The Straits Times, 12 April 2012

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 THURSDAY, APRIL 12 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • 770 1  -  Tsunami jitters across Indian Ocean after 8.6-magnitude quake off Sumatra BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN, WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS zakirh@sph.com.sg wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: A massive earthquake off the western coast of Sumatra triggered widespread panic in countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean yesterday. Indonesia, Malaysia,
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    • 47 1 THE Straits Times has bagged three wins at the Asian Media Awards. It picked up prizes for sports photography (above) and news features. The awards had attracted 650 entries in 14 categories this year. L PRIME PAGE A4 ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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    • 48 1 DOCTORS and medical device importers worried about the Government’s regulation of their trade instruments can breathe easy. The Health Sciences Authority says it hears their concerns and is willing to be flexible, so long as patient safety is not compromised. L PRIME PAGE A10
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    • 58 1 THE Philippines’ biggest warship was locked in a standoff yesterday with two Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, reigniting tensions in a decades-long dispute over the resource-rich waters. The Philippines summoned the Chinese ambassador in Manila to lodge a protest, while China ordered the
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    • 49 1 PROMINENT plastic surgeon Woffles Wu has been charged with getting an employee to take the rap for him for two speeding offences. Both instances in 2005 and 2006 involved Wu’s car but court papers did not state who the actual driver was. L PRIME PAGE A11
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    • 99 1 RISE AND FALL OF BO XILAI Blueprint for success Freeze eggs now, have babies later LIFE! PAGES C4&5 Intrigue, murder, corruption IN MIND YOUR BODY PRIME, PAGES A6&7 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg m i’m
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  • prime.sumatra quake
    • 761 2/3  -  Hundreds head for airport as quake triggers memories of 2004 tsunami BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA, ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS wahyudis@sph.com.sg zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Memories of the massive tsunami that wiped out much of his hometown eight years ago flashed through the mind of driver Benny Nur yesterday
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    • 972 2/3  -  The earthquake off Sumatra reverberated round the world. The Straits Times takes a look at some of the countries affected. KEVIN TAN L MALAYSIA: In Kuala Lumpur, people left buildings as the tremors struck. Hotels along Batu Ferringhi beach in Penang were put on alert and
      ST GRAPHICS  -  972 words
    • 566 2/3  -  RUPALI KAREKAR WHEN the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in 2004, the only warning most people in the region had was the sight of a giant wave heading towards them. This time, however, most of the 27 nations bordering the ocean
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    • 361 2/3 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): No deadly waves or serious damage resulted from the two massive earthquakes off Indonesia yesterday despite tsunami warnings and instant alerts for evacuation. Experts said the quakes of magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 did not have the potential to create
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG  -  361 words
    • 806 2/3  -  BY ELIZABETH SOH SINGAPOREANS felt the floor move beneath their feet yesterday as aftershocks from an 8.6-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia shook high-rise buildings and homes near the coast. Tremors lasting two to three minutes each were reported at around 5pm by people across
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  • prime.news
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 35 4 WE SAY Acehnese wisely voted for stability in provincial elections. Religion took a back seat. What lies ahead is the need to focus on the economy. L EDITORIAL PAGE A32
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      • 57 4 COLUMNS The debate over the US health-care reform plan might revolve around a somewhat philosophical question whether the government has the right to force millions of uninsured Americans to buy coverage but the world will be paying attention to a legal judgment on the matter,
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      • 35 4 There is talk that the National Arts Council and National Heritage Board will be merged, but Clarissa Oon fears that could come come at the cost of diversity. L LIFE! PAGE C6
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      • 38 4 Found art, including poetry and portions of music, can be used as springboards for artists to toy with new ideas and create new works, says Yong Shu Hoong L LIFE! PAGE C10
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      • 64 4 OUR READERS SAY Elgar Lee says more can be done to make Singaporeans feel special compared to foreign residents, and suggests a policy of differential pricing of daily necessities, but David Lim a permanent resident whose children are citizens says the best way to make Singapore
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    • 803 4  -  PRs in most income bands will get half the amounts citizens receive BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE gap in the health-care subsidies for citizens and permanent residents (PRs) will be further widened by the Government in a move that shows Singaporeans come first.
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    • 527 4  -  BY GRACE CHUA CHILDREN have been encouraged to see the great outdoors in a whole new light, as part of a study into short-sightedness. More than half of Singa- pore’s 10-year-olds are myopic, and the condition has long been linked
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    • 466 4  -  BY FENG ZENGKUN THE winning shot looked so effortless six women from Singapore’s synchronised swimming team in perfect formation, practically floating on a bed of water. But nailing that shot took a lot more for Straits Times (ST) photojournalist Mugilan Rajasegeran, 31, who had
      PHOTO: DEBBIE GOH  -  466 words
    • 765 6  -  Many express support for him; media rally people behind ouster BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: A day after the ouster of former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai, the Chinese official media made a concerted attempt
      PHOTOS: APPLE DAILY, REUTERS  -  765 words
    • 1074 6  -  BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: When the crime-fighting exploits of Mr Wang Lijun inspired a TV series in China more than a decade back, few could have predicted that the reallife adventures of the protagonist would be so much more exciting. Intrigue, murder,
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    • 510 6  -  BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: Being a murder suspect may not be the only trouble for Madam Gu Kailai, 53, wife of purged Chinese leader Bo Xilai. A day after she was named a prime suspect in the murder of
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    • 797 7  -  CCP must find way to transfer power in a stable manner BY CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com THE Bo Xilai saga has taken yet another shocking turn, with the former Chongqing Communist Party boss purged and his wife arrested on suspicion of murder. Not so long
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    • 628 8  -  Analysts expect MAS to raise inflation forecasts and let S$ appreciate BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg AFTER five years of driving his sec-ond-hand Hyundai, Mr Jonah Lim is finally giving up his car, the result of rising pump costs and sky-high car prices. “It’s
      ST PHOTO: TED CHEN  -  628 words
    • 575 8  -  BY MELISSA TAN THE economy probably picked up steam in the first quarter, thanks to the resilient services sector and a better-than-expected effort from manufacturing. The report card-in-progress was lodged yesterday by local economists after some intense number crunching and comes ahead
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    • 728 10  -  Authority will be flexible so long as patient safety is not compromised REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma DOCTORS and medical device importers worried about the Government’s regulation of their trade instruments can breathe a sigh of relief.
      ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  728 words
    • 427 10  -  BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has a massive backlog of applications to register medical devices and it will take some time to be cleared. New rules requiring all medical devices to be registered took effect
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    • 522 10  -  SALMA KHALIK TOLD that latex gloves were exempt from registration with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), an importer brought in some. Then he was told they were considered a Class A low-risk product and obtaining clearance would take three months. Another device, originally
      ST PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM  -  522 words
    • 360 11  -  Woffles Wu accused of getting employee to take rap for him for speeding offences BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg WELL-KNOWN plastic surgeon Woffles Wu Tze Liang was yesterday charged in a district court over getting an elderly employee to take the rap for him for two speeding
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    • 656 11  -  BY CHAN U-GENE SILAT referee Jasni Salam, who came under heavy criticism for his controversial decisions at last November’s South-east Asia Games, has been suspended for 10 years believed to be the longest ban handed to a referee in Singapore sports. The Singapore Silat
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    • 162 11 THREE YEARS L 1993: The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) banned referee Mustaffa Yang Rozali for three years for being an “untruthful” witness in an assault case between a player and a referee. THREE MONTHS L 1994: The FAS suspended referee T. Rajamanickam
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    • 999 12  -  British court rules she took stones belonging to Brunei Sultan’s ex-wife BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SHE once won silver for Singapore at the Commonwealth Games. Now, former national badminton player Fatimah Kumin Lim has emerged as the loser in the
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    • 419 12 MADAM Mariam Aziz found going to the casino a form of escape, she told the court. The Sultan’s former wife often spent time betting during her visits to London and Macau. “I enjoy gambling, it is central to my social life and I
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    • 690 13  -  Coronation comes at crucial time with elections expected soon BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah was installed as Malaysia’s king yesterday, becoming the first sultan to hold the honour twice. Dressed in traditional garb of black and
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    • 165 12 COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH 2012 www.smgaporecancersociety.org.sg Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in Singapore, but there may not be any symptoms in the early stages. Fortunately it can be detected and treated early, and the chances of recovery are high. If you are 50 years and older, screen for
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  • WORLD.
    • 848 14  -  Front runner almost certain to bag party nomination as main rival Rick Santorum exits race BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: The curtains have effectively come down on the Republican presidential primary. An earlier-than-expected exit by dark horse candidate Rick Santorum has
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    • 500 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s campaign formally welcomed Republican Mitt Romney to the White House duel, with a caustic warning: The more Americans see of him, the less they like him. Mr Romney effectively clinched the Republican presidential nomination when rival Rick Santorum
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    • 89 14 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L US man on the run finds time to update Facebook L McDonald’s looks to lure French with ‘McBaguette’ L Mugabe illness reports ‘a lot of hogwash’: Minister More Forum letters online
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    • world.regional
      • 772 15  -  GE hot-button issue ‘defused’ but voters will watch how new law is implemented: Analysts NEWS ANALYSIS BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: With the unveiling of a new law to replace the Internal Security Act (ISA), Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
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      • 489 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS JAKARTA: Indonesia’s flag carrier Garuda has signed a US$2.5 billion (S$3.1 billion) deal for 11 Airbus passenger jets during a visit by British Prime Minister David Cameron aimed at boosting trade and investment. The purchase reflects the growing
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      • 536 16 Democratisation, peace process with rebels said to have been on agenda AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA REUTERS NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met President Thein Sein for the first time since her landmark election to Parliament earlier this month. Ms Suu
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      • 548 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: With planeloads of foreign investors flying in daily, Myanmar’s economy is poised for substantial growth that could surge beyond expectations if sanctions are lifted and the government steps up reforms, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. But the challenges will be
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      • 889 20  -  Pyongyang’s puzzling move makes more sense from local perspective NEWS ANALYSIS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg TO EXTERNAL observers, North Korea’s controversial satellite launch this week does not make sense. After all, it comes just weeks after Pyongyang sealed a landmark deal
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      • 434 20  -  WILLIAM CHOONG NORTH Korea’s ballistic missiles are derived from Soviet-era Scud technology, which is in turn copied from the Nazi-era V2 rockets that blitzed English cities during World War II. According to the International Crisis Group (ICG), Pyongyang has deployed over 600
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      • 345 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG: Defying worldwide calls to back down, North Korea yesterday said it was fuelling a rocket for launch during a key anniversary, even as it gave its young leader a new title to bolster his authority. Pyongyang
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      • 418 21 Confrontation between ships in disputed waters sparks diplomatic spat REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: In the most dangerous confrontation in the South China Sea in years, both the Philippines and China were locked yesterday in a tense stand-off over rights to Scarborough Shoal, a group
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      • 633 22 President’s party to bag 152 seats and retain majority, says forecast AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s conservative ruling party was set to win yesterday’s legislative elections, a key test of sentiment before December’s presidential contest. With nearly 90 per cent
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      • 438 22  -  BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Opposition heavyweight Su Tseng-chang yesterday flagged his ambition to become the next Taiwan president by throwing his hat into the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) leadership race. “I will build the party into a bigger, better
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      • 256 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: A three-month-old baby girl who police say was battered by her father in his craving for a son died yesterday, highlighting the plight of millions of India’s “unwanted girls”. Neha Afreen died from cardiac arrest at a state-run hospital in
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    • world.international
      • 467 24 Closer cooperation aims to stop terrorists from misusing trading system WASHINGTON: Singapore and the United States have pledged to work more closely on beefing up the security of global cargo, a move aimed at preventing terrorists from exploiting vulnerability in the inter
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      • 521 24 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: There is no alternative to the United States’ leadership in the Asia-Pacific region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a conference here, rejecting the idea that Washington was seeking to deny rising Asian powers “their fair share
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      • 166 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MEDELLIN (Colombia): All that glitters is gold under a new thermochemical process developed by Colombian engineers to colour-tint the precious metal. The tinting can increase the value of gold by a factor of five, meaning the chemically altered precious metal is likely to
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      • 314 24 REUTERS MOSCOW: President-elect Vladimir Putin yesterday urged his opponents to put aside their differences with him for the sake of Russia’s economic and political future, after months of protests and elections that divided the country. But some deputies walked out of
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      • 890 28  -  Showdown looms between military and Muslim Brotherhood NEWS ANALYSIS BY JONATHAN EYAL jonathan.eyal@gmail.com WITH just six weeks left before Egypt goes to the polls, the race for the country’s presidency has suddenly taken a dangerous turn. The drama began when the Muslim Brotherhood,
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    • world.money
      • 518 30 It will also build world’s largest complex in Macau in global push AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MACAU: United States billionaire Sheldon Adelson is preparing for a global expansion drive, with plans to spend US$35 billion (S$44 billion) on a mini-Las Vegas strip in Spain and
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      • 474 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Developing Asia’s economic growth will slow to 6.9 per cent this year because of weak global demand, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday, as it warned that widening inequality could undermine political stability. Despite cutting its forecast from
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      • 480 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department yesterday filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple and five publishing houses of “conspiracy to limit” e-book price competition. The lawsuit said the publishers “shared a common objective with Apple to limit e-book retail price
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 112 30 REUTERS ESPOO (Finland): Nokia has found a software bug in its Lumia 900 smartphone, its answer to Apple’s iPhone, and is effectively giving the model away until it is fixed, blunting its bid to turn around its fortunes in the United States. Nokia’s first 4G
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        • 111 30 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: More than a quarter of all jobs in the United States are with companies that rely on patents, copyrights and trademarks to protect products from competition and promote investment, the Commerce Department said. About 27.1 million jobs in 2010 were in
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        • 92 30 REUTERS MILAN: Ikea, the world’s largest furniture maker, said it has replaced some of its Asian suppliers with three Italian manufacturers that are able to make better quality goods at lower prices. From the beginning of this year, Ikea began buying drawers, taps and toys from
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 121 31 BUENOS AIRES: An Argentine mother who insisted on seeing the body of her stillborn baby girl was overjoyed to find her alive in the drawer of a hospital morgue 12 hours after the infant was pronounced dead. Ms Analia Bouter said she thought she was hallucinating
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        • 128 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIRUT: Syria promised to stop fighting in time for today’s deadline for a ceasefire brokered by special envoy Kofi Annan but reserved the right to respond to any aggression, a significant hedge against any end in the clashes that have convulsed the nation for
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        • 99 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo and her husband pleaded not guilty yesterday to corruption charges involving a government Internet deal with a Chinese telecoms firm while she was in power. The charges stem from allegations that her husband, Jose Miguel Arroyo, and political ally
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        • 105 31 JOHOR BARU: The police are looking for a Singaporean man in his 40s to assist in a phone threat case investigation, Sin Chew Daily has reported. Neo Hon Huat, 53, allegedly made a phone call to a manager of a Johor Baru factory on July 8
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        • 119 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO: A Korean Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Vancouver to Seoul was diverted to a nearby Canadian military base after the airline’s United States call centre received a bomb threat. The authorities searched the aircraft yesterday and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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        • 132 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: A Japanese study said yesterday that regular seaweed consumption among post-menopausal women heightened their risk of developing thyroid cancer, linking it to iodine in the macrobiotic food. A 14-year national survey of nearly 53,000 Japanese women, aged between 40 and 69, found that
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        • 83 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese high-tech firm Hitachi yesterday unveiled an electric motor that does not use rare earths, in an effort to cut costs and reduce dependence on imports of the scarce minerals from China. The prototype 11KW motor does not use magnets containing rare earths and
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      • 373 31 SLICEOFLIFE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Strangers rushed to donate the beautiful wedding dress, the rings and the honeymoon time-share in the Caribbean. They had no time to waste because the bride was dying of cancer or so they thought. But their
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    • 281 30 Profit From The S’pore Property Market By Understanding The Statistical Trends Mr Getty Goh Do you know that statistical trends exist in the Singapore property market? By knowing what the trends are you will be able to identify when is the optimal lime to buy or sell your property to
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 419 32 MONDAY’S election in the Indonesian province of Aceh was about more than winners and losers. It was a referendum of sorts on the 2005 Helsinki peace agreement which had ended 30 years of separatist conflict, one that claimed more than 17,000 lives. That accord itself
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    • 941 32  -  BY MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is the Asia regional director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue based in Singapore. TWO events in recent days mark significant milestones in the peaceful resolution of long-running conflicts in South-east Asia. The first was
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    • 867 32  -  BY JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ The writer is University Professor at Columbia University, a Nobel laureate in economics, and the author of Freefall: Free Markets And The Sinking Of The Global Economy. PROJECT SYNDICATE UNITEDStatesPresidentBarack Obama’s nomination of Dr Jim Yong Kim
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      • 896 33  -  BY IAN STOREY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. THE rapid modernisation of China’s navy over the past decade has obscured the naval ambitions of another Asia-Pacific power, Russia, which plans to rebuild its Pacific Fleet
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      • 835 33  -  BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg EVEN if everyone in a society agrees with the old adage an apple a day keeps the doctor away is it still acceptable for a government to make a daily intake of the fruit mandatory for citizens?
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      • 872 33  -  BY ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg THE Health Sciences Authority’s (HSA) latest move to get doctors to register all medical devices from January this year has upset the medical community. The HSA says its move is to ensure patient safety. But doctors
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    • forum.
      • 371 34  -  David Lim ON SUNDAY, I witnessed the passing-out parade at Marina Bay’s floating platform, where my son, a full-time national serviceman, completed his Basic Military Training, a significant personal milestone. I had mixed feelings. While he and my daughter
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      • 253 34  -  REACTIONS TO PM LEE'S CONCERNS Elgar Lee PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said one of his main concerns about Singapore is the divide between Singaporeans and new arrivals (“PM Lee flags two worries”; last Thursday). This divide, if allowed to widen, may become
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      • 316 34  -  Dr William Wan General Secretary Singapore Kindness Movement THE concerns raised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently (“PM Lee flags two worries”; last Thursday) are obvious challenges to building a more gracious society. The Not In My Backyard, or
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      • 84 34 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS JENNIFER KHONG: Why my thrifty grandparents ‘splurged’ on Rediffusion 2 MADAM CHUA LEE HUANG: Preserve the spirit of Rediffusion 3 MR FONG CHEE KEONG: It was the social network of the 1960s 4 MR PATRICK LIM: Don’t inconvenience bank customers 5 MR
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      • 80 34 “Perhaps the Government can explore giving a new lease of life to Rediffusion.” MS JENNIFER KHONG: “Will government bodies, such as the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts or the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, step in? Perhaps the Government can explore giving a new lease
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      • 62 34 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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      • 415 34  -  END OF A MEDIA ICON Yeo Hock Yew REDIFFUSION is an old family friend (“Rediffusion to close at month’s end”; Monday). My family still associates it with our golden years in the old Queenstown. Throughout the day, its programming brought music that enriched
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      • 249 34  -  Haji Ismail Abdullah Chairman Sultan Mosque Management Board WE APOLOGISE to Dr Raihaneh Ali for the unpleasant experience she had when visiting Sultan Mosque, one of Singapore’s prominent landmarks (“Unpleasant experience in renowned place of worship”; Forum Online, April 4). As
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    • 357 35 N m tra N y Heartfelt Congratulations to Nanyang Technological University on the 20th Anniversary of their Senior Chinese Officials Training Programme Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has trained more than 12,000 officials since it started the programme in 1990s. We have always maintained a very good partnership with NTU as
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    • 831 1  -  Contractors cite: LSize of contract, such as the number of lift shafts LShortage of subcontractors LLimited daily work hours BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg HOUSEWIFE Alice Teo is still waiting for work to install new lifts in her Housing Board block to be completed, after
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    • 109 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L 4G spectrum for mobile broadband to go under hammer next year L Cabbies taking home more after fare hike L New Normal (Technical) Specialised School to start in 2013 More Forum
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    • 539 2  -  Aim is to get firms to award contracts based on quality, not pricing BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg COMPANIES can now receive a grant of up to $150,000 from the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) when they award cleaning and security contracts based on
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    • 488 2  -  BY MAGDALEN NG A TOP official of investment firm Temasek Holdings, Mr Lee Theng Kiat, is seeking to wind up Primus Ventures (Singapore) over unpaid rent on a house. Mr Lee is one of three presidents at the Singapore investment
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    • 445 3  -  Residents at his Bukit Timah condo shocked; no foul play suspected BY BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg A 78-YEAR-OLD man collapsed and died outside his residence in Bukit Timah Road yesterday evening. The police have classified the case as unnatural death and are investigating. Singapore Civil
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    • 341 3  -  BY LEE XIN EN AT LEAST two Taoists have filed police reports over the use of a Taoist priest’s robe in a fashion show organised by the Floral Designers Society Singapore (FDSS) last month. Both men said they decided to go to
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    • 403 3  -  ELENA CHONG A SELF-TAUGHT artist who developed an etching style using ground pencil lead and erasers while serving time behind bars has found himself on the wrong side of the law again. Chang Inn Kong, 62, was fined a total of $40,000 yesterday for
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    • 365 3  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN who has been diagnosed with HIV was jailed two months yesterday by a judge who exercised judicial mercy. Supply officer Quah Lai Huat, 42, had pleaded guilty to two counts of having proceeds arising from the criminal activity of his
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    • 569 4  -  4-year-old suffered head injuries and had surgery to reduce clot in brain BY JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg FOUR-YEAR-OLD Muhammad Afiq Dannie was in for a treat from his father this Saturday a visit to theme park Universal Studios Singapore. But the boy is
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    • 185 4  -  GOH CHIN LIAN PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam has reappointed Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong as the chairman of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for three years. Dr Tan also reappointed Justice Chao Hick Tin as a Judge of Appeal of the
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    • 459 4  -  BY GRACE CHUA NEXT month, the largest batch of senior officials from China’s powerful Central Organisation Department will arrive in Singapore to attend a new executive training programme by Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Some 35 officials from the department, which oversees personnel
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    • 197 4  -  ELENA CHONG HE HAS already been jailed for beating up an elderly train passenger in a row over a seat. Yesterday, Cheng Tai Peng was back in court, accused of punching his own father. However, the latest charges were withdrawn and the 38-year-old was
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    • 608 5  -  Dialogue on how to make sports a part of every S’porean’s life BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg TURNING multi-storey carparks into multi-storey sports complexes, with a different sport for each level. Incorporating sports into the National Physical Fitness Assessment (Napfa) test. Relaxing the
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    • CASE FILE
      • 87 5 A FORMER manager of BreadTalk was jailed seven months yesterday for committing criminal breach of trust amounting to $14,539. Or Zhi Xian, 24, had pleaded guilty on April 4. A district court heard he was the manager of a branch in West Mall in January.
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      • 78 5 AN UNEMPLOYED youth was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail for outraging the modesty of an 11-year-old girl in June last year. Justin Li Kai Rong, 19, had followed the primary-school pupil from a bookshop. At a lift lobby in Upper Boon Keng,
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      • 60 5 A 17-YEAR-OLD student was charged yesterday with 24 counts of mainly sexual penetration of a minor. Among the charges he faces is one of filming a video of the 14-year-old girl performing oral sex on him and uploading it on the Internet in
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      • 72 5 A FORMER National Healthcare Group (NHG) IT manager was fined $4,000 yesterday for corruptly receiving a $400 bribe from a graphic designer. Loh Thian Chung, 36, admitted to getting the bribe from Ms Lye Pei Ching, 35, of Orienge and Berlue, a graphic design
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    • 624 6  -  Vital to expand outreach efforts of senior activity centres, says Halimah BY JANICE TAI LESLIE KAY LIM jantai@sph.com.sg llim@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Miranda Yeo and Sara Pua THE number of elderly people living alone is likely to increase to 83,000 by
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    • 292 6  -  BY JERMYN CHOW CAN a book written by engineers give their industry an image makeover? The pioneer batch of graduates from the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) now known as Nanyang Technological University (NTU) hope so. Facing declining interest in the discipline over
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    • 340 6  -  BY KEZIA TOH IN TWO years, students from the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) will have new facilities at the five polytechnics here to call their own. Minister of State for Education Lawrence Wong, who was at an unveiling ceremony
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    • 336 6  -  JANICE TAI LESLIE KAY LIM IN SOME shopping malls, escalators move slower than usual. At supermarkets, aisles are wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs and walking frames, and eggs are sold singly, instead of by the dozen. Price tags are also four times bigger than usual. And
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    • 629 7  -  4 ‘pronouncers’ for national spelling competition rehearse reading out words to pupils BY ANG YIYING ayiying@sph.com.sg THEY are not the participants but the “pronouncers” in this weekend’s nationwide spelling competition but they are studying just as hard. Pronouncers are the people who read
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    • 329 7  -  LEE JIA XIN TRANSPORT operator SBS Transit has launched a new alert service to update commuters on its North-East Line (NEL) on train disruptions. The service is available now, and is free for all iPhone users via push notifications from its
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  • SPORT.
    • 796 8 Dalglish has faith in dodgy ’keeper Jones for crunch FA Cup s-final LONDON: In two days, Brad Jones faces the biggest game of his life. The goalkeeper will have Liverpool’s fate in his hands when the club take on Everton in a sea-son-defining FA
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    • 400 8 How Liverpool came out tops on a bizarre, extraordinary night of football 13th minute: Martin Skrtel fires a sensational cross-field ball from deep in his own half following a Blackburn free kick. The pass finds Craig Bellamy on the right wing and he duly sets up
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    • 462 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: The debate over the competence of Premier League match officials escalated on Tuesday after Mario Balotelli escaped a six-match suspension for a dangerous challenge that his own manager felt deserved a red card. The Manchester City striker made a studs-up,
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    • 88 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Apologetic Balotelli admits Euro fears after sending-off L Formula One teams reluctant to race in Bahrain GP L Beijing grapples with Games legacy Get your free breaking news from ST iPad
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    • 592 9  -  Boca Juniors and Porto will also take part in June’s Lion City Cup BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg TWO of the biggest clubs in European football will be represented at this year’s Canon Lion City Cup. To be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium from
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    • 432 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BARCELONA: Defending Spanish football champions Barcelona raised the pressure on leaders Real Madrid on Tuesday, as they moved to within a point of their bitter rivals after a 4-0 thumping of Getafe. Two goals from Alexis Sanchez, one
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    • 819 9  -  BY MATTHEW SYED THE TIMES, LONDON ASHLEY YOUNG is a good footballer but he is a far more accomplished diver. They call it simulation, but why bother with euphemisms? There is a more accurate word. Cheating. And, in matches such as that between Manchester United
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 72 9 REUTERS MADRID: Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, the world’s top two tennis players, will try to set a record attendance for a tennis match when they face off at Real Madrid’s 85,000-seater Bernabeu stadium in July, the club said on Tuesday. The charity event is being
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      • 43 9 LONDON: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba will be fitted with a pacemaker in case he suffers another cardiac arrest, reported the Daily Mail. The 24-year-old is set to undergo the minor procedure before leaving the London Chest Hospital this week.
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      • 61 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Four days after losing the US Masters in a play-off, Louis Oosthuizen will try to overcome disappointment and fatigue when he tees up in the Malaysian Open today. The South African has not slept much after flying in, following his loss to
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      • 59 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SPRINGFIELD (Georgia): Spanish golfer Jose Maria Olazabal, heading from Augusta after the Masters to his next tournament in South Carolina, was clocked speeding at 156kmh and fined US$621 (S$781), authorities said. Spokesman David Ehsanipoor said Olazabal was not put in jail, but
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      • 62 9 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Bubba Watson’s pink driver, which he used to win the Masters, will be sold as a limited edition with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. Ping will produce 5,000 G20 drivers with pink shafts and heads, with 5 per
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      • 50 9 HOME United remain in the hunt for the AFC Cup’s last 16, after beating Myanmar’s Yangon 3-1 at Bishan Stadium last night. They have seven points from four games in Group G, one behind Chonburi, who drew 3-3 with Citizen in Hong Kong.
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    • 554 10  -  C girls’ badminton final closest, with RGS edging out Sports School 3-2 SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY LESTER WONG qnwong@sph.com.sg ON a day when most of the matches went the way of the favourites, one tie at yesterday’s schools national badminton finals stood out. The Singapore Sports School
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    • 51 10 Temasek Junior College’s Gloria Neo trying to block a shot by Raffles Institution’s (RI’s) Angeline Teo (in white cap) in yesterday’s Schools National A girls’ water polo final. RI retained their title with a 15-4 win. They had beaten Temasek in last year’s final
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    • 565 10  -  BY ALVIN CHIA chiazya@sph.com.sg IN A wet and delayed finale of the Schools National Track and Field competition on Tuesday, many athletes were left bemoaning their sub-par timings recorded in the cold and unfavourable conditions. Most runners were tired and mentally spent by the time
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    • 415 10  -  BY MAY CHEN THEY may have gone from being a schools athletics powerhouse into a fading force in recent years, but the Nanyang Girls’ High School track and field team announced their return to form with a bang on Tuesday. The school snagged the
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    • 683 10 REUTERS JEET Toshi’s eyes glaze over as the blood flow to her brain begins to slow. She claws at the arm clamped around her throat but Nicole Chua’s choke is sapping her strength, and the rising panic in the Indian woman’s chest tells
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    • 594 11 They risk losing millions in F1 payments if they skip Bahrain Grand Prix AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Formula One teams boycotting the Bahrain Grand Prix risk losing millions in payments. Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 supremo, has admitted that he cannot force teams to go to
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    • 679 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: A week ago, the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat with defence. This time, they did it with offence. Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Kevin Garnett added 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Celtics made their first eight
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    • 323 11 Basketball NBA Cleveland 103 Charlotte 90, Miami 107 Boston 115, Washington 93 Orlando 85, New Jersey 88 Philadelphia 107, Dallas 110 Sacramento 100, Chicago 98 New York 86. Cricket 1st Test In Barbados, 4th day: West Indies 449-9 dec and 71-5 (B. Hilfenhaus 3-17). Australia 406-9 dec (Overnight 248-5:
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    • 198 11 Today Basketball NBA: Oklahoma City v LA Clippers (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am), San Antonio v LA Lakers (Live, Ch202, 8.30am). Cricket IPL: Chennai v Bangalore (6.30pm), Punjab v Pune (10.30pm) Live, StarHub Ch231. Football S-League: Balestier v SAFFC (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm), Young Lions v Geylang (Jalan Besar,
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    • 51 11 PAUL AZINGER, the former US Ryder Cup captain, on Tiger Woods’ club-kicking antics at last week’s Masters tournament. He has always been positive about the former world No. 1, but criticised his compatriot for embarrassing the game of
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    • 430 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO: The Chicago Bulls thought they were finally getting their whole team back together for the final stretch. Instead, Derrick Rose was out again. The Bulls came out on top, anyway. Richard Hamilton scored 20 points, Luol Deng added 19 and
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 194 9 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team Away Team I (Si^fpored^te/Ume) M League M League Kedah Kuala Lumpur Sarawak Felda United J_ Fri, 13/04/12 8.45pm Fri, 13/04/12 8.45pm For fixtures of all S.League, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian and German League, please visit Singapore Pools website. China Race MOTOR RACING Qualifying
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    • 95 13 BeTheFirstToKnow BreakingNewsSMSAlert LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNews SoccerNews The Straits Times WorldNews The Business TimesNews The StraitsTimes SingaporeNews 02.04.2012 11:32:47pm DBS pays S$6.2 billionsfor 67.37% stake held byo' a subsidiaryof TemaseknHoldings' Fullerton Financial Holdings, to acquire Indonesia's PT Bank Danamon. From SPH THE BUSINESS TIMES Lianhe The NewPaperSoccerNews ZaobaoNews SUBSCRIBENOWFORSPECIALPRIVILEGES!† SingTelmobilesubscribers,call*155 M1mobilesubscribers,smsSPH to*****222
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    • 21 15 URBA READ ALL ABOUT IT TOMORROW KICKSJUST FOR Nine West founder launches his own shoe label with a store in Singapore
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    • 271 17 /iVIy first time running a business and I achieved total turnover of I S$2.5 million in just over 1 year! I I did it after I attended Boyd’s program which helped Lme identify the right business and run it profitably. Heng YJ, from Army Officer to CEO of One Energy,
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    • 655 18  -  Bank Indonesia seeks equal treatment for its banks to operate here DBS’ BID FOR BANK DANAMON BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg INDONESIA’S central bank said it wants equal treatment for Indonesian banks to operate in Singapore as a condition for the approval of DBS Bank’s bid for Bank
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    • 101 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1.3 billion L Sony more than doubles net loss forecast to $8 billion L Electronics giant Sony to cut global workforce by 10,000 More Forum
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      • 509 13  -  Dow’s biggest drop of the year also drags down Asian markets BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg IF THERE was any doubt that the party in world markets in the first quarter of the year is over, yesterday’s performance would have confirmed
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.55 billion shares worth $1.21 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 159 Losers: 249 Unchanged: 375 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change -3.21 686.18 -2.16 464.81 -7.57 714.78 1.64 663.53 -3.6 250.14 -2.75 222.95 -3.78 219.14 Consumer
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        • 204 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,458.74 (-79.28) The Nikkei dropped 0.8 per cent as fresh concerns about Spanish and Italian finances and slowing global growth sapped investor appetite. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 20,140.67 (-215.57) Hong Kong stocks fell 1.1 per cent after rising bond yields heightened concern
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      • 445 13  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK FEARS about the European debt crisis have come crashing back through the front window to send shares sliding across the world and panicked investors rushing for the exits. Asia escaped lightly yesterday compared to the hammering that markets in Europe
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        • 228 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 11, 2012 Top Rises Apr 11 CENTS DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2513 79.4 2.6 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3788 60.5 1.3 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 33.6 0.1 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 .*****
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        • 56 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Apr 11 2012 Selling Buying April 2012 Selling Buying 1.323 1.26 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.28 ....1.231 Euro 1.68 Malaysian ringgit 41.944 40.331 Sterling pound 2.039 ....1.961 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0144 0.0131 ....1.007
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      • 393 14  -  It is buying Indonesian oil and gas firm in $41.3m reverse takeover BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SHARES of Catalist-listed China Fashion Holdings surged yesterday after it said it was buying an Indonesian oil and gas company in a reverse takeover. The stock advanced
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      • 218 14  -  GAN YU JIA BETTER cost management and increased contributions from its ready-mixed concrete segment helped construction and engineering company Lian Beng Group to increase its third-quarter profit by 10.7 per cent. Earnings for the period up to Feb 29 came in at $40.6 million,
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      • 547 14  -  BY ESTHER TEO LEASING activity weakened in the office market over the first three months of the year but there was still plenty of sales action, said a Colliers International report yesterday. It said leasing demand was dampened by lingering debt woes in
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    • 427 15  -  He used own accounts to trade on behalf of someone else BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has imposed a civil penalty of $50,000 on a man for using his accounts to trade for someone else. According to a statement
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    • 358 15  -  BY GAN YU JIA BILATERAL trade between Singapore and Latin America hit $37.9 billion last year 3.8 per cent of Singapore’s total trade and the figure is expected to increase this year on the back of more free trade agreements, according to the Foreign
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    • 591 16  -  It aims to cash in on fast-growing consumer, commercial banking BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg DBS BANK is pumping fresh capital of 2.3 billion yuan (S$460 million) into its DBS China unit as it bids to capitalise on the country’s fast-growing consumer and commercial
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    • 813 16  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT RETRO is all well and good in music but a tendency to change laws and backdate their application scares investors, and Indonesian legislators have been all too prone to take that path. It is a
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    • 613 16  -  BY AMANDA TAN JOB prospects in the finance sector look bright this year despite economic uncertainty and the pay should be better as well, a new survey has found. Most senior financial executives polled said staff employed in banking and financial services can
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    • 424 17  -  ESTHER TEO AUSTRALIAN property developer Crown International Holdings is poised to start a major marketing push into Asia with buyers across the region being targeted. The firm has more than 1,000 apartments in two Sydney projects to sell and will be rolling
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    • 668 17  -  Elitist Development puts in top bid of $165.9m, at high end of forecasts BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg A PLOT of land in Pasir Ris for private homes had attracted nine bidders by the time the tender closed yesterday. With the top bid
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    • 164 1 Viewpoint Tamil CD features prominent Indians Poetry set to music A Chorus Line Should National Arts Council and National Heritage Board merge? C6 Award-winning musical comes to town C3 C8 Fit to print: (from left) Senior papermaker Gordon Koh and chief printer Eitaro Ogawa arranging handmade paper; workshop manager Eng
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      • 1206 2  -  Artist Alan Oei re-presents art by taking it to homes or placing his subjects in different settings deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Culture-lovers talk about taking the arts to the people, but Alan Oei is someone who actually has done it. Oei took art out of galleries, placing
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        297 2 L 2000: Gets his diploma in Fine Arts from the Lasalle College of the Arts; presents his first solo show, investigating the idea of Renaissance City, at The Substation. L 2003: Horizontal, his second solo show at The Substation, explores modernism as an art movement. L 2004:
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      • 644 3  -  A CD of poems set to music will help promote the use of the language among the young akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Is the Tamil tongue becoming unfashionable among teens here? Not if banker Raja Mohamad can help it. He has produced a new CD of Tamil
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      • 552 3 Agence France-Presse Hong Kong The Titanic was more than just the most advanced ship of its time. It was the paragon of turn-of-the-century style and luxury, when languid meals, dinner suits and fine china were de rigueur. Like the steel and steam engines that made
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      • 1592 4  -  The Singapore Tyler Print Institute had a rocky start, but now 10 years old, it has become a key player in visual arts deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg The Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) routinely attracts famous artists such as Turner prize-winning British sculptor Richard Deacon, gifted Japanese contemporary
        ST PHOTOS: SEAH KWANG PENG  -  1,592 words
      • 664 5 Chua Ek Kay, Singapore At the institute: 2002 and 2007 The late Cultural Medallion recipient was among the few artists invited to do two residencies. The last one was just a year before his death. He revisited some of his best-loved subjects, including Singapore’s street
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      • UPCOMING SHOWS
        • 72 5 When: May 12 to June 30 What: Print works by master print-maker Kenneth Tyler and British painter David Hockney will be shown together with those done by the institute’s resident artists such as India’s Thukral Tagra, Japan’s Tabaimo and Singapore’s
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        • 58 5 When: July 14 to Aug 11 What: The 42-year-old artist took up painting after finishing a nursing course. She started exhibiting her work in 2004 and is now a leading figure in the contemporary Filipino art scene. At STPI, she draws on memory and imagination to create
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        • 76 5 When: Aug 25 to Sept 22 What: Shanghai-born painter Hong Zhu An, 52, trained at the Shanghai Art and Craft Institute and won the UOB Painting of the Year Award in 1994. His works are collected by major museums including The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
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        • 96 5 When: Oct 6 to Nov 3 What: The Welsh-born 62-year-old, a leading figure in the British art scene, is known for his spontaneous, fluid forms often made with industrial materials such as steel, ceramic, aluminium and plywood. During his residency at the institute, he has been going
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        • 97 5 When: Nov 17 to Dec 15 What: Last year, the Filipino artist set a new record for contemporary South-east Asian art at international auction house Sotheby’s when his 2011 graphite, acrylic and oil on canvas work titled Grayground sold for US$1.1 million (S$1.35 million). Soon after, the
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      • 1219 6  -  A merger between the National Arts Council and the National Heritage Board may not be a good idea viewpoint clarissa oon senior writer clare@sph.com.sg Three years ago, in what some saw as an increasing blurring of the lines between two government arts and cultural
        PHOTO: SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM  -  1,219 words
      • 591 6  -  toh wen li Call it a farewell party of sorts: Singapore artist Michael Lee, 39, is having a mini retrospective of his works, before leaving for a year-long residency in Berlin. M-trospective: Michael Lee’s First Decade 2001-2011 brings together 55 of his mixed-media
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      • 390 6  -  reviewconcert MUSIC AND LITERATURE Singapore National Youth Orchestra/Tan Wee Hsin Esplanade Concert Hall/Tuesday marc rochester Kindness to wind players was not high on the list of priorities here. Three out of the four programmed works began with treacherous and cruelly exposed passages for wind instruments, the
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      • 629 8  -  The Broadway classic A Chorus Line high-kicks its way to Singapore with an all-Australian cast corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Seventeen dancers are desperately vying for eight spots in a breakout musical. As they sing and dance their hearts out for an audition that could make or break
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      • 121 10 ‘“Indefinitely” could be five minutes or 2,000 years. I didn’t say I would quit forever’ Rapper Edison Chen (right), announcing a full-scale return to show business four years after a sex scandal forced his decision to leave it indefinitely ‘I had to sit topless on top
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      • 943 10  -  Object once loved and now found can take on a new role as inspiration or an artistic statement culture vulture yong shu hoong stlife@sph.com.sg When a friend started packing and throwing away things in preparation for an impending move from her long-time family house, I was invited
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        • 93 10 Inspired by Jules Verne’s sci-fi classics, local sculptor Xin Xiaochang has interpreted the wonders of Earth’s geological interiors in her second solo exhibition at Sculpture Square. To The Centre Of The Earth features about 30 sculptures. Organic and inorganic shapes in ceramics, they were created during her
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        • 79 10 Nine well-known Indonesian photographers are showing works dealing with Jakarta and Yogyakarta’s urban generation here. The group show, Saturations Selection of Indonesian Contemporary Photography Post-2000s, features 14 prints by artists such as Agan Harahap and Keke Tumbuan. Prices range from $1,000 to $21,000. Where: Element Art Space, 140
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        • 93 10 Sound designer and music director Philip Tan presents Decimal Points: 7.7, a sound and performance installation that melds theatre, multimedia, music and dance. The piece is part of Cake theatre company’s Decimal Points series of artistic experiments, which started last year with Brian Gothong Tan’s performance art-cum-film
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        • 104 10 Take a walk through the Third Floor art space at luxury brand Hermes’ store here to create a brand new piece of art. Japanese artist Shinji Ohmaki will cover the gallery’s floor and walls with his colourful floral motifs, in an upcoming installation Moment And Eternity.
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        • 102 10  -  Chen Shanshan The Esplanade’s arts conference ConversAsians 2012 returns next month for a second year, after its inauguration in 2010. Twelve prominent Asian artists from various disciplines meet for three days of talks, showcases, masterclasses and workshops. This year’s artists include playwright Haresh Sharma and Indonesian-based batik
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    • 1090 9  -  Actress Melissa George, who plays the angry mother of a boy who was slapped, says she is against corporal punishment yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Australian actress Melissa George feels so strongly that adults should never lay hands on children that one would think she
      PHOTOS: SUNDANCE CHANNEL, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  1,090 words
    • S SPECIAL DOWNTOWN TRAVEL FIESTA
      • 693 11  -  UnderDavid Bowden hops on a bicycle to check out the sights of a gourmet region in northern Victoria, Australia David Bowden “DON’T worry, all the cycling is on flat ground.” These were the reassuring words the staff shouted out as I cycled out of the Brown
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      • 1120 12  -  the architectural beauty in the Czech republic’s capital is astounding, says Ming E. Wong Ming E. Wong IT WAS midday and the Old Town Square (Starometska) was buzzing. A crowd had gathered just outside the Old Town Hall Tower, gawking at the clock tower, almost blocking
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      • 938 13  -  Goh Hwee Koon finds bliss in holidaying at a leisurely pace Goh Hwee Koon The writer’s trip was sponsored by Hainan Airlines and Hainan Special Zone ITC. I KNEW I was being herded along with busloads of other visitors to Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone, an obviously
        PHOTOS: YALONG BAY TROPICAL PARADISE FOREST PARK, GOH HWEE KOON  -  938 words
      • 850 14  -  The Canadian city is all about indulgence and the good life, discovers Hazel Tan IF YOU have a sweet tooth, Montreal the largest city in the Quebec province in Canada is the place to be during the spring season. Known as the land of maple
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        303 15 Book your next holiday now as there are special offers from travel agents participating in the Downtown Travel Fiesta this weekend Silk Road, China CTC Travel, tel: 6536-4733 Get $100 off per couple for the 10/14D Majestic Silk Road and North Xinjiang package for departures from now till
        PHOTOS: DYNASTY TRAVEL, EU HOLIDAYS  -  303 words
    • 514 16 Cartoon’s creator finally reveals which American state the town is in Associated Press Springfield, Oregon One of the best-kept secrets in television history has been revealed, with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening pointing to Springfield, Oregon, as the inspiration for the animated hometown of Homer
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    • 497 16 Associated Press London Robyn (right) is turning photographer, for a day. The Swedish pop singer is joining an anti-apartheid icon, a former Irish president and thousands of people around the world in an attempt to capture a day in the life of the planet.
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    • 765 18 An online game, cartoons and an Avengers-covered monorail are part of the film’s marketing strategy Bloomberg Los Angeles Walt Disney Co, after losing US$200 million (S$250 million) on the sci-fi film John Carter, is mounting a superhero-style marketing campaign to ensure its next big-budget movie,
      Bloomberg; PHOTOS: UIP, DISNEY  -  765 words
    • 380 18 Associated Press New York After decades of making history, Herbie Hancock (above) is ready to tell it. The award-winning, groundbreaking jazz performer and composer has a deal with Viking for a memoir expected in 2014. “Quincy Jones is a dear friend of mine and
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      • 300 20 Bloomberg LosAngeles Gary Ross (right), director of The Hunger Games, dropped out of the sequel, clouding the future of a film franchise that has amassed US$464 million (S$584.6 million) in global ticket sales in its first instalment. Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay for the Lionsgate movie,
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      • 379 20 Bloomberg Los Angeles Victor Willis, ex-lead singer of the Village People, is testing a 1976 law that lets creators regain United States copyrights to their works. The Songwriters Guild of America has predicted the case will be a precedent for “many termination
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      • 322 20 Los Angeles When actress Ashley Judd appeared on a Canadian talk show to promote her new series Missing last month, conversation in the media quickly turned to her puffy face. Although she soon explained that her appearance was the result of taking steroids for
        PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  322 words
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        • 66 20 Bee Gee Robin Gibb, fighting pneumonia in hospital, was too ill to attend the London premiere on Tuesday of his first classical work, The Titanic Requiem, his son Robin-John said. Gibb, 62, had intestinal surgery last month. He composed the symphonic piece with his son
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        • 45 20 Hong Kong singer Eason Chan is set to become the first Chinese artist to perform at the iconic O2 arena in London on April 23. An initial 10,000 tickets sold out in 20 minutes, prompting organisers to allot 6,000 more.
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    • 374 7 F- > m In The City 12 April-6 May 2012 r s C a iEven the most impossible of fashion illusions becomes reality, as Raffles City unveils a Spring/Summer Season that looks and feels like no other. Virtually nothing is out of reach, as we bring you a new experience
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