The Straits Times, 10 May 2012

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)002/02/2012 THURSDAY, MAY 10 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Another bid for Rangers
      90 1 SINGAPOREAN Bill Ng (right) has put in a significantly discounted bid for financially troubled Scottish football giants Rangers, following the shock pullout of American Bill Miller, who just last week had been named as the preferred bidder. Mr Ng is believed to have offered around £10
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    • Article
      Lock icon Al-Qaeda’s ‘evil genius’
      67 1 IBRAHIM Hassan al-Asiri has built a reputation as Al-Qaeda’s bomb-maker, with his main target the United States. He’s now being singled out as the mastermind of what could possibly be a metal-free device that could avoid airport detectors. The plot to attack a jetliner was apparently averted
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      Lock icon Better dorms for workers
      61 1 A DRIVE will be mounted in July to define for foreign workers in Singapore the kind of housing they should expect. This is the next phase of a Manpower Ministry effort to raise their housing standards. The ministry has, for the last few years, focused on
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    • Article
      Lock icon SGX’s China Sky victory
      62 1 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has scored a significant legal victory in its bitter stand-off with China Sky Chemical Fibre. The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by former China Sky director Yeap Wai Kong to quash an SGX reprimand against him after the firm failed to
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    Lock icon Hougang votes on May 26
    704 1  -  No GRCs involved; WP confident despite Yaw Shin Leong saga BY RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg HOUGANG voters go to the polls again on May 26 to pick a new Member of Parliament, three months after the Workers’ Party man they elected last year was expelled by
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    Lock icon SIA shocker: $38m loss in fourth quarter
    288 1  -  BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) incurred an unexpected $38 million loss in the three months from January to March. It brought earnings for the full financial year to $336 million, a dip of almost 70 per cent on 2010-2011. The
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      162 1 PILGRIMS’ DEATHS ARTS FEST: VERTICAL ROAD ‘We are like two old Indian aunties’ ‘I count my blessings’ IN MIND YOUR BODY says 23-year-old with rare heart ailment ‘I couldn’t help them’ LIFE! PAGE C6 HOME, PAGE B1 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
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  • prime. commentary
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      • Article
        Lock icon Measured help for low-wage workers
        83 2 WE SAY The National Trades Union Congress’ approach to the plight of low-skilled workers hit by inflation has merit. While the cost of living has risen for all Singaporeans, those earning below $1,000 a month deserve special attention. A minimum dollar amount as an increment
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          Lock icon A depressing prospect
          47 2 The British Prime Minister is refusing to budge on his plan to cut government spending, but Andy Mukherjee says that if he does not change course, he will go down in history as the chief architect of Britain’s Great Depression. L REVIEW PAGE A32
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          Lock icon Old stories, new spin
          33 2 tradition of giving old stories a contemporary reboot. L LIFE! PAGE C8 Drawing on examples from Renaissance art to the modern Hollywood blockbuster, Stephanie Yap muses on the long
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      • Article
        Lock icon Cost of having a baby
        67 2 OUR READER SAYS Lim Kar Seng was dismayed to find that, while the country debates ways to deal with its low birth rate, he and his wife were told they faced higher hospital charges because they were having a fourth child, and Teo Choong Khin
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      Lock icon No need for MC? No need to fear
      1062 2  -  Honour system for sick leave could benefit both employers and workers BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg ONE fear has dominated the ongoing debate on whether workers should be able to take sick leave without a medical certificate (MC): If taking sick leave becomes
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  • prime. news
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      Lock icon New Russian jet missing in Indonesia
      687 3  -  Plane was on demo flight with 50 people on board BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja JAKARTA: A Sukhoi Superjet 100 the first new Russian passenger plane in more than two decades went missing during a demonstration flight in
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      Lock icon ‘Weaknesses in incident management plan’
      634 4  -  Experts make recommendations including on training, operations COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY HEARING BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg TWO expert witnesses at the Committee of Inquiry presented their findings yesterday and made no fewer than 10 recommendations, which one described as common sense. The recommendations, made
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      Lock icon Heated exchange over evacuation
      687 4 THE most senior SMRT executive to take the stand at the four-week-old inquiry was at the centre of a heated exchange in court yesterday. Senior vice-president of engineering and projects Vincent Tan the man in charge of managing the two massive breakdowns in December was grilled
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      Lock icon Saw Phaik Hwa at hearing today
      193 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN FORMER SMRT chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa is scheduled to appear at the Committee of Inquiry this afternoon. Considered by many to be the star witness of the government-appointed inquiry, the Ferrari-driving, motorbike-riding tai-chi exponent may provide some answers to a few
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      Lock icon By-election: Local focus or barometer of national issues?
      1208 8  -  Observers divided over impact of Yaw Shin Leong saga BY GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Jessica Cheam, Janice Heng and Matthias Chew WHETHER the Hougang by-election will turn out to be a barometer of Singaporeans’ reactions to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bid for open-court hearing still on
      366 8  -  RACHEL CHANG MAY 16 now has double the significance for Hougang resident Vellama Marie Muthu. It is the date of the next legal stage of her bid to order the Prime Minister to hold a by-election within three months in Hougang. It is now
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    • Article
      Lock icon Hougang residents not shortchanged, Low maintains
      726 8  -  BY ANDREA ONG TESSA WONG WORKERS’ Party chief Low Thia Khiang stood firm last night, insisting that Hougang voters have not been shortchanged even though they have been without an MP for nearly three months. But now that a by-election has been called, he
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      Lock icon COE prices down in two categories
      482 10  -  BY DARYL CHIN CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices generally continued to climb in the latest tender yesterday, although they fell slightly for smaller cars and those in the open category. The Government has signalled that it will take steps to ease supply cuts for
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    • Article
      Lock icon Rules on foreign share trading eased
      726 10  -  From October, novice punters can buy ‘vanilla-type’ products BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg RULES that restricted inexperienced investors from trading in foreign-listed shares are being relaxed, just months after they took effect. Such investors will be able to buy certain products on
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Nine jailed in UK for luring girls into sex ring
      836 11 Victims plied with drink and drugs in case that heightens racial tension ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: One girl described how she was forced to sleep with 20 men in a night. Another was raped by two men while so
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    • Article
      Lock icon Drive to ensure foreign workers get proper housing
      689 12  -  Manpower Ministry roadshows in July will publicise a hotline and info on expected standards BY AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg A DRIVE will be mounted in July to define for foreign workers the kind of housing they should expect for themselves in Singapore. Roadshows
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      Lock icon Clean dorm = happier, more productive workers
      373 12  - Clean dorm happier more productive workers AMELIA TAN AMID reports of foreign workers living in appalling conditions, one dormitory set up by an engineering company in Tagore Lane is a bright spot. The 150 workers employed by Sing Moh Electrical Engineering have a Wi-Fi connection and a rooftop area for
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      Lock icon Of rats and rubbish
      223 12  -  AMELIA TAN RUBBISH collection centres that do double duty as living quarters and overcrowded dormitories where foreign workers share the space with rats and cockroaches these are some deplorable conditions under which some foreign workers are housed. The rubbish bin centres which surfaced in checks by
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    • Article
      Lock icon Markets plunge amid Greek turmoil
      624 13 Hints it may renege on bailout deal raise fears over EU membership AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BLOOMBERG ATHENS: Greece yesterday raised the prospect of renegotiating the terms of its bailout, casting fresh doubts over the nation’s euro zone membership. The uncertainty sank stock markets across the
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      Lock icon S’pore bidder back in the game for Rangers
      608 13  -  BY SANJAY NAIR SINGAPORE’S Bill Ng has returned with a significantly discounted bid for Scottish football giants Rangers, following the shock pull-out of American Bill Miller, who just last week had been named as the preferred bidder. It is understood that Mr
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  • prime. hougang by-election
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      Lock icon PM to voters: Pick someone you can rely on
      444 6 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong posted on his Facebook page yesterday, explaining his decision to call for polls in Hougang. Arguing that the Workers’ Party and the former MP Yaw Shin Leong had let Hougang voters down, he urged Singaporeans not
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      Lock icon Hougang factfile
      287 6 No. of voters 23,799 About the constituency About 80 per cent of Hougang’s 37,000 residents live in Housing Board flats. Of these, 33 per cent live in three-room flats, 40 per cent in four-room flats, and 27 per cent in larger flats. Around 83 per cent of the
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Top bomb-maker is CIA’s worst fear
      940 14 Al-Qaeda plotter called an ‘evil genius’ who is constantly adjusting designs of bombs WASHINGTON POST SANAA (Yemen): He has dispatched his own brother to death, hiding a bomb on him before he crossed into Saudi Arabia to target the kingdom’s chief counter-ter-rorism official. He
      WASHINGTON POST; GRAPHICS: TANG WEE CHEOW PHOTOS: ISTOCKPHOTO, AP, ST FILE  -  940 words
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      Lock icon ‘Al-Qaeda plane bomber an undercover agent’
      487 14 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The bomber who was to blow up a US-bound airline last month was an undercover agent working for Saudi Arabia who had infiltrated the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaeda and volunteered for the suicide attack, US media said. In
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      90 14 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Yahoo CEO apologises for bogus college degree L Skype death: No bullet wound found in soldier, says US Army L Famed obese New Mexico cat Meow dies More Forum letters online
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    • world. regional
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        Lock icon Five arrested over kidnap of Dutch boy
        570 16  -  BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Four men and a woman have been picked up by Malaysian police as they moved to nail the abductors of a 12-year-old Dutch boy, whose kidnapping grabbed national headlines and spread unease among expatriates here. Nayati
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indonesian judges to strike over pay
        602 16  -  They also want better protection from kin of convicts, rights of officials BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Nearly 1 ,000 judges in Indonesia have registered to go on strike for higher pay, threatening to paralyse the judiciary. The government has responded by
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        Lock icon KL withdraws approved amendments to polling Act
        357 16 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has decided to withdraw all amendments to the Election Offences Act which were approved by the Dewan Rakyat (Lower House) last month. These include an amendment prohibiting party monitors at Election Commission booths on polling day, which is
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        Lock icon Pro-Bersih Malaysian pilgrims anger Riyadh
        520 16 PUTRAJAYA: Saudi Arabia is said to be considering action against pilgrims from Malaysia after several of its citizens held illegal assemblies in support of the Bersih 3.0 rally in Mecca and Medina recently. The Saudi ambassador has asked Malaysia to take steps to ensure that
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      • Article
        Lock icon India’s drug testing regime ‘flawed’
        502 20 Officials colluding with drug firms and experts to dodge proper checks REUTERS NEW DELHI: India’s main drug regulator has not been properly scrutinising some drugs before approving them, and some of its officials are colluding with drug firms and medical experts to circumvent procedures, according
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        Lock icon Man’s death reignites debate over lese majeste
        325 20 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Protesters demanding the reform of Thailand’s lese majeste law held a religious ceremony yesterday beside the body of a man who died in prison a few months after being given a 20-year sentence for allegedly sending text messages offensive
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Royal start to rice planting
        103 20 Cambodian Princess Norodom Chansita (far left) throwing rice seeds near the palace at an annual royal ploughing ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, yesterday. The ceremony marks the start of the rice farming season. Over in Thailand, the royal ploughing ceremony was held in central Bangkok
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        Lock icon ‘Good progress’ in S’pore-China projects
        447 20 TIANJIN: Singapore and China have made good progress in various areas of cooperation, such as the Tianjin Eco-City, Suzhou Industrial Park and the financial sector, top leaders of both countries said yesterday. At their meeting in Tianjin, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Premier
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        Lock icon Govts must ‘act fast to stop online rumours’
        548 21  -  S’pore, China leaders say this is necessary to halt spread of misperceptions BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: Governments need to act fast to snuff out falsehoods on the Internet, said leaders from Singapore and China as they exchanged notes
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        Lock icon Prosecution to appeal against Ozawa acquittal
        598 22  -  Move may hamper any bid to challenge Japan’s PM for party leadership POWER BROKER ON TRIAL BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: Prosecution lawyers yesterday surprised Japan’s political power broker Ichiro Ozawa with their decision to appeal against a recent “not guilty”
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    • world. international
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        Lock icon Britain will not increase govt spending
        1081 24  -  It is instead promoting business to tackle recession and boost growth BY JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: The British government has signalled that it will not boost government spending to pull the country out of recession, insisting instead that debts have to be
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        Lock icon Singapore leaders congratulate new French President
        302 24 SINGAPORE leaders have sent congratulatory messages to France’s newly elected head Francois Hollande, according to a statement from Singapore’s Foreign Ministry yesterday. In his message, President Tony Tan Keng Yam said he looked forward to working with the new French leader to foster even
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        Lock icon Tea Party ousts longtime US senator
        573 26 Republican Richard Lugar, a moderate, loses to more conservative alternative AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON: The Tea Party has succeeded in ousting one of the longest serving US senators, Mr Richard Lugar, who was seen by many conservative groups as being too willing to compromise.
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        Lock icon US House spares defence from budget cuts
        382 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Republicans controlling the House of Representatives are sparing the Pentagon, military veterans and most homeland security programmes from budget cuts as work begins on a raft of spending Bills setting the day-to-day budgets for federal agencies. Foreign aid programmes
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    • world. money
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        Lock icon Hedge funds may get to trade directly in China
        658 28 Plan to ease criteria for licence that lets foreigners buy securities REUTERS SHANGHAI: A proposed plan by China’s regulators could allow hedge funds, for the first time, to directly trade in mainland stocks and bonds, opening up one of Asia’s biggest
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        Lock icon Bank downgrade risks curbing Europe’s growth
        588 28 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Moody’ s Investors Service will this month start cutting the credit ratings of more than 100 banks, a move that risks pushing up their funding costs and forcing them to curb lending, in a threat to economic growth. BNP Paribas, France’s
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        Lock icon US judge throws out Proview suit against Apple
        334 28 REUTERS BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO: A California judge has tossed out a lawsuit in which the Chinese company Proview Electronics accuses Apple of tricking it into selling the “iPad” name for less than it might have. Proview, which is also suing Apple in
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        Lock icon Portugal to scrap four public holidays
        234 28 LISBON: Portugal has taken austerity measures to a new level with the decision to scrap four of its 14 public holidays, the BBC reported yesterday. Two religious festivals and two other public holidays will be suspended for five years from next year. The decision
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        Lock icon Aviva ‘selling Malaysian units’
        280 28 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Aviva has put its Malaysian operations on the block and is close to hiring a bank to help with the sale process, sources said yesterday, as the British insurer moves ahead with a plan to exit non-core markets. The deal, which is in
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        Lock icon Ex-Far East trio acquitted of fraud
        604 29 But judge refers listed firm to HK securities watchdog over ‘poor and sloppy’ governance HONG KONG: A judge yesterday acquitted the former managing director and two senior staff of Far East Holdings the listed company backed by the family of tycoon Deacon Chiu Te
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Toyota set to treble profit
          119 29 REUTERS TOKYO: Toyota Motor expects to treble its operating profit this year to more than US$12.5 billion (S$15.7 billion) still less than half of what it earned before the global financial crisis as Japan’s top automaker recovers lost ground in markets from the United States
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          Lock icon Sands’ Q1 profit rises 6.4%
          63 29 REUTERS HONG KONG: Gaming giant Sands China has said that its first-quarter net profit rose 6.4 per cent, thanks to record earnings at its Venetian casino in Macau. Net profit from the company’s three casinos and related businesses in the former Portuguese colony, the world’s
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          Lock icon HK cautions bankers on IPOs
          67 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s market watchdog wants investment bankers preparing companies to go public to face the prospect of three years in jail and a hefty fine if they are found to have misled investors, under new proposals published yesterday. Under the plans,
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          Lock icon Prudential’s Q1 sales up 9%
          87 29 BLOOMBERG LONDON: Prudential, Britain’s biggest insurer by market value, said that its first-quarter sales rose 9 per cent, driven by health and protection products in Singapore and Indonesia. Revenue rose to £964 million (S$1.9 billion) in the three months up to March 31, compared with
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        Lock icon Tokyo takes control of nuclear plant operator
        176 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s government will take a controlling stake in the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant under a plan ministers approved yesterday, effectively nationalising one of the world’s largest utilities. Tokyo will inject 1 trillion yen (S$15.5 billion) as part of
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    • world. at a glance
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          Lock icon Pilots’ strike illegal: Court
          101 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: The New Delhi High Court yesterday ruled that a strike by some of Air India’s pilots was illegal and ordered them back to work. The airline had sought the court’s intervention after nearly 150 of its 1,500 pilots called in sick for
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          Lock icon ‘US to protect Philippines’
          96 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: The Philippines said the United States has pledged to protect it from attacks in the South China Sea, a day after China issued a warning over an escalating territorial row in the region. Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin yesterday said he had received the
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          Lock icon Probe on ‘baby flesh’ pills
          132 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI: China will investigate South Korean claims that the country is the source of smuggled capsules made from human flesh, but said it has found no such evidence yet. The gruesome practice came to light on Sunday when Korea Customs said it had
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          Lock icon Protest over GPS jamming
          100 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea yesterday said it will send formal complaints to North Korea and to United Nations agencies, urging Pyongyang to stop sending Global Positioning System (GPS) jamming signals that have affected hundreds of civilian flights. Seoul will complain to the International Telecommunication Union
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          Lock icon Minister at Asean meet
          73 30 MINISTER of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin is attending the 22nd Asean Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from today, the Manpower Ministry said in a press statement. He will discuss labour initiatives with Asean labour ministers and his counterparts from China, Japan and
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      427 31 THE approach of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to the plight of low-skilled Singapore workers is a helpful one. Hit by both low wages and rising inflation, this group deserves special attention. NTUC has proposed to the National Wages Council (NWC) that workers be
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          240 33  -  TACKLING THE POPULATION CONUNDRUM Lim Kar Seng WHILE the country debates the low birth rate among Singaporeans and the need for immigration, I was dismayed by my experience (“Why can’t S’poreans have more babies?”; last Friday). I am a
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          248 33  -  Teo Choong Khin WE MARRIED when I was 34 years old and my wife was 29, and we are into our fifth year of trying for a baby. My wife, a postgraduate, reluctantly quit her well-paying full-time job when she
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          158 33 “Encourage immigrants to have more babies, especially if they are new citizens. Attract younger immigrants.” MR NG YA KEN: “We may have neglected the population consideration, one of which should be to encourage immigrants to have more babies, especially if they are new citizens. If they do, it
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          156 33 Willing flesh and spirit “A reasonable desire to have children must be there in the first place.” MR ALVIN SIM: “A decision to attempt to have and raise children is no doubt influenced by many practical issues. However, the decision also depends on whether one is interested in children, sees
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        108 33 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR NG YA KEN: Encourage immigrants to have more babies 2 MR ALVIN SIM: Having children The flesh and spirit must be willing 3 MR LIN QENWEN: Unrestrained children in trains are a nuisance and a danger to all 4 MR AARON LOW:
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      399 2  -  BY JALELAH ABU BAKER EVERY year, about 100 Singaporeans head to Mount Kailash, either for its religious importance or for the challenging trek it offers. Situated more than 6,000m above sea level in Tibet, the mountain is sacred to Bonpos who are native Buddhists other
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      229 3  -  SARA PUA AFTER two ComfortDelGro taxis caught fire in the past two weeks, Komoco Motors, the distributor of Hyundai vehicles in Singapore, has announced that it will investigate the cause of the fires. In Tuesday’s incident, a Hyundai Sonata cab caught
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      462 4  -  KEZIA TOH A MAN who is serving a life sentence was yesterday allowed to attend the wake of his mother, who collapsed just when she was about to visit him in jail. Former masseur Lim Ah Liang, 33, was sentenced to
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      189 6 THE commander-in-chief of the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) was presented with Singapore’s highest military award yesterday at the Istana. Admiral Agus Suhartono received the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera), or the Distinguished Service Order (Military), from President Tony Tan Keng Yam. The award recognises Adm
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        58 6 Central Narcotics Bureau officers have arrested 137 suspected drug offenders and seized drugs worth over $160,000, including about 1kg of heroin and 43g of Ice. The arrests were made during an islandwide 48-hour raid that ended yesterday. Of those arrested, 14 were rounded
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      455 6  -  BY STACEY CHIA AN UPSET parent, learning that a teacher had used hurtful words on his daughter in class, has filed a police report for verbal abuse. Mr Mohamed Ariffin, 53, said that his seven-year-old daughter, who goes to New Town Primary
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      413 7  -  Ang Mo Kio gets new centre; seven to be ready by end of 2013 BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg WHEN Madam Susie Tan runs out of diapers for her wheelchair-bound husband, she makes a beeline for the Senior Service Centre (SSC) three blocks away.
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      319 7  -  FENG ZENGKUN SCIENTISTS in Singapore have come up with an anti-bacterial coating that could spell the end for “superbug” infections. The solution can be applied to products ranging from contact lens to medical equipment. Laboratory tests showed it killed 99 per cent of
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      200 7  -  KEZIA TOH A CHINESE man has gone missing after he apparently fell overboard a bulk carrier yesterday afternoon. Mr He Chunya, 24, a Chinese national, was last seen on duty at noon with two other crew members. He was discovered missing about
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      131 7 Securing Singapore with Vigilance and Community Resilience Close Watch: A Nation’s Resolve To Secure Singapore chronicles Singapore’s whole-of-society efforts in countering threats to our national security for the past 10 years. Offering behind-the-scene glimpses, the book recalls Singapore’s first face off with terrorists; delves into the challenges of achieving mind
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      Lock icon Cardiff fans fume over move to change jersey colour
      418 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: When you support a club nicknamed the Bluebirds, you would expect them to play in blue. So it is no wonder Cardiff City fans are up in arms after the Championship club’s Malaysian owner proposed changing the colour
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      789 8 If Chelsea want to play in Champions League, they must win the final THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Chelsea must win the Champions League to stay in it next season. There is no other alternative left but to beat Bayern Munich in the German side’s own backyard
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      502 8 LONDON: Chelsea have failed with a second offer to lure Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola to Stamford Bridge, leaving Roberto di Matteo as the favourite to be given the role on a permanent basis. According to reports, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich made Guardiola a £12 million-a-year
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      437 8 LONDON: Yaya Toure may be the toast of Manchester City after his two goals against Newcastle last Sunday left the club on the verge of their first title since 1968, but he has put a slight dampener at the Etihad
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      89 8 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Liverpool to sport a different logo for Seeing Is Believing charity L Man City have ‘hands on the trophy’ L Blackburn owners avoid press over relegation Subscribe to and sync the
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      Lock icon Bid to sign M’Vila, keep van Persie
      334 9 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expects to complete a club-record £17.7 million (S$35.7 million) deal for France midfielder Yann M’Vila within a week, regardless of whether his side earn a place in next season’s Champions League on Sunday. Question is,
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      Lock icon Djokovic sees red over Madrid Masters’ blue clay
      327 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Novak Djokovic scraped and slid to an opening victory at the Madrid Masters on Tuesday, then let loose with a blistering appraisal of the event’s controversial blue clay courts. “That was not tennis, either I need football shoes or
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      Lock icon Making marathon history
      341 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A paralysed British woman became the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic suit when she crossed the finishing line in London on Tuesday 16 days after the race began. Claire Lomas was in tears but said she was “over the moon”
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      745 9 Indian owners reportedly put club up for sale as they count cost of drop LONDON: Blackburn were sent further into turmoil yesterday when their Indian owners Venky’s sacked deputy chief executive Paul Hunt less than 24 hours after an explosive letter, in which he criticised the way the
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      Lock icon Happy Phil a stark contrast to testy Tiger
      479 9 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS FLORIDA: Rarely has the contrast between golf as an enjoyable game and torturous frustration been as evident in two players as they were in Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods at the Players Championship. Mickelson, fresh from his induction into
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      Lock icon BUCKING THE CCA TREND
      1066 12  -  Some schools include new sports to improve team work, confidence SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lester Wong THE first time Chung Cheng High School (Main)’s C Girls’ softball team took to the field against local schools powerhouses Tanjong Katong Girls’ School
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      Lock icon Ferrari honour fan favourite Gilles Villeneuve
      257 12 REUTERS FIORANO (Italy): Ferrari marked the 30th anniversary of the death of fan favourite Gilles Villeneuve on Tuesday with the Canadian’s son Jacques behind the wheel of one of his cars at the Italian team’s Fiorano test track. With two-time world champion Fernando Alonso
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        Lock icon Junior paddlers shine in Thailand
        93 12 PATTAYA: Singapore’s paddlers completed a clean sweep of the podium positions in the girls’ singles at the Thailand Junior Cadet Open yesterday. Zhou Yihan beat compatriot Lin Ye 4-2 while Isabelle Li was joint-third with Chinese Taipei’s Huang Hsin. Yihan and Lin Ye also teamed
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        Lock icon Tampines go down to Vietnamese side
        45 12 IN AN inconsequential Group F match in football’s AFC Cup yesterday, Singapore’s Tampines Rovers lost 0-3 to Vietnamese side Song Lam Nghe An in Vinh, Vietnam. Hong Kong’s Kitchee SC and Malaysia’s Terengganu FA had qualified from the group.
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        Lock icon Singapore to meet Nepal in semi-final
        42 12 HOLDERS Singapore, who finished second in Group A on net run rate, entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cricket Council’s U-16 Elite Cup in Malaysia yesterday. They play Nepal tomorrow for a place in the final.
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      425 12 TEN finalists have been selected to win a trip to the London Olympics under the McDonald’s Champions of Play programme, but only the top three with the most number of votes will get to go. The finalists must best capture the spirit of
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      513 13 Nuggets show Lakers centre it’s not so easy to close out a series ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Battling for their National Basketball Association play-off lives, the Denver Nuggets needed no extra motivation. Andrew Bynum gave it to them anyway, when the Los Angeles Lakers centre claimed “close-out games
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      Lock icon Barricade for bitter British boxers
      249 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON: Feuding British heavyweights David Haye and Dereck Chisora will fight in London on July 14, five months after the infamous brawl in Munich between them that led authorities to strip Chisora of his boxing licence. The fighters were separated by a
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      193 13 Today Basketball Women’s National C’ship (Singapore Basketball Centre, 7.15pm). NBA: Play-offs, 1st rd (Live, StarHub Ch216, 8am). Cricket IPL: Deccan v Delhi (6.30pm), Rajasthan v Chennai (10pm) Live, StarHub Ch231. Cycling Tour of Italy: Stage 5 (Live, StarHub Ch205, 8.45pm). Football S-League: Hougang v Young Lions (Hougang),
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      25 13 PAPISS CISSE, the Newcastle striker who wants to join the Spanish football giants
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      114 13 Basketball NBA Conference play-offs, 1st rd East: Indiana 105 Orlando 87 (Indiana win series 4-1), Atlanta 87 Boston 86 (Boston lead 3-2), Chicago 77 Philadelphia 69 (Philadelphia lead 3-2). West: LA Lakers 99 Denver 102 (Lakers lead 3-2). Football English Premier League Liverpool 4 Chelsea 1. Tennis ATP/WTA Madrid
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      117 9 LOTTERY L Jjl Draw No. 2743/2012 V/ J Draw on Thursday, 10 May 2012 Group 1 Prize *1,500,000 Sales close at 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm y For detailed match fixtures, please visit Singapore Pools website www.singaporepools.com.sg SB SportsBuzz@Kranji
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    158 13 OBITUARIES 20th Anniversary 30th Anniversary TAY CHOR SENG YEO SOO YIM Departed 10/5/92 Departed 14/8/82 In life loved and honored, In death remembered. Dearly missed by sons, daughters-in-law, daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren TAN CHWEE SIANG Age 89 Passed away peacefully on 8 May 2012. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by
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      68 17 BeTheFirstToKnow BreakingNewsSMSAlert LianheWanbao ShinMinDailyNews SoccerNews TheStraitsTimes WorldNews The StraitsTimes SingaporeNews The Business TimesNews 30.04.2012 10:14:32am Jobs created grew byo 27,400 in Q1 of 2012, moderatingfrom the 37,600 jobs created Q4 2011. Jobless rate rosef to 2.1% in March, upfrom 2% in Dec. From SPH THE STRAITS TIMES SG NEWS Lianhe
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      15 18 URBANREAD ALL ABOUT IT TOMORROW AISLESTYLE Celeb weddings drive sales of bridal lingerie and accessories
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      492 19 China Most JNeptvine Center Prolific^ Dynamic Official Launch in Singapore The most promising capital in western China Chengdu More than two hundred companies from the world top 500 in Chengdu Direct flight from Singapore to Chengdu approximately 4.5 hours From Chengdu Airport to Neptune Center approximately 15 minutes Distance to
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      357 20 VIEWSPLEASE We are working to improve The Straits Times, and we want to hear your views on how to make your paper better. Tell us what you would like to see more of in The Straits Times. The 10 most interesting ideas will get a limited edition gold-plated Straits Times
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      170 20 Prime Freehold Shops Directly opposite to ANZ head office (6000 workers), and nearby to Myer head office (2000 workers), Woolworths Supermarket and major offices Rental Guarantee at 6% nett p.a. for 6 months Tenants pay for all out-goings Huge stamp duty savings for buying off-plan Different sizes available, limited units,
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      16 20 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for education options! WATS BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT
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      30 20 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW May 09 2012 FIRSTN0998 SECONDN0312 THIRDN4144 STARTERS 1234 1552 3708 5247 5875 6027 6480 7668 8208 8726 CONSOLATIONS 2342 3716 4342 5005 8532 8687 9048 9199 9376 9664
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      515 21 k C5> 0 ■'V <y Sp o\° YOUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY s v> TO BIT" A GREAT LONDON APARTMENT ■•■iHinimni, ast y 1 Hr a t■ lw|H 1 m ■»^g55S£ng ass? I 11 t r I j fcs* i' I itn hi -V 1 •rill fl HU Ml 3l)S?i£ r jt
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      Lock icon Container shipping firm sinks deeper into the red
      595 22  -  Firm to restructure as it marks fifth straight quarter of losses BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg CONTAINER shipping firm Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has posted yet another quarter of losses, as its new cost-cutting regime fails to stem the bleeding caused by high
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      Lock icon High Court dismisses former China Sky director’s application
      740 22  -  BY MELISSA TAN THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has scored a significant legal victory in the sequel to its bitter stand-off with China Sky Chemical Fibre. The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by a former China Sky independent director to quash an
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      96 22 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Microsoft offers $123 Xbox consoles with a catch L Boeing and Airbus hit by cancelled orders L Buffett: Hard to determine Facebook, Google value More Forum letters online at www.straitstimes.com Get
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        Lock icon STI falls on worries over Greek euro exit
        509 17  -  Investors wary as signs of uncertainty again emerge in euro zone BULLS AND BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg INVESTORS in Singapore yesterday bailed out of the stock market, along with punters across the region, on heightened fears that Greece could exit the
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          Lock icon Raffles Education Corp
          141 17 RAFFLES Education Corp yesterday said it made a net profit of $1.5 million in the third quarter, reversing from a loss of $463,000 previously. Turnover for the three months ended March 31 fell by 5 per cent to $36 million. The education group recorded a fair value
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          78 17 REUTERS THE property arm of Malaysian Sime Darby yesterday said it is partnering CapitaMalls Asia to build a shopping mall with a development cost of around 500 million ringgit (S$205 million) in Malaysia’s capital city. The development will feature a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur with a total
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          168 17 DEVELOPER Sing Holdings has chalked up a 67.4 per cent jump in first-quarter net profit to $7.1 million. Revenue for the three months ended March 31 was up 44.2 per cent at $49.6 million. Based on construction progress, an additional 7 per cent of contracted sales of residential
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          99 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.71 billion shares worth $1.12 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 132 Losers: 255 Unchanged: 392 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change -3.94 667.13 -3.61 441.46 -6.87 701.00 -0.64 661.40 -2.24 240.50 -3.27 204.54 -6.30 196.56 Consumer
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          238 17 REUTERS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,045.06 (-136.59) Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.49 per cent to a fresh three-month closing low as concerns grew that Greece could reject its hard-won bailout deal. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 20,330.64 (-154.11) The Hang Seng lost 0.75 per
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          227 17 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 9, 2012 Top Rises May 9 CENTS DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** 300.0 2.3 Asia Pac Brew 3400 100.0 3.0 May 9 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3798 30.0 0.6 Lyxor AsiaCS 10US$ 5430
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          405 17 Top Rises May 9 CENTS CN8200MBePW*****8 14.3 2.2 18.2 DBS BP eCW*****3C 12.5 1.4 12.6 DBS RB eCW*****8 43 1.0 2.4 UOB RB eCW*****8 28 1.0 3.7 CapitalaMBePW*****4 9.5 0.4 4.4 OCBC Bk MBeCW*****2 9.9 0.4 4.2 OCBC Bk MBePW*****8 6.2 0.4 6.9 SingTelMBeCW*****1 4.8 0.4 9.1
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          46 17 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol Golden Agri 67.5 -1.5 -2.2 80,575,000 3 1 -0.1 -3.1 61,601,000 JEL Corp By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value 316 2.0 0.6 88,964,800 DBS Grp 1374 -41.0 -2.9 83,980,520 CapitaLand UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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          54 17 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY May 9 2012 Selling Buying May 9 2012 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.29 ....1.229 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.277 ....1.217 Euro 1.66 Malaysian ringgit 41.533 39.936 2.052 ....1.974 NZ dollar 1.01 ....0.962 Source: United
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          61 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 173 112.5 CapMallsAsia 141 -2 ***** 143.5 140.5 2.1
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          81 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 145 -1.5 723 146.5 136
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        Lock icon Dark skies for SIA and other airlines
        463 18  -  High fuel prices and economic slowdown drag down earnings BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg IF THE outlook is dim for Singapore Airlines (SIA), its rivals are not being spared either. High fuel prices and weak yields, especially in first and business classes,
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        380 18 RIG builder Sembcorp Marine has reported a 24.9 per cent drop in first-quarter net profit to $113.1 million. This was mainly due to timing, value and the initial lower profit margin of its new design rigs. Turnover for the three months to March 31
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      Lock icon Rental yields steady in April
      496 20  -  Demand seen in short term but sustained health will depend on economy, say experts BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg INVESTORS worried that the return on their residential investment properties might have taken a tumble can relax. Rental yields held their ground last month as
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      Lock icon Frasers Hospitality launches brand Capri
      379 20  -  ESTHER TEO SERVICE apartment firm Frasers Hospitality unveiled a new brand aimed at tech-savvy business travellers yesterday. Capri by Fraser is essentially a hybrid of a serviced apartment and a hotel and joins its Fraser Suites, Fraser Place and Fraser Residence and Modena portfolio. The
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      Lock icon 1 Canberra receives more than 600 e-applications
      366 20  -  BY GAN YU JIA AN EXECUTIVE condominium project in Yishun had received more than 600 e-applications for its 665 units by 6pm yesterday. The ballot for 1 Canberra in Yishun, which opened about two weeks ago, closed yesterday. A spokesman for developer MCC
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      173 20 THERE is no end to issues confronting us all in the workplace, and that is before we actually get on to doing our job. There’s the need to chat and moan with colleagues about the work mill and how you wish things could be better,
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      480 21  -  BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT ASIAN growth provides huge opportunities for European firms to expand, which in turn will help the continent emerge from its debt crisis, said Second Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran yesterday. He said at the
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      Lock icon UOB posts 12% rise in Q1 net profit
      555 21  -  Earnings lifted to $688m by higher loan margins and fees BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg HIGHER loan margins and fees boosted net profit at United Overseas Bank (UOB) by a better-than-ex-pected 12.4 per cent yesterday. Earnings for the three months to March 31
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      71 1 GoodbyeWild Thing Moliere doublebill The Miser and Tartuffe get new stagings Author Maurice Sendak dies Mother’s Day serenade Broadway Beng meets Singapore Chinese Orchestra C5 C4 C7 DANCE DUET Choreographer Akram Khan and musician Nitin Sawhney tell ADELINE CHIA about their decades-long partnership. Their latest collaboration, Vertical Road, is one
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        632 2  -  High-resolution images of works by Singapore artists can be found on Google Art Project corrie tan, huang lijie corriet@sph.com.sg lijie@sph.com.sg You can now take a very close look at artworks by the likes of Singapore pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng without having to leave your
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        456 2 Reuters New York A Mark Rothko 1961 oil painting set a new auction record for post-war art on Tuesday, soaring to US$87 million (S$109 million), while works by Gerhard Richter, Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein and Alexander Calder smashed artists’ records at Christie’s blockbuster sale that
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        727 4  -  Two theatre groups will be putting on French comedy master Moliere’s works in Singapore corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg Shakespeare may be hogging the limelight here, with Wild Rice’s recently concluded Romeo Juliet, and the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Twelfth Night currently on a romp in Fort Canning Park.
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        870 4 Associated Press Hong Kong Over the past two years, Ms Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported US$317 million (S$396.3 million) on their hobby. Now, they need somewhere to display the collection they have amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Ms
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        620 5  -  toh wen li Broadway Beng’s Sebastian Tan will serenade mothers with Hokkien songs in the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Mother’s Day concert tomorrow and on Saturday. Under the baton of associate conductor Quek Ling Kiong, the two-hour-long concert, titled Golden Melodies For Mum, will see Tan belting
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        810 5  -  Renowned children’s book writers will speak at the Asian Festival Of Children’s Content akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Singapore’s main festival of children’s literature this year is hosting award-winning writers for young readers, and aims to discover new writing talent with two awards of $10,000 each
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        408 5  -  reviewconcert PICTURES OF AMERICA Kam Ning, violin and Albert Tiu, piano Esplanade Recital Studio/Tuesday chang tou liang Considering the major contribution to 20th-century music by American composers, it was perhaps not a surprise to finally witness an 80-minute violin recital programme devoted to the New World.
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        1969 6  - Gossip first dance later Before each project meeting, musician-composer Nitin Sawhney and choreographer-dancer Akram Khan take time to have breakfast and just chat adeline chia arts correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta When did you and Akram Khan meet? The first time I saw Akram, he was performing kathak (Indian classical dance) at
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        884 7 Where The Wild Things Are writer and illustrator revolutionised the picture-book genre New York Times Washington Post New York Maurice Sendak, widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, died in a hospital on Tuesday in Danbury, Connecticut. He was 83.
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        116 8 ‘That’s the most precious thing to me. And I’m so protective and I just felt my guard go up’ Actress Eva Mendes (right) on why the topic of her boyfriend, actor Ryan Gosling, is off-limits ‘You grow up a bit damaged or broken, then you have
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        810 8  -  Contemporary takes on old stories are no modern phenomenon culture vulture stephanie yap ysteph@sph.com.sg Watching the blockbuster movie The Avengers last weekend, I was irresistibly reminded of Sandro Botticelli’s 1489/90 painting The Annunciation, which I’d seen at the Uffizi in Florence while on a trip
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          Lock icon ABORIGINAL ART SHOW
          121 8 ReDot Fine Art Gallery is hosting the first overseas exhibition by a group of nine Aboriginal artists from Ninuku Arts. The indigenous art centre supports artists from the Pipalyatjara and Kalka communities in the north-western corner of South Australia. Nganampa Ngura (Our Place) features 23 acrylic paintings
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          84 8 Treat mum to a concert in the park on Mother’s Day with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). Conductor Darrell Ang will lead the orchestra through selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Khachaturian’s Masquerade Suite. Also, visit the SSO merchandise booth with mum and receive a special Mother’s
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          Lock icon MALAY PERFORMING ARTS FIESTA
          102 8 Celebrate the diversity and vibrancy of the Malay performing arts at Gentarasa 2012 Bagaimana Kalau... Gentar Gegarannya! (What If... Tremulous!). Now into its 11th year, the event marks the 35th anniversary of the Malay Activity Executive Committees (MAECs). Organised by the People’s Association MAEC Council and
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        394 8 Reuters Mothers of overweight toddlers often mistakenly think their children are of normal weight, and mothers of underweight toddlers often wish they were plumper, researchers in the United States said on Monday. The findings, based on a study of poor women in Baltimore,
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        169 9 Reuters Quite a number of older teens in the United States are using painkillers without prescriptions. According to new research released on Monday, one in eight older teenagers has used powerful painkillers without prescriptions, and many start misusing the pills at age 16 or
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        1864 14 / 15  -  yourstoolNew guidelines being written will raise awareness of symptoms other than frequency, such as bloatedness and stool type, so doctors can better diagnose patients JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg One in four people here suffers chronic constipation. They may strain to pass stool, feel
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        387 16 / 17  -  Joan Chew Source: Dr Daphne Ang, consultant, department of gastroenterology, Changi General Hospital Lifestyle changes are often recommended first to deal with chronic constipation. They include drinking more fluids, ensuring adequate fibre intake, exercising regularly and practising good bowel habits. When these measures fail
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        385 16 / 17 facebook. After trying so many ways to solve my constipation woes, I’ve realised that the best way is to drink lots of water. With the hectic lifestyle in Singapore, it is not surprising that people tend to forget to hydrate themselves regularly. Many drink water
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        422 21 Samosas are usually deep fried to achieve their characteristic golden hue. But baking does the trick too, with health benefits to boot. It uses less artery-clogging and fattening oil. This is how Mr Yen Koh, the regional executive chef at the food solutions department of
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        780 22/23  -  MS LIM LAY BENG traditional Chinese medicine physician at YS Healthcare TCM Clinic QI am a 43-year-old woman who was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called scleroderma in August 2010. My immune system is attacking my lungs, causing some ulcers and
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      175 20 Eradication of CERVICAL CANCER Simply getting there Cervical Cancer ranks no. 9 among the cancers diagnosed in Singaporean women. Each year, about 200 women are diagnosed with the disease and 70 of them die from it. It is a highly preventable and curable disease. Singapore Cancer Registry Interim Report 2006
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      231 21 A member of Pacific Healthcare A Public Health Education Forum Snoring The Silent Killer Date 19 May 2012, Saturday V v Speaker: Dr Kenny Peter Pang MBBS (S pore), MRCS(Edinburgh) FRCSIEdinburgh) (UK) FRCS(ENT)llreland) M Med (URL) Editor, International Sleep Surgery Society Fellow, American Academy Sleep Medicine Director, Singapore Sleep Surgery
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