The Straits Times, 18 July 2011

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    20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P) 108/11/2010 MONDAY, JULY 18 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS > I 4
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      Lock icon High-class hostels
      55 1 SOME hostels here are going upmarket to cater to a rising number of backpackers with bigger budgets. With room rates pegged at least 40 per cent higher than the usual, these upper-end accommodations offer frills such as the use of netbooks and high-quality quilts, often at no extra
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      Lock icon From canal to ‘riverfront’
      52 1 AN ORDINARY stretch of Rochor Canal is to be transformed into an attractive “riverfront” with decks and seating areas. The $48 million project to remake the 1.1km route between Jalan Besar and Crawford is part of water agency PUB’s Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters scheme. L HOME
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      Lock icon No Ramadan ban: Kedah
      48 1 KEDAH has backtracked on a decision to force entertainment outlets in the state to close during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The decision by the Islamic PAS state government last week had provoked a huge outcry, particularly among non-Muslims. L WORLD PAGE A12
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      Lock icon Clint wins Derby shootout
      49 1 A DARK horse pipped the favourite to win the $1.15 million Emirates Singapore Derby yesterday. Clint overtook the fast-tiring Better Than Ever down the final stretch in the country’s oldest horse race, giving punters who bet on Clint a big payout. L SPORT PAGE B11
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    Lock icon RED-HOT WELCOME FOR THE REDS
    93 1 Fans of English football giants Liverpool thronging the entrance of the adidas outlet at Marina Bay Sands to catch a glimpse of their heroes. Striker Dirk Kuyt and defender Martin Kelly were the only players who attended the meet-and-greet session yesterday. The Reds minus captain
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    Lock icon Sino-US ties under strain after Dalai Lama meeting
    739 1 Beijing lodges protests, and criticises Obama session as interference in its internal affairs ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China yesterday slammed United States President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has “grossly interfered in
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    Lock icon Khaw offers analysis on who gets to pick BTO flats
    569 1  -  BY CHUA HIAN HOU THE optimum flat-to-applicant ratio for public housing launches appears to be 1:2, with almost every applicant that is given a chance to pick a flat doing so. In his latest blog entry titled Who Are The
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      96 1 NATIONAL DAY COUNTDOWN INTERVIEWS NING BAIZURA Singing new tune about career RAMESH MEYYAPPAN Don’t label me disabled METRO From retail stores to property player My, how flats have changed LIFE! PAGE C4 HOME PAGE B4 MONEY PAGE B18 LIFE! PAGE C3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg
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        Lock icon Europe: A contagion of doubt
        76 2 WE SAY The big Greek vote for an austerity budget last month was supposed to have staved off widespread fears that Athens would not be able to make a large debt repayment. Now, however, the European Union states are dithering on a bailout plan for
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      • COLUMNS
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          Lock icon Tussle over ancient sage
          47 2 Chinese cities Xiangyang and Nanyang both claim to be the place where legendary strategist Zhuge Liang met warlord Liu Bei, but pulling ahead in the race has not yet translated to tourist dollars for Xiangyang, says Ho Ai Li. L WORLD PAGE A11
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          Lock icon ‘Age-friendly’ businesses
          48 2 Companies shouldn’t just concentrate on Generation Y and forget about the baby boomers, who are projected to be responsible for more than half of all consumer spending. Firms should invest in marketing to seniors too with the ageing population, says Joanne Lee. L MONEY PAGE B17
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      • Article
        Lock icon Easing doctor shortage
        56 2 OUR READER SAYS The Ministry of Health agrees that a systemic holistic approach must be taken to alleviate doctor shortage in the public sector. It is reviewing the compensation framework for doctors, and the public sector health-care clusters are studying how to further improve the work-life balance
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      Lock icon More quantitative easing will be unconscionable
      1140 2  -  It is ineffective and dangerous, especially to social fabric of Asia BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg UNLIKE Hamlet, United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke does not seem plagued by self-doubt over whether he should start another round of quantitative easing (QE) buying
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      Lock icon Number of passengers at Changi Airport soars
      545 3  -  It is set to beat last year’s high, thanks to budget airline boom BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg WITH new destinations and more frequent flights, Changi Airport is on course to beat last year’s record number of passengers. It has attracted 22.4
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      Lock icon Punggol residents attempt world cha-cha-cha record
      240 3  -  CHUA HIAN HOU ABOUT 3,400 revellers attempted to dance their way into the record books yesterday at a street festival to celebrate racial and religious harmony in Punggol. The students and residents appear to have smashed the Guinness World Record for the largest number
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      Lock icon Rebekah Brooks arrested in phone hacking probe
      747 4 Her arrest comes amid calls for Murdoch media empire to be broken up AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Ms Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World, was arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into a phone
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  747 words
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      Lock icon Fresh panic as Lokon erupts, spewing hot ash into the air
      391 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: A volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet yesterday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of metres into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. Mount Lokon, located on
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      Lock icon Govt agencies ‘may need to engage public sooner over projects’
      658 4  -  BY ROYSTON SIM IF THE recent Maplewoods episode is anything to go by, government agencies may need to engage the public sooner rather than later when it comes to major rail and road construction projects, say some MPs and political
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      Lock icon PM Lee urges Indian grassroots groups to engage youth
      450 6  -  BY TESSA WONG PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday called on Indian grassroots groups to engage young people and to help integrate new citizens from India. Noting that young people have many varied interests and lead active lives, he said that
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      Lock icon Bridging past and present
      465 6 A new trail highlighting AngMo Kio’s rich history and landmarks has been launched to mark this year’s Singapore Heritage Festival. The Straits Times uncovers some nuggets of history. The measure of a town The name Ang Mo Kio has been used since the mid-1800s, with early
      SOURCE: SINGAPORE HERITAGE FEST 2011 PHOTOS: JING SHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL, KONG LIM KONG, NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SINGAPORE AND ST FILE TEXT: LEE XIN EN GRAPHICS: LIM KAILI  -  465 words
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      Lock icon Ang Mo Kio launches heritage trail
      563 6  -  Some folklore and oral traditions worth preserving, says PM Lee BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday launched a heritage trail for Ang Mo Kio, the group representation constituency which he helms as anchor minister. The trail features more than 40
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      Lock icon $878 for a house
      270 7 ...from the maker of the world’s cheapest car AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: The Indian company that launched the world’s cheapest car has unveiled its latest product for the fast-growing country: A flat-pack house that costs about US$720 (S$878) and can be built in a week. The
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  • WORLD.
    • Expect ‘more peaceful’ seas this time
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        Lock icon VIEW FROM BEIJING: It won’t be caught offguard
        750 8  -  SO U TH C HIN A S E A DI S P U TE THE A RF MEETIN G BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: The contentious South China Sea issue will be the
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        Lock icon VIEW FROM WASHINGTON: Striking a balance
        760 8  -  BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: The United States does not see itself as a direct mediator in the South China Sea dispute, and has not been approached to play such a role, an American diplomat has said. In an interview
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      110 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Singapore ‘world’s 8th most costly city’ L Be wary of that long-lost love on Facebook MOST COMMENTED ON L A clash not over debt, but size of government. Says gemini58: “There is not a single doubt that
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        Lock icon Radioactive beef scare in Japan spreads
        635 9 36 of its 47 prefectures received tainted meat; govt set to ban all beef from Fukushima REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A scare in Japan over radioactive beef spread yesterday with more parts of the country reporting contaminated meat, four months after the
        REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  635 words
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        Lock icon Fugitive nabbed after bid to seek TV fame
        518 9 CHANGCHUN (Jilin province): For 13 years, a Chinese fugitive took on another name and lived life using a different identity. As time passed, he even forgot his true identity and went on TV in an attempt to gain fame. But the publicity
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        Lock icon Oil firms in China under fire over safety standards
        406 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Chinese netizens and a state press report yesterday questioned safety standards at oil firms after a fire erupted at a plant owned by state-run CNPC the industry’s fourth incident in six weeks. The country is still grappling with
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        Lock icon S. Koreans urged to take more time off
        945 10  -  Govt hopes longer vacations will boost tourism, productivity BY LEE SUN YOUNG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES milaya@naver.com SEOUL: During his 25 years or so in the workforce, Mr Lee Yong Hui has rarely taken leave for more than two or three days
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        Lock icon HK fertility clinic mixes up embryos
        383 10 HONG KONG: One of Hong Kong’s renowned fertility clinics has agreed to compensate two patients after embryos were transferred to the wrong person, local media reported yesterday. The clinic realised the mistake only after the operation was completed, and the embryos were quickly removed
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        Lock icon 2,000 farmers stage protest in Taipei
        153 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Thousands of angry Taiwanese farmers were protesting in Taipei yesterday, demanding that the government abandon proposals that would make it easier for their land to be forcibly turned over to developers. The protest, which began late on Saturday in front of
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        Lock icon Mad about mud
        44 10 Visitors to the 14th Boryeong Mud Festival wallowing in mud at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, 190km from Seoul, yesterday. About two million tourists go to the festival each year to enjoy activities such as mud wrestling and mud massages. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Chinese city wises up to sage’s fame
        959 11  -  Xiangyang claims to be where legendary strategist Zhuge Liang met warlord Liu Bei MEMO FROM HUBEI BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg XIANGYANG (Hubei): Tall bamboo trees block out the summer sun as well as the odd shrine and cottage in Longzhong,
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        Lock icon Kedah backtracks on nightspot ban
        699 12  -  Upset non-Muslims say businesses would be hit by closure for Ramadan BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The state government in Kedah led by the Islamist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has rescinded an order to enforce a ban on entertainment outlets during the
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        Lock icon Nahdlatul Ulama marks 85 years
        43 12 Members of Banser, the security unit of Indonesia’s largest Muslim organisation Nahdlatul Ulama, saluting guests attending a parade held to commemorate the organisation’s 85th anniversary in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, in central Jakarta, yesterday. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Govt invites Suu Kyi to attend event to honour dad
        222 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Myanmar has invited democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to attend a ceremony to honour her father, the country’s liberation hero General Aung San, a government official said yesterday. Ms Suu Kyi is expected to attend the
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        Lock icon Thai Prince ‘hides sports car’ after plane’s seizure
        252 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Thailand’s Crown Prince has taken measures to stop a German court from impounding his Mercedes sports car after his aircraft was seized at Munich Airport last week, reported German weekly Bild am Sonntag, without saying where it got the
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        Lock icon Police preparing sketch of Mumbai blast suspect
        673 13 They have closed in on 2 suspects; possibility of suicide bomber ruled out MUMBAI: The Indian police have zeroed in on two suspects and ruled out the involvement of a suicide bomber, days after three blasts rocked Mumbai last Wednesday, killing 19 people
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        Lock icon Victims face uphill task getting compensation
        430 13 MUMBAI: As in the case of previous terror attacks that have rocked the city, politicians were equally quick to announce monetary compensation after last Wednesday’s blasts. The state has announced compensation of 500,000 rupees (S$13,700) for the families of the 19 people killed and
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        Lock icon More child rape cases reported in Malaysia
        244 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Child rape cases have gone up in Malaysia. Police records show that rape cases involving children, which already comprised 70 per cent of all rapes in 2006, have increased, according to the New Straits Times. The number of victims below 18
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        Lock icon Businessmen push for Aussie economic zone
        770 14  -  It’ll help nation compete with mineral-rich Africa, say mining magnates BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanpearlman@hotmail.com SYDNEY: Businessmen are pushing for Australia’s first economic zone to be set up in its mining region in the remote north, saying it will help the
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        Lock icon Aussies face retail rut despite mining boom
        321 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: The streets of Sydney’s Paddington are where the rich and fashionable shop and socialise. But business has never been so bad, as Australia’s mining boom masks retail sector pain. “This is the worst season I’ve had,” says 15-year retail veteran
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        Lock icon Aftershocks hinder efforts to rebuild Christchurch
        517 14 NEW YORK TIMES CHRISTCHURCH: The once-bustling business district of the New Zealand city of Christchurch resembles a wasteland. Along the closed, empty streets lie piles of bricks and steel, and you can see office furniture still sitting inside partly collapsed buildings. Handmade signs hang
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        Lock icon Award canned after outcry over Putin pick
        234 14 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: A prominent German prize for freedom and democratic change will not be awarded this year, after the independent award committee’s decision to give it to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sparked an outcry. The Quadriga prize
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        Lock icon Islamic radicalism worries Tajikistan
        614 15 Former Soviet republic takes steps to curb growing religiosity NEW YORK TIMES DUSHANBE (Tajikistan): Islam is blossoming in Tajikistan. Beards are in style. Headscarves, too. Bazaars are doing a booming trade in prayer rugs, religious audio recordings and clocks featuring Muslim holy sites. After decades of
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        Lock icon No gridlock in LA despite highway shutdown
        416 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Drivers chose to heed official warnings and avoid “Car-mageddon” utter traffic gridlock on Saturday, when one of the nation’s busiest highways was shut down for repair. But can the car-crazy city control itself until the works are completed? Experts
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        Lock icon US swelters in massive heat wave
        287 15 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Fiery reds and oranges nearly covered the United States on meteorologist maps as a massive heat wave hit hard in much of the country over the weekend. Scorching temperatures are expected to continue over the coming week, from Montana to New Mexico,
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        Lock icon Please don’t buzz off
        89 16 Beekeeper Wang Dalin, 42, stands still at a “bee attracting” competition, shrouded by the buzzing, swirling creatures, in Shaoyang city in Hunan province. For the event on Saturday, he and another contestant Lu Kongjiang, 20, also a beekeeper, wore only shorts and used queen bees as
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        Lock icon Love letter 53 years late
        320 16 SLICEOFLIFE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH: A love letter written to a US college student 53 years ago will finally be delivered to its intended recipient, who is now an elderly man. The letter addressed to Mr Clark C. Moore and postmarked Feb 20, 1958, arrived
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Penang’s baby present
          107 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GEORGE TOWN: All newborn babies in Penang may be getting a one-off RM100 (S$40) present from the state government starting this year. The Penang government is considering a proposal to give RM100 cash to newborn babies as long as one of their parents
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          Lock icon Shootings in Thai south
          111 16 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK REUTERS BANGKOK: Insurgents opened fire at Buddhists shopping for goods for a festival in Pattani last Friday, killing a student and injuring two men. In another shooting yesterday, suspected Muslim separatists shot dead three Muslim rubber farmers at their farm in Yala,
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          Lock icon China floods claim 460
          107 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: More than 460 people have died or gone missing in China since last month, after extreme summer weather triggered huge floods and deadly landslides, the government authorities said. Torrential downpours have pummelled large swathes of China since the beginning of last month, wreaking
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          Lock icon US mum out of jail
          123 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO (Florida): Under a heavy guard and facing shouts of “baby killer”, a young mother walked out of jail a free woman yesterday, only days after she was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter. Ms Casey Anthony, 25, spent years in the spotlight,
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          Lock icon Italian PM faces hearings
          85 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces trial hearings today for bribery and for paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl. The 74-year-old is a defendant in three ongoing trials but is only due to attend the corruption hearing in which he stands accused
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          Lock icon New Cabinet for Egypt
          104 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf is expected to reveal a new Cabinet line-up today in a reshuffle aimed at appeasing protesters who have been holding a sit-in for more than a week over the slow pace of reform. Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Orabi
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        218 19  -  Jolly Wee I DISAGREE with Associate Professor Hussin Mutalib’s suggestion (“Let’s not stand on ceremony for MPs”; July 9). What I found somewhat discomforting was his suggestions to review or revamp practices such as “requir- ing residents to gather much earlier
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      511 4  -  BY HUANG LIJIE TO WOO more Singaporeans back to recent earthquake-hit Japan, more than $500,000 will be spent on an all-expenses-paid, eight-day trip next month for 100 tertiary students here. Mr Motonari Adachi, executive director of Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) Singapore, said
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      941 5  -  Residents say short-term inconvenience is worth it as they reap the benefits later BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Jamie Ee Wen Wei FOR about seven years, Madam Julie Foo had to put up with noise and dust during
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      193 7 TWO types of Oral B mouthwash are being pulled off the shelves in Singapore and other countries over concerns that they could be contaminated with a form of bacteria. Manufacturer Procter Gamble ordered the recall after detecting Burkholderia anthina in some of the products
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      207 7 A GROUP of 18 senior officials from Afghanistan are in Singapore for an anti-corruption seminar. The seminar, which will cover topics such as good governance and managing corruption, was specially customised for the officers, who come from various regulatory and other institutions. Conducted by the
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        38 6 KitchenAid mixers are now available in two new colours Candy Apple and Coco Silver. Each comes with two stainless steel mixer bowls instead of one. From Mayer showrooms at a recommended selling price of $1,299 each.
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        42 6 Till Aug 3, get a free BK Sundae with any purchase of a BK Doubles Mushroom Swiss Beef Burger large meal at $7.75 or Mushroom Swiss Tendergrill Chicken Burger large meal at $8.25. Prices vary at selected Burger King outlets.
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        42 6 Enjoy The Young Mozarts on July 29 (8pm) and July 30 (11am, 4:30pm and 8pm) at The Singapore Conference Hall. Tickets at $25, $35 and $55 from www.sistic.com.sg. Net proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Friendship Without Borders.
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        33 6 From July 21 to 30, savour Piedmontinspired cuisine by Michelin-Chef Igor Macchia at DOMVS the Italian Restaurant at Sheraton Towers Singa-poreHotel.Call6839-5622toenquire about its degustation menu or set lunch, and make reservations.
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        46 6 Visit the ASA Holidays’ Power Packed! Travel Fair on July 23 and 24 at Suntec Concourse Level 3 from 10am to 8pm. Check out great promotions, special appearances as well as savings and giveaways from watches to luxury cars worth up to $1 million.
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      582 6  -  Safety videos are no longer boring stuff as some airlines take off with fun and glamour to grab passengers’ attention for their inflight routine BY GOH HWEE KOON NEVER bothered to pay attention to the safety video on board the aircraft at the start of a
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      203 6 AVID photographers can look forward to three cameras from the new Olympus PEN series in the coming months, with the Olympus PEN E-P3 camera slated for release on July 22. Designed as the new flagship model of the PEN series, the E-P3 is aimed
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      237 6 THE launch of Breitling Reno Air Races an air racing game commemorates the longstanding relationship between Breitling and the National Championship Air Races, the fastest airplane race in the world. The Swiss watchmaker is the presenting sponsor of the prestigious event in
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      171 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Sell Nasri now: Fergie L Dalglish raises bar for Reds L Timing ‘was right’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Singapore back in Malaysia Cup from 2012 Says wuxitom0909: “S-League started off well in 1998 but declining attendance
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      418 8  -  BY FABIUS CHEN HIS career as a Red is only three days old, but already Stewart Downing has received the stamp of approval from two Liverpool legends. Speaking on the sidelines of a football clinic organised yesterday by club sponsor Standard Chartered Bank, Ian
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      394 9  -  Striker’s injury latest blow for Lions, who play Chinese Taipei tonight BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg THE injuries just keep mounting for Singapore. Ahead of tonight’s international friendly against Chinese Taipei, national coach Raddy Avramovic confirmed that striker Khairul Nizam has picked up a hamstring injury
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      470 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANTA FE (Argentina): Argentina coach Sergio Batista has insisted that Saturday’s Copa America quarter-final loss to neighbours Uruguay was not a “failure”. “I would not call it failure that is a very strong word. We work to win and I think we really
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      429 9 REUTERS DOHA (Qatar): Suspended Asian football chief Mohammed Hammam was tight-lipped on Saturday over reports alleging he was not fully cooperating with investigations into a cash-for-votes bribery scandal concerning his aborted bid for the Fifa presidency. He is facing an
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      287 9 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek has pledged that his country will spare no effort in tackling the problem of match-fixing in sports. He pointed out at an event yesterday that, whenever the menace reared its ugly head, the
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      502 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT: North Korea are blaming football’s worst doping scandal in 17 years on the use of traditional medicine from musk deer glands to treat injuries. Fifa president Sepp Blatter revealed on Saturday that, after two North Korean players were caught
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        88 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SINSHEIM (Germany): Sweden finished third at the women’s football World Cup after beating France 2-1 in Saturday’s play-off despite finishing the game with 10 players. Striker Lotta Schelin put Sweden ahead in the first half only for France’s Elodie Thomis to equalise on 56 minutes.
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        68 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAO PAULO: Brazilian football club Corinthians have increased their offer in a bid to lure Manchester City’s Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez back to Sao Paulo. City refused Corinthians’ initial offer of ¤40 million (S$69 million). On Saturday, the Brazil club suggested paying City a
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      450 10  -  Ng wins Open Masters; Cherie, Daphne doubles; Jazreel singles, All Events BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S women bowlers’ dominance at the Hong Kong International Open was completed yesterday with Shayna Ng claiming the Open Masters crown. The 21-year-old’s 227-158 win over home-town girl Zoe Tam
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      633 10 BRITISH OPEN AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANDWICH (England): Rory McIlroy was left bemoaning the state of the English summer weather yesterday as his hopes of adding the British Open crown to the US Open one he won last month were blown away. The 22-year-old Ulsterman
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        106 10 SUBSTITUTE Nordine Talhi struck a last-minute winner as Etoile FC twice came from a goal down to beat Geylang United 3-2 in an S-League match at the Bedok Stadium last night. Twice the home side led, thanks to goals from Kim Jae Hong and
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        113 10 REUTERS BERLIN: Dani Pedrosa continued his recovery from a broken collarbone by winning the German Grand Prix yesterday ahead of compatriot Jorge Lorenzo and MotoGP championship leader Casey Stoner. Meanwhile, world champion Lorenzo and Stoner, who both ride for Japanese manufacturers, have ruled out taking
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        83 10 BLOOMBERG LONDON: News Corp will probably fail to buy the Formula One racing event because F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone does not want to put the sport on pay television, the Telegraph reported yesterday. Ecclestone also told the newspaper that people might object
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      268 10 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTPELLIER (France): Mark Cavendish delivered a textbook sprint in the finale of the 193km 15th stage of the Tour de France yesterday to snatch his fourth victory in this year’s event. Perfectly set up by his lead-out man Mark Renshaw, the British cyclist
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      567 11  -  NZ-bred horse upsets Better Than Ever to win Emirates S’pore Derby BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg WITH race favourite Better Than Ever leading with just 300m to go in the Emirates Singapore Derby yesterday, no one was expecting dark horse Clint to change the script. Not trainer
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      380 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: China blew away the competition with an emphatic display of diving yesterday to make it two gold medals out of two as they chase a historic clean sweep at the World Championships. Olympic champion Huo Liang shrugged off the
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      303 11 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: The Samoans came to Australia aiming to gain some respect out of a tussle with the Wallabies and build confidence ahead of the World Cup. They walked out of Sydney’s Olympic Stadium with a stunning four-try, 32-23 victory over the world
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      179 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has described the England rugby team as “a bunch of wannabes” after they announced they would play at least one game in an all-black strip at the World Cup in New Zealand later this year. England’s
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      148 11 Today Football International friendly: Singapore v Chinese Taipei (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm). Swimming Fina World C’ship: Diving finals Men’s 1m (2pm). Women’s 10m synchronised (5.15pm), synchronised swimming duet tech final (7pm) Live, StarHub Ch202. Tomorrow Football League Cup, prelims: Tanjong Pagar v Albirex Niigata (Clementi), Woodlands v Hougang
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      78 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HEUSDEN (Belgium): Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva (above) made a winning return during the Night of Athletics event on Saturday, her first outdoor meet of the season. The 29-year-old Olympic champion, who holds the world record of 5.06m but whose aura of invincibility
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      43 8 ARGENTINA’S AGONY Hosts exit the Copa America after loss on penalties to Uruguay. B9 VICTORY IN HK Singapore bowler Shayna Ng wins Hong Kong Open Masters title. B10 DARK HORSE WINS Clint is first past the post at the Emirates Singapore Derby. B11
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      15 8 RADDY’S HEADACHE Raddy Avramovic has to deal with injuries ahead of World Cup qualifier. B9
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      88 9 SPORTS FIXTURES LOTTERY L Draw No. 2658/2011 f 1 Vi J Draw Today. Monday, 18 July 2011 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm y Always play with care. Do not bet illegally. T
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      205 12 Obituaries For enquiries, call 1800-289-9988 (office hours) 6319-5192 (after office hours) Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability. Online advertisement booking for condolences: catscounter@sph. com.sg B8ATS CLASSIFIED For the loved ones whom you remember... “In Memoriam” V -e WATS CLASSIFIED Simplicity Casket Simply
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      205 13 Allianz RCM China Timely Moves to Optimize Potential A CPFIS Registered Fund This material is prepared by Allianz Global Investors Singapore Limited (“AllianzGI SG”) and the opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. This document is published for information only and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation. Investors
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      207 14 DELISTINGS SET TO OVERTAKE NEW IPOs? If the privatisation wave continues to sweep the Singapore bourse and the IPO market remains quiet, the number of companies exiting the exchange could outpace those joining, analysts say Todayin The Great Enjoy 0.1% commission when you trade Singapore Shares*! 1800 559 6000 www.cmcmarkets.com.sg
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          3133 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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        330 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Euro zone countries must settle their debt crisis at an emergency summit this week to stop Greece toppling into default and possibly dragging the currency bloc’s bigger economies with it. After finance ministers failed to nail down a new
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      362 14  -  BY MAGDALEN NG RATHER than focus on Singapore equities, investors should look to the region, especially mainland China, Hong Kong and Indonesia, said Credit Suisse economists. This is despite the expected earnings per share growth forecast for Singapore shares, which is 10 per cent
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      769 16  -  HK valuations higher, but firm says its listing here helped it to grow This is a weekly series of interviews with the head honchos of Chinese companies listed here. Jonathan Kwok takes a look at the business challenges these companies face and the steps
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      189 16 MR WONG Lam Ping (right) founded Pan Hong Property Group in Hong Kong, where he is a resident. The firm developed its first mainland China property project in the 1990s. Pan Hong listed in Singapore in September 2006, one of the early China plays. The
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        29 16 TAY LIM HENG: Mr Tay, 48, was named as non-executive and non-independent director from last Tuesday. He is also the chief executive officer of Keppel Integrated Engineering.
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        67 16 LI YUAN: Stepped down as financial controller from last Monday to pursue other career opportunities. Mr Li, 33, spent only about two months in the role, after taking it up in May. He had stepped into the role following the resignation of chief financial officer Wong
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        48 16 EISSO JACOB KOENDERS: Named as general manager of Jasper Offshore, where he will be responsible for operational and marketing functions. Mr Koenders, 63, has decades of experience in the offshore drilling industry. He has worked at Ensco Asia Pacific and Shell International Exploration and Production Company.
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        55 16 OWEN HOWELL-PRICE: Stepped down as independent non-executive director, from last Friday. Mr Price, 85, decided to retire after 17 years and did not seek re-appointment as a director. JASON CHOO: Stepped down as independent non-executive director, from last Friday. Mr Choo, 39, did not seek re-election at
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      99 16 AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 1 1C 12.07.11 195.53 AUDI AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 2C 12.07.11 206,97 USD AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 1 3C 12.07.11 254.22 SGD Australia SSA Bonds Total Return Index ETF 1C 12.07.11 161,89 AUD IBOXX Sovereigns Eurozone Total 1 Return Index ETF 1C 11.07.11
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      816 17  -  Firms should invest in marketing to seniors too as the population ages AT WORK WITH JOANNE LEE JOANNE LEE joannel@sph.com.sg WAY back when I wanted to buy a laptop for myself, I decided to buy an Apple model. Much of that
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      255 17 Singapore’s greenest business park, the CleanTech Park at Nanyang Avenue, recently won the inaugural Green Mark Platinum award. The 50-ha site boasts state-of-the-art green features which provide for commercial development but still allow nature to thrive. The Straits Times takes a look. TEXT: LEE XIN
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      404 17  -  BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT ELECTRONICS giant Philips started out in Singapore with just four people in a small office in Battery Road, selling light bulbs to busy merchants and shop owners. Fast forward 60 years, and the Dutch firm now boasts a
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      260 18 YOUR ADDRESS AT THE WATERFRONT CITY OF THE FUTURE. ATTITUDE. ALTITUDE 1 zm 'T n V,' fTyyjj r i o Rising 250 metres high, Altez is a stunning landmark in the city, just two minutes’ walk from Tanjong Pagar MRT station. Standing at the heart of the CBD, its position
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        597 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR This week, I got hitched. Finally accepting an invitation to the beta version of Google (right), the new solaunched search cial network launched by search engine Google, I committed to one circle to rule them all. The match
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        98 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. List all the aspects of your personal life, in any form, that you have shared on online social media. 2. Do some research to find out what social media companies (such as Google, Facebook and Twitter) can do with the information you post
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        874 4/5 Last week, international experts and leaders gathered for the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), a high profile event that features new water technologies. During the week, Singapore announced additional funding of $140 million for research and development (R&D) of water technology; the start of construction of
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        231 4/5 Dengue is on the rise and the number of weekly cases has crossed the warning level of 146. May through September is the peak period for dengue. INSIGHT Dengue status is measured by the number of cases reported in a week, and levels are defined based
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        857 6 Sources: BBC News The Guardian Agence France-Presse Reuters THE NEWS The country is spinning from revelations that journalists at a popular newspaper hacked into people’s voicemail accounts and used other illegal means to get private information about celebrities and crime victims. The scandal has turned public
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        122 6 Associated Press Agence France-Presse The worst drought this country has had in 60 years has created the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, according to the United Nations refugee agency chief Antonion Guterra. The lack of rain, which has also hit Kenya and Ethiopia, has led to widespread hunger,
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        119 6 Associated Press The Australian Under a proposed new law, veil-wearing Muslim women would have to remove their veils and show their faces to the police when asked. If it is voted through Parliament next month, it could mean a year in jail and a A$5,500 (S$7,200) fine for any
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        397 7  -  BY EISEN TEO On March 11, the lives of thousands of Japanese school children changed forever. An earthquake rocked north-east Japan, triggering a tsunami that swept through dozens of towns and villages. In one fell swoop, 7,000 schools were destroyed or damaged by the killer waves, mostly
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        938 8 / 9  -  Team Singapore exceeded expectations in the Asean Schools Games. TAN XING QI meets the winners TAN XING QI hey say home is where the heart is. And for some student-athletes, the home ground was where they found gold gold medals, that is. At the recently
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        413 10 / 11  -  BY SERENE LUO Fans of the popular Japanese manga Nodame Cantabile and a TV drama of the same name may see a similarity between one of its main characters the dashing Shinichi Chiaki and this Singaporean boy. Both Chiaki and 19-year-old Joshua Yong are classical musicians. They
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        61 13 Last week, IN asked students what they wanted to see in their education system. Thank you for all your letters we will be publishing some of them and they will also be sent to the Ministry of Education as part of feedback to the minister. Here is one
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        231 13  -  Shannon Luke Dear Minister, I’m in Secondary 5 and although I can say that I’m fairly contented with the current education system, I have to point out something that has been bothering me for quite a while. While I absolutely do not mind long
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        624 15  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR An oxymoron is a figure of speech which combines opposing terms for a self-con-tradictory effect. The word comes from the Greek term to mean sharp (oxy) and dull or foolish (moron). Oxymorons are usually expressed as a combination of two words but
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        620 16 / 17  -  Turn to the article about the Yeo family in Part 2 of the Majulah! series in the Home section of The Straits Times today. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG The Yeo family (right) witnessed the fiery blaze at Bukit Ho Swee that took lives and left
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      58 4/5 R PS 5|t Only Student Challengers Which of the following Chinese idioms is most similar to the English saying “Still water runs deep”? A B M j® ■I'la C m •Ht ft THE CHINESE CHALLENGE m m i Take the challenged I www.thechinesechallenge.sg mandar’in Mandarin. tl V SUPPORTED BY: 6jstXL^
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      403 1 Sexy Kate Cruise control Korean Music Wave 2011 Singer Ning Baizura is in charge of her life C3 Nude scenes are out of the question C2 Big Bang and 2NE1 steal the show C7 Performer Ramesh Meyyappan bristles when he is labelled disabled. Born deaf, he has fought hard to
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        938 2  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...Kate Tsui The star will not do more than pout on screen as Hong Kong audiences are ‘conservative’, she adds jocelyn lee Hong Kong television actress Kate Tsui may be wellknown for her sexy image but she says she will never consider filming nude scenes.
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        642 2 New York Times New York When Justin Timberlake tried out for the role of Sean Parker in The Social Network, director David Fincher had a particular line from Aaron Sorkin’s script in mind. Sean, the former Napster executive who schools Mark Zuckerberg in the ways of
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        677 3  -  Ning Baizura is a happy woman now, with her husband of three years managing her career eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg She has made headlines for firing her managers, but the days of management crisis are over for Malaysian pop singer and actress Ning Baizura.
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        631 3 Associated Press Biloxi, Mississippi Glen Campbell leaned over his blue electric guitar, plucked a few strings and made a sour face. “Dadgum it,” he said. Campbell fiddled a few seconds longer while standing backstage last Friday night at the IP Casino and finally found a perfect
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