The Straits Times, 17 May 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, MAY 17 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Saying goodbye to Dr Goh
      71 1 SCORES of Singaporeans from all walks of life streamed into the home of the late Dr Goh Keng Swee yesterday to pay their respects to one of Singapore’s founding fathers. They included parents wanting to teach their children about the man, old schoolmates coming to
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      Lock icon Engaging new immigrants
      48 1 THE People’s Association is hoping that 5,000 new immigrants will get on board its national education programme each year to familiarise themselves with Singapore. Grassroots leaders will make house visits and calls to let the new immigrants know about upcoming community activities. HOME PAGE B1
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      Lock icon Sibu loss stuns Barisan
      53 1 MALAYSIA’S opposition stunned the ruling coalition yesterday by winning the parliamentary seat of Sibu in Sarawak state that has long been a government stronghold. The opposition won the seat by a razor-thin majority of 398 votes out of nearly 38,000 ballots cast, the Election Commission said.
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      Lock icon Webber wins Monaco GP
      36 1 MARK Webber swept to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday in a Red Bull one-two that catapulted the Australian to the top of the Formula One drivers’ leaderboard. SPORT PAGE B14
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      Lock icon Private homes will do well
      65 1 THE private homes market has slowed in the past fortnight, but experts feel 2010 will still emerge as a banner year for the sector. They say sales of new private homes will come close to matching levels seen in the boom days of 2007, but
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    Lock icon FIRST PAST THE POST
    46 1 SIA Cup winner Lizard's Desire (No. 4), with jockey Kevin Shea astride, holding off defending champion Gloria de Campeao just before the winning post at the Kranji racecourse last night. SEE SPORT PAGE B15 ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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    Lock icon Thai govt gets tough, rejects calls for talks
    637 1  -  It broadens crackdown on protesters, including freezing bank accounts BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: The Thai government hardened its position against “red shirt” protesters yesterday, rejecting calls by their leaders for United Nations-brokered talks to end days of street fighting.
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    Lock icon Blackout at Marina casino: Man arrested for ‘sabotage’
    343 1  -  BY TEH JOO LIN A MAN has been arrested in connection with a power blackout at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino last Wednesday. He is believed to be a disgruntled engineer employed by a subcontractor of the integrated resort (IR), which
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      104 1 WORKING LIFE Banking on productivity A DAY WITH... The Zouk girl LIFE! PAGE C4 MONEY, PAGE B25 SERIE A Inter’s title SPORT, PAGE B17 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 BRILLIANT ROSE* The Cut of Ultimate
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        Lock icon A sensible approach to Facebook
        69 2 WE SAY Along with security and privacy problems, productivity loss ranks high as a reason for employers to restrict or ban Facebook. There are, however, two sides to the coin. Facebook can help coordinate work and improve productivity. When misused, it can waste time, damage
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        Lock icon Insights from MM Lee
        35 2 COLUMNS Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew can be considered the world’s “Chief Intelligence Officer”, said Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Its editor-in-chief Yoichi Funabashi has a chat with him. REVIEW PAGE A17
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        Lock icon More wild swings ahead
        27 2 The Dow Jones’ recent 1,000-point plunge could be a sign that something more serious is amiss, says Goh Eng Yeow. MONEY PAGE B24
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        Lock icon What work-life balance?
        26 2 OUR READER SAYS My daughter was penalised for trying to be a dedicated mother and teacher, says Lim Kim Siang. FORUM PAGE A19
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        26 2 www.straitstimes.com Victoria Vaughan asks if Japanese recycling could be implemented in Singapore. Lin Xinyi is impressed with the Singapore women’s table tennis team’s preparations.
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      Lock icon Expect more MTL-type debates
      1034 2  -  At the heart of the furore is the tie between language and identity BY CLARISSA OON SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT clare@sph.com.sg IT CAME across to some as a rare about-turn in policy, though the Government denied it ever intended to change such a key plank of its
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      70 3  -  BY NG SOR LUAN It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. An elderly man relaxes
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      Lock icon Asked to change religion? Here’s help
      628 3  -  Buddhist group produces book on how to handle unwelcome proselytising BY YEN FENG zengyan@sph.com.sg BUDDHISTS hurt by Pastor Rony Tan’s criticism of their faith are talking back with the help of a new guidebook out this month. Titled Agree To Disagree: Conversations About Conversions,
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      Lock icon Crackdown on red shirts will deepen radicalisation
      638 4  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: In the “operations centre” of the opposition Puea Thai party, where two huge satel- lite maps of Bangkok festooned with stickers hang on the wall, a dozen people are working the phones and computers. But
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      Lock icon Shock defeat for Barisan in Sibu by-election
      532 4  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) was handed a shock defeat in a by-election in Sarawak yesterday, dealing a blow to the ruling coalition ahead of crucial state elections here. In a nail-biting race, Democratic Action Party (DAP)
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      560 4 ilNCjApORE AESThETiC CENTRE Skin revitalisation Turning back the clock On 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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      221 5 A symbol of our commitment to Singapore. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group pic (RBS) retail commercial businesses in Singapore. ANZ has also completed acquisitions of selected RBS businesses in Taiwan, Hong
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  • REMEMBERING GOH KENG SWEE
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      Lock icon The many lives he touched
      771 6  -  Scores brave the rain to pay their respects to Dr Goh Keng Swee BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Zakir Hussain ODD-JOB labourer Lau Hai Bock did not know the address of Dr Goh Keng Swee’s home, but that did not deter the
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      Lock icon Dr Goh, the pragmatic intellectual
      790 6  -  BY OOI KEE BENG The writer is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. His intellectual biography of Dr Goh Keng Swee, tentatively titled In Lieu Of Ideology, is expected to be published by August. IN THE past three years, I have been
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    Lock icon Dr Goh helped shape China’s economy: Zhao Ziyang’s son
    928 7  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG SINGAPORE piqued China’s interest when the Asian giant embarked on economic reforms in the Eighties. And in 1981, then Premier Zhao Ziyang came to Singapore to get a first-hand look at how the country had developed. It was
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      522 7 the future for equity income The outlook for dividends in Asia is attractive especially relative to other parts of the world. Over the last 30 years (1978 2008), dividends have represented a remarkable 59%* of the total return from Asia-Pacific equities. Total dividends paid by the banks in Asia Pacific
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Fewer dare to be their own boss
      675 9  -  Tough business climate dashing the hopes of would-be entrepreneurs HARD TIMES IN TAIWAN BY Ho Al Li TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Many in Taiwan dream of setting up their own businesses, but an increasingly tough economic climate and rising competition from China are
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      104 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Millionaire finds son-in-law via ad Saiful ‘lied about sodomy’ MOST COMMENTED ON Fresh violence in Bangkok. Says noellow: “Civil war is looming on the horizon. If the royal family, bureaucracy, military, wealthy elites and the power-crazed councillors still
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        Lock icon S’pore, China will remain different
        623 10  -  The two countries are connected to the rest of the world differently MM LEE S VI S IT T O C HIN A BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China will take at least another 10 or 15 years before it can
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        Lock icon Poor voter turnout hobbles HK democracy campaign
        363 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Most Hong Kongers stayed away from special elections yesterday that five opposition lawmakers had triggered, dealing a blow to their democracy campaign in the Special Administrative Region. Only 17.1 per cent of Hong Kong’s 3.4 million registered
        ASSOCIATED PRESS,; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  363 words
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        Lock icon Warning shots fired in fresh Korean sea border tension
        405 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS SEOUL: Two North Korean naval boats reportedly crossed the tense western sea border with South Korea, in the first violation since a South Korean warship sank in the area in March. A North Korean patrol boat sailed about
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        Lock icon Noordin’s sidekick is most-wanted man
        588 11  -  Abdullah Sunata united extremist cells and is ‘capable of anything’ BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Indonesia’s most-wanted fugitive now, Abdullah Sunata (right), was a sidekick of terrorist ringleader Noordin Top and made his name when he trained Muslim fighters in eastern Indonesia’s sectarian
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        Lock icon Bashir denies link to Aceh militant camp
        235 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, accused of being the spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group, has denied links with the group of militant suspects arrested in raids this month. Local media reports alleged yesterday that the suspects
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        Lock icon ‘Secret channels’ in China-Taiwan ties
        306 11 TAIPEI: China and Taiwan have set up secret, backdoor channels to work towards improving ties, and are now “able to handle immediately incidents in the Taiwan Strait”, said the island’s former security chief. Mr Su Chi, who headed the National Security Council from 2008 to
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        Lock icon Saving Malaysia’s unwanted babies
        726 12  -  Unmarried mums can drop off newborns at baby hatch in Petaling Jaya for adoption BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: A worker at a petrol station in Klang got the shock of his life recently when he stumbled upon the lifeless body of a
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        Lock icon Moro rebels open to peace talks
        274 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Muslim guerillas said yesterday that they were ready for peace talks with Philippine presi-dent-apparent Benigno Aquino III after years of little progress under his predecessor. Moro Islamic Liberation Front negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, however, said his group would reserve its expectations on
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        Lock icon Many volunteer to hang Mumbai killer
        773 13  -  Queue for hangman job reflects Indians’ outrage against terror attacks MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY P. JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg INDIA’S last official hangman may have retired, but there certainly has been no shortage of volunteers queueing up to see to the execution of
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        Lock icon In tech companies we trust, say Americans
        907 14  -  Small businesses, tech sector seen as being good for their country BY BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR bhagya@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: It is no secret that the American public’s satisfaction with the federal government and Congress is at a historic low. Banks and financial institutions, large corporations and
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        Lock icon 94-year-old woman earns college diploma
        328 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND (California): It is never too late to earn your college degree. Just ask 94-year-old Hazel Soares. The woman was one of about 500 students to pick up diplomas last Saturday at a commencement ceremony at Mills College, an all-woman school here. “It’s
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        Lock icon BP tries again to contain oil spill
        900 15 Latest attempt uses robots to funnel gushing oil to ship at the surface REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS GALLIANO (Louisiana): Facing increased political pressure and public outrage over slow progress in stemming an oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico, energy giant
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        Lock icon Heading into record books
        63 15 Lebanese and Palestinian activists marked the 62nd anniversary of the Naqba, which is Arabic for catastrophe, by arranging 6,552 traditional head scarves at Beirut’s Sport City Stadium on Saturday, making it to the Guinness World Records for the longest chain of scarves. Naqba marks the uprooting
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        Lock icon Ash cloud disrupts air travel in Britain
        402 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britain imposed a no-fly zone on parts of its airspace yesterday and Ireland shut several airports as another cloud of ash from a volcano in Iceland looked set to disrupt European air travel yet again. The authorities announced
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        Lock icon Cameron defends Parliament plan
        550 16 British PM also insists pact with Lib Dems will last AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday defended his plans to change how Parliament works and pledged a full audit of government spending, in his first major interview since taking office. Mr Cameron
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Iran releases French scholar
          119 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Young French academic Clotilde Reiss flew home from Iran yesterday, 10 months after she was arrested and accused of spying, as France denied striking a secret deal with Teheran. Her arrival brought an end to a long drama which raised tensions between France
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          Lock icon Guard against temptation: Pope
          121 16 REUTERS VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI, facing the worst crisis of his five-year-old papacy because of a widening sexual abuse scandal, told a crowd of nearly 200,000 yesterday that priests must guard against worldly temptation. The Pope told the crowd gathered in St Peter’s Square that
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          Lock icon A Fairy-tale wedding
          178 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A Japanese couple have become the first in the world to be married in a ceremony led by a robot. The “I-Fairy” a 1.5m-tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails conducted yesterday’s wedding of Ms Satoko Inoue, 36, and Mr Tomohiro Shibata,
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          Lock icon Pressure mounts on Hatoyama
          146 16 REUTERS TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s bind over a United States airbase deepened yesterday when the leader of one coalition partner said she would not agree to his plan to keep part of the base on Okinawa and another suggested the Premier should quit if
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          Lock icon Man ‘killed teen he met online’
          90 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: An Australian man has been charged with murder, accused of befriending a teenager via the social networking site Facebook, luring her to an isolated bushland area and killing her, reports said yesterday. Suspect Christopher James Dannevig, 20, allegedly set up a
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      69 11 e**S THE STRAITS TIMES. f stomp uimm.stoniP.CDiii.sg THanK you; These stories and pictures came from yoo Apr 22 NEL rush-hour delay due to 'technical fault' Readers who give us the best tip of the day will receive a $100 CapitaLand shopping voucher. If yoo've got a news tip, e-mail stnmp@stnmp.cnm.sg
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • Article
      Lock icon A sensible approach to Facebook
      421 17 ALONG with currently mounting security and privacy problems that should concern the 400 million users of Facebook worldwide, productivity loss ranks high as a reason for employers to restrict or ban the social network. Even less surprising, the renewed national drive to raise output per
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      Lock icon On power and stabilising forces
      2936 17  -  With his insightful analyses of trends in international politics, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew can be considered the world’s ‘Chief Intelligence Officer’, says Asahi Shimbun, a major Japanese newspaper, whose Editor-in-Chief YOICHI FUNABASHI interviewed Mr Lee. We carry today an edited excerpt from the interview.
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        Lock icon Small nuclear reactors a new green option
        998 18  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong recently outlined Singapore’s plans for reaching eventual self-sufficiency in water supply for homes and industry. Opening Sembcorp Industries’
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        Lock icon An inspiration to all
        674 19  -  REMEMBERING GOH KENG SWEE David Chan LIKE many Singaporeans, I am saddened to learn that one of our founding fathers and the primary economic and social architect of Singapore has passed away. I did not know Dr Goh Keng Swee personally but I have read and
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        Lock icon Tough leader, but forgiving man
        196 19  -  Lee Chiu San DR GOH Keng Swee had a formidable reputation as a tough leader who pushed through hard policies. But he was also understanding and forgiving. Fresh out of national service, I had been working as a journalist with the then Singapore Herald for
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        Lock icon Penalised for trying to be a good mum and teacher
        344 19  -  Lim Kim Siang I empathise with Ms Aishah Quek’s frustrations over her teacher husband’s life (“Work-life balance? Here’s one day in the life of a teacher”; last Saturday). My daughter, a junior college teacher for more than five years, typically
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      68 7 The Singapore Aids Candlelight Memorial 2010 was held yesterday at the Telok Ayer Hong Lim Green Community Centre’s Open Stage at Hong Lim Park. The annual event commemorating the lives lost to HIV/Aids is supported by the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore and the Singapore Red Cross. It was
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      862 2 Good news for museum-lovers. From June 1, museums will offer free entry to all students (Singaporean/PR) and teachers, with access to all permanent galleries. To mark International Museum Day tomorrow, LIM KAILI takes a look at the main museums among the more than 50 museums, heritage centres and galleries here.
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        68 6 Wahiro Japanese Restaurant offers "harmony in food and ambience". Serving authentic Japanese cuisine, the restaurant's decor hails back to the Edo period. Conceptualised by interior design firm, Piece of Mine, it was inspired by the wood block prints of Mt Fuji and ocean waves, like the works of
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      236 6 CARLSBERG has been named the Official Beer and Official Supporter of Team England at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. It has launched a media campaign to publicise its support. The campaign began on May 12 with creative buys in key
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      393 6  -  Gayle Quah KOREAN electronics giant LG went on an advertising blitz last Friday by embracing seven newspapers of the Singapore Press Holdings in a bold grab to expand its market reach. It was the first company to wrap its twopage advertisement to launch
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      190 6 THE Destinee boutique is now open B at Paragon shopping centre. Featuring Singapore's best-selling diamond, Destinee, it also showcases other pieces under the Belgiumbased Destinee marquee, such as the newly launched Destinee Royale. Destinee Royale was inspired by the popularity of Destinee. With 81
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      881 9  -  Freight companies use Singapore’s strategic location as the world’s top logistics hub to go places by philip lee BUSINESS leaders here describe it as the lifeblood and enabler of the Singapore economy. One calls its workers the “unsung heroes.” This is the Singapore’s logistics
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      693 12  -  The National Forwarder, a local freight forwarding business, has the expertise and facilities to do heavy lifting jobs for the marine industry by ahmad osman THE National Forwarder (Singapore) has set two records for having the heaviest and longest air
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      559 13  -  Logistics companies in Singapore use their global links to move things quickly for their customers by gayle quah WHEN the Icelandic volcanic ash crisis recently grounded all the aircraft in Europe, the logistics industry got around the problem by moving cargo by road, rail
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      418 13 Companies adapt different customised business models to stay competitive. r Mr Francis Kwa Area Head of Supply Chain Management, Southeast Asia Senior Vice President Panalpina World Transport (S) Pte Ltd Singapore During the recent economic crisis, collapsing consumer confidence curtailed international trade as retailers reduced inventory holding causing manufacturers to
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      156 14 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Fans boycott World Cup deal Many protest against ‘over-priced’ offers The week that ruined Manchester United MOST COMMENTED ON Price will stay Said S.Manimaran: “SingTel/StarHub, make it pay per view. None of us are interested in watching
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      360 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A rampant China underlined their dominance of world badminton yesterday, pounding Indonesia 3-0 to emphatically win a fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title, and eighth overall. The victory cemented China’s reputation as a leviathan in the sport after their women were shocked
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      444 15  -  Brought to you by Singapore Turf Club JONATHAN WONG This time, jockey Kevin Shea knew better than to celebrate prematurely. The South African, riding on board Lizard’s Desire, kept himself in check yesterday after crossing the winning post. He was waiting for confirmation that
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      406 15  -  JONATHAN WONG Trainer Patrick Shaw must be sick of the sight of horses from Hong Kong. For the second straight year, the South African watched helplessly as Hong Kong’s Green Birdie broke Singaporean hearts when it defeated local star Rocket Man at
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      576 16  -  Over 700 athletes from 30 teams here for YOG test events in 10 sports BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg WITH less than three months to go before the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) kick off in Singapore, preparations are shifting into final gear. From this weekend, over 700
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      394 16  -  BY ROYSTON SIM PLAGUED by vehicle problems since the first round of the Nescafe Singapore Karting Championship, Andrew Tang finally put those troubles to rest yesterday. The 15-year-old St Joseph’s Institution (International) student won the sec-ond-round Senior category (15 and above) final, held at the
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      618 16  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY BY JEANETTE WANG jwang@sph.com.sg The writer is the Associate Editor of Shape, Singapore’s premier health, fitness and wellness magazine for women AS IF it isn’t tough enough for the average woman to keep up with the average man while running, it seems females have
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      98 17 Today Football S-League: SAFFC v Tampines (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm). English League 1 play-off, s-final 2nd leg: Charlton Athletic v Swindon Town (Live, Ch219, Tuesday, 2.40am). Hockey SHF League: Hollandse Club L v IA (Delta Stadium, 7.30pm). Tomorrow Football S-League: Woodlands v Etoile (Woodlands), Geylang v Young
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      51 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Britain’s Amir Khan (above) retained his World Boxing Association super lightweight title with a technical knockout of American Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday. Khan, 23, dominated a one-sided fight which was stopped at 1min 25sec of the 11th round. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED
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      482 17 Bid chief Triesman quits after making bribery allegations against rivals REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: England’s hopes of hosting the 2018 World Cup were rocked yesterday, when bid chief David Triesman stood down following a newspaper report in which he appeared to make bribery allegations against rival
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      467 17 Siena 0 Inter Milan 1 REUTERS ROME: Inter Milan survived a minor scare to lift their fifth successive Serie A title and stay on course for an unprecedented treble, after a tense but deserved 1-0 win at relegated Siena yesterday. Argentina striker Diego
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      296 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI: Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chief Lalit Modi has delivered his official response to the corruption allegations against him to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). His lawyer delivered the thousands of pages of documents in six large boxes on
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        46 17 REUTERS BORDEAUX: France are poised to name former World Cup winner Laurent Blanc to succeed Raymond Domenech after the World Cup. Blanc told his club Bordeaux yesterday he wanted to leave with one year remaining on his contract.
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        66 17 BANGALORE: Singapore’s Kok Jo Ee, 16, fired a three-round total of 216 to finish second in the girls’ A and B divisions at the 31st Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championships. Thailand’s Pavarisa Yoktuan won by three strokes at the Eagleton Golf Club on Saturday. The
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        36 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BALTIMORE: Martin Garcia steered Lookin at Lucky to victory in the 135th Preakness horse race on Saturday. Lookin at Lucky beat First Dude by a head at the line.
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      431 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Germany captain Michael Ballack will find out his World Cup fate today after heavy swelling on his injured right ankle delayed an MRI scan by 24 hours. The midfielder limped out of Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Portsmouth in the FA Cup
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    613 18 OBITUARIES With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late Dr Goh Keng Swee From Retired officers of the SAF: Lee Hsien Loong Bey Soo Khiang Boey Tak Hap Chin Chow Yoon Winston Choo Patrick Choy Wesley D'Aranjo Goh Yong Siang Desmond Kuek Kwek Siew Jin Lai
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    105 19 OBITUARIES Our Deepest Sorrow and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late DR GOH KENG SWEE Departed on 14 May 2010 A respected leader and man of integrity whose bold vision set the economic foundations for Singapore's prosperity We grieve his passing From The Board of Directors, Management and
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    1034 20 OBITUARIES "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:4 LIE GIOK HOA Age: 79 Loving mother and grandmother was called home to be with the Lord
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        354 21  -  BY GABRIEL CHEN ASEAN chief financial officers (CFOs) see the need for faster decision-making as the most significant challenge facing them over the next three years. The findings from a new study follow a downturn and underscore the desire among executives to make
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      794 24  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN THE global economy may be on the mend, but the world will no longer be the same as before the crisis, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. Western economies will see major adjustments to consumer spending and saving, and debt-ridden
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        772 25  -  Intangible nature of banking sector sees emphasis shifting to fulfilling needs of customers BY LEE YEN NEE ynlee@sph.com.sg THE notion of productivity can be fairly straightforward for sectors like manufacturing that produce “things”, but it can be a bit tricky for entities like banks.
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      822 26  -  Number of new homes sold in 1st quarter suggests return to near boom levels DESPITE SLOWDOWN... BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg THE private homes market has slowed in the past fortnight but experts feel 2010 will still emerge as a banner year
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      110 26 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Demand for high-end homes may lose steam Facebook: To ban or not to ban? MOST COMMENTED ON Facebook: To ban or not to ban? Says streader12: “Facebook and all social networking sites should be banned... It’s time people
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      338 22 SHARES INDICES SECTORS COMMODITIES TREASURIES FOREIGN EXCHANGE AN INSIGHT TO TODAY'S MARKET VOLATILITY 4 Amara Singapore, 25 May 2010, 6.30 p.m 10.00 p.m The Greek debt crisis may have rocked the currency market, but stocks and commodities didn't seem to mind in the first 4 months of 2010. How long
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      43 24 For everything you need Personal Business Vehicles Properties Travel Education BUY IT• SELL IT• FIND IT UPBEAT ON ECONOMY Singapore’s economic growth may exceed 10 per cent in the second quarter, leading indicators from the latest BT-UniSIM Business Climate survey show Today in
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      370 1 Burden of Expectations! 8 Questions With... Bossa nova elder Sergio Mendes C2 Falls on multi-tasking Lim Kay Siu Flaming success Arts Fest’s fire garden a hit C5 C6 Just how much partying does Zouk’s artiste booking manager Alyssa Kokilah get up to in the line of duty? Not much at
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      364 2  -  reviewconcert SIMPLE GIFTS Anna Koor Vocal Recital With Shane Thio, Piano Esplanade Recital Studio Last Saturday chang tou liang Lovers of the voice have had it good this past week. After the earlier triumphs of Andrea Bocelli and Sumi Jo, it was left to Singaporean
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        663 8 Believing in each other helped Daniel and Jordan Pious emerge victors in The Amazing Race 16 lin wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg Almost every Singaporean has a horror story to tell of their taxi-riding experiences here, but not the winners of the latest season of The Amazing Race.
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      157 7 Life! asks the audience at Cargo Kuala Lumpur-Singapore for their views of the show: “It was an interesting concept but its execution was not so great. After about 45 minutes, it got a bit boring at certain points.” Maninder Kaur, 32, public relations officer “It was great and
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      374 10 MATS BUY IT• SELL IT• FIND IT The 1st SINGAPORE PRIVATE COLLEGE to offer BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING in 1998 UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON V V i "TEG is VotedBest in ENGINEERING STUDIES in Singapore." Edupoll 2007/2008 2009 citations for PEO www.edupoll.org BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING Mechatronics 34th intake Aug 2010 (HONS) Mechanical
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      310 10 J J Of NEW VICTORIA H VIII y~t BRUNSWICK UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ONE YEAR UNIVERSITY TOP-UP DEGREE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK VICTORIA UNIVERSITY (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) (AEROSPACE ENGINEERING) C T o COLLEGE o/BUSINESS ijlv TECHNOLOGY 6337 8000 www.sic.edu.sg LINCOLN COLLEGIATE La OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF
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      53 10 Singapore's Largest Private Law School LL.B(Hons) in 2 years UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Internationally Recognised 'Gold Standard' 82% and 69% of our full-time and part-time students have passed the June 2009 exams 24/8 unique Learning System Admissions Over 400 Law now open 'students enroned, College Hotline: 0348 OOOO www.stansfield.edu.sg 250 Middle
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      848 12 IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE MC 5516/2010/F Between 1. KOH PENG KOON (NRIC NO. S*****89H) 2. ONG KHOON LAY (NRIC NO. S*****60I) Plaintiff And 1. YEONG FOOK MAN (NRIC NO. S*****97C) 2. CHOONG SHAU YIN (FIN NO. F*****12X) Defendant NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Yeong Fook Man
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      1059 15 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE -!iWTREETO PS EXECUTIVE RESIDENCES SINGAPORE We are a prestigious serviced apartment located along Orchard Road requires: 'ffh/A -in tfosilioii/i (> <*/< (Joo/t With experience in local and western cuisine technician (2 rotating
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