The Straits Times, 18 February 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 64 1 THE authorities in Bahrain launched a crackdown to snuff out a growing anti-government protest. Troops in armoured vehicles took control of key areas of the capital, Manama, after police attacked protesters, killing four people and wounding more than 200. The fallout from the uprisings in Tunisia and
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    • 57 1 FORMER national shuttler Ronald Susilo has inked a sponsorship deal worth $388,000 with Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning. Susilo (above, with fiance Widyana Mulia, left, and Ms Vivien Lim, general manager of Li-Ning South-east Asia) was also appointed Li-Ning’s brand ambassador, and head coach of the Chinese Swimming
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    • 56 1 AN AMERICAN passenger was yesterday fined $2,000 solely for being drunk on a Singapore Airlines flight. When drunk passengers are convicted, it is usually for unruly behaviour. But in the case heard yesterday, Michael David Mitchell, 41, pleaded guilty only to the offence of being drunk
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    • 42 1 AN ARMY captain who became a loan shark’s runner after racking up casino debts was sentenced yesterday to two years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane. Kheng Kok Keong pleaded guilty to harassment. LPRIME PAGE A3
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  • 820 1  -  It projects 3-4% for the year; rising prices likely to be key focus of Budget BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg NEW official projections have confirmed that rising prices will be the key economic issue this year and a major focus for today’s Budget. The Government yesterday raised
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  • 637 1  -  BY RADHA BASU SENIOR CORRESPONDENT radhab@sph.com.sg NEARLY half of all maids placed in homes by maid agencies do not complete even one year of service before they are transferred to new employers or sent home. This figure for maids placed between February 2008 and
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  • 71 1 Marina Bay Sands sparkled last night during its grand opening, marked by fireworks and the launch of Wonder Full, its light-and-water show. The ArtScience Museum at the integrated resort was opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Sands chief Sheldon Adelson declared that the IR is
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  • 791 1  -  BY AKSHITA NANDA STAFF, customers and booksellers were taken aback yesterday by news that Borders Singapore’s Australian parent company, REDgroup Retail, had gone bust. The debt-laden company has been put into voluntary administration, which means it is working with an independent body to find solutions
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    • 76 1 Yanlord chief: From new migrant to clan leader Shake-up in the childcare scene How to look like a ballerina More foreign acts at nightspots LIFE! PAGE C2 PRIME, PAGE A17 IN URBAN PRIME, PAGE A36 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 43 2 WE SAY In urging the Ministry of Finance to spell out a whistle-blowing policy, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee obviously thinks that would bolster existing monitoring and verification measures. But such a policy has inherent limitations. L EDITORIAL PAGE A32
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      • 39 2 COLUMNS The recent wave of change in Egypt appears to have little impact so far on the “cold peace” the country has had with Israel since 1979, says William Choong. L REVIEW PAGE A32
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      • 33 2 Padang in Indonesia is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis but many of its citizens do not fully comprehend the danger, says John McBeth. L REVIEW PAGE A35
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      • 41 2 OUR READER SAYS The Budget should strive to lower the cost of living so that Singaporeans won’t have to struggle to make ends meet and can have time to make babies, says Peter Loon. L FORUM PAGE A37
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      • Article, Illustration
        11 2 www.straitstimes.com L Nirmal Ghosh on the challenges of HIV-Aids.
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    • 1059 2  -  Recent rise in wages looks set to persist, driving up inflation here BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has been blessed with low inflation for much of its short history. But in the years ahead, Singaporeans may have to contend with higher inflation than they are
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  • prime.news
    • 360 3  -  BY SELINA LUM A PROBATIONARY driver who caused a fatal accident will now be barred from taking the wheel for six years, not one, after a successful appeal by prosecutors. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, who extended the driving ban on property agent
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    • 106 3 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers inspecting a van that caught fire along East Coast Parkway yesterday at around 11.20am, near the Fort Road exit. The driver, Mr Jumaat Mohd Shanusi, 46, was ferrying two Air India pilots from the airport to Regent Hotel
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    • 686 3  -  He had agreed to act as runner in order to clear his own casino debt BY KHUSHWANT SINGH THAM YUEN-C khush@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg WHEN army captain Kheng Kok Keong went to the casino at Resorts World Sentosa last year, that first visit got him
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    • 1030 8  -  He was passionate about food even in his last moments CELEBRITY CHEF’S DEATH BY HUANG LIJIE JALELAH ABU BAKER lijie@sph.com.sg jalmsab@sph.com.sg SPANISH chef Santi Santamaria was holding court in the kitchen of his Marina Bay Sands (MBS) restaurant and speaking passionately about food to
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    • 582 8  -  BY TAN HSUEH YUN DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR THE text message was the sort you hope never to get: “Santi suffered a heart attack over dinner. Word is, he didn’t make it.” We had been scrambling for hours before that, trying to find out what
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    • 589 8  -  BY ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT A MAN who punished his two young sons by beating and burning them has been given 48 months’ jail and eight strokes of the cane. In passing sentence yesterday, District Judge Ronald Gwee said the acts
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    • 171 10 PROSPECTIVE employers can log on to the new Employment Agencies’ directory at http:// mom.gov.sg/eadirectory The directory lists each agency’s placement volume and what percentage of its maids were transferred at least three times in the past year. It also provides data on domestic
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    • 397 10  -  RADHA BASU THE move by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to post performance data of employment agencies online has received the thumbs-up from employers. Housewife Cheong Szu Yen, who is in her late 30s, said the new employment agents’ directory would ensure that prospective
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    • 585 15  -  Fifa, Uefa lose bid to sell World Cup and Euro Championship rights to pay-TV operators BY ABDUL HAFIZ hafiz@sph.com.sg WHILE Singaporeans paid some of the highest fees in the world to watch last year’s football World Cup in South Africa, their
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    • 504 15  -  BY LEE MIN KOK FORMER national shuttler Ronald Susilo’s aspirations to become a top coach received a boost yesterday when he inked a sponsorship deal worth $388,000 with Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning. As part of the sponsorship, he was also appointed Li-Ning’s brand ambassador, and
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    • 609 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HALONG BAY (Vietnam): An anchored boat packed with sleeping travellers sank early yesterday in Vietnam’s scenic Halong Bay, killing 12 people from nine countries in the country’s deadliest tour boat accident in more than two decades.
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Graphics adapted from REUTERS  -  609 words
    • 650 16 Outplayed, outwitted by an IBM computer Machine outshines human champions on game show Jeopardy! REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: An IBM machine bested man two champions, actually on the popular American quiz show Jeopardy! after a three-day showdown that ended on Wednesday. It was nearly all elementary for Watson,
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  650 words
    • 494 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A powerful solar eruption that triggered a huge geomagnetic storm has disturbed radio communications and could disrupt electrical power grids, radio and satellite communications in the coming days, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has said. A
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  • prime.budget 2011
    • 565 4  -  Govt sticking to 4% to 6% forecast for this year after record expansion BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg THE Government confirmed yesterday that the economy grew at a record pace last year, though the revised figure is lower than the earlier flash estimate. Gross domestic product
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    • 724 4  -  BUDGET PREVIEW SERIES This is the last of a special 10-part series in which The Straits Times explores some of the key issues expected to be tackled in the Budget today BY CHERYL ONG ASK 84-year-old Sani Bedol what he spends most of his
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  • prime.opening of mbs
    • 392 6  -  BY RACHEL CHANG MARINA Bay Sands (MBS) was declared fully open by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The last section of the integrated resort to be unveiled was the lotus-inspired ArtScience Museum. The marriage of the disciplines of art and science is
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    • 564 6  -  Contribution puts them well on track to hit $5.4b target by 2015 BY NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S bet on the two integrated resorts (IRs) has reaped higher-than-ex-pected returns and a lot sooner too. Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)
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    • 386 6  -  NG KAI LING LESS than a year after Marina Bay Sands (MBS) opened its doors, its bosses are already thinking of expanding if given the opportunity. “We are already running out of meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) space,” said Mr
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  • prime.borders in trouble
    • 457 12 THE Australian book industry was in shock yesterday after the parent of the country’s oldest and largest bookstore chain, as well as its Borders bookstores, went bust. In a strange twist of fate, the bombshell came a day after Borders Group in the United States
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    • 580 12 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: In the wake of Borders filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Wednesday, the struggling book industry is now wondering what and who is next. The troubles of Borders the 40-year-old chain that helped define the age
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    • 234 13 Canon Delighting You Always ThinkEgl Hci anon to YOUR 0 EMPOWERED OWER WINNER Yctrom EUTREPREnEUR AWARD 2C10 i i Ivy Low, 27, dreams of setting up White Angel Caregiver’s Consultancy. A place where caregivers can obtain the proper training and support they need to care for the sick and elderly.
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  • prime.middle east unrest
    • 948 14 4 killed, hundreds injured as police tackle protesters; capital shuts down ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANAMA (Bahrain): Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators in the dead
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    • 299 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES L POLITICAL SYSTEM THE tiny Gulf state of Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy run by a government appointed by its ruler, King Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. About two-thirds of the Cabinet members, including the appointed prime
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    • 607 14 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: From northern Africa to the Persian Gulf, governments seem to be floundering over just how to outrun mostly peaceful movements which are not yielding to the usual problem-solving formulas. The protests have convulsed half a dozen countries, with tens
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    • 199 14 How Egypt choked off Internet access, World Page A29 Israel and the Arab wind of change, Review Page A32 Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? Booming Business “Started in United States Expanded to Australia,
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    • 19 14 Model Christy Yow regrets posing for men’s magazine WHY I WON’T DO SEXY SHOOTS AGAIN The New Paper on
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  • prime.special report
    • 1004 17  -  About 55 centres closed each year in the past six years. Yet new centres are sprouting up at breakneck speed. Theresa Tan digs into the industry Theresa Tan theresat@sph.com.sg A SHAKE-UP is happening in the childcare business here. Big foreign players are muscling in on
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    • 521 17 THE big boys in the childcare industry have just got bigger. And one of the biggest here is Knowledge Universe a private education firm founded in the United States that runs more than 3,700 institutions globally. In a low-profile acquisition in 2007,
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    • 16 17 Joanne Peh wants to play stripper Rose Chan I WILL BARE ALL FOR THE CAMERA thenewpaper
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  • WORLD.
    • 908 20  -  Many fear it will lead to pollution, traffic snarls and a drop in business BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT elizlooi@sph.com.sg Source: ERE Consulting Group KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition is mounting against a multibillion-ringgit subway project in the Klang Valley from those closest to it
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    • 372 20 REUTERS BANGKOK: Thailand expects to sign an agreement with China in April to codevelop a 150 billion baht (S$6.3 billion) high-speed rail project, a senior Thai government official said yesterday. Under the deal, the 620km high-speed railway project from north-eastern Nong Khai province, which
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    • 100 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L German admits to fathering seven with stepdaughter L Dalai Lama nephew hit by car, killed on US walk MOST COMMENTED ON L World food prices hitting danger levels Says careconnect: “For decades, meat has been on the
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    • world.regional
      • 86 21 A Chinese girl posing amid a sea of lanterns in Beijing on Tuesday. The lanterns were being prepared for yesterday’s celebrations to commemorate the 15th day of the Chinese New Year. Known as the Lantern Festival, or Yuan Xiao Festival, the event is observed by
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      • 604 21 They can sue to recover money and property given to mistresses NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: Sallying forth into the ancient battleground of extramarital affairs, China’s top court appears poised to side with wronged wives against philandering husbands and greedy mistresses. Under a draft
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      • 352 21 BEIJING: China has ordered all dairy products to be tested for a cancer-causing element that was added to make their protein content seem higher, local media reported. The Ministry of Agriculture issued a notice last week that said all fresh milk
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      • 470 22 New facility more sophisticated than its first, say experts REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: Satellite images show North Korea has likely completed a second long-range missile launch pad, said experts yesterday, amid US concerns that Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programme is fast becoming
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      • 267 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Honda is recalling nearly 700,000 Fit, Freed and City model compact cars worldwide for a defective spring part that may cause the engine to stall. The car giant’s latest recall will affect more than 220,000 units in mainly South-east Asian
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      • 448 24 Govt wants more time to consider immunity issue in shooting case REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LAHORE (Pakistan): A local court yesterday adjourned until next month a decision on whether an American who killed two Pakistani men had diplomatic immunity in a case that has
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      • 165 24 BANDA ACEH: Indonesian marine police picked up 129 starving, dehydrated people whose boat engine broke down while they were fleeing Myanmar. Police Colonel Muhammad Zaini said fishermen found the rickety, 14m-long boat off the coast of westernmost Aceh province and towed it to shore early
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      • 316 24 JAKARTA: Indonesian officials have denied reports of a ban by Saudi business leaders on the hiring of migrant workers from their country. On Tuesday, the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry was reported to have imposed the ban because of
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      • 767 25  -  Embattled Indian PM’s media outreach generates scathing reactions from commentators NEWS ANALYSIS BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Behind his back, some key figures in his Congress party refer to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as “MKK”. That is short for “Mein
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      • 438 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thailand will call elections before June, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said yesterday, providing the first test of support for the government since it came to power three years ago in the polarised country. “I can guarantee it will
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      • 691 26  -  Experts call for better coordination to curb trade in illegal products BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: Last November, detectives from India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized an innocent-looking shipment of gas cylinders that had arrived in New Delhi from the
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      • 386 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A man believed to be one of Thailand’s most prolific lizard poachers was arrested with hundreds of water monitors destined for Chinese dinner plates, the authorities said yesterday. More than 200 reptiles were discovered in wa-ter-filled tanks in
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      • 207 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: A plan to build a controversial coal-fired power plant in Malaysian Borneo has been scrapped over fears of its impact on the environment. Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman said coal would not be used as an
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    • world.international
      • 455 27 Politicians still squabbling 249 days after polls last June failed to produce an outright winner AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday snatched Iraq’s dubious record as the country boasting the world’s longest political crisis of recent times, an event to be cheekily marked by a
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      • 464 27 REUTERS LONDON: Britain will hold a referendum on May 5 to change the way legislators are elected, a vote which will divide the parties in the ruling coalition. The referendum will ask the public whether they want to replace the
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      • 248 27 REUTERS BERLIN: Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has dismissed accusations of plagiarism as “fanciful”, as newspapers said Germany’s most popular politician passed others’ work off as his own in his doctoral dissertation. The Sueddeutsche Zeitung said Mr Guttenberg who is considered a possible
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      • 354 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: You would not want to throw these toys in the playroom bin, even if you had one big enough. A collection like no other is going on sale: 35,000 vintage toys and trains assembled by an American collector over
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      • 422 28 But the PM is happy to see his two ministers join male pram-pushers on state payroll REUTERS OSLO: Norway’s governing Cabinet is seriously undermanned, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg couldn’t be happier. One of his signature issues has been expanding the “father quota” in Norway’s
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      • 512 29 Naval vessels’ plan to sail through canal raises tensions with Israel ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO: Will they or won’t they? Iran kept everyone guessing yesterday over whether it was sending two naval vessels through the Suez Canal to
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      • 960 29  -  BY JEREMY AU YONG FOR a few days in December 2006, millions of people across Singapore and East Asia experienced their own Egypt moment: an Internet blackout. The disruption occurred when several submarine cables linking countries in the region to the rest of world
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      • 526 30 Stepsons tell court about sexual and physical abuse ASSOCIATED PRESS KOBLENZ (Germany): Two more stepsons of a German man on trial for sexually assaulting his daughter and two stepchildren confronted him yesterday with further accusations of sexual and physical abuse. On the third day
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      • 668 30 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: A teenage Somali pirate who seized a US ship for five days and played Russian roulette with the captain, pointing a gun at him and laughing when it clicked but did not fire, has been
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      • 383 31 It will take 10% cut of transaction revenue, as opposed to Apple’s 30% AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS SAN FRANCISCO: Google has launched an online payment platform for digital newspapers and magazines, with the Internet giant taking a 10 per cent share
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      • 199 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Animal rights activists in China say a magic trick with goldfish swimming in sync on a TV show may have involved abuse including implanted magnets. Rights groups’ outrage prompted the state broadcaster to cancel an encore performance yesterday. Millions
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      • 116 31 REUTERS RUMOURS were flying on Wednesday that Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was receiving treatment for cancer at the Stanford Cancer Centre in California, with some tabloid publications saying he had only weeks to live. A report in the National Enquirer with pictures
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 84 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO: CT scans, MRIs and other pricey imaging tests in the United States are often for the doctors’ benefit, new research says. Roughly one-fifth of tests that bone and joint specialists order are done because doctors fear being sued, not because the patients
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        • 101 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Two prisoners were shot dead and up to 40 injured after the discovery of an apparent escape attempt from the maximum-security wing of a Thai jail sparked a riot, an official said yesterday. Around 50 inmates armed with knives, rocks and bottles attacked
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        • 100 31 REUTERS TOKYO: Sixteen critics of Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that they would leave the ruling party’s Lower House caucus, widening a party rift and casting doubt on Bills underpinning a workable budget. The lawmakers, who submitted a request to the Democratic Party of Japan
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        • 91 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China said yesterday that it wants to push forward health reform efforts this year with new targets promising expanded insurance for the urban population and higher subsidies for the poor. Public health care in China has been underfunded for years, and the high cost
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        • 70 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: An Australian diver was killed by sharks in the southern region of the country yesterday, police said, in the second fatal shark attack in Australian waters in more than two years. The abalone diver was thought to have been returning to the surface
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        • 79 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS Junta poll panel YANGON: A top member of Myanmar’s junta was appointed head of the country’s new election commission yesterday, a lawmaker said. Mr Tin Aye was a lieutenantgeneral and the sixth-ranking member of the junta until he retired from the military to
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    • 454 32 HOW much further beyond existing monitoring and verification measures can a whistleblowing policy go in uncovering or deterring fraud in statutory boards? In urging the Ministry of Finance to spell out such a policy, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) obviously believes it would add much to
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    • 889 32  -  FOREIGN MATTERS BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg IN RECENT weeks, a wave of change has engulfed Egypt and surrounding Arab states. But where Egypt’s relationship with Israel is concerned, underpinned as it is by their historic 1979 peace treaty, there appears to
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    • 923 32  -  BY RAJA ZARITH IDRIS The writer is Royal Fellow, School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and holds a BA (Honours) degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford. She is also the current Sultanah of Johor. This article appeared first
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      • 711 34  -  ASK: NUS ECONOMISTS BY CONNIE CHUNG The writer is a lecturer at the NUS department of economics. L ALTHOUGH reserve requirements are powerful tools, they are seldom used as instruments of monetary policy. Why is that so? And why does China use reserve requirements to
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      • 903 35  -  BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com IT IS called, without undue hyperbole, the most vulnerable city in the world 850,000 people living on the edge of a wildly volatile tectonic boundary, facing a disaster of epic proportions that could happen tomorrow, next year or in
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      • 1633 36  -  He came, he saw, he decided to make Singapore his home. Last month, Mr Zhong Sheng Jian became the first China-born new immigrant to be elected vice-president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The head of Yanlord Land group
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      • 529 36 WHEN his name surfaced in Forbes Asia magazine’s annual list of global billionaires in 2007 as the fourthrichest Singaporean, many people were baffled. He was ranked only behind Far East Organisation’s Ng Teng Fong, United Overseas Bank’s Wee Cho Yaw and Hong Leong Group’s Kwek
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      • 281 37  -  ONE MAN’S WISH Peter Loon THE annual Budget is one of the most anticipated items on the national agenda. Everyone hopes to benefit in some way. Of late, the Government has been proactive in encouraging Singaporeans to have babies, and subsidising, in one way or
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      • 215 37  -  Yvonne Lee (Miss) WHILE the buzz leading to today’s Budget is palpable, I am less enthused for two reasons. First, my home address. Based on my pay, I am considered middle-income. But because the Government chooses to look instead at the address written on
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      • 249 37  -  Jaya Prakash YESTERDAY’S report (“SDP proposes defence spending cuts”) makes me wonder if the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is serious about wanting to be taken seriously. Nobody knows better than the SDP does that a general election will be called soon. It is in
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      • 139 37 Slashing taxes, fare cut MR TAN PANG SOON: “The Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) is largely proposing cuts in taxes and the defence budget (‘SDP proposes defence spending cuts’; yesterday). The
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      • 60 37 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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      • 103 37 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR BENJAMIN YEO: Live within your means 2 MR HO CHWEE MENG: Legislate coverage for pre-existing illnesses 3 MR TAN YONG SANG: Wrong to base property tax on land size 4 MR PATRICK SIO: Legally, Govt has option to levy tax based on
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      • 211 37  -  Miss Angela Soo Director (Corporate Communications), NTUC FairPrice WE THANK Ms May Tan (“Fine trolley recalcitrants”; Tuesday) and agree that abandoning trolleys is inconsiderate. Efforts to urge shoppers to be considerate and return their trolleys have shown good results as there
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      • 133 37  -  Lee Chiu San THE problem of fatalities among motorcyclists has to be put into perspective (“Have lane restriction and lower speed limit for motorbikes”; Feb 9). Most motorcycle riders are young. On average, they have less road experience than car drivers, who comprise representatives
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      • 320 37  -  Farah Abdul Rahim (Ms) Director, Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower WE REFER to the recent article (“Few existing maids have asked for pay rise”; Feb 8) and the letter by Ms Stephanie Chok on the cost of hiring a maid (“Cut
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    • 749 1  - Man fined for being drunk on flight It may be first case without conviction of unruly conduct BY ELIZABETH SOH esoh@sph.com.sg AN AMERICAN passenger was yesterday fined $2,000 solely for being drunk on a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight, in what is believed to be the first such case here. When
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    • 114 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L I didn’t treat her like a sex slave: Alleged rapist MOST COMMENTED ON L More switching careers to teach. Says luxury2720: “Join teaching only if you love children, want to chart their future path, make a difference
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    • 428 2  -  BY DARYL CHIN IT IS a common complaint: You answer a call from an unfamiliar number, and a stranger asks if you would like to purchase goods, take part in a survey or be given financial advice. Mr Derek Lim, 33, feels the
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    • 571 2  -  MDA vehicle has features to help kids be more aware of dangers online BY CHUA HIAN HOU chuahh@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/hianhou A BUS is helping to drive a new initiative to put youth on the right road to cyber wellness. Fitted with Internet kiosks featuring a
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    • 234 2  -  KARAMJIT KAUR CHANGI Airport is off to a flying start this year. It handled 3.79 million passengers last month, a jump of almost 12 per cent from a year ago. Traffic carried by low-cost carriers such as Jetstar, AirAsia and Tiger Airways grew
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    • 327 4  -  JALELAH ABU BAKER THE police yesterday arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman who was found dead in a Yung Ping Road flat in Taman Jurong a day earlier. The suspect, a Singaporean, was arrested at Causeway Point shopping
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    • 655 4  -  Joint effort targeting South Sumatra will try to replicate success seen in Jambi region BY AMRESH GUNASINGHAM amreshg@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has offered to collaborate with Indonesia on a second project in the fire-prone Sumatra region, a source of much of the haze that has come
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    • 803 6  -  Her form of disease is uncommon, though TB cases on the rise since 2006 BODY FOUND IN RIVER VALLEY ROAD BY TEH JOO LIN, POON CHIAN HUI joolin@sph.com.sg chpoon@sph.com.sg THE Filipino maid whose body was found in the middle of River Valley Road under
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    • 460 6  -  BY ANDREA ONG THE leaders of Mongolia and Singapore yesterday highlighted the growing economic ties between the two countries and called for greater cooperation in future. There are “wide opportunities” to develop cooperation in fields such as trade, investment, the mining industry and infrastructure,
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    • 454 8  -  She gets $7,000 fine and five-year driving ban; maid’s act of saving boss’ child had touched many BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg MAID Puji Astutik gave up her life to save her employer’s baby daughter. Just before a bus hit her at a pedestrian
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    • 318 8  -  BY TESSA WONG SOCIOPOLITICAL blog The Online Citizen (TOC) has become the first website to be gazetted as a political association, five weeks after it was first notified of the Government’s intention to do so. The Registry of Political Donations said yesterday that the move
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    • 168 8 IN A sign of closer security ties between Singapore and China, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam will sign a memorandum of understanding on security cooperation with his Chinese counterpart today. The MOU, which he will sign with State Councillor and Minister of Public Security
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    • 329 10  -  Dad, 38, gets 12-month sentence after pleading guilty BY ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A MAN who sexually abused his four-year-old daughter was jailed for 12 months by a Community Court yesterday. The 38-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of
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    • 299 10 A FORMER lecturer with a private institute who divulged examination questions to three international students was fined $14,000 yesterday. Isabelle Krishnan, 38, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $1,350, this being the sum she obtained from them. Krishnan, who taught English
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    • 317 10  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH AMERICAN businessman Kamari Kenyada Charlton, 37, pleaded guilty yesterday to five charges of cheating in a case involving a telephone scam in Australia. A district court here heard that calls had been placed from Singa-pore-registered numbers to elderly persons in Australia, to
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    • 212 10 A FULL-TIME national serviceman has been arrested on suspicion of having harassed people who owed money to loan sharks. Believed to be in debt himself, the 21-year-old is said to have been roped in by illegal moneylenders, and is thought to have harassed
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    • 174 10  -  ELENA CHONG A YOUNG Korean student has been accused of molesting seven women in the Buona Vista and Dover areas. Jung Suk Won, 16, who studies at an international school, made his third court appearance yesterday. He was charged last month with molesting his
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    • 140 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Gattuso apologises for headbutt on Tottenham coach L Back to Square One for Motorsports Hub? L BG Lim to head Singapore Sports Council MOST COMMENTED ON L Foreign coach to hone Cubs’ potential Says S. Manimaran:
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    • 668 12  -  43 medallists, including Tao Li and Gai Bin, earn a total of $4.22 million BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg THE traditional Chinese New Year dish of yu sheng (raw fish salad) was tossed with extra gusto by Singapore’s top athletes last night, when they enjoyed their biggest payday.
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    • 237 12  -  Singapore’s top performers at last year’s Asian and Commonwealth Games will bank in handsome rewards for their medal feats. Here are the big earners. TEXT: PHOTO: CHAN U-GENE Tao Li Total prize money: $300,000 (Swimming): Asian Games 1 gold (individual) 1 silver (individual) Gai Bin Total prize
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    • 318 12  -  BY CHAN U-GENE THERE were big smiles and hearty chatter all around the Grand Copthorne Waterfront ballroom yesterday when Singapore’s athletes received their Multi-Mil-lion Dollar Award Programme cash awards on the final day of Chinese New Year. One of the widest grins of the
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    • 626 13 Wenger says win gives Arsenal much-needed confidence in return leg AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger insisted Barcelona remained favourites to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals after Arsenal came from behind to score a dramatic 2-1 victory over the Spanish giants. A goal apiece from Robin
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    • 851 13  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg BARCELONA in full flow, stitching up teams with a silk thread, technique mastered till it looks like a natural gift, is as beautiful as Michelangelo’s David and the Taj Mahal. But they are no unchanging stone
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    • 635 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Arsenal and England say they are ready to build their teams around Jack Wilshere, and the 19-year-old midfielder showed just why with a stunning individual display against Barcelona on Wednesday. Up against the formidable midfield trio of Xavi Hernandez, Andres
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    • 280 13 BERNE: AC Milan captain Gennaro Gattuso has escaped an assault charge, which carries a minimum three-match ban, for his head-butt on Tottenham assistant coach Joe Jordan in Tuesday’s Champions League clash. Instead, the 33-year-old midfielder had been charged by Uefa, European football’s governing body,
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    • 490 14  -  Defending champions profit from Geylang’s weak defence in opener Geylang United 0 Etoile 2 BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg ETOILE goalkeeper Antonin Trilles proudly showed off his clean gloves at the end of the team’s 2-0 win over Geylang United last night. The 28-year-old was rarely troubled
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    • 483 14  -  SANJAY NAIR WITH less than five months to go, ticket sales for the 2011 World Netball Championship are going well. Organisers revealed yesterday that all Gold ($380 for final three days) and Platinum ($550 for all eight days) packages, which went on sale last February, have
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    • 467 14 Today Football S-League: Gombak United v Tampines Rovers (Jurong West, 7.30pm). German Bundesliga: Nuremberg v Eintracht Frankfurt (Live, StarHub Ch222 HD Ch255, tomorrow, 3.25am). Golf Avantha Masters: Day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch213, 4pm). Northern Trust Open: Day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch213, tomorrow, 4am). Table tennis UAE Open:
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    • 231 14  -  BY LEE MIN KOK SINGAPORE’S Olympic football team have cancelled their three-day training trip to Dubai as there is no certainty that their Feb 23 pre-Olympic qualifier against Yemen will go ahead. The Republic’s Under-23 side had been scheduled to leave tonight to prepare for the
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    • 462 14 Basketball NBA Orlando 101 Washington 76, Toronto 95 Miami 103, Boston 94 New Jersey 80, Cleveland 104 LA Lakers 99, Detroit 115 Indiana 109 (OT), NY Knicks 102 Atlanta 90, Minnesota 90 LA Clippers 98, Dallas 116 Sacramento 100, Houston 105 Philadelphia 114, Milwaukee 87 Denver 94, Utah 100
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    • 29 14 “It’s a horrible question but I would say I would.” Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, when asked if he would put Champions League glory above another English Premier League title
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      • 53 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANAMA: The GP2 Series race scheduled to take place in Bahrain this week has been cancelled because of pro-democracy protests. The move by the organisers of Formula One’s feeder championship comes three weeks before the scheduled F1 Grand Prix season opener in Manama
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      • 96 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A judge yesterday cleared the way for former Liverpool owner Tom Hicks to pursue a damages claim in Britain over the sale of the English football club, but blocked an attempt to seek compensation in the United States. High Court
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      • 64 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: A trio of Brazilians gave Shakhtar Donetsk a shock 3-2 victory at Roma on Wednesday to put the Ukrainians in firm control of their Champions League second-round clash. Jadson, Douglas Costa and Luiz Adriano all found the net in the space of
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      • 68 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PATTAYA: South Korea’s Kim In Kyung tied the tournament record with a first-round 63 at the LPGA Thailand yesterday to take a three-stroke lead over golf’s world No. 1 Tseng Ya-ni. The seventh-ranked Kim struck nine birdies in her flawless round, three
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      • 81 14 REUTERS TORONTO: Former favourite Chris Bosh made light of a hostile reception from the fans that used to adore him on his first visit to Toronto since joining the Miami Heat, helping his new team record a 103-95 victory on Wednesday. The forward scored
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    • 511 15 Holders slump to third straight loss, this time to bottom side Cavs ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND: Kobe Bryant slipped a black backpack across his shoulders and left Quicken Loans Arena without talking about what had just happened. After losing to the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers, America’s season-long punchline, nothing
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    • HORSE RACING
      • 537 15  -  Michael Lee WITH a new contingent of two-year-olds filling out most of his boxes these days, trainer Patrick Shaw has not been enjoying the same depth among the older horses, which partly explains his skeleton team this weekend three runners tonight and one solitary runner
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      • 314 15  -  Written by Craig Brennan AS strapper of dual Cox Plate winner Sunline, Claire Bird (pictured) got to see a lot of the world. Times have since changed. She now sits in an office and attends the races as a racing manager these days. As
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    • 345 15 REUTERS LONDON: Nick Heidfeld will replace injured Polish driver Robert Kubica at next month’s Bahrain Formula One season-opener. Lotus Renault said the experienced 33-year-old German would test for the team at Spain’s Barcelona circuit this week and race alongside Russian Vitaly Petrov at the
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    • 234 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: The opening ceremony of the cricket World Cup got under way yesterday with the captains of the 14 competing teams paraded through Dhaka’s historic Bangabandhu Stadium in colourful rickshaws. Protected by a sheet of bullet-proof glass, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
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    • 685 16  -  S’pore team for Asian Women’s T20 event are well prepared: Coach BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR santosh@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) is looking to its women cricketers to shine at the Asian level, after the men’s team were relegated from the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Elite group last
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    • 314 16  -  V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR MAZNAH Maulod belongs to a rare breed she is just one of five women cricket scorers in Singapore. She has been scoring for the past 20 years, features regularly at Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments, represented Singapore as a scorer
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    • money.markets
      • 497 18  -  Weakness in emerging markets presents opportunity: Experts BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg RECENT market cheer has proved to be short-lived: Singapore shares shed almost all the gains notched up on Wednesday despite good news from the United States and gains in neighbouring
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      • 395 18 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Core consumer prices in the United States rose at their fastest pace in more than a year last month, but the increase was not strong enough to suggest a troubling build-up in inflation pressures. The US Labour Department said yesterday
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          99 18 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.14 billion shares worth $1.51 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 211 Losers: 248 Unchanged: 775 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -4.68 771.35 Utilities -4.85 -0.96 579.48 -3.11 764.58
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        • 208 18 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,836.64 (+28.35) Japanese stocks rose 0.3 per cent as solid earnings and global merger activity encouraged foreign buying of outperforming Japanese shares. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,508.56 (+2.26) Malaysian stocks added 0.2 per cent, helped by gains in selected finance counters such as
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 443 18 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 17,2011 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS ISS&P500 ***** 256.9 1.5 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 222.4 1.4 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1530 58.8 3.1 Pru 500US$ 1192 40.9 2.8 DBXT CSI300 10US$ 1116 33.2
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        • 416 18 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS Kep Corp.ES.1102 1176 64.0 5.8 CityDev.ES.1102 1074 16.0 1.5 SembMar.ES.1102 525 10.0 1.9 KepCorp BNPeCW*****4 32.5 7.0 27.5 SembMar BNPeCW*****4 43.5 6.5 17.6 KepCorp BNPeCW*****2 55.5 5.0 9.9 SembMar MBLeCW*****1 18.5 5.0 37.0 KepCorp DBeCW*****0 50 4.5 9.9 SembMar MBLeCW*****1 27 4.5
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        • 169 18 By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri 67.5 -2.0 -2.9 129,814,000 Denting SR 202 -2.0 -1.0 61,117,000 SingXpress 3 0.0 0.0 40,000,000 SingTel 296 -7.0 -2.3 35,175,000 N01 220 7.0 3.3 33,552,000 TigerAir 159 -7.0 -4.2 29,193,000 ChmaGaoxian 26.5 -0.5 -1.9 22,533,000 Noble Grp 215 1.0 0.5 17,971,000
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        • 99 18 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 17 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.325 1.25 Can dollar 1.322 1.272 Euro 1.768 1.7 Sterling pound 2.096 2.016 NZ dollar 0.992 0.945 US dollar 1.297 1.248 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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        • 402 18 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 192 -4 7954 198 188 0.5 9.6 7457.3 425 330 5606 CapitaLand 340 unch ***** 342 337 3.1 13 *****.1 216
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    • money.companies
      • 635 19  -  Strategy to yield time and cost savings, and let it add outlets faster BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg CAPITAMALLS Asia (CMA) will start standardising various aspects of its new malls so it can cut costs and quickly add new outlets in fast-grow-ing markets
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      • 382 19  -  BY CHERYL LIM OUTGOING MediaCorp chief executive Lucas Chow is taking the leap into the property sector after being appointed as an executive director at developer Far East Organization. Mr Chow, 57, whose background is in media and technology, announced he was quitting
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      • COMPANY BRIEFS
        • 84 19 A UNIT of Keppel Corp has secured a contract worth about US$380 million (S$485 million) from Transocean Offshore Deepwater Holdings to build two jackup rigs. The deal was won by Keppel Fels, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore Marine which in turn is a wholly owned company
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        • 100 19 MEDICAL equipment manufacturer LMA International posted a fourth-quarter net income of US$819,000 (S$1.04 million), reversing a loss of US$10 million in the same period a year earlier. Still, net sales for the fourth quarter fell from US$30.3 million to US$28.5 million, primarily owing to lower capital sales
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        • 84 19 ROXY-PACIFIC Holdings’ fourth-quarter net profit more than doubled to $12 million from $5.9 million a year earlier. Revenue for the three months ended Dec 31 was up 8 per cent to $47.5 million, attributable to higher revenue from property development, property investment and hotel ownership. Full-year profit
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    • 478 20 Possible goods and services growth of up to 3.9 per cent but jobs outlook is not rosy NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve has substantially upgraded its forecasts for how much the US economy will grow by this year, though it expects unemployment
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    • 413 20 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY: ASX Ltd, seeking approval for a takeover offer from the Singapore Exchange (SGX), said concessions this week on the merged company’s board structure should be “well received” by regulators and lawmakers in Canberra. Mr Robert Elstone, chief executive officer of
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 154 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE scraps property price SHANGHAI: China said it will stop publishing its much-watched national property price index a lightning rod for public anger over soaring housing costs and replace it with two new property indexes. The National Bureau of Statistics said it was compiling
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      • 165 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas shrugged off a safety scare involving the grounding of its flagship A-380 superjumbos to post a four-fold increase in half-year net profits to A$241 million (S$308 million). In a sign that aviation is recovering from the global downturn,
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      • 94 20 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI: Reliance Communications’ billionaire chairman Anil Ambani was questioned by Indian investigators probing the 2008 auction of phone licences that may have deprived the treasury of potential revenue. He met Central Bureau of Investigation officials to clarify telecom-related issues, a Reliance spokesman said, adding
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    • 589 22  - The taxman cometh for US expats Singapore among cities targeted as IRS launches voluntary reporting drive BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg UNITED States citizens living in Singapore who may have been hiding assets or avoiding taxes back home should not be too surprised to get a knock on the door from
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    • 415 22  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK THE number of job advertisements fell 9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year as staff movements declined during the festive season. There were 236,191 advertisements for professional positions in the three months to Dec 31, down from 259,665
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    • 471 23  -  Egg producer expects to raise net proceeds of $2.04m in IPO BY DHEVARAJAN DEVADAS ddheva@sph.com.sg WELL-KNOWN Singapore egg producer Chew’s Group is hoping institutional investors will put at least some of their investment eggs in its basket. The company has launched an initial public offering (IPO)
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    • 425 23  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT CORPORATE bigwigs from the local Indian community are set to give a leg up to the Singapore Indian Development As- sociation (Sinda). The self-help group marks 20 years of running programmes to advance the local Indian
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    • 615 24  -  Shipments increase to all top 10 markets; IE S’pore upgrades trade forecasts BY FIONA CHAN ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR ficohan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S economy is off to a good start this year, with the first export data of 2011 beating expectations. Non-oil domestic exports surged 20.9 per
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    • 101 24 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Food prices push 44 million into poverty: World Bank L SGX, ASX revamp merger proposal: Statement MOST COMMENTED ON L China now world’s No. 2 economy. Says straitstimesjd1004: “China and its economy have become more indispensable in
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    • 486 20 THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE APPLICATION FOR TAXABLE BOOK-ENTRY SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT BONDS TENOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS TOTAL AMOUNT OFFERED SGD 1,100,000,000 MINIMUM DENOMINATION SGD 1,000 MAS' INTENDED TENDER AMOUNT** SGD 100,000,000 ISSUE CODE NZ*****F (REOPENED) ISIN CODE SG7U*****426 ISSUE DATE/SETTLEMENT DATE 1 MARCH 2011 MATURITY DATE* 1 SEPTEMBER 2030 COUPON
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    • 246 22 Chew’s CHEW'S GROUP LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0806C) (Incorporated in Singapore on 30 September 2010) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING Chew's Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries (the "Group"), is one of the leading producers of fresh eggs in Singapore, specialising in the production and sale of designer eggs, which contain specific
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    • 65 1 Wet idol worship China fans shower kisses on JJ Lin Mandolin magic Stunning roots music by Singapore band 6 Nightclub operators are employing more foreign talent for live performances, and they come from as far away as Paraguay. CARA VAN MIRIAH reports. Laura Machuce (left) and Veronica Barboza from Paraguay
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  • Life!
    • life!.music
      • 1452 2  -  Artistes from outside Singapore are being tapped to perform at nightspots partly due to freeing up of hiring rules and the Internet cara van miriah caravm@sph.com.sg All it took for club owner Keef Ong to sign on a rock band from the Philippines for his bar in Singapore
        PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE, HUNTINGTON COMMUNICATIONS, SNAP SHOT, RICK SMITH, VERONICA/LAURA  -  1,452 words
      • 136 6 ‘I’m trying to raise them normal. I give them chores to do. Last Sunday, I made them go out and wash the jet in the driveway’ Actor Adam Sandler (right) joking about raising his two daughters in Hollywood ‘I’m a romantic. There are four questions of
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      • 1000 6  -  Home-grown Caracal and Cheating Sons show they have what it takes to stay in the music scene sound bites yeow kai chai kaichai@sph.com.sg The Internet is a double-edged sword for budding (and veteran) bands. Many leverage on online platforms (MySpace, Bandcamp) to get heard, bypassing the
        PHOTO: CHEATING SONS; PHOTO: CARACAL  -  1,000 words
      • 464 7  -  reviewconcert DIAMOND EYES TOUR SINGAPORE 2011 Deftones Fort Canning Park/Wednesday eddino abdul hadi Californian metal quintet Deftones’ music is a study in contrasts. It can be crushingly dense, typified by chugging metal guitars and a pounding rhythm section. Yet, they balance the heavy stuff
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      • short spins
        • 249 7  -  Boon Chan Freya Lim’s debut album in 2000 yielded the hit Living Alone and got her nominated, along with Stefanie Sun and Jay Chou, for Best Newcomer at the Golden Melody Awards. Her early promise did not bear much fruit. After a follow-up disc in 2001, her
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        • 91 7  -  Boon Chan Taiwanese singer-song-writer Hsiao Hung-jen was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Gold- en Melody Awards and he is back with a third album after the explosively titled His Name Is F*** (2009). This is an eclectic collection that encompasses the commercial ballad Too Free, the
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        • 116 7  -  Boon Chan From the R&B of U U U to the dance beats of Future Love, Taiwanese entertainer Will Pan’s eighth album mostly sounds derivative of derivative Korean pop. Like the picture of him sheathed in black and sporting a sculpted salt-and-pepper hairdo on the cover, the
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          250 7  -  Ong Sor Fern This crooner has a Voice. That alone sets her apart from the raft of girl jazz singers out there. Jaimee Paul’s smokey, sexy alto is a midnight marvel. Just listen to her attack Don’t Cry Baby, the first track. It begins with a gentle, coaxing
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        • 215 7  -  Chang Tou Liang This disc of 20th-century Hungarian viola concertos looks to past traditions rather than points forward. Bela Bartok’s Viola Concerto, unfinished at the time of his death in 1945, is already well-established. Written while the Hungarian composer was in voluntary exile in the United States
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        • 239 7  -  Chang Tou Liang The young Robert Schumann was a man deeply in love. The object of his passion was teenage piano prodigy Clara Wieck, some nine years his junior. The emotions he lavished on his piano music as a result of this love may be experienced in
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    • 695 3  -  Local singer JJ Lin gets kisses from both female and male fans in China rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Singer JJ Lin’s craziest China fans try to plant big fat kisses on him “everywhere” on the body, according to the home-grown star and one of Singapore’s biggest
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    • 252 3 Reuters London A previously unrecorded Andy Warhol self-portrait (above) sold for £10.8 million (S$22.2 million) on Wednesday in London, as a major series of February auctions neared its close. The 1967 work, which had been in a private collection since 1974, easily beat its pre-sale
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    • life!.television
      • 741 4  -  TV series Treme shows New Orleans people coming to terms with the hurricane’s destruction boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Fifty years ago, back in the era of segregation, American actor Wendell Pierce’s parents bought their home in the first place where black people could
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      • 983 4  -  couch grouch tay yek keak Three major American cities New York, New Orleans and Boston form the backdrop of this week’s reviewed shows. In New York, the Reagan family of cops, headed by commissioner of police Frank (Tom Selleck), wear their police badges
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    • life!.events
      • 6741 12 art COMPLETE UNABRIDGED, PART 1 This exhibition is being held to celebrate 50 years of the practice of Roberto Chabet as an artist, curator and teacher. He is one of the Philippines’ foremost conceptual artists and has influenced more than 75 acclaimed
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      • week’s picks
        • 132 12 food wong ah yoke recommends Marriott Cafe’s new Sunday brunch has most of what other hotel brunches offer: a free flow of champagne and juices, and a buffet spread of cold seafood, salads, soups and desserts. But instead of having the hot food sitting in chafing
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        • 139 12 gig andy chen recommends In addition to helping needy children, how about contributing to a needy local band? Toronto Beyond is heavy rockers Caracal’s (left) attempt to raise some money for their trip halfway around the world to play at the Canadian Music Fest. The event,
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        • 107 12 visual arts deepika shetty recommends Filipino artist Carlo Gabuco’s paintings have an almost photograph-like quality, but they reflect on society’s dark crimes and its stark imbalances. Drawing the viewer into a world of uncomfortable truths through his provocative canvases such as The Hogger (right), the artist explores
          PHOTOS: SINGAPORE MARRIOTT HOTEL, RYAN CHANG, ARTESAN GALLERY + STUDIO  -  107 words
      • 539 12  - an hour the museum Deepika Shetty In this weekly column, we visit museums and art spaces and highlight what you must see if you have only an hour to spare. Russian-Jewish sculptor Ernst Neizvestny belongs to the non-conformist era in Russia. That was a time when the struggle for freedom
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        281 13  -  Evelyn Lee “I usually get up around noon on Saturdays as I perform till 11pm on Friday nights at Bishan Park’s Middle Rock Garden Bar. My boyfriend and I will get something to eat from Teck Kee Tanglin Pau in Bukit Timah Road and walk to Papa Palheta
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      • 396 16 Agence France-Presse Reuters Associated Press Los Angeles A graffiti-enhanced poster attributed to secretive British artist Banksy has been taken down in Hollywood, amid sightings of other pieces in a reported pre-Oscars publicity campaign in Los Angeles. Banksy, whose identity is not publicly known, is nominated for
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      • 219 16 Taipei Singer Vivian Hsu is in a serious relationship with a magazine publisher after her apparent split with actor Stephen Fung, said Apple Daily. Hsu, 35, attended the Chinese New Year celebration of her talent agency on Wednesday with Leo Ho, 30, in their most
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        • 69 16 The cast of TV musical comedy Glee has beaten the record set by Elvis Presley for the most single entries on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, Billboard said. With six new songs making their debut on the singles chart this week, they have notched up 113
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      • 249 16 Get ready to go en pointe. Natalie Portman’s turn in psychological thriller Black Swan is not the only thing that has cinema buffs raving. Her tutu-wearing ways a master stroke by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte have fashionistas in a whirl as well. This
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    • 375 8  -  Get ideas from designer showflats and enjoy special prices direct from manufacturers at the annual Luxury Living exhibition by karen teng VISITORS to Luxury Living can look forward to going home with electrical appliances such as toasters, irons and hair dryers without having to buy
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  • URBAN
    • 426 2  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg After I happily shared the thrills of hunting for designer bargains in this column, a reader wrote in to lecture me. As a fashion editor, you should present a better image and invest in on-trend pieces rather than crow about marked-down
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      • 20 4 Kiss staid silver accessories goodbye with this cheeky red enamel lip ring. $279, from Thomas Sabo boutiques.
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      • 192 4  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR, IAN LEE Calling all fashionistas: Show us a red-carpet fashion moment and you could win a luxe package worth more than $2,000 that includes a hotel stay and dining vouchers. Organised by cable channel E! Entertainment and Urban, there are two parts to the Ultimate Live
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        109 4 Local label Young Restless, launched last August, has released its second collection called The Flying Squirrel. Geometric motifs and a colour palette of light pastel hues are the highlights of the collection. Designed by local fashion stylist Ashburn Eng, it is co-owned by the brand’s managing director, Ms
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        70 4 Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli is the face of an upcoming fragrance by German fashion label Escada, scheduled for a spring/summer 2011 release. Details on the name and contents of the fragrance are not yet available, but the 25-year-old model gave the tie-up a headstart by gracing Escada Sport’s
        PHOTOS: DOORSTEP LUXURY, E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, ESCADA, POH HENG, THOMAS SABO, YOUNG & RESTLESS  -  70 words
      • 109 4 Boots is halving its shipping charges for online purchases from www.boots.com/asia until Feb 28. The website is managed by Boots Retail (Thailand). Discounted shipping charges start from $13 and delivery takes five working days. Shipping is free for orders above $172. Till next Friday, Boots has a special
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        99 4 Singapore luxury fashion site Doorstep Luxury is holding its first bricks-and-mortar sample sale today from 11 am to 8pm at 127A Telok Ayer Street. Expect up to 80 per cent off items from cult designer brands such as Melissa Odabash and Tuleste Market, and handbags from English brand
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      • 73 4 Inspired by traditional Chinese wedding heirlooms, local jeweller Poh Heng has launched a set of nine wedding keepsakes. Called Matrimonial Heirlooms, the set comprises an abacus, mirror, comb, scissors, ruler, shoes, scale, rice bucket and is housed in a carved wooden box. Made of 24K gold, the pendants
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        249 4 It came to my attention recently that United States-based Sports Illustrated had chosen Singapore as one of the exotic locales for its wildly popular swimsuit edition this year. Now, how’s that for putting us on the global map, darlings? Imagine our glittering skyscrapers forming a glamorous backdrop for
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      708 5 What sort of skirts and dresses are suitable for pear-shaped figures? A woman with a pear-shaped figure is smaller above the waist and has larger hips and thighs. The key is to draw the eye to the upper body and divert attention from the bottom to create the
      PHOTOS: AP, TOPSHOP  -  708 words
    • 205 5  -  These two headturners were spotted in Orchard Road on Feb 13. IMRAN JALAL Sonia Mao, 21 undergraduate WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? My dress, from local online store Kisslocke.net, cost $25. I bought my sandals in Far East Plaza for $19.90. The belt was from Bali and cost
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      94 5  -  IAN LEE DIANE KRUGER Forget the ubiquitous nude pumps that have been marching down red carpets everywhere. This German actress shows she is one step ahead of the style pack with these striking pink and red Jimmy Choo sandals. Kruger, 34, wore the braided leather and snakeskin kicks
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    • BEAUTY BOX
      • 411 6  -  Doll up with these pretty pink hues to go with the season’s hottest fashion trend: feminine flair KAREN TEE CHANEL LE VERNIS NAIL POLISH IN PECHE NACREE, $35 This peach shade may not quite achieve cult status like some of Chanel’s other quirkier shades, such as Jade
        PHOTOS: ANNA SUI, BENEFIT, BY TERRY, CHANEL, CLINIQUE, GUERLAIN, PUPA, SHISEIDO  -  411 words
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      1128 7  -  The latest It anti-ageing ingredient, an extract of the stem cells of a rare Swiss apple, is appearing in skincare products by aesthetics doctors here, reports KAREN TEE KAREN TEE karentee@sph.com.sg They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Now it seems that the fruit may
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      1292 8 / 9  -  Get designer looks for less with these new-to-market diffusion labels, reports IAN LEE ianlee@sph.com.sg Before Swedish fast-fashion label H&M made high-low lines a hit with its designer tie-ups, there was the diffusion label. Lines like Versus and D&G, launched in 1989 and 1995, were the original champions of
      PHOTOS: JIL SANDER NAVY, HALSTON HERITAGE, AVHASH, VERSUS, Z SPOKE  -  1,292 words
    • 466 8 / 9 Get your diffusion labels right with Urban’s guide to the offshoots of three popular marquee brands available here. Giorgio Armani In order of decreasing price points, the Italian house’s lines are: couture line Armani Prive, main line Giorgio Armani and diffusion labels Armani Collezioni, Emporio Armani, Armani
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    • 339 8 / 9 At least three top fashion labels have created sub-brands just for the Japanese market, which has a big appetite for cutting-edge styles and exclusive, branded fashion. Urban checks out these spin-offs that we wish will be stocked here too. Black Barrett by Neil Barrett Menswear fashion
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      612 10 / 11  -  The strong acting and gripping plot of Black Swan may have wowed film critics, but it is the sartorial feast of tulle that has stoked the thirst among fashionistas for ballet-inspired outfits ROHAIZATUL AZHAR rohai@sph.com.sg Even if you will never become a ballerina, you can still indulge
      Photographer: ASHLEIGH SIM;  -  612 words
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      350 12 / 13  -  Mr Beno Lim, M.A.C Cosmetic’s senior make-up artist, offers tips on how to achieve the natural look that goes best with ballet-inspired fashion Mr Beno Lim 1Stick to neutral tones The key thing to remember about this trend is to keep everything soft, natural and fresh. So stick
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    • 386 12 / 13  -  ROHAIZATUL AZHAR tells you how to adapt the ballerina look without looking like a five-year-old at a princess-themed party ROHAIZATUL AZHAR 1 Unless you are going for dance rehearsals or are a Sarah Jessica Parker (right) wannabe, don’t take the trend too seriously. Avoid pairing a
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    • 705 14 / 15 The ballerina’s costume is more than just a leotard, a tutu and a pair of pointy shoes. Ms Florence Sim, wardrobe supervisor of the Singapore Dance Theatre, gives a breakdown LEOTARD For classes and rehearsals, there is no restriction on the colours of leotards, but many
      ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM SPECIAL THANKS TO MADELEINE HALBAUER FROM THE SINGAPORE DANCE THEATRE; PHOTOS: FURLA, HER GLASS SLIPPER, JUICY COUTURE, LENNE CHAI, ON PEDDER, PEDDER RED, ROHAIZATUL AZHAR, SALVATORE FERRAGAMO, STUART WEITZMAN  -  705 words
    • URBAN MAN
      • 873 16 / 17  -  Wearing bright colours is not a walk in the park, as our Facebook contest showed. IMRAN JALAL reports IMRAN JALAL imrjalal@sph.com.sg A little pop of yellow here, a burst of pink there. Now, we can all agree that these colour accents would not make most men
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    • INTERVIEW
      • 860 18  -  IAN LEE speaks to Bottega Veneta’s creative director, who strives for longevity in the fickle world of fashion TOMAS MAIER IAN LEE ianlee@sph.com.sg Bottega Veneta, famous for its leather bags and accessories, has launched its first watch, called the BVX (right). True to the discreet style of the
        PHOTOS: BOTTEGA VENETA, TINA BARNEY  -  860 words
    • 780 19 Fashion critic Cathy Horyn highlights the hits and misses from New York Fashion Week The New York Times Fashion Week is really the collective fashion brain and it is filled with a lot of stuff nobody will remember an hour later. People go to the shows
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    • 832 20  -  Instead of rivalry, it was romance that developed between fashion bloggers Scott Schuman and Garance Dore. ALEX WILLIAMS takes a look at this union FROM PARIS TO NEW YORK... ALEX WILLIAMS The New York Times Ms Garance Dore, a French street-fashion blogger and illustrator, experienced
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    • POSH NOSH
      • 269 21  -  IFOONG WOEI WAN woeiwan@sph.com.sg What is it about the air in Europe that makes the macarons more marvellous? Or is it merely a matter of tradition and expertise? Whatever it may be, it should be said that the macarons from Jean-Philippe Darcis, the Belgian pastry boutique at Marina
        PHOTOS: AZIZ HUSSIN, DARCIS  -  269 words
      • 103 21 When it comes to preserved cherries, my taste has evolved. Through the years, I have gone from artificial and insipid maraschino cherries to something more natural and exciting brandied cherries. Somewhere in between are Japanese jellies where whole, skinned cherries are sheathed in gelatine. Strangely, the jellies taste
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        78 21 It is a subtle snack, packed in a cute Hello Kitty can. Bite into the seaweed wafer, which is slightly thicker than your usual seaweed snack, and you might wonder: So? Take a few more bites and you will find that it is also slightly crispier. The surprise
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      • 84 21 Ginger candies? You know they are for adults. More precisely, they are for people who love their tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) in super-spicy ginger soup. Lion’s brown sugar bonbons come in three flavours: cinnamon, honey and ginger. The cinnamon ones have a spicy scent. The honey ones
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        680 22  -  IMRAN JALAL andi Wong is a study in opposites. A week into the Chinese New Year, she turns up for this interview in a cheongsam top. Nothing unusual for a cheongsam designer, but her style is more punk than prim, and your eyes are drawn quickly to the
        ST PHOTOS: LENNE CHAI  -  680 words
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    • 178 2 margins for diffusion labels are about 20 per cent compared with up to 45 per cent for some high-end brands, they or the cut of Alexander have now is their own Fashion insiders would labels farmed out to external even C-grade, clothes INSIDE Make-up palettes that give a rosy glow.
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    • 250 2 GIVEAWAY ASK URBAN Have a burning question on fashion or beauty? Post it and stand to win freebies if we pick it for print. CONTESTS 1. Red Carpet Glamour Upload a full-length photo of your most glamorous fashion moment for a shot at winning a luxury hotel stay and dining
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    • 54 5 HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY YOU LOOK? DON'T SWEAT IT. E-mail your queries to URBAN at sfurban@sph .com .sg ASK URBAN WIN Facebook fans whose Ask Urban questions are picked for print will win goodies. Congratulations to Lin Ailin, who wins $50 worth of Wisma Atria shopping vouchers. Post
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    • 18 16 / 17 Next week, Urban will answer questions posted by our Facebook fans on how to mix and match colours
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    • 1399 13 D15-16 EAST COAST RK D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE PTE APTS FOR SALE COSTA DEL SOL 1346sqft 3+1 pool view,sale with tenancy.View by appt $1.46M nett *****553 THE BAYSHORE 1432 sqft. 4+1 Mid flr. Sea view/ face South. Facilities. $1.28M. 9026-0077 agt KEW GREEN 3000 sqft. 4+1+roof terr
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    • 414 13 ALMOST SOLD! 4’A’ 225 Bishan St. 23. 103 sqm. Mid flr. Lift level. Huge rms. Well kept. No West sun. Catholic High J8/ MRT. EXEC MAIS BLK 202. Ground flr, 5’I’ corner blk 251, facing park and unblocked view. Renovated. *****969 www.krsproperty.com NEW LIST! 5’I’ Blk 292. High flr. Next
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    • 498 13 FIRE SALE! 5’A’ Blk 73A Redhill High flr. Asking cash $35K. 5 yrs old flat. Corner unit. With bath tub. Next to MRT. *****775 LOW FL00R LOVERS 4A blk.87 T. Blangah Hgts. Valued $500K. Move-in. Near amenities. All races. 101% move-in. *****198 *NEW LISTING 3’I’ corner Blk 5 T.Blangah Cres.
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    • 794 15 BELLE VUE 3RM 1880sqft #01 Rent/ sell $10k/ $4.XM immed Richmond Pk 2rm 1292sqft above 20, $6.5k neg *****955 PX MELROSE PK 1550 sqft 3+study+1 High floor. Face pool. F/facilities. P/furn. Near Shpg. Avail immed $7K neg. Kim 9008-1889 ERA ASTRID MEADOWS. 1377SQFT. 2+1 Immed. P/ Furn. Face Greenery New
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    • 680 16 CASA MEYA APT, 807 sqft, 2 rm. Unblocked view, windy $3.6k. Don’t miss! Hurry! Call Jacky *****044 DWG MOONSTONE ROYALE 3 bdrm. Balcony. Furn. Aircon. Lift. Mins to T Payoh/ MRT/ Expressway. Avail 21/3. Cherie *****268 *7-MIN MRT. KEMBANGAN service suites. Well furn spacious. Suits expats. 1+1/ 2+1 rm avail.
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    • 648 16 SHUNFU VILLE BEAUTIFULLY renovated. 5 rms. 155 sq.m. 5 min to Marymount MRT. Avail immed. 9844-4400 www.marshe.net NUOVO 3BRM 1421SQFT, high flr, Spacious fully furn $3.8k, Best stack. Nice decor. Close to amenities MRT 9752-2786 PARC MONDRIAN BRAND New 3+ study 1615 sqft with patio. Facing Pool. Potong Pasir MRT.
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    • 1745 28 ADMINISTRATIVE/ CLERICAL CUSTOMER CARE ASSISTANTS To attend to walk-in customers with their advertisements and payments Candidates must possess the following: Ê Only Singaporeans PRs need apply Ê Must be ’A’ level or diploma holder Ê MUST have good spoken written Chinese English as you are required to handle bookings advertisements
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