The Straits Times, 20 April 2010

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 TUESDAY, APRIL 20 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 53 1 A DETERRENT sentence of 10 months’ jail was yesterday slapped on Chinese national Hou Yongwei, the first person convicted of attempted cheating at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino. Also in court yesterday was former RWS cashier Lim Ee Wah, who allegedly stole $10,000 from the casino.
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    • 60 1 SINGAPOREANS are not only getting fatter, they are now also taller and broader at the shoulders than 11/2 decades ago. The findings of a team from the National University of Singapore, updating a study done in 1990, will have implications for businesses and organisations which make products
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    • 39 1 MALAYSIA’S opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) was hit by another defection yesterday ahead of a tightly contested by-election in Hulu Selangor on Sunday when neurosurgeon Halili Rahmat said he was leaving for Umno. WORLD PAGE A16
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    • 42 1 CHANGE is coming in a big way at DBS Group Holdings. Chief executive Piyush Gupta, just five months into the job, has decided the bank needs to be more customer-centric, starting with its Singapore franchise. MONEY PAGE B16
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    • 68 1 FRANCE international footballer Franck Ribery may be charged over alleged relations with an underage call girl, but says he did not know she was a minor. The scandal is happening less than two months before the Bayern Munich midfielder, one of the stars of his national
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  • 197 1  -  JOAN CHEW SOME travellers stranded in Singapore in the wake of the Icelandic ash cloud finally departed early this morning. A total of 418 passengers boarded Singapore Airlines flight SQ366 for Rome (left) and SQ378 for Barcelona, ending days of waiting at Changi Airport and
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  • 642 1 Governments’ blanket ban causing a European mess, says Iata chief REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) reached a deal yesterday to reduce the size of a no-fly zone caused by a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano, under pressure from
    REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Sources : INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, AFP  -  642 words
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    • 397 1 ROHIT BRIJNATH SAYS FALL FROM GRACE IF THE ASH CLEARS Politics floors Shashi Tharoor Go Dutch Nadal, born to move LIFE! PAGE C2 SPORT, PAGE B8 PRIME, PAGE A10 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 I
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 88 2 WE SAY European governments are under pressure by airlines to end the flight ban in most of Europe, ordered on account of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud spreading over much of the continent. They should stand firm. Airlines are placing primary consideration on their
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      • 31 2 COLUMNS The American cities that grew the fastest between 1990 and 2008 received large influxes of immigrants with a mix of occupations, says Julia Preston. REVIEW PAGE A22
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      • 32 2 As China and the United States become more interdependent and their interests sometimes collide, their relationship grows more complex and difficult, says Goh Sui Noi. REVIEW PAGE A23
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      • 27 2 OUR READER SAYS The museum, through inappropriate handling, has deprived Singaporeans of a major Peranakan antique collection, says Dr Tan Chai Thiam. FORUM PAGE A24
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      • Article, Illustration
        14 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow tracks the V-shaped rally made by global lenders.
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    • 1021 2  -  There is no free market in housing; Govt must do something selectively BY CHUA MUI HOONG SENIOR WRITER muihoong@sph.com.sg HOUSING markets everywhere are fraught with market failures and there is no housing market in the world devoid of government intervention. I am stating
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    • 547 2 INQAPORE AESIHETIC CENTRE 1 Skin revitalisation Turning back the clock the topic of beauty, no two views align exactly. The concept of beauty is ever-changing, always subject to the preferences of the beholder. But there is one thing that no one will dispute: a beautiful woman is one with a
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  • prime.news
    • 687 3  -  Armed troops take up positions along Silom Road to stop red shirts from taking over district BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Thai military forces threw a ring of steel around Bangkok’s main financial district yesterday to stop anti-govern-ment protesters from
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    • 507 4  -  He placed bet on Tai Sai game after winning number was declared CASINO CHEATS BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A CHINESE national who placed a late bet of $600 on a game at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was jailed for 10
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    • 225 4  -  ELENA CHONG A CASHIER who worked at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was brought before a district court yesterday for allegedly stealing $10,000 from the casino there. Lim Ee Wah, 39, is the first RWS employee to be charged with a criminal offence since the
      ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN  -  225 words
    • 486 11 Human rights expert gets invitation from Govt FOR the first time, a United Nations expert on racism and xenophobia is visiting Singapore to do a first-hand study of the situation in the country. Mr Githu Muigai, who will look at issues relating to
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    • 444 11  -  BY MARIA ALMENOAR TRAIN operator SMRT is investigating a complaint that a door on one of its new Circle Line trains opened while it was travelling between stations. A passenger, who wanted to be known only as Miss E. Goh, 19, said
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  • prime.volcanic ash chaos
    • 741 6 They urge govts to reopen routes after successful test flights AIRLINE WOES REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS: Airlines urged governments to reopen routes through the volcanic ash cloud over Europe yesterday, branding the flight ban a “European mess” and the economic
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; TEXT: LEE SEOK HWAI GRAPHICS: ST GRAPHICS, REUTERS and AFP  -  741 words
    • 491 6  -  BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) could be losing as much as $10 million a day because of airport closures in Europe, according to estimations by aviation analysts. A key carrier operating about 25 flights a day in the Asia-Europe
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    • 762 8  -  Waiting game continues; varying degrees of help provided by airlines PASSENGER WOES BY KARAMJIT KAUR, LIM WEI CHEAN karam@sph.com.sg weichean@sph.com.sg FRUSTRATION and anxiety are building up for travellers hit by the flying ban across much of Europe, now into its sixth day. Flight cancellations have
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    • 622 8  -  BY VICTORIA VAUGHAN, KAREN TEE ICELAND’S volcanic ash cloud has cast a shadow more than 11,000km long over local events in Singapore. Fashion designer Ashley Isham is due to attend the opening of his second flagship boutique at the Mandarin Gallery tonight, but
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    • 333 8  -  BY LUKE VIJAY A GROUP of six Dutch backpackers who had spent the last two weeks roughing it out in Nepal got an unexpected treat out of the European airspace closure. Put up at the Marina Mandarin, they had few complaints about having their
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    • 673 9  -  Shipments of everything from flowers to fish have been delayed BUSINESS WOES BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Jonathan Kwok, Dickson Li and Lee Yen Nee PILES of boxes containing everything from mobile phones to computer parts are sitting in grounded planes and warehouses in
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    • 199 9 NEW YORK TIMES DOVER: On Sunday, a group of Englishmen in a flotilla of inflatable speedboats set out from Dover to ferry some of their stranded compatriots home from the cross-Channel rail-and-ferry chaos created by the cloud of volcanic ash that has shut down much of Europe’s
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    • 96 9 LONDON: Scientists say volcano Eyjafjallajokull’s impact on world travel might not end with the current eruption. They fear that the much larger Katla, one of the “Angry Sisters” in Icelandic lore, might erupt too, though there are few indications of that right now. Three times in
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    • 134 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: A senior US official warned yesterday of potentially serious damage to military jets from volcanic ash after a build-up of glass was found in the engine of a Nato fighter plane in Europe. But Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen denied any knowledge
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    • 77 9 BLOOMBERG AMSTERDAM: Swiss Migros supermarkets ran out of roses yesterday. Exotic fruit and asparagus from the United States may be the next items European shoppers will not be able to find. Retailers in Europe are reporting shortages after the authorities started grounding airplanes from April 15 because
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    • 129 9 TWO batches of tulips destined for local wholesale florist Far East Flora have been held up in Holland as a result of the grounding of European aircraft. Far East Flora’s cold room had only a few packets of tulips left (above). A fresh shipment was to have
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    • 363 9  -  JESSICA LIM SALMON from Norway, Spanish salami and French pate are just some of the niche food products that are not coming into Singapore after flights out of Europe were suspended. And the drying up of supply has sent local importers into a
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    • 503 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: From Formula One to badminton, football to MotoGP the travel chaos triggered by the cloud of volcanic ash which has grounded the bulk of Europe’s air fleet has hit sporting events around the globe. This Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP is the biggest
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    • 1105 10  -  Tharoor linked to free equity for companion BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India’s flamboyant junior foreign minister has been fired after getting tangled in a scandal involving a potentially lucrative cricket franchise, as the ruling Congress party tried to limit
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  • WORLD.
    • 898 14  -  Residents battle for water as India’s rivers and reservoirs dry up INDIA’S WATER WOES BY P. JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW DELHI: With the scorching summer drying up the country’s taps, India’s cities are scrambling for water. The “water wars” between neighbours have already
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    • 106 14 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Singapore to still consider use of nuclear energy MOST COMMENTED ON Worst of storm is over: Obama Says kjks: “The next bubble is underway. Not sure from where and from what, but the fundamental problem of the excesses
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    • world.regional
      • 814 15  -  Violently suppressing red shirts can only boost militancy, analysts warn NEWS ANALYSIS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: The Thai government’s talk of “terrorists” among anti-government “red shirt” protesters has raised some eyebrows in the intelligence community. No proof has been offered on
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      • 819 16  -  Opposition party, although hit by in-fighting, still confident of chances in Sunday’s by-election BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) was hit by another defection yesterday, underscoring the fragility within its ranks ahead of a tightly contested
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      • 342 16 KUALA KUBU BHARU: Independent candidate V. S. Chandran pulled out of the Hulu Selangor by-elec-tion yesterday, saying he loved the Barisan Nasional (BN) too much to contest against it. Hours later, another independent candidate and former Umno man Johan Mohd Diah withdrew his candidacy, according
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      • 509 17  -  Court says law needed to regulate society, revoking it could lead to anarchy BY LYNN LEE INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT lynnlee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Indonesia’s constitutional court yesterday stuck to the status quo and overturned a request to review a law governing religious freedom, saying it would result
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      • 47 17 Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi inspecting a model of a French naval vessel at the 12th Defence Services Asia Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Singapore’s Education Minister and Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen also attended the exhibition. PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO: XINHUA
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      • 628 18 Survivors still being pulled out from rubble, five days after disaster ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JIEGU (China): Badly needed aid is finally arriving in an earthquake-shattered remote western Chinese town, including food and shelter for tens of thousands of homeless people, though
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      • 739 19  -  Yuan issue could be resolved quietly with timing to adjust currency left to Beijing: SM Goh BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg IT IS in China’s interest to adopt a more flexible exchange rate system but overt pressure on the Chinese to do
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      • 30 19 A South Korean worker preparing multi-coloured lanterns at the Chogye Temple in Seoul for the upcoming celebration of the Buddha’s birthday on May 21. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    • world.international
      • 542 20 Israeli minister’s frank remarks come amid friction with US over issue ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israel must recognise that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people, the country’s Defence Minister said in unusually frank remarks yesterday. Mr
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      • 300 20 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Defence Secretary Robert Gates has acknowledged that he had written a classified memorandum to the White House in January raising significant questions about long-term Iran policy, but it had been only “to contribute to an orderly and timely
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      • 539 21 It marks image change for royal family as its younger generation expands REUTERS RIYADH: The appearance of a young Saudi prince, a grandson of the king, in a television advertisement may have raised eyebrows in his country, but it shows Saudi Arabia’s royal
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      • 78 21 This Komondor, a Hungarian breed of shepherd dog, was seen at a dog show in Kalocsa, 130km south of Budapest, on Sunday. Large and muscular, its fur is a unique heavy coat of ‘white cords’ which protects it from extreme weather and predators. Originally
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 145 21 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: The number of sex crimes in Malaysia, including sodomy and incest, has jumped over the past five years. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said last year saw 4,238 cases involving sex crimes reported, compared with 2,427 cases in 2005. In 2006,
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        • 107 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: An emotional President Lee Myung Bak vowed yesterday that South Korea would respond “resolutely and unwaveringly” against those behind the deadly sinking of a naval ship near the country’s tense maritime border with North Korea. Seoul has not openly blamed Pyongyang for the
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        • 116 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari (right) yesterday signed into law sweeping constitutional reforms relinquishing key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary democracy weakened by military rule. Mr Zardari signed the amendment removing the head of state’s power to sack the prime
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        • 126 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD: The top two Al-Qaeda figures in Iraq, who had direct links with Osama bin Laden, have been killed north of Baghdad, dealing the organisation a “potentially devastating blow”, the United States Army said yesterday. Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayub al-Masri were killed
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        • 103 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON: A New Zealand father was convicted yesterday for leaving a baby with a heart condition locked in a car while he visited a strip club. Wayne Schwamm, 42, left his 18-month-old son in the car for about 40 minutes before a
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        • 114 21 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Toyota has agreed to pay a record US$16.4 million (S$22.6 million) fine to United States safety regulators in response to the government’s claim that it knowingly delayed a massive accelerator pedal recall in January, a government official said. The settlement between the US Department of
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 431 22 EUROPEAN airlines faced with an unusual business threat in the form of volcanic dust are on public trial over how they conduct themselves. They could start making operational contingencies on the basis that the financial fallout will be lasting, or they could use industry
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    • 1566 22  -  BY JULIA PRESTON NEW YORK TIMES ST LOUIS: After a career as a corporate executive with her name in brass on the office door, Ms Amparo Kollman-Moore, an immigrant from Colombia, likes to drive a Jaguar and shop at Saks. “It was a
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    • review.
      • 1644 23  -  TABLE TALK WITH RICHARD JOLLY BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg WHEN Britain found it hard to get its Pakistani community to immunise its toddlers, development economist Richard Jolly and his then colleagues at Unicef the United Nations’ arm for children and their
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      • 1017 23  -  BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg IN THE 14 months since taking office, United States President Barack Obama has met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao four times. But this is no indication that ties between the established Western superpower and the rising Eastern
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    • forum.
      • 406 24  -  Dr Tan Chai Thiam A MAJOR gift to the Peranakan Museum comes once in a lifetime. By inappropriate handling, the museum has deprived Singaporeans of a major Peranakan antique collection (“Museum returns ‘major gift’ to donors”; last Wednesday). Surely, this must not happen
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      • 212 24  -  Helen Lim (Ms) Deputy Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority LAST Wednesday’s article (“COE price hike drives up cab rental”) gives the impression that taxi companies will have to bid for an average of 286 certificates of entitlement (COEs) per month in competition
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      • Article, Illustration
        78 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS CHARLOTTE CHU: Rugby mum’s police report was an over-reaction 2 MR HAN TAU KWANG: Astroturfing worry 3 MR NG TZE WEI: By George, thanks! 4 MR CHEN YONG LIANG: Gratified by stallholders’ integrity 5 MR DAVID KWOK: Mum’s the word 6 MR
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    • 413 2  -  MARIA ALMENOAR SECURITY supervisor Zai Ramli, 45, used to take an hour and three buses to get from his Bedok Reservoir home to his workplace near the National Stadium in Kallang. With the opening of the Circle Line, his commute is down to 25 minutes.
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    • 559 3  -  More than 130 global delegates gather to discuss Church’s future BY YEN FENG zengyan@sph.com.sg AN INTERNATIONAL meeting of Anglican churches is under way here to discuss the future of the Church. The group, known as the Global South Anglican Communion, comprises churches in more
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    • 366 4  -  BY ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT A MOTORIST who broke the arm of another with a wooden pole in a road rage incident was jailed six months yesterday. Malaysian Tan Eng Heong, 47, an IT manager here, was convicted of causing grievous hurt
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    • 462 4  -  Investors lodged report against Great Wheel for alleged embezzlement BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE company linked to the Singapore Flyer is being probed in Germany for alleged embezzlement. Great Wheel Corporation, whose chairman Florian Bollen is also chairman of the Flyer, was
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    • 533 4  -  BY SELINA LUM FRESH from a civil suit against wheelchair athlete William Tan Kian Meng and a criminal conviction for cheating, Dr Stephanie Chee Jok Heng is back in court again. This time, the 51-year-old former management consultant and lecturer, who holds a
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    • 326 4  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH THE father who killed his two-year-old daughter in a rage was jailed for six years yesterday. Sallehan Allaudin, 27, (right) was adjudged to have acted in a fit of rage upon catching the girl playing with his
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    • 102 6 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Rugby free-for-all Police called in Saint punished MOST COMMENTED ON Rugby free-for-all Said stillrugby: “Integrity is everything in life. Look at the entire situation. It takes two hands to clap, we all know that. Can you blame
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    • 362 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS: France international footballer Franck Ribery may be charged over alleged relations with an underage call girl, but says he did not know she was a minor, a judicial official said yesterday. The case falls less than two
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    • 252 6 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Spain striker Fernando Torres’ decision to have surgery on a torn cartilage in his right knee last Sunday has handed coach Vicente del Bosque another World Cup headache. The Liverpool forward is expected to be out for
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    • 365 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MILAN: Barcelona have travelled by bus to today’s Champions League semi-fi-nal first leg at Inter Milan, showing that not even grounded flights and a huge volcanic ash cloud can halt the brilliance of Lionel Messi and Co. Inter, though,
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    • 625 7 Bynum’s return sparks Lakers to victory in Game 1 of play-off series ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Andrew Bynum leaned over, his hands on his knees, his chest heaving from his first minutes of game action in nearly a month. Other than being out of breath, he displayed little
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    • 287 7  -  Young Lions 0 Sengkang Punggol 1 BY FABIUS CHEN SENGKANG Punggol moved off the bottom of the Great Eastern-YEO’S S-League with a slim win over the Young Lions at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. It snapped a three-game losing streak for Aide Iskandar’s football club
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      • 39 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARACAS (Venezuela): Former boxing champion Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell yesterday, just hours after he was arrested in his wife’s killing. The ex-lightweight champion used his own clothes to hang himself.
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      • 55 7 REUTERS MILAN: Fiorentina and Romania footballer Adrian Mutu has been suspended until Oct 29 for testing positive for a banned appetite suppressant. An anti-doping prosecutor had asked for a one-year ban, but Mutu’s representatives argued he should serve just a three or fourmonth suspension because he
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    • 300 7  -  BY LIN XINYI THEY may have narrowly missed the qualification criteria, but the Singapore rhythmic gymnastic team’s Youth Olympic Games (YOG) dreams are still very much alive. Following an appeal by Singapore Gymnastics to the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, the world body has
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    • 232 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has been slapped with a one-game suspension by the National Basketball Association for an elbowing incident during the opening game of the play-off series against the Miami Heat. Garnett had elbowed Miami’s Quentin
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    • 317 8  -  SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY CHAN U-GENE ANGLO-CHINESE School (Independent) continued their dominance of the Schools National C Boys Squash Championships when they bulldozed past St Joseph’s Institution 4-1 to win their fifth consecutive title. Yet it was difficult to tell just who
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    • 898 8  -  There is nothing quite like watching Nadal find his great, fast self SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg ONLY novelist Stephen King, in 1982, could summon such an idea from his dark, layered imagination. A grim game show where participants get a 12-hour headstart and are then
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    • 640 9  -  F1 drivers just want to beat their teammates DRIVER’SSEAT BY STEVE SLATER stsports@sph.com.sg IT IS generally understood in motor racing that irrespective of one’s performance against rival teams, the driver you really want to beat is your teammate. He is the driver with the car which
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    • 105 9 Today Football S-League: Albirex v Etoile (Jurong East, 7.45pm). Tomorrow Basketball NBA play-offs, 1st rd: LA Lakers v Oklahoma (Live, Ch23,10.30am). Cricket Indian Premier League: S-final 1 (Live, Ch111, 10.30pm). Football S-League: Gombak v Home (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm. Live, Ch27 Ch122, 7.25pm). English Premier League: Hull v
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    • 26 9 Golfer Jim Furyk, who won the Heritage Classic on Sunday after Brian Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself
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    • 344 9 Basketball NBA play-offs 1st rd (best-of-seven) Western Con: LA Lakers 87 Oklahoma City 79 (Lakers lead 1-0), Portland 105 Phoenix 100 (Portland lead 1-0), Dallas 100 San Antonio 94 (Dallas lead 1-0). Eastern Con: Orlando 98 Charlotte 89 (Orlando lead 1-0). Cricket Indian Premier League In Delhi: Deccan Chargers
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    • 828 16  -  Bank will address gripes to improve service and work on cultural change BY FRANCIS CHAN franchan@sph.com.sg CHANGE is coming in a big way at DBS Group Holdings, as chief executive Piyush Gupta, just five months into the job, cracks the whip at South-east Asia’s
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    • 112 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Developers snapping up own units MOST COMMENTED ON Goldman to trigger wider crackdown? Says esscargo: “It’s a case of power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Giants like Goldman Sachs are committing daylight robbery against the ordinary layman investor.”
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    • 522 11  -  Goldman suit, air travel woes and China property curbs take their toll BULLS AND BEARS BY GOH ENG YEOW engyeow@sph.com.sg ASIAN markets took a beating yesterday with bad news coming from all directions Europe’s ash crisis, China’s war on property speculation, and
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    • 405 11 REUTERS NEW YORK: Citigroup has posted a US$4.43 billion (S$6.1 billion) firstquarter profit as losses from bad loans declined, beating analyst expectations and turning in its best results since 2007. Citigroup, long seen as the weakest of the major United States banks,
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        99 11 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.95 billion shares worth $1.98 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 113 Losers: 495 Unchanged: 628 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -10.14 727.40 Utilities -11.53 -9.10 587.53 -11.28 -12.40
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      • 225 11 REUTERS BERNAMA Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,908.77 (-193.41) Japanese stocks slid 1.7 per cent on worries that fraud charges against Goldman Sachs may increase the likelihood of tighter US financial regulation. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 21,405.17 (-460.09) Hong Kong stocks fell 2.1 per cent on the
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      • 421 11 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 19,2010 Top Rises April 19 CENTS Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1608 139.2 6.7 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5007 90.9 1.3 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 24.0 0.2 OUE 1614 12.0 0.7 OCBC Bk
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      • 105 11 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY April 19 2010 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2600 1.2980 Can dollar 1.3490 1.3660 Euro 1.8450 1.8670 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4280 0.4290 NZ dollar 0.9690 0.9900 Sterling pound 2.0940 2.1180 US dollar 1.3690 1.3850 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      • 506 12 Hopes up for New Hope, Peabody in bid to acquire coal miner Macarthur REUTERS MELBOURNE: United States miner Peabody Energy’s US$3.8 billion (S$5.2 billion) bid for Macarthur Coal gained traction yesterday as one of two rival deals involving the Australian miner hit the skids. Shareholders
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      • 402 12  -  BY DAWN ZENG TWO new council members have joined the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (Icpas). SingTel chief financial officer Jeann Low and Jay Gee Group managing director R. Dhinakaran were elected at the institute’s annual general meeting last Saturday. Icpas
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      • 341 12  -  BY ESTHER TEO GOVERNMENT policies aimed at cushioning the financial crisis and cheaper utility bills have helped bolster Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust’s (A-Reit’s) fullyear distributable income by 11.4 per cent to $234.9 million. Distribution per unit for the year ended March 31 fell by 13.7
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      • 308 12  -  BY LEE ZHI XIN LOWER costs and better contributions from associated companies boosted Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation’s (Keppel T&T) net profits for the first quarter ended March 31. Keppel T&T posted a 24.2 per cent jump in net profits to $12.7
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    • 810 13 They are seeking probe details from SEC as prelude to potential suit FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST GOLDMAN REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Pressure is building on Goldman Sachs from both sides of the Atlantic, days after it was charged with civil fraud by the
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    • 423 13 REUTERS BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs may have to cough up a huge fine to settle the civil lawsuit brought by United States regulators, but the biggest damage would be to the reputation of Wall Street’s most powerful and prestigious bank, analysts said.
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    • 493 14  -  More investment, faster action needed, says World Bank BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg MAJOR countries in East Asia will have to invest an additional US$80 billion (S$110 billion) per year for the next 20 years to stabilise the region’s growing carbon emissions. The financing
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    • 310 14 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is holding two public forums next month to share proposed recommendations on its review of the Concept Plan 2011. The plan maps out the long-term directions for Singapore’s land use and transport for the next 40 to 50
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    • 518 15  -  MAS studies suggestion, which covers ethics and conduct, in bid to boost level of customer service BY FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg BANK relationship managers in Singapore may have to take a national examination to ensure they are able to serve customers properly. Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 466 15  -  BY HARSHA JETHNANI REBUILDING the “powerful and emotive” POSB brand is crucial to the consumer banking aspirations of DBS Group Holdings in its home market, according to chief executive Piyush Gupta. Long queues, defective ATMs and additional customer services are all on the people’s
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    • 121 15 REUTERS TOKYO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will raise its forecast for global growth this year to 4 per cent or more as China and emerging economies pick up pace, the Nikkei newspaper quoted the head of the fund as saying. South
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    • 276 18 living well Personal wellness services are popular among the older folk, reports Karen Teng Growing older does not mean giving up such personal indulgences as manicures, massages and facials, if you can afford it. As housewife Madam Tan Ooi Ping, 53, puts it: “It’s good to give myself
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    • 626 8 427 BISHAN HDB APTS FOR SALE EXEC MAIS 146SQM Blk 186. Nicefacing. Near MRT amenities. Orig cond. Open hse Fri night by appt only. *****573 Eric Neo. 4’A’ BLK.262 MID flr. Indian owner Corridor unit. Aircon/ cabinet. Shops/ schs. Ask $460K Value $410K. Raj *****807 DWG 5’I’ BISHAN 158. High
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    • 639 8 436 HOUGANG HDB APTS FOR SALE LOW $...4’A’ Corner Blk 448 Hougang. Designer. Lift level. Contra. Early move in. PR/ All races. Vincent Koh *****577 ML 4’A’ BLK 911. Cosy renovation. Move in cond. Near mkt/ Hougang Pt. All races. 9634-6910 *****772. 4’A’ 573. Corridor/ high flr. 100sqm. Windy. Hougang
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    • 614 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT DRAYCOTT 8, 2 loft suites, new, high flr, 2 mins American Club, Japanese Onsen, finger-print access, $10.5K up. Raj *****822 TATE RESIDENCES, 2 units, 3 bdrms with ensuite, high flr, great views, pte lift,
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    • 1005 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT CUSCADEN RES. 1485 sqft. 3+1. F/ furn. Rent. $8.5k. Good facing. Opp St Regis. Unblocked. F/ facilities. Vacant. Immed. 9852 6105 HIGHPOINT MOUNT Elizabeth. Approx 2900 sqft. 4+1. Move in condition. Bright breezy, scenic ambience Immed *****108 DTZ $3K ONLY!!! NEW Estilo.
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    • 903 9 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT CLYDESVIEW, MAIS, 3+1, 2100 sqft, patio, face pool, cozy, MRT. $6.3K. VTPC *****300 ASPEN HEIGHTS 1400 sqft. Spacious 2+1 with outdoor patio. F/facilities. $5K neg. *****000 NASSIM MANSION. 4+1, 2800 sqft, nice unit, Lush greenery. Asking $12.8K. VTPC *****868 REGENCY Park/ Wing
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    • 750 9 464 D11 21 NEWTON BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT D.21 SIGNATURE PK Toh Tuck Rd. 2/ 3+1/ 4+1. Good facing. Immed. *****228/ *****987 DM Realty MAPLEWOODS 2/3/4/ PENTHSES. Call David *****500 of www.ResidentAgent.sg now! SIGNATURE PARK ,1033 sqft 2+1, $2.8K, fully furnished. Call *****585 4+UTILITY. SIGNATURE PK Toh Tuck
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    • 3043 15 A WAR3 RECRUIT Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st701.com 709 ENGINEERS 709 ENGINEERS 709 ENGINEERS 715 LECTURING/ TEACHING Education Centre Require 1) SPEECH DRAMA TEACHER 2) DANCING TEACHER 3) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROMOTER (Bilingual) Interested party pls call *****338 *****903 Teaching Team We require TEACHERS with Min 5
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    • 631 16 730 SALES 730 SALES SALES EXECUTIVE Min ’N’/ ’O’ level Singaporean/ PR only Able to handle Chinese English speaking clients 5-day work week Able to start work immed Pls call *****595 (after 9am) We are an established pharmaceutical distributor. Due to expansion, we are seeking self-motivated individuals to join our
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    • 583 19 766 SECURITY Hotel, Pasir Panjang, Changi, Ayer Rajah, Tuas, Gul $1300 to $1700 (Officer) $1500 to $1900 (Supervisor) $1400 above (Roving) High Weekly Advance Responsible, Polite Fit CPF Contribution NSRS/WSQ, Ex-SCDF/SPF or Ex-SAF Regular Call daily at 9711 2695 81, Joo Chiat Road (Near Joo Chiat Complex) Whitefield Security Services
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    • 421 19 783 PART-TIME/ TEMPORARY URGENT! SCHOOL ATTENDANTS Min Pri 6 above Speak write simple English Physically fit Clean classrms special rms Open, close school gates Provide logistics support carrying, arranging furniture S’poreans PRs only 52 Chin Swee Road, #06-00 Seacare Building, Tel: *****632 (C*****1B) TEMP PACKER WAREHOUSE ASST X15 6 days
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