The Straits Times, 23 February 2015

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    31 1 THE STRAITS TIMES CELEBRATING 170 YEARS, SINCE 1845 MONDAY FEBRUARY 23 2015 60 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 032/02/2015
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    Lock icon $3.05M WON IN STYLE
    41 1 SPORT B16 Parranda (right, with Christophe Soumillon astride) galloped away with the $3.05 million inaugural CECF Singapore Cup yesterday. Organised by the China Horse Club, it is the richest horse race in Singapore. ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN
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    Lock icon Australia to embark on major security review
    497 1  -  Laws must be tightened even if they restrict individual freedoms: Abbott By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AUSTRALIA would need to tighten its approach to national security, even if this further restricts individual freedoms, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said
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    Lock icon Giants in S’pore waters
    36 1 A SERIES of paintings by artist Chung Chee Kit will give a glimpse of some of the mega structures in Singapore waters that have long been hidden from view. L HOME B8
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    Lock icon Expect help for ‘sandwiched class’, families, elderly poor
    573 1  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg THE long-awaited Jubilee Budget will be delivered in Parliament at 3.30pm today with high expectations that there will be something for all Singaporeans, in line with the nation’s 50th birthday and a possible early election. Analysts have
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      54 1 THE OTHER MALAYSIA LIFE OVER THE WAVES WORLD A14 BUDGET 2015 Follow The Straits Times’ live coverage Live commentary by ST Managing Editor Ignatius Low Interactive graphics that tell the story behind the numbers TODAY FROM 3.30PM www.straitstimes.com Don’t miss news, views and analysis in the special Budget pull-out TOMORROW
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon $25m hub for churches in Jurong hits snag
      761 2 / 3  -  Lutheran Church must shoulder most of the cost after some pull out By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg THE Lutheran Church has hit a bump in the road in its bid to develop a $25 million multi-denomi-nation hub in Jurong for small and medium-sized
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      Lock icon Wishes pour in for Mr Lee’s recovery
      496 2 / 3  -  By LIM YAN LIANG, RACHEL AU-YONG yanliang@sph.com.sg rachelay@sph.com.sg A DAY after news broke that former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew is in intensive care at the Singapore General Hospital with severe pneumonia, residents and netizens continued to offer wishes for his quick recovery.
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      Lock icon Pro-Moscow rebels order weapons pull-back
      513 2 / 3 But Kiev says equipment is arriving from Russia, attacks are ongoing REUTERS NIZHNYAYA KRYNKA (Ukraine) Pro-Moscow rebels said they would start to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine yesterday but the government in Kiev said armoured columns had crossed the border
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Abbott to tighten security
        50 4 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed to tighten national security even if it comes at the expense of individual freedoms. He also said Canberra would toughen immigration and welfare laws after a review of the deadly siege at a Sydney cafe. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Church hub project hits snag
        43 4 THE Lutheran Church is facing some challenges in its bid to develop a $25 million multi-denomination church hub in Jurong. Some congregations which initially pledged to jointly develop the complex have pulled out. TOP OF THE NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Delhi govt must deliver
          55 4 INDIAN legislators from the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi assembly come from different walks of life, and have little experience in politics. That may enable them to take a fresh look at issues that have long plagued Delhi. One thing is clear: They are under
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          Lock icon Mercenaries accused
          59 4 MYANMAR has accused Chinese mercenaries of providing support to Kokang rebels fighting in the north, in an indirect appeal to Beijing to tighten border controls. More than 130 people have been killed and the fierce fighting has driven up to 30,000 civilians into China. PAGE A12 Migrant workers
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          Lock icon Life in water villages
          54 4 THE laid-back lifestyle of thousands of villagers living off the coast of Sabah state, in four water villages near the southern coast of Gaya island, is under threat. Malaysia plans to resettle their water villages in the wake of violent skirmishes in recent years on the
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          Lock icon Greece in balancing act
          46 4 GREECE raced yesterday to finalise reform proposals that would keep its loan lifeline open under a European Union debt deal, which saw its anti-austerity ambitions curtailed. It must submit by today a list of economic measures the country will undertake. PAGE A17
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        Lock icon SHIELD YOUNG FROM COMPULSIVE GAMBLING
        48 4 Given that hardcore gamblers are getting younger now, the anti-gambling message must be aimed at this group more closely. It might not be possible to fully eradicate the excesses of problem gambling, but their onset could be delayed. The Straits Times OPINION A18
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          Lock icon Defining conflict
          51 4 THE Ukraine crisis erupted a year ago this week and the showdown between Russia and the West will define Europe’s security. Europe Correspondent Jonathan Eyal foresees two proxy wars, one waged inside Ukraine by the West and the other inside the EU and Nato by the Russians. PAGE
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          Lock icon The big ‘migration’
          42 4 MORE than 500,000 animal and plant specimens are being moved into their new home at the upcoming Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, in a painstaking process by curators, professional art movers, student assistants and museum specialists. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Older malls challenged
          46 4 SOME older malls in the suburbs, such as JCube in Jurong and Holland Road Shopping Centre, are taking a hit because newer malls have come up around them. Once popular, they are seeing fewer customers, and their tenants are moving out. PAGE B2
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          Lock icon Library book selection
          63 4 DETAILS of an external review panel, which will work with the National Library Board (NLB) to look at potentially controversial books, will be announced before the middle of the year. The board is also still reviewing its book selection process. PAGE B6 The NLB removed six children’s
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon CapitaLand wants ideas
          45 4 CAPITALAND is calling on Singaporeans to submit ideas on how they think the nation’s buildings of the next half-century could look. The contest is all part of developer CapitaLand’s SG50 celebrations, on which it is spending more than $2 million. PAGE B11
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon City’s buoyed
          66 4 MANAGER Manuel Pellegrini feels that Manchester City are in far better form to take on Barcelona in the Champions League than when they lost to the same opponents last year. While City narrowed the gap with Premier League leaders Chelsea after thumping Newcastle, the Catalan giants were shocked
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Stirling on being booted
          64 4 YOUTUBE sensation and hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling was booted out of television reality show America’s Got Talent in 2010. But that made the 28-year-old, oft described as a cross between Mozart and Skrillex, more determined to make it. She performs here on March 3. PAGE C3
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          Lock icon Ishiguro's new novel
          54 4 KAZUO Ishiguro has written a mythic tale set 1,500 years ago in a wild, fantastical England populated by ogres, knights and dragons. The Buried Giant, as genre-defying as his previous novels, will finally be out early next month, a decade after he first penned it and put
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      Lock icon ST170 Treats draws nearly 4,000 entries in less than a week
      270 6  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg ST170 Treats is proving a hit with readers. The year-long programme to mark The Straits Times’ 170th birthday has already received close to 4,000 entries in less than a week, after it was launched last
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      Lock icon Only one right answer to science questions?
      862 6  -  Some parents say marking is too rigid and promotes rote learning By AMELIA TENG, PEARL LEE ateng@sph.com.sg leepearl@sph.com.sg EXPLAIN how the hard, bony body of a seahorse could be an advantage. The right answer, according to one Primary 6 science teacher, is: “It
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      Lock icon NO SKIRTING ISSUE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
      97 6 Men turned up in skirts to join a protest condemning violence against women in central Istanbul last Saturday. Turkey’s President last week described violence against women as the “bleeding wound” of the country after Ms Ozgecan Aslan, 20, was stabbed and beaten to
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      Lock icon ‘Beware of toxic fumes’ in aircraft cabin air
      421 6 LONDON Toxic fumes in cabin air pose a health risk to frequent fliers and air crew, a British coroner has said. Passengers frequently exposed to fumes circulating in planes face “consequential damage to their health”, said Mr Stanhope Payne, senior coroner for
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      Lock icon US grapples with plan to retake Iraqi city
      982 8 Battle for Mosul a major test of strategy to stop ISIS spread NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON US intelligence agencies and the Pentagon are struggling to determine how difficult it will be to retake Mosul, the de facto capital in Iraq of the
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      Lock icon Norway’s Muslims unite with Jews in peace vigil
      347 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OSLO Norwegian Muslims organised a peace vigil in Oslo in a show of solidarity with Jews, a week after fatal shootings in Denmark targeted a synagogue and free speech seminar. As the small, mainly elderly Jewish congregation filed out of
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      Lock icon British mum wants to bear dead daughter’s child
      268 8 LONDON A British mother wants to use her dead daughter’s eggs to become pregnant with her grandchild. The Sunday Mail, which reported the news yesterday, says the bid, if allowed, could make it a world first where a woman uses the eggs
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      168 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE OSCARS RACE Birdman versus Boyhood THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT What’s your dream job like? Find out in this essential guide to the good jobs in Singapore. CAREERGUIDE2015 CAREER GUIDE2015 ALL-NEW EDITION CAREER GUIDE 2015 $5.00MCI (P) 109/11/2014 AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE GOOD
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      155 4 STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL What it means for you Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will present the 2015 Budget statement in Parliament today. How will the Golden Jubilee Budget affect you? Two senior Straits Times editors break down the numbers for you. Follow our live coverage of the Budget speech today, from
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      116 7 We can stay ahead of the competition It is not easy to pull off a successful event. To remain competitive, we have invested in new technology and enrolled staff for skills upgrading. The tax savings (or grants) from the Productivity and Innovation Credit Scheme has allowed us to improve our
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Enter New Delhi’s new breed of politicians
      780 10  -  Most are professionals who must learn fast, meet high expectations By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA BUREAU CHIEF IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg AT A residential colony in southern Delhi, local legislator Ajay Dutt politely listened as people aired grievances ranging from problems with high electricity
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      Lock icon Air pollution cutting life short in India: Study
      346 10 NEW YORK TIMES NEW DELHI More than half of India’s population live in places with such polluted air that each person loses an average of 3.2 years in life expectancy, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of Chicago,
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Myanmar army says rebels using China mercenaries
        623 12  -  Chief of military intelligence claims eight Chinese have been captured By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg MYANMAR’S army has accused a rebel alliance it is fighting in the north of hiring Chinese mercenaries. Over 130 people have been killed and
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        Lock icon Water levels in Selangor dams dropping
        409 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA The water levels at dams in Selangor Malaysia’s largest industrial state –are falling with the start of the dry season, raising concerns of a repeat of last year’s rationing in the Klang Valley if the situation worsens in
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        Lock icon HK lawmakers pushing for security laws to curb protests
        284 12 REUTERS HONG KONG Two Hong Kong delegates to China’s Parliament are pushing to implement national security laws, months after protesters supporting the Occupy movement shut down major parts of the Chinese-controlled city, broadcaster RTHK said. The last time Hong Kong tried
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        Lock icon ACID ATTACK ON TWO NEPAL STUDENTS
        100 12 The burnt clothes of acid-attack victim Sangeeta Magar, 16, displayed at the emergency section of Kathmandu Medical Hospital in Nepal yesterday. Two unidentified young men attacked Sangeeta and her friend Seema Basnet, 17, with acid as they were attending a class to prepare for
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Shanmugam on 4-day visit
          98 12 SINGAPORE Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam will start a four-day visit to Sri Lanka and India today. In Sri Lanka, Mr Shanmugam will call on President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. In India, Mr Shanmugam, who is
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          Lock icon Climate chief to skip meet
          60 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI Dr Rajendra Pachauri, 74, chairman of the Nobel-Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will not chair a key meeting in Kenya this week, as Indian police investigate a sexual harassment complaint against him, officials said yesterday. The claims were made
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          Lock icon Three detained by Thai police
          47 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Police have detained three demonstrators after they called for a public forum to exchange ideas with the ruling military junta in the latest strike against freedom of expression. Yesterday’s rally was staged by members of Serichon (Freeman) Thailand 58.
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        Lock icon Jailed Anwar to remain de facto head of opposition PKR
        297 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s jailed opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim will remain de facto leader of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), even if he is no longer the party’s leader or the Permatang Pauh MP, a party leader has said. Anwar would retain
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      • PEOPLE ASIA
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          Lock icon KPK chief: ‘Ambitious, arrogant, fearless’
          585 13  -  The bitter fight between Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the national police force has been politically taxing for President Joko Widodo. Indonesia Bureau Chief Zubaidah Nazeer looks at three of the main players in the dispute. Zubaidah Nazeer zubaidah@sph.com.sg CONTROVERSY has plagued Mr Abraham
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          Lock icon A ‘reserved and humble’ man
          365 13 GENERAL Badrodin Haiti was not on an initial list of police chief candidates. But the deputy police chief became President Joko Widodo’s top choice as nominee after General Budi Gunawan was dropped as his candidate. The three-star general was born in Jember, East Java province.
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          Lock icon General who was meant to be police chief
          401 13 GENERAL Budi Gunawan was Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri’s adjutant during her presidency from 2001 to 2004, a position that meant he had earned her utmost trust. His credentials looked solid he has had a decorated career of leadership posts and rapid progress through
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        Lock icon Life over the waves in Sabah
        1467 14  -  In Sabah, habitable space does not always end where the waves begin. The state’s coastal shallows have traditionally been the building ground for the seafaring communities whose free movement across national borders had long been tolerated. But following a few violent skirmishes on Sabah’s
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    • WORLD
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        Lock icon Kerry to hold fresh nuclear talks with Iranian minister
        371 15 Heightened urgency as March 31 deadline on framework for deal nears AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA US Secretary of State John Kerry is to renew talks with his Iranian counterpart on Teheran’s nuclear programme as a deadline looms. Mr Kerry, who was due
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        Lock icon Pro-Putin rally bashes US, liberal opposition
        459 15 BLOOMBERG MOSCOW Toxic anti-US rhetoric swelled in the streets of Moscow as thousands of President Vladimir Putin’s supporters marched on the anniversary of Ukraine’s Maidan revolution, which they regard as an illegal coup backed by Washington. Protesters demanded that the Russian government clamp down
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        Lock icon PUMMELLED BY FRESH SNOWSTORM
        108 15 A snow blower clearing snow from a driveway around the White House in Washington. A new winter storm slammed the East Coast in the United States on Saturday, pummelling the storm-weary region, including Washington DC and Baltimore, with even more snow. Snow and ice contributed to
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        Lock icon Turkey evacuates 40 soldiers from Syria
        578 16 Troops were guarding historical tomb which will be relocated REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES XINHUA ANKARA The Turkish military staged a daring operation into Syria to evacuate soldiers guarding the tomb of Suleyman Shah, which has been besieged by ISIS militants since last year, and
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        Lock icon Cameron concerned over girls bound for Syria
        555 16 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the country’s authorities will do everything they can to help three British schoolgirls who are believed to be travelling to Syria to join the Islamic State in Iraq and
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        Lock icon Nigeria retakes town from Boko Haram
        504 16 REUTERS BAUCHI (Nigeria) Nigerian forces backed by air strikes have seized the north-eastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram in a significant win against the insurgents. The retaking of the town, which is located at Nigeria’s border with Chad, Niger and
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      • WORLD BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Yemen leader resumes duties
          85 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ADEN Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi led a meeting of governors in the southern city of Aden yesterday as he resumed some duties after escaping house arrest. The leader had been held by Shi’ite militiamen who have seized control of the capital. Known
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          Lock icon Cyclone damages 1,500 homes
          60 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MACKAY, Australia Australian officials said yesterday all efforts were being made to help those hit by Tropical Cyclone Marcia, which smashed through Queensland state, leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity. The government has committed army reservists to help with the clean-up in
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          Lock icon Spacewalk to install cables
          32 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI Two American astronauts completed a space walk to install cables outside the International Space Station in preparation for commercial vehicles to dock there in future.
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          Lock icon UK police probe ‘racist’ incident
          50 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British Police have spoken to three men linked to the alleged racist incident involving Chelsea supporters on a Paris Metro train. On Tuesday, the men allegedly refused to let a black man board a train to Chelsea’s match against Paris St Germain.
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        Lock icon Venezuela’s woes: Queues and fights for necessities
        640 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CARACAS With long, everyday waits in line to buy milk or toilet paper, Venezuela’s economic crisis is proving ever more painful, as President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government struggles with the inflation-wracked, collapsing economy. “This country never was like this. Before, we
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        Lock icon Greece walks tightrope in bid to keep loan lifeline
        511 17 Govt must satisfy euro zone creditors, keep electoral vows AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS ATHENS Greece is drawing up proposals to take its struggling economy “out of sedation”, officials said yesterday as they worked to finalise reforms to keep open a loan
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      • MONEY BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Joint bids for S. Korea jet project
          71 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL Korean Air and European aerospace giant Airbus will jointly bid for a US$8 billion (S$10.9 billion) fighter jet project, a company spokesman said, pitting the pair against a Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries team-up. The project is designed to
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          Lock icon Revenue dip for Prada
          58 17 REUTERS MILAN Italian luxury fashion house Prada reported a 1 per cent dip in annual revenue yesterday and said it would have to contain costs as growing retail sales in the Americas and Japan failed to offset declines in China and Europe. Revenue totalled €3.55 billion
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          Lock icon US refinery strike into fourth week
          64 17 REUTERS HOUSTON The largest US refinery strike in 35 years has entered its fourth week as workers at 12 refineries accounting for one-fifth of national production capacity remained on picket lines. A total of 6,550 members of the United Steelworkers union at 15 plants,
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          Lock icon Indian firms to probe file thefts
          41 17 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI Indian energy companies Essar Oil and Reliance Industries said they will conduct their own inquiries after police arrested a dozen people over the alleged sale of government files stolen from the Oil Ministry.
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      44 14 www.stasiareport.com Read Carolyn Hong’s blog on water villages Also follow us on Twitter @STForeigndesk WATCH IT www.straitstimes.com Thousands of illegal settlers live in water villages off Pulau Gaya. Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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      6 14 NEXT WEEK: Sustainable fishing in Sabah
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        485 2 WHEN Bedok Point opened in December 2010, there was much excitement among residents of the area, one of Singapore’s oldest residential estates. The four-storey mall, developed out of the old Bedok and Changi theatres, has small speciality shops as well as food and
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      158 7 MR MICHAEL Chew, a manager at Khong Guan Flour Milling, which makes oat products, attended the Relax, Relief and Rejuvenation in Indonesia workshop organised by DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore in November last year. Says Mr Chew: “The Indonesian
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      413 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Jose Mourinho has risked the wrath of the Football Association despite finding a new thinly-veiled method to suggest that poor officiating could cost Chelsea the English Premier League title. The Chelsea manager was furious after a series of contentious decisions, including
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      305 18 REUTERS LONDON The man subjected to racist chanting by Chelsea fans and pushed off a train in Paris has snubbed the English Premier League club’s invitation to attend a match at Stamford Bridge. Video footage showed a group of Chelsea fans preventing the man,
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      139 15 Today Cricket ICC World Cup, Pool A: England v Scotland (Singtel TV Ch123 StarHub Ch236, 5.45am). Football Italian Serie A: Napoli v Sassuolo (tomorrow, 1.55am), Cagliari v Inter (tomorrow, 3.55am) Singtel TV Ch111. Spanish Primera Liga: Levante v Granada (Singtel TV Ch114 StarHub Ch208, tomorrow, 3.40am). Tennis ATP
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      646 15 Basketball NBA Charlotte 103 Oklahoma 110, Miami 91 New Orleans 105, Chicago 112 Phoenix 107, Houston 98 Toronto 76, LA Clippers 126 Sacramento 99. Cycling World Track C’ships In Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, finals: Men’s omnium: 1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) 205pts. 2 Glenn O’Shea (Aus) 190. 3 Elia Viviani (Ita) 181. Individual
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      411 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE Golf’s teenage world No. 1 Lydia Ko added the Australian Open to her growing list of achievements with a two-stroke win at Royal Melbourne yesterday. The 17-year-old New Zealander became the youngest-ever world No. 1 in golf earlier this
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      479 15 REUTERS CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) Russell Westbrook had a little extra on his plate on Saturday, with the Oklahoma City Thunder working in four newcomers and playing without injured forward Kevin Durant. But the All-Star guard was more than up to the challenge,
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      66 15 James Harden (left) of the Houston Rockets driving past James Johnson during the Rockets’ 98-76 victory over the Toronto Raptors in a National Basketball Association game on Saturday. The home team wore specially designed uniforms to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and will continue to
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      597 16  -  Quick start from outside helps US mare to fifth win in feature races By JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg CLASS prevailed in yesterday’s inaugural, $3.05-million Group 1 CECF Singapore Cup as top-rat-ed American stayer Parranda scored a comfortable victory in the country’s richest horse race. The six-year-old chestnut
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      252 16  -  JONATHAN WONG CHARITY was also a big winner at the end of the two-day China Equine Cultural Festival (CECF), with local beneficiaries receiving $350,000 in donations from organisers the China Horse Club. Its founder and chairman Teo Ah Khing presented cheques to Chew Kwee San
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      378 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines) Manny Pacquiao may be facing the biggest fight of his career in undefeated rival Floyd Mayweather but the Philippine boxing hero said yesterday that he is taking it all in his stride. “This is just like any other fight I
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      449 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Defending champions India demolished South Africa by 130 runs yesterday, dealing the Proteas their heaviest World Cup defeat in front of almost 87,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed a career-best 137 with 16 boundaries and two
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        51 16 REUTERS BARCELONA McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was involved in a heavy crash on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona yesterday but is “OK and conscious”, team officials said. The two-time Formula One world champion, 33, hit the wall on the exit of Turn 3 at
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        55 16 SINGAPORE top seed Feng Tianwei, table tennis’ women’s world No. 5, was shocked by 10th-ranked Han Ying in the Qatar Open semi-finals yesterday. Two games up, the 28-year-old lost to the Liaoning-born German 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 7-11, 11-5, 10-12 after failing to convert
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        77 16 REUTERS MELBOURNE Singapore footballer Safuwan Baharudin was an unused substitute in Melbourne City’s 0-0 draw with A-League leaders Perth Glory yesterday. The 23-year-old LionsXII defender, who is on a three-month loan in Australia, had started the last two matches but was replaced in the starting
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        51 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Ethiopia’s Endeshaw Negesse destroyed a quality field including Olympic and world champion Stephen Kiprotich to produce a stunning upset in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday. He won in 2hr 6min, while Birhane Dibaba completed an Ethiopian double by winning the women’s race in
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        59 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Britain’s double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah set a new indoor world record over two miles at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday. He crossed the line in 8min 3.40sec to eclipse Kenenisa Bekele’s mark of 8:04.35, which the Ethiopian
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        55 16 REUTERS BERLIN Augsburg’s soccer goalkeeper Marwin Hitz rescued a point for his team in unusual fashion, when he netted a stoppage-time equaliser to secure a 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. He became only the third goalkeeper to score in a league game from open
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        46 16 REUTERS DUBAI Romania’s Simona Halep beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the Dubai Championships’ final on Saturday to claim her 10th WTA singles title. The win ensured Halep would return to third in the world tennis rankings.
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      506 17 UNITED RUE LUCK SWANS DO DOUBLE Deflected goal gives Welsh side win as Devils’ possession doesn’t pay off THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was keen to wish the Red Devils’ Chinese fans a happy new year before his team took on Swansea City.
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      442 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger has conceded that Arsenal were lucky to secure Saturday’s 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace that moved the Gunners up to third in the English Premier League, ahead of last night’s games. After scoring early and late in the first
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      730 17 PEOPLE THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON He held off one man, beat another, veered beyond a third, and smashed a shot past the goalkeeper. Then he raced away, escaping team-mates and dodging a photographer, to embrace that special woman in the
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      379 17 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON A change of manager brought a change of mood at Villa Park, but no change of luck for the home team. If Tim Sherwood was not aware of the size of the task facing him, he certainly will be now
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      450 1 PART C -ho inist dsey rlng Remy Martin cognac Quest for rare, unopened bottles Lindsey Stirling Hip-hop violinist C3 C2 Madam Som Mohamed Said’s 50 years as a Malay dance pioneer is a story of innovation, intrigue and much sacrifice. VENESSA LEE reports. Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel The Buried Giant
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        826 2  -  Remy Martin is looking for unopened bottles of the cognac that date back to the 1880s Kenneth Goh kengohsz@sph.com.sg In 1881, two shipments of 30 bottles of Louis XIII cognac arrived in Singapore from Cognac, France. Now, 134 years later, the Remy Martin Cognac
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        574 3 Agence France-Presse New York A United States court has sided with Bob Marley’s (right) family, which sued a company that sold shirts depicting the reggae legend, in a case with potential ramifications for merchandise of other deceased stars. The
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        2334 4  -  Malay dance pioneer Som Mohamed Said embraces multicultural aspects in her work Venessa Lee venessal@sph.com.sg Weddings have long been a source of inspiration for Malay dance pioneer Som Mohamed Said. Madam Som, 64, who marks her 50th year in dance this year, says she is drawn to the
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        540 5 The Oscar-winning actress, now 80 and battling deteriorating eyesight, is determined to work indefinitely Reuters London After a career spanning seven decades, Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench rails against the notion of enforced retirement every bit as much as the character she plays
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        1590 7  -  Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel about ogres, which he put aside 10 years ago as he was paralysed by doubt, is now out Alexandra Alter New York Times Chipping Campden, England About a decade ago, Kazuo Ishiguro was 50 pages into a new novel when, uncharacteristically,
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        497 7 Agence France-Presse Paris Kristen Stewart last Friday became the first American actress to win a Cesar, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, while Timbuktu won seven awards including Best Film for its portrayal of northern Mali under jihadist control. Twilight star Stewart received
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      1072 6  -  The ban on haircuts during the festive period is made up by women Jay Talking Jeremy Au Yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg Chinese New Year is a very busy period for many people and in the frenzy of pineapple tart eating and hongbao collecting, it is sometimes
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      480 6 Agence France-Presse Hollywood Fashion titan Tom Ford said he plans to shoot his second movie later this year, following the critical success of his debut 2009 feature film A Single Man. He wowed an A-list crowd in Los Angeles last Friday by taking the
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      849 8 An underwear line helps showbiz celebs to move comfortably in their see-through clothes New York Times New York When Hollywood stars walk the red carpet this morning (Singapore time) for the Oscars, one label will be worn surreptitiously by many of the A-list celebrities. But it is
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      426 8 Bloomberg Los Angeles Add up the Oscar wins of Meryl Streep (three), Jack Nicholson (three) and Steven Spielberg (two) and they would still not equal the awards won by Dennis Muren. With nine golden statuettes, Muren has more Oscars than any other living
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      677 8 Reuters Mexico City A new wave of Mexican film-makers is following in the wake of the success of Alejandro G. Inarritu, bent on breaking Hollywood convention and making daring movies with high-profile actors. Inarritu’s Birdman garnered nine Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and
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      522 9  -  Review Concert NU SHU Metropolitan Festival Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts 2015 Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday Chang Tou Liang The Chinese composer-conductor Tan Dun is arguably the most visible ambassador of Chinese music and arts to the Westernoriented world today. As
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      1108 10 Previously unknown works were discovered on reverse sides of Cezanne watercolours at a museum New York Times Philadelphia In 1921, the wily art collector Albert C. Barnes wrote to Paris to his friend and fellow collector Leo Stein, who was in dire need of money and
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      1036 10 New York Times New York When Peter Lik describes his career as a fine-art photographer, he speaks with the satisfaction of a guy who has performed miracles. The words tumble forth in self-exalting, run-on sentences, all of them in the sunny, chummy accent of
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      331 10 Reuters Dallas A Fort Worth jury has decided that a Texas woman was defrauded out of royalty rights to the tantalising bestselling novel Fifty Shades Of Grey and stands to earn a large award, her lawyer said last Friday. Court papers showed
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        471 12 Reuters Santa Monica, California Dark showbiz satire Birdman and coming-of-age tale Boyhood took the top honours at the Independent Spirit Awards last aturday, a day before Hollywood’s biggest night when both will face off in the top Oscars categories. Birdman, nominated for nine Oscars
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        407 12 Reuters Los Angeles Former child star Kirk Cameron tried Saving Christmas, but he more likely killed a career comeback with the movie that ruled at this year’s Razzies, the awards for the worst achievement in film. Cameron, 44, was declared the big winner
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          70 12 Reality TV star Kim Kardashian gave thanks on Saturday, hours after she and her sister Khloe escaped injury in a road accident. A car which Khloe was driving slid off an icy Montana road and fell into a ditch, USA Today quoted a patrol officer as
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          85 12 New rules will expand the number of contenders for top honours in the comedy and drama categories in this year’s Emmy Awards, organisers said. The two categories will now have seven nominees, up from six. Comedy series will be defined by shows that are
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