The Straits Times, 23 April 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 MONDAY, APRIL 23 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon City close gap to 3 points
      58 1 MANCHESTER City moved to within three points of arch-rivals Manchester United in the race for the Barclays Premier League title with an away win over Wolves yesterday. The Red Devils were held to a 4-4 draw by Everton in a thrilling clash at Old
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      Lock icon Pay for plastic bags: Plan
      60 1 SHOPPERS may find themselves having to pay for plastic bags if a proposal being studied is adopted. One idea the Singapore Environment Council is looking at is to get supermarkets to start charging for bags, either daily or on alternate days. The proposal may well
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      Lock icon Sarkozy on the edge
      45 1 FRENCH voters cast their votes yesterday in round one of a presidential ballot, with economic despair on course to make Mr Nicolas Sarkozy the first president to lose a fight for re-election in more than 30 years. L PRIME PAGE A6
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      Lock icon Hot market, cold feet
      78 1 BUYERS of 107 new private homes had a change of heart last month and returned their units to developers, showing that even in a hot market, people still get cold feet. But analysts said it was normal to have a few units returned in each project,
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    Lock icon Leaders ‘need political will to push changes’
    724 1 But DPM Tharman is more confident now about their resolve WASHINGTON: Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has called on global policymakers to do more to bring government spending back on a sustainable path. This means changing the political narrative and persuading their constituents
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    Lock icon LRT train stalls, passengers walk tracks to safety
    353 1  -  BY JUDITH TAN ELEVEN passengers of the Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) found themselves walking the tracks to safety yesterday after the train they were in stalled. They were helped by Singapore Civil Defence Force officers as they made their way
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    Lock icon BACK AT NUMBER ONE
    53 1 TWO-time world champion Sebastian Vettel claimed his first Grand Prix title of the year yesterday, with a near-flawless drive from pole position to the chequered flag in Bahrain. More importantly, his victory lifted him to the top of the Formula One drivers’ standings. L SPORT PAGE
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      101 1 SEAFOOD KING Sam Tan built an empire from grandma’s No Signboard hawker stall NEVER GIVE UP Subway Niche boss on why he fought US giant Subway all the way PRIME PAGE 3 SIMON COWELL Colonic irrigation, black toilet paper among secrets revealed in new book LIFE! PAGE C7 LIFE! PAGES
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    • VIEW POINTS
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        Lock icon Keeping the hearth fire of volunteerism burning
        65 2 WE SAY Volunteerism varies over the course of an adult’s life, with interest during youth declining as the focus shifts to careers and family formation. It is futile to attempt to change this trend, evident elsewhere too. Efforts instead can be directed at
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        Lock icon It’s just rocket science
        36 2 COLUMNS Khoo How San explains why some projectiles are called “rockets” and others are called “missiles” and how North Korea’s failed launch was different from India’s successful one. L REVIEW PAGE A17
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        Lock icon Jump in, eyes wide open
        39 2 As retail investors jump into perpetual securities, the latest investing trend here, Goh Eng Yeow advises them to consider some of their potential pitfalls, as well as the attractive returns. L MONEY PAGE B14
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      • Article
        Lock icon On health cover for all
        51 2 OUR READER SAYS To make universal health coverage a reality, all insurers must be nationally mandated to offer it, says NTUC Income chief executive Tan Suee Chieh, adding that costs must be shared equitably and premiums for the average person will rise. L FORUM PAGE
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        22 2 www.straitstimes.com L Loh Keng Fatt reflects on whether the closure of iconic commercial establishments deserves a place in national memory.
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      Lock icon Will Najib’s new laws win over urban voters?
      997 2  -  Group most mistrustful of govt but critics say changes are too vague BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA’S Parliament was filled with bleary-eyed MPs in the wee hours of Friday, ploughing through a set of proposed laws before wearily calling
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      Lock icon Subway Niche boss: Why I fought US giant
      684 3  -  He feared for employees, reputation amid ‘bullying’ tactics BY BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IT IS a classic David and Goliath tale. In the version that has just played out here, the “David” is Subway Niche, a home-grown chain of five outlets selling nonya
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      Lock icon Halimah: Don’t let maids clean outside of windows
      400 3  -  JENNANI DURAI THE call went out yesterday for employers not to insist that their domestic workers clean the outside of windows in high-rise homes. Madam Halimah Yacob, the Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports, said there is no need
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      Lock icon Supermarts may start charging for plastic bags
      786 4  -  Options to reduce plastic bag use being considered BY LEE JIA XIN jxlee@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS may need to pay for plastic bags in the future, if a proposal being studied is adopted. The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) is studying ways to cut down on
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      Lock icon Underage paid sex case: Three men expected back in court
      436 4  -  BY LEONARD LIM, THAM YUEN-C THREE men charged with having paid sex with an underage girl last Monday will be returning to court today, after being given a week to seek legal advice. No plea had been taken from Pyi
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      Lock icon Onus on men to verify prostitute is above 18
      711 4  -  THAM YUEN-C BRYNA SIM THE law was enacted in February 2008 and within six months, two men became the first to be charged for having paid sex with an underage girl. The girl was a 16-year-old from China. The men, aged
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      Lock icon Sarkozy at risk as France goes to polls
      895 6 President’s showiness, high jobless rate play into rival’s hands REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: French voters cast their votes yesterday in round one of a presidential ballot, with economic despair on course to make Mr Nicolas Sarkozy the first president to lose a
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      Lock icon Aussie Parliament Speaker stands aside after sex claims
      336 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: The Speaker of Australia’s Parliament has stood aside, following claims he sexually harassed a male staffer and misused taxpayer-funded taxi services. The issue could severely hurt the nation’s fragile government. Weekend reports alleged that Mr Peter Slipper, 62, who
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      Lock icon Fire at top HK hotel leaves guests hot and bothered
      477 6 HONG KONG: There were only brickbats from terrified hotel guests after a rooftop fire broke out at one of Hong Kong’s newest five-star hotels during the weekend. More than 300 guests, among them local and mainland Chinese celebrities, were rudely
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      Lock icon Engineers’ academy elects 75 as fellows
      783 7  -  They will promote profession and help revive interest in it BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S best minds in engineering and science have been elected as fellows of the prestigious Academy of Engineering. The list of 75 engineering-trained men and women will fly
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      Lock icon Myanmar opposition delays Parliament debut over oath
      429 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YANGON: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) will not make their parliamentary debut today, in the first sign of discord between Myanmar’s newly elected opposition and reformist government. They are not travelling
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      Lock icon Many Asian wives now hold the purse strings
      1239 8  -  As the saying goes, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But when it comes to household finances, Asian couples are often more down-to-earth, as The Straits Times’ correspondents found. BY PAUL ZACH zach@sph.com.sg MR ISMAIL Giu no longer pockets
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      Lock icon President on first state trip – to Vietnam
      370 8 President on first state trip to Vietnam PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam is making his first state visit since being elected last September, with a five-day trip to Vietnam starting today. The visit comes at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who had himself chosen to make his
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      274 7 There's nothing (ikz s«i(inj through 4 Sydney postcard Cve lived here my whole life bat the city still never fails to surprise me. Today it mas picture perfect. We boarded the yacht just after midday and Sydneys beautiful harbour welcomed us with open arms. Trust me. One afternoon here and
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  • WORLD.
    • SEEING RED OVER HIGHWAY TOLLS
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        Lock icon India: Toll attendant killed over 65¢
        958 9  -  BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Young tollbooth attendant Umesh Kant Pandey was only doing his job when he asked motorist Vijay Veer Yadav to pay a toll of 27 rupees (about 65 Singapore cents) in September last year. Minutes later, he
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        Lock icon China: High fees take toll on businesses
        760 9  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG CHINA CORRESPONDENT kianbeng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: For every trip that his drivers make to deliver milk from Beijing to Shanghai, transport company boss Li Qiang charges 7,000 yuan (S$1,400). But the net profit is only 350 yuan, he said. “One third
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      105 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Romney’s tough talk on China sparks concern L Few in China taking Romney’s rhetoric seriously: Experts L IMF raises forecast on global growth More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES
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        Lock icon Private petrol kiosks in China ‘dying out’
        908 10  -  Tough to fight against state giants on uneven playing field: Analysts BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Even as China pledges anew to rein in state capitalism, private enterprises in a key sector are said to be collapsing under the weight of
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        Lock icon Unease amid optimism over Wen’s Iceland visit
        492 10 REUTERS XINHUA REYKJAVIK: Few suspicions are raised by the sight of another geologist pottering around Iceland’s natural wonders of rock, fire and ice unless that geologist is also the Chinese Premier. Mr Wen Jiabao put on his hiking boots and donned a windbreaker
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        Lock icon Beijing, Moscow hold first joint naval exercise
        419 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA BEIJING: China and Russia yesterday launched their first joint naval exercise, which includes war games and comes amid tensions between China and its Asian neighbours over territorial claims. The six days of drills involving navies of the two
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        Lock icon Drills raise confrontation risk: China
        441 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China’s military has warned the United States that US-Philippine military exercises have raised risks of armed confrontation over disputes in the South China Sea, in the toughest high-level warning yet after weeks of tension. China’s official Liberation Army Daily warned last
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        Lock icon Purged leader vilified in media
        801 11 CCP mobilises propaganda machine against Bo NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: Intimidating and courting Chinese journalists, Mr Bo Xilai fuelled his political career by ably shaping his public image and seizing the spotlight in a way no other contemporary Chinese leaders had when he governed the
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        Lock icon After Apple tribute, Coke is it for HK artist
        296 11 HONG KONG: The young Hong Kong artist who struck instant fame by putting a silhouette of late Apple founder Steve Jobs on his company’s logo in tribute has done it again this time by making arms-like the white swirling ribbon that
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        Lock icon Japan’s loans to Myanmar a boost for firms
        597 12  -  Way open to build power plants, vital infrastructure BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Japan’ s decision to resume lowinterest loans to Myanmar opens the way for Japanese companies to help build power plants and other vital infrastructure that the
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        Lock icon Bhoja Air crash: Govt grilled over licence
        400 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s embattled government is facing questions over why it issued a licence last month to Bhoja Air, a small private airline whose aircraft crashed near Islamabad, killing all 127 people on board. The airline lost its licence in
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Asians filling up churches in Australia
        1058 13  -  Those of Asian heritage fill the pews as traditional churchgoers stay away BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Every Sunday, Mr Bernard Wong turns up at a red-brick church near the centre of Sydney, which offers him a choice of services
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        Lock icon Trial of US politician in sex scandal begins
        387 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: John Edwards had it all: money, good looks and a stellar presence in the Democratic Party that included two US presidential bids. Then he cheated on his dying, cancerstricken wife and now faces prison for allegedly using campaign donations
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        Lock icon Interest rate cut may exacerbate India’s ills
        911 14  -  Inflation may worsen even as growth stalls without vital reforms NEWS ANALYSIS BY BHARAT BHUSHAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES bharat.bhushan@mailtoday.in NEW DELHI: India’s central bank, only too aware of the slowing economy, has pressed the accelerator by announcing a surprise 0.5 percentage point
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        Lock icon Bigger role for market to fix yuan rate: China
        428 14 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: China’s decision to widen the yuan’s trading band against the US dollar means investors can play a bigger role in determining the value of the currency, People’s Bank of China deputy governor Yi Gang said. “It’s time to let
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        Lock icon Walmart covered up graft probe in Mexico: Report
        474 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, covered up a probe of its own widespread corporate bribery in Mexico, The New York Times (NYT) reported, citing its own review. Back in September 2005, a highranking company attorney received an e-mail
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon China auto firms to get Honda hybrid car tech
          109 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Honda Motor will provide its core hybrid car technologies to a number of Chinese automakers, eyeing to boost sales in the world’s largest car market, business daily Nikkei reported yesterday. As Honda’s sales in China have long been
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          Lock icon More euro zone jitters as Dutch polls loom
          133 14 NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS: More uncertainty loomed for the euro zone over the weekend after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he expected new elections to take place following the collapse of talks on new austerity measures. The announcement is unwelcome news
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          Lock icon Taiwan property sales fall 39% on luxury tax
          149 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Property sales in Taiwan fell almost 40 per cent in the first quarter of this year to a 10-year low, mainly due to a new “luxury tax” aimed at reining in speculators, the Interior Ministry said. About 64,000 properties
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Watergate convict dies
          75 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Mr Charles Colson, a Watergate scandal conspirator who emerged from prison to become an evangelical Christian leader, died on Saturday. He was 80 years old. Mr Colson, who served seven months in prison for masterminding dirty tricks during the Watergate scandal, died from complications
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          Lock icon Rail crash: Woman dies
          130 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AMSTERDAM: A 68-year-old woman died yesterday of injuries a day after two trains collided head-on near Amsterdam a crash which a top rail official described as one of the worst train disasters in the Netherlands’ recent history. Investigators are probing the cause
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          Lock icon Penang’s new BN chief
          108 15 KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan secretary-general Teng Chang Yeow has been made Penang’s Barisan Nasional (BN) chief with immediate effect, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced yesterday. Mr Teng replaced Dr Koh Tsu Koon who said last November that he would not contest Malaysia’s next general election, reported Malaysian
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          Lock icon Bersih stands its ground
          119 15 KUALA LUMPUR: The Bersih 3.0 rally must be held at Dataran Merdeka as there is too little time to change the venue, the organisers said. Bersih co-chairman Ambiga Sreenevasan told the Malaysian Insider yesterday that the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had “no basis” to reject
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          Lock icon US-Afghan deal finalised
          69 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: President Hamid Karzai’s office says Afghan and US officials have finalised a long-awaited strategic partnership deal. The statement from the President’s office says officials from both sides have initialled the document and it is now ready to be signed by the Afghan and US
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          Lock icon Race for president starts
          73 15 KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEOUL: Mr Kim Moon Soo, governor of Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the South Korean capital Seoul, became the first official candidate for December’s presidential election after declaring his candidacy at a press conference in Seoul yesterday. The 62-year-old two-term governor said he
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        Lock icon Why did the chicken go into space?
        97 15 Camilla the rubber chicken is seen at over 36,576m above California in this Nasa image. During last month’s solar storm, a group of students from Bishop, California, launched a helium balloon which lifted the chicken into space in a study of solar radiation.
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        Lock icon ‘Silent types’ are the worst blind dates
        296 15 SLICEOFLIFE SEOUL: The worst blind date partner is one with little to say, according to a survey by a South Korean social dating service. The next worst is someone who acts snobbish, said respondents to the survey by Seoul-based Echu, the Korea Times
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Keeping volunteer spirit alive in young
      436 16 HOME is to gleaming city as hearth is to civic volunteerism. But when its citizens lack the impulse to support worthy causes and instead prefer to outsource the tasks to agencies, it can be in effect “an impersonal and transactional society with little warmth”,
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      Lock icon Sustaining Myanmar’s reforms
      879 16  -  BY KYAW SAN WAI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer, a Myanmar national, is a researcher at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. MOST European Union sanctions on Myanmar look set to be lifted by this week. During British Prime Minister David Cameron’s
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      Lock icon The rising tide of Asia’s water challenges
      795 16  -  BY BRAHMA CHELLANEY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Bosch Public Policy Fellow with The Transatlantic Academy in Washington, and the author of the recently published Water: Asia’s New Battleground (Georgetown University Press). DAM-BUILDING on shared rivers has emerged as the
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        991 17  -  BY ROBERT SKIDELSKY The writer is a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University. PROJECT SYNDICATE NEARLY four years after the global financial crisis started, many wonder why economic recovery is taking so long. Indeed, its sluggishness
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        889 17  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow in the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. IN THE current sovereignty standoff over Scarborough Shoal, China is challenging the Philippines which has by far the weakest armed forces
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        919 17  -  BY KHOO HOW SAN The writer, a part-time copy editor with The Straits Times, is a former regional security analyst. ROCKET science is actually quite uncomplicated. Seal a long cylinder at the tapered end, fill its insides with some evenly-burning high-thrust chemical and,
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        272 18  -  Francis Chua MUCH of the debate on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Financial Advisory Industry Review (Fair) is on the role of insurance advisers and their intentions when recommending products to clients (“Financial advisory sector faces shake-up”; March 27). That is, are they
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        440 18  -  UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE Tan Suee Chieh Chief Executive NTUC Income WE THANK Mr Aaron Lee for raising the issue of universal health coverage (“Wrong to not insure the unhealthy minority”; last Saturday). He calls it a worthy goal to pursue. To make
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        89 18 “If unhealthy people can get insurance, healthy people will delay getting insured until they become unhealthy. With only unhealthy people in the insurance pool, the system would collapse.” MR CHRISTOPHER GAN: “The major flaw in Mr Aaron Lee’s argument (‘Wrong to not insure the unhealthy minority’; last Saturday) is
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        143 18 “No reported cases of Singaporeans with radiation illness.” MS BEY MUI LENG, Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Health (MOH): “We have received several inquiries regarding radiation-related sickness associated with travel to Japan (‘Does a regulatory body track reported cases in Singapore?’ by Ms Julia Yap; April 14). None
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        276 18  -  Bey Mui Leng (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Health WE REFER to Ms Loo Yoke Chan’s letter (“Senior blindsided by help scheme’s restrictions at private clinic”; April 14) on her uncle’s experience when he sought treatment at a private general
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        77 18 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DAVID LIM: I’m a foreigner but I regard Singapore as home 2 MS HE XIU YUN: Why some kids can’t get 10 hours of sleep 3 MR ALTHAF HUSSAIN: Parents should ensure children get enough sleep 4 MR ADAM REUTENS-TAN: Strong safety
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        231 18  -  Chua Peng Kok Acting Deputy Director, Car Parks Housing Development Board THE majority of our carparks with the electronic parking system allow cars to enter even when the carpark is full (“Electronic parking” by Mr Leong Sze Hian; April 14).
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      94 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L European banker to face sex charge L Morning breakdown on East-West Line L Why was more secure claw design rejected 25 years ago? More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com A second
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      448 2  -  Robbers handcuff him, drive him to Choa Chu Kang and relieve him of his Rolex, jewellery BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg A 77-YEAR-OLD retiree with a penchant for flashy jewellery was robbed and left to find his way out of Choa Chu Kang Cemetery last
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      295 2  -  CAROLYN KHEW PUPILS and staff at Woodgrove Primary School have been screened for tuberculosis (TB), as a teacher there is believed to have been diagnosed with the disease. Those who had been in prolonged and close contact with the affected
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      379 2  -  BY BRYNA SIM LORRY driver Ho Chun Chew was disappointed last year when he was told that his family did not qualify for the Chinese Development Assistance Council’s (CDAC) programmes. His family’s monthly per capita income of $754 exceeded CDAC’s cap of $700.
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      58 3 Vietnamese’ family portrait Ms Jacqueline Cho, 35, her husband Yap Chee Ping, 35, their six-month-old daughter Josephine, and her mum Lim Suak Liok, 65, taking part in the My Family Identity category of a baby show dressed like Vietnamese. They were among 60 families vying in the category at Sengkang
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      544 3  -  Both offer to help connect clients to fibre broadband network to ease delays BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg NETWORK builder OpenNet has rejected M1’s offer again to be its contractor to ease delays in connecting customers to the ultra-fast fibre broadband network.
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      618 4  -  Group to create network of overseas-based citizens willing to open homes to countrymen BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg A GROUP of Singaporean students in London are starting up a “couchsurfing” network of overseas-based Singaporeans who are open to giving visiting fellow Singaporeans a place
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      410 4  -  BY CHERIE THIO VISITORS to the home of Madam Monalisa Hamzahan may be taken aback by the sight of up to four foreign strangers in deep slumber on her couch. These would be just a few of the more than 60 guests she has
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      546 4  -  BY K.C. VIJAYAN A LAWYER was fined $15,000 by the Court of Three Judges last week, in a case that has signalled the court’s preparedness to fine rather than suspend lawyers for misconduct. The case involved Mr John Tay, a lawyer
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      245 4 THE founder of two homegrown companies, an image consultancy and an image certification training centre, has become the first Singaporean elected to the international board of directors of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI). Ms Christina Ong will serve as vice-president
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      529 5  -  Higher frequency to cater to mandatory day off for maids BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg WITH the mandatory weekly day off kicking in for domestic maids here on Jan 1 next year, the Indonesian School here will step up the intensity of the various courses
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        135 5  -  SANDRA DAVIE THE committee studying how to provide more degree opportunities for Singaporeans is visiting the United States this week to look at teaching-oriented, practice-based universities. The delegation comprises Minister of State for Education and Defence Lawrence Wong, who heads the committee, as well
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        97 5 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean is making an official visit to Brunei today his first there as Minister for Home Affairs. During the three-day trip, Mr Teo, who is also the Coordinating Minister for National Security, will call on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and other members
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      498 7 Many of Singapore’s old missions and vernacular schools were built before World War II. Since the 1960s, many have moved out of the city centre into new towns, and their buildings have found new uses. Each school building is a reflection of its culture, and a number
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      136 3 BREAKTHROUGH treatment for KNEE AND BACK PAIN Mdm Julie Chua said goodbye to 4 years of knee and lower back pain in just 3 months. “I had difficulty taking the stairs, I felt unstable on my feet and I couldn’t do my usual activities without serious knee and back pain.”
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      100 6 Two new products from Home-Fix are here to help make every day Earth Day for your homes. The Casabella eclipse range of eco-friendly cleaning tools ($16.90to$59.90)—listedonTIMEmagazine’s“TheGreenDesign 100”in2009—ismadefromrecycledsodabottlesandthebroom bristles are made from fully recycled polypropylene. Its universal lightweight aluminium pole fits a multitude of heads ranging from microfiber
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      670 6  -  travel gadgets and accessories help to make long haul flights a breeze By Lim Yann Ling More people are travelling further for business and for leisure. According to Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), passenger movements for medium/long haul flights at Changi Airport grew at
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      289 6 Auston Institute of Management has moved to a bigger and better-equipped 11,000-sq ft campus at #02-20 Robertson Walk. Along with a new campus, the institute will be offering scholarships to deserving student leaders, more internship programmes for students majoring in hospitality management, as well as new
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      Lock icon A new ramen for every season
      196 6 Consecutive winner of the Tokyo Ishuukan Ramen Championship for the last three years Menya Musashi concept ramen chain has opened their first store in Singapore at Raffles City Shopping Centre #01-16 (Tel: 6336-6500). Unlike a typical ramen chain that sticks to the usual fare
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        49 6 Offering a wide selection of jewellery brands under one roof, Joyalukkas, which has 85 showrooms in nine countries, has opened its first store here at 412 Serangoon Road in Little India next to City Square Mall (nearest MRT: Farrer Road) Visit www. joyalukkas.com or call: 6295-1800.
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        43 6 SpringcoloursFancl’slimitededitionSpringSerenity collection includes lip-gloss in peach gold ($24.50), dual creamy eye colour base in ivory and blue ($28), creamy cheek colour ($35) and gel eyeliner in clear black ($35). Thebrandisknownforits“mutenka” concept that is free from preservatives, harsh additives or artificial colouring.
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        28 6 SleeptightLaneige’s bestselling Water Sleeping Pack_ EX is now available in a limited edition packaging by South Korean illustrator Yeji Yun for $45 at Laneige counters island-wide.
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        49 6 The new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV with 30 per cent higher fuel economy than the global average and a new Kodo design concept for “visual impact that moves the soul” is now available at 315 Alexandra Road for $171,988 with COE. Visit www.mazda. com.sg or call 6603-6118.
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        39 6 Carl’spattyOriginal and Portobello versions of the diner-style Patty Melt, a charbroiled beef patty between sourdough bread, will be available at Carl’s Jr priced from $10.90 to $13.90 till May 31. For outlet locations, visit www. carlsjr.com. sg.
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        48 6 DrinkupBesides a new brand ambassador, Fandi Ahmad, H-TWO-O fans can now celebrate with a chance to win a Suzuki Swift as they enjoy Sparkling or Original H-TWO-O drinks from now till May 30. Entry forms are available at its Orchard Central car display or from www.yeos.com.sg.
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      142 6 Embassy Gardens in London’s New Elms precinct is a new prestigious offering by Britain’s Ballymore Group. Invited guests will have a preview of the units this Thursday at a cocktail event. The first release of about 270 units will be opened to public viewing at St Regis
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      1150 8 United blow two-goal lead at home to Everton; City tame Wolves to close gap to just three points REUTERS LONDON: The English Premier League title race is well and truly on, with next week’s Manchester derby poised to become a winner-takes-all clash. Buoyed by Manchester
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      356 8 LONDON: Manchester United’s preparations for next season could be thrown into disarray. United manager Alex Ferguson could barely contain his frustration on Saturday, when he learnt that a dozen of his players are on standby for the Olympic football tournament. With
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      78 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Bloody battle at the Bridge II L Grudge match L Wigan stun Arsenal to continue great escape Get your free breaking news from ST iPad and iPhone apps. Subscribers have exclusive
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        74 9 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC beat Hougang 1-0 at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night, to give the struggling giants a much-needed boost in football’s S-League. The Warriors have 11 points 10 behind league leaders Balestier Khalsa after nine games, thanks to Mislav Karoglan’s
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        68 9 THE Singapore rugby team have been relegated to Division II of the Asian Five Nations Championship, after losing all three Division I games over the past week. They went down 24-49 to Chinese Taipei on Saturday in Manila, to follow 10-35
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        Lock icon Republic slip one place in Davis Cup
        79 9 SINGAPORE’S men tennis players ended sixth among 10 teams in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV event in Doha. The team of Roy Hobbs, Ng Hao Yuan, Rohan Kamdar and Lee Kai Yi lost 1-2 to Saudi Arabia in the fifth-place play-off
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        42 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund were crowned German football’s league winners for the second consecutive season on Saturday. Their 2-0 home win over Moenchengladbach left them on 75 points, eight clear of Bayern Munich, with two games left.
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        60 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Sanya Richards-Ross posted the fastest women’s 400m time in the world this year on Saturday, as she won the title at the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco, Texas, in 50.18 seconds. Her time was 76-hundredths of a second better
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        58 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Napoli’s Italian Serie A football clash with Novara on Saturday was held up for almost 20 minutes owing to a freak injury to referee Daniele Doveri, who dislocated his shoulder when he awarded a free kick. Play resumed when he
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      535 9 REUTERS MANAMA: The head of Formula One’s governing body was unrepentant about the decision to race in Bahrain and believes the sport will not suffer any lasting damage to its image despite worldwide condemnation. Televised images of streets ablaze, with masked youths
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      Lock icon Nadal finally masters Djokovic
      432 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal won his eighth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title yesterday, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-1 to end a run of seven straight losses to his rival in title matches. The Spaniard was hardly troubled by Djokovic this time and
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      858 9 Vettel leads from pole to flag in Bahrain, but fans stay away ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANAMA (Bahrain): Two-time world champion Sebastian Vettel held off a charging Kimi Raikkonen to win an inci-dent-free Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday, as the race was held without any disruption
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      500 10  -  BY FABIUS CHEN WHEN Singapore last lifted the Malaysia Cup in 1994, Hariss Harun was still just a small boy. Little wonder, then, that prior to this season, the 21-year-old’s knowledge of Malaysian football was obtained by watching YouTube videos of
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      494 10 Barcelona coach admits race for La Liga crown is over after 1-2 loss AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BARCELONA: Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola hailed Real Madrid as the new Spanish Primera Liga champions after his side lost 1-2 to their bitter rivals at the Nou Camp on
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      Lock icon Muamba aims to lace on his boots again
      418 10 REUTERS LONDON: Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba hopes to play football again after his remarkable recovery from an unexplained cardiac arrest. The 24-year-old shocked the football world when he collapsed in an English FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham Hotspur last month. “It would
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      283 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted that his players are feeling the pressure far more than Champions League rivals Newcastle. A 1-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday saw Spurs drop outside the Champions League places for the first time since
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      118 10 Today Basketball NBA: Denver v Orlando (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8am). Cricket 3rd Test: West Indies v Australia, day 1, (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 9.50pm). IPL: Rajasthan v Bangalore (Live, StarHub Ch231,10pm). Tomorrow Basketball NBA: Millwaukee v Toronto (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am). Cricket 3rd Test:
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      74 10 ROBIN VAN PERSIE, the Arsenal striker, insisting that his visit to a London hotel housing Barcelona last week was to meet up with his good friend, Barcelona midfielder
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      668 10 Athletics London Marathon (Ken unless stated) Men: 1 Wilson Kipsang 2hr 4min 44sec. 2 Martin Lel 2:06:50. 3 Tsegaye Kebede (Eth) 2:06:52. Women: 1 Mary Keitany 2:18:37. 2 Edna Kiplagat 2:19:50. 3. Priscah Jeptoo 2:20:14. Badminton Asia Championships In Qingdao, finals (Chn unless noted) Men’s singles: Chen Jin bt
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      694 11  -  STTA insists she’s not in a slump and that rivals’ standards are close BY LESTER WONG qnwong@sph.com.sg FENG Tianwei is not in a slump, the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) insisted yesterday. This, despite the top seed’s shock 8-11, 6-11,11-7, 11-4,11-8, 9-11, 7-11 loss to
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      275 11 PANDAN RESERVOIR L Description: Located in a largely industrial zone in the west. L Distance: One lap is about 6km. L Popular with: Industrial workers, leisure walkers and joggers. In our weekly series on runners in Singapore’s favourite running spots, The Straits Times visited Pandan Reservoir last week and
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      492 11  -  ALVIN CHIA Catherine Fong, 60, retiree Jogs daily, 4km each time “I LOVE going on holidays, and they require a lot of walking. In order to be able to walk at 60 years old, what must you do? I turned 60 this year, and
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      89 11 About 350 children being flagged off by NTUC secretary-general Lim Swee Say (top right) for their 350m Kids Dash at the Run 350 yesterday. Organised by Young NTUC and sponsored by NTUC Income, the eco-race, now into its third edition, attracted 10,000 participants.
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      710 18  -  Most who forfeited option fee bought mass market units BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg BUYERS of 107 new private homes had a change of heart last month and returned their units to developers. The numbers, contained in a report from Goldman Sachs, show
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        626 13  -  Tepid trade in blue chips but eyes on French polls, Fed’s rates-fixing meet MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AS THE last trading week of April kicks off today, investors do not have much of an incentive to load
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          64 13 KOH KIM HUAT: Resigned as chief executive officer and executive director of the company. His last day of service is April 30. From May 1, Mr Tong Kooi Ong, 52, will take over as CEO and redesignated as the executive chairman. Mr Tong is a board member of
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          88 13 ANGIE CHONG BEE NYOK: The chief executive of the company’s subsidiaries in Malaysia will be leaving the FJ Benjamin Group, and her last day of service will be June 30. But she will remain on the Malaysia subsidiaries’ board as a non-executive director. She is leaving to
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          28 13 LEE KOK CHOY: The 52-year-old executive director stepped down from his role due to heavy work load. His last day of service will be April 30.
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          42 13 CECILIA TONG CHIU FAI: The 44-year-old has resigned as chief financial officer. Her last day of service was last Wednesday. In her role, she looked after financial, corporate secretarial, legal and IT functions of the group, and its investor relationship.
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          77 13 LOW YOKE BING: Resigned as the chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from last Saturday. She left to pursue her personal interests. LEE WAN SING: Re-designated as corporate and finance director to oversee the group’s finance functions. These include financial planning and management, corporate finance investment activities and
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          43 13 EVE CHAN BEE LENG: Stepped down as chief financial officer to pursue other career opportunities. The 42-year-old was responsible for the financial and strategic investment functions of K-Reit Asia Management for K-Reit Asia and its subsidiaries. She was appointed in 2010.
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          1146 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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      601 16  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA MR LINUS Goh believes it is very important for a bank to follow its clients on the journey of growing their businesses, and he means this quite literally. OCBC’s global head of enterprise banking said it is common practice for
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      480 17  -  BY YUNITA ONG HELP is now available for Chineseeducated life insurance agents, who struggle to understand some technical terms in English, to help them pass an important industry exam. The Singapore College of Insurance (SCI), which administers the new exam, said the help was
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      312 17  -  BY LO YEE OCBC Bank has come up with a novel new credit card designed to help consumers pay off their purchases over several months and interest free to boot. But consumer groups are warning card users to make sure that they
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      311 1 Sake samurai Coffee champion Reflection of life What Alejandro Mendez thinks of kopi luwak C3 Actors play themselves in Tsai Ming-liang’s Only You Chef Tetsuya Wakuda hosts sake dinner C2 C5 SIGNS OF No Signboard Seafood boss Sam Lim, 35,sina9,500sq has three luxury cars, lives in a 9,500 sq ft
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        898 2  -  An advocate for sake, chef Tetsuya Wakuda tells Life! how the delicate tipple enhances flavours rebecca lynne tan rltan@sph.com.sg Although he was born and raised in Japan, worldrenowned chef Tetsuya Wakuda did not discover sake until much later in life. It was only in Sydney, in his mid-30s,
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        573 2 Associated Press New York Times Los Angeles Mr Rich Ross has resigned as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, following the company’s US$200 million (S$249.8 million) loss on the sciencefiction picture John Carter (right), possibly the biggest ever for a single movie. His
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        1050 3  -  The first Salvadoran world barista champion gets trembly after drinking 18 cups a day during competition training 8QUESTIONSWITH...Alejandro Mendez annabeth leow leowhma@sph.com When Alejandro Mendez walked into Viva Espresso in San Salvador, he knew next to nothing about coffee or that it is one of the first
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        601 3  -  Annabeth Leow Just three months ago, 17-year-old Diyanah Sharif had never drunk coffee before. By last week, though, she had progressed enough in the coffee arts to graduate as a barista-in-training at Smitten Coffee Tea Bar in Robertson Quay. Growing up with divorced parents and
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        2308 4  -  the monday interview with Sam Lim Once too poor to even buy a signboard, Sam Lim’s family hawker business is now a brand- name chain rebecca lynne tan rltan@sph.com.sg As an eight-year-old boy, Sam Lim would take the public bus to school on his own. The
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      918 5  -  Tsai Ming-liang’s three monodramas show what makes his cast tick clarissa oon senior writer clare@sph.com.sg How do you create a play? Well, if you are acclaimed arthouse film director Tsai Ming-liang, you begin by spending an entire month “just talking” to three of your favourite actors.
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      251 5 Associated Press Warsaw A book of poetry by the late Nobel-winning Wislawa Szymborska hit bookstores in Poland last Friday and sold out in several shops. The slim beige hardcover, titled Wystarczy or That’s Enough, was intended by the poet to be her last, as the
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      816 6 International Herald Tribune Beijing The DJ with the bob haircut and sparkling leggings considers the question. She is explaining why, in addition to disco music and vintage clothes, she counts herself a fan of the long-departed Chairman Mao. “Some people say Mao was a punk,”
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      827 7 An unauthorised biography spills the beans on the mogul’s private life and savvy business side Associated Press London He gets colonic irrigations, Botox injections and vitamin drips and insists on black toilet paper in his home. A revealing new biography offers intimate some might say
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      385 7 New York Times Vallejo, California Somewhere in Los Angeles, Paul Thomas Anderson is now finishing his sixth feature film. Fiercely protective of his process, the Oscar-winning director of There Will Be Blood (2007) has declined to speak publicly about the new movie, which is expected
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      100 8 ‘He can be your most frightening nightmare and your closest friend’ Actor Johnny Depp (right) saluting movie mogul Harvey Weinstein ‘I quit acting at least twice a year. I love the craft but not the business end of it’ Actress Kerry Washington (right), who is always
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      435 8  -  Viennese chamber pop group The Philharmonics want their music to be more chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg The Three Tenors brought opera to the world and Australian British string quartet Bond made string ensembles sexy. Now, Viennese chamber pop group The Philharmonics are hoping to make philharmonic orchestrations
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      478 8 Associated Press New York In schools and backyards, for their birthdays and while out with their dads, children are gaga for archery, four weeks into the box-office run of The Hunger Games and less than 100 days before the London Olympics. “All of a sudden,
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      825 9 No more records about failed romances after Little Broken Hearts, says singer Norah Jones New York Times New York At 6pm on a Tuesday last month, the people streaming into the Living Room, a Lower East Side club geared to singer-songwriters, were not there for
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      466 9  -  reviewconcert THE BARTOK SECOND Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday chang tou liang The mere mention of the 20th-century Hungarian composer Bela Bartok still strikes fear in the hearts of potential concertgoers today. Just witness the rows of empty seats at this
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      939 10 Designer Tadashi Shoji who made Octavia Spencer’s Oscar dress tailors for all physiques New York Times New York Designer Tadashi Shoji lovingly clutched a piece of paper to his chest as he gushed: “She signed it for me she is so cute! So sweet!” On it
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      498 10 Associated Press Los Angeles History is littered with murderers inspired by art: Charles Manson believed the lyrics to the Beatles’ Helter Skelter were a prophecy that ignited a killing spree. John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman was obsessed with the book Catcher In The
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        364 12 Agence France-Press Seoul Scores of conservative South Korean Christians will pray together against Lady Gaga’s Seoul concert, organisers say, accusing the American pop star of advocating homosexuality and pornography. She arrived in South Korea last Friday, a week before the performance which kicks off her
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        221 12 Reuters Agence France-Presse London Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb (right) has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has responded to family members at his hospital bedside. The 62-year-old has begun to show signs of recovery and has been
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        175 12 London Actress Carey Mulligan (below) and Mumford Sons frontman Marcus Mumford were married by the groom’s father, a vicar, on a farm in Someret, England, last Friday. Mulligan, 26, and Mumford, 25, were childhood pen pals who reconnected as adults after her split from actor Shia LaBeouf in
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          59 12 Healing Hands star Lawrence Ng says he will return to his former employer TVB for another medical drama next year. Although he does not name the new series on his microblog, he is likely to be referring to the sequel to TVB’s recent
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          93 12 Bert Weedon, a British guitarist whose popular instructional manual Play In A Day taught the instrument to a generation of young hopefuls Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, John Lennon and Paul McCartney died last Friday at his home in Beaconsfield, in the English county of Buckinghamshire.
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          80 12 The Los Angeles police officer who solved the so-called Bling Ring celebrity break-ins case is playing himself in a movie by film-maker Sofia Coppola, says the Los Angeles Times. Veteran offer Brett Goodkin has also been hired as a technical adviser on The Bling
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          45 12 Rocker Ted Nugent has pleaded guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in south-east Alaska in 2009. He made the admission in signing a plea agreement with federal prosecutors that was filed last Friday in United States District Court.
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