The Straits Times, 28 February 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • 43 1 IT’S not only tourists who go to Bussorah Street. Come night-time, up to 30 people may turn up to sleep on the five-foot-way outside the shops. But most actually have homes they can return to. L HOME PAGE B2
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    • 68 1 GRIEVING New Zealanders prayed in the earthquake-ravaged city of Christchurch on Sunday, five days after Tuesday’s tremor, which has killed at least 147 people. New Zealand has assured Japan and China it would investigate why stringent building standards failed to prevent the catastrophic collapse of
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    • 68 1 IN INDONESIA, politics and football can be closely linked, as it appears from the determination a top football official is showing in his defiance of public pressure to quit. Analysts say that maintaining control of sporting associations and other mass organisations can give politicians or their allies
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    • 25 1 AUSTRALIA’S seven-time Major winner Karrie Webb stormed to the US$1.4-million (S $1.8-million) HSBC Women’s Champions title yesterday. L SPORT PAGE B8
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    • 48 1 SOME business owners are now literally working from home in the Central Business District. As office rents rise, smaller firms have begun setting up shop in downtown apartment units, which are often cheaper to buy or rent than office space. L MONEY PAGE B22
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  • 904 1  -  Show of force in the streets as Premier holds chat online BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: The Chinese government staged a massive show of force yesterday to deter pro-democracy gatherings across the country, even as Premier Wen Jiabao promised to
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  • 818 1  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE critical factors in elections are the quality of candidates and the reputation of the parties involved, not how electoral boundary lines have been drawn, said Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. Marine Parade GRC’s anchor minister added
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    • 129 1 Cooling down Heat casualty cases down in the SAF PRIME, PAGE A3 Hanging up his guns Thirteen-time SEA Games shooting champ Lee Wung Yew retires A top draw Artist Sonny Liew is a hero to comic book fans SPORTS, PAGE B9 LIFE! PAGE C4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL:
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 94 2 WE SAY Close to half, sometimes more, of the electorate did not get the opportunity to vote in the past few general elections. Walkovers that saw the ruling People’s Action Party win numerous seats and often return to power on Nomination Day itself denied them that
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      • 47 2 COLUMNS Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa has cast a pall on stock markets and oil plays, as well as even traditional safe haven assets like bonds and gold, making them seem riskier, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B18
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      • 64 2 OUR READER SAYS The recent unveiling of changes made to electoral boundaries has elicited varying responses from the public. Steven Thng agrees with the changes, and implores naysayers to not oppose for the sake of opposition; while Lee Seck Kay wonders why the PAP has to
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      • Article, Illustration
        18 2 www.straitstimes.com L Nirmal Ghosh hears two experts talk about the recent violent Thailand C ambodia dispute.
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    • 939 2  -  With China’s rise comes shift in power dynamics among its neighbours BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg WHAT has China got to do with recent bloody clashes over a 900-year-old temple in South-east Asia? Beijing is not a party to the conflict, nor
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  • prime.news
    • 670 3  -  New rules, education see heat injury cases fall 90% from 1990s BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to heat injuries, Singapore soldiers are increasingly keeping their cool. Based on statistics from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Medical Corps, the number of cases
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    • 269 3 SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: More details have emerged about the wife and daughter of the businessman from Singapore who paid a $9 million ransom for their release, after she returned to shop in the area where she was kidnapped last
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    • 783 4  -  Opposition parties cross paths as they test ground ahead of meeting BY TESSA WONG ANDREA ONG twong@sph.com.sg andreao@sph.com.sg WITH friendly grins, Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) and National Solidarity Party (NSP) leaders shook hands, slapped one another’s backs and posed for photographs when their
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    • 602 6 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI: Anti-government forces seized control of Zawiyah, a town about 50km west of Tripoli, yesterday as the United Nations Security Council and Western leaders ratcheted up pressure on longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit. United
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  • WORLD.
    • 756 8  -  Soccer chief is clinging to his post for partisan reasons, say analysts BATTLE FOR INDONESIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: A graft-tainted top football official is defying increasing public pressure to step down, in what analysts say reflects the close links
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    • 114 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Meat lovers may find it hard to stomach L Gulf royals fear for their dynasties MOST COMMENTED ON L Space storm may be tech’s “off” switch. Says kokoobird: “What will happen to my bank account then, if
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    • world.regional
      • 629 10  -  Opposition in joint campaign to overcome Umno ‘propaganda’ MALA CC A BY ELE C TI O N BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg MERLIMAU (Malacca): The opposition Pakatan Rakyat alliance has swung into action to charm Malay voters in a by-elec-tion in
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      • 357 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Police yesterday arrested more than 100 ethnic Indian activists as they tried to hold an anti-government rally over a high school textbook that they say denigrates their community. The mass arrests were among
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  357 words
      • 208 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA TEMERLOH: Prime Minister Najib Razak and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin are planning to spend time with kampung folk and other locals, as part of a whirlwind nationwide tour that is being seen as a lead-up campaign for the next general
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      • 241 10 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Seven “red shirt” leaders who were released from detention last week are planning to contest the next Thai general election on a Pheu Thai ticket, a move which the opposition party welcomed yesterday. According to
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      • 1101 12  -  Theseare EXCELLENT yourresponse IMMEDIATELY creating database of postures to prevent self-styled gurus from making franchise money MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY Theseare EXCELLENT yourresponse IMMEDIATELY NIRMALA Theseare EXCELLENT yourresponse IMMEDIATELY GANAPATHY Theseare EXCELLENT yourresponse IMMEDIATELY INDIA CORRESPONDENT Theseare EXCELLENT yourresponse IMMEDIATELY gnirmala@sph.com.sg AT
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      • 398 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Fourteen Vietnamese women were last week freed from an illegal baby breeding ring that used them as surrogate mothers, but now the fate of their unborn children hangs in the balance. Thai authorities are weighing what to do with the
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      • 539 14 It demands halt to drills and leaflet propaganda, warns of nuclear reply AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: North Korea yesterday threatened “all-out war” in response to planned exercises by South Korean and American troops, and told Seoul to stop cross-bor-der propaganda,
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      • 447 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’ s elite universities have had their entrance exams the most important hurdle in any Japanese student’s life compromised by a candidate’s efforts to seek online help during the tests, they admitted yesterday. Maths and English questions from the entrance
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      • 382 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China’s rail and train builders, which gained valuable experience at home in projects with Western heavyweights, are now competing with them for global contracts, but analysts say a lack of international savvy could clip their ambitions. Train constructors China Northern
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    • world.region in revolt
      • 711 16 His forces are a mix of regional recruits and mercenaries ASSOCIATED PRESS BAMAKO (Mali): His allies and even his own diplomats are abandoning him, but his African fighters are pledging to defend embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi “to the end”. The fighters that Colonel
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      • Elsewhere
        • 86 16 THE NEW YORK TIMES MANAMA: The leader of a banned opposition party returned to Bahrain from exile last Saturday and exhorted thousands of anti-government protesters to continue demonstrating until they achieve a “successful revolution”. “The dictator fell in Tunisia, the dictator fell in Egypt and the
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        • 94 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: A constitutional reform panel has recommended opening Egypt’s presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on future presidents a dramatic shift from a system that allowed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak to rule for three decades. The changes put forward last Saturday
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        • 75 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANAA: Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh vowed yesterday to defend his three-decade regime “with every drop of blood”, accusing opponents of hijacking protests in a ploy to split the nation. Despite two weeks of escalating protests demanding that he step down, Mr Saleh has repeatedly
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    • world.international
      • 529 17 Planned budget-tightening moves in various states spark nationwide rallies ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES BOSTON: Plans to make deep cuts in state budgets saw rallies across the United States last Saturday and caused dismay in one state capital, where every teacher
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      • 263 17 LONDON: A Florida man has been accused of raping a two-year-old girl on a family trip to SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, and saving images of the alleged attack on his mobile phone. Michael Gryzbowicz, of Cocoa Beach in Florida, was asked to watch the little
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      • 607 19 Residents gather at memorial services for 147 dead; police say final toll may be over 200 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHRISTCHURCH: Grieving New Zealanders mourned Christchurch’s earthquake victims yesterday, as police said the disaster’s final death toll was set to reach more than 200.
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      • 390 20 Game summit to feature social games; tech fair to explore cloud computing AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO: Video-game makers from around the globe are gathering here to seek paths to fortune and glory on a landscape upset by social networks, smartphones, tablet computers and
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 99 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS: A toddler trapped by bureaucratic hurdles for more than two years in Ukraine has arrived in Brussels with his parents, a pair of legally married Belgian men. Samuel Ghilain arrived with his parents Peter Meurrens and Laurent Ghilain last Saturday to a
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        • 82 20 JAKARTA: Two sites on an Indonesian province have been selected for the construction of two nuclear power plants, according to its governor. Bangka Belitung Governor Eko Maulana Ali claimed there was no serious opposition to the project on the province, located about halfway between Jakarta and
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        • 95 20 REUTERS BANGKOK: Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has concluded that Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, killed during protests last year, was not shot by security forces, DSI’s head said yesterday. It contradicts a preliminary finding in a DSI report leaked to Reuters last December, which indicated
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        • 67 20 A humanoid robot, Robovie PC (right), from Japanese robot venture Vstone crossing the finish line of the world’s first full-length marathon for two-legged robots, which was held in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Robovie PC won the 42.195km race in a time of
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        • 71 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ANKARA: Political Islam mentor Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey’s first Islamist prime minister, died yesterday at age 84 after a long illness. Mr Erbakan, who in recent years headed the small Felicity Party, was hospitalised in Ankara early last month due to what was announced as
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        • 58 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: At least 1,500 people gathered in a Hong Kong park yesterday to commemorate a democracy icon who helped dissidents escape China after the Tiananmen crackdown. They sang songs and held candles at a memorial ceremony in Victoria Park for Mr Szeto Wah,
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        • 105 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: An Indian pilot faked documents to obtain her licence, then had a record of poor landings, newspapers reported yesterday. Ms Parminder Kaur Gulati, who has had her licence revoked, “used the nose wheel to touch down instead of the rear landing gear” at
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 448 22 THERE are Singaporeans, aged 50 and above, who have never voted in their lives or just once, in 1993, in Singapore’s first nationwide presidential election. Close to half, sometimes more, of the electorate did not get the opportunity to vote in the past few general elections.
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    • 1452 22  -  BY JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NEW YORK TIMES AT SOME point, Thomas Jefferson realised, you just can’t do business with pirates anymore. For years, the infant American government, along with many others, had accepted the humiliating practice of paying tribute essentially mob-style protection fees to a handful
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    • review.
      • 860 23  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. SHOULD Asia worry about China’s nuclear weapons and the way they are being deployed? Latest estimates by Western analysts put China’s stockpile at
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      • 745 23  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg AUSTRALIA and New Zealand are due within weeks to establish a combined military planning team at the Deployable Joint Forces Headquarters in Brisbane, the first tangible step under a broader effort to expand bilateral defence cooperation.
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      • 745 23  -  BY NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is director of publications at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation and editor of YaleGlobal Online INTERNATIONAL trade has been transformed by a factor about which most consumers know nothing an intricate supply chain that
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    • forum.
      • CHANGES TO ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES
        • 271 24  -  Steven Thng I APPLAUD the changes made to the electoral boundaries for the coming general election. The smaller sizes of the group representation constituencies (GRCs) and the increase in the number of single member constituencies (SMCs) are certainly in line with what the opposition
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        • 240 24  -  Lee Seck Kay THE unveiling of changes to electoral boundaries, the composition of group representation constituencies (GRCs) and the number of single-member constituencies (SMCs) have elicited mixed reactions. While Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong believes the changes have lowered the barriers for opposition
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      • 219 24  -  Lim Bee Khim (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Finance MR THAM Siong Tuck (“They too need help”; last Thursday) is of the impression that as a senior citizen who is not working, and living in a five-room HDB flat, he would not benefit
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      • 300 24  -  Phyllis Cheong (Madam) INSTEAD of tuition and academically skewed enrichment classes for my son, I chose, throughout his kindergarten years, to have him enjoy nature walks, picnics, play dates, exercise and music. (“Keep after-class hours free of classes, please”; Feb 15). But my child
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      • 159 24  -  Jocelyn Lim (Madam) SOME principals justified introducing supplementary lessons by saying that parents wanted them (“Too young for extra lessons?”; Feb 1). As senior educators, shouldn’t principals be asking if such lessons are necessary rather than submit to the demands of parents? While it is
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      • 54 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MRS PADMINI KESAVAPANY: Leave it to parents 2 MS CONSTANCE LEE: After-school programmes shouldn’t rule lives 3 MADAM LEE WEI YIN: It’s there to help students, not to enslave them 4 MRS SHERLEY SERVOS: Stuck with a smoking neighbour 5 MR HUANG GUOFENG:
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      • 137 24 MR ADAM REUTENS-TAN: “Electoral boundaries that contradict geographical demarcations simply make no sense and will only confuse the public (‘Joo Chiat Road not in Joo Chiat, Holland V in Tanjong Pagar’; Saturday). After so many elections, the authorities should have ironed out the system to ensure that
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      • 114 24 MR DANIEL KOH KAH SOON: “While the increase in the number of single-member constituencies (SMCs) is a welcome change, it is still a matter of concern that the majority of Members of Parliament will come from the group representation constituencies (GRCs). A three-member GRC even a two-member
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      • 60 24 MR KHOO LIH-HAN: “We, as voters, should be told in detail why some GRCs have been shrunk or changed, and why some SMCs have been dropped or created. There should not merely be an announcement of changes in electoral boundaries with the authorities assuming that Singaporeans agree to
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      • 66 24 MR M. LUKSHUMAYEH: “Singapore has had its GRCs for some time now. There can be no doubt that they have worked. It is, therefore, surprising that more SMCs have been carved out at the expense of GRCs. I would prefer the hurdle to remain raised for parties
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      • 55 24 Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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    • 109 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L More young women with tongue cancer L End of road for CNG cars? MOST COMMENTED ON L ID cards a must for property agents. Says purplepepper: “I am beginning to feel sorry for these chaps. A few
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    • 680 1  -  12% aged 60 and above; checks done to ensure all docs are medically fit BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg IT IS not uncommon for orthopaedic specialist S. Krishnamoorthy to clock 50-hour work weeks even though he is 71. The surgeon at Raffles Hospital may
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    • 232 1  -  MELISSA PANG IN DR San Win Min’s 26 years working at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, he has been head of its anaesthesiology department three times. And it is his role in grooming younger doctors that he is most proud of. “I was able to build up
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    • 323 2  -  MELISSA PANG VISITORS spent a record $90 million at the Natas Travel Fair, surpassing last February’s all-time high of $63 million. For the first time in the event’s history, Europe emerged as the top holiday destination. Mr Robert Khoo, chief
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    • 736 2  -  Up to 20 people spending the night at Bussorah Street BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN, ELIZABETH SOH kimspyke@sph.com.sg esoh@sph.com.sg BY DAY, tourists throng Bussorah Street in the popular Arab Street area, snapping photos and browsing the stores. Come nightfall, a different crowd gathers. Of late,
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    • 662 4  -  JEREMY AU YONG BY THE smaller the GRC, the better the chances for the opposition this is a view that has been accepted as conventional wisdom. And that is why eyes are now trained on the two four-member GRCs outlined in the electoral boundaries
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    • 604 4  -  SM sees new SMC as part of Marine Parade clan BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE carving out of Mountbatten ward from Marine Parade GRC was likened by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday to “a member of the family who has gone overseas to
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    • 727 4  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG UNCERTAINTY lingers over where Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong will contest in the coming polls, after the opposition veteran yesterday skipped a joint walkabout with the Reform Party (RP) in the West Coast GRC. Mr Chiam, 75, was to join
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    • 479 5  -  Area in new GRC has seen much progress BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Amanda Tan HOME Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam is confident he has the support of residents of the new Nee Soon GRC, having worked the ground there for 23
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    • 435 5  -  BY THAM YUEN-C A PILOT project in Eunos that matches at-risk youth with mentors and agencies that can help them may be replicated nationwide if it takes off. The programme is the first to coordinate efforts across agencies and welfare groups that
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    • 368 7  -  More than 10 maid agencies sign up for PUB pilot project BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg NEW and transfer maids at more than 10 maid agencies across the island will now have to attend a one-hour class on saving water. The call to get
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    • 424 7  -  BY EISEN TEO THERE is more to read in The Straits Times’ weekly school magazines. Partnerships with four agencies will provide content exclusive to readers of Little Red Dot (LRD) and IN in primary and secondary schools respectively. Now linked to
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    • 99 7 More than 200 young people from the Malay activity executive committees of 10 community clubs performed a mass dikir barat at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Centre yesterday at the inaugural Singapore Dikir Barat Competition. A musical form native to the Malay Peninsula, dikir barat is typically
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    • 650 6  -  Parents are putting their little children, some of them toddlers, in music classes to hone their skills and develop their potential BY LAI YI MING WITH dreams of nurturing a Mozart, more parents are enrolling their little children, some as young as two years old, in
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    • 193 6 LEADING sports brand adidas, which has launched the 2011 range of lightweight adiZero shoes that costs between $165 and $299, is confident that it will be as popular as the F50 adiZero football boots released in 2010. The new range includes shoes for footballers, runners
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      202 6 Pre-show sale Latest models of LCD TVs, sound systems, cameras and video cameras are going at rock-bottom prices at Audio House’s pre-IT Show sale this weekend. From 11am to 9pm at Audio House outlets. New flights Silkair now flies thrice weekly between Singapore and Pekanbaru, an Indonesian city that
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    • 209 6 STARTING from tomorrow, those who want last-minute solutions for their IT needs can go to Challenger at Funan DigitaLife Mall round the clock. The outlet at Funan is the first of Challenger’s 19 stores to stay open 24 hours. Challenger’s director of group marketing
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      153 6 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has launched a special award calling for advertising agencies here to come up with creative cross-media strategies. The agency with the most briliant pitch for an actual branding campaign that leverages SPH’s six media platforms will be awarded the inaugural Golden Cleaver Award. The
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    • 109 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L F1 boss bossed by wife L Chelsea crash out L Ronaldo, truly O Fenomeno MOST COMMENTED ON L FAS seeks mid-sized football-specific stadium Says careconnect: “A key point to note concerning the location of the stadium
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    • 843 8  -  Webb fights back from early deficit to triumph at the Garden Course HSBC WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS How Webb landed the knock-out blow BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg A BOXING bout begins with the ring of a bell. Yesterday, it was polite applause that ushered the start of the final
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    • 566 8 Results 275 Karrie Webb (Aus) 70 66 70 69 276 Chie Arimura (Jpn) 68 66 71 71 278 Tseng Ya-ni (Tpe) 70 72 69 67 280 Yoo Sun Young (Kor) 70 68 73 69 281 Morgan Pressel (USA) 73 69 71 68 282 Choi Na
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    • 752 9  -  Stalwart of Singapore shooting feels he has ‘nothing more to give’ BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg AFTER years of gunning down medals for Singapore at the South-east Asia Games, national trap shooter Lee Wung Yew has called it a day for good this time. Thirteen SEA Games
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    • 420 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MARANA (Arizona): Martin Kaymer is the new No. 1 in golf, this time without much debate. He calmly rolled in an eight-foot par putt on the 18th hole for a 1-up victory over Bubba Watson to
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    • 228 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Former top Thai tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan, once the world No. 9, has split with his wife the 2005 Miss Universe Natalie Glebova of three years. The parting was reportedly amicable, with the pair citing work commitments as the reason. According
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      • 66 9 DORTMUND: Singapore paddlers Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei lost 1-4 to Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia of China in the women’s doubles final of the German Open yesterday. After taking the first set 11-9, the duo then succumbed 7-11, 6-11, 5-11, 4-11 to
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      • 60 9 REUTERS LONDON: Wayne Rooney seems likely to escape punishment for elbowing Wigan’s James McCarthy in a Premier League football match last Saturday as the referee saw the incident and awarded a free kick against the Manchester United striker. Rooney was widely condemned but not cautioned
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      • 27 9 REUTERS DOHA: Milovan Rajevac has been named as the new national football coach of Qatar. The Serb’s contract will run until 2014.
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    • 688 10  -  Pole vaulter aims to fine-tune technique and win SEA Games gold BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg POLE vaulter Rachel Yang is putting her life on hold for one last shot at glory. The national record holder (3.81 metres) heads for China tomorrow for an eight-month training stint
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    • 381 10  -  Geylang United 2 Singapore Armed Forces 0 BY LEE MIN KOK THE warning signs were already there after Wednesday’s unconvincing 2-1 victory over S-League new boys Tanjong Pagar United. And yesterday, Singapore Armed Forces FC’s injury-ravaged squad were put to the sword 0-2 by an impressive
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    • 308 10  - Empathy and warning for Baihakki, Shahril TERRENCE VOON THE Football Association of Singapore (FAS) said yesterday that it understands why Baihakki Khaizan and Shahril Ishak have chosen to play in the rogue Indonesian Premier League (LPI), but warned that the Lions duo may face an international ban from Fifa for
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    • 71 10 THAILAND’S Naruedon Niwaskul (above left) watches anxiously as Malaysia’s Sung Jun Hao (right) receives the ball from a teammate during their match in the TYR Singapore Water Polo Open at the Co-Curricular Activities Branch yesterday. Thailand’s national team and a side from Malaysia were among the
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    • 50 10 Ethiopia’s Hailu Mekonnen, who sprinted to victory in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday, taking advantage of the absence of injured world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie
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    • 224 10 Today Cricket ICC World Cup: Netherlands v West Indies (Live, mio TV Ch123, 5pm). Football English Premier League: Stoke v West Brom (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 4am). Italian Serie A: AC Milan v Napoli (Live, StarHub Ch222 HD Ch255, tomorrow, 3.40am). S-League: Courts Young Lions
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    • 270 10 Basketball NBA Detroit 120 Utah 116, Memphis 120 Sacramento 92, Dallas 105 Washington 99, Houston 123 New Jersey 108, Chicago 83 Milwaukee 75, Boston 99 LA Clippers 92. Football Dutch Eredivisie Willem II Tilburg 4 Heerenveen 3, Almelo 6 Arnhem 1, Kerkrade 1 De Graafschap 1. French Ligue 1
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    • 667 11  -  BY PETER ROEBUCK stsports@sph.com.sg SO FAR the cricket World Cup has not been the anticipated batting bonanza. Admittedly the weaker sides have been bashed but overall the battle between bat and ball has been even. Fast bowlers and spinners have taken
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    • 415 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Chelsea defender Ashley Cole accidentally shot a club intern with an air gun at the team’s training ground, a British newspaper reported yesterday. The England international was playing around with a .22 air gun he had brought into the dressing room on
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    • 421 11 West Ham United 3 Liverpool 1 REUTERS LONDON: West Ham United climbed off the bottom of the English Premier League with an uplifting and well-deserved 3-1 home win over Liverpool yesterday. The Hammers went ahead after 22 minutes with a superb goal by Scott Parker.
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    • 487 11 Sachin’s 120 makes him first man to record five World Cup centuries AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BANGALORE: India and England played out a thrilling tie in the cricket World Cup yesterday. After India were all out for 338 in 49.5 overs, England appeared to be cruising towards
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      • 74 11 REUTERS NEW DELHI: Pakistan have been fined for their slow over rate during their 11-run win over Sri Lanka on Saturday. Captain Shahid Afridi has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his teammates will lose 10 per cent after
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      • 68 11 REUTERS COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene said yesterday that Kenya, who stunned his team in the 2003 World Cup, still have players to cause another shock when the two meet tomorrow. Jayawardene played in that game, along with skipper Kumar Sangakkara and spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
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      • 75 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: South Africa have illness and injury concerns with their two match-winners following a seven-wicket win over West Indies in their opening Group B match. Team manager Mohammed Moosajee said yesterday pollution contributed to leg-spinner Imran Tahir picking up a respiratory tract
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    • 91 12 “In memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember... For the loved ones whom you remember... “In Memoriam” >=te ESATS Memory wanders as shadows fall back to the days of happiness A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose
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  • 657 12 OBITUARIES Path Da Bhog AMAR SINGH Village:Bhai Ke Phefereh Age:73 years was called upon by Waheguru on 26 Feb 2011 leaving behind beloved wife,children,daughter and sons-in-law,brothers, sisters,nephews,nieces relatives. Khanda Path will commence on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 at Khalsa Dharam Sabha. Path Da Bhog will be held onWed, 2 Mar
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  • MONEY.
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      • 498 13  -  Worries over contagion risk; S-chip irregularities also raising concerns MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE deepening crisis in Libya is likely to remain the main driver of the market’s course this week. Given the scant information coming out of
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      • 371 13 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Payroll gains in the United States probably accelerated this month, buoyed by more seasonable temperatures and a pick-up in manufacturing, economists said before reports due this week. Payrolls increased by 190,000 this month, the most since May last year, according to the
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        • 157 13 Currencies Feb 25 CHNG YR 2010/11 CLOSE FR Feb 24 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2745 +0.40 1.4219 1.2725 Euro 1.7604 +0.13 2.0153 1.6758 CLOSE FR Feb 24 Yen* 1.5546 +0.52 1.6107 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.07 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Feb 25 CHNG YR 2010/11 CLOSE
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        • 2791 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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        • 57 13 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS STI 3100 DBePW*****1 53.5 9.0 Week's Top Rises CENTS 36 8.0 28.6 SembMar MBLeCWl ***** 52.5 6.5 14.1 CityDev.ES.l 102 1118 Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS U0B.ES.1102 1830 -70.0 Week's Top Falls CENTS 1370 -62.0 -4.3 Kep Corp ES I
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    • 1024 14  -  Reports they issue on firms can have big effect on their share prices BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg JUST what kind of storm can be unleashed when a single analyst riles a company was on full display last week. Olam International was forced into launching a
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    • 493 14  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) is urging more cash-rich listed firms to pay dividends to their shareholders, or provide a reason if they do not do so. This comes after the non-profit investor lobby group found that
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    • 518 15 High energy prices push up cost of food and transport, worrying politicians AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: The tremors from political upheaval in the Arab world are rippling through ener-gy-thirsty Asia, which has long struggled to kick its addiction to oil from the volatile region.
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    • ON THE MOVE
      • 65 15 Quah Ban Huat: Appointed chief investment officer of Straits Trading Company (STC) with effect from tomorrow. He will oversee the development and execution of the company’s investment strategy and report to Ms Chew Gek Khim, STC’s executive chairman. Mr Quah, 44, brings with him more than 22 years
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        64 15 Christina Koh: Joins public relations firm Grayling as its Singapore managing director. Previously, she was the senior vice-president of communications and sustainability at DHL Express, where she led its environmental management and sustainability initiatives. She also built DHL’s corporate affairs division in the Asia Pacific from 2002 to 2007.
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        80 15 Ho Meng Kit: Will head the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) as its chief executive officer from April 8. Mr Ho, 54, will move to SBF after opting for early retirement from the civil service, where he is deputy secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has held several
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    • 2011 MARKET PERFORMERS
      • 685 16 A SPECIAL SERIES BROUGHTTO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR THE strong results achieved is a testament to the SGX Mainboard listed Marco Polo Marine Ltd’s strategic investments made in prior years to diversify the Group’s revenue base and
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      • 727 16 Technics Oil and Gas At the Brink Of New Growth SGX Mainboard listed Technics Oil and Gas Limited’s recent announcements offer some interesting indications on the future growth of the Group. The Group has announced new contracts in new countries beyond its usual geographical markets in Asia. In January 2011
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      • 748 16 ECS Holdings Limited On a Strong Foundation For Growth FOR the twelve months ended 31 December 2010 (“FY2010”), the ECS Group reported a 38.8% increase in net profit to a record high $53.0 million from $38.2 million in FY2009. FY2010 net profit margin also rose to 1.7% from 1.2%. The
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      • 726 16 EMS Energy Growing With Redefined Business Focus 2010 was a milestone year for SGX Catalist listed EMS Energy Limited as the Group achieved a 51% growth in revenue with profit from continuing operations surging 44% to S$2.76 million. This positive set of results is testament to the Group’s re-defined business
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      • 565 17 Yongnam Holdings Engineering Economic Growth Around The Region THE Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort together with its iconic SkyPark, an engineering wonder! The challenging MRT Circle Line project in Singapore. The complex MTR network in Hong Kong. The New Delhi International Airport in India, constructed in record time. What do
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      • 801 17 Sarin Technologies Sparkling Growth Ahead COMMODITIES investments have taken centre stage in recent years. However, few commodities enjoy the luxury status of diamonds and gems that have intrigued the human race since the beginning of time. Riding on this resilient trend since it was established in 1988, SGX Mainboard-listed Sarin
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      • 678 17 Q&M Dental Group Poised To Ride The PRC Dental Healthcare Market Q&M Dental Group, the largest private dental healthcare group in Singapore, kicked off the New Year with the launch of its first associated dental centre in the People’s Republic of China. Located in Nanjing city’s tallest skyscraper, the Greenland
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      • 488 17 Health Management International Ltd Healthcare On An Uptrend 2010 has been a year of growth for Health Management International Ltd (“HMI”, SGX code 588), a regional healthcare and education provider listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. HMI operates two hospitals in Malaysia: Mahkota Medical Centre (“Mahkota”) in Malacca,
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      • 647 18 ELECTRONICS are an integral part of our everyday lives. With a high product replacement cycle, evergreen industries related to the manufacture and distribution of semiconductor and electronics components are riding this trend to a future of new growth as the Asian economy resolutely forges ahead.
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      • 653 18 HLN Technologies Building New Earnings Streams SGX Mainboard listed HLN Technologies Ltd has made a momentous start to 2011 by announcing its first foray into the robust property market in China. The Group is planning to take a 15.16 percent stake in Tianjin Swan Lake Real Estate Development Co., Ltd,
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    • 954 18  -  Stocks, oil, bonds and even gold all seem risky in these troubled times C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE turmoil in the Arab world is one of the rare global events that brings the pessimists and optimists
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    • 325 18 ANOTHER Singapore-listed Chinese company has come forward to report accounting problems, the second such case in as many days. Hongwei Technologies, a manufacturer of polyester fibres, said on Saturday its auditors have detected “issues pertaining to the cash and bank balances confirmation” of the
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    • 746 20  -  New structure is more progressive, in line with ‘inclusive growth’ BY FIONA CHAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR fiochan@sph.com.sg TAXPAYERS in Singapore rejoiced when Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled cuts in personal income tax rates in this year’s Budget on Feb 18. But the move had
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    • 320 20 FOOD and beverage and property conglomerate Fraser Neave (F&N) is setting up a new division to focus on and grow its ice cream business. F&N Creameries will integrate the group’s ice cream operations across Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, F&N said in a
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    • 36 20 Agriculture USD 11C 17/02/11 9525,55 USD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD R1C-B 18/02/11 9,60 SGD Croci Euro 11C 21/02/11 150,61 EUR Croci Japan 11C 21/02/11 *****,59 JPY Croci US R1C-A 18/02/11 14,90 USD
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    • 47 20 Agriculture Euro R1C-B 17/02/11 8,79 EUR Branchen Stars R1C-A 21/02/11 149,04 EUR Commodity Euro 11C 18/02/11 *****,58 EUR Commodity USD R1C-C 18/02/11 7,45 SGD CROCI Alpha 11C 21/02/11 9012,35 EUR CROCI World Giants R1C-B 21/02/11 13,82 EUR EMLIN Sovereign Bond Fund R1C 18/02/11 10,54 USD
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    • 30 20 IDB Commodity Booster DJ-UBSCI ETF I ImSCI Europe TRN Index ETF MC^^2^0Z1^_48^4Usd IMSCI Indonesia TRN Index ETF IMSCI Malaysia TRN Index ETF IMSCI Thailand TRN Index ETF MC^^21X)Z11^^^1M4Usd
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    • 892 21  -  Tougher pay and bonus rules in the West make Asia an increasingly attractive option WORKING LIFE BY GABRIEL CHEN FINANCE CORRESPONDENT gabrielc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has emerged as the destination of choice for investment bankers in a recent survey. A study by British financial recruitment firm Astbury
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    • 805 22  -  Some small businesses take this route as office rents soar BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg OIL trader Rennie Wang has an office with a great location in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD), complete with a view of Marina Bay. Does
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    • 103 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Cooling moves stop prices going north L 19 bids for Bishan site, top offer $550m L Higher profits, higher dividends MOST COMMENTED ON L Making room for CPF investors at AGMs. Says gemini58: “CPF monies are still
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        209 5 Reuters Germany’s defence minister has been stripped of his doctorate title after his university found him guilty of copying the work of others for his thesis the long essay that one has to write in advanced university degrees. This form of copying is called plagiarism. German magazine Der Spiegel
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      • 184 6 The Government has fined rail operator SMRT $50,000 for a security lapse that resulted in an MRT train being vandalised last year. It also spelt out what needed to be done to keep public transport more secure. The security measures include putting up stronger fences
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      • 613 16 / 17  -  Turn to the Forum page in The Straits Times today and read the two letters on the topic of compulsory supplementary lessons. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG There are two letters discussing the issue of compulsory supplementary lessons for whole classes after school hours in primary
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