The Straits Times, 2 June 2015

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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon MAS sets out plan for ‘hard reset’, axes 6,000 jobs
      557 2 / 3  -  New CEO spearheads turnaround for ‘technically bankrupt’ carrier By ASRUL HADI ABDULLAH SANI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR asruls@sph.com.sg MALAYSIA Airlines Berhad (MAS Bhd) laid out plans for a hard reset of the “technically bankrupt” airline, slashing some 6,000 jobs
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      Lock icon AirAsia could give Changi major boost
      412 2 / 3  -  It wants to offer seamless transfer between its flights at airport By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg CHANGI Airport’s hub status could get a significant lift with the region’s biggest budget carrier looking to make it more convenient for travellers in transit. AirAsia Malaysia,
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      Lock icon TIBETAN TEMPLE’S VESAK CELEBRATIONS
      105 2 / 3 Namdrol Rinpoche (in red) walking around the stupa with other Tibetan monks and temple volunteers who are carrying Buddha’s holy relics in a glass jar. Tibetan Buddhist Temple Thekchen Choling (Singapore) held a series of events to celebrate Vesak Day yesterday. The major highlight was the
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      Lock icon Runner sets record despite gastric attack
      539 2 / 3  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg ULTRAMARATHONER Yong Yuen Cheng clocked a personal best timing of four hours and 47 minutes for his 50km run yesterday, despite a mild gastric attack. He did this with the help of pacer Gerrard Lin, 31, who ran alongside and
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Upbeat factory data for China
        51 4 A CHINESE factory gauge has recorded its strongest result in six months, suggesting China may have succeeded in stabilising its slowing economy. Investors in Shanghai were buoyed by the news, driving up the main share index there by 4.7 per cent. TOP OF THE NEWS
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        Lock icon Duo on heroin-trafficking rap
        41 4 TWO passengers in the car that crashed through security barriers near Shangri-La Hotel in the wee hours of Sunday, prompting the police to shoot the driver, were charged with heroin trafficking yesterday. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Beijing stubs it out
          54 4 BEIJING’S smoking ban went into full swing yesterday, as China’s capital unrolled new curbs on a popular habit that has taken a serious toll on the country’s health. Some 1,100 health inspectors will enforce the law, and those who violate the ban must pay a 200-yuan
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          Lock icon Beijing, Seoul ink FTA
          48 4 CHINA and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement (FTA) which will slash trade barriers, including tariffs on goods produced in Kaesong, a North Korean industrial zone run jointly with the South where many South Korean factories have set up shop. PAGE A13
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          Lock icon 41 charged over disaster
          42 4 FORTY-ONE people connected to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex, including the owner of the factory complex, were charged with murder yesterday. The illegally-extended building collapsed in 2013 and killed more than 1,100 people. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon Pre-climate talks push
          64 4 FRANCE is calling for a “pre-agreement” to be forged before the crucial conference in Paris in December, which aims to commit the world to roll back emissions. The ambitious plan has prompted the call for an earlier consensus to allow for more “delicate” talks later this year.
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        Lock icon NARENDRA MODI’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE
        51 4 The first anniversary of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rise to power is marked by several economic and foreign policy successes. More political and social initiatives would be required to meet the high expectations raised by his assumption of office. The Straits Times OPINION
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Measuring productivity
          74 4 PRODUCTIVITY in the construction sector is often singled out as being low. Yet that might be due to using a wrong measure of productivity that looks at the value added per worker. A more meaningful indicator would measure the actual floor area built per man-hour. Such a measure
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Rebound in oil prices
          62 4 OIL prices may have picked up of late but analysts are warning it is too soon to talk about a turnaround after last year’s heavy fall. Brent crude was trading at US$65 a barrel yesterday, up from US$45 in January. But analysts say the key reason
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Maria ousted in last 16
          82 4 MARIA Sharapova’s defence of her French Open tennis title ended tamely in the fourth round at Roland Garros yesterday. The Russian second seed, who also won in 2012 and reached the final a year later, lost 6-7 (3-7), 4-6 in an erratic display to Czech
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon ‘Pop-up’ Singapore
          80 4 AMERICAN pop artist Charles Fazzino, known for his colourful 3D artworks of major cities, has created a three-dimensional, “pop-up” map of Singapore which includes sights such as the Merlion, Gardens by the Bay and the Singapore Sling cocktail. It is the centrepiece of his ongoing solo exhibition at
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          Lock icon Multiracial life in the 70s
          60 4 AN UPCOMING production in Tamil, Hokkien, Malay and English portrays life in Singapore in the 1970s and is set in the PUB quarters where multiracial workers and their families live. The play by Indian drama group Avant Theatre Language features a cast of 35, and
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Algae blooms
          43 4 ALGAE blooms have been in the news for their devastating effects on fish farmers, and they can also affect the water in reservoirs. A group of experts is working with PUB to better understand a particular type of algae. PAGE B4
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          Lock icon Revamp for food centres
          62 4 IN THE next two years, the lease will be up for stall owners at three food centres at Block 69, Geylang Bahru; Block 163, Bukit Merah Central; and Block 84, Marine Parade Central. The centres will undergo major renovations. Some hawkers hope to stay on but
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          Lock icon Special sex-ed tender
          48 4 STUDENTS in public special education schools will soon have more guidance in sexuality education and relationships. The Ministry of Education has awarded a $24,000 tender to a company to develop a guide to help such schools design programmes in personal safety and relationships. PAGE B3
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon A place for a range of perspectives
          48 4 USING the ongoing tension in the South China Sea as an example, ST Opinion Editor Chua Mui Hoong (right) explains how commentaries in The Straits Times’ Opinion pages offer a range of viewpoints that often go beyond the paper’s stance. http://str.sg/Uny
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      • WEB SPECIAL
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          Lock icon Naming Kardashian's baby No. 2
          42 4 TV PERSONALITY Kim Kardashian is pregnant with her second child with rapper Kanye West. With their first child called North West, Twitter is abuzz with rather cheeky name choices for their second one. Read them here: http://str.sg/Unv
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      Lock icon Park slams Seoul govt’s response to Mers cases
      571 6  -  She urges all-out action as S. Korean woman suspected to have Mers dies By CHANG MAY CHOON SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT IN SEOUL changmc@sph.com.sg A 58-YEAR-OLD South Korean woman suspected of contracting Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) has died, as President Park Geun
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    • Article
      Lock icon US, Vietnam discuss halting land reclamation in S. China Sea
      536 6 REUTERS BLOOMBERG HANOI United States Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has discussed his call for an end to is-land-building in the South China Sea in talks with his Vietnamese counterpart, who said Vietnam had not expanded its islands but had done
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      Lock icon ‘Hair-raising’ plan to help boost cancer patients’ self-esteem
      374 6  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg MR HO Yang Chuw’s workplace is full of hair. The wigmaker has been commissioned by Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) to make around 40 wigs from donated hair as part of a scheme to help breast cancer patients
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      Lock icon Migrant trafficking: Arrest warrant out for Thai army officer
      493 6 Additional reporting by Shannon Teoh BANGKOK A southern Thai court has approved an arrest warrant for a top army officer suspected of smuggling Rohingya Muslim migrants into Thailand, the most senior Thai official so far to have been accused of involvement
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      Lock icon Jurong Town Hall gazetted a national monument
      348 7  -  By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg JURONG Town Hall has become the first conserved building to be gazetted a national monument. The National Heritage Board (NHB) said in a statement yesterday that Jurong Town Hall’s national monument status ensures its historical features will be accorded
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      Lock icon US govt’s spying powers curbed
      610 7 Bulk collection of phone data to stop as Senate fails to extend scheme for now BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The US government no longer has the power, for now, to collect phone records of Americans in the hunt for terrorists after senators failed to vote
      BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  610 words
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      Lock icon Go high-tech and trash the stinky chute woes
      686 8  -  By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg FOUL-SMELLING rubbish chutes will soon be a whiff of the past at Jurong’s Yuhua estate, as blocks there get retrofitted with high-tech waste-col-lection infrastructure. Since early last month, six blocks in Yuhua have been using the pneumatic
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      Lock icon Google invests $404m to expand S’pore data centre
      832 8  -  Move prompted by big spike in data usage here and across the globe By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SEARCH giant Google is investing more than US$300 million (S$404 million) to expand its data centre in Singapore, one of only two such
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Beijing stubs out smoking with new rules
      744 10 Heavier fines, shaming on govt website for violating ban REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s capital was sprinkled with red-uniformed volunteers, propaganda banners and no-smoking signs yesterday as Beijing rolled out ambitious new curbs on a popular habit that has taken a serious
      REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS  -  744 words
    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Degree mills on the rise in China
        765 12  -  Many are scammed by unaccredited universities that issue fake degrees By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg MADAM Xiao Weihong was eager to get her son a place at a good university, despite his poor grades. So she jumped at the chance
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        Lock icon WORKING IT OUT THROUGH PLAY
        89 12 Many hands make light work, and these little hands were quick to perform the various tasks assigned to them. To mark International Children’s Day yesterday, several children were given the opportunity to “try out jobs”, such as nursing (above) and building (left), in activities based
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      • Article
        Lock icon China to hold live-fire drill near Myanmar border
        326 12 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI China’s military will begin live-fire ammunition drills today on its Myanmar frontier, the same area where China recently complained of shells drifting over the border and injuring residents. The exercises will be held in two counties in the
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        Lock icon Woman’s body found in suitcase at Tokyo Station
        214 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The corpse of a woman has been found stuffed in a suitcase and left in a locker at one of the world’s busiest train stations, after it went undiscovered for a month. The suitcase was abandoned in a locker
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      • Article
        Lock icon Abe urged not to join AIIB till governance issues addressed
        336 12 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan should not join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) until governance concerns are addressed, a panel of ruling party lawmakers will advise Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week, according to a person with direct
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        Lock icon THAI KING BACK IN HOSPITAL FOR TESTS
        96 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK A Thai well-wisher reading a statement from the royal household bureau, put up next to a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The palace statement on Sunday said the 87-year-old king
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        Lock icon China, S. Korea ink free trade deal
        407 13 Pact includes goods made at joint N. Korean factory park, excludes rice and cars REUTERS XINHUA SEOUL China and South Korea yesterday signed a deal to slash trade barriers between them, including tariffs on goods produced at a North Korean factory park run
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        Lock icon South Korea and US begin anti-submarine exercise off Jeju
        242 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea and the United States have kicked off a major antisubmarine drill, weeks after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). The three-day exercise starting yesterday, aimed at tackling provocations by North
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        Lock icon Rana Plaza tragedy: 41 face murder charge
        539 14 Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster claimed over 1,100 lives AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ALAM DHAKA Bangladeshi police have charged 41 people, including the owner of the Rana Plaza, with murder after the factory complex collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,100 people. Yesterday, a court in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Migrants pushed back by Aussies, land in Indonesia
        317 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUPANG (East Nusa Tenggara) Scores of asylum-seekers landed in eastern Indonesia after their boat was intercepted by the Australian navy and pushed into Indonesian waters, police said. The 65 migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka were spotted by the
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        Lock icon Japan left red-faced as pension system hacked
        223 14 REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s pension system has been hacked and more than a million cases of personal data leaked, the authorities said yesterday, in an embarrassment that revived memories of a scandal that helped topple Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his first term in
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon India’s PM Modi to visit Israel
          114 14 XINHUA NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian leader to visit Israel, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has said. No dates have been finalised for Mr Modi’s visit, but the BBC cited reports that said the visit could happen after an
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          Lock icon Chinese official faces graft charge
          68 14 REUTERS BEIJING Chinese prosecutors have formally charged a former senior official at the National Energy Administration with corruption, the government said yesterday. Wei Pengyuan, who was the deputy director of the administration’s coal department, is suspected of bribery and being unable to account for the
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          Lock icon India’s monsoon misses start date
          67 14 REUTERS NEW DELHI This year’s monsoon may hit India’s southern Kerala coast in the next five days as the rains have missed their normal start date of June 1, weather officials said yesterday. The annual rainy season is vital for India as half its cropland
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      • Article
        Lock icon Veteran’s uphill task to unseat PAS chief
        728 15  -  Former party V-P backed by moderates, but hardliners gunning for leadership posts By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg THE hudud debate roiling Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is a test of whether the opposition alliance is at the mercy of bigots and
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        Lock icon Najib sought ‘Cabinet consensus on 1MDB issue’
        351 15 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Najib Razak has reportedly told his fellow ministers to resign from the Cabinet if they disagreed with his stand on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). However, according to an Utusan Malaysia report yesterday, none of the ministers challenged the Prime
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        Lock icon ‘Drug deaths’ were caused by heatstroke
        317 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR The organisers of last year’s Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) concert said they had been kept in the dark over the cause of deaths of six people at the event. For more than a year, it was believed
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      Lock icon Campaign presses FDA to approve women’s libido pill
      404 16 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Is sexual desire a human right? And are women entitled to a little pink pill to help them feel it? Those questions are key in a campaign pressing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve
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      Lock icon SingaPerth’s pull: More vibrant, still charming
      1113 16  -  Singaporeans like Aussie city’s easy-going lifestyle and hawker-style restaurants By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN PERTH jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com DURING a trip Down Under for a company conference in 2002, Singaporean John Tan met an Australia-based colleague named Michelle and, as he says, “love
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      Lock icon Paris lifts ‘the burden’ of eternal love
      352 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The eternal love expressed on one Paris bridge is unlikely to last forever after all. Padlocks weighing 45 tonnes fastened to the railings of the Pont des Arts bridge are set to be cast aside by the end of the
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      Lock icon Saudi king working on $674m complex in oasis
      727 17 Mud palaces once home to royal family being restored NEW YORK TIMES DIRIYAH (Saudi Arabia) More than 250 years ago, in this sun-baked oasis of mud-brick houses and ramparts, the ancestors of the Saudi royal family and an outcast fundamentalist preacher formed
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      Lock icon Why Saudis are keeping the oil flowing despite its weak price
      477 17 Energy consumption in Saudi Arabia is growing faster than in almost any other country in the world, at an average of 6 per cent a year over the past decade. NEW YORK TIMES HOUSTON The international cartel of oil
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      Lock icon Captors post video of French hostage in Yemen
      280 17 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS The captors of a Frenchwoman kidnapped in Yemen on Feb 24 have released the first video of her since her abduction, showing her pleading for help to gain her freedom. “Please bring me to France, fast,” says Ms
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      Lock icon ISIS bans shaving beards in Mosul
      335 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD Every time he looks in a mirror, Mr Laith Ahmed is worried. The young Iraqi’s hairless chin could land him in an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jail. The militant group has handed out leaflets in its stronghold of
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      Lock icon Greece pins hopes on Merkel to offer cash lifeline
      787 18  -  Success could secure German leader’s legacy in one-Europe project By MARILYN GERLACH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN FRANKFURT marilyn.gerlach123@gmail.com NEWS ANALYSIS WITH cash-strapped Greece facing its first repayment deadline this month on Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to hammer
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      Lock icon US granny, 92, is oldest woman marathoner
      195 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN DIEGO A 92-year-old United States grandmother has become the oldest woman to finish a marathon, when the cancer survivor crossed the finish line of a San Diego race, organisers said. A smiling Harriette Thompson, aged 92 years and 65 days,
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      Lock icon France seeks ‘pre-agreement’ for year-end climate talks
      535 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BONN France has sought to breathe life into talks for a United Nations climate pact, calling for a “pre-agreement” to be forged weeks before a crucial conference in Paris in December that must seal the final deal. French Foreign Minister Laurent
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      Lock icon More than 6,400 killed in Ukraine: UN
      294 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA The United Nations yesterday said more than 6,400 people have been killed in conflict-wracked Ukraine and that despite a slowdown in fighting, millions more are suffering from abuses and hardship. In its latest report, the UN human rights office noted
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        Lock icon 69 burned to death in crash
        59 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAGOS Sixty-nine people burned to death in south-east Nigeria after a petrol tanker lost control, rammed into a busy bus station and burst into flames. It was not immediately clear what caused the lorry’s driver to lose control in Onitsha but there
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        Lock icon 37 killed in suicide attack
        62 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD A suicide attack using an armoured vehicle packed with explosives against an Iraqi police base north-west of Baghdad killed at least 37 people yesterday, officers said. The area is being used in a military operation aimed at cutting off the Islamic State
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        Lock icon New president for Mauritius
        58 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT LOUIS The government of Mauritius yesterday designated Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the Indian Ocean island nation’s new president, making her the first woman to hold the ceremonial position. The appointment of Dr Gurib-Fakim, 56, an internationally renowned scientist and biologist, is subject to
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      Lock icon Different manufacturing paths for 2 giants
      653 19 China aims to rival Germany or Japan while India eyes S-E Asia BLOOMBERG NEW YORK It may sound like another example of competition between the world’s most populous nations. The Communist Party recently announced a Made in China programme aimed at transforming its manufacturing
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      Lock icon Norway’s sovereign wealth fund turns its back on coal
      423 19 BLOOMBERG OSLO The market clout of Norway’s US$890 billion (S$1.2 trillion) sovereign wealth fund is proving too tempting for politicians to ignore. The fund will now be an active tool in the Parliament’s fossil fuel agenda. After requiring it to buy
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      Lock icon Chicken prices soar amid India’s killer heat wave
      329 19 REUTERS MUMBAI Chicken prices in India are at a record high after a heat wave killed more than 17 million birds last month, as temperatures regularly above 40 deg C led to mounting casualties among humans and livestock. May and June are
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      Lock icon Holding finance individuals to account
      371 19 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Global regulators may soon be focusing on making individuals just as accountable for banking misbehaviour as the institutions that employ them. With a slew of scandals freshly in mind over benchmark rigging that led to billions of dollars in fines for international
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Viet growth target
        65 19 REUTERS HANOI– Vietnam will strive to raise economic growth next year to 6.5 per cent or higher by restructuring the agricultural sector, boosting exports and concluding free trade agreements, the government said. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued a directive yesterday to agencies to draft plans for
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        Lock icon Forex rules eased
        68 19 REUTERS JAKARTA– Bank Indonesia yesterday relaxed some of its foreign exchange regulations to bolster and deepen the country’s domestic foreign exchange market. Among the changes, it eased a need for banks to monitor and manage their net foreign exchange exposure every half an hour of the trading
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        392 9  -  By PHYLLIS HO hphyllis@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE property investors are dipping their toes into homes in the largely untested market of Cambodia, though in relatively small numbers. In March, a Singapore developer launched phase one of the 17-storey La Vie Residences in the capital Phnom
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        422 10  -  RACHEL TAN WORKING until midnight is nothing out of the ordinary for Mr Olivier Simottel. The 48-year-old Singapore permanent resident has been working in the commodities trading sector for more than 25 years, having started out at Elf Aquitaine,
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        469 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Tokyo stocks yesterday chalked up their 12th straight gain, their best run in more than a quarter of a century, while Shanghai and Hong Kong rebounded as data indicated a pick-up in China manufacturing. The euro edged down
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      117 14 NEXT 48 HOURS Today SEA Games Football, Group A: Myanmar v Indonesia (Jalan Besar, 8.30pm. Singtel Ch134). Gp B: Vietnam v Malaysia (Bishan, 8.30pm. Ch135). Table Tennis: Women’s doubles, s-finals (1pm). Men’s doubles, s-finals (3.50pm) –Finals (7pm). Women’s singles, 1st rd (2.20pm). Men’s singles, 1st rd (4pm) Singtel Ch134. Tennis
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      394 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Three Leicester City youth players, including manager Nigel Pearson’s son James, have apologised after British Sunday newspaper allegations that they appeared in a racist sex tape during the club’s post-season Thailand trip. The video obtained by the Mirror
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      861 16  -  By LOW JAY SEN jslow@sph.com.sg IMMEDIATELY after these SEA Games, Singapore national tennis player Angeline Devi Devanthiran will spend three months in a remote desert area of Egypt. Why? To study for her O-Level examinations this October, while making the transition from
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      302 17  -  By MARCUS LIM marcusl@sph.com.sg OVER and again, Myanmar’s chef de mission Thet Lwin repeated two words when asked about his targets for his 390-athlete SEA Games contingent yesterday. “We’ll try,” he said, without further elaborating on how his athletes would perform. After hosting the
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        643 12 Agence France-Presse Mumbai Indian movie star Irrfan Khan, lauded for his roles in The Lunchbox and Life Of Pi, has urged Hollywood directors to adopt Bollywood’s love of flamboyant song-and-dance routines. The ubiquitous actor, whose credits also include The Amazing Spider-Man and The Darjeeling
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      822 6 Obituary #1 New York Times New York The epic saga of a heroic Chinese monk’s pilgrimage to India with a Monkey King, a pig spirit and another disciple in a search for sacred Buddhist scriptures was first published in 1592. The
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      204 1 hile working on this issue with the other Dots, I learnt a lot about Mr Lee W Kuan Yew. During his terms as Singapore’s Prime Minister, Senior Minister and Minister Mentor, Mr Lee truly lived a life of purpose. He tirelessly worked towards his goal of
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        778 2 / 3  -  Vigil orderlies watch over founding PM’s body as it lies in state at Parliament House Text: Laremy Lee Singapore, April 4, 2015 For four days, 80 officers took turns to stand by Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s casket at Pariament House. They were vigil guards, keeping
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        234 6 Jobs and housing were Mr Lee’s most urgent priorities when PAP took power in 1959. Many were living in unhygienic slums then. The economy, while prosperous compared to other South-east Asian cities, had not industrialised and struggled to generate jobs for the baby boomers. Among
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        590 7 Away from the public eye, Mr Lee Kuan Yew had a loyal, caring side. He was a family man who kept in close contact with his siblings, worried after his children and loved his wife deeply. The eldest of five siblings born into a middle-class Straits Chinese family,
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        318 8 / 9  -  ACTIVITY BY SERENE LUO FEBRUARY 1960 (above) Mr and Mrs Lee with their young family during Chinese New Year in 1960. Clockwise from left are Hsien Loong, eight, Hsien Yang, two, and Wei Ling, five. 1946: Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Miss Kwa Geok Choo at
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        586 14 / 15 Many pay their respects to the former PM and queue up to 10 hours to attend his lying in state After news of Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s death broke in the early hours of March 23, several Singaporeans on the way to school and work took a
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        749 16 / 17 The death of Mr Lee Kuan Yew brings out the best in S’pore’s residents as many lend a hand to those waiting in line to pay their last respects to the former prime minister Mr Foh Keng Yin, 71, was moved to action when he saw
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        292 18 / 19  -  By Serene Luo Here is how to do it: Cut out articles from this issue or the newspapers to add to your memories. Discuss the questions on this page with your family members or friends and write down your reflections. Doodle, paint, take photographs or write
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        267 20 An excerpt from the eulogy by grandson Li Hongyi at Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s cremation service He cared deeply about this country and made sure he was aware of any weaknesses that could cause us harm. But he was very proud of Singapore and confident that
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      1079 13 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Classified Jobs Executive Appointments lassified Jobs assified as ie o s bs s Recruit Guide e Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email class@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/ Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/ Infocomm 715 Lecturing/ Teaching 718 Tutors
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      192 13 Estab Food Company in Jurong is hiring SALES EXECUTIVE Prefer from food sales Self-motivated Result oriented Prefer Singaporean Attractive Salary Incentive Benefit Transport Allowance Email CV to: ehf.hiring@gmail.com or Tel: 6933 2927 SALES OR ADMIN for Agy dealing in Filipino maids. Basic salary commission. Dans 9832-1437. 04C3439 thetdans@yahoo.com CONSULTANTS NEEDED
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      319 15 Tokuyama Electronic Chemicals Pte Ltd 21 Gul Road Singapore *****5 An established ISO 9001 ***** certified Japanese Chemical Company located in Jurong has an immediate vacancy for: GUARD Able to work 3 rotating shift With or without experience Physically fit Able to speak and write simple English Possess Valid Security
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      585 15 WE ARE HIRING!!! 10XIN-HOUSE SECURITY OFFICERS Possess a valid PLRD License Rotating day night 12-hour shift 3 off days per week Shopping mall environment Earn $1800 to $2000+++ Walk-in Interview: 02 05 June 2015 10am 12pm and 2pm 3pm 1 Venture Avenue #07-07 Big Box S(*****1) (Near Jurong East MRT
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      1356 16 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Executive Appointments GATEWAYto THAT'S THE IDEA 6 Jun 2015 (Sat) 10am 5pm Lifelong Learning Institute 11 Eunos Road 8, S(*****1) Nearest MRT station: Paya Lebar AN CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND CAREER So start planning for your future now.
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