The Straits Times, 28 June 2010

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, JUNE 28 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 71 1 HE MAY have made a huge impact on the contemporary art world, but master Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong chose to go quietly. The artist, who died last Friday in Beijing at age 90, will not be having a funeral. That was his dying wish, says
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    • 41 1 SINGAPORE may abound in innovation and creativity, but few outside the country know it. That is why the Economic Development Board is embarking on a new brand campaign to change perceptions in the world’s business community. MONEY PAGE B20
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    • 42 1 RECORD numbers of buyers have been eating up Apple’s iPhone 4 since its launch in several countries last week. But a rising number also say there are some rotten sides to the new gadget. PRIME PAGE A8
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    • 37 1 SIXTEEN secondary school students attended the first space camp in Singapore, where they learnt about life as an astronaut, basic rocketry, robotic navigation, and even the physics of satellite orbits. HOME PAGE B1
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    • 59 1 AUSTRALIA’S new Prime Minister Julia Gillard is already making waves. Yesterday, she said she wanted to slow the flow of immigration to the country a distinct U-turn from predecessor Kevin Rudd. Meanwhile, Britain plans to impose a temporary limit on foreign workers from outside the European Union
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  • 644 1  -  Preventing widespread floods more realistic, he says BY JEREMY AU YONG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT jeremyau@sph.com.sg GIVEN Singapore’s tropical climate, it will be very costly to keep the country flood-free, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Speaking for the first time on the two flash floods
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  • Article, Illustration
    219 1 Germany’s lightning counter-attacks flatten England 4-1 BLOEMFONTEIN: Germany cruised into the quarter-finals of the World Cup yesterday with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over old rivals England. The three-time champions put on a devastating display of counter-attacking football at the Free State Stadium to reach the last eight of the
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    • 90 1 Creature friendly Animal activist Louis Ng is living his dream LIFE! PAGE C4 Future ready City solutions on show this week at the World Cities Summit PRIME, PAGES A2-3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg ia>
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 72 2 WE SAY For advocates of more attractive marriage and parenthood incentives, data released by the National Population Secretariat showing fewer and later marriages must be discouraging. Compounding the demographic dilemma are such variables as falling fertility and immigration implications. It is an old
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      • 41 2 COLUMNS The land swop deal to develop Malayan Railway land in Singapore represents a psychological breakthrough in the way Singapore and Malaysia approach contentious issues between them, say Mushahid Ali and Yang Razali Kassim. REVIEW PAGE A18
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      • 24 2 OUR READER SAYS School holidays should mean a complete break from schoolwork for children, says Kelly Kishor. FORUM PAGE A20
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      • Article, Illustration
        14 2 www.straitstimes.com Tracy Quek marks her first wedding anniversary with celebration and reflection.
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    • 980 2  -  World Cities Summit a chance for S’pore to be thought leader on issue BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg THIS time two years ago, the inaugural World Cities Summit hosted by Singapore the world’s first international conference on public governance and the sustainable development of
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    • 55 2 IN YESTERDAY’S story, “Father of modern Chinese painting dies at 90”, The Sunday Times reported that Singapore Art Museum director Kwok Kian Chow is also director of the National Art Gallery. This is wrong. The Singapore Art Museum director is Mr Tan Boon Hui. We
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    • 529 3  -  Ministers and mayors here for World Cities Summit, Water Week BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg INTELLECTUALS, businessmen, scientists and bureaucrats will descend on Singapore this week with sustainability, water and urban solutions on their minds. The second World Cities Summit (WCS) and
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    • 293 3 MORE than 3,000 students had a ball at the Marina Barrage yesterday in competitions on the water to mark the start of Singapore International Water Week. The races at the day-long event, organised by Singapore Polytechnic and national water agency PUB, included
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    • 724 4  -  Allowances, subsidies aimed at getting them to upgrade their skills BY JEREMY AU YONG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT jeremyau@sph.com.sg LOW-WAGE workers will receive more incentives to go for training from Thursday, when the Government launches its Workfare Training Support (WTS) scheme. They stand to
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    • Article, Illustration
      112 4  -  BY ASHLEIGH SIM PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. Madam Yap Sze Chiung,
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    • 770 4  -  BY MAVIS TOH FOUR Singaporeans who were on board a boat to a full-moon island party off Koh Samui in Thailand never got the chance to dance the night away. Instead, they were rushed to nearby hospitals in wailing ambulances after the boat
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    • 553 6  -  They also question if it is too easy for foreigners to get driving licence BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg THE issue of using lorries to ferry workers will come up in Parliament next month, with three members of the House having already submitted
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    • 598 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS, CANBERRA: Australia’s New Prime Minister Julia Gillard has signalled that her government will slow down immigration. She disagreed with predecessor Kevin Rudd, on the “major issue” of population policy, she said. “I don’t believe in a ‘big
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    • 330 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: Britain plans to impose a temporary limit on the number of foreign workers from outside the European Union that it allows into the country. The aim is to prevent a surge of foreign workers arriving before a permanent cap
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    • 459 8 Complaints over signal strength, other issues, but fans flock to stores AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO: As analysts fired off predictions that opening day iPhone 4 sales would easily top a million, complaints also climbed. The main gripe was that their hand choked off the strength
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    • 623 8 BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS TORONTO: Group of 20 leaders were poised to endorse targets to tackle deficits, while giving nations flexibility to carry out their stimulus plans, as the meeting wrapped up yesterday in Toronto. Advanced economies would aim to at least halve
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    • 566 8  -  BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT DESPITE the fast-shrinking car market, three new brands are aiming to join the fray in the next few months. First off, Holden of Australia will make a comeback in October, after leaving Singapore in 2000 when
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    • 185 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE APPLE’S top banana wants owners of its latest generation iPhone to get a grip on the handset. Dismissing complaints that cupping the smartphones a certain way cut signal strength, chief executive Steve Jobs said buyers simply do not know how to hold
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  • 903 10  -  ?RISING POPULATION ?SHRINKING FARMS ?FALLING FARM OUTPUT ?WEATHER WOES BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s six years in power have produced an economy poised for double-digit growth, infrastructure that is finally getting fixed and rising clout on the
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  • 110 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Same parents, different surnames MOST COMMENTED ON Johor aims to hire more non-Malay civil servants. Says Old_Timer: “Hope it is for real and will be long-lasting. Decisions can change and see an about-turn when under pressure from certain
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  • world.regional
    • 668 12  -  Party’s vice-president to take over; move seen as bid to stop revolt by MPs BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT elizlooi@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, under pressure from his party colleagues for allegedly ignoring complaints from the ground, has relinquished his
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    • 128 12 A student (above) using binoculars to look at a partial lunar eclipse in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, last Saturday. Earth’s shadow over the Moon can be observed during the eclipse (right), as seen from the city in Central Java. A partial lunar eclipse is one where just over
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    • 264 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: An off-duty policeman trying to flee religious police carrying out a raid on illicit sexual activities died after falling from a hotel room in northern Kelantan state, police said yesterday. “The 33-year-old lance corporal climbed out of
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    • 487 15 Ministry says latest catastrophe caused $10.8b in economic losses AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA BEIJING: Flood waters receded in hard-hit southern China yesterday, and workers have finished repairing a dyke breach that forced the evacuation of 100,000 people. Torrential rain pummelled a wide swathe
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; XINHUA; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  487 words
    • 363 15 HONG KONG: Singaporeans were among the 160 people in the Asia-Pacific region who were duped of HK$21 million (S$3.75 million) by a Hong Kong gang in scams involving lotteries or investments. Media reports said yesterday that the gang of 13 locals had been arrested during
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    • 380 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Police are probing the cancelled purchases of some luxury flats months after its developer said one of the units had been sold at a world-record price, a report said yesterday. The Sunday Morning Post, citing a Transport and
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    • 411 15 REUTERS TORONTO: Japan’s Prime Minister has tried to quell suggestions that he would soon fall like his revolving-door predecessors, by sticking to a modest target in a forthcoming election after polls showed his party may miss a majority. Mr Naoto Kan, who
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  • world.international
    • 566 13 Correcting errors regarding US foreign policy a herculean task for embassy in Islamabad WASHINGTON POST ISLAMABAD: Some reports are deemed “a paranoid fabrication”, such as the claim that all Pakistanis are stripped naked at United States airports. Others are “false and malicious”, such as
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    • 213 13 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has said Pope Benedict XVI would name a non-resident representative to Vietnam, in a significant step towards establishing diplomatic relations with the communist state. The decision was reached last week when a joint working group met at the
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    • 296 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Security forces yesterday arrested more than 300 activists as Bangladesh’s main opposition party led a nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike to protest against alleged government misrule. It was the country’s first strike in 31/2 years. Several people were injured in clashes
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    • 329 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Mr Benigno Aquino III will take over as president of the Philippines on Wednesday amid great hopes for change, but he has been warned that not even Superman could fix the country’s many deep-rooted problems. Worsening poverty, pervasive corruption,
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    • 571 16 Waves and winds could set back recovery by 2 weeks: US Coast Guard AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana): Tropical Storm Alex headed towards the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, but while it was not expected to hit the BP oil spill area, experts warned
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    • 412 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PENSACOLA BEACH (Florida): Hundreds of people, including Florida’s governor, joined hands on an oil-stained strip of beach as part of an international demonstration against offshore drilling. Organisers of Hands Across The Sand on Saturday said similar protests were held at beaches
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    • 420 16 LONDON: Britain’s coalition government has proposed a plan to relocate the long-term unemployed to areas where jobs are being drawn up. The plan is part of the tough action to cut spiralling welfare bills and tackle the country’s record deficit, The Sunday Telegraph
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    • 365 17 Gen McChrystal made downbeat remarks about Afghan war before he was sacked AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Disgraced United States General Stanley McChrystal issued a highly critical assessment of the war in Afghanistan just days before he was sacked by President Barack Obama. The Independent in
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 109 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS OSH (Kyrgyzstan): Kyrgyzstan on yesterday adopted a new Constitution establishing a parliamentary democracy, in a referendum that saw a turnout of over 65 per cent, interim leader Roza Otunbayeva announced. Almost 8,000 police officers and an equal number of defence volunteers were called on
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      • 93 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: The family of a captured Israeli soldier set out on a 12-day march to Jerusalem yesterday to press Israeli leaders for a deal with his Hamas captors to free him. Sergeant Gilad Shalit was captured during a cross-border raid by militants from the
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      • 41 17 Revellers in the United States gathering in New York’s Times Square for the Bubble Battle 2010. Hundreds of people converged at the event on Saturday with their bubble toys and bubble generators. PHOTO: XINHUA
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      • 86 17 BLOOMBERG SEOUL: General Motors (GM), the United States’ biggest automaker, and its South Korean subsidiary will recall more than 2,000 vehicles in South Korea due to a manufacturing defect. A total of 2,154 vehicles produced between 2005 and 2008 will be subject to the recall starting
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      • 124 17 XINHUA BEIJING: China’s floating population of migrant workers reached a record 211 million last year, and will hit 350 million by 2050 if government policies remain unchanged, a new report warned. The report, based on a survey by the National Population and Family Planning Commission, was
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      • 95 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan’s government yesterday defended a new trade pact with China one day after tens of thousands of protesters condemned the deal as a betrayal of the self-governing island’s interests. Taiwan’s chief China envoy, Mr Chiang Pin-kung, has left for the western city of
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    • 946 14  -  China uses scholarship fund to woo foreign students, hoping to grow its soft power abroad BY ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg The writer is an SPH scholar who recently completed his master’s degree in political science at Peking University. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 430 18 THE trend towards fewer and later marriages the National Population Secretariat (NPS) reported will mean sustained fertility-rate decline and require continuing immigration to make up for some of the shortfall. In turn fewer births will curb the ratio of young-to-old people (the so-called
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    • 852 18  -  SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA TIES BY YANG MUSHAHID ALI, YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writers are senior fellows at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. ALTHOUGH the land swop deal to develop Malayan Railway (KTM) land in Singapore will take three more months to
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    • 846 18  -  S IN GA P O RE S W A TER M A N AG EMENT BY BHANOJI RAO, SAHANA SINGH Bhanoji Rao is a visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Sahana Singh is editor of Asian Water Magazine. YEARS
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    • review.
      • 1066 19  -  ANTARCTICA AND CLIMATE CHANGE BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. FORmanyyears,scientistssearching for clues connecting global warming and sea levels have been scrutinising the formidable mass of the Antarctic ice sheet from the
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      • 812 19  -  N A T O S S TR A TE G I C VI S I O N BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, is due in November to finalise a new Strategic Concept to guide defence
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      • 685 19  -  BY OH JOON The writer is South Korea’s Ambassador to Singapore. FOLLOWING the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, some articles in this newspaper, including Did Pyongyang Really Sink The Cheonan?, which appeared in these pages on June 19,
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    • forum.
      • Article, Illustration
        84 20 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR EUGENE SEETOH: Filial piety not about right and wrong 2 MS CECILIA SIM: Don’t assume children are there for you 3 MR ANANDA PERERA: End this nuisance on wheels 4 MR GAN GIM TECK: Vrooming hot spots 5 MS JENNIFER YONG: Stressed
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      • 60 20 Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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      • 428 20  -  Kelly Kishor (Ms) IT WAS heartening to read Saturday’s letter by Mr Mak Yuen Teen (“School break should be just that: a clear respite from books”) and know there are others who feel strongly that holidays should mean a complete break for children. My
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      • 115 20  -  Jonathan Tan IN MANY junior colleges, the common practice is to place the mid-year examinations right after the June holidays. This way, even when schools desist from holding extra classes or exams during the holidays many still do students are forced to study during the break
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      • 418 20  -  Goh Ching Lee (Ms) AS THE former director of the Singapore Arts Festival, I would be the first to say that numbers are not the only yardstick for measuring a festival’s success (“No more shadow figures”; June 17). Nevertheless, numbers are
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      • 243 20  -  Andrew Meier THERE is plenty of opportunity to build on Singapore’s compact size and its “Green City” heritage to develop an integrated network of cycle routes. Dedicated cycling lanes are useful but I do not see them as the only, or best, practical
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    • 446 1  -  Academy offers insight into aerospace studies BY GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg AS A child growing up in Ho Chi Minh City, Annie Dinh spent evenings peering through her uncle’s telescope and soon discovered a passion for astronomy. Last week, the bubbly 17-year-old Anglo-Chinese School (International) student got
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    • 111 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST READ ONLINE Gay sex romp turned fatal MOST COMMENTED ON Filial piety, family valued here: Survey. Says Singaporean1959: “If a family has sufficient resources (mainly financial), most inter-generational problems can be solved. But families with limited resources may not
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    • Article, Illustration
      331 1  -  GRACE CHUA SPACE, once thought of as vast and empty, is no longer quite so empty. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of metal and bits of trash, brought into space by humans, are floating around at various points. And these pose a threat to satellites, which transmit
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    • 537 2  -  BY TEO WAN GEK CHILDREN as young as four will be introduced to table tennis at a childcare centre in Nee Soon South constituency, as part of a move to spot talent early. The soon-to-open Sparkle*tots Infant and Childcare Centre is making the
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    • 636 2  -  Residents can last only 6.8 months with no job, will not accept steep pay cuts POST-RECESSION SINGAPORE BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg THE recession has chipped away at the economic resilience of Singapore residents, while the recovery has inflated their expectations, according to a local think-tank. Should
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    • 468 2  -  BY RACHEL LIN SINGAPOREANS are in two minds about having foreigners in their midst. While many agree they are good for the country, a not insignificant number also feel they have been personally disadvantaged. A survey by the Institute of Policy Studies
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    • 905 4  -  Classes help senior citizens venture into world of computers and social networking BY TAN WEIZHEN tanwz@sph.com.sg MADAM Florence Cheong, a 66-year-old retiree, knew how to go online to send e-mail and check her portfolio of stocks. But it was not enough for her. The bespectacled
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    • 336 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN THE Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) is expanding its reach into the heartland. From helping needy or troubled students with their academic work or providing financial aid, the self-help group for the Chinese community will now also reach out to a wider group,
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    • 455 4  -  BY DARYL CHIN MR VINAYAGAN Mohan, 22, is looking forward to the day he can earn his keep and contribute to his family. Born with spina bifida, a spinal birth defect which has put him in a wheelchair, he has already endured limited
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    • 249 5 BUKIT Panjang residents now have a new and improved community club (CC) where they can get a massage, attend an enrichment class or have a meal. The revamped CC, a result of two years of upgrading works at a cost of $4.86 million, was
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    • 768 5  -  They sue, counter-sue over defamatory messages, payments BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THEY were close family friends who went on holidays together and became business partners. One even became the godfather of the other’s son. But a series of unpleasant events caused
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    • 722 7  -  It would give officials stronger hand in fighting the crime, says some MPs and activists BY MAVIS TOH mavistoh@sph.com.sg ACTIVISTS and Members of Parliament here have called for specific laws to bring human traffickers to justice so the problem can be fought head
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      • 498 8  -  Adults have had their say, so it’s time to get the views of the pupils SOAPBOX BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg AT THE age of 15, I made an important discovery: There are no shortcuts to learning Chinese. I once tried to get
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      • 605 8 Earlier this month, a junior college student filed a police report over derogatory online remarks directed at him. YouthInk writers recount the times they encountered hate speech, and how they dealt with it. MY LIFE Mediate with ‘good speech’ I FULLY agree with Associate
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      • 59 6 To celebrate its 10th anniversary, BreadTalk has brought back 10 different buns it created to commemorate events in the past decade. These include Hairy Crab, launched in 2007 for the Singapore Food Festival, and Peace Panda, which was created to raise funds for victims of the 2008 Sichuan
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        68 6 Dynasty Travel will be holding a Thanksgiving Celebration over this weekend at Level 3, Concourse of Suntec Convention Centre, from 11am to 9pm. This two-day event will feature exciting travel deals such as 33 per cent discounts or up to $330 off packages, and more. Free air tickets
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        70 6 The Great Singapore Sale at Wisma Atria presents discounts and exclusives. Shop at outlets like Miss Selfridge and G2000 Men Women to get 50 per cent off selected items. From now till July 25, spend at least $50 to participate in the Grand Draw to win a Destinee
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      • 73 6 Four-Michelin-starred Chef-owner Kunio Tokuoka of Kitcho in Kyoto, Japan, has set up a new restaurant at Resorts World Sentosa. Named after him, the restaurant is based on the Rimpa school concept of Japanese painting that encompasses “tradition and innovation”. Characterised by“bold compositions using gold and silver leaf”, it
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    • 492 6  -  Prolonged exposure to loud music can lead to hearing loss among young people, say experts BY GAYLE QUAH HEARING loss is a condition that does not afflict just the elderly. Younger people are increasingly experiencing premature hearing loss due to the exposure to loud noise. It
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    • 205 6 LUXURY watch retailer The Hour Glass celebrates its 30th anniversary with the creation of 30 limited edition hourglasses designed by international design maestro Marc Newson. Mr Newson, with his ability to interpret any object into a work of contemporary art, was commissioned to create
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    • 269 6 THE Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) Ink Awards, which honours the best print advertisements in SPH’s17newspapertitles,isback. Advertising agencies, advertisers and related organisations can submit their best works and ad campaigns by Wednesday. Mr Leslie Fong, senior executive vice-president of SPH’s Marketing Division, says:
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    • 243 6  - Nestlé celebrates good life in Health You fair BY KAREN TENG NESTLÉisthepresentingpartner in the Health You exhibition, an annual event organised by The Straits Times Mind Your Body and Lianhe Zaobao LOHAS, for the second consecutive year. The nutrition, health and wellness company participated in last year’sexhibition. Mr Suresh Narayanan,
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  • SPORT.
    • World Cup June 11-July 11
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        738 9  -  Dodgy refereeing not withstanding, Germany are clearly a cut above Terrence Voon Our man ini South tvoon@sph.com.sg FORTY-FOUR years is a long time for karma to bear fruit, but England will only have themselves to blame for losing out on a place in the World Cup’s final eight in
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      • 211 9 Results USA 1 Ghana 2 (After extra time) Germany 4 England 1 Argentina v Mexico (Late kick-off) Today Netherlands v Slovakia (2nd rd) Live, 10pm StarHub Ch261 263 mio TV Ch88 Arjen Robben’s return from injury promises to give the Slovakian defence which conceded five
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        437 10  -  Officials will be fall guys for England exit after missing Lampard’s goal BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg IN THE history of English football, one date is mentioned more than any other: 1966. July 30, to be precise, but 1966 suffices. Every manager is compared to Alf Ramsey, every World Cup
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      • 506 10  -  BY JONATHAN WONG CHRIS and Colin Mitchell agree on almost everything. They like their prata with cheese, loathed language classes in high school, think Guitar Hero is a waste of time and claim that American writer R. A. Salvatore is highly underrated. It figures,
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      • 64 10 THE business district might have been stone cold silent on a Sunday night. But the office of law firm Rajah Tann at Straits Trading Building on Battery Road was open to its staff and their families and friends for the screening of the World
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      • 249 10  -  BY CHAN U-GENE LIKE “Blitzkreig”, the famous German war tactic which employs rapid speed to break into enemy ground, they came in droves to watch the Germany-England game. Fans adorned with the colours yellow, red and black quickly streamed into the row of six
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      • 580 10  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg PEOPLE were watching. In London, the Spaniard, Rafael Nadal, said: “I going to be in front of the TV.” People were wound up. German Philip Petzschner, defeated by Nadal, said laconically: “If they don’t cheat us, we should
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      • 928 11 They pay the price for their maddening habit of conceding early goals United States 1 Ghana 2 (after extra-time) NEW YORK TIMES RUSTENBURG: Of course, the United States could not keep playing like this and hope to survive in the World Cup, using stress as
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      • 514 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT ELIZABETH: Uruguay may be enjoying their best World Cup campaign in 40 years, yet Diego Forlan insists that the team are taking it all in their stride. The in-form striker set up Luis Suarez for the first goal
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      • 316 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES RUSTENBURG: Africa is still at the World Cup party after Ghana realised the hopes of a continent by reaching the quarter-fi-nals for the first time on Saturday. “We’ve made everybody proud not Ghana alone, but all of Africa,” said
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      • 409 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT ELIZABETH: Football in South Korea is a work in progress, coach Huh Jung Moo said after his team’s 1-2 loss to Uruguay ended their World Cup campaign. The Yonhap news agency said 920,000 people took to
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      • 752 12  -  Adventurous Chileans will be held in check by Dunga’s ruthless men Terrence Voon Our man ini South Africai tvoon@sph.com.sg IT IS one of this World Cup’s greatest ironies that Chile have more samba than the team which supposedly invented it. But when Brazil and Chile
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      • 380 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAPE TOWN: Despite having scored only once and produced some peripheral performances in the World Cup group phase, Cristiano Ronaldo managed to be named Man of the Match three times by public vote. For the first time in World Cup history, the Man
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        584 12 Reuters COMPANIES LOSE BILLIONS IN TICKETING SCAMS: South African companies lost more than US$850,000 (S$1.17 million) in World Cup ticketing scams, a South African newspaper reported yesterday. The Sunday Times said the companies, along with many South African and foreign fans, had lost large amounts after buying tickets
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      • 823 13 But Dutch masters won’t underestimate team that sent holders Italy home Netherlands v Slovakia Live, 10pm StarHub Ch261 263 mio TV Ch88 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DURBAN: When your national press labels your progression from group stage to knockout phase of the World Cup as a
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      • 429 13  -  COUCHVIEW BY TAY YEK KEAK stsports@sph.com.sg “IT SUCKS, man,” American player Landon Donovan said after the United States were knocked out by Ghana. In France, that translated to “It sucks, le idiot”. While in Italy, it’s “It sucks, Lippi, because you brought
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      • 244 13 REUTERS MAGALIESBURG: Midfielder Pedro Mendes believes that Portugal’s improving form can help them upset Iberian rivals Spain and reach the World Cup quarter-finals. “Everybody says Spain are among the favourites, together with Brazil and Argentina. Portugal are seen as outsiders, but
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    • 586 14  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY BY JEANETTE WANG jwang@sph.com.sg This writer is the Associate Editor of Shape, Singapore’s premier health, wellness, fitness and nutrition magazine for women IT SEEMS like a no-brainer: If you want to run faster, run more. But fitness gurus and elite athletes worldwide
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    • 726 14 Horrific crash, penalties and post-race inspection mark Valencia GP EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VALENCIA: Sebastian Vettel cruised to his second win of the Formula One season at the European Grand Prix yesterday, finishing ahead of McLaren’s British duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. However, the German was
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    • 463 14 WIMBLEDON REUTERS LONDON: World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has strongly denied that he was being coached on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Saturday and said he would take the accusation up with the tournament supervisor. After battling through a five-set thirdround marathon against German Philipp Petzschner,
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    • 134 14 Today Football S-League: Home v Tampines (Clementi, 7.30pm). World Cup Round of 16: Netherlands v Slovakia (10pm) and Brazil v Chile (tomorrow, 2.30am) Live, mio TV Ch88 and StarHub Ch261 HD Ch263. Tennis Wimbledon: 4th round (Live Ch273, 7pm) Tomorrow Football S-League: Sengkang v Young Lions (Hougang,
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    • 76 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROCHESTER (NEW YORK): Cristie Kerr put herself into a solid position to claim her second Major golf title after taking an eight-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Championship. The 32-year-old American, who won the US Women’s Open in
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    • 53 14 MAVERICK CARTER, LeBron James’ business agent, explaining that the National Basketball Association superstar will not be visiting teams hoping to attract him when he becomes a free agent on Thursday. Teams will instead have to visit James at his home in Ohio to
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    • 356 14 Badminton Indonesia Open In Jakarta, finals Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 21-19 21-8. Women’s singles: Saina Nehwal (Ind) bt Sayaka Sato (Jpn) 21-19 13-21 21-11. Men’s doubles: Fang Chieh-min/Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) bt Cho Gun Woo/Kwon Yi Goo (Kor) 21-16 21-15. Women’s doubles: Kim Min
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  • 714 15 OBITUARIES The family of the late f;h YONG YOKE YUE Departed on 23 June 2010 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. The loving care and support by
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    • 191 16 AllianzGI US High Yield Fund Enjoy US High Yield Bond Returns in Singapore Dollars This material is prepared by Allianz Global Investors Singapore Limited ("AllianzGI SG") and is published for information only and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation. Investors may wish to seek advice from a financial advisor
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      • 474 16  -  Tentative forays into stocks as signs of global recovery remain mixed BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE investors are awaiting clearer signs of economic recovery before entering the market in a big way, according to dealers, as The Straits Times Index ended last
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        98 16 Where S$ stands Jun 25 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Jun 24 S$ LOW S$ HIGH Baht* 4.3070 -0.44 4.3611 4.1985 Peso* 3.0045 -0.08 3.1459 2.9926 Rupees* 2.9987 +0.06 3.1436 2.9712 Rmb 0.2055 -0.49 0.2083 0.2004 Ringgit 0.4293 +0.07 0.4362 0.4102 per 100 units of foreign currency #new
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      • 2685 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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      • 195 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS SIA.ES.1006 1454 22.0 1.5 STI ETF.ES.1006 293 20.0 7.3 Yanlord.ES.1006 183 15.0 8.9 BukitSem W*****8 235 12.0 5.4 SGX.ES.1006 757 12.0 1.6 Capitaland.ES.1006 372 10.0 2.8 Goodpack W*****0 106 9.0 9.3 CoscoCorMBLeCW*****3 31 7.5 31.9 Viz Branz W*****0 36 6.0 20.0 Week's Top
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      • 196 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4662 516.8 8.6 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 338.5 2.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5442 270.2 3.7 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2782 192.2 5.2 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 3142 157.4 3.7 JSH 2116 136.5 4.9 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3010 112.8 2.8 OCC 3.93%
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      • 409 16  -  HARSHA JETHNANI SHAREHOLDERS of Baker Technology have approved a deal to sell an indirect stake in a shipyard to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding despite the firm’s ongoing legal dispute with Sembcorp Marine (SembMarine), which opposes the deal. The result was unanimous all 507,478,004 votes placed at
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    • 1079 17  -  Improving bottom line by just cutting staff may lead to a further crisis C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two Chinese characters marry
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    • 667 18  -  Investment banking co-CEO wants regional business to contribute a third BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg SWISS bank UBS aims to sharply increase the share its investment banking business in Asia makes to the global operation. The co-chief executive officer of UBS investment bank, Mr
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    • 412 18  -  BY DICKSON LI BOOMING economic activity and trade in Asia are drawing the attention of the global transaction services (GTS) divisions of banks around the world. “If one looks at the value and volume of payments moving around the world economy, we are
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    • 207 18  -  DICKSON LI DBS Bank has announced two senior appointments to its global transaction services (GTS) team, as it aims to double the GTS business across Asia in less than three years. Mr Ken Stratton will join DBS in September as managing director and global
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 95 18 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI: GTL Infrastructure has agreed to purchase Reliance Communications’ mobile phone towers for US$11 billion (S$15.3 billion). The deal will create the second-largest tower company in India, after Indus Towers, a joint venture which includes Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Group. The sale will help billionaire
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      • 81 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO: Packaged software king Microsoft and cloud computing prince Salesforce.com are duelling in US courts, with each accusing the other of violating its patented technology. The legal battle comes as Microsoft strives to adapt to a trend towards programs being offered as services
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      • 97 18 REUTERS BRITISH-based gym operator Fitness First is preparing for a share listing in Hong Kong, Singapore or Shanghai, London’s Sunday Telegraph reported. The company, which is owned by private equity firm BC Partners and generates more than 50 per cent of its earnings in Asia
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      • 123 18 BLOOMBERG THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Hong Kong shipper Seaspan may seek to list in Shanghai, joining a growing number of foreign companies seeking to take advantage of domestic demand and a stronger yuan. The LSE, operator of the London and Milan bourses, wants to
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    • 715 19  - Clothes maketh the man or woman Dressing well at work is vital for sending the right message, say consultants WORKING LIFE BY DICKSON LI dicksonl@sph.com.sg “THE apparel oft proclaims the man,” Shakespeare once wrote, paraphrasing the old Latin proverb vestis virum facit clothes maketh the man. And to this, Mark
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    • 433 19  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK FIBRE-MAKER China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric Holdings has been listed here for less than a year, but the firm is already planning a dual listing on the mainboard of the Korean Exchange. China Gaoxian, which was listed on the mainboard
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    • ON THE MOVE
      • 59 19 JOHN LEE THIAN GUAN: Moya Dayen announced on Wednesday that it has terminated the services of its former deputy chairman and executive director. The termination is backdated to Jan 16. Mr Lee was suspended a day earlier, after it was discovered that he had entered into a consultancy
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      • 47 19 QUEK CHIAU BENG: Will leave Hai Leck Holdings on July 23 due to personal commitments. Mr Quek, 45, was responsible for the daily operations of the scaffolding, corrosion prevention, insulation and maintenance business, both here and abroad. He was appointed executive director last Novermber.
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      • 49 19 TAN SER KO: Appointed an executive director of Contel Corp last Friday. Mr Tan, 43, will take over from Contel chief financial officer Tan Lip Kee, 39, who will leave his post on July 31. Mr Tan Ser Ko will oversee the group’s administrative and finance functions.
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    • 975 20  -  EDB embarks on new campaign to put S’pore on creativity map BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE may abound in innovation and creativity, but few outside the country know it. “The appreciation of Singapore as a place to live in, and to be creative in, isn’t quite in touch
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    • 106 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST READ ONLINE Expectations of new DBS chief high MOST COMMENTED ON US stocks retreat. Says straitstimesjd1004: “European companies still remain highly competitive in many sectors. Some of the US senators ignore these permanent challenges from Europe.” YOUR SAY When
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    • 26 19 Hotel stay to cost more for this year’s F1 With tourism industry rebounding, hoteliers are bullish stronger economy will drive bookings THE BUSINESS TIMES Today in
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    • 201 20 m i >S WORLD CITIES SUMMIT www.worldcities.com.sg Liveable Sustainable Cities for the Future Highlights: Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize World Mayors' Forum Ministerial Dialogue World Cities Summit Expo Expert Panel Sessions Today, the world will look into the future of our cities. What quality of life awaits our children?
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    • 465 1 8 Questions With... SSO’s youngest principal cellist C3 No funeral for artist Wu Guanzhong wanted only art as legacy C6 21st Golden Melody Awards A-mei wins big C8 Having red paint splashed on the door of his home does not deter Mr Louis Ng, the founder of Animal Concerns Research
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  • Life!
    • 646 2  -  Inspired by Singapore’s old amusement parks, the event this year has music hall dancing too adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg This year’s Night Festival will transform the Bras Basah arts precinct into a gigantic amusement park. The free annual outdoor festival has been wildly successful
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    • 537 2 BBC News London There is a new sound at Wimbledon this year amid the thwack of tennis balls and genteel munching of strawberries. It is the sound of poetry. “Bounce bounce bounce bounce/ thwackety wackety zingety ping/ hittety backety pingety zang/ wack, thwok, thwack, pok.” These
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