The Straits Times, 3 February 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Expat kids learn Chinese
      44 1 MANDARIN classes are on the rise at international schools in Singapore. As expatriate parents increasingly ask for their children to be taught Mandarin, the schools are offering more classes and beefing up their expertise in the subject. LHOME PAGE B1
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      Lock icon Teens need foster homes
      47 1 COUPLES are being urged to become foster parents to teenage children. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports is extending its fostering scheme to include 13- to 18-year-olds. It previously provided care mainly for babies and children under six. LHOME PAGE B4
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      Lock icon How to fit Torres in?
      62 1 FERNANDO Torres, the Premier League’s costliest player at £50 million (S$103 million), will have a fight on his hands to get into Chelsea’s line-up for Sunday’s clash against his former club Liverpool. Nicolas Anelka and Salomon Kalou (above) gave manager Carlo Ancelotti something to think
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    Lock icon Army calls for end to Egypt unrest
    950 1 Obama signals that Mubarak’s offer to step down in Sept is not enough NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON POST CAIRO: The Egyptian military yesterday called for an end to more than a week of demonstrations against President
    NEW YORK TIMES; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; LOS ANGELES TIMES; WASHINGTON POST  -  950 words
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    Lock icon Students return home from Egypt
    762 1  -  MELISSA PANG, FIONA LOW, CAROLYN HONG FOR three days, Singaporean student Nur Insyirah Feera Ismail, 23, sat huddled with her roommate in their apartment in the city of Alexandria. The Internet was down, the phones were not working, and outside, they could hear gunshots. Hearing
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    Lock icon ‘Monster’ cyclone batters Australia
    1096 1 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRNS: Police turned desperate people away from overcrowded shelters in north-eastern Australia yesterday as a “monster” cyclone bore down on a string of popular tourist sites lining the coast and near the world famous Great Barrier Reef. As the winds that
    REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; Sources: U.S. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTRE, TIME LIFE BOOKS − PLANET EARTH, BRITANNICA; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM REUTERS  -  1,096 words
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      218 1 The Prime Minister wishes all Singaporeans a very happy Year of the Rabbit. The Straits Times wishes all readers a happy Chinese New Year! The Straits Times will not be published tomorrow. We will be back on Saturday. The New Paper will be on sale tomorrow at the usual outlets.
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        Lock icon Change still too slow in Myanmar
        36 2 WE SAY The convening of a Parliament in Myanmar for the first time in 22 years this week is a modest a very modest step forward. L EDITORIAL PAGE A22
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      • Article
        Lock icon Enough of excusing West
        40 2 COLUMNS Most crises are known by their origin. Given there is no doubt who caused the world’s latest trouble, it should adopt its logical name the Western financial crisis, says Kishore Mahbubani. L REVIEW PAGE A22
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        Lock icon The selfish woman
        48 2 There are those who would sniff at the single, older, childless woman as an aberration of all that is good in nature, saying they are, among other things, selfish, self-centred and narcissistic. Ong Soh Chin, who is one such woman, agrees. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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        Lock icon Reward productivity
        40 2 OUR READER SAYS The Government should consider issuing work permits only when companies have shown that they have made a substantial effort to raise their productivity with their existing labour force, says Tan Jiaqi. L FORUM PAGE A25
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    • Article
      Lock icon What it should have been
      91 2 YESTERDAY’S report, “Debtor repaid colleague by attacking him with knife”, stated wrongly that Mohammad Ridwan Rashid was sentenced to two years in jail and three strokes of the cane for armed attack, and fined $100,000, or 21/2 years’ jail in lieu, for assisting a loan
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      Lock icon In search of new traditions
      1045 2  -  As Singapore grows up and things change, there will be difficult debates over what comes next BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg ONE of my earliest and clearest childhood memories is of Chinese New Year grape jelly. Every first day of the new year, my maternal grandmother
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      Lock icon LTA assures residents about noise
      830 3  -  MP says it will look into various ways to cut noise from expressway PLANNED NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS from three condominiums next to the planned North-South Expressway (NSE) have been assured by the authorities that the noise will conform to environmental
      ST PHOTOS: NURIA LING  -  830 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Four-way Asean bourse link-up expected by this year
      460 4  -  BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A LONGSTANDING plan to link the Singapore Exchange (SGX) with other South-east Asian bourses is finally bearing fruit. Barring last-minute hitches, the exchanges of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines are expected to be connected electronically
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    • Article
      Lock icon Red underwear alert for Rabbits
      672 8  -  Many in China believe that if it’s your year, bad luck is on the way BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: Ms Zhou Jingjie welcomed the Chinese New Year by staying in bed last night, nursing an
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      Lock icon Old, kinless but not alone on CNY Eve
      430 8  -  YEN FENG THE guests sat down to a steamboat lunch together yesterday among them a former ma jie or nanny, samsui woman, tailor and waitress. Collectively, the nine of them have lived more than 750 years, but it has been decades since
      ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN; ST PHOTOS: DESMOND LIM, DESMOND WEE  -  430 words
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      Lock icon Freed S. Korean crew reunited with families
      468 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korean crew members of a cargo ship that was rescued from Somali pirates in a dramatic commando raid returned home yesterday in time for their lunar new year holiday. The three-day Seolnal holiday, which began yesterday, is an important
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    • Article
      Lock icon Brief showers expected
      168 8 THE skies will dry out a bit over the Chinese New Year holiday. The National Environment Agency said brief showers can still be expected over the next few days, but these are expected to be lighter than earlier in the week. The winds will change direction and
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      199 5 Start the New Year with Singapore’s best-selling model and pay only $43,888 for your COE. For more information on this offer, SMS <BENZ> space <YOUR NAME> to ***** now. The prestigious Mercedes-Benz E-Class was Singapore’s topselling model* in 2010. And now, you can drive away in this magnificent car and
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  • prime.egypt in turmoil
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      Lock icon US on diplomatic tightrope over Egypt
      1405 6  -  BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: After working quietly behind the scenes for days, the Obama administration finally went public with its attempts to pressure Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down. On Monday, it dispatched to Cairo Mr Frank Wisner, a
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      Lock icon Oil nudges past $130
      366 7  -  BY GABRIEL CHEN FINANCE CORRESPONDENT OIL prices stayed at 28-month highs yesterday on fears that protests in Egypt would trigger a wave of regime change in the Middle East and North Africa. Crude pushed above US$102 (S$130) a barrel as unrest in the region intensified and
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      77 7 ROBINSONS www.robinsons.com.sg >1 into EOUN-nFJJL SPRiN s Usher in the Year of the Rabbit as we open our doors tomorrow, with up to additional 20% off* 4 Feb 2011, i2noon 10pm Robinsons wishes you a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year! *Terms conditions apply. Check in-store for details. 5 %or
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      Lock icon Malaysians trickle out of flood shelters
      623 10 But majority stay on as their homes remain a mess BERNAMA THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: The number of Malaysians in evacuation centres dropped yesterday, as heavy rain in the previous few days stopped and the sun peeked out from behind the clouds
      BERNAMA; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  623 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      106 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L 100 dogs in Canada killed after business slows MOST COMMENTED ON L “Million man march” against Mubarak gains support. Says Just1more: “Forcing Mubarak out without a viable alternative government is just like cutting off one’s arm just
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      Lock icon US scraps 10,000 flights due to winter storm
      353 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS CHICAGO: More than 10,000 US flights were cancelled and several airports closed as a monster storm dumped freezing rain, sleet and snow on a huge swathe of the country. The storm on Tuesday stretched for more than 3,000km, from
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      Lock icon Volcano eruption in Japan delays air travel
      379 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: A series of spectacular eruptions from a volcano in southern Japan fired columns of ash and smoke thousands of metres into the air early yesterday, with the cloud delaying some international flights to Tokyo. The 1,421m-high Shinmoedake volcano in the
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        Lock icon Ex-telecoms minister arrested in India
        346 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a former telecoms minister yesterday as part of a probe into the sale of mobile phone licences in 2008 that cost the state billions of dollars, media reports said. Andimuthu Raja belongs to a key regional parliamentary
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        Lock icon Disasters exert hard toll on Japan
        717 12  -  Volcanic eruption, bird flu and record snowfall push political events off media landscape BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Politics in Japan has recently taken a backseat in the news. The country has been rocked by a volcanic eruption that is expected
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        Lock icon Costly need for speed for New Year
        583 14 Sleek high-speed trains offer comfort but poorer travellers have no choice but to pay more AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Getting home for Chinese New Year used to mean squeezing into rundown trains that creak their way through the countryside. But this year, many are
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        Lock icon Rise in Chinese flocking to Japan for CNY
        252 14 REUTERS TOKYO: Japan is expecting a surge in Chinese visitors during the Chinese New Year holiday period, with tourists eager to snap up electronics and other goods in a welcome boost for retailers. A record 9.44 million foreigners visited Japan last year,
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        Lock icon Bashir may face death sentence
        452 15  -  Terror charges to stick this time: Prosecutors BY WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: State prosecutors have laid terrorism-re-lated charges against hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir and will seek the death penalty or a life sentence for him when his trial begins in a few
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        Lock icon Convention centre ‘a plus for Bali’
        251 15 DENPASAR: Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika has urged public support for a planned US$300 million (S$382 million) convention centre, after critics protested against the project’s environmental impact on the resort island. “We should be thankful for this honour,” Mr Pastika said on Tuesday. “An
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        Lock icon Car bomb kills nine at market in Pakistan
        268 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PESHAWAR (Pakistan): An explosion from a car bomb tore through a packed Pakistani market near a police station yesterday, killing nine people in the fifth attack in the city in less than a week, officials said. Three children
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  268 words
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        Lock icon Malaysia ‘rapidly destroying forests’
        684 17 Deforestation rate over 3 times faster than that for all of Asia; Sarawak most at risk: Study ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AMSTERDAM: New satellite images show Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, with its carbon-rich peat soils of
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        Lock icon 18 killed while riding on train roof
        272 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LUCKNOW (India): Eighteen people riding on the roof of an overcrowded train were killed when they slammed into a low overhead bridge in northern India, police said yesterday. The victims were mostly men returning from a recruitment drive for
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        Lock icon Dhaka securing cricket broadcasts
        152 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladesh has ordered power companies to show cricket World Cup matches on generator-pow-ered public screens in a bid to prevent protests by irate fans if power cuts disrupt TV broadcasts. Cricket-mad Bangladesh is a co-host of the World Cup, which starts on Feb
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        Lock icon Apple tightens rule on e-book app developers
        432 18 NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO: When you see people flipping through e-books on iPads or iPhones, there is a good chance they bought the books through Amazon. com, not Apple. Now, Apple wants to change that. It confirmed on Tuesday that it will
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        Lock icon Your Daily news, via iPad
        799 18 Murdoch’s digital newspaper, free for first 2 weeks, set to debut in Big Apple yesterday WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The first newspaper created specifically and exclusively for the iPad is seen as a bold bet that consumers are willing to pay for news that
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        Lock icon Airline staff had terror links
        436 19 He admits to three charges in London court but denies plotting to blow up flight to US AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: A British Airways (BA) worker plotted with US-born extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki to down a trans-Atlantic airliner in a major terrorist attack, a
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  436 words
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        Lock icon ‘Jihad Jane’ pleads guilty to charges
        231 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA: A woman who called herself “Jihad Jane” online has pleaded guilty to her role in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who had offended Muslims. Colleen LaRose, 47, helped foreign terrorist suspects intent on starting a holy war in Europe
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        Lock icon US tests less intrusive scanners
        457 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS: Federal aviation officials are giving airport scanners another try. This time, they are not looking as closely under traveller’s clothes. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Tuesday began testing a new, more modest body scanning system at three airports. They hope
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  457 words
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon World’s ‘largest orchid’
          138 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRASILIA: Brazil’s environmental agency announced on Tuesday that the “largest orchid in the world” was growing in a botanic garden in the capital, at a height of 2.5m with some stems measuring up to 3m. Displayed at the Brazilian Orchids Project garden in Brasilia, the
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          Lock icon NZ polls set for Nov 26
          128 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday that general elections will be held in New Zealand in November an unusually lengthy heads-up that he said was designed to avoid any distractions during the Rugby World Cup. The rugby-obsessed nation was due to
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  128 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Smoke in SIA plane toilet
          108 20 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG: A Singapore Airlines Airbus A-380 superjumbo flying from Hong Kong to Singapore on Jan 31 developed smoke in one lavatory upon descent, prompting the flight crew to activate a halon extinguisher as a precaution, the airline said. There was no fire, Singapore
          BLOOMBERG  -  108 words
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          Lock icon Tainted haircare products
          134 20 XINHUA BEIJING: A Chinese haircare products company has been fined for using a banned chemical in products bound for the Singapore and Hong Kong markets, according to China’s food and drug watchdog. Zhangguang 101, based in Zhejiang province, paid 245,040 yuan (S$47,500) in fines and had its
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          Lock icon Top spot again
          37 20 German Thomas Dold winning his sixth straight Empire State Building Run-Up on Tuesday in 10 min, 10 sec. The race involves running up the 86 floors of the building (above). PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          Lock icon 64,500 evacuated after quake
          94 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: The Chinese authorities have evacuated 64,500 people from their homes in a remote region of the country’s south-west following a quake that damaged hundreds of houses, state media reported yesterday. The 4.8-magnitude quake rattled a border area of Yunnan province on Tuesday afternoon,
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        Lock icon Therapist admits sex abuse
        426 20 Swiss police identify 122 mentally disabled victims ASSOCIATED PRESS BERN (Switzerland): A 54-year-old man has admitted sexually abusing more than 100 mentally disabled children and adults in care homes in Switzerland and Germany during almost three decades, in what Swiss police called an unprecedented case. The
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      38 14 A hop-ful market The Year of the Rabbit will be volatile, so investors should ‘forget about money market funds, bond funds and residential property. Just buy equities and hug them tight. Don’t trade.’ THE BUSINESS TIMES Today in
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      17 18 The only English newspaper tomorrow Watch out for your paper in a giant hongbao he Wv er
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Change still too slow in Myanmar
      461 22 THE convening of a Parliament in Myanmar for the first time in 22 years this week is a modest very modest step forward. The generals actually in power, who paved the way for the occasion with a new Constitution and nationwide elections last year,
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      Lock icon Asia has had enough of excusing the West
      724 22  -  BY KISHORE MAHBUBANI The writer is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, and author of The New Asian Hemisphere. THE FINANCIAL TIMES MOST crises are known by their origin, from the Mexican peso crisis of 1994 to
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      Lock icon Najib’s poll timing hinges on economy
      843 22  -  BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak has ordered his ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) to be battle-ready for snap polls, but the country’s wilting economy could force him to change his plans, said analysts and private economists. Malaysia’s export-dependent
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    • review.
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        Lock icon Baby steps in procreation
        892 24  -  THE WAY I SEE IT BY ONG SOH CHIN SENIOR WRITER sohchin@sph.com.sg AS A Singaporean who just managed to scrape past the post-65 demographic gate, I am old enough to remember vividly the Singapura before the economic miracle, yet young enough to have been able to
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        321 25  -  Hernaikh Singh Director EDC@SICCI MR NG Junrong’s letter (“Helping small and medium-sized firms: Higher labour costs not the answer”; Tuesday) highlighted that many employers are not aware of the avenues available to them to improve productivity, and this is particularly the case for small and
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        55 25 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MRS DELPHINE CHEW: Small price to pay for better learning 2 MR SEOW JOO HENG: Mind the gender in toilet cleaning 3 SIA: Airline does offer nut-free meals 4 MS CINDY SIM: Delighted by bank’s fast action 5 NPARKS: Bridge to be revamped
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        206 25  -  Sitajan Sita THE idea of leaving moneylending to market forces in the interest of borrowers who need funds may be compelling, but without regulation, moneylenders can take advantage of desperate borrowers in times of need (“Capping all interest rates will deter moneylending”, by the
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      259 5 IT IS not a new family-planning poster, nor an awareness campaign for single parents. It is in fact a sign singling out unique seats found on several new SBS Transit buses. These seats were specially designed to optimise use of space on a
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      381 7  -  NSF had known the age of teenager he befriended three years ago, through a website UNDERAGE SEX ELENA CHONG A FULL-TIME national serviceman yesterday became the tenth male to be punished for having sex with the 13-year-old girl who in 2008 told
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      195 7  -  ELENA CHONG TWO teens were charged separately yesterday in a robbery-with-hurt case involving an elderly woman earlier in the week. On Monday, Mohammad Shaffy Hassan, 17, is alleged to have robbed retiree Poh Choo Peng, 69, of her handbag containing cash and items
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      263 7  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH A GROUP of friends were drinking alcohol in the early hours of Jan 19 when an argument broke out between two of them. The wife of one of them Ramlan Hassan, 45 pulled him away to the void deck of another block
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      308 7 AN INTERIOR designer who has been charged with sending insulting and threatening messages via e-mail, voicemail and a letter to a journalist will have the case heard in a Community Court because of her psychiatric condition. Amy Chua Kwan Ming, 34, is
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      175 8 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L ST Poll: Torres sale a good move for Liverpool? L Torres: World’s third most expensive footballer L Arsenal loan Miyaichi to Feyenoord OUR POSER L Will Fernando Torres’ sale by Liverpool send the club sliding downwards
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      786 8 Kalou or Anelka will have to make way for Spaniard on Sunday THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Fernando Torres will, as his new manager put it, face a “test” in training over the next couple of days before a decision is made on whether to hand
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      461 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Wayne Rooney insisted on Tuesday that the Premier League title is Manchester United’s to lose even as he conceded that Chelsea are the most likely team to give them a close contest. The England striker was back near his best in
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      255 8 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: It was not only Chelsea supporters who were rubbing their hands in glee at the signing of Fernando Torres. The deals worth a total of nearly £130 million (S$260 million) in transfer fees that went through on Monday will
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      611 9 Arsenal boss questions EPL rivals’ financial fair-play credentials AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger has renewed his attack on Chelsea’s extravagant spending, suggesting that the champions’ £71.3 million (S$146.3 million) outlay on Fernando Torres and David Luiz on Monday makes a mockery of their support for Uefa’s policy
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      398 9 Fabregas from angel to devil? THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: He seems such a nice young man most of the time, and he plays like an angel almost all the time so what the devil is getting into Cesc Fabregas? David Moyes became his latest critic on Tuesday, accusing the Arsenal
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      231 9 REUTERS BERNE: Uefa fired a shot at Chelsea and Manchester City yesterday by warning that the new Financial Fair Play regulations will be rigorously implemented. The European governing body responded to the £130 million (S$260 million) spent by Chelsea and Liverpool on Monday, an extraordinary sum
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      230 9 REUTERS SPAIN Spending tripled on 2010 but still totalled around ¤28 million (S$48 million) as just 12 players moved. Malaga were the busiest club but their five signings totalled only ¤7 million. Atletico Madrid, who sold Fernando Torres to Liverpool in 2007 for
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      628 9  -  TRAINER Tan Hor Khoon is one of those who hardly gets a look-in when the big races roll around, but he for once will saddle a rare runner in tomorrow's feature, the traditional Chinese New Year event, the Group 3 Fortune Bowl with his pet
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      621 10  -  Now the S. Korean has become the admirer and Park Ji Sung is his hero BY LEE MIN KOK mklee@sph.com.sg WHEN Kim Dae Eui presented his autographed jersey to an adoring kid by the name of Park Ji Sung almost 15 years ago, who could
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      332 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Serena Williams, who has not played an official tennis match since injuring her foot in July, is scheduled to play an exhibition event including Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in Oregon on March 8. About time. Williams, who is recovering from a
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      353 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe knows he has plenty to lose by ending more than four years of retirement in a bid to compete at next year’s London Games. “I have had an almost flawless career, and I put that at risk,” he
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      454 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS VALENCIA: Red Bull preferred caution over confidence as their Formula One title defence got off to a strong start on Tuesday when they were quickest in the opening testing session. World champion Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap time of 1min 13.769sec from
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      641 11  -  Singapore’s No. 1 rebuffs fears that playing in two tours might distract him BY JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg IF HE seemed somewhat distracted in recent weeks, it was because Mardan Mamat had plenty on his mind. While 2010 was a financial watermark year for Singapore’s
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      314 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant recently took Pau Gasol aside to deliver a cinematic message: The Los Angeles Lakers sometimes need to see the sinister side of their Spanish centre. “It’s against his nature,” Bryant said. “He’s very white swan. I need him
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      256 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Japan’s scandal-tainted national sport of sumo wrestling is facing new allegations that senior wrestlers used cell phones to plan how to fix matches. Japanese media reported yesterday that police have found suspicious text messages on several wrestlers’ cell phones
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      69 11 DALLAS: Call it the calm before the storm. The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers let their hair down on Tuesday’s Media Day in the build-up to Sunday’s Super Bowl. In a tribute to their fans the state of Wisconsin is known for cheese production Green Bay players
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        63 11 ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Singapore’s short-track speed skater Lucas Ng failed to qualify for the eight-man 1,000m semi-final at the Asian Winter Games yesterday after finishing fourth in Heat Three in 1 min 40.22 sec. Japan’s Daisuke Uemura (1:30.11) and Kazakhstan’s Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev (1:31.64)
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        63 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Jonathan Trott hit a superb 137 to drive England to 333 for six, their highest tally against Australia, in the sixth one-day international yesterday. Australia already have an insurmountable 4-1 lead in the series and they laboured in the field in
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        55 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Zagreb ZAGREB, Croatia: Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic returned to professional tennis on Tuesday in doubles play at the Zagreb Indoors, losing to Slovak opponents in the first round. He and Croatia’s top-ranked player Marin Cilic were beaten by Filip Polasek and
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        63 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: France coach Laurent Blanc is adamant he will call up whoever he wants for next week’s football friendly against Brazil, despite a call from his country’s sports minister for a ban on the players who went on strike at last year’s
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      96 11 Basketball NBA New Orleans 97 Washington 89, Portland 99 San Antonio 86, Sacramento 90 Boston 95, LA Lakers 114 Houston 106 (OT). Football English Premier League Arsenal 2 Everton 1, Manchester United 3 Aston Villa 1, Sunderland 2 Chelsea 4, West Bromwich Albion 2 Wigan Athletic 2. French Cup
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      46 8 UNITED BY BLOOD New Home midfielder talks of bond with Red Devils’ Park Ji Sung. B10 RED BULL READY F1 champion Vettel steers new car home in opening test session. B10 LIMPING LAKERS Kobe and Co grind out victory despite being far from their best. B11
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      10 8 NEW HEIGHTS Mardan Mamat hopes to continue good run. B11
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      118 9 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team Away Team I (si^fpored^te/tt^ie) A League Melbourne Heart Central Coast Fri, 04/02/11 5.00pm For fixtures of oil E League Champ, Italian and German League, please check Singapore Pools website. >/v/'7 Draw No. 2611/2011 Draw Today. Thursday, 3 February 2011 Group 1 Prize $800,000 Sales
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      175 12 ANNOUNCEMENT Our customer service counter at Toa Payoh North is closed today. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. We will be open from 12.30pm 9.45pm from tomorrow to Sunday for obituary bookings in The Straits Times and Berita Marian. MATS CLASSIFIED Because love never dies. It has heen said that
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    832 12 OBITUARIES ’’Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.’’ Psalm 23:6 CAROL CHONG FIE CHIN Age: 64 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 February 2011 leaving behind loved ones. Husband:
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        498 13  -  STI up 26.38 points in half-day of trade that sees healthy volumes BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg HALF-DAY sessions tend to be a bore with everyone focusing more on the holidays ahead, but yesterday’s effort was a cracker with traders scurrying to give
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        452 13 BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR: Palm oil rose to its highest level in 35 months yesterday on concern that a La Nina weather event that caused flooding in Asia and drought in South America might persist for a further four months. April-delivery
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          211 13 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,457.36 (+182.86) Tokyo stocks surged in heavy volume after global markets rallied on strong manufacturing data, US earnings and easing concerns over the Middle East. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,531.82 (+11.88) Malaysian shares rose 0.78 per cent, with Genting, Sime Darby, Axiata, Petronas
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          374 13 Top Rises Feb 2 CENTS GentingSBNPeCW*****9 84 9.0 12.0 SIA.ES.1102 1478 6.0 0.4 Wilmar.ES.il 02 538 6.0 1.1 CoscoCorBNPeCW*****0 60 5.5 10.1 GentingSBNPeCW*****0 53.5 4.0 8.1 GentingSMBLeCW*****4 22 4.0 22.2 NobleGrpDBeCW*****1 18 4.0 28.6 NobleGrpMBLeCW*****3 21 4.0 23.5 NobleGrpMBLeCW*****3 16 4.0 33.3 GentingSMBLeCW*****2 28 3.5 14.3 KepCorp
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          183 13 By Volume CENTS Vol TopGIobal 1.5 0.0 0.0 96,230,000 GentingSP 213 8.0 3 9 73.287,000 Golden Agri 73.5 1.5 2.1 53.911.000 BerlianLaju 5 0.0 0.0 31.171.000 Tuan Sing 34.5 3.5 11.3 30.670.000 Noble Grp 229 10.0 4 6 25.300.000 GMG Global 31 0.5 1 6 23.901,000 Genting
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          99 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 2 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.328 1.253 Can dollar 1.307 1.257 Euro 1.79 1.722 Sterling pound 2.089 2.009 NZ dollar 1.022 0.974 US dollar 1.29 1.241 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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          404 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 241 183 CapMallsAsia 193 +1 1928 194 191 0.5 9.6 7496.1 425 346 5606 CapitaLand 361 +5 7521 364 358 2.9 13.8 *****.8 216
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          651 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 186 81.7 5550 ARA 166 +5 334 168 162 2.9 24 1159.5 132 99 5600 Allgreen 109 unch 4740 109 107 3.7 10
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        529 14  -  Investors hope new, less restrictive terms will lead to dividend payout BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) has completed the refinancing of its $4.2 billion loan, a move that investors hope may lead to a dividend payout. The completion of the refinancing
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        408 14  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA WHEN it comes to marketing credit card privileges, it seems doing it the old-fash-ioned way with newspaper adverts is best. A new survey has found that such ads are still the most common media source consumers use to find
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          395 14  -  LEE SU SHYAN IMPROVED efficiencies and stronger sales helped global frozen fish supplier Pacific Andes Resources Development post a 0.4 per cent gain in net profits to HK$100.8 million (S$16.5 million) for the quarter ended Dec 28. Revenue was up 10.9 per cent to
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          283 14 REUTERS CHICAGO: The threat that rising input prices pose to corporate profit margins was highlighted again as a number of United States manufacturers reported quarterly earnings. The prices of steel, copper and aluminium key components in many products have crept higher over the past
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          320 14 REUTERS NEW YORK: Pfizer chief executive Ian Read is slashing the massive research budget at the world’s largest drugmaker, to deliver on a 2012 profit forecast and allay Wall Street concerns that the company has become too large. Mr Read, who took over last
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      1037 15  -  Discussing tricky issues before patriarch falls ill could help to minimise disputes BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THERE are few things more riveting than a highprofile family drama, especially one involving an ailing patriarch, poisonous sibling rivalry and lots and lots of money. Think TV
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      276 16 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Egypt’s anti-govern-ment protests, in which demonstrators have clashed with police and burned buildings, may boost commercial insurance prices and squeeze supply of political risk coverage, according to broker Marsh Inc. Premiums will probably rise and the amount of
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      473 16  -  BY ROBIN CHAN ASIA’S voice in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is only going to get bigger, says the fund’s managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. With Asian emerging economies set to outpace growth rates in developed nations, their voting power will continue to
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      101 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Asia risks “devastating” food inflation: IMF L Sing$ hits record high against US dollar MOST COMMENTED ON L Sing$ hits record high against US dollar. Says DimpleGuy: “It means it is more expensive for foreign-owned companies to
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      284 14 SINGAPORE SWEEP Draw No. 02/2011 and 4-D Draw No.3124/2011 Date of Draw: Feb 02, 2011 1st Prize ($2.2 million) 148 1080 2nd Prize ($500,000 407 9493 3rd Prize ($250,000 276 9362 SUPER SWEEP PRIZE $300,000 *****88D If there is no winner for the Super Sweep Prize, $50,000 will be won
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      46 15 SfCl PHOTOBANK FBO nior Minister Goh < Saturday, 15 January 201 V w fj Student receives Edusave award View and buy published and unpublished photos of people and events in the news in and around town from the Spotlight and Happenings sections of the bank. visit http://www.photobank.com.sq
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      269 15 DRINK DRIVING DIDN’T JUST STEAL HIS LIFE IT ROBBED HIS ENTIRE LIFETIME Dearly missed by a loving wife, children, and grandchildren that he will never have. Denied of a future of hopes and dreams that he will never realise. Taken away before his time by the folly of a drunk
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      93 16 Hamilton s c o t t s life’s mo Welcome home t ecious pr r. v if. Hamilton Imagine a home that celebrates your most fervent passions. One of Singapore’s most coveted addresses with only 56 exclusive units. Luxuriate and rejuvenate in the tallest car-porch residence in the world. Anglo-Chinese
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      95 1 CPART Peachy keen on opera Singapore born Australian sings here Homecoming gig Fairytale story A classic updated for young audience Ai Weiwei on his film project C5 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 2011 Capitol Theatre will be redesigned by leading American architect Richard Meier (left). He tells TAY SUAN CHIANG he wants
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      1885 2  -  Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier is aiming to turn the Capitol project into a landmark building in Singapore tay suan chiang taysc@sph.com.sg One of Singapore’s most exciting landmark transformations is in the hands of his company. It involves developing the site of the much-loved Capitol Theatre building and
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        683 3  -  An impromptu performance by singer-songwriter Charles J Tan on the ukulele lands him a spot at a major folk fest in Australia eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Who: Acoustic/soul/pop singer-song-writer Charles J Tan. Born and bred in Singapore, the 36-year-old is based in Melbourne, Australia.
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        906 4  -  Singer-songwriter Chet Lam sounds off on the Chinese pop music scene boon chan media correspondent you.” bchan@sph.com.sg Singer-songwriter Chet Lam is not happy with the state of Chinese pop and no one, not even some acclaimed musicians, are safe from his withering judgment. “In the world of
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        467 4  -  magdalen ng His latest work is based on a story written in the 14th century. But theatre director Goh Boon Teck wants to attract younger audiences with Deciphering The Peach Garden Oath, which will be staged at Huayi Chinese Festival Of Arts on Feb
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        456 4  -  Magdalen Ng It is Shakespeare stripped bare. Hong Kong director Tang Shu Wing’s staging of Titus Andronicus will unfold on a bare stage with the help of seven actors dressed in black and seven chairs as props. Titus Andronicus 2.0, which will be staged at
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        631 5  -  Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s documentary Fairytale looks at 1,001 Chinese citizens’ journeys to a small German town corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Four years ago, 1,001 Chinese citizens descended on the small German town of Kassel. Some had never travelled out of China before. But these were
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        412 5  -  reviewconcert CONSERVATORY PRIZE WINNERS CONCERT I Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra Conservatory Concert Hall Tuesday chang tou liang The Prize Winners Concert is an annual highlight in the Conservatory’s calendar, showcasing the cream of the crop of young musical talents within the Republic. For the
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        118 6 ‘When I come home... I wear no clothes until I leave. I eat naked. I do everything completely naked’ Fashion designer-turned-film director Tom Ford (right) ‘You love eating salted fried chicken, but in your heart you might occasionally think, would a feast be better? But after
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        1046 6  -  The India Art Summit did not have a posh venue but was a huge success in interest and sales culture vulture deepika shetty apt. deepikas@sph.com.sg I had started off early enough for a talk by top contemporary artist Anish Kapoor. But apart from the New
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        314 6 ANIMAL PAINTINGS Singaporean artist Rupa Natarajan explores the rich expanse of South Africa’s nature and wilderness in her art. Her 32 watercolours, 16 oil paintings and 20 sketches depict animals such as zebras, leopards (left), elephants and Cape buffaloes. Where: The Arts House When: Monday to Feb
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        257 7 Taipei Singer Selina Jen (right) will be paid more than NT$100 million (S$4.4 million) in a settlement with the production team of the ill-fated drama I Have A Date With Spring, says Apple Daily. Her record label HIM said on Tuesday that it had reached
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        379 7 Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles Bodybuilding champion, actor and ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (right, with Jack LaLanne’s widow, Elaine) and other bodybuilders remembered the late fitness guru Jack LaLanne as a pioneer and an inspiration. On Tuesday, Schwarzenegger said he first met LaLanne in 1968
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        238 7 Associated Press London Mexico’s ambassador to Britain demanded an apology from the presenters of the popular BBC TV show Top Gear, expressing outrage over remarks characterising Mexicans as lazy and oafish. Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza complained in a letter released on Tuesday that Jeremy
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        143 7 Associated Press Reuters Los Angeles Zsa Zsa Gabor has a high fever, fluid in her lungs, an infection that developed after her recent leg amputation and has not recognised anyone since the surgery, leading doctors to say she probably suffered a stroke, her husband
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          75 7 Golden Globe organisers have shot down a report in which comic Ricky Gervais said he had been asked to host next year’s show, following his recent performance in which he skewered the group that gives away the film and TV awards. “There is no truth
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          36 7 Singer Mariah Carey has confirmed she is expecting a boy and a girl, Life Style magazine said. The twins are due in late April or early May, husband Nick Cannon recently said.
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          86 7 American cable TV channel TNT says Larry Hagman, 79, will reprise his role as villainous oil baron J.R. Ewing in a pilot of an updated Dallas. Fellow Dallas veterans Linda Gray will again play J.R. ’s wife, Sue Ellen, and Patrick Duffy returns as his
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      13 3 Offering Grands from $7,899! Other Models at Affordable Price! New Year Special Offer!
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      200 3 .atp Sentosa Howers 1 presents Spring Wonderland fb v*U-~ -''-V >. r. V 3-13 Feb 2011 10am-10pm flowers.sentosa.com.sg ,3k I? i a~, %k'.n~;T •A. r^J i if I ■AO yi Sentosa Flowers is Back! And it’s bigger and better than ever! Come celebrate the Lunar New Year and bring the
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      59 4 For a hop start in the Year of the Rabbit with the only newspaper on Feb 4... GETYOUR the new/ wow paper IN A GIANT HONGBAO AN EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL CASH BONUS FROM POSB hews i the new/ A chance to win an Apple iPad and other surprise giveaways paper Vixl
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      459 5 r W .«:V« v; 1 ?a JV > X vW/ .V V, .V v*<T I5CS r* R v; X T -> ZS1 -T:%v c c ’■>* p- <:'-■ t» iife.iVv Leap to a Great Rabbit Year with TungLok! The much-awaited Lunar New Year has finally arrived! Arguably the most important
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      248 7 Ea f i i m g a rd e Internet Booking: filmgarde.com.sg LEISURE PARK KALLANG (Level 3) (Please refer to www.filmgarde.com.sg for 4 Feb session time.) I LUMA (Level 5) (Applicable for 4 Feb session time.) Black Swan* Sexual References (Chi) SNEAKS 3.55pm 8.00pm 12.20am All's Well Ends Well 2011*
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      519 7 i I iP 1 7 ft SEXUAL SCENES AND COARSE LANGUAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF SCARY MOVIE 1 THE MOST FEARED MONSTERS IN CINEMATIC HISTORY HAVE MET THEIR MATCH HELS1NG NOW SHOWING I jgtFROM THE CREATOR OF “COJ rf P AND THE PRODUCER OF EVIL \PsOLOMON '“KANE* NOW SHOWING!
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      64 7 *1 MOVIE IN SINGAPORE! CATCH JAY CHOU IN HIS FIRST HOLLYWOOD MOVIE DEBUT! .the ip fVl_ SETH JAY CHRISTOPH CAMERON ROOEN CHOU WALTZ DIAZ (Mi PICTURES piesinis imiMl FILM productioi Mill Hi Sill 1! SHEENIIKT Mil JAMES MS 11 miypoN iEsiiMErnrnnnr ill i IAIII SHIES CREMEI BY ULUnUl 11. I
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      30 8 SONY HD CAMCORDERS WORTH $10,000 TO BE WON PLUS $50,000 IN GRANTS UP FOR GRABS OPEN TO FILM-MAKERS DEADLINE AGED 35 UNDER MARCH 6 Go to www.tnp.sg/fff for more details
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      54 8 —r > r~7 L il_3 FIND THE ONES THAT FIT! Recruit the right people through CATS Recruit. Call 1800 289 8822 or email recruitd>sph.com.sg 1 to advertise. i WAT3 RECRUIT tsi Smile... p> Looking for a camera? Check out CATS FASTADS in The New Paper Digital Gadgets classification. WATS BUY
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      704 8 T" WL 4 9 -A THE SINGAPOREAN FILM YOU MUST WATCH! ★★★V “...THIS IS A GREAT GREAT MOVIE “GREAT TALES OF LIVES LOVES” FOR THE ENTIRE EXTENDED FAMILY.” faKfcflT LUWK> SPH-The New Paper “...STRIKE AN EMOTIONAL CHORD AND BRING A BIG SMILE TO THE FACES OF THE AUDIENCE.” Geoffrey Eu,
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      47 9 MORE CINEMA ADS ON PAGE 7 TO AFILIAL FAULT thenewpaper Exclusives in the only English newspaper tomorrow Watch out for your paperin a giantbao hongbao PLUS YOUR LUCKYNYPAPERCNY PAPER LUCKIESTWUNYPNEW SPOT INORES’PORE?HERE?WHERE?LUCKIESTMANISSHETHEWOMAN SHINEIS SHE THE IN S’PORE? DISFIGUREDACIDWITH ACIDAD,S BY DAD, SHEGIVES FORGIVESINTIHIM IN TIMECNY FOR CNY
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      741 9 CATHAY THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road. Levels 5 ft 6 THE GREEN HORNET* (insdformat) 11.30am, 2.00pm, 4.30, 7.05,9.40pm, 12.15am, 2.50am THE GREEN HORNET* 10.50am, 11.40am, 1,15pm, 2.10,3.40,4.40,6.10,7.15,9.50, 11.10pm, 12.30am, 1.45am ALL'S WELL END'S WELL 2011 10.35am, 12.40pm, 2.45,4.50,7.00,9.10, 11.20pm, 1.30am THE REBOUND* 11.00am, 1.00pm, 3.15, 5.20, 7.25, 9.30, 11.35pm, 1.40am
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      892 9 1900 912 1234 www.gv.com.sg m.gv.com.sg Late night sessions available at all GV Cinemas! Log on to www.gv.com.sg or check movie listings for details. HOMECOMING WIN A TRIP HOME Stand to win a trip home to anywhere in the world worth $2000 with every pair of HOMECOMING tickets! Visit www.gv.com.sg for
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      3261 10 life!L tv today starhub tv tlc ch427 AM 6.00 Planet Food 7.00 My Family Feast 7.30 Glutton For Punishment 8.00 Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory 9.00 Escape/9.30 After 12 10.00 Europe’s Richest People 11.00 16 Children And Moving In PM 12.00 Take Home Chef 12.30 Glutton For Punishment 1.00 Jamie Oliver’s
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      129 10 The weather Occasionally windy with passing showers in the afternoon. SUNRISE 7.17am MOONRISE 7.11am SUNSET 7.21pm MOONSET 7.29pm °C 31/24 AIR QUALITY PSI 33 (GOOD) FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.7m 12.24am SECOND HIGH
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      171 10 Lillian Too’s 2011 forecast Fengshui writer Lillian Too projects ahead into 2011: Is 11/11/11 a good day to wed? Will Jack Neo get lucky this year? Get your new year tips here. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW Which bak kwa is your favourite? RazorTV hits the streets
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      3132 11 life!L tv tomorrow starhub tv tlc ch427 AM 6.00 Fun Asia 7.00 Man V. Food 8.00 Samantha Brown: Passport To Great Weekends 9.00 Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern/10.00 Project Runway 11.00 Duggar Baby PM 12.00 Take Home Chef 12.30 Glutton For Punishment 1.00 Nigella Express 1.30 Rachel Allen: Bake! 2.00
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      124 11 The weather Occasionally windy. SUNRISE 7.17am MOONRISE 7.54am SUNSET 7.21pm MOONSET 8.12pm °C 31/24 AIR QUALITY PSI (GOOD) FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS, CALL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES DIVISION, NEA: 6542-7788 OR GO ONLINE TO www.nea.gov.sg/metsin TIDES TODAY FIRST HIGH TIDE 2.7m 12.45am SECOND HIGH TIDE 3m 11.46am 12.45am (2.7m), 5.56am (1.3m),
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      190 11 Hong Kong’s new sex icon Hong Kong’s new sex icon Miss Hong Kong 2008 finalist Samantha Ko (left) is not shy to say she uses her sex appeal and her neckline to prop up her showbiz career. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW Do you think Singaporeans are
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      539 12 ESPLANADE PRESENTS Esplanade welcomes the Lunar New Year with Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts, showcasing works from some of the regions finest Chinese artists. Plus! A host of free programmes everyday. Come and have a truly inspired start to the Year of Rabbit HUAYI OPENS TOMORROW! Join us as we
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      37 1 108/11/2010 (P) MICA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 2011 THE STRAITS TIMES Your Life. Live it well. Eye, Sports, Aesthetics Critical Illness Centres located at: Paragon Medical Centre Novena Medical Center Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Parkway East Medical Centre
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        461 2  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph.com,sg Fed up of yusheng? Not me. I think it is one of the best things about Chinese New Year. Every year, I hope to set a new record of the number of times I have had the chance
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        1305 4 / 5  -  Having their child close at hand gives working parents peace of mind. It has made life less stressful and even helped some make the decision to have another child. LEA WEE reports LEA WEE leawee@sph.com.sg Having a creche at his workplace was one
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        281 4 / 5 The claim: Eating ginger helps reduce muscle pain and soreness. The facts: Ginger’s ability to calm an upset stomach is well known. However, more recently, scientists have wondered whether its soothing effects might extend to sore muscles. Ginger, a member of the same
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        1150 6 / 7  -  The number of mothers who deliver their babies via Caesarean section is rising. These include women like Madam Chong (right) who choose surgery even though they could have given birth normally. reports LEA WEE leawee@sph.com.sg Madam Magdalene Chong, 38, was
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        434 6 / 7  -  Lea Wee Women who choose a Caesarean section for non-medical reasons are at least 10 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care than those who give birth vaginally. According to a survey published in the January 2010 issue of the Lancet medical journal,
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        370 6 / 7 Los Angeles Times Here is another way to stay “forever young”. Take up aerobic exercises if you are not already into this and stick with it. There is new evidence that aerobics can keep both your ageing brain as well as your ageing body
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        1068 8 / 9  -  Put down that candy bar and get better by adjusting your diet and making lifestyle changes, says MONICA REINAGEL MONICA REINAGEL The writer is a licensed nutritionist and author and writes the Nutrition Diva column for QuickandDirtyTips.com Basically, having Type 2 diabetes means that your blood sugar
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        374 8 / 9 Reuters British scientists suggest that an artificial pancreas can help pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes and claim that their finding could reduce cases of stillbirth and death among diabetic expectant mothers. The experimental artificial pancreas was created by combining a continuous glucose monitor
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        1435 10 / 11  -  This is now possible with a new scalp cooling system which constricts blood vessels around the hair follicles so that less chemotherapy drug reaches the area. reports JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com. sg Weeks after Gabriella completed her first cycle of chemotherapy at Parkway Cancer Centre (PCC), no
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        790 22 What’s causing that pain? Wallets, ponytails and smartphones could be causing you bodily pain. Here are tips on how to stop or alleviate pain you may have triggered yourself Pain can come from a multitude of sources and is felt for various reasons. It can be severe, recurring, bearable
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        1712 12 / 13  -  All stories by Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg As we begin the Rabbit year today, Mind Your Body takes a tongue-in-cheek look at what to expect healthwise for the 12 zodiac signs with the help of Chinese astrologer George Koh of Paramount Astrology. In the weeks leading up
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        807 16 / 17  -  Dietitians give the low-down on the nutritional content of nine popular Chinese New Year food items. They also tell CHIA HUIJUN how you can shave off some calories CHIA HUI JUN Chopsticks are poised. Appetites are at the ready for those traditional Chinese New Year delicacies
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        351 23 For good luck on the first day of Chinese New Year, toss up some prosperity noodles. It is among 150 dishes that have been made healthier through collaborative efforts between the Health Promotion Board and several restaurants here. Unlike the original recipe, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Singapore’s
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