The Straits Times, 10 August 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon THIS IS home TRULY
    929 1  -  A magical night as NDP returns to the Padang, while those in heartland join in celebrations too BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg NATIONAL DAY PARADE IN PICTURES HOME PAGES B1 10 FOUR minutes and six seconds. Time seemed to hold its breath while the nation sang Home
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        Lock icon South China Sea: First test for regional body
        76 2 WE SAY Washington’s call for a multilateral approach to the disputed South China Sea presents Asean and the newly emerging regional architecture their first stern test. No one can be sure which multilateral approach if any would be adopted. Whatever it is,
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        Lock icon Hold on for a bumpy ride
        53 2 COLUMNS The global economy is headed for a massive slowdown this year and next, as the recent global economic recovery has been artificially propped up by stimulus packages, and the fundamental excesses that led to the crisis have not been addressed, says Nouriel Roubini.
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        Lock icon English’s parking woes
        39 2 right, says Khoo How San. REVIEW PAGE A23 A parking lot refers to a whole carpark, while the area that a car parks in is called a parking space or spot; it’s time to get it
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        Lock icon Going from good to great
        32 2 OUR READER SAYS Now that Singapore has arrived economically, it is time to develop intrinsic values, to safeguard our social cohesiveness, says Andy Sim. FORUM PAGE A24
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        22 2 www.straitstimes.com Peh Shing Huei on how people in China may not have the chance to watch the English Premier League.
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      938 2  -  The booming Asian air industry may face some speed bumps ahead BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg INCREASED momentum for regional air liberalisation in recent years has fuelled a booming budget travel industry. South-east Asia is now home to more than 20 low-cost
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      461 2 FAST TRACK YOUR WAY TO THE HEART OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD SP H The Straits Times 1 llss-sass COMMtNTtD <* U<0 MOW Y0U8SW almost doubted >« GDP Sinf»P° re a t0 ,5 pet cent. some analysis are alter P^ tor the second callinf «a»> -timaM W-> quarter GOP ta the
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      Lock icon MPs celebrate National Day with constituents
      395 4  -  PM and Teck Ghee residents enjoy festivities despite rain BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg A HEAVY downpour yesterday morning did not dampen the spirits of over 1,000 residents and pupils of schools in Teck Ghee, who gathered to mark National Day with their Member of
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      Lock icon Singapore soccer body eyes hosting 3 big events
      632 4  -  BY WANG MENG MENG WHAT is the next big sporting event in Singapore after the Youth Olympic Games? Ask the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and the answer is not one, not two, but three major events: the Club World Championship, the
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      Lock icon Police nab 46 in vice crackdown
      430 4  -  BY TEH JOO LIN YET another police crackdown on vice resulted in 43 women and three men arrested over the weekend. Officers swooped down on budget hotels and entertainment outlets such as KTV lounges in Geylang, Balestier, MacPherson, Orchard, and Magazine Road in the
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      Lock icon Massive mudslide in Gansu province
      81 6 Rescuers, soldiers and survivors gathering around fallen buildings that were hit by mudslides in Zhouqu county of Gansu province in north-western China. Search operations are continuing to find living victims buried by the flood-triggered disaster, which struck on Sunday. The avalanche of sludge and debris
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      Lock icon Indonesia arrests cleric over terror ties
      574 6  -  Five netted in separate raid had bomb attack plans for Jakarta BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was arrested yesterday, two days after Indonesian police said they had foiled a fresh terrorist plot to kill the President. Police
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      Lock icon A man with a history of radicalism
      313 6 CLERIC Abu Bakar Bashir founded the Al Mukmin boarding school in Solo, Central Java, in 1972. He was detained by former president Suharto in 1978 for being a radical. He moved to Malaysia in 1982 after his release from prison. While in Malaysia,
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      Lock icon Court rejects Anwar bid to question aide over affair
      470 6  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s High Court yesterday rejected opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s bid to call his former aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan to the stand to be questioned over an alleged affair with a female prosecutor. The
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      Lock icon Glowing stars and smiles
      148 8 They laminated it and waved it around frantically during yesterday’s National Day Parade and their efforts have paid off. Secretary Cindy Ho, 52, and her husband, technical officer L.K. Lum, 57, were spotted holding up the National Day message the centrefold from The Straits Times National
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      Lock icon US supercarrier’s Vietnam visit a signal to China
      923 8 Ship’s presence meant to show US is still a player in the region ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON: Cold War enemies the United States and Vietnam demonstrated their blossoming military relations this week as
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      Lock icon Woman in HP CEO sex harassment suit did porn
      416 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO: The woman who cost Mr Mark Hurd his job as Hewlett-Packard’s chief executive officer was once a softporn actress and, more recently, a reality TV contestant. Ms Jodie Fisher, 50, revealed her identity on Sunday
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      Lock icon German exports may near record levels next year
      398 8 REUTERS GERMAN exports should approach record levels next year after beating forecasts in June, data showed, in the clearest sign yet that foreign demand is driving a stronger-than-expected recovery in Europe’s largest economy. Exports rose by 3.8 per cent, the Federal Statistics
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      Lock icon Girls reaching puberty earlier
      568 9 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: A new study finds that girls are more likely today than in the past to start developing breasts by age seven or eight. The research is just the latest in a flood of reports over the past decade that have led
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      Lock icon China milk powder blamed for babies growing breasts
      422 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Parents in central China’s Wuhan city fear that hormones in milk powder they fed their infant daughters have led the babies to prematurely develop breasts, state media reported yesterday. Medical tests indicated the levels of hormones in three girls,
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      112 5 We were there when families used to turn up at the neighbourhood wayang instead of turning on their flatscreen tv. We were there when pictures were taken in a studio instead of a cellphone. We were there when we shared our happiest moments via a telegram or letter, instead of
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      Lock icon Aid flotilla raid was legal, testifies Netanyahu before Israeli investigation panel
      735 10/11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted yesterday that Israel acted lawfully in a commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla of six ships, in which nine activists were killed. In his testimony before
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      106 10/11 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Solar ‘tsunami’ set to hit Earth MOST COMMENTED ON Death penalty may not stop rape cases. Says bee-okay: “Most serial killers and sexual predators experienced sexual abuse during their childhood. Those ‘saved’ from the death penalty may be
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        Lock icon Nagasaki bomb attack revisited 65 years on
        476 10/11 Korean victim forced to work in the Japanese city recalls the day bomb fell AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Mr Kim Jong Ki was an 18-year-old forced labourer digging tunnels for a Japanese arms manufacturer in Nagasaki 65 years ago, on the day a United
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        Lock icon 32 nations at memorial but not US
        306 10/11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Nagasaki marked the 65th anniversary of the American atomic bomb attack yesterday with a record 32 countries attending but no American representative. A moment of silence was observed at 11.02am, the time when the United States dropped an
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        Lock icon Price hikes brewing for Chinese tea
        362 10/11 HONG KONG: Lovers of Chinese tea can expect further price increases due to a poor harvest as a result of extreme weather on the mainland since the end of last year. Other factors include the growing demand in affluent mainland cities for top-quality tea
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        Lock icon Woman rescued from mudslide in China after 34 hours
        472 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WENXIAN (China): Rescuers searching for survivors of deadly weekend mudslides in north-west China pulled an elderly woman from the debris yesterday, buoying hopes that more of the 1,148 missing could be found. At least three villages
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        Lock icon N. Korean artillery fire raises tensions
        647 12 Shells fall on North’s side of sea border shortly after South ends five-day naval exercise AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG SEOUL: North Korea yesterday fired an artillery barrage near its disputed sea border with South Korea, as tensions rose over a South Korean naval
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        Lock icon PR to take power at next poll: Anwar
        652 14  -  Problems opposition alliance said to face are exaggerated, he says BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: In recent months, Malaysia’s opposition alliance has been racked by defections, internal feuding and the prospect that a key coalition member could break
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        Lock icon Healing with a venomous touch
        61 14 Afghan homeopathic doctor Mohammad Sherzad uses the poison from snakes and scorpions like these, mixing it with natural herbs to treat people ill with epilepsy and vitiligo at his clinic in Charakar province, north of Kabul. Such doctors offer an alternative in an impoverished nation
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        Lock icon Black leggings pose dengue risk: Thailand
        306 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: The health authorities in Thailand are urging young women not to wear fashionable black leggings, to avoid attracting unwanted attention from dengue-carry- ing mosquitoes. “It’s worrying how people dress nowadays, especially the youth,” Deputy Health Minister Pansiri Kulanartsiri said in a
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        Lock icon Malaysia gears up for hard fight against flab
        614 15  -  Govt mulling over broad-based plan amid rising obesity rates and health-care bill BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: More public spaces and parks could be opened up for exercise and students made to take up sports, under a proposed
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        Lock icon Thai rebels ‘ready for talks with govt’
        1140 16  -  But Malay Muslim militants will not drop independence claims INSURGENCY PROBLEMS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg STOCKHOLM: Leaders of Thailand’s southern Malay-Muslim insurgency, while not dropping aspirations of independence, are ready to talk with the Thai authorities on other issues, but they
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        Lock icon More radicalisation unless talks progress: MILF chief
        557 16  -  BY ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT CAMP DARAPANAN (Philippines): The leader of the largest Muslim rebel group fighting for self-rule in the southern Philippines yesterday warned of rising radicalisation among young Muslims unless peace talks make progress under the new administration. “We have been
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        Lock icon S’pore marks National Day in Indonesia
        300 16  -  WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA JAKARTA: The Singapore Embassy held a National Day reception in Surabaya, in East Java, for the first time this year. The new addition joins other second-tier cities in Indonesia such as Batam, Medan and Pekanbaru where the embassy has hosted National Day
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        Lock icon India chews over feeding of poor
        607 17 Its inefficient food system lets many slip through cracks NEW YORK TIMES JHABUA (India): Inside the drab district hospital, Mr Ratan Bhuria’s children are curled together in the malnutrition ward, hovering at the edge of starvation. His daughter, Nani, is four and weighs 9kg.
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        Lock icon Scramble to contain Mumbai oil spill
        193 17 REUTERS MUMBAI: Teams from India’s Navy and Coast Guard were scrambling to contain an oil spill off the coast of Mumbai yesterday after a collision between two cargo ships, with concerns rising that the slick may spread. Two Panamanian ships collided just off Mumbai’s
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        Lock icon Planned mosques in US opposed by residents
        886 18 Dogs brought out to intimidate Muslims, signs spray-painted ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS MURFREESBORO (Tennessee): Muslims trying to build houses of worship in the nation’s heartland far from the heated fight in New York over plans for a mosque near the
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        Lock icon Global hunt for 100 ‘lost’ frog species
        292 18 LONDON: Conservationists are scouring the globe for 100 “lost” frog species thought to be extinct, but which may be barely hanging on. The global frog hunt, to be launched over the next two months, will span 14 countries and five continents in an
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        Lock icon ‘No polygamy, female circumcision’ in France
        353 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS PARIS: French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux has warned that immigrants who practise polygamy or female genital mutilation could have their citizenship revoked under a new plan, a further sign of France’s recent lurch to the right. Mr Hortefeux
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        Lock icon Baghdad traffic cops demand bodyguards
        452 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD: Baghdad’s traffic police are demanding guards after at least 12 officers were killed over the past week in attacks that have set back efforts to restore normality to Iraq’s capital. Security officials blame Al-Qaeda in Iraq for the killings, in which gunmen
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        Lock icon Turkish govt reaches deal with military
        524 19 Agreement on top posts shows civilian control over army ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA: The Turkish government and armed forces announced a compromise yesterday on the appointment of two top military positions an agreement that showcased growing civilian authority over the military, which once shaped the
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        Lock icon Duchess of York battling bankruptcy
        388 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Ms Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, says she is doing everything she can to avoid declaring bankruptcy after reports suggested she had fallen some £5 million (S$10.7 million) in debt. A spokesman for the former wife of Prince Andrew said in
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        Lock icon Mia Farrow testifies at war crimes trial
        573 20 Actress disputes version of events given by model Naomi Campbell ASSOCIATED PRESS LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands): Actress Mia Farrow testified at former Liberian president Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial yesterday that fashion model Naomi Campbell told her she had been sent a “huge diamond” by
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        Lock icon Craigslist a prostitution hub, say open letters
        469 20 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: Online classified advertising site Craigslist is facing accusations that it has become a hub for underage prostitution after two young women published open letters saying they were repeatedly sold for sex through the site. In the letters, published as an
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        Lock icon 700 deaths every day in Moscow heatwave
        437 21 Suffocating haze from wildfires blamed as morgues reach capacity ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Deaths in Moscow have doubled and now average 700 a day, amid a sweltering heatwave and deadly haze from wildfires. Moscow health chief Andrei Seltsovky blamed weeks of unprecedented heat and
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        Lock icon Floating feline aids green cause
        71 21 Hello Kitty fans may be tempted to take a dip to get close to an 8m-tall balloon of their favourite cartoon cat, which is on display in Tokyo, Japan, along with other popular cartoon character balloons. The display is part of an event to raise
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Note stirs up inquest
          136 21 BERNAMA THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SHAH ALAM: The Teoh Beng Hock inquest took a dramatic turn yesterday when the Attorney-General’s Chambers introduced a note found 18 months ago in the opposition aide’s bag that “may throw some light” regarding his death on July 16 last year.
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          Lock icon Trial starts for Thai party
          65 21 REUTERS BANGKOK: A Thai court began a trial yesterday into alleged funding irregularities by the ruling Democrat Party. The Constitution Court case centres on mismanagement of an election campaign grant and could lead to the dissolution of Thailand’s oldest political party plus bans on its
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          Lock icon Woman decapitates mum
          72 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: A Hong Kong woman with a history of mental illness repeatedly stabbed and then decapitated her elderly mother on Sunday, before leaping to her death out of their 11th-floor apartment, local media reported yesterday. Police arrived to find the apartment engulfed in flames.
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          Lock icon Poll win gives Kan respite
          85 21 REUTERS TOKYO: Mr Shuichi Abe, a candidate backed by Japan’s ruling Democratic Party, won a local election late on Sunday, giving temporary relief to struggling Prime Minister Naoto Kan as he faces a potential challenge to the party leadership. In the first electoral test for
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          Lock icon Missiles aimed at Taiwan
          95 21 TAIPEI: China will put more missiles in its south-eastern region within this year, raising the number now targeted at Taiwan from the current 1,500 to about 1,800 as the United States has stepped up its presence in the region, a local newspaper quoted an intelligence official
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          Lock icon Progress on BP relief well
          90 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS: The United States government’s point man on the Gulf oil spill said BP has resumed drilling a relief well meant to intersect the blown-out well and seal it for good. Cement forced down from the top of the crippled well last
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      405 22 IT IS not hard to explain China’s anger following Washington’s assertion recently that the United States had a “national interest” in maintaining the freedom of navigation in the heavily disputed South China Sea. For years, Beijing had insisted on its “indisputable sovereignty”
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        1707 23  -  TABLE TALK WITH JOHN BARRIE BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg AT HIS father’s 60th birthday party in 2000, neurobiologist John Barrie was asked to give a speech. Dr Barrie, 42, recalls: “I stood up, looked around the table and thought, ‘Investor, investor, investor,
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        495 23  -  BY KHOO HOW SAN The writer is a copy editor for The Sunday Times. FELLOW Singaporeans, the time has come. Let’s call a “lot” a “lot” and a “parking space” a “parking space”. Our American friends here (and fellow red-and-white Botak
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        303 24  -  Andy Sim OUR nation’s economic achievement in the past 45 years is a miracle. As a Singaporean, I truly appreciate our past and present leaders who, with their vision and resoluteness, developed Singapore into a prosperous nation. However, in our pursuit of rapid economic
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      212 1 (Clockwise from right) One Voice 2010, aerial display, colourful costumes, fireworks over the bay and City Hall light show. 1 ONE VOICE 2010 At exactly 8.10pm, 26,500 spectators at the Padang recited the Pledge and sang the Anthem. They joined voices with
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        96 2 Through song, dance, precision marching and a show of military might, this year’s National Day Parade celebrates the ideals embodied in the national flag with the theme Live Our Dreams, Fly Our Flag An acrobat from Picasso International Productions soaring above the crowd while holding
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        272 2 Nur Ida Azmi, 16 Motivator Teenager Nur Ida Azmi was one of 600 motivators at the parade stands getting spectators in the mood for the celebrations. This was her second year doing the job, and she loved it both times. “It’s fun and exciting and I get to
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        468 2 red universal brotherhood and equality of men FULL-TIME national serviceman Fitri Othman was red-faced when he first wore a scarlet rubber suit and headgear that looked as if they could have come from the wardrobe of outrageous American pop star Lady Gaga. “When my family and
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          174 3 AS THE last lights dimmed at the Padang, each of the 12,000 participants went home with memories of the months of rehearsals and a thank-you letter from Colonel Benedict Lim, the chairman of the National Day Parade 2010 (NDP) executive committee. He personally addressed
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          181 3 TO MAKE sure the 210 vehicles involved in the mobile column display had enough distance to make a safe emergency stop, 15 full-time national servicemen hand-painted wooden signs to guide the vehicles. The 15 signs, bearing warnings to “Speed Up”, “Close Up” and “Slow
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          Lock icon Deconstructing the Padang
          143 3 IT WILL be some time yet before the spectator stands come down at the Padang. Parade organisers were unable to give an exact date when contacted. Asked when the structures will be taken down, all they said was that they were still in talks with the Singapore
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          136 3 NEVER mind that the sun was blazing hot yesterday afternoon. By the time the doors were opened for the National Day Parade at 3.30pm, the crowd had swelled to more than 1,000 spectators eager to grab the best seats. Within 10 minutes, they had grabbed
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        189 4 Generation gap AT 67, Madam Yeo Bee Hiong is more than five decades older than Nurul Ameera Azmi, one of the parade’s youngest participants. While Madam Yeo is an old hand, 13-year-old Nurul is taking part in her first parade. Madam Yeo one of the oldest participants has
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        198 4 SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Bernice Kong was a special guest who scored one of the best seats at the Padang yesterday without having to queue for it. The girl, who is autistic, was with a group of about 60 guests who were invited by the National Council of Social Service
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        498 4 white pervading and everlasting purity and virtue STANDING ramrod straight, Lieutenant Li Yong Rui cut an imposing figure in his white No. 1 uniform the ceremonial outfit he wears at official functions. He barked a command. On cue, a powerful bellow came from a 25-pounder cannon one of
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        600 5 ON A HIGH “This year’s NDP was the greatest show I have seen in the past few years. Maybe this was due to the mobile column presented by the army. The organisers and the NSFs did a great job. I felt high throughout the whole parade.” Goh Tow
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        761 6 star: democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality BEING away from Singapore has made her long more for her homeland, says Singaporean singer-song-writer Corrinne May. The song she sang last night Song For Singapore was written, in part, based on her longing for the country. May, 37, who is
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        319 6 “Everyone in our rehearsals was really into it, maybe it’s because when you’re celebrating National Day at the Padang, you have this sense of pride, nostalgia and love all combined.” Model and host Denise Keller “Call me a child, but it had to be the tanks and the
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        409 7 GREAT SOUND SYSTEM “Everything was smoothly run except for the security screenings which took a long time. I think it would be better to have just one type of fun tote so people wouldn’t take so much time to choose... The sound system and effects were really good,
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          90 7 THE heat took a toll on participants and spectators, keeping the 450 medical staff, including doctors, nurses, medics and first-aid providers, busy. Yesterday, about 30 people were taken to the five medical posts surrounding the Padang. Most were suffering from dehydration and fatigue and were
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          108 7 A STRANGER’S kindness allowed Madam Liow Phek Hiang to celebrate the nation’s birthday at the Padang yesterday a first for the 73-year-old retiree. Although she had no ticket, she went to City Hall at 4pm, hoping to catch a glimpse of the fireworks. She approached factory
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          117 7 THIS year’s National Day Parade canvas goodie bags, or fun totes, came in seven designs a thoughtful detail that became a little troublesome when some designs proved more popular than others. Spectators were given their fun totes once they had cleared security. Some, however, tried to
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          118 7 IT WAS on the fringe of the Padang that one could appreciate how cosmopolitan Singapore has become. At Marina Bay and outside Suntec City, people of all nationalities, races and ages were relaxing under umbrellas on mats, drinking and eating. Vietnamese student Chris Dieppham, 20, who was
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        294 8 “I’m very proud and it’s a great thing to be part of the parade.” Harley rider Sven Dudzik “Preparing for the big day hasn’t been easy, but getting to be part of the parade and playing with my fellow percussionists helped me forget any fatigue.” Drummer Ang Weiling
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        834 8 moon: a young nation on the ascendant TWO Saturdays ago, five-year-old cancer patient Charmaine Lim lay in a hospital bed in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, disappointed at not being able to watch the National Day Parade (NDP) preview show. She could hear the thunderous roar of
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          256 9 WHAT is as good as the goodie bag on National Day? Well, hot curry puffs and ice-cold Milo come close. At least they provided welcome sustenance for the spectators at the Padang who were getting restless and hungry in the blistering heat. For the first
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          125 9 THE huge task of clearing the Padang of litter fell on the shoulders of more than 60 cleaners from Purechem Veolia Environmental Services. As the parade drew to a close last night, plastic bottles and party streamers were seen strewn all over the place including the areas
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          188 9 THE sun shone brightly on parade day warming the parade ground to a scorching temperature of about 30 deg C. Seasoned parade-goers came prepared with umbrellas, caps and battery-operated fans to beat the heat, however weakly. The unprepared made the best of the situation by using whatever
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          Lock icon Bags of fun for heartlanders
          206 10 THE tote bags which came in seven designs proved to be a hit with the heartlanders soaking in the party atmosphere yesterday. Those who turned up in groups often wanted to trade their bags such that each in the group has a different design from
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          134 10 PART-TIME balloon sculptor Mary Lim wore a hat made entirely of balloons and drew curious stares from spectators at the heartland celebrations in Sengkang. Twisting balloons into hats, flowers and animals, she had a constant line of children and, occasionally, adults before her for two hours straight
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          136 10 THE entrance to the Esplanade at CityLink Mall had to be closed ahead of the parade as the crowds using it to get to the Padang swelled in the evening. Many disappointed Singaporeans and foreigners were turned away by the police because the Esplanade was already
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        77 10 Text and reports: Chong Chee Kin, Jermyn Chow, Carolyn Quek, Kimberly Spykerman, Leow Si Wan, Jennani Durai, Melissa Kok, Ng Kai Ling, Daryl Chin, Ang Yiying, Bryan Toh, Huang Huifen, Yip Wai Yee Photos: Desmond Foo, Lim Wui Liang, Joyce Fang, Caroline Chia, Alphonsus Chern, Mugilan Rajasegeran, Samuel
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        622 10 THEY may not have been lucky enough to snag tickets for the Padang celebrations, but they were still part of the biggest birthday bash of the year. More than 80,000 residents took part in simultaneous celebrations in the five heartland districts of Bishan, Choa
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      633 11  -  CJ also pleased with drop in number of cases going to Court of Appeal BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SENIOR counsel appear to be heeding the Chief Justice’s call several years ago for them to get involved in more court work. On
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      198 11  -  BY TEH JOO LIN TWO teenagers were brought before a district court yesterday morning for allegedly breaking into a flat and making off with $840 in valuables. The boys, both 15, could not be named as they are juveniles. They were said to
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      398 11  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN NEWLY elected leaders of the Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) said they are considering taking legal action over the ongoing tussle with a breakaway faction, which also claims leadership of the party. “We need to put a stop to
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      261 11 NAVIGATION aids and maps have become a standard feature of smartphones this year. They are useful because they help people find directions to places or towns in other countries, as well as providing public transport information or traffic updates. Tomorrow’s Roam explains the
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        2572 12 THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (SILVER) (BAR) (PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM [PERAK] [LINTANG]) Ministry of Trade and Industry: Ms Ng Bee Kim, Director-General, Trade Ministry of Trade and Industry. THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (SILVER) (PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM [PERAK]) Ministry of
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      177 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Ferguson enraged by Rooney and Anderson Paraguay lingerie model stripped of her belongings Woods set to marry again MOST COMMENTED ON Blues are favourites Says Bullethead: “Arsenal must be prepared to spend money, especially on a goalkeeper.
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      167 13 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: SINGAPORE 2010 April 5, 2010: The Iranian girls’ football team are kicked out of the YOG by Fifa after they insist on playing in their traditional headscarves, also known as hijabs, in violation of the football world governing body’s rules. May 3: Iran are reinstated
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      574 13  -  With the headgear saga settled, their girls’ team gear up for Turkey clash BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.cam.so THEY have settled in, started training and are ready to roll. After nearly four months of uncertainty, the Iranian girls’ football team are in Singapore, the saga surrounding their
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      476 13  -  BY JONATHAN WONG GAMBIA may be the smallest country in mainland Africa but that is not stopping its Youth Olympic Games team from dreaming big. Represented by just seven athletes and officials, the Western African nation’s contingent were the first to arrive in
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      705 14  -  Young British rower sees YOG as stepping stone to Olympic dream YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: SINGAPORE 2010 BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg HE WENT to the same boarding school and college as four-time Olympic rowing gold medallist Matthew Pinsent. And British rower Edward
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      174 14 ROWERS TO WATCH Cao Ting, 17, China She will be looking to improve on her third-place finish in the junior women’s single sculls at the World Junior Championships last year. Singapore rowers: Joanna Chan, 17 (Girls’ single sculls) FORMAT The competition is raced over a 1,000m course, which is
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        79 14 IF FORMER world-record pole vaulter Charlie Polhamus is to be believed, then his protege Reed Hancock will be an athlete to look out for at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). He describes the 16-year-old American as a vaulter with techniques as good as anyone
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        64 14 THE Philippine YOG team head for Singapore today, with chef de mission Mark Joseph considering it an achievement to be able to send nine athletes despite the tough criteria set by the International Olympic Committee in qualifying tournaments. The team are set to
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      475 15  -  Nurhidayah, 11, chosen for spending time helping less fortunate BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg NURHIDAYAH Rahmat is too young to have any Olympic memories of her own. But the 11-year-old will create her own slice of sporting history this evening, when she races down Tampines Avenue
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      494 15  -  BY ROYSTON SIM EVEN as the whole of Singapore celebrated National Day yesterday, there was no respite for one guardian of the Youth Olympic Flame. Support runner Feodor Mak, 23, took the flame housed in its safety lantern to the Padang yesterday. There, he
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      558 16 Chelsea manager says lack of fitness expected after the World Cup LONDON: Carlos Ancelotti said all the right things on Sunday. The Chelsea manager had just watched his men, the reigning English Premier League champions, slump to a 1-3 loss to arch-rivals Manchester United. And while the
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      565 16 LONDON: The battle to buy Liverpool begins in earnest this week after chairman Martin Broughton said all potential bidders should submit their formal offers by the end of the week. Parties interested in buying the English Premier League football club must submit
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      653 16 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: To lose one England player to international retirement on the eve of a new season may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose two looks like carelessness or, with the focus on Fabio Capello’s regime becoming ever sharper,
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      386 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Martin O’Neill has resigned as manager of Aston Villa with immediate effect, the English Premier League club said yesterday, after the former Northern Ireland captain’s relationship with owner Randy Lerner had deteriorated beyond repair. The club gave
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      633 17 Tiger struggling in every department as upheaval in private life takes toll ASSOCIATED PRESS THE TIMES, LONDON AKRON (Ohio): Tiger Woods has never looked worse. As he has done so often on Sunday at the Bridgestone Invitational, Woods doffed his cap as he walked up
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      365 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AKRON (Ohio): Faced with choosing between the start of the FedEx Cup play-offs on the PGA Tour or the final Ryder Cup qualifying event on the European Tour, golfer Sergio Garcia reached a surprising decision. He has decided not to
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      516 17  -  BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR GRIFFIN Kinetic Six won the SBI Cup National Day Sixes tournament yesterday on the power of their Sri Lankan cricketers. The team, with five players from the country’s Asian Games squad, proved too strong for the Singapore
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      101 17 Today Football International friendly: USA v Brazil (Live, Ch222, 7.55am). U-21 friendly: England v Uzbekistan (Live, mio TV HD Ch117, tomorrow, 2.25am). Tennis Rogers Cup: 1st rd/2nd rd (Live, Ch211,11pm). Swimming European Championships: Women’s 1m diving final (Live, Ch205, 9.30pm). Tomorrow Football International friendlies: England v Hungary
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      32 17 SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA, the Russian tennis player, who had a bad bout of nerves during her 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-3 win over Agnieszka Radwanska in the San Diego Open.
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      477 17 Cricket 2nd Test In Birmingham, 4th day: Pakistan 72 296 (Overnight 291-9: Z. Haider 88, S. Ajmal 50; G. Swann 6-65). England 251 118-1 (A. Strauss 53 n.o., J. Trott 53 n.o.). England win by 9 wkts and lead 4-match series 2-0. Football Dutch Eredivisie Feyenoord 3 Utrecht 1,
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      345 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS KIEV (Ukraine): The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been slashing spending to stave off financial problems as a result of the economic crisis. IAAF president Lamine Diack said the governing body had moved to cut expenses after a meeting in Doha
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        97 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BIRMINGHAM: England cricket captain Andrew Strauss survived being dropped three times to guide his team to a nine-wicket win against Pakistan on the fourth day of the second Test at Edgbaston yesterday. England, set 118 to win, finished on 118 for one
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        47 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MUNICH: Bayern Munich will not release winger Franck Ribery for the Aug 17 hearing by the French football federation on France’s World Cup debacle. The German champions say Fifa rules oblige them to release players only for competitive international matches.
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      16 13 WORST OF WOODS Tiger Woods slumps to his worst finish, but keeps No. 1 ranking. B17
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      463 15 JOURNEY OF THE YOUTH OLYMPIC FLAME SINGAPORE THE Northwest District Morning session Afternoon session BREAK SITE West Spring Secondary School WOODLANDS ROAD Bukit Panjang Park Woodlands Town Garden Bukit Panjang Primary School WOODLANDS CENTRE ROAD UPPER BUKIT TIMAH ROAD Greenridge Shopping Centre Greenridge Primary School Marsiling station GOMBAK RISE Beacon
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      324 19 REUTERS SHANGHAI: China has ordered more than 2,000 companies in 18 industries including cement, coking, iron, paper and dyeing to shut outdated manufacturing capacity by the end of next month, state media said yesterday. The factories targeted for closure were either highly polluting,
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        84 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT: A year after emerging from bankruptcy protection, Chrysler Group said yesterday that growing car and truck sales helped it narrow its second-quarter loss to US$172 million (S$232 million). The United States and Canada are Chrysler’s primary markets, and both have seen increased demand for
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        105 20 REUTERS HONG KONG: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp yesterday said it will sell control of its three Chinese TV channels to a fund backed by China’s No. 2 media company, in a pullback from the market after years of difficulty. The deal would see China
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      510 20 It bought 7 times previous full-year record in first half AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO: China bought 456.7 billion yen (S$7.1 billion) worth of Japanese debt in June, Japan’s Finance Ministry said yesterday, as Beijing further surpasses its previous full-year buying record. For the first
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      620 21  -  Day traders holding back but issuers hope worst is over as retail investors regain interest BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg TURNOVER on the once red-hot local warrants market dived by a staggering 54.5 per cent in the first half of this year compared
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      260 21 REUTERS LONDON: World stocks yesterday edged towards last week’s three-month peak, while the United States dollar held near a 15-year low versus the yen on rising expectations that the Federal Reserve could soon buy bonds to support the economy. Weaker-than-expected US job data
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      737 22  -  Extra cash can help firms expand overseas or reinvest in new ventures BY FRANCIS CHAN, RACHEL AU-YONG COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT franchan@sph.com.sg rachelay@sph.com.sg AN INCREASING number of foreign investors have been sinking cash into local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in recent months.
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      103 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Isabella Loh to leave Shell Traders see property upside MOST COMMENTED ON Cheaper home loans in store. Says ladyhaha: “Low interest rates and the official policy which permits the gradual appreciation of the Singapore dollar will entice foreign
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      106 1 CPART TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 2010 Meet the avid travellers who have turned their personal passions for places and hobbies into a second job organising tours for small groups. CHERYL TAN reports. Desert life Cruise control Manna Dey’s secret Not so Empty Quarter in the UAE Boeing Boeing is a crowd-pleaser
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        834 2  -  Hobbyists are using their experiences to personalise tours and it pays cheryl tan, huang huifen tcheryl@sph.com.sg hfhuang@sph.com.sg Get someone else to pay for your holiday. This may sound like a scam or an impossible dream, but some avid travellers have turned their passion about a particular
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        403 2 Who: Joanne Soo (left), 29, manager of Ace Adventure Speciality: Climbing trips to Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal and China Go to: www.aceadventure. com.sg com.sg Her experience: “I have enjoyed mountain-climbing since young. I started by gathering friends to climb together. They came back for more, so I organised more
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        356 3 Who: Toh Poh Joo, 35, residency manager based in Beijing Speciality: Outer Mongolia activities that include horseback riding, nomadic visits and homestays Go to: www.mxpadventure.com His experience: “I first stepped into Mongolia in 1998 and fell in love with it. The following year, I spent three months with
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        321 3 Who: Guy Hoh (left), 36, food writer and F&B consultant Speciality: Safari and hunting expeditions to southern Africa, United Kingdom, Canada and Argentina Go to: www.singaporesportshooting.com His experience: “I have been on safaris and hunting in Africa more than 10 times and have also hunted everywhere
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        280 3 Who: Kenny Seaw (right), 36, marketing director of Future Scootering Speciality: Scooter trips to Malaysia and Thailand Go to: www.futurescootering.com His experience: “I ride a maxi-scooter and a tourer bike and am in the scooter business. After years of riding overseas, I am familiar with the destinations, directions
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        315 3 Who: Yousef Mousouloo, 47, director and personal trainer of Amigos Horse Riding in Malaysia Speciality: Horse-riding trips to Iran Go to: amigoshorse.tripod.com His experience: “I am an Iranian. Iranians grow up with horses and most of us have our own. We did not have transportation
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        1434 4  -  Abu Dhabi is turning deserts into nature reserves where nearextinct animals roam free sylvia yl tan stlife@sph.com.sg It took me by surprise when a miniature sand dune formed over my toes as I unpacked my sneakers after returning from Abu Dhabi. The side trip into the
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        104 6 ‘Now The Sun can make up engagement stories about everyone’ Actor Eli Roth (right) on the overturning of California’s ban against same-sex marriages ‘I have heard of women even famous women that due to this, removed his photo as screensavers from their computers’ Actor George Clooney’s
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      617 7  -  Wild Rice’s Boeing Boeing soars with the energy of a strong ensemble cast reviewtheatre BOEING BOEING Wild Rice Drama Centre Theatre/Sunday adeline chia chiahta@sph.com.sg Multi-tasking is a requisite skill for surviving contemporary life, but the womanising protaganist in this play takes it to a whole new level.
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      509 7  -  rachael boon Jeremy Wade, host of the television series River Monsters, which features some of the world’s most dangerous freshwater fish, prefers to think of himself as a detective. Over the telephone from the United States, the 50-year-old Briton says: “There’s a crime in the sense
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      214 7 Reuters Los Angeles –Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is bringing an underworld story to television as executive producer of upcoming HBO series Boardwalk Empire. The film-maker, who won an Oscar for gang drama The Departed (2006), said he had been eyeing the opportunity to work on an
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      588 8  -  Playback singer Manna Dey is set to entertain fans in first concert here yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Indian playback singer Manna Dey is 91 years young and still thrilling audiences around the world with his live performances. The acclaimed singer has performed in countries
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      543 8  -  jocelyn lee Los Angeles-born Taiwanese newcomer Yen-J has been dubbed the next Jay Chou or Wang Lee Hom by the media. But he had to win over a tough critic when he decided to quit college at the age of 19 to pursue his passion
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        708 10 New York Times Associated Press Knoxville (Tennessee) Patricia Neal, the willowy, husky-voiced actress who won an Oscar for 1963’s Hud and survived several strokes to continue acting, died on Sunday, aged 84. She had lung cancer and died at her home in Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard, said
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          80 10 British pop star Robbie Williams last Saturday wed his Californian actress girlfriend Ayda Field on the grounds of the Beverly Hills home they share. Pictures showed Williams, 36, and Field, 31, under a marquee in a ceremony witnessed by about 40 friends and family. Their swiftly
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          59 10 The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell as a straight-laced forensic accountant and Mark Wahlberg as his action-loving detective partner, beat Inception at the North American box office after the Leonardo DiCaprio flick reigned at No. 1 for three weeks. Ferrell's comedy earned US$35.6 million (S$48
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      160 8 Online Bookings: www.ewcinemas.com.sg Most 2K Digital Halls In Singapore! Clearest Sharpest Resolution! Best Sound Effects! THELASTAIRBENDER (PG)E(CS) 10.10,12.20,4.40,6.50,9.00pm THELASTAIRBENDER (PG)E(CS) 10.05,12.10,7.20,9.25pm SALT (PG)E(CS) 10.40,12.45,2.50,3.15,5.20,7.00,7.25, 9.05,9.30pm PHUACHUKANG (PG)E(E/CS) 2.35,5.15pm THESORCERER’SAPPRENTICE (PG)E(CS)1.00pm ONGBAK3 (NC16)THAI(E/CS)4.55pm OLDCOWVSTENDERGRASS(PG)MAND(E/CS)11.00am INCEPTION (PG)E(CS)2.15pm THELASTAIRBENDER (PG)E(CS) 10.10,12.20,2.35,7.00,9.10pm THELASTAIRBENDER (PG)E(CS) 10.00,12.05,2.15,7.20,9.30pm SALT (PG)E(CS) 10.35,11.05,1.10,2.45,3.15,4.50,7.00, 7.25,9.05,9.30pm PHUACHUKANG (PG)E(E/CS) 12.40,5.20,7.15pm TEKKEN (NC16)E11.00,3.00,9.20pm
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      178 8 misc LEISURE PARK KALLANG (Level 3) Phua Chu Kang The Movie (0) (Eng/Chi) Sneaks 5.10pm 10.10pm Salt*© Violence (Chi) 11.40am 1.00pm 4.30pm 5.20pm 9.10pm 9.55pm 2.05pm 7.05pm 3.10pm 7.45pm The Last Airbender*© Fighting Scenes (Chi) 11.45am 1.55pm 4.05pm 7.15pm 9.25pm Tekken |NC-16| violence 11.50am 1.50pm 5.50pm 9.50pm Old Cow vs
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      22 9 THINGS TO DO: To find out what’s happening in and around Singapore, go to www.straitstimes.com CALL US: Life!/LifeStyle, tel: 6319-5416 fax: 6319-8276
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      2050 9 life!?tv mustwatch free to air channel 5 ASIA EXPOSED Channel NewsAsia, 8.31 and 11.31pm AM 6.30 Prime Time Morning 9.30 The Martha Stewart Show 3 (IE) 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 7 (V) 11.30 Martin Yan’s China (IE) PM 12.00 The Doctors (V) 1.00 National Science Challenge 2010 (IE) 2.00
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      137 9 The weather Partly cloudy. Showers with thunder mainly over southern and western Singapore in the morning. SUNRISE 7.06am MOONRISE 6.57am SUNSET 7.15pm MOONSET 7.26pm °C 32/25 AIR QUALITY PSI 34 (Good) FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES TODAY FIRST
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      1208 9 sports supersports arena ch201 AM 6.00 Golf: Asian Golf Tour 2010: Brunei Open Highlights 7.00 Football: S-League 2010: Highlights 7.30 Magazine: Road To Asian Games 8.00 Hockey: ABN Amro Champions Trophy: 5th Placing 10.30 Hockey: ABN Amro Champions Trophy: 3rd Placing PM 1.00 Football: Best Of La Liga 2009/10: Athletic
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      461 10 'WMJJieA 10 August 22 September 2010 This Mid-Autumn Festival, indulge in 2 brand new creations along with signature and traditional flavours! The new Apple Caramel Snowskin Mooncake is a refreshingly light addition to our famous fruity range of handcrafted snowskin mooncakes. Containing chunks of fresh and caramelised green apple amid
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      414 6 407 D17-18 CHANGI/PASIR RIS HOUSES FOR SALE MARIAM VICINITY BUILD your dream hse. Quiet nice ambience. S/storey bunglw 9500 sqft F’hold. $4.9M. *****548 LOYANG VIEW 3-STOREY inter terr. Emerald design. 1615/ 2800 sqft. 5-bdrms with all attached. Sure impress! Grab! *****573 CORNER SEMI-D JLN Bena 4024/ 3300 to sell. Kew
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      321 6 415 D11&21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11&21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS
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      312 6 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS FOR SALE OPEN HSE BY APPT LUXURIOUS PENTHSE SENTOSA COVE OCEANFRONT Super Penthse 8095 sqft Best Penthse on 15th flr Stunning sea view Marina Bay view, single flr with rooftop pool garden. Designer decor. MARINA BAY RESIDENCES ***** sqft, best of the best penthse with
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      366 6 VISTA RESIDENCES. EXCELLENT location. Mins to Orchard Toa Payoh Novena MRT Shopping malls. Stunning city MacRitchie Reservoir views. 1/3/4 bdrm units. Above 25th flr. Freehold. From $1380 psf. Call *****000 DUPLEX THE Trevose. 3595 sqft. 4 bdrms. Roof terrace. Own jacuzzi. Nice facing. #05. F/facilities. Near MRT. Low density devt.
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      455 7 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT Nassim Mansion.................. $18k 3500 sqft, 4+1. Brand new. The Berth Penthse 4+1.........$15K St Martin Residences........$8.5K 1270 sqft 3+1, showrm cond Hillcrest Arcadia 4rms..........$7K Metropolitan $4K/ $5K 2rms 732/ 1033sqft high flr Thomson 800 3+1................$5.5k Ridgewood Condo 4bdrms$4.5K Thomson 3 bdrms..................$3K King’s Rd
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      1120 7 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT PINEWOOD GDN. 1650 sqft. 3+1, greenery. Renovated. $4900. F/facilities. Agt 9118-5570 464 D11 21 NEWTON BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT GRAND CHATEAU 3+1, 1200+ sqft Renovated. Near Canadian sch, shopping mall. High commission
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      852 7 472 SERVICE APTS 472 SERVICE APTS 468 D19-20 SERANGOON/THOMSON PTE APTS FOR RENT THOMSON/ SIN Ming Plaza 1200/ 1300 sqft. 2-3 bdrms. $3K only. Immed. Good cond. Walk to amenities. Edwin 9061-4566 ERA D.19 SUNGLADE CONDO. Near MRT. 3 rms. Unfurn. Facilities. Shpg Mall. Avail 15 Aug. $3550 neg. 9695-9330
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      536 8 KECK SENG TOWER From 940 -11,000 sq.ft. Partially/ fully fitted Ample carpark Cecil Street Enquiries 6338-2828 SUNTEC CITY OFFICES 1000/1600/ 2300/ 3000/ 3500/ 4000/4600/6500/7000/ 10,000/ 18,000 sqft. MARINA BAY OFFICES 29,000 to 1,260,000 sqft. RAFFLES PLACE GRADE A OFFICES 1000/1700/ 2500/ 3000/ 3500/ 4300/ 5000/ 5500/ 6000/ 7000/ 8000/ 8800/
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      530 8 535 OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE BEST PRICE IN Vertex at Ubi Ave 3, 1744sqft with attached toilet. Tenanted till Feb 2012. Mins walk to MRT. $3xxpsf only! 8222 2977 BRAND NEW! ARMENIAN Street Office for sale. Just TOP. Size from 872 sqft. Convenient location. Developer’s sale. *****317 PAXEL COMMERCIAL! UNITED
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      248 9 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT ADELPHI #01-09. 2099 sqft. Prime unit. Immediate. Asking $11 psf. Call *****812 TUAS MINIMART/ CATERING for 5,000 worker with licence Indian/ Bangladeshi *****272 RUSSEL REALTORS *****560 Spa/ Showrm/ F&B Toa Payoh, Dempsey, AMK. 1000-4000 sqft. HDB SHOP SPACE Blk 63
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      589 9 543 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT 543 WAREHOUSES/ STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT 538 SHOP SPACE FOR SALE KG BAHRU (NEAR Chinatown). 850/ 1150/ 2500 sqft. 2½-storey. Medical/ Retail/ Office suitable. Near MRT. Tenanted. 9792-8821 JOO CHIAT SHOPHSE. F’hold. 1850 sqft. Renovated. High ceiling. Good frontage. Tenanted. $2.05M. ABSOLUTE 6344-2266 JOO
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      137 14 742 HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE Catering Company Jurong WESTERN CHEF Min 2 years experience in Western cuisine. Past experience in running a business is preferred. Able to lead kitchen staff self-driven. Able to implement new operations system. S’poreans PRs M’sians. Good career good salary. Call: *****401 *****240 Walk-in interview: 6A Wan Lee
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