The Straits Times, 12 February 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 66 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon G-30 warns of fund crisis in major economies
    521 1  -  Long-term funds needed badly for housing, education, infrastructure By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg THE world’s major economies may face a shortage of long-term funds to pay for essential investments in, for example, housing, education and infrastructure unless significant financial system
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    Lock icon FULL THROTTLE FOR F1 SPIN AT HOME
    97 1 TOP OF THE NEWS A3 Avid car collector Tommie Goh, 65, taking a Formula One simulator, installed in his Ridley Park home, for a “spin” under the eye of Tim Ball, chief executive of BallRacing Developments which built the full-scale, carbon-fibre replica of
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    Lock icon Private ambulance services under review
    518 1  -  By MELISSA PANG JALELAH ABU BAKER melpang@sph.com.sg jalmsab@sph.com.sg A REVIEW of private ambulance services is under way, even as the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) expands its fleet. It comes as the SCDF has responded to a steadily growing number of emergencies. There were 137,341
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Liposuction GP faces disciplinary hearing
      639 2  -  Minister intervenes after appeal by patient over alleged damage to hand By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A DOCTOR alleged to have damaged a US Merchant Marine’s hand during a liposuction treatment will face a disciplinary hearing after intervention by the Health Minister. Rescue
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      Lock icon Pope to resign – a first in 600 years
      629 2 Pope to resign a first in 600 years ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that he would resign at the end of the month as leader of the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics, citing his age the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
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      Lock icon Outrage over racist taunts on Sydney bus
      624 3  -  Malaysia-born TV anchor remains in his seat despite woman’s abuse By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY A Malaysian-born television presenter in Australia was subjected to a barrage of racist taunts while travelling with his two-year-old daughter on a bus in
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      Lock icon Hit 350kmh with no fear of speeding ticket
      479 3  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg IT CAN “reach” speeds of 350kmh, it costs more than $500,000, and it does not require a certificate of entitlement. Behold the BRD Formula One simulator, similar to those on which Formula One world champions like
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • TOP OF THE NEWS
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          Lock icon Doc faces hearing
          31 4 A DOCTOR alleged to have damaged a US Merchant Marine’s hand during a liposuction treatment will face a disciplinary hearing after intervention by the Health Minister. PAGE A2
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          Lock icon Racist taunts in Sydney
          42 4 A MALAYSIAN-BORN television presenter in Australia was subjected to a barrage of racist taunts while travelling with his two-year-old daughter on a bus in Sydney, in a horrifying ordeal that triggered public outrage across the country. PAGE A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon More ‘exam tours’
          73 4 MANY more affluent Chinese are taking “exam tours” to neighbouring countries to take the SAT, to gain entry to universities in the United States. Hong Kong has been the most popular but now students are going to Singapore and South Korea as well, leading to fears of
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          Lock icon Clean image tarnished
          48 4 THE arrest of Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, the former president of Indonesia’s largest Muslim-based party, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has led to disarray and some sense of panic within the party that made a name for itself in the 2004 and 2009 elections. PAGE A14
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          Lock icon Blizzard leaves 9 dead
          54 4 NORTH-EASTERN parts of the United States were striving to resume regular life after a blizzard dumped up to 1m of snow, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. Utility companies reported that some 350,00 0 people were still without electricity in
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Govt can do better: PM
          45 4 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has acknowledged that the Government can do better in communicating policy documents, such as the recent Population White Paper. He promised that it will study the experience to see what can be improved. PAGE B2
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          Lock icon Hotel ally in Sars battle
          54 4 ALMOST 10 years after Singapore was struck by the deadly Sars outbreak, a hotel’s staff have recalled how they helped doctors and nurses fighting the disease. Goodwood Park Hotel delivered food to health-care workers left shunned by the public amid fears that they could spread
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          Lock icon Mesh to help treat tears
          54 4 A TEAM of Singaporean scientists has helped to develop a medical mesh that can treat hernias. The mesh is the first of its kind and can repair tears in abdominal walls. Talks are under way to test it in local hospitals by the end of
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          Lock icon Heart disease databank
          53 4 A BANK of genetic material and tissue from thousands of local patients is being created in an effort to fight heart disease. Researchers aim to sift through the 130 genes known to be involved in the condition to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Japan, China should cool it
          44 4 NEVER before have Japan and China been locked in a squabble over which neither side could back down. This is what the alleged radar-locking incidents in the East China Sea might amount to. Cooler heads must prevail. PAGE A21
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          Lock icon Taming inflation
          48 4 AS YOU feel the pinch from handing out hongbao this season, you may wonder why Singapore has become less successful at fighting inflation. That’s because the country’s exchange rate-centred monetary policy has become less effective in controlling inflation, writes Senior Economics Correspondent Fiona Chan. PAGE A21
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Prices expected to rise
          81 4 CONSUMERS will have to expect inflation to stay at 3 to 4 per cent annually for several years to come, economists say. Prices of goods and services will continue rising as firms cope with a tight labour market that is pushing up wages. PAGE B11 Tan
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          Lock icon Top private-home seller
          46 4 FAR East Organization was the top seller of private homes last year, accounting for about 10 per cent of the 22,290 new homes sold here. City Developments and parent firm Hong Leong Group moved 1,674 units in total, taking second place. PAGE B11
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Mancini points finger
          52 4 MANAGER Roberto Mancini tore into his Manchester City flops and admitted the Premier League champions’ title hopes are in tatters after Southampton claimed a shock 3-1 win on Saturday. He is now the bookmakers’ favourite to be the next manager in England’s top flight to be sacked.
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      • LIFE!
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          63 4 THE CBS network had warned stars attending the Grammy Awards not to show too much skin but singer Jennifer Lopez did not heed the memo. She turned up wearing an Anthony Vaccarello dress that showed off a bare leg and shoulder. Other stars, including Katy Perry and Taylor
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          Lock icon A real mummy's boy
          53 4 THE most important woman in Hong Kong actor Bosco Wong’s (right) life appears to be his mother. In Singapore to promote his latest movie, the Chinese New Year film I Love Hong Kong 2013, he says that she manages his finances and even makes investments on
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          66 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L South Korean’s kind gesture generates online buzz L First Year of the Snake baby born at stroke of midnight L Philippine town mourns largest captive crocodile L Born under the snake zodiac? Life! speaks to Michelle Chong and 9 others L British
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          68 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Hongbao blues: Not enough, say the young. Let’s split our takings, boyfriend tells girlfriend L Foreign workers gather at Rowell Road void deck to eat and drink L ‘Terrible’ smokescreen ruins visual spectacle at Marina Bay CNY Eve fireworks display L Long ‘snaking’ queue
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          37 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Bak kwa macarons for Chinese New Year L Illegal ads and littering bug them most L Cycling pros share safety tips L Edwin Siu, an accidental villain L Luna Sea’s long-awaited Singapore concert
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      Lock icon US a target of ‘massive cyber espionage’
      547 6 Report fingers China for aggressive bid to access data for economic gain WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON A new intelligence assessment has concluded that the United States is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country’s economic competitiveness. The National
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      Lock icon Psy gallops in as BN strives to win Penang voters’ hearts
      749 6  -  By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR As South Korean superstar Psy galloped onto the stage with his Gangnam Style moves, he was cheered by the frenzied thousands who turned up at the Chinese New Year party
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      Lock icon Singapore mixed doubles shuttlers break into top 10
      577 8  -  Duo ranked ninth in world; Republic back on the list after nearly 6 years By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg IT HAS taken almost six years, but Singapore can once again boast of a badminton mixed doubles pair that ranks among the world’s best.
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      Lock icon Growing labour unrest in Myanmar
      428 8  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK Myanmar’s workers have woken up to new rights, and labour unrest has spread in recent months among small factories in industrial zones. But in a country with often dismal and dangerous working conditions and low wages, infighting
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      Lock icon $8,888 for first baby in Year of Snake
      337 8  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE first baby this Chinese New Year was born at Thomson Medical Centre at the stroke of midnight on Sunday, right down to the second. The proud parents of the baby boy Mr Koh Su Ming, 31,
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      Lock icon Wooing the stork with fairytale spin
      580 9  -  NTU students give 15 stories a witty twist to spur young couples By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg A GROUP of students is telling fairytales in an effort to encourage young couples to live happily ever after by having children earlier. Four final-year communication studies students
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      Lock icon 320 enjoy first Istana guided tour
      328 9  -  By DERRICK HO derrickh@sph.com.sg EVEN though Mr Harry Tong has visited the Istana countless times, he arrived at the presidential gates an hour before they opened to the public yesterday. This time, he was eager to be on the first-ever guided tour of the
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      27 3 WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com See the $500,000 F1 simulator in action Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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      27 9 VIEW PICTURES www.straitstimes.com First guided tour of 144-year-old Istana for visitors Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Mainland Chinese students hop on the ExpressSAT
      964 10  -  The Chinese quest for a brand-name university degree is spurring massive flows of people, with implications beyond the paper chase. In the first of a two-part series, China Correspondent Ho Ai Li reports on the growing popularity of “exam tours” to Hong Kong.
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      Lock icon SAT v gaokao
      228 10  -  HO AI LI SAT (formerly known as the Scholastic Assessment Test) L First offered in 1926, the SAT is a standardised test for admission to American universities, and is offered six times a year outside the United States in October, November, December, January, May and June. L
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      Lock icon Chinese rage over brazen ‘Fang family’
      791 11  -  Expose of officials, all with massive property portfolios, reveals endemic graft By GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING China has been gripped by the brazenly corrupt exploits of the “House of Fang”, though its members do not share surnames,
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      Lock icon Family dossier
      200 11 Cheng Shaochun L Nickname: Fang Zu Zong (patriarch) L Age: Not reported L Position: Public Security Bureau deputy chief in northern Jinan city L Alleged assets: 16 apartment blocks and two hukou L Response: The Jinan Public Security Bureau said the units are hostels for the local police.
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      Lock icon LESS FIERY, NO LESS FESTIVE
      77 11 Residents lighting up the night sky with fireworks in Shanghai on Chinese New Year Eve on Saturday. Setting off fireworks to celebrate renewal and ward off evil spirits is a Chinese New Year tradition. But following serious air pollution in Beijing, the government has appealed
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      Lock icon ‘Tighter concert rules’ after Elton John shocker
      354 11 BEIJING China has tightened rules on foreign musicians performing in the country, the Guardian reported, citing sources, after British singer Elton John dedicated his Beijing concert last year to dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Minutes into his November performance, Elton John announced he was
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon 36 pilgrims die in stampede at Indian railway station
        363 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS ALLAHABAD (India) Anxious relatives were searching for missing family members after a terrifying stampede at a railway station here left at least 36 people dead on the main day of India’s Kumbh Mela
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  363 words
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        Lock icon PKS in a panic over leader’s graft probe
        574 14  -  Indonesia’s largest Muslim party had won votes by touting a clean image NEWS ANALYSIS By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA As Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, the former president of Indonesia’s largest Muslim-based party, sat in a detention cell on a corruption
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        Lock icon Aquino pursues peace deal with rebels
        566 16  -  Landmark visit to Muslim rebel base part of Philippine leader’s push for pact before term ends By ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday made a landmark visit to a Muslim rebel stronghold in the troubled south in a push
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        Lock icon Radar failure at Delhi airport
        158 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI An electrician accidentally unplugged the radar system at the Indian capital’s airport, forcing air traffic controllers to manually guide in aircraft, media reports said. Electricians fixing a fault accidentally unplugged the main power source of the radar last Friday, causing radar
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        Lock icon Bangladeshis fear missing chance to right past wrongs
        754 16  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By HIMAYA QUASEM hquasem@sph.com.sg MORE than 40 years after Bangladesh’s bloody struggle for independence from Pakistan, a war crimes tribunal has reopened old wounds. Public outrage boiled over last week after a court spared convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Tokyo boat gift for Manila
          65 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan plans to donate patrol boats costing 1 billion yen (S$13 million) each to the Philippines, boosting regional efforts to monitor China’s activity in disputed waters, the Nikkei said yesterday. Tokyo plans to finance the deal in its fiscal 2013 budget starting
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          Lock icon Xi fan revealed
          63 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING The person behind a microblog about China’s new leader Xi Jinping has been revealed. He is Mr Zhang Hongming (left), a college dropout and migrant worker who admires the leader and hopes to make him more accessible to the public. Mr Zhang started the
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          Lock icon Taleban: No obscene films
          43 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PESHAWAR The Pakistani Taleban has warned shopkeepers in a popular market to stop selling “obscene films” and Viagrastyle male potency pills. Shopkeepers yesterday said they found pamphlets containing the warnings last Saturday in Karkhano market in Peshawar.
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        Lock icon Giant croc dies in Philippines
        269 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was blamed for the deaths of several people. Bunawan town plans to preserve the remains of the
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        Lock icon India’s Congress getting its act together
        688 17  -  With bold reform moves, it may have redeemed itself just in time for polls NEWS ANALYSIS By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE INDIA CORRESPONDENT mkritti@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI In the last four months, India’s ruling Congress party has done more than it has in the preceding three years
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      Lock icon LA offers US$1 million reward for rogue ex-cop
      338 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES Los Angeles has announced a US$1 million (S$1.24 million) reward for information leading to the capture of an ex-cop accused of “domestic terrorism” in a murder spree that has claimed three lives. Investigators have been combing the California
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      Lock icon French retailers clear shelves
      469 18 Govt holding crisis talks with industry players amid much finger-pointing HORSE MEAT SCANDAL AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS The Europe-wide scandal over horse meat sold as beef spread as leading French retailers pulled products from their shelves and threats of legal action flew. France promised
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Drive against Scot self-rule
        88 18 REUTERS LONDON The British government yesterday intensified its campaign to stop Scotland leaving Britain, publishing a legal opinion saying it would forfeit membership of international bodies such as the European Union if it chose independence. The pro-independence Scottish National Party that runs Scotland’s devolved government plans
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        Lock icon Prank-call DJ back on air
        103 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY One of the Australian radio hosts at the centre of a royal prank call controversy, in which a nurse was found hanged, returned to the airwaves yesterday. Mr Michael Christian and co-host Mel Greig made the phone call to London’s King Edward
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      Lock icon US north-east recovering from blizzard
      485 19 Airports reopen, travel ban lifted, but many people still without electricity REUTERS NEW YORK The US north-east has started digging itself out after a blizzard dumped up to 1m of snow with hurricane-force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without
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      Lock icon Apple gets summons in Australia
      450 20 Parliamentary committee wants to know why Aussies pay more REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CANBERRA Apple has been ordered to appear before Australia’s Parliament with fellow technology giants Microsoft and Adobe Systems to explain why local consumers pay so much for their products. Broadening a row between
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      Lock icon US Airways, American ‘merger soon’
      448 20 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK After months of negotiations, American Airlines and US Airways are expected this week to announce a merger, which would create the nation’s biggest airline and concentrate even further a once-fragmented industry. A merger would expand American’s domestic network, particularly in
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon ASX maintains monopoly
        96 20 REUTERS SYDNEY The Australian government is delaying a decision on opening the country’s equities clearing facility to competition for two years, extending the monopoly of stock exchange operator ASX. Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday that ASX had agreed to develop a code of practice with key
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        Lock icon Tycoon merges two banks
        86 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Two large banks controlled by one of the Philippines’ richest men have merged, strengthening their position in the country’s recovering economy, it was announced yesterday. The near-century-old Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Allied Bank, both controlled by tycoon Lucio Tan, announced their merger,
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        Lock icon Japan seeks Saudi oil deal
        121 20 REUTERS ABU DHABI Japan has offered to help Saudi Arabia build nuclear power stations to free up more oil for exports, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, but a visiting Japanese minister said he was not seeking a supply increase right now. Trade Minister Toshimitsu
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      6 10 A16 Aquino’s charm offensive in Mindanao
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      459 21 THE ill-tempered exchange China and Japan are engaged in over naval incidents in the East China Sea is not more of the same. What could arise from two trigger incidents last month, in which a Japanese warship and a military helicopter were said to
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      1340 21  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg ASK any Singaporean today about his top three grouses and one of them is bound to be the cost of living. From house and transport prices to health care and education bills, it seems like
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      1012 22  -  By WANG GUNGWU FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a professor at the National University of Singapore, and chairman of the managing board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. THE danger of another Sino-Japanese war has set alarm bells
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      1214 22  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. JAPAN’S protest to China that its warships recently locked their weapons-con-trol radars onto a Japanese navy destroyer and a military helicopter
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      805 22  - New Indonesian province new set of problems By BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg LATE last year, not long after the Indonesian parliament approved the establishment of North Kalimantan as the country’s 34th province, automobile dealers arrived in Tanjung Selor, the proposed capital, looking for land to build their showrooms. Was
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      348 23  -  James Westberry THE article on foreigners taking up Singapore citizenship is spot on (“Home in Singapore, heart in homeland”; Feb 4). I can understand the Government’s desire to have citizenship applicants who are highly educated. However, serious consideration should be given
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      495 23  -  RISING PROPERTY PRICES Francis Zhan A GAPING loophole in the pricing of private properties exists, resulting in the authorities and the housing developers playing a game of “cat-and-mouse” (“Indirect discounts for home buyers under review”; last Wednesday). As long as this loophole is not plugged,
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      194 23  -  Teo Yan Ting THE new express bus service 850E between Yishun and the Central Business District is indeed useful in providing a more comfortable and direct travel alternative for commuters (“New express bus service for Yishun”; last Wednesday). However, I urge the
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      201 23  -  Chan Hean Boon ONE of the key points in the Population White Paper is to take in between 15,000 and 25,000 new citizens each year to halt our citizen population from shrinking because our total fertility rate is way below the replacement rate of
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      274 23  -  Pham Thi Ngoc Anh (Madam) I AM a 31-year-old Vietnamese national in Singapore on a six-month visit pass since giving birth here. My husband, son and aged mother-in-law are all born-and-bred Singaporeans. I am a university graduate and was a teacher
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      723 1  -  Having two drivers per cab will increase availability, says association adviser By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg MORE should be done to help cabbies find relief drivers, said National Taxi Association (NTA) adviser Ang Hin Kee on Sunday. Sharing feedback from NTA members in the
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      656 2  -  It will see how to do better next time, including communication By TOH YONG CHUAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg DAYS after a difficult debate over the Population White Paper in Parliament, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pledged on Sunday that the Government will
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      353 2  -  By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg A WEEK ago, he made waves with a forthright rebuke of his party, criticising the People’s Action Party for policy misjudgments in population growth that led to current social problems. But over the weekend, veteran backbencher Inderjit
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      496 3  -  He explains that unlike in the UK, there is no ‘unruly tabloid press’ here By K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S recently enacted Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) is unlikely to lead to a general civil right here to sue
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      337 3  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg CABBY Lim Choy Ann, 47, received a special reward while on the road last Saturday, Chinese New Year’s eve. He was directed to the Singapore Flyer by a “passenger” he picked up at the Coca-Cola office in Tuas,
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      315 4  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE scientists have helped develop a new medical mesh to repair tears in abdominal walls and to make them stronger. The mesh is the first of its kind to be approved for sale by the United States
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      553 4  -  Research will be based on samples taken from locals By CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT ailien@sph.com.sg RESEARCHERS here are setting up a bank of genetic material and tissue from thousands of local heart patients. They aim to sift through the 130 genes known
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      353 5  -  LIM YI HAN ANYONE wanting a glimpse of what a housing estate in Singapore might look like in a couple of decades from now when the population ages, need only take a trip to Marine Parade. The estate has a high proportion of
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      117 6 Elderly folk having breakfast and buying groceries at the Marine Terrace Market and Food Centre. One out of four residents in the constituency are more than 65 years old. ST PHOTOS: TED CHEN ST PHOTOS: TED CHEN Some of the
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      517 6  -  By DERRICK HO derrickh@sph.com.sg RE-ROUTING heavy vehicles such as cement mixer trucks onto the expressway so that they ply fewer residential roads seems like a good idea, said most residents in Tampines, even though motorists criticised it. The suggestion came following an accident
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      134 10 SEVERE acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars, is a highly contagious and potentially fatal form of pneumonia. The virus originated from a 45-year-old man in Guangdong province, China. The disease spread to Singapore in late February 2003, when three Singaporeans returned from a stay at
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      810 10  -  LIM YAN LIANG WHEN a young lady was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in early March 2003 with fever and breathing problems, no one suspected anything was amiss. But very soon, both nurses and other patients of Ward 5A started coming
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      149 10 AS PART of this year’s Total Defence campaign, Singaporeans are invited to help form “The Longest Online Human Chain” by submitting photos with their arms outstretched, at standwithme.sg About 500 people have already submitted photos. The project will showcase this will showcase this
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      427 6 Moving Your Business Communication One Step Closer to Success Who should attend: Marketing PR Consultants, Senior and Middle Management, General Management, Sales Business Development Managers and Customer Service Personnel Supervisors. 2013 FEBRUARY SERIES 5TJOB5 No.l Awarded Best in Cross Media Advertising (Silver) No.l Recruitment site in Singapore by for Asian
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      641 11  -  Economists tip consumer prices to rise 3%-4% amid tight labour market By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS in Singapore could enjoy a lower rate of inflation this year, but price levels are likely to stay elevated in the years to
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      612 11  -  By ESTHER TEO PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT esthert@sph.com.sg DEVELOPER Far East Organization was again the top seller of private homes last year, topping the table with 2,181 transactions. The company accounted for about 10 per cent of the 22,290 new homes sold last year,
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      398 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg ECONOMIC restructuring is of the “utmost priority” to raise productivity, says Education Minister Heng Swee Keat. In view of the recent Population White Paper, which is a basis for charting future policies, Mr Heng said Singapore firms
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      641 12  -  Corporate suitors seek to unlock value in oft-neglected conglomerate NEWS ANALYSIS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg A TAKEOVER battle has recently been brewing over 107-year-old WBL Corp, leading to questions over what the rival parties see in the venerable but often-neglected conglomerate. Once criticised by
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      714 12 AT WORK WITH JOYCE TEO joyceteo@sph.com.sg EVERYONE from bosses to those at the bottom of the corporate food chain seems to think flexible work arrangements are a great idea until someone actually asks for it. Just ask around, and you will find most of
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      1637 13 Countries keen on real estate as alternative to bonds, stocks BLOOMBERG SOVEREIGN wealth funds from China to Azerbaijan, which pushed their real estate deal making to a record last year, are set to extend their buying spree as they seek alternatives to low-yielding bonds
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      813 18 Mourinho checks out a powerful United ahead of tomorrow’s clash THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jose Mourinho has set the stage for Real Madrid’s mouth-watering Champions League clash against Manchester United by claiming that it is “the match the world is waiting for”. The Real coach was at
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      434 18  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg AS FAR as I’m concerned, it is game over in the English Premier League. After their 1-3 loss to Southampton, Manchester City might as well have polished and delivered the EPL trophy to their
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      579 18 THE TIMES, LONDON MADRID In the Bernabeu on a chilly Saturday evening, Cristiano Ronaldo could only have done more to proclaim his readiness to face Manchester United if he had unveiled a T-shirt with the message “coming to get you” or “bring
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      257 18 LONDON It was a case of poor timing for Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, as his preparations for tomorrow’s clash with Real Madrid was hit after he was exposed as a love cheat. The 31-year-old defender knows a win over the Spanish giants will help
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      46 18 Saturday’s results Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1 Chelsea 4 Wigan 1 Norwich 0 Fulham 0 Stoke 2 Reading 1 Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1 Swansea 4 QPR 1 Southampton 3 Man City 1 Sunday’s matches Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1 Man United 2 Everton 0
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      822 15 NADAL COMES UP JUST SHORT TWICE While disappointed, he’s glad he got through comeback event after injury ASSOCIATED PRESS VINA DEL MAR (Chile) A loss in the final against little-known Argentinian Horacio Zeballos was not the way Rafael Nadal wanted to end his comeback tennis tournament after seven months off
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      359 15 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on teams to disclose any use of banned drugs, after a government probe rocked the country by finding widespread use of illegal substances. “Come clean,” she said. “For clubs that have had
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      336 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS PEBBLE BEACH (California) With his flyaway blond hair, freckles and dimpled smile, Brandt Snedeker does not look as if he could scare a deer grazing in the fairway. Yet, he has emerged as the most intimidating golfer down a tournament’s
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      371 15 NEW YORK TIMES PARIS England were the big winners on the second weekend of the European Six Nations rugby championship that ended with perennial powers France at the bottom of the table. England ground out a 12-6 victory over Ireland in Dublin on Sunday
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        69 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is recovering in a hospital in the United States after reacting badly to a detox programme in his battle to beat alcoholism. The 45-year-old, who starred in the 1990 football World Cup, flew to Arizona last week
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        58 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS KRAGUJEVAC (Serbia) Clashes between rival fans stopped the Serbian basketball Cup final, forcing Sunday’s game to be continued a day later in an empty arena. The violence erupted in the third quarter when fans of Belgrade arch-rivals Red Star and Partizan invaded the court
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        48 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Alistair Edwards, who starred for the Singapore side in the Malaysian league in the 1990s, is now the interim coach of Australian league team Perth Glory. The club yesterday sacked Ian Ferguson after eight successive A-League games without a win.
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        47 15 REUTERS MADRID Lionel Messi notched his 35th league goal of the season, as an under-strength Barcelona strolled to a 6-1 home drubbing of Getafe that put them 12 points clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of La Liga on Sunday.
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      585 16 Super Eagles fly high to win African Nations Cup after 19 years ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAGOS Nigeria erupted in celebrations after their Super Eagles won the African Nations Cup on Sunday, a moment that harkened back to the national teams of old and saw fans
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      256 16 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o’s rift with the country’s football authorities has widened, with the player claiming that some officials want him dead. Last year, the former Barcelona and Inter Milan player refused to play for his country,
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      306 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM Under heavy security, a Muslim footballer whose signing for a Jerusalem club sparked a violent uprising by a hardcore group of racist fans made his much anticipated debut on Sunday to a rousing ovation. Hundreds of police officers were deployed around Beitar
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      207 17 L Manager Roberto Mancini knew which players he wanted for this season: Daniele de Rossi, Eden Hazard, Javi Martinez and No. 1 target Robin van Persie. He failed to sign even one. L Nigel “The Lawnmower” de Jong added plenty of steel
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      841 17 Out of Europe and 12 pts behind in EPL manager may get boot soon THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON If it is true that players ultimately get managers dismissed, there must have been times since the turn of the year when Roberto Mancini has
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      297 17 REUTERS MILAN While his former side Manchester City flopped, maverick forward Mario Balotelli’s impressive return to Serie A continued when he scored a late penalty for the second straight game on Sunday, to give AC Milan a 1-1 draw at Cagliari. The Italy
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      168 17 REUTERS LONDON Juventus will enter the “lion’s den” today when they take on a Celtic side flying the flag for Scottish football. The Champions League last-16 first-leg tie in Glasgow is the fifth meeting between the proud old clubs and the first since 2001 when
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      544 17 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Paris St-Ger-main’s trip to Valencia in the Champions League today pits the haves against the have-nots of Europe a gulf that will be highlighted by the sight of David Beckham cheering his new French team from the stands. He will travel
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      355 1 Grammy awards Stars dare to bare C14 Mummy’s boy Actor Bosco Wong lets her manage his finances C7 No borders Milan gallery shows Singaporean painter’s work in Switzerland C2 Ten celebrities and professionals, such as Michelle Chong (left), born in the Year of the Snake talk about their Snake-like traits
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        697 2  -  Artist Ruben Pang, 22, is represented by an Italian gallery for his exhibition in Switzerland Deepika Shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Visitors at annual art fair Art Stage Singapore last month did a double-take when they encountered work by homegrown artist Donna Ong. It was not just
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        553 2 Agence France-Presse Rio De Janeiro As world celebrities watched, top samba schools paraded their elaborate fantasy floats and scantily clad beauty queens on Sunday in the fiery highlight of the Rio Carnival. The floats were packed with dancers wearing huge headgear, feathers, sequins, body paint
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        540 3  -  Teater Ekamatra’s Tahan depicts the tragedies and conflicts policemen face on the job and in their personal lives Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg When he was a sergeant in the police force, playwright-director Irfan Kasban was once called to a 7-Eleven store, where a man had
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        521 3 International Herald Tribune Hong Kong In Hong Kong, the tensions between its residents and visitors from China dominate the headlines of the city’s papers, with the Chinese blamed for a shortage of school slots, bad manners in stores and a hypercharged property market. So it
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        477 5 Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger marks 150th year of the Underground with artworks for stations Bloomberg London Mark Wallinger, who in 2007 won Britain’s Turner Prize, is making art for all 270 of London Underground’s stations to mark the network’s 150th anniversary. Using the labyrinth
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        194 5 Agence France-Presse Paris The Peony Pavilion, a classical Chinese opera directed by and starring Japanese kabuki master Tamasaburo Bando, won a standing ovation at its premiere in Paris on Sunday. Many Japanese, including some women dressed in traditional kimonos, were in the audience at the Theatre
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        393 6  -  Lisabel Ting WATERCOLOUR EXHIBITION Singapore Watercolour Society founding member Ho Yee Ping is holding his first solo exhibition, Colourful Street Lanes. The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts 1953 graduate’s work (right) is characterised by old architecture and vivid colours. The exhibition is organised by the Society Of Chinese
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      827 7  -  Hong Kong actor Bosco Wong leaves his finances to his mother, including the buying of property Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg He has been paired with some of Hong Kong’s hottest starlets onscreen and off, but the most important woman in actor Bosco Wong’s life is
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      502 12  -  Long-time J-rockers Luna Sea were in fine form as they played high-powered hits at their first gig here Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Review Concert LUNA SEA THE END OF THE DREAM ASIA TOUR 2013 The Star Theatre, The Star Performing Arts Centre Last Friday It has
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      556 12 Associated Press Beverly Hills, California A room full of engineers, computer whizzes and technicians brought the crew of the Starship Enterprise down to Earth for a night at the Sci-Tech Oscars, where Singapore animator Nickson Fong became the first Singaporean to win an Academy Award.
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      815 14 Ohio band bag four trophies, while major awards go to Mumford Sons, Gotye and fun. Associated Press New York Times Los Angeles Singapore’s first Grammy Award nominee came up short on Sunday, on a night that belonged to Ohio rockers The Black Keys and
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      303 14 Agence France-Presse A warning by the CBS network not to show too much skin did not seem to deter the stars out Sunday for the televised awards. Singer Jennifer Lopez was among those showing off thigh-high or higher openings in their dresses, wearing an Anthony Vaccarelli
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        472 16 Reuters Associated Press London Ben Affleck’s Argo continued its journey from awards season outsider to favourite on Sunday, winning three prizes, including Best Picture, at the British Academy Film Awards (Bafta), while Daniel Day-Lewis bagged yet another leading actor award for the title role in Lincoln.
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        236 16 Beijing China Central Television (CCTV) scrambled to dissociate itself from a joke Taiwanese magician Lu Chen (below) made live on its popular Spring Festival gala show, beamed to hundreds of millions of TV viewers on Chinese New Year’s Eve. The unfortunate subject of Lu’s
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        241 16 Taipei Police are investigating a case in which an undergraduate needed four stitches on his lips after an alleged assault by TV host Jacky Wu, 51. The host claimed after last Friday’s incident that he had been drinking and had been flustered, thinking that Chen
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          61 16 Singer Chris Brown crashed his Porsche into a wall in Beverly Hills on Saturday, and later told police he was being chased by the paparazzi, police said. The crash came on the eve of the Grammy Awards, almost exactly four years after Brown assaulted his
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          53 16 Dressed in red and black, Taiwanese boyband F4 staged a reunion on Jiangsu TV’s annual Spring Festival show on Sunday, singing their songs Meteor Rain and First Time. A touching moment came when Jerry Yan hugged bandmate Ken Chu and apologised for his bad temper
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      762 8  -  Stockholm’s magnetic combination of history and art attracts Ryandall Lim I WAS expecting the capital city of one of the world’s richest, cleanest and happiest countries to be another concrete jungle of towering skyscrapers and postmodern architectural monstrosities. Yet the only entities breaking Stockholm’s skyline are intricate church
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      910 9 Tourism boom in Malaysia More than 25 million foreign tourists visited Malaysia last year. They also spent more time in the country compared to previous years, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said. “I am extremely happy that the tourism industry has consistently registered growth
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      32 9 In our story “Dancing in the land of samba” published on Feb 5, we erroneously referred to Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil. The capital of Brazil is Brasilia.
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        286 2  -  ACTIVITY BY NICHOLAS TEO ST, Jan 30 Population could hit 6.9m by 2030 By Rachel Chang Singapore’s population could grow to 6.9 million in 2030 as the Government moves to tackle the serious demographic double whammy of a shrinking and ageing population. Of that, the resident population of
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        379 3  -  Students enjoyed the first Chingay Parade National Education Show earlier this month. reports Nicholas Teo Fireworks and artificial snow marked the finale of the first Chingay Parade National Education Show on Feb 2. Some 8,000 students were at the F1 Pit Building for the spectacular event.
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        595 4  -  A briefing on The Big Spell contest included valuable tips for educators. reports Sheryl Quek Some 100 teachers picked up ideas on making spelling a delight for their pupils at a special briefing on Jan 29. Held for the first time, the briefing by
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        635 5  -  His firefighting job is dangerous but the satisfaction is great. reports Nicholas Teo When Staff Sergeant (SSG) Lewis Tan fights a fire, he lugs about 20kg of equipment and gear such as breathing apparatus, a “rabbit” tool (a hydraulic spreading tool) and bolt cutter
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        566 6 / 7  -  Littering is still a problem, despite fines, campaigns and a small army of cleaners. reports Tan Xing Qi Singapore is a fine city in more ways than one. If you smoke in undesignated areas, eat inside trains or litter, be prepared to be slapped with a hefty
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