The Straits Times, 26 September 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 2011 G A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Suicide blast at church
      62 1 70 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up in an Indonesian church yesterday, wounding at least 27 people and sending terrified worshippers rushing out into the streets in panic. The morning bombing in the city of Solo, in Central Java, was the latest
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      Lock icon KL history syllabus debate
      37 1 A REVIEW of the secondary school history syllabus in Malaysia is being closely watched by some academics and activists, who have raised concerns that textbooks have become Malay- and Islam-centric. LWORLD PAGE A12
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      Lock icon Monkey business rises
      41 1 THE number of complaints against monkeys doubled between 2008 and last year to 1,200. The macaques are also becoming bolder and more used to humans, say those who frequent parks or live near forested areas. LHOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Female Muslims, step up
      44 1 MUSLIM leaders are calling for more women to take up leadership roles in mosques. They want the proportion of women in mosque management boards to go up from the current 15 per cent to 25 per cent. LPRIME PAGE A6
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    Lock icon Stunning S’pore race a big winner
    824 1  -  Vettel leads from start to finish but will have to wait to seal world title BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by May Chen, Sanjay Nair and Chan U-Gene FIREWORKS peppered the night sky over Marina Bay last night, as the nation and the
    ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; ST PHOTO: TED CHEN  -  824 words
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    Lock icon Asean sets up $650m fund for projects
    581 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: South -east Asian nations have launched a nearly US$500 million (S$650 million) fund to build infrastructure, pooling resources in the hopes of closing the gap between the dynamic region and major wealthy economies. In a step towards an ambitious goal
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      111 1 Master teacher Labour of love Taiwan’s Yao Ming Baseball star a demigod in island ST story grows into book Jeremy Monteiro opens music school LIFE! PAGE C6 WORLD, PAGE A16 PRIME, PAGE A10 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 Building character in the classroom
        75 2 WE SAY The Education Ministry has announced the introduction of a new curriculum which will promote a “student-centric, values-driven education”. This move certainly marks a sea-change for Singapore’s results-driven education system. However, it may be an uphill path unless schools are given the flexibility to
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          Lock icon Dual-track strategy
          40 2 Vietnam is rebuilding its armed forces while expanding strategic ties to strengthen its security posture as a hedge against China’s growing might, and at the same time nurture its global position, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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          Lock icon Blockbuster of a scare
          31 2 Wonder why Asian markets got whacked when Wall Street is down only 11.5 per cent? Catch the movie Contagion, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B17
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        Lock icon Make room for GPs
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS Many under-utilise general practitioners despite them being trained to handle a variety of medical problems, says Dr Leong Choon Kit. L FORUM PAGE A25
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        41 2 IN LAST Saturday’s Straits Times, an Agence-France Presse picture we used was wrongly captioned as the Mercedes SLS AMG safety car. It was in fact the Mercedes C63 AMG station wagon medical car, AFP has clarified.
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      Lock icon Picking a school: Think big fish, small pond
      1019 2  -  Neighbourhood schools may offer better chance for children to thrive BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg THE Primary 1 registration exercise ended last month. But principals of several popular schools say some parents are still calling to check if there is a
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      Lock icon Suicide attack on church in Indonesia
      847 3  -  Blast in Solo, home to jailed cleric Bashir, injures 27 BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a church in Solo yesterday morning just as the congregation was leaving, a reminder of the danger still present in
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      Lock icon Mt Everest tour plane crashes, killing 19
      497 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU: An aircraft taking tourists on a morning sightseeing trip around Mount Everest crashed into a hillside near the Nepalese capital Kathmandu yesterday, killing all 19 people on board. Private airline Buddha Air’s Beechcraft plane, carrying 10 Indians, two Americans, one
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      Lock icon Singapore won’t rush into extending race
      495 4  -  TERRENCE VOON SINGAPORE will not rush into a decision to extend its Formula One race beyond the current contract, Second Minister for Trade and Industry and for Home Affairs S. Iswaran said yesterday. A decision is expected before next year’s race, he said, though
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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. A lone commuter is
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      Lock icon Wanted: More female mosque leaders
      660 6  -  Aim is to raise ratio of women on mosque boards to 25 per cent BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg MUSLIM leaders are calling for more women to step forward to assume leadership positions in mosques. Women now make up 15 per cent of mosque management boards
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      Lock icon Vietnamese President on state visit to Singapore
      391 6  -  BY ANDREA ONG VIETNAMESE President Truong Tan Sang arrives here today on a state visit which marks two significant firsts. This is his first overseas trip since becoming President in July. The visit is also the first by a foreign head of state
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      Lock icon Leaders vow to avert euro crisis
      739 8 Global finance heads resolve to take all steps needed: Tharman REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Singapore Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who heads a key committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said world finance officials were determined to take action to
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      Lock icon Man bids hurried goodbye to wife, son
      530 8  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH IT WAS one quick last goodbye lasting all of five minutes. Mr Willy Chin, 33, turned up at the wake of his estranged wife Tan Sze Sze and son Jerald, three, at the crack of dawn yesterday, hours before their
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      Lock icon GIC supported outgoing UBS chief exec: Report
      434 8 ZURICH: The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), the biggest shareholder in embattled UBS, repeatedly expressed its support for outgoing chief executive Oswald Gruebel, according to a Swiss newspaper report. Mr Gruebel, 67, quit on Saturday after taking responsibility for a scandal that
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      Lock icon The ST story that grew into a book
      877 10  -  Ex-ST journalist Sim Chi Yin documents lives of Indonesian domestic workers BY TAN HUI YEE tanhy@sph.com.sg INDONESIAN villager Sugiyani Waryomiharjo first touched the lives of many Singaporeans in 2007 when her journey here as a maid was documented in vivid detail in
      ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG; ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM; PHOTOS: SIM CHI YIN  -  877 words
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      Lock icon Debate hots up over ‘skewed’ history syllabus in Malaysia
      927 12  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: After stirring up a heated public debate here this month, the subject of Malaysia’s history is set to take centre stage again. A secondary school history syllabus review is being closely watched
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      106 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Just another Jewish town to live in MOST COMMENTED ON L Prime Minister Putin set to return as Russian president Says Yong Quan: “He has always been in control even though Dmitry Medvedev is the current Russian
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        Lock icon ‘Watered-down’ English syllabus worries parents in Malaysia
        1074 13  -  BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: When American hip hop singer Nelly performed here last week, he tweeted that half of Malaysians can’t speak English. “Thank you Malaysia, all 30,000 of you all! Amazing when you do a show and 50
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        Lock icon Baseball demigod is Glory of Taiwan
        919 16  -  Wang Chien-ming hits the right pitch at home as its best-known sports export MEMO FROM TAIPEI BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg WHEN Wang Chien-ming (right) sneezes, Taiwan shudders. The 1.9m baseball pitcher is a demigod in Taiwan, commanding widespread adulation among men
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        Lock icon Chinese officials vow probe after land sale protests
        482 17 Election of village leaders who pushed for deal also under investigation BEIJING: Local officials have promised an investigation into land sales to defuse days of large, sometimes violent, protests by residents of Wukan village in southern China, who say they are being
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        Lock icon Gold-vending machine in Beijing
        61 17 China has installed the country’s first gold-vending machine in a busy shopping district in Beijing, state media said on yesterday. Shoppers in the popular Wangfujing area can insert cash or use a bank card to withdraw gold bars or coins of various weights based on market
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        Lock icon Ma ‘wants political talks’ with China
        283 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will open political talks with China if he is re-elected to a second term, a US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks cites the island’s Vice-President as saying. Mr Vincent Siew’s June 30, 2009 statement to
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        Lock icon China pumps $405b into eco-projects
        313 17 REUTERS CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TIANJIN: China will invest 2 trillion yuan (S$405 billion) to promote a low-carbon economy in the next five years, said a senior economic planning official yesterday. National Development and Reform Commission Vice-Minister Xie Zhenhua said the fund will flow into
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        Lock icon Another chariot ride in bid for Indian PM job?
        1035 18  -  But BJP veteran was asked to back down by shadowy militant group BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Just over two decades ago, Mr Lal Krishna Advani galvanised his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other
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        Lock icon 2,000 Lankan Tamil rebels likely to stand trial
        399 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said up to 2,000 hardcore Tamil rebels are likely to be prosecuted on charges including mass murder for crimes committed during the island’s quarter-century civil war. The rebels are among some 11,500 Tamil fighters
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        Lock icon Thai leaders rally against corruption
        71 18 Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (centre) and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva (left) take part in a rally during an anti-corruption campaign in Bangkok yesterday. The event was organised by the Coalition Against Corruption, comprising the Stock Exchange of Thailand and groups representing the private sector
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        Lock icon Found: Over 140 ‘bases’ for Malaysia-Thai smuggling
        338 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s anti-smug-gling unit (UPP) has discovered more than 140 “bases” used by smugglers to plan and carry out their activities along the Malaysia-Thai border. “The smugglers are focusing more on water routes such as Sungai Golok
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        Lock icon Afghan ‘Sopranos’ bedevil the US
        950 19 Americans see little hope of blunting power of Haqqani NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: They are the Sopranos of the Afghanistan war, a ruthless crime family that built an empire out of kidnapping, extortion and smuggling. They have trafficked in precious gems, stolen lumber and demanded
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        Lock icon Pakistan army chiefs meet after US claims
        378 19 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani, yesterday called a special meeting of his top commanders to discuss the security situation, the military said, as the war of words with the United States escalated. The extraordinary meeting of the
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        Lock icon Abbas returns to hero’s welcome
        692 20 Palestinians cheer President for submitting historic UN bid ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS RAMALLAH: Thousands of Palestinians massed in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday to give their President a hero’s welcome for submitting a historic bid for United Nations membership. Mr Mahmoud Abbas
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        Lock icon Women gain right to vote in Saudi Arabia
        390 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH: King Abdullah announced yesterday that he was giving women the right to vote and stand in Saudi Arabian municipal elections, the only public polls in the ultraconservative Gulf kingdom. He also announced that women would have the right to
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        Lock icon 40 killed in bloody clash in Yemen
        457 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SANAA: In one of the bloodiest days of Yemen’s eight-month-long uprising, government troops backed by snipers and shelling attacked a square full of Yemeni protesters and battled with proopposition forces in the capital, killing at least 40 people and
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        Lock icon First elections since Arab spring
        256 20 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAMA: Bahrain will hold a run-off round of special parliamentary elections on Saturday, after candidates in nine constituencies failed to win an outright majority in a ballot last Saturday. It was one of three votes in the region last week, the first
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        Lock icon Obama and Bill Clinton tee off
        86 21 A round of golf and a talk about the economy brought United States President Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton together on Saturday. They played 18 holes in under four hours at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, following up on Mr Obama’s
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        Lock icon Australian Customs, border staff going on strike
        217 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: International travellers at Australia’s airports were yesterday warned to expect delays this week due to strike action by Customs and border security staff over failed contract talks. The nationwide industrial action tomorrow would comprise one- and two-hour walkouts and partial
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        Lock icon Key minister rules out role in Medvedev govt
        670 21 Finance Minister cites policy differences with president, who is likely to swop jobs with Putin AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG MOSCOW: In an unprecedented criticism of Russia’s President, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin yesterday said he would not serve in a new
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          Lock icon Satellite ‘likely in ocean’
          91 22 REUTERS CAPE CANAVERAL: A six-tonne Nasa satellite crashed to Earth last Saturday, but it remains a mystery where its mass of space debris landed. Nasa said the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, in orbit for 20 years, would have been torn apart during the fiery re-entry, but
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          Lock icon Google to ‘feature’ news
          78 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON: Google News, which has long relied on automation to deliver news from providers, has announced a twist in its algorithm: It will now recognise “featured” content. Google said news organisations can now add “standout” metadata tags to stories they are proudest of like
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          Lock icon Japan finds tainted rice
          89 22 BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Japan detected caesium just on the safe threshold in pre-harvest rice in Fukushima, raising the possibility that the government may for the first time ban rice shipments due to radioactive contamination. A rice sample from Nihonmatsu city, 55km from the crippled nuclear plant, contained
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          Lock icon $200k for ‘plain’ cognac
          71 22 SHANGHAI: A bottle of 153-year-old cognac was auctioned for 1 million yuan (S$200,000) in Shanghai on Saturday, believed to be a record price for the spirit in an unadorned bottle. Ms Maggie Vong from Hong Kong won the bidding which started at 388,000 yuan, the South
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          Lock icon A contest where the fur flies
          59 22 Living up to its name, Flash leaps from contestant Lawrence Frederick’s back to catch an aerial disc at the Hyperflite Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship in Chattanooga, Tennessee. More than 100 teams from the United States and several other countries competed in the two-day
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          Lock icon HK could be ‘smoke-free’
          93 22 HONG KONG: Hong Kong could become the world’s first developed “smoke-free” city, as the number of smokers in its population aged 15 or above looks set to dip below 5 per cent soon the mark set by some countries, said anti-smoking activists. Its current rate of
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          Lock icon PAL to cut flights, jobs
          96 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Philippine Airlines (PAL) said on Saturday it would temporarily slash flight frequencies over the next two months as part of a cost-saving plan that will also cut 2,600 jobs. Eleven flights to places such as Bangkok, Sydney and Incheon would
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          Lock icon Militants lop boy’s hand
          94 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADEN: Al-Qaeda-linked militants cut off the hand of a 15-year-old boy after he stole electrical cables in a southern Yemeni town, witnesses summoned to watch the punishment said yesterday. The militants severed the boy’s hand with a sword in front of dozens of residents
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        Lock icon These pigs did fly
        290 22 SLICEOFLIFE NEW YORK TIMES LAFAYETTE (Minnesota): Farmers in the US Midwest are on the alert for pig thieves. This month, 150 pigs vanished from a farm building in Lafayette, despite deadbolts on its doors. And in Iowa, pigs have been snatched, 20 or 30 at a
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      405 23 LAST week, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the introduction of a new Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) curriculum which will promote a “student-centric, values-driven education”. He cited an ageing population, more educated parents and the breakdown of traditional social structures as factors which call
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        781 24  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg AIMING to strengthen its security posture as a hedge against China’s growing might and, at the same time, nurture its global position Vietnam is relentlessly rebuilding its armed forces while making a parallel effort to expand strategic ties. Hanoi’s defence
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        873 24  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South East Asian Studies. ALTHOUGH Singapore and Malaysia have escaped the worst effects of the 2011 “haze” pollution from fires in Indonesia, this
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        873 24  -  LONDON EYE BY TERESA LIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Singaporean based in London. IF VISITORS to this city are hoping to meet real Londoners in the interests of enlightened tourism (mingling with the natives, not just ticking off the
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          123 25 “Singaporeans need to be jolted to realise the seriousness of the problem.” MS JESSIE LOY: “Unlike Mr Denis Distant (‘Uncomfortable with insurer’s scare angle’; Sept 16), I found NTUC Income’s advertisement well executed. Many of the highlighted diseases are very common illnesses plaguing Singaporeans and can pose
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        272 25  -  PRIMARY CARE Dr Leong Choon Kit IMPORTANT changes are required to improve our primary health-care system (“More young people hit by chronic illness”; last Wednesday). The public must be made aware that many private general practitioners (GPs) have postgraduate training in family medicine and are well-trained
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        299 25  -  Sharon Siddique (Ms) THE tug of priorities in building more transport arteries to relieve congestion to spur growth, and constructing a clean, green and eco-friendly garden city, requires compromises. Take the fate of Arcadia Road, one of the five roads designated under
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        95 25 1 MR LEE SECK KAY: Don’t exercise your way to ill health 2 MR RAMOO PURU: Kudos for keeping an eye on illegal parking 3 MR RICHARD GOH: Will it prove too costly? 4 MR LIM POH SENG: In search of Vanda Miss Joaquim 5 MR CHUAH TUANG
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        410 25  -  Dr Akhileswaran President, Singapore Hospice Council Dr Jeremy Lim Executive Director, Lien Centre for Palliative Care Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School RECENT media reports and Forum letters highlight an important social and public health concern: How should society best embed palliative care into
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      967 1  -  Many say children’s workloads should be made more BY LEOW SI WAN CHERYL ONG siwan@sph.com.sg ongyiern@sph.com.sg HOUSEWIFE Christine Tan’s son spends two hours on homework and online assignments daily and he is all of seven years old and in Primary 1. She said of her other
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      103 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Sparks fly as hubby visits wake L Man in road rage incident is RBS exec MOST COMMENTED ON L SIM says sorry for ‘ill conceived’, humiliating orientation games Says Reno Rasi: “What is the purpose of these
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      629 2  -  Park visitors say the macaques are bolder, more used to people BY FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg THE monkey trouble here has worsened. Last year, about 1,200 monkey-related complaints were filed, double the number in 2008; this year, as of last month, some 750 such complaints
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      798 3  -  Novena Church, Govt worked to consider various interests and agree on renovation plans BY YEN FENG zengyan@sph.com.sg RENOVATING homes, in general, is complicated enough. When the home is an old, historical church, it can be an onerous experience. Earlier this month, the Church of
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      542 4  -  Ruling expected to have big impact on how firms conduct their business BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg A POTENTIAL landmark case will be heard in the High Court today. Ticketing agent Sistic is appealing against a $989,000 fine slapped on it by the
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      290 4  -  LEOW SI WAN A MAN drove his car into the swimming pool of Regent Heights condominium in the wee hours of yesterday morning. The silver Toyota Altis went nose-first into the shallow end of the pool. The driver, a 71-year-old Eurasian, was helped out
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      665 5  -  Certification opens job opportunities for them BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg TWO special-education schools here have produced their first batch of graduates with nationally recognised qualifications. Some students from Metta School and Delta Senior School, having gone through a five-year course, now have national vocational certification that
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      324 5  -  GRACE CHUA BY 2015, Singapore will need nearly double the physiotherapists it has now, because of an ageing population and changing lifestyles. But it is hard to find or retain these health professionals who help patients regain normal lives and movement after illness or injury,
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      125 7 1856-1862: Hb Town Hall built on the present site of Victoria Theatre. Designed by John Bennett, who also designed St Andrew’s Cathedral. 1901: MH Victoria Memorial Hall built to commemorate Queen Victoria of England, who died that year. Building of clock tower commences. 1905: Town Hall converted to 500-seat
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      671 7  -  TEXT: ANGELINA CHOY and AMELIA TENG Sources: W ARCHITECTS and NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD Theatre The theatre’s
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        41 8 Marigold 100% Juices has a brand new look for its Vitamin C-rich fruity range that contains no additional sugar, preservatives or artificial colouring. Available in 1 litre packs at $2.15 and 250ml packets of six at $4.25 in supermarkets.
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        38 8 Enjoy refreshing or- ganic bubble tea that contains natural extracts and is caffeineand preservative-free at the new SOD Café at the basement of Yew Tee Point. Five categories including Milk Affair and ICE Cream are available.
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        31 8 Expect good quality sound with the new a-JAYS Four. It features flat, tanglefree cables and a three-button remote for iPhone, iPod or iPad. For more information, visit www. orangecom.com.sg.
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        41 8 The new Macro Gas Water Heater series promises less gas usage with its efficient burners and reliability. The safety features guard against overheating, flame failure and incomplete combustion. Avail- able at City Gas Gal- lery, Aerogaz and authorised dealers.
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        41 8 Check out the new sleek and stylish MUM 5 Kitchen Machine Red Dot Design Award winner from the Bosch Styline product range. The all-in-one kitchen helper can do the most demanding tasks of pastry making. Available at department stores.
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        54 8 SPINmatic, specially formulated for front load washing machines, is the only low suds detergent powder with an anti-bacterial formula. For softer clothes, choose from four variants of Sofsil fabric softener. Five sets of Ariston washers are to be won when you buy $15 worth of SPINmatic and Sofsil
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      667 8  -  The Singapore Heart Foundation offers a free life-saving mobile phone app to help you revive a victim of a sudden heart attack BY AHMAD OSMAN DOWNLOAD Heart4Life into your mobile phone if you want to know howto do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an unconscious victim of
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      300 8 ROYALCaribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas will kick start her maiden Asian season in May next year with exclusive South-east Asian cruises from Singapore. This willincreasethecruise’scapacityin the region to more than double in terms of total guest count. The Voyager of
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      266 8 BY LEONG PHEI PHEI IN A move to get more tourists to explore the east coast of Korea, representatives from four tourism offices from Gangwon-do, Gyeong-sangbuk-do, Ulsan City and Busan Metropolitan City were in town recently to promote their cities. This is the first time
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      251 8 FOR the first time, French premium beer Kronenbourg 1664 has collaborated with celebrated French fashion designer Christian Lacroix to design for a limited edition series of beer cans (500ml) and the pint bottles (330ml). Only 36,000 Kronenbourg 1664-Lac-roix cans are available exclusively in Cold
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      170 8 CONSERVATION CHAT with Wildlife Reserves Singapore Iguana with horns The rhinoceros iguana can be distinguished from other iguana species by the horns on its head. These are actually enlarged scales and the males often have larger ones than the females. The males are extremely territorial and tend to intimidate each
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      146 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L ‘Not-that-good’ Man United could trip up at Stoke L F1 fans give S’pore GP the green light L The world is watching S’pore MOST COMMENTED ON L Arsenal CEO says firing Wenger not an option Says
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        1092 9  -  Vettel wins S’pore GP but world title will have to wait BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg THE championship champagne has been put on ice but, after a hard day’s night in Singapore, there was no begrudging Sebastian Vettel a little of the post-race bubbly that he sipped on
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        655 10  -  Feud grows as McLaren star ruins both their races with rash driving BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg LAST week, he was urged to stop taking out his frustration on the track by a leading member of the paddock. But yesterday, Lewis Hamilton showed just how
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        491 10 Before the start: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, the favourite to win the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix from pole position and maybe claim his second world title, says: “I don’t know if I’ll be the champion tonight. It’s a long race, one of toughest all year. It’s very
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        337 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JENSON Button refused to give up on the World Championship yesterday, after Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore Grand Prix to move within a whisker of retaining his crown. The British McLaren driver needs to win all five remaining races
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        324 10 “You are one point away from achieving the title, brilliant drive.” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, telling Sebastian Vettel about the equation over the radio after the reigning champion took the chequered flag “Pretty happy to be second. I couldn’t really find the grip
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        788 11  -  Entertainment fans pay relatively little to watch big stars and the race BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Sanjay Nair IT MIGHT have been race day yesterday but, for some, the real action was away from the track on the entertainment stages, where rock
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        166 11 Fans flooded the track after the end of the race, collecting souvenirs such as shredded tyre pieces and car parts and taking photos along the way. ST PHOTO: MAY CHEN Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso (left) and Felipe Massa showcase their brand at a
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        559 12  -  But responses to live screenings of F1 race at other CCs were mixed BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg THE party mood in the Red Bull garage following Sebastian Vettel’s win in the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix was mirrored at the Bishan Community Club last night. The
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        454 12  -  BY JONATHAN WONG IF THERE is a silver lining in the current European debt crisis, says Team Lotus team principal Tony Fernandes, it is that it will create a more level playing field in Formula One. Speaking to The Straits Times yesterday, the 47-year-old Malaysian
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          113 12  -  MAY CHEN WHILE the Formula One cars rev round the Marina Bay street circuit in an anti-clockwise direction, race goers making their way around the track in the underpass near the War Memorial Park have to move clockwise at the makeshift roundabout. Doing so
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          57 12 ORGANISERS of the Indian Grand Prix have announced that American pop star Lady Gaga will perform at the event’s post-race concert on Oct 30, according to the Hindustan Times. US heavy metal band Metallica are also set to play at an “F1 Rocks”
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          90 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMULA supremo Bernie Ecclestone has played down issues over the preparations for the inaugural Indian Grand Prix next month. He said on Saturday: “We are very happy, they are doing a good job.” There had been reports last week of slow progress
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          65 12 THERE is a good reason why Sotheby’s Diamonds organised a private exhibition of some of its most precious stones, including a nearly 66-carat diamond, at the Fullerton Bay Hotel, over the Formula One weekend. Chairman Patti Wong told the Wall Street Journal: “You
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          51 12 THE three teams who were found in breach of breaking curfew yesterday have had the rulings overturned. Red Bull, Mercedes and Virgin proved that the staff who arrived at the track early on Saturday were not associated with the operation of their
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          36 12 WILLIAMS driver Rubens Barrichello told worried fans they had nothing to worry about following his visit to a hospital on Saturday. “It was just anti-dope testing... all fine,” he tweeted.
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      925 13 They stumble at Stoke, allowing City to catch up at the top of the table THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Manchester United could not keep shutting up the noisy neighbours. Back in May, they trumped Manchester City with a Premier League title win hours after Roberto Mancini’s
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      274 13 LONDON: Manchester City are lining up a £30 million (S$60 million) swoop for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie if contract talks between the crisis-hit Gunners and their captain make no headway before the January transfer window. Sources told The Daily Mail that the Dutch international
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      373 13 REUTERS BERLIN: Kenyan Patrick Makau shattered the world men’s marathon record by 21 seconds yesterday when he clocked 2hr 3min 38sec over the fast, flat Berlin course on a warm, sunny morning. He ran alone for the final 12km to break the previous mark of 2:03:59
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      357 13 REUTERS ATLANTA: The battle for the Tour Championship, FedExCup honours and the US$10 million (S$12.9 million) windfall remained intriguingly wide open on Saturday after Aaron Baddeley and Hunter Mahan charged into a tie for the lead in the third round. Australian Baddeley fired a best
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      57 14 Runners taking off at the start of the 10km Mizuno Wave Run at Bedok Reservoir Park yesterday. About 4,000 runners took part in the annual race. American Mark Callon, 43, clinched the Men’s Open title in 38min 7sec while Beate Krecklow, 40, from Germany, was the women’s
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      667 14  -  ON THE DOUBLE: A MARATHON GUIDE BY MOK YING REN The writer, a final-year medical student, is a SEA Games triathlon gold medallist and a two-time Singapore marathon champion BY MOK YING REN EASY running should be the bread and butter
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      133 14 Today Cricket Champions League Twenty20: Mumbai Indians v Trinidad Tobago (Live, mio TV Ch123, 10.30pm). Football S-League: Etoile v Tanjong Pagar (Queenstown, 7.30pm). English Premier League: Norwich v Sunderland (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 3am). Rugby World Cup Pool D: Wales v Namibia (Live, mio TV
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        367 14 Late try gives Argentina one-point win over Scotland in tense game AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUCKLAND: Argentina’s Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino broke Scottish hearts yesterday with a dramatic late try as the Pumas moved towards the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a nail-biting 13-12 victory. With seven minutes remaining,
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        765 14  -  BY SHAHIRON SAHARI stsports@sph.com.sg ONE of the bigger stories over the past week at the Rugby World Cup was the tweeting rant by a Samoan player, complaining about the short turnaround three days the islanders had to endure while their opponents that Sunday, Wales,
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      429 14 Badminton Yonex Open In Tokyo, finals (Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Chen Long bt Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 21-8 10-21 21-19. Women’s singles: Wang Yihan bt Juliane Schenk (Ger) 21-16 21-14. Men’s doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng bt Mohd Ahsan/Bona Septano (Ina) 21-13 23-21. Women’s doubles: Bao Yixin/ Zhong Qianxin
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        48 14 SCHWECHAT (Austria): Singapore’s world No. 10 paddler Wang Yuegu bowed out of the US$122,000 (S$158,000) Austrian Open in the semi-finals yesterday, after she lost 4-11, 11-6, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 5-11 to China’s world No. 3 and reigning world champion Ding Ning.
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        64 14 REUTERS MADRID: Barcelona went second in football’s Spanish Primera Liga, after Lionel Messi scored a brilliant hat-trick in their 5-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Cristiano Ronaldo hit another treble in 10-man Real Madrid’s 6-2 drubbing of Rayo Vallecano. Real are now
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        58 14 LONDON: Fresh doubts have been cast on Frank Lampard’s long-term future at Stamford Bridge, after the unused substitute in Chelsea’s 4-1 win against Swansea appeared to storm off the pitch on Saturday, reported The Daily Mail. The 33-year-old midfielder had come off the
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        53 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS SNOWBASIN RESORT (Utah): Lance Armstrong has denied he is receiving training help from a banned Italian doctor or his son, but maintains “those guys are my friends and that’s not going to change”. He was speaking on Saturday, following allegations in the Italian
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      41 9 PUSHING THE LIMITS Lewis Hamilton angers Felipe Massa again with aggressive driving style. B10 NEW MARATHON MAN Patrick Makau shaves 21 seconds off Haile Gebrselassie’s record. B13 PUMAS POUNCE Argentina edge out Scotland with late try at Rugby World Cup. B14
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      17 9 NOT PERFECT ANY MORE Man United stall at Stoke, with Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez injured. B13
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      10 15 "In memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember...
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      97 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L New rules on showflats delayed to ‘refine details’ L F1 glitz at odds with sponsor UBS’ woes L UBS mum on board’s closed-door meetings MOST COMMENTED ON L Amazon expected to unveil tablet this week. Says Christopher
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        598 16  -  Cautious hopes for small rally, with little to draw investors from sidelines MARKETS INSIGHT GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AN uneasy calm is likely to settle on regional bourses as trading kicks off today, after the massive sell-off in equities late last week.
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        365 16 BLOOMBERG NEWS WASHINGTON: The yuan’s exchange rate is “highly relevant” to China’s international balance of payments, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said, adding that a global economic slowdown would not normally affect the nation’s currency policy. The central bank considers the rate of
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          95 16 Sep 23 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Sep 22 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2944 -0.24 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.7525 -0.33 2.0153 1.6758 FR Sep 22 A$ 1.2730 +0.75 1.3406 1.1515 Yen* 1.6981 -0.44 1.6981# 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.01 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Sep 23 CHNG YR 2011
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          1043 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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          55 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS DBXTS&P Short 10US$ 4723 310.9 Week's Top Rises CENTS 1360 55.7 3.3 SIA 1124 16.0 1.4 DBXT MSJAP 10USS 3526 Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** -1467.0 Week's Top Falls CENTS ***** -975.6 -6.2 DBXT MSKorea 10USS
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      1001 17  -  However, all is not lost as with crises, come opportunities C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE threat of a fresh economic slowdown in the United States and Europe has been dominating the headlines but it is the
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      537 17  -  BY CHERYL LIM POMO shopping mall, formerly Paradiz Centre, is set to undergo yet another revamp, aimed at repositioning the property in line with the arty vibe of its Bras Basah neighbourhood. The 10-storey development located at 1 Selegie Road has a diverse
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      353 17 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation (Keppel T&T) has signed a joint venture agreement to jointly develop and operate a river port along the Yangtze river, a major trade route in China. The deal was signed with Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans, and marks Keppel T&T’s first port
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      36 17 Agriculture USD I1C 16.09.11 8683,60 USD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD R1C-B 16.09.11 9,20 SGD Croci Euro I1C 19.09.11 115,15 EUR Croci Japan I1C 16.09.11 8581,89 JPY Croci US R1C-A 19.09.11 13,38 USD
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      93 17 AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 1C 20.09.11 197,24 AUD AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 2C 20.09.11 202,31 USD AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 13C 20.09.11 256,78 SGd| Australia SSA Bonds Total Return Index ETF 1C 20.09.11 168,84 AUD IBOXX Sovereigns Eurozone Total Return Index ETF 1C 19.09.11 234,30 USD IBOXX
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      1353 18  -  Context in which it occurs can decide if it turns into a real one BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg WE ALL know what a recession means pay freezes, retrenchments, consumers cutting back on big-ticket items but a “technical recession” is one of those academic-sounding phrases
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        81 18 TIGER Airways Holdings has finalised a deal to acquire a 33 per cent stake in troubled budget carrier Mandala Airlines of Indonesia. Mandala is now undergoing financial restructuring, after which the Saratoga group will be its largest shareholder, with a 51 per cent stake. The remaining 16 per
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        78 18 CHINA Gaoxian Fibre Fabric has submitted an undertaking to the Singapore Exchange to provide regular updates on the progress and status of a special audit into its affairs. Investors and shareholders will be kept informed on the actions taken by the audit committee to safeguard the
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        88 18 CAPITALAND has clinched nine awards at the 2011 Euromoney Real Estate Awards including the prizes for the best retail developer in Asia and the best residential developer in Singapore. This is the second year running the local developer has been named the best mixed-used developer globally, in Asia, Singapore
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        55 18 STARHUB has established a multi-currency medium-term note programme worth $1 billion, from which the group may issue notes from time to time. The telecommunications group intends to use the proceeds from the programme to finance general corporate funding requirements or investments. These may include financing new acquisitions and investments,
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      647 19 Such schemes make staff feel valued, and the bosses, more engaged AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg A GYM membership or a spa package, the choice is yours if you work for us. If you are not into fitness or beauty treatments, let us pay
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      442 19  -  BY MELISSA TAN SOME electronics firms are feeling the pinch and preparing to lay off workers and cut pay as orders start to dry up amid the global downturn. The slump comes as a rude shock to the sector, which was
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      990 20  -  Private banks may operate in the shadow of big guns but are thriving BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg THEY tend to fly below the radar but boutique private banks have quietly established a significant presence in Singapore over the past 15 years while proudly maintaining their most cherished
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      231 20 ERFRONT CITY OF THE FUTURE. UDE P rr-C L i T v* W -4> a* s V "it Artist s impression of the Tanjong Pagar Waterfront District No restrictions on foreign ownership 13. Rising 250 metres high, Altez is a stunning landmark in the city, just two minutes’ walk from
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      187 1 MICA (P) 108/11/2010 Partners with I»/A, BRITISH COUNCIL O Public Libraries NLB Singapore 7. THE RAITS TIMES. V MONDAY 26/09/11 A o p s I 1 doseb rou The Urban guide to loolcing retro chic without spending a cent vno-t\ tdrvouk^aW Under-15s win in Austria. 17 RF TWICE PLUS Top
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        592 2 Although I only have a hunch, I’d like to blame film director John Hughes for putting the word “prom” on the Singapore student calendar. Until his 1980s blockbusters about teens desperate to get dates for them classic example, Pretty In Pink young people here
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        157 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG Share your responses to these questions with your group or class. 1. What sort of parties do you like to attend? Why? 2. What are the three things you most like about parties? 3. What are the three things you most dislike about parties?
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        485 3 SHERYL QUEK Talking to top executives in the IT field got some girls thinking big about careers in the industry. At DigiGirlz Day, more than 50 of them from 10 secondary schools rubbed shoulders with top women executives in technology for a glimpse into
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        308 4 The Night Safari canned its award-winning Halloween Horrors event two weeks before its Sept 30 launch because it had no relevance to conservation. This, despite having already spent $1 million to organise the event and selling 1,000 tickets. INSIGHT The popular annual event was to have
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        355 4 People vexed by telemarketers can rejoice because a new law which enables them to block unwanted phone calls may be introduced as early as next year. INSIGHT The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) has launched a public consultation exercise to seek feedback on a
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        670 5 When Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak promised to do away with Malaysia’s Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows the government to detain people without trial for up to two years, observers questioned if Singapore should do the same. However, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced
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        185 6 Associated Press BBC News Six scientists and an official are on trial in L'Aquila for manslaughter after allegedly failing to sufficiently warn residents about an impending earthquake. The 6.3-magnitude quake hit in April 2009, killing 308 people in and around the town of L’Aquila in central Italy. The seven
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        165 6 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Two American hikers accused of spying on and illegally entering Iran more than two years ago have finally been released. Josh Fattal (right) and Shane Bauer, both 29, were freed after bail of US$500,000 (S$644,000) was paid for each of them by the Gulf state
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        679 6 Sources: Agence France-Presse BBC News The Daily Mail The Wall Street Journal Time THE NEWS A trader who made secret, unauthorised dealings lost the Swiss bank UBS a whopping US$2.3 billion (S$2.9 billion) recently. It is a huge blow to UBS as well as
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        441 7  -  BY TAN XING QI To the uninitiated, tchoukball (pronounced “chook” ball) looks like a messy, disorganised ball game. The gameplay is similar to that of handball but, to add to the confusion, players can score at either end of the court. Despite the game’s
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        175 7  -  TAN XING QI A total of 146 teams from 63 primary, secondary and tertiary institutions took part in the third Amazing Science-X Challenge on Sept 17 at the Singapore Science Centre. Three budding scientists from Damai Secondary School, Bryan Chong, Sebastian Wong and Samuel Guo,
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        579 9 Are you all dressed up with nowhere to go? Fret no more! Mark this date in your diary; Dec 17. On that Saturday, IN will be throwing its very first prom and you are invited if you are under 18. And best of all... it's free!
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        151 10/11 borrow beg before you raid ccwv cw\ <x±x\rib&, tcwv xw^oji slf\ow& «pu Vvowto 'flMke tVva wost of wW*fc feat Wav'd Welcome to a tough and often painful process. No, not growing up, but dressing for the prom. After all, as a teenager, your wardrobe and bank account are probably limited
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        408 10/11 Urban’s fashion writer Rohaizatul Azhar gives IN his expert views and some tips on how to stand out at the prom. Girls LESS IS ALWAYS MORE Don’t overdo the jewellery. It always looks better when you wear only simple jewellery because the focus is on you. DO YOUR
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        404 12  -  BY NICHOLAS LAM IN Crowder Perfection is not something you can expect from us guys, at least not in Home Econom- ics class. It is not just about tardiness or the inability to follow recipes. However, everyone was admirably calm and composed during the pre-cook-ing briefing recently,
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        174 12 Nine teams will be competing to bring change to the world in the finale of the Now You Can Youth Leadership Series. They will be presenting their extraordinary ideas that will make a difference to the community on Oct 16 at the
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        713 13  -  Lesson activity by MATT WINCHESTER of the British Council BRITISH COUNCIL MATT WINCHESTER The other day I was reading an article about a new production of Shakespeare’s Richard III. One thing I noticed was that the critics had a wonderfully wide vocabulary. Here are some of the
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        932 14  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR EXAM PREP PART 3 In our past lessons, we have 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
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        375 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. REVISION F Do not ever use “whereby”: most times it is wrongly used; moreover, it is
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        519 16 / 17  -  By The Jessica Cheam By The Straits Times, Sept 13 Instantly noticeable from a distance, McDonald’s new outlet at Jurong Central Park features a green, mush-room-shaped roof. But it is not there just to please the eye it is also an environment-friendly roof which helps
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        964 16 / 17 Read The Straits Times article on the left and the information below carefully. Plan your answer first before writing it out. EXAMINATION PREPARATION Practice Set 1 Paper 1: Section Two [30 marks] (You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section.) Education
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        284 18 / 19  -  Turn to the infographics on Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall in the Home section of The Straits Times today. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG These two buildings have been vibrant centres of the arts and were highly popular as venues for public performances,
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        341 18 / 19  -  Turn to the article on rugby in the Sport section of The Straits Times today. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG Rugby is not a familiar game in Singapore, but we do have a few schools that excel in it, particularly some boys’ schools. The journalist highlights the present
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        230 20 2000 present Singaporeans today are dealing with rising inflation and a higher cost of living. Steady population growth, from 4 million in 2000 to more than 5.1 million today, has also driven up prices. The Government has made an effort to ensure Singaporeans do not lose out on education by
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      94 3 FOOD SAFETY SCHOOL IsYourFoodinGoodHands? Ensure safe and edible food by washing your hands and keeping clean. Food Safety is also your responsibility. Wash your hands with soap and water before touching or eating food. Hands carry microorganisms that can be transferred to our food. Wash your hands after using the
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