The Straits Times, 27 April 2012

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 FRIDAY, APRIL 27 2012 G A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 60 1 THE police have crippled one of the largest illegal moneylending syndicates here with the arrest of 23 suspects in a sting operation which started on Wednesday night. It is the largest loan-shark syndicate smashed in the last three years, involving runners, collectors, bank account holders and even
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    • 64 1 WEEKLY cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) are at their highest since 2008, reaching epidemic levels over the last two months. This year, 13,289 cases have been reported, twice the average number in the same period in the last five years. The Health Ministry
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    • 50 1 MALAYSIA is building a RM1.9 billion (S$773 million) petroleum storage terminal in south-east Johor to compete with Singapore’s facility on Jurong Island. The Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal will be able to store up to 1.3 million cubic m of crude oil. LWORLD PAGE B1
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    • 48 1 RICH punters helped Marina Bay Sands (MBS) achieve its most impressive numbers since opening in Singapore two years ago. Business from these cashed-up punters pushed up the casino operator’s first-quarter operating profits by 66 per cent to US$472.5 million (S$593.4 million). LPRIME PAGE A6
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  • 635 1  -  Ruling could pave way for Gilani to be removed as lawmaker BY SHAHZAD RAZA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES shahzad.raza@gmail.com ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (above right) guilty of contempt in a case that could pave the way for
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  • Article, Illustration
    371 1  -  No jail time for road-rage offender BY ELENA CHONG Additional reporting by Cherie Thio A ROAD-RAGE offender escaped jail after a district judge yesterday exercised judicial mercy and imposed the maximum fine of $5,000 and a one-year driving ban. District Judge May Mesenas took into consideration the exceptional circumstances
    ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW  -  371 words
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    • 202 1 Heritage champions They donate cash and art pieces Designers’ talk Veterans and young ones quiz each other ‘Time for govt help’ Inderjit Singh proposes inflation relief package INSIGHT, PAGES A26 27 LIFE! PAGES D2&3 IN URBAN 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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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 61 2 WE SAY Domestic politics will dominate as Mr Mitt Romney stands against President Barack Obama in this year’s US presidential election. Countries in Asia, however, will be watching the candidates’ foreign policy stances. Ultimately, it is by remaining open that the US will remain powerful,
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      • 24 2 COLUMNS Indonesian television stations run by politically well-connected media tycoons are worrying observers, notes Bruce Gale. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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      • 66 2 MCs a matter of trust OUR READER SAYS Dr David Tan Hsien Yung hopes the Ministry of Manpower will consider removing the need for sick leave to be certified by a doctor. This, he says, would greatly reduce the strain on public resources, freeing up time in the doctors’ consulting
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      • 76 2 IN YESTERDAY’S article, “No scrip dividend scheme for OCBC 2011 final payout”, a wrong word was used in reporting on remarks by OCBC chairman Cheong Choong Kong. We quoted him saying the bank had to be responsible to ensure steady dividend payouts, and that it
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    • 1046 2  -  For more stability, CCP should allow limited election for next leader BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg CHINESE elite politics has often been described as a black box. Few people outside the innermost circle of the Chinese Communist Party
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    • 209 2 irp Marshall Cavendish Education -wr.'. KnESPRpE* 17. In a bag 4:3:5. added. I the total Prob em Sums A MC E In the formula above, if A represents the grade achieved by your child in a particular exam subject, what does 'A/T, 'C' and 'E' stand for? Msm' Answer: MCE
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  • prime.news
    • 609 3  -  It faces charges of illegal deployment of foreign workers BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg NIGHTINGALE Nursing Home, which was investigated last year for the mistreatment of a resident, was slapped with fresh charges of flouting employment laws yesterday. It faces 31 charges of illegal deployment
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    • 370 3  -  TOH YONG CHUAN ALTHOUGH more workers were laid off last year, the job market also grew, bringing the proportion of employees who lost their jobs to an all-time low. Some 9,990 workers were given the pink slip, up slightly from
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    • 551 4  -  BY AMANDA TAN HOME hunters looking to buy a new place in Pasir Ris now have one more option to look at. Today marks the launch of Pasir Ris One, perhaps the last project under the Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) where
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    • 569 4  -  26 complaints lodged with CEA; those who flout rules can face fines BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Daryl Chin and Gan Yu Jia SALES agents who allegedly provided misleading information on industrial properties are being investigated by the Council for Estate
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    • 624 6  -  Flood of wealthy gamblers behind rise but casino not keen on junket operators BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg RICH punters came out in full force to play at the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) gaming tables last quarter, helping the casino achieve its most impressive
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    • 550 8  -  MOM’s new app allows users to easily report problems and send praise BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg MEMBERS of the public are being roped in to spot and report shortfalls in workplace safety and health with a new cellphone application (app) developed by the
      ST PHOTO: MALCOLM MCLEOD  -  550 words
    • 774 8  -  BY JESSICA CHEAM POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT www.facebook.com/cheamjessica WHEN the waters rise and a flash flood threatens, putting its reactions under the spotlight, one of the first things the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) will do is to turn to Facebook
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    • SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS AT A GLANCE
      • Article, Illustration
        132 8 SMARTPHONE APPS myENV 0 0 0 68, downloads since July 2011 Provides information on the environment such as air quality, weather, dengue clusters and gradings of food caterers Users can also send pictures to NEA of environmental lapses NEA Energy Audit 00 6, 8 downloads since March 2012 Estimates
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        140 8 SMARTPHONE APPS iPUBone 00 9, 3 downloads since March 2011 Allows public to snap pictures say, of choked drains, to send to PUB for follow-up FACEBOOK PUB www.facebook.com/PUBsg likes since June 2011 00 2, 2 TWITTER @PUBsingapore followers since June 2011 00 2, 5 Keeps netizens posted on latest
        SOURCES: PUB AND NEA GRAPHICS: LIM KAILI  -  140 words
    • 403 9 REUTERS MYANMAR’S pro-democracy leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, said yesterday that her party’s refusal to take up newly won seats in Parliament was a “technical matter” that could be resolved soon, responding to mounting criticism of her stance on the issue.
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    • 525 9 Washington wants to preserve leverage to push regime on issues such as ethnic violence AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States has ruled out an immediate end to its main sanctions on Myanmar, saying it wanted to preserve leverage to push the regime on
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    • 980 10  -  It is forging closer ties with Asia as an equal partner, says Foreign Secretary BY BEN NADARAJAN ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR benjamin@sph.com.sg BRITAIN will open more embassies in Asia and re-open one in Laos as it beefs up its ties with the region in
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    • 378 10  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH AS A police officer, he was tasked with keeping the public safe from crime. But at night, Mohamed Faisal Mohamed Yusoff turned burglar, making off with cash, jewellery and other valuables. His haul even included a heart rate monitor and $2,000
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    • 112 10 Lance Corporal Md Azmi Wahib (left), 29, showing Assumption Pathway School student Md Nur Razzi (right), 16, how to use a hose and adapt to water pressure during a tour of Changi Airport’s Fire Station 1 yesterday. Changi Airport Group launched the Changi Foundation
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    • 829 12 Bo linked to act viewed as a direct challenge to the central authorities NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: When Mr Hu Jintao, China’s top leader, picked up the telephone last August to talk to a senior anti-corruption official visiting Chongqing, special devices detected that
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    • 691 14  -  He may now take on Prime Minister Noda for the leadership of the ruling party BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Political kingpin Ichiro Ozawa was acquitted yesterday in a political funds violation case, freeing him to make a comeback and challenge
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    • 667 15 Call to put focus back on economic growth, spurred by failure of ‘Merkozy’ measures INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The backlash against austerity is now pushing beyond the streets of Europe. Responding to the anguish of its citizens hurt by government
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    • 363 15 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) is calling on governments to set up a body to manage bank rescues in the euro zone. “In particular, in the euro area, the case for strengthening banking supervision and resolution at
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    • 581 17  -  Concerns over how pay increments are achieved WAGE SHOCK THERAPY BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg THE debate over a prominent economist’s plan to close the wage gap continues to rage, after a major group representing employers criticised the plan by
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    • 717 18  -  Its position in region is unique: US trade official BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is in a unique position to help foster greater trade liberalisation between the various economies in the Asia-Pacific region, a top United States trade official said yesterday. “Because of
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    • 477 19 21-day suspension targets China’s Liaoning province REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Hong Kong yesterday suspended imports of poultry products, including eggs and frozen meat, from China’s north-eastern Liaoning province for 21 days after the authorities there confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu.
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    • 625 20 Some experts concerned these may not engage all of the child’s senses AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with an adult’s iPad and that’s enough to set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 407 22 WITH Republican Mitt Romney almost certain to be nominated his party’s candidate in this year’s US presidential election, the world will watch with interest as the quadrennial battle for the political soul of America is set to begin. Once again, the economy is expected to
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    • 850 22  - It’s a Bentley, it’s corruption it’s a problem BY ANDREW BILLO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is senior programme officer for policy in the Asia Society’s New York Public Programmes office. He previously worked for six years on migration and development issues in South-east Asia and the Middle East.
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    • 786 22  - More TV channels same old political players? MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS BY BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg INDONESIAN television stations run by politically well-connected media tycoons currently control an estimated 70 per cent of audience share. Facts such as these worry observers concerned about the future of
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    • review.
      • 816 23  -  PHRASE-WORTHY BY GERAINT WONG gerwong@sph.com.sg GENDER differences have been in the news lately. First, my colleague Akshita Nanda highlighted how society has different expectations of men and women when it comes to managing work and family. Then, in last week’s issue of Urban featuring make-up
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      • 1825 24  -  This is the first of 12 primers on various current affairs issues, which will be published in the run-up to The Straits Times-Ministry of Education National Current Affairs Quiz. PRIMER BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg L Has sports got too competitive for
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      • 991 25  -  BY JOHN ALLEN PAULOS The writer is professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of Innumeracy and A Mathematician Reads The Newspaper. PROJECT SYNDICATE IT IS difficult to communicate medical risk to a large audience, especially when official recommendations conflict with emotional
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    • review.insight
      • 2571 26  - ‘Made in Singapore inflation Inflation is once again rearing its ugly head. But this recent round could yet be the hardest one to tame. ROBIN CHAN examines why ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Matthias Chew THE inflation monster can be a tough one to slay. Fortunately for Singapore, government
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    • forum.
      • 308 28  -  Claire Chua (Mrs) Director (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore WE REFER to Tuesday’s report (“Retiree’s property tax bill: 1 cent”), which stated that a taxpayer, Mr Steven Ooi, received a letter reporting that the amount he owed was one cent.
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      • Article, Illustration
        83 28 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DANIEL CHAN: $900m is a lot of money, what’s the due diligence process? 2 MS ANNE WONG HOLLOWAY: NUH admin employee made red tape bearable 3 MS LIM POH SUAN: Golden service for silver patients 4 MS JULIANA ANG: Dad recovering well,
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      • 328 28  -  EMPLOYMENT ACT REVIEW Dr David Tan Hsien Yung I AM a doctor in a public primary health-care institution, and am currently on a six-week attachment at a hospital in San Francisco to learn some of their best practices. My hosts here have heard many good
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      • 123 28  -  Jeffrey Law THE police were right in rejecting an application by Malaysians to stage a peaceful sit-in at the Speakers’ Corner tomorrow (“Impasse over Bersih rally site”; yesterday). Allowing such a protest will set a precedent for foreigners to stage simi- lar
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      • 381 28  -  Ng Ya Ken I SHARE the view with many, including Mr Ho Kwon Ping (“Wage fixes need to be sector specific”; Tuesday), who worry that Professor Lim Chong Yah’s proposal may cause too many adverse side effects that will cancel the purpose or
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      • 90 28 LETTERS should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 203 28  -  Ong Wee Yong New York I HAD the opportunity and privilege to attend the recent Singapore Day in New York City, and Singapore Day in London in 2009. I could not help but smile, as I entered Prospect Park and Hampton
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        • 88 28 “What is admirable is the owner’s belief in his intrinsic self-worth, backed by his family’s love and support.” MS HOE CHENG HENG: “I am elated to read that local food outlet Subway Niche won in court (‘Subway Niche boss: Why I fought US giant’; Monday). It is a
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        • 148 28 “I am learning to see my country through the eyes of my expatriate friends.” MS TAN LI QUINNE: “Singapore has been ranked as the best place in Asia to live, work and play. I am learning to see my country through the eyes of my expatriate
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        • 174 28 “An example of volunteerism at its best.” AMBASSADOR K. KESAVAPANY, Governor, Singapore International Foundation: “I am delighted to learn that a group of dedicated volunteers has come together to restore a collection of early 20th century regional maritime artefacts (‘Restoring sea treasures’; Tuesday). This is an example of
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        • 138 28 “I applaud him for remaining professional.” MS JENNIFER LEE: “I compliment the bus driver of SBS Transit service 240 (SBS7728P) for helping a wheelchair-bound commuter board and alight from the bus on April 19 at Lakeside MRT station. The driver appealed to commuters to stop boarding his
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  • WORLD.
    • 778 1  -  But owners stress that it will be complementary to facilities in Singapore BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg PENGERANG (Johor): Malaysia has started building a petroleum storage terminal in south-east Johor, in a project that could become a strong competitor to Singapore’s
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    • 98 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Missing girl Madeleine McCann may be alive: UK police L US struggles to contain mad-cow fallout L Problems of rich world’s young spreading to poorer countries More Forum letters online at
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      • 413 2 XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS QINGDAO: Chinese and Russian warships wrapped up a live ammunition exercise yesterday in the Yellow Sea, as China shot down allegations that the drill is directed at rival claimants to disputed South China Sea islands. Six warships,
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      • 697 2  -  Meant mainly for agriculture and disaster control, it can also be used for defence needs BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: A week after launching a long-range missile capable of hitting much of Europe and Asia, India successfully put into space
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      • 618 3 But Malaysian Home Minister promises thorough investigation KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has denied claims that the organs of three Indonesian workers, who were shot dead by police last month in Port Dickson, were harvested before their bodies were repatriated. Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein,
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        • 812 6  -  BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: It’s lights off when not in use or a NT$10 (43-Singapore cent) fine in Ms Wu Chia-pei’s household, in anticipation of higher electricity fees next month. The stay-at-home mother has also traded in her old refrigerator
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        • 662 6  -  BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President has dispelled uncertainty over whether the restrictions on consumption of subsidised fuel would go ahead, saying plans are ready and will be announced next month. Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono also instructed
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      • 736 7 Opportunities in region and Europe’s woes spur many expats to head for the East AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Whether it’s for business, study or an exotic retirement, the French are flocking to Asia like never before, drawn by economic opportunities that contrast with debt-ridden Europe.
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      • 358 7 HONG KONG: Just two months before his term ends, Chief Executive Donald Tsang is embroiled in yet another controversy over his overseas travels. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported yesterday that the bill for his stay in a Brasilia hotel’s “presidential” suite
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      • 714 8  -  They help develop the economy, create jobs and attract investors BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg HO CHI MINH CITY: Upon approaching the two Vietnam Singapore Industrial Parks (VSIPs) in Binh Duong province, one can immediately see why the southern Vietnamese province values them so highly as
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      • 424 8 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA HONG KONG: A Tibetan youth named by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama but reviled by self-exiled Tibetans as a fake made his first trip outside mainland China yesterday, and spoke at a forum in Hong Kong on
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      • 446 8  -  BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong yesterday wrapped up his five-day trip to the northern Liaoning province with a visit to Changxing Island, China’s sixth-largest island which is being developed into an industrial and tourism area. He attended
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      • 391 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LEIDSCHENDAM (Netherlands): In a historic ruling, an international court has convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity, for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone in return for “blood diamonds”.
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      • 694 10 But he tells inquiry that staff of News of the World kept News Corp bosses in the dark AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has admitted that there was a “cover-up” over phone hacking at Britain’s News of the World tabloid, but tried to
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      • 624 12 China wants to boost trade to $126 billion by 2015, he tells forum REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WARSAW: China is aiming to increase trade with eastern and southern European countries to US$100 billion (S$126 billion) by 2015, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said in Warsaw yesterday.
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      • 536 12 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Quarterly reports from some of Europe’s top banks are showing the scars of the euro zone crisis, with big losses on Spanish property and fragile markets casting a shadow over the rest of the year despite an early investment banking
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      • 773 13 Fed chief and Nobel winner clash over unemployment remedy BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Forget US monetary policy. For the blogosphere, the most entertaining part of the Federal Reserve’s meeting this week was the clash between its chairman Ben Bernanke and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.
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        • 125 13 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s economy grew at its fastest quarterly pace in a year in the first three months of this year as the government ramped up spending and exports rebounded, but the uneven global recovery is keeping the outlook far
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        • 80 13 REUTERS MEXICO CITY: An “indignant” Mexico says it has launched an investigation into allegations that the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc bribed officials to expand its business there, opening a new front to a widening probe of the world’s largest retailer. The
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        • 150 13 REUTERS WASHINGTON: A former Morgan Stanley executive pleaded guilty to conspiring to evade internal controls required by a US anti-bribery law, in a case that underlines the fall of a once high-flying dealmaker for the firm in China. Garth Peterson, who was a
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        • 76 13 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR: Felda Global Ventures Holdings, Malaysia’s biggest plantation company, will sell as many as 2.19 billion shares in an initial public offering in Kuala Lumpur, according to a draft prospectus yesterday. The company plans a listing as early as
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      • 364 14 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/ASSOCIATED PRESS STOCKHOLM: When a 67-year-old retired occupational therapist received an invitation to a formal dinner at Sweden’s government headquarters, she was surprised but dressed up and made her way there. But when Ms Margareta Winberg showed up, her host, Swedish Environment
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 123 14 Singapore and Ireland reaffirmed friendly ties during a short bilateral meeting between their top officials ahead of the 19th Asean-European Union Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) that kicked off yesterday. Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam had a short bilateral meeting with Ireland’s Minister of State
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        • 169 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: Indonesia became the first country to suspend imports of US beef yesterday, following the discovery this week of an American dairy cow infected with mad cow disease. Reaction elsewhere in Asia, however, was muted with no immediate signs that some of the biggest
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        • 135 14 KUALA LUMPUR: A taxi driver who made a British couple pay RM459.20 (S$188) for a RM8 ride was sentenced to a RM1,000 fine or one month in jail after pleading guilty to overcharging. J. Elanggo, 30, was charged with committing the offence in front of the Regency
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        • 98 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND (Virginia): Mr Tareq Salahi, a Virginia vintner who achieved notoriety for crashing a White House party in 2009 and later saw his wife run off with a guitarist for a rock band, now says he will run as a Republican for governor of
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        • 149 14 AGENCE FRANC-PRESSE BEIJING: A Chinese fashion retailer has been forced to pull a line of T-shirts featuring quotes by Premier Wen Jiabao, and might face legal action for the concept because it violated the ban on depicting government leaders in commercial advertisements, state media said yesterday. The
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        • 96 14 NEW YORK TIMES BEIRUT: A large number of Syrian civilians died in a poor neighbourhood of Hama after their houses crashed down on them, but the government and the opposition offered widely different accounts yesterday on the cause of the episode. The opposition activists called
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    • 752 1  -  Current strain is a milder form of the viral disease BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WEEKLY cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) are at their highest since 2008 but the current strain they represent is a milder form of the disease. Last week, 1,394
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    • 105 1 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE HOME STORIES ONLINE L NDP 2012 to have spectacular aerial show and sea salute L Man set neighbour’s Persian cat on fire L Next Miss Universe Singapore could be born a man More Forum letters
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    • 661 2  -  Property execs say it has signalled move to stop publishing cash premiums BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board may be relooking its policy of releasing official cash-over-valuation (COV) figures of resale HDB flats, according to top executives of some property companies. They
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    • 215 2 THE price of town gas is going up for households from next month, after a rise in fuel prices. City Gas, which pipes gas into roughly 50 per cent of households here, said yesterday that the gas tariff for households would be
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    • 555 3  -  600 new scholarships will target students yet to enter the industry BY TAY SUAN CHIANG taysc@sph.com.sg FOR anyone thinking of becoming a childcare teacher, now’s the time to do so. Yesterday, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) said it would commit close
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    • 503 3  -  BY JANICE TAI MORE corporations here are choosing to set up foundations to better channel their giving. The latest to do so is Changi Airport Group, which launched its Changi Foundation yesterday with an initial capital of $1 million. Funds from the foundation will
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    • 391 4  -  BY SELINA LUM WHEN the police found him in the Yishun flat of his lover, Wang Zhijian had shoes on and some belongings packed into two bags. Yesterday, the prosecutor pointed to these as evidence that the 45-year-old Chinese national, who
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    • 378 4  -  FELICIA CHOO RETIREE Yeo Kim Chai has a hearing problem but cost deterred him from seeing a doctor. Yesterday, relief came in the form of a free hearing aid. He and 16 other needy elderly residents received the device during the launch
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    • 496 4  -  This will help counter rising business costs and labour shortage BY JANICE HENG, TOH YONG CHUAN janiceh@sph.com.sg tohyc@sph.com.sg THE president of an employers’ group has urged bosses not to be discouraged by last year’s dip in productivity growth, but to persevere
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    • 778 5  -  3 billion bags used here last year, needing 37m kg of crude oil to make THE GREAT PLASTIC DEBATE BY LEE JIA XIN, GOH SHI TING jxlee@sph.com.sg stgoh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Felicia Choo Miranda Yeo PLASTIC bag production in Singapore has been singled out as
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    • 330 5  -  BY FELICIA CHOO IN 2007, Swedish furniture giant Ikea became the first retailer in Singapore to charge for plastic bags. The move was met with unhappiness from many shoppers, who complained about having to pay for the bags. But five years on, it seems its effort
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    • 202 5 A MOTORIST who failed to notice and then hit a stationary motorcycle at a pedestrian crossing was yesterday jailed for a week for causing the rider’s death. Lim Eng Hwa, 47, was also banned from driving for five years for the accident along Bedok
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    • 519 6  -  Inquiry also hears the customer service teams had no formal training BY MARIA ALMENOAR, ROYSTON SIM mariaa@sph.com.sg roysim@sph.com.sg BACK-UP staff called to help stranded passengers in last December’s MRT breakdowns turned up 11/2 hours late and had no formal training, the Committee
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    • 261 6  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN TRAIN services from Pasir Ris to Tampines on the East-West Line were delayed yesterday for 15 to 20 minutes when a train broke down at around 10am. SMRT told The Straits Times that the train’s pneumatic system had lost pressure, causing
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    • 345 6  -  FIONA LOW THE man accused of the gory murder in which assorted body parts were found at the foot of a block of flats in Jurong will be remanded for another two weeks for a psychiatric assessment. Gabriel Lee Haw Ling, a 37-year-old
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    • 514 7  -  Defence scientists from 6 sites come under one roof BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg THE agency which does research into technology for Singapore’s defence arsenal will move to a new and bigger home in Buona Vista next year. The new campus
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    • 376 7  -  BY JOSE HONG HE WAS found floating near the spot he disappeared at on Tuesday. Yesterday morning, the authorities recovered the body of Myanmar national Maung Zaw Myo Win, off Marina South Pier. Mr Zaw was last seen by his friend, captain
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    • 682 8  -  Engineer a trespasser due to improper entry, so cannot claim damages: Court BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg AN ENGINEER was sent to a shipyard on Tuas Basin Close to service the radar equipment on a tugboat. But Mr See Toh Siew Kee
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    • 483 10  -  Gang said to be linked to more than 200 debtors BY LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg THE police have crippled one of the largest illegal money-lending syndicates here with the arrest of 23 suspects in a sting operation that started on Wednesday night. It is the
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    • 267 10 ELECTRONIC signboards giving real-time traffic updates will be turned on along six busy roads near expressways on May 7. The roads are Woodlands Road, Serangoon Road, Thomson Road, Portsdown Avenue, Orchard Road and Nicoll Highway. The 76 signboards, located at key approaches and connections
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    • 805 11 Underdogs outplay Real and will be handful for Chelsea in final at home THE TIMES, LONDON MADRID: Never write off a German side. Chelsea certainly will not after Bayern Munich earned their place in an unlikely Champions League final, prevailing in a penalty shoot-out on Wednesday after
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    • 88 11 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Chelsea dump holders Barcelona to reach Champions League final L Terry apologises over red card shame L Chelsea await Champions League $90m payday Get your free breaking news from ST iPad
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    • 505 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: In an incredible turn of events few would ever have predicted, the world’s two best footballers fluffed their lines at crucial moments this week to help send Spanish heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona crashing out of the Champions League. After World
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    • 574 12  -  He and Parker predict United, City will share points, to United’s joy BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg ONCE on opposite ends of Manchester United’s famed backline of the past, Denis Irwin and Paul Parker are on the same page when it comes to predicting the
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    • 349 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW: Rangers manager Ally McCoist has condemned “disgusting” threats made to the Scottish Football Association (SFA) judicial panel which imposed a 12-month transfer embargo on the Glasgow football giants. The financial crisis engulfing the 140-year-old Scottish football institution took a sinister twist
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    • 360 12 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Manchester United will be going all out to win at Manchester City in Monday’s pivotal Premier League match even though a draw would be a good result for the visitors, manager Alex Ferguson said yesterday. United go into the
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      • 61 12 SHERIF El-Masri’s goal in the 13th minute gave Courts Young Lions their second straight win in football’s S-League last night. They beat Gombak 1-0 at Jalan Besar to move into 11th place on the 13-team table with seven points, above Geylang and
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      • 51 12 GU JUAN is the only Singaporean shuttler to enter the quarter-finals of badminton’s India Open in New Delhi, after beating the hosts’ Neha Pandit 21-13, 21-10 yesterday. She will play Li Xuerui, China’s second seed, who beat Singapore’s Fu Mingtian 21-19,
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      • 64 12 XINHUA RIO DE JANEIRO: Olympic 50m freestyle champion Cesar Cielo sent a warning to his rivals by clocking the fastest time of the year at an Olympic warm-up event in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. He won the 50m race in 21.38 seconds,
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      • 60 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA: Fifa published a new code of conduct for all football players and officials yesterday, which includes direct orders to reject bribery and corruption in the game. Fifa has sent drafts of the code’s 11 core principles to all 208 football teams
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      • 57 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister has put forward cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar for membership of the Upper House of Parliament. Dr Manmohan Singh has written a letter to President Pratibha Pati recommending the cricketer, 39, be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the
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      • 62 12 BLOOMBERG LONDON: An Englishwoman who died in last weekend’s London Marathon has raised a record £710,000 (S$1.42 million) in donations for a British charity that counsels people with depression. Claire Squires, 30, had set up the fund-raising website before the race. She collapsed and
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      • 104 12 REUTERS TORONTO: The finish area of a World Cup ski cross race that claimed the life of Canadian Nik Zoricic was described as a “death trap” on Wednesday by the skier’s family, who are demanding an independent investigation into his death. The family
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      • 78 12 REUTERS WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s rugby World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw will make his long delayed return to the field following injury on Sunday. He was named on the Canterbury Crusaders’ replacements bench for their Super Rugby clash against the New South Wales Waratahs. The
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    • 636 13 Despite his grand deeds, Abramovich may not make his job permanent THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Even as Chelsea’s players are urging Roman Abramovich to appoint Roberto di Matteo as manager on a permanent basis, there is no certainty that will happen regardless of whether the Blues
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    • 351 13 XINHUA SHENGYANG: Chinese police have denied a claim by Xie Yalong, the country’s former football head, that he had been tortured into confessing to bribe-taking. The 56-year-old Xie, who is currently on trial for 12 counts of bribery worth over 1.7
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      • 578 13  -  I Written by Craig Brennan CONTINGENCY plans have been put in place for Flax to contest the Group 2 $350,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000m tonight. The South African-bred five-year-old was a first-up winner of a 1400m Open Handicap on March 30 but
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      • 353 13 TRACK conditions and the weather are likely to be key ingredients to the outcome of the Group 2 $350,000 Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000m at the Singapore Racecourse tonight. One horse that won't be affected by any sort of weather, or for that
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    • 301 13 LONDON: John Terry is facing further embarrassment this weekend, with Anton Ferdinand (right) having decided that he will not shake hands with Terry before Sunday’s Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The two will face each other for the first time in the
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    • 239 13 ASPIRING football players now have the chance to be trained by coaches from Liverpool. The English Premier League club and electronics retailing giant Courts are organising a series of football camps for players under the age of 16 in Singapore and Malaysia. Four camps will
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    • 302 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI (Kenya): Kenya has left world record-holder Patrick Makau, 27, off its Olympic marathon team as distance running’s dominant country cut a bunch of world-class athletes from its group for London. Makau did not make the final list of three
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    • 631 14  -  Kim Hyo Joo also leads in individual play; S’pore women remain bottom BY LESTER WONG qnwong@sph.com.sg SOUTH Korea’s Kim Hyo Joo torched the Tanah Merah Country Club’s Garden course yesterday, firing a seven-under 65 to take a commanding eight-shot lead in the battle for
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    • 349 14 Today Badminton India Open: Q-finals (Live, StarHub Ch203, 5.30pm). Basketball NBA: Atlanta v Dallas (8am), Sacramento v LA Lakers (10.30am) Live, StarHub Ch216. Cricket 3rd Test: West Indies v Australia, day 5, (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 9.50pm). IPL: Delhi v Mumbai (Live, StarHub Ch231,10pm).
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    • 54 14 METTA WORLD PEACE, the Los Angeles Lakers forward, insisting that he did not mean to elbow Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden on Sunday. World Peace was handed a seven-game
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    • 569 14  -  BY SANJAY NAIR HE IS recognised as the father of physical education in schools and pushed for mass participation sports events in Singapore, but Dr Lau Teng Chuan is now fighting a greater battle in his personal life. The 83-year-old is in deteriorating
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    • 498 14 Badminton India Open In New Delhi, 2nd rd (selected, Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Chen Jin bt Hafiz Hashim (Mas) 21-18 21-15, Peter Hoeg Gade (Den) bt Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) 21-19 22-20, Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Ajay Jayaram (Ind) 21-16 15-21 21-5, Taufik Hidayat (Ina) bt Wang Zhengming
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    • 510 15 Knicks sensation back in training but may still miss 1st-round play-offs AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Jeremy Lin tested his surgical-ly-repaired left knee with shooting and conditioning drills on Wednesday, but it remained unclear if the Knicks sensation would return if New York go
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    • 308 15 LONDON: Sebastian Vettel is back in familiar territory in pole position of the Formula One world title race. But the Red Bull driver has admitted that confidence is not what it used to be. The two-time world champion dominated last season, winning an astonishing 11
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    • 423 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHEFFIELD (England): Ding Junhui criticised fans for shouting during his first-round loss to Ryan Day in the World Championships on Wednesday in the latest British-Chinese controversy to hit the snooker tournament. At 9-6 up, the China star was just one frame
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    • 114 15 SINGLE-DAY Zone 4 Walkabout tickets for September’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will go on sale on Tuesday at 9am. The first 3,000 tickets sold for each day will be priced at $38 (Friday, Sept 21), $108 (Saturday, Sept 22) and $148 (Sunday, Sept 23). Once
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    • 532 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS: Even as the Chicago Bulls wrapped up another impressive victory, the question that has dogged them remained unanswered: Will Derrick Rose be ready for the play-offs after fighting through injuries all season? Rose, last season’s Most Valuable Player, finished with
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  • MONEY.
    • 528 24  -  It tops index on corporate governance for 4th year; firms improve on scores BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S listed firms appear to be paying more heed to transparency and governance, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. This assessment stems
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    • 102 24 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Apple profit climbs to $14.5 billion on iPhone, iPad sales L WalMart shaken by bribery probe, shares plunge L Britain back in recession after shrinking 0.2 per cent in Q1 More
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    • 471 24  -  ANITA GABRIEL But the Government, whose contracts cover about 10 per cent of the cleaning workforce, cannot transform the cleaning and security sectors on its own. “I am urging you (the private sector) to consider adopting best sourcing as part of your corporate
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    • money.markets
      • 515 19  -  Robust US earnings fail to excite local investors busy with penny stocks BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE local bourse continued to move sideways yesterday, as investors were left unimpressed by the robust corporate earnings being announced on Wall Street
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 149 19 YEO Hiap Seng’s (YHS) first-quarter net profit rose by more than eight times to $49.4 million from $6 million a year earlier due to a strong performance by its property division. Revenue for the three months ended on March 31 more than doubled to $219.2 million from
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        • 154 19 YANGZIJIANG Shipbuilding’s first-quarter net profit gained 7 per cent at 1.02 billion yuan (S$201 million) partly due to higher earnings from its investment segment. Revenue in the three months to March 31 also jumped 12 per cent to 3.69 billion yuan. The firm said it delivered 15 vessels
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        • 78 19 MAPLETREE Commercial Trust’s distribution per unit for the fourth quarter rose 18 per cent to 1.55 cents. Net property income in the three months to March 31 increased by 8 per cent to $35.8 million with strong performance from the VivoCity mall. Quarterly earnings per unit came
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          99 19 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.58 billion shares worth $1.12 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 148 Losers: 268 Unchanged: 366 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change -0.14 684.24 -2.08 461.39 0.13 720.83 -9.37 688.07 -0.29 250.93 -0.48 216.68 0.75 209.38 Consumer
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        • 211 19 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,561.83 (+0.82) Tokyo shares ended flat as a sluggish start to the earnings season and wariness ahead of a Bank of Japan meeting dampened sentiment. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,579.69 (+0.34) Malaysian shares ended with little change as investors were sidelined by a
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        • SINGAPORE STOCKS
          • 206 19 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 26, 2012 Top Rises April 26 CENTS DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4349 134.0 2.5 (0) DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 96.8 0.8 CENTS DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2789 28.5 0.8 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ OCBC Bk
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          • 389 19 Top Rises April 26 CENTS DBS RB eCW*****8 33 2.0 6.5 April 26 CENTS SembMar RBeCW*****6 62 1.0 1.6 UOB MB eCW*****02 14.8 1.0 7.2 Bumitama MBeCW*****2 5.6 0.6 12.0 KepCorp MBLeCW*****3 14 0.6 4.5 UOB BP eCW*****3A 7.6 0.6 8.6 GoldenAgr.ES.1205 74.5 0.5 0.7 PSL Hldgs
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          • 48 19 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol JEL Corp 7.8 -4.4 -36.1 468.404.000 353.443.000 345.311.000 194.039.000 94.266.000 86.820.000 73.468.000 By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value Noble Grp 120-5 -1.5 -1.2 66,002,645 GP Hotels 28.5 0.0 0.0 56,427,275 DBS Grp UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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          • 51 19 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY April 26 2012 Selling Buying April 26 2012 Selling 1.317 Buying ....1.255 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ....1.232 Euro 1.683 2.047 ....1.603 ....1.969 NZ dollar 1.042 ....0.993 US dollar 1.261 Source: United Overseas Bank Limited
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          • 61 19 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 179 112.5 CapMallsAsia 155.5 -1.5 4011 158.5 155 1.9
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          • 81 19 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 152.5 cd 1 1053 152.5
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      • 647 20  -  But SGX lawyer argues its letter was addressed to firm and each director CHINA SKY HEARING BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE hearing of a former China Sky Chemical Fibre director’s application to quash a Singapore Exchange (SGX) reprimand against him wrapped up yesterday
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      • 515 20  -  BY GAN YU JIA THE boss of loss-making funeral services firm Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments (APS) has defended its $568 million conditional sale-and-purchase deal with an engineering company. Chief executive and chairman Choo Yeow Ming said the tie-up with Bright Eagle
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      • 84 20 Mr Koji Sekimizu (left), secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), calling on Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday. Mr Teo, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, reaffirmed Singapore’s commitment to the IMO, which has been instrumental in
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    • 397 21  -  BY AARON LOW A BETTER than expected manufacturing output report for last month has boosted hopes that the Government will raise the growth estimates for the first three months of the year. Although manufacturing output fell 3.4 per cent last month over the same month
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    • 537 21  -  Most firms don’t give this factor enough attention when sending candidates overseas, survey shows BY JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg FAMILY issues are a key factor behind an employee failing to come to grips with an overseas assignment, according to a new study. Yet most companies
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    • 324 21  -  BY LENNARD ONG SINGAPOREAN law graduates are being urged to consider a career in the maritime industry. Mr Nicholas Sansom, president of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore, said it offers an entree to a dynamic cluster of international lawyers working in a fast-growing
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    • 440 22  -  BY AMANDA TAN YET another executive condominium, the popular public-private housing hybrid, is being launched, this time in Yishun amid a cluster of private housing. The 99-year leasehold EC, 1 Canberra, is being launched today and property experts expect prices to be reasonable.
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    • 404 22  -  BCA public consultation for Building Maintenance, Strata Management Act starts today BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is conducting a public consultation on the review of an Act which governs the management and maintenance of strata properties. The BCA said
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    • 451 23  -  MAGDALEN NG UNITED Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw (right) thanked shareholders for approving his $2.25 million fees yesterday. He was in fine form as he bantered with the 300 or so investors at the annual general meeting (AGM), telling them:
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    • 503 23  -  Manulife chief’s analogy relates to importing fee-based system for insurance sector here BY MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg IMPOSING a fee-based pay structure from abroad for the local insurance industry would be like putting a car on the moon and wondering why it
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    • 455 23  -  BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER THE Jade Towers residential project in Upper Serangoon has been sold in a collective sale for $106.3 million making it one of the largest en bloc deals inked this year. Roxy Residential, a wholly owned subsidiary of mainboard-listed
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    • 656 1 Chicken rice war Ah-Tai outsells Tian Bumper lists 102 things to do in the weeks ahead StarHub's new reality show American Idol meets Big Brother D10 D4 D8&9 The Patron Of Heritage awards celebrate donors who have given cash and artefacts. Three award recipients tell DEEPIKASHETTY why they donate. Faith
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    • 256 2  -  Wealthy donors step up to help the arts with donations of cash and precious pieces in their private collections deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Forget the usual image of arts donors as deep-pocket-ed corporations. Several unlikely heritage champions are being honoured tonight for their contributions to the National Heritage Board.
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    • 776 2 TOH SOON HUAT, 53 Who: Executive chairman of investment company Novena Foundation Donation: Two elaborate bronze figures of Lord Buddha and the fat monk Phra Sangkachai to the Asian Civilisations Museum Award: Friend of Heritage Award given to donors who have contributed between $50,000 and $149,999
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    • 737 2 HARI HARILELA, 90 Who: Chairman of Harilela Group which owns several hotels managed by hospitality brands such as Holiday Inn in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Penang; Westin in Macau; Quality and Hilton International in Montreal as well as Harilela Foundation which is the charity arm
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    • 598 3 YUTAKA ASAMURA, 80 Who: Stamp collector Donation: Philatelic Collection: Postal History Of Singapore Postal Services From Pre-Adhesive Period To 1960s Award: Friend of Heritage Award Tokyo-based Mr Yutaka Asamura’s interest in stamps started in the 1940s when he was a schoolboy. After World War II, when
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    • 645 4  -  In checks on chicken rice stalls, Ah-Tai has longer queues than Tian Tian kenneth goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg A chicken rice war at Maxwell Road Food Centre broke out this week, as old favourite Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice fought it out with newcomer Ah-Tai Hainanese Chicken Rice, run
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    • 420 4  -  wong ah yoke I have long been a fan of Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice in Maxwell Food Centre, which won a Hawker Masters award given out by The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao last year. So when news broke that its former cook had opened
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    • 744 5  -  His food is about cooking with contradiction, says Dani Garcia who is here for the Gourmet Summit rebecca lynne tan rltan@sph.com.sg Chef Dani Garcia is strongly opposed to having his cuisine described as molecular gastronomy. “I don’t like the word molecular. It is a very
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    • 425 5  -  rebecca lynne tan Celebrity mixologist Javier de las Muelas creates cocktails with a base of more than just spirits. Over the past two years, the 56-year-old, who has been a bartender for half his life, has been using beer as a base instead. Think various pale
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      • 121 6 ‘Voiceover work is a gift from the gods. I must have done something nice, like helped an old lady across the street, in another life’ Chris Rock (right) on voicing a zebra in the animated feature Madagascar 3 ‘When love comes, it’s just like death. You
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        1049 6  -  Enter Catacombs by The Observatory and be drawn into an intellectual and spiritual experience sound bites yeow kai chai kaichai@sph.com.sg Leslie Low has a morbid, no, near-Zen, fascination with worms. In his 2006 solo album Worm, the frontman of defunct indie-rock band Humpback Oak chants about how “Worm
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      • 261 7 Pop quiz: How many local labels can you name? Chances are, you would be able to rattle off more names today than, say, two decades ago. From a handful, such as Celia Loe and Song Kelly in the 1990s, there are now at least 15 rising
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      • short spins
        • 330 7  -  Boon Chan ELLA TO BE Ella Chen HIM International Music As part of Taiwan’s popular girl group S.H.E, Ella Chen (right) has always been cast as the tomboyish one, partly because of her low, alto voice. In her new EP, she ditches that image for edgier looks.
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        • 209 7  -  Chang Tou Liang PETITS-FOURS: FAVOURITE ENCORES Brodsky Quartet Chandos ***** The Britain-based Brodsky Quartet, renowned for their versatility and collaborations with non-classical artists, celebrate their 40th anniversary this year with an album comprising solely encores, short pieces performed at the end of a concert. All of these are
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        • 208 7  -  Chang Tou Liang BRITISH COMPOSERS: ELGAR/STANFORD/PARRY EMI Classics ***** 2 (5 CDs) This box-set brings together the music of three British composers whose lives were inevitably intertwined. Irishman Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) and Hubert Parry (1848-1928) were important musical and academic establishment figures, whose standings in posterity
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          334 7  -  Ong Sor Fern DON’T LOOK BACK Mary Stallings HighNote GIRL TALK Kate McGarry Palmetto Records These two albums make a lovely pair of bookends which capture different approaches to jazz singing. Mary Stallings is the seasoned veteran who has clocked up stints with everyone from vibist Cal Tjader
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      • 959 10  -  StarHub’s first reality singing contest will see 14 finalists living together and competing for a recording contract rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Local cable TV operator StarHub is producing its first reality singing competition, Sunsilk Academy Fantasia, which marries elements from popular reality shows such as American Idol and Big
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      • 369 10 Reuters London British singer Conor Maynard (above) is in his teens, in the British charts with the catchy debut Can’t Say No, is a YouTube success story with his own brand of screaming, die-hard fans. Just do not call him the next Justin Bieber. Comparisons
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    • life!.events
      • 6521 8  -  Compiled by Magdalene Lum art LATIN AMERICAN ART View the paintings and sculptures of celebrated Latin American artists such as Fernando Botero, Federico Uribe, Eduardo Guelfenbein and Diego Masi. Where: Opera Gallery, Ion Orchard, 03-05, 2 Orchard Turn MRT: Orchard When: Today
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        • 85 8 performing arts deepika shetty recommends The power of his music is enough to do the talking. Born into a family with seven generations of qawwals (Qawwali singers), Faiz Ali Khan, who has received training in Hindustani (Northern Indian) classical music and Sufi devotional music, presents his
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        • 122 8 food wong ah yoke recommends The weekend barbecue buffet at the Grand Hyatt’s poolside Oasis is now available every evening. But on weekdays, instead of helping yourself to the meat on the spread, you place your order for items such as chicken wings, beef steaks,
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        • 109 8 music melissa kok recommends A Tel Aviv native who moved to New York to pursue a career in music, singer-songwriter Paula Valstein soon found herself headlining venues and festivals such as The Blue Note, Rockwood Music Hall and the CMJ festival. She clinched best performance honours in
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      • 452 8  - an hour the museum In this weekly column, we visit museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see if you have only an hour to spare. Deepika Shetty New movements and styles in Indian contemporary art can be seen through the works of 13 artists now on show
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        235 9  -  Toh Wen Li “I spend most of my Saturdays at Bobbi’s Pole Studio, where I share dance techniques with fellow teachers in the morning, and conduct two pole-dance lessons in the afternoon. I’ve been teaching pole dancing for two years. Because I am so busy, I skip lunch.
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      • 306 14 Agence France-Presse Taipei A Taiwanese court yesterday handed down a 10-month sentence, suspended for three years, to television star Makiyo for attacking a taxi driver. The Taipei district court found the 27-year-old guilty of common assault rather than aggravated assault, and she received a lighter
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      • 159 14 Reuters Associated Press New York Grammy-winning singer and new mother Beyonce was named the world’s most beautiful woman for this year on Wednesday by People magazine. The 30-year-old topped the magazine’s annual list, after she and her rapper husband Jay-Z welcomed their first child, a daughter named
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    • 603 2  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph. com.sg It is always a thrill to spot a fresh, under-the-radar brand for bragging rights, if nothing else. Fashion is fickle by nature and who, in this era of disposable fashion, has a monogamous relationship with just one brand?
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      857 4  -  In this column which gives tips on maintaining your wardrobe, ROHAIZATUL AZHAR shows you how to rid your favourite clothes of different stains ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg What are some DIY remedies for removing stains and spots from clothes? Most of the time, stains can be removed using everyday
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      • 148 6  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR To mark 30 years of iconic ad campaign images, Guess has launched a special anniversary ad blitz. It stars German supermodel Claudia Schiffer, who made it big as a Guess model more than 20 years ago. Shot in Italy’s Sorrento by celebrity photographer Ellen
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      • 84 6 Nail a killer sense of style with this arm candy from French jeweller jeweller Cartier. The 18-karat yellow gold bangle, which makes its debut here next Wednesday, is part of Cartier’s new Juste Un Clou (“Just A Nail”) collection. It’s not the only lust-worthy piece in the
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        107 6 To mark its 25th birthday, Hong Kong casualwear brand Bossini has tied up with AllRightsReserved, a Hong Kong creative studio, to launch a collection of polo tees. Called Special Edition Ha:ppy Polo Shirt, the 12-piece collection features contrasting colours, sleek collars as well as polo shirts and shirt
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        116 6 N Laline (right), a leading Israeli bath and bodycare brand, has made its debut here. Set up in 1999, it is known for products made with natural ingredients, such as Dead Sea salt, witch hazel and almonds. Available at 02-211 Marina Square, prices range from $6.90 for a
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      • 172 6 N Here’s a fun way of trying out clothes before buying them. To mark the launch of new spring/summer collections of labels available in Raffles City Shopping Centre, the mall has set up two special booths (right) where you can try on outfits you like virtually. The
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        77 6 Play your part for the environment and buy Gap’s latest range of eco-friendly bags. Now in its third year, the 0% Plastic Bag collection (right) offers five designs by home-grown graphic artists Adam Wong, Benjamin Qwek, Sheryo Ang, Anthea Pie and Eman Raharno Jeman. Get the bags, which
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      291 6 Sweethearts, I know I’ve nattered on before about how tiresome front-row seat-hoggers at fashion shows can be. But every runway show is replete with tales of such appalling behaviour, so indulge me yet again, won’t you? It is true that where one sits at a fashion show is
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        298 7  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR shows you how to work this season’s floral prints into your officewear BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROBINSONS ROHAIZATUL AZHAR From today to Sunday, Robinsons card members enjoy 20 per cent off all new arrivals from Jessica, Trucco and Coast. Applicable at all Robinsons stores, including B2-09
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      333 8  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR I’m a male bank executive who wears suits to work. However, I am rather short at 1.7m and some suits make me look stumpy. How can I appear taller? First, ensure your clothes fit right. Without excess fabric, your body will look slimmer and lankier. Otherwise,
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    • 228 8  -  The men may have been the main attraction, but these two stunning women stole the show at the closing gala for Men’s Fashion Week Singapore 2012 at Marina Bay Sands on April 22 IMRAN JALAL Sherry Lim, 35 executive assistant WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? My chiffon and lace
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      214 8  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rounds up the Asian stars who turned heads at recent red-carpet events ROHAIZATUL AZHAR GAO YUANYUAN The 37-year-old Chinese actress rocked a nude lace gown from Alexander McQueen’s resort 2012 collection at the recent Hong Kong Film Awards. We love how she kept everything else simple
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      1117 10  -  A clutch of up-and-cominghome-grown labels is making waves beyond Singapore. But industry players say these young designers still have room for improvement ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg When bag designer Goh Ling Ling, 37, secured her first overseas stockist in 2010 in United Arrows, a multi-label boutique in Tokyo, she
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    • 1607 12 / 13  -  Young designers may be enjoying success now, but there is still much to learn when it comes to surviving the fashion business. For that reason, Urban paired three promising labels with three veteran designers whom we feel share similar sensibilities. We also told each pair to come up
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      1454 14 / 15 Veteran fashion consultant Lionnel Lim (LL) and designer Thomas Wee (TW) critique five promising new labels L’ILE AUX ASHBY Graphic artist Rayson Tan, 27, the designer behind this accessories label, was part of the second Parco Next Next incubator project last year. Known for its edgy acrylic rings
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        1157 16 / 17  -  These casual shoe brands and styles are enjoying new-found fame with fresh designs. IMRAN JALAL does some sole searching IMRAN JALAL UNDERGROUND ENGLAND CREEPERS The thick rubber soles, which are a signature of this brand, are called crepe and were worn by World War II soldiers. The look
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    • 994 18 / 19  -  Making sure Marks Spencer remains relevant is at the top of Mr Jan Heere’s to-do list for the brand’s global expansion. reports ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg He made Spanish high-street chain Zara a household name in Russia within five years, turning it from a poorly performing joint venture
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    • 546 18 / 19  -  IMRAN JALAL takes a look at the milestones of Marks Spencer IMRAN JALAL THE ST MICHAEL CONNECTION Founded by Jewish Polish refugee Michael Marks in 1884, Marks Spencer’s (M&S) first store was at the Kirkgate Market in the city of Leeds in Britain, selling knick-knacks
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    • 915 20  -  What happens when you get tired of a clothing brand or designer? You ditch them. But there is an emotional cost to breaking up with your favourite label, says MARISA MELTZER MARISA MELTZER THE NEW YORK TIMES Ms Cathy Begien estimates she has bought 50
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    • 418 21 Former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld will launch a new magazine and a make-up line with M.A.C Former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld has moved on to a new chapter: She is set to launch a magazine as well as a make-up line with M.A.C Cosmetics this
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    • 689 8 Properties Classification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Landed Homes for Sale 402 D01 -08 City South-West 403 D09-10 Orchard/Tanglin/ Holland 404 Dll &21 Newton/BtTimah/dementi 405 D12-14 Balestier/ MacPherson/ Geylang 406 D15-16 East Coast 407 D17-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris 408 D19-20 Serangoon/Thomson 409 D22-24 West 410 D25-28 North 411 Mixed Districts
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    • 350 8 SENTOSA COVE. 8500 sqft. Awesome unblocked water mouth bay view. Nice interior. 9325-5000 Mike. $15.5M COVE DR Sentosa Just TOP! Pool. 5+1, 7200/ 11,500 sqft. Award architect. Sammi 8488 0440 SENTOSA GCB 5+1. *****/ ***** sqft. Pool. Designer decor. 9177-0189 Ms Goh NEW! SENTOSA COVEWAY Bunglw 8159 sqft Lift. Pool
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    • 342 8 JLN HAJI ALIAS 2½-sty F’hold Bunglw 5+1. Land 9768 sqft. S/pool. neg. KarenKang*****800 DTZ $1160 PSF BASED on builtin. Sixth Ave boutique bunglw 4500/ 7668 sqft. Good buy. Call *****856 HILLTOP RESERVOIR VIEW! *****sqft land to build live your dream hse $1k psf View: RealStar 6100 0080 DALVEY OPEN HSE
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    • 305 8 Hillcrest Villa. Cluster hse. 3100 sqft. 4 rms. 99 years. Vacant or tenanted...$3.39M Illoura. Modern cluster hse. 4+1 study. Vacant....$5.2M Tudor Close. 3-sty modern and beautiful bungalow. 7500 5500 sqft. 5 rms. Lap pool. Freehold......$11.8M Marida Jacobs *****064 CITIPROP PROPERTY MGMT BINJAI PK. 2-STY bunglw. Land 12,200 8000 sqft. F’hold.
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    • 386 8 CHEAPEST! $8.1XM UNIVERSITY 5k/6ksqft 7+1, charming! unblock A1 view, pool renovated Pam *****600 BINJAI PK *****/ 15K sqft Modern Design Lift Pool 7 Ensuite +5. Park 10 cars 9009-6605 Daniel Ling VIEW 2-5PM NEW! Binjai Pk. *****/***** sq.ft. 6+1. Pool. Excellent quality. 10 cars. $3xM. HB *****580 BUILD YOUR DREAM
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    • 422 8 (1) BEST BUY! DETACHED JALAN PARI DEDAP Only $1188 psf. Brand New! 5+1 rm, 5790/ 8514 sqft (2) JALAN HAJI SALAM New detached! 6+1 rm, 5000/ 6526 sqft..........$8M NEW SEMI-D, TOP SOON! (3) Sennett Lane: 5+1 rm, 3494/ 7341 sqft..........$5.6M (4) Siglap Road: 5+1 rm, 3536/ 5300 sqft........$4.9M (5) Jalan
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    • 380 8 Properties m WILKINSON RD. D/STY Semi-D. 5300/ 5000 sqft. 5rms. S/pool. Big carpark. Reno. $7.5M. *****390 PALM RD 3-STY 6+1 Semi-D. 5822/ 5500 sqft. F’hold. Pool. Newly reno. Face E. Rented. $7.5m. *****390 $1.65M MARSHALL LODGE F’hold townhse 3 sty+attic +Basement. 1776sqft. Mins to 112 Katong. *****077 OFF MEYER RD
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    • 294 8 1) 2796/ 4976 SQFT Brand New! Semi-D S’goon Gdns. 999yrs. Warranty. 6 bdrm +Study. Efficient layout. TOP 2nd Qtr 2012. Quiet. 2) 4800/ 2800sqft S/sty Semi-D. 999yrs. 6rms Park 2 cars. 3 yrs reno. Move-in. Call: Erwin 9760-5000 ***BRAND NEW! 9738-1680 A Pair of Semi-D S’goon Gardens 2½sty 6+1+1+Pool Plot
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    • 237 9 2 STY DETACH@ Chartwell 3 yrs old. 4200/ 3800 sqft 4+1. Koi pond, park 3 cars, Resort Style. Bank val $5M NEW LIST! PORTCHESTER 2.5sty inter terr. Designer decor, quality fixtures, 5+1 ensuites. 2160/ 3500 sqft. CORNER TERR@ COWDRAY Modern 2½sty, 5+1 ensuite 3030/ 4300 sqft. Lap pool, resort style.
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    • 217 9 JLN KELICHAP RARE InterTerr 1761/ 2500 sqft. 5rm. Reno. big kitchen. 500m to MRT/ PLMGS/ Maris Stella. THOMSON HILL EST Terr. 2008/ 3400 sqft. $3.28M. A&A in 2006. *****426 www.elaine-tan.com SEMI-D PAYA LEBAR Crest. F’hold 2-sty. 3800/3600 sqft. 6+1 ensuites. MRT/ NEX. Ronnie *****277 AH SOO GARDEN, Land 5038 sqft,
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    • 412 9 TOP SOON! S’GOON Garden brand new 2½-sty semi-d. 6+1-rm ensuite, roof terr, pk 2 cars. Annie *****279 VIEW 2-5PM 20 Tavistock Ave 2.5-sty corner terr 2160/3600sqft 4+1 ensuite Sale/Rent. Jas 8100 0086 MODERN 2.5-STY SEMI-D hilltop of S’goon Gdn 2800 /4700 sqft. 5+1 ensuite. Ben 8100-0055 GPS 2.5-STY DESIGNER SEMI-D
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    • 244 9 MANDAI GDN, 3STY InterTerr 1950/ 3900 sqft. 4rm. 2yr. nice reno. Pool, greenery amenity $2.65M only **3450/2500 SQFT F’HOLD 2-sty Semi-D off Gerald Dr. No noon sun. Nice reno. Move-in. Erwin 9760 5000 ALMOST SOLD! CHEAPEST Semi-d Jln Kasau, 3271 sqft. S-sty. Balinese reno. Sell below value. Hurry!! SEMI-D SEMBAWANG
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    • 843 9 IHJ D01-08City #lfl D01-08City UfiV South-West HiI South-West Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Call William Hong *****911 CBREl Associates CEA R*****3G Agency Licence No.: L*****08E Spottiswoode 18. Freehold 36-storey Iconic Tower Full facilities incl. 2 pools/ 2 sky terrace/ tennis ct Mins to Outram MRT/ Future waterfront
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    • 390 9 PEARL BANK. 2-RM. 1324 sqft. Vacant. Nice. New 3-rm 1755/ 1830 sqft. High yield. High flr. Must view! LAUNCHING SOON! V on Shenton, 1/1+1/ 2/ 2+1/ 3/ penthses. CBD area. Call *****138 Winson CBRE BOTANNIA! CHOICE Unit! 4 Bdrm,High flr, Bright, Shut tle Bus. 1km Nan Hua. Sole Agt Jaime
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    • 418 9 ENG WATT ST Open House Sun 3-5pm. 1163 sqft. #02. Rare big layout www.Tiong Bahru.sg *****001 Alvin D.05 PASIR VIEW Pk. #02. Sell w tenancy $4500 till May 2014. #01, 3+1, 1335 sqft. F’hold Jane *****322 MT FABER LODGE F’hold. 2465sqft 3+1. F/facilities Near CBD. Asking $2.78M neg. 9100-5058 Kee
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    • 512 9 ûThe VERV RVû IMMED OCCUPANCY ù TOP project ù High commission to agt ù Star Buy units avail! Benjamin Tan 9101-8004 Global Property: L*****61F CEA Regn: R*****3Z Powerful Negotiators We advertise 4x weekly Sophia Res 614sqft... $1.32m Pier@Robertson. 1 rm$1.43m Paterson Res 1313sft$3.35m CasaBella 1313sqft $1600psf Inspira 1216sqft......$1750psf Holland Ct
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    • 1434 10 ffll Dll &21 Newton/ Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi Bt Timah/ Clementi Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/Clementi Bt Timah/ Clementi Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Dll &21 Newton/ Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi Bt
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    • 186 10 MONTEBLEU-RARE! 3BDRM 1755 sqft. $1500psf only. F’hold. Custom design by architect. Spacious green views. 10mins Novena MRT Call/sms forappt *****657 F’HOLD!! 8 BASSEIN at Novena MRT, near amenities. Show-flat open tomorrow fr 10am-10pm. Preview by appt only! Call 9687-8488 PANDAN VALLEY CONDO Blk 4. 3+1 (2 ensuites). 1625 sq ft.
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    • 201 10 PINE GROVE 3+1 1755 sq.ft. High/lift level. Orig Face N, unblock $1.56m *****872 PAVILLION 11. F’HOLD 1485 sqft, Panoramic view. Mid flr. MRT. 9108 6993 Winnie GENUINE SELLER! SIGNATURE Pk F’hold 2rm. 1044 sqft $946psf. *****666 AMARYLLIS VILLE 958 SQFT Suffolk Premier 1001 sqft MRT. Wong SE 9322 8817 VaCanza
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    • 306 11 EIGHT RIVERSUITES Best Panoramic view city fringe. Orchard Rd CBD Marina Bay. Walk to MRT. CHRISTINE SNG: 9851-0739. Eight Riversuites.MRT/City /good local, int’l schs.Facilities.Good rental potential! CRADELS F’HOLD. 1-BDRM fr. $6xxK. Whampoa mkt, 24-hr NTUC, City fringe. *****863 Timothy HTNS URBAN HERITAGE Balestier. F’hold Open for booking great return yield,
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    • 423 11 TREVISTA. JUST TOP! 2+1, 861 sqft. High flr. Unblock view. Good layout. MRT. Jimmy Lee *****410 DTZ WATERBANK DAKOTA, Fr $1.5M, 3-rms, 1152 sqft. MRT/ amenities. Mins to city. Sammi 8488 0440 VISTA RES 4-BDRM, 1281 sqft. High flr. TOP 2013/ Trellis Tower 1647 sqft 4bdrm. Teressa *****685 ***EIGHT RIVERSUITE.
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    • 905 11 Clarke Quay Branch SMS *****557/*****998 CANNAVILLE F’HOLD. 1313 sqft. 3 bdrms. Renovated. 1km to Tao Nan. En-bloc potential. Jos 9046-4332 AQUENE T Kurau. F’hold. 2 bdrms. 753 sqft. Reno. Well maintained. Move-in. Ask $930K. Serious Seller. THE PROMINENCE@HAIG RD 1313/1367sqft patio, 1950 sqft Penthse View Sat 11am -12pm. KF Chan
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    • 413 11 Watercolours Executive Condominium Along Pasir Ris Drive 4 Sole Marketing Agency Open for E-Application 1 st 7 th May 2012 9am 9pm CEA Licence No. L*****61F For more details, please call Anthony Yap 8228 2882 CEA Reg. No. R*****2B THE AMERY T Kurau Rare 3+1. 1389 sqft. Quiet facing No
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    • 640 11 CEA No R*****4J 1 No Resale levy for 2nd timer Income ceiling raised to I1P3 $12,000... MIeihti* GPS Lie; L*****61F Hurry!!! register your interest now!!! Joelle Lim Tel: 8112 8898/*****122 NEW LIST! MELVILLE Pk 2rms, 936 sqft. Mid flr. Quiet, windy, well kept. Asking $760k. *****892 James PINEVALE TAMPINES, 3+1,
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    • 313 11 **MY MANHATTTAN. NEW released! 1/2/3/4/Dual Key TOP ’14. MRT/ Mall. Stamp duty rebate for 1st 30 units FERRARIA PARK. F’HOLD. 3+1+1. 1324 sqft. Face pool. Reno. Jenny *****869 PN LOYANG VALLEY 1582 sq.ft. 2-rms. Balcony. $950K. Shirley Wong *****253 FERRARIA PK 3+1, 1378 sqft F’hold High flr. reno full facilities.
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    • 392 11 AMAZING! BEST VALUE Thomson Grand last 6units only. Hurry Hurry. Don’t miss it! Linda 9830-2929 AMK CENTRO ONLY $1500 Psf. 2+1 City view. Prestige Finish. TOP soon. Best stack. *****909 Lee Y.H. MINTON GROUND FLR lover. 1808 sqft, 3bdrm, 2 patio. Good layout.NS facing. Below $850 psf. Don’t miss! THE
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    • 604 12 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale FLO RESIDENCE PUNGGOL qjP NEW LAUNCH WIP PREVIEW si s J^Si g r tosell! 2 bdrms $G20K onwards ELENA *****196/*****008 R*****5F L*****931 FLO RESIDENCE PUNGGOL AK NEW LAUNCH WIP PREVIEW Vv S .1 I r tosell! 2 bdrms
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    • 291 12 3-RM BLK 37 Jln Rumah Tinggi.Mid flr, reno, bright. Unblocked NS facing. Move in. Call Irene 9798-0384 BLK 4A BOON Tiong Road. 5-rm. Mid flr. Unblock. NS MRT. Val. Yeoh *****888 RARE! CORNER 4’NG’ High flr T Blangah 61, upgraded. Move in. *****070 WWH 3I+UTILITY 129 Bt Merah, high flr,
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    • 535 12 OPENHSE SUN 4-5pm. 5’I’ Blk 39 Cambridge Rd, 120 sqm, lift level, corner. No noon sun. Val $620k. Low COV. Johnny *****315 2’S’+UNITILTY RARE BLK 8 Selegie Mid flr. MRT/ Mall/ food ctr. Val. $270k Call Serene Teo 9005-7059 BLK 517, HIGH Flr, Corner. PR welcome, Renovated. 5’I’, 3+Study, Amenities.
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    • 430 12 RARE! 3’S’ BLK 45 Circuit Rd, ground flr with rear access. 52 sqm. Ask $280K. Grab now! 9875-1882 Ivan 4’A1’ BLK 56 Cassia Cres. 102 sqm. Above #05. Unblock. Reno. Move-in. Valued $568K All races/ PR. 4’A’ BLK 43 Sims Dr. Mid flr Lift upgraded. Valued.MRT Chinese ratio filled, allrace
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    • 464 13 5RM 984D BUANGKOK Link Val $480k. Designer Deco Move in condition. Quite. Corner. 8448-4408 Felix **PROPERTY ELITES DIV. Nice 4’A’ Blk 450. High flr MRT/Mall. Eric 9818-1929 RARE! EM 639 Renovated. 154 sqm. Spacious. Valued. Ms Chan *****016 3NG 247 HOUGANG Ave 3 high flr,unblock. Val $315K reno. *****164 Eastview
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    • 425 13 5I BLK 625 Pioneer Mrt. Dr-SE. Corner Val $465K. Mid flr.Sandy *****741 RC 5RM CORNER JURONG W 911 High flr. Huge! With recess. V$415K. Riyan 9451 2090 JLN BATU 3-RM Utility. Gr -ound flr, recess area. Near city. Enbloc potential. Vie -w to offer! Alvin *****127 RARE HDB TERR. Blk
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    • 406 13 105B 5’I’ 110 sqm. Ask $560k. High floor. PR/ All races eligible. View Sat. 46pm. Call Dias *****124 163A PUNGGOL CTRL, 114 sq m, high flr, unblock, move in, val $540K, ask $582K View sat, sun. *****778 4A CORNER 161A. 95 sqm. Premium high flr, new cond. Gdn view, quiet,
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    • 418 13 BLK 313 5-RM Sembawang Dr. Val $445k. Condo layout. Mid flr. 9675-5995 5’I’ BLK 469B, mid flr, val $418K, unblocked. Reno. low MRT. 9783-3953 LOW CASH! 5’I’ Corner 319B #1x. MRT. Val about $530k 5-RM Design Built 314A. Corner. Owner Migrating!! Value $490K. 9072-4046 www.johnleeproperty.com OPEN HSE 3-5PM. EA Blk
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