The Straits Times, 1 November 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 77 1 BEIJING has been plagued by a blanket of smog, with air quality sinking as a result of weather conditions combined with pollution from traffic and coal-burning power stations. Flights have been cancelled and highways closed after visibility dropped to risky levels in some parts of
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    • 68 1 OCBC Bank has been given a slap on the wrist by the authorities after its nationwide banking network crashed for four hours in September, paralysing services to many thousands of customers. The Monetary Authority of Singapore also ordered the bank to conduct a thorough review after
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    • 76 1 SINGAPORE are returning to the Malaysia Super League next year after a 17-year absence. However, the Lions team could be missing several household names because the players who have been approached are unhappy that the Football Association of Singapore is offering them only a one-year deal.
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  • 722 1  -  New guidelines to end practices biased towards hiring of foreigners GOVT SIGNAL TO EMPLOYERS: BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg THE Government has sent a strong signal to employers that Singapore will not stand for foreign managers who hire and promote their own kind, at the expense
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    • 320 1 STRAITS TIMES SEA GAMES PREDICTION More women travelling solo New law dean wants creative thinkers LIFE! PAGES C4&5 48GOLDMEDALS? SPORT, PAGE B9 PRIME, PAGE A15 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WAHiflFRA The Straits Times is taking part in the IFRA International Newspaper Color
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  • 98 1 A doctor at a community health centre in Mall, near the city of Lucknow in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, tends to newborn baby girl Nargis, hours after her mother Vinita, 23, gave birth yesterday. Nargis was one of several infants in various
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  • 644 1  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG SINGAPORE created more jobs than expected between July and September this year, thanks to the construction of public housing and strong demand for services. Altogether, 32,300 new jobs were added to the economy and the overall unemployment rate dipped to 2
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  • 773 1 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SYDNEY: Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies yesterday after the entire fleet was grounded over the weekend, with its chief executive Alan Joyce declaring that certainty has returned now that all industrial action
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    • VIEW POINTS
      • 85 2 WE SAY Claims made on Medisave eligibility keep rising. Pressure for more liberal use will grow as inexorably as the quickening pace of population ageing. But whether ever-increasing use of Medisave money is feasible or wise is better judged against relative numbers. The case would
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      • 50 2 COLUMNS It is hard to dismiss unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, given the recent killings of top terrorists that the United States has made with them, says William Choong. But such technological fixes do not necessarily mean victory at the strategic front. L REVIEW PAGE A26
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      • 31 2 The recent Rugby World Cup has laid to rest that hoary old myth: that New Zealanders and Australians like each other, says John McBeth. L REVIEW PAGE A27
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      • 91 2 OUR READER SAYS Measures to make it costlier to hire foreign workers may result in multinational corporations (MNCs) scaling down their operations here, resulting in a slowdown in gross domestic product that would in turn raise the resident unemployment rate, says Hoon Hian Teck. However, Patrick
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    • 1063 2  -  Slower growth could be tougher to manage than a short, sharp recession BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg HERE’S something to ponder: Could a bout of slow growth possibly be more painful than the boom and bust of a severe recession? That question has arisen as
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    • 815 3  -  He attacked younger man viciously for failing to say sorry BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Fiona Low CARPENTER Kuu Siau Lam splashed thinner on a colleague and set him on fire all because the younger man bumped into him
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    • 169 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KOTA KINABALU: An explosion (right) ripped through a train with more than 100 passengers on board, after it collided with a fuel truck taking a short cut across the tracks in the Sabah state capital yesterday. At
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: XINHUA  -  169 words
    • 300 4  -  It’s higher than overall figure as ‘unemployed foreigners have to leave’ BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg THE three-month unemployment rate among Singaporeans was given for the first time by the Manpower Ministry yesterday, and it is 3 per cent as of September. The rate, which
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    • 60 4 A soldier from the Royal Thai Army wading through flood waters in front of submerged cars at the Don Muang International Airport in Bangkok yesterday. He was part of a team of soldiers tasked with moving portable toilets away from the flooded ground floor of
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    • 531 6 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the Group of 20 Summit in Cannes, France this week. He will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and senior government officials. The meeting will determine whether Europe’s
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    • 489 6  - Govt, bosses, unions things to get ‘noisier’ More vocal climate adds strain on ties, but tension is good: Tan Chuan-Jin WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg THE Government, employers and unions have previously solved problems quietly behind the scenes, but things will get “a bit noiser” going forward, Minister
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    • 631 8  -  BY ROBIN CHAN OCBC BANK has been given a slap on the wrist by the authorities after its nationwide banking network crashed for four hours in September, paralysing services to many thousands of customers. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) also ordered the bank
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    • 670 8  -  Cheaper bills possible with more competition BY JESSICA CHEAM ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Grace Chua SINGAPORE’S policymakers are embarking on a feedback exercise to gather views on how best to import electricity into the Republic in the future. This could enable the
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    • 800 9  -  She thought he was exploiting her; victim, who was getting married, died after attack BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg ONE month before his arranged marriage in India, project supervisor Murugaiyan Selvam was bashed on the head with a dumb-bell, allegedly by his married lover. Sri Lankan Tharmalingam
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    • 58 9 A POLICE team storming a ballroom at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre yesterday as part of Exercise Heartbeat an emergency exercise to test the response of the police, the Singapore Civil Defence Force and civilian security officers to security threats to the financial district. L HOME PAGE
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    • 431 10  -  Airline expects to restore normal services by tomorrow BY ROYSTON SIM MARIA ALMENOAR roysim@sph.com.sg mariaa@sph.com.sg QANTAS has resumed all flights out of Singapore after its planes were grounded due to industrial action, with the first one leaving for Sydney at 2.06pm yesterday afternoon. A
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    • 505 10 L Who is Alan Joyce? The Dublin-born naturalised Australian, 45, took over as Qantas chief executive in 2008. He started his career in the industry with Ireland’s national carrier Aer Lingus. He worked for Jetstar Airways and the now-defunct Ansett airline
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    • 206 10 BLOOMBERG PARIS: Air France’s 15,000 cabin crew disrupted flights for a third day yesterday in protest over staffing cuts, grounding about 15 per cent of services including long-haul trips to North America. Share prices of Air France-KLM Group fell as much as 4.8
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    • 264 12 EXPLOSIONSince 1960, the world population has doubled. About 80 million people are added to the world each year the equivalent of adding another United States to the world's population every four years. Demand for resources will also rise. 122 children out of every 1,000 in the world's least
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    • 894 12 But population growth causes concern AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The first of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies arrived yesterday, to celebrations that were somewhat tempered by worries over the strain that humanity’s exploding population is putting on a fragile planet. While countries
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS; Source: UN; ST GRAPHICS  -  894 words
    • 541 14 Genetically modified ‘killer gene’ mosquitoes can help fight dengue NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: An experiment to genetically engineer mosquitoes to kill their own children has shown signs of success, paving the way for their use in fighting dengue fever, malaria and other
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  • 343 6 L Case Study 1: Foreigners hiring fellow countrymen A Singaporean known only as Ms Tan complained to the Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices (Tafep) that a foreign manager at her IT firm preferred to hire his own countrymen rather than qualified Singaporeans.
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  • 93 6 A NEW section has been added to the revised Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices. It shows employers what they can do to maintain a Singaporean core in their workforce. These include: L Ensuring jobs advertised are open to Singaporeans. The guidelines will state explicitly that “words
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    • 918 15  -  He wants students to engage in deep debates, and have soft skills to work with various people BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg PROFESSOR Simon Chesterman has been named the new dean of the National University of Singapore (NUS) law school after more
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  • WORLD.
    • 725 16  -  Pollution index hits hazardous level, due to weather, traffic and coal-burning BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: Famous Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu introduced the well-known saying “qiu gao qi shuang” in one of his 8th-cen-tury works,
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    • 93 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Vibrator quip gets US airport security agent in hot water L Zimbabwean man claims prostitute turned into donkey L Giant Lego man may soon be released from custody More Forum letters
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      • 691 17  -  But farmers worry about cheaper imports BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Almost half of the Japanese people support their country’s participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact which aims to liberalise the economies of the Asia-Pacific region. The latest poll
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      • 219 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Police in China have detained 72 people after thousands rioted in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes, the local authorities said. Cars were smashed and several police officers and protesters were injured in the
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      • 775 18 Residents feel they’re being sacrificed in bid to keep city centre dry ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BANGKOK: As floodwaters swirl around the Thai capital’s suburbs, anger is rising in hard-hit communities in the city and provinces to the north. Tensions boiled
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      • 419 18 BLOOMBERG BANGKOK: Hana Microelectronics is among the thousands of Thai companies with factories swamped by record floods that have been calling on the government to help ensure the deluge does not recur, as waters slowly recede north of Bangkok. “Thailand’s credibility is
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      • 739 19  -  If they succeed, it could mean 1 million more voters, adding unpredictable element to polls BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Six Malaysians living in England have filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government to try to get voting rights extended
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      • 310 19 REUTERS BEIJING: China yesterday warned foreign energy companies against exploration in the disputed South China Sea, after US oil giant ExxonMobil said it had discovered hydrocarbons in August off central Vietnam, in an area also claimed by Beijing. The potentially
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      • 674 20  -  BN will lose votes if it scraps Maths, Science teaching in English, parents’ group tells PM BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: A parents’ group has raised the stakes in its bid to stop the government from scrapping English as the medium of
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      • 278 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court ruled yesterday that a longstanding law banning college students from political activities was unconstitutional, in a move hailed by the ban’s opponents as a landmark decision. Malaysia’s Court of Appeal ruled
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      • 302 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: Mobile counters to register foreigners for the Malaysia Automated Clearance System have received an overwhelming response since they were set up on Oct 15. Johor state immigration director Nasri Ishak said 12,098 applicants have been registered
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      • 732 22 Cricket legend seen as a serious challenger NEW YORK TIMES ISLAMABAD: An anti-government rally in Lahore, led by former cricket star Imran Khan, attracted a huge crowd on Sunday evening. The rally represented what supporters and some political analysts said was Mr Khan’s emergence as
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    • world.international
      • 687 23 Vote may cost UN body US funding and is likely to hurt peace efforts ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Palestine won a crucial vote to become a full member of the United Nations’ cultural body yesterday, in a highly divisive move that scores a symbolic
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      • 363 23 NEW YORK TIMES MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE (Florida): The Obama administration plans to bolster the United States’ military presence in the Persian Gulf after it withdraws the remaining troops from Iraq this year, according to officials and diplomats. That repositioning could include
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      • 305 23 NEW YORK TIMES PARIS: The Arabic-language TV news market, dominated for years by two satellite channels with close links to Arab rulers, is poised for a shot of new competition. Two 24-hour news channels backed by Western media conglomerates have announced
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      • 241 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA: The world economy is likely to create only half of the 80 million jobs needed over the next two years, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said yesterday, warning of the rising risk of social unrest resulting from unemployment. “We estimate
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      • 513 24 Accounting error by bank; Germany now richer on paper AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Germany is investigating a ¤55.5 billion (S$97.4 billion) accounting error at a nationalised lender that had resulted in overstating the country’s overall debt. The discovery has
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      • 220 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain’s campaign has denied allegations that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while head of the National Restaurant Association. His campaign team has disputed a report by Politico, an American politics website, that said Mr Cain
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        • 117 25 REUTERS BEIJING: China yesterday denied a US commission’s claim that Beijing may have been responsible for hacking incidents on American environment monitoring satellites, saying the committee had “ulterior motives” in writing such a report. At least two US satellites were interfered with four or more times
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        • 79 25 REUTERS BEIJING: China has shut 50 microblogs for distributing pornography and carrying “vulgar content”, state media said yesterday, as the government steps up monitoring of the Internet. They were closed for “violations that include carrying pornographic images and videos, information for prostitution, as well as illegal
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        • 104 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU: An Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group has posted online a tape allegedly made by a US citizen who blew himself up at an African Union base in Somalia’s capital last Saturday. The attack left at least 10 people dead. The young man, who would
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        • 106 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TRIPOLI: Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen made a surprise visit to Tripoli yesterday, saying he foresaw no major role left for the alliance in Libya hours before its air mission was due to end officially. His visit comes seven months after Western powers fired
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        • 91 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Officials from China, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar have agreed to cooperate on law enforcement along the Mekong river, where 13 Chinese sailors were killed last month. Chinese Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu said yesterday the four countries would set up a mechanism for joint
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        • 97 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A Japanese government panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely close the tsunami-hobbled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, even though the facility is leaking far less radiation than before. The plant was severely damaged by the March
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      • 334 25 Sesame Street Pakistani style SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAHORE: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch are nowhere in sight. But there is Elmo. And new creatures too, like Baily, a kindly donkey who loves to sing, and Haseen O Jameel, a vain crocodile who lives at the bottom of a well.
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    • 418 26 CLAIMS made on Medisave eligibility keep rising. The progressive inclusion in recent years of chronic disease monitoring, on top of the original purpose of meeting hospitalisation costs, had extended eligibility by a good margin. Medisave has been a comfort to many Singaporeans. Pressure for more
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    • 936 26  -  FOREIGN MATTERS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg IN SEPTEMBER, Anwar al-Awlaki, the alleged Osama bin Laden of the Internet, was killed by an American drone after he stepped out of his truck in the remote interior of Yemen. Last week, another
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    • 756 26  -  BY NAYAN CHANDA The writer is director of publications at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation, and editor of YaleGlobal Online. LAST month, the world witnessed another intercontinental event that has become the hallmark of protest in the Internet age. In cities across
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      • 941 27  -  BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com THE Rugby World Cup seems to have laid to rest what many have long considered to be that hoary old myth about the Anzac spirit and how much New Zealanders and Australians like each other. You have now
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        • 359 28  -  Patrick Tan I AGREE with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Singapore must remain competitive (“PM Lee highlights two lessons for Singapore”; yesterday). The disruptive fissures between union and employer reflected in the grounding of planes of Australian airline Qantas over the weekend,
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        • 313 28  -  Professor Hoon Hian Teck School of Economics Singapore Management University LAST Wednesday’s article (“Firms feel impact of foreign worker crunch”), highlighting the impact of measures to make it costlier to hire foreign workers, stated that multinational companies (MNCs) would probably shrink
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      • 187 28 “At least part of Bukit Brown Cemetery should be preserved.” REVEREND MASTER LEE ZHIWANG, president, Taoist Mission (Singapore): “As a religious, cultural and heritage group, our mission is not only to propagate Taoism, but also Chinese culture and tradition. It is vital to preserve Bukit Brown Cemetery because
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      • 84 28 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR MOHAMED AMINUDIN BUANG: Why tuition flourishes 2 MR KWAN JIN YAO: Young will come round, bank on it 3 MR TAN NING XUAN: Teen’s yellow brick road to happiness 4 DR V. S. BHATNAGAR: Competition comes in all shapes and sizes 5
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    • 99 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Teen upset with doctor’s remarks after settling lawsuit L Apple’s tongue-tied Siri faces SingTel’s ‘Singlish’ rival L First morning-after pill introduced here in 10 years More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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    • 393 2  -  Licensed moneylenders here each give out between 100 and 150 loans a month. Just who are the people who go to moneylenders? Lin Wenjian finds out. CLIENTS OF MONEYLENDERS Lin Wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg THE majority of those who borrow from licensed moneylenders here are men from
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    • 296 2 PART-TIME rag-and-bone man Deepak, 35, takes home between $500 and $800 a month, out of which $100 goes to his mother. The rest are for his personal expenses, but creditors are after him for $700 a month. Having dug himself into debt from online football betting, he turned
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    • 213 2 IN 2008, Mr S.K. Chew took a loan of $10,000 from three licensed moneylenders to buy construction materials to expand his renovation business. Then the economy went into a stutter. He said in a mix of Mandarin and Hokkien: “Nobody wanted to renovate their homes with the
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    • 253 2 MECHANICAL engineer Mohamed, the middle of three children and the only son, has been bearing the burden of supporting his parents and sisters for some years now. The 27-year-old’s situation was most dire two years ago, when his parents, in their 50s, were too ill to work,
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    • 447 3  -  People will be able to list their phone numbers on a national Do-Not-Call Registry BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS will be allowed to list their phone numbers on a Do-Not-Call (DNC) Registry by calling a toll-free number. The national registry, which lets
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    • 544 3  -  BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN THREE armed “gunmen” burst into a ballroom at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) Expo and Convention Centre yesterday and “opened fire” at delegates attending a security conference there. Officers from the police’s Special Operations Command soon charged in and subdued them. Shortly after,
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    • 696 4  -  Renault’s mid-sized car set to plug into mass market by Feb BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg DRIVERS keen to take the green route have an affordable electric car from French maker Renault to look forward to. It will offer a battery-powered electric sedan here
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    • 453 4  -  JESSICA CHEAM RESIDENTS of Pulau Ubin will be able to power their homes with clean energy such as biodiesel and solar power by the end of next year, replacing the noisy and pollutive diesel generators they currently use. The Energy Market Authority
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    • 292 4  -  BY SHULI SUDDERUDDIN A NEW Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) project in Clementi has drawn more than three applications for every unit on offer. About 2,877 applications had been received as of 5pm yesterday for the Trivelis’ 888 units of three-, four- and
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    • 110 5 Malaysian Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (wearing a red tie) inspecting a guard of honour with Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen when he called on the latter at the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) yesterday morning. The two ministers reaffirmed the good cooperation between the
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    • 434 5  -  He says it is unclear from available info which aspect of operation had caused the death LIPOSUCTION DEATH BY SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A BRITISH forensic pathologist yesterday cast doubts on the findings from the autopsy on the property management firm boss who died in December 2009
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    • 362 5 FRESH from his senior officer training, Major Chew Ann Boon will have the chance to develop his skills further when he starts a new master’s programme for Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) officers this month. The 32-year-old armour officer is one of 12
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    • 514 6  -  Satisfaction score up over 10% as efforts to improve service pay off BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg A SMILE can go a long way. Since launching a scheme encouraging staff to flash a smile at customers within five seconds, travel agencies have reported an improvement
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    • 156 6 IT WILL cost less to drive on the Central Expressway towards the city in the morning. Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges will be reduced at a gantry before Braddell Road as part of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) latest review of charges.
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    • 291 6 FLASH floods hit central and northern parts of Singapore yesterday afternoon, bringing traffic to a standstill in some areas. The water was knee-high along Woodlands Road, near the junction with Mandai Road, from about 3.15pm. The area is near the coast, and water agency
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    • 203 6 MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam has been made a permanent member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. His appointment was announced by the council in a statement yesterday. Mr Shanmugam, a lawyer until he joined the Cabinet in 2008, last held
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    • 329 7 42-year-old will serve 18 months’ probation in bid to rehabilitate him A 42-YEAR-OLD hawker assistant, diagnosed as a voyeur and jailed thrice for burglary and theft, is in trouble again this time for trying to steal women’s underwear. But Ng Kim
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    • 266 7 A SWEDISH national who made a bomb hoax call was yesterday jailed for six weeks by the Community Court. Erik Halvard Halvardsson (right), 43, a chef at Equinox restaurant at Swissotel The Stamford, had admitted to transmitting a false message. On Sept
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    • 197 8  -  MAY CHEN THE ‘Thorpedo’ has landed in Singapore. Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe arrived last night ahead of the Nov 4-5 Singapore Fina World Cup. “I’m a bit tired, it was a long flight,” said the 29-year-old, who began his journey from Switzerland where he has been training
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    • 750 8  -  S’pore players unhappy with Malaysian Super League wage contract BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg IT WAS billed as the comeback that local fans have been calling for for the last 17 years. As the Malaysia Cup fever of yesteryear builds up once again, die-hards are expected to throng
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    • 539 8  -  BY LIN XINYI SPORTS fans could be in for a treat when Singapore next hosts a world-class table tennis event. For International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) president Adham Sharara hopes to inject various forms of entertainment into future events in a bid to
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    • 1026 9  -  Fresh faces and ‘lesser’ sports can boost gold tally in Indonesia The Straits Times begins its 10-day countdown to the 26th SEA Games by predicting the number of golds Singapore will win and then examining the sports that can deliver them BY TERRENCE VOON
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    • 476 9  -  BY LEE MIN KOK MONTHS of uncertainty were banished as Singapore’s football squad for the upcoming SEA Games were finally announced yesterday barely a week before the Young Lions play arch-rivals Malaysia in their opening game on Monday. National service commitments and the Lions’
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    • 309 10  -  BY LIN XINYI WORLD No. 15 golfer Graeme McDowell believes the US$6 million (S$7.5 million) Barclays Singapore Open has the makings of a Major. “It’s one of the biggest tournaments of our season,” said the 2010 US Open champion ahead of the Nov
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      520 10 Villas-Boas blasts Chelsea players for tactical indiscipline AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea manager Andre Vil-las-Boas has reportedly given his players a furious dressing down following their humiliating 3-5 loss to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. According to the Daily Mail, the players were stunned when the 33-year-old Portuguese blasted
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    • 356 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal’s resurgent team spirit can carry his team into the Champions League knockout stage with victory over Marseille tonight. After a disastrous start to their campaign, which included a humiliating 2-8 thrashing at Manchester
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    • 165 10 Today Cricket 1st Test: Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 3.50pm). Football S-League: Gombak v Tampines (Jurong West), Hougang v Home (Hougang) 7.30pm. Uefa Champions League, Gp H: BATE Borisov v Milan (tomorrow, 12.55am), Gp F: Arsenal v Marseille (tomorrow,
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    • 52 10 NEIL SORENSEN, New Zealand Rugby Union general manager, revealing that Sonny Bill Williams’ new one-year deal with the All Blacks also allows him to continue boxing. To date, Williams has fought and won four professional
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    • 169 10 Badminton World Junior Mixed Team C’ships In Taoyuan, Taiwan, 3rd placing: Chinese Taipei 3 Thailand 0. Final: Malaysia 3 South Korea 0. Cricket 2nd Test In Dhaka, 3rd day: West Indies 355 and 207-3 (D. Bravo 100 n.o., K. Edwards 86). Bangladesh 231 (overnight 204-7: S. Al Hasan 73;
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    • 589 10  -  EYEONEPL BY ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg WHERE have all the defenders gone? This must be the question on everyone’s minds, after yet another weekend of high-scoring games in the English Premier League. The English game has long been praised for being open and fast-paced,
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      • 55 10 REUTERS STOCKHOLM: Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solksjaer tasted his first success as football manager on Sunday when he led Norwegian club Molde to their first league title in 100 years. The 38-year-old took charge of his former team in January after a stint
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      • 63 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL: Petra Kvitova provided more proof she is the rising force in women’s tennis by beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to win the WTA Championships on Sunday. The 21-year-old Czech claimed the US$1.75 million (S$2.18 million) jackpot after remaining
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      • 36 10 THIRD-placed SAFFC routed Geylang United 6-3 in an S-League football match at the Bedok Stadium last night. In another match, Balestier and Woodlands drew 2-2 at the Toa Payoh Stadium.
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    • 668 11  -  Take things one step at a time as you prepare for the big run ON THE DOUBLE: A MARATHON GUIDE BY JASON LAWRENCE stsports@sph.com.sg IT WOULD not be right to have our readers absorb all of the information we offer week after week without learning that we
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    • 68 8 Indonesia Nov Jakarta-Palembang COUNTDOWN STARTS The Straits Times begins its build-up to the Nov 11-22 SEA Games. B9 MAJOR POTENTIAL The Singapore Open has what it takes to be a Major: Graeme McDowell. B10 MORE PRACTICE Take it one step at a time in preparing for a race: Jason Lawrence.
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    • 96 20 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphones, upbeat on Q4 L Monetary Authority of Singapore lifts sanction on DBS Bank L S’pore shares close higher by 2.04% following advances on Wall Street More
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      • 531 13  -  Despite 49.95-point drop, index ends 6.8% higher than closing on Sept 30 BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE Singapore market fell heavily yesterday, but still managed to close out a strong October when it experienced its highest monthly gain in
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      • 435 13  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA BOER Power, a Hong Kong-listed company, has made an offer to acquire Singapore’s SMB United for up to $161.2 million. Boer Power, through its subsidiary Profit Sea Holdings, is offering 32 cents for each SMB share. This is a premium
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.48 billion shares worth $1.35 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 128 Losers: 344 Unchanged: 756 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change -12.32 633.69 -4.49 430.06 -11.90 685.54 -2.84 586.24 -0.91 238.45 -4.01 199.17 -19.73 614.55
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        • 203 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,988.39 (-62.08) Tokyo shares ended 0.7 per cent lower as the positive effect of Japan’s yen-selling intervention to safeguard exports quickly wore off. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 19,864.87 (-154.37) Hong Kong shares slipped 0.8 per cent as some investors took profits after
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 238 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 31, 2011 Top Rises Oct 31 CENTS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 110.0 1.0 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .***** 108.0 1.0 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1268 79.8 5.3 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100
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        • 380 13 Top Rises Oct 31 CENTS (0) Capitaland.ES.1111 273 21.0 8.3 CityDev.ES.1111 1091 18.0 1.7 OCBC Bk.ES.1110 846 12.0 1.4 DBS BP ePW*****2 46 4.0 9.5 STI 2850BPePW*****9 18.7 2.8 17.6 DBS MB ePW*****6 24.5 2.5 11.4 DBS MB ePW*****4 14.6 2.3 18.7 CapitalaBPeCW*****2 24 2.0 9.1 STI
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        • 49 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol 65 -3.0 -4.4 98.873.000 74.380.000 69.562.000 63.572.000 45.903.000 35.679.000 STI 2900MBePW*****0 8.2 0.4 5.1 16,500,000 By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value Genting SP 1/3.5 -5.0 -2.8 130,045,446 547 7.0 1.3 91,923,656 DBS Grp UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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        • 56 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Oct 31 2011 Selling Buying Oct 31 2011 Selling 1.357 Buying ....1.293 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ....1.226 1.791 ....1.723 Malaysian ringgit 41.312 39.724 NZ dollar 2.041 1.047 ....1.963 Indonesian rupiah 0.0148 0.0135 US dollar
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        • 60 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 218 113 CapMallsAsia 136.5 +3 6689 137 134 1.5
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        • 80 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 131 -0.5 180 132 130
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    • money.companies
      • 475 14  -  BY MELISSA TAN GREAT Eastern Holdings, the insurance arm of OCBC Bank, yesterday reported a 76 per cent plunge in third-quarter net profit to $40.4 million. The company said the reason for the big slump in the bottom line was financial market
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      • 485 14  -  Probe into September refinery inferno still ongoing, says Shell Singapore chairman SHELL BUKOM FIRE BY GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg PETROCHEMICAL giant Shell yesterday said it has lifted force majeure on the majority of its supply contracts after a fire at its Pulau Bukom plant in
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    • 459 15  -  Revamp will expand retail net lettable area by 14 per cent CHERYL LIM EXPECT to see some radical changes at Suntec City next year as it undergoes a $410 million makeover to freshen its look. Completed close to 17 years ago, Suntec City is
      PHOTO: SUNTEC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST  -  459 words
    • 262 15 REUTERS PARIS: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has slashed its forecast for growth next year in the United States, and said the euro area is heading for a sharp economic slowdown. It added that G20 leaders need
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    • 609 16 SGX directs firm to stop taking new positions; fallout likely to be limited REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: MF Global Holdings, the futures broker run by former Goldman Sachs chief Jon Corzine, has filed for bankruptcy after a tentative deal with a buyer
      REUTERS; NEW YORK TIMES; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  609 words
    • 188 16 TAKING PULSE MF Global, a former unit of the London-based Man Group, used to be a plain-vanilla derivatives broker. It earned commissions on trades as well as interest income on the collateral posted by its clients. As the US Federal
      Source: BLOOMBERG; TEXT: ANDY MUKHERJEE ST GRAPHICS  -  188 words
    • 457 17 Noda calls for firm to clarify advisory fees, says it could taint image of corporate Japan AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: The scandal engulfing Japanese cameramaker Olympus over massive advisory payments risks tarnishing the image of corporate Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has said. In an
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  457 words
    • 449 17 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan yesterday sold the yen for the second time in less than three months after it hit another record high against the US dollar, intervening to counter speculation that officials say is hurting the world’s No. 3
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  449 words
    • 467 18  -  Economy, job security and rising food prices are the top worries: Nielsen BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg CONSUMER confidence in Singapore has fallen for the second consecutive quarter to a two-year low, amid growing worries of an economic recession. The Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index
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    • 347 18  -  YASMINE YAHYA THE Government has signed a business partnership agreement with Britain that will enhance bilateral cooperation in priority sectors. These sectors include urban solutions such as transport and infrastructure, clean technology, information and communication technology, and creative services like digital media and education.
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    • 223 18  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK MR TAN Eng Joo, the former president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) and a prominent Chinese community leader and businessman, died last Saturday. Mr Tan’s health had weakened over the past two years, reported Lianhe Wanbao,
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      • 509 19  -  Strong first 9 months, but global economic uncertainty to take toll BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg SALES of new private homes may come close to last year’s record high, but they are unlikely to surpass the figure, with global economic uncertainty
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      • 440 19  -  BY CHERYL LIM A PRIME mixed-use development of homes and shops in District 10 has been put up for collective sale, the latest in a recent spate of such offerings. Henry Park Apartments, off Holland Road, has a crescent-shaped frontage facing Henry Park
        PHOTO: CREDO REAL ESTATE  -  440 words
      • 392 19  -  ESTHER TEO A PLUM mixed-use site in Marina Bay was released for sale yesterday, but experts are unsure if the site will find a buyer, as the office market outlook turns bearish on the back of global economic uncertainties. The 0.78ha site
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      • 688 19 How can businesses achieve customer-centric excellence? Two organisations on the business excellence (BE) journey share their experience in winning over customers. SPRING A FEATURE BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHigdpOre Enabling Enterprise Their products couldn't be more different, but local fashion footwear and accessories retailer
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  • LITTLE RED DOT
    • 248 1 on’t you just love it that the holidays are coming? There will be so much time to do all the things you enjoy. Bad Idea Dot plans to spend every day like it’s Saturday, sleeping in and staying up late. What a waste of
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      • 371 2  -  ACTIVITY BY SHERYL QUEK ST, Oct 24 By Chan U-Gene Schoolboy Low Wei Jie’s fame has landed him a spot in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore. The 13-year-old Holy Innocents’ High School student (far right) won the hearts of Singaporeans last year when
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      • 460 4  -  ACTIVITY BY TAN XING QI Oct 23 Pupils go wild over Chinese lessons By Amelia Tan Eight-year-old Too Lok Neng, who comes from an English-speaking home, found Chinese language lessons in school boring. Typically, she would be sitting in class listening to her teacher
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    • big thing
      • 559 5  -  Children get hands-on at Little Lit, the kids’ segment of the annual Singapore Writers Festival. ACTIVITY BY SERENE LUO By Sheryl Quek Hunched over like a hag and donning a witch’s robes, Sophie Seeyave, 12, cackled with glee as Little Red Riding Hood collapsed after
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        531 6 The artefacts of the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage 99 years ago, will be on show in Singapore. Tan Xing Qi finds out more about the gigantic ship and its unfortunate fate Touted as the “Ship of Dreams”, the Titanic was the world’s largest ocean liner
        PHOTO PREMIER EXHIBITIONS, INC  -  531 words
    • big on singapore
      • 386 7  -  In the third of a five-part series on Singapore’s rail system, make your way through the 16 underground stations on the North East Line with Eisen Teo Eisen Teo NE5 Clarke Quay NE6 Dhoby Ghaut (interchange) NE10 Potong Pasir Opened June 20, 2011 NE11 Woodleigh This
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    • big in asia
      • 132 8  -  Eileen Aung-Thwin brings you news bites from the region Eileen Aung-Thwin Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has warned that floods in the country could last until the end of November. WHY IT MATTERS Unusually early and long-lasting monsoon rains filled rivers, dams and fields with 30 per
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      • 99 8 While parts of the region are battling floods, a new study shows that water shortages will be Asia’s biggest problem. WHY IT MATTERS Asia has less fresh water per person than any other continent. To make matters worse, the increasing number of wealthy people in Asia
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      • 102 8 The United Nations has warned that some parts of South-east Asia may suffer “serious food shortages” because floods have destroyed crops. WHY IT MATTERS Floods have devastated up to 12.5 per cent of farmland in Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. These crop losses may drive
        PHOTO REUTERS  -  102 words
    • big outside
      • 422 9  -  Orchids are among the world’s most popular and unusual plants. By Ellen Whyte Whereas most plants have their roots firmly in the ground, the orchid does not bother with all that. It makes its home on top of other plants and trees. Orchids live in the little hollows
        PHOTOS AFP, ST FILE  -  422 words
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        1253 10/11  -  Do you know what has been happening around the world? How do you feel after reading about these incidents? Write in to stdot@sph.com.sg to tell us. By Kimiko Chan CHILE A protester is hit by a jet of water released from a riot police vehicle during a
        SOURCES AP, AFP, BBC HISTORY, REUTERS PHOTOS AFP, AP, REUTERS  -  1,253 words
    • big inside
      • 523 12  -  If exercise puts you in a good mood, it may have something to do with chemicals called endorphins. Kimiko Chan explains Kimiko Chan Sources: HowStuffWorks.com, The Washington Post, Neuroscience For Kids, The Independent, Kidshealth.org Exercising, laughing and eating spicy food if you like to do these things,
        Sources: HowStuffWorks.com, The Washington Post, Neuroscience For Kids, The Independent, Kidshealth.org; ST FILE PHOTOS  -  523 words
    • big talent
      • 227 13 Art does not have to be just drawing and painting. Here are some works by Little Red Dot readers Classmates Chong Zhiqi and Chong Ruikee, 11, created this poem together during an English class. The Nan Hua Primary School pupils decided on a pet dragon because
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      • 93 13 Little Red Dot loves to see works from its talented readers. Get featured on this page by sending in a creative joke, photograph, collage, painting, drawing, doodle, caricature, comic strip, poster, story, poem or even a photograph of a sculpture you made. Also,
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    • big story
      • 742 14 These were said to be the last words of Mary, Queen of Scots before she was executed Feb 8, 1587 Queen Mary I of Scotland was beheaded today after a death warrant was signed by none other than her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I
        ST ILLUSTRATION PAUL ERIC ROCA  -  742 words
    • big read
      • 283 15  -  Although animals do not speak the same language as humans, they can be just as entertaining and full of character as two-legged folk. This November, check out some great animal stories with the National Library Board Reviewed by Joanna Zhang Joanna Zhang of the National Library Board
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      • 162 15 Why is cheese yellow when milk is white? Cheese is made from milk, which contains a yellow pigment from the grass that cows and goats eat. When cheese is made, the liquid part of the milk is removed, leaving the solids behind. The yellow colour stays with
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    • big on english
      • 647 16 Learning outcome This lesson activity has been designed to let you practise the following: N Grammar (LO4) Edit errors ACTIVITY 1 Correct each word in blue for spelling and each word in red for grammar. Write the correct word in the spaces provided. For the past
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        337 17 Learning outcome This lesson activity has been designed to let you practise the following: N Grammar (LO2) Use different types of adjectives: quantity, quality, size, origin and colour. ACTIVITY Fill in each blank with an appropriate adjective and complete the crossword puzzle. ACROSS 1. To beat the heat
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      • 688 18 Learning outcomes This lesson activity has been designed to let you practise the following: N Grammar (LO2) Use different types of verbs N Writing and representing (LO6) Narrate situations, express feelings and convey points of view, use appropriate vocabulary, recognise and use literary language ACTIVITY 1 Answer one
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    • big on questions
      • 236 19  -  Learning outcome This lesson activity has been designed to let you practise the following: N Reading and viewing (LO2) Apply critical reading and viewing to a variety of literary selections Read the comic strip below and answer the questions that follow. By Malini Nathan ACTIVITY Q1. What is
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    • big fun
      • 315 20 Singapore has a set of brightly coloured cable cars that link the mainland to Sentosa island. How does this mode of transport work? Little Red Dot finds out sky Many people like to ride in cable cars because it makes them feel that much closer to
        SOURCES INFOPEDIA, SENTOSA, CABLE PROPELLED SYSTEMS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS BY EDWARD NEUMANN TEXT SANJUKTA SEN ILLUSTRATION PAUL ERIC ROCA  -  315 words
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    • 42 1 is feeling TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1 2011 Name Write your mood here Down under Which MRT station lies beneath a former cemetery? Pretty petals What’s the name of Singapore’s national flower? page7 page9 Partners with: page14 Mary, Queen of Scots executed for treason
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    • 54 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: HIGH ALL MIDDLE FOUNDATION Listening Speaking
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    • 268 3 FRASERS CENTREPOINT MALLS The Centrepoint Causeway Point Compass Point Northpoint Changi City Point Bedok Point YewTee Point Anchorpoint Robertson Walk Valley Point CA*' Present i\ young budding writers and artists, take note! Frasers Centrepoint'Mall's,-along with Sparky Animation and Public Libraries Singapore, gives you a galactic opportunity to showcase your creativity.
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    • 318 1 DESIGN: SALLY LAM PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, MANUEL HARLEN, ASSOCIATED PRESS Gemma Jones plays bitter widow in Richard III C8 Second night added to concert here C10 C4&5 More women are seeing the world on their own because they love the freedom it brings. HUANG HUIFEN reports. Low-key dame Villages in
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        • 168 2 The Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts group opens its exclusive private island resort off Phuket coast today. The Naka Island A Luxury Collection Resort Spa, situated on the 2.56 sq km Naka Yai Island, consists of 67 villas equipped with private plunge pools. To mark
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        • 76 2 Zuji Singapore is holding a one-day sale on Finnair tickets to 27 European cities today. Expect to save an average of $230 for travel to cities such as Helsinki, Barcelona, Rome, Moscow, Paris and Milan. A return economy ticket to Rome, for instance, will start from
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        • 102 2 To celebrate the annual Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai where thousands of lanterns are released into the evening sky for good luck on Nov 10, hotel booking website agoda.com is offering deals on eight hotels in Chiang Mai. For example, the new boutique Mountain
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        • 109 2  -  Huang Huifen YMCA is offering an eight-day Y Korea Ski Package where participants get to learn skiing and snowboarding in a three-night ski camp in the Daemyung Vivaldi Ski Park in Gangwon-do province, a popular ski destination in Korea. After the camp, participants will visit the
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        538 3 I plan to go on a 10-day recce trip to Cambodia and Laos next month to suss out the possibility of taking my students from an international school for an educational and adventure trip there. Other than visiting Siem Reap, can you recommend other places of interest in
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      • 1384 4  -  More women are plucking up the courage to travel alone for spa retreats and sightseeing trips huang huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg As a 30th birthday present to herself, freelance television producer Mariana Ahmad went on a six-month backpacking trip last year across Europe. But instead of asking her
        PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MARIANA AHMAD, PAULINE WEE, MAE ANG, CHRISTINE TAN  -  1,384 words
      • 746 5 THE FLEMING (Hong Kong) What: The 66-room boutique hotel in Wan Chai has a women-only floor with rooms equipped with toiletries by French brand L’Occitane and items such as sanitary napkins and hair clips. You can ask for a facial steamer, leg massage machine, make-up remover
        PHOTOS: THE FLEMING, CLAUS STARUP  -  746 words
      • 379 5 Source: Mr Shawn Low, travel editor at Lonely Planet, Chan Brothers Travel, Quotient TravelPlanner, Adventure Quests, tourismandmore.com and Zuji Singapore. L Wear a ring on your ring finger to ward off unwanted attention from men. L Dress modestly and avoid wearing expensive jewellery. L Book
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      • 97 6 ‘I can’t stand being contrived. I can’t stand being the slightest bit contrived, and people can’t stand it either’ Singer Faye Wong (left) on why she does not banter at concerts ‘I was born with a straight-up unibrow. I’ve been plucking since I was nine’ Actress
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      • 1117 6 The hamlets in the province with their rich history draw artists and entrepreneurs New York Times Just 400 or so kilometres to the west of the gleaming high-rises of Shanghai sits a window into a world hundreds of years old. Despite the dramatic upheavals brought by
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      • Special MALAYSIA. A MILLION EXPERIENCES TO SHARE
        • 996 7  -  Philip Lee finds a cheap way to get around when he hops on the buses that go to interesting places on the island Philip Lee MANY Singaporeans who visit Penang by air or bus are likely to move around the island in taxis during their
          PHOTOS: PHILIP LEE  -  996 words
    • 893 8  -  Playing the embittered queen in Richard III is for actress Gemma Jones quite a challenge adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta British actress Gemma Jones is probably the most low-key grand dame of the stage and screen the sort of actress you recognise but may not
      PHOTOS: MANUEL HARLEN, ST FILE  -  893 words
    • 347 8 New York Times New York The three titans of rock put down their sushi and unleashed a Babel of gush. Lounging in a luxury hotel suite, Lou Reed, the co-founder of the avant-rock deities the Velvet Underground, and James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica,
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    • life!.buzz
      • 213 10 Organisers Running Into The Sun have scheduled a second night for the Girls’ Generation Tour, after the K-pop group’s Dec 9 gig sold out in less than four hours last Saturday. The additional show is on Dec 10 at 6pm at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
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      • 216 10 New York Actor George Clooney’s ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis (right) has done a kiss-and-tell and revealed that he was more of a father figure to her. The 33-year-old Italian television host, who split from the 50-year-old Oscar winner in June, offered details about their two-year relationship in
        PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  216 words
      • buzzing
        • 74 10 Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan, who performed an acoustic set here in May, will be back for a full concert at Fort Canning Park on Jan 15. Early bird tickets at $99 go on sale through Sistic on Thursday. American disco-rock band Scissor Sisters will
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        • 56 10 Rights activists have criticised Hollywood studio Relativity Media for filming a comedy in Linyi, Shandong province, where blind activist Chen Guangcheng is being held under house arrest. But the studio yesterday defended its decision to film 21 And Over in the city, saying that engaging China
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        • 79 10 Puss In Boots landed on its feet with a US$51-million (S$63.7-million) global debut over the weekend and likely set a Halloween weekend record for a North American opening. The 3-D spin-off from the Shrek series took top North American box-office honours, while the new
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    • 620 5 Commercial Vessels Commercial Vessels Owner's Sale The owner "AKN World Trade" would like to sell the following vessels: 'VI Name of Vessel: Ocean Going/ Handling Tug "CREST CHALLENGER" Classification: American Bureau of Shipping Call Sign: 9V5652 Official/ IMO No.: *****3/ *****68 Built: 1998, Jiangsu Wuxi Shipyard Co Ltd, China Port
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    • 269 7 OPEN HSE ENG Neo Ave *****/ 7000 sqft. Modern tropical, designer decor. Greenery, pte. $20M. KH Tan *****348 Newsman. D.10 F’HOLD $13XX psf! 8192 sqft bunglw. Stay/ rebuild/ subdivide. Quiet. Sole agt *****888 ACM D.10 NAMLY EST. 2½-Sty semi-d. 5+1. Nice lands cape/ view. Genuine seller! $5.xM. Jolene 9187-3888 D.10
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    • 527 7 BLUE HORIZON. $1.1XM! 3+1 High flr. Sea pool view. Must sell. Shuttle to MRT. lenalow.com 9009 0700 MARINA BAY SUITES, 1615 sqft, 3+1. Stack 4. #30+ bay view 9771 0612 Tay CL SAIL. 1/4-RM 689/1647sqft. Tenanted/Vacant. $2.4M $4.3M. L.Cheng *****689 DORSETT RES ABOVE MRT. TOP Sep ’12. 689 sqft 2
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    • 519 7 PINEWOOD GDN, F’HOLD. 1598 sqft. Hill top apt, nice veranda, quiet, greenery, amenities. Joyce *****061 RES @338A. 3-RM. 1119 sqft. High flr. F’hold. Mins to Somerset MRT Orchard. Facilities *****101 WT Tan D09 RESIDENCES Killiney 4rm penthse+ utility 5059 sqft, F’hold Dhoby Ghaut MRT. Joanne 8138-4508 YONG AN PK. 1760
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    • 517 7 HILLBROOKS 1650 SQFT. F’hold. 4+1. Rare! $1.48M. Future MRT. HB *****927 ORCHID PARK GROUND Flr, 3+1, 1249 sqft. Khatib MRT/ amenities. Facilities. $8xxK neg. *****181 Dennis Lim POOL VIEW 4-RM Rosewood. 1475 sqft. Serious seller. neg. Don’t miss! Justin Chia *****669 OT GRANDE VISTA LOWER mais 2700sqft 4rm 999yr Quiet
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    • 438 8 EA 310A. VERY well reno. High flr. Windy. Unblock. Val $565K. Serious seller! KC Yong 9186-8833 ERA 5’I’ FERNVALE MRT blk 404 high flr. $16K only. Pte condo design. Val $475K All races. Call *****368 3’A’ BLK 110 Tampines. Reno. Low flr. Amenities/ MRT. G Rajan 9459 3037 3’NG’ 296
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    • 421 8 2½-STY DETACH BUNGLW 4+1, s/pool, new reno, 5 mins Orchard/ Holland V. Immed. Marcus *****088 D.10 HOLLAND GR Semi-D. Brand new pool. Gdn Patio. 3000 3600 sqft. 4+3. $10.5K. Goh HH *****600 JLN PANDAN, 2.5 sty bunglw. 4600/ 3500 sqft. 5 rms, 4 ensuites, pool. Move-in. Audrey *****116 CORONATION RD
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    • 508 8 MODERN 2-STY BUNGLW. Binjai Walk. 3 yrs old. 16,200/ 8300 sqft. 5+1+1. Lap pool. Matured gdn. Quiet. Pk. 5 cars. Excellent cond. PS Lee *****238 ENG KONG GDN. Lovely hse. 6 rms. Roof terrace, breathtaking view. Built in 4000 sqft. P/furn. LS Tham (Rosie), 9386-6122 LUMIERE 2 Mistri Road (Shenton
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    • 557 8 SOLEIL NOVENA MRT. Above #20. Open view. 2rm fr $5.xK. 4-rm fr $9.xK. William (Tay) 9771-7088 BLOSSOMVALE 2-RM HIGH flr. Pool view. Part/ F/furn. Avail end Nov. Future MRT. neg. Owner 9816 3276 SHELFORD GREEN 3200 sq ft 4+1+2 balconies. $7.5K Residences Evelyn 1593 sqft 3+1. 9109 8900 Kelvin **NEW
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    • 584 9 COSTA DEL SOL ,4+1 1475 sqft. High flr, F/sea view. P/furn. Avail mid Nov. $6.5K. Tom *****193 DTZ AXIS SIGLAP. 2 bdrm. Move-in cond. Convenient near amenities. Immed. Call 9826-0880 Suen K.K THE PALLADIUM 3 bdrm 1260 sqft. Walk to Parkway Pool/ carpark. P/furn. view Sat/Sun. Jack 9691-2175 D.15 FERNWOOD
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    • 550 9 THE JADE 1346 sqft. 3+1. #16. Beside Bt Batok MRT. F/furn. David *****877 JURONG E MRT. Ivory Hgts. 3+1. Furn. 1600 sqft. Quiet. neg. Tan 9068-2259 1/ 2/ 3/ 4-rm Northvale/ Parc Vista. Long/ Shortterm/ Sale *****178 J Tan NORTHOAK/ WOODSVALE $2.9K+ 3+1 (x2). Vacant. Penthse 3+1 furn. Nov/ Dec
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    • 594 9 CLEMENTI AVE 5 aircon rm for rental, convenient, lady only, 5 mins MRT. Call 9350-3295 no agt pls MASTER RM 23 Bedok Sth. Singles $650 male/female 71 Tiong Bahru 4 workers $1k. Call Albert *****979 BLK 458, PASIR Ris Dr 4. Common rm. Aircon Clean tidy. $700/ mth. Ladies preferred.
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