The Straits Times, 8 November 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Anti-gambling envoys
      54 1 ELDERLY volunteers are being trained as “anti-gambling ambassadors” to warn others of the risks of excessive betting. This is just one example of a growing trend for community activism in Singapore, as groups and individuals step up to help their peers or push for causes they believe in.
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      Lock icon Suit over fall at show flat
      54 1 A PROSPECTIVE home buyer who fell on some stairs at a show flat is suing the developer. Developer Keppel Land (Mayfair), however, denies negligence, saying she was at least partly to blame because she could have chosen to use a sloping walkway with handrails.
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      Lock icon Singapore women’s water polo team out to make a splash
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      Lock icon Fun foods ‘hijack the brain’
      69 1 A GROWING body of medical research suggests that processed foods and sugary drinks are not simply unhealthy, they can hijack the brain. Consuming food with concentrated levels of sugars, unhealthy fats and refined flour, without redeeming levels of fibre or nutrients, may be changing the
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    Lock icon Italy on brink as debt costs soar
    954 1 PM denies resignation talk, reversing brief rally in European markets ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON POST ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s future was hanging by a thread yesterday as the country’s borrowing rates hit a new record-high, in a dramatic worsening
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    Lock icon National plan for palliative care to come, says Health Minister
    678 1  -  BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg MORE will be done to ensure Singaporeans nearing the end of their lives are well cared for, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said last night. A national strategy for palliative care is being formulated and it
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    Lock icon TAME DRAW FOR LIONS AT SEA GAMES
    96 1 SINGAPORE’S Afiq Yunos (behind) challenging Malaysia’s Saarani Ahmad Fakri for the ball in their opening SEA Games football match yesterday. The fierce rivals were forced to settle for one point each after playing out a tame, 0-0 draw. The match was watched by
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      81 1 YEAR-END HOLIDAYS Haven’t booked yet? Check out these deals Singapore PR books two space flights LIFE! PAGES C2&3 QUICK! I have booked a last-minute tour! Ensuring the flow of electricity SPECIAL REPORT, HOME PAGE B4 PRIME PAGE A12 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28
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        Lock icon Europe in a deepening hole
        59 2 WE SAY A political settlement in Greece for an interim unity government to push through a second bailout plan has been hailed as an achievement. But to be helped, Europe will have to help itself by showing more resolve than it has in reducing wasteful
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        Lock icon A lesson in democracy
        55 2 COLUMNS Whether Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s government survives or not, says Nayan Chanda, the drama over the euro zone referendum offers a valuable lesson in globalisation and democracy: Only when citizens are aware of the responsibility, and not just the benefit, can global engagement be
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        Lock icon Old issues in renewables
        53 2 Indonesian renewable energy players always stress what great business opportunities there are in the country then lament it is difficult to get projects off the ground due to bureaucratic red tape, says John McBeth. But solving the issues with government is easier said than done. L
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        Lock icon Rough ride for disabled
        66 2 OUR READER SAYS There is still a long way to go in making public transport handicapfriendly, says Tan Gek Khee, who uses a handicap mobility scooter. Ablebodied passengers in trains often take up the space allocated for wheelchair users. Some train platforms and buses are also
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      Lock icon Teach kids about president’s role
      1003 2  -  Educating students early will clear up confusion, help them vote wisely BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg IN A cynical moment, former British prime minister Winston Churchill once remarked that the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. How well-informed is the
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      Lock icon Karaoke lounges fail to get $30,000 annual fees reduced
      582 3  -  Tribunal says they failed to show that copyright charges were unfair BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THEY looked like any other amateur crooners warbling along to their favourite hits. But these karaoke customers had a secret. They were really undercover
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      Lock icon President flags off TNP walk
      362 3  -  BY GRACE CHUA PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam, the Chinese God of Fortune, a recycled fan-cy-dress costume and a marriage proposal all featured at The New Paper Big Walk on Sentosa yesterday. The President waved a flag to signal the start of the 4km event
      ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE, KEVIN LIM  -  362 words
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      Lock icon KL goes to court over elite golf club
      617 4  -  It wants control of land occupied by golf courses valued around $2 billion BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has initiated legal proceedings to wrest control of prime real estate owned by one of the country’s
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      Lock icon Bigger Assisi Hospice by 2014
      286 6  -  JANICE TAI THE Assisi Hospice in Thomson Road will be redeveloped to meet the increasing palliative care needs of Singapore. The new hospice will be built on a 0.55ha site next to its current premises at Mount Alvernia Hospital. It will double its current inpatient,
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      Lock icon Elderly residents get a feel of active ageing
      477 6  -  BY ELGIN TOH SOME 3,000 silver-haired residents turned up in Ang Mo Kio yesterday to try their hands and feet at activities ranging from navigating the iPad to waltzing. Singapore’s biggest active-ageing carnival ever was put together by the People’s Association (PA)
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      Lock icon Woman sues developer after she falls at show flat
      562 6  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN A PROSPECTIVE home buyer who fell and hurt her face after viewing a show flat is suing the developer. Madam Tan Ah Lai, 59, claims she slipped as she was walking down a staircase, which was unlit
      ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN  -  562 words
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      Lock icon DANGEROUS WATERS
      337 8 DANGEROUSThailand’s three-month flood crisis has left the waters there ripe for disease. While no major outbreaks have occurred, experts warn that health threats may emerge in the weeks afterflood waters subside. The Straits Times takes a look at the dangers of flood waters filled with trash, dead animals
      SOURCE: WALL STREET JOURNAL, AFP PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE TEXT: AMELIATENG GRAPHICS: LIM KAILI  -  337 words
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      Lock icon Bangkok floods creeping towards heart of capital
      685 8  -  Bus services disrupted; water now just 7km from downtown area BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: Advancing flood waters entered Bangkok’s famed Chatuchak market yesterday, edging towards the key Victory Monument intersection, disrupting bus services and surrounding two industrial estates as
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      Lock icon Pro-Beijing camp wins big in HK polls
      695 8 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Pro-Beijing parties have trounced the opposition, as Hong Kong voters expressed discontent with pro-de-mocracy parties in local elections that may predict the outcome of more important polls next year. Pro-Beijing party the Democratic Alliance for the
      NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  695 words
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      Lock icon Thousands still without power a week after US snowstorm
      173 10 GOVERNMENT workers (right) in New Jersey cutting up a tree that had snapped power lines, after it was felled by a rare snowstorm late last month. Tens of thousands of Americans in the country’s north-east are still suffering from the impact
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      Lock icon Qantas and unions hold first talks since shock grounding
      438 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Qantas Airways and union workers met yesterday for their first negotiating session since the Australian carrier grounded its entire fleet more than a week ago over a bitter labour dispute. Qantas and the unions representing engineers, pilots and
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      Lock icon S’pore PR to blast off into space – twice
      606 12  - S’pore PR to blast off into space twice German national to be among Republic’s first space tourists BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE permanent resident Michael Blum paid almost US$300,000 (S$380,000) to travel into space not once, but twice. The 35-year-old will be one of the first people from the Republic
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      Lock icon Marking the haj after Arab Spring changes
      617 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MINA: Muslims around the world yesterday marked the Eid al-Adha feast, which caps the haj pilgrimage to Mecca, with the festival overshadowed by deadly attacks in Africa and Central Asia. This year’s haj also came at a time of sweeping
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  617 words
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      Lock icon Fun-for-you foods may be very bad for you
      673 12 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: Cupcakes may be addictive, just like cocaine. A growing body of medical research suggests that processed foods and sugary drinks are not simply unhealthy. They can hijack the brain. Brain scans of obese people and compulsive eaters reveal disturbances
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon POWER OUTAGE OUTRAGE
      648 13 17.5 million Americans hit by more than 3,400 blackouts last year AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The United States is the biggest economy in the world, but all it takes to put the lights out here is some snow, or wind, or rain, or squirrels,
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      Lock icon SMALL ANIMALS, BIG EFFECT
      205 13 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE POWER outages affected 17.5 million people in all 50 states in the United States last year when there were 3,419 separate outages. The average blackout lasted four hours but, together, all the outages added up to 156 days. California had the most incidents by
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      90 13 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Massive crack widens in Antarctic ice sheet L Pollution from South Asia brewing monster storms L Debt ceiling fight made US look weak: Bill Clinton More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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    • world.regional
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        Lock icon Supporters donate $1m to Chinese dissident Ai
        510 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Thousands of people have donated more than 5.3 million yuan (S$1.06 million) to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei some tossing cash folded into paper airplanes over his gate to help him pay a tax bill they see as
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  510 words
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        Lock icon Chinese novelist tests limits on Net
        520 14 Dissident’s state-approved versions are in print, but he puts uncensored texts online NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: When novelist Murong Xuecun (right) showed up at a ceremony here late last year to collect his first literary prize, he clutched a sheet of paper with some
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        Lock icon S. Korea ruling party divided
        537 15 25 lawmakers call on govt to drop growth focus, demand apology from President Lee REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s ruling conservatives were on the brink of revolt yesterday, with a group of lawmakers demanding that the party clean up corruption and adopt a more balanced economic
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        Lock icon Cultural genocide behind recent self-immolations, says Dalai Lama
        232 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: The Dalai Lama yesterday said Tibetans faced “cultural genocide” under hardline Chinese rule that he blamed for a recent wave of self-immo-lations in China’s south-west. “Chinese communist propaganda creates a very rosy picture. But actually, including many Chinese from
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        Lock icon China silent after Japan nabs boat captain
        398 15 TOKYO: China has kept silent after the captain of a Chinese fishing boat was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard for allegedly intruding into Japanese territorial waters, an area not disputed by Beijing. China has yet to give an official response to the
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        Lock icon Tycoon to rely on S’pore arbitration to fight graft probe
        966 16  -  Panel’s ruling rejecting the allegations has been passed to the Indian authorities BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Tycoon T. Ananda Krishnan, who controls South-east Asia’s largest multimedia and telecommunications empire, is relying on a recent Singapore
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        Lock icon KL-run unit trusts in ‘halal’ controversy
        612 17  -  Muslim investors concerned as Selangor fatwa challenges status of popular investments BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: For 30 years, the govern-ment-run Amanah Saham unit trusts have been the most popular investment for Malay Muslims, with their consistently high yields and folksy
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        Lock icon Satirical song on Pakistani society an instant hit
        291 17 NEW YORK TIMES ISLAMABAD: A satirical song that takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at religious extremism, militancy and contradictions in Pakistani society has become an instant hit here, drawing attention as a rare voice of the country’s embattled liberals. The song, Aalu Anday,
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        Lock icon Iran ‘has what it takes to build atomic bomb’
        618 18 Data given to UN shows Iran helped by ex-Soviet scientist, Pakistani, N. Korean experts WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Intelligence provided to UN nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has mastered the critical steps needed to build an atomic weapon,
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        Lock icon Carlos the Jackal on trial for attacks in 1980s
        339 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: The man known as Carlos the Jackal, once feared as a leader of international terrorism, went on trial yesterday for four deadly attacks in France in 1982-1983. The 62-year-old Venezuelan, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez
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        Lock icon San Francisco likely to have Chinese mayor
        542 19 Seattle-born Edwin Lee’s expected election seen as long overdue milestone NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO: The city with America’s oldest Chinatown appears likely to elect today a Chinese-American mayor for the first time ever, and for many residents it is a milestone long
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        Lock icon LIFE ON MARS
        385 20 SOURCES: ESA, SPACE.COM, AFP and REUTERS The 520 days of isolation for the Mars500 crew ended last Friday, when the hatch of their ‘spacecraft’ parked at a Moscow institute was opened for the first time since June last year THE MISSION On June 3 last year, six
        SOURCES: ESA, SPACE.COM, AFP and REUTERS; PHOTOS: AFP GRAPHICS: MIKE M DIZON  -  385 words
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon KL-UN refugee project
          129 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will undertake a joint exercise with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to register refugees and asylum seekers. The move, expected to take off in January, involves some 94,800 refugees and asylum seekers who have had their status already
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          Lock icon 9 dead in Papuan riots
          102 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Violent ethnic clashes in Papua New Guinea’s port city of Lae have left up to nine people dead and forced the closure of many businesses in the vital hub, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said yesterday. Mr O’Neill, who took over the reins
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          Lock icon Cain slipping in polls
          86 20 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Allegations that Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s have begun to damage his bid for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll says. The poll, conducted last Friday and Saturday, showed the percentage of Republicans who viewed Mr Cain favourably
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          Lock icon Pile-up due to fireworks?
          103 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Police investigating the cause of a 34-car pile-up on a major British highway that killed seven people and injured 51 said they are focusing on a fireworks display near the accident site. While initial reports suggested fog and wet road surfaces were partly
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          Lock icon Quakes hit some nations
          133 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: A number of countries were rattled by earthquakes yesterday. A 5.5-magnitude temblor hit northern Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. It was also felt in Tajikistan, Pakistan and the northern part of India.
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Europe in a deepening hole
      461 21 APOLITICAL settlement in Greece for an interim unity government to push through a second bailout plan for the indebted nation has been hailed as an achievement. It is, barely to the extent that parliamentary rejection of the ¤130 billion (S$227 billion) lifeline and the associated
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      Lock icon A lesson in Greek democracy
      753 21  -  BY NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is director of publications at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation, and editor of YaleGlobal Online. TWO thousand years ago, Greece introduced the world to the concept of democracy. But a Greek decision last
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        276 23  -  Lee Seck Kay RECENTLY, Dr Tan Eng Liang, the chef de mission of the Singapore contingent to the SEA Games, which starts on Friday in Indonesia, said we must send our best to the Games. He stressed that it makes
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      304 3  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH A VIETNAMESE taxi driver who allegedly tried to charge two Interpol delegates from Singapore almost 40 times their fare was arrested by Hanoi police last Saturday. The man tried to make the Singaporeans pay $360 for a 10km ride
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        524 4  -  The following are the possible sources of fuel or energy for the electricity Singapore might import. The electricity generated from these sources could be transmitted down power transmission lines to the Republic. Such lines may be underground, overhead or if they
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        431 4  -  GRACE CHUA NOW that it is considering electricity imports and studying the feasibility of nuclear energy, Singapore has come a long way from the days of coal-fired power stations and gas-lit street lamps. The Straits Times traces its energy evolution. 1861-1862: The Singapore Gas Company was formed,
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      435 6  -  St George’s Church, a national monument, celebrated its centenary recently. The Straits Times takes a look at its 100-year history. TEXT: AMELIA TENG Source: SAINT GEORGE’S CHURCH CELEBRATES ONE HUNDRED YEARS NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD About St George’s Started as a garrison church, with 29 chaplains serving
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      513 6  -  BY EISEN TEO MORE than 240 parents learnt yesterday how news articles about young people or sports, or even gory crime reports, could stimulate their children’s reading habits and help them score well in English examinations. They were at the largest
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        581 7  -  Pavkovic defends use of five-man defence as S’pore shut out Malaysia Singapore 0 Malaysia 0 BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: It had all the ingredients for a great game, but defensive-minded tactics ensured that both Singapore and Malaysia opened their SEA Games football campaigns with
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        252 7  -  FABIUS CHEN AN UPSET is brewing in Group B of the SEA Games football competition, with unheralded Timor Leste top of the six-team group after two matches. Yesterday’s 2-1 win over the Philippines at Jakarta’s Lebak Bulus Stadium followed an opening victory over Brunei by
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        429 7  -  LEE MIN KOK JAKARTA: Ten years is an eternity to be starved of SEA Games football. But that was nothing compared to the dark days that Brunei endured when the country was suspended from all footballing activities by world governing body Fifa for
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      79 7 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Hot Bods L From golden vision to silver L Sister’s wedding put off due to scandal Get your free breaking news from ST iPad and iPhone apps. Subscribers have exclusive access
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      710 8  -  Women’s water polo team want to emulate the men by winning gold In our SEA Games countdown, we take a look at the sports favourites, contenders and dark horses that can deliver a record 48 away golds for Singapore. Today: water polo and
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      672 8  -  THE CONTENDERS: CUE SPORTS BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg IT HAPPENED, not quite by accident, on a typical Saturday afternoon at a packed snooker hall in Toa Payoh. All eyes were on Marvin Lim, the national player whose match against a sparring partner had
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      441 8 BANGKOK: Thailand is confident that its boxers will bag seven gold medals at the SEA Games in Indonesia. It traditionally dominates the boxing competition in the regional sporting event and Thai Boxing Association president Boonlert Kaewprasit expects his pugilists
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      463 9 Jordan reckons Spurs’ tense win was not good for recovering Redknapp AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur assistant manager Joe Jordan admitted that his team put recuperating manager Harry Redknapp through an unnecessarily stressful finale in Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League win at Fulham. Redknapp missed the
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      217 9 LIVERPOOL: Defender Daniel Agger has slammed Liverpool’s latest failure at home and warned that their hopes of reaching the Champions League will fade with further repeats. The Reds’ 0-0 draw with Swansea on Saturday was their fourth stalemate in six outings at Anfield this season.
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      443 9  -  EYEONEPL BY ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg WHO says teams cannot do well in the league after midweek European games? The past weekend of Premier League action proved that English football’s big boys can recover from their continental hangover to win in the
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        81 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: British police are investigating a death threat that was sent to Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand. The Sun reported that the contents of the letter were so graphic that club officials did not show it to the player, who is
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        74 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS VERONA (Italy): Olympic showjumping champion Eric Lamaze’s horse Hickstead died during a World Cup event on Sunday after collapsing to the ground and writhing in pain inside a packed arena. Veterinarians’ attempts to revive the horse were unsuccessful and it was carried
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        63 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Wigan Athletic defender Antolin Alcaraz has been charged by the Football Association with spitting at Wolves’ Richard Stearman in a Premier League game on Sunday. The FA said that the incident “was not seen by the match officials but caught on
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      496 10  -  Club sides Crusaders and Rebels to play pre-season game here BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE fans are in for a super treat as rugby royalty is set to grace local shores within the next three months. High-flying Super 15 rugby union clubs Crusaders led by All
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      319 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: The race row involving Tiger Woods and Steve Williams took another twist yesterday, as it was revealed that the former world No. 1 and his old caddy will be kept apart at this week’s Australian Open. Woods and Adam
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      273 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: The Olympic torch will visit sights such as Stonehenge on its journey around Britain before the London 2012 Games. The organisers have chosen a lower-profile relay than the ambitious and expensive international route to Beijing in 2008, which included an
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      54 10 Today Tennis ATP Paris Masters: Day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch211, 6pm). Tomorrow Cricket 1st Test: South Africa v Australia, day 1 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 4.20pm). Football SEA Games Group A: Singapore v Cambodia (Live, MediaCorp Ch5, 7.55pm). Tennis ATP Paris Masters: Day 3
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      46 10 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (above), on the Brazilian legend’s promise to mail him copies of his documentary. Messi admitted last month that he had never seen Pele play
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      279 10 Badminton French Open In Paris, finals Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Kenichi Tago (Jpn) 21-16 21-11. Women’s singles: Wang Xin (Chn) bt Li Xuerui (Chn) 21-15 21-19. Cricket Ist Test In New Delhi, 2nd day: West Indies 304 (overnight 256-5: K. Brathwaite 63, S. Chanderpaul 118; P.
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      54 7 RUGBY ROYALTY TO VISIT S’PORE Rebels and the Richie McCaw-led Crusaders set to play friendlies here. B10 LOOKING FOR A BREAK Marvin Lim targeting repeat of snooker success at SEA Games. B8 READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DL TOMORROW Winning code Puzzle game Code Sliders came in tops at inaugural
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    1163 11 OBITUARIES WYSE CHARLOTTE Age:88 passed away peacefully on 6 Nov 2011. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and all loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 402,JurongWest Street 42. Cortege will leave on 9 Nov 2011 (Wednesday) at 2.45pm for funeral service at Mandai Crematorium Hall 3 at 3.15pm,
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      550 12 Can you Harness the Energy of this Volatile Market and Surge Ahead? w Leong Sze Hian Money Radio Host. Past President a of Financial Service Professionals. Author of U Books, Quoted more 5 than 1400 times in the Media, Harvard Alumnus and a Wharton Fellow The Only Investment Educator featured
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      263 16 BANKS are shedding jobs worldwide as stricter regulations and a tough six months for trading income take their toll on investment banking units. Switzerland’s Credit Suisse said last week it is cutting another 1,500 jobs, on top of an earlier round of 2,000 layoffs.
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      92 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Kitchener complex to get makeover next year L China’s growth ‘could slow to worst in decade’ L Markets up on good news from euro zone More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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      825 12 Brighter US outlook, China’s fair showing reveal disconnect between sentiment and reality Going against the tide REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: So far, the United States and China have shown a welcome resilience to turmoil from Europe, revealing a disconnect between sentiment and what is happening in
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      788 13  -  Spending power of region will eclipse importance of cheap labour, says survey of CEOs BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg FOR years, Asia was the world’s factory as lowcost labour attracted massive investment from abroad. But now the spending power of Asians is set to
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      1524 14  -  Critics have been grumbling that Singapore’s share market is stagnating and that volume growth has been slowing down. Are their complaints justified, and have the Singapore Exchange’s strategies been effective? Jonathan Kwok investigates. Jonathan Kwok jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE pickup in trading volumes on the local market
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      568 15 Bid to protect country’s credit rating, curb deficit a gamble for Sarkozy REUTERS PARIS: France yesterday announced more than ¤18 billion (S$31.5 billion) of budget savings for next year and 2013, imposing further pain on voters to protect its credit rating and curb its
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      229 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government has agreed on tax breaks for Germans worth ¤6 billion (S$10.5 billion) over two years, as “thanks” for the burden they have had to carry in Europe’s ongoing debt crisis. Dr Merkel said an agreement
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      446 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: Professor Lucas Papademos, 64, who has emerged as a front runner to lead an emergency government in Greece, is regarded by many as the safe pair of hands needed to steer the country through its crippling debt crisis. As
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        443 3  -  ACTIVITY BY TAN XING QI ST, Nov 1 Pulau Ubin to get clean power next year By Jessica Cheam Residents of Pulau Ubin (above) will be able to power their homes with clean energy, such as biodiesel and solar power, by the end of next year,
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        74 12 Bacteria what else is it good for? Bacteria can also be harnessed and put to good use outside the human body. It is used, for example, in many fermentation processes, including those used to make foods such as various yogurts (below) and cheeses. Here, the bacteria digest the sugars found
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        174 15 To celebrate the launch of Mr Moon in Singapore, Frasers Centrepoint Malls, the National Library Board and Sparky Animation is organising the Mr Moon Picture Book Contest. Mr Moon is a TV series from Britain. It chronicles the tales of Mr Moon and his friends’
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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: ALL HIGH MIDDLE FOUNDATION Listening Speaking
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      199 1 CPART Support for Sky Kinmen draws tourists with war history Military past Traditional feast Indulge in a tok panjang banquet at Christmas Sky Wu to receive honorary music award here C4 C8 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 2011 QUICK! I have booked a last-minute tour! C9 BUT We just got back home!
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      642 8  -  A Peranakan restaurant is offering a banquet of 36 dishes normally served on special occasions eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg For Christmas this year, a Peranakan restaurant in the east coast is reviving the traditional tok panjang banquet experience. “Tok” refers to “toh teng”, which is Hokkien for
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      347 8 New York Times New York Loulou de la Falaise, a muse to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and who was also a designer and a woman whose style resisted classification, died last Saturday at her home in the Vexin region of north-west France. She was
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      681 9  -  The singer was criticised by the Singapore press for a concert that seemed like a fan gathering rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg In a recent telephone interview from Taipei, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Sky Wu tells Life! a secret. “I’ve never revealed this secret in my heart to Singapore,
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      440 10  -  reviewconcert MOSAIC THE NATIONAL Esplanade Theatre/Sunday boon chan Lots of bands make broody moody music but none does it like Ohio-born, Brook-lyn-based indie rockers The National. There is frontman Matt Berninger’s distinctive voice a richly resonant and soulful baritone with a magnetic presence. And of course,
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          75 12 Puss In Boots pounced on Tower Heist and Harold Kumar at the North American box office. The 3-D animated film earned US$33 million (S$41.9 million) in its second weekend and toppled the weekend’s two new releases, bringing its total worldwide haul to US$114.5 million.
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      278 12 RETAIL ASSISTANTS μ Liaise with English Mandarin speaking clients μ Friendly customer oriented. μ S$1,400 commission. μ Training provided μ S’porean/M’sian/PR Walk-in #05-60 Sim Lim Sq or call *****077 (10.30am 8.00pm) SHOE SHOP AMK seeks Sales Assts. Handle Mandarin speaking clients. S’porean/ PR. 9686-8672 RETAIL SALES ASSISTANT (Full Time Part
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      387 15 DELIVERY DRIVERS (Temporary) Possess Class 3 driving license Minimum 1 year delivery experience Familiar with Singapore roads $8/hr (weekday), $9/hr (weekend/public holidays) Walk-in-interview PRIMA FOOD PTE LTD 201 Keppel Road, Annexe Block Level 3 Singapore *****9 Tel: 6277 7196 (Monday Friday, 8.30am 5.30pm) JMJ Distribution Svcs P/L requires Delivery Drivers/
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