The Straits Times, 12 March 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, MARCH 12 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Japan vows to step up rebuilding efforts
    543 1  -  PM Noda makes pledge during memorial, amid criticism over slow pace BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda yesterday vowed to redouble efforts to rebuild his country’s quake and tsuna-mi-stricken north-eastern region as the nation turned out to
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    Lock icon Embattled Umno minister to step down
    372 1  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Embattled Umno minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, whose family is accused of misusing millions in public funds, is stepping down next month, after months of intense speculation and pressure. “I have been thinking about this for a
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        Lock icon Rest day for maids can start today
        57 2 WE SAY It took 10 years of lobbying for maids here to finally get a legislated weekly rest day, starting from next January. Quick acceptance of the change, well ahead of the deadline, will help signal that Singapore employers do believe in treating
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        Lock icon Race, religion still count
        42 2 COLUMNS Many Malaysians believe the country should break with communal politics and move towards a more inclusive and pluralist multi-ethnic kind of politics. But is Malaysia ready? Race remains a factor, says Salim Osman. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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        Lock icon Not much of a return
        45 2 Local lenders and firms are lapping up cheap liquidity with new bond offerings, says Goh Eng Yeow, but the returns on offer, while higher than those offered on deposits, are still lower than the inflation rate. L MONEY PAGE B14
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        Lock icon Eateries far from ‘green’
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS Hawker centres and foodcourts here are “environmental disaster zones”, with an excessive use of styrofoam and plastic, says Curtis Marsh. L FORUM PAGE A19
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      56 2 IN A BOX accompanying Saturday’s report, “Take off with comics”, we said that the Jove Pater Media exhibition is held at Funan DigitaLife Mall, 109 North Bridge Road. This is wrong. The exhibition is held at the Gallery space in Millenia Walk, 9 Raffles Boulevard.
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      1022 2  -  When seniors live next to the young, a journey of understanding begins BY LEE SIEW HUA SENIOR WRITER siewhua@sph.com.sg IN 1961, the Government banned death houses in Sago Lane. This was where the sickly old once lived their last days above incense-filled
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      Lock icon Colonel behind NDP leaving the SAF
      457 3  -  Defence Ministry says Chief Guards Officer has asked to retire for ‘personal reasons’ BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg THE man at the helm of this year’s National Day Parade is leaving the Singapore Armed Forces, five months before Singapore’s 47th birthday. This is
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      Lock icon Long-serving ex-AG Tan Boon Teik dies, aged 83
      912 4  -  He became AG at the age of 39 BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S longest-serving Attor-ney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, has died at the age of 83. His daughter Sui Lin said he collapsed on Saturday morning after suffering from
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      Lock icon Too little, too late for BN in bid to clean up image?
      826 5  -  Scandal erodes its chances at the polls NEWS ANALYSIS BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: By resigning, Umno minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil might succeed in quelling public anger ahead of a high-stakes general election and
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      Lock icon REMEMBERING 3.11
      585 6  -  Japan marks first anniversary of disaster with prayers nationwide BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Japanese around the nation bowed their heads in silence yesterday for the thousands left dead or missing when a massive quake and tsunami pummelled the country’s north-eastern coast last year. Emperor
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      Lock icon Court to decide if Christians can wear a cross openly at work
      547 6 LONDON: The British government is set to argue that Christians do not have the right to wear a cross or crucifix openly at work, in a landmark court case which will be heard by the European Court of
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      Lock icon Property agent gets flat seller into debt
      688 8  -  Case of unscrupulous housing agent colluding with moneylenders BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg WHEN prison inmate Ahmad was released last November, he decided to sell his three-room flat to pay off about $15,000 in debts he had run up during his eight-year jail stint.
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      66 8  -  BY SEAH KWANG PENG 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. Two sisters play
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      Lock icon US soldier opens fire on Afghan civilians, killing 16
      522 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KABUL: An American serviceman walked out of his base in southern Afghanistan yesterday and started shooting Afghan civilians, killing at least 16 people including children. The early morning shooting spree happened in the Panjwai district of
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      Lock icon Cheap deals help draw 845,000 shoppers to IT Show
      397 8  -  BY TREVOR TAN BARGAIN-HUNTERS flocked to the IT Show at Suntec Convention Centre over the weekend, drawn by offers including fibre broadband plans at only $45 a month. Around 845,000 visitors turned up at the annual computer show yesterday, said event
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      12 4 Additional reporting by Lee Xin En, Teo Wan Gek and Jermyn Chow
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Migrant spike causes Sabah stir
      748 9  -  Sabah will be one of the most hard-fought states in Malaysia’s upcoming general election as the opposition seeks to break the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition’s iron grip on it. Malaysia Bureau Chief Carolyn Hong takes a look at the opposition’s chances. Carolyn Hong carolynh@sph.com.sg KOTA
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      96 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L “Gay sex” case: Suicide victim knew roommate spied on him L 40-year hunt for particle may be near end L Super hacker turned snitch leads to crackdown More Forum letters online
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        Lock icon Opposition eyes BN’s ‘fixed deposit’ Sabah
        798 10  -  Pakatan Rakyat senses an opportunity in next elections, but local parties remain divided BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KOTA KINABALU (Sabah): Sabah is high on the opposition’s radar. The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has declared this East Malaysian state its next battleground in
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        Lock icon India frets over its dated defence forces
        742 11  -  Ageing military hurts ability to deter rivals BY RAHUL BEDI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES shahji.bedi@gmail.com NEW DELHI: As China reinforces its military capabilities with another spending boost, military men and defence analysts here fret that India is lagging in its own efforts to
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        Lock icon Sweet way out
        78 11 Newly engaged youngsters below India’s legal age of marital consent offer sweets to each other in the village of Vadia, north of Ahmedabad, yesterday. Eight girls below the age of 18, whose mothers are sex workers, were married in a so-called “village of prostitutes” under a plan
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        Lock icon Children in city slums facing dire plight
        1038 12  -  They grow up without education, exposed to drug use and violence MEMO FROM BANGKOK BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal PLAA is a three-year-old from Klong Toey, the poorest area of Bangkok. Her mother, who has a list of drug-related offences, uses
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        Lock icon Trade row over China’s solar firms
        719 13 US companies accuse Beijing of unfairly subsidising sector in battle to dominate industry AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WUXI (China): In the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, home to the world’s biggest maker of solar panels, labour is so cheap that workers carry out jobs by hand
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        Lock icon China courts try 40% more IP rights cases
        497 14  -  29,000 convicted of graft last year, up from 28,600, chief justice says in report BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s courts stepped up the fight against intellectual property (IP) rights violations last year, trying nearly 40 per cent more
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        Lock icon Emotional plea for key World Bank man
        401 14 BEIJING: The wife of Mr Justin Lin Yifu, senior vice-president of the World Bank, pleaded over the weekend for Taiwan to allow her husband to visit his native island which he had not set foot on after he defected to the mainland more
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        Lock icon Chinese police rescue over 24,000 from traffickers
        461 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING: The local police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women last year, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution in countries as far away as Angola, officials said yesterday. Trafficking of women and
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        Lock icon Myanmar, China-linked joint venture sign oil deal
        433 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHINA DAILY/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK YANGON: Myanmar has signed an onshore oil exploration contract involving a Chinese company, the first such deal that included foreigners since an elected but military-backed government came to power last year. The state-run Kyemon newspaper reported
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        Lock icon Coke, Pepsi act to avoid cancer warning
        355 15 REUTERS NEW YORK: Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas in the United States to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning. The change will not be noticeable to
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        Lock icon Santorum wins big in Kansas caucuses
        537 15 Southern primaries up next in Republican contest NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WICHITA (Kansas): The stakes in Mr Rick Santorum’s bid to become the next United States president have been raised in tomorrow’s Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries by a decisive win on Saturday.
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        Lock icon 30 students suspended over drinking game
        332 15 SYDNEY: One of Australia’s most prestigious university colleges has suspended 30 male students after a wild orientation week drinking game left a young woman in alcohol-induced convulsions. The University of Sydney’s St John’s College first-year student was rushed to hospital on March 4 having
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        Lock icon Transgender nanny hopes for reunion with Obama
        434 16 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: A transgender Indonesian man who worked as US President Barack Obama’s nanny in the late 1960s wants nothing from “little Barry” but to meet him again some day. Mr Turdi, 66, now makes a meagre living in a Jakarta
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon ‘Concrete proposals’ on Syria
          144 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAMASCUS: Peace envoy Kofi Annan said he handed over a set of “concrete proposals” aimed at defusing Syria’s crisis during a second round of talks yesterday with President Bashar al-Assad. “Our discussions focused on the core objectives... the immediate stop to the violence and
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          Lock icon Suicide blast at funeral, 15 killed
          92 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral near the north-western city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30 others, officials said. The blast, apparently targeting an anti-Taleban politician, went off near a graveyard
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          Lock icon Pollution may force evacuation
          87 16 BANGKOK: Air pollution in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai has worsened to a dangerous level, prompting the authorities to consider evacuating children and elderly people over the next few days, the Nation newspaper reported yesterday. Prime Minister’s Office Minister Woravat Auapinyakul held an urgent
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          Lock icon Virginity test: Army doc cleared
          185 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: An Egyptian military tribunal has acquitted an army doctor of a charge of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention, a move likely to stoke anger among the country’s revolutionary
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        Lock icon Dining out in Pyongyang, Amsterdam
        71 16 Waitresses of the Pyongyang, the first North Korean restaurant in Europe, performing for guests on Saturday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The restaurant seats 24 people and offers a show-and-dine programme that includes a nine-course meal and Korean singing and dancing. The Dutch-North Korean joint venture
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      301 13 thenewpaper When nightclubs become fight clubs Save with the bank that puts your interest first! Enjoy p.a: on your 18-month Singapore Dollar Time Deposit for every S$10,000 placed with S$1,000 deposited into your Maybank Savings or Current Account on the same day. Above table and figures are strictly for illustration
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Rest day for maids can start today
      425 17 IT TOOK 10 years of lobbying for maids here to finally get a legislated weekly rest day, starting from next January. Regrettably, it is taking a law to make Singaporeans do the decent thing, as was the case even with flushing public toilets.
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      Lock icon Having no oil may yield the best resource
      1067 17  -  BY THOMAS FRIEDMAN NEW YORK TIMES EVERY so often, someone asks me: “What’s your favourite country, other than your own?” I’ve always had the same answer: “Taiwan.” “Taiwan? Why Taiwan?” people ask. Very simple: Because Taiwan is a barren rock in a
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      Lock icon Disrupting our earth’s delicate balance
      851 17  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. WE TEND to measure time by the span of a human life, making a century seem like an era and a millennium a
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        Lock icon Race and religion still key factors
        840 18  -  With the hope for new, “non-racial” politics fading after the surprising 2008 election, the opposition is mirroring the ruling coalition’s racial policies MALAYSIAN POLITICS BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg AMIDtherecentagitationagainst the Australian rareearth refinery project in Pahang, a new political party emerged to
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        Lock icon When govt policy and public views clash
        820 18  -  MALAYSIA’S RARE-EARTH PLANT BY G. SIVALINGAM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. SINCE the passage of the Pioneer Industries Ordinance in 1958, Malaysia has been on an industrialisation drive. Implicit in
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        Lock icon Satellite orbit slots and spectrum under pressure
        793 18  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg IT IS not yet a crisis. But a leading telecommunications expert says sharp growth in military demand is heightening pressure on the availability of satellite orbit slots and the spectrum they provide. “These are finite resources,” said
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    • forum.
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        Lock icon Govt must drive change
        211 19  -  ‘GREEN’ HAWKER CENTRES Curtis Marsh AS A regular patron of Singapore’s hawker centres, I find the recent proposals on these eating places most encouraging (“Hawker centre panel has heart in right place”; last Tuesday). However, the fact is that hawker centres and foodcourts here are “environmental
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        Lock icon WRITE IN:
        90 19 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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      • MY POINT
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        Lock icon Clamp down on high-emission vehicles entering Singapore
        177 19  -  Zhong Qipei THE Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme is an excellent policy in incentivising vehicle owners to move towards lowering carbon emissions (“Emissionsbased car rebates from Jan 1”; last Thursday). However, I feel that more can be done to improve the air quality here,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Incorporate studio flats into new apartment blocks
        165 19  -  Francis Zhan Chief Executive Officer Association of Management Corporations in Singapore THE situation in Toh Yi estate involving some residents objecting to the building of studio flats (“HDB stands firm on flats for elderly in Toh Yi area”; last Tuesday) could have been
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        Lock icon A more effective way to stop citizens from casino gambling
        193 19  -  Cheng Shoong Tat IF THE two casinos were set up to maintain Singapore’s competitiveness as a tourist destination, and not to entice Singaporeans to gamble, then we should have an opt-in, instead of opt-out, arrangement for citizens wanting to visit
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        Lock icon “The applicant has to attend a hearing. Why make it so inconvenient?”
        110 19 Exclusion orders MR CHUA KHONG MENG: “I called up the National Council on Problem Gambling to request an exclusion order for my 67-year-old father, who has lost almost all his retirement savings in the casinos here. I was
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        Lock icon What’s wrong with peering into Wicked orchestra pit?
        155 19  -  Brenda Scofield (Ms) Hong Kong A VISIT to Singapore usually offers good theatrical entertainment, but my enjoyment of the Feb 26 evening performance of Wicked at the Marina Bay Sands’ Grand Theatre was marred by the attendants. They spent most of the
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        Lock icon FORUM ONLINE
        72 19 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR KAMMO LIU: Taking care of welfare of maids and employers 2 MS LIM LAY SAN: Employing a maid is not that cheap 3 MR PAUL CHAN: Wrong to let maids work on their days off 4 MRS ELIZABETH NG: Simple way to
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        Lock icon T4 plans: Upgrade airport’s public transport as well
        243 19  -  Tan Pang Soon WHILE I am thrilled by the prospect of the new Terminal 4 (T4) at the site of the current Budget Terminal (“T4 to come up at Budget Terminal site”; March 2), transport to and from the airport, and between
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      84 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Govt moves to tackle commuter woes L New govt funding model for bus operators L Ex-Citibank manager jailed for taking $5.6m More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Read the latest reports
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      342 2  -  BY JERMYN CHOW LAW and Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam yesterday described this year’s Budget as an inclusive one that leaves no one behind. While the Government is spending more to look after the less well-off and elderly, it must take care not
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      348 3  -  BY JESSICA LIM THE National Parks Board (NParks) may lift a ban on the use of live bait for fishing at the Woodlands Waterfront Jetty. This after an angler wrote in to MP for Sembawang GRC, Mr Vikram Nair, to lobby against
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      361 4  -  JANICE TAI SINGAPORE is lagging behind other countries when it comes to research into traditional Chinese medicine, said Minister of State for Health Amy Khor yesterday. She said countries such as the United States and Australia are conducting studies in related fields, including
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      563 4  -  BY MELISSA PANG COMMUNITY hospitals and nursing homes have welcomed a newly announced injection of government funds. However, some in the sector said the measure would only have a limited impact. This is because the funds are for intermediate and long-term care
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      617 5  -  Man acquitted of drug trafficking tells of joy of being able to go home BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg FOR death row inmates, “going home” is a grim euphemism for being hanged. But Mr Azman Sanwan has spoken of his
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      366 5  -  BY LIM YAN LIANG VISITORS converged on Resorts World Sentosa yesterday, not to try their luck at the casino but to meet the creators of their favourite toy franchise. Transformers fans filled the Compass Ballroom on the first day of the biannual Cybertron Con the first time
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      608 7  -  Borrowers may also be left with fewer options if lenders exit BY LEE XIN EN xinen@sph.com.sg THE new restrictions on moneylending could damage the industry and force borrowers to turn to loan sharks, licensed lenders told The Straits Times. They said that while
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      771 7  -  BY JUDITH TAN BLESSED with a family who could well afford to put her through a British law degree course, Ms Ng Choong Leng could just as easily have lived the life of a jetsetter. Instead, thanks to a stint as a
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      647 6  -  More Singaporeans are going for weekend staycations in luxurious hotels here rather than travelling abroad Lim Yann Ling Lured by a special package that came with complimentary room upgrades and other perks, Ms Gracia Ang checked in for a weekday stay at Fullerton Bay Hotel when
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      168 6 Some 100 performers of all ages will perform a medley of songs on the ukulele at Smart Kids Asia 2012 this Sunday at 4pm. The Ukulele Jam 100 is just one of the events lined up by Cristofori Music to help you explore your creativity. At
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      173 6 WickedtheMusical—Part9of12 A cloud of bubbles marks her grand entrance onto the stage as Glinda the Good in Wicked. Wearing a dress weighing over 20kg and descending from a huge mechanical bubble is all part of the daily routine for Suzie Mathers. However, things could have been
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      157 6 This Spring/Summer season, Thomas Sabo’s Sterling Silver Collection’s new Addition Collection lets you create your own pieces of jewellery with 44 new pendants, five new bracelets and a range of brand-new necklaces with matching earrings and rings. The German jewellery maker for men and women
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        25 6 Owl’s instant Teh Tarik (foamy tea) and instant Teh Halia (ginger milk tea) are now available at $3.95 per packet of 20 sachets.
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      26 6 Wicked is now showing at the Grand Theater, Marina Bay Sands. For tickets, visit www.wickedthemusical.com.sg or call 6688-8826. Tickets are also available through all Sistic channels.
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      122 7 CARDIFF Academic Excellence Inspire, Reach and Achieve m ‘Top Sixth Form College in the UK” The Spectator 12th March 2011 Meet us at SUNTEC Convention Centre Study in UK Fair Saturday 17th of March 3pm to 7pm Level 3 MR 314 www.OverseasEducation.SG S*****800 WWW.CCOEX.COM 2011 98% A*-B grades 84% A*-A
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      577 8  -  Rooney’s hot streak continues with two goals M A N C HE S TER B A TTLE F O R EPL TITLE BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg MANCHESTER: As they accelerated around the final corner, Manchester United overtook the long-time leaders. Now they enter
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      724 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SWANSEA (Wales): A surprising chapter in the English Premier League title run-in was written yesterday, when Manchester City surrendered top spot after Luke Moore’s late goal fired Swansea to a shock 1-0 win at the Liberty Stadium. Roberto Mancini’s
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      341 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger insists there will be no hangover from Arsenal’s Champions League defeat by AC Milan when his side return to Premier League action against Newcastle United in London. The Gunners fell just short of overcoming a four-goal
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      617 9 Di Matteo wants Blues to adopt stronger winning mentality in final games AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Roberto di Matteo signalled a break with Chelsea’s recent past by insisting his team must adopt a stronger winning mentality. The interim manager oversaw a 1-0 victory
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      321 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: LeBron James took over towards the end of regulation time. Chris Bosh tied the game in overtime. And Dwyane Wade provided the exclamation point, as Miami’s “Big Three” gave the Heat a 93-91 win over the Indiana Pacers in a
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      262 9 L Description: A gardening hub that forms part of the 9km-long Southern Ridges L Distance: Approximately 1km of flat terrain L Popular with: Families, hikers and joggers In our weekly series on runners in Singapore’s favourite running spots, The Straits Times visited HortPark last weekend and picked out
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      419 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Kenny Dalglish refused to give up on Liverpool’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League despite missing out on a chance to close the gap on the Premier League’s top four on Saturday. Nicklas Bendtner’s lucky, 56th-minute winner at the
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      416 9  -  Janice Cheong, 26, master’s student Runs once a week, about 30 minutes each time FABIUS CHEN “Most people pick up running to keep fit; for me, the interest began after I had to race through Zurich Airport to catch a plane
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      363 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Harry Redknapp might have joked that he felt “suicidal” after Tottenham’s 0-1 loss at Everton on Saturday. But their third straight defeat in the Premier League for the first time since he replaced Juande Ramos as Spurs manager in
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      480 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BIRMINGHAM: Li Xuerui stunned world champion Wang Yihan 21-13, 21-19 to win her first All England Open women’s title in an all-Chinese final yesterday. And it was double delight in the men’s singles, as her compatriot and
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      618 10  -  Sports school’s 4x200m girls’ teams disqualified; C boys bag overall title BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg SHE CROSSED the finish line first in the 4x200m heats yesterday, but Singapore Sports School (SSP) runner Shanti Pereira broke down in tears of sadness immediately after. Running in the final leg of
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      425 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL: Chinese athletics superstar Liu Xiang was denied a second world indoor title by American Aries Merritt yesterday. Liu was out of his blocks like a tornado, but lost his shape on the first of the five hurdles and
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        73 10 HOME United finally got their S-League season off to a winning start in their fourth game, and they did it in style thrashing Geylang United 7-1 at the Bedok Stadium last night. Shotaro Ihata hit four goals and Frederic Mendy weighed in with a pair.
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        85 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace to give Real Madrid a hard-fought 3-2 win at Real Betis on Saturday, setting a club record 10th straight away victory in Jose Mourinho’s 100th game at the helm of the runaway Spanish league leaders. The
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        58 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLUMBUS (Ohio): Michael Phelps delivered a blistering 200m butterfly time of 1min 55.32sec on Saturday, clocking the fastest time in the world this year to win the event at USA Swimming’s Columbus Grand Prix. He improved on Joseph Roebuck’s 1:55.94 set at Britain’s Olympic
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        57 10 REUTERS INDIAN WELLS (California): World No. 4 Andy Murray’s storming start to the tennis season hit an unexpected road bump on Saturday, when he was upset 4-6, 2-6 by Guillermo Garcia- Lopez in the second round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament. The Scot fell
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        48 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been fined US$25,000 (S$31,400) for posting “inappropriate pictures” on his Twitter account, the National Basketball Association said on Saturday. He had a picture of a scantily-clad woman on his feed on Thursday.
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      594 11  -  S’pore’s top golfer bags 2nd title of the year, says fitness is key to hot form BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg MARDAN Mamat is fit and firing in 2012, and his red-hot year continued yesterday, when he won the US$60,000 (S$75,300) PGM-CCM-Impian Masters by one shot.
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      404 11 REUTERS DORAL (Florida): World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has urged property tycoon Donald Trump to toughen up the Blue Monster course, after labelling the site of this week’s WGC-Cadillac Championship “outdated”. After another day of low scoring at the elite event on Saturday with
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      156 11 Today Basketball NBA: Orlando v Indiana (7am), LA Clippers v Golden State (10.30am) Live, StarHub Ch216. Bowling National Age Group C’ships (Orchid Bowl Orchid Country Club and Safra Yishun, 9am). Football English Premier League: Arsenal v Newcastle (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 4am). \Tennis ATP BNP
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      517 11 Badminton All England C’ships In Birmingham, s-finals (selected, Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Lin Dan bt Kenichi Tago (Jpn) 21-18 21-17. Men’s doubles: Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto/Noriyasu Hirata (Jpn) 21-10 21-15, Lee Yong Dae/Jung Jae Sung (Kor) bt Mathias Boe/ Carsten Mogensen (Den) 21-14 21-13. Women’s doubles:
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      148 10 SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team I Away Team e) E Premier Liverpool Everton Wed, 14/03/12 4.00am For fixtures of all UE Champions, E League Champ, Spanish and US Soccer League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA) E Premier Arsenal Newcastle Tue, 13/03/12 4.00am
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    842 11 OBITUARIES Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. The family of the late DR HO GIEN CHIEW (Departed on 4 Mar 2012) wishes to thank: Dr Ho KhengThye (Mount Alvernia Medical Centre), Prof Chou Ning (NUH), DrVincent Nga (NUH), DrTanWahTze (NUH); all doctors, nurses,
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      26 13 Published every Tuesday, Thursday Friday. To advertise, contact Mr. Terence Bu at E-mail: bujlt@sph.com.sg $2.50 6 第 2011 年 12 月 31 日 /2012 年 1 月 1
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      272 15 SINGAPORE BUSINESS FEDERATION Apex Business Chamber 10; anniversary 2002 -2012 Business Voice, Value Creator Association Management Executive Certificate (AMEC) The Singapore Business Federation proudly presents the Association Management Executive Certificate (AMEC) Programme which aims to professionalise the Trade Association Chambers (TACs) and Non-Profit Organization. The AMEC will provide TAC and
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      684 16  -  Companies realise Asia’s fundamentals, growth robust amid euro gloom MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE mergers and acquisitions (M&A) scene is heating up again, with Singapore companies sniffing out potential acquisitions in the region, experts said. Local companies are hunting for M&A
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      95 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Landbanks “healthy” despite strong sales L Private equity opportunities growing in S-E Asia, says panel L US tech giant opens research centre here More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get your
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        652 13  -  Investors cautious amid uncertain outlook and March’s recent history of economic upheavals MARKET INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AS THE Ides of March, or March 15, approaches this week, investors find themselves at the crossroads once again. In the past fortnight,
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      284 14  -  BY LENNARD ONG LUGGAGE maker Goyard, one of France’s most prestigious and sought-after luxury brands, will be packing its trunks and coming to Singapore soon. Leading fashion retailer and distributor F J Benjamin will be the exclusive retailer for the firm, renowned for its
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      574 4  -  reviewtheatre CITY NIGHT SONGS Checkpoint Theatre NUS Stage/University Cultural Centre Theatre NUS Arts Festival/Last Saturday corrie tan City Night Songs may wander off-key now and then but it is a play so catchy that it is hard not to clap along. In a multi-genre
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        303 12 Associated Press Los Angeles Dick Van Dyke is a very happy newlywed at age 86. The actor and make-up artist Arlene Silver, 40, decided to take the plunge “on the spur of the moment” and married in a small Leap Day ceremony at a Malibu
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        214 12 Associated Press Reuters Austin (Texas) Actor Dennis Quaid’s third wife (right) has filed for divorce, saying the couple’s seven-year marriage has “become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities”. Kimberly Buffington Quaid filed a petition in Travis County, Texas, us- ing the initials “B.K.”
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        203 12 Agence France-Presse Teheran Asghar Farhadi, the director who won Iran’s first-ever Oscar for his film A Separation, has declared he will never leave his homeland despite his newfound global fame. But his next movie is being made abroad. “I love my country and I will
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          70 12 My Sassy Girl director Kwak Jae Young has resigned from a Yang Guifei epic but denied it was over issues with actress Fan Bingbing. He said he could not stand the multiple changes to the screenplay made by Chinese and Japanese investors, reported NetEase website.
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          77 12 Country singer Taylor Swift (right), 22, has been named Billboard Magazine’s biggest money maker, beating powerhouses U2, Lady Gaga and Adele to top the list with earnings of more than US$35 million (S$44 million) last year. Swift pocketed more cash from her album sales and
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          39 12 The 2012 Cannes film festival will open with Wes Anderson’s 1960s drama Moonrise Kingdom, starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray. The story revolves around two young lovers who run away from their New England homes.
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          56 12 Kill Bill actor Michael Madsen, 54, was arrested for child cruelty at his home in Malibu, California, after getting into a fight with his teenage son last Friday. The actor “appeared under the influence of alcohol”, the authorities said. His son did not need medical attention.
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          27 12 Diva Liza Wang will give a Mother’s Day concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on May 12. Tickets are on sale from Sistic.
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