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Title Section37 2011-01-15 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA(P) 108/11/2010 SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 2011 A S IN G AP O REPRE SS H O LDIN GS P U BLI C ATI O NE NE S TABLI S HED1 8 4 5 1.0037 words
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Article58 2011-01-15 1 THE three universities and five polytechnics here and the Institute of Technical Education announced separately yesterday that they will raise tuition fees for the academic year beginning this year. They all cited increased operating costs as the reason. As with previous fee hikes, the increase will58 words
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Article, Illustration65 2011-01-15 1 JAPAN’S Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday, inducting Mr Kaoru Yosano (right), a veteran from outside his party, as economics minister to tackle long overdue reforms. But the mini-reshuffle does not seem enough to heal the rift within his ruling Democratic Party of Japan, nor65 words
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Article63 2011-01-15 1 ALL 60 signed copies of Hard Truths, a new book on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, have been snapped up within a day. Buyers forked out at least $10,000 for each limited edition copy, which some are buying for their children to read. Others plan to63 words
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Article87 2011-01-15 1 A TRIPTYCH of colourful paintings by Japanese superstar artist Takashi Murakami sold for US$2.2 million ($2.8 million) at Art Stage Singapore. This is believed to be the most expensive work sold so far at the high-end art fair, which runs till tomorrow at Marina Bay87 words
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Article, Illustration53 2011-01-15 1 SINGAPORE:Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sweeping into Marina Bay Sands for the Zee Cine Awards last night. Many other Bollywood stars, including Shah Rukh Khan, came along with the former Miss World to attend one of Bollywood’s glitziest events of the year. SEE PRIME PAGE A4 STST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 53 words
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589 2011-01-15 1 JESSICA CHEAM; Esther Teo - Some buyers pull out, property shares hit, developers take stock BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/cheamjessica Additional reporting by Esther Teo SCORES of buyers have withdrawn offers or walked away from thousands of dollars of deposits as the shock of the tough cooling measures reverberated589 words
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816 2011-01-15 1 CAI HAOXIANG - BY CAI HAOXIANG THE use of Chinese dialects has dropped sharply in one generation. The share of Chinese living here who speak mainly dialect at home has fallen to fewer than one in five. Just 30 years ago, the figure was close to four816 words
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Article, Illustration584 2011-01-15 1 ELENA CHONG - BY ELENA CHONG A FORMER swimming instructor, whose cut of a $9.8 million scam was $200,000, was sentenced to 10 years’ jail yesterday. Ho Yen Teck, 31, was convicted of conspiring with two Singapore Land Authority (SLA) employees to cheat thePHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE - 584 words
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Advertisement267 2011-01-15 1 Decorate, celebrate Life in the slums Chinese New Year plants and accessories Youth making waves A peek into Manila’s shanty towns Youth population boom and bust in Asia SATURDAY SPECIAL REPORT, PAGES D2 -11 LIFE! PAGES E16&17 WORLD, PAGES C1 2 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg267 words
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Article40 2011-01-15 2 WE SAY Clients would be better off if lawyers were to accept the suggestion made last week by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, and endorsed by Law Minister K. Shanmugam, to publish their fees.40 words
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Article32 2011-01-15 2 COLUMNS Amy Chua discusses the marked differences between the Asian and Western mother when it comes to parenting, and why the former is likely to do a better job.32 words
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Article, Illustration29 2011-01-15 2 WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange may feel that governments should not have secrets. But they, like people, have a right to some privacy too, says John McBeth.29 words
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Article68 2011-01-15 2 OUR READER SAYS The Government has explained why it thinks minimum wage may not be viable, but readers have other opinions. Yong Jianjun says the key is in strengthening the Singdollar to boost its purchasing power; Tan Jiaqi fears that longer-term solutions like raising productivity would68 words
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Article, Illustration13 2011-01-15 2 www.straitstimes.com L Bryan Huang asks if Singapore football can re-invent itself.13 words
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Article, Illustration1101 2011-01-15 2 DENNIS CHAN - Latest property curbs ensure strong liquidity does not cause a deluge BY DENNIS CHAN DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR dennis@sph.com.sg OF THE four rounds of government measures to cool the property market in the last two years, the latest is surely the strongest. n the face of1,101 words
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Article, Illustration735 2011-01-15 3 ROBIN CHAN - Limited edition with at least $10k donation doubled to 60 copies BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg RESPONSE to a limited edition of a new book on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has been so overwhelming that original plans for 30 copies were doubledST, BT FILE PHOTOS - 735 words
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Article, Illustration648 2011-01-15 4 CORRIE TAN - Enthusiasts fork out big money for works at Art Stage BY CORRIE TAN corriet@sph.com.sg A JAPANESE art collector flew into town on Wednesday to check out a new contemporary art fair, dropped US$2.2 million (S$2.8 million) on a set of three paintings byST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM. COPYRIGHT: TAKASHI MURAKAMI KAIKAI KIKI CO LTD / COURTESY OF GALERIE EMMANUEL PERROTIN - 648 words
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Article, Illustration474 2011-01-15 4 YIP WAI YEE - BY YIP WAI YEE THE Indian artist who caused a stir at the inaugural art fair at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition and Convention Centre by stripping naked has stopped his atten-tion-getting act. The artist, Mr T. Venkanna, who sat on a bench in theST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN - 474 words
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Article, Illustration586 2011-01-15 4 DEEPIKA SHETTY - BY DEEPIKA SHETTY KING of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan was yesterday named Best Actor at the Zee Cine Awards in front of a sell-out crowd comprising fans and the who’s who of the Indian film industry at the Marina BayST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 586 words
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672 2011-01-15 6 TESSA WONG - He was responding to public outcry that they were too harsh BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg HOME Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam reassured Hindus yesterday that public order guidelines issued on next week’s Thaipusam procession are not new, and apply equally to all religious processions. Speaking to672 words
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Article, Illustration625 2011-01-15 14 CHONG ZI LIANG - Driver with ‘Middle Eastern looks’ flees BY CHONG ZI LIANG ziliang@sph.com.sg A DRIVER with Middle Eastern looks drove a van spray-painted with expletives about the Malay community into the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore’s (Muis) headquarters yesterday, parked it, and fled on foot. Police,ST PHOTO: WANG HUI FEN - 625 words
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Article, Illustration737 2011-01-15 20 HO AI LI - Officials fare badly in film loosely based on a Sichuan bribery story BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: An action-packed Chinese movie about a bandit’s battle of wits against a local bully has won high praise and is close toPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 737 words
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310 2011-01-15 20 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Chinese director Zhao Liang’s Petition is a brave and wrenching documentary that, like others, examines, in relentless detail, social and economic conditions in China. “Where is Petition City?” a man asks early in the film, which was made overNEW YORK TIMES - 310 words
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Article, Illustration690 2011-01-15 22 KWAN WENG KIN - PM’s picks fail to mend ruling party split, gain support of the opposition JAPAN CABINET RESHUFFLE BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday for the second time in seven months, inducting a veteran from outside hisPHOTOS: BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 690 words
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Article, Illustration159 2011-01-15 22 A MOTORBIKE which caught fire at the East Coast Parkway (ECP) caused a traffic snarl lasting hours yesterday during the evening rush hour. It was moving in the second lane on the east-bound side of the ECP around 5.30pm when it burstST PHOTOS: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 159 words
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626 2011-01-15 26 JEREMY AU YONG - The Online Citizen asks PM to reverse decision or to explain gazette move BY JEREMY AU YONG jeremyau@sph.com.sg SOCIO-POLITICAL blog The Online Citizen (TOC) said yesterday that it will comply with recent government requests to register, but only if it fails in its626 words
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Article, Illustration514 2011-01-15 26 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: News Corp and Apple are delaying the launch of the media conglomerate’s digital newspaper for the iPad, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The tablet newspaper, which will be called The Daily, was supposedREUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 514 words
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Article, Illustration579 2011-01-15 30 Hopes of finding survivors dim after torrential rain causes mudflows on Brazilian hillsides ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TERESOPOLIS (Brazil): The power was out, but lightning flashes illuminated the horror as villagers watched neighbours’ homes vanish under a wall ofASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 579 words
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Advertisement486 2011-01-15 3 Is Singapore really that vulnerable or is that an excuse to stifle political competition? lee: We are not preventing competition. What we are preventing is duds getting into Parliament and government. MM Lee Kuan Yew from the new book, Hard Truths, to be launched on Jan 21. LOOK OUT FOR486 words
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Article, Illustration693 2011-01-15 8 ESTHER TEO; Cheryl Lim - BY ESTHER TEO Additional reporting by Cheryl Lim HOME prices are expected to take a tumble this year on the back of tough new cooling measures unveiled by the Government on Thursday, although top-end homes might be immune. Some analysts are predicting suburbanST FILE PHOTO - 693 words
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Article, Illustration304 2011-01-15 10 DARYL CHIN - DARYL CHIN UPGRADERS like Mr Ken Kee, 33, are feeling optimistic in the wake of the property market cooling measures announced on Thursday. The manager, who rents a four-room flat in Sembawang, believes the latest government rulings will dampen speculation and improve theirST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA - 304 words
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Article, Illustration281 2011-01-15 10 DARYL CHIN - DARYL CHIN AS A potential first-time home buyer, Mr Joshua Cheah, 29, was all smiles after he heard about the latest Government measures to curb property speculation. The credit risk analyst, who previously lived with his parents in a five-room flat atST PHOTO: LIM SIN THAI - 281 words
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Article, Illustration406 2011-01-15 10 DARYL CHIN - DARYL CHIN PROPERTY investor Angela Hou knows what the new cooling measures have cost her around $10,000. That is the princely amount she walked away from yesterday after deciding to forfeit her booking fee for a condominium unit she had set her heart on. Ms Hou,ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 406 words
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Article, Illustration337 2011-01-15 10 THE investment condo Mrs Rhoda Dinesen was all set to buy after years of saving has got that much more out of reach. The new rules mean Mrs Dinesen, 42, has to stump up a much bigger upfront payment 40 per cent instead ofST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 337 words
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529 2011-01-15 11 GABRIEL CHEN - BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg HOMEBUYERS may not get the same quantum of loans from banks to buy a home under new rules being proposed by the regulator. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in a consultation paper released on Thursday, wants financial institutions529 words
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450 2011-01-15 11 CHERYL LIM - BY CHERYL LIM THE dramatic ramping up of the stamp duty applicable to property sellers has drawn mixed reactions from analysts. Some say the new regulations provide useful protection against the excesses of an unfettered market, which could lead to spiralling foreclosures. Others worry450 words
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Article, Illustration249 2011-01-15 16 LORRY driver Ong Chuan Eng, 56, grew up speaking Hokkien to his parents, who came from China’s Fujian province in the 1940s. But when his wife, a Hokkien Singaporean, gave birth to their first daughter in 1977, both parents switched to speaking Mandarin. “The GovernmentST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 249 words
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612 2011-01-15 16 ZAKIR HUSSAIN - BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN AFTER decades of little movement, the last decade has seen a sharp jump in the number of Malay residents who most frequently speak English at home. The proportion of such Malay residents more than doubled to 17 per cent, according to612 words
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209 2011-01-15 16 FREELANCE photographer Hassan Ali, 44, grew up speaking almost entirely in Malay at home. But these days, it is mostly English, as he and his homemaker wife want their 10-year-old son Hazwan, who is in Primary 4, to have a good grasp of the209 words
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578 2011-01-15 18 HUANG LIJIE - MARRIAGE AND SINGLEHOOD BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg THE proportion of young single females may be on the rise but Singapore women are not saying no to marriage. Scholars whom The Straits Times interviewed said results from the Census 2010 survey released578 words
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Article, Illustration154 2011-01-15 18 MS OLIVIA Lau (above), 29, has not been in a committed relationship for four years and it is not because she is avoiding one. She said: “When you come to your late 20s, your social circles are not so fluid. They don’t change that much any more.”PHOTO: COURTESY OF OLIVIA LAU - 154 words
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Article, Illustration144 2011-01-15 18 MS NICOLA Cardoz (right) dreams of getting married and starting a family of her own. But at 38, the revenue manager is still single and unattached, despite her efforts to find someone special. She keeps a profile on the online dating website Match.com and is keenST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN - 144 words
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Article, Illustration153 2011-01-15 18 VEGETABLE seller Nisha Arumugam (above), 42, is seeking Mr Right, but has had little luck. She said: “It’s not that I am choosy, but there’s always something about them that doesn’t fit.” For many years, the men she met had work schedules vastly different fromST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN DER BEEK - 153 words
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Article, Illustration750 2011-01-15 34 Residents told to move out as floodwaters flow southwards AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE: Towns in several southern Australian states have started evacuating residents ahead of expected local flooding, just as Queensland began picking up the pieces from its worst disaster in decades. Thousands of people in theAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 750 words
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Article, Illustration489 2011-01-15 35 JONATHAN PEARLMAN - BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanpearlman@hotmail.com CANBERRA: The devastating floods across north-east Australia were triggered by one of the worst-recorded La Nina events, but was also caused in part by hu-man-linked global warming. The chaotic weather phenomenon has also wreaked havoc acrossPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 489 words
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Article444 2011-01-15 36 CLIENTS would be better off if lawyers were to accept the suggestion made last week by Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong to publish their fees. The proposal, which Law Minister K. Shanmugam has endorsed, was obviously made with the legal profession’s image foremost in444 words
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Article, Illustration2669 2011-01-15 36 AMY CHUA - BY AMY CHUA WALL STREET JOURNAL A LOT of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many maths whizzes and music prodigies, what it’s like inside the family, and whether they could doWALL STREET JOURNAL - 2,669 words
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Article, Illustration1060 2011-01-15 40 JOHN MCBETH - BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com PUT me down as “conflicted” in the controversy over WikiLeaks. On the one hand, the journalist in me looks forward to reading the daily dumps. On the other, I am hardly convinced about the purity of Julian Assange’s motives asPHOTO: REUTERS - 1,060 words
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Article, Illustration961 2011-01-15 41 TERESA LIM - LONDON EYE BY TERESA LIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Singaporean based in London. AFTER she retired from the civil service with a small but comfortable pension, my mother loved nothing more than to go round jewellery stores with herPHOTO: BLOOMBERG - 961 words
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Article, Illustration875 2011-01-15 42 KOR KIAN BENG - From a besieged group of unionists in the 1960s to a 600,000-strong labour and social movement today, how do you tell the story of the National Trades Union Congress? As NTUC marks its 50th anniversary this year, Insight takes a walk down memoryPHOTOS: ST FILE, AZIZ HUSSIN - 875 words
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Article, Illustration832 2011-01-15 42 IN THE early 1970s, Mr Chin Harn Tong could hardly take a taxi without cabbies knowing him as the chief of a transport cooperative that they belonged to, and offering to take him anywhere for free. Not wanting to be labelled a free rider, thePHOTOS: LENNE CHAI, ST FILE - 832 words
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Article, Illustration523 2011-01-15 43 L 1961: Trades Union Congress split into the pro-communist Singapore Association of Trades Union (Satu) and non-communist National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). L 1964: NTUC registered after prevailing over Satu in the battle for the hearts and minds of workers. L 1965: Singapore Conference523 words
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Article, Illustration438 2011-01-15 43 MR ONG Yen Her, 62, has been the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) point-man for labour relations and employment issues for more than 25 years. But many may not know that he was once a trade unionist. From 1979 to 1985, Mr OngPHOTO: ONG YEN HER - 438 words
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Article, Illustration430 2011-01-15 43 IT WAS a decade of economic downturns in 2001, 2003 and 2008. For Mr Abdul Subhan Shamsul Hussein, president of the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers’ Union (FDAWU), the toughest was the one triggered by the Sars outbreak and the second Gulf war inST PHOTO: TED CHEN - 430 words
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Article, Illustration277 2011-01-15 43 MR WONG Tuck Wah could not forget the haunting look of resignation and regret in the eyes of workers laid off by their companies during economic downturns. To him, it was as if the workers knew that they should have gone for trainingBH FILE PHOTO - 277 words
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161 2011-01-15 44 Tan Lay Choo (Ms - Tan Lay Choo (Ms) Chief Executive Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board WE REFER to Thursday’s letters by Mr Sanjaya de Silva (“MOE’s race classification: Let’s get up to speed”) and Mrs Padmini Kesavapany (“Perplexed”). The Ministry of Education (MOE) encourages individual161 words
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Article256 2011-01-15 44 Koh Wee Leng (Ms - PROPERTY BROKING REGULATOR’S DEBUT Koh Wee Leng (Ms) MONDAY’S report (“125 estate agents’ application forms missing”) shows how ill-prepared the Council of Estate Agencies (CEA) is to take on the role of regulator. The convenient explanation is to blame teething problems and human error, as256 words
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Article59 2011-01-15 44 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR CHAN CHOW SENG: CEA not up to the task 2 MR DUDLEY AU: Resorts World Sentosa gets it wrong again 3 MR CHUA TECK KEONG: Long wait for reissued cheque from insurer 4 MR JACK CHEW: Council for Third Age’s encouraging reply59 words
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103 2011-01-15 44 What’s in a name? MR PHUA KOK HENG: “Is there a move by government agencies and some commercial groups to rename the traditional ‘Chinese New Year’ celebration to ‘Spring Festival’? China used to be the only country to103 words
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113 2011-01-15 44 Indiscretion MS SU HUILING: “While I was abroad and uncontactable, a staff member of Tan Tock Seng Hospital called my office regarding a medical appointment. Although the appointment was a week away, the staff member left113 words
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185 2011-01-15 44 EZ, the HK way MR KWONG HUI HEN: “I refer to EZ-Link’s reply last Saturday (‘Tourists have several ways to travel cheaply’). I took my family to Hong Kong recently and bought four Octopus cards. The185 words
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262 2011-01-15 44 Ng Chang Yue - Ng Chang Yue Assistant Director (Policy System), Charities Unit, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports WE AGREE with Mr Derrick D’Souza (“Raising funds: What about non-charity groups?”; Thursday) that it is important for organisations to adopt proper procedures in managing their fund-raising efforts262 words
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331 2011-01-15 45 N. Nageswaran - N. Nageswaran I WELCOME the guidelines from the Hindu Endowments Board to streamline next Thursday’s annual celebration of Thaipusam (“Outcry over Thaipusam’s noise curbs”; Thursday). Because few understand the reason for the procession, many do not know that it is a pious331 words
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358 2011-01-15 45 Yong Jianjun - Yong Jianjun NO GOVERNMENT is capable of legislating higher wages, without reducing the number of jobs (“Minimum wage, maximum attention”; Thursday). Typically, low-skilled jobs are the first to disappear. Anyone who has lived in certain Western countries with minimum wage laws and358 words
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144 2011-01-15 45 Less than $4 an hour... MR MARK WOON: “Many undergraduates and students in other tertiary institutions and junior colleges like me must work to supplement their allowance, given the rising cost of living. But144 words
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341 2011-01-15 45 Tan Jiaqi - Tan Jiaqi THERE has been much debate in Parliament on whether to impose minimum wage (“Minimum wage, maximum attention”; Thursday). The argument that appears to have won the day is that a minimum wage is not viable as it will lead to341 words
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Article176 2011-01-15 45 Teeny Teh (Madam - Teeny Teh (Madam) THE fact that more restaurants like Szechuan Court at Fairmont Singapore are riding on the Year of the Rabbit to serve rabbit meat is not only tacky but cruel (“Year of the rabbit stew”; Jan 11). Rabbits that are bred for176 words
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Article, Illustration87 2011-01-15 47 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE LMartial arts instructor charged with rape of student L Number of single Singaporeans on the rise MOST COMMENTED ON LNew measures for property market again. Says designez Irrelevant!: “These measures are irrelevant for speculators. It is not painful87 words
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Article, Illustration87 2011-01-15 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE LMartial arts instructor charged with rape of student L Number of single Singaporeans on the rise MOST COMMENTED ON LNew measures for property market again. Says designez Irrelevant!: “These measures are irrelevant for speculators. It is not painful87 words
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Article, Illustration725 2011-01-15 1 MELISS APANG - Some doctors use Facebook, Twitter to raise profile; SMA looking into issue BY MELISS APANG melpang@sph.com.sg THE tweet on the aesthetic chain’s Twitter page reads: “Denise Keller looking gorgeous at a photo shoot after quick skin fixes at The Sloane Clinic.” It comes with725 words
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Article, Illustration678 2011-01-15 2 SANDRA DAVIE - 59-year-old says ‘sacking’ due to age; school says no reason given as it is end of contract BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg A TEACHER at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) has lodged a report with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) against the school, alleging unfair dismissal.ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM - 678 words
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Article, Illustration414 2011-01-15 2 THE suspected ringleader of a people smuggling syndicate was charged in court yesterday with ferrying nine illegal immigrants to Singapore. Zulkifly Muhammad, 38, is accused of arranging for the people to be smuggled by speedboat across the northern Johor Strait. The Malaysian, knownST GRAPHICS - 414 words
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628 2011-01-15 4 JENNANI DURAI; Fiona Low - Higher cost of quality education cited; PRs, foreigners to pay more BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Fiona Low THE three universities, five polytechnics and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) announced separately yesterday that they will raise tuition fees for the academic628 words
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Article328 2011-01-15 4 JENNANI DURAI - JENNANI DURAI WHEN Mr Choo Jun Yu enrolled at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2009, he was relieved that the economic downturn that year had put the brakes on fee hikes. The following year, tuition fees went up, but Mr Choo, 24, the son328 words
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607 2011-01-15 5 IRENE THAM; Neo Wen Tong - Long wait lists, as many parents place value on Chinese language BY IRENE THAM Additional reporting by Neo Wen Tong KINDERGARTEN S that teach mostly in Mandarin are gaining in popularity, underscoring the increasing value Singapore society places on the Chinese language. Eager parents607 words
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Article, Illustration354 2011-01-15 5 RECITING Chinese poems is child’s play for Hilton Augusta and Beeland Anderson, the daughters of American investment guru Jim Rogers. Hilton Augusta, seven, nicknamed Happy, now surfs Web pages in Chinese, and is able to read and write in the language something shePHOTO: COURTESY OF JIM ROGERS - 354 words
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Article, Illustration644 2011-01-15 6 KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN; MELISSA LIN; Tham Yuen-C - More women getting intoxicated these days, making them easy prey BY BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN MELISSA LIN kimspyke@sph.com.sg mellinjm@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Tham Yuen-C WHEN Anna (not her real name) went to popular nightspot Zouk last year for a night of fun, she did not expect toST PHOTO ILLUSTRATION - 644 words
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510 2011-01-15 6 GRACE CHUA; Neo Wen Tong - BY GRACE CHUA Additional reporting by Neo Wen Tong FROM July, public housing residents in Pasir Ris and Tampines will get their recyclable waste collected daily from bins at every block. At present, the 660-litre bins are scattered throughout housing estates one for510 words
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504 2011-01-15 7 AMRESU GUNASINGHAM - Last month one of the coolest Decembers in 20 years due to monsoon rains, Arctic winds BY AMRESU GUNASINGHAM &FIONALOW amreshg@sph.com.sg fionalow@sph.com.sg THAT nip in the air is expected to last for a few more weeks. The weatherman said yesterday that the504 words
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Article, Illustration248 2011-01-15 7 HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan has taken part in his first public run since his heart bypass surgery last May in an event to promote workplace health. He led a 600-strong contingent in a 2km run yesterday without once stopping to catch his breath afterST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 248 words
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Article, Illustration424 2011-01-15 10 JUDITH TAN - They will replace Dr Lim Suet Wun, who joins Parkway BY JUDITH TAN juditht@sph.com.sg TWO medical professors will take the helm of the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) with immediate effect. Professor Chee Yam Cheng, 61, heads NHG now,PHOTOS: NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP - 424 words
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397 2011-01-15 10 K.C. VIJAYAN - K.C. VIJAYAN A PROPERTY agent who sued a buyer for $437,870 that she said he owed her as a commission has had her claim dismissed by the High Court. Ms Agnes Foo helped Mr Ho Kiau Seng buy 11 apartments for $37 million in all.397 words
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431 2011-01-15 10 KHUSHWANT SINGH - KHUSHWANT SINGH FRAGMENTS of “love” messages were recovered from a computer and a laptop seized from the homes of a martial arts instructor and the 16-year-old student he is alleged to have raped three years ago. Referring to her as lao po (Mandarin for wife),431 words
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371 2011-01-15 11 GRACE CHUA - They can help the region overcome challenges, he says GRACE CHUA ASIA’S wealth of talent will drive its development for at least another generation, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. The continent is a bright spark in a world recovering from turbulence371 words
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461 2011-01-15 11 NILANJANA SENGUPTA - BY NILANJANA SENGUPTA FOUR local institutions have come together to promote dialogue between Asia’s twin powerhouses, China and India. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Iseas), the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Nanyang Technological University461 words
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Article, Illustration84 2011-01-15 11 Students from the Nanyang Technological University participating in a record-setting mass lo hei event held by Sakae Holdings on Monday. A total of 212 people including students and teachers from the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds) recited auspicious lo heiST PHOTO: LENNE CHAI - 84 words
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230 2011-01-15 11 A MAID died on Thursday after falling out of a sixth-floor window of her employers’ flat. The 25-year-old Indonesian is believed to have been standing on a stool while cleaning the window in one of the bedrooms. Her employer had her back turned230 words
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Article, Illustration643 2011-01-15 14 CAROLYN QUEK - Better life thanks to creative students S’pore Poly students use their engineering skills to improve the lives of the old and disabled BY CAROLYN QUEK carolynq@sph.com.sg MAKING science work for the common man one school within Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has been doing just that since it was set up inST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN - 643 words
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79 2011-01-15 14 THE Lions Befrienders Service Association and the Lions Home for the Elders held a car rally last Sunday, where they raised $270,000 to fund their operations. Lions Befrienders will use the funds raised to run its three seniors’ activity centres and its befriending79 words
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54 2011-01-15 14 YOUTH from the Jurong Youth Centre of the Singapore Children’s Society worked together with OCBC Bank employees last Saturday to give the centre’s premises a facelift using graffiti art. The centre hopes to attract more youth with its new look, said Mr Alfred Tan, executive54 words
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Article45 2011-01-15 14 NTUC FairPrice Foundation launched a programme on Wednesday to provide 200 members, and their families, from the Society for the Physically Disabled with food vouchers. Under the $144,000 programme, they will get $30 in vouchers every month for two years.45 words
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Article45 2011-01-15 14 HONG Leong Foundation organised a high tea and a visit to the Universal Studios Singapore for 50 senior citizens from the Kheng Chiu Loke Tin Kee Home this week. Those on public assistance were also given red packets containing $120 each.45 words
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Article37 2011-01-15 14 THE Community Chest yesterday received $1.08 million from the Kwan Im Hood Cho Temple.The donation from the temple’s new Community Fund will go towards helping the 36 family service centres under the charity.37 words
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Article, Illustration766 2011-01-15 16 JONATHAN KWOK - Analysts expect rise in occupancy, rent with strong business growth BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE office market is tipped to enjoy a boom for the next few years on the back of a robust economy that is encouraging bosses to increase hiring and expandST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN - 766 words
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Article, Illustration102 2011-01-15 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE LOil prices end at 27-month peak MOST COMMENTED ON LBudget to address inflation, income gap. Says careconnect: “You take a couple earning $2,500 each... They are not eligible for many schemes and their take-home pay combined is $4,000.102 words
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Article, Illustration501 2011-01-15 17 FIONA CHAN - Drop of 29% from a year ago, but print ad revenue rises 13% BY FIONA CHAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR fiochan@sph.com.sg MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has posted a first-quarter net profit of $102.3 million. This is a drop of 29.3 per centPHOTO: SPH - 501 words
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Article, Illustration385 2011-01-15 17 AARON LOW - BY AARON LOW CAR sales stayed in the slow lane in November and once again dragged down overall retail numbers for the month. Vehicle sales fell 28.8 per cent for that month compared to November 2009, because of higher car pricesST FILE PHOTO - 385 words
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Article388 2011-01-15 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China overtook the United States last year as the world’s biggest economy when measured in terms of purchasing power, according to Mr Arvind Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington. The size of China’s economy lastBLOOMBERG - 388 words
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415 2011-01-15 17 REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING: China’s central bank raised lenders’ required reserves yesterday for the fourth time in just over two months, to make good on its vow that fighting inflation will be a top priority for the year. The 50 basis point increase, effective fromREUTERS; BLOOMBERG - 415 words
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Article, Illustration437 2011-01-15 18 HARSHA JETHNANI - BY HARSHA JETHNANI BUSINESS ties between Singapore and India are now firing on all cylinders after a slowdown during the financial crisis. The Republic is now India’s No. 2 foreign investor after Mauritius and bilateral trade stood at $30 billion last year. Trade and Industry MinisterST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM - 437 words
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390 2011-01-15 18 IRENE THAM - Telco penalised for offering unapproved special deal to only one Net service provider BY IRENE THAM itham@sph.com.sg SINGTEL has been fined a total of $130,000 for selling an unapproved wholesale discounted broadband service and for offering the discount to only one Internet service provider390 words
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423 2011-01-15 21 Inquiry into whether financial firms violated bribery laws NEW YORK TIMES With additional information from The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun examining whether American financial firms may have violated bribery laws in theirNEW YORK TIMES; With additional information from The Wall Street Journal - 423 words
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Article, Illustration336 2011-01-15 21 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Citigroup’ s 2008 bailout was “strikingly ad hoc” and the bank is arguably still too big and interconnected to be allowed to fail, a new government watchdog audit showed. The Office of the Special Inspector-General for the Troubled Asset ReliefREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 336 words
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Article, Illustration635 2011-01-15 22 JONATHAN KWOK - Rumours circulating among remisiers give boost to SGX counter BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SHARES of bourse operator Singapore Exchange (SGX) rose sharply late yesterday as rumours surfaced that a previously flagged proposal to scrap the lunchtime trading break here could be implemented as early635 words
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48 2011-01-15 22 THE $100 million placement tranche for CapitaMalls Asia’s one-year and three-year bonds was fully subscribed, the company said yesterday. The one-year bonds pay 1 per cent per annum. The three-year bonds pay 2.15 per cent. Applications for the public tranche close on Monday.48 words
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62 2011-01-15 22 PACIFIC Andes proposes to sell yuan-denominated bonds with a maturity of between three and five years. A roadshow will start around Monday and the terms will be fixed later. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, to fund capital expenditure62 words
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68 2011-01-15 22 REUTERS AN UNDISCLOSED investor is selling about 24 million shares, or about a 4.7 per cent stake, in Raffles Medical for $2.26 per share, sources familiar with the matter said. Raffles Medical shares fell as much as 6.2 per cent yesterday. The selling price ofREUTERS - 68 words
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429 2011-01-15 22 REUTERS ARLINGTON (Virginia): The outlook for the United States economy has brightened, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said, though he warned that growth this year would not be strong enough to bring down the jobless rate as speedily as policymakers would like. “We see theREUTERS - 429 words
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Article531 2011-01-15 23 YASMINE YAHYA - ‘Knee-jerk’ reaction to government move seen as being short-lived BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares dipped yesterday, following the Government’s announcement late on Thursday of a slew of measures to cool the buoyant property market. Not surprisingly, developers and banks led the531 words
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381 2011-01-15 23 YASMINE YAHYA - YASMINE YAHYA THE year’s first initial public offering (IPO) gets under way today with a roar. XMH, a diesel engine, propulsion and power generating solutions provider in the marine and industrial sectors, is offering shares at 25 cents each. The firm is offering 1.5381 words
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Article81 2011-01-15 23 Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -6.00 829.60 Utilities -4.93 -3.63 616.83 -3.15 808.31 Industrials Consumer goods Health care 0.31 350.69 798.02 5.93 0.72 811.84 -4.50 336.15 Consumer services -0.05 307.55 572.0481 words
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Article242 2011-01-15 23 REUTERS BERNAMA Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,499.04 (-90.72) Japanese stocks fell 0.86 per cent after a weak settlement of options for this month and a stronger yen against the dollar triggered profit-taking. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,569.89 (-1.67) Malaysian shares fell 0.1 per cent, weighed down byREUTERS; BERNAMA - 242 words
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Article229 2011-01-15 23 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 14, 2011 Top Rises Jan 14 CENTS DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 4006 110.7 2.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3713 96.5 2.1 CENTS Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1307 57.9 3.6 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1596 21.9229 words
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Article380 2011-01-15 23 Top Rises Jan 14 CENTS OCBC Bk.ES.1101 1018 21.0 2.1 YangzijiMBLeCW*****2 54 5.0 10.2 STI 3250 DBePW*****3 34 2.5 7.9 GentingSBNPeCW*****9 92.5 2.0 2.2 Tat Hong W*****2 3.5 1.5 75.0 GentingSMBLeCW*****3 16 1.0 6.7 GentingSMBLeCW*****1 16.5 1.0 6.5 GentingSMBLeCW*****4 30.5 1.0 3.4 SGX DB eCW*****8 23 1.0380 words
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Article, Illustration104 2011-01-15 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE LBrisbane a “war zone” as huge flood smashes city LNetanyahu guard demands that Arab journalist remove bra MOST COMMENTED ON L US to match China’s arms build-up: Gates. Says astarga3: “Wasn’t it just a day ago that the104 words
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Article, Illustration862 2011-01-15 1 NIRMALA GANAPATHY - BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: At Tagore International School, one of Delhi’s top schools, nursery admissions have started, and applications have been pouring in. “We have 50 seats in the general category, and we have received 1,500 forms,” said principal Madhulika862 words
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Article, Illustration881 2011-01-15 1 KWAN WENG KIN - BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: “A place for every student who wants to go to university.” That was the mantra of college administrators in Japan several years back when liberalisation spawned a slew of new universities. In 1992, there were 523 schools,PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 881 words
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540 2011-01-15 2 LEE SEOK HWAI - BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: So few babies are born on the island these days that the government now fears the problem threatens Taiwan’s very existence. It has prompted President Ma Ying-jeou to order recently a comprehensive set of540 words
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Article, Illustration521 2011-01-15 2 ELIZABETH LOOI - BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Ms Jezmine Zaidan opened a boutique in Selangor last year after profits started rolling in from an e-shop she set up three years ago. The former magazine writer’s online business, Old Blossom Box, sells dressesBUSINESS TIMES FILE PHOTO - 521 words
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641 2011-01-15 2 WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA - BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA BYWAHYUDISOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Mrs Rohma, 32, has four children aged between five and 12, whom she sees once every three months. A domestic helper in Jakarta, she left her home in East Java to join her construction worker husband641 words
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588 2011-01-15 2 HO AI LI - BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: There may be people, people everywhere in the world’s most populous country, but it is not easy to recruit young workers, as China-based Singaporean entrepreneur Brien Chua found out. It is so competitive that588 words
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Article, Illustration717 2011-01-15 4 Civilian leaders seem unaware of aircraft’s debut flight but Hu still ‘in command’, says Gates US DEFEN C E S E C RETARY S C HINA VI S IT AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday after a trip toAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 717 words
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319 2011-01-15 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korea has recently brought back the use of its Internet domain name .kp as part of its campaign to increase its online presence, an expert said yesterday. “North Korea appears to be waking up to the powerAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 319 words
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234 2011-01-15 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President offered to share power with minority Tamils yesterday, nearly two years after his troops put down a separatist war by ethnic Tamil Tiger rebels. President Mahinda Rajapaksa told foreign correspondents at his Temple Trees residence here thatAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 234 words
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Article, Illustration699 2011-01-15 5 PEH SHING HUEI; Lina Miao - Experts and local media express concerns over budgeting, safety checks BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: China is digging and tunnelling for subway systems in cities across the country, which makes many worry that it isPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 699 words
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322 2011-01-15 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: A Chinese man sentenced to life in prison for evading massive road toll fees has been granted a retrial, the judicial authorities said yesterday, after the severity of the sentence caused a huge online outcry. ShiAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE,; NEW YORK TIMES - 322 words
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264 2011-01-15 5 JAKARTA: Having flooded Indonesian markets with low-cost electronics, garments and household goods, China is now eyeing the country’s roads. On Thursday, the modestly priced Geely Panda, produced by Chinese carmaker Geely Mobil, was made available for test drives in Jakarta. Costing 98 million rupiah264 words
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695 2011-01-15 7 Web becomes medium for people’s wrath amid social media boom AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A teenager involved in a car crash that killed nine people in Thailand deserves “no happiness forever”, according to a Facebook page set up just to condemn her. An angryAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 695 words
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Article, Illustration680 2011-01-15 8 Activists also easing up on tourism boycott after Suu Kyi’s release ASSOCIATED PRESS INLE LAKE (Myanmar): The boatman turns off the engine and lets his long boat glide along Myanmar’s Inle Lake, as foreign tourists soak in the scenery of villages built on stilts dotting theASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 680 words
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311 2011-01-15 8 YANGON: Myanmar is planning to privatise 90 per cent of its state-owned enterprises by the end of this year, a local media report has said. The Biweekly Eleven News quoted deputy minister for industry U Khin Kyaw as saying the government plans to311 words
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Article, Illustration670 2011-01-15 9 CAROLYN HONG - Latest entrant’s father had served in Cabinet of first three PMs BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The short-sleeved white shirt was a dead giveaway. It’s marked out Mr Zairil Khir Johari as an active member of the opposition Democratic Action PartyPHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 670 words
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258 2011-01-15 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A suspected Iranian drug trafficker died after some of the 137 methamphetamine capsules he had swallowed ruptured in his stomach, Malaysian police said yesterday. The 52-year-old traveller appeared ill at the country’s low cost carrier terminal when heAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 258 words
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Article, Illustration529 2011-01-15 11 Private sector to get more opportunities to bid for defence contracts WASHINGTON POST NEW DELHI: India has again stated its aim to reduce its dependence on foreign arms makers, in part by drawing private domestic companies into building weapons for the world’s third-largest active serviceWASHINGTON POST; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 529 words
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Article, Illustration1030 2011-01-15 6 NIRMAL GHOSH - Long-staying migrants help prop up economy, but they have few rights BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal MS RADHA Thapa, 56, like millions in Thailand, is not Thai; she is an ethnic Nepali whose grandfather settled in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state after World War II. ByPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 1,030 words
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Article, Illustration510 2011-01-15 10 TEO CHENG WEE - BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Come March, it is going to be “lights, kampung, action” for Malaysia’s most famous cartoonist Lat, whose life will be depicted in a musical here. Kampung Boy The Musical will be based on Kampung Boy,PHOTO: THE NEW STRAITS TIMES PRESS - 510 words
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Article, Illustration457 2011-01-15 12 Major reforms in the works following recent dioxin poisoning scare ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HAMBURG: Germany’s agriculture minister yesterday presented a plan aimed at preventing a repeat of this month’s scare over dioxin poisoning in eggs and pork. Ms Ilse Aigner announced plansASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 457 words
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Article, Illustration343 2011-01-15 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS VATICAN CITY: The pontiff yesterday approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II’s intercession and set May 1 as the date for his beatification. Beatification is the last step before sainthood for John Paul (right), one ofASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS - 343 words
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544 2011-01-15 13 British by-election comes amid anger over spending cuts AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour Party yesterday achieved a convincing victory in the first by-election test since the general election, dealing a blow to the coalition government. Labour candidate Debbie Abrahams won withAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS - 544 words
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Article, Illustration729 2011-01-15 14 Even critics praise his call for tolerance in wake of rampage ARIZONA SHOOTING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama’s consoling, emotionally charged speech at a memorial tribute to victims of the deadly shooting in Tucson, Arizona, seemed likely to give himASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS - 729 words
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449 2011-01-15 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced a backup shuttle commander in case they need to replace the astronaut-husband of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass shooting last weekend. Captain Mark Kelly, whoASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES - 449 words
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411 2011-01-15 15 Move follows mounting unrest and calls for him to quit PROTESTS IN TUNISIA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TUNIS: Tunisian President Zine al-Abed-ine Ben Ali fired his government and called an early parliamentary election yesterday in an increasingly frantic effort to quell the worstAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS - 411 words
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Article104 2011-01-15 15 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: Chinese health experts have warned that pollution and environmental deterioration are behind rising cancer rates among the country’s children aged under 14. China now has more than 32,000 children aged under 14 suffering from various cancers, which translates into a prevalenceCHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 104 words
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Article70 2011-01-15 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India will reduce its security forces by a quarter in restive Kashmir, where a two-decade insurgency has declined in intensity, the country’s top Home Ministry official said yesterday. Speaking in the Indian capital at a university seminar on Kashmir, Home SecretaryAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 70 words
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Article, Illustration78 2011-01-15 15 In these pictures taken on Jan 5, seven-year-old Clarke Gordon practises calf-roping at his grandfather’s home in Terry, Mississippi, in the United States. With the help of his horse, Little Yella, he runs down a calf then struggles to wrestle the animal, which weighs more than twicePHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 78 words
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Article75 2011-01-15 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The Philippines yesterday said it would restart talks with Muslim separatist rebels next month, in an effort to end a decades-long insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front willAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 75 words
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Article89 2011-01-15 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: Lawyers for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday confirmed that he was under investigation in connection with a prostitution case involving a 17-year-old Moroccan girl. Reports said the 74-year-old Premier was suspected of abusing his power in trying to cover up his allegedASSOCIATED PRESS - 89 words
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Article, Illustration105 2011-01-15 24 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES LClubs support FAS decision to disband Lions L Ipswich stun Arsenal in League Cup L Blackpool pile on agony for King Kenny MOST COMMENTED ON L Calls for Fandi to rescue Lions Said monkeatme: “How many Fandis105 words
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Article, Illustration407 2011-01-15 18 Chinese stuns Clijsters to deal blow to Belgian’s Australian Open hopes AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: China’s Li Na upset two-time champion Kim Clijsters to win the Sydney International title yesterday. Eighth seed Li recovered from a 0-5 deficit in the opening set to rally for a convincingAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 407 words
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Article168 2011-01-15 18 CHAN U-GENE - CHAN U-GENE THE tagline for this year’s Australian Open reads “A whole new level” and that is also where broadcaster ESPN Star Sports intends to take its viewers with improved event coverage. Local fans of the Jan 17-30 Grand Slam event will have168 words
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Article559 2011-01-15 18 Today Basketball NBA: Chicago v Indiana (Live, StarHub Ch201, 8am), New Orleans v Houston (Live, Ch202, 9.30am). ABL: Satria Muda BritAma v Philippine Patriots (Live, mio TV Ch114, 7pm). Cricket SCA T-20 Challenge (Kallang, Fernvale Turf City 8am). 2nd Test, day 1: New Zealand v Pakistan (Live,559 words
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Article228 2011-01-15 18 Basketball NBA Minnesota 109 Washington 97, Oklahoma 125 Orlando 124, Denver 130 Miami 102. Cricket Twenty20 International In Melbourne: Australia 147-7 in 20 overs (A. Finch 53 n.o.; Swann 2-19, Yardy 2-19). England 143-6 in 20 overs (I. Bell 39; Watson 2-17). Australia won by 4 runs. Snooker Masters228 words
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Article, Illustration32 2011-01-15 18 Michael Phelps (right), is gearing up for July’s World Championships and ships next year’s Olympics32 words
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Article, Illustration219 2011-01-15 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DOHA: Australia and South Korea shared the spoils at the Asian Cup yesterday as both sides inched closer to the last eight with a 1-1 draw. Exciting Jeju United midfielder Koo Ja Cheol, 21, who has already attracted interest from overseas clubs, gotAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 219 words
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Article507 2011-01-15 19 Hammam humiliates Fifa chief, says Qatar won’t switch World Cup date THE TIMES, LONDON DOHA: Fifa suffered more blows to its diminishing credibility when Qatar insisted that it would resist any efforts to move the 2022 World Cup away from the oppressive 50 deg C of itsTHE TIMES, LONDON - 507 words
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Article, Illustration679 2011-01-15 19 ROB HUGHES - INGO0D CONSCIENCE BY ROB HUGHES stsports@sph.com.sg IT IS a fair bet that as this tennis season starts, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will continue their global rivalry. They are great players, compelling adversaries, and good sports. And given the behaviour of so many champions in so679 words
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Article647 2011-01-15 19 FITNESS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Let me guess: You have resolved to get healthier in 2011. That goal is nothing new, but the technology you can use is. Want to carry a personal trainer in your pocket to the gym, calculate how fast you ranASSOCIATED PRESS - 647 words
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Article, Illustration848 2011-01-15 20 Chelsea also need a few new players to revive title charge: Lampard LONDON: Confidence, Frank Lampard admits, has dried up at Chelsea. “We’re not sure what’s going to happen when we go out there (the field). It won’t change anyone’s determination to want to win but youPHOTO: REUTERS - 848 words
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Article, Illustration267 2011-01-15 20 LONDON: Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is starting to sound like a sore loser after trying to explain Wednesday’s 0-1 loss to Ipswich, a side struggling one division below, in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, reported The Telegraph. “I don’t know if itPHOTO: REUTERS - 267 words
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242 2011-01-15 20 CHAN U-GENE - CHAN U-GENE FANS of Italian football will have cause for celebration as the Serie A returns to the Football Channel starting this weekend. StarHub announced on Thursday that it had secured the broadcast rights to the Italian top flight until May 2012. The Serie242 words
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Article, Illustration596 2011-01-15 21 Man Utd not unbeatable, and even Spurs can beat them, claims Redknapp THE BIG MATCH LONDON: Manchester United may be unbeaten in the Premier League but the Red Devils are not good enough to finish the season without a defeat or so Harry Redknapp thinks. “Alex FergusonPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 596 words
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Article, Illustration584 2011-01-15 21 RICHARD JOLLY - BY RICHARD JOLLY THIS is where it gets difficult for the unconvincing Invincibles. Manchester United became only the seventh side in the history of top-flight football in England to reach the New Year unbeaten. It is a fine achievement. But, thanks to the vagariesPHOTO: REUTERS - 584 words
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Article, Illustration600 2011-01-15 22 MAY CHEN - 3-year sponsorship deal with 100PLUS is table tennis body’s largest BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg TABLE tennis is never far from Lee Bee Wah’s mind. She is constantly thinking of ways to develop the sport even in the changing room of an exclusive country club where she onceST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM - 600 words
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Article99 2011-01-15 22 THAILAND’S Ek Boonsawad is in the lead in the men’s RS:X event of the SIM 30th Singapore Open Asian Windsurfing Championships. The Asian Games RS:X silver medallist won the sole race of the second day of the regatta at the National Service Resort Country Club yesterday.99 words
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Article, Illustration72 2011-01-15 22 NEW YORK: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s brother John (above) has been picked by the New York Red Bulls in the second round of the Major League Soccer (MLS) “Super Draft”, reported the Daily Mail. The 20-year-old, a product of the Everton Youth Academy, who72 words
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Article76 2011-01-15 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JUAN (Argentina): A man died at the Dakar Rally on Thursday when the small truck he was driving collided with a car in the race. Argentinian driver Eduardo Amor was completing the 10th stage in the northern part of the country whenASSOCIATED PRESS - 76 words
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Article102 2011-01-15 22 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: At least three members of the Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) coaching panel have threatened to quit if the federation gives in to Misbun Sidek’s demands and reinstates him as national coach, local media reported yesterday. BAM president Nadzmi Mohd Salleh has urgedREUTERS - 102 words
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Article57 2011-01-15 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Former World Cup referee Byron Moreno pleaded guilty yesterday to heroin-smuggling charges, the United States Attorney’s Office said. Ecuador’s Moreno, 41, who is being held without bail, admitted one count of heroin smuggling, spokesman Robert Nardoza said. He faces more than fiveASSOCIATED PRESS - 57 words
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Article, Illustration838 2011-01-15 23 SANJAY NAIR - Hairil Amin’s been there since 2005, ensuring continuity in programme Part 2 of a three-part series on problems facing local S-League clubs’ COE talent pipeline. Today: Lack of playing time and the need for continuity in coaching staff BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg A FAMILIARST FILE PHOTO - 838 words
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Article, Illustration524 2011-01-15 23 LEE MIN KOK - BY LEE MIN KOK WHAT every young footballer needs, and simply cannot get enough of, is playing time on the pitch. But even that is hard to come by for youngsters enrolled in the centres of excellence (COEs), which have been tasked withPHOTO: HOME UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB - 524 words
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Advertisement98 2011-01-15 1 SPECIALREPORTS Inside Where is home, when you spend years working overseas? Where is home, when you live your life moving from street to bridge? Jeremy Boo spent 10 days in Manila finding out the living conditions, hopes and fears of millions of shanty town dwellers. PAGES D2-11 mazoa v i98 words
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Article, Illustration5097 2011-01-15 2 / 3 can get: A witches’ brew of desperate poverty, overcrowding, guns, drugs, violence, and the ever-present threat of fire and flood. For slum living at its worst, Manila’s vast shanty towns tick all the boxes, with four million anguished souls eking out a meagre existence.PHOTOS: LEE XIAN JIE; PHOTO: JEREMY BOO; PHOTOS: LEE XIAN JIE; PHOTO: LEE XIAN JIE; worked.PHOTOS: JEREMY BOO - 5,097 words
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Article, Illustration448 2011-01-15 2 / 3 THE writer, Jeremy Boo (below), 22, a recent mass communication graduate from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, is now serving his national service. He produced this winning feature of the lives of Filipinos living in metro Manila’s slums after leading a student journalism trip to the Philippines448 words
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Article, Illustration783 2011-01-15 12 THEN NOW In a nostalgic photo essay to mark the changes of beloved landmarks over the years, nine Straits Times photographers document Singapore A BACKWARD village 40 years ago, a bustling metropolis now. It’s been a remarkable journey by any measure and one that can leave the head spinning. TheST PHOTO: KOK AH CHONG; ST PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER LOH; ST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM; ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA; ST PHOTO: PAUL WEE; ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN; ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG; ST PHOTO: ANTHONY WYE; ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG; ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG; ST PHOTO: TAN WEE HIM - 783 words
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Article, Illustration618 2011-01-15 16 EISEN TEO - Enjoy university while you can Little luxuries such as free time and flexible hours will be missed at work SOAPBOX BY EISEN TEO eisenteo@sph.com.sg IT HAS been only a week, but my Twitter and Facebook feeds are already jammed with updates from younger friends on the one thing that holds618 words
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Article, Illustration551 2011-01-15 16 Last month, a review of secondary school education recommended that schools strengthen student-teacher bonds in the next few years. YouthInk writers discuss how they want their teachers to get to know them better. MY LIFE “MY SECONDARY schoolteacher encouraged me to take free piano lessonsST FILE PHOTO - 551 words
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Article, Illustration556 2011-01-15 16 GERAINT WONG - WATCH THIS FACE BY GERAINT WONG HER tutors were Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, David Baldacci and the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. These writers were instrumental in helping Ying Jiani score A1s in both English and literature in English. Her achievement is all the moreST FILE PHOTO - 556 words
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Article, Illustration86 2011-01-15 17 XT: G R AC E C H UA - TEXT: XT: G R AC E C H UA Biomaterials are synthetic substances that have a natural function, such as serving as scaffolds for skin-cell growth. PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS Can biodegrade Do not trigger immune rejection Either man-made or made naturally by bacteria Some are ableGRAPHICS: MIKE M DIZON - 86 words
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Article, Illustration695 2011-01-15 17 GRACE CHUA - Biodegradable plastic mesh serves as scaffold for bone cells to grow BY GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Ho Boon Pin was seriously injured after a bus hit his car in 2002, surgeons had to drill two holes into his skull to remove blood clots and saveST FILE PHOTO - 695 words
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301 2011-01-15 17 GRACE CHUA - GRACE CHUA INTRODUCING hydrogels. They can take the form of a fluid which can be injected into the body. And they can also set like agar-agar after it has cooled. Hydrogels are commonly used in things like disposable nappies, where they soak301 words
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382 2011-01-15 17 GRACE CHUA - GRACE CHUA LAB-GROWN bone has a wide array of uses, from repairing the fractured limbs of those with osteoporosis to filling in the skulls of children with birth defects. The alternative is to harvest and transplant bone from another part of a patient’s own382 words
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Advertisement535 2011-01-15 1 EPART Mark Lee is the boss Jay Talking SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 2011 He signs on Jack Neo’s artistes They are talented, famous and are multi-millionaires. Life! meets three of the world’s top artists at Art Stage Singapore, the inaugural art fair happening this weekend. I’m sacking all my friends E12535 words
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Article, Illustration1016 2011-01-15 2 John lui - Sharp shooter David LaChapelle, Takashi Murakami and Zeng Fanzhi are three of the top names in town for Art Stage Singapore DAVID LACHAPELLE John lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Gun crosshairs on a map? What is that saying?” asks an agitated David LaChapelle. The American photographer, known as much for hisPHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRIATS TIMES - 1,016 words
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Article, Illustration1058 2011-01-15 3 corrie tan - TAKASHI MURAKAMI corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg It is not every day that an artist achieves fame by designing Louis Vuitton bags and notoriety by exhibiting cutesy statues all over France’s historic Palace of Versailles. But that is exactly what Art Stage Singapore’s multi-million-dollar seller, Japan’s Takashi Murakami, did. ThePHOTOS: ASHLEIGH SIM, NEO XIAOBIN, LOUIS VUITTON; PHOTO: COPYRIGHT TAKASHI MURAKAMI KAIKAI KIKI CO LTD, COURTESY OF GALERIE EMMANUEL PERROTIN - 1,058 words
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Article, Illustration1020 2011-01-15 4 lin wenjian - ZENG FANZHI lin wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi is famous for his thoughtprovoking portraits of urban men and women in white masks. However, he recently ventured into a new medium, sculpture. But Zeng, 47, who is regarded as one of China’s most accomplished contemporary painters, counting thePHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR FOR THE STRAITS TIMES; PHOTO: SINGAPORE ART MUSUEM - 1,020 words
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Article, Illustration685 2011-01-15 5 deepika shetty - Artist T.V. Santhosh’s work showing digital timers strapped to dogs explores the idea of destruction caused by conflict deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg It is a sinister image 30 stainless-steel German shepherd dogs arranged in rows with digital timers on their backs. This is part of an art installation titledST PHOTO: LENNE CHAI - 685 words
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Article, Illustration570 2011-01-15 6 natasha ann zachariah - Actor and director manages the new Galaxy Productions and has signed on several artistes from Jack Neo’s company J Team natasha ann zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg Actor Mark Lee recently turned director with the movie The Ghosts Must Be Crazy and is now also thePHOTO: THE NEW PAPER - 570 words
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Article, Illustration109 2011-01-15 7 John Wise - John Wise York County, Pennsylvania I read Boon Chan’s article, Little Fatty’s Big Dream (Life!, Jan 3). am an American and love reading up-to-date news about Taiwan’s sensational singer Jimmy Lin (right). Your 8 Questions with Lin answered some things I was wondering about him andPHOTO: MY PAPER - 109 words
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Article192 2011-01-15 7 Jedd Jong - Jedd Jong I was very excited to read in Life! that there was to be a concert devoted to movie music (Making Music From The Movies, Life!, Jan 4). The Esplanade Concert Hall is arguably the best venue in the country for orchestral music, and the impressive192 words
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Article143 2011-01-15 7 Loren Howerter - Loren Howerter I refer to the article Eat-And-Run Diners’ Wall Of Shame (Life!, Jan 11). Any business is justified in exposing people who do not pay their bills. However, there should be avenues of recourse for people who believe they have been unjustly accused. Furthermore, I143 words
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Article77 2011-01-15 7 Daphne Lee - Daphne Lee I agree with almost everything Adeline Chia said in her column Staring Extinction (Life!, Jan 13). Ms Chia may like to know that she is not alone. I e-mail my best friends and family members a lot, too. I am in Shanghai and have come77 words
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Article115 2011-01-15 7 Loke Hsiao Chin - Loke Hsiao Chin I refer to Marietta Koh’s letter in which she described the move by plus-sized women to pose nude as “grossly misplaced’’ (Plus And Minus, Life!, Jan 8). I beg to differ. Magazines usually feature pencilthin models and movie stars. The calendar featuring plus-sized models115 words
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Article, Illustration709 2011-01-15 10 nicholas yong - I depend so much on the social networking site that it has become an extension of my life nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Armageddon almost descended upon 500 million of us last week. No, a comet did not narrowly miss colliding with Earth. Neither did World War IIIPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 709 words
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Article, Illustration953 2011-01-15 11 nicholas yong - Despite few orders, Henry Ng still cannot bear to give up making lion dance costumes nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg When lion dance troupes in Singapore want quality, handmade lion dance costumes, they head for a nondescript five-room HDB flat in Ang Mo Kio. There, in that flat-cum-workshop,PHOTO: ABC EXTRA STOUT; ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG - 953 words
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Article, Illustration937 2011-01-15 12 jeremy au yong - Not happy with your friends? Take a lesson from the Football Association of Singapore ditch all your pals and start over jay talking jeremy au yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg I’m sorry it had to turn out like this. You must understand that I had no choice.ST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE - 937 words
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Article, Illustration118 2011-01-15 12 ‘Well, she threw a bottle at my head when we first met and she’s been doing that in some form or another ever since’ Comedian Russell Brand on singer wife Katy Perry (both right) ‘Friendship to me is, if my friends need my little finger to118 words
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Article, Illustration484 2011-01-15 13 tara tan - Orpheus Marathon uses contrast to exude raw charm tara tan stlife@sph.com.sg review dance ORPHEUS MARATHON Ferenc Feher (Hungary) Esplanade Theatre Studio/Thursday It was a dark, dark place we descended to in Orpheus Marathon, a haunting and hypnotic dance piece by Hungarian artist Ferenc Feher, which was presented herePHOTO: IMRE NAGY KOVAGO - 484 words
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Article, Illustration610 2011-01-15 14 Late author Stieg Larsson’s partner can finish an incomplete book, if she gets the rights Agence France-Presse Paris The longtime partner of Stieg Larsson says she could finish a fourth volume in the phenomenal Millennium series, left incomplete by the Swedish novelist’s sudden death, ifAgence France-Presse; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS AND AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 610 words
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498 2011-01-15 14 Reuters Los Angeles Michael Jackson may have called the anaesthetic propofol his “milk”, but it left him in such a vulnerable state that his urine was collected through a device for incontinent patients. That was one view of Jackson’s final days and the extremeReuters - 498 words
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Article, Illustration458 2011-01-15 15 Colourful artworks dot this flat and liven up a monochromatic scheme Getting his own apartment was the last thing on Mr Joseph Lim’s mind two years ago. The bachelor in his late 30s was then living with his mum and did not want to move outPHOTOS: VEE CHIN, ASSISTED BY ELLEN LIM; ART DIRECTION: CARRIE TAN; TEXT: JACQUELINE TAN - 458 words
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Article, Illustration912 2011-01-15 16 tay suan chiang - Dress up your home stylishly with accessories and festive plants this Chinese New Year tay suan chiang taysc@sph.com.sg How do you know Chinese New Year is coming? Home owners are busting out their feather dusters for spring cleaning. Home cooks start baking pineapple tarts and love letters.PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, TANGS, IKEA, LENNE CHAI, AUSSINO; PHOTOS: AUSSINO, TANGS, BANYAN TREE, CHEW SENG KIM, LENNE CHAI - 912 words
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Article, Illustration743 2011-01-15 17 Pots of kumquats, pussy willows and chrysanthemums Chinese New Year would not be complete without them. But to cater to those who want something different, nurseries have quirkier alternatives too, such as the Fa Cai Suan from World Farm nursery in Sembawang. The potted plant from Malaysia hasST PHOTOS: TED CHEN, ASHLEIGH SIM, FAR EAST FLORA, LENNE CHAI - 743 words
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Article, Illustration348 2011-01-15 18 root awakening My soursop sapling has grown from a seed to about 2.3m in height in six years. Recently, it started to bear yellowish-green flowers. I have given it the necessary fertilisers but these flowers do not develop into fruits. What can I do? Soursop treesPHOTO: ST FILE - 348 words
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Article, Illustration91 2011-01-15 18 The new school term has started. If your child does not have a proper reading here is to consider. light, here is one to consider. The new 3M LED lamp has a special polarising filter that reduces glare by up to 80 per cent. Using an LED lightPHOTO: 3M - 91 words
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Article, Illustration771 2011-01-15 19 Books are decorative literally Home owners are using books to dress up their interiors, never mind if they are not for reading New York Times New York Book lovers, you can exhale. The printed, bound book has been given a stay of execution by an unlikely source: the design community.New York Times; PHOTOS: NEW YORK TIMES - 771 words
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Article, Illustration871 2011-01-15 22 winston lee - The all-new Saab 9-5 has the presence and the performance to match its rivals winston lee stlife@sph.com.sg Saabs have always been iconic, individualistic cars with the appeal of being “A Thinking Man’s Car”, a clever advertising tagline used by the carmaker in the past. However, the conceptPHOTO: SAAB - 871 words
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Article, Illustration877 2011-01-15 23 tony tan - It was almost shut down last year but the Swedish carmaker has managed to revive its engines tony tan stlife@sph.com.sg The writer is the associate editor of Torque, a motoring monthly published by SPH Magazines. Last year was a year of dramatic ups and downs forPHOTO: ALECIA NEO - 877 words
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Article100 2011-01-15 23 I am driving a five-year-old car. Lately, I notice that whenever I accelerate, it sounds like a sports car. Is it because I have overfilled the engine oil? Overfilling of engine oil may cause foaming of oil and this causes the engine to lose its efficiency and engine100 words
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Article, Illustration436 2011-01-15 24 david ting - david ting SLEEKER SLK ON ITS WAY The latest third generation of the compact Mer-cedes-Benz two-seater, consistently one of Singapore’s most popular convertibles, has been revealed in Europe. The successor to the six-year-old roadster looks more grown up now and boasts a lower coefficient of drag. It alsoPHOTO: MERCEDES-BENZ, HONDA, TOYOTA, HYUNDAI - 436 words
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Article, Illustration612 2011-01-15 25 tony tan - Kia puts a six-speed automatic gearbox in its volume-seller, which also has new paddle shifters on the steering wheel tony tan stlife@sph.com.sg The writer is the associate editor of Torque, a motoring monthly published by SPH Magazines. What is one thing the BMW 750Li, Bentley ContinentalPHOTO: VEE CHIN - 612 words
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Article, Illustration277 2011-01-15 28 Los Angeles Jay Chou said he had a “very scary” English teacher on the film set of The Green Hornet, his English movie debut. The Asian superstar is not fluent in English but bravely spoke it as he met reporters on Monday at the film’s LosPHOTO: REUTERS - 277 words
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164 2011-01-15 28 Taipei Burnt victim Selina Jen has some unexpected good news for fans. The S.H.E member will return home for Chinese New Year celebrations, and hold a press conference before that to thank them. Her mother told reporters on Thursday that doctors plan for Jen,164 words
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Article, Illustration98 2011-01-15 28 Hong Kong No baby bump. Amid reports that she is pregnant, actress Barbie Hsu (above), who will reportedly hold her nuptials with Chinese businessman Wang Xiaofei in March, appeared at a function in Hong Kong on Thursday looking trim. She said wedding arrangements are indeed on98 words
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Article76 2011-01-15 28 Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has delayed its opening again to March 15 to “fine-tune” the show and include a new ending before allowing critics to weigh in. Producers announced this following a series of accidents during preview performances. The news comes as The Broadway League76 words
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Article55 2011-01-15 28 Actor John Dye, 47, who played Andrew, the angel of death, in the TV series Touched By An Angel, was found dead on Monday at his San Francisco home. A medical examiner’s spokesman said the cause of death has not been determined but relatives55 words
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Article61 2011-01-15 28 Mel Gibson’s film, the Jodie Fosterdirected The Beaver, will have its international premiere at the South By Southwest multimedia entertainment festival in Texas, organisers say. It will screen a week before its public release on March 23. Its release had been delayed as Gibson dealt61 words
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Article59 2011-01-15 28 Actor Kelsey Grammer, 55, told David Letterman on his show that he hopes to marry for the fourth time next month, this time to flight attendant Kayte Walsh, 29. But his estranged wife Camille, 42, has filed court papers to reject his request for a59 words
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