The Straits Times, 10 March 2014

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  • 723 1  -  Malaysia tightens airport security in response to lapses By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF IN SEPANG (SELANGOR) carolynh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Esther Teo and Rachel Chang in Beijing MALAYSIA has widened its search for a missing jetliner following
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  • 317 1  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg THE Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) was rapped by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday for a second checkpoint breach in two months. On Saturday, a 64-year-old Singapore permanent resident drove a car over a security barrier
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  • 55 1 SINGAPORE National Olympic Council vice-president Low Teo Ping will lead a committee to look into the Singapore Athletics Association (SAA) spat. SAA vice-presidents Loh Chan Pew and Steven Lee, deemed to have undermined the authority of the SAA executive committee, were each given four-month bans
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    • 690 2  -  Police explain why they took 5 hours to nab suspect; 4 others being probed By TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg A CAR could not be stopped by a security barrier at the Woodlands Checkpoint, and the authorities are now looking into how this
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    • 464 2  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg SECURITY guards in Singapore may soon have a day to call their own, if the efforts of an industry group bear fruit. The Security Association of Singapore, which represents 80 security firms, is pushing for
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    • 636 3 She will replace him in Kajang after court upholds his sodomy conviction THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim has picked his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as their party’s candidate to contest a by-election in Kajang constituency in Selangor,
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    • 338 3  -  TOH YONG CHUAN THE security association that had publicly rebuffed a move by NTUC to raise the pay of security guards has since backed down. Last September, the Security Association of Singapore (SAS) openly objected to NTUC’s move to implement a
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 50 4 MALAYSIA has widened its search for a Malaysia Airlines jetliner after revelations that it might have tried to turn back, as Prime Minister Najib Razak ordered tighter airport security in response to reports that two passengers boarded with stolen passports. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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      • 42 4 THE wife of Malaysia’s opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim will stand as candidate for a by-election in Kajang, Selangor, after he was legally blocked from doing so following a sodomy conviction last week. TOP OF THE NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
        • 38 4 INDIAN politicians may be an unpopular lot, but that has not stopped an army of military officials, retired bureaucrats, technocrats and journalists from joining political parties and contesting polls this election season. PAGE A9
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        • 48 4 THE political crisis in Bangkok has accentuated the alienation Malay Muslims in Thailand’s southern border provinces feel from the rest of the country. They are more concerned about strengthening their hand for greater autonomy once a new government emerges from the crisis. PAGE A11
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      • OPINION
        • 33 4 THE showdown over Ukraine may not unleash a new Cold War, but it is a seminal event capable of changing worldwide strategic calculations, writes Europe correspondent Jonathan Eyal. PAGE A18
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      • 47 4 The ugly and, at times, devastating effects of online harassment and stalking have shown up gaps in the law. Netizens who go overboard need to be checked, all the more because cyber bullying is rampant here. The Straits Times OPINION A18
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      • HOME
        • 45 4 SINGAPOREANS are hunkering down for a worsening of air quality by buying air purifiers. Many stores have seen a surge in sales of these items, after the Pollutant Standards Index went down from good to moderate last week. PAGE B1
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        • 67 4 MORE expatriates are coming here with just their suitcases and no jobs, much less lavish work packages. They choose Singapore mainly because it is in booming Asia and it is a place where English is widely used. PAGE B4 New Zealanders Joseph Barratt and Lisa Reta came to
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          18 4 DINERS share their memories of the soon-to-close McDonald’s at King Albert Park (above). ST PHOTO: MARK CHLONG
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        • SOCIAL MEDIA
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            32 4 IT HAPPENS today at noon. Follow the action on our Instagram @straits_times 12 Angry Men has garnered eight nominations for the Life! Theatre Awards. PHOTO: THE ESPLANADE PHOTO: THE ESPLANADE
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          • 48 4 THIS week, food editor Tan Hsueh Yun is sharing her favourite coffee-relat-ed images and videos on our Pinterest account. Look out for a pin where she will reveal where her mug is from. Follow and you might win a gift bag. Details at http://bit.ly/1lAizXU
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            34 4 SINGAPOREANS share stories of their favourite neighbourhoods. Go to straitstimes.com/at-home Housewife Joan Pereira (left), 79, chatting with a neighbour. She talks about Opera Estate and favourite spots. ST PHOTO: CALVIN SEAH
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      • MONEY
        • 33 4 THE global commodity chemicals industry may be in a down cycle, but new plants and investments are expected to continue at a healthy pace at Singapore’s Jurong Island. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
        • 63 4 AFTER hammering Everton 4-1 in the FA Cup quarter-final, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes his men are inspired ahead of their Champions League trip to Bayern Munich on Wednesday (Singapore time). The Gunners lost the first leg of the round-of-16 match 2-0 to the holders. PAGE
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      • LIFE!
        • 75 4 BRITISH cookbook author and TV personality Nigel Slater is not one to throw out leftover food. The 55-year-old has come up with a new television series, Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day, showing how to, as he says, “make a little food go a long way”. PAGE
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    • MISSING MH370
      • 740 6  -  A possible reason why control centre lost contact, distress signal not sent By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg WHATEVER happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the wee hours of Saturday, aviation safety experts say it must have been quick and catastrophic. This would
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      • 491 6  -  By LEE HUI CHIEH ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR huichieh@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has sent more military planes and ships to help in a multi-country search for the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane that went missing on Saturday. Two military transport planes, a naval helicopter,
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      • 746 6  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg THE revelation that at least two passengers on Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 that vanished over the sea off Vietnam were carrying stolen passports has raised red flags among law enforcers and security analysts. Terrorists
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      • 792 8  -  Lack of answers prompts petition for Beijing to step in By RACHEL CHANG, ESTHER TEO rchang@sph.com.sg esthert@sph.com.sg IN BEIJING ANGER, anxiety and false hope filled a meeting room in a Beijing hotel yesterday where more than a hundred family members and loved ones of
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      • 493 8  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN PUTRAJAYA lestkong@sph.com.sg “I’LL be back in a week. Then we can cut cake together for sister’s birthday, Appa (father in Tamil),” were Petronas marketing manager Puspanathan Subramaniam’s last words to his
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      • 405 8 L Group from China A group of 19 painters and calligraphers were flying home after exhibiting their work in Malaysia, The Star newspaper said. Among them were China Calligraphy Artists Association vice-chairman Meng Gaosheng, 64, and oil painter Maimaitijiang Abula, 34, who is an ethnic
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      • 267 8 MARCH 8 L 12.41am: MH370 departs Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239 people on board. L 1.30am: Subang Air Traffic Control loses contact with plane. L 6.30am: MH370 does not land at Beijing airport at the scheduled time. L 7.30am: MAS confirms MH370 had lost contact
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  • WORLD
    • 916 9  -  Former army chief, ex-diplomats and top entrepreneur among new entrants By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg INDIAN politicians may be an unpopular lot in India but that has not stopped an army of retired military officials, bureaucrats and technocrats from joining political
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    • ASIA
      • 74 10 An Indian labourer sifting coloured powder known as “gulal” in a factory in Fulbari village, on the outskirts of Siliguri, yesterday. The coloured powder is meant for Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colours. It is observed in India at the end of the winter
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      • 410 10 Aquino aide reacts to Chinese Foreign Minister’s remarks AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The Philippines also has the right to defend every inch of its territory, President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman said yesterday, after China made a similar warning. Spokesman Herminio Coloma’s remarks came after China’s
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      • 339 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS KABUL Afghan Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, formerly one of the country’s much feared warlords, has died of natural causes at the age of 56, officials said yesterday. In response, President Hamid Karzai has declared three days of national
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; REUTERS  -  339 words
      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 96 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan plans to slash by half the amount of juvenile bluefin tuna taken from the Northern Pacific starting next year, compared to the 2002-2004 average, reports said yesterday. The Fisheries Agency has decided to increase protection for bluefin tuna amid international
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        • 76 10 REUTERS NEW DELHI One worker was killed and two injured in an accident at a shipyard building a nuclear submarine in Visakhapatnam in southern India on Saturday evening, the third fatal navy-related accident in a month. The accident took place outside the submarine during testing
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        • 92 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Armed men have burnt down a yoga centre in Islamabad inaugurated by a famous Indian Hindu guru who once offered to teach inner peace to the Taleban, police said yesterday. The Art of Living centre was torched on Saturday night in the
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      • 1163 11  -  Increasingly, there is recognition that the conflict needs a political solution By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN NARATHIWAT tanhy@sph.com.sg IT IS a Saturday night in downtown Narathiwat, and the steady stream of motorists pay little heed to the few dozen chairs and
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      • 852 12 Political and Legal Committee’s power to interfere in most legal cases curbed REUTERS BEIJING China has curtailed the power of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Political and Legal Committee (PLC) a secretive body overseeing the security services to interfere in most legal
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      • 147 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A vice-governor of south-western China’s Yunnan province is being investigated, the ruling Communist Party’s internal disciplinary body announced, the latest high-ranking official to fall in an anti-graft campaign. Mr Shen Peiping was suspected of “serious disciplinary and legal violations”, the party’s Central Commission
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      • 716 12  -  By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Kor Kian Beng NINGXIA province’s delegate to China’s national Parliament Wu Renmin is paying money for laundry for the first time this year while other delegates have lugged their own
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      • 366 12 REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING China will toughen its environmental protection laws to target polluters, according to a high-level policy report, paving the way for possibly stiffer penalties for polluting and the suspension or shutdown of polluters. The revised law would hold “polluters accountable for
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      • 352 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Tens of thousands of citizens have turned out for an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo, as the nation prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. Demonstrators congregated yesterday at Hibiya Park, close to central government buildings, before marching around
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      • 617 13 More emboldened to fight for rights amid a growing labour shortage REUTERS XINHUA SHANGHAI A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern China illustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country’s labour markets are emboldening workers to take matters into their
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      • 433 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Koreans have voted in a pre-determined election for a rubber-stamp Parliament an exercise that doubles as a national head count and may offer clues to power shifts in Pyongyang. Voter turnout yesterday was a whopping 91 per cent
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    • 577 14 Teheran says it showed good faith, now up to other side to finalise pact AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says there is “no guarantee” that talks with Iran on its disputed nuclear programme will lead to
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    • 420 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS HILLA (Iraq) A suicide bomber killed at least 34 people, including two state television employees, near Baghdad yesterday, after Iraq’s Premier accused Riyadh and Doha of fuelling bloodshed in the country. Iraq has been hit by a year-long surge in
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    • 457 14 REUTERS TRIPOLI Libya has threatened to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tried to ship oil from a rebel-controlled port, in a major escalation of a standoff over the country’s petroleum wealth. The Libyan separatists, who have seized three major ports since August
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 63 14 REUTERS DUBAI Qatar is likely to face higher labour costs as a result of publicity about deaths of migrant workers building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, the International Monetary Fund said. The state has seen an increasing influx of foreigners, now
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      • 82 14 REUTERS ROME Former Singapore foreign minister George Yeo was among those named by Pope Francis to a new Vatican Council for the Economy, intended to improve scrutiny of the Holy See’s scandal-plagued accounts. Others in the 15-member council include Maltese economist Joseph Zahra, a former
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      • 69 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS Belgian Gerard Mortier, the artistic director of Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house until September last year, has died after battling cancer, the culture ministry said yesterday. He was 70. Mortier was known for his risk-taking approach and keen interest in 20th-century opera.
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    • 830 15  -  He embodies contradictions of Russia’s modern existence PEOPLE By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com A DECISIVE leader who restored his country’s national pride, putting an end to decades of humiliation? Or a bare-chested, ta-ble-thumping strongman who uses brute force to get his way?
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    • 399 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russia is facing a prolonged period of low growth due to a failure to implement reform, suffering from disturbing capital flight and the rouble is coming under sustained market pressure. So is it really the best time for President Vladimir Putin
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    • 295 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON It turns out all those years Russian leader Vladimir Putin was cavorting bare-chested outdoors, demonstrating his judo skills and darting whales, a Pentagon researcher may have been studying him for clues to his behaviour. The Office of Net Assessment, an internal
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    • 555 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KIEV Pro-Russian activists attacked a pro-Kiev rally in Crimea with clubs and whips as thousands took to the streets across Ukraine yesterday in rival demonstrations, escalating separatist tensions in the troubled former Soviet state. Interim Prime Minister
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    • 405 16 FDA faces probe over possible financial payments to approve drug AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON A potent new painkiller has hit the US market, despite warnings from top experts that the drug may deliver a deadly setback in America’s battle with opioid addiction. Zohydro ER
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    • 409 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The British government will not stand in the way of legislation that would permit assisted suicide, its Ministry of Justice has said. As the British Parliament prepares to examine a Bill, the governing coalition will be given a free
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    • 98 16 An 89-year-old US World War II veteran injured when his plane crashed in occupied France in 1944 has been honoured with a medal he refused 70 years ago. Mr Richard Faulkner (left) was 19 when the B-17 bomber he was on collided with
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    • 340 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron’s office has insisted he followed “proper procedures” after it emerged that his Nepali nanny had been granted British citizenship, saying neither Mr Cameron nor his wife Samantha had written letters in support of her application. Mr
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    • 480 17 Some raise concerns over currency, future of an independent Scotland AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Six months before Scotland votes in a referendum on whether to become independent from the rest of Britain, major companies are going public on their plans whatever the outcome. Firms
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    • 572 17  -  By LIM AI LEEN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN LONDON leenski@gmail.com FOR about £450 (S$954) a month, three-year-old Bids spends five days a week, 9am to 5pm, at day care, including being picked up and dropped off by van. His day is segmented
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    • 340 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI Flipkart, India’s answer to United States online giant Amazon, predicts its sales would cross the US$1 billion (S$1.27 billion) milestone this year, ahead of schedule. Founded in 2007 by two former Amazon.com employees and university friends,
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 81 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s inflation slowed by more than estimated to a 13-month low in February. The consumer price index rose 2 per cent from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday, while the producer price index fell 2 per cent, extending to
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      • 60 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Bitcoin exchange MtGox faced massive hacker offensives last month, hit by some 150,000 denial- of service attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure, a report said yesterday. The Tokyo-based exchange, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, came under
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    • 57 11 www.stasiareport.com Deep distrust In Thailand's largely Muslim southern provinces, suspicions of security forces run deep, says ST correspondent Tan Hui Yee in her blog. Also follow us on Twitter @STForeigndesk WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com Family lost three boys to revenge attack Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone
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  • OPINION
    • 443 18 THE ugly and, at times, tragic effects of online harassment and stalking in various cities have shown up gaps in the law that only some developed nations have begun to plug. Singapore is “behind the curve” in this respect, noted Law Minister K. Shanmugam,
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    • 1469 18  -  EYE ON THE WORLD The crisis may not unleash a new Cold War, but it will influence strategic calculations from Berlin to Beijing By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT jonathan.eyal@gmail.com “THIS is our 9/11,” remarked a senior European diplomat recently, as he scrambled to deal with
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      • 199 21  -  Yue Wai Mun (Associate Professor) Acting Head Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Singapore General Hospital WE APOLOGISE for Mr Kwek Joo Chuan’s experience at our outpatient clinic. During the consultation, he was first seen by a junior doctor before being assessed by our consultant. As part of an academic
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      • 268 21  -  Koh Tat Meng IT IS time for the Ministry of Education (MOE) to relook the annual school sports competition format (“Singapore Sports School at a crossroads”; last Thursday). For years, school teams have competed geographically. It begins at the zonal level, where schools
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      • 137 21  -  Grace Chiam Che Lin (Ms) STUDENT athletes train hard in the hope of getting a medal. Yet, when they meet the Singapore Sports School athletes, they realise it is not a level playing field after all (“Singapore Sports School at a crossroads”; last Thursday). There is a dampening
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      • 332 21  -  Benjamin Goh I AM heartened by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth’s (MCCY) call for athletes to train full time for six months to prepare for the 2015 SEA Games (“SEA Games hopefuls to get help going full-time”; March 1). This is
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      • 254 21  -  Jeff Tan Hong Liak AS A retired businessman and a member of the pioneer generation, I disagree with the idea to encourage seniors to become entrepreneurs (“Seniors can be successful entrepreneurs too” by Mr Geoffrey Kung; last Friday). As Mr Joachim Sim said
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    • 655 1  -  Major stores report spike in demand, some run out of popular models By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Kenny Chee Kenny Chee SINGAPOREANS were snapping up air purifiers over the weekend as PSI readings remained in the “moderate” range. Major electronics stores
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    • 650 3  -  More Singaporeans venturing out to fulfil their wanderlust charitably By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg VISITING Nepal was a dream come true for Mr Andy Sim, 42, who loves it for its natural beauty and rich Buddhist culture. But to make his trip an experience of
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    • 453 3  -  By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg AN ONLINE contest set up by restaurant chain Poulet, the French word for chicken, offering a holiday for two to Paris has ended up ruffling feathers. Student Eugene Seah, 19, scooped the top prize a pair of
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    • 98 4 For his 60th birthday on Saturday, Mr Han Jok Kwang, chief information officer of Venture Corporation, will be organising a charity cycling event called Doing The Ride Thing At 60. Three beneficiaries will receive funding. They are Assisi Hospice, St Luke’s Hospital and The
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    • 680 4  -  More are coming empty-handed to try their luck in ‘gateway’ to Asia By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg BARELY a year ago, Ms Lisa Reta arrived in Singapore with only a suitcase in tow. She did not have a job, but she knew she wanted
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    • 448 4  -  JOANNA SEOW MAIDS here will soon get to enjoy new dedicated facilities and a space for gatherings when a clubhouse opens later this year. A migrant worker group has leased a 3,000 sq ft area at Raeburn Park, near the defunct Tanjong
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    • 91 5 Singer Lindy Chia delighting the audience at the Singapore Press Holdings Gift of Music concert held on Saturday at the open field beside Tampines MRT. She sang popular Hokkien tunes with a wind orchestra, The Philharmonic Winds. The event, co-organised by Tampines Grassroots Organisations, was attended
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    • 85 5 Young and old alike tapped homemade drums and waved shakers made of materials such as cups, beads and tubes at a garden party hosted by President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife Mary (left) at the Istana yesterday. The 1,500 guests, from disadvantaged backgrounds, also
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    • 570 6  -  Tech lovers bring in ‘hands on’ toys to spark kids’ curiosity By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg PLAYING with Barbie dolls or Thomas The Train sets? Why not also get toys that teach technology, say tech lovers here, who are bringing in and promoting
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    • 266 6  -  AUDREY TAN THE iconic cat without a mouth turns 40 this year and its mug will soon pop up on postage stamps here. From next month, fans of Hello Kitty will be able to buy souvenirs such as postage stamps from Singapore Post,
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    • 486 6  -  By VANESSA CHNG cvanessa@sph.com.sg DECAYED milk teeth? No big deal, some say, thinking that children will grow out of it. But poor oral health among young children is a serious matter, dentists say, as decayed milk teeth may lead to the poor
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    • 807 7  -  S’pore’s oldest lighthouse keeper shares the perks and challenges of his job By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg THE colonial-style building has a private jetty where a 20m luxury yacht can dock and a dining room with a 180-degree sea view. A private beach lined with
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      • 30 8 HeaddowntoParagonEventHall,B1,tillthis Friday for branded travel goods at up to 70 per cent off, ranging from Patagonia and Victorinox Spectra to Mandarina Duck and The North Face winter apparel.
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        38 8 Till Dec 31, The Central above Clarke Quay MRT Station is rewarding lucky shoppers with a luxury yacht trip in a monthly lucky draw. Spend $100 in maximum three same-day receipts. Visit www.thecentral.com.sg or Level 1
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    • 176 8 LOOKING for the next food processor, washing machine or microwave oven? You can get these and more at just $33 each a fraction of their original prices with purchases above $1,000 at Gain City as “Singapore’s biggest airconditioner retailer” celebrates its 33rd anniversary. Among the
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    • 165 8 RAFFLES Hospital is offering free colorectal screening for those aged 50 and above, with or without a family history of cancer. As part of the Colorectal Awareness Month in March, from now to April 30, a Faecal Occult BloodTest(FOBT)screeningkitisavailable for free from Raffles Hospital and all 45
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    • 803 9  -  New plant openings, projects expected to proceed at healthy pace By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE global commodity chemical industry may be in a down cycle, but new plants and investments are expected to continue at a healthy pace at Singapore’s Jurong Island. Decisions to
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    • 411 10  -  JONATHAN KWOK FRESH graduate Lim Weison was determined to find something more than a regular office job last year after finishing his studies. So he turned his sights to Jurong Island. The 25-year-old plant engineer has been helping to maintain oil major Shell’s petrochemicals
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    • 228 10 db Commodity Booster DJ-UBSCIUCITS ETF 6C 03/03/2014 30,32 USD db Commodity Booster Light Energy Benchmark UCITS ETF 7C 03/03/2014 18,84 USD FTSE China 25 UCITS ETF 1C 03/03/2014 27,54 USD FTSE Vietnam UCITS ETF 1C 03/03/2014 28,28 USD MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index UCITS
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    • 101 10 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH UCITS ETF 1C 03/03/2014 212,91 AUD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH UCITS ETF 2C 03/03/2014 190,02 USD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR CASH UCITS ETF 3C 03/03/2014 240,74 SGD AUSTRALIA SSA BONDS UCITS ETF 1C 04/03/2014 188,78 AUD IBOXX SOVEREIGNS EUROZONE UCITS ETF 1C 03/03/2014 275,77 USd| IBOXX TREASURIES
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    • 581 10  -  Engineers here as talented as those in Silicon Valley, says Spring official PEOPLE By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg AS A young Economic Development Board (EDB) officer based in Milan, Italy, Mr Edwin Chow saw how vibrant the small and medi-um-sized companies
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        90 10 GOH KOK HUAT: Appointed chief operating officer of the sovereign wealth fund. Mr Goh, 49, will take up the new post on April 1. He will oversee the integration of the firm’s investment strategy and process with operations and technology. He will continue concurrently in his role as the
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      • 83 10 YEUNG WAI WING: Stepped down as deputy chairman and non-executive director with effect from last Wednesday. Mr Yeung, 44, is leaving due to personal commitments. XIE CHUN LIN: Left his position as vice-president of the group last Wednesday due to personal commitments. Appointed to the role
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      • 55 10 CHIN SAK HIN: Quit as chief corporate development officer of the budget carrier he left his post last Tuesday. Mr Chin, who was appointed to the role in August last year, is pursuing other career opportunities. The 54-year-old had oversight of the corporate development, procurement, information technology
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      • 127 10 ZHOU JIAMIN: Appointed chief financial officer as of March 1. Mr Zhou, 34, will be responsible for accounts and finance matters. He will also review operations and provide financial forecasts, among other tasks. He held various accounting and auditing roles in the past 10 years and was most
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    • 530 11  -  Clouds are clearing from global economic outlook, especially in Asia MACRO VIEW By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg THE chaos in Ukraine gave markets a brief scare last week, but they soon shrugged it off as a distraction amid signs of improvement in
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    • 603 11  -  WORKING LIFE By JESSICA GROSE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK A revealing and depressing article in this month’s Harvard Business Review shows that no matter how much power female executives have accrued, or how much lip service male executives might publicly pay, family issues are
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    • 442 11  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg FEW women here get to do it. That is, perched at the top in the corporate world, according to the latest survey on women’s participation in leadership role. It found that Singapore firms are among
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      • 941 12  -  Such meetings are only chance for shareholders to query management CAI JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ATTENDING a shareholders’ meeting is still one of the best ways for a small-time investor to size up a company’s management and form an impression
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      • 648 13  -  By RACHAEL BOON IN YANGON rachaelb@sph.com.sg INSURER Great Eastern (GE) will help the Myanmar government to study a health insurance model for the country. This is one of the initiatives the Singapore-listed insurer’s newly opened representative office in Yangon plans to
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      • 610 13  -  Uninspiring Q4 results present biggest headache to local traders 813 By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE Singapore stock market is often dictated by news flow from overseas. On this front, it has been getting a great deal of mixed signals. The good
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    • 46 10 THE ASIAN ALTERNATIVE Bank of Singapore is aiming to grow assets under management by 15 per cent, almost double that of last year. “Asia is still the sweet spot for private banks and that’s where we’re positioned,” says its chief executive Renato de Guzman Today in
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    • 335 18  -  By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE National Olympic Council vice-president Low Teo Ping will lead a three-person committee to investigate the bitter spat that has split the Singapore Athletics Association (SAA). Last month, SAA vice-presi-dents Loh Chan Pew and Steven Lee were
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    • 381 15  -  Ng takes the reins as S’pore women’s basketball team coach By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg AFTER winning the silver medal at the 2003 SEA Games in Vietnam, the Singapore women’s basketball team has been in a steady decline. They last took part in
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    • 371 15  -  By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg BOUTS of diarrhoea and dehydration did not stop Thomas Rabou from winning the Criterium International d’Alger on Saturday. The OCBC Singapore Pro Cycling Team captain, who had pulled out of stage eight of the Le Tour de Langkawi
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    • 496 15 REUTERS DUBLIN The Aviva Stadium bade an emotional farewell to local hero Brian O’Driscoll on Saturday as the man widely regarded as Ireland’s greatest rugby player became the game’s most capped international in his final home appearance. The 35-year old centre did
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    • 296 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOPOT (Poland) British sprinter Richard Kilty, only racing as a replacement for injured James Dasaolu, won the tightest-ever 60m final at the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Saturday. “I told my dad four years ago that I’d be a
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    • 697 15 Athletics World Indoor C’ships In Sopot, Poland (top three only) Men’s 60m: 1. Richard Kilty (Gbr) 6.49, 2. Marvin Bracy (USA) 6.51, 3. Femi Ogunode (Qat) 6.52. 400m: 1. Pavel Maslak (Cze) 45.24, 2. Chris Brown (Bah) 45.58, 3. Kyle Clemons (USA) 45.74.1,500m: 1. Ayanleh Souleiman (Dji) 3:37.52, 2.
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    • 140 15 Today Basketball NBA: Dallas v Indiana (StarHub Ch216, 7.30am). Football Spanish La Liga: Osasuna v Malaga (tomorrow, 2.55am), Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano (tomorrow, 4.55am) mio TV Ch115 StarHub Ch209. Golf Puerto Rico Open: Day 4 (StarHub Ch213, 7.30am). Tennis ATP Indian Wells: Day 5, session 1
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    • 437 16 REUTERS DORAL (Florida) Tiger Woods mounted one of his patented third-round charges on Saturday, firing a six-under 66 to storm into contention for an eighth WGC-Cadillac Championship. With the punishing winds that created havoc on Friday giving way to calmer
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    • 426 16  -  Slight margin separates top two at individual showjumping event By CHOO YUN TING yuntingc@sph.com.sg IN the end, what separated victory and defeat was a mere 0.2sec as Chiara Sophia Amor from the Philippines edged out Singapore’s Nicola Hammond to win the Concours de Saut
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    • 382 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Olympic champion Li Xuerui erased memories of the most shocking setback of her career by beating Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon on Saturday to reach the final of the All-England Open. Ratchanok became the youngest world champion at age 18
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      • 86 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Werder Bremen midfielder Aaron Hunt was hailed on Saturday after he refused to accept a penalty, telling the referee that he had not been fouled. The incident happened in the 75th minute of the Bundesliga football match against Nuremberg with his side 2-0
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      • 65 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAS VEGAS Former world boxing champion Saul Alvarez trounced Alfredo Angulo in his first fight since suffering a one-sided loss to Floyd Mayweather last September. The 23-year-old beat his fellow Mexican with a technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday, when referee
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      • 66 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INDIAN WELLS (California) Rafael Nadal’s Indian Wells title defence got off to a rocky start on Saturday when the world No. 1 was forced to rally for a three-set victory over Radek Stepanek. Nadal needed nearly 21/2hours to get past the Czech 2-6,
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      • 60 16 REUTERS MADRID Real Madrid midfielder Asier Illarramendi has had to apologise after a video was published on the Internet showing him running in front of a bull while dressed as Batman at a festival. He did not seem to be in danger from the animal’s horns
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      • 69 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA Opener Lahiru Thirimanne hit a century to help Sri Lanka thump Pakistan by five wickets to regain the Asia Cup title in Dhaka on Saturday. The left-hander notched 101 for his third one-day 100 to anchor Sri Lanka’s successful chase of
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    • 617 17 Humorous spoof after he scores wins approval from fans and Mourinho AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON On a day when Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood could only turn on his players, Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o turned the page on the brouhaha about his age in
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    • 814 17 PEOPLE LONDON It seems strange to think that Serbia, a country with a population of just over seven million, has produced two of the biggest cult heroes in Chelsea’s history. There would not, however, be too many raised eyebrows should
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    • 347 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS FA Cup quarter-finals Sheffield United 2 Charlton Athletic 0 LONDON Third-tier Sheffield United continued their remarkable journey in the FA Cup by upsetting second-division Charlton Athletic 2-0 yesterday to reach the semi-finals. Managed by Nigel Clough, son of legendary former
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    • 84 17 National football vice-captain Hariss Harun is used to stopping opponents with hard challenges but he launched the best tackle of his life when he swept pretty Syahirah Mohamad off her feet and she said “I do” after a two-year courtship. The Johor Darul Takzim midfielder, 23,
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    • 123 18 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS LOTTERY L Draw No. 2934/2014 t Vi J Draw on Monday, 10 March 2014 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore Pools Building, Singapore *****4 Time 6.30pm y For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w ITiSiinc]
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    • 803 2  -  BY SERENE GOH EDITOR I’m not a fan of procrastination. Unless, of course, I’m the one procrastinating. I grew up listening to the adage that it is the thief of time, and I should make hay while the sun shines, and never
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    • THE YOUTH FORCE
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        360 3 Youth,letyou aspirations fly with NYC’s ChangeMakers scheme VOLDEMORT TABLE CACHETS The name Voldemort from the Harry Potter series is creating a better working environment for Tanjong Katong Secondary School’s canteen vendors and cleaners. You-Know-Who is the team behind a project that is trying to get students to return
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      • 518 4 / 5  -  The Government is asking the people to conserve water as the dry weather continues Compiled by EILEEN AUNG-THWIN Singapore is experiencing its longest-ever dry spell as hardly any rain has fallen over the Republic since the middle of January. Widespread rain is expected only in
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      • 371 4 / 5 Former Cabinet Minister Chua Sian Chin died of heart failure on Feb 26. He was 81. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Mr Chua belonged to Singapore’s pioneer generation of leaders who had led the country to independence and set it on a path
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      • 293 4 / 5 A Protection From Harassment Bill targeting online and real-world harassment was tabled in Parliament on March 3. The proposed law covers sexual harassment in and out of the office, some acts originating overseas, and stalking, which is being introduced as an offence. Offenders will face
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    • IN THE WORLD
      • 532 6 THE NEWS On Feb 26, 31 current and former students from the University of California Berkeley (UCB) in the United States filed two federal complaints against their university for failing to prevent, investigate or discipline assailants in cases of sexual violence and harassment.
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        132 6 Agence France-Presse Hundreds rallied in Tokyo on March 1 to protest against Japanese prosecutors’ decision to drop charges over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, with no one yet punished nearly three years after the disaster. Some 15,000 people, whose homes or farms were hit by radiation released when a
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        125 6 The Straits Times In one of the country’s worst terrorist attacks, a group of knife-wielding attackers including women, went on a stabbing spree at a railway station at night in south-western Kunming City on March 1. The official Xinhua news agency said the case involved a total of eight
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    • IN THE ZONE
      • 278 7  -  Survey shows more students are aware of the dangers of drug abuse. ANG YIYING reports ANG YIYING You look upon drugs as something negative and are confident of refusing them. These insights were gleaned from a nationwide survey by the National Council Against Drug
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      • 143 7 More interested in football tricks, such as juggling the ball, compared with playing the sport itself? Join the Urban Street Team (UST), one of *Scape’s interest groups, for weekly sessions of freestyle football every Saturday from 2pm to 5pm. These sessions, held on the fourth
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      • 1519 8 / 9  - Young published meets the future of Singapore literature LAREMY LEE tories of teenage romance, mystery-solving and how young people are coping with a changing world are best told by teens, for teens. That belief has spurred Singapore’s young turks to put pen to paper, resulting in a range of literary
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      • 764 10 / 11  - Onesies, chain bracelets Frozen covers checks out what teens are talking about this week AMANDA PHOON BABY FASHION Don’t be surprised if you see a hu-man-sized dinosaur walking around your neighbourhood. Chances are, it is just a teen wearing a dinosaur onesie, a one-piece outfit with a zipper from neck
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      • 384 10 / 11  -  BY AMANDA PHOON As a child, Cherie Lim’s father would take her to airshows. Seeing the planes, she would dream of soaring in the skies. Today, the 15-year-old Tanjong Katong Girls’ School student has set her sights a little further. She and 25 other Singaporeans have been
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      • 832 13  -  Today, we turn our attention to International Women’s Day, which was celebrated two days ago Lesson activity by MATT WINCHESTER On March 8, International Women’s Day was celebrated around the world. While many consider this day a time to recognise and appreciate women around the world for
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    • IN THE STRAITS TIMES
      • 399 14  -  Read the sports section of The Straits Times today Lesson activity by SONIA SNG There are many sport-specific expressions that are used in everyday settings. We may be familiar with some of the more common phrases, but may not know which sport or which particular rule or
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      • 595 15  -  LAREMY LEE watches IN’s feisty mystery-busters overcome an enigmatic obstacle ANG-MCMAHON AND THE CODE OF SILENCE LAREMY LEE Acoffin. The star debater’s eyes widened in disbelief when she realised what those two words meant. Usually feisty, the Merlion Secondary School councillor now looked at
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      • 1163 16 / 17  -  Part Two of the Budget 2014 series looks at what is in store for children and students Lesson activity by SONIA SNG MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES TO GET KINDERGARTEN SUBSIDY Feb 22, The Straits Times Eitan Leong’s nursery teachers noticed the five-year-old’s flair for drawing and painting and told
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      • 1557 18 / 19  -  This week, we look at why a restaurant in Singapore is partnering with a regional farm to grow its own vegetables Lesson activity by SHERLEY SERVOS Read the article below. It was one of three recent Sunday Times articles, which reported on the growing trend in Singapore
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      • 418 20  -  In this second part of a series on the Winter Olympics, SERENE LUO finds out how athletes cope with freezing weather SERENE LUO The Sochi Winter Olympics was a rarity as temperatures went up to 16 deg C because of a heatwave. Employees, volunteers, spectators and even
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    • 340 1 PART C A hard-knock life did not stop Alfie Leong from pursuing his dream of becoming a fashion designer. The President’s Design Award winner tells NATASHA ANN ZACHARIAH that he is helping budding designers because of all the help he had when starting out. Creative cook Nigel Slater puts leftovers
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      • 492 2  -  Food columnist Nigel Slater shows how a little food can go a long way with fuss-free recipes Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg Do not dump leftover food. Instead, give them new life and make the most of them in everyday cooking. English food columnist Nigel Slater shows how,
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      • 332 2 Bloomberg London Some companies use in-home shopping parties to get customers to spend on items such as jewellery and Tupperware in the company of friends and a lot of alcohol. Diageo is going straight to the fun by shipping liquor and bartenders to clients’ living
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      • 2320 4  -  Designer Alfie Leong rose from poverty to become a darling in the fashion world in Singapore Alfie Leong THE LIFE! INTERVIEW WITH Natasha Ann Zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg When feathered mullet hairdos, fingerless gloves and big shoulder pads were fashionable in the 1980s, a young Alfie Leong was
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      • 1045 5  -  Yuan Shuai recently scored his first film role but may return to China to take over his ailing father’s factory 8QUESTIONSWITHYuan Shuai Gwendolyn Ng Fans of MediaCorp actor Yuan Shuai might want to catch the new Channel 8 drama The Caregivers because he
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      • 635 5 Washington Post Beijing There is no shortage of problems facing China these days: a terrorist attack that recently left 29 people killed and 143 injured, corruption in government and a worrisome slowdown in economic growth. So when the country’s two highest
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      • 135 7 ‘After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honoured to announce I am hosting MTV’s second-most prestigious awards show’ Comedian Conan O’Brien, who will host the MTV Movie Awards next month ‘I thought 20 bucks was the right thing to do with the first tooth, but
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      • 972 7  -  Bad shots of an Everest climb made Stefen Chow research photography and make it his career Rachel Lim rachell@sph.com.sg Aset of badly taken photographs shot during a mountaineering course in New Zealand motivated Stefen Chow to refine his photography skills and eventually led him to
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    • 680 3  -  Diners were delighted with the varied culinary offerings, despite the sweltering afternoon heat Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg Time was of the essence at the annual gourmet food event Savour, which ended its five-day run at The Promontory at Marina Bay yesterday and drew more than
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    • 657 6  -  Works by Italian artist Piero Pizzi Cannella capture the essence of a forgotten past or dreams Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg In his first solo outing in South-east Asia, prominent Italian artist Piero Pizzi Cannella had the collectors’ attention. Half the 30 oils on canvases
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    • 513 6 Bloomberg New York Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac sold US$2.4 million (S$3 million) of blue-chip art halfway through the exclusive opening of the Armory Show last week in New York, as the city’s biggest event of its kind got off to a busy start. A
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    • 520 8 The $25-million museum in Mumbai will take visitors through the country’s rich film history Agence France-Presse Mumbai Seven years in the making and costing nearly US$20 million (S$25.4 million), the first Indian film museum is set to open in the home of Bollywood, more than
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    • 460 8 Reuters Cairo Three Arab countries have banned the Hollywood film Noah on religious grounds, even before its worldwide premiere, and several others are expected to follow suit, said a representative of Paramount Pictures last Saturday. Islam frowns upon representing holy figures in art and
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    • 592 8 New York Times New York Here, there and everywhere throughout Paris Fashion Week, like Zelig in face-masking shades, was the pop starlet Rihanna. Last Thursday, she was in the front row at Lanvin. On Friday, Dior. Saturday afternoon, des Comme des Garcons.
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    • 533 9  -  Unique voice of Lee Hong Ki powers high-octane, two-hour performance Gwendolyn Ng nggwen@sph.com.sg Review Concert 2014 FTISLAND 6TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE IN SINGAPORE Singapore Indoor Stadium/Last Saturday Against the dazzling back lights, the silhouette of five men appeared onstage. Then came a bright, distinctive voice through
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    • 656 9  -  Laremy Lee Review Theatre MADE IN SINGAPORE: A WEDDING, A FUNERAL LUCKY THE FISH AND STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE Stage Two (Singapore Repertory Theatre) DBS Arts Centre/Last Saturday Dramaturgy works as long as the right dramaturg is paired with the right play. This is the case
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    • 731 10  -  South African Vusi Mahlasela says his duty is to write songs about things that are not right Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg For years, when South Africa was under the apartheid regime, singer Vusi Mahlasela was persecuted, but he never gave up on his songs
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    • 443 10  -  Melissa Kok Review Concert WASHED OUT Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Saturday American indie act Washed Out have, more often than not, been associated with the chillwave music genre dreamy, reverb and effects-laden tunes churned out of the bedroom of music-maker Ernest Greene. But last Saturday
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    • 435 10  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Review Concert DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Esplanade Concert Hall/Last Friday It was a case of fame coming full circle for American torch singer Dee Dee Bridgewater last week, when she opened the 10th and final instalment of the Mosaic Music Festival. As Mr Benson
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      • 314 12 London In a big hint that an engagement is coming, Prince Harry and girlfriend Cressida Bonas last Friday made their first official debut as a couple. They chose to appear together at a charity event for children, which marked the first time
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      • 176 12 Hong Kong Hardly one to comment on his private life, pop star Aaron Kwok has issued what appears to be an attack on recent news linking him with young pseudo-models. Since splitting up with model Lynn Hung, 32, last April, reports have been
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        • 96 12 U2 are pushing back the release of their 13th album to next year despite a new single and many high-profile media appearances, Billboard magazine said. Citing sources, it said the band have scheduled extra sessions with producers Ryan Tedder and Paul Epworth, although
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        • 86 12 Korea’s SBS TV station said it was ending its reality matchmaking show Jjak (The Mate) after the shock suicide of a female contestant sparked a storm of criticism. The decision came two days after the 29-year-old committed suicide during a week-long production shoot in
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        • 59 12 Hokkien pop star Hong Rong Hong announced through his record company last Friday that he and his wife Chen Shih-yu had ended their 15-year marriage last August. The split came about because of differences in their characters and over their children’s education. Hong denied
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        • 71 12 Former Grey’s Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington (left) is to return to the medical drama, seven years after he was fired from the show. He was sacked after using a gay slur during an on-set altercation. He will guest star in an episode coinciding with the
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        • 72 12 Sheila MacRae, an actress and singer best known for playing Alice Kramden in the 1960s version of The Honeymooners, died last Thursday in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 92. From 1966 to 1970, she portrayed the long-suffering but tough-talking wife of Ralph Kramden, the blustery Brooklyn bus
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    • 247 6 Good Investment OLINA LODGE FH. 3+1+ balconies. 1625 sqft.Unblocked. Tenanted. Near Holland V MRT. Pat 9008-2992. VERDURE HOLLAND NS Immaculate, 2rms, greenery, min Orchard. $2.088M neg. Sole 8121 8989 Ling D11. SUFFOLK 624 sf. $1.15M /1200sf. $1.8M/ Pinewood 2000sf $3.55M *****927 Choice Unit ASTOR GREEN 3BDRM 1475 sf. Mid flr.
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    • 244 8 THE LAURELS. BRAND New 2 bdrm. 1001 sqft P/Furn or F/Furn $6000 neg. Pte lift. Near Orchard. Immed. THE LAURELS @CAIRNHILL. 2-bedrms 883 sqft, pte lift, Pool view, high flr, bright. MRT. Immed. 9667-4545 THE LAURELS 3-BDRM 1785 sf. Grd flr. New F/reno. Designer decor. Sale $5.5M Rent $12K neg.
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    • 272 8 BRAND NEW! VISTA Residences 2rm 904sf. Novena T Payoh MRT. F/facilities. No noon sun. $4.2K neg. AIRSTREAM $2400 UP. 1+1. New! St Michael Rd. High flr. Nice reno. Immediate. Alvin Lim 9848-5533 1BDRM VISTA RES $3.6K 2bdrm Bliss Loft $3.5K. 3bdrm Iresidences $5.5K. 4bdrm Vista Res $6.2K. EXPAT'S CHOICE! ***GPS
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    • 225 8 DON'T MISS COSY FURN 4’A’ Blk 226 Bishan for rent. Full aircon. Near MRT/ market good schs/NPP Sam *****630 F/RENO, F/FURN. (4-RM) Blk 26D Jln Membina. Mins walk Tiong Bahru Plaza, MRT.Wills 9646-4649 APPROVED UNITS ALJUNIED Crescent 97, 2+1 furn/aircon MRT,amenities.Immed. neg. 9615 8810 Ricky MINS HOUGANG MRT. EA, blk
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    • 341 9 NEAR SIGLAP CTR/ Sigalp V Newly built Terr. Common rm F/furn. Professional/student. Fr $1.2K. *****666 TG KATONG COMMON rm furn, aircon, can cook, Wifi, move in *****259 owner ISLANDWIDE RMS FOR Rent for general workers. Can cook. Avail immed. Agents welcome. Call 9002 3248 MANY AREAS AMK, Yishun, Sengkang, Hougang,
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    • 1027 9 Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR LEASE 200 PANDAN LOOP > Clean environment 5,000 20,000 sqft Shuttle bus to dementi MRT Loading bay cargo lift 24-hr security Near AYE/PIE Various amenities nearby e58 7750 A BAN A 6580 7759 V leasing@sabana.com.sg Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent
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    • 303 9 VERTEX. B1. 3046 sf (x2) 3261 sf (x2). Grd flr face main rd. High yields return Sell w/tenancy. *****681 HENDERSON RD Rare 3-sty strata terr fty.8417sf Dormitory approved, pte lift. 8 carpark lot *****717 Keith 1) NORTHSTAR AMK 1948 sf. Serious seller. $1M up! 2) Enterprise Hub B2 Fty 1959
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    • 554 9 S Office Space Office Space for Rent !■/for Rent Marketed By Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES c MEDICAL SUITES FOR LEASE SUITABLE FOR CLINIC USE, ETC. SCOTTS MEDICAL CENTER Minutes walk to Orchard MRT Station Surrounded by offices, shopping malls and reputable hospitals Located on the 6 th 12
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    • 429 9 EASTGATE 600/ 1200 sf. As new, next to Katong 112/ Bank, restn etc. Avail soon. $5.50 psf *****966 Lynn ONE OFFICE ROOM avail Bt Merah Lane 1. $650 p/mth. F/furn with aircon. Immed. 9616 2743 Mike D01 STANLEY ST. Good rent 1600/ 3100sf approx. Rms. Nicely fitted. Amoy, 2170sf Vicki
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