The Straits Times, 6 February 2011

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    24 1 the sunday times FEBRUARY 6, 2011 I 70 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS I MICA (P) 107/11/2010 sp!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 90 cents
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    Lock icon Mubarak quits party post
    787 1 But he remains Egypt’s President; other leaders of ruling party also resign en masse AFP AP New York Times Cairo President Hosni Mubarak yesterday resigned as the head of Egypt's ruling party, in an apparent bid to convince anti-government protesters that he is serious about reform.
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    Lock icon A fresh look for River Hongbao
    358 1  -  Goh Chin Lian Last night’s River Hongbao celebrations had both a touch of the old and the new. A singer from Nanjing, Ms Yao Yunfei, gave a traditional rendition of the Chinese folk song Mo Li Hua, or Jasmine Flower. Also on display at
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      172 1 TORRES’ Liverpool posters: What now? PRIME PAGE6 “POPPING” tiles shock for Sengkang residents HOMEPAGE13 RABBIT year investment tips INVEST PAGES 21&22 SUMIKO TAN wonders how much hongbao money to give LIFESTYLE PAGE10 GRACE NG says China's best lessons are out in the streets THINKPAGE26 TAN HSUEH YUN celebrates Singapore’s hawker
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      Lock icon Two-year probe to catch rogue trader
      633 2  -  33 officers examined enough evidence to build a stack of paper as high as a skyscraper K.C. Vijayan Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg London’s finance police yesterday shed new light on the complex two-year investigation that snared British rogue trader Christian Littlewood and his two Singaporean
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      Lock icon Blaze guts Geylang temple
      85 2 A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at Chong Hood Lim Association, a temple at Geylang Lorong 25A. No one was injured. The temple’s honorary secretary, Mr Sim Piah Hui, 48, said the second and third levels of the three-storey building were damaged. The Singapore Civil Defence
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      Lock icon Enough of hands-off tolerance, says British PM
      714 3 He blasts policy of multiculturalism, says better integration of young Muslims is vital AFP Munich Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Britain’s longstanding policy of multiculturalism as a failure yesterday, calling for better integration of young Muslims to combat home-grown extremism. In his first
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      Lock icon More foreigners applying for casino self-exclusion
      573 3  -  Huang Lijie While many foreigners here flocked to the casinos to try their luck over Chinese New Year, electrician C.L. Chen from China chose to stay away. Mr Chen, who is in his 20s and has been working here for three years, is one
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      Lock icon S'porean's Alaskan trek cut short
      259 3 He was on a pilgrimage to a site in Alaska made famous by the book Into The Wild. But Singaporean Xing Sin Long ended up being led out of the wild by state troopers concerned about his well-being. The 24-year-old had been trekking for five
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        Lock icon It's 'heads you win, tails I lose' for Israel
        841 4  -  NEWS ANALYSIS Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent In Tel Aviv jonathan.eyal@gmail.com Egyptians should “prepare for a war with Israel”, an official of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s biggest political movement, said last week. Mr Mohammed Ghanem, who often acts as the Brotherhood’s
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        Lock icon TAKE COVER!
        27 4 When stones are being thrown, anti-government protesters protect their heads, with anything (clockwise) traffic cone, a metal mesh, bucket, kitchen pot, crate PHOTOS: AFP, AP
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        Lock icon MOST S'POREANS HOME SAFE: MFA
        213 4 Some 225 Singaporeans, including 190 students, have returned home from Egypt over the past week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday. In a press statement providing an update on the returning Singaporeans, the ministry said while the majority had now returned home, a
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        Lock icon Obama raps spies for misjudging Mid-East unrest
        313 4 New York Times Washington President Barack Obama has criticised American spy agencies over their performance in predicting and analysing the spreading unrest in the Middle East, according to current and former American officials. The President was specifically critical of intelligence agencies for misjudging
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      Lock icon Thai-Cambodia border clashes come to a halt
      529 6 But tensions remain high as both sides point fingers in tussle over old temple AFP AP Reuters Xinhua Phnom Penh Thailand and Cambodia agreed to a ceasefire yesterday to halt fighting near a disputed temple that left at least five people dead, but
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      Lock icon US won't call China names over yuan
      537 6 Reuters New York Times AP Washington The Obama administration has declined to name China as a currency manipulator, even though it said the yuan was “substantially undervalued”, sparking fresh calls for legislative retaliation to try to reduce a swelling US trade deficit. The
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      Lock icon Big freeze hits today's Super Bowl in Texas
      147 6 Reuters New York Times Dallas A rare snow storm deep in the heart of Texas has added a surreal touch to today’s Super Bowl between two of the nation’s most successful and popular franchises the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers.
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      Lock icon Torres' exit puts Liverpool sponsors in a spot
      470 6  -  Sanjay Nair Oncean advertiser’s dream, Fernando Torres has now become a marketing problem for Liverpool’s sponsors. Standard Chartered Bank had signed a four-year £80 million (S$ 164.6 million) sponsorship deal with the Merseyside club only last year to have the company’s name
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      Lock icon Church is no place for flip-flops or shorts
      968 8  -  Catholic churches are enforcing dress codes, as more turn up in inappropriate attire Elizabeth Soh esoh@sph.com.sg Wearing one’s Sunday best used to be de rigeur for churchgoers. But growing numbers of worshippers are showing up at Catholic churches dressed in shorts or
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      Lock icon S'porean faces jail in Fiji for forged bank doc
      242 8 A Singaporean man has been found guilty of attempting to use a forged bank draft to transfer 50 million euros (S$88 million) into a business account in Suva, Fiji. According to media reports, Singaporean Poh Chen Shui arrived in Fiji in
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      Lock icon More help for young S'poreans to network in China
      565 8  -  Huang Lijie Young Singaporeans hungry for a slice of the action in a booming China will get a boost from networking group Business China and the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA). Both organisations marked their collaboration in rolling out
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    • [ special report: en bloc effects ]
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        Lock icon FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
        958 10  -  The Sunday Times talks to families whose lives were changed by a collective sale Jessica Cheam Housing Correspondent jcheam@sph.com.sg facebook.com/cheamjessica It is that time of the property cycle again. Mega collective sale launches worth upwards of $500 million have been making headlines. Private property prices
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        Lock icon I wanted to live there for the rest of my life
        468 10 Mr Alan Chow, 67 Retiree, married with two children Former home: Gillman Heights, 1,700 sq ft unit bought for about $300,000 in 1985 when it was first launched for sale. En bloc sale price: $870,000 Now living in: 1,100
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        Lock icon I had to downgrade to smaller flat with lower quality of life
        634 10 Mr Reginald Tan, 50 Director, married with one son, 11 Former home: Gillman Heights, 1,700 sq ft mid-floor unit bought for $545,000 in 1993 En bloc sale price: $887,000 Now living in: 1,600 sq ft Housing Board executive
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        Lock icon We felt like we had to give up our home against our will
        623 10 Mrs Saw Yock Kee, 57 Insurance agency leader, married with one son, 30, and one daughter, 21 Former home: Gillman Heights, 2,000 sq ft ground-floor unit bought for about $650,000 in 2000 En bloc sale price: $870,000
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        Lock icon Sale created economic value, but at what cost?
        525 11 Mr Harish Pillay, 51 IT consultant, married with two sons, 11 and 13 Former home: Gillman Heights, 1,800 sq ft mid-floor unit bought for about $430,000 in 1992 En bloc sale price: $870,000 Now living in: 2,200 sq ft penthouse at Carabelle
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        Lock icon No regrets, despite dear memories of Gillman
        544 11 Mr Robert Wiener, 57 Co-owns a security business and has three children, aged 19 to 27 Former home: Gillman Heights, 1,900 sq ft upper-floor unit bought for more than $600,000 in 1996 En bloc sale price: $900,000 Now living in: 3,660 sq ft
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      Lock icon Sleepless in Singapore
      1196 12  -  Night owls want shops and eateries to close later but manpower crunch is a deterrent Jeremy Au Yong There is nothing to do at night this phrase is becoming an increasingly common lament among Singapore’s night owls. With people now working later and sleeping later, some are
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      Lock icon Jurong Bird Park big on conservation
      988 12  -  Lin Yang Jurong Bird Park, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, can boast a number of feathers in its cap. What began as a collection of 1,000 birds and 63 species in 1971 has grown into one of 4,600 birds and 380 species
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      Lock icon Floor tiles in some Sengkang flats go pop
      431 13  -  HDB residents upset over cracked tiles; contractors say homogenous tiles are prone to this problem Jalelah Abu Baker jalmsab@sph.com.sg Housewife Hong Wong Chu, 50, was in the kitchen of her four-room Sengkang flat last Wednesday afternoon when she heard what she thought
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      Lock icon New travel guide to the 'real Singapore'
      470 13  -  Melissa Lin The use of the term “void deck” is ubiquitous among Singaporeans but to foreigners the term may seem, well, foreign. In a new illustrated book targeted at tourists, author James Suresh explains the concept of the void deck and how it
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      12 13 Head to CATS FASTADS in 9 The New Paper for education options!
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      106 13 APPLY NOW! Enrolment Closing Dates Diploma Courses Majors Singaporean applicants: 31 Mar 2011 International applicants: 28 Feb 2011 NAFA Nanyang Academy Of Fine Arts DIFFERENTTALENTS, UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS 3D design Environmental Design Exhibition Design Furniture Design Interior Design Jeuuellery Design •Object Design ARTS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION •Visual Arts Performing Arts DANCE •Comprehensive
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      Lock icon Horrors, it's the holiday again
      905 14  -  Intense stress from cooking and other chores literally makes Korean women sick Kim Ji Hyun For The Sunday Times In Seoul jemmie@heraldm.com The last thing Mrs Kim Mi Young does during holidays such as the Lunar New Year is celebrate. “Since I got married, the
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      Lock icon Seoul's piracy probe: Findings out soon
      575 14 AFP Seoul South Korea’s coast guard plans to wrap up soon its investigation of five suspected Somali pirates captured in a raid on a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea last month, an official said yesterday. The five Somalis, aged from 19 to 25,
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      Lock icon U.S. NAVY WARSHIPS SINK PIRATE SKIFFS
      112 14 Last Friday, two US Navy warships patrolling the Gulf of Oman disrupted a pirate attack on an oil tanker, the military said. Responding to a call from the merchant vessel Duqm, the USS Momsen and the USS Bunker Hill arrived to find two pirate
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      Lock icon Pentagon worried about China's counter-space ability
      453 14 AFP Bloomberg Reuters Washington–Chinais developing “counter-space” weapons that could shoot down satellites or jam signals, a Pentagon official said as the United States unveiled a 10-year strategy on security in space. “The investment China is putting into counter-space capabilities is a matter of concern
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      Lock icon We're safe, come back, Queensland tells tourists
      747 15  -  Tourist hubs escape damage from cyclone, but suffer as travellers panic and cancel plans Jonathan Pearlman In Canberra jonathanpearlman@hotmail. com Cyclone Yasi may have bypassed Queensland’s main tourism hubs, but the devastating windstorms have led to a massive blow to its image as
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      Lock icon Yasi takes chaos south to Melbourne
      325 15 AFP Tully Heads (Queensland) Torrential rains and flash floods trapped scores of people in homes and cars following a massive cyclone, piling more misery on Australia yesterday after weeks of record inundations. As coastal residents started repairs on homes and farms destroyed by Cyclone
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      Lock icon No losers in revamp of old KL enclave: Najib
      460 16  -  He reassures residents of Kampung Baru and reveals $8.4m plan to upgrade its mosque Hazlin Hassan Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur hazlinh@sph.com.sg Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday sought to reassure landowners in the Malaysian capital’s biggest Malay enclave that they will
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      Lock icon Dispute over temple goes back a long way
      407 16 Reuters Bangkok Thailand and Cambodia routinely pledge cooperation over the temple dispute, give guarantees that their border troops will not engage in hostilities and agree to delineate the border, but the quarrelling never seems to stop. Fighting broke out on Friday and
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      Lock icon Father of India's nuclear doctrine dies
      376 16 New Delhi India is mourning the passing of its greatest strategic affairs thinker and the father of its nuclear doctrine. Mr K. Subrahmanyam, Subrahmanyam, who had been battling cancer, died after a heart attack on Wednesday. He was cremated in New Delhi on Friday
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      Lock icon Split in Moro ranks may derail peace talks
      313 16 AFP Sultan Kudarat (Mindanao) The Philippines’ largest Muslim insurgent group said yesterday that it has a potentially serious rebellion in its ranks after a key leader broke away ahead of peace talks with the central government. Mr Ameril Umbrakato quit the Moro
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      Lock icon India moves against 17 over untaxed 'black money'
      289 16 AFP New Delhi India’s government, under opposition pressure over billions of dollars of untaxed money held overseas by rich Indians, said yesterday that it had begun legal action against 17 people with alleged funds abroad. The issue of “black money” hits a
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      Lock icon Secret of the samurai – a loyal ninja
      93 17 Secret of the samurai a loyal ninja A dog dressed like a “ninja” being led by a woman dressed in a samurai costume during a festival at a shopping mall in Tokyo yesterday. Some 80 people in ninja costumes from the city of Iga in Mie prefecture held the event
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      Lock icon US denies Hmong bid to bury leader with full military honours
      386 17 AFP AP Fresno, California Thousands of ethnic Hmong paid their last respects on Friday to Laotian general Vang Pao, who led a CIA-backed “secret army” in the Vietnam war. But the start of a six-day funeral service was clouded
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      Lock icon Air ticket touts bypass security in Indonesia
      568 17 Desperate travellers pay inflated prices for domestic air tickets that are bought under fake names A special correspondent For The Sunday Times Jakarta Ticket touts are makinguse of securityloopholes at Indonesia’s airports to sell tickets on domestic flights at inflated prices, as they
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      Lock icon THE DAY I FLEW TO BALI AS ‘MR MUNIR’
      496 17 Jakarta I missed an earlymorning flight from the capital to the resort island of Bali in December, but still managed to get a seat on a later flight with a ticket issued to a man. The name on the flight ticket
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Terrorist warns Russia
        96 17 AFP Moscow Russia’s leading Islamist rebel has vowed to make 2011 “a year of blood and tears” in a chilling video message released two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 36 people at a Moscow airport. In the video released late on Friday, Doku Umarov, the leader
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        Lock icon 12 die in minibus crash
        63 17 AFP Beijing Twelve people were killed when a minibus toppled into a reservoir in south-eastern China, state media reported yesterday. The accident happened on Friday afternoon near Shaowu city in Fujian province, when the driver of the minibus with 21 people on board apparently swerved
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        Lock icon Child abduction talks
        93 17 AFP Washington A US envoy will this week head to Japan and South Korea to seek cooperation over abductions of mixed-heritage children, an issue of growing concern in Washington, the State Department has said. Ms Susan Jacobs, whose position of special envoy on children’s issues was created
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        Lock icon US envoy 'to be freed'
        90 17 AP Washington Pakistani officials are indicating that a US diplomat charged with murder in Pakistan may soon be released. Two Pakistani officials in the United States said they expected Raymond Davis to be free in days, once a Pakistani court goes over documents US officials
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    • [ sunday people ]
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        Lock icon European leaders look to daughters for salvation
        887 18  -  Offspring of Berlusconi and France’s Le Pen look set to carry on their fathers’ legacies Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent jonathan.eyal@gmail.com London The last thing Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi needs at the moment is the emergence of another pretty lady claiming to know
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        Lock icon Royal comic in time for nuptials
        292 18 AFP Los Angeles A United States publisher is to produce a comic book about the romance of Britain’s Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton, timed to mark their upcoming wedding. Fame: The Royals is described as a “be-hind-the-curtains look” at the royal couple,
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        Lock icon UK Speaker's wife regrets racy media photos
        346 18 AFP London The wife of a British parliamentarian admitted she had been a “complete idiot” in posing naked, save a bedsheet, for a newspaper. Ms Sally Bercow, 41, appeared in London’s Evening Standard on Thursday wrapped only in a white sheet, standing before
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        Lock icon Palin seeks to trademark her name
        331 18 AP Anchorage, Alaska Mrs Sarah Palin is trying to trademark her name ahead of a possible 2012 presidential run. The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate filed paperwork to register the trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office last November, two
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      Lock icon Germany and France okay bigger bailouts
      425 19 But questions linger due to absence of concrete measures to tackle euro zone crisis AP Brussels Germany and France gave their approval on Friday to expanding the bailout fund that has been propping up the euro zone’s weaklings, but pressed European Union nations to
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon More trading hours
        145 19 Reuters Tokyo The Tokyo Stock Exchange has decided to extend its trading hours from May 9 as part of a plan to boost volumes and fend off growing competition from exchanges in Asia, a spokesman said yesterday. Japan’s main bourse had been looking to shorten the 90-minute
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        Lock icon Profits rise in Japan
        124 19 AFP Tokyo Japan’s major companies enjoyed a 24 per cent profit gain in the three months to December, the fifth consecutive quarterly increase, thanks to brisk foreign demand, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Nikkei business daily carried out a survey covering 859 listed firms that announced
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      Lock icon $18.5m bonus for Diamond?
      287 19 Reuters AFP London Barclays could pay its chief executive a bonus worth more than £9 million (S$18.5 million) for last year, a move that could fuel a bitter row with the British public and politicians over high pay for bankers. Citing unnamed sources, Sky News last
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      Lock icon New BoA unit for toxic assets
      341 19 New York Times News Service New York Bank of America (BoA) has said it would create a unit to handle 1.3 million soured mortgages as chief executive Brian Moynihan tries to distance it from the fallout of the mortgage crisis. It said last Friday
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      Lock icon Market rally expected to continue
      396 19 Reuters New York With earnings continuing to surprise on the upside and minimal technical resistance ahead, the bears may have to wait a bit longer for the much-anticipated end to the current stock rally in the United States. The VIX, a gauge of investor anxiety,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      485 19 Weather Vane Cloudy Storms Auckland Beijing London Washington Showers Clear Brisbane B.S. Begawan Melbourne Sydney Singapore Bali Johannesburg Manila Phuket Today: Adelaide Cairo Chicago Guangzhou Mainly fair. Monday: Mainly fair. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. Outlook: Sunrise Sunset 7.17am 7.21pm Moonrise Moonset 9.35pm 9.15am 31 24 Air Quality PSI: 31
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  • invest
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      Lock icon HOP FOR THE BEST
      995 21  -  Year of the Rabbit holds promise for stock markets, but investors should still play it Lorna Tan Senior Correspondent lorna@sph.com.sg Investors ushered in the Year of the Golden Rabbit last Thursday with much optimism. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2011 is the Year of the Golden
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      Lock icon LOOKING AHEAD
      910 22  -  Lorna Tan Most financial experts are bullish about the outlook for equities compared to bonds in the coming year. Among the markets, Asia (excluding Japan) and emerging markets are expected to benefit from reasonable valuations, good growth prospects and capital inflows from developed markets to developing markets. L
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    • [ me & my money ]
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        Lock icon Expat puts money to work everywhere
        1326 23  -  Indian oil drilling specialist has worked and thus invested in many countries Lorna Tan Senior Correspondent lorna@sph.com.sg His 25-year career in a multinational company in the oil and gas industry has taken him to Kuwait, India, Oman, Iran, Britain, Nigeria, Norway and, since 2005,
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      Lock icon Don't give up on developed markets
      516 24  -  There are still quality stocks up for grabs in the US and Europe, say some fund analysts Gabriel Chen Finance Correspondent gabrielc@sph.com.sg Internationally focused investors may still be hot on Asia and emerging markets, but a growing chorus of fund managers say investors should
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      Lock icon Dreaming of Bali in Punggol flat
      388 24  -  Mr Ryan Yeow tells Kon Xin Hua about his resort-like abode, which reminds him of the Indonesian island of Bali. MY SPACE Kon Xin Hua Mr Ryan Yeow, 31, senior executive L Lives in a four-room HDB premium flat in Punggol L Lives with
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      Lock icon Play the leverage game with great care
      1241 24  -  Genevieve Cua Record low interest rates make debt an attractive proposition, and while warnings abound over the dangers of excessive borrowing, debt can present opportunities you otherwise may not be able to access. One obvious example is the opportunity to own your home.
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    • [ small change ]
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        Lock icon A New Year lesson on investing
        1388 25  -  As we soak in the Chinese New Year festivities, let us also glean some investment tips from its age-old beliefs Gemma Tay The writer is head of deposits, investments insurance strategy at United Overseas Bank. The origin of Chinese New Year is centuries old
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        Lock icon What is investment style?
        233 25  -  FINANCIAL QUOTIENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY FRANKLIN TEMPLETON Lorna Tan Where do you see it? Financerelated news and fund factsheets. Investment styles are approaches used by What does it mean? individual investors or money managers to set asset allocation and pick individual securities for their portfolios.
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      1002 26  -  Life in the country provides an education in how nothing can be taken for granted Grace Ng China Correspondent In Beijing graceng@sph.com.sg Two Chinese friends who work overseas recently told me that they want to bring their children back to be schooled in their
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      975 26  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Deputy News Editor facebook.com/tanhsuehyun One recent Friday morning, three foodies went to Changi Village in search of good nasi lemak. Many people know that one particular stall at the food centre there draws long queues. But that wasn’t
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      768 27  -  Universal gadget for secure transactions sounds good, but mass acceptance is not a given Irene Tham itham@sph.com.sg OpenNet, what? Just when you are wondering why this technology company should matter, another is about to knock on your door. This time, it will be
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      694 27  -  Chua Hian Hou www.facebook.com/ hianhou Several markets like Germany and Hong Kong have rolled out 4G or fourth-generation high-speed mobile data networks, which allow consumers to surf the Internet on the move five to 10 times faster than possible with the current 3G networks. People in
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      748 27 New York Times The DVR rocked the world of television by letting viewers skip commercials and build their own home viewing schedules. Now a handful of Web services and applications are starting to do much the same thing to online publishers. These tools make
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      335 28 EDITORIAL It used to be that the only numbers that mattered in football were the goal scores, play formations and the digits on the backs of the players’ shirts. These days, however, the numbers that count appear to be the ridiculously stratospheric transfer fees and earnings of
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      169 28 Year of the Rabbit Speaking of animal cruelty, it’s the Year of the Rabbit in the lunar calendar, and there’s the cruelty towards these little sweet, timid and most of the time, harmless bunnies. I’ve heard about rabbit meat being on menus in many restaurants in Singapore this year.
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      197 28 QUOTES OF THE WEEK “This is my dear homeland... I have lived in it, I fought for it and defended its soil... On its soil I will die.” HOSNI MUBARAK, Egyptian President, speaking on national television last Wednesday “I want to show that I’m all ready to contribute to the
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        294 28  - 'Vigilante' action to help or not to help? Lionel De Souza The report last Sunday, “Vigilante action ‘not encouraged’”, is perplexing. The advice given was “See but don’t touch” and callthe police instead. This is contrary to what I believe the police encourage the public to do when they witness
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        367 28  -  Heng Teck Seng I was very enlightened by Dr Lee Wei Ling’s article on the plight of the caregiver in Singapore (“Who cares for the caregivers?”, last Sunday). Recently, I visited the Centre for Enabled Living’s website in search of pre-approved courses for caregivers that
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        304 28  -  Juliana Ang (Ms) I refer to Dr Lee Wei Ling’s article (“Don’t take the easy way out”; Jan 16). I was treated by an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon for a nose bleed. Silver nitrate was used to stop the bleeding. Within half
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        114 28  -  Serene Wong (Ms) I refer to the article, “Children must be drilled, says former teacher” (Jan 23). I sincerely hope the next time Ms Jasmine Lee seeks to embarrass other parents of tantrum-throwing kids in public, she would stop first
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        276 28  -  Johnson Tan Dr Lee Wei Ling’s column last Sunday (“Who cares for the caregivers?”) echoed my worries. I am 37 and working. I have a 21/2-year-old son who has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). His sister, who is in Primary 1, is normal. I have
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        92 28  -  Peter Koh The question left hanging in my mind is how long those people with disabled relatives must suffer before the Government works faster (“Who cares for the caregivers?” by Dr Lee Wei Ling; last Sunday). I agree with Dr Lee’s comment that we
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        260 28  -  Wong Chun Han I agree with Mrs Marietta Koh’s views (“The good life can lead to complacency”, last Sunday) that children from rich families often take things for granted, and they cannot take hardship. Her caution against “worshipping mammon” is thus, valid. However, she is
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      341 29 Each week, we publish an extract from a book that is topical or of general interest. Arlene Weintraub, a senior health reporter at BusinessWeek, reveals the economic and cultural impact of anti-ageing medicine and the true costs of the quest for eternal youth. Excerpt Anti-ageing medicine emerged in the
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      897 29  -  Popular term started off as criticism but has lost its bite and thus its attraction Harold James Matteo Albanese Harold James is a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University. Matteo Albanese is a researcher in history at the European University Institute. The term “globalisation”
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      377 29 STREET VIEW “I think more young people are keen on plastic surgery now because they are influenced by the media and celebrities who have gone for it.” CHRISTEL, 16, quoted in a recent article on more teenagers going under the knife. She herself had surgery for double eyelids at 14
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      818 29  -  THE EX-PAT FILES Joel Cooper The writer, from England, is a Straits Times copy editor. He has lived in Singapore for four months. I have always prided myself on my refusal to believe in ghosts. Spine-chilling tales of spectres, spirits and bogeymen leave me totally unmoved.
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      1046 30  -  Annual Chinese New Year event offers crafts stalls and free daily cultural shows Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg The busiest period each year for travel agency boss Lin Dengli, 62, is not the hot travel season in June and December,
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      325 30 Ichiro Ozawa Indicted over political fund scandal Japan’s political kingpin was indicted by court-appointed lawyers last Monday over alleged accounting irregularities by his political fund body. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan, which he once headed, has reportedly started to seriously consider whether or not to insist that the
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      818 30  -  Elgin Toh The move in 2001 by the People’s Action Party (PAP) to field single women candidates for the first time was more deliberate than incidental. An indication of that came in the encounter that marked the start of lawyer Indranee Rajah’s involvement
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    1523 31 OBITUARY With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Executive Director, QAF Limited Mdm Tarn Teh Chuen her Family on the demise of her beloved mother CHAN FUN CHIN on 4 February 2011 From Board of Directors, The Management Staff of QAF Limited KWA TONG KWA SOON GUAN Age: 93 passed away
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      195 33 TVtimes BASKETBALL NBA LA Lakers v New Orleans (Live, StarHub Ch202, 9am). ABL Thailand Slammers v Singapore Slingers (Live, mio TV Ch114, 4pm). CRICKET 7th ODI Australia v England (Live, mio TV Ch123, 11.20am). 3rd ODI Sri Lanka v West Indies, 1st Session (5pm). 2nd Session (9.15pm) Live, StarHub Ch235.
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      461 33 ICC tribunal hands lengthy bans to them for ‘spot-fixing’ match against England AP Doha The International Cricket Council (ICC) found three Pakistan players guilty of corruption on Saturday and banned each of them from cricket for at least five years in the sport’s biggest scandal
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      273 33  -  V.K. Santosh Kumar Singapore scored a creditable four-wicket win over Malaysia in the Asian Cricket Council U-19 Elite Cup in Chiang Mai, Thailand, yesterday. That lifted their chances of entering the semi-final. If they beat minnows Bahrain by a big margin and
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        140 33 AFP Top-ranked Lee Westwood missed the cut at the Qatar Masters on Friday, opening the door for Martin Kaymer to replace him as world No. 1. Not that Westwood, who missed an eagle putt by an inch on his last hole which left him
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        77 33 English footballer David Beckham and his wife Victoria are expecting their first girl after three sons. The couple were said to be overjoyed on Friday after a hospital scan as they had been desperate for a daughter. A family friend told The Sun: “David
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      586 33 NYT Tokyo It was a sumo bout like any other: Two wrestlers grappled at each other, before one sent his opponent tumbling to the dirt. But a text message exchange between the two the previous day suggests that the match was rigged
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      406 33 BASKETBALL NBA Miami 109 Charlotte 97, Indiana 100 Portland 87, Philadelphia 100 New York 98, Toronto 111 Minnesota 100, Orlando 110 Washington 92, Atlanta 101 LA Clippers 100, Detroit 92 New Jersey 82, Dallas 101 Boston 97, Memphis 112 Cleveland 105, Oklahoma City 111 Phoenix 107, San Antonio 113
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        370 34/35 They come in all shapes and sizes to play in the S-League and leave a lasting impression. The Sunday Times begins a six-part preview of the 2011 season today with a look at the foreign imports. Each day will also see a capsule description
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        656 34/35  -  LEONARDO ALEIXO DA COSTA, WOODLANDS Lee Min Kok Aleksandar Duric and Frederic Mendy, the S-League’s top scorers last year with 20 and 21 goals respectively, are probably not used to people staring down at them. Standing at 1.92m and 1.91m respectively, the
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        705 34/35  -  SAFFC look to new signing Karoglan to score like former star Mirko Grabovac MISLAV KAROGLAN, SAFFC Sanjay Nair nsanjay@sph.com.sg “I’ve found another player just like me.” With that verdict, former Singapore Armed Forces FC hotshot Mirko Grabovac convinced Warriors coach Richard Bok that he had unearthed
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        676 34/35  -  LUKA SAVIC, SAFFC Fabius Chen For three years, he was schooled at Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy, which produced the likes of Lionel Messi, twice World Player of the Year, and Xavi Hernandez, the World Cup winner with Spain. There, Luka Savic came up against the
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      192 36 AP Arlington (Texas) Massive shards of ice falling from the roof of the Cowboys Stadium injured seven workers on Friday, as they prepared the venue for today’s Super Bowl (tomorrow, Singapore time). None of the injuries were life-threatening, but the accident highlighted a week’s worth
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      507 36  -  American expats tell of how the final is akin to a religious event back in the US Leonard Lim limze@sph.com.sg Lambeau Field, cheesehead hats and Vince Lombardi may not strike a chord with Singapore sports fans but for American expatriates like John Hallenbeck, they conjure up
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      413 36 AP Arlington (Texas) Dropping back to pass, eyes aimed downfield, Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger seems to have radar scanning the area around him. Without even looking, he knows when defenders are closing in and from which direction. Once he “feels” their presence, Roethlisberger takes
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      417 36 L If you see fans wearing cheese on their heads, you will know that they are fans of the Green Bay Packers, the only team in major American sports to be owned by their supporters. They have won the Super Bowl
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      233 36  - HOT BODS Text and pictures by Nuria Ling If you or your friends fit into our Hot Bods Series, drop us a line and photo at stimage@sph.com.sg Yuen Hui Tian, Age 22 Student Height: 1.61m Weight: 48kg Exercise regimen: My weekly exercise comes mostly from my softball trainings. I train
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      703 37 Arsenal race to 4-0 lead before being pegged back for a point at St James’ Park Newcastle United 4 Arsenal 4 AFP London Newcastle staged one of the greatest fightbacks in Premier League history yesterday, dealing a blow to Arsenal’s title hopes to claim a 4-4 draw
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      338 37 London Substitute Niko Kranjcar’s stoppage-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic 2-1 win over Bolton yesterday at White Hart Lane. Rafael van der Vaart had put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot after a handball by Kevin Davies. The referee pointed to the spot
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      437 37  -  [OFFSIDE] Tay Yek Keak stsports@sph.com.sg On my finest, most joyous day as a Chelsea supporter, a friend sent me this SMS: “Why do you still support Chelski? Now I hate them even more!” She, a diehard Liverpool fan, was hair-tearing livid that
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      577 37  -  THE babies of the racing world will be stepping out for the first time in Singapore this afternoon in the $75,000 Inglis Melbourne Juvenile Stakes over 1000m on the Polytrack. imam DBS Craig Brennan This race forms part of the $1
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      1315 38  -  After all, it’s a fact that almost every player in modern football moves to better his lot HEART OF FOOTBALL Rob Hughes stsports@sph.com.sg “It’s like destiny,” said Fernando Torres moments after signing the contract that completed his move from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50 million (S$102.7
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      326 38 AFP London Fernando Torres has insisted that he is not a traitor for quitting Liverpool for Chelsea. “I have to think about my career. Chelsea want to be the best club in England and to fight for the Champions League,” he said. “When
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      421 38 London Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina insisted he was not bitter about fellow Spaniard Fernando Torres’ Anfield exit as he prepared to face his former teammate today. “It is football. It happens season after season, players come and go,” he said. “Fernando was
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      25 37 Today's race meeting start times: Singapore 12.50pm, Selangor 1.35pm, Australia check website for details. TURF CLUB 1 Turf Club Avenue, Singapore Racecourse, Singapore *****78. www.turfclub.com.sg
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      118 1 SUMIKO TAN It’s hongbao payback time page10 It is a windfall for kids as the arbringsre Chinese New Year brings red LifeStyletalk packets galore. LifeStyle talks nalities,andthei to five personalities, and their howthey children, about how they ooty. deal with the WORKER BEES They keep services going through the holidays
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        858 2  -  Midges, cockroaches, rodents, pigeons and crows can be eradicated if they are deprived of food sources Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Tiny green and black flies, known as chironomid midges, are no longer engulfing the open areas and homes of residents in Bedok Reservoir Road, thanks to the
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        2139 4  -  In an age of extravagance, do parents let their children keep their hongbao money or do they safekeep it for them? Nicholas Yong, Rachael Boon nicy@sph.com.sg rachaelb@sph.com.sg In this day and age, children and teenagers can get as much as $1,000 in hongbao money every year. Most people
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        988 5  -  For a memorable bash, let your guests take part in a cooking class, make pottery or solve a murder mystery Melissa Sim simlinoi@sph.com.sg Good food, drinks and music, check. But is that enough for a buzzing party? Cross. These days, guests do not want to just hang
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        535 5  -  Done with Chinese New Year visiting? Rather than hitting the malls or lazing at home, check out these scenic spots that are sure to be a hit with the family. Tay Suan Chiang WOODLANDS WATERFRONT What: A 19-million, 9ha coastal park (right) and 1.5km-long promenade that was
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        1869 6  -  Thanks to those who work on holidays, things still continue to run smoothly Natasha Ann Zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg Instead of joining the festivities and visiting family and friends on the first day of Chinese New Year last Thursday, some Singaporeans headed back to work. It is
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        766 7  -  You may get struck by lightning while using a corded phone or electrical appliances, experts warn Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg When it rains, don’t ring. A man who lives in Florida recently learnt this the hard way when he was supposedly struck by lightning while using a
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        908 7  -  Relatively Speaking family Lin Wenjian In a society where many parents put their children into enrichment classes, the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC, Mr Baey Yam Keng, bucks the trend. His three primary school children Zo-Er, 10, Zo-Ren, seven, and Zo-Xin, six manage their studies without
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        311 7 Parenting 101 QWhat is the appropriateeo age to expose my children, who are now five and three, to technology such as the iPad, iPhone and laptop as tools for learning? AIn today’s information age, children are increasingly exposedtocomputers andareexpected to be comfortable with technology. But
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        466 8  -  Lin Wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg Marine superintendent Tan Hien Chou, 29, and Ivy Lim, 36, a graphic designer, set aside almost $1,000 for something they had never done before during Chinese New Year: giving hongbao to families and friends. That is because they have shed their single
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        138 8 This Lunar New Year marks new beginnings for three families A steamboat reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year? Check. Going from home to home to dig into festive goodies and get a sugar rush on fizzy drinks? Check. Mandarin oranges exchanged for hongbao with
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        478 8  -  Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg For Mr Victor Yen and Ms Sharon Gin, there will be no alcohol, no mahjong, no yusheng and no bak kwa this Chinese New Year. And not too many visitors, either. They are not party-poopers, just responsible first-time parents. Their daughter, Chloe, was born
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        492 8  -  Lin Wenjian Ever since Mr Daniel Cheong’s eldest son found himself a wife, he has had to fend off the inevitable query each Chinese New Year from relatives: When are they going to make you a grandfather? Mr Cheong brushed them off by saying that the
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        1480 9  -  Nairobi offers a mix of cultures and sights that include wildlife reserves and a tea farm Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg Kenya’s capital of Nairobi is a microcosm of all that Africa has to offer. Downtown, imposing skyscrapers tower overhead and bumper-to-bumper traffic threatens to engulf those who lack the
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        1124 10  -  It’s my first year giving hongbao and I’d never realised the act would be fraught with so many decisions Sumiko Tan sumiko@sph.com.sg Up to last year, I was receiving hongbao during Chinese New Year. I wasn’t the least bit shy about accepting the red packets
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        841 10  -  Sandra Leong suntimes@sph.com.sg Ever since I was old enough to leave the house without parental supervision say, about 14 my mother has lived in fear that something untoward would happen to her youngest daughter. When I started taking public transport, she worried that a
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        750 10  -  Colin Goh Last week, after agonising about it, I made a heartbreaking decision to leave the Wife and Yakuza Baby. I didn’t want to do it, but I had no choice. The situation at home was becoming unworkable. And so now I spend my afternoons with
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        497 11 LUNAR RABBITS AT SINGAPORE ZOO Kids can have fun interacting with rabbits at the Singapore Zoo this Chinese New Year. They can 1 They can pet the unusual Flemish Giant rabbit (left), which can weigh as much as 5kg, and snap a souvenir photograph
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      148 6 Property Prices r ifHSSf* Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in January 2011. This week: 1-10 WATS BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT y LAST CORNER CLUSTER House Surin Road. 4973 sqft 4+1+1 near Kovan/NEX mall. TOP 2012. View by
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