The Straits Times, 22 March 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 THURSDAY, MARCH 22 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 632 1  -  Share of private housing by non-PR foreigners falls after Dec measures BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE hefty new stamp duty imposed late last year seems to have cooled foreign demand for property here. The share that non-permanent resident (PR) foreigners have
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  • 59 1 Labourers marching to the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday during a rally against the Indonesian government’s plan to raise fuel prices. Jakarta plans to increase fuel prices by a third in order to cut its subsidies budget, which has come under pressure from the rising
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  • 325 1  -  BY JANICE TAI RESIDENTS from South West District will find it easier to get help from various agencies under a new one-stop application process. From next month, residents need to fill up only one application and referral form when they approach the South
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    • 308 1 Life after Harry Potter Dr Apps, open 24/7 HER LAST FACEBOOK POSTING: ‘Forgive forget’ The next big book-to-film franchise Phone apps that monitor chronic diseases Singaporean in Thai prison LIFE! PAGES C6&7 IN MIND YOUR BODY PRIME, PAGE A4 BREAKING NEWS: wwww.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS:
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 59 2 WE SAY The American soldier who ran amok in Afghanistan must be punished swiftly. But the US must stay the course there, despite public anger. Any precipitate withdrawal would ruin Afghanistan’s chances of keeping the Taleban and terrorists at bay. Also at stake is America’s
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      • 37 2 COLUMNS Goh Sui Noi notes that Beijing is preparing to win over professionals in the run-up to the direct election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in five years’ time. L REVIEW PAGE A30
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      • Article, Illustration
        30 2 Clara Chow welcomes the silencing of laughter tracks in sitcoms these days, allowing for more ways to relate to a piece of scripted funny-ness. L LIFE! PAGE C8
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      • 39 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Jiang Ke-Yue says applying the lemon law to pets promotes irresponsible pet ownership and consumerist thinking, and asks that the law be confined to products only. L FORUM PAGE A31
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      • Article, Illustration
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com L Grace Chng describes how Apple has changed in the post-Steve Jobs era
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    • 1010 2  -  Airport’s future rests on how well regulator and operator fly together BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg CHANGI’S quest to stay at the top of the world airports league is about to hit some air pockets. And just as a smooth touchdown depends on a
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  • prime.news
    • 446 3 FORMULA One chief Bernie Ecclestone has recommended Singapore as the best place to list his motor racing business, according to media reports. Mr Ecclestone, 81, stressed that although he made the proposal, a decision on any flotation was up to CVC Capital Partners, the
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    • 638 3  -  She gets 2 years’ jail for milking bank account over a year BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg AN INDONESIAN maid who stole nearly $250,00 0 from her employers over more than a year was jailed two years yesterday. Atik Yuli Hastuti, 34, pleaded
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    • 842 4  -  No sign anything was wrong before 2009 killing, they say BY BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg UP TO the day before she was sentenced to life imprisonment in Thailand late last year, Singaporean Diana Goh Li Fun was active on Facebook. She posted pictures of
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    • 1150 6  -  More than 40 parties express interest in sale, with top bid at $2.8m BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg THE asking price for the famed recipe and premises of Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint is a cool $3.5 million, but one day after this was reported,
      PHOTOS: SEAH KWANG PENG, CHEW SENG KIM, CHERIE THIO, MARK CHEONG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  1,150 words
    • 589 6  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT A HIGH Court judge who set aside a bankrupt woman’s eight-week jail term said the case raised concerns about how and why the decision to prosecute her was reached by the Insolvency and Public Trustee’s Office (IPTO).
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    • 1144 8  -  In 10 years, officials lifted city from post-9/11 gloom and gave it new life BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg IN 10 YEARS, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his team of city officials raised New York City from post-9/11 gloom to new life as a vibrant
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    • 178 8 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last night expressed satisfaction at the excellent state of cooperation between the two cities. Mr Bloomberg, who is the 108th mayor of the United States city, was hosted to dinner
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    • 328 8  -  TESSA WONG UNITED Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon is in Singapore today and tomorrow on an official visit, at the invitation of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This is Mr Ban’s first visit here in his capacity as the UN Secretary-General. He
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    • 766 9  -  Relevant laws to be reviewed, probes to be victim-centric BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg INVESTIGATORS manning the front line in the fight against human trafficking are to be given specialist training in how to spot victims and shield them from harm. All laws relating to the
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    • 694 10  -  Indonesian workers demand that govt scrap 33% price rise BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Traffic came to a standstill yesterday in the heart of the capital as thousands of labourers took to the streets to protest against a 33 per cent hike
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    • 180 10 KOMPAS Present administration, led by President Bambang Yudhoyono The government raised fuel prices twice in 2005, as the rising price of oil strained the state’s budget. It launched a public campaign to explain the increases, and for good measure timed the increases to coincide with
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    • 733 11 Gunman believed to be behind killings of seven unarmed people including three kids AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOULOUSE (France): A 24-year-old man suspected in the methodical killings of seven unarmed people in this region over the past 10 days barricaded himself in a small
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    • 300 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG PARIS: A home-made bomb exploded outside Indonesia’s embassy in Paris yesterday, causing serious damage to surrounding buildings but no injuries, police said. The bomb exploded around 5.45am local time, when the streets of western Paris were relatively quiet, blowing
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    • 528 10 I SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL Learned Champions With Character Open House2oi2 Saturday, 31 March 2012 www.sportsschool.edu.sg Singapore Sports School is the only Specialised Independent School in Singapore that offers select youths an integrated academic and sports programme in a world-class environment. Meet our champions and their coaches and teachers -at our
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  • WORLD.
    • 735 12  -  Strong speculation over polling date, with May-June school holidays touted as the most likely period for next GE BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Election talk has gripped Malaysia amid frenzied speculation in the media over possible dates for the next parliamentary polls. Late
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    • 538 12  -  BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) can only be sure of retaining three of Malaysia’s 13 states in the upcoming general election, according to former finance minister Daim Zainuddin. His forecast in an interview with the Chinese-language Nanyang Siang Pau
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    • 85 12 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Jobseekers asked for Facebook passwords L US Army sergeant ‘can’t recall’ Afghan massacre L NY zoo gorilla escapes, bites keeper, tranquillised More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L
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    • world.regional
      • 674 13  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: A fierce public spat between two top leaders in the Democratic Action Party (DAP) is threatening to fracture the party’s Indian support in Penang, throwing the spotlight on divisions within the usually disciplined opposition. While factions are commonplace
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      • 229 13 L Democratic Action Party (DAP) The latest spat in Penang between DAP chairman Karpal Singh and deputy secretary-general P. Ramasamy could cost it some support in the state, but the bigger concern is over the factionalism in Perak, where support for the Pakatan Rakyat
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      • 208 13 KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 98 Malaysians in academia and living abroad have endorsed a petition urging Prime Minister Najib Razak to revise regulations to allow for the automatic registration of voters. The petition also called for full voting rights for all Malaysians residing
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      • 379 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA YANGON: Myanmar has moved to allay concerns over the conduct of upcoming elections, which are viewed as a crucial test of the government’s democratic reforms. It has agreed to allow international observers including those from Asean, the United
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      • 595 15  -  They cut conflict risk; top powers can play bigger role: Yudhoyono BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: With Asian countries all racing to beef up their military might, it would be good to conduct more joint exercises to minimise the risk of
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      • 681 18  -  It insists on extra wages if maids are given duties not listed in contracts BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Indonesia is standing firm on its decision to allow maids to work in Malaysia only if they perform duties spelt out in
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      • 779 19  -  Candidates’ proposals take a back seat amid mudslinging between two main contenders BY KOR KIAN BENG kianbeng@sph.com.sg HONG KONG: The Chief Executive election, just three days away, has been thrown into chaos by scandals surrounding its two main candidates and their mutual mudslinging. All these
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      • 425 19 HONG KONG: Beijing seems to have shown its hand in the Chief Executive race, throwing its weight behind front runner Leung Chun Ying to avoid a possible stalemate, according to local media reports. But key rival Henry Tang remains upbeat about his chances when
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      • 693 20  -  Move seen as bid by pro-independence party to reshape China policy following election defeat BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: A day after China’s Premier Wen Jiabao said Beijing would step up efforts to woo Taiwan, three strategists of the pro-independence
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      • 70 20 This is all that is left of a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet after it crashed into a padi field in Seocheon, about 240km south of Seoul, during a training exercise yesterday. The pilot ejected to safety, according to local media. About 28,500
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      • 381 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The Chinese government yesterday said lawyers must now swear allegiance to the Communist Party, a move criticised by prominent human rights lawyers. The Ministry of Justice said in a notice on its website that first-time applicants and lawyers requesting renewal
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      • 266 20 SAN PABLO (Philippines): A Singaporean has been accused of attempting to kill his Filipino wife in the Philippines. Chan Koh Seng, 67, allegedly told his wife that he had asked someone to kill her, according to a Philippine news website, Online Journal. Singapore’s Ministry
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    • world.international
      • 598 22 He is nearly halfway to winning presidential nomination, and his campaign retains financial edge BLOOMBERG CHICAGO: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is winning where it matters: in collecting delegates and raising money. With his latest 12-percentage-point victory in Tuesday’s Illinois Republican primary
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      • 1159 24  -  Decentralisation is under way, but critics say changes are too fast and ineffective in cutting red tape BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: British government meetings are sombre affairs. Not this Tuesday, however, when, uncharacteristically, ministers banged their fists on the Cabinet table, overjoyed
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      • 504 26 More employers in US asking for access to network account to vet prospective staff ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE: When Mr Justin Bassett attended an interview for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the
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      • 206 26 NEW YORK TIMES LONDON: Taking aspirin every day may significantly reduce the risk of many cancers and prevent tumours from spreading. The findings in two new British studies published on Tuesday add to evidence suggesting that aspirin may be a powerful if
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 111 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A 20-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk detained for setting himself on fire has died in Aba, a town in south-west China’s Sichuan province which has become one of the flashpoints for such protests, a US-based rights group said yesterday. Monk Lobsang Tsultrim died on
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        • 98 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the purchase of 860,000 tablet computers from a little-known Chinese company for pupils in the first year of primary school. Information Minister Anudith Nakornthap said on Tuesday that he hoped the contract with Shenzhen Scope Scientific Development would be
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        • 102 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Four rare white rhinoceroses have died in recent weeks at an Australian zoo after displaying mysterious neurological problems, officials said yesterday. The Taronga Western Plains Zoo near the New South Wales state city of Dubbo said it had begun a veterinary investigation to pinpoint
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        • 112 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AHMEDABAD: The Speaker of an Indian state assembly has ordered an enquiry into allegations that two lawmakers viewed pornography during a sitting of the chamber. It is the second such scandal involving state lawmakers in recent weeks. Previously, three ministers in the Karnataka assembly were
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        • 104 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY: Around 800 homes were damaged when a massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico, causing tall buildings to sway and spreading panic hundreds of kilometres away in the capital of Mexico City. The border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states were the
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      • 306 27 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: What looked like a large hole in the wing did not stop a Russian plane from taking off for Siberia with dozens of panicked passengers on board. The Boeing 737 jet was delayed on the tarmac of a Moscow airport when
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      • 68 27 Chinese performance artist Li Wei hanging over the Fontaine aux Lions with the help of wires at La Villette park in Paris on Tuesday. Based in Beijing, Li often depicts himself in what appear to be gravity-defying situations. Some of his works show him apparently
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 415 28 THE cold-blooded murder of 16 innocent villagers by a rogue American soldier in Afghanistan is a tragedy that could cast a long shadow. Coming soon after the accidental burning of Qurans at an American-run military base, the massacre churns Afghan fears that they are at
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    • 915 28  -  There has been a growing debate about an Iranian nuclear threat, and whether there is a need to destroy the country’s nuclear plants. We present two opposing views below: BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist and a
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    • 874 28  -  BY WALTER PINCUS WASHINGTON POST WHICH would be worse if sanctions and diplomacy failed: the aftermath of an Israeli or US attack on Iran to set back its nuclear programme, or the Teheran regime having the bomb? Of course, one hopes
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    • review.
      • 890 30  -  BY ROBERT J. SHILLER The writer is professor of economics at Yale University and co-author, with George Akerlof, of Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives The Economy And Why It Matters For Global Capitalism. PROJECT SYNDICATE GREAT significance probably too much has been attached to a
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      • 859 30  -  HONG KONG ELECTIONS BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg THE Chinese government is preparing to win the hearts and minds of Hong Kong’s middle class in the run-up to the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR’s) direct election of the Chief Executive five years from now. Beijing
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      • 782 30  -  BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg WHEN two political arch rivals representing Malaysia’s Chinese slugged it out in a face-to-face debate over the community’s future last month, the event generated great interest among young Malaysians. They are now demanding that a similar made-for-TV debate be
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    • forum.
      • MY POINT
      • 62 31 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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      • 303 31  -  Jiang Ke-Yue APART from the practical difficulties in applying the lemon law to pets (“Applying lemon law to pets tricky, say lawyers”; last Friday), it may ultimately, and ironically, promote irresponsible pet ownership. Pets are living things, not products. Those seeking “defect-free” pets,
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      • 355 31  -  Alvin Hang Director, Corporate Communications Relations Singapore Sports Council MS JESSICA Lee (“Sporting events: SSC should step in if sponsors drop out”; March 10) and Mr Melvin Tan (“Sports sponsorship: Firms should take long-term view”; March 13) address an important point of creating a sustainable
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      • 188 31  -  Angelina Fernandez (Ms) Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore MR LOKE Siew Keong expressed concern about an additional examination module, the Capital Markets and Financial Advisory Services Module 6A (CMFAS M6A), that remisiers and futures brokers are required to take (“Puzzled and upset
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    • 804 1  -  Health authorities to curtail popularity of Middle Eastern practice BY JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg EVERY three months, Ms Collette Claire Miles, 20, meets a few friends at a shisha cafe in Kampong Glam’s Haji Lane. There they puff on fruit-flavoured tobacco from a shared
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    • 97 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L Formula 1 to launch S$12.6 billion IPO in Singapore? L More international exposure for University College Dublin’s students here L Singaporean serving life for ordering Phuket murder More Forum letters online
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    • 477 2 Vietnamese accuses S’porean of kicking her seat and then ‘assaults’ his friend A HOLIDAY in Vietnam ended on a sour note for two Singaporean men, who said one of them was assaulted by a Vietnamese woman who was on their flight back
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    • 516 2  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI SINGAPORE has done well to reduce smoking rates but could do more to highlight the dangers of tobacco, an international expert told The Straits Times yesterday. Public awareness campaigns appear to have become more experimental in nature, said Ms Sandra
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    • 502 3  -  This will spur them to think long-term about presence here BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE Government will be releasing more land for international schools to use, so that Singapore continues to attract foreigners to live and work here. Second Minister for Trade and Industry
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    • 349 3  -  THAM YUEN-C ONE moment her young son was walking behind her, and the next he had disappeared. The worried mother scanned the busy atrium of Ang Mo Kio Hub and saw him being led away by another woman, who was holding his hand.
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    • 475 4  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH TRAFFIC cops have been conducting covert operations. Dressed in civvies or waiting in unmarked cars, they have popped up, identified themselves and issued more than 900 summonses to errant motorists, passengers and pedestrians in the last five months. Between last
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    • 385 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices for bigger cars breached the $80,000 mark in the latest tender yesterday a level unsurpassed since the mid-1990s. The other premiums ended mostly higher too, reflecting a bullishness that surprised industry players. The COE premium for cars
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    • 150 4 A COUPLE appeared in court yesterday to face charges of pimping involving local women. Car dealer Chang Shi Chang, 29, and his unemployed girlfriend Wong Li Ya, 19, are accused of nine counts of living on the immoral earnings of prostitutes. The women involved
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    • 340 4  -  FENG ZENGKUN THE mystery of how thousands of dead fish were washed ashore on Pasir Ris beach and along Sungei Api Api has not been solved, but at least it has nothing to do with the water. The National Environment
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    • 495 5  -  Many from across Asia-Pacific to attend two-day event BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg MORE than 200 Eurasians from across the Asia-Pacific will gather in Singapore tomorrow for the first Eurasian Reunion. Organised by the Eurasian Association here, the event aims to connect the community across the
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    • 385 5  -  BY JESSICA LIM IT has long been a hit with shoppers and diners alike. But for some, Holland Village is becoming a little too popular for its own good. Now, however, a new $976 million shopping and arts complex is set to
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    • 336 5 A HEALTH screening programme run by the Health Promotion Board for citizens and permanent residents aged 40 and above will be made available to more community venues islandwide. The Integrated Screening Programme, now available at 700 participating general practitioners’ clinics and some community centres
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    • 85 5 The late Mrs Lee Kuan Yew’s batik cheongsam being given the finishing touches with a matching shawl by conservators Chuance Chen (centre), 28, and Siti Suhailah (behind), in her 30s, while curator Chung May Khuen, 38, looks on. It will go on display as part of the
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    • 498 6  -  Revocable nominations now permissible under new fatwa, says Muis BY MATTHIAS CHEW mattchew@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Islamic authorities have given Muslims more leeway in planning their personal finances. Muslims may now change the beneficiaries of their insurance policies. This is known as a revocable nomination under
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    • 191 6 THE wishes of more than 130 children who face life-threatening illnesses are set to come true, after a record $323,717 was raised at the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s charity golf tournament and dinner auction last night. More than 220 guests representatives from sponsors such as
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    • 289 6 AFTER weeks of spreading rampantly in childcare centres, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) seems to have eased up a little. The number of cases fell last week, after having hit two highs: Figures on the Health Ministry’s website showed the number of
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    • 407 6  -  BY LEE XIN EN A MINIBUS carrying eight schoolchildren from Madrasah Al-Irsy-ad Al-Islamiah overturned in Bedok yesterday morning. The pupils, aged between eight and 10, were taken to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital. All were later discharged with minor bruises, except for one Primary 3
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    • 741 7  -  Three biggest taxi firms can pinpoint location of distressed cab with GPS BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg WHILE all taxi drivers in Singapore can send a distress signal to their companies’ call centres, those manned by the three smallest players cannot yet pinpoint the
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    • 410 7  -  BY GRACE CHUA SINGAPORE’S newest Create research centre will study ways to slash the carbon footprint left by companies refining petroleum and making petrole-um-based chemicals. It hopes that these solutions will be taken up by energy and chemical firms based here. The
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  • SPORT.
    • 829 8  -  Karthic is third boy to win all three schools cross-country divisions BY ALVIN CHIA chiazya@sph.com.sg WHEN Hwa Chong Institution’s (HCI) Karthic Harish Ragupathy strode past the finish line at the schools’ national cross country championships yesterday, he ran his way into very elite company. The
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    • 531 8  -  BY CHAN U-GENE AFTER an exceptional year which saw him emerge as Singapore’s top 400m runner, schoolboy Ng Chin Hui is now targeting the 37-year-old national mark. At the schools’ national track and field championships next week, the Raffles Institution student will be
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    • 85 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L God told me to retire: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao L Barcelona reportedly seal Neymar move for 2014 L Messi world’s highest-paid player Get your free breaking news from ST iPad
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    • 513 8  -  BY MAY CHEN THE Schools National Track Field Championships will continue to feature in April, despite a jam-packed athletics calendar for juniors at that time of the year. This sets up a potential clash between the inter-school meet held by the Ministry of
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    • 960 9 Barca are set to team record-scorer Messi with Brazilian wizard Neymar ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BARCELONA: In Lionel Messi, whose majestic hat-trick on Tuesday crowned him the club’s all-time leading scorer with a staggering 234 goals, Barcelona have the “Michael Jordan” of football. In two years, the
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    • 361 9 LONDON: Even as manager Roberto Mancini boldly predicted on Tuesday that Manchester City will win the Premier League title, the club’s football development executive was taking a dig at Manchester United. Patrick Vieira, who also played for City, told The Telegraph: “Paul
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    • 736 9  -  BY TUSDIQ DIN LONDON: Tony Fernandes, the amiable high-profile AirAsia and Queens Park Rangers owner, is one of only two current Asian owners of English Premier League (EPL) clubs. Where Thaksin Shinawatra, Carson Yeung and the Venky’s group have trodden, he appears keen to follow.
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    • 436 9 LONDON: Fabrice Muamba’s father has revealed that one of the first things his son said to him as he regained consciousness in hospital was: “Did we lose the game?” And when told that last Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham had been abandoned,
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    • 1178 10  -  Feng must free her mind if she hopes to earn two medals at London 2012 BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg THEY say that success comes at a price. For Feng Tianwei, her ascent to the top tier of the world table tennis rankings means she can never breathe
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    • 405 10 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS LONDON: Saudi Arabia could send female competitors to the Olympics for the first time, paving the way for athletes like Dalma Rushdi Malhas to realise their dreams in London in July. Malhas, a 20-year-old equestrian competitor, won a bronze medal at the
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    • 264 10  -  BY LESTER WONG THE national table tennis men’s and women’s teams flew off last night to Dortmund, Germany, to take part in the March 25-April 1 World Team Table Tennis Championships. The women’s team will be looking to defend the title they won
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      • 56 10 HOME United lost to Thai football side Chonburi 0-1 yesterday in an AFC Cup Group G away match. Cameroon striker Kengne Ludovick scored the winner in the 70th minute for the Sharks, who had started their Thai Premier League campaign with a 4-0
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      • 69 10 BLOOMBERG ORLANDO (Florida): Tiger Woods came through two days of exhibition golf at the Tavistock Cup without showing any adverse reaction to an ankle injury that forced him to withdraw from the Cadillac Championship on March 11. Woods and playing partner Justin Rose, who won
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      • 79 10 REUTERS SEOUL: The head of South Korea’s delegation to the London Olympics has offered to resign after he was placed under investigation by prosecutors over his business deals, the country’s Olympic committee said yesterday. Yu Kyung Sun, 56, the chairman of local business
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      • 62 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: English football club Blackburn boosted their bid to secure Premier League survival with a 2-0 win over Sunderland at Ewood Park on Tuesday. David Hoilett opened the scoring in the first half and Ayegbeni Yakubu sealed the points in the closing minutes to
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      • 53 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Chelsea have released reserve-team midfielder Jacob Mellis after he admitted setting off a smoke grenade at the club’s training ground. The English football club said it made the decision after a “full and thorough” investigation into the incident, which took place
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      • 57 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARCELONA: Spanish police have arrested 10 suspects in Madrid and Barcelona and smashed an international sports doping ring. Police said the network was implicated in competitors’ positive doping tests at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, cycling’s 2010 Tour of Spain and 2009 Tour of
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    • 623 11 Red Bull believe Sepang race gives them chance to strike back instantly THE TIMES, LONDON ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: McLaren driver Jenson Button was warned not to get carried away by his win in the Australian Grand Prix. Christian Horner was among the first to applaud
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    • 255 11 Today Basketball NBA: Oklahoma City v LA Clippers (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8am), San Antonio v Minnesota (Ch216, 9.30am). Football S-League: Harimau Muda v DPMM (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm. Live, StarHub Ch201, 7.30pm). Spanish Primera Liga: Malaga v Rayo Vallecano (Live, StarHub Ch222, tomorrow, 4.55am). Golf Indonesia Open: Day
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    • 266 11 Basketball NBA Indiana 102 LA Clippers 89, NY Knicks 106 Toronto 87, Miami 99 Phoenix 95, Houston 107 LA Lakers 104, Utah 97 Oklahoma City 90, Portland 87 Milwaukee 116, Sacramento 119 Memphis 110. Cricket 3rd ODI In Kingstown, St Vincent: Australia 220 in 49.5 overs (G. Bailey 59,
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    • 539 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Defeated and deflated by Philadelphia 10 days ago, the New York Knicks are rolling into the rematch with four straight wins in the National Basketball Association league. “Guys are playing at a very high, confident level right now,” Carmelo Anthony
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    • 414 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: LeBron James gave Miami two big scares, and the Phoenix Suns provided another. The Heat survived them all. Chris Bosh scored 29 points, and the Heat used a 17-0 fourth-quarter run to erase a 10-point deficit and beat the Suns 99-95
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    • 325 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: A former International Cricket Council (ICC) chief has accused India of fostering corruption in the sport, saying illegal betting in the country was the root cause of the problem. Ehsan Mani, who headed the ICC between 2003 and
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    • 822 20  -  Five foreign-linked firms tipped for launches after lack of listings this year BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE local initial public offering (IPO) market looks to be awakening from its slumber, with talk of long-overdue new listings. There has not been a single listing this year,
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    • 97 20 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Apple announces dividend as iPad sales rocket L Wendy’s tops Burger King as second-largest US burger chain L RBS shutting down some Asian units, 70 people hit More Forum letters online
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      • 482 13  -  New signs of slowdown in China’s economy have dampening effect BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg STOCKS turned in a lacklustre performance yesterday as sentiment was dragged down by concerns over the pace of slowdown in China’s economy. “Attention has now
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        • 114 13 THE boards of Lehman Brothers and Lehman Brothers Singapore have informed the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) that the companies were placed under voluntary liquidation yesterday. Mr Chay Fook Yuen, Mr Bob Yap Cheng Ghee and Mr Tay Puay Cheng have been appointed liquidators. MAS has been informed
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        • 107 13 CITIBANK Singapore has launched two instant online instalment loans known as Click for Cash and Paywise. With the Click for Cash service, existing ready credit or credit card customers are able to apply for instalment loans instantly online and have them approved immediately. Paywise gives existing credit card
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        • 130 13 REUTERS ARA Asset Management, part-owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong (Holdings), is considering the listing of what would be Singapore’s first yuan-denominated property trust. “One of the opportunities which the company is exploring includes the possible establishment and listing of a yuan-denominated real estate
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.86 billion shares worth $911.9 million UP DOWN Gainers: 182 Losers: 179 Unchanged: 419 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change Points Change Points Change Consumer goods 0.69 695.46 0.29 468.01 Real estate Consumer services 0.69
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        • 222 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,086.49 (-55.5) Japan’s Nikkei slid 0.55 per cent as concerns about China tempered optimism over further improvements in the US economy and a softer yen. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,582.53 (+4.91) Malaysia’s main index finished up 0.31 per cent, buoyed by buying in
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        • 217 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 21, 2012 Top Rises March 21 CENTS (0) DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 49.2 0.1 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1836 32.8 1.4 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2473 24.0 0.8 GLD 10US$ ..***** DBS Bk 4.7%
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        • 400 13 Top Rises March 21 CENTS UOB MB eCW*****2 27 4.0 17.4 UOB BP eCW*****3 23 3.9 20.4 UOB BP eCW*****3 67.5 2.0 3.1 NOL BP eCW*****4 13 1.9 17.1 FalconEne W*****2 6.5 1.5 30.0 DBS BP ePW*****2 35.5 1.0 2.9 DutyFree W*****6 3 1.0 50.0 CapitalMBeCW*****2 16.6
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        • 59 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY March 21 2012 Selling Buying March 21 2012 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.354 1.29 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.296 ....1.247 Euro 1.702 Malaysian ringgit 41.768 40.162 Sterling pound 2.039 ....1.961 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah
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      • 497 14 Investors attracted to financial markets’ strong performance but likely to drive hard bargains NEW YORK TIMES LONDON: After months of economic uncertainty caused by the European debt crisis, investors are starting to venture back into the continent’s financial markets. In the latest signs of life,
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      • 360 14  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK A FORMER independent director of troubled company China Sky Chemical Fibre has appointed lawyers in his court tussle with the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Mr Yeap Wai Kong was represented in court yesterday by Senior Counsel Tan Cheng Han, a
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      • 206 14  -  LENNARD ONG CHEMICAL giant Dow Corning yesterday opened a business and technology centre in Singapore that will help it meet the region’s growing demand for silicone products and services. The facility, the firm’s first in the Asia-Pacific region, is in the Solaris building in
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    • 545 15  -  100 more staff in S’pore with tie-up of Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg TWO Indian firms that help companies manage their back-office IT functions have announced a long-awaited merger that will bring their combined workforce here
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    • 384 15  -  BY YUNITA ONG SINGAPORE will soon get its first listed cord blood bank. Cordlife, one of two such private players in Singapore, launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday with the aim of raising net proceeds of $26.3 million. It is offering
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    • 365 15  -  BY LO YEE INSURANCE group NTUC Income has changed the way it classifies its 600-strong army of financial consultants to align it more closely with industry practice. The relationship was designated as employer-employee but will now be defined as principal-agent. Mr Ken Ng, senior
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      • 746 16/17 EXCEL MARCO AFTER years of buying and assembling products from other companies, homegrown Excel Marco now wants to try its hand at developing one it can call its own. It believes that having a proprietary product will allow it to be more
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      • 1179 16/17  -  The need for firms to innovate through technology has resulted in Centres of Innovation being set up to increase access to experts and the specialised knowledge they can impart. Joyce Teo looks at how companies can make use of these facilities. Joyce Teo WHILE the Government
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      • 730 16/17 LEN AS RESTAURANT chain owner Lena Sim expected some help from the Food Innovation Resource Centre (FIRC) at Singapore Polytechnic but had no idea the facility would soon become a godsend for her and her business. Ms Sim opened her first Lenas outlet
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      • 811 16/17 ELDERWISE LIVING PLENTY of people come up with brilliant ideas on new products, yet few take them further. Two entrepreneurs have shown that it can be done if you access the support services available. The founders of Elderwise Living, which specialises in innovative solutions for
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    • 590 18 Move reflects anxiety to stem outflow of funds, shore up local economy NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG: China has quietly begun making it much easier for foreign investors to put money into the country’s stock market and other financial investments, in a slight relaxing
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    • 449 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said yesterday that its economy would expand at a slower clip this year, as financial and economic restructuring in developed nations curb global growth. Gross domestic product might expand by 4 per cent to 5 per cent this year,
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    • 566 19  -  Analysts reserve opinion on how three-bedroom shoebox project will fare BY GAN YU JIA yjgan@sph.com.sg NEWS that a developer is cramming three bedrooms into a tiny flat has put the spotlight on the regulations determining such matters, and it appears the builders have
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    • 508 19  -  BY ESTHER TEO, YASMINE YAHYA ORCHARD Central retailers are hoping the opening of a new mall next year near Somerset MRT will breathe a bit more life into their own mall. Called orchardgateway, the new $700 million mall sits between Orchard
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    • 515 19  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA RESALE prices of landed homes rose in the first quarter while those in the condominium market softened, according to estimates from consultancy DTZ. Freehold landed homes in suburban areas posted a 1.6 per cent price rise in the three
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    • 216 19 THE owners of Compass Point Shopping Centre put the mall on the market yesterday, with hopes of getting more than $645 million for it. Sengkang Mall plans to sell the property to repay outstanding bonds totalling $335 million, which are due in November.
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    • 333 20 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX OF SINGAPORE 2011 NATIONAL SCORE: 69.1 **»V 74.5 Private Education 74.5 Commercial Schools 73.5 Tourism 75.3 Attractions 76.6 Singapore Zoo 75.7 Universal Studios 74.5 Sentosa 73.2 Night Safari r* 72.6 Jurong Bird Park 75.8 Other Attractions 74.5 Hotels ,v** 81.3 The Ritz Carlton* 80.5 Shangri-La Hotel* 79.9
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    • 106 1 CPART THURSDAY, MARCH 22 2012 The next book-to-film blockbuster is here. The Hunger Games stars one of Hollywood’s best young actresses, Jennifer Lawrence (pictured). WILL LAWRENCE reports from London. Next Gen Artist Music ambassador Acclaimed conductor to perform here C3 Jason Wee the magpie C4 Culture Vulture End of canned
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        766 2  -  Renowned Bharatanatyam dancer Malavika Sarukkai will pay tribute to the Ganges in her show deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg A river is the inspiration behind a performance tomorrow of Indian classical dance that headlines an annual festival of the form and music here. And not any river, but the holy
        PHOTOS: SIFAS  -  766 words
      • 769 2 Agence France-Presse Kuala Lumpur Haunted highways, an oil-smeared ghoul prowling villages for virgins, female spirits thirsting for blood: Malaysia has an obsession with the supernatural rooted in age-old legends. Now that obsession is being increasingly projected upon the nation’s cinema screens, as horror movies have quickly
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      • 862 3  -  Husband and wife team of Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Viktoria Postnikova take the stage together with the SSO akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg For over 40 years, acclaimed conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky and award-winning pianist Viktoria Postnikova have made beautiful music both on and off stage. The married
        PHOTO: SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  -  862 words
      • 1745 4  -  Artist Jason Wee Multi-disciplinary artist Jason Wee moves between written, performing and visual art forms, with many works in multimedia deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Trust an artist to come up with something so creative to describe himself. This is multi-disciplinary artist and curator Jason Wee’s take: He is a
        PHOTOS: NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, CHRISTIE’S, MATH PAPER PRESS; ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE  -  1,745 words
      • 423 4 Associated Press The Hague, Netherlands Poppies, cornflowers, forget-me-nots, wild larkspur, German chamomile, pink-red cabbage roses, yellow chrysanthemum and ox-eye daisies. These flowers feature in a still life which on Tuesday was announced as a true Vincent Van Gogh by the KroellerMueller Museum in
        Associated Press; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  423 words
      • 736 5  -  The Arts House is celebrating its eight anniversary with a festival in praise of proverbs chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg Proverbs are more commonly associated with old wives’ tales, but the Arts House is hoping to revitalise and introduce them to a new generation. Proverbs are the theme
        PHOTOS: THE ARTS HOUSE  -  736 words
    • 1078 6  -  THE MDVIE The Hunger Games takes aim at being the next teen book-to-film blockbuster franchise will lawrence in london stlife@sph.com.sg The Hunger Games opens today. Harry Potter may have cast his last on-screen spell and the Twilight saga might be heading towards its cinematic sunset but
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    • 460 6 THE HUNKS They do not share any scenes in The Hunger Games, but actors Josh Hutcherson (right) and Liam Hemsworth (far right) have something over which they can bond. Like Twilight superstars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner before them, Hutcherson and Hemsworth are set to see
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    • 898 6 THE STAR There appears to be no limit to Jennifer Lawrence’s talents. The 21-year-old actress already has an Oscar nomination to her name, courtesy of her spellbinding performance in the 2010 drama Winter’s Bone. Now she is carrying the flame for The Hunger Games, the most
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    • 519 7  -  Akshita Nanda Whet your appetite for The Hunger Games with this spoiler-free cheat sheet giving details of plot, place and principal characters. The Place: Panem A nation formerly in North America, made up of a dozen subjugated districts under the imperial control of the main city, Capitol.
      PHOTOS: CATHAY ORGANISATION, LIONSGATE  -  519 words
    • 1129 7  -  THE PHENOMENON yip wai yee Much like the Harry Potter and Twilight stories were, The Hunger Games looks set to become a massive pop culture phenomenon anchored in bestselling books and blockbuster movies. Having already been listed in most major best-sell-er lists and spawning
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    • 488 7  -  reviewaction THE HUNGER GAMES (PG13) 142 minutes/Opens today/ The story: Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her sister’s place in the Hunger Games, an annual event in the post-apocalyptic world of Panem. She must fight 23 other contestants to the death in these televised games. Her battle
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      • 108 8 ‘Today is the first time we welcome being walked all over’ Actress Felicity Huffman accepting Hollywood Walk of Fame stars with husband William H. Macy (both right) ‘I’ve reached that stage in life where I need a flash car to keep my spirits up. I’m not
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        924 8  -  The demise of canned laughter on sitcoms acknowledges that humour can’t be forced culture vulture clara chow clarac@sph.com.sg As a scrawny child in the 1980s, I would watch American sitcoms on the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation’s Channel 5, and wonder about a number of things: Who were
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        396 8  -  Chen Shanshan PIANO FUND-RAISER FOR SSO Pianist Joja Wendt (above) will be playing at a fund-raiser for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Titled All That Jazz and organised by the SSO Ladies’ League, the SSO Benefit Dinner 2012 aims to raise $1 million for the not-for-profit organisation. Germany-born
        PHOTO: SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; PHOTO: INDIGO BLUE ART  -  396 words
      • 598 13  -  Feminist play delves into disillusionment, identity loss and post-coital woes toh wen li tohwenli@sph.com.sg After Sex abounds with bedroom humour, a scantily clad cast and Spider-Man role play. But audiences hoping to be titillated will probably end up with food for thought instead. “People will expect
        ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  598 words
      • 318 13 Reuters Berlin German director Heiner Goebbels (below) has scooped Norway’s International Ibsen Award, the most valuable theatre prize in the world, for his pioneering work in musical theatre. The award, named after 19thcentury Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, comes with 2.5 million Norwegian crowns (S$550,000), which organisers
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    • S SPECIAL TRAVEL CARNIVAL 2012
      • 842 9  -  Climbing up is the way to take in the sights in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, says AR Zackaria Abdul Rahim Zackaria Abdul Rahim “HAYAKU, hayaku” could be heard among the travellers urging one another to hurry up to the observation point in Owakudani for what is touted
        PHOTOS: ZACKARIA ABDUL RAHIM  -  842 words
      • 724 10  -  Get a feel of Taipei’s colourful Shilin Night Market, then enjoy a treat in the Modern Toilet Restaurant by cheryl tay TAIPEI is a city full of modern delights and as most cities go, it never sleeps. Putting up at Ximending, often referred to as
        PHOTOS: CHERYL TAY  -  724 words
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        782 11  -  The top niche jewellers in Paris are tucked away in obscure lanes, discovers Nina Starr Nina Starr PARIS is undoubtedly one of the world’s top fashion capitals, but there is more to the French capital than haute couture. Shopping for jewellery, as I found out, is an enchanting
        PHOTOS: NINA STARR, HÉLÉNE COURTAIGNE DELALANDE, SYLVIE CORBELIN  -  782 words
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        507 12  -  You can enjoy travel promotions, acrobatic performances and even register for Miss World Singapore at Travel Carnival 2012 by tan bah bah HOLIDAYMAKERS in search of good travel deals can look forward to Travel Carnival 2012 this weekend. It pays to be an early bird because the
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    • 888 14 Teenage girls are chasing new boybands that are currently making waves on the charts Associated Press New York It seems like we can never say goodbye, byebye to boybands. A decade after ’N Sync and the Backstreet Boys dominated the entertainment world, boybands are making a comeback.
      Associated Press; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  888 words
    • 595 14  -  reviewconcert JESSIE J WHO YOU ARE TOUR Singapore Indoor Stadium/Tuesday natasha ann zachariah The true testament to the rising star power of British singer Jessie J is that she gets mid-dle-aged fathers fist-pumping and booty shaking to bubbly pop love songs. Never mind that they
      PHOTO: AMOS WONG  -  595 words
    • 368 14 New York Times New York Director Ulu Grosbard, whose affinity for naturalistic drama shaped critical successes such as the original Broadway production of David Mamet’s American Buffalo and the film version of John Gregory Dunne’s novel True Confessions, has died in New York. He was 83.
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    • 576 16 Kensington Palace, where the late princess and Queen Victoria once lived, has been given a $15-million makeover Associated Press London It is the past home of Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, the future residence of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge and, it is hoped,
      Associated Press; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  576 words
    • 332 16 Associated Press Hong Kong China’s economic rise is spurring Hollywood’s interest in movies using Asian themes and production money, United States movie industry veterans said on Tuesday. Big studios are trying to push further into China, where box-office receipts rose more than a third last
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      • 382 18 Associated Press Los Angeles Michael Bay (right) thinks fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles need to chill. The 47-year-old directorproducer incited outrage among fans of the superhero franchise when he revealed at the Nickelodeon upfront presentation in New York last week that the pizza-loving, crime-fighting turtles
        Associated Press; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, YOUTUBE  -  382 words
      • 282 18 Agence France-Presse Washington United States President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign distanced itself on Tuesday from a joke by actor Robert De Niro about the prospect of a white First Lady returning to the White House. The reaction came after Republican candidate Newt Gingrich
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        • 29 18 Cantopop band Grasshopper will play at the Resorts World Convention Centre on June 30. Tickets from $88 to $178 are on sale at Sistic.
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        • 66 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor’s daughter has asked a Los Angeles judge to place the ailing actress in a conservatorship that will independently control her medical care and financial needs. Constance Francesca Hilton claims Gabor’s husband, Frederic von Anhalt, has been isolating her 95-year-old mum and
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        • 37 18 Jamie Waylett, 22, who played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in six Harry Potter films, was jailed for two years on Tuesday for being part of a mob during last summer’s riots in London.
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      • 285 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH Editor huichieh@sph.com.sg Last week, when Mind Your Body asked its Facebook fans if technology was keeping them awake at night, many replied yes, citing the television, the computer and, of course, the mobile phone. One fan, Ms Rozana Abd Razak, even said:
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    • Feature
      • 1375 4/5  -  Trans-fat levels in products will be limited and labelled on packaging from May next year. Ng Wan Ching reports Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg Fat is such a dirty word people will pay large sums of money to siphon it out of their bodies. But everyone needs it
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      • 942 8/9  -  In the last of a four-part series on ageing well, Lea Wee finds out that growing older does not mean sleeping less or poorly Lea Wee leawee@sph.com.sg About half of those aged above 65 may find it hard to get a good night’s sleep at
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      • 621 10  -  Joan Chew peers through the smoke to uncover what goes into a shisha and a cigarette Joan Chew Source: Health Promotion Board American Journal Of Preventive Medicine (2008) Food Chemical Toxicology (2005) The Health Promotion Board (HPB) will roll out its first campaign to educate young people
        Source: Health Promotion Board; American Journal Of Preventive Medicine (2008); Food & Chemical Toxicology (2005); PHOTOS: DESMOND FOO, ISTOCKPHOTO  -  621 words
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      • 452 6 Reuters People who use cholesterol-lowering statins may have a slightly lower risk of developing pneumonia than non-users do, a study published on Monday has concluded. Israeli researchers found that of nearly 18,000 adults in a clinical trial, those given rosuvastatin (sold under the
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    • Doc Talk
      • 811 11  -  DR WONG SENG WENG drwongsw@tcc.sg Dr Wong Seng Weng, medical director of Singapore Medical Group’s The Cancer Centre, has been looking after cancer patients for the past 15 years. He is also an adjunct clinician scientist at the Agency for Science, Technology and
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      • 2931 12 / 13  -  Health care has gone mobile, with more health apps being developed for smartphones. Lea Wea reports LEA WEE leawee@sph.com.sg Singaporetops the whole of Southeast Asia when it comes to the number of smartphone users, a survey by research company AC Nielsen last year found. As
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      • 338 14 / 15 facebook. I don’t use any of these apps. I don’t really like new mobile-phone technology. Anyway, with my poor eyesight, it’s hard work reading a phone screen. Many sufferers of chronic diseases are the elderly who, like me, are not very receptive
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      • 644 16  -  DR KHOO KAY LEONG senior consultant at the division of respiratory and critical care medicine at the National University Hospital QI would like to know how asthma can be cured or kept under control. My daughter has had asthma since the age of
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      • 336 16  -  DR LAW NGAI MOH specialist in gastroenterology at Raffles Internal Medicine Centre at Raffles Hospital QI am a 14-year-old girl. I usually do not feel hungry before a meal. Even though I usually eat lunch at noon and do not snack during the
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    • Ageing Gratefully
      • 1173 17  -  SHARON LOH sharonl@sph.com.sg Four years ago, almost to the day, we left Singapore for a new life. There were many reasons for our move to the college town of Chapel Hill in North Carolina but one of them was that I needed a complete
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    • Eat To Live
      • 817 18  -  Low in calories, crab meat can be a healthy choice if taken in moderation SYLVIA TAN wdspice@gmail.com Sylvia Tan is a freelance writer. As I am writing this, I am stuck in the middle of a heat wave in Perth, Western Australia, where temperatures during the
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      • 363 18  -  KITCHEN Sylvia Tan There is an accounting principle at work in the kitchen: First in, first out. It is common sense you use the produce that you had bought first, before the other newer stuff. It is simple enough to follow to avoid wastage in the kitchen, except
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    • Herbal Help
      • 995 19  -  The gelatin is prescribed for yin and blood deficiencies in the body. Joan Chew reports Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg Most people know of donkeys as working animals used for transport or agriculture. Few realise that one particular species is valued in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
        Source: Ms Zhu Ping, a senior traditional Chinese medicine physician at Hua Mei Acupuncture and TCM Centre; ST PHOTOS: JASON QUAH  -  995 words
    • The Pro
      • 1005 22  -  Educational psychologist Tim Bunn tells Joan Chew how he unravels a child’s learning difficulties Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg I specialise in the psychological assessment of children because... It is most interesting when there is a puzzle about a child which parts of the learning process are not going
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    • Fit & Fab
      • 1138 23  -  Engineer Khairulnizam Jemaat tells Joan Chew how he lost the weight and no longer needed blood pressure and cholesterol medication Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg What do you do to keep fit? I exercise two to three times a week, or a minimum of 150 minutes
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    • 1231 6 Properties Classification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Landed Homes for Sale 402 D01 -08 City South-West 403 D09-10 Orchard/Tanglin/ Holland 404 Dll &21 Newton/BtTimah/dementi 405 D12-14 Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang 406 D15-16 East Coast 407 D17-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris 408 D19-20 Serangoon/Thomson 409 D22-24 West 410 D25-28 North 411 Mixed Districts
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    • 385 6 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale Reflections Keppel •2 2+1 3 rm Compact 3 rm/Jumbo4rm Bayview/ Seaview/ Golf From $1560 psf Daily viewing available By appointment only Call Now To Get Your Desired Unit! Stella Lee 9829 6225 Powerful Negotiators PN MARINA BAY RES #4x, 1130 sqft. 2 bdrm.
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    • 353 7 F’HOLD. 3+1 THE Heliconia Unblocked. Good cond/ layout. Kembangan MRT facilities *****482 Phyllis LAST 1-RM PENTHSE Developer sale, Just TOP. Interior Decor Furniture #18. Christine Tay *****000 PENTHSE $1.05M! F’HOLD! 2 mins Aljunied MRT/ City. 3 rms, Sq layout, exclusive. Vincent *****696 Vstar MRT! MEYERLODGE 3+1 F’hold 1216 sqft. Unblocked
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    • 3061 8 Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Bukit BatokHDB Apts for Sale Pungqol HDB Apts for Sale TampinesHDB Apts for Sale Central Houses for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Acts for Rent Chatsworth Pk 2 sty tropical bunglw 5+1 Pool/Patio$42K Tanglin Hill
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