The Straits Times, 24 September 2012

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 M O ND A Y S EPTEMBER 24 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon S’pore’s best F1 thriller yet as Vettel wins again
    496 1  -  By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg BAD luck for Lewis Hamilton, game on for Sebastian Vettel as Singapore marked its Formula One contract extension with its most thrilling race ever. Two crashes, Hamilton’s shock retirement and plenty of wheel-to-wheel action ended
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    Lock icon PM on population
    52 1 WHAT is the target for Singapore’s population? Asked this at a recent televised forum, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said it was difficult to pinpoint a concrete number, but he gave an estimate for the future that will depend on increased land area. L TOP OF THE
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    Lock icon Ceremony put off
    37 1 CHINA has postponed a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic ties with Japan as a result of a territorial row between the two countries. L TOP OF THE NEWS, A2-3
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    Lock icon Property cooling steps net $500m for taxman
    494 1  -  $261m in additional buyer’s stamp duty paid by non-PR foreigners By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg THE taxman has collected more than half a billion dollars from additional stamp duties imposed as part of property cooling measures. The additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD)
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’porean men practising risky sex in Batam, study reveals
      587 2/3  -  Migrant welfare group finds just one in four use condoms By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg ABOUT 60 per cent of sex workers in Batam have Singaporean clients, and only one in four of these clients use condoms regularly. These are some of
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      Lock icon Some bus waiting times down as $1.1b plan rolls out
      694 2/3  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg WAITING times for some bus services have been reduced after the first service improvements under a $1.1 billion bus plan were rolled out last Monday for more than 20 bus services islandwide. The Straits Times observed
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      Lock icon China puts off event marking resumption of ties with Japan
      646 2/3 Islands row behind move; fallout may affect Tokyo’s bid for 2020 Olympics REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China has postponed a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic ties with Japan as a result of a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Taxman nets $500m
        28 4 TOP OF THE NEWS IRAS has collected over half a billion dollars from extra stamp duties imposed as part of property cooling measures. PAGE A1
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        Lock icon Sino-Japan row worsens
        63 4 CHINA yesterday postponed a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan because of an ongoing territorial dispute. The worsening East China Sea island spat has also triggered concerns that Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics bid may be in jeopardy. Some Japanese fear China
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        Lock icon Obama youth vote cools
        85 4 WORLD FEWER under-30s are expected to show up at polling stations amid waning enthusiasm for United States President Barack Obama who is hoping to be re-elected on Nov 6. This is in contrast to four years ago when America’s young turned out in record numbers to
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        Lock icon 1st China aircraft carrier
        44 4 CHINA’S first aircraft carrier (above) was formally handed over to the navy yesterday. As for the long-awaited name, it looks like the flat-top will be named after one of China’s provinces rather than a historical figure. PAGE A11 PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Saving ‘lost boys’
        35 4 WITH girls continuing to outnumber and outshine boys in secondary school and university, Malaysia has launched a pilot programme in vocational training in the hope of saving these “lost boys”. PAGE A12
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        43 4 RUSSIA’S largest gas producer Gazprom is threatening to sell its gas to Asia instead, after the European Union began an investigation into the Russian company for alleged unfair competition and price fixing in Central and Eastern Europe. PAGE A18
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        Lock icon Neutrality in the South China Sea
        50 4 OPINION NEUTRALITY is the most sensible stand Singapore can take on overlapping South China Sea claims. A neutral Asean stance, too, will help convince China to work towards an enforceable Code of Conduct, as the current Declaration of Conduct is clearly inadequate. PAGE A20
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        Lock icon Flash mob for hire
        59 4 HOME A NUMBER of companies have begun to offer flash mob services over the last year. Five of 15 firms contacted by The Straits Times said demand for their services was virtually non-existent a year ago. Charges to hire a mob start from about $1,000 and
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        Lock icon Haj agents ‘lose $12.5m’
        48 4 HAJ travel agents claimed they lost $12.5 million this year after the number of visas for the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca was cut by the Saudi Arabian government. Only 680 visas were given out this year. Last year, 2180 visas were issued. PAGE B7
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        Lock icon New use for fire station
        89 4 LIFE! PLAYWRIGHT Irfan Kasban has found a new use for the former Geylang Fire Station: as the location for his site-specific production, This Placement. The work, inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities and Kuo Pao Kun’s Descendants Of The Eunuch Admiral, will take the audience
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        Lock icon NOL steams ahead
        37 4 MONEY NEPTUNE Orient Lines chief executive Ng Yat Chung sets his sights on turning the shipping giant around, focusing on efficiency and costs. Its various cost-saving schemes have started to show benefits. PAGE B9
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        Lock icon Feng misses medal spot
        54 4 SPORT NATIONAL paddler Feng Tianwei finished fourth in the Volkswagen Women’s World Cup yesterday, earning US$10,000 (S$12,000). But it could have been so much better for the world No. 7, who, given the weakened field, had a golden chance to become the first Singaporean to make
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        Lock icon Making S’pore F1 better
        48 4 FORMULA One fans want more big screens, more sheltered spectator areas and less walkway congestion at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. But many were impressed and happy with the overall organisation of the event, which has been extended for another five years. PAGE B17
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        Lock icon Game for high-end fare
        53 4 THE monthlong food and lifestyle festival Asian Masters is back in November with the trimmed down menu of high-end fare. Look out for unusual wine pairings, such as Vietnamese cuisine by chef Nguyen Quoc Nam (above) paired with Egon Muller Rieslings, as well as exotic game
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        Lock icon Doyenne of theatre
        50 4 CULTURAL Medallion recipient Atin Amat has dedicated her life to Teater Kami, the troupe she co-founded in 1989. From the boom years, when its shows were a sell-out, to bust, when the company racked up $100,000 in debt, she never gave up hope in theatre. PAGE C6
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        Lock icon Top news stories
        85 4 WHAT’S ONLINE www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Decomposed body found in Pulau Ubin, eaten by lizard L Fans start queuing forQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be the new iPhone 5 in Singapore L Photo Gallery: Pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia get health check L Apple’s home-grown Maps leaves users lost L
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        70 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Desperate F1 crowd ploughs through plants and climbs railings to exit venue L Kent Ridge student doesQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be Gangnam Style in carpark and annoys passers-by L Driver seeks witness after family hurt in crash with cabby who ran red light L Airport catering truck hits
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        28 4 www.razortv.com.sg L How to drive high-performance cars on Singapore roads L The Script bare their soul L J-pop stages comeback L PM Lee celebrates MidAutumn Festival
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      Lock icon PM quizzed on ideal population size at forum
      708 6  -  He says it’s difficult to give a concrete number as the situation is evolving By PHUA MEI PIN mpphua@sph.com.sg A DISCUSSION on the country’s ideal population size became the highlight of an hour-long televised forum with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last
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      Lock icon BT launches free iPhone app
      271 6  -  RACHEL CHANG BUSINESS Times (BT) readers can now get daily news summaries and real-time breaking news from a free iPhone app launched today by the financial daily. For US$7.99 (about S$10) a week, users get access to the full newspaper every day and a sev-en-day
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      Lock icon Online industry a massive power gobbler
      411 8 World’s data centres use energy equal to output of 30 nuclear plants THE NEW YORK TIMES SANTA CLARA (California) In early 2006, Facebook had a quaint 10 million or so users and the one main server site. Today, the information generated by nearly one
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      Lock icon URA see red over graffiti art on shophouse
      463 8  -  By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg GRAFFITI on the wall of a shophouse in Haji Lane may wow visitors but building conservationists are not impressed. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has raised a red flag over the paintwork as not meeting the stipulated guidelines
      PHOTO: MARK CHEONG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  463 words
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  • WORLD
    • Asia’s maverick politicians
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        Lock icon S. Korea: Software mogul promises to overhaul old order
        735 10  -  One is a software mogul, another is mercurial and the third, unconventional. All three upset the political order in their countries last week and look set to be a force to be reckoned with in the foreseeable future. By ANDREW SALMON
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        Lock icon India: ‘Queen of Democrazy' and a kingmaker
        628 10  -  By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE INDIA CORRESPONDENT mkritti@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI Love her or hate her, but you cannot ignore Ms Mamata Banerjee until last week the biggest obstacle to economic liberalisation in India, even though she forged her political fortunes fighting communists. Ms Banerjee is
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        Lock icon Indonesia: When personal merit counts more than party
        691 10  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA A day after the preliminary results of the contest for the Indonesian city’s governor were released, a caricature in a popular daily showed a tiny boxer (in a tank top that read “Citizens”) stepping on
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Panetta’s visit underscores US shift towards Asia-Pacific
        395 11 REUTERS ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s week-long visit to the Asia-Pacific helped deepen the US military’s strategic shift to the area, even as it illustrated the balancing role that Washington may have to play to maintain peace and stability.
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        Lock icon Naming China’s first aircraft carrier
        575 11  -  Province names likely preferred to provocative ones By PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING Sorry Shi Lang. Sorry Chairman Mao. It does not look like China’s first aircraft carrier will be named after ancient historical figures or modern
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        Lock icon New scheme to save Malaysia’s ‘lost boys’
        752 12  -  Vocational courses aimed at keeping academically weak pupils off streets By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR With girls continuing to outnumber and outshine boys at secondary school and university, Malaysia has launched a pilot programme for vocational training in a
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        Lock icon Najib hints at more big projects for Johor
        254 12 JOHOR BARU Another round of mega investments for Johor will be unveiled soon, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said. “Johor is expected to prosper with new investments that I will announce soon,” said Datuk Seri Najib while opening a Johor Umno
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        Lock icon Warm wishes from S’pore for Brunei royal wedding
        363 12 SINGAPORE Minister of Defence Ng Eng Hen conveyed the warm congratulations of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Singapore’s leaders to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and his queen on the wedding of their daughter yesterday. He wished the newly wedded royal
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Nine killed in Nepal avalanche
          61 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KATHMANDU At least nine climbers, including a German, an Italian, a Spaniard and a local guide, were buried by an avalanche in Nepal. They were near the top of Manaslu, ahead of a final push to the 8,156m summit, when they were hit
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          Lock icon Airing Marcos’ 1972 speech
          62 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The Philippines for the first time in 40 years was to air yesterday the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ full TV broadcast declaring martial law that led to two decades of brutal rule. Showing the 1972 speech will ensure the public will “never forget”
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          Lock icon US, Seoul closer to missile pact
          39 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea and the United States are close to agreement on extending Seoul’s 300km ballistic missiles to 800km, enough to cover the entire North Korea, Yonhap news agency said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Beijing, Kabul ink trade, security pacts
        586 13 Rare visit by Chinese leader underscores concerns about Afghan security situation REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG KABUL China has signed security and economic agreements with Afghanistan during a rare trip to Kabul by a top Chinese official, in deals seen aimed at bolstering Beijing’s influence
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        Lock icon Anti-Western rallies among issues at UN meet
        444 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE UNITED NATIONS The antiWestern protests across the Muslim world, the war in Syria and mounting tensions over Iran’s suspected nuclear drive will cast a shadow over the annual UN gathering of world leaders starting tomorrow. Words of warning and defiance are
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        Lock icon Bounty offered for death of film-maker
        528 14 Pakistan govt distances itself from minister’s US$100,000 offer BACKLASH IN PAKISTAN AGAINST ANTI-ISLAM FILM NEW YORK TIMES BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s government has distanced itself from a bounty offered by a Cabinet minister for the death of the maker of an anti-Islam film
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      • Elsewhere...
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          Lock icon Nationwide strike in Bangladesh
          75 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Most schools, shops and offices were closed in Bangladesh yesterday as opposition parties enforced a nationwide strike to protest against the film. Thousands of policemen patrolled the capital Dhaka and roads were quiet in the Muslim-majority country of 153 million people. In Chittagong,
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          Lock icon Hundreds march to US consulate
          92 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Hundreds of Muslims in Hong Kong briefly scuffled with police as they tried to deliver a letter to the United States consulate. The protesters, who numbered more than 3,000 according to police and organisers, marched through the city chanting “Allahu akbar”
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          Lock icon Group blames film for border killing
          83 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO A group inspired by Al-Qaeda and based in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has claimed responsibility for a shoot-out along the Israeli-Egyptian border in which three militants and an Israeli soldier were killed. Ansar Jerusalem, in a statement posted on militant forums last
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      Lock icon Curiosity on Mars: Dazzling images so far
      255 15 Rover makes good progress on the Red Planet NASA’S Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to determine if the planet most like Earth in the Solar System could have supported microbial life, took on a second job last week as an astronomer. Curiosity outfitted its
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      Lock icon Obama can still count on cooling youth vote
      844 16  -  America’s youth formed a part of President Barack Obama’s history-making rainbow coalition in 2008. Four years later, he can no longer take their votes for granted. In this, the first of a two-part series, Ho Pei Shan reports that this may not
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      Lock icon Bid to crush GOP hopes in key Midwestern swing state
      695 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS MILWAUKEE President Barack Obama worked to quash Republican hopes of capturing a key Midwestern swing state, pushing back against his rival’s complaints over an overly intrusive government and drawing his biggest crowd of the campaign. Republican nominee Mitt
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      Lock icon Contributing an Asian voice to art in Britain
      683 17  -  First S’porean to lecture at Royal College of Art grew up in Bedok PEOPLE TO WATCH By RATNA LACHMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES rlachman@btinternet.com LONDON The first thing that strikes you about Jack Tan is that he is intellectually razor sharp but
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ex-president’s daughter jailed
        62 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been jailed for six months for “propaganda against the regime”, the Teheran prosecutor’s office has said. Hashemi was among thousands of protesters arrested after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was given a second term in a
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        Lock icon Belarus leader jeers boycott
        58 17 REUTERS MINSK Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko called opposition leaders “cowards” after they urged people to go mushrooming rather than vote in an election set to reinforce the hardliner’s grip on the country. The two main opposition parties see the polls as a sham to produce a
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      Lock icon Heart surgeon’s murder: Killer’s release being challenged
      287 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian officials will appeal against a decision to free and deport to Malaysia a man who shot dead one of the country’s top heart surgeons, saying that he should serve more jail time. Mr Liew Chiew Seng, 69, was one
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      Lock icon Russian gas giant looks east to ‘punish’ West
      688 18  -  But Gazprom’s ‘blackmail’ bid over EU probe will be futile, say experts By SERGEI STROKAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES strokan@kommersant.ru MOSCOW Russian energy giant Gazprom, which is being investigated by the European Union for alleged unfair competition and price-fixing in Central and
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      Lock icon Fresh lawsuits fly between Apple and Samsung in US
      410 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Neither side in the bitter patent battle is satisfied with Apple’s US$1 billion (S$1.2 billion) jury verdict over Samsung Electronics after a three-week trial last month. Samsung wants a new trial. Apple is seeking an additional US$707
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      Lock icon Young and jobless in Europe’s rich north
      753 19 Rising youth unemployment seen to be fuelling class and racial divisions REUTERS ANTWERP At 29, Ms Samira Ahidar has just found a permanent job, her first. Ms Ahidar, who still lives with her parents, dropped out of school a decade ago and her
      REUTERS  -  753 words
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      Lock icon Rift on banking union deepens between Merkel, Hollande
      381 19 BLOOMBERG BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande’s appeal for German-French unity to tackle Europe’s ills lasted all of three hours as they disagreed over closer integration of the region’s banking system. The two leaders, marking Fran-co-German reconciliation after World War
      BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  381 words
    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon China’s property policies to remain
        106 19 REUTERS BEIJING China plans to stick to its tight property sector policies and a rebound in home prices is unlikely, a senior housing ministry official said. The comments underscore Beijing’s determination to keep a lid on rising home prices, a source of social discontent. Beijing
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      • Article
        Lock icon Clegg seeks more taxes for UK’s rich
        74 19 BLOOMBERG LONDON Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called for higher taxes on the most expensive properties and “unearned income and wealth” at the start of his Liberal Democrat party’s annual conference. He told the conference last Saturday that he wants to “go
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      30 12 Congratulations o Mr Ivan Oh Teck Siong Everbright Optical Co Pte Ltd on being conferred The Public Service Medal PBM by His Excellency The President of the Republic of Singapore
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      36 12 Congratulations Mr Ivan Oh Teck Siong Everbright Optical Co Pte Ltd Vice-President Society of Opticianry Practitioners (Singapore) on being conferred The Public Service Medal PBM by His Excellency The President of the Republic of Singapore From
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      438 20 STRICT neutrality on overlapping South China Sea claims, a position Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam has reiterated, is the most sensible stand Singapore can take in helping to maintain peace and stability in the region. It would be unreasonable to expect Singapore, a non-claimant, to
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      1305 20  -  EYE ON THE WORLD CHINA-JAPAN TIES By WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg THE current clashes between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku islands constitute more than a mere dispute over specks of rock, no matter how much oil or fishing resources the islands might
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      850 21  -  Three Straits Times journalists with school-going children share their responses to Education Minister Heng Swee Keat’s call for less stress on grades and homework. By KARAMJIT KAUR SENIOR CORRESPONDENT way. karam@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to schools, my husband and I decided early
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      951 22  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. CHINA’S recent conduct in its bitter dispute with Japan over the ownership of islands, fisheries and seabed resources in the East
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        381 23  -  William Wan (Dr) General Secretary Singapore Kindness Movement THE article (“Many sceptical over tray return campaign”; Sept 14) implies that the tray-return campaign did not work before, so why should we expect it to work now? To begin with, it is not true that previous
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        377 23  -  SCRAPPING SECONDARY SCHOOL BANDING Tan Wah Thong REGRETTABLY, the Education Ministry has abolished the banding of secondary schools based on their academic results (“MOE scraps secondary school banding”; Sept 13). While the vision of making every school a good school is highly commendable, this objective
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        288 23  -  Joshua Kua (Dr) MY PARAMETERS on the mental health stress of children were broader than those used by the Institute of Mental Health in its reply (“No significant increase in new cases of child stress, says IMH”; last Friday)
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        215 23  -  Patrick Chon Managing Director BQ Mart International BQ MART understands Mr Ahmad Ismail Khalid’s perspective (“Retail businesses have unrealistic expectations”; last Wednesday). However, the standard retail hours of 10am to 10pm do not apply to us as our retail hours are
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        184 23  -  Khoo Kim San MY WIFE gave birth to our son at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) recently. As she is a foreigner, we were told that she had only the option of either a Class A1 or B1 ward. We
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        202 23  -  Grace Lim (Ms) Chief Financial Officer KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital WE THANK Mr Khoo Kim San. He and his wife had received financial counselling prior to hospital admission, and they selected a delivery package with B1 as their ward of choice. Following
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        79 23 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR KHONG KIONG SENG: Direct school entry scheme far from ideal. 2. MS NG WAI MENG: For some, neighbourhood schools are the best option. 3. MR TAN WEN JIE: Greater public involvement in country’s future direction encouraging. 4. MR CHEE CHI WENG: Raise
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      788 1  -  Demand is growing for such services, which can cost up to five figures By JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg THEY may come and go in an instant, but flash mobs are making a lasting impression here. Over the last year, a number of companies, mostly dance schools,
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      173 2 THE Speaker of Myanmar’s Lower House of Parliament, Mr Thura U Shwe Mann, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a four-day visit. Mr Shwe Mann, formerly the No. 3 in the junta, is here at the invitation of his Singaporean counterpart, Mr Michael Palmer. Mr Palmer will
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      358 2  -  By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg A HOME alarm for the elderly and disabled, and public benches for people en route to the market these were some ideas suggested by Hong Kah North residents in a dialogue yesterday. The session, hosted by MP Amy Khor,
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      616 2  -  It’s on schedule to open one new rail project a year with exception of 2018 By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg EVEN though the completion date for the Thomson MRT Line has been pushed back, Singapore’s rail expansion plan is still on track, said
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      511 3  -  New equipment, facility to train next wave of workers for local industry By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg AVIATION and aerospace students at Temasek Polytechnic will soon get a new aircraft hangar, two flight simulators and a brand-new 6,000 sq m building. Slated
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      463 3  -  By JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg BE REALISTIC, do not try to do everything yourself. Go out with your friends, and remember: You’re doing a good job. These are some tips in a resource pack for caregivers of dementia patients, put together by the Health
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      693 5  -  Dance classes are just one of the ideas floated by new dating agencies By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg TWICE a week at a studio in Bukit Merah, aspiring dancers who step on one another’s toes not only risk hurting their pride, but
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      360 5  -  By BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg THE law professor in a sex-for-grades case has requested more information to build his defence, even as his case is heard in court today. Tey Tsun Hang, 41, has filed two more criminal motions one more against the
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        494 6  -  By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg SINCE declaring they would sell their recipe and shop space for $3.5 million in March, the owners of Kay Lee Roast Meat Joint have received about 70 offers. One of the offers came pretty
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      78 7 President Tony Tan Keng Yam attending a dance performance at the People’s Association Narpani Pearavai-MediaCorp Vasantham Family Day at the Singapore Discovery Centre yesterday afternoon where he mingled with participants and watched a stage performance that included skits, song and dance. This is the
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      457 7  -  Only 680 given out, but bookings made for 2,180; agents forced to sell packages overseas By JERMYN CHOW my jermync@sph.com.sg HAJ travel agents claimed they lost $12.5 million this year after the number of visas for the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca was
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      40 2 to Our Group Managing Director, Mr Kelvin Lim LungTieng on being conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) by His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Singapore From The Chairman, Board of Directors, Management Staff of LHN Group LHN GROUP
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      620 8  -  Winningacarhasitsprice Clinchingthecovetedprizeinluckydraws meansforkingoutaheftysumfortheCOE Karen Teng PART-TIME security guard Quek Jit Eng, 68, was ecstatic when he won a MercedesBenz B-Class during last month’s Natas Holidays fair. Hesays:“Itistrulyagiftfromthe heavens. The car is worth $110,000.” The retail price for this model inclusive of the Certificate of
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      198 8 PARMESAN cheese in wheels a prized Italian delicacy is now served with handmade pasta at Prego restaurant in Fairmont Singapore. The hotel imports the cheese wheels from the Parma region in Italy to complement dishes created by its new Italian chef Antonio Facchinetti. His signature
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      166 8 SMALL and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that need bank loans can consider the BizPower services from RHB Bank Singapore. A new loan gives the company owner the option of putting together a loan package based on the nature of business and capital strength. This
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      Lock icon Coffee and cake from Nescafé Dolce Gusto
      82 8 NESCAFÉhaslaunchednewflavoursforitsmultibeverage machine Dolce Gusto to mark its first anniversary in Singapore. Vanilla latte machiatto, caramel latte machiatto, lungo and chococino are the new flavours now available in boxes of bubble capsules at retail stores. “TheNescaféDolceGustoisasystemthatfulfilsconsumers’ desireforanaspirationalcafélifestyleandtrulyredefinestheexperience ofcoffeedrinkingathomeandattheworkplace,”saysMrValerioNannini, managingdirectorofNestléSingapore. TilltheendofSeptember,everypurchaseofNescaféDolceGustocomes with a free bubble
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      196 8 DEPARTMENT store BHG’s Tampines branch now has a dedicated zone for beauty and wellness products from trendsetting Asian countries. Mr Sosuke Nishiwaki, executive director of BHG Singapore, says: “We have long noticed the strong interest in cosmetics from Japan and Korea among shoppers. “As
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        38 8 KFC’snewRancherburger,pricedat$4.40, has breaded chicken thigh fillet served with special sauce and cheese in a soft oat bran bun. A set meal with the burger, a piece of chicken, whipped potato and a regular drink costs $7.35.
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        11 8 FishsupplementTheusualpriceforHolland&Barrett’sOmega-3FishOilsupplement is $29.90forabottlewith100softgelsbutyoucannowgettwoatthe price of one, while stocks last.
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        24 8 NewjuiceRedgrapeisthelatestadditiontoF&NFruit Tree Fresh No Sugar Added flavours of juice drinks. Pay $1.05 for a 250ml bottle or a 1-litre pack at $2.70.
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        23 8 Chan Brothers Travel Celebrate 47! Holiday Fiesta fair will be held at MarinaSquare’sLevel2CentralAtrium between 11am and 9pm this Saturday and Sunday.
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        23 8 U-HomeInteriorDesign’srenovation package comes with a free imported granite worktop. The showroom is at#01-01 Centro Bianco, Upper Paya Lebar Road. Tel: 6285-7373.
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        23 8 PremiumskincarebrandLaMer’snew five-piecestarter’skitformenwillbe available at its counters from Oct 1. The $510-set comes with moisturiser, eye balm, lip balm, cleanser and tonic.
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      923 9  -  Ex-defence chief at helm of NOL trains eyes on efficiency and costs By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg IT MIGHT seem appropriate that a company headed by a former general has a “war room” to plan strategy, but the boss of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) gives that
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      768 10  -  Be prepared, know what techniques to use and bond with the interviewer AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg INTERVIEWS are important hiring tools, so it pays to be prepared and aware of the techniques you can employ before you sit down for that crucial encounter.
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      438 10 L JEANINE ASKED: My friends market their products over social networking sites such as Facebook all the time. I’m hesitant to do that with my baking business as I don’t want my online friends to think I’m hard-selling. Should
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      759 12  - Global lenders a bargain at current levels? But how banks mark assets on their books has little to do with market value CAI JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg BEAUTY, they say, is in the eye of the beholder and nowhere is this truer than in the corporate
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      281 12  -  By CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg SENIOR Citibank Singapore staff have just spent a day in the service front line, working as greeters, teller counter cashiers and phone officers. The initiative, which involved 15 employees this year, is part of the bank’s strategy to improve
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        73 12 TIMOTHY UTAMA: Appointed as chief operations and technology officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) with effect from Dec 1. He will report to chief executive Magnus Bocker. His key task is to streamline processes, increase operational efficiency and reliability of all production services, increase productivity and ensure the
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        53 12 LEE FOOK CHIEW: The national accountancy body has appointed Mr Lee as chief executive officer. He has held key leadership positions in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining the accountancy body, he was executive vice-president of Wah Hin Co, a private
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        47 12 YUKIO TOYOSHIMA: Appointed managing director with effect from Oct 1. He is currently general manager of the international strategy division at Hitachi. Mr Toyoshima has experience in the field of global business strategy and business development, as well as global expansion of the Hitachi group.
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        46 12 WILLIAM TAN: Mr Tan, the president and chief executive officer, was given a new service agreement, to be effective when his current one expires on June 30. The new agreement will be for two years. Mr Tan was appointed as chief executive in 2001.
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        555 13  -  Short-term caution likely but analysts see more room for rally for rest of 2012 MARKETS INSIGHT By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg REGIONAL markets are likely poised for more of a breather this week, after charging up in the past fortnight following strong moves by
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          2408 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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        271 13 AN INVESTMENT holding firm, owned by a substantial shareholder of mainboard-listed Gul Technologies Singapore, has submitted a proposal seeking the printed circuit board supplier’s voluntary delisting at 16.2 cents a share. The firm is Greenwich Pacific, which does not hold any shares.
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    492 14 OBITUARIES With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late TRICIA NG LAY GEOK Departed on 22 September 2012 From The Management Staff of Loh Loh Corporation Berhad (Malaysia) With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late TRICIA NG LAY GEOK Departed on 22 September
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      30 17 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Sep 23 2012 FIRSTN7537 SECONDN4672 THIRDN8500 STARTERS 0337 2956 3967 4420 4466 5575 6423 7072 8714 8908 CONSOLATIONS 3644 4837 4864 4889 5227 5559 6420 7980 8529 9552
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      108 17 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS LOTTERY L Jjl Draw No. 2782/2012 V/ J Draw on Monday, 24 September 2012 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Sales close at 6pm Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01 Singapore *****6 Time 6.30pm^ For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg SB IfcUiiidfeliijMI
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        705 17  -  They want more covered areas, large screens and improved walkways By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg MORE big screens, more sheltered spectator areas and less walkway congestion. These are some of the improvements that fans of the Singapore Grand Prix feel the night race
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        605 17  -  By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg RICHARD Gawthorpe is convinced Lady Luck has taken a fancy to him recently. The 31-year-old Briton would otherwise have no better way of explaining how he was one of 12 Straits Times readers picked from more than 200
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        721 17  -  By JOHN LUI CORRESPONDENT johnlui@sph.com.sg THE first worry came when the cycling kit, from organisers UBS arrived. Inside was stuff I recognised water bottle, jersey. The shorts were missing, but in its place was a thing that looks like the love child of
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        408 18  -  But experts note that Singapore race’s true value is hard to quantify By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Alvin Foo SINGAPORE’S Formula One franchise fees were lowered for its new five-year deal, but it is understood that the discount is not a
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        102 18 SINGTEL has denied reports that it is considering ending its title sponsorship of the Singapore Grand Prix. A spokesman from the telco, which has backed the world’s only true Formula One night race since the inaugural 2008 edition, yesterday said: “Now that Singapore has renewed
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        686 18  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By ABDUL HAFIZ ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR hafiz@sph.com.sg SO HOW much did Singapore agree to pay Formula One to host its night race for the next five years? Figures remain strictly hush-hush, but there has been at least some discount on the
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        641 18  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg JUST a day after race organisers Singapore GP announced a new five-year deal with rights holder Formula One Administration, various stakeholders have voiced suggestions on how the Republic’s iconic night race can be improved, both on and off
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        618 19 But McLaren ace admits it’ll be tough to catch Alonso, who is 52 pts ahead REUTERS LEWIS Hamilton described his retirement from the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix as heartbreaking even as he refused to give up on the title chase. The McLaren driver
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        633 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEVEN-TIME world champion Michael Schumacher is determined to get to the bottom of a brake failure that caused a dramatic crash and put him out of the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver said despite pumping hard on the brakes, he was
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        197 19  -  MELISSA KOK AMERICAN pop siren Katy Perry kicked off the post-race celebrations with an electrifying start to her performance at the Padang last night. The perky 27-year-old singer kept the race theme going by appearing on stage atop a prop race car with a racer’s helmet.
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        1114 20  -  Red Bull driver first to win back-to-back races in Singapore, closes in on c’ship leader Alonso By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg REUTERS THIS time last year, Sebastian Vettel virtually sealed his Formula One world title in Singapore. Last night, he salvaged it. In a
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      531 15  -  Tianwei content despite failing to capitalise on a weakened field By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg SHE finished fourth in the Volkswagen Women’s World Cup yesterday, but it could have been so much better for national paddler Feng Tianwei. The world No. 7 and Olympic singles bronze medallist
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      419 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA Brandt Snedeker had what he called his best round of the year, a six-under 64 that gave him a share of the lead at the Tour Championship on Saturday. It could turn out to be a round worth US$10 million (S$12.5
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      562 15  -  Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park L The park was developed and reopened in March L Routes in the two parks vary from 1.6km to 3.4km In our weekly series on runners in Singapore’s favourite running spots, ST visited Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park last week and
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      528 16  -  Liverpool blame ref for losing game and player in worst start since 1911 Liverpool 1 Manchester United 2 By RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg THE bare facts are that, for the second successive season, Robin van Persie scored a late winner to enable his side to secure
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      253 16 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON On an occasion ripe with emotion, Liverpool used their first fixture since the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report to demonstrate their ongoing support for the families bereaved by British football’s worst tragedy. The report absolved Liverpool fans of any blame for
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      223 16 Premier League Yesterday Liverpool 1 Man United 2 Newcastle 1 Norwich 0 Man City 1 Arsenal 1 Tottenham 2 QPR 1 P W D L F APts 1 Chelsea 5 4 1 0 9 2 13 2 Manchester United 5 4 0 1 12 6 12 3 Everton 5
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      300 16 Manchester City 1 Arsenal 1 LONDON After wondering how his Arsenal side would fare against “the bigger teams” and “title contenders”, Arsene Wenger got his answer yesterday. Against the champions in their own backyard, the Gunners battled back from a goal down to maintain
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      123 16 Today Cricket ICC World Twenty20, Gp B: West Indies v Ireland (Live, mio TV HD Ch123, 9.45pm 11.40pm). Football Spanish Primera Liga: Deportivo v Sevilla (Live, mio TV Ch115, tomorrow, 3.25am). Squash British Grand Prix: Final (Live, StarHub Ch211, tomorrow, 2am). Tomorrow Cricket ICC World Twenty20, Gp
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      392 16 Badminton Yonex Japan Open In Tokyo, finals (Mas unless stated) Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei bt Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) 21-18 21-18. Doubles: Kim Ki Jung/Kim Sa Rang (Kor) bt Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong 21-16 21-19. Women’s singles: Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Eriko Hirose (Jpn) 9-21 21-9 21-14. Doubles:
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        54 16 BRUNEI DPMM kept up the pressure on S-League football leaders Tampines with a 3-0 away win over Tanjong Pagar last night. They have 39 points from 20 matches, seven points behind the Stags with a game in hand. Second-from-bottom team Geylang beat Courts Young
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        44 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE TOWN South Africa’s former world heavyweight champion Corrie Sanders,46, died after being shot at a Pretoria restaurant where he was celebrating his nephew’s 21st birthday, police reported yesterday. Sanders knocked out current champ Wladimir Klitschko in 2003.
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        50 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Spain football star Xavi Hernandez scored a late goal to set Barcelona on their way to Saturday’s 2-0 win over Granada and maintained their perfect start. The unbeaten Catalan side have now picked up a maximum 15 points from their opening five games.
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        60 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his superb scoring form with another two goals, as Paris Saint-Germain capped off a fine week by crushing Corsican side Bastia 4-0 on Saturday to climb up to third place in the French league. The Sweden striker has seven
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        61 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON All Blacks rugby captain Richie McCaw will take a six-month break from rugby after New Zealand’s year-end tour to Europe, in a move designed to prolong his career to the 2015 World Cup. The decision means he will miss a three-Test series
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        82 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO Australia reached the Super Eights at the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday, as opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner hammered quick runs to help win a rain-hit game against West Indies by 17 runs in Group B. And Sri Lanka officials
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      441 1 Beyond forever Paul Wong on the band’s evergreen appeal Godot comes to town Beckett’s play gets a staging C2 C3 F1’s rocking gigs From Jay Chou to Adam Levine C10 Malay theatre doyenne Atin Amat has devoted her career, and her life, to the arts. She tells EDDINO ABDUL HADI
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        1080 2  -  The shadow of the Cantopop band looms large for Paul Wong, but the singer is cool with it 8 QUESTIONS WITH Paul Wong Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Next year marks the 30th anniversary of one of Cantopop’s most influential rock bands, Beyond. Remarkably, they remain highly
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        699 2 New York Times Yangon His office was once the site of an interrogation centre run by Japan’s feared military police during World War II. And that is how Mr U Tint Swe got his nickname: the literary torturer. “We didn’t arrest or torture anyone,
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        2231 6  -  Cultural Medallion recipient Atin Amat began pursuing her passion for theatre only at 23 THE LIFE! INTERVIEW WITH Atin Amat Eddino Abdul Hadi dinohadi@sph.com.sg The year was 1999 and Singapore theatre veteran Atin Amat’s life was at its lowest point. Teater Kami, the local Malay theatre
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      647 3  -  Irish production of Waiting For Godot puts aside the legendary status of Beckett’s play Adeline Chia Arts Correspondent chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta Few plays have attracted as much interpretation as Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting For Godot, about two characters waiting for a mysterious character named, well, Godot. It has been
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      355 3 Associated Press Bloomberg Hong Kong Global auction house Sotheby’s said last Friday it was setting up a Chinese joint venture that will allow it to become the first foreign company to hold art sales in the world’s biggest fine art market. The New York-based company
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      693 4  -  The third edition will host 14 events, including a gala charity dinner and an exotic gourmet meal Huang Huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg Culinary event Asian Masters is returning in November with a slimmer programme but a more polished focus. The third edition of the Asian-focused gourmet
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      812 7  -  A coaching stint on The Voice UK by The Script’s frontman Danny O’Donoghue led to a No. 1 hit Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg A collaboration between Irish band The Script and American hip-hop star will.i.am might strike some as an odd pairing. After all, will.i.am fronts
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      417 7  -  Review Concert VIOLIN PIANO RECITAL Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, with Wu Qian, piano Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall/Last Friday Chang Tou Liang Ones To Watch is an annual series at the Conservatory that showcases young artists who are rising stars in the universal musical firmament.
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      536 10  -  The singer holds his own against the loud races, soft vocals and all Review Concert JAY CHOU 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Padang/Last Friday 2012 Formula One SingTel Singapore Grand Prix concerts Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Like a racer burning rubber on the
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      646 10  -  Review Concert MAROON 5/PRETENDERS 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Padang/Esplanade Outdoors Theatre/Last Saturday Eddino Abdul Hadi If there is one thing that pop-rockers Maroon 5 and hard rock veterans Pretenders have in common, it is the fact that both
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      389 10  -  Review Concert BANANARAMA 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Padang Stage/Last Saturday Andy Chen At their best during their first of two performances during the Formula One races, 1980s English pop act Bananarama reminded you of the scene in Julia Roberts’ 1997 movie My Best Friend’s Wedding
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      779 11  -  Watchable but forgettable dark comedy is buoyed by Adrian Pang’s good villain performance Review Drama SWIMMING WITH SHARKS Pangdemonium Productions/Drama Centre Theatre/Last Friday Adeline Chia chiahta@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/chiahta The dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood is the subject of this play, originally written as a movie but later adapted
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      536 11  -  Review Drama MAMA LOOKING FOR HER CAT Paper Monkey Theatre National Museum Gallery Theatre/Last Friday Corrie Tan When it was first staged here in 1988, Mama Looking For Her Cat sent frissons of both excitement and disbelief through the audience. As the first multilingual play to
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      485 11  -  Review Drama PRETTY THINGS Patricia Toh/The Substation Theatre/Last Friday Nabilah Said Nabilah Said is a graduate of an inaugural one-year youth theatre programme under Teater Ekamatra and is an aspiring playwright under the mentorship of Zizi Azah. Part of The Substation’s Performance Open Call 2012 curated by
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      909 12  -  Staged in a former fire station, the performance explores the idea of home and displacement Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Staging plays in nostalgia-laden heritage spaces, such as the Bukit Timah Railway and Old School on Mount Sophia, has become quite popular on the local theatre
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      359 6 V INHOUSE 1.99%! 100% Approval With Own Workshop Support. 07/08 Altis 1.6A High OMV/ Flexible Loan Avail. Low Budget Mthly From $538. Albert *****818 G ’05 ESTIMA 1 owner. Low miles. High OMV $39,045! Twin power doors, twin sunroof, massage chair! All round sensors. View now before it is sold!
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      195 6 TODAY ONLY! 3+1 day free Hyundai, Swift, Megane, Kia from $230 up *****138 WIDE RANGE OF cars for rent. No GST. Amanda Call SMS. *****834 *****715 VAN/ 10/ 14 ft/ lorry/ pickup. Flexi term. #03-18 Wcega Plaza. 6469-5691 $40! NISSAN MARCH 1.0A Lavender MRT. No deposit. New leather seat.*****313 PROMOTION
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      520 7 5/’08 NISSAN CARAVAN PH bus. High tradein. Easy loan. 1 owner. 9239-5516 9/’07 FIAT DOBLO 1.3/1.9. Easy loan. High trade in. No repair! Call *****516 1/’10 NISSAN URVAN 5-Dr. Low mileage. 1 owner. White. Easyloan *****516 5/’10 RENAULT KANGOO 1.6A. Agt serviced.Accident free. 1 owner. *****516 ’08 OPEL COMBO Auto/
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      159 7 QUICK! HOLLAND SEMI-D 4600 sqft, 4+1 rm, Nice Frontage. Cul-de-sac. $6.xM only. Call *****000 NASSIM! 14,XXX SQFT. Super Price! The only GCB you really need. Beautiful! APPC Mike Lam *****185 EMERALD HILL 2 storey charming heritage terr. Lovely 1520/ 2500 sqft. $6.xM. Harvest *****035 $5.XM! MT SINAI cul-de-sac. Designer cluster
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      278 7 Vehicles* Properties ENBLOC OUTRAM 5 mins city/casino-Pearlbank Apt 1755sqft 3+3 toilet $1.9xm yield 5%. *****666 Evon STUNNING UNBLOCK VIEW! Enjoy Gorgeous sunrise fr apt Oceanfront 2077 sqft. Sharon Lee *****665 ASCENTIA SKY BY Tanglin High flr. 4 bdrms, 1851 sqft. Nice Orchard View, Windy. TOP Soon. Benz *****000 CARIBBEAN, 3+STUDY.
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      308 7 D’LEEDON @FARRER ROAD 2rms, 1066 sqft, $1438 psf 3rms, 1216 sqft, $1412 psf 3rms, 1550 sqft, $1407 psf 4rms, 1981 sqft, $1419 psf BUY A RESORT Home. Every unit pte pool sauna. 1st 4 yrs rental g’teed! Call now to reserve preview! 9008-4709 Dionis chew AUCTION 28/9. ORCHARD Scotts Anthony
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      264 7 FREEHOLD PASADENA 3+1 1368 sqft. Newly reno. 100% move in. Spacious bright! Tim 9010 6633 BLISS LOFT JUST top fhold 2rm 818sqft high, unblock. Beacon Height 2+study 926 sqft. #2x, unblock. Iresidences 1346sqft, 3rms 1)$8XX PSF! EURO-ASIA Apt F’hold, 3-rm, like penthse. 2)Studio, Suites Changi, $6xxK. TOP soon. Priced to
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      233 7 ENBLOC?? -PEACH GARDEN. 2766 sqft. 3+1 rms. $4.xm. Hawaii Twr 2239 sqft. 3+1 rm. $3.xM. Evon *****666 EQUATORIAL APT Meyer Rd. 2411 sqft, 4+1. Low flr. A1 cond. Tenanted till Sept ’13 Grab! *****785 Mohan ST PATRICK’S RESIDENCES Developer sale. 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ Penthse, 1496-3423 sqft. Tao Nan Sch.
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      682 8 D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale D19-20Serangoon/ Thomson Pte Apts for Sale KO\NN REGENCY Enjoy Special WIP Discount!!! 15% 3% 6% on Preview Day 3 mins walk to Kovan MRT Rare High-rise with Unblocked view 1-4 Bedrooms Penthouses All buildings designed with North South
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      266 8 KOVAN RESIDENCES 3BDRM 1281 sqft. MRT. Simply nice Pool view. Bring cheque. Call James *****559 KOVAN MELODY RARE #01, 3+1+patio.. 1432 sqft. A1 decor. Kovan MRT, $1.49m Call 9437-8151 Jimmy Lim CHEAPEST CONDO IN Punggol! River Isles 3/ 4 rm/ Dual keys. Limited units. Selling fast! From $8xx psf CASPIAN
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      297 8 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS JURONG WEST BUY T-SELL T-F ND T YISHU XPUNGGO SENGKANG KA ANG MO KIO HOUGANG PASIR
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      106 8 BLK. 52 SIMS Place. 3’I’ #12. City view, Lift landing. All races. All nationality. Well reno. Upgrading paid. RARE! NEW LIST! 3’ng Blk 404, mins to MRT/ Mall 24hr Coffeeshop. Reno, lift flr. All races/ PR’s eligible. 3’A’ 329 VALUE $308K 74sqm. Coffeeshop, 7-11 Non m’sian PR ratio filled. All
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      192 8 Properties PEIRCE BUNGLW. *****/ 7600 sqft. 6+1. Inground pool. Well kept. Avail end Oct. Joyce 8189 1298 SUNSET GDN HSE Lovely mint old world charm 4+ isabelredrup.com/ir25.php $17k. *****055. Susan NASSIM RD. ELEVATED Dsty detached. 5+1+1. Nice patio, pool, greenery $45K Connection 9669-0282 HOLLAND MODERN DETACH Amidst greenery. Inviting pool.
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      149 8 SIGLAP 3 STY Semi-D 3800 sqft, 6 bdrms. Big gdn, quiet, easy access. Immed. Act fast! John 9688 8585 STUNNING CONSERVED OFF Dunman 4+1 big/ elegant isabelredrup.com/ir3.php $9.5k. *****055. Susan EASTWOOD CORNER TERR. 6+1. Well kept/ Jln Seaview semi-d with pool, 4+1. Immed. Joyce 8189 1298 $15K BUNGLW Pool 4
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      349 9 Business Centres z£] Business Centres Mapletree Business City Integrated business hub featuring an office building and a first class business park with Grade A specifications. Strategically located along the Alexandra/Telok Blangah business corridor. Excellent connectivity and easily accessible via expressways and Labrador Park MRT station. Extensive amenities including sky gym,
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      300 9 NORTHLINK 5188 SQFT 2 adjoint units/ Enterprise Hub 2809 sqft $1.83psf/ Wcega Plaza, 1819 sqft #02. M.C. Teow 9857-1412 1950/2121 SQFT Bt Batok /Henderson. Ideal for storage cum office. Fr $1.60 psf. Immed.*****366 Long PAYA UBI IND. Park. 6841 sqft, #01. Best frontage. Suit Workshop. Avail soon. $13.xK. Davis 9220
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      165 10 RAFFLES CITY TOWER 3305 sqft 6 BATTERY ROAD 2347/ 3208/ ***** sqft ROBINSON 77 4501,6000/*****/*****sqft DBS TOWER 2 2745/ 4532/ ***** sqft PRUDENTIAL TOWER 5100/ 6000/ ***** sqft THE CENTRAL 926/3520 sqft. F/fitted NOVENA SQUARE 3165/ 8555 sqft Andrew Koh *****207 HSR OFFICE SPACE FOR rent Loyang Cresc. Ceiling boards
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      287 10 FRONTECH CENTRE (KILANG Barat/ Bt Merah) B1 space. Corp image. Aircon/ lights 1894 sqft. 6748 7522 HB CENTRE 1, Tannery Rd. B1 space. 1130/ 2519sqft. 2rms/ Conference/ store/ aircon/ lights. 6748 7522 UPP BT TIMAH Rd 2500sqft Raised floor. Good Layout. Near Amenities. Immediate Call M F Ong 9828 4055
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      230 10 OFFICE/ WAREHSE RENT at Kaki Bukit Pl. 3959 sqft. Avail fr end Nov 2012. Min 2yrs lease. Ask $8700 neg PAYA LEBAR MRT office 1400 sqft, nice condition/ aircon, available immed. $3200 neg. Desi *****238 OWEN RD 290 sqft glass frontage, Dunlop St 300 sqft approx. Fitted. Immed J&K *****863
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      245 11 RARE! 999YR #01 Old Shop Dickson Rd 1216sqft 4MRTs surround. F&B. Val$2.85m. VTO. 8444-9822 Johnny GEYLANG SERAI COFFEESHOP Corner. F’hold. Land 3313 sqft. Concrete flr. #2 Residential. Ken *****817 KATONG PLAZA FREEHOLD #02, 301 Sqft, #03, 183sqft Near Concourse/ escalator Call Josina Ng *****552 SIMS AVE. F’HOLD. 2-sty shophse. Paya
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