The Straits Times, 23 May 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, MAY 23 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Vettel zooms to 4th win
      68 1 F F F REIGNING Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel held off his closest challenger Lewis Hamilton to win by just 0.6sec in the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday, for his fourth win in five races this season. The German, now on 118 points, extended his
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      Lock icon Contracts for minors
      64 1 IS A contract signed by someone under the age of 18 binding? Ask a lawyer and he would tell you the short answer: No. But businesses can and do court the teen market, and some, like fitness clubs and telcos, do draw up contracts for signing. Parents
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      Lock icon East Asian aid for Japan
      62 1 CHINA and South Korea yesterday offered to help Japan recover from the March 11 quake and tsunami as the three neighbours vowed to stand in unity to overcome post-disaster difficulties. Beijing said it would lift bans on some food imports from Japan and Seoul said
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      Lock icon ‘Singapore first’ for DBS
      56 1 DBS Group Holdings has reiterated its commitment to being the “main bank” for Singaporeans, even as it accelerates its deposit-gathering activities in the wider region. Its new group consumer banking group head Tan Kong Khoon said it aims to “entrench” its leadership position here, while also
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    Lock icon New political pay to be backdated to May 21
    1060 1  -  Govt releases names of eight-member review committee BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN ANDREA ONG zakirh@sph.com.sg andreao@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Cai Haoxiang THE task of revising ministerial pay has begun in earnest, with the release of the names of the eight-member review panel. But
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    384 1 THE two Manchester clubs in the English Premier League were celebrating yesterday as the curtains came down on the 2010-2011 season. Manchester United, which had already won their 19th league title last week, gave the Old Trafford faithful a gift in the
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    Lock icon President’s salary up for review, too
    421 1  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE President’s pay is being relooked as part of a special committee’s review of political salaries, the Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday. In a statement on the eight-member committee and the scope of its work, it said: “While the salary of the
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      119 1 SIA CUP ACTOR/DIRECTOR JONATHAN LIM The other side of a funnyman TANJONG PAGAR RAILWAY STATION LIFE! PAGE C4 Catching the last trains Surprise winner SPORT, PAGE B9 HOME, PAGE B7 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 SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg
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        Lock icon A swifter, more connected PAP
        67 2 WE SAY With the swearing in of a new, leaner and younger Cabinet last Saturday, Singapore marks a brave new frontier in its political evolution. One can have no doubt now that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is serious about the ruling party’s promise to
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        Lock icon Rein in Perkasa
        54 2 COLUMNS The Malay ultra rights group Perkasa is raising political temperature in Malaysia, and Prime Minister Najib Razak needs Najib to deal with it firmly. Ignoring it will affect his credibility and let the group hijack Umno’s agenda to the detriment of the country, says Salim Osman.
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        Lock icon Common Asian currency
        33 2 China can help jump-start the journey towards a regional Asian currency, with its first leadership position at a new regional financial surveillance body, say Grace Ng. L REVIEW PAGE A19
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        Lock icon Noise v real concerns
        42 2 OUR READER SAYS The People’s Action Party and its ministers need to be able to differentiate between noise and real concerns; Singaporeans rely on their experienced ears not to be confused, says Andrew Tan. L FORUM PAGE A20
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        16 2 www.straitstimes.com L Bertha Henson mulls over the similarities across Gen X and Gen Y.
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      Lock icon Obama talks, but the Mid-East isn’t listening
      1041 2  -  Despite US diplomatic offensives, the region’s future is post-Western BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com KARL Marx, the founder of communism, once remarked that history repeats itself: first as tragedy, and then as farce. United States President Barack Obama’s efforts to engage with
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      Lock icon Iceland shuts airport as volcano spews ash, smoke
      539 3 Eruption bigger than last year’s, but effect may not be as widespread ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS REYKJAVIK: Iceland closed its main international airport and cancelled all domestic flights yesterday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and
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      Lock icon Runner dies during 5km event
      339 3  -  BY CHAN U-GENE A MAN described as “health conscious” and “a good runner” by his family died on Saturday at the 100PLUS Passion Run. Businessman Lee Khoon Bok, 55, collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest about 300m from the finishing point near the East Coast Food
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      Lock icon New MCYS chief’s fresh look at policies
      659 4  -  Govt must be prepared to adjust policies that are outdated, he says BY ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg ONE corner of Major-General (NS) Chan Chun Sing’s ward of Buona Vista is home to many elderly residents who live alone or are bedridden. However, in the
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      Lock icon ComChest charity walk raises more than $1m
      334 4  -  ANDREA ONG THE Community Chest raised more than $1 million from the ComChest Heartstrings Walk yesterday, its first major fundraising event for the new financial year. The total of $1,188,800 raised exceeded the original target of $800,000 by more than 40 per cent.
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      Lock icon Wide range of experience on salary review panel
      770 6  -  Team has good understanding of both public, private sectors BY CAI HAOXIANG ANDREA ONG haoxiang@aph.com.sg andreao@sph.com.sg THEY are, or have been, at the top levels of their professions, have a good understanding of the corporate world and of how government works. The
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      Lock icon Who’s who on the committee, and what it will do
      404 6 L Terms of Reference: The committee’s terms of reference will be to review the basis and level of salaries for the President, Prime Minister, political appointment holders and Members of Parliament to help ensure honest and competent government. The committee
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      Lock icon Politicians welcome review
      630 7 Ministers and MPs at community events responded yesterday to questions from the media on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s move to put ministerial salaries up for review. Here is a sampling of what they said: L Ms Grace Fu, Minister of State (Information, Communications and the Arts,
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      Lock icon Chok Tong will help advance international ties
      175 7 MR GOH Chok Tong said in a post on Facebook yesterday that he accepted the honorary title of Emeritus Senior Minister to help advance Singapore’s international relations. In comments on the MParader page, which he uses to engage residents of Marine Parade GRC,
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      80 8  -  BY KEVIN LIM PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages on Monday entitled 6.39pm. Away from more popular
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      Lock icon MPs Halimah and Teo to leave NTUC
      530 8  -  The two new Ministers of State plan to focus full time on their portfolios BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg NEWLY appointed Ministers of State Halimah Yacob and Josephine Teo will be leaving the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to focus full time on their
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      Lock icon Ser Luck to boost entrepreneurship
      297 8  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN NEW Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck said yesterday that he hopes to do more to promote local businesses and entrepreneurship. Mr Teo, who has worked in China before, also said he wants to leverage on that experience to
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      Lock icon China, S. Korea pledge aid in Japan recovery
      721 9 Leaders promise to ease food import curbs and help revive tourism REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan won pledges of help yesterday from China and South Korea in its efforts to recover from the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that has rocked the
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      Lock icon Dialogue ‘only way’ to resolve Korean crisis: Wen
      197 9 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday that dialogue is the only way to resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but Japan stressed that North Korea must first show sincerity in addressing concerns over its uranium enrichment activities
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      Lock icon Kim 'on third trip to China' in a year
      379 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il headed by train to eastern China yesterday on a visit to learn about economic development in his impoverished country’s major ally and benefactor, South Korean reports said. Mr Kim, whose
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      114 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L U$ hits limit on borrowing L ‘Master switch fat gene found’ L ‘Planking’ stunt leads to death fall MOST COMMENTED ON L Women at risk in IMF workplace. Says andrewcpkwa: “These double standards must not be allowed
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        Lock icon Famed Taipei night market feels the heat
        749 10  -  Critics slam food bazaar’s lack of variety, standards BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Taiwan’s most famous night market is feeling the heat. Shih Lin, the long-time food haunt of tourists and locals in Taipei, is being chewed up by critics
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        Lock icon Lee Kuan Yew on trip to Beijing, Tokyo
        110 10 FORMER minister mentor and current senior adviser to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, is visiting Beijing and Tokyo this week, his press secretary said in a statement yesterday. Mr Lee arrived in Beijing yesterday and will be
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        Lock icon No whitewash for Thaksin: Yingluck
        876 11  -  Ex-PM’s sister vows a return to real democracy and the rule of law THAI ELECTIONS BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal CHIANG RAI: The opposition party’s candidate for prime minister, Ms Yingluck Shinawatra, said yesterday that her brother Thaksin would not receive any “special
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        793 12  -  Tax dispute means cinemas can’t screen latest Hollywood films MEMO FROM JAKARTA BY LYNN LEE INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF lynnlee@sph.com.sg GOING to the movies has traditionally been an exciting ritual for Ms Chitra Anggraini. The 25-year-old animatedly describes settling back into plush seats
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        Lock icon Malaysian village mourns 16 killed in landslide
        507 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HULU LANGAT (Selangor): Close-knit residents of this village on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital grieved yesterday over the loss of 16 people, mostly children, after an orphanage was hit by a devastating landslide. As the search for bodies ended, a
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        Lock icon India eyes Africa for business opportunities
        582 13 Delhi hopes move will help it secure resources to meet its energy needs ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: India is setting up a diamond processing facility in Botswana. In Uganda, it is building a centre to train businesses about global markets. In four of Africa’s
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        Lock icon Pakistan wants naval base built by China
        269 13 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it wanted China to build it a naval base, in the latest sign of moves to strengthen ties with Beijing as relations with Washington falter. The announcement by Pakistan’s defence minister last Saturday came a day after
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        Lock icon Tata denies ‘lazy’ slur on UK staff
        228 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Indian tycoon Ratan Tata has denied calling his British workers lazy after a London newspaper quoted him attacking them for heading home early on Friday afternoons. The Tata Group issued a statement after The Times published an interview in
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        Lock icon Fresh claims of sex misdeeds
        433 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK: Fresh allegations of sexual misconduct have emerged against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) accused of sexually assaulting a New York chambermaid. According to The Sunday Telegraph, Strauss-Kahn had put pressure on a married Asian administrative
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        Lock icon New IMF chief ‘must be selected on merit’
        588 14 Outdated to base pick on nationality: G-20 panel REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Merit not nationality should determine who replaces Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the finance ministers of Australia and South Africa said in
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      • REGION IN REVOLT
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          Lock icon Syrian forces shoot mourners
          212 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYRIA: Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for slain anti-government protesters, pushing the number of people reported killed in a two-month uprising to more than 900 and making it one of the deadliest of the Arab Spring. The latest bloodshed suggests
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          Lock icon Yemen handover deal in doubt
          165 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS YEMEN: The party of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh suggested yesterday that he would not sign a proposed deal to step down after 32 years in power if the signing was held “behind closed doors”. It said he wanted a public event held
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        Lock icon Charities ‘funding schools for jihadists’
        551 15 Poor boys from Punjab being drafted to wage ‘holy war’ REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) financed a school network in United States ally Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage holy war,
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        Lock icon Zawahiri calls for revolts in Yemen and Saudi Arabia
        268 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NICOSIA: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the long-time Egyptian No. 2 to Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader killed earlier this month, has called on Saudis to take up this year’s wave of Arab revolt. In a new audiotape released on a
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        Lock icon Obama sticks to Mid-East peace plan
        719 16 But he reassures Israel’s backers of commitment to the Jewish state REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama yesterday refused to back away from his new Middle East peacemaking proposals that have angered Israel, as he addressed the Jewish state’s
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        Lock icon Another raid if terrorists found: Obama
        251 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has indicated that he will order an operation like the one which killed Osama bin Laden if another militant leader is found in Pakistan. In a BBC interview broadcast yesterday, Mr Obama was asked whether he
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        Lock icon Netanyahu denies talk of crisis in US-Israeli ties
        423 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he and United States President Barack Obama were locked in crisis after their public dispute on the Middle East peace process. Mr Netanyahu had bluntly criticised Mr Obama’s call
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        Lock icon Call to ban cellphones and wireless networks in schools
        373 16 LONDON: An influential European body has called for mobile phones and computers with wireless Internet connections to be banned from schools because they pose a health risk. A committee under the Council of Europe examined evidence that the technologies have “potentially
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          Lock icon Woman held for driving
          95 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH: The authorities briefly detained a Saudi woman who launched a campaign against the ban on women driving and posted an online video of herself behind the wheel to encourage others to follow her example. Human rights activist Walid Abou el-Kheir said Ms Manal
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          Lock icon Talks over Spratlys row
          102 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: President Benigno Aquino yesterday said he would meet China’s Defence Minister to discuss reported incidents between Philippine and Chinese ships and planes around the disputed Spratly Islands. Mr Aquino said he hoped his talks with visiting Defence Minister Liang Guanglie today would help
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          Lock icon ‘Tiger smuggler’ arrested
          129 17 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE BANGKOK: Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in what could be the country’s largest tiger trafficking ring, a wildlife protection group said yesterday. Sudjai Chanthawong, a Thai national, was detained last Saturday in the north-eastern town of Udon Thani by undercover officers of
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          Lock icon Dam operator in trouble
          90 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The operator of China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam plans to overhaul its finances after a government audit found 31 problems related to financial management, investment, bidding and other issues, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Xinhua said the company was one of
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          Lock icon Vietnam goes to the polls
          85 17 REUTERS HANOI: Vietnam held a parliamentary election yesterday in a vote designed to maintain the Communist Party’s grip on power, but unlikely to roll back the National Assembly’s more active role in shaping policy. Voters were picking up to 500 delegates from 827 candidates nationwide
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          Lock icon Local elections in Spain
          98 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Spaniards voted yesterday in local elections set to crush the ruling Socialists, even as protesters fuming over mass unemployment defied a ban on their swelling movement. Demonstrators, who blame mainstream politicians for a jobless rate of more than 21 per cent, refused to
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        Lock icon No end of the world
        372 17 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND (California): The hour of the apocalypse came quietly and went the same way leaving those who believed that Saturday would mark the world’s end confused, or more faithful, or just philosophical. Believers had spent months warning the world of the pending
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      455 18 WITH the swearing in of a new leaner and younger Cabinet on Saturday, Singapore marks a brave new frontier in its political evolution. One can have no doubt now that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also leader of the People’s Action Party (PAP),
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      845 18  -  MALAYSIAN POLITICS BY SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg AS RACIAL tension heightens in Malaysia, one organisation causing ripples in the country is Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa). The group pushed the political temperature to a new high when its president Ibrahim Ali
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        834 19  -  BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg EARLIER this month, China beat Japan in a bid to appoint the head of a new organisation that may one day pave the way for a common currency in Asia. Mr Wei Benhua, the former vice-head of China’s
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        785 19  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg IT IS well-established that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) has worked with Iran on ballistic missile programmes. But it is less clear that China is facilitating this trade in contravention of sanctions imposed
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        866 19  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. MUCH of central China along the Yangtze River is in the grip of its worst energy crisis in years. The electricity cuts for
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        381 20  -  Andrew Tan I AGREE with Mr Charles Tan’s advice (“Don’t go the populist way”; Saturday), and I would like to add a few more points. The expectation is now so high that short of a major revamp of most policies, the Government may not be
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        311 20  -  Chong Hou Chun Director Water Supply (Network) Department PUB, the national water agency PUB, the national water agency, thanks Mr Joshua Selvakumar (“Are water tanks safe from terrorists?”); Mr Peter Malcolm De Silva (“Telling of our failure to learn from mistakes”); and
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        335 20  -  Dr Huang Shoou Chyuan MAY 2011 will be remembered not only for the GRC breakthrough of the Workers’ Party in GE 2011, but also, more significantly, for the actions of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. History is replete with examples of world leaders who
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          72 20 “Will there be a similar change in mindset among civil servants?” MR KELVIN HOO: “There is a paradigm shift in the political atmosphere and the policymaking process. Will there be a similar change in mindset among civil servants, including those in the superscale grade? They play a pivotal
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          123 20 “What our politics must not degenerate into is a free-for-all in the name of progress.” MR DANIEL KOH KAH SOON: “In his groundbreaking speech at the swearing-in of the Cabinet, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: ‘Even though we now have more diverse voices, Singapore politics should not
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          128 20 “Try attracting overseas Singaporeans and former Singaporeans who wish to give back.” MADAM SHIRLEY WOON: “I applaud the Prime Minister for making bold changes to the Cabinet. I hope to see changes to the policies which affect our livelihood too. Regarding foreign talent, the new regime
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      441 2  -  BY POON CHIAN HUI ELDERLY residents in Nee Soon South will have to look no further than the void deck of one of the housing blocks in their neighbourhood for health advice, with the opening of a People’s Association wellness
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      112 3  -  MELISSA KOK THOSE who want to volunteer as foster parents must meet these basic criteria. They need to be: L residing in Singapore; L preferably married and at least 25 years old; L medically fit to care for children; L experienced in caring for and living with
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      76 3 About 5,000 children took part in a running event for kids at the Padang yesterday. The Cold Storage Kids Run is now in its fourth year. Even those as young as six months old could be a part of the action in
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      772 5  -  Relook of terms on time limits, relocation issues for urns in columbaria BY YEN FENG zengyan@sph.com.sg THE Catholic Church here is reviewing the way it keeps its dead. It acknowledges it may not be able to guarantee a perpetual resting place for its followers’
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      140 5 AN INDONESIAN maid fell 18 storeys to her death at Goldenhill Park Condominium in Mei Hwan Drive on Saturday. Ms Titi Lestari, 26, is thought to have lost her balance and fallen while cleaning the windows in the master bedroom in her employer’s unit in
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      352 7  -  JERMYN CHOW EACH time a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) jet is seen streaking through the skies here, one can be certain that its pilot has undergone an interminable number of training sessions and medical checks. The centre where these
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      709 7  -  Tickets being snapped up before rail service at heritage site ends on July 1 BY JAMIE EE WEN WEI, POON CHIAN HUI jamieee@sph.com.sg chpoon@sph.com.sg BUSINESS is brisk at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station as Singaporeans hop on the last trains
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      692 6  -  More Singaporeans are turning to supplements and health drinks to stay alert, and a recent experiment suggests it may be wise to do so BY LEONG PHEI PHEI HOW many of you have missed a bus stop or alighted at the wrong MRT station because
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      187 6 THOSE who want to be better fathers can take a leaf from Dr Ken Canfield (right), founder of the National Center for Fathering (USA) and a guest speaker at this year’sDadsforLifeconference. He will be speaking on why dads are essential to their children’s well being
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      289 6 SOME 30 head honchos are taking time off for The Job of the Chief Executive (JOCE) programme, which takes place from June 26 to July 1 this year. Launched in 1981, JOCE is one of the longest running senior executive programmes in Singapore for corporate
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      240 6 SINCE its launch about a month ago,Abbott Nutrition’s pregnancy and parenting guidebook has received positive responses. Called The Essential Guide for First-time Asian Mums and Dads from Pregnancy to Preschool, the book is supported by an education grant from Abbott, and marks the culmination of
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      321 6  -  BY AHMAD OSMAN HONG KONG, Macau, Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Jiangmen are offering multi-destination travel packages to the five cities for tourists from South-east Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. These offers were highlighted in a recent joint visit to South-east Asia by tourism officials from the
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      509 9  -  Brought to you by Singapore Turf Club JONATHAN WONG FOR the third time in four years, South Africa came up trumps in the Singapore Airlines International (SIA) Cup last night. Following in the footsteps of compatriots Jay Peg (2008) and Lizard’s Desire (2010), unfancied Gitano
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      377 9  -  JONATHAN WONG OWNER Fred Crabbia could barely hold back the tears last night as he watched his prized horse, Rocket Man, finally claim victory in the KrisFlyer Sprint International on his third attempt. The local sprint superstar had finished second twice in the last
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      48 9 Performers in their feathered costumes preparing to dance in between races. SIA Girls welcoming the 12 jockeys and their mounts for the $3 million SIA Cup race. A racegoer wearing her plumed headgear standing out among suits and evening wear. ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE
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      917 10 Red Bull driver opens up gap atop standings despite unreliable Kers ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BARCELONA: Formula One leader and reigning champion Sebastian Vettel held off closest championship contender Lewis Hamilton for his fourth victory of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday. The Red
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        467 10  -  BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR THE match point won, he collapsed onto the court at the Singapore Tennis Association (STA) in delight. Then, with his arms raised, he whooped in joy: “I’ve done it, I’ve done it.” Shaheed Alam achieved his dream to play at Roland
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        423 10 REUTERS PARIS: Gusty winds and half-empty stands gave no sense of the usual Parisian glamour as last year’s beaten French Open finalist Samantha Stosur began with an easy win yesterday and her fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt pulled out injured. Stosur shook off the effects of
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      370 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CASARES (Spain): Ian Poulter produced a battling display to defeat Luke Donald 2 and 1 in the final of the Volvo World Matchplay Championship yesterday. In a match between two Englishmen and European Ryder Cup stars, Poulter fell behind
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      602 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the Spanish Primera Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th and 40th league goals of the season as Real Madrid hammered relegated Almeria 8-1 at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Ronaldo poked home from close range on four minutes
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        68 11 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat (above) carded a final-round even-par 72 yesterday to finish tied 37th in the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open on the Japan Tour. The world No. 211 pocketed 440,000 yen (S$6,644) for his total of eight-under 280. Masanori Kobayashi beat Japanese compatriot
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        81 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS CONCORD (North Carolina): Juan Pablo Montoya thought former Formula One teammate Kimi Raikkonen did a good job in his Nascar debut, and expects to see him in a Sprint Cup Series race this season. But if the Finn is serious about Nascar,
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        79 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE (California): It looks like the world gymnastics championships could be held in Tokyo after all. The International Gymnastics Federation’s Executive Committee voted not to move the Oct 7-16 event despite the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March. The
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        81 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics have received over one million ticket requests for the men’s 100m final. The demand to watch the coveted athletics event on Aug 5 next year has been so great that the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium could
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        77 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: England’s failure to qualify from their group in front of a record crowd at Twickenham on Saturday saw New Zealand win the IRB Sevens World Series title with a day remaining of the event. A crowd of 54,357, a record in
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      358 11  -  BY MAY CHEN SINGAPORE stamped their superiority over Malaysia for the second straight day yesterday when they won their friendly netball clash 43-39. While the win was not nearly as emphatic as their 51-29 romp on Saturday, Singapore’s netballers can still walk away from the friendly
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      286 12  -  TERRENCE VOON OLYMPIC qualification will be uppermost in the minds of Singapore’s shuttlers, when their Sudirman Cup campaign gets under way in Qingdao tomorrow. The Republic, who are playing in the second tier of the biennial world mixed team championships, are gunning for
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      500 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QINGDAO (China): Female players will earn more money wearing skirts or dresses, a top badminton official said yesterday, referring to a compulsory but controversial new ruling set to come into force on June 1. Paisan Rangsikitpho, deputy president of the governing Badminton World
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      253 12 Today Badminton BWF Sudirman Cup, Day 2 Gp 1D: South Korea v England (1pm), Gp 1C: Thailand v India (7pm) Live, StarHub Ch203. Basketball NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Game 3: Miami v Chicago (Live, StarHub Ch202, 8.30am). Cricket 2nd Test: Day 4, West Indies v Pakistan (Live,
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      542 12 Badminton BWF Sudirman Cup In Qingdao Group 1A: China 4 Germany 1. Gp 1B: Indonesia 4 Russia 1. Gp 1C: Chinese Taipei 3 India 2. Gp 1D: Denmark 5 England 0. Gp 3A: Czech Rep 0 Australia 5, Peru 4 Slovakia 1. Gp 3B: Bulgaria 1 South Africa 4,
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      223 14 Allianz RCM China Timely Moves to Optimize Potential A CPFIS Registered Fund This material is prepared by Allianz Global Investors Singapore Limited (“AllianzGI SG”) and the opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. This document is published for information only and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation. Investors
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        494 14  -  Sluggish trading set to slow even more as June school holidays approach MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg GLOBAL uncertainties are likely to keep investors on the sidelines this week. The recent downgrades by rating agencies involving Greece and Italy have put
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          101 14 Currencies May 20 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR May 19 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2348 +0.35 1.4219 1.2252 Euro 1.7688 -0.43 2.0153 1.6758 ..May 20 CHNG CLOSE FR May 19 Yen* 1.5147 -0.14 1.6205 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.14 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands May 20 CHNG
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          212 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS DBXT ADD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 335.1 1.6 JMH 5156 259.2 4.2 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 110,0 1,0 Asia Pac Brew 2500 96.0 4.0 JSH 2994 93.8 2.6 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 78.0 0.7 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 70.0 0.7 DBXT AUDMM
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          1484 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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          226 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS U0B.ES.1105 1950 40.0 2.1 Wilmar.ES.il 05 548 13 0 2.4 StraitsAMBLeCWl ***** 40 10.5 35.6 Wilmar DBSeCWl ***** 27.5 7.0 34.1 GentingSMBLePW*****6 37 6.0 19.4 CapitalaMBlePWl ***** 33 5.5 20 0 OCBC Bk.ES.1105 950 5.0 0.5 OKP W*****5 47 5.0 11.9 StraitsAMBLeCWl *****
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        379 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Italy yesterday sought to allay fears that it could join fellow southern European nations Greece and Portugal in the financial mire, questioning Standard Poor’s (S&P) downgrade of its forecast to “negative”. Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti described S&P’s decision as “strange” and
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      946 15  -  The boom had little to do with normal supply and demand pressures C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg COMMODITY prices appear to be heading south, something that will please consumers battling with soaring living costs. But the wild swing in
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        137 15 HOME buyers applying for a mortgage at Standard Chartered will now have their loan applications approved within an hour or get $100 credited to their accounts. The lender announced this service guarantee yesterday, saying it was the only bank in Singapore to provide such a
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        210 15 MAPLETREE Investments has agreed to sell its stakes in Lippo-Mapletree Indonesia Retail Trust (LMIRT) as well as the trust’s management. It will sell 97.85 million units, or about a 9 per cent stake, in Singapore-listed LMIRT to Bridgewater International. It will also sell
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      75 15 DB Commodity Booster DJ-UBSCI ETF 6C^16/05/1^^^37J^JSD FTSE CHINA 25 ETF 1^^16/05ni^3T3^JSD MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index ETF 1D^16/05m^^^179USD MSCI China TRN Index ETF 1^^16/05ni^^^1^62USD MSCI India TRN Index ETF 1C 16/05/11 10,07 USD MSCI Korea TRN Index ETF 1^^16/05^^^^6^6^JSD MSCI Philippines IM TRN Index
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      45 15 AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 1C 17/05/11 194,17 AUD AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 3^^17/05/1^^25^33SGD IBOXX Sovereigns Eurozone Total Return Index ETF 236^^JSD Markit IBoxx ABF Korea Government Index ETF 1^^17/05A11^129^^JSD USD IG INFL/ Linked Treasuries Total Return Index ETF 1C 16/05/11 247,85 USD
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      49 15 Agriculture Euro R1C-B 13/05/11 7,87 EUR Branchen Stars R1C-A 16/05/11 145,70 EUR Commodity Euro 11C 16/05/11 *****,05 EUR Commodity USD R1C-C 16/05/11 7,36 SGD CROCI Alpha 11C 16/05/11 9009,61 EUR db X-MACRO Trading Index Fund I4D 12/05/11 97,32 GBP EMLIN Sovereign Bond Fund 11C 16/05/11 *****,36 USD
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      593 16  -  Surge in activity expected in banking, energy and commodities sectors BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg THE pipeline for corporate deals is at its highest level since the financial crisis, according to Deutsche Bank investment banking chief Loh Boon Chye. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is
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      790 16  -  ROBIN CHAN THE economy is set for a slowdown in the current second quarter, even as the Government last week revised upwards its growth outlook for the year. Economists point to high oil prices, the lingering effects of supply disruptions due
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      513 16  -  BY CHERYL LIM PROPERTY firm CapitaMalls Asia (CMA), a unit of CapitaLand, remains bullish on the Chinese retail scene, with plans to cement China as its base for further expansion on the mainland. The Singapore-based company said its properties in China now account
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      802 16 Hear From the Investment Expert BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHAREINVESTOR Warrants are often percieved as being purely high risk investments, but they are actually very effective ways of putting your money to work. In this interview, Barnaby Matthews, Head of Derivatives from Macquarie Securities in Singapore explains
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      832 17 Hiring made easier with professional help Outsourcing recruiting makes process simpler and more manageable WORKING LIFE: AT WORK WITH JOANNE LEE joannel@sph.com.sg A FEW years ago, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was going through an internal crisis sparked by its inability to find the right people for 250 staff vacancies. There were significant
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      539 17  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK COUNTRIES with large trade surpluses should boost domestic demand while those with deficits should increase savings levels, said a senior United States official. The outcome will be “more durable sources of global demand”, which will in turn lead
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        521 17 Brought to you by: BLACKROCK i I iShareS db trackers ETFs LYXOR SGXl- SlAS SINGAPORE EXCHANGE SOCIETE CENERALE CROUP With an average of US$59.1 billion changing hands every day (as of February 2011), the global ETF market is booming. The
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        481 17 The sell-down in commodity prices last week affected investors' sentiment, leading to a spike in volatility in the global equity markets. The MSCI World Equity Index dipped almost 1.70% at the end of Thursday week on week. The MSCI Asia-Pacific ex Japan Index was down
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        46 17 TEO SEER SEER: Resigned as chief operating officer (COO) of Epicentre Holdings effective last Wednesday to pursue other opportunities. Mr Teo, 44, was responsible for the management of the group’s business and daily operations. He took on the COO role in April last year.
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        62 17 KALPESH GOPALDAS KAPADIA: Resigned as independent director and audit committee member from the board of Indiabulls Properties Investment Trust last Thursday. Mr Kapadia, 39, left due to personal commitments. He will be replaced by Mr Vivek Khuller, 42,who is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Clearfly
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        51 17 LIM SONG JOO: Appointed as a nonexecutive director of Straco Corporation on May 13. Mr Lim, 56, was most recently chief financial officer of Macao Studio City (Hong Kong), from June 2007 to July 2009. He has also held senior management roles at MediaCorp, Temasek Holdings and Star
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        57 17 LIM KIM CHOON: Appointed as a nonexecutive director of Stratech Systems last Thursday. The firm said his “qualifications, insight and experience in the aviation and air navigation industry” would enable him to contribute to the company. Mr Lim, 53, was director-general and chief executive of the Civil Aviation
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        51 17 QIAN YUNXIA: Appointed chief financial officer (CFO) of Yong Xin International Holdings on May 13. Ms Qian, 36, replaces Mr Tan Gim Hwee, who resigned as CFO on April 29. Previously, Ms Qian was project manager at Jiangsu Gongzheng Tianye Accounting Association from July 1993 to February
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      723 18  -  No compromise on providing better service at local level, even as it expands regionally BY GABRIEL CHEN FINANCE CORRESPONDENT gabrielc@sph.com.sg DBS Group Holdings has reiterated its commitment to being the “main bank” for Singaporeans, even as it accelerates its deposit-gathering activities in the wider
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      104 18 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Luxury homes may see sales build up L Seeking a silver lining? Bubble bursts on ‘safe’ assets MOST COMMENTED ON L Economic recovery at “critical stage”. Says goodheavens: “Emerging economies with new-found liquid assets increase domestic consumption
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        573 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR Unless you’ve been in an alternate universe, you probably would have noticed the to-do over this person called the “younger voter” which has dominated the recent elections. So much did this phrase resonate in the General
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        246 2  -  BY GERAINT WONG 1. During the recent General Election, as you discussed the issues with your teachers, parents and grandparents, what similarities and differences did you perceive between their ways of thinking and yours? (If you did not discuss election issues with anyone of an older generation,
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        697 3 Most street drugs are often not pure they are mixed with substances like talcum powder, caffeine or even dangerous chemicals like lead. M Sources: DrugScope.org.uk TalkTo Frank.com Central Narcotics Bureau Buying illegal drugs is not like buying something from a pharmacy or even a supermarket.
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        519 4 The new Cabinet announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (right) last week has had a major shake-up, with notable departures, new faces and an overall trimming in numbers. Eleven out of the 14 ministries will see new ministers, two of which
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        189 4 Fourteen primary and six secondary schools have identified niche areas in which they will specialise. Telok Kurau Primary has chosen basketball; Ahmad Ibrahim Primary has taken character and citizenship education as its niche; and Methodist Girls’ School has chosen language and communications. The new
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        139 4 More than 3kg of heroin with a street value of $500,000 was seized over two days this month. It is the Central Narcotics Bureau’s (CNB) largest haul of the drug so far this year. The drugs were being smuggled in by two Malaysians. Both men were carrying
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        773 6  -  BY ANDREW DUFFY How do roads make a difference? Roads can mean faster travel. The average car trip takes 28 minutes, and a motorbike trip 27 minutes. The average bus commute takes 39 minutes, versus 42 minutes by MRT. It also seems that people take
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        843 7 Sources: AP, The Guardian, Fact Monster Database, Social Studies For Kids THE NEWS Earlier this month, the island nation decided to change its time zone so it could be in the same one as Australia, New Zealand and eastern Asia. In doing so,
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        116 7 AFP Time National Geographic Ten people were killed and thousands left homeless after two earthquakes hit Spain earlier this month. The 5.1 to 5.3-magnitude tremors struck within two hours of each other, their epicentre located close to the ancient town of Lorca in the south-east. Caught offguard, some 15,000
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        225 7 AFP Al Jazeera Bloomberg A bid to end nearly four months of anti-gov-ernment protests in Yemen hit a road block last week when President Ali Abdullah Saleh refused to sign a deal that would have seen him stepping down in a month. Unhappy with his 33-year grip on power,
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        1193 8 / 9  -  Can squash enthusiasts revive the once-popular sport? TAN XING QI reports reports TAN XING QI reakneck speed. Lightning reflexes. Adrenaline-pumping action. Squash has all the hallmarks of an exciting sport but, over the years, it has fallen from the lofty heights it set in the late 80s. Gone are
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        992 10 / 11  -  Keep yourselves entertained this June with these fun suggestions from IN Crowders. By SHERYL QUEK By SHERYL QUEK theoholidaysT:mehope.com CHECK OUT: love.givesmehope.com For a spell, teens relished reading about other people’s mishaps on the website, fmylife.com. The website is a channel for netizens to vent
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        436 10 / 11  -  BY GERAINT WONG Her desk at school is covered in numerous scrawlings and doodles in her favourite medium a black marker. But Rachel Liam is far from being a miscreant delinquent. Her cartooning dreams have just come true, as the 15-year-old’s artwork was featured in the
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        545 12  -  In the third of a four-part series on cyber wellness, MATTHEW HUI looks at the pitfalls of deepening online relationships. MATTHEW HUI That “cute” female elf you got to know in-game may well be a sexual predator hoping to ensnare a victim. Making friends is part
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        134 12 The annual gaming event Licence2Play returns for the third time with game company Asiasoft Online hosting the Asiasoft Games Festival. The headline act is the launch of the Big Bang Patch for South-east Asian players of the popular online role-playing game, MapleStory (MapleSEA). The game’s user
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        586 13 In this issue, we round up some of the best mail we’ve received from IN readers. They range from advice on relationship and dealing with parents to comments on why teens should work. Keep writing in we love hearing from you! Should teens work during
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        212 13 Some Straits Times readers did not like what they saw on the cover of IN on May 12 (right). They took offence to the doodles on a picture of Justin Bieber, used to illustrate IN’s cover story on young people who dislike the rising pop
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        108 13 UP NEXT, THIS QUESTION Gary, 16, says: ”I feel self-conscious because I am much shorter than my peers and I am constantly teased by those who are taller than me. How can I deal with this?” Write in to stpost@sph.com.sg to help Gary. If you have a problem,
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        263 14  -  Get inside an English teacher’s notebook. By GERAINT WONG This week we continue to explore odd-sounding words that have made their way into the English language over the centuries. Try matching this set of 12 words to their definitions. Then learn them and use them in your
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        818 15  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR Puns are done not just with words but also with phrases and in some cases, in verses. Remember that puns are all about exploiting ambiguities and possible double meanings of words that look alike or sound alike. British poet and humorist Thomas
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        577 16/17  -  Turn to the Sport section of The Straits Times today and read about Secondary 1 tennis player Shaheed Alam. Lesson activity by SONIA SNG LEARNING OUTCOMES G Part 1 activates Reading and Viewing LO2 you will get to skim for the gist or main idea, and make inferences.
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        876 18/19 LEARNING OUTCOMES This activity has been designed to let you practise the following skills: G Reading and viewing examine the arguments for or against an issue, including the quality of the arguments (LO4); identify and interpret the evidence in arguments (LO4). G Speaking and representing present ideas,
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        435 20  -  Part two of a two-part series on sub-heroes TEXT MATTHEW HUI TAN XING QI REAL NAME: DOREEN GREEN Green is a mutant who is an easy target for school bullies. While seeking refuge in the forest, she discovers her ability to
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      138 10 / 11 ARE YOU SINGAPORE’S TOP APP DEVELOPER? Think you can create an Android app that may change the way people use their cellphones, not to mention revolutionise their lives? Then, you need to take part in this competition. Digital Life, IN’s sister magazine which is distributed with Wednesday’s edition of The
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      108 10 / 11 CALLING ALL BUDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS You too can shoot like a professional photojournalist. The Straits Times Media Club is organising a specialised workshop on photography, conducted by a Straits Times photojournalist. Learn about angles, composition and get to quiz the professional about the best way to coax a photo from a
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      79 1 Old gems The man behind U2 CPART Producer Steve Lillywhite is sick of boring rock C2 8 Questions With... Singer-songwriter Art Fazil C3 MONDAY, MAY 23 2011 The elderly want to be pretty too, says photographer C8 Theatre actor and director Jonathan Lim founded the popular Chestnuts spoofs but he
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        659 2  -  Grammy winner Steve Lillywhite goes for music that breaks from the mainstream template john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Steve Lillywhite, the unforgettably named music producer who helped shape a few of rock band U2’s best-selling albums, thinks mainstream rock these days is “boring”. “Two guitars, bass and
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        466 2  -  jocelyn lee More than 11/2 years after releasing his last album, Taiwanese singer Yoga Lin (right) felt he was rusty not at performing but at dealing with reporters, which he had to do to promote his new record Perfect Life. “I found myself tongue-tied when meeting
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        2090 4  -  the monday interview with Jonathan Lim He is known for his jokes but Jonathan Lim also has a reputation for his temper in the theatre community adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg There seem to be two Jonathan Lims and one is more well-known than the other. The
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        739 5  -  After seeing how his pirate character has developed, actor Geoffrey Rush is game for more tiffany fumiko tay in los angeles stlife@sph.com.sg Geoffrey Rush is one of fewer than 25 entertainers to have won the trifecta of acting awards. He picked up an Oscar for his performance
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        530 5  -  tiffany fumiko tay in los angeles Directing the latest big-screen adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s 164-year-old novel Jane Eyre is quite a stretch for American film-maker Cary Fukunaga. The 33-year-old admits that when he came on board for the project, he was aware of only the 1944
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        523 5 Associated Press Canberra Bill Hunter (right), the archetypal work-ing-class Australian of a multitude of movies including Muriel’s Wedding (1994), has died of cancer, his manager said yesterday. He was aged 71. The prolific star of Australian movie and TV screens with a distinctively broad and gravelly
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        632 8  -  The disadvantaged aged in Asia are the subject of David Tay’s 150-page photo book corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Photographer David Tay has had his share of prickly subjects. An old woman who did not want her picture taken splashed a glass of water at him while he
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        519 8  -  akshita nanda Russian painter Anna Berezovskaya (right) transforms everyday events such as a visit to the doctor into rich and detailed compositions with a hint of fairy tale. Though only 25, she has a growing following in Europe and her first solo show in Singapore runs until
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      1065 3  -  Singer Art Fazil, who returns for a one-night gig on Friday, is now based in Malaysia after more than a decade in London 8QUESTIONSWITH...ArtFazil eddino abdul hadi Home-grown folk singer-songwriter Art Fazil spent more than a decade honing his songwriting and performing skills in London.
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      113 6 ‘We are No. 1 in TBS’ key demo: people who can’t afford HBO’ Talk-show host Conan O’Brien (right) mocking his current network, TBS ‘I used to want five, six but you know, probably not realistic anymore. Plus, I’m probably a little more selfish than I thought
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