The Straits Times, 10 November 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 47 1 KHAIRUL Nizam (right) celebrates scoring Singapore’s equaliser in yesterday’s 2-1 win over Cambodia. Alongside him is substitute Neil Vanu, who would go on to claim the winner in the SEA Games football match at the Senayan Stadium in Jakarta. LSPORT PAGE B8
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    • 60 1 ITALIAN 10-year bond yields surged past the 7 per cent level widely viewed as unsustainable yesterday as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s promise to resign failed to spur hopes that the country can deliver on long-promised economic reforms. European and US stock markets tanked as fears about
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    • 73 1 A SENIOR trader who took his former company to court over unpaid bonuses amounting to $2.2 million lost his case after the High Court ruled that the firm was justified in withholding the payment. In a landmark decision, the court made clear it is not wrong
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    • 43 1 FLOOD-RAVAGED Bangkok will have a muted Loy Krathong festival this year with the Tourism Authority cancelling all official celebrations. Of greater concern now are health risks relating to water supply and the accumulation of uncollected rubbish. LWORLD PAGE A19
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  • 90 1 Vegetarian food stall owner Choo Hong Eng is $416,742.11 richer, now that Marina Bay Sands has decided to pay her the prize she won at a slot machine on Oct 18. A casino manager had told her that she could not collect the jackpot because there
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  • 838 1 But the international community’s options for action are limited NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: United Nations weapons inspectors have released new evidence that they say makes a credible case that Iran is still trying to build a
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  • 836 1  -  BY MELISSA PANG IT WAS a coincidence that three students at Bedok Town Secondary School fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) this year, said the Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday. Their cases were found to be unrelated, and the students could have caught the illness from anywhere
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    • 96 1 HYPERTENSION Surgery can help IN MIND YOUR BODY Art for sale, from $60 LIFE! PAGES C4&5 What makes a good primary school? HOME, PAGE B6 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg 201 1 McDonald’s Corporation. DOUBLE
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 71 2 WE SAY It is commendable that the Ministry of Education has renewed its emphasis on morals-driven learning to build character and a sense of belonging to Singapore and focus on values that will help students grow into ethical, caring, intellectually adventurous and socially aware
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      • COLUMNS
        • 43 2 Writing about elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew who was recently awarded the Ford’s Theatre Lincoln Medal, Tom Plate says that exceptional leaders such as Mr Lee are hard to find anywhere on the globe, including Asia. L REVIEW PAGE A28
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        • 37 2 Whether it is cover versions of songs or country-specific versions of TV series, interpretations can sometimes be just as illuminating and powerful as the original work, says Ong Sor Fern. L LIFE! PAGE C6
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      • 71 2 OUR READER SAYS Priscilla Poh says that while the HDB has stated that it intends to better engage residents to find out their needs so that they will take better ownership of their towns, such as in the case of projects near the Punggol Waterway, no such resident
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    • 1033 2  -  G-20 leaders must set figures for wage rises in order to boost growth BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg IN THE middle of yet another nerve-racking week in the markets, with the epicentre of the European crisis seemingly having shifted to
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    • 91 2 CAPITALISE ON OUR BANKING AND FINANCE TALENT POOL Get connected to e2i's Career Fair for Banking Finance Professionals. Identify the best fit for your organization. Log on to www.e2i.com.sg/PME/Employer to fill in your contact details. Registration closes on 15 November, 12pm. [For Singaporeans and Singapore PRs only] We welcome hiring
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  • prime.news
    • 685 3  -  Three are from latest batch of high-fliers; two are backbenchers BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Cai Haoxiang IN A HINT of how the People’s Action Party’s leadership renewal is shaping up, six MPs have been selected to fill vacancies in its
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    • 94 3 Tucked away along Lim Chu Kang Road is a large white house where comfort women are believed to have lived during World War II. The house is located along the first landing site of the Japanese in Singapore, and is one of 14 historical and agricultural
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    • 333 3  -  TOH YONG CHUAN PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be attending the 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders’ Meeting which starts on Saturday in Honolulu, Hawaii. He will be accompanied by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang, Foreign and Law
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    • 731 4  -  Two casinos here have done well, but Macau boasts more than 30 BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg BEFORE Singapore’s two casinos opened, few thought the gaming market here would reach US$5.1 billion (S$6.5 billion) in 2010. But it did. At a gaming
      ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  731 words
    • 666 4  -  BY THAM YUEN-C HAWKER Choo Hong Eng, who was in a dispute with the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino over her jackpot winnings, will get her money after all all $416,742.11 of it. “I wasn’t surprised, I knew I would get
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    • 376 4  -  NG KAI LING SINGAPORE does not need to legalise junkets for at least the next five years, as the casinos are selling themselves without third-party agents, said industry experts at the Asian Casino and Gaming Congress. They added that Singapore should set
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    • 285 4  -  THAM YUEN-C MARINA Bay Sands (MBS) is suing an Indonesian patron for some $920,000, the amount being credit extended to him. Its casino issued a writ of summons against Mr Husni Muchtar, claiming from him $920,521 and interest accrued from March 5
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    • 570 8 Much at stake for Beijing, which has close Teheran ties REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES XINHUA NEW YORK: The growing body of evidence indicating that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons programme has direct implications for China, and sets the country on a path
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    • 247 8 THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found that while some of Iran’s nuclear activities have civilian and military applications, others are “specific to nuclear weapons”. They include: TESTS L Iran built a large metal chamber at a military site for nuclear-related testing in 2000 L It
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    • 128 8 Moving from cartoons to sombre images, award-winning illustrator Prudencio Miel Jr, better known as Miel, is rediscovering his serious side and painterly roots. After making readers laugh for years with his cartoons and caricatures in The Straits Times, Miel’s paintings and sketches in a new show reflect
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    • 411 9  -  He is accused of performing oral sex on a nine-year-old and molesting two other boys BY ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A FORMER school teacher has been charged with performing oral sex on a nine-year-old male pupil. The 37-year-old is also alleged to have molested two
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    • 128 5 K Jp m RULES OF GOLF SCOTLAND, 1744. WITH A SIMPLE BELIEF IN FAIRNESS, A GROUP OF MEN ESTABLISHED THE RULES OF GOLF. BASED ON HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, THE RULES HAVE PRESERVED THE CHALLENGE OF THE GAME FOR MORE THAN 250 YEARS. ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IS ALWAYS ANALYSED' AGAINST THE
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  • prime.europe crisis
    • 920 6 Berlusconi’s promise to quit fails to lift fears REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG ROME: Italian 10-year bond yields surged past the 7 per cent level widely viewed as unsustainable yesterday, as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s promise to resign failed to spur hopes that the country
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  920 words
    • 414 6  -  BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT EXPECT financial market volatility to continue, as political power plays in Europe take centre stage in the unfolding sovereign debt crisis, say analysts. News that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will resign and the formation of a new
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    • 367 6  -  CHERYL LIM AS ITALY struggles with its political and economic woes, companies here say the country’s adversity is working to their advantage, at least in some ways. With domestic growth in Italy slowing down, many Italian companies are turning their attention to Asia,
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    • 443 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou officially announced last night that he was stepping down to clear the way for a multi-party transition government expected to lead Greece back from the brink of bankruptcy. In a solemn televised
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GREEK PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE/VASSILIOS FILIS  -  443 words
    • 179 6 Europe’s festering debt crisis has brought down a number of heads of state where political manoeuvrings have failed. Here is a list of the casualties so far: GOING? Spain: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Polls suggest Mr Zapatero’s party will lose to the conservative opposition in polls set
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    • 803 10/11  -  Singapore undergrads are heading for places such as Africa and Central America BY LIN ZHAOWEI zhaowei@sph.com.sg WHILE their peers took up summer internship positions in comfortable offices in Raffles Place this June, Mr Benjamin Kwek and Mr Oh Zhi Jie of Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
      PHOTOS: OH ZHI JIE, JACKSON LEE; ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN  -  803 words
    • 524 10/11 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS WASHINGTON: The military mortuary entrusted with the solemn duty of receiving and caring for America’s war dead has come under fire for its shoddy handling of body parts, an Air Force investigation has revealed. In one case, staff cut
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  • WORLD.
    • 655 12  -  Company’s very existence in jeopardy after cover-up scandal BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: The share price of optical equipment maker Olympus plunged to a post-bubble low yesterday with the company’s very existence hanging in the balance over a decades-long attempt to conceal
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    • 87 12 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Power outage outrage L San Francisco likely to have Chinese mayor L Iran ‘has what it takes to build atomic bomb’ More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L
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    • 254 12 WALL STREET JOURNAL BLOOMBERG L Yamaichi Securities had engaged in a practice known as tobashi, which literally means “to fly”, to try to hide its losses. The term refers to a deft turn of hand that transfers bad assets or repaints them to make the
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    • world.regional
      • 655 16 US lawmakers urge Obama not to be hasty should Tokyo ask to join trans-Pacific pact REUTERS BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU: Four senior American lawmakers have urged US President Barack Obama not to make a hasty decision to begin free trade talks with Japan,
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      • 753 17  -  Layoffs, unpaid leave for staff as orders shrink BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Brenda Wu TAIPEI: Winter has barely begun, but the chill has set in prematurely in Taiwan’s electronics sector. Since August, at least 63 companies have
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      • 235 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan will conduct war games next week simulating defence against an attack by mainland China, officials said yesterday, revealing that the drills would draw on US military experience in the two Gulf wars. The five-day exercise beginning on Monday will pit
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      • 577 18  - 2.05m Japanese on welfare a post-war high July’s figure includes thousands hit by March 11 disaster BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Japan’s prolonged recession has led to a record 2.05 million people living on welfare, narrowly surpassing the previous high posted during the post-World War II years.
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      • 731 19 Floating candle-lit boats discouraged, on concern about fires and clogging ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Every year when the moon is full and the rainy season draws to an end, millions of Thais fill their country’s waterways with miniature lotus-shaped boats, setting them adrift
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      • 560 20  -  Leaders keen for summit to focus on common challenges now BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg ADDU CITY (Maldives): South Asia’s leaders gathered for their annual summit here yesterday, buoyed by Pakistan’s recent decision to move towards a normal
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      • 527 22 Teachers view non-Muslims as enemies of Islam, says US govt report ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistani school textbooks foster prejudice and intolerance of Hindus and other religious minorities, while most teachers view non-Muslims as “enemies of Islam”, said a study by a US government commission released yesterday.
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      • 219 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AHMEDABAD: A court has convicted 31 Hindus of killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire during one of India’s worst rounds of communal violence nine years ago. But the judge acquitted 42 other Hindus of murder
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      • 387 22  -  BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: With a resume that boasted top jobs at famous New York restaurants owned by Mr Mario Batali and Mr Eric Ripert, as well as his own celebrity pedigree, the Malaysian reality TV star seemed too good to be
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    • world.international
      • 680 23 Presidential hopeful defiant as yet another woman accuses him of sexual harassment NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A defiant Mr Herman Cain, the embattled Republican presidential hopeful, has insisted in a nationally televised news conference that he was innocent of all sexual harassment
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      • 403 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS (Ohio): Voters in the battleground state of Ohio overwhelmingly rejected a law curbing union bargaining rights for public employees, dealing a blow to Republicans in a state that could prove pivotal in deciding next year’s presidential race. More than US$30 million
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      • 632 24 Probe is orbiting Earth instead; experts have 3 days to save mission REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: Russia’s bid for its first interplanetary mission in more than 10 years went awry yesterday when an unmanned spacecraft failed to take the proper course towards
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      • 496 24 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL: A black asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier has zoomed past Earth, delighting astronomers who trained telescopes on the ancient body in hopes of learning more about its composition and origin. With a diameter estimated at 400m, Asteroid 2005
        REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AP GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM REUTERS  -  496 words
      • 928 25  -  Germany’s Merkel and France’s Sarkozy take errant countries to task but face backlash NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Europe spent decades searching for an inspirational leader. And it finally appears to have found one: “Merkozy”. The term was recently
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 121 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan released the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, along with his 10 crew, yesterday after he paid a fine of 300,000 yen (S$4,900) for entering Japanese waters, in the latest maritime incident between the nations. The arrests occurred on Sunday after a
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        • 113 26 KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes will set up a new premium regional airline that will compete head-on with Qantas’ upcoming South-east Asia-based carrier, The Sun newspaper reported yesterday. Quoting unnamed sources, the newspaper said the new full-service carrier will likely be called Caterham Jet. The
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        • 121 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called yesterday for the immediate resolution of a nearly two-month strike by workers at a giant United States-owned gold and copper mine in Papua province. About one-third of the 23,000 workers at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mining complex, who have been
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        • 84 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday offered to fly in foreign doctors for his predecessor, but refused to lift a travel ban against her, expressing concern she might flee from corruption allegations. Mr Aquino said his administration will pay for former president Gloria Arroyo
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        • 87 26 REUTERS LONDON: Thousands of students marched through London yesterday, in the latest display of anger against the Conservative Party-led government’s austerity measures. Four similar protests by students late last year led to clashes with the police, assaults on public buildings and the Conservative Party headquarters, and almost
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        • 124 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Poor health has forced Mrs Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, to cancel plans yesterday for her first public speech since undergoing surgery in August, a party spokesman said. Mrs Gandhi was expected to signal her return to party business
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        • Article, Illustration
          110 26 Thieves took away an automated teller machine (ATM) from a bank near Kuala Lumpur early on Tuesday, and later prised it open to take out the RM316,000 (S$130,000) cash inside. The machine was carted off from a Maybank branch in Taman Midah, Cheras, about 15km from downtown
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      • 301 26 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: Infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly has had his final wish granted 131 years after being executed, with officials agreeing to release his remains so he can be buried with his family. Mr Anthony Griffiths, a grandson of Kelly’s sister,
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    • 410 27 A CYNIC has been described as a person who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. The danger that societies will produce cynics is heightened in a global age of hyper-material-ism. Hence, it is commendable that the Ministry of Education has
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    • 1481 27 Education Minister Heng Swee Keat spoke at length about Character and Citizenship Education on Tuesday. We provide an edited excerpt below: I AM heartened by the strong support of parents, teachers and students for our values-driven, student-centric education. There is a consensus that this direction
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      • 899 28  -  BY TOM PLATE The writer is a Los Angeles-based columnist. THEY honoured the controversial, though increasingly appreciated, Asian elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew at the historic Ford’s Theatre in Washington recently, and I wish I had been there. Exceptional leaders are hard to
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      • 847 28 FOR years observers have wondered what it would take to unseat Mr Silvio Berlusconi as Italy’s Prime Minister. Serial scandals, prosecutions (three pending at last count), diplomatic pratfalls and a long record of economic failure did not suffice. This week, as Mr Berlusconi’s dazzling
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      • 832 28  -  BY DAVID KOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IN THE past five years, Vietnam has been courting all major economic and political centres of the world, including the permanent members of the United Nations
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    • forum.
      • 313 29  -  Dr Robin Chee MEDIACORP’S scheduled coverage of the South-east Asian (SEA) Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia will be for an average of only three hours daily, according to its website. This paltry offering of 21/2 hours of live telecast and
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      • 94 29 1 MR ARTHUR LIM: Malaysia Cup squad may be caught unprepared 2 MADAM CHIA YOKE SUN: Anchorpoint, Sistic should improve customer service standards 3 MRS KATIE SORRELL: Malls, shops and retail outlets should copy SSC’s elderly-friendly sports centres 4 MR DARIUS CHAN: Creative thinking, not rote learning, encouraged,
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      • 297 29  -  DEVELOPMENT Priscilla Poh (Ms) OUTLINING its plans to develop new towns in the next five to 10 years, the Housing Board said that it aims to not only farm out individual land parcels to the private sector to design flats but also retain
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      • 355 29  -  Farah Abdul Rahim (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the letters on employment protection for pregnant contract employees (“Improve job security for pregnant contract employees” by Ms Salinahwati Mohd Ali, last Wednesday; “Gaps in government measures, says Aware”
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      • MY POINT
        • 111 29 “Does Rasa Sentosa have the right to keep the public from the beach?” MRS MITCH TUGADE: “I was recently in Sentosa for a holiday. I parked in the Rasa Sentosa carpark because we wanted to be on Siloso Beach. While there, we were approached by a Rasa Sentosa staff
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        • 153 29 “My husband was hurt in the accident and yet the police did not investigate.” MADAM CHERYL LIM: “My husband was hit by a motorcycle at a pedestrian crossing while he was jogging on Oct 4 in Yishun. He and the motorcyclist were taken to the accident and emergency
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      • 57 29 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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    • 96 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Prices of DBSS flats now close to those of ECs L Church with two beginnings L Hanoi cabby held over bid to overcharge S’poreans More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get
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    • 485 1  -  Kranji Heritage Trail has 14 agricultural, historical landmarks BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg NATURE lovers and history buffs have a new place to explore Kranji. The Kranji Heritage Trail, with 14 historical and agricultural landmarks such as the Kranji War Memorial, Kranji Army Barracks,
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    • 728 2  -  Court rules that issue with his former firm is not about ‘restraint of trade’ BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg BETWEEN April 2007 and November 2008, a senior trader was paid a bonus of US$1.86 million by his company. He was also promised another
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    • 386 2  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH YOUNG people will get to experience being in an emergency first-hand at a new learning centre. The facility will simulate scenarios such as fires to teach the public about safety and being prepared. Although people of all ages are welcome,
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    • 367 2  -  BY SELINA LUM PROMINENT surgeon Susan Lim will take her fight against allegations that she had overcharged a patient to the highest court in the land today. Dr Lim is seeking to overturn a High Court decision in May which dismissed
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    • 518 2  -  FILIPINA STABBED TO DEATH BY KHUSHWANT SINGH THE DNA of the Indian national on trial for murdering Filipina Roselyn Reyes Pascua was found on nine items in the room where her body was discovered, the High Court heard yesterday. Forensic scientist Kee Koh
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    • 484 3  -  Project Care sends doctors to attend to participating patients BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg PATIENTS nearing the end of their lives are having their suffering reduced by a palliative care pilot scheme. Project Care sends doctors to the nursing home whenever a member of the
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    • 318 3  -  BY DARYL CHIN THE Housing Board has announced plans to redevelop four blocks of flats along East Coast Road. Blocks 1, 2 and 3 are about 48 years old, and there are 82 households in total. In the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme
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    • 414 3 TOURISTS can now claim their GST refunds in as little as three minutes, compared to the usual 20. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras), together with financial services company Global Blue, launched the world’s first Electronic Tourist Refund Scheme (eTRS) yesterday. Speaking at
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    • 430 4  -  Proposal tackles Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network woes BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg BUSINESSES waiting to be connected to Singapore’s new super-fast broadband network will be told “promptly” of any delays, under a proposal by the regulator. They will also be given a
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    • 576 4  -  BY ROYSTON SIM A GATE providing direct access from Maplewoods condominium to Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) has still not been built, several months after it was proposed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Residents had voiced concerns that the footpath outside the
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    • 587 4  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG ONE of Singapore’s top policymakers has this advice for his peers: Be humble and aware that you are prone to the same psychological biases as the people for whom you make decisions. Mr Ravi Menon, managing director of
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 111 4 FORMER United States president George W. Bush arrived in town yesterday for a short two-day visit. He will deliver the keynote address at the Barclays Asia Forum today, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) yesterday. The forum is a one-day event held at the Ritz-Carlton,
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      • 255 4 THE ballot papers from the May General Election and other documents used in the poll will be destroyed on Saturday. They will be taken on that day from the Supreme Court, where they are stored, to the Tuas South Incineration Plant to be burned. Under the
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    • 239 4 ESTONIA’S Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, on his first visit to Singapore, called on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana on Tuesday evening. The two leaders affirmed the friendly ties between their nations and agreed that, as two small open countries, it was mutually beneficial
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    • home.thursday special report
      • 989 6  -  MOE enhancing facilities in all 174 primary schools BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg PRIMARY school pupils are learning critical thinking, practising aerobics moves based on Chinese characters and even taking part in activities designed to instill in them author Stephen Covey’s seven habits of highly
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      • 135 6 School: Junyuan Primary School Location: Tampines PSLE results: Last year, slightly over half of its pupils qualified for the Express stream in secondary schools. Niche programmes: L All pupils from Primary 1 to 3 go through weekly structured lessons in sports and arts. These lessons are in areas
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      • 147 6 School: Horizon Primary School Location: Punggol PSLE results: A new school set up last year. It now has 400 pupils from Primary 1 to 4. Niche programmes: L Philosophy is incorporated into English lessons for all Primary 2 pupils. They are taught questioning techniques and are encouraged
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      • 142 6 School: Woodlands Primary School Location: Woodlands PSLE results: As of last year, some 65 per cent of its pupils made it to the Express stream in secondary schools. The school has achieved quality passes (A and A* grades) in English, mathematics and science. Niche programmes: L
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      • 141 6 School: Guangyang Primary School Location: Currently in Ang Mo Kio but will be relocated to Bishan next year. PSLE results: Some 73 per cent of its pupils made it to the Express stream last year. Niche programmes: L A six-year music programme where every child learns how
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    • 429 7  -  More than 740 carpark spaces near eight MRT stations on the line BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg WITH the Circle Line fully up and running, motorists who wish to park and ride have more options to do so. The Land Transport Authority
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    • 570 7  -  BY GRACE CHUA MOST nature lovers here have never met Dr Clive Briffett, but would be familiar with what this British environmental consultant has given to Singapore he was among the first to come up with the concept of a “green corridor”
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    • 183 7 THE Vietnamese taxi driver who allegedly tried to charge two Interpol delegates from Singapore almost 40 times their fare is now being investigated for theft and illegally taking the private property of others. Vietnamese news website Tuoi Tre News reported that the Hanoi
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    • 219 7 ORGANISERS of a new recycling initiative are asking students to take photographs that illustrate the importance of caring for the planet, then post them on social websites to help spread the green message. These pictures could include people doing their bit for
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      711 8  -  With four points from two games, coach says S’pore are good enough ATTHEGAMES Cambodia 1 Singapore 2 BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Staring at an embarrassing SEA Games exit, the Young Lions were crying out for a saviour. Khairul Nizam answered the call, despite having
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    • 470 8  -  LEE MIN KOK JAKARTA: Singapore’s SEA Games football team have taken extra measures to prevent a repeat of the food poisoning suffered by three players. For breakfast, the Young Lions will have cereal, bread, milk, cheese and bananas bought from a supermarket near the
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    • 78 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Out to make a splash on debut L Timor Leste in top form L No goals, no fizz The Big Story features the 26th SEA Games that will start tomorrow and
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    • 700 9  -  Organising committee chief hopes competition will kick off with a bang ATTHEGAMES BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg PALEMBANG: It is 11pm on a weekday night, but the busiest man in Palembang is not ready for bed just yet. Muddai Maddang, the chairman of the
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    • 88 9 Singapore’s national flag was raised at Jakarta’s City Hall yesterday morning, as part of the official ceremony that marks the start of its participation in the 26th SEA Games. A total of 414 athletes and 206 officials have been sent to compete in 34
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    • SEA SIDES
      • 109 9 JAKARTA: Accommodation woes have hit both the Malaysian and Filipino teams. Mohd Afendy Abdullah, the manager of Malaysia’s sailing team, told Bernama that he and 17 national sailors who arrived in Jakarta on Sunday had been told they had to pay for their own lodging
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      • 82 9 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’ s star swimmer Daniel Bego has pulled out of the SEA Games, denting his country’s chances of a repeat nine-gold haul from the pool. Bego, who delivered five golds in Laos two years ago and was named the Best Sportsman of the
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      • 83 9 support PALEMBANG: The Palembang organising committee is short of liaison officers (LOs) after the Indonesian SEA Games Organising Committee slashed the number of personnel from 750 to 487. “There is nothing we can do because these are the organiser’s instructions,” said an LO coordinator, Suparman. “A
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    • 480 9  -  MAY CHEN PALEMBANG: For the people of Palembang, there is nothing better than an event like the SEA Games to showcase the otherwise little-known city and its rich history. Some of the natives have even come back from other cities to help out with
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    • 459 9  -  BY MAY CHEN PALEMBANG: Women’s water polo makes its debut in the SEA Games today, but participating teams did not know who or when they would be playing until late last night, when the draw was held during a technical meeting.
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    • 710 10  -  Like all road cyclists, Dinah Chan fights temptation to stop In our SEA Games countdown, we focus on the dark horses who can help deliver Singapore’s 48 golds. Today: Cycling and archery THE DARK HORSES: CYCLING BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg PAIN is never far from
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    • 617 10  -  THE DARK HORSES: ARCHERY BY LEE MIN KOK SHAWN Tay has an unlikely idol to thank for his archery career: the fictional Lord of the Rings character Legolas, an elf whose mastery of the bow has been matched only by the legions of
      PHOTO: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  617 words
    • 553 11  -  Skipper tells team to go for win and two draws in remaining qualifiers BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg AMMAN: Five points that is the target Singapore captain Shahril Ishak has set for the team ahead of their final three World Cup football qualifiers. While the tally will not
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    • 431 11  - Paran makes it to Lions’ ranks in 8 months SANJAY NAIR AMMAN: Juggling studies with professional sport is never easy, especially in today’s competitive, paper-driven society. But Tanjong Pagar United striker Patrick Paran embraces it. In fact, he has the full backing of his parents. “When I quit my part-time
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    • 478 11 LONDON: Fabio Capello has his best player banned for three games at Euro 2012, his captain at the centre of racist abuse allegations and his team facing world champions Spain at Wembley on Saturday. But his problems do not end there. The England manager is
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    • 466 11 LONDON: Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez is in trouble again after failing to report for training yesterday he returned to Argentina without permission. His representatives had asked City’s temporary chief executive John McBeath at the weekend if the 27-year-old could spend a
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    • 240 11 Today Cricket 1st Test: South Africa v Australia, Day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 4.30pm). Football World Tour: Gabon v Brazil (Live, StarHub Ch222, tomorrow, 1.55am). U-21 International: England v Iceland (Live, mio TV Ch115, tomorrow, 3.25am). Golf Barclays Singapore Open: Day 1 (Sentosa
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    • 51 11 Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (above), saying that silencing Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez is more important than the US$30 million (S$38.2 million) he will make in Saturday’s
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    • 191 11 Cricket Ist Test In New Delhi, 4th day: Windies 304 and 180 (S. Chanderpaul 47; R. Ashwin 6-47). India 209 and 276-5 (overnight 152-2: S. Tendulkar 76; D. Sammy 2-56). India win by 5 wkts. Tennis ATP Paris Masters 1st rd: Ivan Dodig (Cro) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 4-6
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 44 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Swimmer Ian Thorpe failed to reach the 100m butterfly final at the Beijing World Cup short-course meet yesterday. The 29-year-old Australian was 13th overall in the heats with a 54.35sec swim, 2.22sec off Japanese leader Kosuke Hagino.
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      • 39 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES: Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi was jailed for 64 months on Tuesday for the match-fixing case which saw the club demoted and stripped of their 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles.
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    • 409 12 REUTERS NEW YORK: Joe Frazier had to wait until death to win rightful appreciation after a boxing career spent in the shadow of the magnificent Muhammad Ali, boxing historian Bert Sugar told Reuters. “He never got his due,” Sugar said when asked about
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    • 758 12  -  After four visits, he feels he knows how to tame Serapong course BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg IF FIVE is the magic number, then Phil Mickelson would have reason to believe that it could be his year at the 2011 Barclays Singapore Open. But more than anything, the American
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    • 382 12  -  LIN XINYI AS CAMILO Villegas arrived at a media event yesterday, he was asked to confirm the pronunciation of his surname. “I don’t care how people say my name,” came the swift reply. For the record, it is bee-jay-gahs. Not that the Colombian is
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    • 47 8 A GOOD SHOW The people of Palembang and organisers are ready to welcome the athletes. B9 NO SLACKING SEA Games individual time trial cyclist Dinah Chan is going all out. B10 FIFTH-TIME LUCKY? Phil Mickelson will again try to tame Serapong and win the S’pore Open. B12
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    • 14 8 TIME FOR REDEMPTION Prove yourselves against Jordan, captain Shahril Ishak tells his Lions. B11
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  • 1361 12 OBITUARIES Jesus said,“ I came so that everyone would have life and have it in its fullest.” John 10:10 TANTIONGWHATT Age: 90 years was called home to be with the Lord on 9 November 2011. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones and relatives. Wife: Teo Geok Choo Sons:
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    • 53 14 BeTheFirstToKnow BreakingNews SMSAlert WorldNewsTheStraitsTimes LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNews SoccerNews 04.11.2011 14:54:45pm Floodwaters in Bangkoklprompt closure of Centrals Plaza shoppingmall. 3 subwaystations,Lat Phrao,Phahon Yothini Chatuchak Park, might be shut down. FromSPHTHESTRAITSTIMESWORLD NEWS The StraitsTimes SingaporeNews Lianhe The Business TimesNews The NewPaperSoccerNews ZaobaoNews SUBSCRIBENOWFORSPECIALPRIVILEGES!† MONTHLYSUBSCRIPTIONRATEFROMONLY$4.28# Forbillingandotherenquiries,pleasecontact: SingTel1626. M*****. StarHub1633. SingTelmobilesubscribers,call*155 M1mobilesubscribers,smsSPHto2222 StarHubmobilesubscribers,smsSPHSMSNEWSto***** Formoredetails,visitwww.asiaone.com/mobilenews Thisserviceisavailabletopostpaidmobilephonesubscribersonly.#PriceincludesGST.
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    • 701 18  -  Study shows price gains for these homes outpace those with 99-year lease PROPERTY INVESTMENTS BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg FREEHOLD home prices have proved more resilient in recent months than those of 99-year leasehold properties, according to a new report. Credo Real Estate found
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    • 87 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L 109,000 job cuts at global banks L SGX stuck in a rut? L Banks turn to transaction banking for growth More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com The Big Story features the
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      • 476 14  -  STI drops 7.86 points as investors play safe; most other Asian bourses see gains BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares dipped slightly even as most Asian bourses rose yesterday, as local punters stayed cautious about developments in the ongoing euro
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        • 137 14 CHINA-BASED real-estate developer Yanlord Land Group reported a third-quarter net profit of 6.5 million yuan (S$1.3 million), a sharp 99 per cent fall from the 535 million yuan in the same period last year. The decline was due to an increase in pre-contracted sales to 8.87 billion
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        • 115 14 DEVELOPER SC Global Developments lifted net profit 75 per cent to $31.7 million for the three months to Sept 30. The growth was on the back of higher revenue recognition for development projects as construction progressed well, such as for Martin No. 38 and Seven Palms at
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        • 114 14 VENTURE Corp reported a 27.2 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to $35.4 million. Volume growth in most of the company’s business segments was insufficient to offset declines in the networking and communications and the printing and imaging segments. Revenue fell by 13.9 per cent, from $677.93
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          99 14 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.45 billion shares worth $1.31 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 227 Losers: 236 Unchanged: 688 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change 2.04 629.38 -0.28 425.16 684.88 -1.17 -0.69 581.00 -3.94 232.57 -0.56 196.36 -4.31 603.33
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        • 232 14 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,755.44 (+99.93) Tokyo stocks rose 1.2 per cent after embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he would resign once key economic reforms are adopted. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 20,014.43 (+335.96) Hong Kong shares closed 1.7 per cent higher as China said
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        • 238 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: NOV 9, 2011 Top Rises Nov 9 CENTS DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4252 100.5 1.9 Nov 9 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3547 83.9 1.9 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2870 72.5 2.0 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1575 45.8
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        • 388 14 Top Rises Nov 9 CENTS SembMar.ES.1111 412 8.0 2.0 KepCorp BPeCW*****4 70 7.0 11.1 Kep Corp.ES.1111 932 6.0 0.6 SembMar BPeCW*****3 36.5 5.0 15.9 Yangzijiang.ES.1111 98 3.5 3.7 Noble Grp.ES.1111 161.5 3.0 1.9 18.0 1.4 Yanlord.ES.1111 105.5 2.0 1.9 DBS BP eCW*****2 29 1.5 5.5 SembMar BNPeCW*****3
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        • 54 14 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol Genting SP 170.5 -4.5 -2.6 94,431,000 Golden Agri STI 2800MBeCW*****0 7.2 -0.1 -1.4 20,076,000 0.5 0.8 88,142,000 Noble Grp By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value Genting SP 1/0-5 -4.5 -2.6 163,070,295 Noble Grp 160.5 0.5 0.3 104,433,824 Wilmar UNIT TRUSTS
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        • 60 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Nov 9 2011 Selling Buying Nov 9 2011 Aust dollar Can dollar Selling 1.345 1.277 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying ....1.281 ....1.228 ....1.714 Malaysian ringgit 41.458 39.864 2.075 ....1.996 NZ dollar 1.037 Indonesian rupiah
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        • 60 14 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 135 -1.5 3571 137 133.5 1.5
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        • 81 14 Mid-Cap 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 127.5 unch 406 127.5
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      • 563 15  -  US$121m loss in gains blamed on investments and foreign exchange BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg PLANTATION giant Wilmar International is the latest Singapore-listed company to have its bottom line battered by the resurgent American dollar. The company said yesterday that it would have
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      • 450 15  -  BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT HIGHER operating expenses offset robust earnings from mobile phones to drive down StarHub’s third-quarter net profit by 7.6 per cent to $75.8 million. Total operating expenses at $479.4 million for the three months to Sept 30 were
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      • 423 15 REUTERS SUPPLY chain manager Noble Group yesterday posted its first quarterly loss in more than a decade, hurt by turbulence in commodity prices as the global economy weakened. But the company said it had made good progress in the planned listing of
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      • 361 15  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK HIGHER margins in its shipbuilding contracts and more vessel deliveries lifted third-quarter earnings at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding up 40 per cent to a record 1.02 billion yuan (S$205 million). It was also the first time that the Chinese firm’s quarterly net profits
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    • 472 16  -  Revenues hit by slowing economy, euro zone crisis BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg FALLING revenues amid the slowing global economy and euro zone crisis sent third-quarter underlying profits at HSBC Holdings tumbling 35 per cent to US$3 billion (S$3.8 billion). Revenues from the bank’s
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    • 401 16  -  YASMINE YAHYA ESTONIA rarely makes a splash on the world stage but it has some compelling strengths that might make any business person sit up and take notice. Take the fact that the former Soviet nation is now the fastest growing economy in Europe,
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    • 553 16 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s inflation slowed by the most in almost three years, giving officials more room to support growth as industrial production and the property market cool and Europe’s crisis threatens exports. Consumer prices rose 5.5 per cent in October from
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    • 230 16  -  MELISSA TAN ENGINEERS have great potential to help transform the local construction industry, said Minister of State for National Development Lee Yi Shyan yesterday. They should “get involved right at the beginning, the design or conceptualisation stage. Engineers can help enhance the buildability
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    • 353 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: A US judge cited the “huge and brazen” nature of the crime as he imposed a record US$92 million (S$117 million) civil penalty on Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund boss snared in the biggest insider
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    • 827 17  -  Share deal and clash on how to run beverage firm reasons for dispute BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg A BITTER legal row within the fa-ther-and-son team controlling listed beverage firm Viz Branz has been settled amicably before the case went to open court. While
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    • 662 17  -  BY MELISSA TAN PLENTY of travellers duck into the du-ty-free shop at the airport to pick up an ul-tra-cheap bottle of wine or spirits. But the price gap between duty-paid and duty-free alcohol can be a serious matter for business owner Paul Ho. In
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    • 449 17  -  BY ROBIN CHAN SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are holding back on their investments in the current volatile financial market, said Mr Linus Goh, OCBC global head of enterprise banking and financial institutions. But there is unlikely to be a repeat of the pullback in
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    • 157 1 Brush with art Oscar kerfuffle Becoming conduct Award-winning cartoonist paints for new show Director Brett Ratner quits after anti-gay slur Young musician wins a prize in conducting C8 C12 C2 You might not be able to aford British artist Damien Hirst’s diamond-studded skull which sold for US$100 million. But this
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      • 881 2  -  From cartoons to sombre images, award-winning illustrator Miel rediscovers his painterly roots deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg He has been making readers laugh for years with his cartoons and caricatures in The Straits Times but award-winning illustrator Prudencio Miel, Jr, better known as Miel, has rediscovered his serious
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      • 460 2 Reuters New York An early painting by Roy Lichtenstein (right) sold for US$43.2 million (S$54.8 million) at Christie’s on Tuesday, at the auction house’s solid US$247.6million sale of contemporary and post-war art. As actor Leonardo DiCaprio looked on in blue jeans and a blue baseball cap,
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      • 1118 4  - Relax it’s just art The Affordable Art Fair is back with a bigger set-up and more art-related activities deepika shetty in london my deepikas@sph.com.sg An art fair that aims to make art-buying accessible to the masses is returning to Singapore after its successful debut last year. The Affordable Art Fair,
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        634 4 Some works in different budget categories to consider UNDER $500 Leaves, 2007 By Deanna Ng Photograph printed on archival paper At $60, this 13cm by 13cm photograph by Singaporean freelance photographer Ng is one of the cheapest works at the fair. She specialises in documentary, portraits and offbeat
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      • 453 4 L Arty-Licious Evening What: This special evening of music and performance art will help raise funds for the charity, Very Special Arts. Artist Vincent Chow will use everyday materials such as tape, paper, bottles and twigs, as well as simple body movements to explore the nature
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    • 111 6 ‘Any abuse that I’ve ever got from studios hasn’t been anything near what I got selling cars’ Mirror Mirror director Tarsem Singh (left) on how the Hollywood business is easier than the second-hand car trade ‘I have been very curious. Is Jay Chou human?’ Singer Eason
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    • 1017 6  -  Covers are worth the time if the artist takes a serious approach in interpreting the original culture vulture ong sor fern sorfern@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/OngSorFern When I asked a friend whether she was going to the k.d. lang concert recently, she sniffed dismissively: “Oh, k.d. lang does mostly covers.
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      • 86 6 International chamber music ensemble Ma’alot Quintett is celebrating 25 years of music with a concert here. The group is made up of flautist Stephanie Winker, oboist Christian Wetzel, clarinetist Ulf-Guido Schafer, horn player Volker Grewel and bassoonist Volker Tessmann. Highlights include pieces such as Beethoven’s Creatures Of Prometheus
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      • 128 6  -  Cheryl Faith Wee TheatreWorks’ The Continuum: Beyond The Killing Fields is currently touring Brazil. The theatre piece, about the despair of artists in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, has already played four shows in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo. Its last show on tour is at
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      • 101 6 Singaporean artist Ye Shufang, best known for her ephemeral installations made of agar-agar or jelly, is now working in a more permanent medium. The Happiness Index is an exhibition that signals this move, even as it traces her development as an artist over the past 15
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      • 86 6 Made of paper, local artist Yenn Ang’s chair sculpture looks sturdy enough to sit on. Her debut solo exhibition, Empty Chairs, includes other paper sculptures of childhood objects such as a rocking horse and a windmill and explores the strength and fragility of memories. Where: The Upper
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    • 657 8  -  Singaporean Wong Kah Chun is second at a conducting competition and is aiming higher akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Home-grown conductor Wong Kah Chun is making waves overseas with his baton even though he rarely gets the chance to conduct professional ensembles at home. The 25-year-old, who made his conducting
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    • 417 8  -  reviewconcert PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION FINAL Yong Siew Toh Conservatory/Tuesday chang tou liang Committed piano-fanciers will point to one annual event that is a “must attend” the final of the Conservatory’s piano concerto competition. The chance to experience four full-length piano concertos (accompanied by second
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    • 699 10 The actor who played the goofy role in films was found dead in bed on Tuesday. He was 65 Hong Kong Comedian Ricky Hui, the goofy one of the three Hui brothers who dominated Hong Kong cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, has died
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    • life!.buzz
      • 495 12 New York Times Associated Press Los Angeles Film director Brett Ratner (right) abruptly resigned as co-producer of next year’s Oscar broadcast on Tuesday after he used an antigay slur and made frank sexual remarks on a radio show. In a statement late on Tuesday, he said he
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      • 260 12 Reuters Los Angeles Whose pictures are worth more Marilyn Monroe’s or Justin Bieber’s? Memorabilia collectors and fans will find out in a four-day, December auction called Icons And Idols. Polaroid images of Bieber behind the scenes of his music video for One Less Lonely Girl,
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      • buzzing
        • 73 12 Singer songwriters Suzanne Vega and Chris Carrabba, better known as the frontman for emo-indie group Dashboard Confessional, will perform solo acoustic gigs at the Esplanade next year. Vega will perform on Jan 18 and tickets at $128 and $148 will be available through Sistic from
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        • 73 12 R&B and soul singer Macy Gray and pop/rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx are coming. Gray will headline a New Year’s Eve party at Capella Singapore at Sentosa, alongside Australian Broadway stars Michael Falzon and Dale Burridge. Room rates start from $988. Go to www.capellahotels.com/ singapore/ for
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        • 81 12 Ousted Spider-Man director Julie Taymor sued the Broadway musical’s producers on Tuesday. Taymor, who spent years working on the critically panned US$70million (S$89-million) Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, filed suit in federal court, citing copyright infringement and breach of contract. She claims the show’s book the non-sung
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        • 84 12 Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers, died on Tuesday, aged 44. Police said he died in a Los Angeles hospital after collapsing at his condominium building. The New York-born rapper was frontman of Heavy D
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    • 198 2 I SINGAPORE {OPENING IN ***** I PATRQNLf 2011 Cdcbratin thcrtff^o I Ictibiw PATRON OF HERITAGE AWARDS 2011 Recognise the philanthropy of heritage donors and benefactors. Nominations are now open. WHO ARE ELIGIBLE Individuals/Organisations that have contributed artefacts, artworks or archival materials to the collection of any museum or heritage institution
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    • 297 9 REX CINEMAS 2 Mackenzie Road Tel: 6337 6607/6337 2845 T FaceBook Group Rex Cinema “VELAYUTHAM” (VIJAY, GENELIA, HANSIKA) Consumer Advice: Some Violence REX 1: 11am, 2.30, 6.00, 9.30pm GOLDEN THEATRE Golden Mile Tower, 6001, Beach Road TEL: 6295 6417/6554 4747 www.ayngaran.com GOLDEN DIGITAL ‘VELAYUTHAM’ Tdy: 3.00pm, 9.00pm THE ADVENTURES OF
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    • 122 11 The weather Partly cloudy. SUNRISE 6.47am MOONRISE 6.26pm SUNSET 6.51pm MOONSET 6.06am AIR QUALITY PSI: 20 (GOOD) 33/25 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO TO www.nea.gov.sg TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.8m 10.26am SECOND HIGH TIDE 2.8m 11.43pm 4.52am (1.2m), 10.26am (2.8m),
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    • 171 11 Tour local farms and learn about Singapore history The Kranji Heritage Trail, tucked away in the northern part of Singapore, aims to educate people about local farms and historical sites. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. GROUND ZERO Teens’ public displays of affection Young couples are caught getting intimate in
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    • 77 1 (P)108/11/2010 MICA Your Life. Live it well. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 2011 CONTROL HYPERTENSION SURGERY CAN NOW LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE WHEN PILLS DON’T WORK WELL pages14-15 WIN! Health supplements and hampers worth more than $1,000 NEW DRUG Helps patients to breathe easier HEALING PEN Writing can improve your mental and physical
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      • 279 2  -  NG WAN CHING Deputy editor wanching@sph.com.sg The holidays are upon us and as families travel overseas, parents should heed the findings of a United States study. A nationwide study has found that previously healthy children hospitalised with flu were significantly more likely to
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      • 837 4  -  DR TOH HAN CHONG corporate@nccs.com.sg Dr Toh Han Chong is head and senior consultant, department of medical oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore Mei was shocked when she was told by her surgeon that she had seven cancerous lumps in her liver as there were no
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      • 627 5 When a blood vessel is blocked in the eye, it has to be treated as an emergency to prevent blindness AP The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the retina is the brain’s window to the world. When the
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      • 804 6 / 7  -  Oo Gin Lee tests the Health Promotion Board’s new fitness tracker app, which comes with a calorie counter for hundreds of local dishes and drinks Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg The writer is the deputy editor of Digital Life Having extensively tested sports tracker apps
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      • 672 8 / 9  -  Behavioural changes as well as problems with language and planning may signal the start of the disease. Lea Wee reports Lea Wee reports leawee@sph.com.sg Memory loss is closely associated with dementia, but people who show no signs of losing their memory can
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      • 200 8 / 9 If you have one or more of the following symptoms for six months, so much so that people close to you have commented on them, you may want to consult your family doctor. He can refer you to a dementia clinic. If you have memory loss
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        1198 10 / 11  -  Writing about difficult emotions can reduce stress and benefit your health. Lea Wee reports reports Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg Source: The Write To Recovery It was a simple writing assignment. Forty-six university students were asked to write about their experiences for 15 minutes a day for four consecutive
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      • 123 10 / 11 The Write To Recovery ($15) book is on sale at the IMH Clinic B Pharmacy and Wellsprings Catholic Books (22 Sin Ming Lane, 06-73 Midview City). You can also call 6389-2831 or e-mail Nirhana_Japar@ imh.com.sg. The IMH is working on a second book of therapeutic writings, focusing
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      • 389 10 / 11 facebook A person can sometimes feel overwhelmed by work or social issues, but does not want to talk to someone about it because he fears others cannot relate to it or he is unable to say exactly how he feels. Through writing, he can
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      • 1066 16 / 17  -  Those afflicted with a lung disease that causes breathing difficulties may find relief in a new drug. reports Tan Lay Leng lltan@sph.com.sg Anew drug, approved for use here in July, has been helping patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The drug,
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      • 400 16 / 17 Source: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease People above 40 years of age who experience breathlessness and have had a long-term cough which produces mucus or phlegm should check if they have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a chronic lung disease that restricts
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