The Straits Times, 15 August 2011

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 MONDAY, AUGUST 15 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon More to benefit from lower health-care cost
    878 1  -  Govt to subsidise more drugs and expand outpatient scheme BY LYDIA LIM DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg THE Prime Minister last night announced major changes to the Government’s subsidy policy for drugs and outpatient care. The changes will ease the worries of many older,
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    Lock icon S’poreans can help solve problems without relying on Govt: PM
    1506 1  -  BY TESSA WONG STEP forward with your views and work together with other Singaporeans to address issues without having to rely on the Government. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong issued this call to Singaporeans last night, urging them to play
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      212 1 At a Key points from PM Lee’s National Day Rally speech glance HEALTH CARE More drugs to be subsidised. More subsidies for low-income patients. Medifund use to be expanded. Outpatient chronic care at GPs qualifying age lowered from 65 to 40. Income ceiling to be revised to benefit more people.
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        Lock icon A proper way to leave
        63 2 WE SAY Singapore plays host to many foreign workers. It is heartening to note that the Ministry of Manpower has been stepping up its efforts to make sure all employers are above board in providing them with decent work environments, lodging and medical care. This
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        Lock icon Road safety – India style
        34 2 Road safety India style COLUMNS The Traffic Police across India are exploring inventive ways to enforce road safety rules, including making offenders help out with managing traffic, says Nirmala Ganapathy. L WORLD PAGE A17
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        35 2 Tiger Airways Australia must be open about the actual circumstances that led to its suspension if it wants to regain consumer confidence and trust, says Karamjit Kaur. L REVIEW PAGE A23
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        Lock icon Tweak presidential polls
        44 2 OUR READER SAYS If the presidential election does turn out to be a four-horse race, then one of the four candidates could be elected President despite securing less than half of the valid votes, says Clinton Lim. L FORUM PAGE A24
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        27 2 www.straitstimes.com L Himaya Quasem tells of her experiences interviewing the poor and young people in gangs in Britain when she worked for a charity there.
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      Lock icon No hard sell by PM, but no soft-pedalling either
      1025 2  -  Balance struck between inspiring S’poreans and warning of dark clouds BY CHUA MUI HOONG REVIEW EDITOR muihoong@sph.com.sg THIS year’s National Day Rally speech suffered from the mid-dle-child syndrome. Sandwiched between an epochal general election in May and a presidential election this
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    • NATIONAL DAY RALLY
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        Lock icon HDB raises income ceiling to $10,000
        981 3  -  First revision in 17 years will enable more people to qualify for new flats BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board (HDB) is breaking away from its long-held income ceiling unchanged for the past 17 years and raising it so that more
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        Lock icon 2,000 more uni places for local students
        831 4  -  Increase over 4 years; foreign enrolments to stay at current level BY ELGIN TOH elgintoh@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S universities will add 2,000 more places over the next four years all of which will go to Singaporeans, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong an- nounced last night.
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        Lock icon Stricter criteria for foreign professionals
        960 5  -  Move to ensure they have ‘real skills valuable to us’, boost S’poreans’ prospects BY KOR KIAN BENG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT kianbeng@sph.com.sg THE salary levels for foreign professionals to qualify for an Employment Pass (EP) are to be raised again, in a move by the Government to
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        Lock icon Bracing success story with local, foreign student mix
        535 5  -  BY ANDREA ONG FIVE people from three countries with shared university experiences came together, pooled ideas, and created a new product. The success story of the local start-up behind the world’s first translucent dental braces shows why it is important to have
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      • PM LEE ON...
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          Lock icon Why it is important to avoid being a welfare state
          276 5 “As we keep up our effort to help the poor and make sure that nobody is left behind, we have to be very careful we don't become a welfare state. Take the example of Greece. You know it is in
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          Lock icon Appeals to get into local universities
          349 5 “We receive many appeals from parents and students. I got one myself whom I met in my Meet the People Session, she came to see me. I said, ‘Good evening.’ She said, ‘Good morning.’ Why? Because she had waited for me, and it was
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        Lock icon ‘MORE CASES OF PEOPLE BEING DEMANDING’
        500 6 “The Government will have to do what it considers right for the country and then take responsibility for its decision. Matters can be big or small. We receive many requests every day; not every request can be fulfilled. It could be just to waive
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        Lock icon Govt staff can’t say ‘yes’ to everything
        530 6  -  PM Lee urges the public and front-line employees to respect each other BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A HOSPITAL patient hurled vulgarities at a doctor when he did not get medication he did not need. A member of the public demanded that a counter
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        Lock icon More health-care help for the elderly
        684 7  -  Subsidies to be raised, more nursing homes being built to ensure they are taken care of BY LI XUEYING xueying@sph.com.sg FROM expanding health-care subsidies to building more nursing homes, steps are being taken to ensure that Singapore’s elderly who were crucial in contributing to
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        Lock icon Stories to weave tapestry of a nation
        1075 7  -  BY ANDREA ONG AN INITIATIVE to capture Singaporeans’ recollections of their country has gathered more than 33,000 stories in the short span of a month. Called irememberSG, the initiative is part of the Singapore Memory Project, which aims to collect five million memories
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        Lock icon Malay tertiary fee subsidy to cover more families
        649 8  -  Scheme’s income ceiling to be revised in the light of rising costs BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN zakirh@sph.com.sg THE Government will revise the income ceiling for a longstanding scheme that helps poorer Malay students pay for their tertiary education, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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        Lock icon Upgraded Geylang Serai to retain its character
        318 8  -  ZAKIR HUSSAIN THE historic Malay district of Geylang Serai will retain its Malay feel and character even as it is modernised and upgraded, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. The area has a “special place in the community’s heart” and the Government will
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        Lock icon Investors watching S’pore closely after GE
        632 8  -  BY ROBIN CHAN PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong reiterated yesterday that Singapore is sticking to its fundamental course, and will continue to do what is right to keep investments coming and Singapore prospering. Investors have been watching Singapore closely, he said, since the ruling
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        481 9  -  PM says not all issues are best solved by Govt, and hopes S’poreans will do more LI XUEYING ON JUNE 2, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan wrote on his blog saying he had asked the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority to review its
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        Lock icon S’pore spirit is alive in nation’s youth
        773 10  -  PM cites two young men with laudable ‘can do’ approach to life BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg BORN with cerebral palsy, Mr Haridharan Jaganathan, 23, walks with crutches. But that has not stopped him from mentoring disabled children and volunteering with grassroots organisations. He
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        Lock icon 11 hurt as gas blast triggers fire in Little India eatery
        540 10  -  BY THAM YUEN-C A LEAKING gas cylinder in a Little India restaurant caused an explosion and a fire at 5.40pm yesterday, leaving 11 people injured. Shortly before the incident, a worker in Aliyah’s Restaurant in Lembu Road discovered a
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        Lock icon More help for children with special needs
        787 10  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG MORE help is on the way for children with special needs, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced last night. This includes more places for them in schools, including mainstream schools, higher quality of education and more financial assistance. Speaking during
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      548 11  -  Tan Jee Say stresses economics background; Tan Kin Lian again dismisses talk of dropping out BY MAVIS TOH THAM YUEN-C mavistoh@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Tan Jee Say yesterday cast himself as someone who understands the economy well enough to rally Singaporeans through a
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      Lock icon President’s final say on reserves ‘significant’: Shanmugam
      515 11  -  BY MAVIS TOH THE President has significant powers in that he has the final say on whether the government of the day can draw down on the country’s reserves and this is especially topical now as a downturn looms, Law Minister K. Shanmugam
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      1556 12  -  Ann Williams looks at how the US and notable European players are faring in the turmoil Ann Williams ann@sph.com.sg THE UNITED STATES Gross domestic product (GDP): US$14.66 trillion (S$17.77 trillion) as at end-2010 Public debt: US$14.6 trillion as at Aug 14 Debt as percentage of GDP:
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      Lock icon EU ministers at odds over euro bonds
      543 13 Divide over how to ease crisis widens ahead of Paris summit REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti has stepped up calls for a more coordinated response to the debt crisis, including the creation of euro bonds, ahead of a crucial summit
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      Lock icon British cops hit out at PM’s hiring of US ‘supercop’
      636 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged a “zero tolerance” crackdown on street thugs amid a deepening row with police chiefs over plans for a United States “supercop” to advise the government. Top British police officers have
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      909 14  -  Indian farmers outraged by loss of livelihood, poor compensation for land BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: For thousands of upwardly mobile Indians like Mr Virendra Sharma, the gated community in Greater Noida, a rising township on Delhi’s outskirts, seemed just the place to put
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      104 14 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Australia rolls out high-speed rail plan L Games war between Google and Facebook MOST COMMENTED ON L Ice melt opens Arctic trade routes. Says tokkoksinsongplaykita: “With the accessibility of this Arctic route, ships need not travel past
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      Lock icon Golf courses sprout up despite ban
      318 14 IN CHINA XINHUA BEIJING: Local officials seeking profits from land sales are behind China’s recent golf course boom, despite a seven-year-old central government ban on the development of new courses, industry insiders say. The officials, who are often entertained by businessmen at these luxurious
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        902 15 Move comes as thousands protest after storm sparked fears of toxic spill at plant REUTERS BEIJING: The authorities in north-eastern China yesterday ordered a petrochemical plant to be shut down immediately after thousands of people demonstrated, demanding the relocation of the factory at the
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        Lock icon Sunny future for Thai solar energy
        733 16  -  Boom in sector may help country reach 500MW goal ahead of schedule BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: A doctor who runs a hospital known as Thailand’s cosmetic surgery capital has become the country’s single largest individual investor in solar energy. Riding
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        Lock icon Mushrooms join list of food tainted by radiation in Japan
        483 16 BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Mushrooms joined the threats to Japan’s food chain from radiation spewed by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, as the country expands efforts to limit the effects of the disaster. Nameko mushrooms grown in the open air in Soma,
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        Lock icon Beyond the ‘fine’ art of punishing traffic violators
        1002 17  -  Innovative scheme lets offenders manage traffic rather than pay a fine MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg JUST 10 minutes after the traffic police caught him trying to beat a red light, Mr Ashwini Sharma found himself paying
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        Lock icon Muslim NGOs: Act against proselytisers
        582 18 Malaysian groups call for law banning apostasy and punishment for those who try to convert Muslims, in the wake of church raid KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim groups in Malaysia have come out in force to demand that action be taken against those who proselytise Muslims, amid
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi makes rural political visit
        343 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGO (Myanmar): Thousands of well-wishers lined the roadsides in Myanmar to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she tested the limits of her freedom yesterday by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released from house arrest.
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        Lock icon Storm wrecks concert stage, killing 4 at US fair
        106 19 One moment the stage was fine (left), the next, terrified concert-goers were sent fleeing as it collapsed (below) during a powerful storm at the Indiana State Fair on Saturday in Indianapolis, just before country duo Sugarland were due to perform. At
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        Lock icon Dutch confront questions of identity
        745 19 Norway killings prompt them to take stock of local politics in face of Muslim immigrants NEW YORK TIMES AMSTERDAM: Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who admitted to mass killings last month, was obsessed with Islam and had high praise for the Netherlands, an important test
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        780 20 Tea Party favourite wins straw poll as Texas governor joins GOP race REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AMES (Iowa): The race for the Republican presidential nomination in the United States heated up as Texas governor Rick Perry declared
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        Lock icon 20 rescued from stalled cable car after 17 hours
        281 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN: Emergency helicopters rescued 20 people trapped for 17 hours on an Alpine cable car near Germany’s most famous castle. Helicopter crews lifted the cable car operator and 19 tourists to safety early on Saturday from a gondola suspended
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          Lock icon MP in ‘31 graft cases’
          71 21 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA: Indonesian fugitive lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin, who was returned to Indonesia on Saturday, is allegedly involved in 31 different graft cases, said anti-corruption officials yesterday. The chief of anti-graft agency KPK Busyro Muqoddas said the 31 cases involved about 6.04
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          Lock icon ‘Gay couple’ wed in Cuba
          105 21 REUTERS HAVANA: A gay dissident and a transsexual woman have married in what is said to be a first for Cuba. The civil ceremony for Mr Ignacio Estrada, 31, and Ms Wendy Iriepa, 37, signalled changing attitudes in a country where homosexuals were placed in
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          Lock icon Protesters paid: Minister
          100 21 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian minister has claimed some protesters were paid by those with a vested interest to join the Bersih rally on July 9 which left one dead and many injured. According to Information Communication and Culture Minister Rais Yatim, some of the participants were
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          Lock icon 22 die in suicide attack
          96 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL (Afghanistan): A team of six suicide bombers launched a coordinated assault on a provincial governor’s compound in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least 22 in the latest high-profile attack on prominent Afghan government officials. The Taleban claimed responsibility for the attack in
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          Lock icon Surf’s up for Sandy
          41 21 A tourist admiring a larger-than-life sand sculpture one of 20 displays at an 8,000 sq m sand sculpture park at a holiday resort in Shandong Weifang’s Binhai Economic Technological Development Area in China. PHOTO: XINHUA PHOTO: XINHUA
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          Lock icon Taipei developing missile
          95 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan is developing a new mobile version of its supersonic “aircraft carrier killer” missile, a legislator said yesterday, after China sparked regional concerns with sea trials of its first aircraft carrier. Research on the development of the land-based missile, a variant of the existing
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          Lock icon New US envoy in China
          88 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: The new US ambassador to China, the first Chinese-American to take up the post, said yesterday that the two countries could solve many of the world’s problems if their governments work together more. At a news briefing with his family by his
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          Lock icon Syrian forces kill 20
          74 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAMASCUS: Syrian ships and security forces killed more than 20 people in an assault yesterday on the port city of Latakia, activists said, as world leaders demanded an immediate end to the ruthless crushing of dissent. The violence has cost more than 2,150 lives,
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        Lock icon Aircrew tryst grounds ad campaign
        319 21 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific’s advertising slogan promises passengers that its crew will “go the extra mile to make you feel special”. But airline bosses were shocked to find out that one air hostess may have taken that pledge a step too far.
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      408 22 AS SINGAPORE plays host to more foreign workers, managing their working conditions and welfare is part and parcel of being a First World nation. Currently, there are 1.05 million foreigners working in Singapore, making up almost a third of the workforce. It is heartening to
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      1259 22  -  GLOBAL ECONOMY BY RAZEEN SALLY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is director of the European Centre of International Political Economy, a global economy think-tank in Brussels. He will soon take up positions at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Institute of
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        824 23  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. AS THE United States and Europe struggle with heavy debts and weak economic recovery from the global financial crisis of
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        749 23  -  LONDON EYE BY TERESA LIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a Singaporean based in London. ALL OVER Britain there are nervous children and their even more nervous parents. The crucial A-level results, known here as the A2s, will be out in three days’
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        334 24  -  Clinton Lim KUDOS to the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) for issuing certificates of eligibility to four presidential hopefuls, thus ensuring a contest on Polling Day (“PEC took ‘spirit, not letter’ of law”; last Friday). If, on Nomination Day, it is confirmed that
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        329 24  -  FOOD IMPORTS Cindy Keng (Mrs) Director Corporate Communications Division Ministry of Trade and Industry WE THANK Mr Lee Ser Wei for his letter (“Stronger Singdollar, yet... Imported foodstuffs are still at the same prices or cost more”; Aug 6). The increase in food prices
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        131 24  -  Toh Hock Lee I REFER to the Aug 7 report (“6-day wait for fibre broadband? For some, it’s 6 weeks”). Recently I bought a resale flat in Block 34 Tanglin Halt Road, and discovered that it did not have a fibre-optic point.
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        331 24  -  Lee Seck Kay OUR efforts to go green on our roads are yet to gather speed. Given that driving a car is the most air-polluting act an average citizen can commit, the tardiness in dealing with this problem is disquieting. According
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        160 24  -  Daniel Yeo I REFER to Ms Looi Pek Hong’s letter last Friday (“National service: A mother’s constant worry”). As one who has completed national service, I thank the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for ensuring my safety throughout my two-year stint. SAF has
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        385 24  -  Antony Phillipson British High Commissioner Singapore I WELCOME the editorial last Friday, particularly the heading (“Britain fights back as a community”). This captures perfectly the need for unity among what Prime Minister David Cameron called in a statement to Parliament last Thursday, “law-abid-ing
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      1153 1  -  Overseas grads return to seek jobs here as downturn hits the West BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg ENTICED by the idea of working in a global city, Ms Dharinni Kesavan tried to land a job in London after completing her law degree there last month. But
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      114 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Changi Airport takes standards to new heights MOST COMMENTED ON L Crossfire over cross-dressing. Says Sunday: “I think there are many other ways to create comedic effect. Cross-dressing is overdone. It is not funny at all.” YOUR
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      124 2 MORE than 1,600 people aged between 13 and 35, many dressed in red, celebrated Singapore’s 46th National Day yesterday by taking part in a 5km run. Organised by the North West Community Development Council (CDC) and held at Republic Polytechnic, the North
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      555 3  -  He suffered chest pains after fight over burning of incense, joss paper BY LIN WENJIAN wenjian@sph.com.sg A MAN believed to have a history of heart problems suffered a fatal attack last Saturday after a quarrel with his neighbours over the burning of incense and
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      112 3 IT WAS a weekend of arrests in Geylang as four law-enforcing agencies conducted a joint raid that began on Saturday evening. The operation, mounted by the Criminal Investigation Department, Central Narcotics Bureau, Health Sciences Au- thority and Singapore Customs, resulted in 25 arrests.
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      691 4  -  High gold prices lead more people to pawn their jewellery for cash BY LIN WENJIAN wenjian@sph.com.sg LURED by rising gold prices, more people are pawning their gold jewellery for cash. Pawnshop operators have been handling up to 40 per cent more customers over the past month.
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      352 4  -  AMANDA TAN POSTMEN are now doubling as locksmiths, repairing loose or faulty letterbox locks when they spot them on their rounds. Late last month, SingPost started equipping their 1,000 or so postmen with tool kits containing items such as pliers and screwdrivers, as
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      514 5  -  Focus on elderly as they are more often at home, where fires usually start BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg HE COULD only sit and watch as his father’s life ebbed away after a heart attack. That was 30 years ago. Recalling what happened that
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      72 5 A big lantern with 3,260 handprints. Children in ethnic costumes. These were part of a carnival held yesterday at Global Indian International School to commemorate India’s Independence Day today. The 2.7m tall lantern entered the Singapore Book of Records for “most number of
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      789 7  -  First Chinese school for girls here plans charity golf game, gala dinner BY LIN ZHAOWEI zhaowei@sph.com.sg THIS year, Zhonghua Secondary School joins a small club of schools which includes Raffles Institution, St Joseph’s Institution and Anglo-Chinese School. The one thing they have in common: A
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      411 7 LIN ZHAOWEI WHEN Mr Tan Junjie, 23, first came here from his hometown in China’s Guangxi autonomous region five years ago, he did not know what the raucous night performances in his HDB estate in the seventh lunar month were about. Nor did he
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      227 2 r To buy, find and sell the latest range of products and services, check out CATS Classified in The Straits Times. WAT-3 BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Are You Struggling To Earn $8,000 A Month? Do You Want To Start A Profitable Business in Singapore and 16 Countries Worldwide? I Booming
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      394 3 BY YOUR TEENS' BEHAVIOUR? W w to Are you experiencing the following with your tee Is your teen... Rebellious and showing aggressive behaviour with frequent outbursts? Uninterested in studies but spent hours playing online games? Showing disturbing behaviours such as lying, stealing, engaging in sexual activities?... Inclining to substance abuse
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        49 10 Till Aug 31, spend a minimum of $50 in a single receipt at NTUC FairPrice during the Visa Debit Card promotion and you could win a year’s supply of groceries worth $3,000. For Visa Plus! Cardholders, the prize is $4,000 worth of groceries. For details, visit www.visagoexplore.com/sgdebit.
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        59 10 More than 17,000 entries were received for the Marigold HL World Milk Day Creative Challenge 2011 “Design A Milk Carton” competition. Limited editions of the 1-litre HL Milk cartons ($2.90 each) with the top three winning designs across three categories are available till the end of this month.
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        34 10 The new Ariston Washer AQ9F 29U offers eight programmes to meet your laundry needs, holds a maximum load of 8kg and includes a tri-phase motor for quieter washing operations. Price: $1,499.
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        67 10 TillAug 26,buy any big pack of Huiji’s Fruity Lite ($6.95 for box of 12 sachets) and get a small pack for free. Another version, Fruity Lite Extra, ($7.90 for box of 10 sachets) contains added Vitamin C and xylitol which is an alternative to sugar. Both digestive drinks
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        57 10 Show off your groovy moves at Nescafé’s Hip Hop Dance Off at the Health You 2011 exhibition on Aug 27 and 28 and stand to win $4,000 in cash and prizes. The first 30 entries will each receive a free Nescafégoodiebagworth$50. E-mail nescafe.hip.hop.danceoff@ gmail.comfordetails.ANescafébooth will offer coffee with
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        52 10 Drink to good health every day of the week with a bottle of Brand’s InnerShine Berry Essence in the morning and another bottle of the new InnerShine Prune Plus Essence at night. The special “Sunday'sOnUs!”pack($24.90)comprises seven bottles of both types of essence. Available at major supermarkets and personal
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      669 10  -  Look after your skin at home with nifty, easy-to-use beauty gadgets BY GOH HWEE KOON DEVICES that use light therapy to help skin heal, facial rollers that mimic the massage technique of professionals discerning consumers open to new kinds of beauty solutions would expect to find
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      204 10 THE search is on for potential radio presenters with the sixth annual DJ hunt, “Fight Club 2011”, organised by SPH Works’Chineselanguageradiostation,Radio 100.3. The station believes in injecting new blood into the radio industry, targeting participants aged between 16 to 35years who are passionate about the
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      294 10 HOME-PROUD visitors to My Home 2011 Grand Furniture Reno Expo, a premier home building, furnishing and furniture show, can expect an exhibition with a difference this year. The show is on at Singapore Expo Hall 6 from now to Aug 21, noon to 10pm. For the
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      179 10 Health You is bigger and better THOSE who visit this year’s Health You exhibition will have access to more exhibitors and new products. One of the largest consumer health exhibitions in Singapore organised by The Straits Times Mind Your Body and Lianhe Zaobao Lohas, Health You 2011 features 90 exhibitors
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      229 10 FOOD Fest, an annual “in-paper” promotion organised by CATS Classified will kick off this Friday with delightful cuisine to whet readers’appetites and attractive prizes galore. Participating restaurants collectively featuring Chinese, Indian, Thai and Japanese cuisines will be listed in Lianhe Zaobao and
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      555 11  -  Next generation of United starlets gives champs winning start West Bromwich Albion 1 Manchester United 2 BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg YOUTH and a certain Ashley Young was the answer for Manchester United on the opening weekend of the English Premier League, but goalkeeping will be an
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      584 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Olympic champion Lin Dan and Wang Yihan won both singles crowns at the World Badminton Championships yesterday to help China become the first nation to retain all five world titles. Lin saved two match points to beat top-seeded
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      159 11 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L Fabregas deal is done L United say Sneijder deal dead L Neither team in good shape MOST COMMENTED ON L Sneijder’s finale? Says Bayleyan: “At 27 years old, Wesley Sneijder is at the right age to
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      606 12 New boss Villas-Boas denied winning start as Potters’ defence prevails Stoke City 0 Chelsea 0 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS STOKE-ON-TRENT: Andre Villas -Boas endured a frustrating introduction to the English Premier League (EPL), as Chelsea failed to secure an opening-day victory for the first time
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      491 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Arsene Wenger has publicly admitted that he is worried that Arsenal are becoming a feeder club for Europe’s giants. The Gunners are set to receive around £60 million (S$118 million) from the imminent departure of key midfield pair Cesc Fabregas and
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      394 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is anticipating a tough evening tonight when his side host new-ly-promoted Swansea. Referring to Newcastle, West Bromwich Albion and Blackpool who all did well in their initial Premier League games last season
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      443 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING: Former Real Madrid and Spain boss Jose Antonio Camacho will be the man trying to deflate Singapore’s dream of qualifying for the World Cup in less than three weeks’ time. The Spaniard took over China’s beleaguered national football team yesterday, as
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      260 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LIVERPOOL: Kenny Dalglish has admitted that it will take time for his new players to settle, following the Liverpool manager’s lavish summer spending spree. Four of his five new recruits started, as Liverpool were held to a disappointing 1-1 home draw
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        145 12 EVERGREEN Tampines Rovers striker Aleksandar Duric netted a hat-trick against Home United in the two sides’ Singapore Cup quarter-final first-leg encounter at the Tampines Stadium last night. However, his hopes of a Stags win were shattered by Qiu Li’s last-minute goal for Home.
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        96 12 SINGAPORE pipped 10 other countries to finish tops at the inaugural International Cadet Judo Championships yesterday. Held at the Bedok Sports Hall, the Republic garnered three golds, six silvers and 19 bronzes to finish above Thailand and Malaysia. Said Singapore Judo Federation vice-president Koh
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      979 13 Dufner, Steele, Bradley chased by two veterans in Glory’s Last Shot NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHNS CREEK (Georgia): With the majority of golf’s marquee players stumbling and crumbling down the stretch of Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship, the spotlight and the stage at the
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        121 13 RORY McIlroy plans to ditch his golf clubs and go on a break after a frustrating week. The US Open champion, his right wrist taped, shot a four-over 74 at the PGA Championship on Saturday. He got off to an awful start with a double
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        108 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRENDAN Steele who shared the PGA Championship third-round lead with Jason Dufner was hoping to become the first man to win while making his Major debut since fellow-American Ben Curtis at the 2003 British Open. The last Major debutant champion on US
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      438 13 REUTERS JOHNS CREEK (Georgia): After plunging to new depths at the PGA Championship with his first missed cut at this Major, Tiger Woods faces the once-unthinkable prospect of being ranked outside the world’s top 50 when he next competes. His next scheduled event
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      244 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS BARRINGTON (Rhode Island): Thai teenager Moriya Jutanugarn advanced to the final of the US Women’s Amateur golf tournament at Rhode Island Country Club on Saturday. The 17-year-old edged out National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 individual champion Austin Ernst 1-up in
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      448 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BIRMINGHAM: Alastair Cook said England were at the start of a journey, rather than the end of it, after becoming the world’s No. 1 Test cricket side. England deposed India at the top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test
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      161 14 Today Football English Premier League: Manchester City v Swansea (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 3am). Tennis ATP Cincinnati Open: 1st rd (Live, StarHub Ch211,11pm). Tomorrow Cricket 3rd ODI: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 3.20pm 8.30pm). 3rd ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia
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      50 14 JO-WILFRIED TSONGA, on tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic (above), who extended his 2011 match record to 52-1 on Saturday after the Frenchman retired in the Montreal Masters’ semi-finals
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      367 14 DURBAN: Australia fly-half Quade Cooper believes that his resurgent Wallabies team are well placed to crown their Rugby World Cup (RWC) build-up with a Tri-Nations title triumph over New Zealand. Australia’s defiant 14-9 victory in Durban over struggling South Africa
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      540 14  -  SEA Games gold less important than going for her third Olympics BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg ZHANG Guirong is gunning for one more hurrah at November’s South-east Asia (SEA) Games. But for the thrower, a third straight Olympic outing next year, which is unprecedented for a track
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      520 14  -  BY CHAN U-GENE WHEN Ng Jia Hao, 19, won the 50m breaststroke at the Singapore Swimming Association’s (SSA) Grand Prix on Saturday, he dared not celebrate. After all, he had not trained competitively for the past 11/2 years. Yet, the time he clocked 29.22
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      463 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO: Serena Williams advanced to her second straight final by beating fourth seed Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday at the Toronto Cup and declared her game was approaching its Grand Slam-winning best. The American, who returned to competition in June after
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      997 20  -  Analysts point to weak conditions, sentiment in the West as well as rising cost pressures COMPANIES’ SCORECARD BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE corporate reporting season, which ended yesterday, showed that growth in second-quarter earnings remained healthy. But signs are starting to show that corporate
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        475 20 Many people believe that because exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are traded similarly to stocks, their liquidity the ease with which an asset can be sold or bought is measured in the same way as stocks. This is not necessarily the case. The key drivers of a stock's price
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      98 20 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L How to play the market without buying shares L UOB caps good Q2 for S’pore banks L Suburban home prices may still inch up: CDL MOST COMMENTED ON L Big investor goes with gut instinct. Says straitstimesjd1004:
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        542 16  -  Past week haunted by scenes reminiscent of 2008 financial crisis MARKETS INSIGHT BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg INVESTORS will be hoping for a less volatile week after last week’s roller-coaster ride. Singapore’s Straits Times Index was down 4.8 per cent to 2,850.59 points for the
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          3148 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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          125 16 BOUSTEAD Singapore’s net profit for the second quarter ended June 30 dipped by 73 per cent, from $32 million last year to $9 million. Revenue also saw a drop of 53 per cent, to $90 million. In the first quarter of last year, Boustead recorded higher profit and
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          138 16 SALES of its properties in Singapore and China have driven up the net profit and revenue of SC Global for the second quarter of this year ended June 30. In the three-month period, net profit for the firm grew 88 per cent to $46 million. Revenue also saw
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          103 16 UOB Kay Hian has announced a net profit of $20 million for the second quarter ended June 30. This is down 31.9 per cent from the $30 million declared last year. Concerns over the Europe debt crisis and a slowing global economy resulted in cautious trading activity,
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      942 17  -  As it surges ahead of equities, it will empower investors to demand improved standards C A I JIN BY ANDY MUKHERJEE SENIOR WRITER andym@sph.com.sg EQUITY was once a truly great asset class. It had a proven ability to outperform every other type of investment instrument
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      309 17 CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) monies are safe and backed by the full resources of the Singapore Government, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has said. “CPF monies are invested in bonds that are issued and guaranteed by the Singapore Government. The full resources of the
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      753 18  -  The company has an edge in China’s highly regulated industry EYE ON FABCHEM CHINA BY AARON LOW aaronl@sph.com.sg FABCHEM China is raking in a healthy profit out of what it does best making explosives. The mainboard-listed Chinese firm produces explosive devices, industrial fuses, detonators and
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      179 18 DB Commodity Booster DJ-UBSCI ETF 6C 08.08.11 35,95 USD DB Commodity Booster Light Energy Benchmark ETF 7C 08.08.11 21,37 USD FTSE CHINA 25 ETF 1C 08.08.11 28,11 USD FTSE Vietnam ETF 1C 08.08.11 25,41 USD MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index ETF 1D 08.08.11 1,63
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      138 18 MR SUN Bowen started out as a technician at Feixian Chemical Factory, a state-owned enterprise producing detonating cords for Shandong province, back in 1980. He was promoted to factory manager in 1983. In 1993, Feixian and several of its employees established Yinguang Chemical to undertake its
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        42 18 LEE KHIA YEE: The 43-year-old chief financial officer will leave the Breadtalk Group on Sept 7 to pursue other career opportunities. Since his appointment in 2006, Mr Lee has been responsible for the financial and accounting functions of the group.
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        23 18 NG CHEE KWOON: Mr Ng was appointed chief financial officer last Monday. The 41-year-old was the finance director of Venture Corporation.
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        47 18 FRANCIS HENG HANG SONG: The chief financial officer will step down with effect from Sept 30 to pursue personal interests. Mr Heng, 51, was responsible for the group’s finance, treasury and risk management functions. He also oversaw investor relations, and legal and corporate secretarial functions.
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        33 18 TONG DIN EU: The 46 -year old was appointed as an independent and non-executive director last Monday. Mr Tong is currently the director of corporate finance at Woori Investment Securities Asia.
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        76 18 TAM THYE HUNG: Promoted to head of global transaction services (GTS) in Indonesia last Saturday. Mr Tam joined DBS in 2006 and takes over from Mr Stephen Lee, who has been named senior vice-president of the trade product management team, GTS, based in Singapore. In his new
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      548 19 It is expected to lower exchange rate target against the euro REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZURICH: The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is poised to set a lower limit for the euroSwiss franc exchange rate and will use all means to defend this as
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      656 19 COMMENTARY NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: Like earthquakes, financial crises seem to be accompanied by aftershocks, like the one we have been living through last week. They can feel every bit as bad as the crisis itself. But economic history and academic research suggest
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      32 20 2010EDITION A collection from The Business Times The diverseexperiences ofsome of the mostinfluential thinkers,corporate chiefs andsocial activists of the age 52 interviews by The Business Times journalists Available at all leading bookstores
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        604 2  -  The INside track BY SERENE GOH Vacation jobs for teenagers were pretty limited in the 1980s. Without any experience, qualifications or, in some cases, even the required height, the list was depressing: McDonald’s (greasy), minor clerical duties (stifling) and photostatting papers at a copy shop
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        800 4 Sources: Agence France-Presse, BBC News, CNN, Associated Press THE NEWS What began as a protest by local residents after police shot dead a man in a less affluent north London district soon turned into widespread instances of looting and destruction of shops and vehicles. The unrest then
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        272 4 The New York Times BBC News There was turmoil and panic last week as financial crises brewed on both sides of the Atlantic. After weeks of feuding, American politicians managed to reach an agreement to increase the amount of money the country is allowed to borrow, thus
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        693 5 Those who have taken this illegal drug often have terrifying stories to tell. Ketamine was originally intended to be used as an anaesthetic, to numb patients (both human and animal) from pain. But then people began to abuse the drug, which now goes by names such as
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        486 6  -  BY GERAINT WONG For six months this year, three Raffles Institution students absorbed all things geographical. They read books, atlases and online sources anything that would help them become “encyclopaedias”, as they put it. That was how the Year 4 students Wesley Chioh, Samuel Chua and Brendan Tan,
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        195 6 With a loud crunch, about 300 youth put their “stamp of approval” on the message of environmental conservation. They crushed about 200 aluminium soda pop cans with their feet at the Smash The Record event on July 30 at City Square Mall. The event aimed
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        205 6 On July 22, IN hosted The Straits Times Media Club Workshop, where participants learnt how to interview celebrities. They also met Miss Amanda Leong (right), 19, the first run- ner-up of the recent Miss Singapore Universe 2011 contest. Here is an excerpt from Beatty Sec- ondary’s Tow
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        625 8 / 9 Some 2.27 million Singaporeans will head for the polls on Aug 27 to elect a new president. Four of the six presidential hopefuls have been given the nod from the Presidential Elections Committee (PEC) to run for the country’s highest public office. On Aug 11, the PEC issued
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        488 8 / 9 Oct 8 may be greeted with mixed feelings by many Singaporeans. While many commuters, residents and business owners rejoice at the opening of the Circle Line’s final 12 stations on that day, nearly nine out of 10 commuters island-wide will start paying more for
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        1589 10 / 11  -  The heyday of the video game arcade may be over, but teenagers are still drawn to its flashing lights and hyper music. reports SHERYL QUEK ifteen-year-old Abbie Loke pops back home straight after school, changes her clothes, then rushes out. Heading to meet other regular
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        818 12 / 13 7 things to shar e with your friends SERENE LUO lists some cool stuff you can do with your buddies. 1 SCARE YOURSELF SILLY Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, you should still check out Singapore’s Freakiest Online Ghost Stories. Scare yourself silly with this collection of stories of
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        544 12 / 13  -  BY GERAINT WONG From a teenager who aspired to be a scientist to a computer science graduate, and now an award-winning author such is the interesting life of Mr Dave Chua. The 41-year-old author’s book, Gone Case, is one of the selected books for READ! Singapore 2011, the
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        196 12 / 13 EMBRACE FREERUNNING 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 it in TV dramas. The GRID Parkour Club, which meets
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        643 14  -  BY THERESA TAN Thanks to the magic of Hollywood and a mythical character, archery found a new fan in Muhammad Raihaan Mohamed Shouhell (above). Then 15, he was drawn to the sport partly because of Legolas, the character played by Orlando Bloom in the Lord
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        606 15  -  BY EISEN TEO When Teachers’ Day rolls around on Sept 2, educators can expect to be swamped by thank-you cards from students and former students. But one school has gone further and turned the tradition of honouring teachers into a good cause. Ngee Ann Secondary
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        678 16 Last week, IN reader Tiffany Zhao wrote in with her opinion on classroom dynamics. She believes that the key word is “respect”. Here are her thoughts: Tiffany Zhao, 16, Secondary 4, Jurong West Secondary School As a young child, my parents told me to respect those who
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        264 17  -  BY TAN XING QI More by chance than design, the photos taken by Chow Yiheng turned out to be better than expected. “I picked up photography by accident. I was playing around with a camera and I realised that I could take good pictures,” said the Secondary 3
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        629 18  -  BY MARDIANA ABU BAKAR The word “malapropism” is derived from the French phrase “mal a propos” which means inappropriate or ill-suited. A malapropism is a humorous or a silly misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one of similar sound. Here are
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        708 19  -  Get inside an English teacher’s notebook. By GERAINT WONG Numbers are among the first vocabulary words that a child masters and an adult picks up when learning a new language. From counting from one to 10, one progresses to a hundred, a thousand and beyond. And,
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      466 24  -  posseWhich world leader is on par with Singapore’s president? EISEN TEO takes a look at them. EISEN TEO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND OTHERWISE KNOWN AS: Elizabeth II BORN: April 21, 1926 ASCENDED TO THE THRONE: Feb 6, 1952 ROLES: The constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, such as
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        735 2  -  Phone-tapping has turned personal freedom into a myth, as two film-makers show in a new movie boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg We live in a brave new world where privacy is an increasingly quaint concept, according to Hong Kong film-makers Alan Mak and Felix Chong. The
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        490 2 New York Times Beijing Zhao Liang’s documentary film Petition is considered by many viewers to be a fearless work of art. Shot over 12 years, it shows how the authorities muzzle and brutalise Chinese who, following an age-old tradition, travel to Beijing seeking redress for wrongdoing
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        660 2 New York Times Burbank, California Earthquakes. Tornadoes. Debt downgrade. Double dip. Are you ready for Contagion? In a year that has seen its share of troubles, Warner Brothers will soon open a film that is sure to scare moviegoers into seeing the guy with a
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        1195 3  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...MaxSurin Tokyo Square’s Max Surin is turning 60 and still sings their 1985 hit, Within You Remain eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Tokyo Square frontman Max Surin never gets tired of singing Within You Remain, his pop band’s most famous song from 1985. And
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        385 3 Agence France-Presse New York After celebrating the fake tans and drunken antics of ItalianAmerican youths, America’s reality TV machine has unleashed its latest ethnic portrait: Russian Dolls (right). And not everyone is happy. The series, which started last Thursday, focuses on eight characters from New York’s Brighton
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        2320 4  -  China-born football hero Shi Jiayi loves laksa and his Mazda 3 and enjoys life as a Singapore Lion the monday interview with Shi Jiayi adeline chia chiahta@sph.com.sg National footballer Shi Jiayi is living a version of the Singapore Dream. He lives in a breezy four-room HDB
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        872 5  -  During Ramadan, Geylang Serai turns into a food paradise offering classics and more innovative fare john lui johnlui@sph.com.sg Everybody knows me,” says the Dendeng Man. It is the Ramadan midpoint and at Geylang Serai, men with microphones are everywhere, hoping to win the attention of
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        504 5 New York Times New York It is one of the most anticipated comings of age in recent pop cultural history: Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, has arrived. A series of sultry black-and-white photos of Frances Bean Cobain, whom most
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        484 6  -  Singer A-fu, whose YouTube video made her famous, is not bothered by criticism of her English rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg The latest YouTube sensation to come out of Taiwan is not actually a talent discovered on the social media network. Before singer A-fu’s videos received more
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        391 6 Reuters New York If you are angry that someone spoiled the plot of a movie or revealed the ending of a book, don’t be. A new study by researchers from the University of California at San Diego shows spoilers may enhance enjoyment, even for suspense-driven
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      534 7  -  More comfortable with English, Olivia Ong took a long time to remember her Chinese lyrics rachael boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg The Little Nyonya changed the direction of local singer Olivia Ong’s show business career. From singing mostly English and Japanese bossa nova songs, she has switched her focus to
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      413 7  -  reviewconcert WILLIAM BENNETT GALA CONCERT 2nd Flute Festival Singapore 2011 The Chamber, The Arts House Last Saturday chang tou liang An indication of how the music scene in Singapore has progressed can be measured by the number of instrumental festivals that have sprouted on the
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      421 7  -  reviewconcert ASIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday chang tou liang Audiences in Singapore may be excused for being sated by the excellent youth orchestras that abound in the island-state, which could be the reason for the smallish house that greeted the Asian Youth Orchestra
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      1110 8  -  Movement language Gaga involves contortions and a sense of humour gia kourlas New York Times New York Gaga is not just a pop star. Long before she came on the scene, Gaga was a movement language developed by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. Lady Gaga named
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        198 10 Hong Kong Actress Christy Chung (left) has ended her eight-year marriage with Taiwanese musician Jon Yen, but said the divorce had nothing to with the seven-year itch. There was no third party in their relationship, she told Ming Pao Weekly, and what came between them
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        210 10 Reuters New York British rock band Coldplay announced last Friday they would release their fifth studio album on Oct 25 in the United States and a day earlier elsewhere. The group unveiled the new album’s graffiti pop art reversible cover and its title, Mylo Xyloto,
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        241 10 Beijing Actor Vic Chou has opened up about his past battle with depression. In an interview with Nanfang City News posted on NetEase news website yesterday, he said he became depressed in 2005, four years after he shot to superstardom in his first show, Meteor Garden.
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        162 10 Agence France-Presse Associated Press Mumbai Shammi Kapoor (left), a swivel-hipped actor who was India’s Elvis Presley and who revitalised Bollywood’s song-and-dance sequences, died on Sunday. He was 79. He was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital days ago in critical condition, his doctor said. He
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          41 10 Heather Locklear (right) is engaged to fellow Melrose Place actor Jack Wagner, her spokesman confirmed on Friday. Locklear, 49, was previously married to rockers Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora. She had been dating Wagner, 51, since 2007.
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          39 10 Casino king Stanley Ho’s daughter, Florinda, 22, went public with her relationship with TVB B-list actor Chan Shan Chung, 37, yesterday, when she tweeted a picture of him meeting her parents, said Apple Daily.
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          38 10 Former Warrant singer Jani Lane, the once-energetic blond lead singer and songwriter for the heavy metal band Warrant, was found dead in a Los Angeles motel room on Thursday, police said. He was 47.
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          29 10 30 Rock actress Tina Fey has a baby girl. She and her husband Jeffrey Richmond welcomed their second daughter, Penelope Athena, on Wednesday, reported People.
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          28 10 Austin Powers may be back, baby. Actor Mike Myers is in negotiations with New Line Cinema to make a fourth Austin Powers film, says TheWrap.com
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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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      187 9 Return to Malaysia Cup “not backward” step FAS president Zainuddin Nordin (left) defends his decision to let Singapore play in the Malaysia Cup again, saying he wants to reignite football fervour. Editor’s picks Video on demand 1. SINGAPORE NOW Is the curry smell that strong? RazorTV hits the streets and
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      221 12 Established Security Agency requires 1) Customer Service Staff Clementi (SIM) With IT Knowledge 6-days week $1900 above 2) Security Supervisor Changi Mall, Woodlands, Roxy Square (Katong) $1900 above 3) Security Officers Changi Mall $1700 Clementi $1700 Roxy Sq (Katong).............$1600 Orchard $1600 Woodlands/ Yishun...........$1600 Buddha Temple.................$1600 ù NSRS/ WSQ or exempted
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