The Straits Times, 22 April 2014

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  • 278 1 AIR AND SEA INCIDENTS: LEADERS RESPOND THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to get to the bottom of why one of its flights was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday and get
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  • 238 1 JINDO (South Korea) President Park Geun Hye has hit out at the captain and crew of a South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board, saying they acted in a way that was “tantamount to murder”. Ms Park’s
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  • 65 1 EMBATTLED Manchester United manager David Moyes is facing the sack, with British media reporting that the 50-year-old will be gone before the end of the English Premier League season. The Scot has struggled throughout the season, with Man United failing to qualify for
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  • 59 1 BRUNEI’S Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (left) was in Singapore yesterday for his third state visit. Besides meeting Singapore leaders including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, he also visited the Institute of Technical Education College Central campus. Both countries also announced a youth
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  • 489 1  -  Front-line staff in health care being trained; communications drive to start By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg A MAJOR effort is under way to explain the details of the Pioneer Generation Package to Singaporeans, after a poll found that many were in the dark about its
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 606 2 / 3  -  But Japanese PM refrains from visiting controversial war shrine By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe put already frosty ties with China and South Korea under further strain yesterday by sending a ritual offering to the controversial
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    • 118 2 / 3 WORLD A16 Runners bursting out from the start line at the 118th Boston Marathon, in the first running of the race since last year’s bombing attack, which killed three people and injured many others at the finish line. Nearly 36,000 people are running in
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    • 245 2 / 3  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg A 33-YEAR-OLD Malaysian man was yesterday arrested by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at the Woodlands Checkpoint for failing to stop for immigration clearance. The man had attempted to drive out of the Woodlands Checkpoint
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    • 623 2 / 3  -  He says even token sum would be wrong if protection is not needed By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A JUDGE debunked the idea that maintenance was an “unalloyed right” of a woman and suggested a wider Marriage Charter might someday
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 46 4 ABOUT 1,000 frontline staff in public hospitals and polyclinics are being trained to explain details of the Pioneer Generation Package to Singaporeans. It is part of a major move to get people, especially senior citizens, to understand better its benefits. TOP NEWS A1
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      • 42 4 JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent a ritual offering to the Yasukuni war shrine, straining ties with China and South Korea. His move comes just as US President Barack Obama is due to visit Asia. TOP NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
        • 62 4 EFFORTS to determine the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have to start from scratch amid concerns that search teams may have been looking for the plane in the wrong place, investigators say. No wreckage has been found to date, despite indications that the plane
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        • 53 4 MALAYSIA is set to introduce a new goods and services tax (GST) next April, but resistance is building. A rally to demand that the tax be scrapped is planned for International Workers’ Day on May 1. The GST rate is expected to be about 6 per
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        • 44 4 PUBLIC interest in the fast-growing investment phenomenon of “crowdfunding” is increasing rapidly in China. But top official Liu Zhangjun, who heads a taskforce carrying out Beijing’s clampdown on illegal fund-raising, is warning of the risks involved and calling for regulation. PAGE A19
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      • OPINION
        • 61 4 MR JOKO Widodo (right), the front runner to win Indonesia’s presidential race, has said little about his agenda for the economy. Indonesia needs a strong leader who is able to take decisive actions to shrink its current account deficit and fix foreign investors’ concerns, says economist
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        • 66 4 WRITER Yu Kun-ha is calling for a rethink of South Korea’s “pali pali” or “hurry, hurry” culture in the aftermath of the tragic sinking of the ferry Sewol last week. A legacy of Korea’s rapid industrialisation that began in the early 1960s, the culture has bred indifference
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      • 48 4 To help reset soaring World Cup viewing prices, consumers might have to take matters into their own hands by determinedly saying ‘no’ to any price gouging in 2018, even if it means giving one season a miss. The Straits Times OPINION A20
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      • HOME
        • 48 4 THE driver of the coach that plummeted into a ravine, killing a British tourist, had been driving “very fast” in rainy conditions, according to a Singaporean who was also on board. Last night, 22 passengers returned to Singapore after their ordeal in Pahang, Malaysia. PAGE B1
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        • 58 4 ONE in four women who went for free breast cancer scans last year failed to go for further tests, though their scans showed abnormalities, the Health Promotion Board has said. This is a worrying trend, suggesting that the women do not realise
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      • MONEY
        • 66 4 TIGHTER borrowing rules and a crowded scene seem to have caused a drop in the number of new credit cards issued. The number of people who acquired a new credit card, as well as those who took up a credit card for the first time, fell for
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      • SPORT
        • 56 4 PORTLAND Trailblazers trailed Houston Rockets by double digits in the second, third and final quarters of their NBA Western Conference playoff opener. But each time the Blazers rallied, before forcing overtime and running out 122-120 winners, the narrow upset owing to 46 points from LaMarcus Aldridge and
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        • 56 4 LIVERPOOL have one hand on their first top-flight league title in 24 years, with a style seldom seen in the English game in recent years. As manager Brendan Rogers puts it, the Reds are playing with “wonderful invention, creativity, courage and arrogance on the ball”. It will
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      • LIFE!
        • 77 4 HEAVEN Is For Real became the fourth overtly faith-based hit film of the year in the United States over the Easter weekend, taking in an estimated US$21.5 million (S$26.9 million). Based on a best-selling book, it tells the story of a young boy who claims
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        • 92 4 POP queens A-mei, Sandy Lam, Tanya Chua and Na Ying led a show in aid of abused girls on Sunday, and they were joined by stars such as Jolin Tsai, Faith Yang, Matilda Tao and Dee Hsu. The concert at Taipei Arena called
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
        • 39 4 Longhouse (right) has called it a day. What about other popular eating places? We remember other hot eateries and find out where some popular stalls have moved to at bit.ly/1kRGVec ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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        • 27 4 THE Pearl Bank Apartments may look dilapidated from the outside but it is an architectural gem. Find out why at bit.ly/1mrg0FR ST PHOTO: MATTHIAS HO
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    • 699 6  -  Republic to host new youth leadership exchange programme By SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg CLOSE ties between Brunei and Singapore got another boost yesterday with an announcement that Singapore will host the first youth leadership exchange programme between the two countries in the second
      ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG; ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG  -  699 words
    • 864 6  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg THE authorities are investigating the cause of Malaysia Airlines’ (MAS) recent spate of problematic flights, including the possibility of sabotage forcing a Banga-lore-bound jetliner to turn back in mid-flight on Sunday evening.
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    • 484 6  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Marathon will continue to run under the banner of Standard Chartered Bank for another three years, but the organisers are promising a different flavour, starting with this year’s race on Dec 7. The organisers are looking into
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    • 961 8 / 9 Order to leave given 40 minutes after ship hit trouble, making escape hard REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JINDO (South Korea) Anger flared anew in South Korea yesterday over fresh indications that the evacuation of a capsized ferry was delayed by panic and
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    • 2303 8 / 9 A PARENT’S PLEA TO RESCUERS: BLOOMBERG SEOUL It was supposed to be their last bit of teenage fun. The realities of life would descend on the 325 students from Danwon High School near Seoul next school year in the form of cram
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  • WORLD
    • 647 10 No plane debris found, so searchers may have to try different area: Sources HUNT FOR MH370 KUALA LUMPUR An international investigation team tracing the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is now looking into the possibility of starting from scratch amid concerns that
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    • 540 10  -  By RACHEL CHANG IN BEIJING rchang@sph.com.sg FRESH tension broke out between Malaysian officials and relatives of the mainland Chinese passengers on board missing Flight MH370 after a diplomat suggested that the Malaysian government had decided to “move forward with
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    • 569 10  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg MR WIN Tin, a leading Myanmar opposition veteran and poet who suffered nearly two decades of often brutal incarceration by the military, has died. The 85-year-old former journalist died yesterday morning after suffering kidney failure. He
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    • 224 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PUTRAJAYA The Malaysian Court of Appeal has struck out one of the charges against sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee over their Ramadan Facebook posting, ruling that it does not apply to non-Muslims. Justice Mohtarudin Baki allowed the
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    • ASIA
      • 779 11  -  Malaysian protest set for May 1; govt, opposition split over tax’s impact on poor By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF IN KUALA LUMPUR carolynh@sph.com.sg THE new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is scheduled to be introduced in Malaysia next year but it will not happen
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      • 507 12 Tokyo issues warning as Shanghai acts in legal dispute over pre-war debt AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO Japan warned yesterday that the seizure of a Japanese ship in Shanghai over pre-war debts threatened ties with China and could undermine the basis of
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      • 186 12 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER ASIA NEWS NETWORK MANILA One person died and at least 1,000 families were rendered homeless after a massive fire hit a slum area in Caloocan City. Nearly 400 houses were razed in the fire that started on Sunday afternoon, according to ABS-CBN
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      • 283 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Can’t be bothered to show anyone what you’re thinking? Then a Japanese scientist has the answer a pair of digital eyes that can express delight and anger, or even feign boredom. Building on a long line of slightly wacky
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 70 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Jakarta called on governments yesterday to stop “shifting responsibility” for asylum-seekers, in a veiled criticism of Australia’s hardline policy of towing boatloads of would-be refugees back to Indonesia which they have used as a transit point. The operation has caused anger in
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        • 60 12 REUTERS BEIJING China has shut down 110 websites carrying pornography and closed 3,300 accounts on social networking services in a renewed effort to clean up the Internet, state media reported. In the latest drive named “Cleaning the Web 2014”, the authorities have deleted more than
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        • 74 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work a year after the tragedy, a survey released yesterday said. Other survivors who are able to work have been refused jobs,
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      • 571 13  -  Mud-slinging a result of BJP going for US-style presidential tussle By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg THE Indian election campaign has become increasingly personal as the battle for votes grows more vicious. One of the latest targets
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      • 373 13 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BANDUNG More than 1,000 people have attended an anti-Shi’ite declaration at the Al Fajr mosque in the West Javanese capital of Bandung, in what appears to be the first organised attempt to persecute Shi’ites in Indonesia. Supported
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      • 709 14 Talks continue but militants split by violent rivalries NEW YORK TIMES LONDON When the Pakistani Taleban said it was willing to make peace, many Pakistanis were sceptical that the militants had truly abandoned their dream of transforming the country into an Islamic
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      • 972 14 AVALANCHE ON MOUNT EVEREST NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI The 22 Sherpas who set out together towards Mount Everest’s Camp 2 last Friday morning were “full of joy and excitement”, but Kaji Sherpa was apprehensive: They were crossing a notoriously dangerous
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      • 459 14 NEW YORK TIMES KABUL With half the votes counted in the Afghan presidential race, candidate Abdullah Abdullah widened his lead, but a run-off seemed likely between the top two contenders. Mr Abdullah, the runner-up to President Hamid Karzai in the 2009 elections, has
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    • 478 15  -  Beijing reportedly building networks to monitor Chinese at universities BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AUSTRALIAN intelligence officials are reportedly concerned that China has been recruiting Chinese students in Australia to spy on fellow students and report
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    • 632 15 NEW YORK TIMES SAYADA (Tunisia) This Mediterranean fishing town, with its low, whitewashed buildings and sleepy port, is an unlikely spot for an experiment in rewiring the Internet. But residents here have a surprising level of digital savvy and sharp memories of how
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    • 240 15 REUTERS HONOLULU A teenage boy who ran away from home survived a five-hour flight in the freezing wheel well of a jetliner that reached 11,582m as it travelled from California to Hawaii, according to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The
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    • 545 16 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST BOSTON The ambassador from Iraq laced his running shoes. So did a congresswoman from Arizona. And the police chief from nearby Watertown. On the road with them were some of the world’s elite racers and thousands of
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    • 573 16 US vice-president to hold talks with country’s interim president AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KIEV US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Kiev yesterday in a show of support for the pro-Western government, as Russia accused Ukraine of reneging on an international accord meant to
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    • 408 16 NEW YORK TIMES KIEV For two weeks, mysteriously well-armed, professional gunmen known as “green men” have seized Ukrainian government sites in town after town, igniting a brush fire of separatist unrest across eastern Ukraine. Strenuous denials from the Kremlin have closely
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 97 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADEN An “unprecedented” US and Yemeni aerial campaign has killed more than 40 Al-Qaeda militants in recent days. Officials said this was a bid to thwart attacks by the network’s local affiliate. A top Yemeni official told AFP yesterday the “unprecedented operation”
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      • 106 16 REUTERS BEIRUT Syria set a presidential election for June 3 yesterday, preparing the ground for leader Bashar al-Assad to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power days after he said the civil war was turning in his favour. The three-year-old rebellion
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      • 104 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JUBA (South Sudan) Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians in ethnic killings when they captured the oil town of Bentiu last week, the United Nations said yesterday. In the main mosque alone, “more than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and
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    • 500 17 Saudi Arabia reports 13 new cases; total infected in six days now 49 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIYADH Saudi Arabia has reported 13 more new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), bringing the total number of infections in six days to 49. The
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    • 861 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO Egypt’s presidential election has turned into a contest between the former army chief, lauded by millions for ousting an Islamist government, and a leftist who claims to represent the ideals of the 2011 uprising. Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
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    • 446 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KHARTOUM In a dilapidated, poverty-stricken country where some railway rolling stock is more than 40 years old, Sudan’s sleek, sharp-nosed Nile Train is an unusual sight. From a distance, it looks like a large white snake gliding past fields of green near
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    • 475 18 Settlement imminent in antitrust case by 64,000 staff against tech giants NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO After years of legal skirmishes, four leading Silicon Valley companies are scheduled to go on trial next month on claims of conspiring to keep their employees down. A
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 73 18 REUTERS BANGKOK Thai Airways International has warned of a steeper-than-expected first-quarter net loss as passenger numbers fell due to prolonged political unrest in Thailand and amid fierce competition from low-cost carriers. “First-quarter net loss will be higher than what we had expected by 30 million
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      • 74 18 REUTERS LONDON Investors looking for companies with good environmental, social and governance track records will find the job easier after European politicians ruled that thousands of firms must reveal their performance as corporate citizens. The legislation, which still needs to be approved by EU member states,
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      • 73 18 REUTERS BANGALORE Square Inc has been in talks with several rivals for a possible sale as the mobile payments start-up looks to stem widening losses and dwindling cash, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Square, founded in 2009 by Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey, would likely
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    • 465 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s car market is just gearing up as the world’s largest, yet carmakers are already eyeing the next big thing the market for reselling them. Their eagerness to attract buyers in the world’s largest car market is on full
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    • 394 19 REUTERS TOKYO Japan suffered its worst annual trade deficit in March as exports growth slowed to its weakest in a year, suggesting a rapid loss of economic momentum that may prompt policymakers into early action as a national sales tax hike puts more strain on growth.
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    • 554 19  -  Online fund-raising tool a boon to start-ups but has higher legal risks By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING graceng@sph.com.sg MS ZHANG Liling, 20, almost put 200 yuan (S$40) into a new online financial product offered by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba that she
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    • 466 20 THERE is no running away from the fact that the rising cost of acquiring country broadcast rights to the football World Cup will never abate. Fifa, the regulator of the game, has the world in a stranglehold and it is not shy to demand
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    • 1560 20  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Indonesia needs a strong leader who can tackle the current account deficit and reduce the fiscal shortfall. Many hope that popular presidential candidate Joko Widodo will rise to the challenge. By WELLIAN WIRANTO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer
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    • 1141 21  -  FERRY TRAGEDY By YU KUN-HA The writer is chief editorial writer of The Korea Herald. THE KOREA HERALD/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK WHAT will it take for South Korea to upgrade its safety culture? The question is being raised again as the entire
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      • 430 22  -  Paul Sim Ruiqi CLOSING down citizen journalism website Stomp may not solve the inherent issues in the social media era, as similar platforms will sprout up to take its place (“MDA responds to anti-Stomp petition”; last Thursday). Stomp started out with the
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      • 71 22 1. MS LI DAN YUE: Educate parents on measles risk. 2. DR JARED NG: Important to manage mental conditions properly. 3. MR RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO: Allow service in non-military organisations. 4. MR DOUGLAS CHOW: Can mobile users go back to 3G plans without breaching contracts? 5. MR DAVID
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      • 380 22  -  Lee Chiu San WHILE pundits debate the merits of integrating persons with mental conditions into the Singapore Armed Forces (“Support, not exclude, mentally ill in NS”, last Friday; and “Exempt these young men from NS”, April 13), the SAF must
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      • 296 22  -  Leong Choon Kit (Dr) I WAS saddened to read about how some parents in Vietnam were taken in by baseless claims about vaccination side effects, leaving their children uninoculated and vulnerable to the potentially deadly measles infection (“Measles outbreak kills over 100 in Vietnam”; last Saturday).
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      • 135 22  -  Ng Sook Fun (Ms) Director Corporate and Marketing Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE NOTE Mr Mathias Korber’s concern over the Heartbleed bug (“What is Heartbleed’s impact on local websites?”; April 14). SingCert has already posted advisories on the Heartbleed bug
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      • 159 22  -  Albert Wong Kwan Wei IT SEEMS the three telcos have already set their prices for 4G services (“Mobile users on contract get 4G shock from telco”; last Thursday). How did all three arrive at the figure of $10.70 per month? As a consumer, I have
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      • 200 22  -  Foo Der Ho STARHUB recently announced that it will start charging users a promotional rate of $2.14 a month, instead of the usual $10.70, for its 4G Speed Boost “add-on” from June (“Mobile users on contract get 4G shock from telco”; last Thursday). Like many
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      • 306 22  -  Lim Lih Mei (Ms) THE South Korean ferry disaster holds lessons for us (“Questions about safety standards, deferential culture”; last Friday). First, the habit of following instructions has been cultivated in us from a young age. In the South Korean disaster, it
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      • 417 23  -  Jolene Tan (Ms) Programmes and Communications Senior Manager Aware (Association of Women for Action and Research) MS JESSICA Jaganathan’s letter is timely (“Offer unpaid extension of maternity leave”; last Thursday). A society that recognises the value of family life should structure employment so as
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      • 246 23 Is it a good idea to relocate some Bukit Timah primary schools to the heartland, to ensure a better mix of pupils? Will doing so help reinforce the message that “every school is a good school”? These schools produce top results because they have “quality” input: children with
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      • 217 23  -  Rajan Chettiar I AGREE with the benefits of work-life balance (“Perks for staff who watch the clock”; last Friday). It is important for both employees and employers to have sufficient rest. The work culture in industries such as law, medicine and accountancy does
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    • 863 1  -  S’porean survivor recounts events leading to crash in Pahang By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lim Yan Liang A SINGAPOREAN tourist who survived Sunday’s Malaysian coach horror told The Straits Times she came from the “luckiest family” yesterday. Recounting her ordeal,
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    • 290 2  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg A SINGAPOREAN who had received her diving licence just this year drowned last Saturday, while diving off Tioman island in Malaysia. Ms Sim Qiu Yan, 30, was said to have been diving near Sipadan Wreck, an area known for its
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    • 632 2  -  Study by competition watchdog finds they will bring more good than harm By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg TRAVELLERS in Singapore can expect more airline tie-ups that can lead to lower fares and other benefits such as shorter waits between connecting flights.
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    • 269 2  -  By CHANG MAY CHOON changmc@sph.com.sg TRADE and economic collaboration between Singapore and China’s southern province of Guangdong is set to deepen with the signing of 18 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) worth an estimated $4.7 billion yesterday. The signings were witnessed by Transport
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    • 392 3  -  By KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph.com.sg ONE day, driverless cars that can avoid traffic jams and home appliances that can be controlled with a smartphone from the office could become a reality here. But there are many different standards regarding their
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    • 575 3  -  Mobile devices’ popularity prompts MDA proposal to improve parental controls By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg IN A move to protect the young, parents are soon to be offered free filtering tools to block out objectionable websites. Internet service providers (ISPs)
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    • 477 4  -  Simple and bite-size messages will help avoid info overload: Task force PIONEER GENERATION PACKAGE By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THERE is a certain art to telling senior citizens about the Pioneer Generation Package, said the two leaders of the task force handling its communication. The
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    • 1047 4  -  New rules to stop online piracy are being proposed. But the tech-savvy will find ways around the blocks. Kenny Chee looks at how other countries tackle the issue and the steps that can be taken. Kenny Chee kennyc@sph.com.sg THE cat-and-mouse game between downloaders and
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    • 370 4 CHINESE Internet users have turned to virtual private networks (VPNs) to access sites blocked by their government, a ploy that could take hold here if new anti- piracy laws kick in. VPNs work by making it seem that the user is accessing the
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    • 290 4  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg CHILDREN who need a listening ear can tap an online chat service launched yesterday by the Singapore Children’s Society. Called Tinkle Friend Online, it is the only such chat service for distressed children here and adds to the society’s phone
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    • 384 5  -  This is despite indications of possible abnormalities during scans last year By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg ONE in four women who had free mammograms last year failed to return for follow-up tests, despite their scans indicating possible abnormalities. The women had gone for
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    • 346 5  -  LINETTE LAI MANY people seeking outpatient treatment at the National University Hospital (NUH) will no longer have to travel from building to building to get everything done. Instead, they need to visit only the new “one-stop” medical centre, which was officially launched yesterday
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    • 82 5 It was a big day out in the park for 125 pre-school children yesterday, as they marked Earth Day by becoming nature photographers. The six-year-olds from Kinderland, who were toting digital cameras, learnt how to capture pictures of the Supertrees at Gardens by
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    • 368 6  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg FIVE contracts worth nearly $1.15 billion have been awarded for the upcoming Thomson Line (TSL) and Eastern Region Line (ERL). The Land Transport Authority (LTA) selected American conglomerate GE to provide the signalling system and platform screen doors
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    • 482 6  -  NTU team’s work could lead to damage-resistant medical products for people By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg THE future of medical devices such as hip implants and prosthetic limbs, and even body armour, could literally lie in the arms of a tiny sea creature. Researchers in Singapore have
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    • 365 7  -  Truck driver was making illegal turn when he dragged the bike for 200m By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A TIPPER truck driver making a sharp, illegal left turn failed to notice a cyclist on a pedestrian crossing and dragged his bike
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    • 398 7  -  ELENA CHONG THREE men from China had more than sightseeing on their minds when they came here, a district court heard yesterday. Two of the three broke into seven households mostly in the western part of Singapore and got away with property amounting to
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    • 412 7  -  By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg TWO MEN and a woman have been fined a total of almost $100,000 for selling electronic cigarettes online, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) revealed yesterday. The battery-powered gadgets, which manufacturers claim are a safer alternative to real tobacco, are illegal
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    • 583 8  -  Factors include tighter rules for banks and a saturated market, say experts By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg RUNAWAY growth in the credit card market came to a screeching halt last year, with take-up rates dropping for the first time in
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    • 1421 8  -  By LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg MOST Singaporeans know of listed City Developments and its many condominiums around town but few probably realise just how long the owner Kwek Leng Beng has been at the top of his game.
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    • 423 8  -  LEE SU SHYAN WHILE the domestic property market takes a breather, it is all systems go at CDL’s hotel arm Millennium Copthorne (M&C). M&C owns and manages or operates a network of 120 hotels spread over many countries spanning China, Europe and the
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    • 666 9  -  A*Star device lets people ‘try on’ clothes without actually wearing them By TEE ZHUO teezhuo@sph.com.sg A “VIRTUAL mirror” at Jurong Point Shopping Centre will let shoppers “try on” clothes without putting them on physically. The interactive digital display to be installed next month
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    • 452 9  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg AN INDUSTRIAL plot in Tuas South Street 11 will be put up for public tender at the end of this month. The 1ha parcel was made available on the reserve list under the first half of
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    • 550 10  -  Fresh capital will help FNA expand while Asia’s travel retail sector grows By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A UNIT of Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings has taken a stake in a home-grown chocolate chain to capitalise on Asia’s growing travel retail sector. Heliconia Capital
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    • 326 10  -  By AUDREY KANG audkang@sph.com.sg THE Entrepreneur of the Year Award (EYA) is undergoing several changes to allow more businessmen to participate, including older entrepreneurs. The EYA’s Young Entrepreneur Award category will be renamed the New Entrepreneur Award. Also, qualifying criteria
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    • 296 10  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce’s (SICC) long-serving chief executive retired yesterday. Mr Phillip Overmyer, 66, stepped down with immediate effect to assume the role of senior adviser to the SICC board as part of a succession process.
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    • MONEY COMPAMES
      • 468 12  -  Rising rents in HK and S’pore boost distributable income in 4th quarter By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg RISING rents in Hong Kong and Singapore helped Mapletree Logistics Trust lift distributable income by 10.1 per cent in the fourth quarter. The amount distributable to unitholders was
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      • 513 12  -  By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 14.24 cents for the latest financial year, up 3.6 per cent from a year earlier. The Reit ended the year on a
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      • 356 12  -  CHIA YAN MIN AN UPTICK in rentals and strong demand for space helped Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust report a higher than expected fourth-quarter distribution per unit. The China-focused real estate investment trust (Reit) will pay unitholders 1.587 cents for the three
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      • 287 12  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg UNITED Industrial Corp (UIC) has extended the deadline for its general offer for Singapore Land shares to Friday, April 25. The extension is to give shareholders more time to consider the offer in view of the Good
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    • MARKETS MONEY
      • 426 13  -  With few leads at home, traders likely to look to Wall Street for cues BULLS AND BEARS By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg LOCAL shares were little changed coming back from the Easter break, with several bourses still closed for the holiday and traders content to
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 17 13 STI trading volume 153.5 million shares STI up down Gainers: 16 Losers: 11 Unchanged:3
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        • 85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 750.00 547.27 866.19 951.08 230.61 201.64 264.17 -1.67 -0.51 -2.87 0.54 -0.09 -0.46 -0.39 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas -1.66 0.93 3.72 -1.61 -3.78 2.65
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        • 21 13 Stock trading volume 1.71 billion shares worth $742 million Up down Gainers: 176 Losers: 216 Unchanged: 392
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        • 55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change -3.89 -5.06 -31.922 Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp 14,512.38 1,999.22 2,065.826 1,074.78 1,862.93 4,892.288 -14.578 10.24 -4.764 Yesterday’s close Index Change SET Thailand 1,413.05 3.87 Thursday’s close Dow Nasdaq Hang Seng Sydney ASX 200 -16.31 16,408.54 4,095.516
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        • 48 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................5.3 100,552,000 CCM Group W*****0 .........0.2 90,358,000 308,748,000 Albedo 1.7 110,793,000 APAC Strategic R ................5.8 46,946,000 5.3 100,552,000 CapitaMalls Asia 219 29,205,000 Golden Agri-Res ................60.5 28,363,000 SIIC Environment ..............14.3 26,957,000 11.3 Artivision Tech ...................4.1 20,089,000 56.899.000 49.173.000 CCM
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        • 245 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 21,2014 Top Rises Apr 21 CENTS Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 209.1 1.3 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 135.3 0.6 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 92.7 0.6 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 92.7 0.3 SPDR
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        • 130 13 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 221 152.5 CapitaMalls Asia 219 cd unch ***** 220 219 1.6 14.2 8520.1 +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E 758
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        • 183 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 197.5 126.4 ARA Asset Mgmt 180 cd unch 52 181.5 180 2.8 20.5 1521.3 C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD
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        • 20 13 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 9 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 59 13 Apr 21 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1681 1.1687 0.9328 0.9332 ***** 1.1367 0.9076 0.9071 1.7311 1.7314 1.3823
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        • 181 13 Top Rises Apr 21 CENTS CapitalaMBeCW*****1 7.5 74.4 3.2 ChinaGaoxian W*****8 0.4 33.3 0.1 Acma Ltd W*****7 0.6 20.0 0.1 GLP MB eCW*****2 5.1 8.5 0.4 STI 3450MBeCW*****1 4.9 6.5 0.3 BakerTech W*****5 15 4.9 0.7 CapitalaMBeCW*****1 GLP MB ePW*****1 7.1 4.4 0.3 NobleGrpMBeCW*****2 11.4 2.7 0.3
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        • 17 13 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 CityDev NCCPS 115 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 102 13 BIOTECH firm Transcu Group has inked an agreement for the proposed takeover of Straits Construction Group. The deal is expected to be worth between $325 million and $338 million, the firm said yesterday.Transcu’s announcement came after it signed a memorandum of understanding in February with Straits Construction to
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        • 49 13 CHINESE tower crane manufacturer Yongmao Holdings has secured $3 million worth of contracts in Myanmar. It has sold 10 cranes to Erect Group (Singapore) for use in Myanmar. The firm said it is also looking to collaborations with customers with plans to enter the South-east Asia market.
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        • 100 13 FOOD Empire Holdings, an instant coffee player in Russia and Eastern Europe, is expected to report a loss for the first quarter ended March 31, it said yesterday. This is mainly due to the political stand-off between two of the group’s key markets, Russia and Ukraine, which began
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    • 821 15  -  IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT By DAVID TREMAYNE stsports@sph.com.sg TROUBLED Red Bull had a particularly bruising week heading into the Chinese Grand Prix, where a further slap in the face awaited them when Ferrari unexpectedly showed greater pace. Fernando Alonso chased home the dominant
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    • 231 15 Basketball NBA Conference play-offs, 1st rd (best of 7) Game 1, Eastern: Miami 99 Charlotte 88 (Miami lead 1-0), Chicago 93 Washington 102 (Washington lead 1-0). Western: San Antonio 90 Dallas 85 (San Antonio lead 1-0). Houston 120 Portland 122 (OT) (Portland lead 1-0). Cricket IPL T20 In Sharjah:
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    • 260 16  -  SANJAY NAIR ONE of the most exciting flankers in world rugby is set to roll at the new National Stadium in June. Welsh sensation Sam Warburton and his Cardiff Blues side yesterday became the latest side to put their name down for
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          79 6 The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts department of dance’s annual showcase of its graduating cohort will present five works with Asian and Western influences. The choreographers include Wallie Wolfgruber, director of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, New York. Where: Lee Foundation Theatre, Nafa Campus 3, 151
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        • 77 6 Bali-based American artist Ashley Bickerton will be holding his first solo show. Going back to his roots as a painter, he shows his art in a new light with large canvas paintings of vignettes from the tropical apocalypse (inset). Standing out is a dual portrait of nude Balinese
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        • 67 6 The Ravindran Drama Group will be staging a 10- minute Tamil Play Festival during the Tamil Language Festival Month, on till Sunday. The Pathey Nimidam event is only on Saturday. For the first time, three non-Indians are directing a Tamil play each. They are Susie Penrice Tyrie,
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        • 123 6  -  Cheryl Mui Registration is open for the National Chinese Music Competition, to be held from Dec 1 to 13. Every two years, the National Arts Council and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra hold the competition to find and nurture talent in Chinese music. Young performers get a
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      • 727 6 Obituary Washington Post Washington Phillip Hayes Dean, an African-American playwright best known for his biographical portrait of entertainer and activist Paul Robeson, which ignited a strong wave of protest from other black artists and intellectuals before its Broadway premiere in 1978, died last
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      • 605 13  -  Batik painter Tumadi Patri will stage his own show with 19 works Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg Contemporary batik painter Tumadi Patri, 54, is staging his first solo show today, 31 years after he joined Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya, a Singapore Malay artists’ group,
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      • 1044 13 New York Times Hochstadt, Germany Last November, Hubert Portz was at his home in Hochstadt, south-west of Mannheim, reading an article in the newspaper when he came across a familiar name, causing his heart to skip a beat. The article was about a
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    • 211 12  -  Melissa Kok Former radio DJ Bernard Lim is undergoing treatment at a hospital after suffering a stroke late last Saturday night. Life! understands that Lim, 45, who is currently managing director of television with MediaCorp, suffered a stroke due to a brain condition.
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    • 681 14 Four faith-based Hollywood movies have done well, with more such films in production Reuters New York Times New York Hollywood has embraced God in a big and lucrative way. Heaven Is For Real became the fourth overtly faith-based hit film of the year over the
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    • 792 14 New York Times New York French economists who boldly question the dominance of capital over labour and call for a progressive global tax on wealth visit the American halls of power about as often as French rock stars headline Madison Square Garden. But those halls
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      • 397 16 Taipei–Itwasastar-studdedshowby women and for women, and a showcase of cleavage versus cleavage and other forms of friendly feminine rivalry. Pop queens (from far right) Tanya Chua, Na Ying, A-mei and Sandy Lam led a show in aid of abused girls on Sunday
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      • 243 16 New York Times Los Angeles The next round in a widening legal fight over sexual abuse accusations in Hollywood is set for 2pm Monday (5am Tuesday Singapore time). At that time, lawyer Jeff Herman (far right), who in a lawsuit last week accused film-maker
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    • 499 11 TRIBECA HIGH FLR. River view. 1905 sqft. 4+1. Furn Immed Offer *****592 HB 1+1. 138 MACKENZIE. 540 sf. Furn. Little India MRT. $2.8K. Lee 9004-7717 TATE RES 1894 sf. 3+1 reno unit fully furn. High flr. Pte lift lobby. 9817-5353 SCOTTS 28. 2 rm. 1098sf. Unblocked. $5K. Orchard/ Mrt. Simon
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    • 355 11 MMED COSTA RHU 2-rm, 1399sf. Pool/ NS facing. Unblocked. Good Rent! 9680-1880 JC Sng/ CBRE I WATER PLACE 3+1 bedrooms, 1,227sqft, ask $5.2k, avail end of May. Contact *****925 Ë LANDBAY CONDO 2RM 1044 sqft, Quiet Resort Living. Full Furn Full Facilities, 10/5. $3500. 8413-4724 COUNTRY PK 3RM 1368 sf
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    • 303 11 CASHEW HEIGHTS 3BDRM 1293sf Newly reno with new furniture, f/furn. F/ facilities. Immed. *****613 NEAR MRT 3BDRM MAYSPRING HIGH flr 1346sf. Fully furn. Aircon. Avail May. Near Amenities $3K. Zoe *****010 REA MERALODGE 1700 SF. 3+1. P/furn. $3.4K. Facilities. Greenery. MRC *****939 NORTHVALE 2+1, RENO, new aircon, f/facilities. Near MRT.
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    • 278 12 must sell UBI TECHPARK/ TECHNIQUE Ctr. 2002/ 1130/ 1500 sf. Low flr. Near cargo lift. Also rent. Chuan 9855-9094 TAI SENG FREEHOLD (MRT) Vacant. High ceiling facilities. 1249 sf. $1.35M neg. Good investment. HARVEST Woodlands. B2#01. 1938sf. Tenanted ’16. Yield 5%. Only $1.25M. *****889/ *****156 KF GOOD INVESTMENT 1)NORTHSTAR AMK
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    • 439 13 HONG LEONG BUILDING Near Raffles Place MRT. Basement Shop. (No water point) Area: 668 sq ft. Avail immed. Tel: *****911 PRIME #02-64/ 69 Far East Plaza (grd flr) 624 sf. Face concourse. Heavy traffic. With water point. $12K neg 6235 1716 x 12 9818 8795 JURONG EAST BLK 353, 750sf
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    • 455 13 BALESTIER GRD FLR Shop. 700 sf. Main road. Heavy traffic Suits showrm/ retail. $8K only. 9188 4948 PHOTO STUDIO WITH eqpt located at Ubi Ave 1 for takeover. Tenancy up to Jun/’15. Justin *****778 A1 LOCATION! CLEMENTI Central Blk 447. D/sty HDB shophse. 1500sf. All trades Amenities. *****288 Lim VEERASAMY
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    • 445 14 HDB SHOPHOUSES SOLE AGENT! 1) Bedok Central, 1525 sf Approx. fully tenanted 2) Towner Rd, 1798 sf, own use, business potential. 3) AMK Ave 10, 1625 sf Approx. Potential rent up Good Opportunities! 4) AMK Ave 10 More units. 1500sf up. 5) Off Tiong Bahru, 3860 sf Approx. good potential.
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    • 446 17 1. Shift Leader 2. Service Crew An established upmarket cosmopolitan cafe (part of a larger international group) with outlets mainly at business-parks large office complex seeks potential candidates for its business expansion diversification. Shift Leader:min ’N’ Level, with 2 yrs experience in a similar capacity or in other F&B jobs.
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    • 478 17 URGENTLY LOOKING FOR: BANQUET COORDINATOR at least 1 year experience CATERING ASSISTANT (Canteen Helper- FT/PT) can speak simple English can start work immediately Work Location: Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 Full Time: 5 days work week Part Time: 3 days work Please call: *****095/ *****595 Modern European Restaurant Looking For:1.
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