The Straits Times, 1 August 2011

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  • 17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, AUGUST 1 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 68 1 METHODIST Girls’ School has named its refurbished auditorium after one of its most illustrious old girls, Madam Kwa Geok Choo, the late wife of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew. Past and present teachers and students of the school gathered there yesterday for a naming
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    • 58 1 THE Nanyang Technological University said yesterday that it regrets the inappropriate choice of word by one of its valedictorians during her speech at the university’s graduation ceremony last Friday. Ms Trinetta Chong, a 23-year-old graduate, had used the F-word after she delivered a speech on
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    • 79 1 SINGAPORE were drawn in a relatively easy group for the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. China, Iraq and Jordan are the Republic’s opponents in Group A after yesterday’s draw in Rio de Janeiro. Unlike South-east Asian rivals Thailand and Indonesia, the Lions
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    • 60 1 MOST companies here still use card access systems for their security, but some are making the switch to biometric systems that use fingerprints to grant access to offices. Biometric systems may cost double those of card access systems, but give companies a much higher level of
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  • 973 1  -  Clock ticking as leaders must still sell plan to lawmakers for key vote BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg REUTERS WASHINGTON: The White House and duelling lawmakers were yesterday reported to be on the verge of an agreement on a US$3
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  • 135 1 For 31/2 hours yesterday, the space in front of the Ngee Ann City mall in Orchard Road rocked to a getai show, the first to be staged in the shopping strip. An estimated 10,000 people caught a show that is usually staged in open
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  • 439 1  -  BY DARYL CHIN AS THE stories in The Straits Times, Singapore’s national broadsheet, are being set up to be printed in the late hours of each night, another version of the newspaper will also be taking shape. And like its printed counterpart, the digital version
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    • 94 1 INTERVIEWS PRODUCER LIM TECK SPCA’S CORINNE FONG New power in Singapore movies NATIONAL DAY COUNTDOWN From poop picker to new chief LIFE! PAGE C5 LIFE! PAGE C4 Spirit of the Singapore Girl HOME, PAGE B6 Homestay inns in Taiwan gain popularity WORLD, PAGE A15 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL:
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEW POINTS
      • 51 2 WE SAY Three more new heartland malls opened last year, adding to the woes of small businesses. There is obviously a demand for large stores. But there is also something to be said for smaller shops that offer a more customised type of service. L EDITORIAL PAGE
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      • COLUMNS
        • 28 2 Should it be mandatory for listed firms to hold AGMs here, in wake of the Full Apex saga, asks Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B17
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        • 24 2 Jonathan Pearlman learns of a functional “skin” to cover ugly old buildings, which could be of use here. L WORLD PAGE A23
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      • 32 2 OUR READER SAYS Providing staircase storey shelters would give developers more space to design bigger kitchens or better rooms for maids, says Michael Yeo. L FORUM PAGE A27
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      • Article, Illustration
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com Ashutosh Ravikrishnan shares the life lessons he learnt from the Harry Potter series.
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    • 58 2 IN THE Life! article In Memoriam on July 28, the name of a performing arts school was incorrect. It should be Apsaras Arts, not Asparas Arts. We also said wrongly that S. Sathyalingam was given the Cultural Medallion. It was his wife, Neila, who received
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    • 1086 2  -  Those expecting debt downgrade to be non-event may be in for a rude shock BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg WHENEVER the possibility of the United States losing its triple-A debt rating is discussed, someone, somewhere, always manages to pull Japan
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    • 648 3  -  It will remind students to walk in footsteps of great lady, says principal BY JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg METHODIST Girls’ School (MGS) has named its refurbished auditorium in honour of its illustrious alumna Kwa Geok Choo, the late wife of former prime minister
      ST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE; PHOTO: COURTESY OF METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL  -  648 words
    • 636 4  -  Chinese variety show, usually held in heartland, hits town for first time BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS in Orchard Road last night were stopped in their tracks by loud Chinese music blaring from the plaza in front of Ngee Ann City. A large crowd gathered there for
      ST PHOTOS: TED CHEN  -  636 words
    • 669 6  -  BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN NANYANG Technological University said yesterday it regretted the inappropriate choice of words by its valedictorian during her speech at its graduation ceremony last Friday. Ms Trinetta Chong, 23, who graduated from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information,
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    • 616 6 Reports: Martial law in Kashgar after riots, stabbing spree REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS KASHGAR (Xinjiang): Police shot and killed four “rioters” in Kashgar yesterday, less than 24 hours after a knife attack by two men left eight people dead in the latest violence
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    • 512 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: There was more wet misery yesterday as heavy rain continued to lash Japan and a new tropical storm wreaked more havoc in the Philippines, where tropical storm Nock-ten has already killed 52. In Niigata, the hardest-hit Japanese region, the body
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    • 214 8 Starting today, readers can enjoy the full print edition of the paper on the world’s most popular tablet computer HOME This is the Home Page of the app, which allows you to select one of three options to read the news. We take you
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    • 570 9  -  App allows readers to get news on the go, enjoy interactive experience BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg SHE has been lapping them up for six years now, and news junkie Joanne Yan reckons she still cannot live a day without her
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    • 380 10 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS GEORGETOWN (Guyana): A packed Caribbean Airlines passenger jet skidded off the end of a wet runway as it landed at night, and then broke in two at the edge of a ravine. All 163 people on board
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  • WORLD.
    • 1223 12 Suicides, mass shooting highlight harsh discipline in S. Korean marine corps NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL: “If anyone could be a marine, I’d never have joined.” That is the slogan of South Korea’s Marine Corps. And it speaks volumes about the force’s sense of its
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    • 105 12 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L When a wife’s nagging is good for a man’s heart L Engineering degrees pay best: Study L ‘More are depressed’ in richer countries MOST COMMENTED ON L Why did Wen say he was ill? Says RedneckLoo: “The
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    • world.regional
      • 522 13 Order comes amid growing public fury over government’s handling of rail tragedy NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The Chinese authorities have enacted a virtual news blackout on last month’s high-speed train crash, except for positive stories or information officially released by the government.
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      • 216 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s coastguard yesterday warned a Chinese marine research ship sailing near a disputed island chain against conducting surveys there. The ship, named the Beidou, was spotted early yesterday by a coastguard plane 60km off Uotsuri, part of the islands known as
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      • 436 13 WASHINGTON POST TOKYO: When Mr Yuta Moriya was offered Apple’s 601g iPad by his employer last summer, he thought he no longer needed to lug his laptop around for client visits. He was wrong. “I used to have to carry my laptop,
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      • 793 15  -  Industry booms as their low prices and local feel win over travellers BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: When she made plans for a 10-day holiday in Taipei last year, Singaporean Rebecca Cheong knew exactly where she wanted to stay: not at
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      • 286 15 SEOUL: More South Korean men now live with their in-laws for economic reasons, according to a survey conducted by Statistics Korea which was published yesterday. Their number increased from 18,088 in 1990 to 53,675 last year, the Chosun Ilbo, a major newspaper in
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      • 567 16 77-storey building to tower over Bangkok when completed in 2014 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: A 77-storey skyscraper is set to become the latest and tallest addition to the Thai capital’s ever-changing skyline, already transformed by a construction boom that has raised fears of a property
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      • 54 16 Two-year-old chimpanzee Do Do feeding milk to Aorn, a 60-day-old tiger cub, at Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Samut Prakan province on the outskirts of Bangkok on Saturday. The crocodile farm, used as a tourist attraction, has about 80,000 crocodiles and is the largest
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      • 321 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The Philippines’ largest Muslim guerilla group has demanded the government halt any planned oil and gas explorations by foreign companies in vast southern areas they claim, warning that energy projects would complicate peace talks. A statement by the
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      • 695 18  -  Graft claims sully Philippine gaming body over $28.5m spent on free coffee BY ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com A COSTLY cup of coffee has become the latest symbol of corruption in the Philippines. In a scandal that threatens to expose the relationship between friends,
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      • 374 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of New Delhi for India’s first “Slut Walk” yesterday, to protest against an alarming rise in sexual assault cases and the growing sense of insecurity among women. The event
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  374 words
      • 175 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) has picked up more than 30 people, mostly businessmen, for offering bribes to civil servants or being involved in criminal breach of trust this year. Johor MACC director Simi Abdul Ghani said most people
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      • 337 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BANGALORE (Karnataka): The state’s chief minister accused of being at the centre of a US$3.6 billion (S$4.3 billion) mining fraud has resigned. Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, 68, who headed the state’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, yesterday informed reporters in
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  337 words
      • 964 20  -  Indonesia’s proposed cap on individual stake could make banks less competitive: analysts NEWS ANALYSIS BY LYNN LEE INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF lynnlee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: The Indonesian central bank’s recent admission that it wants to enforce ownership limits for commercial banks has caused some nervousness in Indonesia’s
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      • 441 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS KANDAHAR: After a spate of Taleban assassinations in this Afghan city, top politicians and police are stepping up security in a desperate bid to ensure they are not the next to die. President Hamid Karzai’s powerful half-brother, Mr Ahmed Wali
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  441 words
      • 326 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has imposed new travel restrictions on United States diplomats living in the country, a source said yesterday, in the latest sign of worsening ties since the killing of former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US
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    • world.international
      • 873 21 Black boxes reveal confusion in doomed Air France flight’s cockpit as crew panicked REUTERS PARIS: “What do you think? What do you think? What should we do?” These were the desperate words uttered by the senior co-pilot of the doomed Air France Flight 447 minutes
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      • 635 22 Intercepted boat with 54 asylum seekers will be sent to Malaysia REUTERS SYDNEY: A boatload of asylum seekers intercepted in Australian waters yesterday will be the first sent to Malaysia under a controversial new swop deal. The boat was spotted by aircraft near Scott
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      • 394 22 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: British police probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s defunct News of the World tabloid are broadening their investigation to allegations of computer hacking. Scotland Yard said on Saturday that a new investigative team will be set up to tackle the
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      • 289 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT: The Syrian army raided cities across the country before dawn yesterday, killing at least 62 people most of them in the flashpoint city of Hama, where a barrage of shelling and gunfire left bodies scattered in the streets, activists
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      • 276 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student who was due to have been blinded himself yesterday in retribution was pardoned by his victim, the state-run television website said. “With the request of Ameneh Bahrami,
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      • 440 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS OSLO: Anders Behring Breivik, who had demanded that Norway’s government resign and King Harald V abdicate, is unlikely to be declared legally insane, said the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation. Dr Tarjei Rygnestad, who
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      • 952 23  -  Architect proposes eco-friendly, lightweight mesh to modify facade MEM O FR O M S YDNEY BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com ON A busy Sydney street just outside the central business district stands a lone, dark-brown 27-storey tower that almost seems to defiantly
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
        • 61 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australian police were yesterday investigating a sexual assault claim involving the military, reportedly focusing on a navy ship previously found to have a culture of predatory sexual behaviour. Reports said a 25-year-old sailor had told police that she was indecently assaulted on board
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        • 117 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: A Frenchwoman claiming to be an ex-lover of former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said she will testify for him in a scandal over attempted rape charges if asked. The woman, known only as Marie-Victorine M, a 38-year-old consultant, started an
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        • 63 24 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: The Port Klang Free Zone corruption trial involving former transport minister Ling Liong Sik starts today. Dr Ling was charged in July last year with cheating the Malaysian government by misleading the Cabinet on a land acquisition for the mega distribution hub project
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        • 102 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: The Philippine coast guard and fishermen rescued 168 people on board a passenger ship after it tilted for three hours in choppy waters before sinking early yesterday in the central Philippines. The steel-hulled M/V Asia Malaysia was heading from the central Cebu region
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        • 98 24 XINHUA BEIJING: China’s manned submersible Jiaolong returned to its attendant ship on Saturday afternoon after placing a marker on the seabed. The State Oceanic Administration said in a statement that Saturday’s mission the last in a succession of four test dives in the eastern Pacific that
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        • 94 24 XINHUA BEIJING: China’s quality watchdog said yesterday that over 4,000 escalators and elevators have been suspended over safety concerns during a nationwide safety-check campaign. By the end of last month, more than 10,000 escalators and elevators had been identified as having potential safety problems, said the General Administration
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        • 70 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS TIMIKA (Indonesia): Clashes between supporters of rival candidates in upcoming local elections in eastern Indonesia have killed 17 people and injured dozens. According to police spokesman Wachyono, hundreds of supporters of two rival groups clashed yesterday with rocks, bows and arrows outside the
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      • 50 24 A woman relaxing on a bed in a “bubble room” in Roubaix in northern France. The room, made with recycled plastic and kept pressurised by a silent blower, can be rented as a hotel room in the middle of nature. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • 324 24 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TURIN: Winds of change are sweeping through the dusty palazzos and abandoned ruins of Italy as budget cuts in tough economic times force the managers of famous monuments to seek revenues and investment. The crumbling Colosseum is being restored by shoe tycoon Diego Della
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 418 25 IN THE 1998 romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan find love with each other online, without realising that they are bitter business rivals in real life. He is the owner of a chain of mega bookstores while she runs a small independent neighbourhood
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    • 801 25  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg INCREASINGLY concerned about Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, Vietnam is at an advanced stage of talks aimed at opening foreign military access to its deep-water port at Cam Ranh Bay. The key options involve Russia and
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    • 833 25  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. SINCE World War II, America’s prominence in Asia has rested on a widespread belief among friends, foes and non-aligned nations alike
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    • review.
      • 880 26  -  BY SRI MULYANI INDRAWATI The writer is managing director of the World Bank Group and a former finance minister of Indonesia. PROJECT SYNDICATE IS THE Arab Spring turning into a gloomy autumn? With brutal crackdowns in Syria, a bloody civil war in Libya and Yemen
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      • 884 26  -  BY RALPH A. COSSA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is president of the Pacific Forum CSIS, a Honolulu-based non-profit research institute affiliated with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. WHAT’Sgoingon?AgrowingnumberofSouth Koreans are calling for the reintroduction of United States
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      • 909 26  -  LONDON EYE BY TERESA LIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Singaporean based in London. AT THE state-run London primary school where I help once a week with reading, the long holidays have begun. Their school year ended last week, and
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      • 285 27  -  Dr Tan Cheng Bock MR DANIEL Chia said the elected president (EP) is not the office to be the voice of the people (“Accept EP’s role or don’t stand”; last Saturday). Let me state in no uncertain terms that the EP must
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      • 272 27  -  Ramesh William I CONGRATULATE Robert Greg Shand Architects and URBNarc for their winning design of the Indian Heritage Centre (“Indian Heritage Centre to shine day and night”; July 14). Bearing in mind the patent space constraints, the proposed building appears to be architecturally ingenious.
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      • 269 27  -  Michael Yeo THE Civil Defence Shelter Act stipulates that developers or owners of all new residential developments have to provide either a household shelter within each dwelling unit, or storey shelters located at a common property area on each storey or staircase storey shelters, the
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      • 69 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS KAREN CHEW: Relief teachers need better perks 2 MR DAVID BOEY: Tax reliefs Treat all donors equally 3 MADAM LIM LEE SIANG: Review cut-off age for CPF dependants’ scheme 4 MADAM CHEAH WAI MUN: No sale, no customer service 5 MS ENG
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      • 210 27  -  Augustine Lee President, Association of Financial Advisers (Singapore) MS JESSIE Loy said consumers need to have more choices of insurance products (“Banks should not act like insurance agents”; last Monday). Since 2003, with the introduction of the Financial Advisers Act, independent financial advisers have been
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        • 107 27 “Secularism should be formally enshrined in our Constitution.” MR CHENG SHOONG TAT: “I cannot agree more with Dr Lai Ah Eng on the danger of dogmatic religious beliefs and proselytisation (‘Rigid beliefs a cause of concern’; last Friday). As a perpetual reminder that Singapore will always be governed
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        • 107 27 “Can Nets explain why the cards are deemed invalid a month before their expiry date?” MR YEONG AH SENG: “I have two Nets CashCards, both issued in September 2006. It is clearly stated on the cards that their expiry date is Aug 31 this year. When I tried to
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    • 706 1  -  Fan war rages on Web as football fraternities call for restraint on both sides BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S World Cup qualifying tie against Malaysia concluded four days ago, but an online war is still being waged by football fans from
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    • 108 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Fresh out of NTU... and drawing 5-figure salaries L Mr Lee warns of two-party system dangers L Police shoot down talk of serial killers YOUR SAY LA luxury air terminal here which has played host to international
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    • 135 2 Thousands of shoppers thronged the Hari Raya Bazaar in Geylang Serai, which was officially declared open yesterday evening. Most of the 700 stalls, selling everything from food to carpets, were already open earlier in the day. Efforts were made this year to improve
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    • 685 2  -  JetQuay’s premium airport services in demand as more travellers opt for frills BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THINGS are looking up for a five-star airport terminal here. More air passengers are now prepared to pamper themselves or loved ones with the frills that make for hassle-free
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    • 512 4  -  Trash disposal, cleaning unaffected; conservancy fees to stay same for now BY TEO WAN GEK wangekt@sph.com.sg THE Workers’ Party (WP) formally takes over the running and operations of the Aljunied Town Council from the People’s Action Party (PAP) today, following the opposition party’s
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    • 431 4  -  JAMIE EE WEN WEI HISTORY buffs and aviation fans can get an upclose look at a model of the first plane that took off in Singapore a century ago. The half-size replica of the Bristol Boxkite, on display since
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    • 447 5  -  Parade organisers to stop use of such fireworks after family’s near-miss BY FRANCIS CHAN ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR franchan@sph.com.sg THE flying projectile which narrowly missed a family who were having dinner at One Fullerton on Saturday was from fireworks used during the National
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    • 426 5  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN SIMPLY pointing needy families in the right direction for help may not be enough, Minis-ter-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday. In order that families be put on the right track to becoming functional, without time-delay-ing detours resulting in some
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    • 97 5 Adelyn Koh, 10, from the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped, presenting flowers to President S R Nathan at The President’s Star Charity. The show raised a record of $6.44 million in donations this year, the highest since it started in 1994. The 21/2-hour fundraiser,
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    • 1091 6  -  “Majulah! The Singapore Spirit” is the theme of this year’s National Day Parade. In this last of a four-part series, The Straits Times features one of four Singapore icons embodying this onward, progressive spirit BY ROYSTON SIM, JERMYN CHOW roysim@sph.com.sg jermync@sph.com.sg IT WAS the
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    • 255 8  -  JAMIE EE WEN WEI DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said he expected the Singapore economy to grow steadily in the coming year, but warned of uncertainties in other countries that could affect Singapore. Addressing Pasir Ris residents at a racial harmony event
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    • 473 8  -  Optometrists to get indemnity cover with SOA membership BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg OPTOMETRISTS registered with the Singapore Optometric Association (SOA) can now be covered by professional insurance, as are doctors. This means that a consumer who has been medically harmed as a result of an
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    • 550 9  -  Commissioner of Charities issues guidelines on charities and their businesses JUDITH TAN THE Helping Hand, a Christian halfway house for former drug addicts, has made a business out of getting its residents to build teak furniture and provide moving services for paying members
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    • 288 6 1 WEEK TO NDP WIN NDP TICKETS Twenty pairs of tickets to the NDP on National Day are up for grabs. To stand a chance to score a pair, correctly identify the four Singapore icons featured in this month-long NDP series in the cartoons that have appeared with the articles.
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  • The New Market
    • 603 10  -  The hotels in Marina Bay are all geared up for those who want to dine and watch the National Day celebrations in comfort BY GOH HWEE KOON IFYOU want a spectacular view of the National Day Parade at the Marina Bay Floating Platform this year
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    • 296 10 CHILDREN, students and non-working individuals such as stay-at-home mothers will now be able to enjoy lifetime disability coverage with the launch of LifeSecure at Great Eastern. The new insurance policy is the first of its kind in Singapore that pays monthly benefits
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    • 195 10 THE new Courts store in Orchard Road all eight storeys of it is now bigger and better after a revamp. Besides offering a wide range of home appliances and furnishings, the store aims to enhance the customers’ experience with Chill Out Zones
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    • 205 10 CHAN Brothers Travel is forecasting a strong second half due to a surge in demand and the strong Singapore dollar. Its confidence was bolstered when it clinched the Best Travel Agency accolade in the AsiaOne People's Choice Award. It was also the only
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    • 156 10 THE Singapore Polytechnic Graduates’ Guild (SPGG) a premier club for diploma and degree holders from recognised local and foreign institutions is celebrating National Day with a special membership promotion for all graduates and businessmen. Until Aug 9, those who have graduated with a diploma or
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    • Here&Now
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        53 10 Celebrate National Day with milk chocolate shaped like the Merlion and filled with D24 durian ($46+ for 20 pieces). Available till Aug 9 at the Deli from Goodwood Park Hotel. Ten per cent of the sales will be donated to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. For
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        37 10 From now till August 15, buy selected Blackmores products at any Guardian pharmacy and stand to win a trip for two to Sydney and a chance to participate in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival.
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        36 10 For the woman who appreciates fashion that is practical and versatile, check out stylish tropical classics cut from the best linen and cotton fabrics at the new Anne Kelly boutique at The Centrepoint, #02-10.
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        34 10 Redeem four books with two corner cut-outs (with the letters “NLB”) of two 1-litre cartons of F&N Magnolia fresh milk at any National Library. Promotion ends on Sept 30. While stocks last.
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        37 10 The new Systema Sonic toothbrush ($19.90) cleans teeth and gums with sonic wave technology and its micro-vibra-tion feature. Use it the same way as a manual toothbrush, if preferred. Available at supermarkets and retail outlets.
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        42 10 A hit when it was introduced last year, Subway’s Chilli Crab sub is now back by popular demand. Available for a limited a period only. Get a taste of this spicy sandwich at all Subway restaurants before it runs out.
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  • SPORT.
    • 410 11 Singapore, who are ranked 131st, have been drawn in Group A for the World Cup’s Asian qualifiers CHINA World ranking: 73 Star player: Qu Bo (striker) Coach: Gao Hongbo (China) China’s much-derided national team have failed to build on their only World Cup appearance in 2002,
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    • 645 11  -  But Avramovic warns his men not to take success for granted in 3rd round BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE coach Raddy Avramovic has warned his team against complacency after the Lions were drawn in a relatively easy group for the third round of the 2014 World Cup
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    • 583 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO: England, looking to a post-Fabio Capello future, may not have thought that getting both Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine and Poland in their 2014 World Cup qualifying group was a perfect draw on Saturday. But they should spare
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    • 115 11 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Never more proud L Fans safe and sound L ‘Running scared’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Right at home in S’pore Says fcxiao: “There is nothing wrong with having foreign-born players or foreigners who have been in
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    • 467 12  -  Fitness, full-time training among key areas sailing task force emphasises BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg IMPROVE your fitness. Train full-time for three to four years before an Olympics. And do not think that just because you are a junior world champion that you will be an Olympic
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    • 476 12  -  BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR THE Olam Cup featured several international cricket stars such as Sanath Jayasuriya and Russel Arnold (Sri Lanka), Shoaib Akhtar and Imran Farhat (Pakistan), Shane Bond (New Zealand) and Dirk Nannes (Australia). But it was a young Singaporean who emerged on
      PHOTOS: RAJESH GADODIA  -  476 words
    • 350 12  -  MAY CHEN FRESH off her victory at the Asian Optimist Championships just two days earlier, Kimberly Lim was handed another trophy last night when she was named Singapore’s Sailor of the Year. The 15-year-old Tanjong Katong Girls’ School student received her award from
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    • 532 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BUDAPEST: McLaren’s Jenson Button yesterday marked his 200th Grand Prix with victory in a chaotic and incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. Pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel was second despite an error-strewn race to stretch his lead over Red Bull teammate Mark Webber
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    • 57 12 Today Cricket 2nd Test: 4th day, England v India (Live, mio TV Ch123, 6pm). Tomorrow Cricket 2nd Test: 5th day, England v India (Live, mio TV Ch123, 6pm). Football S-League: Young Lions v Hougang (Jalan Besar), Balestier v Home (Toa Payoh) 7.45pm. Wednesday Football S-League: Etoile v
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    • 425 12 Cricket 2nd Test In Nottingham, 3rd day at tea: England 221 254-4 (Overnight 24-1: I. Bell 137). India 288 (R. Dravid 117, Y. Singh; S. Broad 6-46). Football U-20 World Cup In Colombia Gp A: Mali 0 South Korea 2, Colombia 4 France 1. Gp B: Cameroon 1 New
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    • 59 12 ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS, new Chelsea manager, after claiming the Barclays Asia Trophy in Hong Kong with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa in Saturday’s final. The Blues have not conceded a single goal in pre-season, and he said that defence was a key focus,
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    • 875 13  -  Distance expert caps superb show by hosts; Lochte wins five golds BY CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg SHANGHAI: With every stroke he took in the final 25m, it looked like Sun Yang was suddenly bequeathed with the authority of an orchestra’s conductor. As he edged towards the
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    • 108 13 REUTERS SHANGHAI: World record-holder Jessica Hardy, 24, yesterday made a successful return to the world stage from a drugs ban, winning the 50m breaststroke to stop fellow American Rebecca Soni from sweeping all the stroke’s three golds. She clocked 30.19sec, ahead of Russia’s defending champion Yuliya
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    • 405 13  -  BY SANJAY NAIR JAPAN’S Sato Harunobu and Australian Lisa Marangon stormed to victory on their debuts at the Osim Singapore International Triathlon yesterday. Harunobu, 32, clocked 1hr 51min 59sec to win the elite male category, while 31-year-old Marangon was the top woman in 2:07:00. In
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 61 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will miss the start of the English Premier League football season after picking up an infection related to a groin injury that has sidelined him since March. He is expected to be available in September, meaning
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      • 82 13 HONG KONG: Singapore’s Under-21 men’s hockey team lost 3-4 to China in a penalty shoot-out in the final of the Junior Asian Hockey Federation Cup last night. The score was tied at 2-2 at full-time. Singapore’s goals were scored by Ashriq Ferdaus and Karleef
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      • 76 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NOTTINGHAM (England): Stuart Broad became only the 12th England bowler to take a Test hat-trick when he dismissed India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar with consecutive deliveries during the second cricket Test here on Saturday. His heroics sparked
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    • 46 11 GREAT ENDING Sun Yang hands China the perfect finale by winning the 1,500m in record time. B13 BUTTON IS BEST Jenson Button wins the Hungarian Grand Prix, his 200th F1 race. B12 JAPANESE TRIUMPH Osim Triathlon gets its first Japanese winner in men’s elite category. B13
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    • 634 19 MENTION Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and a topnotch blue-chip media company comes to mind. As a merged group, it may be only 27 years old but its history goes far back to 1845 when the first copy of its English flagship newspaper The Straits Times was
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    • 799 24  -  Leading conglomerates move key functions like global management of their brands here BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg SHOPPERS around the world know the beauty products SK II, Lux and Pond’s but few know that these blue-chip brands are developed, managed and marketed from
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    • 101 24 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Singapore ‘likely to be hit’ if US defaults L Moshe Safdie to design Bishan condo L ‘F’ for ethics in business schools: Ho Kwon Ping MOST COMMENTED ON L Shoebox units a cause of more volatile home
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      • 627 16  -  Market activity set to slow with Hungry Ghost month MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg IT IS difficult to blame investors for adopting a cautious stance, as the first trading day of August kicks off today. What is certain for many
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        • 58 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS DBXI AUDMM SUSS ...***** 1224.0 Week's Top Rises CENTS ...***** 605.4 2.1 DBXT EONIA SUSS .***** 405.2 1.7 GLD 10USS ....***** Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS IS S&P500 ***** -651.2 Week's Top Falls CENTS ***** -336.4 -2.2 DBXT E50 10USS
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          101 16 Jul 29 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Jul 28 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2052 -0.21 1.4219 1.2004 Euro 1.7211 +0.45 2.0153 1.6758 FR Jul 28 A$ 1.3192 +0.81 1.3406 1.1515 Yen* 1.5526 -0.23 1.6205 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.22 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Jul 29 CHNG YR 2011
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        • 55 16 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS U0B.ES.1107 2053 88.0 Week's Top Rises CENTS 1549 61.0 4.1 OCBC Bk.ES.1107 989 15.0 1.5 Kep Corp ES 1107 1121 Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS CityDev.ES.1107 1067 -24.0 Week's Top Falls CENTS 1427 -20.0 -1.4 SIA BNP eCWl ***** 205
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        • 2839 16 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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      • 598 16  -  WARRANT WATCH GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT traders turned bullish on the share market last month even as financial turmoil in Europe sent the local bourse on a roller-coaster. Their appetite for warrants also improved slightly, with a 4 per cent
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      • 968 17  -  Shareholders should have an opportunity once a year to query management at meeting C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg Cai Jin runs every Monday and covers financial matters and corporate governance issues that can affect investors. The two
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    • 374 21  -  $77m centre will help make S’pore a global hub for study of pan-Asian consumer trends BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg THE Economic Development Board (EDB) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will spend $77 million over five years to set up an Asian consumer research
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    • 69 21 Agriculture USD R1C-B 22.07.11 8,75 USD Agriculture USD 11C 22.07.11 8927,86 USD Agriculture USD R1C-C 22.07.11 9,47 SGD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD R1C-B 25.07.11 9,21 SGD Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD R1C-B 25.07.11 7,63 USD Croci Euro 11C 25.07.11 142,63 EUR Croci Euro R1C-A 25.07.11 12,21
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    • 94 21 Agriculture Euro I1C 22.07.11 8421,62 EUR Agriculture Euro R1C-B 22.07.11 8,25 EUR Branchen Stars I1C 25.07.11 *****1,61 EUR Branchen Stars R1C-A 25.07.11 145,88 EUR Commodity Euro R1C 25.07.11 190,58 EUR Commodity Euro I1C 25.07.11 *****,47 EUR Commodity USD R1C-B 25.07.11 8,54 USD Commodity USD R1C-C 25.07.11 7,41 SGD
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    • 85 21 DB Commodity Booster Light Energy Benchmark ETF 7C USD 25.07.11 22,94 FTSE Vietnam ETF 1C USD 25.07.11 27,27 MSCI AC Asia Ex Japa/ TRN IND/ ETF 1C USD 25.07.11 34,26 MSCI Europe TRN Index ETF 1C USD 25.07.11 48,53 MSCI Indonesia TRN Index ETF 1C USD 25.07.11 16,48
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    • 42 21 AUSTRALIA MONEY MARKET ETF 2C USD 26.07.11 214,06 Australia SSA Bonds Total Return Index ETF 1C AUD 26.07.11 162,37 IBOXX Treasuries Total Return Index ETF 1C USD 25.07.11 192,55 Markit iBoxxABF Singapore Government Index ETF 1C SGD 26.07.11 124,17
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    • ON THE MOVE
      • 111 21 JANE DIPLOCK: Named as independent and non-executive director of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) from last Monday. Ms Diplock will be up for re-election at the annual general meeting on Oct 6. EULEEN GOH HO TIAN YEE: Ms Goh and Mr Ho, formerly independent and non-executive directors with SGX,
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      • 43 21 TONG YEW HENG: Officially appointed as chief executive officer of City Spring’s trustee-manager, CitySpring Infrastructure Management, from last Tuesday. Mr Tong, 48, had been acting CEO since July 1. He will step down as the chief financial officer of the trustee-manager.
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      • 95 21 ALEXANDER HUNGATE: Named as non-executive and independent director from last Wednesday. Mr Hungate, 45, has global experience in financial services, strategic planning and marketing. He is currently the chief executive of HSBC Singapore. Sats disclosed in its announcement that there is a banking relationship between the company and
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      • 778 22  -  Some firms are switching from card to biometric access for greater convenience, security BY MARK TAY marktay@sph.com.sg EVER been caught needing access to the office but couldn’t enter because you forgot your security access card? Many firms here still use card access systems, but some
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    • 760 23  -  It is one of China’s largest makers of pipes for wide variety of uses This is a weekly series of interviews with the head honchos of Chinese companies listed here. Yasmine Yahya looks at the business challenges these companies face and the steps they are taking
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    • 153 23 MR CHEN Li Hui co-founded Sinopipe with the firm’s chairman, Mr Kusnadi Lybianto, in 1994. Armed with a Bachelor of Science degree from Fuzhou University, Mr Chen got his first job at the Xiamen Maritime Bureau as deputy station head of the radio control station. In
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    • INSIDE TRACK
      • 564 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH EDITOR About the most predictable occurrence during the long school holidays is a new romance; mid-summer madness, some might call it. The new couple met at a friend’s party; someone finally worked up the nerve to make a
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      • 532 4/5 The Government has invited the public to share their ideas on how to develop sports in Singapore. Those ideas may be incorporated into a 20-year national sports masterplan dubbed Vision 2030, which aims to use sports as a tool for personal development, community bonding and nation
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      • 523 4/5 Education issues were in the limelight this week as new and former education ministers separately gave their take on how education could help prepare Singaporeans for the future. INSIGHT New Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said to equip students for future challenges, his
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    • IN THE WORLD
      • 772 6 Sources: BBC News Agence France-Presse Bloomberg Associated Press Reuters THE NEWS The normally peaceful Scandinavian country of Norway is struggling to make sense of last week’s bomb attack and mass shooting, which left 76 people dead. The man who has claimed responsibility said he was motivated by a
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        211 6 Reuters Agence France-Presse BBC News A record-breaking heatwave has left more than 20 people dead as it suffocates large swathes of eastern and central United States and Canada, with temperatures hitting the high 30s and low 40s in areas all the way from Virginia to Quebec. In the
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      • 485 7 You may have a good heart, but do you have the cash to see through a community project? Don’t worry, IN can help with its ShopIN campaign. Come up with any idea to further a community cause or help the less fortunate and you could
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    • INDEPTH
      • 1271 8 / 9  -  Several secondary schools have implemented the homeroom system. GERAINT WONG finds out if students like it. GERAINT WONG he corridors and staircases come alive every hour. Students, with bags on shoulders and files in hands, walk up and down, left and right, as they move from one
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    • INTERESTS
      • 575 10 / 11  -  DayNationalto Put away your history textbook. SHERYL QUEK has prepared a list of fascinating and fun facts about Singapore. SHERYL QUEK 1 SPEND A DAY AT THE MUSEUM Singaporeans and Permanent Residents of all ages enjoy free entry to seven muesums this month,
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      • 176 10 / 11 IN@*SCAPE You could be like Spiderman with this cool new urban sport but learn it the safe way. Parkour teaches you how to vault over benches, balance on railings and even scale walls, just like how stuntmen do in TV dramas. The GRID Parkour Club, which meets every
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    • IN SCHOOL
      • 585 12  -  BY EISEN TEO Starting a new student council can be difficult the school has to put together a team of leaders worthy of the students’ respect. For Assumption Pathway School (APS), a school in Upper Bukit Timah which is only in its third
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      • 230 12  -  NICOLE PEREIRA Wait for the right time and place, then jump in to buy and invest in property. That is how you win in the boardgame The Investor. The game, which mirrors re- al-life property investment, bagged five Westwood Secondary School students first place
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      • 150 12 Last year, six students from Nanyang Girls’ High School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College became the envy of their peers when they won Create 2011. They won a four-day trip to Beijing, the capital of China, where they rubbed shoulders with designers and engineers at phone maker
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    • IN THE SPOTLIGHT
      • 556 13  -  BY NICOLE PEREIRA Just 19, this law undergraduate has big dreams and being a role model to teenage girls in Singapore is one of them. But Miss Amanda Leong has picked an unconventional route: The first runner-up of the Miss Singapore Universe beauty pageant wants to
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    • WRITE IN
      • 701 14 Schools recently celebrated Racial Harmony Day. IN reader Sharani Thiyagarajan wrote in with her thoughts on racial harmony in Singapore. The writer is from Dunman Secondary School When you tell foreigners you are from Singapore, you will get a lot of responses, including “Singapore is
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    • INGLISH
      • 649 15  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR Sources: Agence France-Presse Jakarta Post/Asia News Network ST Forum ST.com Euphemisms are indirect words or phrases that people often use to refer to something embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is. The word has
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    • IN THE STRAITS TIMES
      • 662 16 / 17  -  Read the article about the iconic Singapore Girl in Part 4 of the Majulah! series in the Home section. Lesson activities by SONIA SNG PART 1 What is service? The service industry is a wide-ranging one from food and fashion to schools, hospitals and
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    • THINKING
      • 574 18 / 19  -  By The Jane Ng The The Sunday Times, July 1 7 EXTRACT 1 When Mrs Alison Ng and her husband first took their three children to Chiangrai to do community work 10 years ago, they did not expect the trip to change the course of their lives.
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      • 868 18 / 19 A comparison and a contrast of how children and teenagers are raised today. Article 1: Holidays with heart 1. Highlight all the values that Mrs Ng’s children have learnt. 2. How did they come to acquire these values? How are these values manifested in their behaviour and character?
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      • 580 18 / 19  -  By Geraint Wong The Sunday Times, July 10 Two centres have upped the ante by running business camps for children aged six to 12. Piano, art, ballet, swimming, fencing, memory skills and now business skills as well? No kidding business camps are among the increasingly
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      • 482 20  -  Not everyone can run for president in Singapore. E1SEN TEO looks at the process of electing a new head of state. EISEN TEO The president of Singapore has been an elected position since 1991. An election has to take place three months before the incumbent's six-year
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    • 83 2 STRAITS TIMES. THI/N//c />v m TiMca Is your school newspaper thebestP HERE’S HOW TO TAKE PART Send us five copies of an edition of your school's print publication or online newsletter. The edition must have been published or posted online between October 2010 and June 2011. Your entry must be
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    • 561 3 ADVERTORIAL This is part four of a six-part series on the Building and Construction Authority. Sponsored by: Building and Construction We shape a safe, high quality, sustainable and friend!' built environment. ■^1 Building: Using the latest construction techniques, Singapore is building more efficiently. with brains Behind Singapore's dazzling cityscape, a
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    • 46 7 There’s a better platform to showcase your talent. Wff--fT- ■•M kv i’,V f i V? \*<h* :> ;v,{| I' i ‘J'i/J Mandarin. It Gets Better with Use. PRESENTED BY: PROMOTE MANDARIN m r is a V Speak Mandarin Campaign For more information, visit Theme Song Contest www.mandarin.org.sg
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    • 70 1 From Noma to Namnam Closer than before Danish chef to open Peranakan eatery C3 Paramore lead on new band line-up C2 Go-scooters for rent Safety hazard at Marina Barrage?C7 Movie producer Lim Teck likes to push the envelope, from the way he runs his 19-month-old company Clover Films to his
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    • life!.people
      • 1240 2  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...HayleyWilliams Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams is now closer to her bandmates after two others left eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Late last year, two founding members of American rock band Paramore abruptly left the band, accusing frontwoman Hayley Williams of using the group to further her own
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      • 527 2 New York Times New York Asian roles in Hollywood have come a long way since Mickey Rooney played a Japanese neighbour in Breakfast At Tiffany’s. But the dearth of Asian lead characters today suggests that there is still a way to go. It is an
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      • 2429 4  -  the monday interview with Lim Teck Some may find Lim Teck’s pull-no-punches approach abrasive, but he gets the job done john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Movie producer Lim Teck, 36, is explaining why people think of him as abrasive. He is doing it in a style that could be considered,
        PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LIM TECK; ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM  -  2,429 words
      • 975 5  -  After more than a decade with the SPCA, Corinne Fong steps into a bigger role as executive director nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Corinne Fong’s first role with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was “picking up poop” as a kennel volunteer, she recalls
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      • 800 5  -  yip wai yee It is hardly a secret that reality TV does not really portray, well, reality. But it is another thing for a realitydocumentary TV star to confirm this, and in such a straightforward manner too. The refreshingly forthright Keith Colburn, one of the
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    • 830 3  -  Founder of Michelin-starred Noma Claus Meyer to open new eatery serving Peranakan food with a Nordic twist in Denmark melissa kok melk@sph.com.sg Peranakan cuisine may be getting a leg up in the world of fine dining. A Danish celebrity chef famed for opening Noma named
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    • 385 3 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Roses, Spain elBulli, one of the world’s most acclaimed and award-winning eateries, has served its last supper. On the final menu last Saturday were 50 dishes with intriguing names such as Clam Meringue, Olive Spheres and Hot Cold Gin Fizz. Virtuoso chef
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    • 101 6 ‘He’s really good-looking, his hair was always perfect and he dressed impeccably. He cared a lot about those things and he judged my shoes’ Actress Lisa Kudrow (left), who thought her husband, ad executive Michel Stern, was gay when they first met ‘He can move his
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    • 749 6  -  Novice film-maker David Hevey attracts local veterans with his script malavika singh stlife@sph.com.sg Veteran of the stage and screen Lim Kay Tong, upcoming Equus lead Ethan Chia and actor Michael Lee are lending their star power to a low-budget indie film by a first-timer. The three
      ST PHOTO: MALAVIKA SINGH  -  749 words
    • 304 6 Agence France-Presse Hong Kong A Japanese porn star’s hugging contest, as well as covetable limited-edition action figures is drawing record crowds of manga-crazed youngsters to Hong Kong’s annual comic fair. Hundreds of excited teens camped out for days so they could be among
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    • 697 7  -  Visitors to the Marina Barrage are concerned the go-scooters onsite are a safety hazard nicholas yong nicy@sph.com.sg Go-scooters, usually the province of the handicapped, are now being rented out for leisure at Marina Barrage. But some people have expressed concern that the motorised vehicles, with a top
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    • 736 7 Associated Press San Diego Emma Stone (right) has gone from layperson to expert on the two publishing sensations she is helping to bring to Hollywood this summer and next. She had not read Kathryn Stockett’s The Help before auditioning for the lead role in the drama,
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    • Article, Illustration
      615 8  -  Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn is taking requests for her Esplanade gig eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Life has been good to American singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn, who is set to play her first gig here at the Esplanade Recital Studio tomorrow. Ironically, being happy has had a negative
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    • 622 8  -  adeline chia If the hapless lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream blunder blindly into the enchanted forest only to experience confusion, botched plans and mistaken identities, this Steven Sondheim musical takes the entanglement to a new level. More plots and characters are thrown into
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    • life!.buzz
      • 261 10 Taipei Pop princess Jolin Tsai is striking a modest note as her dieting guide outsells the first book by former film queen Lin Ching-hsia in Taiwan. Broadcaster TVBS reported last week that Tsai’s book, Growing Thin, had sold more than 30,000 copies in two
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      • 226 10 Associated Press Los Angeles An appeals court sided last Friday with pop star Jennifer Lopez (right) and ordered that an invasion of privacy lawsuit she filed against her first husband be handled in arbitration rather than through a public court case. She sued ex-husband Ojani Noa for
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      • 451 10 Reuters Associated Press Sarajevo Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie was close to tears as she received a special award during an unannounced visit to the Sarajevo Film Festival last Saturday with partner Brad Pitt. “I will start crying if you don’t stop,” she told the audience who
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      • buzzing
        • 87 10 Playmate Crystal Hariss has apologised for saying on shock jock Howard Stern’s radio show that sex with her former fiance, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, lasted “like about two seconds”. “The Stern interview scared me, he’s harsh, Harris, 25, said in a Twitter post last Thursday evening.
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        • 63 10 The United States State Department has teamed up with Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am to direct a concert in Beijing this year to support cultural and education exchanges between the US and China. He will perform in the concert with other American and Chinese pop
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        • 62 10 Oprah Winfrey is repackaging her now-ended daytime talk show to make it a key part of the line-up for her struggling cable channel, OWN. Starting on Oct 10, she will host Own Your Life, a new series that will recycle episodes of The Oprah
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        • 36 10 Comedian Andy Dick pleaded not guilty last Friday to charges that he sexually abused a security guard and another man at a West Virginia bar by grabbing their crotches.
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    • 560 8 (1 5 CATHAY 1 cathay.com.sg |j facebook.com/cathaycineplexes Army daze Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Army Daze with a special screening at 8pm TOMORROW, only at Cineleisure!* 1 ADVANCE BOOKINGS NOW ON! THE CATHAY 2 Handy Road, Levels 5 ft 6 CATHAY reacD)} CAPTAIN AMERICA:THE FIRST 3I« AVENGER* (3D) 11.00am, 1,35pm,
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    • 22 9 THINGS TO DO: To find out what's happening in and around Singapore, go to www.straitstimes.com CALL US: Life!/LifeStyle, tel: 6319-5416 fax: 6319-8276
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    • 3205 9 starhub tv nat geo ch411 AM 6.00 Planet Mechanics 7.00 King Tut’s Curse 9.00 Inside/10.00 Hooked 11.00 Rebuilding Titanic PM 12.00 Riddles Of The Dead 1.00 Inside/2.00 Cooking The World 3.00 Adventure Wanted 4.00 Search For The Living Cannibals 5.00 Hooked/6.00 Dog Whisperer 7.00 Seconds From Disaster 8.00 Don’t Tell
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    • 178 9 Netizens slam PR stunt Two men dressed in full-body leotards went around scaring people at Causeway Point last week. Stompers have criticised the stunt as dangerous and irresponsible. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW LRT overcrowding to ease The Government and SMRT will buy 13 new trains for
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