVIEW PAGE A32
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    • 28 2 OUR READER SAYS Public furore directed at Jack Neo has been prompted by his hypocrisy, not his celebrity status, says Paul Chang. FORUM PAGE A41
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  • 149 2 IN YESTERDAY’S report, “IT show targets $65m sales”, we said the show will end on Monday. This is wrong. The show will end tomorrow. IN THURSDAY’S report, “Get connected”, in an IT Show supplement, we said the price of the D-Link DIR-685 Router with NAS
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  • 1062 2  -  Cut could result in what it is aimed at preventing wild fluctuations BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg IF THE vehicle quota system were a car, it would have been recalled a long time ago or so goes a rather lame industry joke. For a country
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    • 150 2 For 2-year handset contract: phone offers are valid till 19 March 2010, unless stated otherwise; not applicable to Zero Plan, SunSurf 10 Data Plans, SunShare and DIY Plans, unless stated otherwise; customers with no handset contracts or have completed 20 months of their existing contracts are eligible to re-contract at
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  • Article, Illustration
    663 3  - BY MARIA ALMENOAR mariaa@sph.com.sg CAR dealers have upped prices by as much as $8,000 on the back of Thursday’s announcement that the supply of certificates of entitlement (COEs) will be cut sharply from next month. Hyundai agent Komoco leads the pack with an average increase of $8,000 for all its
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  • 799 4  -  Additional reporting by Joan Chew yeoslong@sph.com.sg the HDB employee. But the HDB said that because of Mr Poh’s links to the other illegal subletting cases, his claims of ignorance could not be substantiated. “Thereis clear evidencethat Mr Poh, a housing agent by profession, has been
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  • 608 6  - BY CLARISSA OON clare@sph.com.sg THE inter-ministerial committee that formulates Singapore’s position at global climate change negotiations now has an additional role of overseeing policies to be taken at home, Senior Minister S. Jayakumar said yesterday. It will drive domestic measures to mitigate against climate change, now that the focus of
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  • 355 6  - TERRENCE VOON WITH just 90 days to go before the World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the Government is hopeful that ongoing talks to bring the live matches to Singapore will reach “a sensible outcome”. SingTel and StarHub recently made a new offer toFifa, football’s world governing body, and
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  • Article, Illustration
    744 8  - BY CAROLYN QUEK carolynq@sph.com.sg BEWARE the dodgy sex drugs that can be bought in the back lanes of red-light areas here. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) says that if they do not kill, they could maim or leave a man with an erection so prolonged that gangrene kicks in. Its
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  • prime.news
    • Article, Illustration
      311 10  - JESSICA LIM IN AN unprecedented move, the Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has suspended over-the-counter passport applications. There will be no walk-in passport applications from now until next Saturday. This also includes passport renewals. Instead, the ICA is asking Singaporeans to apply by post, drop their passports off at a box
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    • 517 10  -  BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg THE search is on for 2,400 Singaporeans to be torch-bearers for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) here in August. Online applications are now open for those who are keen to bear the symbolic YOG flame during the six-day
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    • 664 14  -  Schools turn to creative teaching to engage kids struggling with Chinese BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg IT IS not just the usual suspects, such as mission schools, that face difficulties in teaching the Chinese language because their students come mostly from Englishspeaking homes. Several
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    • 343 14 AT SOME neighbourhood primary schools wheremost pupils still communicate with one another in Chinese the number of those who speak English at home is slowly increasing. Jiemin Primary School in Yishun, for example, saw the number of such Primary 1 pupils increasing by 5
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  • 455 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEMALANG (Indonesia): Slain bombmaker Dulmatin was buried in his Indonesian home village yesterday as a large crowd of mourners chanted “God is great” and hundreds of police stood guard. Shortly after the burial, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism squad killed two suspected Islamic militants in a firefight in remote
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  • 300 18  - BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama has decided to delay his upcoming trip to the Asia-Pacific, which includes a highly anticipated visit to Indonesia, in order to focus on passing contentious health-care reforms. Another change: His wife and two daughters would no longer
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  • 744 18  -  Thai govt mobilises troops ahead of ‘red shirt’ rallies; PM to work out of army base BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Thailand’s government is confident of holding its ground against protesters, who began massing yesterday ahead of huge rallies in Bangkok. But the
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  • Article, Illustration
    817 27  - BY DANI RODRIK The writer is a professor of political economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. PROJECT SYNDICATE IN THE world of economics and finance, revolutions occur rarely and are often detected only in hindsight. But what happened on Feb 19 can safely be called the
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    729 27  - BY CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com IN HIS annual address to the national Parliament last week, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to enlarge the “pie” of social wealth and ensure it is distributed fairly. Parliamentary delegates applauded his resolve in undertaking that arduous task, but what surprised many was his
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  • review.
    • 1004 30/31  -  DAEDALUS BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg SOME 17 pupils from Ai Tong School in Bishan recently had to seek medical care for abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. The illness was initially thought to have been caused by snacks they ate at a
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  • 855 32 ARE some of the Taleban militants, long consigned to Afghanistan’s sinister night, about to be lured into the open? In a conciliatory speech in Boston on Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for talks with insurgents who “sever ties with Al-Qaeda... and live within the Afghan constitutional framework”. Afghan
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  • review.insight
    • 2399 34  -  It’s a statistic repeated over and over again in recent weeks: Productivity in Singapore’s construction industry is one-third that of Japan’s and half that of Australia’s. In the first of a two-part feature, Insight finds out why the sector has fallen so far behind and
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  • MY POINT
    • 146 40 Budget debate MR LOW KOK SOON: “I refer to yesterday’s report, ‘Big drop in COEs ahead’. It was stated that the Land Transport Authority would introduce a new formula to address a perennial mismatch of supply and demand, which had resulted in heavy road
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    • 92 40 Tourist’s view MRS PENELOPE HACKETT-JONES, Adelaide, South Australia: “Thank you, Mr Wang Seow Pang (‘Vexing bus ads’, March 8). Tourists visiting your amazingly beautiful country are always thrilled by the ease of public transport,
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    • 64 40 SingTel glitch MS CHEAM TZE HUI, corporate communications manager, SingTel: “We thank Ms Eileen Tan for her feedback last Saturday, ‘Systemic problems need bosses’ attention’, and apologise for the inconvenience caused and have since contacted her and resolved her concerns. Ms Tan’s feedback has been instrumental in
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  • 441 40  -  MYSTERY JOURNEY Koh Sai Teck MY AUTISTIC teenage nephew went missing from Metta School in Simei where he was attending classes on Wednesday afternoon, and was found 14 hours later in Clementi. What is worrying is that he meandered from Simei in the east to
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  • 187 40  -  David Lee President Association of Professional Trainers, Singapore (APTS) EDUCATION Minister Ng Eng Hen’s decision to place greater emphasis on soft skills (“Schools to develop ‘soft skills’”, Wednesday) will probably attract some frowns but is commendable. Parents and teachers are probably concerned that the
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  • 84 40 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR JAMES CHUA: Playing it safe at the Zoo 2 MS SHARON LEE: Bishan MRT control station sited far away 3 MADAM PAK GEOK CHOO: Parents, women’s groups should speak up on affair 4 MR STEVEN THNG: Deejay shouldn’t have hit below the
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  • 60 40 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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  • 194 40  -  Tan See Leng (Dr) Tan Poh Lan (Ms) Executive Vice-President Singapore and Malaysia Operations Parkway Group Healthcare Chief Executive Officer Gleneagles Hospital WE THANK Ms Tan Bee Hong for her feedback last Saturday (“Medisave use abroad: Get logistics right first”) and would
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  • 290 41  -  JACK NEO AFFAIR Paul Chang THE timing of local film-maker Jack Neo’s sexual indiscretions could not have been uncannier in the wake of the scandal that erupted over superstar American golfer Tiger Wood’s string of affairs. In Neo’s case, I sense a polarisation
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  • 143 41 Cultural burden MR CHUA HIN BEE: “It was not easy for the young women in the Jack Neo affair to speak up in a society that stresses Confucian values. They risked being scorned and blamed for trying to break up a family
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  • 67 41 Enough said... MR WONG TUCK YIN: “With yesterday’s commentaries in Life! by Ms Adeline Chia (“Jack’s sorry affair”) and Mr John Lui (“All right to fool around?”) everything that needs to be said has been said. Neo’s wife told the press conference that she loves her husband,
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  • 227 41  -  Sandra Tan (Ms) IN TODAY’S society where the D-word (divorce) has become the easy way out of marital problems, we should applaud and support emotionally courageous partners who choose to work through their difficulties and uphold their marriage vows. For most of
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  • 295 41  -  Tan Kah Ming I ABSOLUTELY understand how Ms Cynthia Padgett feels (“Tough hailing or booking a taxi: Are cabbies heading for casino?”, March 4). I travel by taxi frequently because of my work and it has been harder lately to hail or book a cab even
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  • 124 41 Caring for disabled MR REGINALD TREVOR: “There are many families who are forced out of necessity to employ maids to take care of their loved ones who are immobile and bedridden because they cannot afford the high charges of nursing homes. The monthly levy is
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  • 72 41 Errant DJ MR TAY KOON TEK: “About three years ago, I complained that the phrase ‘Each SMS is 30 cents’ was being continually broadcast over MediaCorp radio stations. I have not heard the errant deejay over the radio since.
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  • 139 41 Temasek Club MADAM HO SHIYUN: “I refer to Thursday’s report, ‘Temasek Club for all SAF officers’. My officer husband returned home a few days ago with a letter from Temasek Club saying how it was pleased to welcome us as new members. I didn’t
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  • home.
    • 703 4  -  HDB agrees to 10 of 15 requests from residents, ending 10-month delay BY ANG YIYING ayiying@sph.com.sg WORKS on a lift upgrading project in Eunos that had been delayed for about 10 months restarted yesterday. Progress was made at a meeting on Thursday when the Housing
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    • 481 4  -  ANG YIYING TENSIONS between those on either side of the Eunos lift upgrading saga have emerged, although the project has restarted. A confrontation erupted on Thursday when uninvited residents showed up at a closed-door meeting. The meeting was meant for the 42 home owners who
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    • 524 4  -  BY MELISSA SIM THE elderly residents in public housing estates are certainly becoming more active. They are taking part in activities in their community clubs, residents’ committees and religious organisations, in that order of preference. The results of the HDB Sample Household Survey of
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    • 659 6  -  Car Co-op liquidated but will live on as a smaller outfit renamed Car Club BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg NTUC Income has quit the car-sharing business it pioneered here more than a decade ago. Its move follows two other car-share operators which have closed shop
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    • 473 6  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN ON THE day the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) retrenched its trader, Mr Scott Cousins, it found out that he had sent e-mail messages containing confidential bank data to his personal e-mail account. RBS fired him 11days later and withdrew
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    • 430 6  -  BY ELENA CHONG, ALEXIS CAI RIO Lawrence Patrick Dutton and his neighbour, Mr Basri Bakri, had a long history of ill will. But an argument outside their Henderson Road flats last November has left one with eye problems and the other in jail. Dutton, 46,
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    • 390 6  -  ELENA CHONG EVENTS company owner Lee Kai Peng hacked into the online account of his former employer and transferred $62,000 to himself. As the graphic designer of events management company Success Resources, he had the login ID and password of the company’s PayPal account, used
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    • 196 6 AN UNEMPLOYED man was yesterday charged with stealing 10 $500 cash chips amounting to $5,000 from Resorts World Sentosa. Ooi Boon Huat, 56, is the latest among a handful of people brought to court to face casino-related offences since the opening of Singapore’s
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    • 241 6 THE uncle of a mentally retarded woman was yesterday jailed for 14 years for raping her. The 66-year-old cleaner had sex with the 26-year-old in her flat while their family members were out or asleep. The woman has an intelligence quotient of 51 average IQs
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  • home.causes
    • 653 7  -  Elim Chew recognised for helping businesses that fulfil a social cause BY MELISSA SIM simlinoi@sph.com.sg THE boss of clothing and accessories retailer 77th Street throws open her doors three days a month to “social entrepreneurs” seeking advice or help. For the last three years,
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    • 272 7 Schools for quake-hit Sichuan kids TWO years after the devastating earthquake in Chengdu, Sichuan, children in the Chinese city have a shot at continuing their education at the Lianjiang Centre School and Wangu Primary School. Half of the US$1.42 million (S$1.98 million) for these two schools came from
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    • 92 7 Fraser Neave chairman Lee Hsien Yang leading the board of directors in donating the first bag of rice to the “Rice for a Good Cause” initiative. Shoppers who spend $100 and above at Northpoint mall in Yishun will get a bento box with 312g equivalent to
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    • 265 7  -  ANG YIYING CHILDREN at a special school in Tanah Merah now have an added reason to smile. Playground builder Playpoint donated $20,000 worth of equipment including a slide and swings to the Association of Persons with Special Needs’ Katong School last month. Playtime which
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    • 587 7  -  BY EISEN TEO MOST teachers in the landlocked Himalayan nation of Bhutan are computer-il-literate. Internet connections there are patchy at best, and only one in 10 students has a personal computer at home. But a group of Bhutanese educators is determined to pull the country into
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    • 228 7 Help grant a wish THE Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening conditions, is holding its first Flag Day today. Donate $3 and above to get a “Magic Wand Pen”. To donate through other means in cash or in kind, refer to www.makeawish.org.sg A day
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    • 29 7 Have a cause you are passionate about? Tell us about it at stlocal@sph.com.sg with the subject heading: “Causes”. Or have you made a difference overseas? Send us a photo.
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  • home.budget debate
    • 396 8  -  More courses, more upgrading paths and more training places MINISTRY OF MANPOWER BY SUE-ANN CHIA sueann@sph.com.sg WHITE-COLLAR workers will be offered a mound of courses and training places in the next five years. The move by the Government is to help professionals, managers,
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    • 347 8  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG ERRANT agencies recruiting foreign workers, be forewarned. The Manpower Ministry is looking to take tougher measures to weed out those engaged in malpractices, such as conspiring with firms to make false declarations so they can hire “phantom workers”. Errant
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    • 354 8  -  KOR KIAN BENG THE law is to be changed to further improve workplace safety and health, and minimise fatalities. One change will hold main contractors responsible for the safety and health of workers hired by their subcontractors. The other will expand the Workplace
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    • 420 8 Ms Jessica Tan (East Coast GRC): I hear the point about the levy (increase) and how that will force some change in behaviour... but I’m struggling to see the correlation in terms of how the quality of the foreign workforce will increase. What will
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    • 250 8  -  KOR KIAN BENG A NEW “settling-in” programme will be launched in May to help new foreign maids ease into life in Singapore. It will include courses on Singapore’s culture and social norms, financial management and stress management. Employers can enrol their foreign domestic workers for
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    • 213 8 FOREIGN nurses are tested for their proficiency in English before they are employed by any hospital in Singapore. They have to take a written test in English by the Singapore Nursing Board to get a licence. The test evaluates their communication skills as well as
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    • 223 8 THE Ministry of Manpower has rejected a suggestion for a government-run student loan scheme for people to upgrade their skills, as training programmes under the national framework remain affordable. Also, there are many help schemes available, Minister of State for Manpower Lee Yi Shyan said, adding:
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    • 447 10  -  Minister praises their sceptical reaction to claim that MM was ill MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg THE Internet community’s reaction to the hoax by former Singaporean lawyer Gopalan Nair last weekend has been a good example of
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    • Infocomm briefs
      • 98 10 A $25 MILLION scheme will be launched this month to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to upgrade themselves with infocommunications technology. To be called iSprint, it will help about 4,500 SMEs, said Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew.
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      • 122 10 AN UPCOMING online security system will make Internet transactions at government, banking and health-care websites safer and more convenient for users. The nationwide system, which will be in place by 2015, will allow consumers to access the websites of banks, government agencies and health-care providers with
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      • 111 10  -  CHUA HIAN HOU AT LEAST 60 per cent of Singapore’s homes and offices are set to be wired up for broadband by year’s end. So far, more than 20 per cent have been cabled up since last August when OpenNet started laying the foundation
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    • 255 10  -  BY NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI THERE is sufficient competition in Singapore’s broadcast and magazinepublishing industries, said Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew yesterday. If any media company is found to be engaging in anti-competitive behaviour, the Media Development Authority would not hesitate
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    • 162 10  -  RACHEL CHANG DOMINANT media players must allow their competitors to advertise on their airwaves at “reasonableand non-discrimi-natory” charges. This change in the code governing the conduct of players in the media market was announced by the Media Development Authority (MDA) yesterday, even as MPs
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    • 268 10 “To those who have not visited the post office lately, let me give you a quick tour. Apart from postal services, you can buy software, computers, cameras, household appliances and insurance. You can do remittance, get easy cash and borrow money from a guy
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    • 289 10  -  NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI SMARTPHONE users who travel often may have heard of buUuk, an iPhone application that gives information about food and drink outlets near them, whether they are in Singapore or Tel Aviv. But many may not know that the popular application was
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    • 868 10  -  FROM THE GALLERY BY CHUA MUI HOONG SENIOR WRITER muihoong@sph.com.sg POLITICS should not be a spectator sport. But there is no denying that good debates in Parliament should not only educate, but also capture attention. Singapore’s parliamentary debates score high
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  • Article, Illustration
    483 9  - BY CAI HAOXIANG SINGAPOREANS appear to be obsessed with Western culture and Caucasian faces at least, that is the view of Nominated MP Calvin Cheng. In an impassioned speech yesterday, he urged the Government to grow Singapore’s rich “rojak” culture instead of letting it become another “New York of the
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  • 267 9 EXPAND the Singapore Writers Festival to feature not just literary writers, but also political commentators, economists and historians. This is the proposed revamp of the literary festival by Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC), who spoke in Parliament yesterday. Her wish list for the Singapore personalities to be featured consists of:
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  • Article, Illustration
    3 9  - BY ADELINE CHIA
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  • 315 9  - BY RACHEL CHANG EVEN in ever-changing Singapore, memories are forever. A childhood spent in Bras Basah Road; a first date in Fort Canning Park with the woman who would become your wife these are the remembered moments which remain, even after the buildings are torn down and the park repaved.
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    801 2 chengwee@sph.com.sg Serious droughts hit Malaysia every few years. Extreme weather and El Nino are being blamed for the latest bout of dryness. It has affected other South-east Asian countries too, and is expected to last till at least the end of the month. In the past, people have also blamed
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  • 332 2 amcindoe@yahoo.com Last week, parts of metropolitan Manila were hit by two-hour rotating power cuts caused by breakdowns at three coal-fired plants. The electricity distributor Meralco has warned of further cuts. “Businessmen are very apprehensive,” Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Francis Chua told reporters. While new power plants are
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    • 564 3 Beijing also hits back at Washington’s criticism of its human rights record REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said yesterday, as the two countries lurched towards a potential
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    • 314 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China’s top Internet regulator insisted yesterday that Google must obey its laws or “pay the consequences”, giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. “If you want to dosomething that disobeys Chinese law
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    • 60 3 Rescuers pulling 20-year-old Cao Lele from the mud and rubble of a massive landslide at Shuanghuyu village in Zizhou county, in north-west China’s Shaanxi province, yesterday. He was buried for 54 hours after the mountainside came crashing down early on Wednesday.The landslide left 44
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    • 584 18 He singles out high-tech and energy sectors to grow trade with long-time ally India AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in India for the signing of a clutch of multibillion-dollar arms deals, said it was time for the old Cold
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    • 264 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladesh’s High Court quashed a US$2 billion (S$2.7 billion) corruption case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, her fifth legal reprieve in a month, a state prosecutor said. The 2007 case, involving Ms Hasina’s award of three offshore
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    1056 4  - BY SIM CHI YIN PEH SHING HUEI CHINA CORRESPONDENT simcy@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Five years after being elected village chief by popular vote, Ms Gong Zhanying still cannot sign off on any government documents for her villagers. That authority, embodied in the village seal, remains in the hands of another boss, one
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  • 496 4 REUTERS BEIJING: From Mongolian to Manchu, Bouyei and Blang, China reverberates with a cacophony of languages and dialects. But the sounds of its 1.3 billion people are in danger of becoming dramatically less diverse. The country’s rapidly developing economy and a government-supported Mandarin promotion campaign is pushing some of these
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  • 560 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China plans to revamp its university admissions system. It will allow students to take subject-specific tests and introduce other measures besides the exam to ease the stress millions of students undergo as they compete for limited places in
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  • 363 5 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement but this one has a very different agenda. The police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually starting with a low-key warning, perhaps over a meal
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    681 6  - Exits could hurt KMT’s chances in mayoral elections, say BY HO AI LI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Barely weeks after its defeat in the legislative by-elections, the government of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has been rocked once more, this time by the abrupt resignations of two Cabinet ministers. Justice Minister
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  • 221 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to let Chinese financial institutions invest in their Taiwanese peers and set up branches on the island, an official said yesterday. The Financial Supervisory Commission, the island’s top financial regulator, is expected to brief Parliament before the new measures can take
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    414 8 ASSOCIATED BEIJING: Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China’s frigid northeast, state media said yesterday. A manager at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province, however, said the animals had died of
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  • 594 10  -  Two terrorists killed, eight nabbed as Indonesia tightens border security BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg BANDA ACEH: Indonesian police shot dead two suspected militants and arrested eight others in Aceh province yesterday, in continuing anti-terror operations that began here three weeks
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  • 325 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LAHORE: A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other yesterday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this
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  • 371 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian authorities have picked up 93 Rohingyas, an ethnic group not recognised by Myanmar’s military regime, an official said yesterday. The men were detained on Wednesday off Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, said Mr Zainuddin Mohamad Suki, an officer with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement
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  • 139 15 BERNAMA SHAH ALAM: Malaysian police are looking for the driver of a security van who made off with the vehicle containing RM300,000 (S$127,000) in cash. Shah Alam police chief Noor Azam Jamaluddin said the van was later found abandoned, with the money missing, about 1km from the spot where it
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  • 797 16  -  Talks between military junta and rebel ethnic groups still deadlocked BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg CHIANG MAI: The prospect of civil war looms in Myanmar as talks between the ruling junta and key ethnic groups in the north remain deadlocked. To ethnic leaders across
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  • 577 17  - BY SHEFALI REKHI shefali@sph.com.sg MYANMAR’S leading opposition party will decide whether to participate in the upcoming election after a hoped-for meeting with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. National League for Democracy (NLD) vice-chairman Tin Oo said the party has sought a meeting with her and hoped the authorities would
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  • 330 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A United Nations special envoy yesterday increased thepressureon Myanmar’s ruling junta with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. MrTomas Ojea Quintana made the recommendation in a report to be examined on Monday by the
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  • 497 19  - BY P. JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: As Mr Varun Gandhi turns 30 today, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopes he will emerge as its main challenge to his better-known cousin and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. One of the youngest members of the Indian Parliament, Mr Varun belongs to
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  • 220 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS PERTH: A Western Australian taxi driver, named the state’s favourite cabby in an online contest, has won the right to take 22 passengers on a 6,400km ride. Oh, and A$25,000 dollars (S$32,000) for his trouble. Mr Doug Slater won the most votes in an online poll run by
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    838 22  - Strong euro last year cut visits to tourist-dependent BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Despite the financial crisis appearing to come to an end, Europe’s tourism industry continues to suffer, a victim of a strong euro and weakening British pound. Both external and internal currency movements in Europe have
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    810 23 Officials say PM’s bloc has narrow lead in early tallies as fraud charges fly from rivals ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was locked in a tight race to hold on to his job yesterday, as election results from Iraq’s polls trickled
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  • 657 24  - Conservatives and Labour bank on US election experts ahead of TV BY ALISON DE SOUZA alisonds@hotmail.com LONDON: As Britain revs up for the general election that most now expect to happen on May 6, some of the men and women whispering in the ears of party leaders will have distinctly
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    364 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Four British lawmakers told a judge they will use a 320-year-old law as a defence against prosecution over allegations they dishonestly claimed parliamentary expenses. In their first court appearance since being charged in a scandal that rocked the British political establishment, the parliamentarians said they
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  • 473 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has reaffirmed the importance of celibacy for Roman Catholic priests, the day after Austria’s leading bishop urged a new look at the policy amid snowballing paedophilia scandals. “Priestly celibacy is a gift of the
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  • world.memo from washington
    • 859 28  -  Insiders blame chief of staff ‘Rahmbo’ for alienating rest BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg ON PAPER, the biggest political story in the United States right now is whether President Barack Obama can finally get Congress to pass his signature health-care reforms.
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  • 527 29 Plaintiffs claimed authorities did not protect them from contaminants at Ground Zero NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at Ground Zero are likely to get compensation of up to US$657.5 million (S$917 million) for damage to
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  • 304 29 WASHINGTON: A scan of brain activity can effectively read a person’s mind, researchers say. Scientists from University College London found they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories, and thereby identify thought patterns using functional magnetic resonance imaging. “We’ve been able to
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  • 115 31 Run over by wife twice REUTERS WELLINGTON: A New Zealand man is recovering from injuries after being run over by his wife twice, local media reported yesterday. Mrs Sandy Telford ran over her husband, Terry, as she backed down the driveway of their rural property in the Hawke’s Bay region,
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  • 99 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand yesterday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling. Mr Peter Bethune, a member of the US-based Sea Shepherd activist group, is accused
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  • 113 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s newest airport opened outside Tokyo this week aiming to lure budget airlines, but there was deep scepticism about its profitability as it has only one scheduled daily flight so far. Ibaraki Airport, about 80km north-east of Tokyo, began operations as the country’s
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  • 78 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: The only son of Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong Koo was yesterday appointed to the board of South Korea’s top carmaker, fuelling speculation he is being groomed to succeed his 71-year-old father. Shareholders at their annual meeting approved the appointment of Mr Chung
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  • 129 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested a nurse they accuse of deliberately breaking an elderly patient’s ribs because she was stressed. They say she is a suspect in five similar cases. Saori Hamuro, 26, was arrested on Thursday, a police spokesman said, on suspicion of
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  • 132 31 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: Police have identified the “hammer man” who bludgeoned three kindergarten children in Muar and will be releasing a photo fit of the suspect soon. Johor police chief Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said the man was identified through closed-circuit television recordings
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  • 128 31 BERNAMA SEREMBAN: Police have uncovered a drug-processing laboratory producing methamphetamine drugs and seized processing equipment worth RM200,000 (S$84,000) during a raid on a house in Seremban in Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia. State Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department Chief V.R. Ravi Chandran said that nearly 15kg of black liquid
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  • 120 31 India has switched on its first public air purifier in the heart of New Delhi as part of an experiment that could help other smog-choked cities in emerging countries. The manufacturer, Italy’s Systemlife, claims it can purify 10,000 cubic metres of air every hour, scrubbing out pollutants
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    881 32  - Bourse rule barring firms with over 30% Chinese shareholders is a BY GOH ENG YEOW engyeow@sph.com.sg THE notion that the Taiwan bourse is an untapped gold mine for S-chips China plays listed here is not looking like a done deal. The red carpet, in other words, is not being rolled
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  • 479 33  - BY HARSHA JETHNANI harshamj@sph.com.sg BANKING on the move using mobile devices is a trend that is well on its way towards breaking out of its niche status, according to OCBC Bank. The bank believes mobile banking is fast becoming mainstream and is poised for exponential growth. OCBC’s head of delivery
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  • 354 33  - BY DICKSON LI A FLASHY new wing that jazzed up Northpoint Shopping Centre has also helped attract an additional 800,000 visitors a month through the mall’s doors. The $38.6 million revamp has also enlarged the mall by over 50 per cent and brought the total space available for rent to
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  • 379 33  -  BY ROBIN CHAN THE first round of the European Union-Singapore free trade agreement talks ended here yesterday, with both teams happy at the progress after the week-long session. “The two sides had constructive discussions on a range of issues,” said a statement
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  • 467 34 REUTERS NEW YORK: Lehman Brothers Holdings used accounting gimmicks and had been insolvent for weeks before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, but there was no extensive wrongdoing, a court-appointed examiner found. In a 2,200-page report made public on Thursday, examiner Anton Valukas, chairman of law firm Jenner Block,
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    • 422 35  -  100 units of The Vision, a mass market project, sold out upon release BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg BUYERS have snapped up units at a West Coast condominium despite the developer setting record prices for a mass market project. Cheung Kong (Holdings) has sold
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    • 338 35  -  JOYCE TEO FAIRLY strong interest from developers is expected in a 99-year leasehold residential site at the corner of Upper Changi Road North and Flora Drive, which will be launched for sale in two weeks’ time. It has been put to tender after an
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  • 606 36 REUTERS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit told investors the bank is on track to return to sustained profitability, and losses from some of its worst assets should be manageable if the economy does not deteriorate. His comments on Thursday were uncharacteristically optimistic for Mr Pandit. Thebank’s improving
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  • 615 37  -  One concern is the ‘wildcard’ impact on share pricing BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg MARKET watchers are divided over the slew of bonus share issues which surfaced during the latest results reporting season, which ended recently. In a bonus issue, existing shareholders are given
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  • 477 37  -  BY MARISSA LEE BAYER Schering Pharma, which unveiled its full-year results in Singapore yesterday, anticipates strong growth in the Asia-Pacific region due to an ageing population in China and India. A rise in chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension will also boost sales.
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  • 546 39  - BY GOH ENG YEOW engyeow@sph.com.sg BLUE chips on the local bourse continued to climb higher yesterday, as fears of a dou-ble-dip global recession receded. Their advances lifted the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) 7.45 points to 2,881.36 by the close a sixth straight day of gains. The STI’s total gains
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      98 39 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.36 billion shares worth $1.19 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 244 Losers: 207 Unchanged: 788 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -2.29 693.18 Utilities -4.83 2.31 547.88 1.24 3.25
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    • 239 39 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,751.26 (+86.31) Tokyo stocks rose 0.81 per cent, following gains on Wall Street and on a softer yen, which spells good news for exporters. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,311.2 (-10.23) Malaysian shares fell 0.8 per cent to a one-week low
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  • 997 39 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 12,2010 Top Rises March12 CENTS JSH 1958 67.0 2.5 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4230 60.0 1.0 JMH 3340 58.6 1.3 GLD 10US$ ***** 55.8 0.4 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 ***** 38.0 0.4 OUE
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    • 528 2  -  Stars Feng and Wang narrowly survive to set up date in singles final BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg THEY had barely broken a sweat during the National Table Tennis Grand Finale. But that all changed yesterday when Feng Tianwei and Wang Yuegu, the top two seeds
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    • 452 2  -  LIN XINYI NATIONAL paddler Li Jiawei makes her comeback next week, after 14 months away from competitive table tennis. She will take part in the US$172,000 (S$240,500) International Table Tennis Federation Pro Tour German Open just five months after giving birth
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    • 456 2  -  BY CHIA JIE MIN THERE will be much more at stake than medals and records for runners Ng Chin Hui and Zachary Devaraj at today’s 36th Singapore Junior Athletics Championships. For them, a bigger prize awaits: the chance to compete at the Youth
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    • 371 2  -  BY GABRIELLE NG BUKIT Merah Secondary School (BMSS) emerged double winners in the Schools National B Division floorball championships yesterday, clinching both the boys’ and girls’ titles. But the school’s two victories at the Republic Polytechnic Sports Complex could not have been more different. While
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    • 871 3  -  Lions’ culture should be of men demanding the best from each other COMMENTARY BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg AT LUNCH, contemplating her spaghetti carbonara, a squash player tells a story. Nicol David, women’s world No. 1, arrives in Singapore last year. She wins a
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      • 67 3 KATHMANDU: Singapore yesterday entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cricket Council Under-16 Elite Cup, following a five-wicket win over Saudi Arabia. They bowled out Saudi Arabia for 118 in 33 overs and then scored 119-5 in 23 overs to top Group A with three wins.
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      • 95 3 REUTERS BEIJING: More than 200 Chinese football officials have been sent on a five-day “Anti-corruption Rectification Education Camp” as China tries to rebuild the game after the match-fixing scandal. Huang Junjie, a Fifa referee since 1998, was taken away for questioning by police earlier this week
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      • 43 3 REUTERS ORLANDO (Florida): The Orlando Magic stormed to a season-high seventh consecutive National Basketball Association win with a 111-82 rout of the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. Vince Carter scored a team-high 23 points in just 26 minutes.
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      • 60 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Argentina beat India 4-2 in the play-off for seventh place at the hockey World Cup yesterday. Argentina had finished 10th and India 11th in the previous World Cup in Germany in 2006. India’s eighth place equalled the worst showing by
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  • 743 4 Renault, Red Bull claim new ventilation system by McLaren car is illegal BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANAMA: The first technical and political row of Formula One’s most anticipated season in decades erupted early yesterday when the cars began the opening free practice for
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  • 354 4  - BY FRANKIE CHEE FORMULA One fans on StarHub Cable TV will be glued to their television sets tomorrow night, waiting for the green light for this season’s opening race in Bahrain. But, come July, transmission of their favourite motor sport will screech to a halt. For July 1 is when
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  • 393 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: The iconic Lotus name returns to Formula One at the sea-son-opening Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend, with modest ambitions for this year but big plans to seize a future World Championship. The Malaysia-backed team, wrapped in green and yellow livery recalling the marque’s
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    • 66 4 REUTERS MANAMA: Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, is set to take sanctions against the US F1 team for their non-participation in this year’s championship. The American team were due to enter as one of four new teams but last month said
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  • 509 6 Today Badminton All-England C’ships: S-finals (Live, Ch21, 8.30pm). Basketball NBA: Lakers v Phoenix (Live, Ch23,10am). Cricket IPL: Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals (5.30pm), Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils (10.30pm) Live, Ch111. Football English Premier League: Tottenham v Blackburn (Live, Ch27 Ch304, 8.40pm), Chelsea v West Ham
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  • 339 6 Badminton All-England C’ships In Birmingham 2nd rd (selected) Men’s singles: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 21-14 21-18, Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Park Sung Hwan (Kor) 21-5 21-10, Chen Jin (Chn) bt Rajiv Ouseph (Eng) 23-21 21-8, Kenichi Tago (Jpn) bt Joachim Persson (Den) 22-24 21-15 21-8. Women’s singles:
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  • 880 7  -  Blues to host charming Zola and egotistic Mourinho within 4 days THE BIG MATCH BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg WITH more venom than knowledge of grammar, Liverpool supporters invariably taunt Chelsea with the chant “you ain’t got no history”. But Chelsea do, and within the space of four days,
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  • 447 8 Benitez under more pressure as Reds’ poor run continues THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The pressure building on Rafael Benitez intensified on Thursday night when a season that threatens to be Liverpool’s worst for 10 years took another dispiriting turn. Benitez, whose guarantee that Liverpool
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  • 249 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Gary Neville believes Manchester United should count themselves lucky to still be in the English Premier League title race. United have lost six league games this season and the defender believes they would have already paid the price for those damaging results in previous campaigns. But
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  • 292 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DALLAS (Texas): Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao will put his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title on the line today (tomorrow, Singapore time) against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey as they headline the first fight card at Cowboys Stadium. The 31-year-old will be making the first defence
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  • 668 8 FITNESS NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: In his new book, Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance, sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald writes about an amazing running experience. He worked out on a special sort of anti-gravity treadmill, the AlterG, which uses a cushion of
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  • 431 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can overcome the absence of captain Cesc Fabregas and keep their title challenge on track in today’s Premier League match at Hull. Normally, the loss of playmaker Fabregas would represent a major headache for Wenger, who regards the Spain international as the jewel
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  • 500 4  -  Man who raided buffet tables now champions a healthy lifestyle BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LOGISTICS supervisor Mohamad Hashim Mohamad Shah would not have been an obvious candidate to get other Malays to lead healthier lifestyles. After all, there was never a problem finding him
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  • 1319 5 PUTTING 1,200 babies under the microscope is a tall order but the urgency to fight the dangers posed by obesity has inspired researchers here to do so. Since last year, they have started tracking babies of all races from when they are in the womb,
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  • 449 9  - BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ailien@sph.com.sg LIFE was looking pretty grim for hospital attendant Salbiah Sajalin and retired police officer Hassan Tahir a few years ago. Madam Salbiah, 59, could barely walk without pain and suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Mr Hassan Tahir was just
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  • 350 10 HOW would you like a two-in-one machine that heats up your water as well as cools your rooms with cold air? This is the proposed prototype that two students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) came up with based on existing research
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  • 301 2 Associated Press Hong Kong TVB general manager and talk-show host Stephen Chan and three other employees were arrested on Thursday by an anti-graft body on suspicion of corruption, in a case that has shocked Hong Kong’s entertainment industry. Chan is one of the most public faces of Hong Kong’s leading
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  • 452 5  -  Top British film producer Nik Powell tells how Singapore could have a director like Wong Kar kezia toh keziatoh@sph.com.sg Producer Nik Powell is such a colourful character, he could probably make a film about himself. The 60-year-old was in town to deliver a talk, 30 Lessons Of
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    356 11 Associated Press The Hague The International Criminal Court has unveiled the design of its new headquarters, a ¤92-million (S$175.9-million) complex of six towers built on the edge of sand dunes lining the city’s North Sea coast. Earlier this week, Danish architect Bjarne Hammer showed off a model of the five
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    486 17  - Ferrari California’s newfound refinement and quality will win new christopher tan senior correspondent christan@sph.com.sg On several fronts, the California is more like an Audi than a Ferrari. It has a front-mounted direct injection V8 mated to a silky dual-clutch transmission, all neatly encased in an aluminium body and chassis. It
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    304 22 Associated Press London Album lovers, rejoice. A British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled. The High Court ruled on Thursday that recordlabel EMI cannot sell Pink Floyd tracks individually without the British band’s permission. A judge said the band’s contract applied both to physical
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    • 737 47 3‘NG’ BLK 229 Jurong E. High flr, unblock. Move in. All races/ PR. MRT/ Amenities. 9633-1581 3-RM JURONG E Blk 301. Low flr. Valued $253K Neg. Lift upgrading. Near MRT. 9029-2242 5’A’ 223A Jurong E. 135 sqm. High/lift flr. Unblocked. 4 bdrm. Nice decor. MRT. 9270-8827 Lin 5’I‘ TOH GUAN
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    • 121 48 4’A’ BLK 126A. High flr, renovated, Plaza, LRT. Sat 3-4pm/ 5’I’ Blk 205A high flr, renovated, breezy, MRT. Hurry! Don’t miss! 4’A’ BLK 199B #05. Corner. Renovated. Full glass window. Valued $335K. No west sun. LRT, shops. Sat Sun 2pm-5pm. 9101-6708 4’A’ 199B RENOVATED. Cove LRT. 5’I’ 637C High floor,
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    • 395 49 TAMPINES/ SIMEI TOP Sale Team 1. 852 Tampines 4‘A‘ High floor 2. 354 Tampines 5’I’ Renovated 3. 149 Simei 5‘I‘ Corner High flr 4. 150 Simei 5’I’ MRT 122 sqm 5. 105 Simei Exec Mais Unblock Visit www.SGPenthouse.com NEW LIST! MRT 4’A’ Corner Tampines Blk 270 High flr, windy, PR
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    • 29 51 Land size 5 000 sq ft, Built up area 6 000 sq ft Expansive master suite with walk-in wardrobes and integrated master bath 4 additional bedrooms with en9815 2988
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    • 1045 52 HERITAGE VIEW 2-BDRM 969 sqft. F/furn. Facing pool. Windy. Full condo facilities. Amenities, MRT. Avail 1st Apr. 9487-1333 OT THE SAIL STUDIO Bay view. Fr $4K. 2 bdrms sea view, #6x-08 $6K 3 bdrms bay view Fr $6.8K. Call 9233-2158 DONT MISS! BEAUTIFUL Pearlbank Apt. Studio/ 2/ 3 bdrm. Immed.
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    • 841 54 PARC PALAIS. HIGH flr. 1377 sqft. 3+1 bdrms. Unfurn. $3.2K. F/facilities. Quiet peaceful. Close to nature reserve. Felix *****418 SPRINGDALE HINDHEDE Walk. 1550 sqft, 4+1-rm, high flr, greenery view. F/furn. Immed. $4K. Call: *****661 Agt. CASA ESPERANZA 3+1 2000 sqft. Mid floor. Nicely renovated. Spacious. P/ full/ furn. $6.2K. Immed.
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    • 782 57 BISHAN BLK 213, 3+1 rms. F/furn, f/aircon, high flr, nice cosy. Asking $2.2K. Near amenities/ MRT. Call *****717 4I BLK 334 Kreta Ayer, Chinatown, 3 bdrm, furn, clean, convenient, unblocked, MRT. www.jkschai.com/43 *****210 BLK.190 BISHAN 5-RM high flr. Renovated. F/furn. Aircon. MRT. Mid Apr. $2.7K. Family/ professional. *****546/ *****691 2+1
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    • 47 64 ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER Few yrs experience in Interior renovation/ general building Class 3 lic with own trpt Work independently Interested pls email: Accounting Firm In Town Has Opening For: ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST Applicant with audit experience able to compile statutory financial statements may send in resume to: ctrpl@centre2000.com.sg
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