The Straits Times, 23 August 2010

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, AUGUST 23 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon No student left behind
    50 1 THE Ministry of Education is tracking the tuition trend carefully, to ensure that students who cannot afford tuition do not lose out. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen gave this assurance yesterday in response to questions raised at a dialogue with Pasir Ris residents. PRIME PAGE A7
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    Lock icon China’s next mega-event
    53 1 WHEN the Asian Games kick off in Guangzhou on Nov 12, it will cap a sparkling four-part run showcasing China’s rise to global prominence, which began with the Beijing Olympics in 2008, followed by the 60th National Day parade last year and the ongoing Shanghai World Expo.
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    Lock icon Australia holds its breath
    62 1 AUSTRALIANS will have to wait for up to a week as postal votes are counted to find out if the country will have its first hung parliament in 70 years. Meanwhile, leaders of the two major political parties have begun negotiating power deals with independent lawmakers
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    Lock icon Suntec City blues
    58 1 BUSINESSES in the Suntec City area are bemoaning the fact that it has become a “twilight zone” for shoppers. As more major events, such as the Youth Olympic Games and F1 Grand Prix, are being held in the area, repeated road closures and parking problems have resulted
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    Lock icon Bonus for policyholders
    26 1 SOME insurance policyholders are enjoying higher bonus payouts as the economic and stock market recovery kicked in late last year. MONEY PAGE B22
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    Lock icon Floods in China and Pakistan getting worse
    751 1 Villages under water; hundreds of thousands of people evacuated NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: Flooding in China and Pakistan is worsening, putting thousands of lives in danger as global weather patterns continue to wreak havoc across the planet.
    NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; XINHUA; PHOTOS: REUTERS  -  751 words
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    Lock icon Cubs lose their nerve and the match
    75 1 Singapore centre-back Radhi Kasim sits in anguish after the final whistle of the Cubs’ Youth Olympic Games football boys’ semi-final against Haiti at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Some 6,000 fans thronged the stadium only to see the hosts beaten 0-2. The Cubs
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    Lock icon Not-so-golden years for the elderly in Singapore
    927 1  -  BY LI XUEYING, NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI xueying@sph.com.sg ndianah@sph.com.sg OLDER folk in Singapore have some way to go to achieving a gold standard in active ageing. According to a new Active Ageing Index, the elderly in Singapore fall short in three areas: health, financial
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        Lock icon China should look at soft power, not military might
        81 2 WE SAY The United States Defence Department’s annual report on China’s military build-up, without the accompanying transparency, is old hat. But its salient point is that lack of transparency could lead to inadvertent or accidental escalation. On this score one would
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        Lock icon Storm over Yellow Sea
        38 2 COLUMNS If the United States does not send a carrier to a drill with South Korea, it will be seen in the region as a sign of weakness, says Michael Richardson. REVIEW PAGE A19
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        21 2 Learning to cope with your partner’s disorder can actually strengthen the relationship, says Corrie Tan. YOUTHINK PAGE B8
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        29 2 OUR READER SAYS By pulling kids out of sex education programmes, parents may be doing more harm than good, says Martha Lee. FORUM PAGE A20
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        14 2 www.straitstimes.com Tan Hui Yee finds out what teens think about sex education.
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      Lock icon When the World comes into my Home
      1068 2  -  Familiar haunts provide comfort amid upheaval of change in global city BY CHUA MUI HOONG DEPUTY REVIEW EDITOR muihoong@sph.com.sg AUGUST is a special month for me, the month of Singapore’s Independence. This August, I sat with 26,499 other spectators at the historic Padang
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      191 2 Preparing Career-Ready Professionals In Partnership with Queen Margaret University EDINBURGH BSC IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE NURSING Post-Registration Degree course for Singapore Registered Nurses Ivy Yee, RN Sv K Accredited by Singapore Nursing Board Taught in a modular system by experienced and qualified lecturers Delivered in a personalized approach with face-to face
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      Lock icon Funding for those who want to help seniors
      386 3  -  NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI ASPIRING gerontologists, caregivers, inventors and anyone with a yen to help the elderly can apply for support from a new fund that sponsors efforts to help older folk lead more comfortable lives. The Alice Lim Memorial Fund was set
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      77 4  -  BY DESMOND FOO 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. Go fly a kite
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      Lock icon Tech and Web-based firms eyeing telcos’ pie
      618 4  -  Singapore’s telecom players must re-think business model: Analyst BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg THE mobile market in the Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing in the world, with connections more than double those of any other market. A telecoms market report released by Ernst Young today
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      Lock icon 3 new primary schools for Punggol
      643 6  -  Ministry of Education has hired more than 2,300 teachers this year BY ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg THREE new primary schools will be built in Punggol estate by 2013, as part of the Education Ministry’s plan for all primary schools to go single-session by 2016. This
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      Lock icon Why CPF can’t be used for overseas education
      505 6  -  BY ELGIN TOH THE Government will not allow parents to use their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings to pay for their children’s overseas education because it fears that these parents will be left with little retirement savings should the children not repay
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      Lock icon Cynthia Phua for Pasir Ris?
      287 6  -  BY TEO WAN GEK MADAM Cynthia Phua (right), an MP for Aljunied GRC, caused some raised eyebrows when she appeared at a community event in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC yesterday morning. Her appearance in the Pasir Ris East ward, where Dr Ahmad Magad is MP, fuelled
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      Lock icon Students who can’t afford tuition ‘won’t lose out’
      718 7  -  Education Ministry is monitoring tuition trend, says Ng Eng Hen BY LI XUEYING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg ONE parent lamented that monthly tuition fees for his school-go-ing child could be as much as $600 for one subject. He asked for income tax relief
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      182 5 Until Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, he would not rest. Nor would the designers of the Bell X-1. (California, 1947.) Until you see that we've drawn a line. A line that changes everything. One that sets new standards. That looks at the past with a forensic intensity. And to
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      75 6 S. T. Lee Distinguished Annual Lecture by Lord Patten of Barnes Chancellor of the University of Oxford Date Friday, 3 September 2010 Time 5.00 6.15pm Venue The Ballroom, Level 3 Raffles Hotel Attire Office attire or long sleeved shirt and tie For admission, please contact Ms Emma Sarimah at 6790
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      117 6 SINGAPORE WORKFORCE SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS for Upgrading Resilience SIMM spur 0 for Upgrading Resilience Tel: (65) 6484-5737 Fax: (65) 6298-4012 Email: info@simm.org.sg Website: http://www.simm.org.sg UPGRADE YOUR WORKFORCE GAIN THE COMPETITIVE EDGE WSQ Courses «nder SPUR K8U with 9Wo WDA F'yndiifig WSQ Certificate in Generic Manufacturing Skills (Logistics) WSQ Perform Warehouse Operations
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      12 6 Blind Muslim woman wants to have guide dog but fears community rejection
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      Lock icon Next blockbuster: The Asian Games
      991 8  -  BI G EVENT S S H O W CAS IN G C HIN A S RI S E BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: The four-part run that has showcased China’s remarkable rise to global prominence is finally nearing the finish line.
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      104 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Young Chinese bear brunt of one-child policy Thailand: Tourism boom MOST COMMENTED ON Sorry, men.... women are safer drivers. Says anne_susanti: “Women take fewer risks and are more patient than men. But I have been infuriated many times
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        Lock icon China shuts down polluting factories
        625 9 It faces year-end deadline on cutting energy consumption AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth. Beijing had pledged to
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        Lock icon Plans for nuke equipment hub
        191 9 REUTERS BEIJING: Central China’s Hubei province plans to build in the next three to five years a base to make nuclear power equipment as part of the country’s massive push to boost clean energy. State-run China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp, State Nuclear Power Technology Corp
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        103 9 President S R Nathan and Mrs Nathan enjoying a “dynamic” version of the famous painting Riverside Scene At Qingming Festival, during a tour of the China Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai yesterday. The panoramic painting depicts a scene from the prosperous ancient Chinese city
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        Lock icon A fighting chance for Chinese students
        643 12  -  Martial arts classes gain popularity in China after spate of school attacks BY CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Mock knives, vegetable cleavers, beer bottles and even fake rubber guns are all regular teaching aids in Mr Xin Yang’s weekly self-defence classes. At the Jing Wu
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        Lock icon Swimming in the traditional style
        45 12 Models, wearing hanbok by designer Park Sul Nyeo, performing in a water tank at the launch of a Seoul shopping mall yesterday. The event showcasing traditional Korean dress is claimed to be the first underwater hanbok fashion show. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Wen urges political reform to bolster economic growth
        414 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING: China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has said that reform of the political system is necessary to sustain the nation’s breakneck economic growth, state media reported. “We not only have to push forward reform of the economic system, but
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        Lock icon Japan to build new alliance with S. Korea
        302 12 TOKYO: Japan will strive to build a “new partnership” with South Korea in order to deal with a belligerent North Korea and “a growing China”, said a Japanese report. The Kyodo news agency report, which quoted unnamed Japanese government sources, was picked
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        Lock icon Umno, PR in spat over sermons
        564 13 Quarrel over whether king’s name replaced by chief minister’s in supplications at mosque THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BERNAMA GEORGETOWN (Penang): The state’s Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government is engaged in a verbal war with Umno over whether Friday sermons at two mosques here offered up
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        Lock icon Rare Javan leopard shot dead in village
        308 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: A rare Javan leopard was shot dead by police after it strayed into a village in Indonesia, police said yesterday. Police killed the animal on Saturday after it entered the village near Sukabumi city in West Java province, local police
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        Lock icon ‘Immoral’ Muslim civil servants face eviction in Putrajaya
        241 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Islamic authorities have been evicting unmarried Muslim civil servants from government-owned housing if they are caught with their partners in a private place, a news report said yesterday. Several Muslims have been evicted from their homes
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        Lock icon Indonesia’s Net boom goes mobile
        927 14  -  Surge in handset connectivity brings cheer, fear MEMO FROM JAKARTA BY LYNN LEE CORRESPONDENT lynnlee@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja JAKARTA: Mr Syarief Maulana, who works for a non-governmental organisation, is constantly in the loop he uses his BlackBerry smartphone to check his e-mail, news
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        Lock icon Ex-diplomat weds in wake of cricket scandal
        299 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (India): Former United Nations diplomat Shashi Tharoor married girlfriend Sunanda Pushkar yesterday, months after the couple were the focus of a cricket team ownership scandal that saw him quit the Indian government. The couple were married in the presence of
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        Lock icon Foreigners join S’pore aid effort
        357 15  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SOME 47 foreigners working for an engineering and construction company in Singapore joined Singaporeans and Pakistanis yesterday in raising funds for victims of the floods that have devastated Pakistan. The July floods left 2,000 dead and affected 20 million people. About one-fifth of
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        Lock icon Flood-hit Pakistan threatened by unrest
        555 15 Increasing fears of Islamic extremists exploiting aid vacuum AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: Nearly a month after Pakistan’s worst ever natural disaster flooded a fifth of the country and hit 20 million people, the spectres of social unrest and Islamic extremism are stalking the nation. Torrential rains
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        Lock icon A safer world for the future generation
        528 15  -  Written by. Shaun S. Raj On August 29, 2010, the world will for the first time observe an International Day against Nuclear Tests, adopted by the sixty-forth session of the UN General Assembly upon the initiative of Central Asian country, Kazakhstan. Since its
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        Lock icon Brazil probes brazen hostage-taking incident
        554 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO: The Brazilian authorities yesterday probed the brazen taking of 35 hostages at an upscale central Rio de Janeiro hotel following a shoot-out between a gang and police that left one person dead. The incident dramatised the security challenges
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  554 words
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        Lock icon Verdict in Aussie polls may take a week
        1154 16  -  Postal votes to determine if country has first hung Parliament in 70 years BY MATTHEW BENNS benns3@bigpond.com AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australians will have to wait up to a week as postal votes are counted to discover if it will have its first
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        Lock icon Arrest warrant for WikiLeaks man dropped
        490 17 He accuses Pentagon of ‘dirty tricks’, saying it may be behind rape allegation in Sweden NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Mr Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website who is embroiled in a fight with the Pentagon over the disclosure of secret military
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        Lock icon Iran’s ‘ambassador of death’ unveiled
        158 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHERAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies. The 4m-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 1,000km, according
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          Lock icon Stolen work still missing
          104 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Egypt’s Culture Minister has retracted his claim that the police recovered a van Gogh painting stolen from a Cairo museum, saying that the search for the canvas continues. Mr Farouk Hosni had said earlier last Saturday that police had confiscated the painting from
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          Lock icon Six quakes off Taiwan
          70 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Six earthquakes, including one that hit 5.4 on the Richter scale, struck off Taiwan’s east coast early yesterday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami warnings. The moderate 5.4-magnitude quake hit shortly after midnight, 35km south-east of Hsilin
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          90 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTIMAO (Portugal): A 14-year-old Dutch girl has departed in secrecy on her quest to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world avoiding the media because, her manager said, she did not want the attention. Laura Dekker set off on her
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          74 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti): United Nations peacekeepers appealed for calm last Saturday after electoral officials rejected international hip-hop star Wyclef Jean’s candidacy for Haiti’s Nov 28 presidential election. Mr Jean, who has a strong following among Haiti’s youth, was disqualified from running because he could
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          Lock icon Arrests over tainted milk
          76 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Police in China have arrested six people and detained 41 others for allegedly distributing milk powder tainted with the same chemical that killed infants in a 2008 scandal, state media reported. Three of the six were employees of a factory in the north-western
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          73 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA (Bangladesh): At least 10 people have died since drinking toxic home-brewed liquor in the country’s north-eastern region. The victims, mostly farmers, bought the rice wine from an illegal alcohol shop last Thursday and apparently fell sick immediately after drinking it, said district police
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      429 18 IT HAS fallen into a predictable pattern. Each year, the United States Defence Department issues an unflattering report on China’s military build-up. It talks of the capabilities being developed by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and adds, for good measure, the warning that
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        795 19  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THE Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been chugging forward with developments on land, at sea and in the air. But it will be a space-based programme now under way that binds these together to forge
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        992 19  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South East Asian Studies. THE United States and South Korea announced last week that they will hold the next phase of their joint naval exercises early next
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        874 19  -  BY NORIHIRO KATO The writer is a professor of Japanese literature at Waseda University. The article was translated from Japanese by Michael Emmerich. NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE GROSS domestic product (GDP) figures for the second quarter show that China has overtaken Japan as
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        774 20  -  SEXUALITY EDUCATION Dr Martha Lee Clinical sexologist I REFER to Saturday’s special report, “Sex education: Too little, too late, and too vague?” In recent weeks, there were media reports about more girls reaching puberty early from the United States and Britain to Singapore.
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        270 20  -  Evelyn Loh (Mdm) I REFER to an article (“She is ‘mother’ to her mum”) in last Tuesday’s Straits Times special supplement titled “Silver and Active”, which highlighted the increasing burden on baby boomers who care for their ageing parents and the sacrifices they make.
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        96 20 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR DAVID CHAN: How safe is ‘safe sex’? 2 MS TOH AI CHUN: Dating events now too costly 3 MR PATRICK LOW: Offer free YOG tickets to retirees 4 MADAM MARIAN TAY: Suggestions to improve ticketing 5 MR CHNG JIA ZHI: Proud to
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          103 20 YOG athletes MISS LYNETTE NG: “I agree with Mr Richard Low’s letter last Thursday (‘Sadder still, Tan’s parents had to buy tickets’). I am the sister of a Youth Olympic Games athlete. My family of four had to purchase our own tickets
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          110 20 Negative feedback MR DAVID HEW: “I am dismayed by the amount of negativity in the blogosphere towards the Youth Olympic Games. There is surely a right time and right way to express one’s views. Doing so in cyberspace where the views
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          200 20 Always alert MR ERIC TAN, chief operating officer, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee; and PROFESSOR TAY BOON KENG, chief medical officer, Medical Services Committee, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee: “In Saturday’s letter, (‘Nicks and knocks’), Mr Vance Sowter was concerned about
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        196 20  -  Gilbert Goh I REFER to the report (“Factory sector ‘needs young Singaporeans’”; Aug 15). I agree with Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang that young Singaporeans should consider working in our manufacturing industry as technicians and engineers. These jobs are
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        313 20  -  Low Swee Kim 1st Vice-President Institute of Estate Agents I REFER to the concerns raised recently in the Forum pages about the “flier menace” and the online feedback which mainly targeted estate agents as the culprits for littering and infringing
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        237 20  -  David Tay I REFER to last Monday’s report (“No quick fix for junk mail menace”) in which estate agent Albert Wong was quoted as saying: “Unless we go back to using the old letter box system, I have no choice but to distribute the
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        155 20  -  Lim Yi Jing (Ms) I REFER to last Wednesday’s letter by Miss Lum Yin Peng (“Home, truly? Not for mum and sons watching abroad”). Although the “hardware” of the National Day Parade (NDP), such as military and aerial displays, is exciting and something to look
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      817 1  -  Plans to woo shoppers back, correct impression that area is best avoided due to events held there BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg BUSINESSES in the Suntec City area are languishing, even as shoppers nurse the impression that the area is now best avoided. Shoppers
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      109 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Accident near Changi Airport Unusual marriage proposals MOST COMMENTED ON No quick fix for junk mail menace. Says IamSpeaking: “HDB should make it a rule that junk mail can be delivered only by hand to someone in the
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      1033 2  -  Some use cash grants for patients to offset costs; call for clearer guidelines BY LEE HUI CHIEH, ANG YIYING huichieh@sph.com.sg ayiying@sph.com.sg A PRACTICE frowned on by the authorities is not uncommon among nursing homes run by voluntary welfare organisations here and those
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      313 2  -  JESSICA LIM THE smell of satay and nasi jagung, or sweet corn rice, filled the function room at the Sembawang Community Club yesterday where about 300 guests awaited their dinner. They had gathered to take part in if tar, the evening
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      1214 4  -  S’pore animal welfare group is seeking to improve standard of care and treatment in region BY VICTORIA VAUGHAN, GRACE CHUA vvaughan@sph.com.sg caiwj@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Amresh Gunasingham ORANG utans smoking cigarettes, bears riding bicycles and elephants in chains these are how some animals live in
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      543 5  -  BY VICTORIA VAUGHAN ABOUT 11 per cent of the world’s population visit zoos and aquariums each year, and they are just those linked to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza). Here, the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park, all run by
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          64 6 my paper and PhillipCapital present the my paper Executive Series 2010 on Market Insights: Securing the Right Opportunities this Sunday from 2pm to 5pm. Find out more on investment trends and the tools that help from speakers such as Mr Joshua Tan, an economist from Phillip Securities Research
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          62 6 To mark its 75th anniversary, game brand Monopoly is giving away money in Monopoly Makes It Real game. The amount totals $20,580. To win, par- ticipants need to submit a story in 75 words or less by Sept 3 on what they would do if they won all
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          62 6 Natas Holidays 2010 is on from this Friday to Sunday at Singapore Expo Halls 3B, 4 and 5 from 10am to 9.30pm daily. Charge to your MasterCard credit card to enjoy promotions and redemptions and get discounts and free gifts on your Travel Guard Insurance from Chartis. Singapore
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          57 6 Fortune Silken Tofu now comes with Omega 3, a fatty acid known for its nutritive benefits. Awarded the Healthier Choice symbol from the Health Promotion Board, it contains no preservatives, artificial colouring or flavouring. It is suitable for vegetarians as the Omega 3 is derived from non-geneti-cally modified
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          60 6 The Lenovo Thinkpad X201 tablet is designed for business use with a host of a multifunctional capabilities. The 12.1-inch multi-touch screen works as a pen or fingerbased slate device while doubling up as a full-sized laptop with a keyboard. Using the Microsoft Windows 7 business operating system, it
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          54 6 Crocs Versastyle Collection features a new range of footwear that offers style and comfort. For those who prefer fashionable flats, models Lenora and Kaela are available in colours such as gold, blush and plum. Casey is a bold wedge with rubber outsoles that increasetractionandit’sdurable.Yukon Sport are comfortable and
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        576 6  -  Thanks to the Google Android mobile operating system, new smartphones are being developed as demand rises for the mobile handsets BY GAYLE QUAH MORE smartphones and new models are being sold as they ride on the growing popularity of the Apple iPhone and Blackberry. According to
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        174 6 PAWN-BROKING chain Maxi-Cash is on a charity drive that lets its customers give back to the community when they pawn their valuables at its outlets. Up till Oct 14, each time any items worth $1,000 are pawned, Maxi-Cash will put in a
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        190 6 COURTS, the largest retailer in electrical, IT products and furniture in Singapore, now offers Courts Cover a variety of warranty and after-sales service plans for a full range of products. The coverage includes accidental damage (cracked screens, impact and water spillage), international warranty, unlimited
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        242 6 POSB has launched the Multitude by POSB card with debit and credit features for customers with no minimum income requirement. Youths aged 16 and above can apply for the Multi-tude by POSB as a debit MasterCard card. For customers above 21 years, a $500
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        172 6 CHEERS, a new furniture showroom, has opened in Genting Lane. It offers furnishings from reclining sofa settees and coffee tables to designer accessories with a contemporary look. Its line of premium recliner sofas has massage features that providea“firstclasscabinluxury experience” The company prides itself
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      474 7  -  Two students part of teams in second and third spots at robot design contest BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg THEY have not even officially started school but already, these two young men have helped make a name for Singapore’s fourth and newest university. Mr
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      75 7 Visitors trying to weave ketupat during a demonstration by the Sri Warisan team at the Singapore Management University (SMU). The demonstration was part of a three-day event at SMU as part of the Singapore Heritage Fest, and ended on a high note yesterday with a
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        556 8  -  Learning to cope with a partner’s disorder can enrich a relationship SOAPBOX CORRIE TAN corriet@sph.com.sg MY BOYFRIEND is more inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive than the run-of-the-mill partner. Naysayers say these characteristics of his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will spell the doom of our
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        649 8 Why do young singles who are so connected in this age of social networking still have problems building serious relationships? YouthInk writers weigh in on this issue. MY LIFE Seeking parents’ support LOVE is such a complex emotion and young singles may
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        371 8 ARE Russians really that tall? As the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) go into full swing, follow student reporters from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as they give YouthInk readers a behind-the-scenes pass to the Youth Olympic Village. @graceleong #yod2010 ***** I’m taking the bus with the athletes back to
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      575 3 BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE The twin skyscrapers of Asia Square will be among Singapore’s greenest buildings. Designed and developed by property company MGPA with eco-features, the Marina Bay building will feature a five-star hotel, office space and food and retail outlets. Both towers were awarded the Green Mark Platinum award
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        551 9  -  Caribbean boys stun hosts 2-0 to book a final date with Bolivia TOP STORY BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg FOR 10 days, they carried the hopes of the football-mad host nation on their youthful backs. But when the pressure reached its apex in the Youth Olympics football
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        278 9  -  BY FABIUS CHEN ATTACK Singapore in their own half, prevent the Cubs from having time on the ball, and victory will be ours. With those words, Haiti coach Pierre Sonche masterminded one of the biggest upsets of the Youth Olympics, stunning the hosts 2-0 before
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        80 9 COUNTRY G S B T 1 China 23 13 4 40 2 Russia 16 11 10 37 3 Korea 9 2 2 13 4 Ukraine 8 8 8 24 5 Hungary 7 3 2 12 6 Australia 5 11 8 24 7 Italy 5 7 5 17 8
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        538 9  -  BY ROHIT BRIJNATH A LARGE Games is a sporting quilt of a thousand threads. A softly crying runner, an incensed tennis father, a wincing hurdler, a heaving weightlifter. But every Games also requires a talking point, a spark, in the modern lingo a water-cooler
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        108 9 MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Sold out, but seats empty Cubs rock Jalan Besar YOG caterer acts on food MOST COMMENTED ON Sold out, but seats empty Says careconnect: “Many corporations will buy a stack of tickets to show their support and these tickets are given to customers or staff. The
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        488 10  -  Praise for YOG team’s playmaker from former great Etcheverry BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg BEING compared to Marco Etcheverry is the biggest compliment anyone can pay to a Bolivian footballer. But Jorge Sabja is already being compared to the legend. By Etcheverry himself, no
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        352 10  -  BY LEONARD LIM Additional reporting by Leow Si Wan and Jennani Durai THINGS never go according to plan in sport, and it is imperative the Cubs pick themselves up and keep believing ahead of their bronze-medal play-off against Montenegro on Wednesday. Shortly after
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        225 10  -  BY JEFF ANG ONE hundred and twenty-eight riders, 32 nations and territories, seven events, four days of competition all for one Youth Olympic Games (YOG) cycling gold. It probably is the medal which required the most effort to win. Which explains why the Colombian team
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        216 10  -  BY LEE MIN KOK GOLD was what they came for, but the United States basketball teams will not be going home with it. The favourites coming into the competition, the boys’ team were outclassed 34-29 after extra-time by Serbia in their semi-final. It was a
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        239 10  -  BY TERRENCE VOON HIS previous visit to Singapore finished in heartache, but Chinese sharpshooter Gao Tingjie’s return for the Youth Olympics has had a much happier ending. The 16-year-old from Jiangsu province clinched gold in the boys’ 10m air rifle event yesterday, erasing the pain from
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        26 10 “I was no one. Now I am someone.” NKIRUKA FLORENCE NWAKWE, after the Nigerian stormed to victory in the girls’ 200m final
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          78 10  -  Lin Xinyi There are plenty of signs at the Singapore Indoor Stadium the YOG table tennis venue to help athletes and officials find their way. Arrows point the way to the racket control room, ball selection area and media stands. But the most interesting one reads:
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          57 10  -  Serene Tan YOG Mascots Lyo and Merly reportedly drew more attention at the Celebration@Marina Bay concerts than the bands themselves. People who turned up were eager to pose with the mascots. Ever wonder how heavy their costume is? It’s 10kg. Volunteers wear them a maximum
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          67 10  -  Kwok Hui Min A loose ball in the France versus Cook Islands handball match that went under the judges’ table provided some light moments last Friday. The crowd watched as the umpire scrambled to retrieve the wayward ball. When the elusive ball was found a
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          76 10  -  Lee Min Kok Remember to bring extra money if you intend to eat and drink at the venues. A 500ml bottle of Coke or Sprite costs $3, mineral water $2 and snacks between $1.50 and $3. No wonder a man was heard saying to his
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          90 10  -  Jonathan Wong Dominican Republic runner Luguelin Santos won the boys’ 400m race last Saturday but put his celebrations on hold. Instead, the 16-year-old sought out Sadam Elnour of Sudan who was crying as he laid on the track. Sadam had finished fourth and lost out on a
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        488 11  -  Qiu Bo takes 3m springboard title, while Daley finishes ninth BY JEFF ANG jeffang@sph.com.sg CHINA’s Qiu Bo won gold, Britain’s Tom Daley bombed, but what captured the imagination in the boys’ 3m springboard final at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex last night was its
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        307 11  -  BY LEE MIN KOK LASER guns have shot their way into the modern pentathlon competition at the 2012 Olympics. The technology was showcased at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), replacing the standard pellet-firing air pistols for the first time in the sport’s
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        710 11  -  HORSE RACING written by i Michael Lee,Craig Brennan ROCK goddess Tina Turner's song "Simply The Best" rang out through Kranji as Better Than Ever scored another thumping win in the $200,000 Group 3 Jumbo Jet Trophy over 1400m to elevate him to almost-divine status. The Laurie
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        469 11  -  BY LIN XINYI FEW athletes know how to fall like gymnasts do. But as Britain’s Sam Oldham showed yesterday, they certainly know how to bounce back too. Four days after crashing from the high bar in the all-around final and dropping out of second place
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        436 12  -  Champion’s hometown doesn’t have a track with a javelin runway BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg IN MARCOS Paz, a football-mad town in Argentina, the sight of a local boy walking onto a field with boots in his hands is common. But, instead of juggling footballs with his
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        369 12  -  BY LIN XINYI SINGAPORE paddler Isabelle Li and France’s rising star Simon Gauzy will try to shake things up as the table tennis individual contests reach their climax today. Both have qualified for the girls’ and boys’ singles semi-finals respectively. “I’m
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        274 12 Table Tennis Boys’ and girls’ singles s-finals (10am), final (6.30pm) Singapore Indoor Stadium Can Singapore’s Isabelle Li deliver a medal in the girls’ singles competition? She is up against Thailand’s Suthasini Sawettabut in the semis. Diving Girls’ 3m springboard prelims (1.30pm), final (8.30pm) Toa Payoh Swimming Complex
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        197 12  -  JEFF ANG SINGAPORE boxer Mohamed Hanurdeen Hamid failed to go the distance in the boxing semi-final yesterday. But he was up against Azerbaijan’s Salman Alizada, the world youth champion. Salman was leading 9-1 during the second of three rounds when the light-fly-weight (48kg)
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        98 12 Athletics Boys’ 1,000m B final: Zachary Ryan Devaraj 2min 31.75sec (6th of 10). Basketball Boys’ classification 17-20: Panama 20 Singapore 33. Girls’ classification 17-20: Singapore 28 Thailand 29. Diving Boys’ 3m springboard prelims: Timothy Lee 365.5pts (last of 15). Equestrian Jumping individual, rd A: Caroline Chew, 16th
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        156 12  -  BY ROYSTON SIM A MERE 0.14 second separated Hungary’s Sandor Totka and Germany’s Tom Liebscher in the boys’ K1 head-to-head canoe sprint at Marina Reservoir yesterday. Sandor, 16, won the gold in 1min 28.91sec, with Tom, 17, just behind in 1:29.05. Said
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          134 12 YOUTH OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE THE Youth Olympic Games (YOG) have been a tough learning experience for Singapore’s girls’ volleyball team and their coach, Low Ho Peng, came away from the tournament with a blueprint for strengthening the programme in the host country. The first thing
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          77 12 YOUTH OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE EQUATORIAL Guinea captain Judit Ndong is fast becoming big news in her homeland after guiding her team to the final of the girls’ football tournament and the 15-year-old is no stranger to the spotlight, as she is the daughter of one
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          101 12 YOUTH OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE SOUTH Korea fought back from two goals down to force a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in girls’ hockey yesterday. After a blank first half, the Dutch took a 2-0 lead when Frederique Derkx scored twice, converting a penalty
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          94 12 YOUTH OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE TEAM-BUILDING programme Island Adventure, run by Outward Bound Singapore on Pulau Ubin, has proved so popular with YOG competitors that the organisers have had to increase the number of places. The plan was for 144 athletes a day, but the
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          105 12 YOUTH OLYMPIC NEWS SERVICE WITH only seconds remaining and nearly resigned to defeat, South Korea’s Lee Jae Hyung pulled out one last attack to beat Russia’s Khasan Khalmurzaev and take gold in the boys’ judo 81kg category yesterday. The outcome of the match between the two world
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          182 13 Sweat, blood and tears for athletes competing over the weekend (From left) Romanian long jumper Alina Rotaru and runners Anna Rosianu and Bianca Razor show off their hands, painted with henna, at a booth at the Youth Olympic Village yesterday. With them is Romanian team official
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      599 14 Its income from foreign television rights dwarfs all major rival leagues’ THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: The English Premier League’s status as a bankable global commodity has been underlined by new research that shows its income from the sales of overseas television rights alone, at £479
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      652 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The 6-0 scoreline is becoming something of a habit this Premier League season. Chelsea have two, Arsenal one and yesterday, Newcastle provided the fourth of a season that is only in its second week. It was the identity of
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        69 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: United States football coach Bob Bradley says he is interested in taking over as manager of Aston Villa. The 52-year-old, who has a contract to coach the US national team until the end of the year, says his representatives have held talks
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        52 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Defending champion Juan Martin del Potro joined world No. 1 women’s tennis player Serena Williams and seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin as no-shows at next week’s US Open because of injuries. Del Potro is still recovering from a
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        61 14 REUTERS MADRID: Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla on Saturday and a 5-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine forward had a quiet World Cup in South Africa in June and July, but looked
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      559 14 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Liverpool are the fourth big club in four big leagues of Christian Poulsen’s career. But when he speaks about his move to Anfield, he is wide-eyed. “In Denmark, Liverpool are the No. 1. If you see the
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      303 14 LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti warned that Chelsea’s hot streak would come to an end. “It is impossible to think we are always going to score six goals in a game,” he said. Yet the Blues could not have sent out a stronger statement of intent than
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      325 15 Malaysian official wants major title from top shuttlers REUTERS LONDON: Pressure has grown on Malaysia’s elite shuttlers to deliver the goods at this week’s World Championships in Paris after an outspoken blast from one of the country’s top badminton figures. Despite the sport’s high profile in the
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      169 15  -  LIN XINYI SINGAPORE has sent an eight-member squad to the World Badminton Championships, starting in Paris today. It will be represented in all five events, including the men’s doubles, after the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) confirmed that Hendra Wijaya will be available to play.
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      225 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG: New Zealand claimed the Tri-Nations rugby title in stunning fashion when replacement Israel Dagg ran in a last-minute try to steal a 29-22 win over South Africa in Soweto on Saturday. The All Blacks trailed with two minutes left until captain Richie
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      125 15 Today Football English Premier League: Manchester City v Liverpool (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 3am) Tomorrow Baseball MLB: New York Yankees v Toronto Blue Jays (Live, mio TV HD Ch114 Ch117, 7am) Football Uefa Champions League play-offs: Sevilla FC v SC Braga (Live, mio TV HD
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      728 15  -  ARUNNER’S DIARY ST/100PLUS SWEET 16 MARATHON PLAN BY JEANETTE WANG jwang@sph.com.sg The writer is the associate editor of Shape, Singapore’s premier health, fitness, wellness and nutrition magazine for women “WHICH do you think looks better on me?” That is what my
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      32 15 DAVE JONES, Cardiff manager, on striker Craig Bellamy, who is on loan from Manchester City
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      361 15 Football Dutch Eredivisie Excelsior Rotterdam 4 Nijmegen 2, Arnhem 0 Enschede 3, Heerenveen 3 Breda 1, Groningen 2 De Graafschap 1, Ajax 3 Roda 0. French Ligue 1 Lens 2 Monaco 2, Lyon 1 Brest 0, Marseille 2 Lorient 0, Nice 1 Nancy 1, Rennes 0 St Etienne 0,
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      90 14 LOTTERY L Vj I Draw No 2564/2010 1 VI V Draw Today. Monday, 23 August 2010 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Sales close today 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm y Ip Y(i) Alw oys play with care. Do not bet
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    1182 16 OBITUARIES John Patrick Wee Ewe Tee Passed away peacefully on 21 August 2010 Dearly missed by his family and loved ones Mother: Cecilia Wee Chong Jin Sister: Dr. Veronica Mary Anderson Brother-in-law: Dr. John Anderson Brothers: Laurence John Wee Sisters-in-law: Marisa Hjelle Chan Patrick John Wee Min Jung Wee Nephews:
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        500 18  -  Neither fears of new US recession nor regional boom has stirred bourse MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW engyeow@sph.com.sg THE wild swings on Wall Street failed to shake local blue chips from their slumber last week. As the summer holiday season reaches its
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        400 18 ANALYSTS have kept their outperform rating on Ascott Residence Trust (Ascott Reit), which announced on Friday last week the acquisition of 28 properties worth $1.24 billion. Ascott Reit is buying 26 European and two Asian properties from CapitaLand’s The Ascott, a move that is
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        99 18 Aug Currencies Aug 20 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Aug 19 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3539 -0.18 1.4219 1.3472 Euro 1.7356 +0.10 2.0153 1.6886 2.1114 -0.18 2.2831 2.0003 A$ 1.2066 +0.61 1.2960 1.1515 Yen* 1.5880 -0.30 1.5987 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.30 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Aug
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        2692 18 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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        204 18 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 376.4 1.5 JMH 4262 300.5 5.5 GLD 10US$ ***** 177.4 1.1 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 124.6 0.8 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1301 105.6 6.4 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5388 102.9 1.4 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4796 100.2 1.6 DBXT FTChina25 10US$
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        191 18 Week's Top Rises CENTS CityDev.ES.1008 1194 26.0 2.2 GentingSDBSeCW*****0 24 15.5 182.4 GentingSMBLeCW*****3 48 12.0 33.3 Goodpack W*****0 118 12.0 11.3 GentingSBNPeCW*****9 34 6.5 23.6 Genting SP.ES.1008 151 6.0 4.1 Tee W*****8 16 5.5 52.4 GentingSBNPeCW*****0 10.5 4.5 75.0 UOB RB ePW*****2 21.5 4.5 26.5 Week's Top
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        Lock icon Warrants market facing slow demise
        1160 19  -  Annual turnover of once-hot financial products has fallen since 2007 BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two Chinese characters marry wealth with good fortune the two crucial
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      754 20  -  Productivity takes a wallop, thanks to gabby colleagues WORKING LIFE BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg IF YOU find it hard to concentrate because the guy in the next cubicle just cannot stop going on and on about his private life, don’t fret, you are not
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        134 20 REUTERS BEIJING: A 50 per cent drop in China’s property prices will lead to a surge in bad real estate loans for Chinese lenders, a local newspaper reported, citing the results of a Chinese bank stress test. Many Chinese banks reported a ratio of less than
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        89 20 REUTERS HONG KONG: China Construction Bank (CCB), the second-biggest lender in the country, posted a 20 per cent rise in second-quarter profit on loan expansion and a recovery in interest margins. CCB, 11 per cent owned by Bank of America, earned 35.6 billion yuan (S$7 billion)
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        80 20 REUTERS SHANGHAI: Bank of China (BOC), China’s fourth-largest lender, said on Saturday it had received shareholder approval for plans to raise up to 60 billion yuan (S$12 billion) through a rights offering. It proposed that shareholders could get up to 1.1 rights per 10 shares held,
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      Lock icon US small investors flee stock market
      571 20 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Renewed economic uncertainty is testing Americans’ generation-long love affair with the stock market. Investors withdrew a staggering US$33.12 billion (S$45 billion) from domestic stock market mutual funds in the first seven months of this year, according to the Investment
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        130 20 Viking Offshore Marine Ivan Chong: Will step down as independent director of Viking from Sept 1 and become executive director in charge of human resources development and corporate services. Mr Chong, 55, is also named chairman of Viking’s subsidiary Chuan Seng Leong a wholesale distributor of household and personal care
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        50 20 Rayson Nobin Kumar Hazra: Has resigned as executive director of Teledata (Singapore) with effect from Aug 16 to pursue other business interests. Mr Hazra, 44, was responsible for the operational and financial strategies of the company. Howard Kim: Will resign as managing director with effect from Sept 30.
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        41 20 Warwick Desmond Davies: Has retired and will resign as director of the firm with effect from Aug 16. Mr Davies, 73, has been director of Autron since May 1997 and has been in ill health for the past year.
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      101 22 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Bungalow sold at bargain price HK tycoon buys prime land for top dollar MOST COMMENTED ON Smart money snaps up Asian shares. Says ladyhaha: “Augurs well for Singapore’s property market in the coming months as survey also shows
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      664 22  -  Payouts from Income, AIA and Prudential up as economy rebounds BY HARSHA JETHNANI harshamj@sph.com.sg SOME insurance policyholders are enjoying increased bonus payouts on the back of the strong economic rebound that started late last year. Insurers such as AIA, Prudential and NTUC Income have
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      51 20 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! VIEWS FROM THE TOP The next big thing After the success of the integrated resorts, the F1 race, and the YOG, corporate chiefs come up with more ideas to raise the excitement level in Singapore THE BUSINESS TIMES Today
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      30 20 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Aug 22 2010 FIRST◆1313 SECOND◆4180 THIRD◆0466 STARTERS 0345 0824 1172 2360 2494 2954 4043 5784 7323 7498 CONSOLATIONS 1308 1433 1436 2057 4405 4545 5370 7926 8997 9217
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      155 21 J 1 i f* Vi v I i I 3 I A jr. %w 'JB 11:55 am Transferring money to a branch in New York. 11:57 am Paying a supplier in Shanghai 12:00 pm Having a business lunch at Clarke Quay. HSBC's Business Internet Banking gives you full control and
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      469 1 Fighter, father, politician Still going strong The perfect But Manny Pacquiao is just a “simple man” C2 Rachel Allen loves cooking with her husband C5 Roberta Flack shows no sign of slowing down at 73 C3 DESIGN: LEE CHEE CHEW PHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM, BENJAMIN NG, ESPLANADE and RAJ NADARAJAN Find
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        792 2  -  Manny Pacquiao is not just a world boxing champ, he is also into films, albums and politics cara van miriah caravm@sph.com.sg Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao has collected belts, from lightweight to welterweight. Outside the ring, the 31-year-old champ has a string of albums,
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        490 2  -  rachael boon Jimmy LaValle, frontman of American indie band The Album Leaf, is excited to return to Singapore after the group’s last performance at the Mosaic Music Festival in 2007. He says: “The crowd was awesome, we did two shows in one night and
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        443 2  -  jocelyn lee Androgynous Taiwanese singer Chang Yun-jing may have a cool and suave image, but she is accident-prone in real life. Chang, 27, who was in town recently to promote her second album, The Opposite Me, tells Life! in Mandarin: “I fall down all the
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        350 2 Agence France-Presse Berkhamsted, England Examining buckled film reels under a microscope, technicians pore over each precious original frame of Alfred Hitchcock’s early movies as Britain bids to salvage the master’s magic. The delicate nitrate reel brown, brittle and shrunken is handled with extreme
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        965 3  -  Killing people softly with her song and teaching kids keep the American singer going 8QUESTIONSWITH...Roberta Flack eddino abdul hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg At the age of 73, Grammy award-winning R&B, soul and jazz singer Roberta Flack is still going strong, performing worldwide. She will sing at the
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        424 3 Agence France-Presse Bordeaux A metamorphosis is under way across France’s legendary Bordeaux vineyards. Top architects, from Christian de Portzampac to Jean Nouvel, are redesigning some of the world’s most hallowed cellars in the region. At Chateau Cheval Blanc, Pritzker prize-winner de Portzampac has installed a pair
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        2488 4  -  the monday interview with Andre Chiang He has worked with the world’s best chefs, and now, Andre Chiang is in the same league as them tan hsueh yun hsueh@sph.com.sg The logo for new restaurant Par Andre says a lot about the man behind it, Taiwan-born chef Andre
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        604 5  -  TV chef Rachel Allen and her husband are a team inside and outside of the kitchen huang lijie lijie@sph.com.sg Two cooks in the kitchen is not too many for TV chef Rachel Allen, especially when she is cooking with her husband, Isaac Allen. The
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        417 5  -  yip wai yee One of Israel’s rising film directors, Leonid Prudovsky, will be in Singapore to open the 18th Israel Film Festival on Wednesday. His latest film, Five Hours From Paris (2009), will be screened at the festival on Friday and he will be holding a ques-tion-and-answer
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        683 5 New York Times Los Angeles At the New York Film Festival next month, Hollywood will unleash The Social Network, a biting tale of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg (right). Now the social networking website must decide whether to bite back. After fretting for
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        95 6 ‘In the world today, there’s no such thing as size wins. Only speed wins’ Tycoon Terry Gou (right) on his business experience ‘We’d drive into work every day and talk about our families and how many kids we have and if we were divorced or not
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        717 6  -  akshita nanda Swiss-born, Bali-based artist Paul Husner (right) cannot play a musical instrument but says his vibrant, colourful paintings are songs inspired by Indonesia. The 68-year-old painter is holding his first solo show in Singapore, though his works have sold steadily at auctions and art galleries
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        370 6 Thriller author James Patterson tops Forbes.com’s list of best paid writers at $95 million Reuters New York The book publishing industry may be experiencing lean times and lower sales but a new survey shows fat incomes for many of the world’s top authors in the past year. Best-selling
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      525 7  -  CN Blue’s most touching present was from a fan who attended all 100 of their gigs jocelyn lee jocelee@sph.com.sg New Korean boyband CN Blue have received many gifts from thousands of fans over the past year, but one present stood out and touched their hearts. Band leader
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      357 7  -  reviewconcert THE FAMILIAR AND THE FANTASTIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall, Saturday chang tou liang It is not often these days that the Singapore Symphony Orchestra performs a full-length symphony for the first time. It was a programming coup of guest German conductor Gunther Herbig to
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      281 7 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts In the first full day of a Martha’s Vineyard vacation, President Barack Obama set aside some of the cares of office last Friday to work on his family’s summer reading list. At a bookstore in this upscale
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      692 8  -  Melding the classical with Western dance may rob Khmer dance of beauty reviewdance KHMEROPEDIES I II Amrita Performing Arts (Cambodia) Esplanade Theatre Studio Friday tara tan stlife@sph.com.sg This is the type of performance that would split its audience firmly into two camps. One side would cheer
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