The Straits Times, 12 December 2011

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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  • INSIDE 66 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Curbs may hit investments
      32 1 SINGAPORE’S latest property cooling measures could dampen its status as a major investment destination, while giving rivals such as Hong Kong a boost, say analysts. LMONEY PAGE B18
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      Lock icon Gold slips past Singapore
      50 1 IT WAS a gutsy fight, but in the end, Singapore failed to snag netball gold at the FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup yesterday. Fiji, one of the world’s best teams, were crowned champions after beating the Republic 51-42 at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall. LSPORT PAGE B11
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      Lock icon Taboo museum may shut
      63 1 CHINA’S only museum on the Cultural Revolution, located on Mount Ta near Shantou city, has an impressive display that captures the crude violence of this period in Chinese history. But it may not last much longer as the musuem gets no support from the government for
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      Lock icon S’pore women win law awards
      60 1 STAMFORD Law’s Mrs Lee Suet Fern (right) and Allen Gledhill’s Ms Vivian Ang (below, right) are among some of Asia’s best women lawyers, a new award in business law has shown. The inaugural awards were given out by leading international monthly financial magazine Euromoney, following
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    Lock icon Feedback unit extends its Reach
    632 1  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG THE Government feedback unit Reach is taking steps to reach out to Singaporeans better. It is rolling out a new mobile phone application next year for Singaporeans to give feedback on the go. It will also organise more “kopi” talks for youth
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    Lock icon TOUR OF DUTY ABROAD
    74 1 F-16 pilot Felix Sng, 34, has been living in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife Rita Teo, 34, and their three children Felicia, nine, Royston, seven, and Rafale, three, since February last year. Captain Sng is one of about 520 Republic of Singapore Air Force servicemen deployed
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    Lock icon Najib hints at major announcement at next meeting with PM Lee
    656 1  -  BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT JOHOR BARU: Improving ties between Singapore and Malaysia will see their leaders meeting for a fifth time early next month, when a “significant announce- ment” will be made, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
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    Lock icon Fresh hope for fight against climate change
    905 1 Road map could lead to pact to legally enforce emission-cutting pledges ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DURBAN (South Africa): A marathon United Nations climate conference ended after going into overtime yesterday, reaching a hard-fought agreement that aims to set a new course for the
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      135 1 HANKY PANKY How some cabbies can make $3,000 a month HOME, PAGES B1-2 Party like you’re still in the ofce Composer Ricky Ho’s roller-coaster ride to a Golden Horse MONEY, PAGE B17 LIFE! PAGE C4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO
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        Lock icon Keep the gangs from forming
        82 2 WE SAY The recent stabbing of a student over a staring incident has shone the spotlight again on one of the darker corners of Singapore society: youth gang violence. The problem needs a total approach if it is to be contained. Schools and parents need
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        Lock icon Fixing climate change
        40 2 COLUMNS While advanced economies are behind most of the global warming that has occurred until recently, developing and emerging economies have become the prime culprits in the past few years, says Michael Richardson. L REVIEW PAGE A20
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        Lock icon Liquidity wild card
        40 2 While most analysts expect liquidity to stay plentiful in Singapore, the risks of financial dislocation triggered by a liquidity squeeze may be the wild card in next year’s outlook, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B15
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        Lock icon Bilingual education woes
        33 2 OUR READER SAYS The two main problems with our bilingual education system are starting too late and using the wrong teaching approach, says Yow Wei Quin. L FORUM PAGE A21
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        22 2 www.straitstimes.com L There is no need to panic about reports of cancer-causing chemicals. Grace Chua suggests some questions to ask.
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      Lock icon New Europe won’t be in from the cold
      1037 2  -  Latest fiscal pact to curb debt does not tackle underlying growth issue BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THROUGHOUT the year, every European summit was presented as a “make or break” for the euro. And every summit ended by neither breaking nor
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      82 3  -  BY NEO XIAOBIN 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 CONSTRUCTION worker walking past
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      Lock icon New motorsports hub tender possible
      764 3  -  Project mired in uncertainty as work on track remains stalled BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg A SECOND tender to find another builder for Singapore’s permanent race track looks increasingly certain, further delaying the troubled Changi Motorsports Hub. The $380 million project, which can host any kind
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      Lock icon SMRT Taxis seeks to revise fares
      277 4  -  BY LIN WENJIAN SMRT Taxis submitted papers containing proposed changes to its fare structure to the Public Transport Council (PTC) last Friday. The move comes after Singapore’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro announced its revised fares last week. It operates about 16,000 cabs. SMRT Taxis,
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      Lock icon S’pore women lawyers shine at Asian awards
      786 4  -  They are recognised for their achievements in business law BY K. C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SOME of Asia’s best women lawyers are Singaporean, a new Asian awards event in business law hosted in Hong Kong has shown. Among others, Stamford Law’s Mrs
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      Lock icon Hu pledges to resolve China’s trade imbalances
      629 6 Beijing not seeking surplus on purpose, says President AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE BEIJING: Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged yesterday to resolve trade imbalances with countries that have huge deficits with the Asian powerhouse, as China marked the 10th anniversary of its accession to the World
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      Lock icon Kidnapped US teen manages to escape after five months
      550 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: An American teenager escaped from suspected Al-Qae-da-linked kidnappers and wandered without shoes for two days in a southern Philippine jungle before villagers found him, ending his five-month captivity, officials said yesterday. Kevin Lunsmann, 14, told his four armed
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      Lock icon Durban deal may be a small step but counts as progress
      794 8 NEWS ANALYSIS REUTERS DURBAN (South Africa): When the Kyoto Protocol, the world’s only legally binding pact to tackle climate change, was adopted in the economically booming 1990s, it was meant to be a downpayment. Yesterday’s tentative promise, thrashed out
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      Lock icon Key elements of Durban Package
      221 8 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE GLOBAL CLIMATE PACT This was the central achievement of the Durban talks a road map towards a global climate accord that will, for the first time, include all major emitters of greenhouse gases. The new pact must be completed by 2015, and will
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      Lock icon RSAF training area size makes a difference
      933 10  -  S’pore’s small airspace restricts manoeuvres, say commanders BY JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg PHOENIX: When training Singapore’s soldiers and pilots, size matters. The size of the training area, that is. Nowhere is this more evident than in the finale of Exercise Forging Sabre,
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      Lock icon Far from home but still ‘kiasu’
      582 10  -  About 520 servicemen were deployed to the four Republic of Singapore Air Force detachments in the US this year. Besides the F-16 training unit at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona, the others are an Apache attack helicopter detachment in Marana, Arizona, a
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      Lock icon ‘It almost feels like home’
      335 10  -  3RD DEPLOYMENT ABROAD JERMYN CHOW PHOENIX: Since air force engineer Felix Tan moved to Arizona on Oct 15, he has been nicknamed “new old guy”. After all, at age 51, he is believed to be the oldest regular from the Republic of Singapore Air Force
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      87 8 THE WORLD'S PREMIER WATCH AUCTIONEER SINGAPORE Valuation Day Thursday, 15 December 2011 10am 6pm Sands Expo Convention Center Level 3, MICE Business Center, Rose Room tiquorum AUCTIONEERS SINCE 1974 Watch Expert Mr. Charles Tearle, will be available for complimentary estimates of your fine timepieces for consideration in Antiquorum February 2012
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      347 9 h f ':T I A r WE STAND TALL BECAUSE OF YOU. We are the heart of Asian Grace, Warmth and Care. THANKYOU FOR GIVING US SUCH A PROUD HERITAGE. 11 MORE TE1AN 260 ACCOLADES IN 201 1 Most Popular Heritage Brand, Singapore Prestige Brand Award 2011 Leading CEO Award
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      139 11 *1 r m Be re-employment ready The Retirement and Re-employment Act (RRA) takes effect from 1 Jan 2012 and applies to all employers. Under the RRA, employers are to offer re-employment to employees who: Are turning 62 Are medically fit to continue working Have satisfactory work performance To prepare your
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Cultural Revolution memories under threat
      1155 12  -  Museum struggles for funding and cannot find people to help out BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg SHANTOU (Guangdong): After a night of rain, a light mist hangs over the green slopes of Mount Ta, shrouding the quiet hills with a cloak of
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      84 12 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Fuelled by fury L A dirty rat? No, study shows rodent’s compassionate trait L Putin’s D-Day as protests sweep Russia More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L Girls’
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      Lock icon China pushes for stricter Web controls
      262 12 TIGHTENING THE SCREWS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A top Chinese government official has urged the authorities to be “more forceful” in the way they manage the Internet, as Beijing tries to tighten online controls over fears of social unrest. Mr Wang Chen, head of the
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      Lock icon Myanmar eases censorship on 54 publications
      262 12 LOOSENING THE SCREWS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Myanmar has loosened restrictions on dozens of business and crime publications, local media reported yesterday, but kept news titles in the grip of strict censorship rules. A total of 54 journals, magazines and books will no longer have
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        Lock icon Hospital fire in Kolkata sparks safety review
        605 13 Checks ordered across country, with particular focus on public hospitals KOLKATA (India): A number of hospitals across India, including the prominent All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), are reviewing safety procedures after a massive fire killed more than 90 people at a
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        Lock icon Talk of ‘Crooked Bridge’ resurfaces in Malaysia
        455 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Umno last Saturday called on the federal government to revive the “Crooked Bridge” project that was abandoned in April 2006, according to the Malaysian Insider news website. Johor Umno information chief Puad Zarkashi was quoted as saying the project would
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        Lock icon Taiwan politician’s last stab at top job
        957 14  -  Former KMT member unlikely to win but could affect polls outcome With four weeks to go before Taiwan’s presidential election, the race for the island’s top job is hotting up. The Straits Times, in the second of a three-part series, takes a look
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        Lock icon Low turnout for HK vote on election committee
        586 14 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG: About one in four registered voters in Hong Kong went to the polls yesterday to choose a group of electors, who will form part of a committee to decide the city’s next chief executive in March next year. The
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        Lock icon China mandates use of official credit cards to curb govt graft
        389 14 BEIJING: Chinese officials will be required to pay for public procurement using official credit cards from next month, the government’s latest move to curb abuse of public funds and appease the public’s growing grievances against corruption. Official credit card
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        Lock icon Infectious Tamil ditty enthrals all of India
        1089 15  -  Catchy, quirky runaway hit even transcends north-south language and cultural divide MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg CHIEF executives are tweeting about it, school kids are humming it, and bureaucrats are talking about it. T-shirts have been printed with
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Merkel, Obama clash over euro crisis solution
        832 16 At heart of the debate is question of how far govts must bend to markets NEW YORK TIMES BERLIN: Even as European leaders put together their response to the euro crisis last week, a German-American clash over how best to manage a vast
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        Lock icon Russian President ‘disagrees’ with protesters
        347 16 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday he disagreed with demands made at nationwide protests over the weekend for a rerun of disputed legislative polls. In his first public comments on last Saturday’s demonstrations in Moscow and other major Russian
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        Lock icon Gingrich in the line of fire
        665 17 Presidential hopeful stands firm on comments that Palestinians are ‘an invented people’ NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DES MOINES (Iowa): Mr Newt Gingrich offered a robust defence of his views on the Middle East, his lucrative work after leaving the United States Congress and
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        Lock icon Palestinian fury over ‘invented people’ claim
        231 17 BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad led a chorus of condemnation after Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said the Palestinians were an “invented people”. Mr Fayyad said the remarks, made by Mr Gingrich during an interview with the Jewish Channel, a
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          Lock icon Graft suspect repatriated
          75 18 JAKARTA: Businesswoman Nunun Nurbaeti, one of Indonesia’s most wanted corruption suspects, has been brought home after her arrest in Bangkok by Thai police last Wednesday, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said. A KPK spokesman said she will be questioned today over her role in a scandal involving
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          Lock icon Engine of crash jet found
          95 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Philippine investigators yesterday combed through the smouldering wreckage of a slum here, searching for more victims of a light plane crash as well as clues to the accident that left at least 13 dead. The cargo plane plunged into the shanty town
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          Lock icon Quake hits Mexico capital
          90 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico last Saturday, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died in the quake, but there were no reports of widespread damage. Highrise
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          Lock icon Silk Road ‘heritage’ bid
          131 18 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK NINGBO (China): Seven Chinese cities last Saturday agreed they would form a joint campaign to inscribe the ancient maritime Silk Road in the Unesco World Heritage list. The port cities Beihai, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ningbo, Yangzhou, Penglai and Zhangzhou signed a programme of
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          Lock icon Fiery protest: man dies
          77 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An Indonesian man has died after setting himself on fire near the presidential palace, police said yesterday, in what is believed to be the country’s first self-immolation protest. It is unclear what student Sondang Hutagalung, 22, was protesting against. Local media reported he
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          Lock icon Hazare’s anti-graft encore
          97 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: Indian activist Anna Hazare, whose anti-graft hunger strike in August attracted huge public support, held a one-day fast yesterday to demand the government do more to tackle corruption. During his fast four months ago, millions of Indians rallied across the country to support
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          Lock icon British gene therapy feat
          121 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS gene NEW YORK: Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as haemophilia B by injecting them with the correct form of a defective gene, a landmark achievement in the troubled field of gene therapy. It is
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          Lock icon US quits Pakistan airbase
          103 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QUETTA (Pakistan): The United States yesterday vacated a Pakistani airbase following a deadline given by Islamabad in the wake of anger over Nato air strikes last month that killed 24 soldiers, officials said. Pakistan’s military said in a statement that the last flight carrying
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        Lock icon Pyongyang warns Seoul against Christmas lights
        320 18 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PYONGYANG: North Korea is in no mood for yuletide cheer. Pyongyang warned of “unexpected consequences” yesterday if South Korea displays Christmas lights near the tense border, and vowed to retaliate against what it called propaganda attempts. The South’s Defence Ministry had
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      439 19 KIDS like to have their names in the paper, even if someone is hurt or killed. That chilling comment, made by a youngster to an American newspaper, reveals one of the attractions of youth gangs: The publicity which gang violence invites satisfies some of the
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      Lock icon Professor Gingrich v Professor Obama
      841 19  -  BY ROSS DOUTHAT NEW YORK TIMES IN 2004, the Democrats were furious at what they considered the fraud to end all frauds: the selling of Mr George W. Bush as a decisive military leader and all-American tough guy. So they nominated Mr John Kerry for
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      Lock icon Time for the IMF to save Europe
      734 19  -  BY LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS The writer, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, was Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration. WASHINGTON POST EUROPEAN leaders met last week for yet another “historic” summit at which the fate of Europe is said to hang
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        293 21  -  Ed Cheong BY IMPOSING the additional buyer’s stamp duty to prevent property price dislocation from real economic fundamentals, the Government has shown fortitude and sound judgment (“Hefty stamp duty hike targets foreign buyers”; last Thursday). I commend the Government’s bid to
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        85 21 “Woodleigh station should be renamed Bidadari station.” MR DENNIS GORDON DESOUZA: “I agree with Mr Teo Kok Seah (‘Station confusion’; last Monday) that Farrer Park MRT station should be renamed. At the same time, commuters are also confused by Woodleigh station on the North-East Line and Woodlands station
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        351 21  - Collect memories of ordinary folk as well and do it fast Narayana Narayana THE National Library Board hopes that its Singapore Memory Project’s several coming campaigns will increase the number of contributions to about 1.5 million next year, and another 1.5 million in 2015 (“220,000 memories sent to the bank”;
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        215 21  -  Lu Wei Ming I ATTENDED the Heritage Along Footpaths event at the Singapore Art Museum on Dec 3, and I want to commend the National Heritage Board (NHB) for a job well done. While I was there, I overheard a
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        292 21  -  Tan Jiaqi CURRENTLY, there is a large disparity between the number of specialists in private hospitals and that in public hospitals (“Hospital bed crunch looms in next few years”; last Thursday). Public hospitals have fewer than half the number of specialists per bed in
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      497 2  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG NEEDY Ang Mo Kio residents may have a new welfare centre if Taoist temple Yin Gah Dian has its way. Among the proposed facilities that it wants to run: study areas, rooms for free tuition classes
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      187 2  -  LIN WENJIAN FOREIGN Minister K. Shanmugam will visit Myanmar from today until Wednesday, at the invitation of his counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin. In Naypyidaw, Mr Shanmugam, who is also Law Minister, will call on President Thein Sein and Upper House Speaker Khin
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      627 3  -  They say Chai Chee flats no substitute for their East Coast Road homes SELECTIVE EN BLOC REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS at four blocks of flats in East Coast Road have been offered new homes as part of the HDB’s relocation
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      258 3 THE Public Free Clinic Society celebrated its 37th anniversary yesterday with a call for more donations to enable it to continue providing free medical treatment for the poor. Established in 1974, the society now runs four clinics in Geylang, Boon Keng, Tampines and Clementi
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      276 3 SERS was introduced in 1995 as part of the Government’s renewal plans for old HDB towns and estates. Since then, 76 sites have been selected, covering a total of about 35,000 households. The programme offers residents the opportunity to continue to live near
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      465 4  -  Free service to benefit customer without card BY IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg IT IS a sinking feeling that is all too familiar for those who have accidentally left home without their wallets. They go to an ATM to withdraw cash, only
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        131 6 TWO men were arrested yesterday on suspicion of carrying out a series of violent robberies. They are said to have terrorised victims by taking them to a quiet spot, then beating them up and taking their valuables sometimes at knifepoint. The spate of robberies happened over about
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        90 6 A 34-YEAR-OLD man allegedly made friends on social networking websites in a ploy to steal their mobile phones. He was arrested on Saturday, and was found to be carrying $450 in cash, which the police believe he got from selling the stolen goods. The suspect allegedly met
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      209 6 THE woman who fell off an overhead bridge last Saturday onto the KallangPaya Lebar Expressway (KPE) is a runaway maid from Myanmar. The Straits Times understands that the 27-year-old had run away from the United Channel Employment Agency at Katong Shopping Centre,
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      240 6  -  THAM YUEN-C THEY had travelled to Johor to attend a funeral. Yesterday, Ms Toh Mui San and Ms Dahlia Cheng were being mourned themselves, after they were killed in a road accident. The Singaporeans had just got off a bus and
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      484 6  -  MPA, Coast Guard continue search for man BY THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg DIVERS yesterday found the lorry that rolled off a barge into the sea last Saturday, but have not located its driver. The search for Mr Jason Lim Wei Kwan, 37, is
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      550 7  -  Carer of 165 cats in Punggol house has to move when lease expires in February BY Lim Yan Liang yanliang@sph.com.sg IN A lush, northern corner of Punggol, 165 cats and the woman who takes care of them are about to be evicted. Ms
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      246 7 THE next time someone needs a particular blood type for a transfusion, people with that blood type might receive notifications on their mobile phones. Donors can request tailored notifications with the Life Line application on the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) Facebook page.
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      106 2 SINGAPORE 5th YEAR ANNIVERSARY SALES Viewing Date: 15 17 December 2011 Time: 10:00am 7:00pm Auction 17 December 1:30 pm Chinese Modern Paintings and Calligraphy Chinese Contemporary Paintings 18 December 10:00am Magnificent Jewels, Watches and Jade Carvings 1:30pm Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Venue Level 3, Cassia 3201A-3304, The Sands
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      369 5 YOUR SAFEST WAY TO THE TOP Reaching the upper echelons of success and receiving recognition on a national level is no mean feat for Galmon (S) Pte Ltd. And being regarded by others in the industry as the benchmark to aim for attests to its standard of service delivery. As
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      646 8  -  With deeper pockets and a growing thirst for something new, Singaporeans are heading to unusual places for their vacations BY GOH HWEE KOON MORE Singapore vacationers are heading to exotic and far-flung places for unique and extraordinary holidays. Ms Michelle Yin, marketing communications manager at
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      175 8 York Hotel is celebrating 25 years of Penang Hawkers’ Fare with the return of the popular buffet promotion from this Friday to Jan 2 next year. Penang hawkers brought in by the hotel will again whip up all-time favourites such as Penang Laksa,
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        40 8 EnjoyPizzaHut’snewJollyGleePizza with a cheesy stuffed crust, topped with turkey bacon, roasted chicken, mashed potato and cranberry sauce. Order a Festive Meal comprising a main dish, soup and drink at $15.50. Check out other Christmas value deals at www.pizzahut.com.sg.
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        44 8 Witness Singapore’s first threedimensional video mapping Christmas show that transports you to a fairytale world at The Jewel Box Hilltop Celebrations at Mount Faber. On Dec 24 and 25, dine in the sky on a cable car. For more information, visit www.mountfaber.com.sg.
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        43 8 Orchard Central turns into a pink fantasy land this Christmas with an 8m tall black Christmas tree with pink baubles. Check out 21 cottage stalls along the walkway at Level 1 selling ornaments, sweet treats and more. For information, visit www.orchardcentral.com.sg.
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        41 8 The LiSC Processes and Skills handbook aims to equip upper primary Science students with practical skills to tackle examination questions. Purchase online at www. heuristics. com.sg or in person at 195A Goldhill Centre, Thomson Road. For enquiries, call 6255-5941.
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        52 8 Jeric Salon has opened its sixth outlet at the new 112 Katong Mall (previously Katong Mall). This festive season, enjoy 20 per cent off on all services and get a free Aveda Damage Remedy Trial Kit while stocks last with any hair colouring service. To make an appointment,
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        45 8 Check out the new Korean-style Christmas turkey with Korean fried rice and kimchi, or the signature Tandoori Turkey with Basmati Rice and Raisin from Straits Café at Rendezvous Hotel Singapore. Both are available at $118 per set for takeaway. For enquiries, call *****771.
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      274 8 CHOOSE from over 130 credit card designs and exchange reward points for cash rebates or vouchers as “FRANK by OCBC” extends its popular designer’s debit cards to credit cards. Customers can also use the all-in-one VISA payment card to ride on trains
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      266 8 IN A bid to attract travellers with young families, Millennium &Copthorne International Limited (MCIL) has gone the extra mile by introducing the first children’s hotel concierge service in Singapore. Called Ask Alfred, the special service is part of a global marketing initiative by
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      260 8 N EW ready-to-wear suits from the 2012 collections are now available at Raffles Tailor at Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), previously at Delfi Orchard. Its signature service still offers star treatment for customers. “Thisisouronly outlet now as we wanted to consolidate our
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      93 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Clash of styles L Platini slams Ferguson for Europa jibe L United still in title race Get your free breaking news from ST iPad and iPhone apps. Subscribers have exclusive access
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      743 9 Nasri dismisses Chelsea and names United as City’s main title rivals THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Samir Nasri is not a diplomat. “I like honesty, I like to be straight with people,” he said. Take today’s major fixture: Chelsea against Manchester City. Are Chelsea, resurgent after 3-0
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      164 9 With 48 goals in their first 14 league games, Manchester City are scoring at rates not seen before in 20 years of the Premier League and in fact are on course to break one of English football’s longest standing records. In 1930-31, Aston Villa scored 128
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      91 9 Striker Didier Drogba will have to use his power to combat the positional sense of City defender Vincen Kompany. But more important for the hosts will be to stop City’s attack. Ramires will have to curtail his attacking instincts to keep track of City midfielder Yaya Toure, who
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      517 9 LONDON: Once again, the pressure will be on Chelsea and their manager Andre Vil-las-Boas. In their last Premier League game at Newcastle, he was facing the prospect of a fourth defeat in six league games. His side won. Last Tuesday, against Valencia, he
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      678 10 But boos for Ronaldo as Real fall to nemesis despite taking lead ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: The balance of Spanish power was supposed to change when Real Madrid hosted Barcelona on Saturday. The home side were on a 15-game winning run equalling a 50-year-old record while Barca
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      432 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has agreed to join Shanghai Shenhua in a major coup for Chinese football. According to ESPN, the 32-year-old will sign a two-year deal for a massive weekly salary of £200,000 (S$404,500) a marked rise from
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      469 10 Sunderland 2 Blackburn 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Sebastian Larsson’s dramatic stoppage-time goal enabled Martin O’Neill to mark his first match as Sunderland manager with a 2-1 come-from-be-hind win over fellow Premier League strugglers Blackburn Rovers yesterday. There were only six minutes of normal time left
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      543 11  -  Netballers give No. 7 Fiji a run for money in Nations Cup final BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg THERE was no dream finish for Singapore at the FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup yesterday, but the home side can take comfort from a gutsy show against one of the
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      444 11  -  BY SANJAY NAIR SINGAPORE’S very first Extreme Sailing Series race has made the right waves with sailors and fans. The Republic hosted a thrilling finale to the award-winning, nine-leg global series at the Marina Reservoir yesterday. A crowd of around 1,000 were enthralled by the visually
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      716 11  -  HORSE RACING Written by Craig Brennan in Hong Kong CHAMPION Singapore sprinter Rocket Man found the barrier draw too tough when out of the money in the Group 7 HK$14 million (approx S$2.3 million) Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint over 1200m at Sha
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      340 11  -  BY TERRENCE VOON A CENTRE of excellence (COE) for rugby sevens will be set up in Singapore next year to help boost regional standards ahead of the sport’s debut at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) chief Low Teo Ping
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      621 12 World No. 1 golfer is first to win the money list in both Europe and the US THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS DUBAI: Alvaro Quiros holed an outrageous 40-foot eagle putt across the slope on the final green of the final event on the European
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      475 12  -  TERRENCE VOON TICKETS for next year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix will go on sale from today three months earlier than usual. Organisers are doing this to boost sales in overseas markets, and to align themselves with other Formula One circuits, which typically
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      95 12 Today Cricket 2nd Test: Australia v New Zealand, day 4 (Live, mio TV Ch123, 7.30am). Football English Premier League: Chelsea v Manchester City (Live, mio TV HD Ch102, tomorrow, 4am). Italian Serie A: Roma v Juventus (Live, StarHub Ch222 HD Ch255, tomorrow, 3.40am). Tomorrow Cricket 2nd Test:
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      64 12 Britain’s three-time Olympic champion sailor Ben Ainslie, after he was disqualified from two races at the world championships in Perth on Saturday. Shocked spectators had watched him swim over to the media boat, argue angrily with the crew for getting too close before swimming back to his boat.
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      456 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: From Formula One’s glitzy gala in India to a victory parade for 60,000 frozen fans in England within 24 hours Sebastian Vettel’s championship celebrations are proving almost as testing as the season. And the series’ youngest-ever double champion would not
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      455 12 Badminton Korean Grand Prix In Jeonnam, finals (Kor unless stated) Men’s singles: Lee Hyun Il bt Shon Wan Ho 21-18 21-16. Women’s singles: Sung Ji Hyun bt Han Li (Chn) 21-18 21-16. Men’s doubles: Ko Sung Hyun/Yoo Yeon Seong bt Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae 21-15 24-22. Women’s doubles:
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        88 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Britain’s Amir Khan claimed victory was stolen from him on Saturday, when he lost his World Boxing Association super-lightweight and International Boxing Federation light-welterweight titles to American Lamont Peterson, once a homeless youth living on the streets of the US capital.
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        60 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUCKLAND: Australia became the first team to win the Champions Trophy men’s field hockey tournament four straight times when they beat Spain 1-0 in yesterday’s final. The Spanish argued that Eddie Ockenden’s penalty-corner goal came from a dangerous high pass, but
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        71 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers have ended their attempts to sign New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul, after the original trade was blocked by the National Basketball Association. But they did send Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks, fuelling speculation
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      88 9 SPECTACULAR FINISH Italian boat Luna Rossa wins the Extreme Sailing title at Marina Reservoir. B11 DONALD’S DELIGHT Luke Donald is first golfer to win the US and European money titles. B12 TO CONTACT THE SPORTS DESK, PLEASE E-MAIL stsports@sph.com.sg PHOTOBANK RAITS TIMES THE BUSINESS TIMES I pbeal 5 Cj ’^Business
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      33 13 Memory wanders as shadows fall Back to the days a A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids happiness, Days beyond recall
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        622 14  -  Friday’s Wall Street jump unlikely to allay concerns over cooling measures and euro zone MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg LINGERING concerns over the impact of the Government’s latest measures to cool the residential property market are likely to keep buying
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          38 14 Week's Top Rises CENTS (0) CENTS 4900 190.0 Week's Top Falls CENTS (0) CENTS DBX1 Nifty 1OUSS 9458 -681.4 Week's Top Rises CENTS CENTS Aussino 5.7 90.0 Week's Top Falls CENTS CENTS Sunmoon 0.1 -50.0
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          94 14 REUTERS THE bankruptcy estate of Lehman Brothers is preparing to make a US$1.33 billion (S$1.7 billion) bid for a part of apartment owner Archstone that it does not already hold, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The move is designed to keep real estate mogul
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        446 15  -  BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE tech firms Karuma and Fusion Garage are venturing into the fiercely competitive tablet market with homegrown devices. Fusion Garage, which developed its first tablet called Joo Joo in 2009, has come back to the market after that disappointment with
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        917 15  -  A pull-back by European lenders may dry up liquidity and raise loan costs C A I JIN BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ANALYSTS who fancy themselves as crystal ball gazers have had a rough time this year. Some of them
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          77 15 TOH EWE KOK: Mr Toh, 50, will step down as the chief operating officer due to an internal restructuring exercise but will continue to serve as managing director of Sapphire Mineral Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary. CHEUNG KAM WA: Ms Cheung, 47, has been appointed the new chief
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          47 15 TAN SOO KHOON: Mr Tan, 62, has been appointed as an independent and non-executive director. He was an MP from 1976 to 2006 and is Singapore’s non-resident ambassador to the Czech Republic. He is also the managing director of Crystal Time, a watch distribution company.
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          28 15 PANG ENG FONG: Professor Pang, 68, has been appointed as an independent director of Hotel Royal. He teaches at the Singapore Management University’s School Of Business.
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      595 17 How you act at social gathering may impact your career, say experts WORKING LIFE WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg IT IS the end of the year and time for the office party. Go wild, you say. Wait a minute, say human resource experts whether
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      453 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ECONOMISTS, banks and even punters and bookmakers are studying more and more seriously scenarios involving the collapse of the euro zone. Maybe they are not expecting its total evaporation, but certainly its shrinkage, with peripheral or weak countries falling off the
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      356 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS THE French government will not use state funds to assist banks in their efforts to build up capital after being hit by the euro zone debt crisis, Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said yesterday. “We think the banks’ financing needs are not
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      700 18  -  Investors considering other options like HK: Analysts BY CHERYL LIM, ESTHER TEO cherlim@sph.com.sg esthert@sph.com.sg THE heavier stamp duties announced last week may have already dented Singapore’s standing as a major property investment destination while giving rivals such as Hong Kong a boost, said
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      97 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Cooling moves’ timing, degree not a surprise L OCBC moves to fill gap left by European banks L Top jewellery chain’s IPO fails to sparkle More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com
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      112 1 Memoirs of an actress New David Henry Hwang play to premiere here C3 Stars of the night More space to ZoukOut Fans impress as much as Girls’ Generation C7 Crowd capped at 28,000 this year C6 Film composers are often unsung heroes, but Ricky Ho did Singapore proud when he
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        1073 2  -  8QUESTIONSWITH...RichardMarx The American singersongwriter is known for his love hits but says he writes only good songs melissa kok melk@sph.com.sg American singer-songwriter and producer Richard Marx has been in the business for 30 years, but says he still has yet to write a
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        627 2 Associated Press Dallas J.R. Ewing has returned to Dallas. With Larry Hagman reprising his role as the conniving Texas oilman, filming is underway at locations all over the city for TNT’s new television series Dallas, which will also see the return of Patrick Duffy as
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        1077 3  -  No sure way to success, David Henry Hwang tells aspiring playwrights adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang may be most famous for creating M. Butterfly, the play about an opera singer who is more than meets the eye. In his
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        2463 4  -  Composer Ricky Ho braved rejection and lonely 10-hour workdays to win the Golden Horse the monday interview with Ricky Ho boon chan media correspondent says bchan@sph.com.sg When Ricky Ho (right) got the job as the composer for Taiwanese historical action epic Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale,
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        789 8  -  Choreographer Shaun Evaristo, the man behind the slick moves of Korean pop stars, says he got the job by chance yip wai yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Long before he became the celebrity hip-hop choreographer that he is today, Shaun Evaristo was folding clothes at fashion retail store
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        302 8 Reuters London Stroll the grimy backstreets of Dickensian London and experience for yourself the sights and sounds which inspired one of the greatest writers in English literature. Computer tablet users can now travel to the darker side of London as Charles Dickens knew it,
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      429 5  -  kimberly spykerman kimspyke@sph.com.sg The show must go on, even for tweens and teens. Matthew Supramaniam, 13, was suffering from a bout of laryngitis, but that did not stop him from taking to the stage three nights in a row to sing the hymn All Things Bright And Beautiful
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      559 6  -  Partygoers enjoy more room to strut their stuff as Zouk caps tickets sold at 28,000 kimberly spykerman kimspyke@sph.com.sg Partygoers at this year’s ZoukOut had a lot more room to show off their dance moves. This was because organiser Zouk nightclub capped the number of tickets sold to
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      667 7  -  Nine dizzying pairs of legs and 7,000 screaming fans ignited the Girls’ Generation concert reviewconcert 2011 GIRLS’ GENERATION TOUR Singapore Indoor Stadium/Last Friday andy chen andychen@sph.com.sg When you are a 40-year-old man, you will find it hard to convince people of your professional credibility and objectivity when
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      458 7  -  reviewconcert SONGS OF THE SEASON Singapore Lyric Opera Children’s Choir and Chorus Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday marc rochester This was supposed to be a musical celebration of Christmas, but with a stage bereft of everything except a solitary plastic Christmas tree apologetically stuck at the
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        411 10 Reuters Los Angeles Lindsay Lohan, in her first interview since being jailed last month for a probation violation, tells Playboy she has learnt from her mistakes. The actress said in an interview accompanying her 10-page nude pictorial that during the past five years, she has
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        277 10 Los Angeles Paris Jackson (right) is following her famous dad into show business. The 13-year-old told Access Hollywood of her plans a week ago at the Las Vegas premiere of Cirque Du Soliel’s Michael Jackson. She is to star in her first feature film an
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        271 10 Reuters Los Angeles British singer Adele made Billboard history last Friday when she became the first female singer to be named top artist, have the top album, 21, and score the top single, Rolling In The Deep, all in one year. The 23-year-old chanteuse was followed
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      255 7 L r MY BIG MISTAKL.. IN THE MIDST OF UR1NESSY, MASSIVE EXERCISE TO REVAMP ,..E EDUCATION SYSTEM, I REALISED I D BEEN WRONG IN MY FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE (THAT ANYONE INTELLIGENT WILL BE ABLE TO MASTER LANGUAGES)’ Lee Kuan Yew on the changes to the bilingual education policy in the late
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