The Straits Times, 3 October 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Private school’s debt crisis
      49 1 68 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS CAMBRIDGE Institute, a leading private school here, is in a debt crisis and has to vacate its campuses. Its students have been transferred to other schools and its teachers have sought legal help over unpaid salaries. L PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon HK split over PR ruling
      63 1 A LANDMARK court ruling last week that gave long-serving maids in Hong Kong a chance to apply for permanent residency has garnered diverging reactions. For some maids, it represents the hope of a better future. But critics say the decision could lead to more immigrants
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      Lock icon I’m fine, says Chin Peng
      60 1 FORMER communist leader Chin Peng is not in a coma, his lawyer said, refuting reports that the 86-year-old was in a Bangkok hospital. Chin Peng, who is living in exile in Thailand, reportedly told the lawyer that he was in the best of health, and
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      Lock icon London Games roadblock
      59 1 LONDON is racing against the clock to get its transport system ready in time for the Olympics next year, when millions of tourists are expected to jam the trains, buses and cabs. The challenge to overhaul its creaking underground train system and clear its crowded roads is
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      Lock icon Disaster won’t defeat him
      60 1 THE March 11 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan was Hideki Matsuyama’s inspiration over the last week. The golfer, whose university hostel in Sendai was destroyed in the tragedy, retained the Asian Amateur Championship at the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday. He also earned another ticket
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    Lock icon Malaysia, Singapore ‘can prosper together’
    563 1  -  Malaysian Deputy PM says both can tap on Asia’s economic boom BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday said that his country seeks to cooperate and prosper together with Singapore, so as to tap on Asia’s
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    Lock icon BRIDGE BREECH
    40 1 A SUPPORTER cheers as demonstrators attempt to march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday. The protestors are opposed to outsized corporate profits on Wall Street. Police stopped the march and arrested hundreds. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    Lock icon Shell moves to absolve itself of liability on some supply deals
    552 1  -  BY CHERYL ONG Additional reporting by and Tham Yuen-C Aaron Low SHELL yesterday confirmed media reports that said it had declared force majeure on some of its customers. Doing so excuses the oil giant from fulfilling its contractual obligations
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      88 1 Record number of local designers at Paris Fashion Week It’s that time of the year... exams! Husband of two weeks goes missing during work trip in Greece HOME PAGE B1 LIFE! PAGE C5 PRIME PAGE A7 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
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        Lock icon Troubled euro zone faces uncertain future
        75 2 WE SAY The troubled euro zone got a well-deserved breather last week, when Germany’s Parliament approved a measure that would allow Berlin to increase its share of loan guarantees to beleaguered countries such as Greece. That said, however, the financial storm is far from
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      • COLUMNS
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          Lock icon The view from Asia
          47 2 The world economy really does look different from the other side, says Hamish McRae. Singapore, the most exposed of the South-east Asian economies, is managing to sustain more than 5 per cent growth far faster than any European country. L REVIEW PAGE A23
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          Lock icon Sound business practices
          33 2 firms falters, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B15 It may be worth considering a “Look East” alternative for good business practices as faith in the boards of Western
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        Lock icon Cabs push up COE prices
        40 2 OUR READER SAYS Taxis should be reclassified into a separate category from cars up to 1,600 cc, so that they do not inflate Certificate of Entitlement prices unfairly, says Madeline Lim. L FORUM PAGE A25
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        24 2 www.straitstimes.com L Grace Chng tells us why Amazon can succeed where others have failed previously, in trying to burst Apple’s iPad bubble.
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      Lock icon Defining ‘the Government’
      973 2  -  The PAP is not the Govt. Nor is Parliament. Clarity matters. BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WHEN people hear that I’ve started work at The Straits Times, they respond in all manner of ways. One response in particular is distressingly common: “Oh, so you’re in the government.” This
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      Lock icon Leading private school in debt crisis
      919 3  -  Students now at other schools, 2 teachers win suits for unpaid salary BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg A LEADING private school has been left homeless after running up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Cambridge Institute has had to transfer nearly all of its
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      79 3  -  BY LAU FOOK KONG 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. On this small
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      Lock icon 120,000 get sneak peek of new stations on Circle Line
      783 4  -  Dances and free rides at last 12 stations, which will open on Saturday BY CHERYL ONG ongyiern@sph.com.sg MORE than 120,000 commuters yesterday got a sneak peek at what the completed Circle Line will look like, when they travelled between the
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      Lock icon London Olympics’ transport woes
      399 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: With just 10 months to go before the Olympics come to town, London is fighting against time and a ballooning bill to upgrade its transport system before millions of Games visitors arrive. With its creaking underground train system and crowded roads that even
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      Lock icon Anti-Wall Street protest: Police arrest over 700
      493 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: More than 700 anti-Wall Street activists were arrested over the weekend in New York amid chaotic scenes, after a protest movement’s march against “corporate greed” was broken up by police. The activists, many of whom had
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      Lock icon Yemen says it gave US terror cleric’s location
      662 6 Its officials slam US for pushing president to quit despite cooperation NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS SANAA (Yemen): Yemen officials say they provided the intelligence that helped the United States hunt down cleric Anwar al-Awlaki on the very same day the US called
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      Lock icon Indonesia nabs wanted man over Solo church bombing
      401 6  -  BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday disclosed that they had nabbed one of four suspects wanted in connection with a couple of suicide bombings recently, including the one on a church in Solo, Central Java, last Sunday. Beni Asri,
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      Lock icon Govt reviewing CPF policies for older workers: Tharman
      567 6  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG THE Government is reviewing its policies on Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates, especially where older workers are concerned. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the Government is also consulting unionists and employers to see how the review can
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      Lock icon Help for retrenched white-collar and older workers
      426 6 TO EASE the manpower crunch that small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing, one idea the Government is considering is paying private employment agencies to help the companies find workers. This will help older workers and retrenched white-collar workers find jobs, Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon Singaporean goes missing in Greece
      603 7  -  Duke-NUS student last seen five days ago BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Ng Kai Ling A FOURTH-year student of the Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS) Graduate Medical School here has been missing in Athens for five days, triggering a wave of fear
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      Lock icon ST’s election coverage has improved: Readers
      653 8  -  Survey shows 93% satisfied this year, up from 89% in 2006 BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg READERS of The Straits Times gave it the thumbs-up for its coverage of the May 7 general election, according to a survey done recently. Indeed, more readers were satisfied
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      Lock icon Newspapers ‘tops for election news’
      463 8 EVEN as the Internet rose in importance for Singaporeans looking for political news, a Singapore Press Holdings survey has found that people value the Internet and newspapers for very different things. The main way in which newspapers provided the most value was by having the
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      Lock icon More interest in political news after GE 2011
      190 8 THE General Election in May has fuelled greater interest in political news, according to a survey held after the event. More than two-fifths of newspaper readers surveyed said their interest in political news has increased after the election. Twenty-two per cent said
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      Lock icon Doubts and fears in HK over green light for maids’ PR
      837 10 Govt to appeal against court’s landmark decision AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: A landmark court ruling handed down last week has given long-serving maids in Hong Kong a chance to apply for permanent residency, but the decision has garnered widely
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      Lock icon Why she went to court
      220 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MS EVANGELINE Banao Vallejos, a domestic helper from the Philippines who has lived in Hong Kong since 1986, had to press for a legal review at the High Court to get a restriction on her qualification for permanent residency lifted. The 59-year-old mother
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      105 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Law catches up with accidental NZ millionaire L US fugitive ‘lived openly under own name in Africa’ L Facebook site revamp set to ‘lock in’ users MOST COMMENTED ON L Pictures: China marks national day with vows
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        Lock icon Rare discord over Myanmar’s dam U-turn
        552 12 Beijing urges Myanmar to protect Chinese firms’ rights after project is axed AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Beijing has urged Myanmar to protect the rights of Chinese companies and told the latter to comply with local laws after the government of the Asean country halted construction
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        Lock icon Colouring his world
        55 12 Retired pilot Huang Yongfu (right), 88, has turned a once squalid village in central Taiwan’s Taichung city, into a colourful tourist attraction. The village was reserved for retired soldiers and their families from China in the late 1940s. Mr Huang started painting it two years ago in
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        Lock icon Tibetans in China protest over flag, Dalai Lama pic
        339 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Angry Tibetans protested in a tense area of south-western China on the country’s National Day after a Tibetan flag and a photo of the Dalai Lama were torn down, a news report said yesterday. The protest took place
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        Lock icon US Senate to vote on ‘yuan manipulation’ Bill
        286 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: The US Senate this week takes up a Bill to punish China for its alleged currency manipulation, a move that has divided the Republican presidential field and put the White House in a bind. The Bill backed by
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        Lock icon Najib urges MCA to end internal strife
        652 18  -  PM tries to rally party’s delegates, but its leaders continue war of words BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday urged the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) to end its internal feuding as its current and past leaders
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        Lock icon Chin Peng not in coma, says lawyer
        380 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer who represented former communist leader Chin Peng (right) has denied that he was in a coma. Reports alleging Chin Peng was in a coma were incorrect, Mr Chan Kok Keong told news portal Malaysiakini. “He is fine
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        Lock icon Yingluck’s Twitter account hacked
        286 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra came under fire from her own Twitter account yesterday when it was briefly taken over by an anonymous hacker who accused her of incompetence. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ministry said it was investigating the
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        Lock icon Johor not crime-ridden, says police chief
        292 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar has refuted controversial claims by a senior opposition politician that Johor was a crime-rid-den state. He said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s claims on the state were baseless, as the crime rate
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        Lock icon High-ranking terror figure nabbed: Nato
        479 19 Capture of top Haqqani leader in Afghanistan a ‘milestone’ NEW YORK TIMES KABUL: Nato forces said they had captured a man they described as a high-ranking member of the Al Qae-da-linked Haqqani network, the Paki-stan-based clan the United States considers one of the biggest threats
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        Lock icon Sonia back in public at Gandhi event
        332 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW DELHI: Mrs Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, made her first public appearance yesterday since undergoing surgery in the United States for an undisclosed ailment two months ago. Mrs Gandhi, seen as the key power broker of
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        Lock icon Carrier craze cools in Dalian
        652 17  -  Fewer going ‘carrier-spotting’ as novelty over China’s aircraft carrier wears off BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg IN SHANGHAI, the local Ikea store is a popular hangout for middle-aged singles looking for love. In Dalian, the local branch of the Swedish furniture store is
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        Lock icon French curbs unveil rising tension over Islam
        924 20  -  Govt may impose more restrictions as it pushes for greater assimilation NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com PARIS: The Goutte d’Or used to be such a typical neighbourhood here that it prompted Emile Zola, one of France’s most famous writers, to
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        Lock icon ‘Underwear bomber’ to stand trial for plot
        455 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT: A young Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a packed airliner on Christmas Day in 2009 returns to court today to stand trial for one of Al-Qaeda’s biggest plots. Jurors are to be selected this week before
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        Lock icon Nato set to wrap up mission in Libya
        579 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The military mission in Libya is largely complete and Nato could begin to wrap up its involvement as early as during this coming week, after allied leaders meet in Brussels, according to the top American commander for
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        Lock icon Arab Spring activists tipped for Nobel prizes
        408 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STOCKHOLM: The Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East are tipped to provide the winners of this year’s Nobel peace and literature awards. The season of Nobel awards opens today with the medicine prize announcement. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards
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        Lock icon US physicians nurse grievance over ‘doctor’ tag
        580 21 They try to restrict use of title as doctorates pop up in health professions NEW YORK TIMES NASHVILLE (Tennessee): Ms Sue Cassidy went to a clinic with a pain in her right ear. A staff member wearing a white lab coat with a
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          Lock icon Ex-wife to get $105m
          109 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: The French press is calling it the most expensive divorce settlement in the country’s history: A court has ordered billionaire Aga Khan (left) to pay his former wife ¤60 million (S$105 million). The Aga Khan, who is spiritual leader to 20 million Ismaili
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          Lock icon Woman, 66, abducted
          98 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAMU (Kenya): Somali gunmen have snatched a disabled Frenchwoman from a Kenyan resort island after a shootout with Kenya’s navy. The wheelchair-bound 66-year-old was taken from her home on the archipelago of Lamu in east Kenya on Saturday by “10 heavily armed Somali bandits”. “She’s
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          Lock icon Japan PM support dips
          109 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A new nationwide poll revealed yesterday that support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his Cabinet had fallen more than 8 percentage points since they took power last month. The Kyodo News agency poll showed public approval at 54.6 per cent, down
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          Lock icon Hit by two typhoons in a week
          68 22 A woman comforting a baby as she wades through floodwaters in Bulacan province, north of Manila, yesterday after Typhoon Nalgae struck the Philippines on Saturday, killing at least three people.The country had yet to recover from Typhoon Nesat, which hit on Tuesday and
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          Lock icon Electric car-sharing
          116 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Self -service electric cars appeared on the streets of Paris yesterday, as a French group launched a public car-hire scheme modelled on the capital’s popular bicycle-sharing system. The Autolib’ venture by Mr Vincent Bollore, a prominent businessman with ties to President Nicolas Sarkozy, began a
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          Lock icon Gas deposits found
          115 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse announced yesterday that natural gas deposits had been found in the country for the first time during exploratory drilling off the island’s coast. The company prospecting in the area, Cairn Lanka, which began exploratory drilling in the Mannar Basin
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        Lock icon Crazy ants invading US
        304 22 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS: It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. They travel in cargo containers, bales of hay, potted plants,
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  304 words
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      1335 23  -  BY HAMISH MCRAE The writer is an associate editor of The Independent. THE INDEPENDENT THE world economy really does look different from the other side and, frankly, it is a bit of a relief to get away, albeit briefly, from the relentless
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        790 24  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. THE catastrophic accident at Japan’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant earlier this year undermined confidence in, and support for, nuclear power around
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        777 24  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg LONG agreed that the use of biological and toxin weapons is abhorrent and unacceptable, much of the international community will soon convene in Geneva to consider how best to further advance their cause. The Biological and Toxin Weapons
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        299 25  -  COE SYSTEM Madeline Lim (Ms) UNDER the existing certificate of entitlement (COE) open-bidding scheme, taxis are classified with cars up to 1,600 cc in Category A. According to last year’s annual vehicle statistics published on the Land Transport Authority website, there are 338,545 cars
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        92 25 1 MS YEO BOON ENG: Tuition has more to do with parents’ expectations 2 MR LIM POH SENG: Who will bear the cost when password virus strikes? 3 MS JUNE HOO: A disservice to those who rely on London cabs 4 MR LIM TECK KOON: Cut some slack
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          248 25  -  Ng Ya Ken OUR population has increased by about 2 per cent to 5.18 million, with residents making up 3.79 million (“PR numbers down for first time in 20 years”; last Thursday). Early last month, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) presented four scenarios of population
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          259 25  - Underlying issue a deficit of kindness Dr William Wan General Secretary Singapore Kindness Movement Secretariat THE hygiene issue aside (“New council rolls up sleeves for dirty job”; last Wednesday), the problem of littering and dirty toilets points to an underlying issue a deficit of kindness. This is a pattern of
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        235 25  -  Wendy Ng (Ms) MY FAMILY bought a Mercedes-Benz last year and within two weeks of the collection of the vehicle from Cycle Carriage, the engine stalled. Assuming that it was our unfamiliar handling of the car, we dismissed the problem until the
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        103 25  -  Helen Lim (Ms) Acting Director, Media Relations Land Transport Authority WE THANK Ms Sharon Siddique for her feedback (“Less opacity on road to preserve green heritage”; Sept 26). The Land Transport Authority works very closely with the National Parks Board to minimise the
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      130 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Parkway revokes doc’s accreditation L Lease terminated; two firms sue Government MOST COMMENTED ON L Cycling in Singapore: On the wrong side of the law? Says Ong Wee Yang: “There is one important message that was not
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      509 1  -  Mrs Lim IF YOU are unprepared, it’s not the end of the world. Here are some tips on what to do: Targeted study, no distractions like social networking L Keep social networking, online surfing, text messages and TV at arm’s length during the
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      88 2 Former president S R Nathan greeting piano soloist Abigail Sin as her fellow past President’s Young Performers (from left) Albert Lin, Chan Yoong-Han and Lim Yan look on after a tribute concert for Mr Nathan held by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Esplanade Concert
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      707 3  -  Tenants of arts hub concerned by short extension of lease BY EISEN TEO eisenteo@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Sheryl Quek and Tan Xing Qi THE arts community and tenants of Old School in Mount Sophia are wondering how long it will be before they
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      503 4  -  BY HUANG LIJIE SHOPPERS passionate about the green movement now have an ally in the supermarkets. The major ones here have been doing more to promote environment-friendly consumption by expanding their range of eco-products and introducing green features and practices in their outlets.
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      268 4  -  JUDITH TAN THE 13-year-old boy who adopted dogs for free and then sold them for pocket money has been given a conditional police warning. Pet lovers on the Internet had been calling for action from the authorities since the scam came to light in
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      628 5  -  Free home-care service for up to 3,000 non-cancer patients BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg LUNG disease patient Lincoln Wong rarely receives regular guests at home except for two visitors who drop by every month. Like old friends, they ask the 65-year-old questions about his health
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      383 5  -  BY NG KAI LING A WELLNESS programme aimed at encouraging women to go for their first mammogram has been extended to those due for a subsequent check. Under Project Celebrate Wellness, which started last year, women aged 50 and above pay just $25, about a quarter
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      14 2 S’porean wins Miss Erotica title in New Zealand SHE SAYS: MY MUM DOESN’T KNOW
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      226 8 LOOK out for special deals from travel agents as well as Japanese hotel operators and tourism officialsat“MyJapanHoliday–JapanTravel&Food Fair 2011” this Saturday and Sunday at Takashimaya Square, Basement 2. Organised by Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Singapore, the event is held to restore travellers’ confidence
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      215 8 MARK your diary for a weekend of fun at Casa Kidi’s grand opening with the theme Fairy Tale Adventures to celebrate Children’s Day this Saturday and Sunday. The lifestyle display centre is the largest in Asia with over 100 children’s bedroom sets and accessories on display.
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        42 8 TwonewNestléCerelacToddlerCereals variants Multi Grain Mixed Fruits and Multi Grain Garden Vegetables offer a new taste for toddlers aged 12 months and above. Available at $5.50 from supermarkets. A third variant, Multi Grain Oats with Prunes, will be launched next month.
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        38 8 The new Efalex Vision is marketed as a dual supplement for healthy eyes and vision. It comprises 30 capsules and 30 tablets which you can take daily with food or drink. Available at $29.90 from pharmacies.
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        47 8 Pay $28.80++ per adult to enjoy unlimited servings of local favourites such as braised pig trotter, wok-fried crab with chilli and smoked boneless chicken. Available for lunch on Monday to Saturday at the River Palace Chinese Restaurant in River View Hotel. For reservations, call 6349-4865.
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        45 8 The new Axor Bouroullec Collection, which comprises more than 70 bathroom products from $186.50, allows you to put together an ensemble any way you want. Available at authorised distributors and Hansgrohe Aquademie, 69 Mohammed Sultan Road. Tel: 6884-5060. For more information, visit www.hansgrohe.com.sg.
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        46 8 Known since 1971 for its fashionable bags and accessories made from crocodile, ostrich, python and lizard skin, Nankai is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a new collection made from exotic skins. Check them out at Ngee Ann City, #05-27A. For more information, visit www.nankai.com.sg.
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        56 8 Fly in comfort with Delta Air Lines’ new 180-degree flatbed seats (on B777 aircraft only) for Business Elite passengers on flights between Singapore and Tokyo-Narita, and onwards to Atlanta, Minneapolis or St Paul. Its Economy Comfort seating features four additional inches of legroom and seats that recline 50
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      636 8  -  Teeth-whitening is a growing business that makes dentists smile because it is not a one-off treatment BY LEONG PHEI PHEI PEARLY white teeth are lovely but very few people are blessed with them naturally. And they cannot stay white permanently. Just as there are different
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      245 8 NOW you can access financial products and do your banking when you shop for groceries in a supermarket at the new Plus! Lite branch in FairPrice Xtra at Jurong Point. FairPrice customers can open Plus! Deposit accounts and apply for Plus! Debit and Plus! Credit
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      239 8 GET ready for a scary time during Halloween at *SCAPE from Oct 21 to Nov 2. The Museum of Horrors II, an exhibition of classic Hollywood movie monsters and scenes of legendary creepy folklore from different horror genre, returns to the
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      437 9  -  Tottenham rule North London as Arsenal slump to another loss Tottenham Hotspur 2 Arsenal 1 BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg A NEW standard has been raised in North London, and its colours, taken in context of Arsenal’s ghastly season and Tottenham’s excellence, is white and blue. Spurs’ previous
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      652 9  -  Bolton Wanderers 1 Chelsea 5 BY RICHARD JOLLY BOLTON: With four goals in two games, reports of Frank Lampard’s demise are both premature and exaggerated. The veteran faces a battle for his place at Chelsea, but he is making his case eloquently following yesterday’s fine display against
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      780 9  -  HORSE RACING Written by i Michael Lee in Japan SINGAPORE star sprinter Rocket Man finished out of the placings for the first time in his 22-start career when a luckless fourth to local filly Curren Chan in the JPY197,600,000 (S$3,8 million) Grade 1 Sprinters Stakes
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      498 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Carlos Tevez’s refusal to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich last week has already cost him his place in the Manchester City side. Now, he could literally be made to pay for his act of defiance. City are ready
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      282 10 LONDON: Alex Ferguson believes his Manchester United team are so good that only eight of his players need to be in top form in a match. “It’s all about team spirit,” he told The Mirror, after watching an off-colour United defeat Norwich
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      434 10 LONDON: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has insisted that Andy Carroll never had to prove himself after seeing his £35 million (S$71 million) striker open his account this season against Merseyside rivals Everton. Britain’s most expensive footballer netted the opener in Liverpool’s 2-0 win at
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      939 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: It has been one of the more unusual sights at this Rugby World Cup, seeing Jonny Wilkinson struggle to land his penalty attempts. After all, England’s left-footed, sharpshooting goal-kicker won the 2003 World Cup when he landed the winning drop
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      682 12  -  ON THE DOUBLE: A MARATHON GUIDE BY JASON LAWRENCE stsports@sph.com.sg Jason Lawrence grew up with stories of New Zealand athletics’ glory days and spent six years working in the Japan running world as a coach and manager to African
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        93 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: A group of Napoli hooligans smashed windows, doors and check-in desks at Naples’ Capodichino airport early yesterday morning as they waited to greet their returning football team, Italian news agency Ansa reported. Napoli had earlier upset last year’s European champions Inter
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        62 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Serbian tennis player David Savic has become only the second player to receive a life ban for attempting to fix matches. The Tennis Integrity Unit said in a statement on Saturday that the 659th-ranked player was also fined US$100,000 (S$129,000) after
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        48 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: French Open champion Li Na was humiliated in front of her home fans yesterday, beaten 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of tennis’ China Open by unheralded Romanian Monica Niculescu (above). It was the 29-year-old’s second straight first-round exit.
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      1182 18  -  Growing demand, limited supply BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg FROM his office on the 11th storey of Suntec City Tower 2, Mr Sunny Verghese can look over much of the city centre. But far beyond that, from here the 51-year-old Briton also looks
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      125 18 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Coke is it? Not for F&N any more YOUR SAY L Cleavage or cover-up? It may not be the most pressing workplace issue but the question of how much skin to show has been occupying some minds of
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        646 14  -  Analysts who predicted STI would end the year over 3,500 are now hoping for just 2,900 MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE fourth quarter’s trading, which kicks off today, brings with it fresh worries. Gone are the balmy days in the first
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          95 14 Sep 30 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Sep 29 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2970 -0.33 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.7559 +0.51 2.0153 1.6758 FR Sep 29 A$ 1.2633 +0.90 1.3406 1.1515 Yen* 1.6881 +0.17 1.7025 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.89 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Sep 30 CHNG YR 2011
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          1049 14 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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        547 14  -  WARRANTS WATCH GOH ENG YEOW THE warrants market was on a roll last month even as regional markets stumbled to their worst quarterly performance since the darkest period of the global financial crisis three years ago. Data from Macquarie Group, the largest warrants issuer
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        999 15  -  Asia may offer pointers as faith in boards of Western firms falters C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two Chinese characters marry
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          54 15 MOHD HASSAN MARICAN: Appointed independent director on the board of Sembcorp Marine. The 58-year-old is a veteran of the oil and gas sector, and spent 15 years as chief executive of Malaysian energy giant Petronas. He also serves as a director at Sembcorp Industries, Singapore Power, Sarawak Energy
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          84 15 BEN KESWICK: Named new managing director of Jardine Matheson. He will succeed Mr Anthony Nightingale, who is retiring on March 31 next year. Mr Keswick, who has been group managing director of Jardine Cycle Carriage since 2007, will also succeed Mr Nightingale as managing director at Jardine Strategic,
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          31 15 LANCE FREY: Appointed chief financial officer of Transcu Group. The 48-year-old was previously managing director of marketing firm Two Shores, and before that Asia-Pacific CFO for telecommunications company Brightstar.
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          54 15 NGAI KOK HOONG: Employed as the new chief financial officer at engineering company ISDN Holdings. Mr Ngai, 50, has worked for several publicly listed and private companies as financial controller. Separately, ISDN announced that its vice-president of finance, Ms Lim Bee Teng, has resigned. The 35-year-old joined the
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          41 15 WONG SIAN JING: Named chief financial officer of Singapore Medical Group. Ms Wong, 38, was previously the senior vice-president of group operations and finance at Asiasons WFG Financial. She has also held management positions within accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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        392 15  -  BY AARON LOW TIGER Airways has warned that it is expecting to record a sizeable loss for the three months ending Sept 30. This is mainly because of the suspension of its Australian services by the Civil Aviation
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      854 16  -  Company banking on China’s focus on energy infrastructure EYE ON... HU AN CABLE HOLDINGS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg CHINA’S rapid economic growth and demand for ev-er-more energy and infrastructure development are proving a bonanza for Singapore-listed Hu An Cable. Hu An, which
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      137 16  -  JONATHAN KWOK HU AN Cable produces wires and cables for companies in China, including power plants, power distribution grids, coal miners, ship builders and real estate developers. It also produces a variety of other related products such as aluminium rods, copper rods, plastic cable materials, insulating materials
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      756 17 Sexy clothes may look attractive but can hurt the wearer’s image and promotion chances AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg CLEAVAGE or cover-up? It is not the usual workplace issue we have to deal with but the question of how much skin to
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      388 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: Greece is expected to unveil its plan to begin laying off state workers the most contentious part of a reform package demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to free up
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        423 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR The day a good friend of mine found out she had flunked a promotional examination in university, her confidence plunged. Usually good-humoured and blessed with an abundance of positive energy, she was devastated at having failed so miserably
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        197 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. Stories abound in which people, like the editor’s friend, turned adversity into an opportunity. Briefly recount one such story that has inspired you. 2. Recall a time in your life when you experienced a setback or failure, or when things went really wrong.
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        444 3  -  BY SHERYL QUEK The iPhone may be the most talked-about smartphone, but there is an attraction on Android smartphones teens just cannot ignore: more free apps. Up to 57 per cent of apps on the Android Market are free, compared with 28 per cent on the
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        532 4/5 The new Education Minister Heng Swee Keat wants schools to emphasise the teaching of values and character building. The Ministry of Education will create a Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) branch and draw up a CCE curriculum to help schools and teachers achieve this vision. INSIGHT
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        331 4/5 The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said because of a computation error, it has been reporting the wrong statistics for drug-related arrests. INSIGHT While CNB had reported that drug arrest figures were 1,925 in 2008, 1,883 in 2009 and 1,805 in 2010, the
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        298 4/5 The year’s biggest show Formula One Grand Prix roared into town on the weekend of Sept 23-25, bringing with it a bevy of major conferences, business networking sessions, star-stud-ded rock concerts, fashion shows and all-night parties. INSIGHT The only night race in the
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        657 6 They can vote soon but Saudi women are still banned from driving Sources: Agence France-Presse, NPR.org, New Statesman, Reuters, BBC News, The Australian THE NEWS Saudi Arabia says that women will finally be able to vote in elections and stand as candidates from 2015. But a day after the announcement,
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        173 6 Agence France-Presse Obese people now outnumber those who go hungry worldwide, and hardship for the undernourished is only going to get worse, the Geneva-based International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) warned recent- ly as it released its annual World Disasters Report in New Delhi, India. The humanitarian group
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        215 6 Associated Press A man has been executed for murder in Georgia despite numerous doubts over his guilt. The death of Troy Davis, 42, was welcomed by the family of the victim policeman Mark MacPhail, who was shot and killed when he intervened in an argument in a Georgia
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        539 7  -  BY TAN XING QI She waltzed straight into the cold dance studio and uttered not a sound giving the apprentices a taste of things to come. “Straight to the bars” seemed to be the only message coming from her body language. Communicating through only
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        316 8 / 9 It has been a long and lonely road for Nur Firdiana Mansor: she is the only student in Unity Secondary School resitting her O levels this year. She had scored 44 points in her first attempt, which qualified her only for a few courses at
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        301 8 / 9 Some secondary school leavers are retaking their O levels while studying at a polytechnic or the ITE. Angelina Ang juggles her engineering informatics course at Nanyang Polytechnic with preparations for the English O-level exam. She hopes to get at least a C to
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        298 8 / 9 Ashvini Nadia scored 18 points for her O levels last year, which qualified her for a place in a polytechnic. Unfortunately, the 16-year-old had her mind set on the psychology course at Temasek Polytechnic, which has a cut-off of nine points. The teenager
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        755 10 / 11  -  SHERYL QUEK shows you easy ways to relieve stress SHERYL QUEK 3 FIND “SWAG” OVERKILL “Swag” is the new word for “cool” and can describe everything from your attitude to your style, according to Urban Dictionary.com. Sadly, “swag” has become too swag
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        114 10 / 11 NOW YOU CAN 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 on how to make a difference to the community on Oct 16 at the *Scape Warehouse. Come
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        210 12  -  BY TAN XING QI One Saturday, Douglas Tham spent 30 minutes at Suntec City scoffing down skittles. All that candy may have made him uncomfortable, but the 15-year-old was rewarded with the Best of Show award for the student category at the recent Singapore Canon PhotoMarathon. His consistently
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        131 12 Calling all movie buffs! Have you always wanted to write solid film reviews for your school newsletter or your blog? Now is the chance for you to pick up the skills from an experienced film reviewer: ST Life! correspondent John Lui. Date: Wednesday, Oct 19
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        625 13  -  Do students get too much homework? SHERYL QUEK finds out what they think is too much SHERYL QUEK Homework (too much or too little) has been in the news since Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said schools should have a homework policy. This would moderate
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        712 14  -  By MARDIANA ABU BAKAR EXAM PREP PART 4 In our past lessons, we looked at nine figures of speech. Brief revision notes of these literary devices are listed here. 1. EUPHEMISM involves substituting pleasant words to replace unpleasant ones. 2. There are three types of irony:
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        366 15  -  Time to look through your English notes. By GERAINT WONG. By GERAINT WONG SECTION B Rewrite each of the following sentences, correcting the errors there may be one or two in each sentence, or none at all. 1. My teacher asked me to get all the equipments
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        1528 16 / 17 EXTRACTED FROM “BUILDING CHARACTER THROUGH ACTIVITIES” THE STRAITS TIMES SEPT 23 Student Muhammad Ashari Borhan, 15, used to get into quarrels with his classmates, but has since had some help in anger management. He was not put through counselling. He has learnt to control his temper and get
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        364 18 / 19  -  Turn to The Monday Interview in the Life! section of The Straits Times today. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG Perhaps some of you did not know, the Singapore Zoo is among the best in the world. Mr Bernard Harrison (right) is the man who made
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        497 20 Af -Uve/ of jje^sr, owf irt 4kwV ‘fiV\<ts4” rtigkf ahajJ. Skytjl Gb*fck looks i 4ivwJ Ao rf* WHAT'S A PROM? The prom is short for "promenade", which means to take a stroll. During the Victorian age in England, girls of marriageable age (that is, 16 years old and
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      121 3 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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      202 1 CPART Outrageous original Fashion boost Future of art Change of attitudes needed here C6 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 2011 Eight Questions with rocker Alice Cooper C2 Record 11 local designers at Paris Fashion Week C5 Bernard Harrison says running the Singapore Zoo was his dream job but resigning from it was
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        1417 2  -  Alice Cooper, who takes the credit for starting theatrical rock, still performs in horror make-up 8QUESTIONSWITH...AliceCooper eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg Rock bands and pop stars in outrageous costumes and make-up are almost de rigueur today, but veteran American singer Alice Cooper is not about to
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        680 2 New York Times New York On the last day of summer, three tenors were taping the Today show. No, not those Three Tenors. These were mere boys, baby-faced Italian teenagers calling themselves Il Volo and belting the red-sauce favourite O Sole Mio in front of projections
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        2375 4  -  Bernard Harrison, the first and former chief of WRS, still brims with passion for wildlife the monday interview with Bernard Harrison SINGAPORE PIONEERS john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Mr Bernard Harrison is greyer of hair and hollower of cheek, but women of a certain age will be pleased to know
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      790 5  -  Record number of 11 brands are taking part in Paris Fashion Week rohaizatul azhar rohai@sph.com.sg Singapore’s presence at the ongoing Paris Fashion Week regarded as the most prestigious fashion week on the international fashion calendar has more than tripled this year. A record number of 11
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      257 5 Associated Press Paris Rapper Kanye West debuted his new luxury clothing line on Saturday and proved naysayers wrong with a slick collection of sexy, hard-edged looks (above). The fashion industry is notoriously catty and, even though West had been a front-row regular at fashion shows for
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      111 6 ‘I dominated like a rabid, horny gorilla’ Actor Robert Downey Jr (right) on how he threw his weight around to make creative changes on the sets of Iron Man and The Avengers ‘As I’m flying along in my helicopter through the mountains of Wales, I try
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      710 6  -  Arts practitioners warn of dwindling audiences if more is not done to instil love for arts among youth akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg What is art without an audience? At discussions last week on the future of Singapore’s cultural scene, arts practitioners said more must be done
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