The Straits Times, 6 February 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Health checks the fun way
      55 1 MEDICAL centres and support groups are rolling out activities like cruising on the high seas and shopping in Johor Baru to go with health education and treatment. More than 1,000 people, for instance, have signed up for a package that combines a body check-up with
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      Lock icon Higher Causeway tolls
      59 1 MOTORISTS using the Johor Causeway to travel between Malaysia and Singapore may soon have to pay five times more in toll charges, a report says. The revised charge is meant to pay for a new, toll-free highway linking the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine facility in Johor Baru
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      Lock icon Medical database for docs
      51 1 DOCTORS have started using the National Electronic Health Records which gives every person just one medical record accessible to health-care professionals treating him. The system currently puts together the medical information of anyone who has ever been a patient at public-sector health-care facilities. L HOME PAGE
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      Lock icon Shooting for Olympic gold
      59 1 OLYMPIC shooting champion Abhinav Bindra reveals the hard slog and sacrifices he made to achieve glory at the 2008 Beijing Games in his autobiography. Co-authored by The Straits Times’ senior sports correspondent Rohit Brijnath, the book A Shot At History: My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold
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    Lock icon Outrage over Russia, China veto on Syria
    784 1 Rejection of UN bid to condemn crackdown gives regime ‘licence to kill’ REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES DAMASCUS (Syria): International outrage grew yesterday after Russia and China blocked a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its brutal crackdown on protests,
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    68 1 PEOPLE playing in the snow in front of the Colosseum in Rome on Saturday as Italy experienced its heaviest snowfall in 27 years. The unusually cold snap caused the normally mild-weather Italian capital to grind to a halt as thousands of people were
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    Lock icon Grow the arts from the ground up: Review panel
    833 1  -  BY CLARISSA OON SENIOR WRITER clare@sph.com.sg A NEW “bottom-up” approach to growing the arts, led by artists, corporations and the general public, with the Government playing the role of facilitator. That is what a high-level committee of public- and private-sector individuals,
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      175 1 THE MONDAY INTERVIEW PlaywrightHuzir Sulaiman wears many hats Broking houses wooing young investors LIFE! PAGE C6 MONEY, PAGE B18 Secrets of key WWII battle unearthed HOME, PAGE B4 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 WAHglFRA INCQC 20Q2 >••• The Straits Times is taking part
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        75 2 WE SAY A startling figure from the annual road traffic statistics for 2011 released by the police was that one motorcyclist or pillion rider died almost every four days on the roads here last year. The authorities should have no qualms introducing tougher measures if needed. But bikers
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        33 2 COLUMNS Tibetan frustrations over Chinese policy are causing unrest, but mystical activity centred on selecting the Dalai Lama’s eventual successor threatens much worse, says Robert Karniol. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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        Lock icon Bane of low interest rate
        34 2 Low interest rates are giving risk-averse banks the option to borrow cheap and focus on safe assets rather than business loans, says Goh Eng Yeow. L MONEY PAGE B14
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        Lock icon Respect m-cyclists’ space
        31 2 OUR READER SAYS Accidents will continue to happen, until and unless drivers give motorcyclists the respect due to other road users, says Hubert Chin. L FORUM PAGE A19
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        13 2 www.straitstimes.com L Nirmal Ghosh visits Laos’ landmark Nam Theun 2 dam
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      Lock icon Building more carparks is not the only solution
      1029 2  -  Reducing car numbers, redistributing parking space demand also key BY JESSICA CHEAM HOUSING CORRESPONDENT jcheam@sph.com.sg THE recent blockbuster Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol has a climactic finale in which Hollywood actor Tom Cruise’s character pursues the villain in a high-tech mechanised parking garage.
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      Lock icon Cold in Europe...
      475 3 Over 300 dead as winter toll causes travel chaos, runs on supermarts AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The Arctic cold snap that has enveloped Europe for more than a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by yesterday, brought air travel chaos to London, and dumped snow as far south
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      Lock icon ...wet in Australia
      569 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians were forced to abandon their homes yesterday as a record deluge swept through areas still reeling from last year’s devastating floods and claimed its first life. Police ordered the 3,800 residents of the town of St George, in northern Queensland state,
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      Lock icon Will Esplanade get its ‘missing’ mid-sized theatres?
      595 4  -  Review recommends venues to allow greater programming diversity BY CLARISSA OON clare@sph.com.sg WILL two mid-sized theatres shelved in the original building plans for the Esplanade arts complex finally be built? That is one key question that has emerged with yesterday’s release of a
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      Lock icon Call to have ‘no-censorship zones’ in special arts areas
      363 4  -  CLARISSA OON CENSORSHIP issues are not part of the scope of the Arts and Culture Strategic Review. However, one of the 100-odd recommendations in its report released yesterday touches on the subject. To foster an environment where creative professionals can thrive,
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      Lock icon Some key recommendations
      335 5 TO REACH UNTAPPED AUDIENCES: L An Arts and Culture Day where audiences can go behind the scenes of major arts productions and exhibitions; L A portal ArtsCultureSG on everything to do with the arts; L A seamless, downtown arts and lifestyle precinct. TO SUSTAIN LIFELONG INTEREST: L
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      Lock icon Memories
      573 6 “I remember tea with him in 1976 (before entering politics) and telling Dr Toh about how I saw the PAP as a very powerful, well-organised party. He laughed, and said: ‘What makes you say so?’ I couldn’t explain. But later I realised the PAP was more like a guerilla
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      Lock icon Dr Toh ‘of a generation of warriors and builders’
      872 6  -  PAP founding chairman remembered as one who ‘dared challenge the PM’ BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Cai Haoxiang DR TOH Chin Chye was of a generation of leaders who were both “warriors and builders”, said Emeritus Senior Minister Goh
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      Lock icon Toh Chin Chye fund still serving elderly poor
      372 6  -  BY CAI HAOXIANG A FUND started more than 20 years ago in honour of Dr Toh Chin Chye is still around today. The Toh Chin Chye Benevolent Fund for the Aged currently helps around 300 elderly poor in Kampong Glam ward, which
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      Lock icon Call to make young Singaporeans more aware of nation’s pioneers
      432 7  -  BY RACHEL CHANG OF THE stream of visitors arriving at 23, Greenview Crescent over the last two days to pay their final respects to Dr Toh Chin Chye, few had unwrinkled faces or black hair. While the founding People’s Action
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      Lock icon Heritage society ‘disappointed’ with Govt’s Bukit Brown decision
      748 7  -  BY GRACE CHUA THE Singapore Heritage Society wants Bukit Brown Cemetery to be fully documented, and its heritage and environmental value taken into account, before any road or housing decisions are made, it said in a position paper. It added it was
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      Lock icon Egypt protests rage on into fourth day
      601 8 Govt building set ablaze as protesters clash with riot police in Cairo AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Protesters clashed with riot police in Cairo and a government building was set on fire yesterday as the violence sparked by the perceived failure of
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      Lock icon Manila ditches bilingual policy for younger pupils
      695 9  -  Mother tongues to replace Filipino and English to boost early learning skills BY ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA: Mother tongues will replace the national language and English in the first three grades of state elementary schools in the Philippines, as part of
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      102 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Harvard, Princeton accused of bias L A bitter pill for some Aussie doctors L Top British minister quits over cover-up charge PHOTO GALLERIES ONLINE L Chingay Parade 2012 wows with an
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        Lock icon Kabul puts history on hold to stem conflicts
        585 10 WASHINGTON POST KABUL: In a country where the recent past has unfolded like a war epic, officials think they have found a way to teach Afghanistan’s history without widening the fractures among long-quarrelling ethnic and political groups: Leave out the past four
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono calls for party unity
        618 10  -  President vows reform as senior Democrats face graft allegations BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday broke his silence on recent rifts within his Democrat Party, urging members to stay united amid a swirl of graft allegations involving several senior
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        Lock icon Myanmar rebels deny ceasefire deal
        633 11 Truce conditions still need to be discussed, say Karen leaders NEW YORK TIMES TAY BAY HTA (Myanmar): When Myanmar announced a ceasefire last month with one of the country’s most prominent rebel groups, images of long-standing enemies shaking hands across a table were beamed around
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        Lock icon Causeway toll may cost 5 times more
        320 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: Motorists using the Causeway to travel between Malaysia and Singapore may soon have to pay five times more in toll charges. Currently, motorists using the Causeway pay a toll only when driving from Singapore to Johor Baru.
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        Lock icon Uproar over tweets in Khmer Rouge case
        301 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH: Controversial tweets by a Khmer Rouge tribunal judge have inflamed a damaging public spat between the United Nations and Cambodia, and raised questions over how Twitter is used in the courts. Mr Laurent Kasper-Ansermet has angered Phnom Penh by
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        Lock icon Wen calls for open and fair village elections
        564 12 PM stresses reform as rebel village heads towards first free polls AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA REUTERS BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called for open and democratic village elections in comments published yesterday after unfair polls were part of the reason behind a rebellion
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        Lock icon Hanging on to hopes for success
        58 12 A girl flashing a victory sign as she hangs a wooden votive tablet after writing her wishes at Yushima Tenjin shrine in Tokyo yesterday. Many visit shrines and temples all over Japan this time of the year to pray for success in the school
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        Lock icon 3 Tibetans self-immolate in Sichuan
        268 12 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Three Tibetans in south-west-ern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the past year. The three set themselves on fire on Friday in Seda county, in
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        Lock icon Chinese have a beef with McDonald’s burgers
        540 12 BEIJING: McDonald’s China is embroiled in a credibility crisis, despite its swift response to public concerns about a controversial beef filler in its burgers. The fast-food giant’s recent announcement to scrap ammonia-treated beef, or “pink slime”, in the United States has provoked intense
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        Lock icon Swept up in flash mob fever, Indian-style
        957 13  -  Groups break out in song and dance to publicise messages or promote new products MEMO FROM NEW DELHI BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg THE youngsters stood quietly in the middle of a bustling and crowded market in Noida, a Delhi suburb, waiting
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        Lock icon Australia struggles to fight racism
        751 15  -  Fault lines thrown into focus as nation marks achievement BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Australia’s difficulties in confronting racial tensions and addressing the plight of the Aboriginal population have been thrown into the spotlight, just as the nation celebrated a holiday
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        Lock icon Romney wins Nevada caucuses
        364 15 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS BLOOMBERG LAS VEGAS: Former governor Mitt Romney handily won the Nevada caucuses, solidifying his status as the Republican front runner and increasing his momentum as he seeks to use this month to ease doubts in the party about his candidacy and begin
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        Lock icon Engage Asia, Ng Eng Hen urges West
        417 15 MUNICH: It is important that the United States and Europe continue its strategic engagement in Asia to build cooperation and constructive partnerships, Singapore’s Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said at the 48th Munich Security Conference, which ended yesterday. “Compared to EU and
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        Lock icon Lion-hearted
        43 16 Ukrainian lion tamer Vladislav Goncharov performing a death-defying stunt during the first “New Generation” International Circus Festival in Monaco on Saturday. The festival, which lasted until yesterday, is a competition for young circus performers such as clowns and acrobats. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          Lock icon Canada PM to visit China
          72 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister heads to China tomorrow in a bid to prise open more of China’s market for Canadian resources after Washington had snubbed Canadian oil. A new report by the China Institute of the University of Alberta said there is tremendous
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          Lock icon N. Korea ‘making drones’
          87 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korea is developing unmanned attack aircraft using United States target drones imported from the Middle East, the Yonhap news agency reported yesterday. They are based on the MQM-107D Streaker target drones that are used by the US Army, and imported from a
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          Lock icon Water project nears end
          98 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A massive project to divert water from China’s south to its drought-prone north which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocating will become partly operational next year, state media said. Mr Sun Yifu, deputy water resources chief in the eastern province of
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          Lock icon US, Japan tweak pact
          126 16 REUTERS TOKYO: The United States and Japan have agreed to tweak a six-year-old agreement on Marines based on the southern island of Okinawa, allowing Washington to deploy forces to the Pacific island of Guam regardless of the debate over moving an airbase. The Guam deployment was
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          Lock icon Castro launches memoirs
          93 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HAVANA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro presented two volumes of his memoir titled Time Guerrilla at a ceremony that marked his first public appearance since last April, Cuban media reported. The memoirs trace his life from infancy until 1958, when he succeeded in leading a revolution
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          Lock icon Killed militant in terror plot
          83 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: A key Abu Sayyaf commander killed in a United States-backed air strike in the southern Philippines was planning terror attacks when he was slain, security officials said yesterday. Umbra Jumdail was killed last Thursday at a jungle hideout on southern Jolo Island.
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          Lock icon 2nd pilot held over drugs
          86 16 SURABAYA: The police in Surabaya have arrested a second Lion Air pilot in as many months for suspected drug use at a hotel last Saturday. The suspect Syaiful Salam, 44, was caught with 0.4g of methamphetamine and a meth pipe at his room in the
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        Lock icon Boy, 6, takes on adults in chess contest
        288 16 SLICEOFLIFE LONDON: A six-year-old boy has taken part in his first adult chess tournament after he became obsessed with the game. Callaghan McCarty-Snead of Oxford, England, became interested in chess when a bad bout of asthma meant that he had to stay
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      212 13 “Meet Mirriam Live!” Millionaire Trader Reveals Her Secrets To Turn US$1 Ok to US$2,039,492.00 In 2 Years... Mirriam MacWilliams from Florida is a self-made millionaire trader and ex-National Director of Education of largest US Investors Club. She has mentored over 5,000 people in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Brunei and
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Riding safe
      411 17 MOTORCYCLISTS can do themselves and their families a favour if they rid themselves of the attitude that because they are more exposed and vulnerable on the roads, the greater onus is on others to keep a lookout for them. That wind-in-the-face feeling, the ability to make it across
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      Lock icon Rajaratnam’s global city vision for S’pore vindicated 40 years on
      881 17  -  BY HENG YEE KUANG The writer is associate professor of international relations at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where he teaches a course on Singapore Global City, Global Risks. ON FEB 6, 1972, Singapore’s first foreign minister
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      Lock icon What Harvard owes its top Asian American applicants
      741 17  -  BY STEPHEN HSU The writer is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Oregon and the director of its Institute for Theoretical Science. He is the founder of two Silicon Valley information security start-ups and writes the blog Information Processing.
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        Lock icon Why West shouldn’t attack Syria – yet
        887 18  - Why West shouldn’t attack Syria yet BY ROBERT A. PAPE NEW YORK TIMES AS THE death toll in Syria has climbed to perhaps 7,000, proponents of humanitarian intervention are asking, quite reasonably, why the West does not intervene as it did in Libya last year. Not only was Libya’s dictator,
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        Lock icon Struggling over the Tibetan succession
        849 18  -  BY ROBERT KARNIOL DEFENCE WRITER rkarniol@sph.com.sg THE 14th Dalai Lama and the Chinese government are jockeying for position in an arcane religious debate that could, if mishandled, see Tibet explode with unrest. Deep Tibetan frustrations over Chinese policy flared into violence in 2008 and have
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        Lock icon Dangers lurk in China’s rush for resources
        865 18  -  BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. CHINA’S meteoric rise to become the world’s second-biggest economy and a global manufacturing centre is sustained by ever-growing imports of raw
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        Lock icon Using ‘celebrity’ animals to push for conservation doesn’t work
        318 19  -  Toh Tai Chong DR LEE Wei Ling (“Confessions of an embarrassed omnivore”; Jan 29) offered an intriguing angle to the issue of keeping dolphins in captivity, which has sparked a knee-jerk reaction from netizens. What has not been considered is the
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      361 9  -  BY SANJAY NAIR LOCAL football icon Fandi Ahmad has been named the new team manager of Johor FA just days after he was announced as their technical adviser. In his new full-time position, he will take charge of the scouting of potential signings and
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      324 9 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: As a blizzard fell on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, Manchester City, from their dip, rose again. After four losses in eight matches last month, Roberto Mancini saw his side return to winning ways with a 3-0
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        83 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: Australia drew first blood in the one-day tri-series with a bonus-point 65-run victory over India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Debutant Matthew Wade clubbed 67 and David Hussey chipped in with a brisk unbeaten 61 as Australia reached 216 for
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        61 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS MALABO (Equatorial Guinea): Ivory Coast and Zambia reached the African Nations Cup semi-finals with 3-0 wins on Saturday to knock out two gutsy underdogs. The Ivorians ended the dream of co-hosts Equatorial Guinea, while Zambia knocked out Sudan’s team of home-based players to
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        96 9 REUTERS BOSTON: Grenada’s Kirani James signalled his intention to add Olympic gold to the 400m world title he claimed last year with a convincing victory at the Boston indoor athletics meet on Saturday. He clocked 45.96sec, fastest in the world so far this
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      395 10  -  BY LEE MIN KOK INDIA’S first and only athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics calls himself untalented. Why? “I was a fat kid the only thing I could do well was to not move,” explained ace shooter Abhinav Bindra. “I
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      671 10 REUTERS INDIANAPOLIS: There can be only one winner in today’s Super Bowl but for two opposing players, a bigger battle has already been won victory over cancer. New York Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich and New England Patriots offensive lineman Marcus
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      111 10 Today American Football Super Bowl XLVI: New England Patriots v New York Giants (Live, mio TV HD Ch129 and StarHub Ch215 HD Ch256, 7.30am). Cricket 3rd Test: Pakistan v England, day 4 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 2pm). Football English Premier League: Liverpool v Tottenham
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      513 11 REUTERS EDINBURGH: England began the defence of their Six Nations rugby title by beating Scotland 13-6 for a first win at Murrayfield in four attempts on Saturday, to begin Stuart Lancaster’s “new era” on a high. England, with three uncapped starters
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      175 9 SPORTS FIXTURES Home Team I Away Team I Mateh KickOff J (Singapore date/time) E Cup E Cup Southampton Sheffield Wed Millwall Blackpool Wed, 08/02/12 3.45am Wed, 08/02/12 3.45am For fixtures of all E Premier, E League Champ, Spanish and A League, please visit Singapore Pools website. LIVE TELECAST AT LIVEWIRE(MARINA
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      240 18  -  JONATHAN KWOK BROKING houses have a host of precautions and restrictions for clients aged between 18 and 21. This is to manage the firms’ own risks and to ensure that inexperienced investors do not get burned by losses that they cannot handle. When the legal
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        645 15  -  Despite positive signs, mood among traders stays muted MARKETS INSIGHT BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE strong job data out of the United States last Friday is likely to stir the bulls into a further trot, as investors celebrate Chap Goh Mei,
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        591 16  -  BY MELISSA TAN THE surprise move by the Singapore Exchange to withdraw its court order against China Sky Chemical Fibre last month has raised questions among some market watchers if a ruling against a firm not incorporated in Singapore could
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          73 16 WANG DE YOU: Appointed as chief executive officer of Luzhou Bio-Chem Technology from last Wednesday. Mr Wang has been an executive director of the company and the group deputy general manager since its listing in 2006. He owns 10.1 million shares or 2.55 per cent of Luzhou Bio-Chem.
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          46 16 YUN CHEE KEEN: Appointed as chief financial officer from Jan 30. He replaces Ms Chua Oi Keng, who had resigned on Nov 25 last year. Mr Yun, 40, had been the chief financial officer of Natural Cool Holdings from July 2005 until last month.
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          78 16 MOHD AMIN LIEW ABDULLAH: Appointed as finance cum busine s s development director of Progen from today. He will be an executive director of the company. Dr Amin, a 49-year-old Bruneian based in Singapore, will oversee and manage Progen’s finance and accounting functions, cash flows, tax compliance, internal
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      362 17  -  BY CHERYL LIM STRONG interest from investors has boosted preview sales of Paya Lebar Square’s office units. There have been more than 100 strata-titled units sold since December at prices from $1,550 per sq ft to $1,830 psf. Guthrie GTS executive director
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      66 1 Singaporefilm festival in Tokyo Comeback kids Monumental works Nine-day showcase of Singapore works C5 Glee’s cast talks fourth Cultural Medallion recipient’s latest show C9 season C8 Playwright Huzir Sulaiman grew up without a television in the house and with parents who encouraged him to read voraciously. He tells CORRIE TAN
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        366 3 Associated Press Indianapolis Twlight star Kellan Lutz (right) sympathises with Gisele Bundchen. Earlier in the week, some criticised the supermodel wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after an e-mail she reportedly sent to friends and family encouraging them to pray for
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      554 5  -  The works of directors including Royston Tan and Boo Junfeng will be shown at the second Sintok event in May kwan weng kin japan correspondent wengkin@sph.com.sg Feature-length works by top Singapore film directors, including Royston Tan and Boo Junfeng, will be among the gems
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      593 5 Reuters Buenos Aires Long reviled in Argentina for leading Britain to war over the Falkland Islands, Mrs Margaret Thatcher’s portrayal as a vulnerable, elderly woman suffering from dementia in new film The Iron Lady has won her newfound sympathy with Argentine moviegoers. The Oscar-nominated film shows
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      884 8  -  The actors of the hit TV show have hinted at a stunning development in the show’s next season alison de souza in los angeles stlife@sph.com.sg It has been a bumpy few months for Gleeks. Devoted fans of the hit television series, which helped
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      518 10  -  Inspired by calligraphy, Water Stains is brilliantly executed but lacks the emotional touch reviewdance WATER STAINS ON THE WALL Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Esplanade Theatre Last Friday tara tan stlife@sph.com.sg There is a saying in Chinese traditional art: that it takes 10 years of practice to
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      592 10  -  reviewmusical SPRING AWAKENING Pangdemonium Productions Drama Centre Theatre Last Saturday adeline chia The title of this award-winning rock musical is appropriate on many levels: First, it is about the sexual awakening of repressed and misunderstood youth in 19th-century Germany, and second, it stars a young
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      503 10  -  reviewconcert MELODIES OF CLASSIC VIRTUES Esplanade Huayi Festival Singapore Chinese Orchestra Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday chang tou liang Every child learning Chinese language and culture will come to memorise the first six words of San Zi Jing (Three Character Classic). Ren zhi chu, xing
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        330 12 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan has been presented with an executive jet worth US$30 million (S$37 million), and he will help promote the Brazilian manufacturer’s brand in China. Planemaker Embraer presented the action star with a Legacy 650 jet in a
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        301 12 Taipei Japanese-Taiwanese TV host Makiyo (below) has been accused of lying that a taxi driver brushed her breast in an assault case that left the cabby in intensive care. Both Makiyo and the cab driver’s wife have given different versions of the late Friday incident
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          56 12 American director Abel Ferrara said he will make a film on the sex scandal that destroyed Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s political career, with Gerard Depardieu in the starring role. Isabelle Adjani will play Anne Sinclair, wife of the former International Monetary Fund chief who
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          82 12 Bee Gees member Robin Gibb, 62, said he was making a “spectacular” recovery from colon cancer. “The prognosis is that it’s almost gone and I feel fantastic and really from now on, it’s just what they could describe as a ‘mopping-up’ operation,” he told BBC
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          64 12 Two film-makers working on a documentary with director James Cameron and National Geographic have died in a helicopter crash in Australia. Andrew Wight, 52, and Mike deGruy, 60, were killed when their helicopter crashed at a rural airstrip south of Sydney, National Geographic said.
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