The Straits Times, 19 September 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon e-bidding to curb graft
      68 1 64 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS CHINESE cities are using electronic bidding systems for projects, as part of efforts to use information technology to combat rampant corruption in the country. In Nanjing, a computerised platform for bidding for multi-million-dollar construction projects has cut down the number of
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      Lock icon Youngest organ donor
      37 1 A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy has become the youngest in Singapore ever to donate his whole organs. His kidneys were given to a child recipient, while a cornea was donated to an adult. LHOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Call to tap retired leaders
      64 1 WHILE many global leaders hit the lucrative lecture circuit and travel widely at times as special envoys or elder statesmen after leaving political office, top Chinese politicians pretty much disappear from the public eye once they retire. But as China develops, its politics continues to
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      Lock icon No ‘Myanmar Spring’
      56 1 AFTER decades of military rule, democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi says there are finally signs of political change in Myanmar, but its long-suffering people are still far from attaining real freedom. An Arab-style uprising is not the answer to the country’s problems, she said in an
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    Lock icon S’pore lawyers could hit record 4,000
    623 1  -  Surge is due to changes to enable more to qualify, as well as SMU law grads BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE number of lawyers practising Singapore law here could hit a record 4,000 later this year as the impact of changes to
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    Lock icon LOTUS LOCKED AND LOADED:
    83 1 LOTUS LOCKED AND LOADED: The Formula One cars of Team Lotus were among the first to arrive at the Pit Building yesterday, marking the start of a hectic week ahead of the fourth SingTel Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. For the first time, there is the
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    Lock icon ‘Foreign workers should get training too’ ‘Investment in skills upgrading will pay off’
    596 1  -  BY LIN WENJIAN wenjian@sph.com.sg FOREIGN workers should get skills upgrading similar to what Singaporeans go through, suggested labour MP Yeo Guat Kwang. Noting that this would “create a level playing field” for all workers, he said training
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      133 1 Mother of social work At 85, Mrs Ann Wee is still going strong The saga continues Halloween horrors HOME PAGE B1 Reds spanked Tottenham beat Liverpool 4-0 SPORT PAGE B9 LIFE! PAGE C4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR
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        Lock icon One more victory against terror
        74 2 WE SAY The detention of three people under the Internal Security Act shows that the threat of terrorism in Singapore might have abated but it has not ceased. Vigilance is the only answer to a threat that remains alive globally even a decade after 9/11.
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        Lock icon Reach of the yakuza
        51 2 COLUMNS The recent linking of one of Japan’s most popular comedians and variety show hosts to the country’s top crime syndicate underlines the huge presence that gangsters still have in Japanese society despite recent attempts to curb their influence, says Kwan Weng Kin. L WORLD PAGE
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        Lock icon China’s polarising claims
        55 2 Faced with expansive and increasingly assertive Chinese claims to control of as much as 80 per cent of the South China Sea in the maritime heart of South-east Asia, Asean countries and major user nations are aligning themselves, based on shared concerns about Beijing’s actions, says Michael
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        Lock icon Shocking, costly decision
        58 2 OUR READER SAYS It is shocking that Wildlife Reserves Singapore has made such a costly decision to call off the Night Safari’s Halloween Horrors event after 90 per cent completion, when the costs for holding this large-scale event had already been incurred, without consulting all the stakeholders,
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      Lock icon Fish and chips loved here, as are french fries
      991 2  -  British or American English, important thing is to be understood BY GERAINT WONG gerwong@sph.com.sg MR LEE Kuan Yew’s pronouncement this month that the American version of English would probably prevail over other forms must have jarred with some. He was, after
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      Lock icon New minimum tax rate for US millionaires?
      626 3 Obama set to make call that rich be taxed same rate as middle-income NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama is expected to call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than US$1 million (S$1.2 million) a year
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      Lock icon UBS head: I’ve no plans to resign
      530 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS GENEVA: The head of Swiss banking giant UBS said yesterday that he did not feel guilty about the huge losses racked up by a rogue trader in his bank, and that he was not planning to resign over the fraud.
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      Lock icon Victoria School celebrates 135 years
      522 4  -  Anniversary marks turning point as school will offer IP next year BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg VICTORIA School, the alma mater of three former presidents, held its biggest birthday bash yesterday as 1,500 alumni and former teachers gathered to celebrate the school’s 135th anniversary. The anniversary
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      Lock icon North-east India hit by strong quake
      461 5  -  Early reports say 10 people killed; tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg A MASSIVE earthquake struck Sikkim close to the border with Nepal and Tibet, and first reports said at least 10 people were killed
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      Lock icon China uses e-bidding to beat graft
      761 6  -  Electronic systems prevent rigging of bids for lucrative projects BY JASON OU jihongou@sph.com.sg AN ELECTRONIC bidding system for construction projects has helped cut corruption in China’s Nanjing city, saving buyers millions of dollars in inflated prices and boosting the authorities’ efforts to use technology
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      Lock icon Harnessing people power electronically
      140 6  -  JASON OU Besides monitoring project bids and government activities, electronic systems also allow China’s public to keep a close watch on officials: L 24-hour hotline: Residents can call any time of the day to report official misconduct, such as bribery and corruption. Investigations are carried out
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      Lock icon 6.39PM
      64 6  -  BY LIM WUI LIANG PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages on Monday entitled 6.39pm. Framed between murals of
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      Lock icon Police break up Chinese solar plant protest
      458 6 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Residents of a village in east China claimed riot police used heavyhanded tactics after a three-day protest against a solar panel factory accused of dumping toxic waste was brought to an end yesterday. “We are being silenced,”
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  458 words
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      Lock icon ‘Black market babies’ spark ethical worries
      717 6 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: A front-page New York Times article on Aug 5 contained chilling news for many adoptive parents: Government officials in Hunan province in southern China had seized babies from their parents and sold them into what the article called “a
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      Lock icon Air races: Too risky a spectator sport?
      734 7 Safety of spectators of ‘aerial Nascar’ race under scrutiny after crash kills eight fans NEW YORK TIMES RENO (Nevada): In an inherently risky sport, Friday’s crash of a vintage P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter known as the “Cadillac of the Skies”,
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      Lock icon Lion’s kiss for lion-hearted saviour
      84 8 Ms Ana Julia Torres kissing Jupiter, a lion which was rescued from a circus 12 years ago and which she nursed back to health, at the Villa Lorena animal shelter in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia on Saturday. Ms Torres, a 52-year-old teacher, founded
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      Lock icon ‘Arab Spring’ not for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
      856 8 Democracy icon believes there is progress, but still quite a way to go AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: After decades of military rule, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi says there are finally signs of political change in Myanmar, but its long-suffering people are still
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      Lock icon ‘I just haven’t had the time to tweet’
      263 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NOW that she is free, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi says she is too busy to use Facebook and Twitter. “I just haven’t had the time,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner said in an interview at her party offices in
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      225 9 THE STRAITS TIMES. IVl A Vv 'A I > i' THE Print. STRAITS TIMES, ($24.65 per month) A I Is Online. ST Online ($26.65 per month) c/ J»' 4 i iPad/iPhone. App (US$27.99 per month**) (est. $35 per month) We're fetching you an All-in-One news experience for just $2 more.
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      Lock icon UTTAR PRADESH’S Medical graft scandal turns deadly
      1395 10 Two doctors shot, one found dead after taking charge of city’s share of $2.5b health-care fund NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK TIMES LUCKNOW (India): The first doctor to die, a senior government health administrator, was shot on his early morning walk last October
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      102 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Turbot thrive in high-rise fish tanks L Marine hero gets top award L Gas deposits at heart of Turkey’s muscle-flexing MOST COMMENTED ON L Three dead, 50 hurt in multiple Thai south bombs Says Khalid Basibba: “I
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        Lock icon Not playing second fiddle in record bid
        152 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: More than 4,600 Taiwanese schoolchildren came together for a mass violin-playing session yesterday, breaking a world record that had stood for 86 years. An official from Guinness World Records witnessed the event that brought together 4,645 children aged under 18
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        Lock icon Retired Chinese leaders’ vanishing act
        856 11  -  An unwritten code of conduct for ex-politicians to stay out of public eye NEWS ANALYSIS BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Former premier Zhu Rongji’s new book detailing his years in office created a media stir and strong reader interest when it
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        Lock icon China censors survey of officials’ luxury watches
        320 11 BEIJING: The Chinese authorities are said to have censored a survey of luxury watches worn by government officials published online by a private citizen whose investigation had been lauded by the official media. Internet user “Huaguoshanzongshuji” told Agence France-Presse yesterday that his research
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        Lock icon Yakuza still a force to be reckoned with
        1036 12  -  TV host’s recent admission of mixing with gangs shows their huge influence MEMO FROM TOKYO BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg NOBODY laughed when a gossip weekly linked one of Japan’s most popular comedians and variety show hosts to Japan’s top
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        Lock icon Thai military, police divided on bomb blasts
        522 13 Unclear if drug rings or local insurgents are behind attacks in south BANGKOK: The police and military in Thailand appear in disarray as they try to make sense of last week’s triple explosions in the country’s south which killed four people and injured
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        Lock icon ‘Citizenship for votes’ claim false: Muhyiddin
        185 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday denied claims that Bangladeshi workers in the country were being given citizenship so that they could become voters. He said the ruling Barisan Nasional government did not need to do this
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        Lock icon Islamabad ‘linked to militants’
        638 14 Blunt remarks by US envoy a sign of strained ties between the two anti-terror allies AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: There is evidence linking the Pakistani government with the Taleban-allied Haqqani network of militants, the United States ambassador in Islamabad said, blaming the group for last week’s siege
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        Lock icon Clash with Taleban over crashed drone
        300 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan): Pakistani soldiers fought with Taleban militants yesterday over the wreckage of a remotely controlled US drone which had crashed near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said. The Predator drone crashed in north-western Pakistan last Saturday
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        Lock icon Thousands homeless after floods
        466 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TANDO ALLAHYAR (Pakistan): A year after Pakistan’s worst floods, the lush southern lands of Sindh are inundated once more, and angry villagers were desperate for help for their families who had escaped several feet of floodwater by sitting on their roofs. Official figures show
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        Lock icon Diseases the focus of UN health forum
        672 15 It will push for more preventive action on non-communicable illnesses like diabetes AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS: World leaders are holding a landmark health summit in New York today that is expected to launch an acrimonious debate on the cost and responsibility for diseases
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        Lock icon Cold War spy base turns its gaze to Asia
        627 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Deep in Australia’s Outback desert, an imposing American spy post dating from the Cold War is now turning its attention to Asia’s growing armies and arsenals. Officially designated United States territory and manned by agents from some of
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        Lock icon Industrial giant Siemens to quit nuclear industry
        370 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BERLIN: German industrial giant Siemens is definitively turning the page on nuclear energy, the group’s chief executive Peter Loescher told the German Der Spiegel weekly in an interview published yesterday. “We will no longer be involved in overall managing of
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        Lock icon Parched Jordan gets tough on water theft
        1046 16  -  Crackdown comes amid heightened fears that shortage could raise tensions in region BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AMMAN: The desert kingdom of Jordan is cracking down on large-scale water theft amid fears of a worsening shortage that could inflame regional
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        Lock icon Joy reigns as Libya kids start school without ‘brother leader’
        485 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI: Boys and girls chanted slogans against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and teachers hung an effigy of the fugitive leader as many Libyan children started their first school year without the “brother leader” dictating the curriculum.
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        Lock icon Can Berlin live up to ‘Silicon Allee’ hype?
        659 16 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BERLIN: Berlin has been a creative hub and a destination for young expatriates for years. But its hipness never translated into badly needed jobs for the metropolis. Now, the developing Internet start-up community is offering a
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          Lock icon Not skirting rape issue in Jakarta
          211 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: About 50 women in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, donned miniskirts to protest against remarks by the Jakarta city governor, who blamed a recent gang rape on the victim’s choice of clothing. Mr Fauzi Bowo last Friday called on
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          Lock icon At least 4 held over India blast
          108 17 XINHUA NEW DELHI: Indian police yesterday detained at least four persons in connection with last Saturday’s blast at a hospital in the northern city of Agra, 200km from the capital, in which at least three people were injured. A senior police officer said
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          Lock icon 8 nabbed in $96m cocaine bust
          128 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Hong Kong police said yesterday they have made the territory’s largest cocaine bust, seizing more than half a tonne of the drug, worth around US$77 million (S$96 million). The authorities said drug officers raided separate locations over the weekend, including
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  128 words
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          Lock icon Meeting on restarting nuke talks
          142 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: The top nuclear envoys of the rival Koreas will discuss terms for restarting the six-party nuclear talks during a rare meeting in Beijing this week, a South Korean official said yesterday. North Korea abruptly walked out of the nuclear negotiations in April
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          Lock icon Another jail term for ex-minister
          154 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced a Hosni Mubarak-era Cabinet minister to three years in prison after convicting him of corruption. Businessman and former tourism minister Zohair Garanah is already serving a five-year jail term for allowing investors to illegally acquire state land.
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          Lock icon Ex-IRA chief for presidential polls
          139 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUBLIN: Mr Martin McGuinness, a former commander of the Irish Republican Army and Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister, was officially confirmed yesterday as his Sinn Fein party’s candidate for next month’s presidential election. The socialist republican party’s executive, the Ard Chomhairle, unanimously backed
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        Lock icon Pig that survived quake cloned
        236 17 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: A pig which survived more than a month buried under rubble after the 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province has been successfully cloned, according to a report yesterday. Scientists in the southern city of Shenzhen performed the experiment on Zhu
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      418 18 NEWS that three men have been detained here under the Internal Security Act, for their involvement with regional terror groups, is a sombre acknowledgement of the abiding meaning of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. When a set of political beliefs is based on
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      710 18  -  BY WILLIAM D. COHAN BLOOMBERG IF WALL Street’s not-so-subtle efforts to regain the upper hand against regulators soon begin to lose steam, it will be easy to pinpoint the reason: Kweku Adoboli, the 31-year-old purported rogue trader at UBS AG in London who allegedly
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      885 18  -  LETTER FROM KYOTO BY JANICE TAY CORRESPONDENT tastingjapan@gmail.com NOT that people really need one but summer provides the perfect excuse to soak up beer. When the sun burns like a branding iron and you can’t wear anything without sticking to it within minutes, the
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        827 19  -  BY PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a fellow at Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, which is holding a conference today on exploring the ramifications of the 2006 coup in Thailand. FIVE years ago, on Sept 19, 2006,
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        828 19  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES FACED with expansive and increasingly assertive Chinese claims to control of as much as 80 per cent of the South China Sea in the maritime heart of South-east Asia, Asean countries and major user nations are aligning themselves, based
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        815 19  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THE profusion of Chinese weapons fielded by rebel groups active in India’s unsettled north-east region has prompted deep suspicion among the country’s press and pundit ry, along with elements of its security services. Beijing, they argue, has
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        381 20  -  AXING OF HALLOWEEN EVENT Bay Wee Wen (Ms) I READ with disappointment about the Night Safari’s abrupt cancellation of the Halloween Horrors event slated to be held from Sept 30 (“Halloween Horrors event axed”; last Friday). The last-minute cancellation reflects an unfathomable lack of strategic
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          158 20 “Consider length of service in grassroots volunteering.” MR CHAN MIA LEE: “The National Day dinner at Potong Pasir constituency was grand, with happy diners sitting around more than 250 tables. The constituency’s friendly Member of Parliament, Mr Sitoh Yih Pin, interacted and mingled freely with diners. There was
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        200 20  -  PROPERTY PRICES Andrew Hong I FULLY agree with Mr Khong Kiong Seng (“Vital to keep cooling rules”; last Wednesday). It is premature to consider lifting the property cooling measures, the last of which had been in effect for only eight months. It remains to be
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        201 20  -  Nicholas Loh THE assessment of the housing situation, by Jones Lang LaSalle’s head of research for real estate services Chua Yang Liang, worries a first-time buyer like me. (“Housing glut ‘won’t cause dip in prices’”; last Wednesday). He calculated that demand is likely to
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        254 20  -  Ang Houfu I READ with interest Associate Professor Kelvin F.K. Low’s reply (“Spa packages: Legal don rebuts Case”; last Thursday) to Consumers Association of Singapore president Yeo Guat Kwang’s letter, which argued for greater protection for consumers when businesses fail (“Refund spa
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        189 20 “Not only does Halloween have no relevance to wildlife conservation, but it has also little resonance with Singapore society.” MR FRANCIS QUEK: “I am glad Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) has cancelled the Halloween-themed event at the Night Safari (‘Halloween Horrors event axed’; last Friday). Not only does Halloween have
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      966 1  -  Some tried to get get CEO to change her mind BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg THE sudden cancellation of the Night Safari’s Halloween event has not only caused an uproar among members of the public, but has also brought to the fore an apparent
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      638 2  -  Child’s kidneys and cornea benefit two people BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Elizabeth Soh A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy became the youngest solid organ donor in Singapore last week, after his parents consented to the removal of his kidneys and corneas. The organs
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      527 4  -  New 1.1km path has separate lanes for cyclists and pedestrians BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg A 1.1KM path with separate lanes for cyclists and pedestrians was rolled out in Pasir Ris yesterday. Instead of sharing with pedestrians an old 1m-wide footpath, cyclists now have their
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      350 4  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER THERE is potential for conflict and occasional misunderstanding among Singaporeans but these can be resolved if people exercise tolerance and respect different viewpoints. This was Health Minister Gan Kim Yong’s message in his speech at the first GRC-organised Inter Racial
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      955 5  -  Two schools bag award for innovative practices turning around students BY AMELIA TAN, LEOW SI WAN ameltan@sph.com.sg siwan@sph.com.sg MUHAMMAD Al-Fattah Razali, 15, used to fail his school examinations and was described as lazy by his primary school teachers. But he turned the corner when
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      200 5  -  TEO WAN GEK THE Underdogs triumphed against their opponents DGAF in a nail-biting final of the men’s open category in the National Street Soccer League yesterday to take home the Lee Hsien Loong Challenge Shield. With the full-time score tied at 2-2, the
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      169 6 A RECORD number of more than 9,000 people took part in the Yellow Ribbon Prison Run yesterday morning. The event, which aims to raise awareness and generate acceptance of prisoners, was held for the third year running, and organised as part of the Yellow
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      793 7 These items, among more than 500,000 artefacts stored in the Archaeological Unit laboratory, tell a story of Singapore in the past. They were collected from digs conductedfrom 1984, with many of the significantfinds stored in museums here. scoil Think it’s easy being Indiana Jones? Here’s
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      787 7  -  First research unit here needs funds for projects and to nurture talent BY LIN ZHAOWEI zhaowei@sph.com.sg WHILE Singapore now has its first archaeological research unit, veterans said much more groundwork needs to be done to take the field further. The Archaeological Unit
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      308 8 FOR the first time in Asia, Royal Caribbean International is partnering Parkway Cancer Centre to present Health Voyage, a special programme that features health seminars by doctors and well-be-ing workshops onboard the cruise ship Legend of the Seas. It aims to raise awareness
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        51 8 Available in six styles in bold and rich colours,theAnna Sui for Hush Puppies collection will make its debut at key Hush Puppies boutiques and selected department stores in late October. Meanwhile, check out the new Autumn Winter collection, which will hit the stores island wide from now till
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        48 8 Travel Carnival 2011 is offering travel deals, Mass Wedding promotions, entertainment programmes and lucky draws at the Singapore Expo Hall 5Athis weekend. The doors will open from noon to 10pm on Friday, and from 10am to 10pm on SaturdayandSunday.Admission is free. For more information, visit www.uee.com.sg.
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        38 8 Check out the new eco-friendly Signature CRYPTON Carpet that prevents stains, odours, mould, and bacteria, and withstands damaging frictional forces. Visit Goodrich Galleries at Goodrich Building, #01-01, 8 Changi South Lane (Tel: 6788-6868) or Plaza Singapura,#04-17
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        48 8 Visit the Downtown Travel Fiesta 2011 at Suntec Singapore Level 4 Exhibition Halls 402 and 403 on Oct 1 and 2, from 11am to 9pm. Participating travel agencies includeASAHolidays,AsiaGlobal Vacation by Chan Brothers Travel, CTC Travel, Dynasty Travel, Insight Vacations and SingExpress Travel. Admission is free.
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        52 8 Exchange items that you no longer use for instant cash at the new Cash Converters store located in the former Majestic Cinema at 80 Eu Tong Seng Road.This is the seventh store in Singapore and it will service residents and commercial firms in Chinatown, Tiong Bahru, and the
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        54 8 Qsilica is a colloidal suspension of microscopic particles of mineral silica which is marketed as dietary supplement to give an extra boost to your skin, hair, nails and connective tissue. To be taken orally in capsules, or applied topically with the Skin CoQ10 Rejuventation Masque. Available at major
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      172 8 TRIED and tested by generations, Tiger Balm has launched a new product range to meet the needs and demands of the modern athlete. The nearly 100-year-old brand has combined the best of a proven formulation with modern innovations to create a range of three new
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      183 8 WMF has rolled out a new range of cookware and cutlery to be in line with the brand’s slogan to “turn cooking, dining and drinking into an experience”. First on the list is the WMF Perfect Pro pressure cooker, which enables cooking
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      189 8 IN LINE with the “We Welcome Families Week” (WWFW) organised by Businesses for Families Council (BFC), consumers can enjoy nearly 70 promotions and discounts from over 50 familyfriendly businesses till Oct 31. The participating outlets are listed in the “We Welcome Families” Handy
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      149 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L United in better shape L Why running is good for you L ‘It’ll be Torres’ season’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Pictures: People envy my cash and looks, says Cristiano Ronaldo Says Khairul Iqram: “I think he
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      521 9  -  Chelsea, like Arsenal, are tortured at United but escape a thrashing BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg REWIND a month or so and Manchester United’s early-season fixture list seemed daunting. A trio of visitors from London spelled peril for the champions, with Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea appearing formidable opponents. Advance
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      633 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Title hopefuls Manchester City surrendered their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season when Fulham fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 yesterday, while Tottenham routed nine-man Liverpool 4-0. Roberto Mancini’s side, who had won their first four
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      217 9 LONDON: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes Jose Mourinho is the best man to take over the reins at Old Trafford when he finally steps down. A source who knows both managers told The Daily Mail: “Alex and Jose are close Alex will do
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        53 10 British juggler Jonathan Heron, 37, entertaining the crowds along Orchard Road yesterday. Along with the Pirelli grid girls and outdoor displays of the Formula One race tyres, official tyre supplier Pirelli is revving up the atmosphere for this weekend’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay. ST
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        657 10  -  Preparations for S’pore race are ahead of schedule this time round BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg THE final touches are being applied to Singapore’s fourth Formula One night race, as the organisers prepare the stage for a possible coronation this weekend. The first race
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        414 10 Hamilton will drive to win title or no title PARIS: All the talk ahead of this weekend’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix has been on Red Bull’s champion-in-waiting Sebastian Vettel. But even as the German leads the drivers’ championship with 284 points, a massive 112 ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, Lewis
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        447 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger has vowed to carry on at Arsenal despite being embroiled in his deepest crisis at the English Premier League football club. A 3-4 setback at struggling Blackburn Rovers on Saturday left the Gunners with just four points from five league
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        165 10 REUTERS PARIS: Indian Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan will return to the Hispania Racing Team (HRT) cockpit on Friday, when he takes part in the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix’s first free practice session. The 34-year-old has not been behind the wheel since the test session of
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        97 10 REUTERS MADRID: A hat-trick by Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to an 8-0 rout of Osasuna in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday as the champions bounced back from a poor week by their high standards. The star-studded team were accused of complacency after
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        97 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Fifa executive committee member Worawi Makudi threatened legal action yesterday over what he said was a false and defamatory report that football development funds were spent to build facilities on land he owns. Worawi, president of the Football Association of Thailand,
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      549 11 First World Cup win over Pacific islanders keeps their q-final hopes alive RUGBY WORLD CUP ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS HAMILTON (New Zealand): Wales beat Samoa 17-10 for the first time in Rugby World Cup history yesterday to take a major step towards the quarter-final while making the
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      368 11 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS DUNEDIN (New Zealand): A burst of late tries helped an indisciplined England beat Georgia 41-10 yesterday. But they were flattered by the scoreline after being forced on the defensive for long periods in their Rugby World Cup Pool B game in Otago Stadium.
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        91 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JONNY Wilkinson says England have become an even more determined group in their quest to win the Rugby World Cup after criticism of some players’ behaviour during a night out drinking. Wilkinson, typically, was not among the members of the England
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        119 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIAN star Quade Cooper has warned the United States and Russia to beware of a Wallabies squad intent on making up for their embarrassing loss to Ireland at the Rugby World Cup. Ireland’s 15-6 win at Eden Park on Saturday ensured
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      171 11 REUTERS NAPIER (New Zealand): Vincent Clerc scored a hat-trick as France finally broke free of an inspired Canada in the last quarter to run out 46-19 winners in a Rugby World Cup Pool A clash at a rain-soaked McLean Park yesterday.
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      465 11 REUTERS LEMONT (Illinois): Britain’s Justin Rose carded a two-under 69 to open up a four-stroke lead after the third round of the BMW Championship on Saturday and give himself a shot at the season-ending US$10 million (S$12.4 million) jackpot. With only the top 30 in
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      488 12  -  S’porean runner travels around the world just to compete in them BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg KOH SAMUI (Thailand): Most people do not normally include a 42.195km marathon in their holiday itinerary. Not Mohanadas Kandiah. The 50-year-old travels overseas solely to run in events like yesterday’s Samui Island
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      393 12  -  BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR WOMEN’S cricket in Singapore is still in its infancy, but the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) is making every effort to speed up the growth by exposing the national players to a higher level of the sport. Following the start of
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      92 12 Today Cricket 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia, day 4 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch123, 12.30pm). Football Singapore Cup s-final, 1st leg: Home v Etoile (Bishan, 7.30pm. Live, StarHub Ch201, 7.30pm). Tomorrow Cricket 3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia, day 5 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and
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      63 12 PATRICK RAFTER, Australia’s Davis Cup captain, to the chair umpire during the tennis match between Bernard Tomic and Switzerland’s Roger Federer. Rafter was furious over a let-cord alarm that kept going off incorrectly during the match that the Swiss
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      437 12 Badminton China Masters In Changzhou, finals (Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Chen Long bt Chen Jin 21-16 22-20. Men’s doubles: Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae (Kor) bt Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng 21-17 21-10. Women’s singles: Wang Shixian bt Jiang Yanjiao 21-16 8-5 ret. Women’s doubles: Huan Xia/Tang Jinhua bt Wang
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      827 12  -  ON THE DOUBLE: A MARATHON GUIDE BY JASON LAWRENCE stsports@sph.com.sg THE Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore is less than three months away. I can only assume you are all in training if you were lucky enough to get a slot and we hope
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      479 13 Mayweather’s controversial win over Ortiz angers fans REUTERS LAS VEGAS (Nevada): Floyd Mayweather Jr took the World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title from Victor Ortiz with a controversial, fourth-round knock-out on Saturday that prompted an angry response from the crowd and raised questions about his conduct in the
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      177 13 REUTERS BELGRADE: Argentina took an unassailable 3-1 lead over Davis Cup holders Serbia in their semi-final after tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic retired hurt against Juan Martin del Potro yesterday. Del Potro was leading 7-6 (7-5), 3-0 when Djokovic fell to the ground with
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      43 9 FINISHING TOUCHES S’pore GP organisers gear up for the possible crowning of a champion. B10 SAMOA STUNNED Wales beat Samoa for the first time at the Rugby World Cup. B11 CRYING SHAME Floyd Mayweather Jr takes Victor Ortiz’s title in controversial style. B13
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      402 17 People Strategies for Asia Capitalising on Asia’s Growth Engines Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore, 28 29 September 2011 The Singapore Human Capital Summit 2011 is your opportunity to discover emerging human capital trends that facilitate growth and success for businesses in Asia. At this ultimate networking forum, delegates can look forward
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      655 20  -  Analysts expect cautious bids in land tenders; demand for office space also likely to be affected BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg THE weakening sentiment being seen in the residential property sector is slowly seeping into the industrial market. A combination of bad news and dire
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      116 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Cooling measures deter home buyers L ST Engineering exec takes leave amid CPIB probe L Surprise rise in exports lowers recession fears MOST COMMENTED ON L Manchester United wins approval for Singapore listing Says Ying Shu Heng:
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        534 16  -  With no good news from Europe, investors put hopes on US Fed meet MARKETS INSIGHT BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg ANOTHER week, another bumpy road ahead to traverse. Regional markets are likely to start the week on a subdued note, as investors endure
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        439 16 REUTERS BEIJING: China’s housing inflation eased a touch last month, with home prices in major cities remaining flat for a second consecutive month, official data showed yesterday. New home prices rose 4.1 per cent last month from a year earlier, down from an annual rise
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          111 16 Sep 16 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Sep 15 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2404 +0.42 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.7106 +0.21 2.0153 1.6758 E 1 9556 +0 54 2 2831 1 9304 AS 1 281 1 -0 38 1 3406 1 1515 Yen* 1.6162 +0.45 1.6235 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.*****
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          2845 16 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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          209 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS IS DJ US Tech 6020 362.3 5.1 IS S&P500 ***** 325.1 2.2 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 2914 103.0 2.9 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 80.0 0.8 Lyxor Nasdaql00 10US 915 74,5 7.0 DBXT S&P500 10USS 1918 59,6 2.6 Creative Tech 296 54.0 22.3 Lyxor
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        869 17  -  Investors pulling money from debt-riddled US and Europe while buying up bonds here C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg LIFE used to be so easy for cash-rich, risk-averse investors: if they were worried about inflation or devaluation, they could
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          54 17 GIAM LAY HOON: Left Aims Financial Group to pursue other career opportunities. Ms Giam, 48, joined the company on March 31 last year. During her tenure, she served as non-executive and non-independent director. The group’s investment and finance controller, Mr Andrew Lam, 36, has been
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          101 17 BENNY GOH: Named president and director of China Yuchai International, which is 33.7 per cent owned by Hong Leong Asia. His appointment took effect last Wednesday. Mr Hoh Weng Ming, who was the acting president, relinquished the role but continues as the company’s chief financial officer. Mr
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          38 17 ZHANG XIAOYE: Left Global Palm Resources to pursue other career opportunities. As the company’s financial controller, Mr Zhang, 43, was responsible for corporate activities and finance-related matters such as management reporting, group budgeting and forecasting.
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          67 17 LILY LER: Appointed chief financial officer of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management, which manages Mapletree Industrial Trust, with effect from Nov 1. Ms Ler is currently serving as the head of treasury and investor relations at Mapletree Logistics Trust Management. The 39-year-old will be responsible for all the
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      901 18  -  Growing product range key to weathering global crisis, moving forward EYE ON... FORELAND FABRICTECH HOLDINGS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg DONGSHI town may not ring a bell to most Singaporeans, but many probably own a vital personal item from the Chinese city without realising it.
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      122 18 FORELAND Fabrictech Holdings has more than 20 years of experience in making fabrics. Its products, sold under the Fulian brand, are mainly used to make sports, leisure and business apparel, as well as umbrellas. Part of its strategy is to work with technology partners to continually come
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      694 18 AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg INTERNET giant Yahoo recently sacked chief executive Carol Bartz, less than three years after proclaiming to the world that it was thrilled to have found such world-class talent. The spurned Ms Bartz wasted no time in telling
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      580 19  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA THE United States has to invest more and consume less if it is to lift its economy out of the doldrums and make a full, long-term recovery, said a Nobel Prize-winning economist. “If I had dictatorial power, I would
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      367 19  -  But outright collapse unlikely if job market still buoyant: Analysts TAKING PULSE BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg RETAIL sales held up well in July, growing a faster-than-expected 10.7 per cent from a year earlier, thanks to a buoyant job market in the second
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        504 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR The word “old” is short, but its drawly start makes it sound like it has been around a while. Using it to describe a thing gives the subject an ancient air; whether it is a shoe, bread
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        203 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. Consider the various things in your life: all the different objects you own, the games you play, the movies you watch, the music you listen to, the buildings around you. List as many of them as you can. For each item, decide whether
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        513 3 The illegal drug Ecstasy, also known as “E” or MDMA, was the original “party drug” first taken by clubbers in the 1990s in pill or powder form. Ecstasy gives many users a buzz or boost which makes them feel alert and energetic. People
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        141 3 The National Council Against Drug Abuse and Central Narcotics Bureau will be holding its annual DanceWorks! competition from February to April next year. Registration will begin next month. Keep an eye on the Live it Loud Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/liveitloud) and on the CNB website
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        555 4 News about raising English language standards hogged the limelight last week with the opening of the English Language Institute of Singapore (Elis) and a renewed push by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to ensure more schools create an environment for students and teachers to
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        259 4 In 2014, you will be able to see three sets of dinosaur fossils in Singapore, thanks to a multi-mil-lion-dollar donation from Mrs Della Lee (right), wife of Lee Foundation chairman, Lee Seng Gee. INSIGHT The family of three near-com-plete dinosaur skeletons were discovered in Wyoming in
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        357 5 Students from international schools were among 17 people arrested for drug offences on Sept 7. This news cast the spotlight on drug use among expat students and the efforts taken by international schools to combat drug abuse. INSIGHT Many of the young people arrested were
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        625 6 Sources: Associated Press New York Times BBC News Times, National Geographic THE NEWS Astronomers think they may have found a planet outside our solar system which is not too hot and not too cold, but just right for supporting Earth-like lifeforms. Only one such “habitable
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        190 6 BBC News Associated Press The long-running conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours in the Middle East has flared up again in Egypt which, back in 1979, was the first Arab country to recognise and make peace with Israel. At least three people were killed and hundreds were injured
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        162 6 Reuters Worries over the debt crisis threatening to envelope the 17-nation eurozone currency area have deepened after two major French banks had their credit ratings slashed recently by Moody’s, an international agency that gives advice to investors. The downgrade signals Moody’s belief that the French banks are now riskier
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        563 7  -  BY TAN XING QI When he was 15, Mr Soh Yi Da knew exactly what he wanted to do with his free time: volunteer. In 2004, he joined a youth empowerment exercise to study policy implementation, which brought *Scape and the extreme skate park in East
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        1378 8 / 9  -  There is place for teens to have fun in school. EISEN TEO drops in EISEN TEO his cabin is a new youth hideaway. Right after school, groups of noisy, bored teenagers, who want a break from homework and parents, gather around soccer tables and computer terminals and challenge
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        759 10 / 11  -  SHERYL QUEK offers you quick relief from stressful exam preparations SHERYL QUEK 1 SHARPEN A PENCIL IN 46 STEPS A clever machine created by a team of five from River Valley High has won each member a nifty gaming gizmo, the XBox Kinect. Their creation came
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        166 10 / 11 TIME TO DO YOUR ‘THANG’ Get online, on stage and on air with the Stage Without Borders Talent Competition and you could win $1,000. The contest is a shout-out to all budding youth talent. If you think you are a potential Justin Bieber, can dance like Japan’s super cool
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        456 12  -  EISEN TEO Giving back to society not only takes time but money too which many teens do not have. Do not worry. Take part in IN’s ShopIN campaign and you could win up to $5,000 in shopping vouch- ers to put your plan to help others into
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        642 13  -  BY EISEN TEO Bombarded by images of size zero models, it is no wonder many teenage girls think slim is in. Some may even look to their peers or the Internet for a diet which supposedly can help them shed weight even though they have
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        200 13 The movie The First Grader is an inspiring story of Maruge, an old Kenyan war veteran in his 80s, who is relentless in pursuing his goal of learning how to read. Set in a remote mountain primary school in Kenya, Maruge convinces a head
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        819 14  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR In our past lessons, we covered nine figures of speech. Here are brief revision notes of these literary devices. 1. Euphemism is the use of pleasant words to replace unpleasant ones. 2. Irony has three sub-types: a. Verbal irony is when the
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        484 15  -  Time to look through your English notes. By GERAINT WONG Rewrite each of the following sentences, correcting the errors there may be one or two in each sentence, or none at all. 1. My handphone is spoilt. I need to get it repaired. 2. The sign
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        1599 16 / 17 EXTRACTED FROM “BIG DOGS AREN’T BAD, SAY THEIR OWNERS” BY MELISSA PANG THE SUNDAY TIMES AUG 28 Last Sunday, a 40kg rottweiler fatally bit a 4.3kg silky terrier at the annual national dog walk. It is unclear what triggered the attack, but the rottweiler’s
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        665 18 / 19  -  Read the infographic and story about the Archaeological Unit in Singapore in today’s Home section. Lesson activities by SONIA SNG It is fascinating to find out how people lived in the past; the more distant the past, the more fascinating it is. We can learn about
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        437 20 1980s 90s Singapore's economy grew by leaps and bounds in the 1980s and through much of the 1990s, with the unemployment rate falling to an all-time low of about 3 per cent and growth averaging about 8 per cent a year. Large-scale building projects transformed landscapes forever as many kampungs
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      121 5 FOOD SAFETY SCHOOL HaveYouLookedClosely AtYourFood? Ensure your meal is safe by choosing your food wisely. Food Safety is also your responsibility. Select food that has not passed its expiry date, as shown on the packaging. Avoid food with packaging that is damaged or leaking. Do not consume food that has
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      424 12 Singapore *****91 Writers S i" Ce<;t\va\. If j fest 22-30 Octob er 20A1 READ THE BOOKS? MEET THE AUTHORS! Exams over? Enjoy nine days of literary discovery at the Festival there are meet-the-author sessions, book launches, screenwriter talks and (free) fun for students and teachers! MEET THE AUTHOR: Sonny Liew
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      377 1 CPART MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2011 Mrs Ann Wee came to Singapore as a young 28-year-old bride and became a champion of social work. MELISSA SIM talks to her in the first of a series featuring Singapore Playing JFK Greg Kinnear tackles controversy C2 Curry treats Japanese curry chain opens here
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        1257 2  -  Unfazed by controversy over The Kennedys, Greg Kinnear is just glad to have been part of series 8QUESTIONSWITH...GregKinnear yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg American actor Greg Kinnear says he did not expect his latest television show, The Kennedys, to stir up so much controversy. The eight-part miniseries,
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        559 2  -  rachael boon Who: Professor Brian Cox (below), 43, a British particle physicist-turned-rock star scientist on television. His good looks and music credentials he was keyboardist for 1990s British pop band D:Ream shatter the cliched image of scientists being stodgy old men in laboratory coats with wild
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        869 3  -  The American-ChineseTV chef’s new book shows how one-pot meals can be simple yet delicious natasha ann zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg It took American-Chinese chef Ming Tsai five years to write his new cookbook. But it was not because he was having a creative mental block
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        429 3  -  eunice quek Singapore’s range of curries from all cultures is about to get a new addition. Famous Japanese curry chain CoCo Ichibanya opens at 313@Somerset’s basement three on Oct 1. The brand debuted on the outskirts of Nagoya, Japan, in 1978. There are now 1,275 branches
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        2239 4  -  Englishwoman Ann Wee settled here and learnt Hokkien and Cantonese to be better able to speak to the needy the monday interview with Ann Wee SINGAPORE PIONEERS melissa sim stlife@sph.com.sg Mrs Ann Wee, Singapore’s founding mother of social work, offers tea, coffee and biscuits when
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        625 5  -  Pianist Melvyn Tan is back for concert and teaching gigs akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Singapore-born pianist Melvyn Tan is back for a second concert this year, making up for lost time after two earlier shows were cancelled. Following a solo recital at the Esplanade Concert Hall in
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        373 5 Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun Fat, who was in town for the grand opening of the Louis Vuitton Island Maison store at Marina Bay Sands last Saturday, spoke happily about his current hobby: taking black and white photographs. Chow, whose picture Solitude is on display
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        128 6 ‘I opened my eyes and there was a naked man wearing my leather jacket eating a Fudgesicle in front of my bed’ Actor Nicolas Cage (left), on seeing a trespasser with an ice-cream-like snack in his bedroom late one night ‘After years of abusing your lungs
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        694 6  -  Photographer Mattias Klum had to hang from trees to shoot an animal sleeping in the forest eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg As a National Geographic photographer, Mattias Klum has been chased by vendors selling illegal game meats and hung out high in the Amazonian rainforest. And his war photographer colleagues
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        479 6  -  cheryl faith wee Entwined in a dance position, a pair of towering 6m-high chillies took centre stage at the Shanghai Art Fair this year. It is a work titled Happy Tango by Malaysian-born Singapore artist Kumari Nahappan, 58, who was named the Shanghai Art Fair’s Artist
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      673 7 India’s first zombie comedy to be released next year will be like a theme-park ride Agence France-Presse Mumbai–Bollywoodislurching with arms outstretched into new territory with its first zombie comedies, hoping to replicate the success of a host of light-heart-ed Hollywood movies about the living dead. Shaadi Of
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      760 7 Reuters Toronto Madonna may have stolen the lion’s share of the headlines, but there were plenty of films by women directors earning a lot of buzz at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which draws to a close on Sunday. From the invention of
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