The Straits Times, 5 March 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, MARCH 5 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon China to raise military spending by 11.2%
    625 1  -  It stresses relatively small budget, pledges peace to allay neighbours’ fears BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China will boost its military spending by 11.2 per cent this year, continuing an almost unbroken run of dou-ble-digit jumps in the past
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    Lock icon A RIDE WITH CHARACTER:
    91 1 Captain America (also known as Patrick Tan, 36, centre), Stewie Griffin from the animated series Family Guy (Seow Howe Liang, 18, left) and Ghost from the video game Modern Warfare (Samuel Tan, 24) were some of the more unusual characters at OCBC Cycle’s 24km Community Ride
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  • INSIDE 66 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Battling teen drug abuse
      66 1 HELP groups here are looking at new ways to combat the growing problem of drug abuse among teenagers, some as young as 10. The Ain Society, for example, handled 18 cases of young drug abusers last year, up from two the year before. In the past,
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      Lock icon Trafficker spared gallows
      58 1 A DRUG trafficker on death row who was granted a retrial last December will now be tried on a non-capital charge. Lawyers assigned to 32-year-old Malaysian Thong Ah Fat last week made successful representations to the prosecution to step down the charges. Even if convicted, he will
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      Lock icon Putin poised for victory
      38 1 PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin is poised to win the Russian presidential election as the last polling station closed early today, defeating four rivals, amid allegations of poll violations by observers. L PRIME PAGE A8
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      Lock icon One-off free election
      46 1 RESIDENTS of Wukan have elected a committee to run the fishing village after an infamous rebellion to drive out autocratic leaders, but in all likelihood, the peaceful vote won’t be replicated across the country. L WORLD PAGE A10 ST PHOTO: SIM CHI YIN
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    Lock icon ‘Second-timers’ snap up EC units
    171 1  -  BY DARYL CHIN THEY were sold as quickly as they were put up on the selling block. Within two hours, 182 units at the Twin Waterfalls executive condominium (EC) in Punggol were snapped up yesterday by second-time Housing Board flat applicants. Even a 1 per
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    • VIEW POINTS
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        Lock icon Debt scarier than tsunami, yet no quakes
        63 2 WE SAY Calls for urgent policy reforms to rein in the Japanese government’s mountainous debt should be heeded. With a debt-to-gross domestic product ratio that exceeds 200 per cent, it eclipses the debt load of Greece. Yet no one is quaking, change is
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        Lock icon Democracy at risk?
        43 2 COLUMNS The upcoming Jakarta and Aceh elections are being closely watched as they might be the last direct ones for the governor if a Bill to turn them into indirect polls is passed, says Salim Osman. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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        Lock icon Legacy of a ‘failed’ man
        48 2 Although some men may fail in the central mission of their lives, they leave behind such rich legacies that they are talked about for a long time. Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose is one such man, says Elgin Toh. L REVIEW PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Rush for perpetual bonds
        37 2 As perpetual bonds issued by companies get more popular, it would be wise for investors to take a long, hard look at their businesses too, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B16
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        Lock icon Need for legal fee guide
        52 2 OUR READER SAYS There should be legal fee guidelines to ensure professionals are not given a free hand when billing their clients. The Law Society and the Consumers Association of Singapore should look into how these fees are charged, says Chang Lee Lee. L FORUM
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      Lock icon Lessons from the fibre broadband delay woes
      1044 2  -  One looming issue: Are there too many layers in broadband ecosystem? BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg SINCE it was launched in September 2010, the new ultra-fast fibre broadband network has signed up and connected about 100,000 subscribers, or one in 10 households.
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      152 2 SINGAPORE LIFO, BODY FACE CENTRE C f-orvm (Sre4"fin§ rid erf s-hhhorn ■fa.f Concerns: Stubborn fat that is difficult to diet away Breasts and buttocks that have inadequate fullness Lack of a toned and athletic appearance despite regular exercise f~ir\cL ov*f more cl!oov4\ Healthy diet, exercise and medicine for weight loss
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      Lock icon Second-time buyers get a better shot at EC units
      690 3  -  Revised quota perks up sales; higher prices also favour second-timers BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg WHEN the news broke last Friday that second-time buyers of public housing units would be given more chances to purchase executive condominium (EC) units, Mr Eddie Luo,
      ST PHOTOS: TED CHEN  -  690 words
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      Lock icon Stubbing out the eat-and-puff habit
      754 4  -  Aim is for 1 in 5 food centres to be smoke-free by 2013 BY DARYL CHIN THAM YUEN C darylc@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg COME the end of next year, it is hoped that 21 out of the 107 one in five food centres islandwide will be smoke-free.
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      Lock icon Engineer in fatal crane collapse ‘not liable for damages’
      634 4  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT THE Court of Appeal has cleared an engineer from having to pay damages over a tower crane collapse that killed three workers. The apex court’s decision reversed a High Court ruling last year which found
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      Lock icon Trafficker on death row escapes gallows
      516 5  -  Fate of Malaysian takes a second dramatic turn BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE fate of a drug trafficker who was on death row has taken a second dramatic turn. Thong Ah Fat, a 32-year-old Malaysian, now no longer faces the gallows
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      Lock icon Secret detentions to be strictly limited, says China
      457 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: China says secret detentions will be “strictly limited” despite planned changes to the criminal law that will allow police to withhold information on a suspect’s whereabouts from his family. The National People’s Congress (NPC), which
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      Lock icon Tycoon sells power assets to KL govt fund
      568 6  -  1MDB also eyeing satellite business BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Tycoon Ananda Krishnan has sold his international power generation assets for RM8.5 billion (S$3.5 billion) to Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development (1MDB), a deal that financial executives
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      Lock icon Two trains, one track, one horrific collision
      452 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WARSAW (Poland): Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into how a train ended up on the wrong tracks, causing two engines to collide head on, killing 16 people and leaving 54 in hospital. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called Saturday’s
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS  -  452 words
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      Lock icon Thai govt touts elaborate plan to prevent floods
      862 7  -  But implementing $123b proposal an uphill task BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: An elaborate plan on how Thailand will manage flood waters to prevent a repeat of last year’s disaster will be the centrepiece of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s
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      Lock icon Putin set to win amid vote-rigging claims
      799 8 Opponents vow to step up protests against ex-KGB man REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: Mr Vladimir Putin sought a convincing victory in Russia’s presidential election yesterday to strengthen his hand in dealing with the biggest protests of his 12-year rule, but faced allegations of
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS  -  799 words
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      Lock icon 6.39 PM
      61 9  -  BY LAU FOOK KONG PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages on Monday entitled 6.39pm. Foreign workers collecting
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      Lock icon Merkel faces challenge at home on fiscal pact
      596 9 New treaty needs two-thirds majority in Parliament REUTERS BLOOMBERG BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces an unexpected challenge in getting new euro zone budget discipline rules approved at home, after the government confirmed over the weekend the new treaty would require a
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Vote in Wukan likely a one-off free election
      847 10  -  Few local govts would want to follow its model: Analysts NEWS ANALYSIS BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: One by one, the residents of Wukan village made their way through a maze of passageways lined by wobbly wooden school
      ST PHOTOS: SIM CHI YIN  -  847 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      92 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Next up, Google ‘Sea View’ L Charm of spring in Europe L Treasurer Swan blasts Aussie mining tycoons More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L Rescues, clean-ups continue
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        Lock icon IPO bid by bear bile firm draws ire
        865 11  -  Fujian firm opens up its premises for scrutiny but that fails to ease public hostility BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: A Fujian firm under fire over its bear farms where it “milks” bears and markets their bile tried to
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        Lock icon China ‘PM-to-be’ stresses virtues of consumption
        333 12 BEIJING: It is not unusual for China’s officials to publish papers before they move to a higher position. But no one had ever written one on the importance of consumption until now. Vice-Premier Li Keqiang, widely tipped to become the nation’s next premier, used
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        Lock icon No China hints on HK polls
        392 12 HONG KONG: China’s Vice-President Xi Jinping did not mention Hong Kong’s upcoming Chief Executive election when he met the city’s deputies to the nation’s top political advisory body in Beijing yesterday. This was despite speculation that Mr Xi China’s top official on Hong Kong
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        Lock icon Govt shares blame for nuclear crisis: Noda
        501 12 Officials blinded by false belief in Japan’s tech infallibility: PM NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has acknowledged that the government shared the blame for the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Officials had been blinded by a
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        Lock icon India shoots for the (foreign film) stars to boost tourism
        838 13  -  Move to woo foreign crews by setting up one-stop centre for clearances, visas and tax perks MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg AS PAKISTAN demolished Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound last month, its replica was taking
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Hardliners wrest control of Parliament
        573 14 Khamenei loyalists win over 75% of seats, raising risk of nuke showdown IRAN ELECTIONS ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS TEHERAN: Conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared on course to gain firm control of Iran’s Parliament after elections that could embolden Teheran’s nuclear confrontation with the West.
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        Lock icon Red Cross still barred as Syrian forces shell rebels
        405 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAMASCUS: Relief agencies spent a third straight day yesterday waiting for the go-ahead to enter part of the battered Syrian city of Homs, where hundreds of people are reported to have been killed and even more wounded in an
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        Lock icon Romney bags caucus win as Super Tuesday looms
        294 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEATTLE: US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has picked up another victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning caucuses in the northwestern state of Washington on Saturday. With 93 per cent of the ballots counted, Mr Romney was
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        Lock icon Aussie rebalancing on key Asian issues likely
        1153 15  -  New Australian foreign chief Bob Carr’s views on Sino-US ties will encourage the region NEWS ANALYSIS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg FOR someone who has gone through the wringer in the past week, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has done pretty well
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        Lock icon First fatality due to NSW floods
        340 16 Man swept away while trying to cross creek; evacuations continue EXTREME WEATHER: AUSTRALIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: A man who was swept down a swollen creek yesterday became the first fatality from floods inundating Australia’s New South Wales state. Hundreds more people were evacuated from
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        Lock icon Crops hit by driest winter in 70 years
        287 16 SPAIN AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE MADRID: February is barely past but already Spanish farmers are on drought alert as reservoirs shrink, crops wilt and brush fires crackle after the country’s driest winter in 70 years. Spain is used to fires in the summer, but
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Congress ‘election blow’
          96 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s ruling Congress failed to make a breakthrough in recent elections in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, according to voter surveys published yesterday. Congress was expected to increase its strength in the 403-seat state assembly from 22 to about 50, but
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          Lock icon Sportswear labour ‘abused’
          83 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Bangladeshi workers producing sportswear for international brands such as Puma, Nike and adidas are being physically abused, a British newspaper claimed yesterday. The Observer said Bangladeshis working in factories making clothing for the brands all three are sponsors of the upcoming London Olympic Games
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          Lock icon Kidney cases rising: KL
          88 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: The number of kidney patients in Malaysia has tripled in the last 10 years, with almost all the 15,000 Malaysians who are awaiting organ donations suffering from kidney failure. In 2001, 7,837 Malaysians were undergoing dialysis treatment and the number
          THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  88 words
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          Lock icon Blasts in Congo kill 200
          71 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRAZZAVILLE: At least 200 people were killed in a series of explosions at a munition depot in the Congolese capital of Brazzaville early yesterday, a European diplomat said. The blasts were set off by a blaze in two munition depots in the Mpila
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          Lock icon Jong Un orders high alert
          146 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered troops along the heavily armed border with rival South Korea to be on high alert during a visit to the demilitarised zone, state media reported yesterday. Mr Kim’s visit to Panmunjom village, his first reported
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          Lock icon Mum sets herself on fire
          120 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: A mother of four has become the latest person to burn herself to death to protest against government policies in Tibetan areas of China, according to a Tibetan activist group. London-based Free Tibet yesterday said a woman named Rinchen set herself on
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        Lock icon No dogsleds, just the return of Darth Vader
        395 17 SLICEOFLIFE TAYLORSVILLE (Utah): Mr Shaun Donahue and his team of four “sled dogs” friends dressed as lumberjacks with fake beards and flannel shirts were anxious to avenge last year’s second-place finish. Their “sled” consisted of a shopping cart, topped with a cardboard
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Debt scarier than tsunami, yet no quakes
      418 18 NOWHERE is the epic stoicism of the Japanese more evident than in their approach to a mountain of public debt that leaves government finances in a perilous state. Eclipsing the debt load of Greece, not to mention the advanced economies, Japan has the
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      Lock icon The political economy of superstars
      978 18  -  BY KENNETH ROGOFF The writer is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University, and was formerly chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. PROJECT SYNDICATE THE biggest news around Cambridge in recent weeks has been Jeremy Lin, the Harvard economics graduate who has
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      Lock icon Indirect polls: Rolling back Indonesia’s democracy?
      830 18  -  BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg ACEH’S April election and Jakarta’s city polls in July are being closely watched by Indonesians eager for progress in the country’s democracy. In Aceh, former separatist leaders are fighting for the top job in the province. In Jakarta,
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        257 20  -  Chang Lee Lee (Madam) I RECENTLY engaged a lawyer to settle a tenancy dispute. I was told that legal costs are time-based and my straightforward case would cost about $5,000. However, the final bill came up to $23,000 about five times the original estimate. The
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        151 20  -  Kwan Jin Yao WHILE I applaud Education Minister Heng Swee Keat’s vision for his ministry’s mission, it may be constructive, starting with bureaucrats, to actively discourage the use of the term “neighbourhood schools” in education (“Neighbourhood schools are good too: Minister”; Feb 24). Literally,
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      260 5 FUTSAL enthusiasts now have a new stomping ground in a purpose-built facility located under the Thomson flyover. Called Offside, the futsal complex has four pitches, each laid with the artificial turf recommended by international football body Fifa. Futsal is a five-a-side game based on
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      457 9 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Mario Balotelli could face the wrath of Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and a £250,000 (S$498,000) fine, after British media reported that the controversial striker visited a Liverpool strip club in the early hours of Friday morning. The
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      390 10  -  BY ALVIN CHIA THIS year’s OCBC Cycle Singapore was an uphill climb for riders quite literally. Benjamin Sheares Bridge was opened up for the first time in the event’s fouryear history, and that meant participants had to brave the steep ascent up the
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        81 10 LATE goals from Tatsuro Inui (82nd minute) and Fazrul Nawaz (75th, 85th) earned Singapore Armed Forces FC a 3-3 draw against Home United in an S-League football match at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night. Qiu Li (22nd, 77th) gave the
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        64 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Footballers Seydou Keita and Xavi Hernandez came to the rescue to give 10-man Barcelona a 3-1 victory over Sporting Gijon on Saturday, which cut the gap with Spanish Primera Liga leaders Real Madrid to seven points. But the win came
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        58 10 REUTERS DUESSELDORF (Germany): Heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko announced on Saturday a much-awaited fight with Briton David Haye for the WBC crown without specifying a date or location. Haye, who retired in October, had been wanting to fight Klitschko after losing his
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        49 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The English Premier League (EPL) will consider using goal-line technology in matches from the start of next season in August. Two systems have been approved for a final round of testing ahead of a definitive decision on July 2.
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        62 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Dav Whatmore as the new coach of the national team on a two-year contract. The Australian’s first test will be the four-nation Asia Cup, starting next Sunday in Bangladesh. Pakistan had looked for a new
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      497 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger has promised to pull out all the stops to keep Robin van Persie at Arsenal after the striker scored twice to defeat Liverpool 2-1 on Saturday. “We will do everything possible to keep him,” said the
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      623 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS: Dirk Nowitzki made his first shot last Saturday night, then scored again. When he connected on his third attempt, the Dallas Mavericks knew what to do. He scored a season-high 40 points and the Mavericks snapped a four-game losing streak with
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      461 11  -  Muhamad Fandi, 24, firefighter Runs four times a week, about 25km a week SANJAY NAIR “I HATE it when people say they run only to stay fit. To me, it is an art form, even a scientific subject. That’s why I
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      336 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said yesterday that it was a “miracle” he had earned a slot at the coming London Games, when he will be 71. He was quoted by Japanese newspapers
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      326 12  -  MAY CHEN BOTH players in yesterday’s Manulife Singapore ATP Challenger final were decked out in shirts of the same brand and colour. But the similarities between Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei and Japan’s Go Soeda ended there as the Taiwanese needed just 75 minutes
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    563 13 GILBERT LEONG LIN CHOW Age:60 passed away peacefully on 3 March 2012. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:ChongThai Sons: Daughter-in-law: Leong Chee Keong Steven Leong Chee Hong Kelvin Tan Ang Ee Daughter: Son-in-law: LeongYuet Kiew Joyce Yap Choon Bock Grandsons: Granddaughters: LeongYuan Shi Javier Leong Shi Rong
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      200 15 Until coach Wu Bin helped Jet Li become a martial arts icon, he would not rest. (Beijing, 1982.) I at -IT What can your client advisor learn about motivation from the man who trained Jet Li? Before the adoring fans and critical acclaim. Before the bright lights and awards. There
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      27 17 Slowdown could hit floor soon The bottom of the economic slowdown may be within sight, although the subsequent recovery is likely to be slow, say economists THEBUSINESSTIMES
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      735 18  -  Current lease not up till 2014 but house-hunting believed to have started BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is shopping around for a new home, sources have told The Straits Times. The bourse operator’s lease at the SGX Centre
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      91 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Strong interest in Tanjong Pagar mall L Elektromotive reports its British unit’s troubles to CAD L Goldtron directors quit before EGM More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your free breaking
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        610 14  -  Experts upbeat on Singapore, see scope for prices to go up MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THERE is precious little to draw investors out of the sidelines to take up fresh positions in the market. While the benchmark Straits Times
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          95 14 STRAITS TIMES INDEX Currencies Mar 2 CHNG YR 2012 CLOSE FR Mar 1 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2504 -0.01 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.6574 +0.59 2.0153 1.6287 Yen* 1.5335 +0.55 1.7145 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.16 0.*****0.***** Where S$ stands Mar 2 CHNG YR 2012 CLOSE FR Mar 1 S$ LOW
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          940 14 UNITS TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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          57 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4482 233.8 Week's Top Rises CENTS 4752 224.0 4.9 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5915 170.0 2.4 IS S&P500 .***** Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS GLD 10US$ ***** -788.8 Week's Top Falls CENTS ***** -265.0 -1.9 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100
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        541 14  -  WARRANTS WATCH GOH ENG YEOW THE warrants market roared back to life last month after a quiet January as investors had their appetite whetted by the corporate earnings season. Macquarie Bank data shows that about $611 million worth of warrants changed hands last month a 66
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        812 15  -  How high oil prices rise may have big impact on financial markets, US presidential poll NEWS ANALYSIS BY JEFF SOMMER NEW YORK TIMES SOMETIMES a number is just a number. But last Tuesday, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 13,000, it was
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        415 15 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI: New lending at China’s four biggest banks rose by about 20 billion yuan (S$3.9 billion) in the first two months of 2012 from a year earlier, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China president Yang Kaisheng said. ICBC, the nation’s
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        238 15 SINGAPOREANS and permanent residents made up 60 per cent of the buyers of Far East Organization’s strata office development PS100, at Tanjong Pagar. The development, which is the first under Far East’s dedicated business SOHO brand, saw all its 100 units sold out
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      1056 16  -  High coupon rates make them hot, but buyers need to know the risk C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg DEMAND for Genting Singapore’s perpetual bonds was so hot last week that every well-heeled investor seemed to want a
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      293 16 ABOUT half of the 1.8 million taxpayers here will not have to file tax returns this year as they are eligible for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore’s (Iras) no-filing service. Instead, they will receive their notices of assessment from Iras directly. Taxpayers
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        49 16 KOH KIM HUAT: Will resign as chief executive and executive director of the company from May 31. Mr Koh, 52, will also relinquish his position as chairman of the board. Mr Koh said he intends to take a sabbatical from work and to pursue his personal interests.
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        80 16 WONG WENG HONG: Appointed as chief executive officer, from last Thursday. Dr Wong (right), 48, was previously the managing director and medical director of Healthway Medical Corp, which he had founded. He left Healthway Medical in February last year to head his investment and consultancy companies. Dr Wong takes
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        36 16 GOH CHONG THENG: Resigned as finance director and chief financial officer, from last Wednesday. Mr Goh, 56, said he wants to pursue personal aspirations and interests. He had been appointed on June 16, 2010.
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        50 16 LIM BEE BEE: Resigned as chief financial officer, from last Wednesday. Ms Lim, 39, said this was to spend more time with her family. HOR SWEE LIANG, 41: Appointed as group financial controller, from Feb 1, responsible for overseeing the overall financial and accounting matters of the group.
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        37 16 KUNIO NAKAMURA: Resigned as chief operating officer, from last Wednesday. Mr Nakamura, 58, had been in charge of the company's operations including project, construction and engineering management. He is leaving to pursue another career opportunity.
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        67 16 WARREN BISHOP: Will take over as chief executive, from Mr Wilson Kwong, from April 1. Raffles Quay Asset Management is the manager of Marina Bay Financial Centre and One Raffles Quay. Mr Bishop was previously chief executive at Tradeport, Hongkong Land’s joint venture logistics centre at
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      755 17 The trick is to manage your online presence with care, say experts AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg IN THIS day and age, it is no longer enough to network in real life: If you want to ace networking, you need an online presence.
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      681 17  -  TALKING TO... HSBC CHIEF EXEC BY MAGDALEN NG HSBC Singapore’s chief executive Alex Hungate aims to create the best working environment possible for his employees. The 45-year-old Briton, who has been leading the bank for nearly two years, has started some initiatives. Each
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      397 17 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Citigroup chairman Richard Parsons, who helped the bank become a behemoth that almost collapsed in the financial crisis and then led its recovery, will be replaced by fellow director Michael O’Neill. Mr O’Neill will take over after its shareholder meeting
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      167 17  -  BY MAGDALEN NG CITIBANK Singapore has named Mr Han Kwee Juan (right) as it new chief executive. Mr Han, who was the bank’s head of retail banking, will have direct responsibility for Citi’s consumer banking business here. Citibank Singapore is the locally incor- porated
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      78 1 Can-do Ken Paradise lost Daniel Wu homesick Japanese star Watanabe drops Hollywood projects to help countrymen Artist looks at dark side of youth beauty shows C7 Will HK-based actor return to the US with wife? C8 C2 Mr Poh Choon Ann, chief executive of logistics empire Poh Tiong Choon, is
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        901 2  -  Ken Watanabe is putting Hollywood aside this year to film his country’s recovery from the quake akshita nanda in kesennuma and tokyo akshitan@sph.com.sg Japanese actor Ken Watanabe says he is giving up Hollywood dreams this year to focus on films about his country’s recovery
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        1011 2 New York Times New York It was only last September when the arrival of network sitcoms such as Whitney, 2 Broke Girls and New Girl heralded the possibility that the urban exploits of women in their 20s would become a genre as established as the gross-out
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        878 3  -  Better known as Mr Fantastic, Ioan Gruffudd returned to TV as he liked the story and role 8QUESTIONSWITH...Ioan Gruffudd rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Many know Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd as superhero Mr Fantastic from the Fantastic Four action film franchise. The 38-year-old’s latest role in TV
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        2166 4  -  the monday interview with Poh Choon Ann Mr Poh Choon Ann has not only grown his family’s logistics business, but is also an arts philanthropist and composer adeline chia chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta If there is such a thing as a statement meeting room, Poh Tiong Choon Logistics’
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        644 7  -  Gretchen Ryan draws child pageant contestants to show their traumatic transition to adulthood deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg An accident in her teenage years left American illustra-tor-turned-artist Gretchen Ryan wheelchair-bound. “I felt that a part of me remained a child after the car accident left me
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        107 8 “What shocks me every time are the testimonials of the parents ‘It’s so hard’. You didn’t know that? You didn’t know that going in, that having six children under the age of two was going to be a very labour-intensive thing?” Comedienne Janeane Garofalo (right) on
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        798 8  -  Both US-born actor Daniel Wu and wife Lisa S want to return home after starting a family rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Hong Kong may be where the action is for Chineselanguage film star Daniel Wu and his wife, model Lisa Selesner, but she says that once children
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      727 5  -  Living in the mountains with no telephone or TV helps singer Stacey Kent work on new material melissa kok melk@sph.com.sg Musicians march to a different beat when it comes to juggling their work and personal life. When Grammy-nomi-nated American jazz singer Stacey Kent wraps up her
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      711 5  -  eddino abdul hadi music correspondent Swedish pop duo Roxette know which side their bread is buttered on. At their concerts on the current world tour, they give fans what they pay to hear: the big hits from their glory days in the late 1980s
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      667 6  -  They feel rejuvenated every time they play overseas, tapping energy from the audience boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg American alternative rock band Death Cab For Cutie have been around for 15 years but the thrill of touring and playing live makes them feel
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      1047 6  -  charles isherwood New York Times New York When Kevin Spacey’s vanquished Richard III is hoisted high above the stage of the Harvey Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music yesterday, the ambitious British-American exercise in cross-pond cross-pollination called the Bridge Project will officially come to
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      552 9  -  Boyband Beast showed their love for Singapore and fans at their first full-scale concert here chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg Korean boyband Beast’s first full-fledged concert in Singapore last Saturday, called Beautiful Show 2012, was not just a love letter to their fans, but also to Singapore. In a gesture
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      414 9  -  reviewconcert THE SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday marc rochester As the conductors Sir John Barbirolli and Sir Colin Davis have shown, you do not have to be Finnish to make sense of a Sibelius symphony. But it helps. Over the season-long series presenting
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      748 10  -  At least 50 of Tamil cinema’s biggest stars graced the International Tamil Film Awards rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg With hip-gyrating moves to rival Latin singer Shakira, Indian actress Shriya Saran drew the loudest cheers at last Saturday night’s International Tamil Film Awards held in Singapore. The
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      654 10  -  maria russo New York Times Los Angeles She startled me the other day, walking down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California: A middle-aged beauty with long, blown-out hair in a shade somewhere between butter and margarine, her body narrow and svelte but large-breasted. She perfectly
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        426 12 Agence France-Presse Associated Press Paris Lanvin put on a spectacular Fashion Week show over the weekend to mark Alber Elbaz’s 10 years at the helm of the French house, and who was that giving him a standing ovation? Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung was among celebrities
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          83 12 Harvey Weinstein, who turned The Artist, a French-made film, into an Oscar-winning Best Picture, said he would be decorated with a chevalier’s rank in the Legion of Honor at a ceremony in Paris this week. He joins a number of American film-makers, including Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood
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          45 12 Still no word on a Rolling Stones anniversary tour, but the band will mark their 50th year with a new book. Hyperion announced that it will publish The Rolling Stones: 50, an illustrated autobiography. The book is scheduled for the fall.
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          53 12 Hawaii Five-0 star Alex O’Loughlin is taking time away from the show to get treated for problems related to “prescription pain medication due to a recent shoulder injury”, a representative says. O’Loughlin, who plays crime fighter Steve McGarrett, is known for doing many of
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        329 12 Agence France-Presse Manila A Philippine official denied claims by Hollywood star Taylor Kitsch (right) that he got rough treatment from a customs official in the country, saying the actor was apparently in Indonesia at the time. Bureau of Customs commissioner Ruffy Biazon said
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        464 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Themeanestpeople I knew growing up had a knack for making others even when they were quite the opposite feel unspecial. Their preferred means of torture? Exclusion, which they used against anyone who was
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        184 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. Share with your friends any experience you have had of being excluded from a group. How did you feel? 2. Are there any types or groups of people that you dislike? Why? 3. In what ways do you show your dislike for such
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