The Straits Times, 4 January 2011

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 2011 G A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Revving up record growth
      59 1 A SURGE in manufacturing output powered the Singapore economy to a record rate of growth for 2010. The sector’s robust performance up 28.2 per cent in the fourth quarter over the same period in 2009 allowed the economy to expand by 12.5 per cent in the
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      Lock icon Transparent hospital bills
      52 1 PATIENTS can now compare treatment costs between private and public hospitals over a wider range of medical conditions. The bill sizes for around 40 common medical problems in these two types of hospitals have been released by the Ministry of Health, up from 10 before. L HOME
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      Lock icon Umno Youth chief to quit?
      76 1 UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has hinted that he might take a break from politics by the next general election, which would leave a vacuum in ruling party Umno’s ranks. While the hint has created some buzz in Malaysia, some remain sceptical that he would
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      Lock icon Imam slams Pope’s call
      68 1 EGYPT’S top Muslim cleric has slammed Pope Benedict XVI’s call for world leaders to defend Christians following a bombing that targeted a church in northern Egypt, saying it amounts to meddling in his country’s affairs. The Vatican rejected the criticism, and said the head of the
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    Lock icon Resale flat price rises are stabilising
    755 1  -  4th quarter gain of 2.4% shows cooling measures have some impact BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/cheamjessica THE relentless pace of rising Housing Board (HDB) resale flat prices over the past year or so has finally met some resist- ance as prices rise
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    Lock icon Sorry, no free parking here on Sundays
    779 1  -  BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS hoping to do some Sunday shopping at nex shopping mall in Serangoon while enjoying free Sunday parking at nearby HDB estates are in for some disappointment. Even before it opened in November, HDB had removed free parking
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    Lock icon Seoul’s leader talks tough but is open to dialogue
    705 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea’s President yesterday vowed not to let North Korea “covet even an inch of our territory”. But he also opened the door to possible peace talks. Mr Lee Myung Bak, addressing the nation in
    ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  705 words
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      89 1 We’ve come a long way, thanks to Workfare A first half of upsets Powder-soft snow at gem of ski resort SPORT, PAGE B7 PRIME, PAGE A8 LIFE! PAGES C2&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 am
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        Lock icon Boat trippers must think safety
        47 2 WE SAY The boat excursions business in Malaysia is largely a free-for-all, although it is bound by safety regulations. Singaporean day-trippers to Malaysian east coast islands should bear this in mind and take responsibility for their own safety. L EDITORIAL PAGE A20
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        Lock icon Europe’s turn to learn
        48 2 COLUMNS It is time for Europe to reflect on the lessons from the global financial crisis, and establishing a mechanism for dealing in an orderly way with sovereign bankruptcy would be a major contribution to global governance, says Harold James. L REVIEW PAGE A20
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      • Article
        Lock icon Keep your brain fit
        39 2 The brain does not stop growing, even in our later years every time we practise an old skill or learn a new one, existing neural connections are strengthened, says Oliver Sacks. L REVIEW PAGE A21
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        Lock icon Probe data-mining firms
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS The authorities should investigate how marketing companies who sell databases of individuals’ personal details get access to such information, says Chan En Huat. L FORUM PAGE A22
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        18 2 www.straitstimes.com L Bryan Huang takes a look at the last 10 years of the Beautiful Game.
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      Lock icon Low pay, dirty work, who wants nursing home job?
      1008 2  -  Costs will have to go up if Govt is to attract locals to work in homes BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg NURSING homes here are running at nearly full capacity. Many are facing a severe staff crunch as well. Health
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      Lock icon Not specialists in TCM, just special interest
      887 3  -  Singapore does not have registry of specialists for TCM practitioners BY SALMA KHALIK, FIONA LOW salma@sph.com.sg fionalow@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Melissa Pang TRADITIONAL Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners cannot call themselves “specialists”, but they can say that they have special interest or experience in
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      Lock icon Manufacturing revs economy to new high
      770 4  -  Sector grew 28.2% in Q4, powering whole year growth to 14.7% BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg A SURGE in manufacturing output provided the rocket fuel that powered the economy to a record rate of growth for 2010. The crucial sector built on a rebounding pharmaceutical
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      Lock icon Director of defunct school charged over fake booze
      690 6  -  Partner in SAS among 5 men accused of altering liquor content of whisky BY JANE NG AMELIA TAN janeng@sph.com.sg ameltan@sph.com.sg IN AN unusual twist to the sudden closure of the School of Applied Studies (SAS) last October, one of the directors of
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      Lock icon Pillay reappointed to presidential council
      403 6  -  TEO WAN GEK MR J. Y. PILLAY has been reappointed as a member and the chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA). The 76-year-old, whose fresh four-year term began on Sunday, received his instrument of appointment from President S R Nathan at a ceremony
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      Lock icon Macau casinos hit $30 billion jackpot
      601 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Casinos in Macau last year cashed in a record US$23.5 billion (S$30.2 billion), which analysts say trumps Las Vegas Strip revenues by about four times. The figure is a 57.8 per cent increase over 2009, cementing the Chinese city as
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    • Workfare: Five years on
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        Lock icon Topped up her Medisave by over $1,750
        414 8  -  It has been five years since Workfare was announced in 2005 to encourage regular work among older, low-wage workers, and to equip them with relevant skills. The Ministry of Manpower says more than $1.1 billion has been paid out since Workfare became a
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        Lock icon Money helps with his sons’ school bills
        425 8 LIFE changed dramatically for security guard Sivakumar Othrapathi Munisamy, 58, when he left the hotel industry nine years ago. The PSLE certificate holder had worked his way up from a dishwasher to an operations manager over 30 years, but the long hours on
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        Lock icon Payment boosted her income, helped her upgrade skills
        383 8 WHEN Workfare was first introduced in 2007, massage therapist Kelley Poon, 44, was working part-time and earning $950 a month. The Workfare Income Supplement boosted her income by $900 that year. The next year, she switched to working full-time. She had to
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        Lock icon Who’s eligible?
        269 8 WORKFARE started out as a one-time pilot Budget measure in 2006 to reward older, less-skilled workers for holding down a regular job and staying productive. In 2007, it became a permanent scheme called Workfare Income Supplement (WIS). To be eligible, a worker must be: L a Singapore citizen;
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      Lock icon Voter rolls being updated for third time since 2006 GE
      571 8  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG THE registers of electors are being updated again the third time since the May 2006 General Election. While news of the revision will invite fresh speculation about the timing of the next polls, MPs and political
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Switching places in jail in Indonesia
      606 9 Convict reportedly paid $1,400 to have someone else serve her jail time JAKARTA: In a case that puts the spotlight on Indonesia’s penal system and its struggle against graft, the government is investigating reports of how a woman convicted of corruption paid another woman
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      Lock icon Living it up in jail
      231 9 L Found disguised at tennis match Last November, tax official Gayus Tambunan was spotted at a tennis tournament in Bali, wearing a wig and glasses, despite the fact that he was supposed to be in police custody during his ongoing graft trial. Investigations found he
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      119 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Queen Elizabeth II becomes great grandmother MOST COMMENTED ON L Covered links to make KL shopping a breeze. Said huaiwei: “Underground bridges suit us far better considering our weather, while skybridges can be obstructive and add high-rise
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        Lock icon China breakthrough in nuclear technology
        211 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China says its scientists have mastered the technology for reprocessing nuclear fuel, which could dramatically increase the country’s power supply. The know-how could effectively end uranium supply concerns, state media said yesterday, as Beijing strives for energy security. The technology
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        Lock icon Beijing woos Central Asia
        815 10 It extends footprint with rise in trade; officials see region as foothold for peace in Xinjiang NEW YORK TIMES MURGHAB (Tajikistan): On the outskirts of this wind-scoured town, founded in 1893 as a Russian military post, the construction of a new customs compound heralds the return
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        Lock icon Tough to be a foreign worker in Japan
        694 11 Barriers remain high even as country faces a shortage of labour NEW YORK TIMES KASHIWA (Japan): Ms Maria Fransiska, a young, hard-working nurse from Indonesia, is just the kind of worker Japan would seem to need to replenish its ageing work force.
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        Lock icon Khairy talks of taking a break from politics
        502 11  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has caused a stir after he said that he was taking a break from politics by the next general election, a move that will leave a power vacuum in
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        Lock icon India confronts ‘activist insurgents’
        817 14  -  Case of doc accused of helping Maoists underscores threat in rural India NEWS ANALYSIS BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: For most people in India, paediatrician and human rights activist Binayak Sen was the “man with the golden heart”. An idealist educated
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        Lock icon Unsolved: Sensational teen murder in India
        671 15  -  Father of brutally killed girl moves to prevent case from being closed BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: By all accounts, Aarushi Talwar, not yet 15, was a normal teenage girl. She was popular in school, active on the Internet
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        Lock icon Pakistan’s ruling coalition faces fresh crisis
        380 15  -  RAVI VELLOOR NEW DELHI: Pakistan had to deal with a fresh political crisis yesterday as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani faced a revolt from his biggest coalition partner that has reduced the government to a minority in the National Assembly. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement
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        Lock icon Big freeze brings fears of standstill
        538 16 Road closures raise alarm over stalled energy supplies and higher food prices WEATHER CHAOS: CHINA REUTERS XINHUA BEIJING: Freezing rain has caused highway closures in parts of China, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and raising fears of transport chaos and disruption to energy supplies.
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        Lock icon Floods, landslide claim more deaths
        309 16 WEATHER CHAOS:PHILIPPINES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The death toll from heavy rains swamping the eastern Philippines has risen to five following a fresh landslide, the government said yesterday. A one-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl were buried and killed in a landslide on the
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        Lock icon Supplies rushed to slowly submerging city
        609 17 Rockhampton braced for more flooding; waters expected to exceed 9m WEATHER CHAOS: AUSTRALIA REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GRACEMERE (Australia): Military aircraft raced to bring supplies to a slowly submerging Australian city yesterday as record flooding claimed a third life and crippled the country’s coal and
        REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM AFP AND BBC  -  609 words
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        Lock icon Pope’s call to defend Christians slammed
        508 18 Plea to world leaders interferes with Egypt’s affairs: Imam ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has criticised Pope Benedict XVI’s call for world leaders to defend Christians as interference in his country’s affairs, the official Mena news agency reported. The call,
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        Lock icon Arnie steps down, but will he be back?
        498 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped down as California “Governator” yesterday, defending his record to the last and keeping fans and others guessing about his next move. After seven years at the helm of the Golden State, the former champion body
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        Lock icon Twins seek to sue Facebook, founder again
        607 19 They claim they were deceived about value of settlement in earlier suit NEW YORK TIMES SAN DIEGO: Some people go to court hoping to win millions of dollars. Messrs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have already won tens of millions. But six years into
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Law to help 9/11 workers
          95 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KAILUA (Hawaii): US President Barack Obama has signed into law a Bill to compensate emergency responders made ill by the rubble of the Sept 11 attacks, the White House said. Congress approved on Dec 22 a 10-year, US$4 billion (S$5.1 billion) programme to
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          Lock icon MIC wants book banned
          91 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: A high school textbook that highlights multi-ethnic Malaysia’s racial harmony has riled the main ethnic Indian political party, which wants it banned because it refers to the Hindu caste system. The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), part of the ruling coalition, has asked
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          Lock icon Russia grounds aircraft
          113 19 BLOOMBERG MOSCOW: Russia’s transportation watchdog has ordered the grounding of all Tupolev-154B aircraft until the cause of a fatal passenger jet explosion and fire in Siberia is determined. There are 14 Tu-154B aircraft in operation in Russia, state-controlled RIA Novosti reported yesterday. It was a Kogalymavia Airlines
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          Lock icon Why did the birds fall?
          125 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEEBE (Arkansas): The carcasses of some of the nearly 2,000 red-winged blackbirds (below) that inexplicably fell on an Arkansas town on New Year’s Eve will be sent for testing to determine the cause of death. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says the
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          Lock icon 5 face fine for eating dogs
          97 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Five Taiwanese are facing a fine of more than US$3,000 (S$3,900) each for killing and eating two dogs in what an official said was the first such case in a decade in the Taipei area. The five men, in their 50s
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          Lock icon Manila official for inquest
          122 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The Philippines’ justice secretary said yesterday that she would attend a Hong Kong government inquest into a bus hijacking that left eight of its citizens dead last year. “I have to go as chair of the IIRC. I really don’t have a choice,”
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          Lock icon Karzai’s spokesman quits
          82 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s chief spokesman said yesterday he had resigned, dealing a blow to the Western-backed Kabul administration. Mr Waheed Omer, who has held the job since early last year, said the move was “my personal decision” and “not political”, dismissing suggestions he
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      446 20 TWO prominent features of the Dec 26 boat accident off Johor, in which five Singaporeans on a recreational fishing trip drowned, were that the craft was overloaded and the seas were heavy. The boat began filling with water after it was struck by strong swells
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      801 20  -  BY HAROLD JAMES The writer is professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University and Marie Curie professor of history at the European University Institute, Florence. PROJECT SYNDICATE CRISES are a chance to learn. For the past 200 years, with the exception
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        885 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WHEN computer engineer Wan Jon Yew left Malaysia in 2005 for a job in Singapore, all he wanted was to work in the city-state for a few years before going home. Now, he says, he will never return. With a family, a
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          137 22 “The prohibition cannot be seen as solely a security concern, but a way to boost sales.” MS TEO CHING HWA: “I was at the Marina Bay New Year’s Eve countdown last Friday. The security checks were smooth but I was told I could not take in my
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          108 22 “It is not too late to remedy the situation.” MS JULIA LEOW: “I was as disappointed as Mr Yeo Chee Kean (‘Pavilion a let-down for Garden City’; yesterday) with the Singapore pavilion at the Taipei International Flora Exposition. I spent half an hour at the pavilion
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        186 22  -  Dudley Au DR LUKE Ho’s letter yesterday (“Shop uses phone ‘defect’ to prey on customer”) raises the question of the futility of police intervention and also the law in dealing with retailers who blatantly intimidate customers. The shop’s boss not only shouted at
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        167 22  -  PERSONAL DATA ON SALE Chan En Huat WE HAVE all had our fair share of unsolicited SMSes and phone calls, as well as countless fax and e-mail messages from unknown individuals, marketing firms, banks, insurance companies and real estate agents. I recently received a fax
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        183 22  -  Peter Chen DURING my search for medical insurance, I discovered a glaring hole in our medical insurance scene. Many people are aware of, and prepare for, the high cost of hospitalisation. However, the cost of outpatient treatments over a lifetime can be even higher
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        135 22  -  Paul Chan INSTEAD of hurting small retailers (“‘Lemon law’ may squeeze small retailers”; Dec 27), the proposed changes to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act and the Hire Purchase Act may put the squeeze on unscrupulous retailers. A small retailer, buying products to resell
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      838 1  -  Patients can now compare costs of treating 40 conditions BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg PATIENTS can now compare prices between private and public hospitals on treatments for a wider range of common medical conditions. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) updated its list
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      276 2  -  TESSA WONG THE Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) will contest a lawsuit brought against the Singapore Government by a former detainee, who alleged that he was tortured while in prison. A spokesman for the AGC said yesterday a memorandum of appearance was filed in the High Court
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      640 4  -  Responding to IDA directive, they say safeguards already exist BY CHUA HIAN HOU hianhou@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S biggest telcos are speaking out against a new directive requiring them to do more to alert consumers before their free trial expires and they get billed.
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      86 4 Sparkling lights aren’t just for Christmas trees; you can light up traditional Chinese New Year plants too. Standing 1.6m tall, this plum blossom plant adorned with LED lights is the centrepiece of a stall at People’s Park Complex. The stall is owned by LED Signs,
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      489 4  -  BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE youth wing of the ruling People’s Action Party has picked a pair of tax consultants to serve as organising secretary and deputy organising secretary of its executive committee. Ms Lim Kexin and Mr Abner Koh, both 28, were elected to
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      427 4  -  BY JERMYN CHOW SINGAPORE’S long-awaited journey into space has hit another unexpected delay. The Republic’s first locally-built satellite was to be launched at the end of last December. But the refrigerator-sized mi-cro-satellite, dubbed X-Sat, will now not be launched until the first week of
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      667 5  -  Alleged victim’s mum breaks down while testifying RAPE TRIAL BY ELENA CHONG COURTS CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A WOMAN broke down on the witness stand yesterday while testifying at the trial of a man accused of raping her daughter. The 51-year-old housewife was recounting the events
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        75 5 A MALAYSIAN man was jailed 21/2 months yesterday for outraging the modesty of a boy on a school excursion at Changi Airport last November. Gee Ah Meng, 54, caressed the chest of the 10-year-old for about 30 seconds. A second charge of touching another pupil
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        74 5 GOH Boon Kok, 42, pleaded guilty to corruption yesterday and was fined $10,000, as well as ordered to pay a penalty of $8,000 by a district court. The court heard that the former account manager with Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) had received $8,000 in kickbacks
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      357 5  -  BY KHUSHWANT SINGH THE managing director of a company providing corporate secretarial services failed to inform the authorities here when he was asked in 2007 by someone overseas to transfer and hold more than $3 million in his personal bank account. The
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      137 6 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Wealthy but still driven L City title talk just ‘kidology’, says Fletcher L New Zealand honours All Whites after World Cup fairy tale MOST COMMENTED ON L Stumbling Chelsea Said jasontanyeowwee: “Chelsea simply do not have
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      653 6 Ferdinand says results are paramount for Manchester United in title chase AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Rio Ferdinand has no qualms about Manchester United making an “ugly” charge for the English Premier League title, as his team look to extend their advantage at the top against
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      689 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti conceded that if Chelsea are to have a chance of winning the English Premier League title, then they must beat Manchester United at home on March 1 perhaps with the help of a new player or
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      685 7  -  Premier League is more entertaining due to its unpredictable nature BY RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg NEVER mind the quality, enjoy the entertainment. As the English Premier League reaches its half-way stage, it is in an era of rare excitement. Five teams are going for the title. As many
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      478 7 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Manchester City have agreed a fee with Wolfsburg for Edin Dzeko, and expect to complete the signing of the Bos-nia-Herzegovina striker by the end of the week. The German club will receive an initial amount of £27 million (S$53.6
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      401 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The joke is again on Blackburn Rovers, whose ambitious new owners, Venky’s, once declared that the Premier League club were good enough to finish in the top five this season. The latest embarrassment to hit the Indian poultry giant since its takeover
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      194 7 L Shaun Wright-Phillips is nearer the Manchester City exit door, with Aston Villa, Newcastle, West Ham, Wigan and West Bromwich vying for his signature. With only 18 months left on his £65,000-a-week contract, he would cost about £5 million (S$9.9 million). L Manchester City hope to offload Wayne
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      240 8  -  BY MAY CHEN Additional reporting by Terrence Voon SINGAPORE finished runners-up in the team racing event of the International Optimist Dinghy Association World Sailing Championships held in Langkawi, Malaysia yesterday. The team which included Asian Games silver medallist Kimberly Lim, bronze medallist Ryan Lo, Elisa
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      593 8  -  Rajagopal says that is the secret to Malaysia’s recent football success BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg PUT your faith in young players and the results will come. This is the advice Malaysia’s Suzuki Cup-winning coach K. Rajagopal has for neighbours Singapore, who are still feeling the
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      590 8  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: In between the Christmas and New Year revelries, there was little time for Malaysia’s excitement over last week’s triumph at the AFF Suzuki Cup to settle. Now, the soul-searching has officially begun. While the players are
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      241 8 REUTERS BERNE: Fifa president Sepp Blatter wants to set up an anti-corruption committee after the allegations which shook football’s governing body last year. “I will take care of it personally, to make sure that there is no corruption at Fifa,” he told Swiss newspaper
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      448 8  -  BY LEE MIN KOK FABIUS CHEN LOSING their captain and key defender Daniel Hammond to S-League rivals Singapore Armed Forces FC last month was a bitter pill to swallow, but Balestier Khalsa will usher in 2011 with their first foreign signing of the new season.
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      598 9 Flat NBA champs outplayed, outworked by lowly Grizzlies LOS ANGELES TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: It was hard to spot anything resembling two-time defending champions at Staples Center on Sunday: Outplayed. Outworked. Lack of energy. Poor effort. Lack of focus. Those were some buzz words the Los
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      482 9  -  BY ROYSTON SIM THE Singapore Sports School (SSP) will send its two star golfers to the famed IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida for a month-long training stint. National squad members Marc Ong and Edgar Oh, both 15, travel to Bradenton, Florida on Jan
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      289 9 REUTERS SYDNEY: Debutant Usman Khawaja briefly lit up a gloomy first day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test yesterday. But Australia’s batting frailties and rain returned to leave the hosts wobbling on 134-4 against England. They could still square the series with
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      401 9 REUTERS CAPE TOWN: Jacques Kallis struck a masterful century to put South Africa in control on the second day of the deciding third cricket Test against India yesterday. He made 161, his 39th Test hundred, to lift the hosts to 362 all out. India limped
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      300 9 Today Basketball NBA: Golden State v Orlando (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8am). Cricket 5th Ashes Test, day 2: Australia v England (Live, mio TV Ch123, 7.28am). 3rd Test, day 3: South Africa v India (Live, mio TV Ch122, 4.30pm). Football English Premier League: Manchester United v Stoke (Live,
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      55 9 FRED GELLI, the director of the Brazilian agency that designed the 2016 Rio Olympics logo, dismissing any claims of plagiarism. He said that any similarities to one from the US-based Telluride Foundation is a coincidence, adding that the agency did extensive research to
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      321 9 Basketball NBA NY Knicks 98 Indiana 92, LA Clippers 98 Atlanta 107, Toronto 79 Boston 93, Cleveland 95 Dallas 104, Portland 100 Houston 85, Sacramento 94 Phoenix 89, LA Lakers 85 Memphis 104. Cricket 5th Ashes Test In Sydney, 1st day: Australia 134-4 (S. Watson 45, U. Khawaja 37;
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      33 6 FAITH IN YOUTH Malaysia’s coach K. Rajagopal relies on youth for success. B8 READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DL TOMORROW POWERGADGETS13 This square cube turns your table, windows and other surfaces into speakers.
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        698 13  -  Benchmark rises on record economic growth data, mirrors regional gains BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg INVESTORS in Singapore ushered in the New Year with a burst of enthusiasm, driving the market up to its highest closing level in a month
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.17 billion shares worth $1.49 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 443 Losers: 116 Unchanged: 703 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials 10.51 816.83 Utilities 14.20 11.53 615.74 11.44 804.27
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          197 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Thursday’s close: 10,228.92 (-115.62) Japan’s financial markets were closed for the New Year holiday. Trading resumes today. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,533.42 (+14.51) Malaysian shares gained 1 per cent to end at a historic high, backed by gains mainly in plantation and key heavyweight stocks.
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        275 14 CHEMOIL Energy has sealed its acquisition of a marine fuel group business for around US$25 million (S$32 million). Chemoil, a Singapore-listed supplier of marine fuel, had signed a letter of intent with OceanConnect Holdings in November last year to buy the assets. The
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      511 8  -  Korean trio One Way will be in town on Saturday for a one-night-only show rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Who: One Way, a new Korean hip-hop and R&B trio comprising leader and vocalist Michael Kim, 24, who goes by Chance on stage; vocalist Peter Hyun, 25; and rapper
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        320 10 Tokyo That was fast. Japanese pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki became a New Year’s Day bride last Saturday, hours after she appeared at the annual Red White Year-end Song Festival in a white wedding gown. Hamasaki, 32, had announced her engagement to Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz, 30, on
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        225 10 Associated Press Stockholm A house fire appears to have killed actor Per Oscarsson, a giant of Swedish cinema who appeared in films based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, and his wife, police said on Sunday. The remains of one person were found in
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        200 10 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was admitted to hospital in Los Angeles on Sunday to undergo a partial amputation of her right leg, her husband said. Gabor, believed to be 93 and in ill health since July when
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