The Straits Times, 5 December 2011, Afternoon Edition

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Teachers taunted online
      44 1 TEACHERS are finding themselves easy targets for students, who whip out mobile phones to take photos and videos to upload on the Internet. This has led educators to be more wary of their conduct, both online and off. LPRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Soccer legend Socrates dies
      42 1 FORMER Brazil World Cup football captain Socrates died yesterday. He was 57. Brazilian media said he had been hospitalised in a Sao Paolo hospital since Thursday following an intestinal infection which developed into septic shock. LSPORT PAGE B12
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      Lock icon Climate change woes
      56 1 AUSTRALIA and New Zealand face growing pressure to accept potential “climate refugees” from several Pacific islands which are at risk of being wiped out by rising sea levels. In a separate environmental problem, the pollution level is rising fast in New Delhi, partly due to the spike
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      Lock icon Big plans for Botanics
      56 1 FORMER Kew Gardens curator Nigel Taylor, who now heads the Singapore Botanic Gardens, has big plans for the park. He wants to introduce transport in the gardens, and plans to make a visit more educational. The National Parks Board is now soliciting public feedback for ideas
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    Lock icon Govt scraps English entry test for maids
    960 1  -  New scheme to help them cope with living, working here BY SHULI SUDDERUDDIN shulis@sph.com.sg THE English entry test which has been the bugbear of first-time maids since 2005 will be scrapped. Maids and the agencies that bring them in have said that the
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    Lock icon MORNING RUSH HOUR:
    55 1 MORNING RUSH HOUR: Participants of the full marathon event at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 running along South Bridge Road at 5.30am yesterday. The full marathon was flagged off at 5am at Orchard Road, while the half marathon started at 6.30am on Sentosa. ST PHOTO: CAROLINE
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    Lock icon 22-year-old dies after completing half marathon
    767 1  -  BY FABIUS CHEN TRAGEDY struck at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 yesterday, as a Singaporean runner died after completing the 21.1km half marathon. Mr Malcolm Sng Wei Ren, 22, reportedly collapsed at the finishing line at the Padang at approximately 8.30am. Race organisers
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      480 1 AARON AZIZ Star appeal on both sides of Causeway Go home later than boss? No way Babysitters for the elderly in demand LIFE! PAGE C4 MONEY PAGE B19 HOME PAGES B1&2 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WAM#IFRA The Straits Times is taking part
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        Lock icon Myanmar must show capacity to change
        65 2 WE SAY Myanmar is on the threshold of a new and significant phase in its development but only if it seizes the opportunities presented to it by its Asean neighbours and, just last week, by the United States. It will also require that Myanmar’s
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          Lock icon Driving ‘naked’ in China
          35 2 Ho Ai Li investigates a growing problem which is allowing Chinese drivers to get away with all kinds of traffic violations driving around without a licence plate. L WORLD PAGE A9
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          Lock icon What the PLA wants
          36 2 The People’s Liberation Army may lack the political influence it once had, says Robert Karniol, but it still has the means to ensure its interests are looked after. L REVIEW PAGE A17
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        Lock icon Avoiding charity fatigue
        44 2 OUR READER SAYS Individuals and companies should plan events throughout the year, not just during the festive period, says Adam Tan. Imagine how lonely one’s parents would be if they saw family members only on festive occasions. L FORUM PAGE A19
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        24 2 www.straitstimes.com L Lin Zhaowei found out more about the life and work of former principal Priscilla Krempl when he attended her wake.
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      Lock icon Time for new PAP story
      1121 2  -  But the weight of history poses obstacles to party’s endeavour BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg EVERY person needs a story. A tale, still unfolding, in which he is the protagonist, and which gives sense to what he does and why he does it. Every country needs
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      Lock icon Lessons on election using Facebook
      425 3  -  LEONARD LIM CAUGHT up in general election fever this year, Hwa Chong Institution teacher Serene Siau-Yeo, 32, engaged her colleagues in the staff room in debates on polls issues. Hoping to get her students interested as well, the general paper and English literature teacher roped
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      Lock icon Careful, teacher: What you do might get posted on the Web
      831 3  -  Many increasingly wary of tech-savvy students humiliating them online BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg A TEACHER from a girls’ school, caught sitting in a less-than-ladylike way on a bus, had her picture taken by a student and posted on a
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      Lock icon Mosque leaders urged to be open and inclusive
      805 4  -  They must engage those beyond their mosques, says Muis president BY TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg A YOUNG man with tattoos? A young woman with “very modern” clothes? Mosque leaders should be open and inclusive, and extend a warm welcome to all comers, regardless
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      Lock icon Massive wealth for King or country?
      802 5  -  Book sheds some light on how rich Thai monarchy is BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Nirmal BANGKOK: A new book on the life of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej provides a rare glimpse into the sprawling wealth of the “mysterious” Crown Property Bureau (CPB),
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      Lock icon Thaksin not included in royal pardon
      220 5 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AN ANNUAL royal pardon granted to thousands of convicts to mark the revered Thai King’s birthday today will not include fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the prisons chief said yesterday. Media reports emerged last month saying that the Cabinet had endorsed
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      Lock icon 2 more caught with drugs in panties
      325 6 TWO more Malaysian women have been caught trying to smuggle drugs into Singapore by concealing them in sanitary pads in their underwear. This is the third time in three days the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has busted women smugglers concealing drugs in their
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      Lock icon Most welcome scrapping of entry test for maids
      565 6  -  SHULI SUDDERUDDIN EMPLOYERS, agencies, maids and Members of Parliament mostly welcomed news that the mandatory entry test for foreign domestic workers will be scrapped in favour of a mandatory Settling-In Programme (SIP). Jurong GRC MP Halimah Yacob said it was very good
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      Lock icon Euro’s moment of reckoning looms
      726 7 Outline of plan to save single currency bloc has emerged, but many uncertainties remain AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: One way or another, this is crunch week for the euro. By the end of the European Union (EU) summit on Friday, European voters and markets will know
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      83 7  - 6.39 PM BY CHEW SENG KIM PHOTOJOURNALIST It’s that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages on Monday, entitled 6.39pm. A little girl
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      Lock icon Racing into the record books
      760 8  -  Improvements noted from last year, but some say race at max capacity BY FABIUS CHEN MAY CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg maychen@sph.com.sg THEY came from all walks of life, each with their own reason for being there. But from those who turned up in just a running singlet,
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      Lock icon ‘Compete only if you are fit’
      394 8  -  BY MAY CHEN COMPETE only if you are fit. That is the advice two doctors specialising in sports medicine are issuing in the wake of yet another death at an endurance event. While Dr Jason Chia and Dr Teh Kong Chuan both declined to
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      Lock icon Have car, will drive...with no plates
      987 9  -  More drivers doing so to bypass traffic rules MEMO FROM BEIJING BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Carol Feng BEIJING: More and more residents of China’s capital city are driving around naked these days. No, they are not taking off
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      82 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Airbus raps Obama over Boeing deal L Diplomatic fix was an illusion L Google ‘working on delivery service’ More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L Kenyans dominate again
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        Lock icon Alstom bribery woes: Malaysia hit by fallout
        703 10  -  West’s anti-graft battle turns spotlight on firms paying kickbacks to win jobs abroad BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The fallout from French engineering giant Alstom’s bribery woes has hit Malaysia and is casting an unwelcome spotlight on the business
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        Lock icon Police crack down on strike over Dhaka split
        273 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA: Bangladeshi police fired tear gas at scores of protesters yesterday as violence broke out during a day-long opposition strike in the capital, Dhaka. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its Islamic allies enforced the strike in protest
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        Lock icon Boy, 14, freed from Bali drug detention
        78 11 A 14-year-old Australian wearing a balaclava to hide his identity at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, yesterday. Indonesia yesterday released the teenager, who served two months in a detention centre for buying drugs while on holiday with his family on the
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        Lock icon More women smuggled from S-EAsia to China
        419 11 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BEIJING: An increasing number of women from South-east Asia are being smuggled into China, forced into prostitution or sold for marriages, Chinese media reported on Saturday. Most of these women are from rural areas in Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos.
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        Lock icon Ban over but maids not back in Malaysia
        612 11  -  Paperwork, new training rules mean delay in Indonesians’ return BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT lestkong@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia’s ban on sending the country’s women to work as maids in Malaysia officially ended last week, but thousands of families here will still have
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        Lock icon S’porean ‘kidnapped in Johor Baru’ found dead
        514 12 Man, 56, may have been killed after family failed to pay $328k ransom JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean man said to have been kidnapped in Johor Baru on Nov 27 was found dead four days later, it was reported yesterday. It is believed that
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        Lock icon Getting over the hump
        59 12 Mongolian tribesmen in a camel race during a winter festival in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia region of China, on Friday, in the latest event to promote tourism in winter. China’s latest five-year economic plan calls for tourism revenues to rise 10 per cent annually to 2.3
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        Lock icon Chinese boost tourism recovery in Japan
        337 12 WASHINGTON POST TOKYO: Eight months after being turned into refugee camps for earthquake victims escaping Japan’s worst nuclear accident, some ski resorts in Fukushima say bookings for the winter are back to about 70 per cent of pre-quake levels. While the earthquake, tsunami and
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        Lock icon Netizens slam China’s TV chief
        474 13 He’d called journalists ‘propaganda workers’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Thousands of Chinese Web users yesterday lashed out at the new head of the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) network over a speech in which he said journalists were “propaganda workers”. Mr Hu Zhanfan who was appointed
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        Lock icon Cops attacked after girl killed in road crash
        285 13 XI’AN (China): Hundreds of people overturned police and government vehicles on Friday to vent their anger over a traffic accident that claimed a girl’s life in Xi’an city in China’s Shaanxi province. A crowd of angry people, disgruntled by officials’ delayed reaction
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        Lock icon Leading the life of a cubicle dweller
        135 13 Mr Chen Siu Ming (left), a 25-year-old social worker, has been living in an 18 sq ft cubicle one of 38 bed spaces in a 700 sq ft flat in Hong Kong’s Kowloon district for around six months to better understand the plight
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        Lock icon Fewer seats for Putin’s party, exit polls show
        409 14 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s ruling party suffered a big decline in parliamentary election yesterday, winning less than half of votes cast, according to the two biggest exit polls published after voting closed. If confirmed, the result is
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        Lock icon Climate refugees can’t weather the rising seas
        962 14  -  Pacific islands under threat try to find new homes for their citizens ENVIRONMENTAL WOES BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Australia, New Zealand and other countries in the region face growing pressure to accept potential “climate refugees” from Pacific islands
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        Lock icon Diesel-powered vehicles ‘drive up New Delhi pollution’
        548 14  -  BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Ten years ago, New Delhi was held up as a showcase for its efforts to control air pollution after it moved polluting factories out of the city, and forcibly converted taxis, buses and trishaws
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        Lock icon Cain suspends bid for US presidency
        738 15 Republican hopeful says sexual allegations have hurt his family ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES ATLANTA: A defiant Mr Herman Cain has suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination amid sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with
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        Lock icon Labor lifts ban on Aussie uranium exports to India
        339 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Australia’s ruling Labor party voted yesterday to lift a long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India, after a passionate debate about nuclear weapons and reactor safety following Japan’s earthquake crisis. Labor passed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s proposal with
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          Lock icon Islamists win 1st round
          110 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO: Islamists trounced their liberal rivals in the opening phase of Egypt’s first post-revolution election, official figures showed yesterday, with one in four voting for the hardline Salafists. Islamist parties won about 65 per cent of all votes cast for parties in the first
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          Lock icon Suicide remark outrage
          96 16 LONDON: A veteran show host has faced a backlash over his outspoken comments after he described people who kill themselves by jumping under trains as “selfish”. Writing in a newspaper column, Mr Jeremy Clarkson, anchor of British television series Top Gear, said those who commit suicide on
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          Lock icon Iran ‘downs US drone’
          120 16 REUTERS TEHERAN: The Iranian military has shot down a US reconnaissance drone aircraft in eastern Iran and has threatened to respond to the violation of the country’s airspace, a military source told state television yesterday. “Iran’s military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern
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          Lock icon No to ‘mercy plea’ visit
          89 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: China has refused a visit from Vice-President Jejomar Binay to ask for mercy for a Filipino on death row and said the execution will not be delayed, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who was caught trying to
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          Lock icon Chen’s son eyes polls
          85 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The son of Taiwan’s jailed former president Chen Shui-bian set up his campaign office yesterday as he hopes to garner the backing of his father’s anti-China supporters in next month’s parliamentary polls. Mr Chen Chih-chung, 32, formally kicked off his campaign to run
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          Lock icon Ex-Fifa chief quits IOC
          95 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Former Fifa head Joao Havelange has resigned from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), just days before facing suspension from the body over a decade-old kickback scandal. The 95-year-old Mr Havelange the IOC’s longest-serving member with 48 years of service submitted his resignation letter
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        Lock icon Container mall open for business
        78 16 Local residents visiting a shopping mall built with pop-up shipping containers in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday. Twenty-seven shops and cafes have been built from 64 converted shipping containers in the mall, which became the first part of the city’s worst-affected red zone to
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        Lock icon The writing's on the screen
        276 16 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Users of smartphones and tablet computers are starting to get high-tech blues, as increasing numbers of the tech-savvy come down with ailments from “text neck” to “text thumb injury”. Health experts in Britain have warned that the injuries from long periods
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        196 19  -  CHARITY PARTY FATIGUE Adam Tan IT WAS never a secret that the underprivileged and marginalised in our society get more attention during the festive season, especially Christmas, from individuals and companies seeking to spread goodwill (“Charity party fatigue”; last Saturday). However, Saturday’s article clearly
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        187 19  -  Muhammad Dzul Azhan Haji Sahban I WISH Singaporeans especially the unemployed, those returning to work and fresh graduates would not be choosy about taking up jobs that are readily available (“Revealed: The jobs that Singaporeans shun”; last Monday). As a former grassroots
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        174 19  -  Ronnie Tan SINGAPORE’S MRT lines are run by two companies SMRT and SBS Transit under guidelines set by the Land Transport Authority. They are supposed to run as a unified system to make the MRT the “backbone” of our transport network.
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        237 19  -  Zainudin Nordin Chairman OnePeople.sg I AM concerned by the articles on online racist postings, especially after three incidents were reported within a week (“PAP youth member quits over ‘racist’ online posting”, Nov 18; “NSF posts online picture of text criticising Islam”, Nov 20;
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      398 4 SOME 500 young people fanned out across Singapore yesterday in a bid to raise awareness about loan-shark activities. As part of the X Ah Long project, these youth ambassadors also approached their peers to help them understand the dangers that come with associating with unlicensed
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      900 5  -  Storage firms auction items when rent is owed BY CHERYL ONG ongyiern@sph.com.sg AN AUCTION with a difference was held last Friday. Up for bids were random objects that had been stored away in the rooms of storage company Big Orange: One
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      305 6 SCIENTISTS from Singapore and China have discovered new genes linked to a common spine disease. The two genes, related to bone formation and cartilage development, will bring scientists a step closer to understanding the disease and working on a cure. Those
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        30 7 Visiber, a number jeweller and vendor of number pewter frames, has opened for business in Singapore at Visiber Asia, 61 Tanjong Pagar Road. For more information, visit www.visiber.com.
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        43 7 Visit the Canon roadshow at Chevron House, Raffles Place, from 10am to 6pm today and check out new printers that come with free gifts, trade-in offers for office laser printers, free premium laser pens and more. The roadshow ends on Friday.
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        53 7 Central’s Christmas Festive Night Bazaar is on till Dec 18 at the Central Riv- er Promenade, where there’ll be street decorations, performances and festive goodies for sale from over 30 stalls. The revelry ends at 11pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For details on other activities at the
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        50 7 City Gas has launched two new brands of gas waters heaters Ferroli and Macro specially tailored for HDB homes. They can save up to 80 per cent on utility bills and emit 63 per cent less carbon than electric stor- age heaters. For more information, visit www.citygas.com.sg.
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      296 7 ASPIRING leaders as well as senior management executives and managers who are keen to climb up the corporate ladder can consider the new PhD course in General Management, an executive doctorate programme offered by Singapore ManagementUniversity(SMU). SMU’s executive director at the Postgraduate
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      223 7 UNIVERSALStudios Singapore has launched theworld’sfirstthemeparkattractionbased on Hasbro’s iconic Transformers brand. Taking the Transformers movie franchise from reel to reality, this motion thrill ride features 12 scenes, comprising sets with realistic 3D digital media and special effects. Guests will be transported on advanced motion-based
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      160 7 FOLLOWING the opening of its Tampines Grande office in May, Manulife Singapore unveils its new Manulife Centre at Bras Basah Road. Ms Annette King, president and chief executive officer of Manulife Singapore, says: “The new Manulife Centre represents another milestone in the continuous
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      547 11  -  BY V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR THE Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) has again turned to Australian coach Trevor Chappell to lift the fortunes of the national men’s team. Demoted from Asia’s Elite group, after finishing last among nine nations at the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC’s) Elite
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        51 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEVILLE: Rafael Nadal got the winning point as Spain won a fifth Davis Cup title yesterday. The world No. 2 beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0) to give the hosts an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the
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        68 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: David Beckham scored the opening goal in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 6-1 win over the Philippine national team in a friendly on Saturday that was part of the US Major League Soccer champions’ Asian tour. After being substituted midway through the
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        72 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARDIFF: Australia scored three tries in 10 second-half minutes to beat Wales 24-18 in a Test at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. But they could not stop retiring winger Shane Williams bowing out of international rugby on a high. Playing his 87th
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      110 8 SOCRATES DIES Brazilian footballing great Socrates dies at the age of 57. B12 WOODS OVERTAKEN Tiger Woods surrenders his lead at the Chevron World Challenge. B12 The final leg of the Extreme Sailing Series will be staged at the Marina Bay next week. Correctly answer the question below and be
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      15 8 INJURY BLOW Javier Hernandez could be out for a month with an ankle injury. B10
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      158 10 SPORTS FIXTURES League I Home Team I Away Team I (sin^a^edate/time) E Premier Fulham Liverpool Tue, 06/12/11 4.00am For fixtures of all E League Champ, Spanish, Italian League and UE Champions, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE|MARINA BAY SANDS RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA] Italian League E Premier Lazio
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      67 14 Visit our website for Free Live Warrant Pricing. MACQUARIE www.warrants.com.sg forward thinking The information is issued by Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Re. Limited (Registration No: *****2912C) holder of a capital markets services licence under the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore. r Find the most comprehensive range of
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      199 15 Until he had helped Thomas Edison perfect the invention that would change the world, Francis Jehl would not rest. (Michigan, 1929.) J L What can your bank learn about determination from Francis Jehl? Thomas Edison knew a good idea when he saw one. And fortunately for him, Francis Jehl was
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      26 16/17 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options! >^iL WATS SMU STUDENT DIES AFTER RUNNING HALFMARATHON. Friends say: He was so fit. thenewpaper
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      1080 18 EYE on ETFs Brought to you by: Deutsche Bank db X-trackers ETFs BlackRock [Shares \z\ LYXOR SGXz= SINGAPORE EXCHANGE siAs RESEARCH 5 c w w r m Entering The Holiday Season Trading conditions remained tough in November as negative headlines dominated attention. Investors reduced their appetite while demanding higher yield
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      748 20  -  Administrative complexities in China may throw up road blocks SGX DIRECTIVE TO CHINA FIRMS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg OBSERVERS are questioning the effectiveness of a Singapore Exchange (SGX) directive to China firms listed here over the position of legal representatives, who play a
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          98 14 Dec 2 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Dec 1 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.2835 +0.31 1.4219 1.2003 Euro 1.7306 -0.09 2.0153 1.6758 FR Dec 1 YR 2011 Yen* 1.6497 +0.49 1.7145 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** +0.09 0.***** 0.***** Where S$ stands Dec 2 CHNG YR 2011 CLOSE FR Dec
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        1017 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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        576 14  -  WARRANTS WATCH GOH ENG YEOW LAST month’s wild price swings on the local bourse in response to each flare-up of Europe’s debt crisis turned out to be a boon for the warrants market. While jittery investors stayed out of the broader market, some brave-hearted
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      1018 15  -  Supervision is needed if high-speed traders can access heart of SGX’s trading engine C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg WHEN United Overseas Bank’s shares fell a whopping 10 per cent in only seven seconds just after opening bell
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      439 15 BLOOMBERG FRANKFURT: SAP AG, the largest maker of busi-ness-management software, has agreed to buy SuccessFactors for US$3.4 billion (S$4.4 billion) in cash, stepping up competition with arch rival Oracle in the cloud-computing market. SAP will pay US$40 a share for California-based
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      442 16/17 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Leaders in Europe are looking outside the continent for help to solve the longstanding crisis over the euro, but while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be able to help, it will not be the magic wand they seek.
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        42 18 Tony Tan: The 37-year-old resigned from his post as acting group financial controller of CFM Holdings. Mr Tan has left to pursue other career opportunities. Mr Soo Kok Hwa, 44, has been appointed as the company’s new chief financial officer.
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        49 18 Au-Yeung Yu Ching: The 46-year-old chief financial officer is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. The change will take effect on Dec 31. Qingmei’s former financial controller Jackson Tso, 41, will assume Mr Au-Yeung’s position and oversee the financial management and secretarial matters of the group.
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        56 18 Neo Gim Kiong: He has resigned to pursue personal interests and other opportunities. Mr Neo, 42, was the executive director and chief executive of the company and was responsible for the overall management of the group’s operations. His roles and responsibilities will be assumed by Mr Yap Kian
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        66 18 Loke Wai San: Appointed chairman of AEM Holdings. In his non-executive position, Mr Loke, 43, will lead the board in coming up with corporate strategies, financial objectives and directions for the group. Albert Ng: Named chief executive of the company. In his new executive role, Mr Ng, 49,
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      363 19  -  BY MELISSA TAN SINGAPORE businesses can now apply to get rid of the “.com” at the end of their Web addresses and substitute something that reflects their business like “.shop”. The global governing body for Internet addresses has given Singapore the green
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        663 2  -  Frenchman Christophe Grilo has worked under renowned chefs and at Michelin-starred eateries eunice quek euniceq@sph.com.sg The popular Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie, owned by the Les Amis Group, has found a new executive pastry chef in Frenchman Christophe Grilo. Grilo, 33, replaced the group’s former pastry chef Pang
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        413 3 Associated Press Washington Professor Michael Eric Dyson parses rapper Jay-Z’s rap lyrics as if analysing fine literature. The riffs on luxury cars and tailored clothes and boasts of being the “Mike Jordan of recording” may make for catchy rhymes, but to Prof Dyson, they also
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      356 8  -  reviewdance RE: OK… BUT! T.H.E. Dance Company Esplanade Theatre Studio/Last Saturday tammy l wong T.H.E. Dance Company’s premiere of RE: OK… BUT!, a collaborative effort between artistic director Kuik Swee Boon and Korean choreographer-composer Kim Jae Duk, resonated as a pulsating, kinaesthetic adventure for all. However, beginning
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      284 12 SINGMAH GROUP REQUIRES: Experienced Sales Executives/ Asst Sales Managers/ Sales Managers for various divisions Logistics Packaging Machine Movers Supply of Construction Materials Requirements: Must possess own transportation preferably with relevant industrial experience. Singaporean SPR only. Good pay package (including Basic from $3K onwards) Interested applicants, please send CV to: sm_log@singnet.com.sg
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      193 12 ***1) LOAN OFFICERS and 2) Collection Officers. Energetic. Training provided. Prefer with class 3 lic. Handle English Mandarin speaking clients. S’porean/ PR. Call Mr Tan 9105-3332 JOIN A SMALL friendly high end commercial property agy, lots of leads/guidance to help you! Call 9818 8811 FINANCIAL PLANNER (FIXED INCOME) Age 21
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      516 12 A well known MNC retail company is recruiting: FULL-TIME SALES ASSOCIATES SENIOR SALES ASSOCIATES x40 Responsibilities: F Passionate in delivering customer service, product knowledge and expertise to customers F Ensure products and displays are well-presented F Maintain excellent customer relationship Requirements: F Able to work on rotating shifts, weekends and
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      305 13 PRODUCTION OPERATOR No experience is necessary Physically fit and with good eyesight All candidates must be willing to work on rotating am/pm shifts and able to start work immediately. DAILY WALK-IN INTERVIEW FROM MON TO FRI (9AM TO 5PM) Containers Printers Pte Ltd 83 Joo Koon Circle S(*****9) Tel: *****521
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      339 14 DISTRIBUTION CO. REQUIRES Warehouse Asst. Preferable can handle Malay speaking. Walk in: 50, Kallang Pudding Rd, #0602 fr 10am-1pm, Mon-Fri PAYA LEBAR WAREHSE Asst 9-6pm $1.1K up. CPF+ bene fits. PC knowledge. Meow Svs (98C3337). *****318 WEST COAST/CHANGI Store Asst/Forklift Driver/ Clerk Perm$1.4K/8/12hr $48-$71 Students too. *****325 JURONG WAREHOUSE ASST.
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      317 14 SECURITY POSITIONS AT AYER RAJAH, JURONG EAST, SUNTEC CITY, RAFFLES PLACE Security Officers Salary $1,750 to $1,900 Full Time 5 or 6 Days Work Week AWS Bonus Performance Bonus Good Benefits Part-time $72.00 (Island Wide) Weekly Pay Singaporeans Only Apro Asian Protection Pte Ltd IMM Building, 2 Jurong East St
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