The Straits Times, 16 April 2012

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    21 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, APRIL 16 2012 G G A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon 30 in trouble for vice acts
      58 1 AROUND 30 men are expected to appear in court today for alleged involvement with an online vice ring that is suspected to have employed an underage girl. The man allegedly behind the ring has been revealed as a businessman who ran a small but
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      Lock icon A garden for readers
      61 1 SCULPTURE, greenery and heritage come together in the National Library Building’s Bamboo Garden, launched yesterday. The garden, which was previously closed to the public, houses sculptures by Singapore artist Chong Fah Cheong, displayed against a wall of red bricks salvaged from the old National Library in
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      Lock icon Rains cause flight delays
      73 1 HEAVY rains and thunderstorms have caused flight delays and diversions at Changi Airport in recent weeks, and more hiccups are expected, with the wet weather set to continue. On Tuesday, two in-bound Singapore Airlines flights were diverted, one to Johor Baru and the other to Kuala
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      Lock icon Care for dying children
      72 1 A KK Women’s Children’s Hospital study found that for most of the children who died there in 2008 and 2009, the option of having the child die at home was hardly offered to their distraught families. Studies done elsewhere have noted that the families of as
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    Lock icon Expect MRT shutdown for major upgrades
    753 1  -  Train commuters will be given advance notice of the planned closures BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg THE Transport Minister yesterday served notice of future closures of sections of the North-South and East-West MRT Lines, most likely over weekends. These closures would be for maintenance
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    Lock icon Jazreel Tan bags US Amateur Bowler of the Year award
    360 1  -  BY TERRENCE VOON ON SATURDAY night, Singapore bowler Jazreel Tan (left) hunkered down in her basement as tornados whipped through Wichita, Kansas. The 22-year-old former Sportsgirl of the Year did not panic. Even as warning sirens went off outside her
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    Lock icon COMMUNITY GAMES LAUNCHED
    69 1 MORE than 1,500 residents slugged it out in football pitches and sports halls yesterday as the nation-wide Community Games got under way. Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck, who cheered on the players at a basketball game at Senja-Cashew Community Club (left), noted
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      116 1 THAKSIN SHINAWATRA JESSIE LIM Ceramic artist remoulds her life after tragedy KIM JONG UN Imminent return will re-ignite old tensions The young leader makes his first speech LIFE! PAGE C6 WORLD PAGE A9 PRIME PAGE A7 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
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        Lock icon Shock therapy for wages won’t work
        57 2 WE SAY The problem of wage inequality is a global one and Singapore cannot fight this trend with home remedies. What it can do instead to lift wages at the bottom is to boost productivity. Quick fixes are elusive here; raising productivity is a
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        Lock icon Not so bad
        69 2 COLUMNS China’s first-quarter growth of 8.1 per cent suggests that domestic consumption is making up for much of the slack caused by slumping demand in big export markets such as Europe. Given the big role which China now plays in the global economy, says Goh Eng Yeow,
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        Lock icon Not so soon
        41 2 The US has warned that North Korea might be able to attain intercontinental ballistic missile capability in five years. But its failed satellite has cast much doubt on such a prediction, says William Choong. L WORLD PAGE A12
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        Lock icon Lesson from Falklands
        34 2 What is clear about the Falklands War is that control of territories can no longer be shifted from one country to another by force, says Gwynne Dyer. L REVIEW PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Make it easy to go green
        29 2 OUR READER SAYS The challenges some households face when trying to adopt green practices are unnecessary, says Lawrence Tan. L FORUM PAGE A20
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      Lock icon Preserve the spirit of Rediffusion
      1095 2  -  It failed due to changing audiences, technology and content, not dialects BY OO GIN LEE DIGITAL LIFE EDITOR ginlee@sph.com.sg I GREW up with Rediffusion. So, when news broke that Rediffusion Singapore is closing down at the end of this month, I was among those who
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      Lock icon 30 men expected in court over connections with online vice ring
      370 3  -  Naval officer, managing director among those likely to face charges BY LEONARD LIM, THAM YUEN-C limze@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg AROUND 30 men are expected to appear in court today for their alleged involvement with an online vice ring that is sus-
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      Lock icon Alleged vice ring boss a successful entrepreneur
      612 3  -  BY THAM YUEN-C, LEONARD LIM THE man allegedly behind an online vice ring that has made the headlines was already a successful businessman when he hit on the idea of branching out into pimping. He had met another pimp who told him that
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      Lock icon PCF looking at giving priority to citizen kids
      690 4  -  Preschool player to review admission policy in line with P1 changes BY KEZIA TOH STACEY CHIA keziatoh@sph.com.sg staceyc@sph.com.sg ONE of the largest preschool players here, the PAP Community Foundation (PCF), is looking into whether its admission policy should be tweaked to favour
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      Lock icon Buyers snap up units at launch of Singapore’s priciest suburban condo
      446 4  -  BY GAN YU JIA IT MAY be Singapore’s most expensive suburban condo, but more than 100 units of CapitaLand’s Moshe Safdie-designed Sky Habitat in Bishan were snapped up on the first weekend of its launch. Out of the 180
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      Lock icon COE prices up because economy is doing well, says Lui
      518 6  -  BY GOH CHIN LIAN COE prices are soaring because the economy is doing well and not because the Government is further slowing the growth in the vehicle population to 0.5 per cent, as that kicks in only in August, Transport
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      Lock icon Many keen to join Yale-NUS despite ruckus
      1035 6  -  Yale resolution was part of wider unhappiness over top-down approach BY RACHEL CHANG, SANDRA DAVIE rchang@sph.com.sg sandra@sph.com.sg ENTHUSIASM among prospective faculty and students for the new Yale-Nation-al University of Singapore (NUS) College remains undimmed, say its administrators, despite the negative attention the new
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      Lock icon 5,000 gather in NY to enjoy a ‘slice of home’
      883 6  -  BY RACHEL AU YONG Additional reporting by Hoe Peishan NEW YORK: About 4,900 Singaporeans turned up in New York on Saturday to “mingle and makan” at the fifth Singapore Day. The $4 million cost of staging the event, however, has
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      Lock icon North Korea unveils a ‘new missile’
      799 7 New leader stresses top priority for military; some experts suspect ‘missile’ is a dummy ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PYONGYANG: North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time yesterday, pledging before cheering troops and bouquet-waving citizens to place top
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      Lock icon A night to remember – the Titanic
      914 8 A night to remember the Titanic 100 years on, the tragedy retains its grip on the world’s imagination ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOARD MS BALMORAL: Cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers yesterday at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago, with the loss of more
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      157 4 JAPAN AIRLINES JAL Launches okyo NONSTOP J Inaugural flight April 22, 2012 BOSTON OKYO ""min "Hill jj "Illinium i JAL's new Tokyo Boston route offers the first ever direct flights between Asia and Boston. With a convenient schedule, fly nonstop to Boston and then beyond to every major city in
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      218 5 LIVE FOR GREATNESS EVERY ROLEX IS MADE FOR GREATNESS. THE YACHT-MASTER II HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PROFESSIONAL SAILORS. I 9 J A IT IS THE WORLD’S FIRST COMPLICATION BUILT WIThJ A PATENTED ff/ *'jU 1 j PROGRAMMABLE COUNTDOWN AND MECHANICAL MEMORY, ENSURING' PERFECT SYNCHRONISATION WITH THE
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      Lock icon THAI STAND-OFF
      736 9  -  Thaksin ups ante with visits to Laos and Cambodia BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has put the cat among the pigeons again with his highprofile visits to Laos and Cambodia, and talk of an imminent return to Thailand. As
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      82 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Chivalry at sea? It’s a myth: Study L New Viet owner of US town population, 1 L US job quitters outnumber layoffs More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE
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        Lock icon Student loan carrot stirs hornet’s nest
        810 10  -  Anwar’s promise to write off student loans dubbed a poll gimmick BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Like thousands of young Malaysians from lower-income families, Ms Karen Wong applied for and received low-cost education loans from the government’s National Higher Education Fund
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        Lock icon S’pore company launches halal chinaware
        288 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR: Ever heard of halal chinaware? Well, a Singapore company has had its china certified as halal and the products are now in the market. What Landex has done is to employ a new Japanese technology that does not use
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        Lock icon Militants free 380 in attack on Pakistan jail
        625 11 At least 20 insurgents described as dangerous among escapees ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan): Militants have attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan, freeing at least 380 inmates, including at least 20 insurgents described by the police as “very
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  625 words
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        Lock icon Taleban targets Kabul in start of ‘spring offensive’
        362 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS KABUL: The Taleban militant group has launched a series of coordinated attacks across the Afghan capital and three eastern cities, saying the attacks marked the start of its “spring offensive”. “The Kabul administration and the invading forces
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        Lock icon 2 suspected terrorists held over bank heists
        226 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: The police in eastern Indonesia have arrested two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in bank robberies to fund their activities. “They were riding a motorcycle on a street when an anti-terror police squad arrested them last Friday” in the town of
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        Lock icon More Chinese seek cosmetic surgery in S. Korea
        266 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Almost half of all foreigners seeking a nose job, facelift, jawbone reduction or tummy tuck in South Korea were from China, government data and commercial records said. Their number nearly tripled from 1,657 in 2009 to 4,400 in 2010.
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        Lock icon North Korea’s big leap backwards
        785 12  -  Failed launch will worsen its isolation and raise doubts about its ICBM capability NEWS ANALYSIS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg IN HIS first public speech yesterday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his father Kim Jong Il’s “military first” policy. He was speaking
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        Lock icon Bo scandal fallout spreads to PLA generals
        698 13 Officers in regional force founded by Bo’s father among those under probe HONG KONG: The probe into the case of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai has widened to include identifying senior military officers who have drawn too close to him, particularly those from
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        Lock icon Chance to roam free in the wild
        94 13 Some of the 120 Chinese alligators being released into the wild at a nature reserve in the eastern Chinese county of Changxing, Zhejiang province, yesterday. This is the largest batch of Chinese alligators released into the wild to date and experts said they
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        Lock icon UK defends its handling of case
        304 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Office has defended itself over alleged hold-ups in intervening with Chinese authorities over the suspicious death of an English businessman in China. A few weeks ago, London asked Beijing to probe the death of Mr Neil Heywood, 41, who
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        Lock icon Mass killer goes on trial in Norway
        879 14 Extremist who killed 77 may not go to prison if court finds him insane AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OSLO: Right -wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in twin attacks in Norway last year, goes on trial in Oslo today where proceedings will
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        Lock icon 3 top candidates shut out of Egypt’s presidential race
        416 14 NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO: The Egyptian election authorities have eliminated three of the country’s leading presidential candidates, in an unexpected decision that once again threw into disarray the contest to shape the future of Egypt after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
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          Lock icon New contract on French debt
          158 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: A new contract to cover risk on bonds issued by heavily indebted France is getting a rough ride in Paris, just a week before the first round of a hotly contested presidential election. The launch of futures trading on 10-year French bonds
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          Lock icon Japan mulls over loan to IMF
          132 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan is considering lending about US$60 billion (S$75 billion) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help strengthen a global firewall against contagion from the European sovereign debt crisis, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. Tokyo is talking with some other key
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        Lock icon Euro zone crisis far from over despite optimism
        1188 16  -  Greece in free fall and Spain adding to woes BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: Just a few weeks ago, Ms Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund chief, proclaimed that the European financial crisis was over; An “economic spring is in
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        Lock icon Help network for troubled Italians
        426 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Italians have been taking their own lives at an alarming rate as a result of the economic crisis in recent weeks, forcing a business group to put in place a dedicated psychological assistance network. Daily media reports have thrown the spotlight on
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        Lock icon Brazil trio ‘sold human-flesh pastries’
        348 17 Man, wife and mistress allegedly killed 2 people and baked their flesh ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAO PAULO: Three people suspected of killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their flesh to make stuffed pastries known as empanadas that they
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          Lock icon US soldiers in sex scandal
          115 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGENA (Colombia): A sex scandal involving Secret Service agents on United States President Barack Obama’s trip to Colombia appeared to have spread yesterday, after visiting soldiers were also linked to using prostitutes. Eleven members of the Secret Service were suspended and sent home
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          Lock icon Quake aftershock in Aceh
          90 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An aftershock measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked Aceh province at the northern tip of Sumatra Island yesterday, but there were no reports of damage, Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency said. The epicentre of the quake was in the sea, and
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          Lock icon Tornadoes kill 5 in the US
          117 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY: Tornadoes erupting across the United States Midwest and Plains regions left five people dead and at least 29 injured in Oklahoma and damaged houses, a hospital, jail, US Air Force base and other buildings elsewhere during a weekend outburst of
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          Lock icon Military drill in Taiwan
          83 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan issued an order yesterday calling up thousands of reserve troops to participate in a huge drill aimed at testing the island’s defence capabilities against a D-Day style attack by China. The mobilised reservists will take part in a five-day drill beginning today
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        Lock icon Solved – the case of the missing ink
        320 17 Solved the case of the missing ink SLICEOFLIFE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON: Forensic experts, analysing indentations in the paper, helped recover the work of a blind woman who did not know she had begun writing a novel with a pen that had run dry. When Ms Trish Vickers, 59, turned
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      Lock icon Workers could be in for a rude shock
      631 18 PROFESSOR Lim Chong Yah’s idea of using shock therapy to breathe life into stagnant incomes at the bottom of the pyramid will no doubt resonate with many workers. Which worker earning less than $1,500 a month would not welcome a 50 per
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      Lock icon A chance for World Bank to regain relevance
      1002 18  -  BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg THE World Bank, its critics argue, has outlived its utility. The 67-year-old institution should be put to pasture, they say. As a moneylender, the World Bank does indeed now operate in a crowded market. Regional initiatives
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      Lock icon Japan’s strong push for new security partners
      750 18  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg AS IS its nature, Japan long ago telegraphed its intended defence policy shifts now well advanced on implementation. A Japanese defence official said: “The Ministry of Defence/Self Defence Force (MOD/SDF) is making efforts to take effective steps
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        Lock icon Why N. Korea’s rocket tests are more worrying than India’s
        892 19  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IN A quantum leap over North Korea’s controversial though unsuccessful long-range rocket launch, India plans to test not
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        Lock icon The Falklands: War fought 30 years ago still makes a point
        901 19  -  BY GWYNNE DYER The writer is a London-based independent journalist. INTERNATIONAL human rights campaigner and occasional actor Sean Penn, whose well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize continues to be delayed for mysterious reasons, was the first famous foreigner to lend his
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        Lock icon Dig against Ann Romney a betrayal of Democrats
        909 19  -  BY FRANK BRUNI NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE BY THE standards of Ms Hilary Rosen, whose name and swipe at Mrs Ann Romney just possibly crossed your radar last week, my mother also never worked a day in her life, at least
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        Lock icon Insure the unhealthy minority? There are trade-offs
        362 20  -  Lee How Teck (Ms) Senior Vice-President General Manager, Group Health Insurance NTUC Income MR DAN McCaskill Butler said he was denied health insurance by NTUC Income and another insurer on account of his having stents and high cholesterol (“In Singapore too...”; last Saturday)
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        75 20 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR MUHAMMAD DZUL AZHAN HAJI SAHBAN: Prevent teens from succumbing to bad influences 2 MISS SOPHIA TAN: Idiosyncrasies aren’t restricted to seniors 3 MS NG WAH HONG: Cheaper zumba workouts for seniors, please 4 MR ELGAR LEE: So hard to get to a
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        163 20  -  Ang Chin Guan A MORE eco-friendly East Coast Park can contribute to better waste management and reduced carbon emissions (“Why are few S’poreans going green?”; April 7). While cleanliness at the park has improved, more can be done to protect the environment.
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        289 20  -  Mano Sabnani THERE are major differences between perpetual capital securities and perpetual bonds, and these terms should not be used interchangeably (“Genting S’pore reaches out to retail investors”, last Tuesday; and “Genting may be a sure bet but know risks of perpetual
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        245 20  -  Walter Lim Vice-Chairman Association of Singapore Attractions WE THANK Mr David Tan (“Cheaper entry for Singaporeans: Emulate Gardens policy”; April 5) for his suggestion to encourage more Singaporeans to enjoy our unique visitor attractions. The attractions sector in Singapore is varied, with a
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      745 2  -  Few families given option of letting the child die at home BY POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg IT GOES against the natural order of life, but children do die in Singapore daily some painfully, and most of them in hospital. A recently published
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      237 2  -  POON CHIAN HUI A ROVING team is at the ready to support the families of critically ill children who have been discharged from hospital. Called Star Pals, the team comprising a doctor, four nurses, two social workers and a group of volunteers provides a
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      551 2  -  POON CHIAN HUI TWO days into intensive care in National University Hospital, it was clear Amy Nabel’la Juraimy, 13, was not going to make it. She was dying of bone cancer. Her mother, Madam Raba’ah Abdul Ghani, 39, told her in tears
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      645 3  -  Some 10,000 residents to do battle until July, with top teams to enter National Games BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg MORE than 1,500 residents slugged it out at football pitches, bowling alleys and sports halls islandwide yesterday as the nationwide Community Games got under way.
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      490 3  -  BY GOH SHI TING MR Y.S. Sum, 51, walks with a limp, and when he sits, his right leg sticks out at an awkward angle instead of flexing at the knee. He has haemophilia, a rare genetic blood disorder which makes his
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      792 4  -  Local-international school links are blossoming BY AMANDA TAN KEZIA TOH tamanda@sph.com.sg keziatoh@sph.com.sg THEY may have been born a world apart, but Singaporean and international school students are coming together to mingle over sports, books and pen-pal letters. Their schools have ramped up collaborations in recent
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      672 7  -  Scheme has benefited 131,000 flats since 1990 BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg AFTER more than 20 years, the unprecedented plan to retrofit ageing public housing estates will draw to a close. Come Saturday, it will be curtains down on the HDB’s Main Upgrading Programme (MUP), with
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      315 7  -  BY GOH SHI TING RESIDENTS in Ang Mo Kio and Moul-mein-Kallang GRCs who need help with jobs and welfare aid will soon get these lifelines faster. Two satellite service centres will be set up closer to them by the Central Singapore Community
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      758 6  -  Leading Japanese brands have set up shop here as the launchpad to reach out to this part of the world Lim Yann Ling Functionaland fun, stylish and moderncentric, Francfranc, a well-known furnishing outfit in Japan, is opening its largest outlet worldwide at VivoCity. Francfranc joins
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      202 6 Cvstos has partnered local racing professional Ringo Chong to create the Challenge Pilot RC Limited Edition watch. Mr Ringo Chong, a veteran in the local racing world, was the youngest driver to win both the Tour de Singapore and Rally of Singapore. In 2009,
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      166 6 Harvey Norman’s revamped Photo Centre now allows you to print more than just photos you can print digital images onto canvas, baby bibs, mugs, iPhone or iPad cases and T-shirts. Says a Harvey Norman spokesman: “Previously our customers could print on professional quality Fujifilm photo paper
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      596 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: As Arsenal prepare to consolidate third place in the Premier League when they take on relegation-threatened Wigan tonight, the London club have announced their intention to keep manager Arsene Wenger for the long haul. And the Frenchman, who has just
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      470 8 LONDON: Kenny Dalglish believes Liverpool’s dramatic FA Cup semi-final victory over Everton on Saturday was the perfect response to the criticism his club have come under this season. Much-maligned striker Andy Carroll produced the late winner that eased the pressure off Dalglish, whose future
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      742 9 German’s maiden GP win is also Mercedes’ first since 1955 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Nico Rosberg celebrated the first victory of his Formula One career and the first in 57 years by Mercedes after a dominant performance from pole position to chequered flag in China
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      483 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Former world champions Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher both saw their Chinese Grand Prix victory hopes ruined by pit-lane errors, but refused to blame their teams for wrecking their chances. First to go, about a quarter of the way through the action
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      327 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone yesterday denied all knowledge of protests and violence in Bahrain, even as a 15-year-old boy lay in intensive care after being shot by anti-riot police. Ecclestone and the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the sport’s governing body, on
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      357 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Piermario Morosini’s death on Saturday after suffering a heart attack while playing for Livorno against Pescara in Italian football’s second division was a sad, premature end to a life already scarred by family tragedy. The 25-year-old
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      346 9 REUTERS MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi took their remarkable scoring achievements to new heights when they jointly set a record for La Liga goals in a season 41 on Saturday. Portuguese international Ronaldo, who set the previous best of 40
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      738 10  -  New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, 14, will play in Queen Sirikit Cup next week BY LESTER WONG qnwong@sph.com.sg THE world’s hottest golf prospect is set to grace Singapore’s shores next week. Lydia Ko will turn out for New Zealand at the April 23-27 Queen Sirikit Cup
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      495 10  -  ALVIN CHIA Ian Pasalo, 21, intern guest relations officer Runs once a week, about 3km each time “I feel stressed at work, but it’s not about the job. What makes me frustrated is that I find it hard to fit into my work uniform.
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      367 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Louis Oosthuizen said that winning the Maybank Malaysian Open yesterday was just the tonic after his disappointment at the US Masters and it sets him up nicely for the season’s other Majors. The 2010 British Open champion eased the misery of
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        86 11 DEFENDING S-League champions Tampines fought back from 0-2 down to stun Gombak 3-2 at Clementi Stadium last night. Julien Durand and Jung Hee Bong had given Gombak the lead before Aleksandar Duric and Fahrudin Mustafic equalised. Jamil Ali’s 90th-minute goal gave the Stags all
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        89 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIENNA: Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie beat Britain’s Paula Radcliffe in a half-marathon challenge at the Vienna city marathon yesterday, with four months to go before the London Olympic event. The Ethiopian two-time 10,000m Olympic gold medallist finished the 21.1km in 1hr 52sec.
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        47 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian Olympic chief John Coates has described Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s decision not to attend the London Games as “a disappointment to the team”. “I thought London would be an absolute must for Julia,” he told The Sunday Age.
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        83 11 REUTERS ASUNCION (Paraguay): Former Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas made his professional comeback on Saturday 27 months after being shot in the head in a Mexico City bar. The 31-year-old turned out for Paraguayan third division side 12 de Octubre on the opening day
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        44 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Four-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Murray Rose died yesterday from leukaemia at the age of 73. The Scotland-born Rose won three gold medals in Melbourne in 1956 and gold, silver and bronze in Rome in 1960.
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        36 11 ORGANISERS of next month’s Sundown Marathon have clarified that registration for the race will close on Thursday, April 19, not May 19 as previously reported. They apologised for any inconvenience caused.
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      727 11  -  But MOE unlikely to agree to fresh calls for athletics meet to be held in July SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg DELAYS lasting more than three hours on the final day of the Schools National Track and Field Championships last week have prompted renewed calls
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      583 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO: The San Antonio Spurs insist that being the No. 1 seed in the West is not important to them. They still might wind up with it. Tim Duncan had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tony Parker scored 14 before calling
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      356 11 REUTERS KINGSTON (Jamaica): Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt opened his 2012 season with a sizzling anchor leg as his Racers Track Club logged a world-leading time of 37.82 seconds in a 4x100m relay on Saturday. Despite his impressive run, he was forced to
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      215 11 Badminton Axiata Cup In Jakarta, day 2: Indonesia Garuda 2 Indonesia Rajawali 1 (Garuda take Cup following 5-1 aggregate win). Basketball NBA LA Clippers 112 Golden State 104, Cleveland 98 Washington 89, Boston 94 New Jersey 82, Memphis 103 Utah 98, Oklahoma City 115 Minnesota 110, Indiana 105 Milwaukee
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      64 11 MIKE TINDALL, the husband of Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter Zara Phillips and England’s captain during the Rugby World Cup last year, revealing his regret at getting “hammered” during
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      157 9 SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team Away Team M League UE Champions LionsXII Bayern Munich Selangor PKNS Real Madrid Tue, 17/04/12 7.45pm Wed, 18/04/12 2.45am For fixtures of all other AA League, E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish, Italian League and Asian Champ, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE|MARINA
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      926 16  -  Fall in company profits hurts their pockets; experts also point to more scrutiny as another reason BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE drop in corporate profits last year hurt the pockets of the chief executive officers (CEOs) of some blue-chip companies, who received
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      467 16 THE Manchester United initial public offering in Singapore may be on the cards again, with a listing before August, The Sunday Times newspaper in London has reported. Citing sources, the report says that plans for the IPO are now being revived, following the
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        611 13  -  Net outflow of $754m from funds investing in Asian equities last week MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AS WALL Street registered its most volatile week for the year last week, fund managers had been quietly switching out of funds investing
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          86 13 KEPPEL Corp is DMG’s top pick in the offshore and marine category. Keppel last week secured a Letter of Intent from Sete Brasil for the design and construction of five semi-sub drilling rigs, with an estimated value of US$4.12 billion (S$5.1 billion). Turning the Letter of Intent into
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          77 13 DMG noted order momentum picking up with the fifth new build order in the past month. The latest win is from Iceman, an investment company set up by Pareto Project Finance. The vessel is meant for operations in harsh and arctic areas, and is scheduled to be delivered
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          1105 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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        675 14 Stress of short getaways with packed activities takes a toll on employees AT WORK WITH LEE SU SHYAN sushyan@sph.com.sg BUDGET airlines allow us to visit desirable locations at an affordable price, but they haven’t done much for our productivity. In fact, there is a
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        392 14  -  YUNITA ONG SINGAPORE will next month get its first insight into how effectively people engage with one another within their companies, on a national level. Since last Wednesday, three companies have been conducting a nationwide survey the first of its kind in Singapore about
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          68 14 LEUNG KAI YIN: Stepped down as chief financial officer of Union Steel Holdings with effect from last Thursday. Mr Leung, 44, left to pursue his personal interests. He had been appointed to the role on April 12 last year. TEH HOCK SOON: Appointed group financial controller, effective
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          63 14 DAVID CONNER: Stepped down as non-executive director at Great Eastern Holdings with effect from yesterday. This comes as Mr Conner (above), 63, retires as chief executive of OCBC Bank, Great Eastern’s parent company. Mr Conner joined the Great Eastern board on Jan 7, 2005. He had also
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          96 14 ONG WEI HIAM: Redesignated as an executive director with effect from today. Mr Ong, 40, had previously been non-executive director of ECS a role he was appointed to on May 3, 2010. His tasks as an executive director include providing support to the chief executive in the oversight
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          37 14 DAVID WONG CHIN HUAT: Stepped down as independent director last Friday to pursue his personal interests. Mr Wong, 63, was a member of the audit and nominating committee and the chairman of the remuneration committee.
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      939 15  -  Scenes of prosperity in Chinese cities don’t gel with fears of slowdown C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ANYONE unsure of just how enormous the sway China has over world markets should look at the dramatic events of last Thursday.
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      945 15  -  TALKING TO LUCASFILM SINGAPORE BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngke@sph.com.sg ASIAN film-makers will soon be able to include world-class visual effects in their productions by using the services of Lucasfilm Singapore. The firm aims to provide such services to regional film-makers, including those from
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      147 1 CPART MONDAY, APRIL 16 2012 Hsu’s not smiling Oasis in the city Brangelina Sculpture and heritage garden opens at central library C3 Frustrated Taiwanese host plans to retire soon C2 Will Jolie-Pitt marriage be America’s royal wedding? C3 Veteran ceramic artist Jessie Lim has recovered from a painful artistic and
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        1162 2  -  Taiwanese veteran TV host refuses to do gossipy talk shows as he does not believe in bad-mouthing other people 8QUESTIONSWITH...Hsu Nai-lin yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Veteran Taiwanese TV show host Hsu Nai-lin is upset with the current state of television in Taiwan. The chatty 52-year-old, who has
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        471 2 Seoul He swept her off her feet with his arrogance, he whisked her off to Japan for the proposal and he has turned My Sassy Girl star Gianna Jun Ji-Hyun into a shy bride. Businessman Choi Joon Hyuk and Jun, both 31, married
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        749 3  -  Visitors to the Central Public Library can relax in its Bamboo Garden and read among the sculptures placed there cheryl faith wee cherylw@sph.com.sg A sculpture-filled garden at the National Library Building in Victoria Street, once visible only through glass panels, is now open to the
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        585 3 Associated Press Los Angeles Wills and Kate were just the warm-up for the true wedding of the century. After years of cohabitation, six children and countless tabloid headlines, actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plan to make it official. If you thought the media circus involving
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        594 4  -  Another Tokyo ramen chain has opened here and this one is known for its newfangled creations eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg One of Tokyo’s popular noodle chains, Menya Musashi, which opened in Raffles City last Thursday, adds to the growing ramen scene here. The brand with the samurai logo,
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        320 4 Igniting ChinaUS currency Agence France-Presse New York Jonathon Keats finds the China-United States currency war electrifying literally. Fascinated by the virtual nature of modern finance and currency swings, the California-based artist decided to explore the different physical characteristics of competing coins. The result is the Electrochemical Currency Exchange Co, an
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        2187 6  -  Her world turned dark when her husband died. Now Jessie Lim’s vibrant works reflect her new life with her present spouse the monday interview with Jessie Lim deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Ceramic artist Jessie Lim is staging her first major solo show in almost 10 years,
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        777 7  -  Five Singaporeans and two Malaysians were chosen for the Million Star singing contest kenneth goh year. kengohsz@sph.com.sg He is no newbie when it comes to singing, but auditioning for the popular Taiwanese singing competition Million Star last Saturday still made businessman and former TV host
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        301 7 Associated Press Reuters Cleveland Axl Rose may regret missing this bash. On their way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last Saturday, hard rockers Guns N’ Roses got together for one more gig. Guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steve Adler
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        747 8  -  Filming almost naked for the first few scenes made Absolute Boyfriend star Jiro Wang uncomfortable cheryl faith wee cherylw@sph.com.sg One of the first few scenes Taiwanese actor Jiro Wang and Korean actress Gu Hye Sun did for the Taiwanese romance drama Absolute Boyfriend involved one of them
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        113 8 ‘Twitter should ban my mother’ Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of rocker Courtney Love, refuting Love’s online claim that Foo Fighter Dave Grohl hit on Cobain ‘In competitive sports, you don’t move more than you have to and everything is goal-directed. That’s useful because the best acting
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      619 5  -  American all-male ballet troupe the Trocks will bring back their antics and technical artistry corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Ballerina Ida Nevasayneva drifts onto the stage, her slender legs perfectly en pointe, playing the iconic role of The Dying Swan. But wait. Her tutu is shedding feathers across the
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      400 5 Agence France-Presse Las Vegas Fighting legend Mike Tyson has swopped the boxing ring for the cabaret stage in a new one-man show which pulls few punches in recounting the ups and downs of his roller-coaster life. In a stand-up act he hopes to take to Broadway
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      423 9  -  reviewconcert CONCIERTO PASTORAL Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday chang tou liang It was a refreshing change for once to hear a concerto by Joaquin Rodrigo which is not his overplayed Concierto De Aranjuez for guitar. That singular pleasure was afforded by Singapore Symphony
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      426 9  -  reviewconcert ENSEMBLE TIMF Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra Hall Last Friday marc rochester It is a sad fact of life for aspiring composers that if they want their music publicly performed, they must write it for small ensembles cheaper to put on and involving fewer rehearsal man-hours.
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      602 10  -  Wild Rice breathes new life into Romeo And Juliet, with a contemporary touch reviewtheatre ROMEO AND JULIET Wild Rice Drama Centre Theatre/Last Saturday corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg To breathe new life into one of the most familiar love stories ever told is no easy task. But Wild
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      512 10 New York Times New York Can you find love in six minutes? That is how long bachelors or bachelorettes are allowed to stand on stage narrating a PowerPoint presentation about themselves to nearly 75 eligible singles at Me So Far, a new monthly event in
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      423 10  -  reviewtheatre DECIMAL POINTS 7.7 Cake Theatre Substation Theatre/Last Saturday ng yisheng In 2010, sound artist Philip Tan created a brief but exquisite solo performance as part of Cake Theatre’s fifth anniversary celebrations titled The Scientist. Dressed in a lab coat and seated in a tiny room,
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        292 12 Reuters Associated Press London Singer Robin Gibb (below), a founding member of the disco-era hit machine the Bee Gees, is in a coma after contracting pneumonia, his official website said last Saturday. Reports in the British media said the 62-year-old had been surrounded by close
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        93 12 In the face of rife pregnancy rumours, former beauty queen Michele Reis (above) let her skinny arms do the talking when she appeared at a fashion event in Shanghai last Friday. Judging from her appearance, both Ming Pao Daily News and Oriental Daily News concluded that there
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        288 12 Reuters Los Angeles Lady Gaga (below) has stirred a debate over pop stars, diets and eating disorders with a tweet that some of her millions of fans have interpreted as insensitive. Last Tuesday, the singer tweeted: “Just killed back to back spin classes. Eating a salad
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        536 3 FIVE CHARGED Sources: Agence France-Presse Reuters BBC News THE NEWS A surgeon and four others are facing criminal charges after a Chinese high-school student sold his kidney to them to buy an iPhone and iPad last year. The case highlights the illegal organ trade
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        135 3 A 10-year-old Colombian girl who gave birth recently, has sparked a heated debate in the country about whether motherhood should be allowed at such a young age, reports London’s The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. The girl is a member of the Wayuu tribe of the northern La
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        154 3 Agence France-Presse A new psychiatric report has concluded that Anders Behring Breivik (right), who killed 77 peo- ple in Norway last July, was not mentally ill at the time and can therefore be held criminally responsible for his actions. This contradicts an earlier assessment, which found that he was
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        537 4 / 5 Anew rule which requires all medical equipment used here to be cleared by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has upset many specialist doctors in private practice. INSIGHT The rule, which has been in place since the start of the year, is necessary to protect
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