The Straits Times, 10 August 2011, Afternoon Edition

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 652 1  -  Rocky global outlook fails to shake Singaporeans’ verve to celebrate nation’s 46th birthday BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg AMID worries about the impact of a battered global economy on Singapore, the Republic marked its 46th National Day yesterday with a high-energy parade and show at Marina Bay. It
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    • 124 1 106 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg “Accuracy is everything when you're hunting nature's most terrifying storms.” Dr. Josh Wurman Meteorologist and Creator of the Doppler Radar on Wheels BALL Official Standard Since 1891 Since 1891, accuracy under adverse conditions '•Vi, H ,\\i'»///#>>! fX
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 73 2 WE SAY Thailand’s new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has lots on her plate: being a leader to all Thais, playing down links with her famous brother, uplifting the poor while not neglecting the needs of the urban classes. And she comes with no experience in public
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      • 53 2 COLUMNS Asean needs to be wary of losing control over the sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, and of the territorial disputes with China being held hostage or used by China and the US to send messages of resolve to each other, says Evelyn Goh. L
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      • 30 2 The Philippines should not rely too much on call centres because it could lose them quickly if international circumstances change, says Bruce Gale. L REVIEW PAGE A21
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      • 46 2 OUR READER SAYS Chew Shing Chai says the move from a nominated to an elected president was to have a non-partisan, highly qualified elected official, adding that nominated Presidents such as Dr Benjamin Sheares had done a superb job. L FORUM PAGE A24
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      • Article, Illustration
        19 2 www.straitstimes.com L Ronald Kow inspired by the F-word incident tells a couple of stories from his schooldays.
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    • 1009 2  -  It has to engender true European political union or shed laggard nations BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com AS EUROPEAN stock markets churned this week in the wake of deepening financial problems, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, responsible for the continent’s
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  • prime.news
    • 763 3 But US and Europe see rebound ahead of key Federal Reserve meeting REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Stock markets in Asia tanked again yesterday, entering official bear market territory and plunging the global economy deeper into a crisis. There were signs of a
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    • 484 3  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK SINGAPORE investors could be in for more wild swings when the stock market reopens after the National Day holiday. Traders here were spared another day of savage stock market losses across Asia yesterday after Wall Street suffered one of its worst
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    • 548 4  -  Retiring head of state is touched by people’s affection at parade BY JERMYN CHOW KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN jermync@sph.com.sg kimspyke@sph.com.sg THE last burst of fireworks had long vanished into the night sky, and portions of the 27,000-strong crowd were starting to stream out of the Float@Marina
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    • 813 6 Riots spread beyond London to Birmingham and other centres REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday police will crack down hard to quell a wave of rioting and looting across London over the past three nights the worst
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    • 277 6 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLACKBERRY smartphone maker Research in Motion said it is assisting London police investigating claims the company’s messaging service was being used by rioters in Britain to plan disturbances. After a third night of violence and looting, police said they will also review the
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    • 601 7  -  46-year-old had slipped on wet slope near home and fractured his spine BY K. C. VIJAYAN vijayan@sph.com.sg A LAWSUIT now before the courts is set to become a test case that could define the extent to which a town council is responsible
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  • prime.people
    • 1955 8  -  American anti-trafficking czar says it is not enough to have laws and set up task forces to combat the crime, if all the effort does not lead to putting the offenders behind bars. THE ST INTERVIEW BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg IF A
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    • 235 8 MR LUIS CdeBaca, 44, was appointed by US President Barack Obama to direct the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the Department of State, where he serves as Senior Adviser to the Secretary Hillary Clinton. The trafficking office coordinates
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  • WORLD.
    • 872 10  -  MAS-AirAsia alliance has much to work out as both operate differently BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia announced a radical overhaul of its airline sector yesterday that features sweeping management changes at state-controlled Malaysia Airlines (MAS), as it forms an
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    • 97 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Seven killed in Cameron Highlands landslide in Malaysia MOST COMMENTED ON L Spermless mosquitoes could halt malaria spread. Says Andy Pollard (on Facebook): “The thing that worries me about doing so is that when man interferes with
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    • world.regional
      • 711 11 Govt put evacuees’ lives at risk by not releasing radiation dispersal information: Officials NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Incumbent and former government officials have come clean on the Japanese authorities’ failure to release information from a computer system that tracks radiation dispersal, leaving
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      • 334 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK HANOI: Vietnam has accused Beijing of violating its sovereignty with a scientific survey in waters around two disputed island chains in the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said. Hanoi called on China to “immediately cease
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      • 624 12  -  US certification system gives it top scores for its conservation efforts BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Like a giant bamboo jutting out of the earth, the 508m-high Taipei 101 was once the world’s tallest building. Last year, the eight-year-old icon
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      • 302 13  -  Done deal though ministry objected to price: Ex-official PORT KLANG HUB TRIAL BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The Port Klang Authority signed a deal to buy 405ha for a mega port project a week before the Cabinet gave its approval,
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      • 269 13  -  BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Three directors of The Hindu, one of India’s most hallowed newspapers, have withdrawn a petition challenging the appointment of a non-family figure as the paper’s editor, signalling an easing of tensions in a bitter
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      • 709 14  -  No ‘red shirts’ in the list, key posts given to non-political outsiders BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: When Thailand’s new Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra takes office this week, she will have a Cabinet filled with moderates featuring non-political outsiders in the
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      • 182 14 BERNAMA PHNOM PENH: Cambodia withdrew hundreds of troops from a disputed border with Thailand on Monday, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The troops were withdrawn from the Choam Te border area, 20km east of the Preah Vihear temple land around which both Thailand and
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      • 682 15 America has 10,000 special operations troops in Afghanistan NEWS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: The loss of dozens of elite American troops to a Taleban rocket-propelled grenade is a window on the war to come focused increasingly on the type of special operations
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      • 370 15 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said yesterday they had found human remains believed to be those of a 30-year-old French woman who was last seen three months ago on a resort island. Ms Stephanie Foray (right), a 30-year-old civil servant, had arrived in
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    • world.international
      • 636 16 But Assad regime still defiant despite increasing diplomatic isolation ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BEIRUT: The Syrian regime faced a chorus of global reproach yesterday as envoys from Turkey, India, Brazil and South Africa headed to Damascus to press President Bashar al-Assad to end his violent
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      • 629 17 Children oppose plans, so she is giving them her fortune of up to $6b MADRID: One of Spain’s richest women is reportedly giving away her personal fortune in order to marry a civil servant. The BBC said the 85-year-old Duchess of Alba’s personal
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      • 458 17 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: The US publishing industry has expanded in the past three years as Americans increasingly turned to e-books and juvenile and adult fiction, according to a new survey that challenges the doom and gloom tending to dominate discussions
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      • 322 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHILADELPHIA: The United States city of Philadelphia has announced a nighttime curfew for minors in its historic downtown in an attempt to stop flash mob invasions by rampaging teenagers. From Friday, anyone under 18 will be subjected to a 9pm curfew
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      • 379 17 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: At 83, Ms Marie Kolstad still works full-time as a property manager and keeps an active social calendar, busying herself with 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. But she decided one thing needed improvement: her figure. So on July
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 110 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has returned to public view after reportedly receiving medical treatment overseas. Ms Kim Kyong Hui, a key influence on Mr Kim’s youngest son and heir apparent Kim Jong Un, accompanied her brother on an
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        • 99 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China said a tropical storm caused losses of about 3.1 billion yuan (S$585 million), destroying hundreds of homes as it battered the country’s east coast before slamming into North Korea yesterday. The Chinese weather agency said it had downgraded Tropical Storm Muifa to
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        • 111 18 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said German officials agreed to release an aircraft owned by Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn that was seized by liquidators in Munich. Mr Werner Schneider, the insolvency administrator for builder Walter Bau, seized the Boeing 737 jet belonging
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        • 63 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: United States energy giant ExxonMobil is selling its stake in a cluster of natural gas assets in Indonesia which have been at the heart of a long-running human rights lawsuit. The assets include gas fields in Indonesia’s resource-rich Aceh province, which was
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        • 134 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: United States scientists have found an antibody that acts against 30 of 36 strains of influenza, the latest discovery in the hunt for a universal treatment and a vaccine. The new antibody, called CH65, can stick to the surface part of the flu
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        • 77 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: German prosecutors have charged a 25-year-old man accused of supporting terrorism and recruiting members for extremist Muslim groups. The Federal Prosecutor’s office said yesterday that the stateless man of Palestinian background posted videos, audio and texts on the Internet praising jihad. It said the
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      • 68 18 The circus has come to town to the Karl Marx Theatre in Havana, to be exact. These Chinese artistes kicked off their show with a class act at the inauguration of “Circuba 2011”, on Monday. The circus festival held from Monday to Sunday
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      • 240 18 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian is suing his runaway bride for RM1.1 million (S$442,500) after she called off the wedding with just six hours to go, his lawyer said yesterday. Civil servant Mohammad Masran Abdul Rahman, 32, is suing hospital technician
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    • 414 11 c L. J -IT: Bail J il 1 t 6281 5688 or 6757 4403 f www.gnc.com.sg IWWJ THE CHINESE CONSUMER REVOLUTION K -P t'. Ss A I (P* HAIL THE HISTORIC DAWN OF A NEW ERA With 1.3 billion Chinese marching forward on a consumption pursuit, the impact on China’s
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 427 20 YINGLUCK Shinawatra’s accession as Thailand’s 28th Prime Minister by royal command on Monday ends a procedural ritual, a month after her Puea Thai party won a majority in much delayed elections. Hard work lies ahead for this untested leader. Indications of the stuff she is made
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    • 1369 20  -  This editorial first appeared in Taiwan’s Chinese-language Want Daily on Aug 3. Jointly translated by Kua Yu-Lin and Terence Tan LEE Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going, published by The Straits Times Press in January, besides giving an in-depth
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    • review.
      • SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
        • 1055 21  -  BY EVELYN GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is Associate Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. This article was written while she was Visiting Senior Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. AFTER nearly a
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        • 679 21  -  BY YANG FANG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is an associate research fellow with the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. She graduated in law from Huaqiao University, China. AT THE recently concluded Asean Regional Forum (ARF), China
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      • 645 21  -  BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg LAST month, as local players were trumpeting the achievement of the Philippines in displacing India as the call centre of the world, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) issued a warning. Developing
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    • forum.
      • 419 24 Dr Chew Shing Chai NEVER have I seen Singaporeans so confused regarding the elected presidency. The purpose of converting the presidential selection from a nominated to an elected process was to have a non-parti-san, highly qualified elected official who would prevent a renegade political party from winning
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      • 197 24  -  Robert Lim Chairman SOS Board of Management Christine Wong (Ms) Executive Director Samaritans of Singapore THE Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) would like to acknowledge the contribution, support and steadfast affirmation of President S R Nathan towards our cause in reaching out to those in crisis, suicide
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      • 69 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS PHANG GEAK LEAN: Design affordable and practical homes 2 MR JAYAKUMAR RAMACHANDRAN: Be ethical and sell units individually 3 MR JEFFREY TAN: Parade it on DVDs 4 MS DIANE WEE: Don’t limit preschool subsidies to PCF centres 5 MR ANTHONY KAN: Vote
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      • 337 24  - Clean language: She jolly well did it! Elizabeth Poey (Ms) MR ROHIT Brijnath’s commentary (“I swear, it’s not the worst you could say”; Monday) on Nanyang Technological University valedictorian Trinetta Chong’s use of the F-word provoked me to consider why I don’t use it. Without assuming a “holier than thou”
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      • 152 24  -  DSP William Goh Assistant Director, Media Relations Public Affairs Department Singapore Police Force WE REFER to Mr Dennis Puar’s letter (“Mahjong ‘bust’”; July 23). All forms of gambling in Singapore are illegal except for bets placed with Singapore Pools, Singapore Turf Club, in jackpot rooms
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      • N-DAY
        • 145 24 “Perhaps we can name our flag ‘Five stars’.” MR ADRIAN CHAN: “The Union Jack is the nickname for Britain’s flag while Americans proudly proclaim theirs the Stars and Stripes (or the Star-Spangled Banner, after the title of the country’s national anthem). The flag of Japan not only
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        • 71 24 “Most shops displaying the flag this year.” MS M. SUSELLA: “Last year, I wrote in disappointed over the non-display of the national flag at the shops in Buffalo Road (‘Little India’; Aug 4). So it was a pleasant surprise when I saw most of the shops along the
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      • 62 24 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in 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
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  • HOME.
    • 397 1 At the parade and around the island, family ties took centre stage as Singaporeans came together to celebrate the nation’s birthday FAMILY matters. At yesterday’s National Day Parade, the family theme carried the day both on stage and in the wings. A five-act musical at the Marina Bay
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    • 100 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Former SingTel engineer admits to damaging cables L Grooms-to-be getting help to pop the question MOST COMMENTED ON L Disturbed by new protocol on home checks for mosquitoes. Says Sgcynic: “Even the police would require a search
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      • 609 2  -  REPORTS Marc Lim, Jermyn Chow, Leow Si Wan, Kimberly Spykerman, Feng Zengkun, Elizabeth Soh, Royston Sim, Huang Lijie, Ng Kai Ling, Melissa Pang and Cheryl Ong FROM marching in the Singapore Teachers’ Union contingent during the first National Day Parade (NDP) in 1966 to turning out
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        630 3 OF ALL the women at yesterday’s parade, two stood out. Actually, they were not even women, but television personalities Chua Enlai and Gurmit Singh in drag. The crowd loved them for their over-the-top performances as Auntie Lucy and Auntie Rani in the narrative segment of the parade’s musical.
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      • 386 4 IT WAS a presidential gun salute fired by dedication and team spirit. Of the 60 soldiers in the gun-salute squad, 34 had extended their national service stints by a week to be in yesterday’s parade. They also gave up eight Saturdays to perfect their booming salute to
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      • ON THE GROUND
        • 205 4 THOUGH the show started at 6pm, by 4pm yesterday, the stands at the floating platform at Marina Bay, which can seat 30,000, were already half-full as early birds streamed in searching for good seats and clutching umbrellas to beat the heat. Taking a prime seat
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        • 103 4 CLEAN-UP operations began almost as soon as the last of the parade-goers left the Float Marina Bay. About 40 workers from Veolia Environmental Services took to the stands to clean up the rubbish left behind. They worked methodically, moving row by row to pick up plastic bottles
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        • 126 4 UNITED States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday wished Singaporeans peace and prosperity in the year to come, in a message of well wishes she sent on behalf of US President Barack Obama on Singapore’s 46th National Day. She also took the chance to reiterate the close
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        • 170 4 SOME Singaporeans had tickets to the parade, but those without got creative. At the Skypark observation deck on top of Marina Bay Sands (MBS), 57 storeys above ground, more than 600 people gathered to get a bird’s-eye view of the action. Mrs Yati Kassim, 42, who
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        • 40 4 A defining feature of this year's parade is a seven-storey steel cube housing some 300 performers. Here, six are captured up close in their individual cubic spaces in a photo montage shot using a remote camera.
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        • 92 4 THE character of the Grandson played by Zachary Pang came out tops in an SMS poll of the audience last night. Chua Enlai’s hammed-up character of Aunty Lucy came in a close second. Chua drew the guffaws, but it was Zachary’s earnest portrayal of the Grandson that
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        • 90 4 FRENCHMEN Victor Perrachon, 20, and William Legrand, 18, timed their trip to Singapore to coincide specifically with National Day. They had set their minds on coming here once they heard that their Singaporean friend had received tickets to watch the National Day Parade. “We even
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        • 105 4 IF AT first you don’t succeed, try and try again. And yesterday, Madam Siti Nuraidah Yusoff, 69, was glad her perseverance paid off. After balloting for National Day Parade tickets for the past 10 years, her family finally got them this year. And even though
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      • 480 5 SINGAPOREANS got a sneak peek at the 12th Parliament yesterday, as Members of Parliament elected at the recent May 7 General Election made their National Day Parade debut. The People’s Action Party MPs came in party whites, while those from the Workers’ Party were in light
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        611 6 FOR the first time at a National Day Parade, spectators came within touching distance of the marching contingents of soldiers, policemen and those from the Civil Defence Force as they climbed into the stands. What they did in the segment dubbed “Onward March” was symbolic, signifying the
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      • 907 7 In the spotlight and behind the scenes, these 16 Singaporeans are among 3,500 who toiled every weekend for four months to put on last night’s dazzling show Amy Chua, 72 One of the oldest participants (The Cube) Most difficult part of your job: It can be
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      • 609 8 EMOTIONS ran high as Singaporeans watching the National Day musical at the floating platform rose to their feet to cheer on performer Zachary Pang, 12. Symbolising the younger generation to whom the fearless Singapore spirit is passed, the boy made those watching him want to root
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    • 469 9  -  FairPrice staff, Young NTUC join in the celebrations BY AMELIA TAN, NG KAI LING ameltan@sph.com.sg kailing@sph.com.sg MADAM Tan Yoke Kee, 71, has never been to the National Day Parade, as she is usually with her family at home, watching the live telecast. This year, the
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    • 330 9  -  BY ANDREA ONG PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong kicked off National Day bright and early yesterday morning with an observance ceremony at Pathlight School for his Teck Ghee ward. It was the first time the yearly event was held at a special education
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    • 452 10  -  BY AMANDA TAN THE Ministry of Education (MOE) will do more to reach out to older teachers affected by pay cuts, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday. In his first comments on the pay cut for retired re-employed teachers, he said
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    • 464 10  -  He says he was ‘frugal’, was ‘unfairly criticised’ for bad investments BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg PRESIDENTIAL hopeful and former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian has responded to the cooperative, which said last week that his departure was linked to a
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    • 204 10 MR TAY Ah Soey (right), a war hero who saved 62 people during World War II, died last Saturday of old age. He was 97. He was among a group of five who pulled 62 people out of the water when Japanese forces dropped
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      • 2029 11 THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (BRONZE) [PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (GANGSA)] Attorney-General’s Chambers: Ms Sharon Ong Su Min, Deputy Senior State Counsel, International Affairs Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers; Ms Lee Yean-Lin, Deputy Senior State Counsel, Legislation Law Reform Division, Attorney-General’s Chambers
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  • SPORT.
    • 438 13  -  BY LIN XINYI SINGAPORE’S chef de mission for the 2012 Olympics Jessie Phua has expressed concern at the widespread unrest in Britain, and urged the Republic’s athletes in the country to take extra precautions. Singapore’s national table tennis team are in Surrey,
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    • 844 13 Holland friendly off, disorder also threatens Premier League games ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The riots in Britain claimed their highest-profile sports casualty yesterday, when tonight’s England-Nether-lands friendly football match at Wembley was cancelled. And worse could come, with speculation mounting yesterday that the start of
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    • 267 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOTTENHAM chairman Daniel Levy, whose club’s ticket office was vandalised by rioters, has offered to help rebuild the disadvantaged north London neighbourhood. On Saturday, the violence centred on Tottenham High Road, less than 600m from Spurs’ White Hart Lane stadium after a peaceful protest
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    • 194 13 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Van Persie vows to inspire Arsenal revival L Will Steven Gerrard lead Liverpool revolution? L 1 dies, 1 injured at New York City triathlon MOST COMMENTED ON L Sailing body’s Olympic report is realistic Says Anon:
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    • 515 14 Gunners have bought Oxlade-Chamberlain; may sell Nasri to City LONDON: Arsenal signed Alex OxladeChamberlain from Southampton on Monday, after agreeing to pay treble their original offer for the teenage winger, while Samir Nasri may be on his way out. Nasri may move to Manchester City
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    • 392 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Italy have a lot of catching up to do to reach the standard of world champions Spain and tonight’s friendly can show them how far they have still to go, says coach Cesare Prandelli. “I’m curious to see how much ground we
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    • 270 14 BLOOMBERG ZURICH: Football’s governing body will start corruption proceedings against more than 10 Caribbean officials, after a probe into allegations that they took money from presidential candidate Mohamed Hammam, according to two people familiar with the matter. Zurich-based Fifa’s ethics panel will meet today
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    • 318 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Newly-promoted Atalanta will start the Italian Serie A season with a six-point penalty for their part in a betting scandal. Their captain Cristiano Doni was also suspended for 31/2 years, effectively ending the 38-year-old’s career. Retired Lazio and Italy striker Giuseppe Signori
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    • 802 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHNS CREEK (Georgia): Tiger Woods stepped from behind a microphone, thankful to be done with a short interview that felt like an intrusion. He took 23 questions, most of them about his golf, a few others about his left leg, then walked
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 51 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: A second competitor has died after having had a heart attack during Sunday’s New York City Triathlon. Amy Martich, 40, of Elmhurst, Illinois, died in hospital a day after she was pulled out of the Hudson River during the swim
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      • 46 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS PALLEKELE (Sri Lanka): Spinner Ajantha Mendis became the first bowler to take six wickets in a Twenty20 cricket international on Monday, as Sri Lanka clinched the series 2-0 against Australia with an eight-run win in the second match.
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      • 51 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG: The moment Oscar Pistorius had hoped for and trained for finally came on Monday, when South Africa named him in the team for the athletics World Championships in South Korea later this month, making him the first amputee to compete at the
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    • 590 15 Three-time world champ thinking more of ranking points than event result AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BERNAMA LONDON: Even though three-time champion Lin Dan made an impressive winning start to the World Championships yesterday, he still sees the week as a preparation for the defence of his Olympic
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    • 384 15  -  BY LIN XINYI SINGAPORE’S top women’s doubles pair, Yao Lei and Shinta Mulia Sari, are through to the last 16 of the Yonex Badminton World Federation World Championships. The world No. 20 partnership eased past Rena Wang and Iris Wang of the United
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    • 301 15 Today Badminton BWF World C’ships: Day 3 (Live, StarHub Ch211 HD Ch255, 6pm). Cricket 1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 5pm). 3rd Test: England v India, day 1 (Live, mio TV Ch123, 6pm). CyclingEneco Tour, Belgium: Stage 2 (Live, StarHub
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    • 276 15 Badminton World C’ships In London, 1st rd (selected) Men’s singles: Derek Wong (Sin) bt Przemyslaw Wacha (Pol) 22-20 19-21 21-17, Lee Hyun Il (Kor) bt Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-17 21-19. Men’s doubles: Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko (Rus) bt Terry Yeo/Liu Yi (Sin) 21-14 21-13. 2nd rd Women’s singles: Carolina
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    • 60 15 HERNAN DARIO GOMEZ, Colombia’s “profoundly sorry” national football coach, in a statement on Monday after reports emerged that he had struck a woman in a bar last Saturday.
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    • 22 13 NEW GUNNER Arsenal complete signing of 17-year-old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. B14 SMOOTH PASSAGE Comfortable start for Lin Dan at badminton’s World Championships. B15
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    • 164 13 -1 m klSMiH This match is played on neutral ground. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE|MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) International Football International Football Germany England Brazil Holland Thu, 11/08/11 2.45am Thu, 11/08/11 3.00am L W* t Draw No. 2664/2011 f 1 Vi J Monday, 8 August 2011 Group 1 Prize:
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  • 1929 15 OBITUARIES “And theseagave up the dead which were in it..." -Rev 20:13 In Ever Loving Memory of Julian Percival Lazaroo 1931-2010 A year has passed How quickly time has flown Yet each day without you Seems like an eternity... We miss our picnics by the beach The vintage songs you
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    • 694 24  -  More expats opt for such accommodation BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg MOVING into a serviced apartment was an obvious choice for Mr Bruce Goldstein, founder of a high-end interior design firm, when he relocated his family from Miami to Singapore a couple of months ago. Home
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    • 99 24 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L STI at 13-month low; stock markets plunge again MOST COMMENTED ON L What US’ downgrade means to Singapore. Says kian118chan: “It is obvious that most of the Western credit-rating companies favour the West, but eventually, these companies
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    • 634 18  -  ‘Opportunistic’ purchases in the West also looked at BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg HOSPITALITY chain Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C) may be listed in London but its sights are firmly fixed on expansion plans in China, India and the Middle East. Executives at M&C, Singapore property
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    • 1083 19 In the first of a five-part series analysing China’s business environment and trends, China group director of IE Singapore Ignatius Lim talks about the changing business landscape there. CHINA accumulated foreign exchange reserves of US$3 trillion (S$3.65 trillion) last year. Its national savings rate
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      • 619 20  -  S’porean preparing to launch online game BY DANIEL HO danho@sph.com.sg GAMING was a passion for entrepreneur Chris Loo when he was growing up, as it is for lots of youngsters, but he went a step further and made it a career. It took
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      • 161 20  -  DANIEL HO A CHINESE software firm has launched an accounting software system aimed at helping small and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore better manage their books. Kingdee International Software Group has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the SME Infocomm Resource Centre (SIRC) to
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      • 1036 21  -  In a 10-part series sponsored by Spring Singapore, we examine fast-growing companies that are taking on the world. Esther Teo talks to health-care company Novena Heart Centre Esther Teo esthert@sph.com.sg THE old adage that prevention is better than cure might have fallen on
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      • 180 21  -  ESTHER TEO NOVENA Heart Centre was established in November 2007 by four specialist cardiologists, as a privately owned clinic offering comprehensive care. Hailing from public hospitals and trained in various sub-specialities, the four decided to strike out on their own as they felt the private sector could play
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      • 562 22 Inflation worries and bad debts of local governments will curb any Beijing stimulus REUTERS BEIJING: China is still nursing a hangover from its 2008 stimulus spending spree and may be reluctant to kick off another big round, leaving less potent options
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      • 358 22  -  BY CHERYL LIM AN INDEPENDENT body may soon be set up to represent small and medium enterprises (SME) in Singapore over worries such as the foreign labour levy and quota. And already the Government is aware of these concerns in particular. The idea for the
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    • 558 23 Last month’s 6.5% rise in consumer prices could be the peak, say analysts BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in three years last month, limiting the scope for monetary easing to support growth as plunging stock markets signalled the
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    • 337 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS HONG KONG: A luxury residential site in Hong Kong was sold well under market expectations yesterday at the latest government land auction, signalling a cooling of the city’s red-hot property market. The 23,000 sq m site near the outskirts of
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    • 174 1 Blunt admission Singer prefers to talk about doctors C2 Andre Chiang’s mentor From sidekicks to stars Pascal Barbot loves Asian street food C3 Hong Kong trio are Fortune’s fools C6 Actually, don’t call Harrison Ford a hero. The star of new action blockbuster Cowboys Aliens says he is just an
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    • 534 2  -  British singer James Blunt says his latest album is a success as he is happy with it eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg There is a popular misconception that British singer James Blunt is reserved and sedate at his live shows just because he is
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    • 609 2 Reuters New York No need for Kanye West (below left) and Jay-Z (right) to simply watch a throne. Judging by Monday’s reviews and Web response to their new album, Watch The Throne, they should just sit atop it to reign over the realm of
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    • 667 3  -  Pascal Barbot says he cooks what he fancies at his three-Michelin-starred eatery in Paris eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg If you can get a seat at Pascal Barbot’s three-Michelin-starred L’Astrance in Paris, rest assured you will be treated like a friend. There is no menu at the
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    • 471 3 Associated Press Paris France is the home of the baguette, that savoury, crisp staple of a fabled gastronomy. But just try getting a fresh one in the evening, or on a holiday, or even in August, when many of the country’s 33,000 bakeries are closed. Jean-Louis
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      • 1027 4  -  Get this straight: Harrison Ford does not want an Oscar. He just wants to do the movies he enjoys and people watch tiffany fumiko tay in montana stlife@sph.com.sg We are on a ranch in Missoula, Montana, for the Cowboys Aliens press junket, where under clusters of white tents,
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      • 568 4  -  reviewadventure COWBOYS ALIENS (PG13) 118 minutes/Now showing/ The story: Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) wakes up in the desert with no memory of who he is and how he got there. But he is sporting a strange metal cuff that is just the beginning of
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      • 727 4  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay For those who bemoan Hollywood’s lack of originality and allergy to risk, Jon Favreau offers a respite. He does not guarantee that it will be successful or palatable, but by his logic, something is better than nothing. Cowboys Aliens, a genre mix without precedent,
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          185 5  -  FORTUNE BUDDIES (PG) 93 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ Boon Chan In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hong Kong’s Hui brothers found success with a string of comedies which focused on working-class folks and their harebrained get-rich-quick schemes. Fortune Buddies employs that same formula, but without success. Actor-hosts Louis Yuen, Wong
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          209 5  -  ZOOKEEPER 102 minutes/Now showing/ Dave Chua With a concept that is funny for about 10 minutes, Zookeeper tries to stretch the idea for 11/2 hours, throwing in a cliched love triangle plot to stay above water. Nice-guy zookeeper Griffin (Kevin James) gets romance advice from the animals he
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      • 121 6 ‘I mean, what is an old soul? Let’s just tell the world that this is BS, and I’m not an old soul. I am a screaming, newborn, just-slapped baby’ Hollywood It girl Emma Stone (right) deflating the hype surrounding her ‘A lot has to be worked
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      • 743 6  -  Three hardly dashing Hong Kong actors toughed it out to earn the spotlight in new comedy yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg One look at these three Hong Kong actors will tell you they should not have the chance to be leading men in a movie. None of
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      • 936 8 Andy Serkis, who loves being the guy behind “faceless” roles, brings such acting to a new high Washington Post Washington Andy Serkis loves to disappear into a role. As the guy who portrayed Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings films, Kong in Peter Jackson’s 2005
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    • 558 7  -  The only female trucker on IRT: Deadliest Roads, Lisa Kelly had a rough start to being a trucker rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg She may be the only female trucker on TV show IRT: Deadliest Roads but Lisa Kelly, 29, is used to toughing it out in male-domi-nated
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    • 371 7 Reuters Los Angeles If you thought Charlie’s Angels were just kick-ass female superheroes, think again. Charlie’s Angels are storming back to United States television next month in a high-stakes remake of the classic 1970s series that producers say will bring the crime-fighting trio back down
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    • 717 9 Renaming Mount Sopris Peak after the late singer could be forbidden under a federal wilderness law Associated Press Aspen, Colorado A movement to name a Colorado mountain peak after the late John Denver has hit a snag. The effort has gained momentum in recent weeks as
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    • 347 9 Reuters New York A United States magazine has identified the mystery woman seen kissing singer Elvis Presley in a backstage theatre stairwell in an iconic 1956 photograph. Ms Barbara Gray, now 75 and living in Charleston, South Carolina, told Vanity Fair magazine that she
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    • 505 10 Tim Allen struggles in the company of ambitious women in Last Man Standing Reuters Los Angeles Tim Allen is headed back to television in his first network comedy in 12 years, feeling like the last real man in a woman’s world. Or at least, that is what
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      • 210 12 Agence France-Presse Los Angeles The children of the late Michael Jackson delivered 10 pieces of art by their famous father to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital on Monday. Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and Prince Michael, nine, signed some of the artwork which included a dozen sketches
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      • 187 12 Beijing The latest rumour to hit Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is that she aborted a pregnancy last week. The unmarried star is again not taking it lying down. Her agency yesterday issued a statement saying Fan is going to the police and taking legal action over
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        • 73 12 Red Cliff star Chiling Lin is reprising her movie role as Xiao Qiao in a Tokyo stage musical, Red Cliff Love, which debuted on Monday. In the two-hour show, the Taiwanese star acted opposite J-pop group Exile’s Akira. She danced, sang and spoke Japanese
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        • 66 12 Marshall Grant, a long-time member of country music superstar Johnny Cash’s original backing band, The Tennessee Two, died on Sunday in Arkansas, aged 83. He had fallen ill after rehearsing for a concert to raise funds for the restoration of Cash’s boyhood home. Grant, who
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        • 51 12 An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO’s The Wire pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught by a wiretap in a drug probe of an alleged drug gang. Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, 31, was sentenced to three years supervised
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      • 276 12 Reuters Los Angeles The classic 1987 film Dirty Dancing is getting a remake, adding songs from the 1960s and brand new compositions to some of the original music, film studio Lionsgate said. The beloved coming-of-age movie, starring Patrick Swayze as smouldering dance teacher Johnny
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      • 366 12 Associated Press Beverly Hills, California Never underestimate Wisteria Lane’s grapevine. On Sunday, ABC officially confirmed reports that the upcoming season of Desperate Housewives would be its last. But series star Felicity Huffman got the bad news last Friday in an e-mail from her co-star Marcia
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    • 1679 11 mustwatch PHOTOS: NEO XIAOBIN, MEDIACORP, SINGTEL A FEW GOOD MEN S R NATHAN Channel NewsAsia, 8.32pm and 12.31am This documentary traces the life of Singapore’s sixth president, S R Nathan (above), and his journey to the highest office in the land. starhub tv nat geo ch411 AM 6.00 Seconds From
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    • 39 1 EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 108/11/2010 WEDNESDAY •12 AUGUST 10, 2011 PART I The best ways to get and manage digital music Pages 8-13 DL BUSINESS: NIE puts growing load of research on a cloud Pg
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      • 596 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg Some say money is the root of all evil. Others claim it is greed that is the real source of nastiness. Either way, the news last week that Blizzard will introduce a real-money auction house into the upcoming Diablo 3
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      • 163 2 About an online report claiming that people who use Microsoft’s Internet Explorer were less intelligent than people who used other Web browsers. It was later revealed to be an elaborate hoax: Who cares? I’m still sticking to Internet Explorer 9. When Internet Explorer 10 is released, I’ll
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      • 35 2 In last week’s issue, we said the price of Lenovo’s IdeaPad Tablet K was US$479 (S$585). This is wrong. The price should be S$699. We are sorry for the error.
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      • 528 3  -  DL EXCLUSIVE By Sherwin Loh in Hong Kong sherwinl@sph.com. sg The Angry Birds are catapulting across Asia. Finnish game developer Rovio Mobile, whose mobile phone game Angry Birds has grown into a merchandising powerhouse peddling even soft toys and apparel, will open offices
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      • 432 3  -  By Sherwin Loh World ofWarcraft and Warhammer may rule the Western online gaming scene, but gamers in the East prefer Asian titles. Dragon Nest is the game of choice in China, while Emperor Online rules in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Grand Chase is tops
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      • TECH BYTES
        • 121 4 Face recognition, more often associated with digital cameras, is now tapped for functions as varied as surveying the bar scene in the United States or even signalling to the TV to play your favourite programmes, reported the Wall Street Journal. SceneTap, a free iPhone and
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        • 98 4 HP’s TouchPad tablet, launched only last month in the United States, has surfaced on the daily-deal site Woot.com, which offers gizmos at deep discounts, the mobile technology website MobileBurn.com reported last Friday. On Woot, the 16GB Wi-Fi TouchPad sells for US$379.99 ($460) 25 per cent
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        • 96 4 Gamers hoping to snag a Sony PlayStation Vita will have to wait a while longer. The handheld console, which had been expected to hit the shelves by the end of the year, will now be released only next year. The only PlayStation playpals who can expect a
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        • 100 4 Blogging and social networking site LiveJournal launched its Singapore start page livejournal.sg last Friday to provide a Singapore-centric guide to the best blogs and blogshops here. LiveJournal hosts more than 500,000 blogs. Tens of thousands are blogshops online shops riding on a blogging site making it probably
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        • 108 4  -  Compiled by Tan Chong Yaw Lighting specialist Ushio Lighting has developed a spotlight that uses a tenth of the power needed to drive a standard halogen spotlight of the same brightness, the Japanese news portal Tech-On! reported last Friday. Cool Spot LED, a 27W spotlight,
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      • 194 4  -  facebook By Jasmine Osada Constantly checking messages and other apps on a smartphone is a hard habit to kick, say Digital Life’s Facebook fans. They were responding to a post about a report that said smartphone users typically check their devices 34 times a day,
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      • 256 4 This picture of two bulls galloping headlong towards the viewer (right) is an arresting one. The hundreds of drops of muddy water flung into the air and the grimace of the jockey barely in control of the beasts adds to the drama. This was the
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      • 194 4  -  A creative way to label your tiny USB drive By Tan Chong Yaw With the capacity of USB flash drives swelling by the day, it becomes easier to store a significant portion of your digital life in these tiny gizmos. And since they also continue to shrink,
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        308 6  -  Price to be announced, available end of this month If you are a fan of 3-D, this is the phone for you. It is HTC’s first glassless 3-D phone By Oo Gin Lee Three free 3-D games The Sims, Spider-man and Need For Shift Speed are bundled
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        1078 8/9  -  AARON TAN rounds up eight of the best online music stores and services in the first of a two-part series on digital music The way we contain vast music libraries in tiny boxes, create our own collections and play songs at the flick of a finger would
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      • 612 10  -  AARON TAN checks out cloud services for hosting and streaming music AARON TAN AudioBox.fm What it offers: Subscription-only digital music locker; includes cloud music player with an interface resembling iTunes. Tech specs: Supports a wide variety of audio formats including MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC. iPhone
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      • 1373 12/13  -  ALFRED SIEW gives you the lowdown on how to store, protect and play your music ALFRED SIEW Alfred Siew is a lecturer and freelance writer. Got a question setting up your own digital music system? E-mail alfsiew@gmail.com So you have a whole lot of music
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    • FEATURE
      • 642 14 Computer security investigators rub shoulders with them at annual hacking conference in Las Vegas The New York Times Why are United States federal agents hobnobbing with hackers? Defcon, a convention of computer hackers, was crawling with them in Las Vegas last week. They smiled, shook hands, handed
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      • 485 14 It could well be a cleverly disguised malware, warn cybersecurity experts The Guardian Cyberhacking experts are using social engineering techniques to gain the trust of their targets. “I will tell you what stands out to me from all these attacks,” says Mr Rik Ferguson,
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    • GAMES
      • 592 16  -  Not all video games have to be violent shooters or bird slingers. There are good adaptations of strategy board games that can stimulate your children to think and have fun at the same time. OO GIN LEE picks two from the Xbox Live Marketplace
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    • PRODUCTS
      • 438 18  -  By Alfred Siew Alfred Siew is a lecturer and freelance writer This is a well-built machine with most of the premium goodies you would expect from the much-loved Envy series. It has taken months for Hewlett-Packard (HP) to release an Envy 14 Beats Edition laptop
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      • 380 19  -  By Melvin Seah Melvin Seah works in the IT industry Aspiring DJs on a budget have two new choices of headphones. Both the Audio Technica ATH-PRO5MK2 and Shure SRH550DJ come with huge earcups that swivel outwards for easy one-ear monitoring, a must for DJs.
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        272 19  -  By Melvin Seah The Aigo GPS F490 may look like a run-of-the-mill Global Positioning System (GPS) device, but it is one up on its competitors. This gizmo runs on the Agis NAVFDrive 5T application, which lets you track its location with your smartphone. You can also send
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      • 238 19  -  By Jasmine Osada Sleek, glossy design and space-age style indicator lights place this wireless gaming headset system high in the eye-candy standings. Although it is designed to work with the Xbox 360 video game console, its wireless transceiver is also compatible with PCs. The connection options three
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    • NEW PRODUCTS
      • 117 20 MP3 PLAYERS Available at the end of the month, prices not available Stack five $1 coins and you have the weight of the NWZ-W260 Walkman which is 25 per cent lighter than its predecessor. Need to clean this water-resistant wonder after an intense workout
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      • 102 20 DIGITAL CAMERA Available next month, price not available In the camera world, this would be the girl other girls love to hate uber pretty, slim and with a huge, erm, screen. You can slip the 16.2-megapixel snapper into a cigarette box with room to spare. It is
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      • 104 20 PROJECTOR $888 The Qumi is a pico or pocket projector that means business. While other picos squirt less than 100 lumens of light, this 600g gizmo, which sits comfortably on your palm, pumps out 300 lumens. Its 1,280 x 800 pixel (WXGA) resolution is good enough to
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      • 90 20 WEBCAM $109, available next week When you unfold this baby and plug it into your laptop, it serves as a high-definition webcam and doubles as a HD camcorder and an 8-megapixel camera. Video calls can be made in 720p HD on Skype, FaceTime for Mac, Logitech
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      • 93 20  -  PRINTER Compiled by Tan Chong Yaw $349 This is one lean, green printing machine. It prints, copies, faxes and scans as well, and packs wireless smarts to cut cable clutter. The self scanning light emitting device is supposed to deliver laser-grade prints on 20 per
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    • APPS
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        132 21 Free, from the Apple App Store Skype for iPad has finally hit the App Store. You can now make video calls over 3G or Wi-Fi if you have an iPad 2. The interface of Skype For iPad is similar to that of the new desktop client for
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        116 21 Free, from the Apple App Store Google+ is the latest effort by Google to create a social network to rival Twitter and Facebook. It can broadcast your message like Twitter and also allows you to create “circles” or groups of people. You might have one circle for family, for
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      • 135 21  -  By iPhone Jimmy Yap By Jimmy Yap, who blogs about the iPhone at www.imerlion.com US$0.99 (S$1.20), from the Apple App Store During the coming zombie apocalypse, you do not need Rambo on your side. Instead, it is Lamebo that you want. Lamebo is a mutated lamb, armed
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      • 158 21 MUST-HAVE Free, from the Apple App Store The Straits Times has just released an iPhone and iPad app that allows you to get full text access to all stories published in the newspaper as well as breaking news that appears on its website. The iPhone app has
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        116 21 SkyscannerFree, from Android Market Until the developers of the FlightLover Singapore app port their well-received iPhone flight search tool to the Android platform, Skyscanner is the best alternative for travellers here. Powered by Skyscanner.net, the flight search service, whose mission is “to never miss a flight”, lets you compare
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        60 21 $4.21, from Android Market If there is one music player app that you should get, it is UberMusic. The gorgeous app sports an interface that reminds you of Windows Phone 7 with its tile-based menu and clean lines. Scrolling through your music collection is a breeze, with artist images
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      • 62 21  - Dictionary Merriam Webster By Aaron Tan By Aaron Tan, an infocomm professional Free, from Android Market Look up definitions of unfamiliar words with this handy dictionary app. Besides explaining the meanings of words, the ad-supported app offers pronunciations, usage examples, word origins, synonyms and antonyms. You can search for word
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        111 21 Free, from Chrome Web Store Who says all tweets have to be written in words? With Audio Tweet, you can now post tweets of up to 100 characters as short audio clips. This text-to-speech app uses Google Translate to convert written text in your native language to spoken
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        90 21 Free, from Chrome Web Store Access the mobile version of the Google+ social network on your Chrome browser with G Plus Lite. After signing in to your Google+ account, this unofficial online app will deliver an experience that is exactly the same as that on a smartphone.
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        80 21  -  By Aaron Tan Free, from Chrome Web Store Use Get.tt to share files instantly with anyone. While you are uploading your files, send the download link through e-mail, Facebook and Twitter to your friends who can immediately download your files even as they are being uploaded. The service is
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    • DL BUSINESS digital life
      • 657 24  -  National Institute of Education staff can now get faster access to computing resources for research. reports HELLEN TAN tanykh @sph. com.sg Anew data centre at the National Institute of Education (NIE) has put the burgeoning load of research on a private cloud set up
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      • 496 22  -  CLOUD ROUND-UP Compiled by Hellen Tan ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems) and the Asia-Pacific arm of the Japanese IT firm NEC are investing $6 million to set up a cloud computing business. NEC will own 60 per cent of the joint venture, NEC STEE Cloud Services.
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      • 410 23  -  Protect your interests when using the cloud with security measures and a service contract, says SUNIL CHAVAN SUNIL CHAVAN Sunil Chavan is director of software group and cloud solutions at Hitachi Data Systems Asia-Pacific A cloud infrastructure allows users access to computing resources without the
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    • 79 16 Top 10 digital music downloads 1 Iridescent Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2 You’re Beautiful James Blunt 3 Lighters (Album Version) (Edited) Bad Meets Evil 4 Last Friday Night 7 What Are Words Chris Medina Katy Perry 5 Moves Like Jagger Christina Aguilera 6 Best Thing I Never Had Beyonce
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    • 388 6 SENTOSA COVE DR. 2½ storey 7+1 bdrm, 7960/ 8000 sqft, well renovated, jacuzzi, lap pool, golf course view, ask $2150 psf only. By appt. Fred. Lee *****282 SENTOSA COVE BUNGALOW with picture postcard waterside view. 7338/ 8800 sqft. 6+1 rms roof terr, pool pte jetty. A real worthy buy. Pls
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    • 446 7 CHEAP! CARISSA PARK. $855 psf only! 1324 sqft. 3+1. High flr. NS face, no noon sun, pool view, mo -ve in. F’hold. Elvis Loo *****234 BRING CHEQUE! CARISSA Park. 3+1 rm. 1238 sqft. High floor. Face pool. F/ facilities. F’hold. $1.0XM. DTZ *****757 Michael 3+MAID’S AZALEA PARK condo. 1313 sqft.
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    • 205 7 COMPASS HGTS. RARE! 3-rm. 1324 sqft. Renovated. 100% move-in. Pool view. MRT/ shpg. Must Sell! Alex Wong 9004-1290 GLASGOW RES STUDIO apt. 409 sqft. Near Kovan MRT/ S’goon Gdn/ Nex shpg mall. Tenanted. Good returns. *****000 Jimmy FIRE SALE! CHERRYHILL 1453 sqft. 3+1. F’hold. Blk 21. Ground flr/ patio. F/facilities.
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    • 218 7 CHILTERN PK HIGH floor. 1646 sq.ft 3 rms. Unblock. Next to Lor Chuan MRT. 100% move-in renovated HB Jocelyn *****178 WINDERMERE RARE! 3-bedder 1453 sqft. Well ventilated. Spacious layout with superb view. 101% move-in. Selling@ vacant possession. Only $9xxK. View to offer! Hurry! Jolene *****638 IVORY HGTS. JURONG E MRT.
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    • 251 7 WARREN PENTHOUSE 1860 sqft 3+1 next to CCK MRT, pool view, no noon sun. Serious seller. $1.25M Doris Wu *****313 WARREN 3+1. 1302 sqft. $1.1M. Beside Lot 1/ MRT/ amenties. F/ facilities. High flr. Pool view. Bright. Cindy Cheng 9451-6464 PARK OASIS 2+1. 1076 sqft. Low flr. Tenanted. Mins to
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    • 890 8 ANG MO KIO HDB APTS FOR SALE r MATS HDB Median COV f for Resale Flats in l st Quarter 2011 Cash-Over-Valuation COV is not a requirement in all HDB resale transactions. Buyers need not pay any COV if the resale price negotiated is at or below the market valuation
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    • 383 8 BRING CHEQUE TO close! Premium location! Blk 241, Jurong E, 3NG, 68sqm, mid/lift level, Renovated, movein cond, MRT, schs, amenities. All races/ PR can buy. Value $295k+$$$. Immed regn. RARE UNIT ON Sales! Blk 403 Pandan Gdns. High flr and windy. Move in. Upgrading not paid. Hurry! Call Anthony *****510
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    • 411 8 BLK 34 TANGLIN Halt Rd 2 bdrms Lift level. Mid flr. MRT/amenities Valued $280K. View to offer. To view call Andrew *****136. COMMONWEALTH CLOSE BLK 82. High flr. 2-rm. 46 sqm. Upgraded with utility rm. Near amenities. Valued $223K. *****341 Alagan 12 HOLLAND AVE 3’I’+Utility, very High flr, Windy Bright,
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    • 703 8 Chatsworth Vicinity 2 storey tropical bunglw 5+1. Pool Patio Ideal for entertainment .......$48K Botanical Garden vicinity fully refurbished colonial bunglw 5+1. Patio pool. Large garden....$45K New 2 storey colonial style bunglw 5+1. Pool. Near amenities.....$40K Elegant 2 storey home 6+1. Pool Pavilion. Spacious interior... $28K Cluny Park 5 game rm
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    • 499 8 ONE SHENTON #19, 538 SQFT. 1bdrm $4k up. Good layout. Face sea/ cruise terminal. walk to Asia Sq/ MBFC/ Raffles Place. Call Sole agent 9380 2737 Betty ONE SHENTON. 3+1. 1604 sqft. High flr, pte lift, premium stack. Convenient. MRT/ food centre/ amenities. Closing soon! BLUE HORIZON. QUIET! Lena Low
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    • 351 9 4+1 ELIZABETH HGTS 2497 sqft. 5 Mins Takashimaya/ Paragon, /MRT. High flr. Unblocked. Avail 1/9. $7.5Kneg. Sim PH *****448 ORANGE GROVE RES, 3+1, 1992 sqft. Luxurious/ facilities/ balcony pool view. Mins to Orchard. Immed. Fung KY 9843-4321 DTZ BELLE VUE NEW listing spacious 3 rm with balcony. 2045 sq.ft, resort
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    • 549 9 QUINTERRA HOLLAND RD 1679 sqft 3+study+1, balcony. Bright,. Open view. Faciliities. Near Holland Village. Sharon 9762-3738 **$3.XK! PALM SPRING. 2-rms. 947 sqft. High flr. F/furn. Cold Storage Orchard Schs MRT. Immed. Priscilla Ding 9455-3327 RICHMOND PK 2-BDRM/ Tiara 3 bdrm/ UE Sq 2-bdrm. F/facilities bright, renovated. MRT/ city. Immed. Sharon
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    • 626 10 COTE D’AZUR 2-BDRMS. 1109 sqft. Pool facing. $4.2K/ $4.5K. Partial/ f/furn. Roy *****228 $2.8K+. 2+1 PALMWOODS. Unfurn. New renovation. Immed move-in. Hurry! 9221-3399 Han D.15 SUNNY PALM 3100 sqft. Mins to Parkway. Nice pte. Only $6000 pm. Eileen *****045 PARKSHORE 3+1, P/FURN $4.5K. Mandarin Gdns 3 rms, sea view, $4.5K.
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