The Straits Times, 9 April 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, APRIL 9 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Rediffusion to close at month’s end
    459 1  -  BY ROYSTON SIM AFTER more than six decades on the air, the iconic radio service Rediffusion will go silent from April 30. The death knell came in the form of a simple two-paragraph statement delivered by hand to The Straits Times in an envelope
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      Lock icon United stay in the lead
      53 1 MANCHESTER United boss Alex Ferguson (left) gets a hug from the team mascot Fred the Red. His team scored a controversial 2-0 win over 10-man Queens Park Rangers yesterday to stay in the driving seat for the English Premier League title. L SPORT PAGE B8
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      Lock icon Some showflats fall short
      73 1 A RECENT check on six showflats revealed that all fell short of some of the rules proposed in March last year to ensure that developers are more transparent in their marketing. Buyers could have left these flats with a wrong perception as to how big the
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      Lock icon N. Korea closer to launch
      47 1 NORTH Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity. L PRIME PAGE A4
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      Lock icon StarHub says sorry
      39 1 STARHUB has apologised after local football fans cried foul over the telco’s exclusive TV package for expatriates here to catch June’s Euro 2012, included more freebies than those given to local subscribers. L HOME PAGE B1
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      Lock icon Ensuring a Safe Return
      50 1 ABOUT 500 Safe Return Cards, which help dementia sufferers find their way home when they are lost, have been issued by the National Council of Social Service. But the council hopes more can benefit from the scheme, which was started in 2008. L HOME PAGE B2
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    Lock icon Pakistan President in historic visit to India
    704 1  -  Both sides agree to broaden economic ties and repair relationship BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: It was the first visit by a Pakistani head of state to India since 2005, dubbed a private trip but with huge political significance. Pakistani
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      90 1 PERILOUSLY PRETTY OKINAWA REMEMBERS Citizens’ group recover the dead on a neglected isle JANICE KOH Arts NMP juggles family, acting and Parliament Should attractive women omit their photos from CVs? LIFE! PAGE C6 WORLD, PAGE A11 MONEY, PAGE B17 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS:
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        Lock icon Out-of-box ideas to beat travel crush
        65 2 WE SAY The Land Transport Authority wants to study how Singaporeans can be encouraged to use their cars less, opt for public transport and travel more during off-peak times. All ideas, however radical, should be explored to help tackle the peak-hour crush. Providing more
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        Lock icon Fakes on the frontline
        58 2 COLUMNS A US investigation into the trade in counterfeit electronic parts for the defence sector, uncovered evidence pointing to China as the culprit. Robert Karniol says this could not only have an impact on Washington-Beijing ties but also indicate a much wider problem in the area
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        Lock icon Safer roads for all
        39 2 OUR READER SAYS The Land Transport Authority says additional measures are introduced at certain junctions to segregate the movement of motorists and pedestrians and make it safer for all road users. L FORUM PAGE A18
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      57 2 IN THE article “Bumper crop of principals promoted this year” last Friday, we said in the photo caption that Madam Suriani Othman, a lead teacher from West View Primary, was among those promoted to the Superscale grade. This is incorrect. Madam Suriani was promoted to
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      Lock icon Restoring faith in the insurance business
      976 2  -  Review will mean more transparency, public confidence in sector BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg WHILE in camp on reservist duty last month, I noticed that an army mate had his name card stuck on his kevlar helmet. I asked him if it was accidental. Nope,
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      159 2 Academy Every Step With You ®-TMC Academy 14 9 5 of ABERDEEN ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN TflP 1 RH in the world Times Higher Education •/Founded in 1495 y/ 5 Nobel Prizes awarded for work carried out or begun at Aberdeen 90% of research activity is of international quality y/
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      180 2 Learn what professional traders do. SGX Academy Futures Trading Workshop provides the perfect way for you to start trading professionally. Preview for Professional Trading Workshop on FIBONACCI Levels This workshop, jointly organised by SGX and Ong First, provides you with an insider’s look at what opportunities might be present in
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      Lock icon Station was ‘part of Singapore way of life’
      985 3  -  Concerns arise over catering to dialect and elderly listeners BY DARYL CHIN ROYSTON SIM darylc@sph.com.sg roysim@sph.com.sg LONGTIME listeners and radio veterans yesterday described the impending closure of Rediffusion as a loss of what had been part of the Singapore way of life.
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      Lock icon North Korea to go ahead with rocket launch
      1187 4 Yonhap reports plans for nuclear weapons test too REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korean space officials have moved all three stages of a long-range rocket into position for a controversial launch, vowing to push ahead with their plan in defiance of international
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      Lock icon US and EU allies in new bid for N-talks with Iran
      682 4 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The United States and its European allies plan to open new negotiations with Iran by demanding the immediate closure and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear facility deep under a mountain, according
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      Lock icon Random check: Showflats don’t fulfil proposed criteria
      961 5  -  Market watchers say new guidelines should be implemented soon BY GAN YU JIA yjgan@sph.com.sg A RECENT Straits Times check on six showflats has revealed that all fell short of some of the rules proposed in March last year to ensure that developers are
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      Lock icon NS enlistment hits 900,000
      600 6  -  MP urges each soldier to do his part for SAF to remain an effective force BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE reached a milestone yesterday the 900,000th man to undergo national service (NS) since it was introduced in 1967. Joining the previous generations who have
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      Lock icon ‘I’d rather do NS today’
      450 6  -  JERMYN CHOW MR ALBEL Singh was one of the first 900 men enlisted for national service back in 1967 but given a choice, he would rather do it today. “The equipment, field pack and rifle are new and fit the soldiers so well,” said the
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      Lock icon Soldier who refused to lose heart
      313 6  -  JERMYN CHOW WHEN doctors diagnosed him with a slow heart rate, Private R. Saravanan’s hopes of becoming a combat soldier appeared dashed. He started his full-time national service stint last April as a clerk after his condition a low heart rate disorder known as
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      Lock icon Dutch military to store anti-piracy arms in Singapore
      635 6  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN ANTI-PIRACY efforts by the Dutch military in the Gulf of Aden have received a boost due to an agreement allowing the Netherlands to store small arms and ammunition here with the Singapore Armed Forces. The arms will be
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      Lock icon ‘Good Friday miracle’ no one was killed
      651 8 US NAVY JET CRASH ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIRGINIA BEACH (Virginia): A 12-ton Navy jet loaded with tons of diesel fuel crashes in a spectacular fireball into a big apartment complex, scattering plane parts and wiping out some 40 units. How is it
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      Lock icon Economic growth a key issue in Aceh election today
      1052 8  -  Post tsunami, good infrastructure in place but few investors BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg BANDA ACEH: The trunk road from this provincial capital to Malahayati port is among the best in the country, built with funds from Jakarta and international
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      Lock icon Former rebel who traded in his shotgun for shears
      377 8  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN WHEN separatist rebels called an end to their struggle for an independent Aceh in 2005, former combatant Samsul Bahri found himself without a job. So he turned in his shotgun for shears and farm equipment. Mr Samsul, 44, now
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      156 4 JAPAN AIRLINES JAL Launches Boston^Tokyo NONSTOP > f Inaugural flight April 22. V. 2012 J BOSTON OKYO TLg CANADA VANCOUVER CHICAGO j "BOSTON TOKY (Nanta) SINGAPORE J Flight schedule ""min "inn jj "Hllmnnn JAL's new Tokyo Boston route offers the first ever direct flights between Asia and Boston. With a
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      1569 7 The Indian Tourism experience is rooted in diversity. Diversity in terms of landscape from the High Himalayas to Sun Kissed beaches, from spiritual experiences to heritage monuments, from the lush rainforests to the mysterious deserts. India has everything and more to offer a traveler. Singaporeans have always considered India as
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon China flexes economic muscles in Caribbean
      1443 9 Eyebrows raised as it ‘buys loyalty’ on US’ doorstep NEW YORK TIMES NASSAU (The Bahamas): A new US$35 million (S$44 million) stadium opened here in the Bahamas a few weeks ago, a gift from the Chinese government. The tiny island nation of Dominica has
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      99 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L US Navy embraces new ship for better or worse L End of journey for tsunami ship L Ionescu trial resumes with video of accident More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO
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        Lock icon Graft talk plagues Nepal airport deal
        786 10  -  Favouritism allegations in awarding of tender cast cloud over project BY YUBARAJ GHIMIRE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ghimire.yubaraj@gmail.com KATHMANDU: Plans to construct a world-class international airport at Pokhara, one of Nepal’s busiest tourist hubs, have been on the cards for more than 30 years.
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        Lock icon The dancing candidate
        45 10 Mr Chung Dong Young, a candidate from main opposition Democratic United Party for the parliamentary elections this week, dancing during a campaign in Seoul yesterday. Voters will select a total of 300 lawmakers across the country on Wednesday. PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Chinese authorities ‘detain returning Tibetan pilgrims’
        640 10 NEW YORK TIMES DHARAMSALA (India): Hundreds of Tibetans who attended an important Buddhist ceremony in January in India have been detained without charge by Chinese security officers on their return to Tibet, according to family members and friends living in exile in India, international
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        Lock icon Exiled Tiananmen leaders seek nod to visit China
        417 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: The exiled leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-de-mocracy movement and other Chinese dissidents have asked the government to allow them to visit their homeland, a rights group said. “Because of political reasons we were denied renewal of our
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        Lock icon Recovering war dead after 7 decades
        1270 11  -  Group searches for WWII soldiers’ remains on Okinawa in the face of Tokyo’s ‘apathy’ BY JULIAN RYALL FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jryall2@hotmail.com NAHA (Okinawa): The major bones from the arms, legs and torso of a man are laid out precisely. The jaw is missing
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        Lock icon Ma’s wealth disclosure sparks debate in China
        382 11 HONG KONG: Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s declaration of his personal wealth has provoked intense discussion in China, where Internet users urge Chinese officials to follow suit and reveal their assets. A report released last week by the Control Yuan, Taiwan’s top government watchdog,
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        Lock icon Pivotal moment for reform in Myanmar
        740 12  -  All parties seem ready to move ahead but infighting may be a risk NEWS ANALYSIS BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar’s landmark election a week ago, which turned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from dissident to MP, has excited
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi meets Karen rebels
        463 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday met Karen ethnic minority rebels in her first significant foray into politics since her election to public office a week earlier. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who won her first seat in Parliament in
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        Lock icon Scandal taught me to be strong, says Shahrizat
        361 12 KUALA LUMPUR: The ongoing scandal surrounding Malaysia’s National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) is a painful episode which has taught her to be strong and calm in a crisis, Malaysian leader Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said yesterday. In an interview published on her last day
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        Lock icon Singaporean stabbed to death in JB
        154 12 JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean man was stabbed to death in the Taman Sentosa business district here, allegedly following failed negotiations with some Malaysians. The stabbing reportedly occurred on Saturday night, The China Press reported. The victim was identified as Mr Chang Jeng Wei from
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        Lock icon Afghan, US sign deal on night raids
        246 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: Afghanistan and the United States have reached an agreement to curb divisive night raids on Afghan homes, giving the local authorities veto power over planned operations and more say in the treatment of detainees, Afghan officials said yesterday. The
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        Lock icon Russian bear wary of Chinese dragon
        731 13  -  Kremlin economic plan warns of Chinese threat to country’s industries BY VLADIMIR RADYUHIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES v.radyuhin@gmail.com MOSCOW: The Russian bear smells danger near its lair. The Chinese dragon is too close and powerful for comfort. Strategy 2020, a voluminous roadmap for Russia’s
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        Lock icon An extreme test of power
        62 13 Alexander Lysenko (above) pulling a truck as he competes in the Power Extreme Championship of Russia in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Saturday. The championship, which has been held since 2002, attracted 12 strong men from across the country. Another contestant Vladimir Kalinichenko (left)
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        Lock icon Romney out to woo women voters
        436 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Republican front runner for the US presidential race Mitt Romney is starting to hone his appeal to female voters, acutely aware that he must narrow President Barack Obama’s commanding lead in this critical demographic. None too soon, say many Republican activists.
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        Lock icon Brazil growing its clout in US’ old ‘backyard’
        325 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRASILIA: When US President Barack Obama welcomes his Brazilian counterpart, Ms Dilma Rousseff, at the White House today, he will be conscious that South America’s dominant power has in recent years filled a power vacuum left by the United States
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        Lock icon Syria seeks guarantees in UN truce
        752 14 Pact in doubt as it wants written pledge that rivals will lay down arms before govt troops withdraw ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIRUT: Syria put in doubt a United Na-tions-brokered truce that was supposed to start tomorrow when it demanded “written guarantees” yesterday
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        Lock icon Ex-spy chief among 20 vying to be Egypt’s new president
        521 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: A former Arab League chief, deposed president Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, a Muslim Brotherhood leader and an ultra-conservative Islamist preacher are among the candidates for Egypt’s first post-uprising presidential election. Each of the around 20 who
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        Lock icon Boat race protest raises Olympic concerns
        363 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LONDON: The head of the British Olympic Association fears the London Games could be marred by a repeat of the protest that disrupted last Saturday’s boat race between Oxford and Cambridge universities in London. Trenton Oldfield jumped into the River Thames
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Taiwan’s Ma visits India
          94 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday made a surprise stopover in Mumbai on his way to Africa, in what officials said was a sign of improving ties with India despite a lack of diplomatic recognition. Mr Ma remained tight-lipped about the two-hour refuelling stop
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          Lock icon 2 held for fatal shootings
          101 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS TULSA (Oklahoma): The police have arrested two white men early yesterday, saying they were suspects in recent shootings that left three people dead and two critically wounded. The shootings last Friday at a black neighbourhood here had left residents on edge, and sparked
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          Lock icon 60 Minutes icon dies
          75 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Veteran CBS newsman Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on 60 Minutes, has died. CBS spokesman Kevin Tedesco said Mr Wallace died last Saturday, aged 93. The journalist was on the staff of 60 Minutes when the TV news magazine programme
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          Lock icon HK chief’s appointment
          90 15 HONG KONG: Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun Ying is scheduled to fly to Beijing today, two weeks after he won the city’s election, to accept his formal letter of appointment, the South China Morning Post reported. He will receive from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao the document, which appoints
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          Lock icon Nigeria car bombing
          168 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KADUNA: A car bombing near a church in northern Nigeria yesterday, Easter Sunday, killed several people and put the country on alert over fears of further attacks, rescue officials and residents said. Different reports gave the death toll as between 16 and 50. Following the
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          Lock icon Avalanche: Hopes fade
          111 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani military yesterday dug through snow, boulders and slush in an increasingly desperate search for 135 people buried in an avalanche, as hopes faded of finding any survivors. Nearly 36 hours after a wall of snow crashed into a remote army camp high
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        Lock icon Puberty hits boys’ choirs earlier
        357 15 SLICEOFLIFE WASHINGTON POST LEIPZIG (Germany): For 800 years, the St Thomas Boys Choir has been filling churches with pure young voices. Now it is confronting a phenomenon: Every year, those voices are cracking just a little earlier than before. Other boys’ choirs have been noticing
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      280 11 V A Future Proof Learning^ EMBARK ON A FULFILLING CAREER AS AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR On 10 March 2012, the government announced that 200 new childcare centres will be built over the next five years, therefore needing about 1,000 new teachers 1 For over 10 years, Asian International College has
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      16 11 MAN SURVIVES CHOA CHU KANG STABBING: He leaves 15m trail of blood looking for help thenewpaper
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Out-of-box ideas to beat travel crush
      437 16 LIKE lemmings on the march, hordes of city commuters everywhere pack roads and trains about the same time twice daily. It is a crush that everyone bears with a grimace but keeps repeating as though it is destiny. The strain is enormous on public
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      Lock icon Fake electronic imports a worry for US defence
      799 16  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THE United States Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to issue a report on counterfeit electronic parts in the Pentagon’s supply chain within weeks. It is likely to have implications affecting defence forces worldwide. Preliminary findings
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      Lock icon No lasting resolution to N. Korean missile crisis likely
      836 16  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IN 1998, North Korea caused widespread alarm by firing a rocket over Japan’s main island of Honshu into the
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        Lock icon Stoking fear may fuel more violence
        1018 17  -  BY IAN BURUMA The writer is Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at Bard College in America, and the author of Taming The Gods: Religion And Democracy On Three Continents. PROJECT SYNDICATE WHATpossessedyoungFrench Muslim Mohammed Merah to murder three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and
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        Lock icon Making halal a legal reality in France
        1030 17  -  BY CEDOMIR NESTOROVIC FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a professor at ESSEC Business School Paris-Singapore and author of Marketing In An Islamic Environment. AS CAMPAIGNING heats up for the French presidential elections starting this month, a hot issue in political discussions
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        Lock icon An atheist’s approach to respecting religion
        686 17  -  BY NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NEW YORK TIMES A FEW years ago, God seemed caught in a devil of a fight. Atheists were firing thunderbolts suggesting that “religion poisons everything”, as Christopher Hitchens put it in the subtitle of his book, God Is Not Great.
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        345 18  -  ‘DOUBLE-GREEN’ TRAFFIC SYSTEM Helen Lim (Ms) Director, Media Relations and Public Education Land Transport Authority TYPICALLY, at most T- or X-junctions, vehicles are allowed to make use of traffic gaps to turn when the signal is green, as drivers have sufficient sight distance to watch out
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        86 18 “During heavy downpours, visibility is greatly reduced. Also, motorists are wired to see only other cars.” MR RONNIE LEE: “I am in favour of doing away with the present ‘double-green’ traffic system (‘Right of way dilemma at road crossings’; last Friday). During heavy downpours, visibility for drivers is
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        155 18  -  Poh Soon Leong THE current “double-green” system at road junctions, though not perfect, works fine and should remain. Impatient motorists tend to make quick turns to beat oncoming traffic and fail to keep a proper lookout for pedestrians. I have witnessed a few instances when
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      240 2  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER A WOMAN and her teenage son were killed in a car crash along the North-South Highway in Malaysia on Saturday. Madam Priscilla Moh, 40, and her son Khor Zhan Rui, 14, were travelling in a car with her husband
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      74 3 Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (in white top) playing the ukulele with members of the Bishan North Community Centre Ukulele Club as he closed the inaugural PAssionArts Month celebrations yesterday, which aimed to take the arts and culture to the heartland. Cultural
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      683 3  -  Rise in numbers from India and China, and smaller nations too BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg TRAVELLERS from across Asia are making a beeline for Singapore not to holiday here, but to seek medical treatment. Health-care providers say they are handling more patients
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      293 4  -  DARYL CHIN ABOUT 500 passengers had their journey disrupted yesterday when an MRT train on the East-West Line was held up at a platform. The delay, at Paya Lebar station, was due to a technical fault and lasted for about 45 minutes. Ms
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      74 5 Visiting priest Father Neil, from Sri Lanka, blessing worshippers at the Catholic Church of St Alphonsus (Novena Church) yesterday with holy water during an Easter ritual. More than 2,000 people turned up for his Easter Sunday service. Christians remember Jesus Christ’s death on the cross on
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      462 5  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT AN AUSTRALIAN lawyer who abused a security officer at a Perth courthouse and told him to go back to Singapore was found guilty of professional misconduct by a tribunal in her country. Ms Megan in de Braekt
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      396 5  -  BY GRACE CHUA AN INTERNATIONAL team of scientists, led by researchers from Singapore, has identified hundreds of genes that are mutated in gastric cancer. Their research points the way towards new treatments for the second most lethal cancer worldwide, which kills about 800,000
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      387 7 Singapore will be hosting the 27th Commonwealth Agricultural Conference in 2016 the first Asian country and one without an agricultural sector to do so. The Straits Times explores how farming is done locally Modern AGRICULTURE Agrotechnology parks are modern agriculture estates developed with the necessary infrastructure for
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      622 6  -  Plant-based cleaning agents are biodegradable and theytakethestinkoutofhouseholdchores By Lim Yann Ling Two childhood friends came up with an idea in 2000 to create eco-friendly household cleaners that are “stylish, clean like heck and smell like heaven”. Now, Method the biggest plant-based household cleaner brand in
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      420 6 Instead of jam, try breakfast toast spread with herbed pâté or yuzu flavoured Bordier Butter for a change. For lunch, you can have a glass of Japanese wine from Japan’s boutique vineyards to go with your freshly prepared takeaway sushi. And for dinner, perhaps a
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        53 6 SummerspreeFrom now till April 29, with every $50 spent (maximum of two same-day receipts) at Wisma Atria, you stand a chance to win a 7D6N stay at Tanjong Jara Resort, Malaysia, worth $2,500, in a grand draw, or a $100 Wisma Atria gift voucher in a weekly draw.
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        41 6 Mid-yearsaleChan Brothers Mid-Year Holiday Fiesta takes place from 10am to 8pm at Suntec City Mall Level 1 Galleria Foyer this weekend. Expect selected 1-for-1, gourmet and child-tours-free promotions, and newly released Chan’sPremierEditiontourswithprivilegedaccess to Changi Airport SATS Premier Club Lounges.
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        48 6 Spend a minimum of $50 at VivoCity and redeem a pass for four persons to attend a fashion show on April 13,14,20 or 21 as part of the Fashion Showcase 2012 featuring Spring/Summer collections from Esprit, Camomilla Milano, Crocs, T.M.Lewin and beach couture by Aimer.
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        46 6 FreeholidayThe first 88 customers each day who spend $2,000 at Downtown Travel Fiesta this weekend receive a free 3D2N Hong Kong Holiday. The two-day event features eight travel agencies and is open from 11am to 8pm at Suntec Exhibition Hall 404. Admission is free.
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        47 6 SucklingroastThis month, diners at Tung Lok Classics at Chinese Swimming Club at 21 Amber Road pay only $1 for a whole roast suckling pig with every promotional set menu for 10 persons, priced at $398 or $498. A two-day advanced reservation is required at 6345-0111.
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      162 6 Asia’s latest online bookstore NoQ store by Times Publishing has launched a Price Guaranteed Programme. It guarantees customers a refund of the difference in price if they are able to find any book priced lower in a physical bookstore in Singapore than that offered at the NoQ
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      138 6 In conjunction with the awareness against dentine hypersensitivity campaign led by the Singapore Dental Association (SDA), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare has improved on the base formula of Sensodyne toothpaste so that it now provides 24-hour daily sensitivity protection. The clinically proven formula releases more potassium ions
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      227 6 WickedtheMusical—Part12of12 The wickedly Singaporean life Goodbyes are always hard to say. As the Wicked cast bids us farewell, they let us in on some of the best bits of living the Singapore life. For starters, no one forgets the medley of flavours here. “Spicy food is delicious but illegal for
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      538 8  -  BY SANJAY NAIR EVEN Manchester United’s players are not privy to the famous mind games of manager Alex Ferguson. This revealing insight was shared by former Red Devil Peter Schmeichel, regarded as the club’s greatest goalkeeper. “The players only see or hear Ferguson’s
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      89 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L No punches pulled L China’s women streets ahead in performance and ranking over a year L Mancini’s mouth going into overdrive damages City Get your free breaking news from ST iPad
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      351 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: As Manchester City’s hopes of winning their first league crown in 44 years continue to fade, Roberto Mancini has told his club what needs to be done to displace Manchester United at the top: Be like them. The City manager
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      465 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: As the pressure continues to mount on Kenny Dalglish despite his Liverpool side’s late equaliser against Aston Villa on Saturday, the manager was again laying blame on the officials. Liverpool are 15 points adrift of the Champions League positions with
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      300 9 UPPER SELETAR RESERVOIR L Description: A part of the central catchment area L Distance: No marked route, but the road track along the reservoir covers 500m L Popular with: Families, leisure joggers and walkers In our weekly series on runners in Singapore’s favourite running spots, The Straits Times visited
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      438 9  -  Joseph Cheng, 46, project cost controller Runs once in two months, about 2km each time ALVIN CHIA “THIS is the first time I’ve jogged since last September. In fact, it is also my first time here. But the thought of coming here for a run
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      314 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Harry Redknapp insists Tottenham Hotspur are still favourites to finish third in the Premier League despite picking up only a point away to Sunderland on Saturday. With six games left and on paper an easier-looking run-in than rivals Arsenal, the Spurs
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      686 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX: Kobe Bryant took the night off. So did the Lakers’ defence. An injured left shin ended Bryant’s string of 138 consecutive regular-season games played, and the National Basketball Association’s leading scorer could only watch as his team
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      577 10 Woods loses temper and more ground NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA: Tiger Woods has heard crowds roar on the back nine at Augusta National for his entire professional life. Last week, though, he walked in nothing but quiet. On Thursday, he shot a par-72. On Friday, he finished with
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      293 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA: If anybody ever needed a hug, it was Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia after they quickly sank out of contention at the Masters on Saturday. So, it was a good thing they had each other, sharing a self-mocking embrace as their
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        93 11 REUTERS MADRID: Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (below) reached one more milestone on Saturday when he became the first player to score 60 goals in a season in European top-flight soccer in almost 40 years. The Argentine World Player of the Year netted twice in
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        62 11 REUTERS MILAN: Juventus bounded to the top of Serie A by securing a battling 2-0 victory at Palermo after former striker Amauri condemned AC Milan to a 1-2 defeat at home to Fiorentina on Saturday. Leonardo Bonucci and Fabio Quagliarella scored to put Juve
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        64 11 HOME United rose to second in the S-League last night, their 2-1 win over Harimau Muda at the Bishan Stadium putting them on 15 points. Shotaro Ihata and Frederic Mendy scored for Home and Ahmad Hazwan Bakri netted for the visitors. Also last night,
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        55 11 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Australia’s Anna Meares set a world record to win the 500m time trial title at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne yesterday. She posted a time of 33.010 seconds and eclipsed the previous mark of 33.296 set by Simona Krupeckaite of
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        51 11 XINHUA ZIBO (China): Cheng Fei of China snatched the women’s vaulting gold in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup yesterday. She scored 14.512 points in the final. Mexico’s Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina was second (14.412) while Yamilet Pena Abreu of the Dominican Republic won bronze
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      172 11 Today Basketball NBA: San Antonio v Utah (Live, StarHub Ch216, 7am). Cricket IPL: Deccan v Mumbai (Live, StarHub Ch231, 10.30pm). 1st Test: West Indies v Australia, day 3 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 9.50pm and tomorrow, 12.40am). Football English Premier League: Newcastle v Bolton (Live,
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      49 11 SERENA WILLIAMS, the American world No. 10 tennis player and 13-time Grand Slam singles winner, after defeating second-seeded Australian Sam Stosur 6-1, 6-1 to reach the Family Circle Cup final on Saturday
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      720 11  -  Aussie Hend endures hour-long wait before Handa S’pore success BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg FOR one hour yesterday, Scott Hend endured a nail-biting wait as he watched his fellow competitors attempt to crack his score of 11-under 199 at the ISPS Handa Singapore Classic. When American David Lipsky, who
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      401 11  -  BY MAY CHEN SINGAPORE’S Li Jiawei finished third in table tennis’ Asian Cup yesterday gaining a measure of revenge in the process. The world No. 14 beat Dang Ye Seo 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 13-11, 5-11, 10-12, 13-11 in Guangzhou, China, yesterday. Late last month, she
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      340 11 Badminton Australian Open GP Gold in Sydney, finals Men’s singles: Chen Jin (Chn) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 21-11 21-12. Doubles: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Fang Chieh-min/Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) 21-16 21-15. Women’s singles: Han Li (Chn) bt Bae Youn Joo (Kor) 21-13 21-14. Doubles: Luo Ying/Luo Yu (Chn)
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      141 8 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Team I (S in“aJo?ed!fte/tl e Asian FC Cup M League Terengganu LionsXII Tampines Perak Tue, 10/04/12 4.45pm Tue, 10/04/12 7.45pm For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian and German League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT
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    1380 11 OBITUARIES KIONGAH MOI Age:80 passed away peacefully on 8 April 2012, leaving behind all loved ones. (Husband:Lim EiTee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Seng Hwa Lynndal Kok Ai Lang Lim Sian Leong Gillian Ang Chwee Lian Godson: God daughter-in-law: YeeYeow Choy Tin HiokTow Grandsons: Granddaughters: LimTjie Hoong LimTjie Minn LimTjie Ang
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      25 17 FOR AN INCLUSIVE SINGAPORE What more should businesses, the government and workers themselves do to help build an‘inclusive Singapore’? Chief executives discuss the issue. Todayin
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      846 18  -  More competition, cost concerns affect demand for services BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg TIMES are tougher for consultants that focus on serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but those advising companies in areas such as overseas expansion and human resources are doing better. What is
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      462 18  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG SOYA bean chain Mr Bean was in a pickle last October when it tried to send its first shipment of ingredients to Shanghai for an outlet opening. Documentation problems meant the goods were rejected and sent back, costing the
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      96 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Singapore banks carve out space overseas L Pick up tips at Invest Fair this weekend L Insider stock buys hold up despite flat market More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get
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        488 13  -  Investors tracking Q1 local GDP estimates and China growth data MARKETS INSIGHT BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SUSTAINED selling amid highly volatile sessions set the tone for the Singapore stock exchange on the first trading week of the second quarter. The benchmark
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        311 13  -  BY LO YEE NANYANG Technological University’s (NTU) accounting research has again been ranked first in Asia and among the top 10 globally, while its Professor Tan Hun Tong has been named the world’s top accounting researcher. The rankings were released by Brigham Young University
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          98 13 Apr 5 CHNG YR 2012 CLOSE FR Apr 4 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2592 +0.02 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.6519 +0.44 2.0153 1.6287 FR Apr 4 YR 2012 Yen* 1.5331 -0.64 1.7145 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.64 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Apr 5 CHNG YR 2012 CLOSE FR Apr
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          1039 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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          45 13 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS IS DJ US Tech 7794 486.8 Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS GLD 10USS ***** -442.8 Week's Top Rises CENTS JEL Corp HSR 500 CENTS 2.4 35 118.2 Week's Top Falls CENTS CENTS Contel 19.6 -40.6
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        818 14  -  Companies must not ignore internal dynamics, as woes of high-profile firms have shown CAIJIN BY LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg EVERYONE likes a good read about other people’s troubles even better when it concerns the rich and famous so it has been an entertaining
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        296 14  -  BY LENNARD ONG OPTICS manufacturing giant Carl Zeiss opened a $6 million microscopy lab at the National University of Singapore (NUS) last week. The facility the firm’s first lab in Asia will give students, researchers and scientists across the region access to
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      1178 16  -  At 81, Dilmah Tea’s founder still keeps 15-hour workdays and is restructuring his business TALKING TO... DILMAH BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg HE MAY be 81, but Dilmah Tea tycoon Merrill Fernando still works as hard as any young professional as he strives to
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        63 17 Mr Chen Xijian: Stepped down as executive director and chief executive officer of China Fashion Holdings to pursue his personal interests. The 48-year-old has held the positions since 2003. His departure is in line with an earlier disclosure dated Nov 24 that he would resign within two
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        20 17 Mr Chen Jin: Resigned from his position as executive director of Sun East Group for personal reasons.
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        54 17 British Malayan Trustees Mr Paul Martin Pavey: Appointed as chief operating officer of British Malayan Trustees after the board conducted a due diligence interview and reviewed his work experience and credentials. The 48-year-old, who has been employed in the accounting and investment industries since 1986, will also hold the position
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        65 17 Mr Daniel Teo: Appointed as country chief operating officer for Singapore for ABN Amro, and chief operating officer for ABM Amro’s private banking business in Asia. Mr Teo was formerly the regional chief operating officer and managing director at the Bank of Singapore. He was also one of
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        48 17 Drew Napier LLC Ms Geraldine Ong: Joined Drew Napier LLC as director and the new head of real estate practice. Ms Ong was formerly the legal adviser with Jurong Town Corporation and the Singapore Technologies group, before setting up her own practice and joining KhattarWong as a consultant.
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        50 17 Ms Margaret Goh: Will be appointed chief executive officer of special projects from April 16. She will report directly to Mr Liew Mun Leong, president and chief executive of CapitaLand Group, and will support Mr Lim Ming Yan, chief operating officer of CapitaLand, in cross-strategic business unit projects.
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      783 17 Good looks may affect a woman’s odds of getting job interviews: Study AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg IT IS a stereotype for sure, but people do tend to assume that attractive women are happier and more successful than unattractive ones, and thus ahead of
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      340 17 REUTERS ASIA’S consumer growth story looks promising in the long run, but India has turned riskier for investments in recent months, said a senior executive at Prudential’s Asian asset management arm. “It’s not a time to be selling, (Asian) markets are
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      223 17 DB Commodity Booster DJ-UBSCI ETF 1 6C 02/04/2012 33,92 usd| DB Commodity Booster Light Energy Benchmark ETF 7C 02/04/2012 21,33 USD FTSE CHINA 25 ETF 1C 30/03/2012 27,32 usd| FTSE Vietnam ETF 1C 30/03/2012 23,89 USD MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan High Dividend! Yield Index ETF 1D 02/04/2012
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      94 17 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH ETF 1C 03/04/2012 201,73 AUD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH ETF 20 03/04/2012 209,68 USD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH ETF 3C 03/04/2012 262,37 SGD Australia SSA Bonds Total Return Index ETF 1C 03/04/2012 173,08 AUD IBOXX Sovereigns Eurozone Total Return Index ETF 1C 02/04/2012 236,98 USD IBOXX
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      491 1 Tough foodie love Folk tales at large SandyLam sizzles Giant book sculptures at 12 libraries Celebrity chef Peter Gordon tells off Donatella Versace C2 Ballad queen unveils dance diva side C10 C3 Acclaimed actress Janice Koh takes on her biggest role yet as the new Nominated Member of Parliament for
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        1229 2  -  That’s how celebrity chef Peter Gordon, who likes to sing as he works, wants to be remembered 8QUESTIONSWITH...PeterGordon eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg At the age of four, New Zealand-born celebrity chef Peter Gordon’s culinary journey started with his first cookbook. He says: “My mum came
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        450 2 Agence France-Presse Hong Kong As United States animation titans such as DreamWorks set up business in China, a Hong Kong studio is hoping the fortunes of a plucky goat will take the battle for box-office supremacy straight to its big rivals. Imagi a company that
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        2421 6  -  the monday interview with Janice Koh TV and stage actress Janice Koh is slowly but surely finding her footing in her new arts NMP role corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg To many television viewers, she is the razor-sharp, ambitious lawyer Angela Ang in legal drama The Pupil. To others, she
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        887 7  -  Film-maker Pham Nhue Giang likes to make films that show how the poor struggle to survive yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg From poverty to domestic violence, Vietnamese film-maker Pham Nhue Giang likes to make films about the less than glamorous aspects of Vietnamese society. But this
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        359 7 New York Times New York Edmund L. Epstein, a literary scholar and book editor who made the novel Lord Of The Flies and its author, future Nobel Prize winner William Golding, famous, died in Melville, Long Island, on April 1. He
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        133 8 ‘It’s embarrassing if you have a brother with a real doctorate’ Actor Val Kilmer on why he is embarrassed about receiving an honorary doctorate of fine arts from William Woods University next month ‘I carry McCormick’s Pure Vanilla, the baking kind, and dab it on my
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        712 8 Fans flock to buy the works of artist Thomas Kinkade, who died last Friday at age 54 Associated Press San Francisco To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade’s commercial art empire, his idealised vision of the world usually served as a
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      445 3  -  The Singapore Arts Festival celebrates Asian legends in public libraries huang lijie lijie@sph.com.sg MoveoverSnowWhite,Rapunzel and Cinderella. Asian folktales such as the legend of Radin Mas a Javanese princess living in Singapore who lost her life to save her father and the story of the founding of
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      756 3 Associated Press London Christiaan Nagel scrambles up an aluminum ladder, carrying a big blue mushroom. In seconds, the 29-year-old sculptor is on the roof of a once-handsome, now neglected Victorian building in London. Under a crescent moon, he works quickly. Within minutes the polyurethane fungus stands
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      645 4  -  A health scare got artist Tan Kian Por carving Chinese seals and he now puts them on show huang lijie lijie@sph.com.sg A brush with death a few years ago left Cultural Medallion recipient Tan Kian Por in an artistic funk. His love for seal-carving,
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      583 4 Associated Press New York Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language. When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid, not a bandage. When you need to blow your nose, you ask for Kleenex, not tissue paper.
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      748 5  -  The religious music fest by the Esplanade features a qawwal and vocal chamber group this year chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg You do not have to be Muslim or understand Urdu to appreciate Qawwali music, a form of Sufi devotional music. So says rising Pakistani Qawwali
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      437 5  -  reviewconcert BEYOND COLOURS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory New Music Ensemble Esplanade Recital Studio/Last Saturday chang tou liang There has never been a better time for the performance of new music in Singapore. That is because of the Esplanade’s regular Spectrum series of new music and
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      343 5 Agence France-Presse Tokyo Millions across Japan over the weekend flocked to the best spots for viewing cherry blossoms, a tradition that was overshadowed last year by the natural disasters that struck the nation. The national weather service announced last Friday that blooming had officially started in
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      1199 9 Best-selling author Anne Tyler has been making it up and telling the truth in her works of fiction Associated Press Baltimore In the living room of Anne Tyler, you could shelve virtually all the books under a single heading: fiction. Eudora Welty. John Updike. Vladimir Nabokov.
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      493 9  -  reviewconcert SARAH CHANG THE FOUR SEASONS Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Sarah Chang Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday marc rochester It was probably just as well that this concert took place last Friday and not this coming one, for it seems conductor Darrell Ang suffers from triskaidekaphobia. For those
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        597 10  -  reviewconcert SANDY LAM MMXII CONCERT SINGAPORE Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday boon chan bchan@sph.com.sg It could easily have been a Mandopop greatest hits concert but Hong Kong singer Sandy Lam had something else in mind. To her Mandarin-speaking fans, she is best known for her effortless balladry.
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          78 10 Heidi Klum moved to formally end her marriage last Friday from singer Seal a little over two months after they separated. Her divorce filing in a Los Angeles court cites irreconcilable differences. It said they had a financial agreement after they married in 2005 on how
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          64 10 First comes the engagement, then comes... conservatorship? Singer Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears, who holds conservatorship over his daughter and her fortune, has asked a court to add his future son-in-law Jason Trawick as a co-conservator, People magazine reported. Trawick will help to see that Spears is
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          32 10 Former TVB actress Gigi Lai announced on her microblog that she is pregnant. She gave birth to twin girls in July 2010, her first children with businessman Patrick Ma.
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          60 10 A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned following allegations she routinely fed information about the airline’s celebrity clientele to a paparazzi agency. Media reports alleged that she had passed the booking information of more than 60 celebrities on to the Big Pictures photo agency. Among those allegedly
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          39 10 Three of Chris Daughtry’s former bandmates are suing him, claiming he defrauded them out of proceeds from four songs that included music and lyrics they wrote together, reported The News Record of Greensboro, North Carolina.
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        246 10 Leigh, North Carolina An abandoned mill town in North Carolina, where scenes of the hit action film The Hunger Games were shot, is for sale. The Henry River Mill Village near Hildebran, which was the setting for District 12, home of the three main characters of
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        374 10 Hong Kong He is a hot star and two-time TVB Best Actor but Kevin Cheng has been called “good for nothing”. And he is cool about that. “To my mother, I’m not good for nothing,” he said last Saturday, a day after Taiwanese actor Jimmy
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        259 10 Agence France-Presse Washington Hollywood star Matt Damon (below) is hunting for some “great character faces” for a feature film he is making with director Gus Van Sant which is said to be critical about fracking for natural gas. In a notice seen last Friday
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      41 9 the new paper LOUD JustinBieber,KinaGrannis,GreysonChance. Couldyoubenext? Post your own video cover of any song from our featured artiste and win fabulous weekly and monthly prizes. Go to www.loudr.sg to find out how Every Tuesday in LOUDthenewpaper COVER April’s featured artiste: Madonna
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      134 11 The weather Thundery showers over northern, western and central Singapore in the late morning and early afternoon. SUNRISE 7.03am MOONRISE 9.42pm SUNSET 7.11pm MOONSET 9.06am AIR QUALITY PSI: 36 (Good) 31/25 °C FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE: 6542-7788 OR GO TO www.nea.gov.sg TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH
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