The Straits Times, 12 April 2011

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  • 18 1 TH E STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, APRIL 12 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 70 1 A 7.0-MAGNITUDE aftershock rattled north-eastern Japan yesterday, killing at least one person, and sending many, including workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, fleeing for safety. Officials said the aftershock did not endanger operations at the tsunami-crippled nuclear complex, where power was cut but quickly restored. Still,
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    • 66 1 AIRLINES and travel firms are rolling out discounts to entice people to travel to Japan again. Singapore Airlines has slashed all-inclusive fares to Tokyo from about $1,380 to $730. Its two-to-go deal is valid until end-May. Chan Brothers is dangling a 50 per cent discount for
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    • 29 1 FRANCE, home to Europe’s biggest Muslim population, yesterday banned the wearing of full-face veils in public and faced bursts of defiance. L PRIME PAGE A8
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    • 64 1 NATIONAL thrower James Wong has quit as the Singapore Athletic Association’s honorary secretary. He is the fourth member to leave the management committee in recent months. He cited difficulties in balancing his work, training and SAA duties as the reason for his departure, but an insider
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  • 147 1 A REPORTER’S question made People’s Action Party chairman Lim Boon Heng break down at a press conference yesterday. As he replied, Mr Lim was overcome by emotion and had to pause twice to compose himself. He later took out his handkerchief to wipe away
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  • 723 1  -  Forecast for Singapore remains unchanged at 4% to 6%, says minister BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg THE events in Japan are unlikely to have a major impact on Singapore’s economy this year as long as its industrial activities are not disrupted
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  • 522 1  -  BY RACHEL CHANG ALL politicians registered as candidates for the general election will be able to address their supporters at the nomination centre on Nomination Day. A team contesting a group representation constituency (GRC) will have up to three minutes in total, while
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  • 704 1  -  BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN THE quarrel over a pair of chopsticks started in a Bedok hawker centre and continued up to the 12th floor of a block of flats in Ang Mo Kio. It ended with the man pushing his girlfriend
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 88 2 WE SAY Tourism is about branding, niche marketing and keeping the appeal of conventional staples fresh. A survey finding that a good many Singapore attractions are losing visitorship need not dismay, if the displays are constantly updated or replaced with new ones. Even as Singapore tourism
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      • COLUMNS
        • 31 2 Offering amnesty seems a fairly straightforward solution to ending a conflict and removing a despot. But there are those who disagree, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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        • 31 2 With the probability of inter-state conflict requiring large-scale manoeuvres negligible, the military’s current system of leadership renewal is set to persist, says Samuel Chan. L REVIEW PAGE A25
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      • 43 2 OUR READER SAYS Liu Mengqi says the opposition provides insurance by representing alternative voices in a Parliament. Daniel Yew says voters must be able to tell the problem-solvers from those who just churn issues about issues. L FORUM PAGE A26
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      • Article, Illustration
        21 2 www.straitstimes.com L Political arguments here seem to come from or lead back to public sector pay, says Susan Long.
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    • 1047 2  -  Ban marriage brokers who bring in foreign brides for profit BY THERESA TAN theresat@sph.com.sg COUPLES who hardly know each other, have little in common, and wed hastily are often a recipe for marital disaster. A new study by Beyond Social Services on the plight of
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  • prime.news
    • 1125 3  -  He cites an open and rational society that upholds spirit of inquiry as a plus BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is a society that wants to be open and connected to the world, to change, examine itself and understand what
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    • 339 4  -  Bangladeshi survivor taken to hospital after being rescued THAM YUEN-C DOCK workers at Pasir Panjang Container Terminal were startled when they heard banging sounds coming from a container on Sunday night. The container, which had been there since late last month, was supposed
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    • 488 8  -  Rate should be between 3% and 4% if no further oil price hike: Minister PARLIAMENT BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg INFLATION has likely peaked and will moderate for the rest of the year, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. Assuming no
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    • 637 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS PARIS: France, home to Europe’s biggest Muslim population, yesterday banned the wearing of full-face veils in public and faced bursts of defiance. Several women appeared veiled in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in the French capital and
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  • prime.GE 2011
    • 1223 5  -  Minister gets emotional recalling his struggle over arrival of casinos BY LYDIA LIM DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg A QUESTION on whether the Singapore Cabinet suffers from groupthink yesterday provoked a rare show of emotion from retiring minister Lim Boon Heng, who broke down when
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    • 947 6/7  -  Former MAS chief saw how divisive politics could hinder countries BY LI XUEYING xueying@sph.com.sg AFTER 27 years in public service, one of Singapore’s top mandarins, Mr Heng Swee Keat, 49, is entering the political arena. The People’s Action Party was said to have courted
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    • 775 6/7  -  BY CASSANDRA CHEW MR ALEX Yam is anything but the stereotype of an apathetic young Singaporean who cares about nothing else but himself. The head of strategies and planning at Young NTUC is an eager fresh face of the People’s Action Party (PAP),
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    • 829 6/7  -  Five party leaders say they will reject offer; many will let their parties decide BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN, KOR KIAN BENG, CHONG ZI LIANG zakirh@sph.com.sg kianbeng@sph.com.sg ziliang@sph.com.sg THERE is more room for top-losing opposition candidates to enter Parliament, but many are coy about whether
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    • 769 6/7  -  BY ELGIN TOH MR ONG Teng Koon, 34, has a solution to the People’s Action Party’s relative lack of success in persuading those from the private sector to enter politics. Start them off by allowing them to volunteer in bite-sized portions, said the commodities trader with American
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    • 410 6/7  -  BY YEN FENG MR LIM Boon Heng yesterday defended the work of the People’s Association (PA), after an opposition leader on Sunday called for the grassroots organisation to be scrapped. “I think Mr Low Thia Khiang completely misunderstands the work of the People’s
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    • 456 6/7  -  BY TESSA WONG THE Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) yesterday unveiled another new candidate for its team contesting Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. He is Mr Harminder Pal Singh, 39, a motivational speaker who owns training company Helping People Succeed. He
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    • 750 6/7  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG, TEH JOO LIN SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday welcomed the National Solidarity Party’s (NSP) plan to contest Marine Parade GRC. In a posting on the Marine Parade People’s Action Party branch’s Facebook page, he wrote: “NSP
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  • prime.tsunami: one month after
    • 183 10  -  Photo journalist Donald Weber travelled into the 20km exclusion zone around a radiation-leaking nuclear plant in Japan to capture images of a desolate and deserted landscape. Donald Weber A few streetlights illuminating the empty streets of Odaka, inside the exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi power
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    • 646 10 Another tremor rattles north-east as Japan marks March 11 quake-tsunami ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SENDAI: A strong aftershock rattled Japan for the second time in four days yesterday, hours after people observed a minute of silence to mark the exact time a
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  • prime.people
    • 665 11 In first post-ouster speech, he says he’s ‘hurt’ by allegations ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO: Speaking for the first time since his dramatic ouster, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak denied that he had used his position to amass wealth and issued an emotional defence
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    • 358 11 It’s official The Book of Jobs ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Apple’s chief executive officer Steve Jobs has finally agreed to participate in a book about his life. Entitled iSteve: The Book Of Jobs, the biography based on interviews that author Walter Isaacson has held with Mr Jobs and his
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  • WORLD.
    • 568 12 Govt aims to make tourism a strategic pillar over next 5 years CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XINHUA BEIJING: China has overtaken Spain on the list of top tourism destinations, becoming the world’s third-largest attraction. The surge in visitor arrivals prompted a top government
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    • 115 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Former student commits school slaughter in Brazil MOST COMMENTED ON L Asean will collaborate in efforts to help Japan. Says kjks: “It’s a difficult situation to help... Even the mayor is protesting against being kept in... a
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    • world.regional
      • 662 13  -  BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Tourism industry players in Taiwan are rubbing their hands in anticipation of more business with the imminent start of “free and easy” tours for mainland tourists. Chinese holiday-makers, travelling in tightly controlled tour groups, formed
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      • 445 14 Washington pushing for Net freedom as a way to hurt other nations, it adds ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China accused the United States yesterday of pushing for Internet freedom around the world as a way to undermine other nations, while noting Washington’s
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      • 199 14  -  GRACE NG HONG KONG: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong kicked off a nine-day official visit to Hong Kong and China yesterday. He will meet Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang and other prominent personalities today. From tomorrow to Saturday, Mr Goh will attend the
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      • Article, Illustration
        37 14 Two villagers wrestling in a pool of cherry tomatoes in Tianyang county, in south-west China, on Sunday. The locals hold such activities in a cherry-tomato pool to celebrate the tomato harvest. PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO: XINHUA
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      • 326 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China has ordained a new Vatican-approved bishop for the first time since ties between the two sides soured last year, said church figures with knowledge of the events. Bishop Paul Liang Jiansen was made bishop of the southern city
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      • 723 15  -  They form majority of state’s 71 seats but opposition yet to make inroads BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg LONG TANID (Sarawak): The fog was thick in the Sarawak highlands, and villagers had to wrap up snugly as they waited patiently for opposition
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      • 325 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition officials yesterday accused the ruling coalition of bribing poor indigenous communities on Borneo island with canned sardines, roofing materials and mattresses ahead of a key state election. The allegations are part of an increasingly heated tussle ahead of an
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      • 721 16  -  Leaders of Asian giants will meet at BRIC summit this week BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao will have another opportunity to re-examine some testy issues that prevent a full
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      • 280 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama plans to name a defence official as special envoy to Myanmar who is expected to seek more help from the repressive government’s neighbours in pressing for democratic reform. But building agreement on the best way
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      • TSUNAMI – ONE MONTH AFTER
        • 765 18 Even now, rebuilding his city takes priority over personal grief AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RIKUZENTAKATA (Iwate): A day after Rikuzentakata mayor Futoshi Toba cremated his wife, he was back at his desk in the devastated city, leading the clean-up after Japan’s worst natural disaster in
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        • 487 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS OFUNATO (Iwate): There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month’s tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building. Any one of the safes could
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    • world.international
      • 1114 20  -  Re-election prospects grim but one thing going for him is lack of major challenger BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: Saddled with three unpopular wars, a struggling economy, and sinking approval ratings, President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects look grim except for
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      • 765 21 Gbagbo falls to forces loyal to president-elect ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ABIDJAN (Ivory Coast): After a week of heavy fighting, forces backing Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised leader Alassane Ouattara yesterday arrested strongman Laurent Gbagbo who had refused to leave the presidency despite losing
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      • 436 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINSK (Belarus): A blast tore through a metro station near Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s main office in the capital Minsk yesterday, killing at least seven people and wounding 35 other commuters, a police source and witnesses said.
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      • 889 22  -  Al-Qaeda men surveyed in-flight and airport security at these locations BY SHEFALI REKHI shefali@sph.com.sg MORE details have emerged about how those involved in the 9/11 attacks conducted “dry runs” in Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong to test aviation security ahead of
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 161 23 FOREIGN Minister George Yeo attended a two-day Special Informal Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bangkok which ended yesterday. Views on the future direction of the East Asia Summit (EAS), including the issues of maintaining Asean’s central role in the EAS, and how the EAS can contribute to
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        • 118 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG BENGHAZI (Libya): The head of Libya’s rebel council, Mr Mustafa Abdel Jalil, yesterday rejected an African Union (AU) initiative for a ceasefire with the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and demanded his ouster. “From the first day the demand of our people
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        • 132 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thailand plans to close its border camps and send more than 100,000 refugees back to Myanmar following the recent handover of power to a new military-backed government, an official said yesterday. National Security Council chief Tawin Pleansri said it was a burden
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        • 96 23 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: A DNA analysis of four chicken egg samples from Penang by the Chemistry Department found the eggs to be genuine, said Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai yesterday. It came after reports of fake eggs being sold in the state sparked a public
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        • 98 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Investigators have found that a tainted milk incident in north-west China that killed three children appears to be a case of intentional poisoning and have detained a suspect, state media said yesterday. Investigators found that nitrite, an industrial salt that can be deadly,
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        • 88 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan completed a draft gambling Bill yesterday in a fresh bid to bring casinos to the island, which is split between those who are perturbed by the betting industry’s drawbacks and others who want jobs. A 2009 referendum saw an outlying island reject
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      • 238 23 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: An Indonesian lawmaker who helped pass a tough anti-porn law resigned yesterday after he got caught watching sexually explicit videos on his tablet computer during a parliamentary debate. The scandal has transfixed the predominantly Muslim nation since a photo journalist
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 413 25 A FINDING that about half of 31 Singapore tourist attractions surveyed have been drawing fewer visitors shows the capriciousness of the leisure business. It also raises the question of what needs to be done to update and strengthen their appeal. Tastes change in accord with trends
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    • 772 25 This is an edited extract from a speech by Education Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament yesterday when he moved the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Bill SINGAPORE’S university sector has evolved considerably since its inception as a small medical college in 1905. In
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    • 857 25  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg IT SEEMS a fairly straightforward solution to horrific circumstances. To end a conflict, to remove a despot, to establish good governance following an unsettled period just offer amnesty. But there are those who disagree. In Libya, this diplomatic tool
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    • review.
      • 987 26  -  BY SAMUEL CHAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer was formerly an associate research fellow with the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of New South Wales, Australian
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      • 1278 26  - WWF more than saving pandas TABLE TALK WITH JAMES LEAPE BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg AS A boy, Mr James Leape would walk through America’s Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks with his grandfather, who was a naturalist and would point this and that bird out to him. Mr Leape,
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    • forum.
      • 275 27  -  Represent alternative voices well Liu Mengqi (Ms) THE opposition’s role in a democracy is not to take over the government to form another one-party government (“Opposition as insurance? It’ll cost you dearly, says DPM Teo”; last Friday). The opposition provides insurance by ensuring that
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      • 447 27  -  Daniel Yew DEPUTY political editor Lydia Lim dismissed some of the ills of multi-party democracy as those of a pessimist (“Why calls for twoparty system won’t go away”; last Friday). Yet the pessimist’s nightmare is now a reality in the United States, whose mid-term
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      • 80 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR RONALD LEE: Let’s house the ministry in railway’s grand old dame 2 MR KONG PENG SUN: When travel’s early birds were penalised instead 3 MADAM TRUDY GUWE: Of birds, education and politics 4 MR TIM YIHAO: Better bus links in LTA’s townlink
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      • 308 27  -  Ng Kok Lim MR LEE Kek Chin contends that a single party state is superior to a multi-party democracy by stating that China is performing better than India economically (“Single-party state works best for Singapore”; last Thursday). But Mr Lee ignored cultural differences
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      • 268 27  -  Osman Sidek I FELT scandalised by the remarks of Malaysian MP Ibrahim Ali who was quoted saying in last Friday’s report (“Malaysian MP: Wives to blame if men stray”): “In Islam, wives are supposed to stop everything to fulfil their husbands’ demands.” He
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      • 55 27 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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    • 862 81  -  Travel agents also offer deals to revive plummeting business BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg ONE thousand and three hundred dollars this is how much two people can save if they take up Singapore Airlines’ (SIA’s) offer to fly to Tokyo. Other airlines
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    • 110 81 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L ‘I want to see my family’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Prices at Serangoon Garden food centre to remain stable. Says nicholaskoh222: “When hawkers reduce their takings, they are sacrificing for the sake of the people and the
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    • 532 82  -  Maker of hazelnut spread claims name of drink causes confusion BY KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THE Italian maker of the Nutella ha-zelnut-cocoa spread is seeking to stop a Singaporean coffee-shop chain from using the “Nutello” name. Ferrero S.P.A. is suing local food
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    • 484 82  -  BY SELINA LUM THE Court of Appeal yesterday reserved judgment on British author Alan Shadrake’s appeal against his contempt-of-court conviction. The case centres on his book, Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore’s Justice In The Dock, about the death penalty in Singapore. In November last
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    • 323 82  -  ROYSTON SIM BOTH bus operators have met all service standards in a six-month review of services the first time this has happened. Neither SBS Transit nor SMRT Buses recorded any lapses in the latest review conducted by the Public Transport Council (PTC), which stretched
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    • 498 83  -  DPM Wong cites response during Sars, financial crises BY CHONG ZI LIANG ziliang@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH Singapore does not suffer from natural disasters like the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last month, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng is confident that people here would
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    • 371 83  -  ELIZABETH SOH THE father of the 14-year-old Thai girl who lost both her legs in an accident at an MRT station is understood to have viewed the closed-circuit TV (CCTV) footage yesterday. He had made this request to SMRT officials last Thursday
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      • 614 84  -  It has recruited staff from varsities like Harvard, Cambridge BY JANE NG janeng@sph.com.sg ALTHOUGH it is set to open next year, the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) is off to a good start, having attracted top-calibre students, faculty and industry partners,
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      • 634 84  -  BY JESSICA LIM NO STONE will be left unturned and critical issues will be studied assiduously before the Government makes any decision on nuclear energy for Singapore. Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran yesterday took pains to assure Singaporeans after
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      • 417 84  -  JESSICA LIM SINGAPORE is safe from any effects of the nuclear fallout in Japan, and airtight plans are in place to prevent any contamination. These were the reassurances Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor gave the House yesterday, in response
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      • 372 84  -  AARON LOW THE utilities rebates to be given this year to a family living in a three-room Housing Board flat would have been more than enough to cover the increase in their electricity bills over the past year. In fact, the $340 such a family can expect
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      • 562 85  -  Changes to rules also ups coverage to $50,000 for each depositor BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT franchan@sph.com.sg PARLIAMENT has approved changes to legislation that will give greater peace of mind to more depositors and insurance policyholders. The enhancements to the Deposit Insurance Scheme
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      • PARLIAMENT SHORTS
        • 151 85  -  JANE NG THE general guidelines on school canteens are set by the Ministry of Education (MOE) but a committee headed by the school principal will monitor canteen prices and food portions, said Minister of State for Education and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli. Replying to Ms
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        • 125 85  -  JANE NG IN THE past five years, 3,300 students took art and 340 took music at the O levels. While it is still too early to tell how many will end up teaching these subjects, there are currently 1,050 trained art and music teachers,
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        • 164 85  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM SINGAPORE is to increase its total subscription to the authorised capital stock of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Parliament has given its nod but the amount will not exceed US$290.4 million (S$365.2 million). This is the value of the additional
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      • 521 85  -  BY RACHEL CHANG CHANGES to rules preventing conveyancing lawyers from absconding with their clients’ funds were passed in Parliament yesterday, but not without MPs expressing some concern about the impact these will have on the legal profession. The new law will stop
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      • 576 85  -  FRANCIS CHAN THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will have more powers when dealing with troubled insurers, as part of a move to provide greater protection to policyholders. The change, approved by Parliament yesterday, aligns powers in the Insurance Act with those of the Banking
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      • 376 85  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday welcomed the extension of a law that makes it mandatory for all workplaces to observe minimum safety standards. Madam Halimah Yacob (Jurong GRC), Mr Yeo Guat Kwang (Aljunied GRC) and Dr Fatimah Lateef (Marine Parade GRC)
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    • 496 86  -  Contingent will scan waters, protect ships in the area from pirates BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) maritime patrol plane left for the Gulf of Aden yesterday, the first such deployment to beef up patrols against piracy
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    • 277 86  -  BY MELISSA PANG THE Singapore Medical Council (SMC) has suspended and fined a doctor over charges of professional misconduct. General practitioner Khoo Buk Kwong, 50, was found guilty of failing to exercise due care in the management and treatment of 24 patients from
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 73 86 STUDENTS, senior citizens and full-time national servicemen can now top up their travel concession cards at more than 1,100 DBS and POSB ATMs islandwide. The available top-up amounts are $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 and $200. Concession card holders can also Giro-link their DBS/POSB accounts to automatically top
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      • 61 86 A 50-YEAR-OLD Singaporean man has been arrested for illegal bookmaking at the Resorts World Sentosa casino. He allegedly approached patrons at the casino and offered to help them make private bets on games between July and August last year. If found guilty of bookmaking, he faces a
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      • 131 86 ONE of Singapore’s oldest Buddhist temples is donating $2 million to the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS). The donation by the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, announced yesterday, will be used to start a scholarship programme for needy Singaporean students. Students pursuing
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    • 579 87  -  His firm won contracts from SLA worth $297k; he got a cut of $94.5k SLA SCAM BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A FORMER businessman has become the second man to be jailed for a scam that cheated the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) of $12.2
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    • 395 87  -  SELINA LUM THE High Court has dismissed an appeal by the prosecution against the amendment of charges and the sentences imposed on a driver in the Thomson accident which killed a pedestrian and injured another. Justice Choo Han Teck yesterday maintained the $9,500 fine
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    • 225 87 AN ELDERLY woman was killed in a car accident on Sunday afternoon in Jalan Bukit Merah. Madam Cheng Ooi Yuet, 76, was crossing a road near the National Environment Agency’s (NEA) Central Regional Office at 4.40pm when she was hit by a car driven
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  • SPORT.
    • 180 88 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Chelsea aim to shrug off Euro blues against Wigan L Triathletes upset with Japan race going ahead L LeBron James’ mother detained in Miami Beach MOST COMMENTED ON L A zero from Coke, and then two
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    • Article, Illustration
      598 88  -  National thrower leaves post of secretary to focus on SEA Games BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg WHAT started out as a concerted effort to breathe new life into a sport mired in the doldrums is fast unravelling as James Wong, another Singapore Athletic Association committee member, quit yesterday.
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    • 792 88 THE MASTERS NEW YORK TIMES AUGUSTA: Fifty years to the day after Gary Player, the godfather of South African golf, became the first international player to win the Masters, his countryman Charl Schwartzel won the 75th Masters on Sunday. He broke through a chaotic
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    • 1067 89  -  Woods’ putter and McIlroy’s heart failed them on crunch day SPORTINGLIFE THE MASTERS BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg THE boy and the veteran searched desperately among the pine trees. One for his time to come, one for a time gone by. The boy, 21, was trying to
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 92 89 ASSOCIATED PRESS IT WAS nearly 1am in South Africa when Charl Schwartzel sealed his first Major title. And, at the family farm in Vereeniging, a city near Johannesburg, his father George watched every moment. That is a big change for a man who describes
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      • 82 89 BLOOMBERG CHARL Schwartzel’s victory at the Masters left golf without an American champion in its four Major events for the first time in 17 years. The South African’s achievement follows victories by Martin Kaymer of Germany at the PGA Championship, Louis Oosthuizen of
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      • 124 89 LAST Thursday, during the opening round, Choi Kyung Ju’s family thought they found a sign that indicated that the South Korean golfer would finally get to wear the green jacket this year. According to savannahnow.com, Choi’s 13-year-old son, David, said: “On Thursday,
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      • 71 89 JAPANESE teenager Ryo Ishikawa (above) jump-started his donation drive for earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in his country by raising about 9.3 million yen (S$139,000) at the Masters. He earned about 7.9 million yen for sharing 20th place with three others and raised
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    • 368 89 REUTERS AUGUSTA: He may have suffered one of the biggest collapses at the Masters, but Rory McIlroy is not planning to dwell on his melt-down on Sunday for too long. In fact, the 21-year-old Northern Irishman insists he has learnt some invaluable lessons and that
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    • 447 89 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: If this was a National Basketball Association Eastern Conference semi-finals preview, then the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics showed what to expect. Few pleasantries. Pushing and shoving. And maybe a Game 7 in Miami. LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane
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    • 131 89 LA Lakers 106 Oklahoma City 120 Kevin Durant scored 31 points and Russell Westbrook added 26 as the Oklahoma City Thunder sent the Los Angeles Lakers to their fifth straight loss on Sunday night. The Thunder are now a game behind the Lakers and Dallas with two remaining
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    • 478 90 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has taken a controlling stake in Arsenal and has agreed terms to buy the remaining shares in the English Premier League football club, both sides announced yesterday. The deal values Arsenal at about £731 million (S$1.5
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    • 657 90 Advantage Man United, but Chelsea are not giving up hope in Europe REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Fortress Old Trafford, Chelsea’s flat form and a welter of statistics point to Manchester United advancing to the semi-finals of the Champions League today yet one goal can change
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    • 361 90  -  BY LEE MIN KOK WORLD football body Fifa has recognised the rogue Indonesian Premier League (LPI) which means that Singapore footballers Shahril Ishak and Baihakki Khaizan can be called up to play for the Lions. Fifa’s normalisation committee appointed last week to take over
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 51 90 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters may miss next month’s French Open after injuring her right ankle at her cousin’s wedding. The world No. 2 and reigning US and Australian Open champion strained her ankle ligaments and tore a joint capsule and tendon
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      • 74 90 ASSOCIATED PRESS DURBAN (South Africa): Despite appearing to hold back in both races, Caster Semenya easily won the 800m and 1,500m at the South African Athletics Championships on Sunday. The 800m world champion, formerly at the centre of a gender-test controversy, is preparing for this
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      • 45 90 ALBIREX Niigata and Gombak United battled to a 0-0 draw in an S-League football match at the Jurong East Stadium last night. Japanese side Albirex are now fifth in the league with 15 points, five behind league leaders Tampines Rovers.
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    • 257 90 Today Basketball NBA: Phoenix v Minnesota (Live, StarHub Ch216,10am). Cricket IPL: Rajasthan v Delhi (6.30pm), Bangalore v Mumbai (10.30pm) Live, StarHub Ch231. Football S-League: Tanjong Pagar v Balestier (Clementi, 7.30pm). Uefa Champions League q-finals, 2nd leg: Manchester United v Chelsea (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 2.45am),
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    • 56 90 JACK WARNER, Fifa vice-president, blasting reporters from The Times of London. There were claims by members of England’s 2018 World Cup bid team that he had asked them to build an education centre in Trinidad and Tobago when they approached
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    • 358 90 Basketball NBA Orlando 99 Chicago 102, Miami 100 Boston 77, Toronto 99 New Jersey 92, Memphis 111 New Orleans 89, Charlotte 101 Detroit 112, Indiana 109 NY Knicks 110, Dallas 115 Phoenix 90, Golden State 103 Sacramento 104, LA Lakers 106 Oklahoma City 120. Cricket 2nd ODI In Dhaka
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    • 473 91  -  Sean wins decider to give sports school the edge in B boys’ final SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Sports School (SSP) ended Montfort Secondary’s nine-year reign as Schools National B boys’ badminton champions yesterday. It took the SSP just over three hours to
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    • 373 91  -  BY MAY CHEN GOING into the third singles of the Schools National C boys’ table tennis final yesterday, Raffles Institution’s (RI) Yin Jing Yuan felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. After all, with the tie against Victoria School (VS) finely balanced
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    • 360 91  -  BY LEE MIN KOK DESPITE taking part in her second competition in three days, Liane Wong was in no mood to be denied her maiden A Division title at the Schools National fencing championships yesterday. The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) fencer from
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    • 239 91 Acceptance of Obituaries News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North Mondays Fridays 8.30am to 9.45pm Saturdays, Sundays Public Holidays 12.30pm to 9.45pm Only death announcements can be accepted after office hours." To help us process your announcement quickly, please bring along the following: Original Death Certificate Identity Card of person placing
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  • 1227 91 OBITUARIES In Memoriam EDMUND WILLIAM BARKER 01 December 1920 12 April 2001 Scholar Sportsman Statesman Father Much Loved Always Missed Gillian Barker Olijve ARCHI KANOO D/O RETINAM (RANI) Age:54 passed away peacefully on 10/04/2011. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Hushand:BalaSubramaniam Daughter:Anjugam Sisters: Indradevi Puspa Latha Saroja Devi
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    • 84 92 Memory wanders as shadows fall Bach to the days of happiness. Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her 1 jps now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. r A V Unable are the loved to die. For love is
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      • 489 93  -  Bourse’s longest winning streak this year ends as index dips by 0.84% BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares closed in the red for the first time in nine sessions yesterday, as investors decided to take a breather and reap some
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      • 391 93  -  BY HARSHA JETHNANI CITIBANK Singapore has announced a raft of initiatives as part of its strategy to target a growing market segment called emerging affluent clients. These are people broadly defined as having investable assets of between $10,000 and $200,000. In terms
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 132 93 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.25 billion shares worth $1.39 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 144 Losers: 331 Unchanged: 768 STRAITS TIMES INDEX 3,500 April 11, 2011 3,160.44 -26.87 3,200 2,900 2,600 3,313.61 (Nov 9 ’10) 2,650.61 (May 25 ’10) 2,300 52-WEEK HIGH: LOW: April ’10 June Aug Oct Dec Feb ’11
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        • 217 93 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,719.70 (-48.38) Japanese stocks closed 0.5 per cent lower, with weaker-than-expected machinery orders in February weighing on the market. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,544.0 (-13.49) Malaysian shares ended on a bearish note, falling 0.9 per cent on profit-taking in blue chips. HK Hang
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        • SINGAPORE STOCKS
          • 235 93 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 11, 2011 Top Rises April 11 CENTS DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ 2460 170.7 5.9 (0) DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3372 36.4 0.9 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4226 26.4 0.5 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 1216 21.3
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          • 410 93 Top Rises April 11 CENTS SGX.ES.1104 839 23.0 2.8 KepCorp DBeCW*****5 16 5.0 45.5 SIMSCI375MBePW*****1 35 3.0 9.4 CoscoCorMBLeCW*****3. ...38.5 2.5 6.9 BiosensoMBLeCW*****2 15.5 2.0 14.8 CoscoCorBNPeCW*****0 56 1.5 2.8 GentingSBNPeCW*****7 24.5 1.5 6.5 MetroHldg W*****2 20 1.5 8.1 STI 2950 DBePW*****1 24 1.5 6.7 STI 3050BNPePW*****0
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          • 50 93 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Golden Agri 72.5 -0.5 -0.7 75,887,000 HPH Trust USS 101 0.0 0.0 67,735,000 Genting SR By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value Genting SP 212 -4.0 -1.9 120,999,900 HPH trust USS 101 0.0 0.0 85,940,700 CapitaLand UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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          • 59 93 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY April 11 2011 Selling Buying April 11 2011 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.371 ....1.294 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.338 ....1.287 Euro 1.85 Malaysian ringgit 42.541 40.516 Sterling pound 2.094 ....2.014 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah
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          • 378 93 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 234 157 CapMallsAsia 188 cd unch 7020 192 186 1.1 17.2 7304 425 308 CapitaLand 344 cd -6 ***** 353 344 1.7 11.5 *****.6 216 171
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      • 391 94  -  Report: Only 43.1% beat expectations; utilities and tech firms did badly BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT franchan@sph.com.sg FIRMS from Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines did better in meeting earnings targets last year than their counterparts in Taiwan and South Korea, but it was
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      • 421 94  -  BY JOANNE LEE STATE Street Global Advisors (SSgA), yesterday announced the alignment of its Straits Times Index fund with the rest of its global SPDR family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). SSgA, one of the world’s largest institutional asset managers, has renamed the streetTracks
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      • 170 94  -  CHERYL LIM TATA Chemicals will invest US$290 million (S$365 million) to acquire a 25.1 per cent stake in the Gabon Urea Manufacturing Project from Singa-pore-listed Olam International. The US$1.3 billion port-based fertiliser complex is a joint venture between Olam and the central
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    • 548 95 Global economy also threatened by soaring food, commodity prices REUTERS WASHINGTON: Soaring oil prices and inflation in the emerging economies that were a welcome source of stability during the financial crisis pose dangerous new risks to the world economy, said the International
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    • 525 95 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Nasdaq OMX, operator of the second-biggest United States stock exchange, will take its US$11.3 billion (S$14.2 billion) unsolicited bid for NYSE Euronext to shareholders after its directors rejected the offer in favour of their merger agreement with Deutsche
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    • 540 96  -  Observers expect this year’s sales to beat last year’s in volume, value BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg EN BLOC activity has gained momentum in the first few months of this year with 12 successful deals totalling $37.1 million, according to analysts’ estimates.
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    • 822 96 COMMENTARY BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Two central banks look at the same underlying fundamentals, reach two different conclusions and take two different policy actions. Last week the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.25 per cent from 1 per cent,
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    • 369 96  -  BY MELISSA HO SINGAPORE is committed to protecting the marine environment in order to promote the sustainable growth of the maritime industry here. That was the clear message from Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Lim Hwee Hua. She was guest of honour
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    • 441 97  -  Singapore's ST Telemedia will become largest shareholder of combined entity BY LEE SU SHYAN MONEY EDITOR sushyan@sph.com.sg NASDAQ-LISTED tech firm Level 3 Communications has agreed to buy United States-based Global Crossing for about US$1.9 billion (S$2.4 billion). The deal will create
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    • 497 97 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS HONG KONG: Billionaire Li Ka Shing’s yuan-denominated property trust opened for sale in Hong Kong yesterday, in a landmark deal analysts described as a milestone in moves to turn the yuan into a global currency. Hui Xian, a real estate
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    • 786 98  -  Bourse will analyse Australia’s rejection of deal with ASX, but other tie-ups likely, says CEO BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will continue to focus on developing new products and services as it moves to put the failed merger with Australia’s
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    • 118 98 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L SGX not throwing in the towel yet MOST COMMENTED ON L Asean to jointly market stock exchanges. Says careconnect: “The members need to step up to lead the economic integration touted by Asean, and this could be
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    • 232 1  -  Bashfully yours,Shy Dot Shy Dot is a member of this magazine’s Dot Family. Watch for their messages every week in Little Red Dot. A s I’m shy, I prefer to keep to myself. Speaking up in class is something I never do,
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      • 399 2  -  By Jessica Lim ACTIVITY BY TAN XING March 31 A young generation of ‘softies’? WHEN classes ended at a primary school in Bishan yesterday afternoon, several pupils trotted out, followed by women carrying their school bags. Over in Sengkang in the evening, maids and parents milled
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        451 3  -  By Jessica Lim ACTIVITY BY ANDREW DUFFY March 28 Big appetite for buffets despite price rise PRICES of buffet spreads in Singapore might be heading north but foodies are still ready to splurge for variety. Buffet-goers are forking out anything from $15.80 to $64 each for spreads that
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      • 507 4  -  By Carolyn Quek ACTIVITY BY ANDREW DUFFY March 26 Participants will be taught how to matchmake their single friends By Carolyn Quek FRIENDS and relatives of singles are being sought after to play Cupid. The Government, anxious to get more people hitched and into nesting mode
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      • 141 5  -  Eileen Aung-Thwin brings you news bites from the region. Eileen Aung-Thwin THE struggle to contain the nuclear crisis in Fukushima continues as Japan ordered the country’s 55 nuclear power plants to implement new safety measures by the end of this month. WHY IT MATTERS The Trade Ministry
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      • 163 5 A COUPLE from Hainan, China, posted on an online forum the story of how their 15-year-old daughter picked up gambling and borrowed from loan sharks to fuel her habit. WHY IT MATTERS The couple’s story shows a disturbing trend illegal moneylending and sports betting are becoming
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      • 172 5 HUNDREDS of Indians revived a historic demonstration called the Dandi March. In 30 Indian cities, as well as in the United States and nine other countries, they protested against widespread corruption in the Indian government. WHY IT MATTERS The original Dandi March, which took 24 days and
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      • 402 6  -  Find out interesting facts and trivia about the neighbourhood you live in. This week, we visit Punggol in the north-east of Singapore. By Eisen Teo By Eisen Teo 1 POPULATION: 59,400 as of 2010, or 16 out of every 1,000 Singaporeans, with Little Red Dot subscribers
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      • 611 7  -  They are young ambassadors trained to share eco-friendly living tips with the public. By Sheryl Quek IF you do not know what a water thimble does, ask 12-year-old Li Shang Jun. The Primary 4 pupil of Yangzheng Primary School can tell you just why homes need
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      • 395 8  -  Pupils have a taste of 1960s fashion during inaugural learning journey. By Matthew Hui IT was their first time wearing bell bottoms and what a thrill it gave them. Pupils attending The Straits Times’ first learning journey at the National Museum of Singapore on March 31 got
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      • 350 9  -  You do not need a big area to create your own green space. Ellen Whyte shows you how. Ellen Whyte ALTHOUGH it is not an official holiday, some people are celebrating Lawn and Garden Month in April. Working in a garden is good for your health
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      • 521 12  -  They trick your body into protecting you from a disease, explains Kimiko Chan Kimiko Chan Sources: National Health Service (UK); Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (US) A VACCINE is a substance that is put into the body, usually by injection, to
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        515 13 Priest Valentine executed for defying cruel emperor’s ban on marriages Feb 14, AD278, Rome A PRIEST was put to death today for defying the Emperor’s orders and secretly performing marriage ceremonies. Emperor Claudius II, nicknamed Claudius The Cruel, has waged many wars across the great empire of
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      • 42 14 What do you think Ambriesh Karthik should have done? Send your answers to stdot@sph.com.sg. If it is published here, you will win a prize. Do not forget to include your name, age, level, class, school and phone number.
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      • 83 14 THE Internet has become an inseparable part of our lives. An ongoing campaign, Cyber Wellness 2011, which is organised by the Media Development Authority of Singapore, aims to create greater awareness among pupils on the safe use of the Internet. Learn how you can surf safely
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      • 306 14 Dear Editor, I am a regular reader of Little Red Dot and I would like to share an incident which happened to me on April 1. I was at the Northpoint Shopping Centre food court, sitting at a two-seater table and enjoying a delicious lunch of chicken rice
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      • 412 15  -  TEXT TAN XING QI Being conscious of how your actions affect others is the key to showing kindness when you’re out in public. Here’s what you can do to show you are thinking of those around you Keep Singapore clean A clean and green environment is
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      • 293 16 Learning outcome: 1. Deduce meaning of words from how they relate to one another: N words which are synonyms (eg. quick/fast) N words which are near synonyms (eg. in the word cline, cool cold freezing) ACTIVITY The following words are extracted from the advertisement. Read the advertisement
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      • 126 17 Learning outcomes: 1. Deduce meaning of words from how they relate to one another: words which are antonyms (eg. valuable/worthless) ACTIVITY Write down the antonyms of the following words. Then complete the crossword puzzle. 1. upset p 2. pushing p 3. halt s 4. exports i 5.
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      • 312 18 Learning outcome: 1. Deduce meaning of words from how they relate to one another: N words which are synonyms (eg. quick/fast) N words which are near synonyms (eg. in the word cline, cool cold freezing) ACTIVITY Uncovering life in Sungei Buloh’s mud Knee-deep in mud, with
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      • 564 19  -  Read the pieces of text below and answer the questions that follow. By Malini Nathan By Malini Nathan Learning outcome Reading and viewing Develop reading and viewing skills, strategies, attitudes and behaviour and text type-specific comprehension skills and strategies, strengthened by exposure to wide reading and
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      • 354 20  -  Nothing can drum up excitement at a big celebration like fireworks do. Those colourful displays with their dazzling patterns never fail to inspire awe. Little Red Dot tells you how they are made TEXT MATTHEW MATTHEW HUI THE CONTAINER Aerial fireworks are produced by launching
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    • 290 1 CPART TUESDAY, APRIL 12 2011 In-flight hazards Royal wedding Puppet play List leaked: The Beckhams, Elton John among invitees Dealing with drunks and loud snorers Surprise donation leads to epic staging C18 C4 The laidback city is the perfect destination for a holidayithfriends,asrouwith friends, as group activities, from bungee jumping
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      • 1464 2  -  Auckland is set to thrill with outdoor activities that take visitors up and into the sky lin wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg The writer’s trip was sponsored by Jetstar and Tourism New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city with a population of over 1.3 million, is like Singapore in
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      • 615 3 AUCKLAND BRIDGE CLIMB What: A 1½-hour walk up Auckland Harbour Bridge that culminates in a photography session atop the highest point 67m above sea level When: Daily at 9am, 11am and 2.30pm (except Christmas Day) Requirements: Participants must be at least seven years old. Closed-toe
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      • 714 4  -  That is among the creative ways cabin crew deal with inflight issues such as smelly feet desiree khng deskhng@sph.com.sg It is the last thing you need on a long flight when all you want to do is rest unruly drunks, the pervasive pong of
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        535 4 What are some restaurants that I must try during my visit to New York City in May? Grace Auyong Restaurants run the gamut in New York City, but those that have been featured in the city’s food blogs and magazines include The Spotted Pig (314 W 11th Street,
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      • 113 13 ‘I hate the whole concept of comfort! It’s like when people say, “Well, we’re not really in love, but we’re in a comfortable relationship.” You’re abandoning a lot of ideas when you are too into comfort’ Shoe designer Christian Louboutin (right) ‘I came to Los Angeles
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        622 13  -  Lin Wenjian PAY CHILD RATES AT CLUB MED UOB credit-card holders and Club Med members now get to book for stays at select Club Med resorts at kids’ prices. These rates are available if you travel to Club Med resorts in Cherating Beach, Phuket, Bali and Kani, Maldives,
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    • 793 14  -  The Finger Players stage show with traditional Chinese hand puppets donated to the group corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg A puppet bonanza has inspired a local theatre group to stage an epic. Two years ago, local theatre group The Finger Players received a call: A local factory owner
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    • 419 14  -  reviewconcert SPECTRUM: MUSIC WORDS Conservatory New Music Ensemble Esplanade Recital Studio/Sunday chang tou liang With new music, one really does not know exactly what to expect. Just take each surprise as it comes. The first was conductor Tony Makarome himself. More familiar as a jazz bassist, he
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    • 905 15  -  The American singer dumped his protest anthems for a censored setlist to get Beijing’s approval commentary maureen dowd New York Times Bob Dylan may have done the impossible: broken creative new ground in selling out. The idea that the raspy troubadour of 1960s freedom
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    • 221 15 It is time to go back to the basics, according to Home Decor Renovate. The annual publication by the monthly interior design magazine Home Decor showcases latest design trends while bringing readers back to the basics of refurbishing. It advises you where best to use materials such
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      • 908 17 Associated Press London Footballer David Beckham will be there with his fashion designer wife Victoria. Singer Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish. And the Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala will be there, too, probably one of the few guests at the wedding of the year
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      • 211 17 Associated Press Hong Kong For his brooding romance A Beautiful Life, director Andrew Lau took the unusual step of letting actress Shu Qi make an early edit of the movie from a woman’s perspective. She is eyeing a directorial debut, so he thought the editing
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        • 83 17 Avatar director James Cameron and his longtime special-effects partner Vince Pace were to announce yesterday that they are forming Cameron-Pace Group, a company to develop, sell and lease 3-D production technology to film-makers, broadcasters and game manufacturers. The venture, Cameron said, aims to accelerate
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        • 53 17 Warner Brothers has announced that the new Superman movie will be called Man Of Steel, and Michael Shannon, an Oscar nominee for Revolutionary Road (2008), will play the evil General Zod. He will face off against Henry Cavill, the franchise’s new Superman, in the
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    • 808 6  -  This Vietnamese hill town is an ideal getaway from the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City by benny lee WITH temperatures hovering between 16 and 24 deg C all year round, Dalat has earned the moniker of the City of Eternal Spring. Nestled 1,500m
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    • 847 8  -  Taiwan’s museums are gateways to cultural treasures that range from imperial delicacies and ancient artefacts to contemporary sculptures, discovers Mike Lee Mike Lee THE agenda for many Singaporeans holidaying in Taiwan is shopping and eating, but on my last trip, my group managed to get its
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    • 911 9  -  Heidi Sarna tells you where you can indulge in retail therapy in the Indian capital city Heidi Sarna A SPRAWLING, chaotic city of more than 18 million people in northern India the metropo lis of Delhi spreads across hundreds of square kilometres, though many
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    • 929 10  -  To relive the romantic scenes from the movie Bridget Jones’ Diary, Jamie Zhou visits the city with many parts in blockbuster hits Jamie Zhou FOR my friend and me, watching Bridget Jones’ Diary has become somewhat of an annual ritual come New Year’s Eve. So when
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    • 821 12  -  On a recent trip to Vientiane, food technologist Sim Kok Hwee shows the Laotians the wonders of fermented soyabean by leong phei phei TEMPEH, which is fermented soyabeans, is a great source of protein and a staple for Indonesians. But in Laos, consumption of tempeh is
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    • 814 9 ASPEN HEIGHTS 1324 sqft 3+1 rm F/furn. F/facilities. Near MRT/ amenities. Immed. *****869 PN TANGLIN PK. 3+1. 1765 sqft. Renovated. Big balcony. Full facilities. $7K. Gatsby *****388 TANGLIN PK 1119 sqft. 2 rms with patio F/facilties P/furn Renovated (Designer) $5800 *****223 TANGLIN REGENCY 3+1+ patio, 1259 sqft. #01. P/furn. MRT.
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    • 908 11 PPK FACTORY SPACE HPK FACTORY SPACE FOR SALE FOR SALE Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Eunos Technolink Unit sizes from 2,756 sq ft Vehicular ramp allows direct access to units Easy access to PIE and ECP Near Eunos and MacPherson MRT Stations Vacant or tenanted units with rental income
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    • 758 11 TANNERY ROAD UPPER flr 2500 sqft. Own toilet. Ample parking space. Immediate. Asking $1.30 psf. Savills *****622 BURLINGTON SQUARE 990SQFT. High flr. Fitted unit with air-con, carpeted. Ample car park. Great location! Hurry! 9791-6225 David **ROBINSON ROAD OFFICE space for rent. Avail immed. Bare/ fitted from 550sqft to 4000 sqft
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    • 1115 12 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT HK SHOP SPACE FOR RENT SHOP SPACE FOR RENT :j smuare e PRIME RETAIL UNITS ©NOVENA Square 2 is directly connected to Novena MRT with visitorship up to 1.4 million people monthly Huge captive audience with good class residential developments, offices, schools and medical amenities Units
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    • 345 12 TEBAN GDN BLK 37/ 38. 300/ 600 sqft. Near mkt/ hawker. Suits cake shop, TCM, eyebrow salon, fashion. *****822 TOP SHOP GOLDHILL Centre 2100 sq.ft approx. Suitable for Restn/ spa/cafe/bistro near MRT/heavy traffic. $20k neg. *****223 JURONG WEST TUITION Centre Daycare 1800sqft bombshelter full fitted aircon. Rent $4k, takeover fee
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    • 351 12 SIM LIM TOWER. 861sqft, Ground flr, good location, Heavy human traffic, Li Lian *****128 HighPt PENINSULA PLAZA. 260 sqft. #02-57. Avail 1 May. Any trade. No water. $2k. Owner 9631-3311 CIRCULAR RD UPP flr. 1100 sqft. Suit all trades. MRT Immed. Good traffic $5.5k PH *****383 D.7 JLN SULTAN main
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    • 249 15 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWUOSNo. 38 of 2011/P In the matter of the Companies Act (Cap 50, 1994 Ed) And In the Matter of ACROPOLIS ELECTRONICS PTE LTD (Under Judicial Management) (Registration No. *****5687W) Between 1. CHAY FOOK YUEN (NRIC No. S*****89C) 2. TAYPUAY CHENG
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    • 1191 15 LEE KIM TAH HOLDINGS LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) Company No. *****0554E NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 29th Annual General Meeting of LEE KIM TAH HOLDINGS LIMITED will be held at the Registered Offi ce, 20 Jalan Afi fi #07-01 Certis CISCO Centre ll, Singapore
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