The New Paper, 11 August 2010

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1 52 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY AUG 11 2010 70 CENTS MICA (P) 117/01/2010
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      27 1 3 DAYS TO SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES WEDNESDAY ESCALATOR ACCIDENT AT ORCHARD ROAD MALL BOY, 4, LOSES BIG TOE PAGE 2 PICTURE COURTESY OF MR JUERGEN
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      33 1 S’pore teen killed in Johor crash Boyfriend, who drove car, says: I blame myself PAGE 4 thenewpaper Be there on Sunday for chance to win free trip to England PAGE 7 "*****1 *****1
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      Lock icon 'Foot stuck but escalator went on'
      986 2/3  -  Indonesian family recounts how son lost big toe at 313@Somerset REPORT:ELYSA ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg IT WAS his first trip to Singapore. But instead of fond memories, little Gavin Posse is left with the nightmare of how he lost his big toe when his rubber
      PICTURES: KELVIN CHNG, COURTESY OF JUERGEN POSSE  -  986 words
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      Lock icon OTHER CASES
      129 2/3 OCTOBER 2006 Afour-year-old boy’s footwas stuckin anescalator while his family shopped for his birthday present at Bugis Junction. The skin near his big and second toes was ripped off, exposing bones. SEPT 20,2008 A four-year-old Japanese girl wearing Crocs had her big toe ripped off after her shoe
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      Lock icon Trapped: Man's hand in escalator, girl's hand in door
      331 2/3  -  IN OTHER MALLS REPORT:JOANNA JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg –AdditionalreportingbyErYanbing –AdditionalreportingbyErYanbing HE HEARD shouts coming from outside his shop on the second storey of Orchard Plaza. When Mr Mark Lin, 48, rushed out, he saw a young man lying on the floor at
      PICTURE COURTESY OF MARK LIN  -  331 words
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      Lock icon I reached out, we hugged, we cried
      279 4 Boy’smumseeksforgiveness.MadamLim(left)says: HER heart was filled with such pain that she tried to bang her head against the hospital walls. She fainted twice. “Icouldn’tbreathe,I justwantedtodie. It’s likemy heart justshattered into amillion pieces,”said Madam JennyLim, 47, Miss Tan Xiu Li’smother. Yet, when the mother of
      PICTURES: GAVIN FOO, COURTESY OF THE TAN FAMILY  -  279 words
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      Lock icon 'I'm the driver, I'm responsible'
      720 4  -  Boyfriend of girl (right) saysherparentsdon’t blame him, but blames himself for her death S’PORETEENINFATALJOHORCARCRASH REPORTS: MAUREEN KOH maureenk@sph.com.sg SHE had been with her boyfriend and his parents, visiting his relatives in Kluang, Johor, over the National Day weekend. But 19-year-old Tan Xiu Li better known
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      Lock icon LOOK! A PYTHON
      54 5 LOOK!APYTHON:Residents(inset)hadashockat11.10amyesterday when a 3.5m-long python appeared in the canal behind The Linear condominium in Upper Bukit Timah Road. Two officers from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) were at the scene, but left after determining that the python was not a threat to people. PICTURE:
      PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS  -  54 words
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      Lock icon S'pore's economy grows 18.8% in Q2
      200 5 MANUFACTURING POWERS AHEAD GROSS domestic product in the second quarter grew 18.8 per cent year-on-year. The figure is still below the flash estimate of 19.3 per cent but still the strongest on record. Growth was fuelled by a broad-based recovery especially in manufacturing, electronics
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      Lock icon Little impact from wheat price surge
      104 5 THE Ministry of Trade and Industry’s permanent secretary Ravi Menon, said yesterday that there is no need to worry over inflation. He said the surge in wheat prices will have little impact as it is only a small component of food prices. MTI kept
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      Lock icon Individual donations rose last year, despite recession
      103 5 INDIVIDUALS gave $240 million to charities with an Institution of Public Character status last year. The figure was a 13.7 per cent increase from $211 million in 2008, said the Commissioner of Chari- ties’ latest annual report which was released yesterday. But corporate
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      Lock icon Iras warns firms to keep proper tax records
      101 5 FIRMS face a crackdown from the taxman next year if their books are not in tip-top shape. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is stepping up measures to get small and medium enterprises to improve their record-keeping. Of the 750 SMEs
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      Lock icon EPL fans will want to show up for this
      237 6  -  Want free trip to watch Man U v Liverpool‘live’? Read on REPORTS: LIN ZIXIN linzixin@sph.com.sg IF YOU’RE an EPL fan, be sure to turn up for Big Red Sunday this Sunday at TNP SportsBar–youcouldwinanall-expens-es-paid trip for two to Manchester. And if
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      Lock icon WILD IN SINGAPORE
      809 8 / 9  -  More wildlife being sighted and rescued REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IT’Sajungleoutthere.Ohyes,eveninhighlyurbanisedSingapore.Agencies involved in wildlife here told The New Paper that they are seeing more wild animals running around our little island and swimming close to our shores. This year alone, members of the public have alerted Animal
      PICTURES: ACRES & UNDERWATER WORLD SINGAPORE; SOURCES: UWS, NATIONAL PARKS BOARD, ACRES, WILDLIFE RESERVES SINGAPORE TNP INFOGRAPHICS: CHNG CHOON HIONG & LEE HUP KHENG  -  809 words
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      Lock icon I'm not just about carrying babies
      730 10 / 11  -  Mrs Chiam See Tong says nurse training prepared herforlife inpolitics REPORTS: VEENA BHARWANI veenab@sph.com.sg MRSLinaChiam,61,isnosoftie.She wishes it to be known that she can be tough,savvyandwary. Shewastrainedasanurseandworkedasoneinher youngerdays. That experience of dealing with sickness, disease, death and despair, she said, toughened and prepared herforlifeinpolitics. NowsheisreadytorunforthePotongPasirseatthat
      PICTURES: LIANHE WANBAO  -  730 words
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      Lock icon What Potong Pasir residents say:
      109 10 / 11 Eric Ko, 25, in retail sales, a Potong Pasir resident for10 years; “I’mglad an outsider isnotcomingin totakeMr Chiam’s place.Itfeels like afamily still with Mrs Chiam taking over. I have confidence in her.” Md Fahmi Ahmad Abu Bakar, 31, civil servant, a PotongPasirresident for 26 years:
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        529 12  -  They spend 4 hours preparing 100kg offood before each rehearsal REPORT: NG YANG HAN ER YANBING tnp@sph.com.sg FORfivemonths,theyhavetoiledtirelessly,prepar-ing for this year’s Youth Olympic Games (YOG) closingceremony. It will be theirdaughters who will be performingon stageonAug26. AndMrsQueenieCheahandfellowmembersofthe Parents’ Support Group at CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent havebeenasbusyastheirdaughters. SinceFebruary,thegroupof11parentshavededicatedcountlesshourstopreparingfoodandsnacksduring
        PICTURES COURTESY OF: CHIJ ST THERESA’S CONVENT  -  529 words
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        384 13  -  San YuAdventist students dress up and school raises $1,555for charity REPORT: LIN ZIXIN linzixin@sph.com.sg ASCHOOLuniformismeanttogivestu-dentsacommonidentity.But for thousands of students across the island, The New Paper’s Be Yourself Day is a welcome break from uniformity. It was a chance for them to be themselves or
        PICTURES: SAN YU ADVENTIST SCHOOL  -  384 words
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        110 13 THENew Paper’sBeYourself Day offers students a chance to hang up their uniforms for a day and stand out as unique personalities while in school. Students can channel their creative juices into outfits that define their individuality. Participating students can also donate to morethan 30 charities under
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      Lock icon ANOTHER BABY MILK POWDER SCARE: A toddler plays with tins of milk powder suspected to be tainted at a Beijing supermarket on Monday. China's health ministry said it had ordered food safety authorities in central Hubei province to investigate claims that the milk powder made by a certain company has caused infant girls to grow breasts.
      58 14 ANOTHER BABY MILK POWDER SCARE: A toddler plays with tins of milk powder suspected to be tainted at a Beijing supermarket on Monday. China's health ministry said it had ordered food safety authorities in central Hubei province to investigate claims that the milk powder made by a certain company has
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      Lock icon Bashir faces death penalty: police
      236 14 INDONESIA TERROR ARRESTS INDONESIAN police said yesterday that the radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir could face the death penalty over his alleged role in terror plots with Al-Qaeda-linked militants. Bashir, who was arrested on Monday, is accused of funding and training extremists who were
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      Lock icon Abhisit wants Cambodians to leave disputed border area
      102 14 AFP THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva demanded Cambodian citizens leave a disputed border area. The two countries have stepped up a war of words over the spat, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warning that the dispute was “very hot” and could
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      Lock icon WHO declares H1N1 pandemic over
      101 14 Reuters THE H1N1 flu virus has run its course and the pandemic is over, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. “We are now moving into the post-pandemic period,” WHO di- rector-general Margaret Chan told a teleconference. The downgrade followed recommendations by global
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      Lock icon ‘Top-heavy’ Pentagon hierarchy to be slashed
      103 14 AFP US DEFENCE Secretary Robert Gates has announced plans to close a major command, eliminate at least 50 posts for generals and admirals and cut back on contractors. Mounting the most ambitious Pentagon reform in a decade, Mr Gates said harsh fiscal and economic
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      Lock icon Thieves drive her car and kid away, then...
      526 15 Car jack drama with a twist in Perak ITisaridethisthree-year-oldboywillrememberforsometime.Yim Mun Chun and his mother, 32-year-old Wong Soon Loy, had returned home after shopping on Sundaynight. Ms Wong had left the engine of their Perodua Myvi runningasshegotouttoopenthegate. Suddenly,twomenon amotorcycleappeared from nowhere. The pillion
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      Lock icon Man stabbed after snub at karaoke joint
      348 15 A MAN was stabbed to death after he released firecrackers outside the karaoke joint he was barred from entering. Mr Tan Meng Leong, 43, had fought with several staff members and customers from the karaoke joint in Muar, Johor, reported The Star. Muar
      PICTURES: CHINA PRESS  -  348 words
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      Lock icon 22 storeys in flames
      336 16/17 No casualties reported as most residents were away FIREINCHONGQING FIRE engulfed a 29-storey apartment building in Chongqing, China, on Monday, and there were no casualties reported. The fire started on the eighth storey at about 4.30pm. The flames spread swiftly to the top in the hot
      PICTURES: XINHUA  -  336 words
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      Lock icon Alive after being buried for 50 hours
      369 16/17 LANDSLIDE INGANSU A 52-YEAR-OLD Tibetan man was pulled alive from the debris of a toppled apartment building yesterday, more than 50 hours after a massive landslide levelled Zhouqu countyinnorth-west China’s Gansu Province. The man, Mr Liuma Shengdai, was rescuedat11.20am inthe ruinsof a residential
      PICTURE: XINHUA  -  369 words
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      Lock icon Fiancee grills Crouch: Are there more girls?
      511 18 Clancy goes to John Terry’swife,Toni, for comfort PETER Crouch’s fiancee, Abbey Clancy, is on a warpath. The 24-year-old model and TV star has warned the England striker that she will break off the engagement if she finds out that he is lying. She
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      Lock icon Woman with prosthetic leg run over by 11 NY trains
      411 18 SHE was walking between the carriages of a subway train in New York when she fell. And when 25-year-old Arabell Lin fell, she hit a device on one of the cars which triggers the emergency brake. The driver of the
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      17 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER I KL:Thunderstorms High31˚,Low24˚ I Jakarta:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low25˚ I Bangkok:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low26˚ I Manila:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low27˚
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      52 19 FROM READER KAMALRUZAMAN KARIM BIKE STOP? Our reader spotted these bicycles parked outside a flat at Block 880 Woodlands Street 82 and wondered if the flat might be overcrowded. I E-mail pictures to tnpclick@sph.com.sg and tell us where and when they were taken. Please include your full name and
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      168 19 FROM READER ALLAN ZHENG Windows, doors closed, no air-con WHENpassengersboardedanSMRTservice75bus along Clementi Road around 8.50am on Aug 2, we were told by the driver that the air-conwasnotworking. Aswehadwaitedcloseto20minutesforthatbus,all ofusdecidednottowaitforthenextone. Since the windows cannot be opened and the bus willnotmoveifthedoorsaren’tclosed,wehadtotravel inanenclosedpassengercabinwithnoaircirculation. After a while,
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      705 20/21 Other than just being models, these former beauty queens plan on playing bigger roles in and out of their modelling. GERMAINE LIM speaksto these two ambitious localwomen appearing on upcoming reality TV series Supermodelme Psychology intrigues her TRY as she may, Roshni Soin knows she cannot
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      276 20/21 SHE may have proven herself to be of beauty queen material, but there are some who think Emiko Thein is better off as a model. The ex-The New Paper New Face finalist felt the transition from modelling to being a pageant girl has been “difficult”. Shesaid:
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        228 22  -  Rihanna’sstarpower so hot, even The Real Slim Shady stands up How to put shine back on career? Take shield REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg THERE’S nothing music’s It girl Rihanna can’tfix. That could be what US rapper Eminem (right) is banking on to reignite his career. Afterlastyear’scomebackfailure,Relapse,the Slim
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        135 22  -  91. 3FMmusic director JJ gives you the low-down on what tunes should be on yourplaylist this week HOT FRESH JJ’s TRAVIE MCCOY LAZARUS THIS is Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy’sdebutsolo album (originallyitwas going to be called The Lazarus Project, but there’salreadyamovie out withthat name). McCoy
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        202 22 UMBRELLA (2007), RIHANNA FEATURING JAY-Z This was the song that elevated her to It status and has itself become a pop culture phenomenon. And she has mentor Jay-Z, who raps in the track, to thank for his heavyweight backing. Umbrellaearned Rihanna herfirstGrammy BestRap/Sung Collaboration– in
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        525 23  -  What to do on a night out?Here's a look at our local nightlife scene REPORT: GERMAINE LIM gerlim@sph.com.sg ONCEbitten,butnotquiteshy.Singapore-based Dutch expatriate Orhan Koc wants another go at the local nightlife scene after his first foray, Supperclub,failedtotakeoff. This time, the 35-year-old has partnered localveteran deejayGodwinPereira
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        553 24  -  IVAN LIM PARTY ANIMAL pjlim@sph.com.sg IN A stunning move born of a football hangover after the World Cup Finals, The New Paper and St James Power Station teamed up to turn Peppermint Park Sports Bar into The New Paper Sports Bar. Which means, essentially, that
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      18 20/21 IT’SATEAM EFFORT: Ivan Lim and his Entourage check out football’slatest signing–TheNew Paper Sports Bar at St James. PAGE24
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        620 47 UNITED STATES v BRAZIL (Live, StarHub TV Ch 222,8.05am) AP MANO Menezes is intent on making a statement in his first match since replacing Dunga as coach last month after Brazil’s World Cup quar-ter-final exit in South Africa. Menezes plans an attack-minded formation for this morning’s (Singapore
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        470 50  -  New skipper Shahril confident of victory over arch-rivals Thailand tonight INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY THAILAND v SINGAPORE CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg THIS IS more than a friendly match. For the senior Lions, today’s friendly match against Bryan Robson’s Thailand at the Yamaha Stadium, Bangkok, will give
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        402 51 EVENTS/BLURB LOCAL EVENTS GOLF What: Mercedes-Benz Masters Singapore When: Today till Saturday Where: Laguna National Golf and Country Club SINGAPORE’SMardan Mamatwill attempt to successfully defend his Mercedes-Benz Masters Singapore title when he tees off at Laguna National Golf and Country Club today. Mardan, who won by three strokes
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