The Straits Times, 17 July 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013 118 PAGES IN SIX PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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    Lock icon TEARFUL SEND-OFF
    87 1 The victims of last week’s double murder in Kovan were given a final send-off yesterday, a day after the policeman accused of the crime was charged in court. The hearses bearing the bodies of Mr Tan Boon Sin, 66, and Mr Tan Chee Heong, 42, made their way
    ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  87 words
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    Lock icon Legal obstacle to sharing of maps to fight haze
    521 1  -  Concerns from Jakarta, KL could stymie one key proposal at meeting By ELGIN TOH IN KUALA LUMPUR elgintoh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Feng Zengkun in Singapore AS ASEAN environment ministers gather here today to hammer out a solution to the annual haze,
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    Lock icon Higher fixed rates for home loans
    529 1  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg HOME buyers seeking fixed interest loans to cushion themselves from the effect of an expected rise in global interest rates will find that some banks have already hiked their offers. On Monday, Maybank raised its three-year fixed rate for a
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    Lock icon Brother’s old school ties snag sis a spot
    99 1 SALONI Sinha (right), six, will start Primary 1 next year at Henry Park Primary School thanks to her brother Divyaansh Sinha (far right), 13. She snared a coveted spot at the Bukit Timah school, which had all but nine of its Primary
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Local banks in sound financial health, says MAS
      546 2 / 3  -  Average credit ratings highest among banking systems globally: Regulator By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S banks are in good health despite a move by Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade the banking system’s outlook on Monday. The reassurance has come from the Monetary Authority
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      Lock icon Prices of some fish set to rise after KL export ban
      929 2 / 3  -  Malaysia won’t be supplying five types of fish for two months By JESSICA LIM CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT limjess@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Linette Lai Wednesday are: Indian mackerel (kembung), short bodied mackerel (pelaling), hardtail scad (cencaru), round scad (selayang) and one
      Sources: FISH MERCHANTS’ GENERAL ASSOCIATION and the AGRI-FOOD AND VETERINARY AUTHORITY; ST GRAPHICS PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG  -  929 words
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      Lock icon Traffic offences by heavy-vehicle drivers up 16%
      538 2 / 3  -  By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg MORE heavy-vehicle drivers seem to be getting reckless on Singapore’s roads. Latest Traffic Police statistics revealed to The Straits Times show that the number of traffic violations committed by them has risen by 15.6 per cent in the past
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Map issue obscures haze fix
        49 4 A STUMBLING block has emerged as Asean environment ministers meet in Kuala Lumpur today to discuss the haze problem. Indonesian and Malaysian officials say their countries’ laws may prohibit the sharing of maps key to pinpointing those who burn land illegally. TOP NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Murderer escapes gallows
        36 4 A CONSTRUCTION worker who killed a security guard during a robbery yesterday became the first convicted murderer here to be sentenced to life imprisonment instead of a mandatory death penalty. TOP NEWS A8
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Museum full of fakes
          69 4 THE Chinese authorities have shut down a museum in Hebei province for brazenly displaying fake items such as exhibits “signed” by an emperor in the 27th BC in modern, simplified Chinese. A local Communist Party boss, who had curated the collection, is being investigated. PAGE A10
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        • Article
          Lock icon ‘Missile’ cargo on ship
          58 4 THE Panama authorities boarded a North Korean vessel in its waters on suspicion that it was carrying drugs and found instead what appeared to be missile material. Panicked as police began a search of the vessel, the ship’s captain tried to commit suicide and crew members
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          Lock icon Beijing rep reaches out
          50 4 CHINA’S top representative in Hong Kong, liaison office head Zhang Xiaoming (right), has held unprecedent- ed talks with local legislators as calls grow for faster political reform on the island. Mr Zhang said he believes the meeting is merely the start of more dialogue. PAGE A13
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        Lock icon RECOGNISING FACTS IN TODD CASE
        59 4 The coroner’s verdict should ordinarily help bring closure to the family of victims of a sad occurrence. But in the suicide of Dr Shane Todd, this might not be the case if his parents persist in conspiracy beliefs in the face of incontrovertible facts established
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Room for spillage?
          34 4 THE new guidelines for riverside dining along the Singapore River could zap the very energy that planners had successfully infused into its banks, writes Food Editor Tan Hsueh Yun. PAGE A26
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Referee denies fixing
          80 4 A FOOTBALL referee jailed for accepting sexual favours in return for match-fixing testified yesterday that he had worked hard to get where he was and had never rigged a game. Ali Sabbagh, 34, was speaking as a prosecution witness at the trial of 31-year-old Eric Ding Si
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      • MONEY
        • Article
          Lock icon Tampines hot property
          29 4 A FIERCELY-FOUGHT tender involving 10 developers for a residential plot at Tampines Avenue 10 has ended with a higher-than-expected top bid of $289.7 million. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
        • Article
          Lock icon No early tee-off
          67 4 WORLD No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods was barred from teeing off at his British Open practice round on Monday morning, when he attempted to make his traditional early start. About to tee off on the 10th hole at around 6.50am, the American was told by a security
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          Lock icon Finger pointed at trainer
          44 4 A DAY after two top Jamaican sprinters, Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, acknowledged that they had tested positive for a banned stimulant, their agent Paul Doyle blamed the test result on a Canadian trainer working with the team. PAGE B21
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Cause of death unclear
          79 4 THE cause of Glee actor Cory Monteith’s death in a hotel last Saturday remained unclear on Monday. But Vancouver police Sergeant Randy Fincham said there was nothing to indicate the death was due to illicit drug use. The police also ruled out foul play. He was
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          Lock icon Orchestra to tour China
          95 4 THE Singapore Chinese Orchestra will take Singapore music on a tour of China next May. The tour is expected to cost the orchestra upwards of $250,0 00. A month later, it will bring together more than 2,400 musicians and singers for a giant performance, Our People,
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            Lock icon The fuzzy China Dream
            76 4 THE “China Dream” is President Xi Jinping’s slogan during his time at the helm of the world’s most populous nation. But the concept is broad and vague, and can definitely be made more believable with concrete ideas and policies, says ST’s Esther Teo in her blog.
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          • Article
            Lock icon Kovan double murder
            31 4 GET up to speed on the latest developments of the Kovan double murder in The Big Story. An interactive timeline offers a quick summary of events. www.straitstimes.com/ kovan_double_deaths
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            Lock icon Mad about minions
            62 4 FROM manicures to birthday cakes, the yellow, pill-shaped creatures which spew gobbledy-gook from the Despicable Me movies are the fad du jour and savvy retailers are cashing in on the trend, giggling all the way to the bank. Ka-ching! stcommunities.sg Student Carles Thio, 20, had her nails
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            Lock icon New coins put to test
            59 4 A FIFTY-CENT coin the size of the old one dollar, and a dollar coin that looks like two coins stacked on top of one another. Are these new Singapore coins compatible with old coin-operated machines? RazorTV finds out. RazorTV checks out compatibility of some coins
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          • Article
            Lock icon Hello Kitty bento
            32 4 IS THAT Hello Kitty craze still lingering? Learn how to make your very own Hello Kitty bento from the expert. It is easier than you think, plus no queues.
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          Lock icon What it should have been
          75 4 MONDAY’S report, “Channelling frustration into funds”, stated that artist Thomas Yeo’s fund-raising exhibition for The Substation in 2007 raised $50,000 when it was, in fact, $98,500. The Substation provided the wrong information. YESTERDAY’S report, “S’pore retail sales reverse decline with 3.2% rise in May”, stated
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      Lock icon Victims’ family bids emotional farewell
      539 6  -  More than 100 relatives and friends gather to say goodbye to the 2 men By AMELIA TAN, PRISCILLA GOY ameltan@sph.com.sg goyshiyi@sph.com.sg AS THE coffins carrying his father and brother were pushed into the cremation chambers yesterday, Mr Tan Chee Wee made them a solemn promise.
      ST PHOTOS: CAROLINE CHIA, KUA CHEE SIONG  -  539 words
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      Lock icon Murderer escapes death sentence
      578 8  -  Man jailed for life after discretion allowed in capital punishment cases By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A 23-YEAR-OLD Malaysian man yesterday became the first convicted murderer in Singapore to be sentenced to life imprisonment instead of a mandatory death penalty. This follows changes made to the law
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      Lock icon Alert! Shut down mobile devices in train stations
      611 8  -  By JULIAN RYALL FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN TOKYO jryall2@hotmail.com JAPAN’S railway operators have launched a campaign to stop people from using smartphones or other mobile devices in stations due to an upsurge in accidents caused by inattentive travellers. In the most
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      Lock icon Escaped terrorists ‘may plan attacks’
      659 8  -  By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg INDONESIA has issued photos of four terrorist inmates who fled a Medan prison during a riot and ensuing blaze last week, as its National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) chief warns they will likely renew contact with their
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    • Article
      Lock icon DBS card holders can get cash at 7-Eleven
      441 8  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg DBS and POSB account holders shopping at 7-Eleven stores can now withdraw cash over the counter as they pay for their items. Customers with a debit, credit or ATM card linked to a savings account at either bank
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      Lock icon Myanmar ‘to free all political prisoners’
      578 9 Thein Sein pledges to do so by end of the year AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES LONDON Myanmar President Thein Sein has said that all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: DEMOTIX  -  578 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Stock exchange to open by early 2014
      418 9  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN YANGON nirmal@sph.com.sg MYANMAR will set up its first-ev-er stock exchange by early next year much sooner than expected a job described by its deputy finance minister as “herculean” but most critical in terms of unlocking capital
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China’s ‘museum of fakes’ shut down
      633 10 40,000 fake items costing as little as $20 passed off as originals BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Chinese authorities forced the closure of a museum curated by a local Communist Party boss in northern China after determining that almost all the items on display were
      BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: SINA WEIBO  -  633 words
    • ASIA
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        Lock icon N. Korean ship with ‘missile materials’ seized
        536 11 Captain attempts suicide, crew riot as Panama police board vessel AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PANAMA CITY Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli said a North Korean ship captain tried to kill himself after the vessel was stopped en route from Cuba and found to have suspected missile
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  536 words
      • Article
        Lock icon S. Korea accuses North of hacking into govt websites
        300 11 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea yesterday accused North Korea of mounting cyber attacks on the websites of its presidential office and other government agencies, saying it had identified signature malicious computer codes and an Internet address. The attacks took place
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon MAKING A SPLASH FOR MAO
        71 12 A man with a badge of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong taking part in an event to swim across the Yangtze river in Wuhan, Hubei province, yesterday. Mao, known widely as a swimming fan, was reported to have gone for his last swim in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Asiana to boost pilot training after crash
        522 12 Enhanced visual landing programme for all its pilots NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG REUTERS SEOUL Asiana Airlines of South Korea said it would increase training for its pilots after the crash of one of its Boeing 777 jets at San Francisco International Airport, while
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      • Article
        Lock icon Singaporean wanted for murder nabbed in Johor
        135 12 JOHOR BARU A man wanted for a murder in Singapore more than 10 years ago was nabbed in Johor and handed over to Singapore police yesterday. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the 60-year-old Singaporean man was arrested by their Malaysian counterparts on
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        Lock icon Top China official meets HK legislators
        491 13 Pro-democrats walk out of unprecedented meeting after voicing their protests AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG China’s top representative in Hong Kong held unprecedented talks with local legislators yesterday, two weeks after tens of thousands of protesters denounced the slow pace of political
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: XINHUA  -  491 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Ex-PM to sue Abe for defamation
        277 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO Mr Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister at the time of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, said yesterday he would sue current Premier Shinzo Abe for defamation over an article criticising emergency operations he supervised during the crisis. Mr Kan, now
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        Lock icon Jakarta has to tackle haze ‘on three fronts’
        687 16  -  Officials call for a single map, clear laws, carrot and stick approach By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIAN CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg AS MINISTERS from five Asean countries prepare to meet today to discuss the haze issue, Indonesian officials and forest campaigners say Jakarta
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon 2 dead as police fire on protesters
          67 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Police fired on demonstrators in southwest Bangladesh, killing two, as protesters went on a rampage over the conviction of an Islamist leader for war crimes. Islamists and secular groups called rival strikes over the conviction and sentence of 90-year-old Ghulam
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          Lock icon Ban on dance bars overturned
          69 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI India’s top court yesterday overturned a ban on dance bars in Mumbai, allowing hundreds of premises which hired women to dance and entertain customers to reopen. The ruling upheld a 2006 judgment by the Bombay High Court, which said the ban
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          Lock icon Sex bloggers face arrest
          70 16 KUALA LUMPUR Sex bloggers Vivian Lee and Alvin Tan could be facing a more serious charge of causing disharmony, disunity and hatred on grounds of religion, which could see them jailed for between two and four years, according to the Malaysian Insider website. It said both
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        Lock icon Debate on Islamic studies in varsities
        570 17  -  Module to be made compulsory for locals in Malaysia’s private unis By SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg A MOVE to make Islamic and Asian Civilisation Studies compulsory for students at Malaysian private universities has triggered a fierce debate, with the government being accused of
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        Lock icon Vatican envoy denies meddling in ‘Allah’ spat
        154 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR The first Vatican ambassador to Malaysia has denied interfering in a legal battle over the use of the word “Allah” to refer to the Christian God. Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Anifah Aman met Archbishop Joseph Marino yesterday after the latter
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        Lock icon CUSTOMISED FOR HARI RAYA
        65 17 Customised Hari Raya money packets are in this year with more people choosing to have photos of their family members printed on the packets, or coming up with their own designs. Colours other than the usual green are also popular. Designer Seri Rahayu Othman, 28, said
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        Lock icon Military ties with China collegial: US commander
        523 18 He rejects Cold War comparisons and calls for ‘thoughtful’ diplomacy AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY The United States’ top naval commander in Asia described military relations with China as collegial and rejected Cold War comparisons, urging “methodical and thoughtful” diplomacy in the region. Vice-Admiral Scott
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      • Article
        Lock icon US and Philippines widen military talks
        331 18 REUTERS MANILA Washington and Manila have expanded talks on military cooperation to include possible United States funding to build facilities and the storage of US humanitarian relief supplies, the Philippine envoy to the US, Mr Jose Cuisia, said yesterday. The wider scope of the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Disputed isles: UN tribunal probes Manila’s complaint
        174 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA A United Nations arbitration tribunal has convened in The Hague to look into a complaint lodged by the Philippine government questioning the legality of China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea. The five-member tribunal under the UN Convention on
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      Lock icon Russia holds massive drill in show of force
      492 19 160,000 troops, 130 aircraft, 70 ships and thousands of tanks take part in exercise AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin yesterday inspected huge military exercises Russia’s army was carrying out close to the borders with Japan and China, in
      AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  492 words
    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Snowden seeks asylum in Russia
        83 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden yesterday submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said, claiming that he “faces persecution by the US government”, “fears for his life and safety” and “could be subjected to torture and capital
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      • Article
        Lock icon Boat with about 150 migrants sinks
        84 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A vessel carrying some 150 asylum-seekers capsized off Christmas Island yesterday but the Australian navy managed to save most of them, rescuers said. An Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokesman said he could not confirm whether anyone had died in the incident.
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        Lock icon Egypt’s Islamists reject talks offer
        57 19 BLOOMBERG CAIRO Egypt’s interim government is seeking talks with the Muslim Brotherhood, as new clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi left seven dead and at least 261 wounded. But the Islamist group rejected the offer, saying it would not take
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        Lock icon Sudanese leader leaves Nigeria
        82 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS ABUJA Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left Nigeria on Monday following calls for his arrest over charges of genocide and war crimes. But embassy officials denied that he left to evade arrest. Human rights lawyers filed a suit in the Federal High Court on Monday,
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      Lock icon Spain PM may face no-confidence vote
      522 20 But he is unlikely to be ousted despite deepening scandal over party financing REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spain’s opposition Socialists said they would call a symbolic vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy if he refused to appear before Parliament to answer questions
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      Lock icon Brutal head of Mexico’s feared drug cartel nabbed
      562 21 He led Zetas that left hundreds of bodies beheaded on roadsides ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS MEXICO CITY Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of Mexico’s feared Zetas drug cartel, has been captured a major blow against organised crime by an administration
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      Lock icon Aussie govt to scrap carbon tax
      220 21 REUTERS CANBERRA Australia’s government moved yesterday to scrap its carbon tax and bring forward an emissions trading scheme in a policy shift to win over voters angry over rising power costs before an election expected within weeks. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he wants
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      Lock icon Dementia risk lower for those who retire later
      280 21 REUTERS PARIS Workers who postpone retirement are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia known to affect the elderly than those who leave their jobs at age 60, a recent survey of European retirees shows. The study looked
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      Lock icon Uncertainty over China’s growth lingers
      680 22  -  Growing signs of moderate growth well into next year and beyond By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg HAVING met market expectations with its 7.5 per cent expansion in the second quarter of this year, China’s economy is now under scrutiny for where it
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    • Article
      Lock icon ADB trims outlook for Asia
      209 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA China’s slowing economic growth is weakening momentum throughout the rest of Asia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said as it revised down its forecasts for the region. Yesterday, a day after Beijing released data showing its economic growth slowed for a second
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      Lock icon China widens pharma graft probe to at least four MNCs
      280 22 BEIJING China is investigating at least four multinational drugmakers as it widens its probe of GlaxoSmithKline, according to a lawyer in Hong Kong whose firm advises companies on cross-bor-der anti-corruption. The investigations point to an increased targeting of the pharmaceutical
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      Lock icon ‘Open sesame’ for Yahoo with Alibaba
      674 23 Investment in Alibaba and new chief ’s magnetism bring about a comeback ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Ms Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its chief executive last summer. The move is shaping
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      Lock icon Baidu taking over app distribution firm for $2.4b
      345 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Baidu, China’s leading Internet search engine, is buying a smartphone app distribution company for US$1.9 billion (S$2.4 billion) in what is said to be the largest takeover deal in the country’s Internet industry. The company said in a statement
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        Lock icon McDonald’s to open in Vietnam
        67 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI McDonald’s will open its first burger restaurant in Vietnam after awarding the franchise to the son-in-law of the nation’s prime minister. The company said it will open the first restaurant early next year in Ho Chi Minh City, and that it has
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        Lock icon Euro zone jobless rate likely to soar
        72 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The jobless rate in the hard-hit euro zone is expected to reach a record 12.3 per cent at the end of next year, according to the OECD, with young people the hardest hit. Farther afield, unemployment is set to drop
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        Lock icon S. Korean firm quits India project
        55 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI South Korea’s Posco has pulled out of a proposed US$5.3 billion (S$6.7 billion) steel plant in southern India due to problems in acquiring land for the project. Posco scrapped the project in Karnataka state because of delays stemming from local
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      448 24 THE suicide by hanging of Dr Shane Todd, an engineer with a Singapore research institute, drew unusual interest because of allegations of sinister plots and cover-ups that prompted the Singapore and United States governments to clear the air. The allegations made by Dr Todd’s
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      1081 25  -  By CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg A SURVEY on the paltry representation of women in corporate boardrooms here has sparked discussion on what to do to raise their numbers. Should Singapore follow Norway and impose a quota for women representation? Set a target for
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      1085 25  -  By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma IN ITS judgment against surgeon Susan Lim, the Court of Appeal upheld the Singapore Medical Council’s disciplinary committee’s stance on an ethical limit to the fees doctors can charge. The three judges
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      1132 26  -  By TAN HSUEH YUN FOOD EDITOR hsueh@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/tanhsuehyun FIRST they giveth, then they taketh away. And then they say they always giveth, but only in some places. Getting whiplash yet? I have come down with a bad case of it since reading about
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        344 27  -  Leong Choon Kit (Dr) MS GOH Sock Hoon’s letter (“Be open to different approach”; July 9) contains several common misconceptions about “Western medicine”. First, what is called Western medicine is not Western. It is the application of scientific knowledge in understanding, managing, treating and preventing
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        318 27  -  Ravi Philemon I THANK Mr Calvin Cheng for his letter yesterday ‘Seeking clarifications’ online a disturbing trend”) expressing confidence that my last press statement was bona fide. However, he deems clarifying uncertainties over the Internet rather than with government agencies a disturbing and dangerous trend.
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        137 27  -  Lee Woon Kwang (Dr) I READ with interest that male medical graduates will now have to do compulsory hospital stints at emergency or anaesthesia departments before returning to complete their national service (“NS-bound medical grads to do A&E stints”; Monday). I am surprised
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          116 27  -  Tan Teck Leng DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the new total debt servicing ratio for property credit will not be extended to other types of loans (“Debt ratio curbs ‘won’t be widened to non-property loans’ Monday). If the Government is concerned about households taking on a
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          118 27  -  Tan Hee Jian THE success of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system has kept taxis and other vehicles from entering the Central Business District (CBD), resulting in a shortage of cabs there during peak hours. To solve this problem, taxis should be allowed to enter
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          106 27  -  Pauline Wee (Ms) THE Law Ministry’s move to encourage mediation as a means to resolve disputes is commendable. Unfortunately, attendance at mediation sessions is voluntary. Understandably, no one relishes the prospect of being summoned to answer accusations made against oneself. To face no greater penalty than to
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        308 28  -  Jonathan Cho MRS Marietta Koh Ai-meng’s concerns about the young people of today are largely unfounded, primarily because she has mischaracterised their desire for work-life balance as a lack of hunger (“Where’s the hunger?”; last Saturday). The two are not mutually
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          171 28  -  Tania Ong Li Yi Tania Ong Li Yi, 16, Secondary 4 student I APPRECIATE the Government’s efforts in keeping our country smoke-free. However, there are some problem areas. First, smoking within 5m of bus stops is not allowed. Yet the green bins with ash trays at
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          131 28  -  Jasmine Tan Zi Pei Jasmine Tan Zi Pei, 20, polytechnic student SINGAPOREANS should be content with what they have and not yearn for more. Many struggle in the rat race to achieve financial stability, sacrificing their family time and health. We should realise that there are
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        236 28  -  Koh Piak Huat Director, Island Operations, Leisure Management Sentosa Leisure Group WE THANK Mr Cheang Sai Keong for his feedback on Sentosa’s transport system (“Sentosa’s transport system may drive visitors away”; Monday). First, we apologise for the unpleasant experience that he had with our
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      347 28 CALLING ALL YOUNG READERS: Youth Forum is a weekly column showcasing the views of our younger readers. If you are below 21 and want to air your opinion on any issue, e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg with the header “Youth Forum”. Do include your age and contact details. We can
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      709 1  -  Parents renew call for review of priority system for school alumni PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATION By STACEY CHIA staceyc@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Pearl Lee PARENTS still hoping to enrol their children in Henry Park Primary School will face near unparalleled competition this year. Just nine
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      703 2  -  Zaqy: Letter published on The Real Singapore borders on defamation By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A SECOND MP from the People’s Action Party (PAP) has taken issue with sociopolitical website The Real Singapore (TRS) for publishing false information. Chua Chu Kang
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      234 2 WITH the Primary 1 registration exercise in full swing, The Straits Times Senior Education Correspondent Sandra Davie answers parents’ queries. L My son was born on Jan 2, 2008. Can I register him this year so that he can start Primary 1 next year?
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      251 2  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg RAFFLES Junior College student Josiah Tan beat the odds and yesterday became the first hearing impaired candidate to receive the Singapore Boys’ Brigade (BB) President’s Award. He was one of five people to receive this
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      470 3  -  Pneumatic tubes just one feature of $360m training and research centre By POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg A NEW 20km network of pneumatic tubes links 102 locations within the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) campus, allowing blood samples to be sent to the
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      279 3  -  By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg A POLICE officer was bitten in the arm by a woman as she resisted arrest during a vice raid in Geylang on Sunday morning. The woman, who was eventually detained, was pictured yesterday in Chinese daily Shin
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      378 4  -  Agency hopes grants will help to develop strong core of local scientists By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg ASK scholar Audrey Lee what inspired her in her studies, and the 19-year-old points to television. The self-confessed lazy student got interested in the hit series Crime
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      237 4  -  JERMYN CHOW A 51-YEAR-OLD army regular was found “hanging from a rope” in a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) training area in Lentor yesterday the first SAF serviceman to die while in camp or in a training area this year. The Defence Ministry
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      290 4  -  By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A PROPERTY agent was jailed for a total of six months yesterday and banned from driving for 10 years for causing a pedestrian’s death and committing various traffic violations. Godfrey Guo Yuen Far, 51, was also fined a total of $7,000
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      686 5  -  The International Association for Gerontology and Geriatrics holds a congress every four years for experts to share their experiences and discuss how to improve elderly care. Senior Health Correspondent Salma Khalik attended the one held in Seoul last month Salma Khalik salma@sph.com.sg
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      452 5  -  SALMA KHALIK NOTHING except clean water beats vaccination in reducing infectious diseases, says the World Health Organisation. It is “one of the most successful and cost-effective health interventions and prevents between two (million) and three million deaths every year”. The problem is that
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      403 6  -  But it is possible if charger is faulty, experts say after reported China case By RACHEL TAN rmytan@sph.com.sg HOW safe is it to use a handphone when it is charging? Concerns have been raised after a 23-year-old flight attendant in China reportedly died last Thursday
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      520 6  -  By LIM MIN ZHANG mzlim@sph.com.sg FOURTEEN-year-old schoolgirl Chelsea Fairclough gets a helper to pour paint on a canvas, attach brushes to her wheelchair and turn on a catchy pop song. She then “dances” in her cus-tom-built vehicle by guiding it with her chin using
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      232 6  -  RACHEL TAN A FIRE broke out in a staff office at the Singapore Polytechnic (SP) last night. There were no reported casualties with all staff accounted for. The fire erupted at Teaching Block 2, Level 5 at around 7.25pm. Students attending class
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      482 7  -  Lebanese claims money, prostitutes from accused were gifts, not bribes MATCH-FIXING TRIAL By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THE football referee jailed for accepting sexual favours for matchfixing told a court yesterday that he never fixed a game in his life. Ali Sabbagh, 34, said
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      206 7  -  ELENA CHONG A FINANCIAL broker who hit the roof of a taxi and kicked a door after getting into an argument with the driver was yesterday fined $5,000 for mischief. Ian Charles Pearson, 43, admitted that he had caused damage to the cab on
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      496 8  -  Building management cannot bar its use of spaces: High Court By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS) will get to keep its use of up to 66 parking spaces at the building it shares with residential units after the
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      373 8  -  K.C. VIJAYAN A BUSINESSMAN worth more than $21 million will get to keep the vast majority of his assets after a judge ruled that his ex-wife, 21 years his junior, be given only about $500,000. The 35-year-old Chinese national was married to the
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      291 8  -  By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A 51-YEAR-OLD man who bribed two others to take the rap for his accomplice’s illegal gaming operation was yesterday sentenced to four weeks in jail. Pak Lian Huat pleaded guilty to giving $500 each to Stephen Low Teck Khwee
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      237 2 Parents, do you have any burning question about your child’s Primary 1 registration? If so, tion? on? ra on tion? ion n Ask SANDRA 1 ST’s Senior Education Correspondent SANDRA DAVIE will get the answers for you. non rs Write to STAskSandra@sph.com.sg H held concurrently with PALME Install LED ASIA
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      237 2 Install ASIA held concurrently with PALME LED 17- 19 July 2013 17 18 July 2013, 10.00am- 6.00pm 19 July 2013,10.00am 5.00pm Exhibition Hall B C, Level 1 Sands Expo Convention Center Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Don’t miss INSTALL ASIA 2013, The best sourcing platform for professional AV electronics systems integration
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      519 9  -  Winning bid of $289.7 million by Chinese developer surprises analysts By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg A FIERCELY-fought tender involving 10 developers for a plot at Tampines Avenue 10 has stunned the market at its close yesterday, with a top bid of $289.7 million.
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      349 11  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg BUSINESS parks saw robust leasing demand in the second quarter, with tenants signing up for some developments under construction well before completion, according to a report from property consultancy CBRE. Among them, Fusionopolis Phase 2A has only 10 per
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      438 11  -  Sinopec-Total-Shell project set to be completed in 2015 By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg ENERGY giants Shell, Sinopec and Total have come together to build a shared lubricants park in Tuas the first of its kind here. Called Singapore Lube Park and spanning 5ha,
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      837 12  -  Investors shy away as China slows down, but they may be over-reacting NEWS ANALYSIS By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg JUST a few years ago, China looked invincible. Even when the US sub-prime crisis erupted in August 2007, hopes that the mainland
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        893 14  -  In the world of medicine, innovation saves lives. These start-ups are working on the cutting edge of technology to make it easier for medical professionals to detect diseases, cure patients and help them with their recovery. Rachael Boon speaks to JN Medsys, a Singapore-based
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        289 14 L I run a small laundry firm and, like many other companies, we are struggling to find enough workers. I believe one way I can alleviate the situation is to hire older workers. However, I want to make sure first that our workplace is safe enough, and that
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        477 15  -  Survey results indicate confidence is driving business growth CHIA YAN MIN COMPANIES expect to recruit more accounting, finance and financial services professionals in this quarter, according to research released yesterday by recruitment firm Robert Half. A survey conducted by the firm found
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        281 15  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg A NEW facility to train up to 300 aspiring footwear designers and technicians a year opened yesterday. The $1 million Bronx Creative and Design Centre will offer a range of courses for novices through to industry professionals, covering topics
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        507 16  -  Growth in mobile data use also lifts bottom line and revenue per user By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg TELCO M1 grew both its sec-ond-quarter revenue and net profit, backed by growth in subscribers and the uptake in the use of
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        412 16  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg SIX employees of a See Hup Seng unit, including three executives, have hinted that they will quit if contentious moves to oust the parent firm’s boss succeed at a showdown meeting next Monday. The
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        407 16  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is raising $850 million by selling perpetual capital securities to major investors. The securities are expected to be issued on July 23 and the funds raised will be added to a class of reserves
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        393 17  -  Investors lock in bank counter gains; trading centres on penny stocks BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg CAUTION took centrestage in the Singapore stock market yesterday, ahead of keenly awaited remarks by United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke scheduled to
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          17 17 STI TRADING VOLUME 155.39 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 13 Losers: 16 Unchanged:1
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          85 17 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv 760.89 576.39 Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 855.15 1,066.98 229.49 199.26 234.29 -2.33 1.52 199.79 486.82 830.51 0.10 -1.95 5.54 -2.42 Reits Technology Telco
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          21 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.3 billion shares worth $976 million UP DOWN Gainers: 199 Losers: 181 Unchanged: 417
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          55 17 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change 9.07 21,312.38 14,599.12 1,866.36 2,065.72 971.4025 Hang Seng 92.87 Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp -8.8 6.33 1,786.39 9.9897 -0.28 Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Monday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,644.039 1,451.45 4,986.017 15,484.26 3,607.492
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          174 17 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 16, 2013 Top Rises Jul 16 CENTS IS S&P500 (0) Jul 16 Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 635 30.3 3.9 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 30.0 0.3 DBXT MSBrazil 10US$ 441 21.5 4.0 Lyxor MS
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          31 17 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol 15.3 Aussino 298.399.000 3.2 KLW Hldgs Mirach Energy 42.5 88,868,000 151,288,000 WE Hldgs 10.2 12.4 140.067.000 114.030.000 110.347.000 107.047.000 98.557.000 SingHaiyi R 75,236,000
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          62 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS 164 118 Genting SP NET P/E M CAP $MIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 196 +1.5 5689 197.5 195.5
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          114 17 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 3 5 0 0 0 6 3 5 Manufacturing 58 39 39 14 4 6 72 43 45 Commerce 22 20 19 7 0 5 29 20 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 13 11 2 2
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          177 17 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 27,963 27,963 54,275 54,275 Manufacturing 466,401 208,406 674,807 164,605 8,670 173,275 Commerce 560,414 158,418 718,832 92,696 15,622 108,318 Tpt/Stor/Comms 60,471 30,217 90,688 89,772 11,616 101,388 Finance 633,916 298 634,214 190,384 133 190,517 Construction 166,872 40,988 207,860 13,413
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          39 17 (US$) (S$) (US$) 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** ,0,***** 0.***** 9 mths ,0.***** 12 mths SWAP Mid rates (S$) 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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          59 17 Jul 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: NZ dollar S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1580 Danish krone 0.9176 1.2086 ***** 0.9586 0.9580 1.6488
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          209 17 Top Rises Jul 16 CENTS Lereno W*****0 SembMar MBeCW*****1 6.6 20.0 1.1 OCBC Bk MBePW*****1 7.9 19.7 1.3 YangzijiBPeCW*****3 1.9 18.8 0.3 Acma Ltd W*****7 .............0.7 16.7 0.1 Allied Technologies 0.7 16.7 0.1 Riverstone W*****2 27.5 14.6 3.5 Ntegrator W*****3 5.9 13.5 0.7 HSBC UB eCW*****6 3.2
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          33 17 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COOO) CapMallA2.15%*****1 F&NTrea 3.15%b*****8 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 101.8 unch LTA n4.17%*****0 10k CityDev NCCPS 113 -1 54 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -20 0 F&NTrea 2.48%bl***** 100.4
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          342 17 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Last Vol High 1217 706 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1090 +9 3 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** Sale (’000) 126 3349 3004 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US3004 2134 2120 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ US2120 113 -1 10 3185 2420 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ US2610
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          72 17 INDUSTRIAL landlord Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 3.55 cents per unit for the second quarter yesterday, a 0.6 per cent increase year-on-year. The reit’s net property income climbed 6.8 per cent to $108 million for the three months ended June
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          68 17 THE Quinn, a freehold residential development in Bartley Road, is set to be launched near the end of this month, developer Top Global said yesterday. The 139-unit project sits on a site of about 7,083.5 sq m. Units range from 484 sq ft one-bedroom apartments to penthouses larger
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          78 17 INSURANCE company Prudential, which is based in the United Kingdom, is selling its closed-book life insurance business in Japan to a Japanese firm, it said yesterday. SBI Holdings, an Internet-based financial conglomerate with its headquarters in Tokyo, will buy PCA Life Insurance for US$85 million (S$107 million). “Closed book”
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      35 16 Property agents go huntingfor fresh income in ‘cool’ climate They eye commercial and overseas sales as the spate of cooling measures has caused a reduction in transaction volume in the residential sector THEBUSINESSTIMES Today in
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      165 22 L STYLE Agile, physical, and a real handful in the box. Cavani loves to play on the counter-attack. The Uruguayan has 78 goals in 104 games for Napoli. L STRENGTHS Powerful and strong, he is a commanding presence up front who can hold on
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      636 22 Uruguayan striker joins PSG for a French transfer record $100m AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Edinson Cavani was unveiled by Paris Saint-Germain yesterday, with his ¤63 million (S$104 million) fee breaking the French transfer record. The Uruguayan footballer also became the latest major transfer target of this
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      340 22 LONDON Manchester City are on the verge of sealing the £28 million (S$53 million) signing of Fiorentina star Stevan Jovetic. However, they suffered a setback in their pursuit of Alvaro Negredo, after Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido warned there is only a
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      439 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic said yesterday that he would be happy to team up with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, despite last season’s notorious biting incident. The Serb said he had forgiven Suarez for biting him during their clubs’ game
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      682 19 Zealous official stops world No. 1 from usual early practice start BRITISH OPEN REUTERS GULLANE (Scotland) Tiger Woods was barred from teeing off at Muirfield on Monday morning –as security staff resurrected memories of the world No. 1’s first visit to the notoriously restrictive golf
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      208 19 Football Concacaf Gold Cup Group B, in Houston: El Salvador 1 Haiti 0, Honduras 0 Trinidad and Tobago 2. Women’s Euro C’ship In Sweden, Gp C: England 1 Russia 1, Spain 0 France 1. Tennis ATP Hamburg Open 1st rd: Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-1 6-3,
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      194 19 TodayBaseball All-Star Game (Live, mio TV Ch114 HD Ch117, 7.30am). Basketball NBA Summer League: Chicago v Portland (8am), Denver v Washington (10am) Live, StarHub Ch216. CyclingTour de France: Stage 17 (Live, StarHub Ch205, 8pm). Football S-League: Warriors v Harimau Muda (Choa Chu Kang), Home v Balestier (Bishan)
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      606 19 REUTERS LONDON Politicians and golfers of both sexes took a swing at golf’s governing body on Monday for holding Britain’s top tournament at a club that allows only men to be members. The R&A is responsible for running the British Open, which will be held
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      122 19 Selected pairings for tomorrow’s first round of the British Open (all times local, which is GMT plus one) 7.38am Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp), K. J. Choi (Kor), Jimmy Walker (USA) 8.22am Martin Kaymer (Ger), Garrick Porteous (Eng), Jason Day (Aus) 8.44am Bubba Watson (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Dustin
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      577 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS GULLANE (Scotland) This already is shaping up as a yellow British Open. Golf’s oldest championship returns to Muirfield after a wet spring that was ideal for growing thick grass, followed by a dry summer that has yielded three
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      492 20  -  Their seven-gold haul helps Republic finish as top nation in SEA event By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg HAVING bagged eight of the 13 titles up for grabs, Singapore finished as the top nation at the South-east Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships, which concluded in Manila
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      783 20  -  By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg WHILE most of Singapore are still soundly asleep at five in the morning, a group of young men and women drag themselves out of bed to paddle furiously in their kayaks until their arms ache. And they are
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      361 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Vice-captain Brad Haddin yesterday maintained that the Australian cricket squad in England were united, after former coach Mickey Arthur reportedly claimed there was a huge rift between captain Michael Clarke and all-rounder Shane Watson. Arthur was sensationally sacked
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        69 20 ALBIREX Niigata missed a chance to close the gap with leaders Tampines Rovers last night, following a 0-0 S-League draw with Tanjong Pagar at the Queenstown Stadium. The Japanese side now have 34 points, three behind Tampines, who have a game in hand. In another
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        72 20 REUTERS TORONTO Real Madrid headed a trio of European football clubs at the top of a list of the world’s 50 most valuable sports teams released by Forbes on Monday. The nine-time European champions were worth US$3.3 billion (S$4.2 billion), up from US$1.88 billion last year,
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        60 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Bayern Munich’s latest signing Thiago Alcantara has revealed that the chance to work again with former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was one of his main reasons for joining the European champions. The 22-year-old completed his transfer from Barcelona on Monday, having signed a four-year
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        60 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAS VEGAS Metta World Peace, a former National Basketball Association Defensive Player of the Year, has agreed a two-year deal with the New York Knicks. World Peace, whose given name was Ron Artest, went unclaimed in the amnesty waiver process by his previous club
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      852 21 Italian police to test substances seized from rooms of Jamaican sprinters and Canadian physio Xuereb AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME Italian police have opened an investigation for doping against Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson, as the duo blamed their physiotherapist after they failed drugs tests.
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      565 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON In the University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, a couple of kilometres from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters, there are 5,000 blood and urine samples from the London Olympics. And the IOC is watching the fallout from the
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      400 21 REUTERS ORANGE (France) Facing yet another barrage of doping questions after Chris Froome’s awe-inspiring victory up Mont Ventoux in the Tour de France, Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford said he was ready to give the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) all
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      143 1 China bound Singapore Chinese Orchestra tours local music C2 Glee star’s death Police say no signs of illegal drug use C11 Great to be bad of James McAvoy revels in string of villain roles C6&7 PART C Veteran Hong Kong star Simon Yam’s career plan is straightforward: Whatever he takes
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      625 2  -  Singapore Chinese Orchestra will tour the mainland and perform at a mega gig at the new National Stadium next year Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg The Singapore Chinese Orchestra is thinking big for its new season. First, the 78-member ensemble takes Singapore music on a tour of China next
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      635 3  -  Indie arts festival will explore the place of art in Singapore’s changing social landscape Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg The indie arts festival Lit Up returns and while it bade farewell to the Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre (Tapac) last year, it is saying hello to the new
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        1393 4  -  Simon Yam is no fan of horror films but sees making his directorial debut in this genre as a personal challenge Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Whenever he travels, Hong Kong star Simon Yam always wears two watches. It has got nothing to do with making a
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        453 5  -  Yip Wai Yee It was not the notion of making a supernatural film that got veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai nervous. Rather, he was daunted by the prospect of working with Hong Kong singer-actress Kelly Chen in horror anthology Tales From The
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        1067 6 / 7  -  Scottish star James McAvoy of Welcome To The Punch takes on more menacing roles Will Lawrence stlife@sph.com.sg In London With the exception of his notable role in the X-Men films, Scottish actor James McAvoy’s most recent characters, on stage and screen, have all proved rather
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        453 6 / 7  -  Will Lawrence After the success of his 2008 directorial debut Shifty, writerdirector Eran Creevy (right) found himself in high demand. His independent drama about a drug dealer in London was nominated for a Bafta (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) and
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        768 8  -  Director Steven Knight breaks film stereotypes by showing the lives of ordinary Britons John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg If you have noticed that only two kinds of films get made in England today the corset-and-parasol drama set in 1880 or the crime thriller featuring brutal, sardonic London
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      539 9  -  Director Kim Ki Duk’s film provokes viewers with its scenes of in-your-face cruelty John Lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Review Drama PIETA (M18) 104 minutes/Saturday and Sunday at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard/ The story: Gang-do (Lee Jeong Jin), a knee breaker for a debt collection agency, has a
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      549 10 The £40,000 Folio Prize for fiction hopes to rival the Booker and is also open to Americans Associated Press London A handful of writers from Britain, the United States, Australia and India will choose the first winner of the £40,000 (S$66,000) Folio Prize
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      955 10 New York Times London Mayfair is known for its high-end fashion boutiques: Prada, Burberry, Yves Saint Laurent. And for more than a century, this area’s elegant streets have also been the home of the top old-guard British art galleries. Recently, however, there have been new
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      778 10 New York Times New York Many Beatles fans can barely stand to watch the 1970 documentary Let It Be, which throws an unwelcome spotlight on the band’s members as they lecture, criticise and ignore one another while recording what would be their
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      703 11 Reuters Los Angeles The death of Glee actor Cory Monteith over the weekend comes just weeks before production begins on the fifth season of the Fox musical comedy, throwing it into disarray at a time when the creators needed to revive
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      675 11 Police await toxicology report but rule out foul play on the sudden death of Glee star Cory Monteith Associated Press The cause of Glee actor Cory Monteith’s death remained unclear on Monday, and the authorities in Canada said it could take several days before toxicology
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        344 12 Taipei/Beijing Jay Chou’s new movie, The Rooftop, lost to two Hollywood sci-fi movies in China and Taipei. His martial arts musical made 58.7 million yuan (S$12 million) in China after opening last Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing estimates reported by the state-backed
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        194 12 Agence France-Presse London David Beckham (left) has waded into the debate on possible names for the baby of his friend Prince William and his wife Catherine, due any day now. The soccer star, 38, suggested his own name for the new royal arrival if
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        223 12 Reuters London Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson and multimillionaire art collector Charles Saatchi confirmed on Monday that they were getting divorced, a month after a newspaper published photographs of him with his hands around her throat outside a London restaurant. The photos showed Lawson, hugely popular in
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          88 12 Singer Chris Brown (right), 24, had his probation revoked on Monday by a judge in Los Angeles following a hit-and-run traffic accident last month. Brown, who is on probation for his 2009 assault of singer Rihanna, could face jail time if he is found to have violated
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          79 12 Michael Jackson could have earned US$1.1 billion (S$1.4 billion) or more if he had performed his This Is It tour and created a Las Vegas show based on his music before his death, an accounting expert told jurors in a negligent hiring case against show
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          43 12 Brit pop icons Suede, who recently released comeback album Bloodsports, will be back in Singapore for a gig at The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel, Resorts World Sentosa on Sept 27. Tickets from $98 are available through Sistic.
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          72 12 Rocker Thom Yorke and his producer friend Nigel Godrich have started a “small meaningless rebellion” against Spotify, saying on Twitter they are pulling their Atoms For Peace collaboration off the streaming service over royalty payments they say are paltry. They initially put Amok up
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      103 4 Top 10 movies SINGAPORE 1. Pacific Rim 2. (1) Despicable Me 2 3. (2) The Lone Ranger 4. The Rooftop 5. (3) White House Down 6. (5) Blind Detective 7. (4) World War Z 8. Man Of Tai Chi 9. (9) Now You See Me 10. (6) Monsters University Information
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        740 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph. com. sg When I was growing up in Malaysia, I would sit in front of the TV every weekday at 5pm and wait for Radio Televisyen Malaysia to start its broadcast for the day. After the
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        146 2 facebook About the Apple App Store offering free apps and games to celebrate its fifth anniversary: So glad I saw this post. Darryl Kiasu Goh! About Samsung Iceland’s weird ad poking fun at Apple with real apples, ninjas and a goat: Tasteless ad. Samsung, go focus on
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        420 3  -  Although deals are meant only for the US market, fans here have been flocking to the e-tailer. SHERWIN LOh reports SHERWIN LOH sherwinl@sph.com.sg Lower prices and free shipping mean that music fans here have been flocking to United States e-tailing giant
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        188 3  -  By Oo Gin Lee Do you have what it takes to be the King Of Games? Take part in Digital Life’s inaugural multi-games competition and walk away with total cash prizes worth $45,000. The three games in this year’s competition are Defense Of The Ancients 2
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          74 4 Microsoft on Monday slashed the list price of its Surface RT tablets in Singapore by $180. The 32GB version now costs $448, or 40 per cent off the original price of $668, while a 64GB unit now costs $618, down from $798. The cuts
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          96 4 Professional gamer Ho Kun Xian, 22, has put Singapore on the world map by winning the grand finals of Evo 2013, which ended on Sunday. He and his Japanese rival Tokido were neck and neck in the Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition game,
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          102 4 From September, the basic package for StarHub’s cable TV service will cost at least $5.35 more a month. Currently, subscribers pay $27.82 a month for the most basic package, choosing three out of seven types of programmes. By paying an extra $5.35
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          130 4 A team of three Vietnamese students from Nanyang Technological University has clinched the top prize of US$10,000 (S$12,600) in the Windows Phone challenge at this year’s Microsoft Imagine Cup. The team comprises Mr Minh Quoc Huy Cao, 22, Ms Quyen Tran Nguyen Tu, 21,
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          54 4 The Finnish phonemaker launched its second 41 -megapixel camera phone this week. The Lumia 1020 is the first one that runs on the Windows Phone operating system. The 1020 comes a year after Nokia’s original 41-megapixel phone 808 PureView, which runs on the
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          100 4  -  Compiled by Oo Gin Lee, Derrick Ho This will be Google’s first smartphone under its Motorola branding and Google is launching it with a bang. The Wall Street Journal reported that the search giant is preparing to spend more than US$500 million on
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        735 6 / 7  -  Following the examples of supermarkets, electronics retailers are now introducing their own house brands of gadgets Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg Supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice has long been selling its own brand of household items and other products. So has Sheng Siong. Now, two electronics retailers here are
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        216 6 / 7  -  tests gadgets by Challenger label Valore (Challenger members get 30 per cent off all items) SHERWIN LOH $79.90 Chances are, you will have heard the name before and may even have seen something like it in the market. That is because “iLight” has become a rather generic
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        58 6 / 7 Aside from the electronics products, Valore also has a wide selection of accessories including a nano SIM card adaptor ($7.90), HDMI cables (from $27.90) and a camera messenger bag ($29.90). In the next six months, Valore’s selection of power banks will expand. It will also offer more Bluetooth items,
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        183 6 / 7 $89 As a consumer, my advice to Valore would be to have more consistent packaging and to change its packaging designs. Its iLight is presented in a thin cardboard box; the bluetooth speaker (above) in a soft plastic case. On the other hand, the Bookmark Power Bank
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        183 6 / 7 From $49.90 Of all the products in the Valore line, power banks make up the majority. Inexpensive and elegant looking, they also happen to be my favourite. I have had bad experiences with third-party batteries that I used to buy for my feature phones. That has trained
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        216 6 / 7 $109 I had a Valore car camera before, but six months after being installed in my car, it would not work without being plugged directly into the car’s power adaptor, although it came with a small battery. Then again, this is only annoying when I need that
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        173 8 / 9  -  tests gadgets by Epicentre label iWorld SHERWIN LOH $69.90 If you baulk at spending $98 on Apple’s Magic Mouse, here is a cheaper alternative that looks like Apple’s product but lacks some of its features. Epicentre’s iWorld Touch Scrolling Mouse is an original from the Apple
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        236 8 / 9 Price and availability to be confirmed Rolling out only 13 house-brand products over two years may seem excessively cautious. However, as Epicentre Holdings co-founder, chairman and chief executive Jimmy Fong explained, this was to avoid missteps such as iWorld branded laptop and tablet bags. So, Epicentre took its
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        214 8 / 9 $129 The iBomb sounds like something a comic book villain would cook up and does not really do justice to the sleek looks of this Bluetooth speaker. This black globe, with a mix of matte and glossy finishes, has a flat base and top, and
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        130 8 / 9 $39.90 Portable chargers are now as commonplace as phone cases, cables and screen protectors, and most buyers would veer towards the cheaper ones, though experience tells you not all are built equally well. Some can be heavy metallic slabs that heat up when used and offer
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        166 8 / 9 $79.90 Instead of a speaker like the iBomb that provides all-around sound, the Blu Musica positions its speaker at the top of a cylinder and projects music upwards. Presentation is less robust, but with a speaker the size of an espresso cup, convenience rather than
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        390 10  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg They tickle. For those who adore the super bassy tones of Monster headphones or are enduring cheap bass masquerading as audio strength in low-priced cans, consider the Skullcandy Crusher. Instead of merely pumping bass into your ears, both cups actually vibrate to the beats
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        418 10  -  By Seow Tein Hee stdled@sph.com. sg If the Klipsch Image One (II) sounds as good as it looks, not many headphones can match it. Its on-ear design is meant to apply less pressure on the ears and keep your music to yourself. The music part is
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        805 12  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg Living rooms here do not seem to be getting bigger, but Samsung is intent on filling them with TV sets of an ever increasing size. Its latest flagship, the F8000 series, represents the best combination the South Korean company has to offer in the
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        489 13  -  By Seow Tein Hee stdled@sph. com.sg Do not underestimate the Samsung HomeSync as it is more than just a media player. The media player has two USB 3.0 ports for you to plug in an external hard disk drive or USB drive to expand its internal storage. HomeSync
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        631 14  -  By Vincent Chang Vincent Chang is a freelance writer The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon belongs to a new breed of all-in-one computers that have appeared since the launch of Windows 8. Dubbed tabletop PCs, these devices embrace the touch-centric interface of Windows 8 and have been described
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        516 14  -  By Vincent Chang Toshiba’s Qosmio series of gaming laptops has received a fresh coat of paint, although the upgrades are mostly under the hood. Aside from some minor cosmetic changes, the new Qosmio X70 has a similar chassis design as its predecessor, the X870. Both weigh about
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        540 15  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph. com.sg You are lazing on the beach with the sun setting swiftly. You want to take a wide landscape shot of this beautiful sunset, but also in the next moment, zoom in on that beautiful seagull gliding over the ocean. The Sony Cyber-shot
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        580 16  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg Casio’s Exilim EX-TR15 looks like a smartphone, is priced like a high-end smartphone (think Samsung Galaxy S4), but is, after all, a camera. The EX-TR15 has a fixed 21mm f/2.8 lens with a 12.1-megapixel CMOS image sensor, while the Galaxy S4 has a
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        506 17  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan @sph. com.sg In the critically acclaimed real-time strategy (RTS) game, Company Of Heroes (COH), you were the Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy before pushing the armies of Nazi Germany out of France during World War II. That was 2006. Seven
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        660 18  -  By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg This second and final expansion to the award-winning strategy game adds more complexity and features to the game for fans longing for more ways to take over the world. Players like me who favour the Genghis Khan-style of military conquest
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        369 18  -  By Oo Gin Lee XCom: Enemy Unknown is simply the port of last year’s award-winning PC and console game to the mobile platform. As I had played and enjoyed the game extensively last year, it was less than exciting to go through the cycle all over again.
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        477 19  -  SEOWTEIN HEE tests BMW’s new smart aids for a safer driving experience SEOW TEIN HEE stdled@sph.com.sg After a long and tiring drive, the last thing I need is for my car to crash into another just because it was in my blind spot. This is
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        499 19  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan @sph.com. sg This is not a review, as the Audi A1 e-tron is still a prototype. In fact, this electric car may not even be available here commercially. It is more of a technology showcase. The A1 e-tron is on Singapore roads as
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        630 20  -  Hardcore gamers who want a very fast and silent PC can turn to a local PC maker that cools its machines with mineral oil. ALFRED SIEW reports ALFRED SIEW Alfred Siew is a freelance writer Fancy a PC filled with mineral oil? Singapore-based PC maker Tech Armory
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      538 22  -  By Trevor Tan MOBILE PHONE Nokia 301 $149 If one SIM card is not enough, you can give the Nokia 301 a try. Its dual SIM card slots let you switch between your local SIM card and an overseas prepaid SIM card the minute you land on foreign
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        922 23  -  By Trevor Tan Taiwan-born international model Liv Lo, 28, grew up in Taichung, but whenever she followed her mother to the market, the vendors would compliment her on her exotic looks. Born to a Taiwanese mother and an Italian father, she did not think herself different
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