The Straits Times, 30 April 2014

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    39 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 W E D N E S D A Y APRIL 30 2 0 1 4 104 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon Promotions and changes
    201 1 THE following Cabinet promotions and changes take effect tomorrow, unless indicated otherwise. PROMOTIONS L Acting Minister Tan Chuan-Jin, Ministry of Manpower: Promoted to full minister. L Acting Minister Lawrence Wong, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY): Promoted to full minister and Second Minister for Communications and
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    Lock icon Cabinet shuffle ‘to see S’pore through next phase’
    625 1  -  New appointments will strengthen social and health teams: PM Lee By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has promoted Mr Tan Chuan-Jin and Mr Lawrence Wong to full ministers and named two new ministers of state to bolster the social
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    Lock icon PMEs may get more help in disputes
    133 1 PROFESSIONALS who are members of unions could get more help in dealing with their employers over pay and other disputes, with possible changes to a mediation panel handling such disputes. The panel is undergoing a review, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin revealed yesterday
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    Lock icon Changi Airport’s challenge
    103 1 FACED with slowing growth in passenger traffic, Changi Airport needs to strike new partnerships with airlines and other players, and strengthen current ties. This challenge came from Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew, who also pledged to keep an eye on costs at the airport, which has been
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Restructuring to weigh on S’pore’s growth: MAS
      606 2 / 3  -  Higher costs from productivity push a drag, but modest growth on track By ALVIN FOO ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT alfoo@sph.com.sg THE economic restructuring under way to lift productivity will throw up more “transitional frictions” like higher labour costs that will weigh on overall expansion, the
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      Lock icon Pricier goods due to small S’pore market size: Survey
      516 2 / 3  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg MOST savvy shoppers know that some consumer products from global brands can be pricier here than abroad. The higher prices, a survey released yesterday found, are mainly due to Singapore’s small market size and the higher
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      Lock icon Surprise sssswimmer in Toa Payoh pool
      354 2 / 3  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg A RETICULATED python measuring 3m long was spotted at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex yesterday morning. The public pool, one of the more popular ones here, was closed for a scheduled half-day weekly maintenance. Sport Singapore told The Straits Times
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      Lock icon French luxury group taking over Crystal Jade
      543 2 / 3  -  LVMH’s private equity arm buying ‘over 90%’ of home-grown chain By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg HOME-GROWN chain Crystal Jade will soon be running its restaurants with a dash of French flair, thanks to a new ownership structure on the menu. The company is being
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Promotions in Cabinet shuffle
        51 4 Mr Tan Chuan-Jin and Mr Lawrence Wong have been promoted to full ministers in the latest Cabinet shuffle. Mr Sam Tan and Mr Lam Pin Min were also appointed as new Ministers of State, in the Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Health, respectively. TOP NEWS
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        Lock icon French luxury for Crystal Jade
        45 4 FRENCH luxury group LVMH’s private equity arm, L Capital Asia, has bought “over 90 per cent” of the Crystal Jade Group. This would open doors for the firm and help it expand faster, said Crystal Jade’s chairman. TOP NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Police ‘fist and daggers’
          60 4 CHINESE President Xi Jinping called police “fists and daggers” in the fight against terrorism during a visit to the restive Xinjiang region, where he inspected police gear and raised the pitch of his warnings on security threats. PAGE A9 President Xi Jinping inspecting police equipment at
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          Lock icon Sanctions may not work
          53 4 THE new waves of sanctions imposed by the West on Russia may deal a blow to Moscow’s political establishment, but they are unlikely to sway Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine policies. Kiev sees no end to its ordeal, given a lack of coherent response from the
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          Lock icon Yangtze economic boost
          51 4 CHINESE Premier Li Keqiang is mulling an “economic belt” along the Yangtze River, which hosts some of the country’s most economically dynamic provinces. Beijing said the project would be a “huge stimulus” for more than a fifth of the country’s land and about 600 million people. PAGE
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        Lock icon MIXED RESULTS FOR OBAMA IN ASIA
        58 4 President Barack Obama did not get what he wanted in Asia a quick “yes” from Japan and Malaysia over a Pacific trade deal intended to deepen US engagement with the region. It blunted his message on security, which anyway is only one aspect of
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Ensuring food security
          88 4 ONE of the most serious effects of climate change is expected to be its impact on food security. John Wong, professorial fellow at the East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, argues that it is in everybody’s interest that countries with large populations such as India and
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Power-bank recall
          51 4 ELECTRONICS retailer Challenger is recalling 12,000 units of two portable power banks that could overheat and cause a fire. It is offering customers a one-for-one exchange of its in-house Valore vPower 7800 mAh and 5200 mAh until May 31 or a refund for products still under warranty. PAGE
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          Lock icon Internet Explorer flaw
          51 4 WARNINGS have been sounded over a serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser that lets cybercrooks take over computers that simply visit websites which have been tampered with. The authorities are advising computer users to use other Web browsers until there is a fix. PAGE
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Cautious bids for site
          34 4 A LARGE residential site in Sims Drive reeled in only four bids when the tender closed yesterday, with a top offer that was deemed cautious by most experts. PAGE B8
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Bai not moving back
          100 4 HE LASTED just over half a season after his high-profile move to big-spending Johor Darul Takzim. But any chance of centre-back Baihakki Khaizan returning to the LionsXII to fuel their faltering Malaysian Super League defence appears to have been dashed. He remains under contract with JDT
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Local eateries in top 100
          78 4 SINGAPORE has five restaurants in the top 100,on the much watched World’s 50 Best Restaurants list this year. Last year, there were only four. This year, Singapore also has two restaurants in the top 50 Restaurant Andre and Waku Ghin up from just one last
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          Lock icon No time for UN post
          77 4 GEORGE Clooney has stepped down as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, the UN said on Monday, suggesting the actor did not have enough time for the role after his recent engagement to British human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. Although the couple have not confirmed
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Noma is tops
          63 4 THE Danish restaurant has regained its No. 1 spot in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Read food editor Tan Hsueh Yun’s verdict on the New Nordic eatery at bit.ly/1rIl8HU Some dishes at Noma include (clockwise from above) The Duck And The Egg, Pickled And Smoked Quail
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        • WEB SPECIALS
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            Lock icon Learn about Mers
            25 4 THE death toll for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome rose to more than 100. Get a primer on the virus at bit.ly/PNlXAX
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            Lock icon Top Asian classics
            32 4 THE Chinese novel, The Dream Of The Red Chamber, topped a list of 10 Asian literary classics. Find out what are the other books on the list at bit.ly/1rAlU7O
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        • THE BIG STORY
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            40 4 SINGAPOREANS have been sharing projects which make an impact in other people’s lives. Do you have a story or project to share? Some will be highlighted on Impact Journalism Day on Sept 20. See straitstimes. com/impact 2014
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      Lock icon More PMEs may get help in disputes with employers
      800 6  -  Mediation panel under review, higher salary ceiling being considered By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg MORE professionals who join unions may soon get help when they have problems with their employers, whether or not their companies are unionised or recognise
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      Lock icon May Day awards for two ministers
      377 6  -  TOH YONG CHUAN WHEN the global financial crisis struck Singapore in 2009, many electronics companies in the region chose to lay off workers. In Singapore, however, companies worked with unions to send their workers for training. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who has
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      Lock icon Changi Airport ‘needs strong ties with partners to grow’
      777 6  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg CHANGI Airport must strike new partnerships and strengthen current ties with airlines and other industry players to continue to fly high, even as traffic growth starts to moderate, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday.
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      Lock icon A special Labour Day for new ministers
      622 8  -  Tan Chuan-Jin and Lawrence Wong mastered their portfolios: PM Lee By MARYAM MOKHTAR maryamm@sph.com.sg THIS Labour Day will be a little more special for Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin. When the holiday to honour workers comes round tomorrow, Mr Tan will be getting
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      Lock icon New ministers of state bring different areas of expertise: PM
      627 8  -  By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg ONE is an office-holder known for being able to relate well to elderly and needy residents, while the other is a backbencher with extensive experience in health care in the private sector. Senior Parliamentary Secretary Sam
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      Lock icon Fourth generation political leadership taking shape
      701 8  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg YESTERDAY’S round of Cabinet promotions has essentially confirmed the outline of Singapore’s fourth generation of political leaders. Acting ministers Tan ChuanJin (Manpower) and Lawrence Wong (Culture, Community and Youth) will be full ministers from tomorrow, just shy of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Xi Jinping gets tough on Uighur militants
      651 9 Chinese President serves warning after recent deadly attacks REUTERS BEIJING Police are the “fists and daggers” in the fight against terrorism, China’s President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where the authorities say members of a Muslim minority
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon US pledges ‘ironclad’ military support
        497 10  -  Obama reaffirms commitment to the Philippines as he ends his Asian tour By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg US PRESIDENT Barack Obama ended his two-day state visit to the Philippines reaffirming Washington’s commitment to defend its South-east Asian ally, saying it is “ironclad”.
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        Lock icon Obama’s Asia trip lacks trade breakthrough
        702 10  -  THE VIEW FROM WASHINGTON By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg WHEN United States President Barack Obama began his fifth Asian visit since 2008 last week, attention was focused on whether he would be able to bolster wavering belief in his
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        Lock icon Washington taking soft and tough approach, say analysts
        724 10  -  THE VIEW FROM BEIJING By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg CHINESE state media have slammed United States President Barack Obama’s latest trip to Asia, particularly his pledge of protection for Japan and the Philippines, although analysts say Beijing
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        Lock icon Abe in EU to boost trade, security ties
        323 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left yesterday for a six-nation European tour, hoping to make progress on trade and security talks at a time when powerful neighbour China is flexing its muscles. The premier’s nine-day visit, which will take
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        Lock icon TV debate turns into horror show
        457 11 Spectator sets himself ablaze during polls face-off AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LUCKNOW (India) A television debate show in northern India ended in horror after a spectator set himself ablaze and embraced a local politician, leaving both men fighting for their lives, police said yesterday. The election
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        Lock icon Indonesian dies of Mers in Jeddah
        328 11 JAKARTA An Indonesian national residing in Saudi Arabia has died from the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers). The authorities in Indonesia said the patient, identified only by his initials N.A, died of renal failure and respiratory difficulties, Jakarta Globe reported. The patient “was undergoing
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        Lock icon Anti-Viet sentiment grows in Cambodia
        495 14 Businesses and ordinary people targeted as opposition stokes anger REUTERS PHNOM PENH It took just one word to fire up the mob that beat Mr Tran Van Chien to death after a minor road accident in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The 30-year-old carpenter was
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        Lock icon 10 years’ jail for human trafficking
        274 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH A Taiwanese woman was yesterday jailed for 10 years by a Cambodian court for trafficking hundreds of people to work in slave-like conditions on fishing boats off Africa. Lin Yu Shin, owner of the now-defunct Giant Ocean International, was arrested
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Pakistan to cut off PM’s electricity
          70 14 REUTERS ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s power ministry said yesterday it would cut off supplies to major offices, including the prime minister’s, in a crackdown on customers who do not pay their electricity bills. Pakistan’s economy is crippled by blackouts lasting up to 12 hours a day,
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          Lock icon S. Korea warns North over drill
          76 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korea held a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea yesterday, with Seoul vowing a “strong” response if any shells fall on its side of the disputed boundary. A similar exercise a month ago resulted in the two
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          Lock icon Cambodia to accept detained migrants
          98 14 REUTERS PHNOM PENH Cambodia has agreed to take in people intercepted while trying to migrate to Australia illegally and a United Nations human rights agency said it would provide support if needed, officials said yesterday. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had asked Cambodian Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Malaysia nabs second woman terror suspect
        454 17 Police raids have netted 10 people so far; more arrests expected, says minister AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have arrested a woman believed to be part of a radical Islamic terror group, reports said, bringing the total number of those detained this
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        Lock icon Indonesia jails ex-chief energy regulator for graft
        314 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA An Indonesian court has jailed the former chief energy regulator for seven years for accepting more than US$1.5 million (S$1.9 million) in bribes, in a case that increased concerns about the country’s business climate. Rudi Rubiandini was caught red-handed last
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        Lock icon Malaysian ex-aviation chief to lead probe team
        615 18 Group consists of international reps; new sightings of possible wreckage MH370: DAY 54 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has appointed Mr Kok Soo Chon, former director-general of the civil aviation department, to lead an international investigation team tasked to find the cause of the disappearance
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        Lock icon Passenger plane lands safely after dramatic engine fire
        250 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PERTH A passenger plane carrying 93 people landed safely at Perth Airport despite a dramatic midair engine fire shortly after take-off, officials said. No one was hurt during the scare on the Cobham Aviation jet from Perth bound for Barrow
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        Lock icon South Korean President apologises for ferry sinking
        446 19 Leader voices regret about not correcting ‘long-running evils’ BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA, REUTERS SEOUL South Korean President Park Geun Hye apologised yesterday over the ferry sinking two weeks ago that left more than 300 people dead or missing, the nation’s worst maritime disaster
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        Lock icon Memorial hall in S’pore for victims
        331 19  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg A MEMORIAL hall has been set up for the victims of the April 16 Sewol ferry disaster by the Korean Association in Singapore, for the public to pay their respects, offer prayers and donate money to the affected families.
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      Lock icon West fails to get a grip on Ukraine crisis
      838 20  -  Fresh sanctions will hurt Russia but not hold Putin back NEWS ANALYSIS By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON jonathan.eyal@gmail.com THE decision by the United States and the European Union to impose visa bans and asset freezes on some of Russian
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      Lock icon Ukraine city’s mayor shot while running
      323 20 NEW YORK TIMES UKRAINE Fed up with the lifeless and unflattering photographs taken of him by press photographers, Mr Gennady Kernes, the Mayor of Kharkiv, decided to take matters into his own hands. Mr Kernes and his staff created an Instagram account that presented
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        Lock icon Cameron stakes job on EU relationship
        85 20 REUTERS LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would resign if he is unable to deliver an in/out referendum on Britain’s European Union (EU) membership by 2017, a threat that will complicate any coalition talks after next year’s election. Mr Cameron’s comments,
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        Lock icon Australia caught in illicit drugs pandemic
        60 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia is facing a crystal meth pandemic, the authorities warned yesterday as they announced that arrests and seizures over illicit drugs reached an all-time high last year. The government-run Australian Crime Commission said in a report that the situation was “gravely
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        Lock icon Turkish Premier seeks to extradite Islamic cleric
        56 20 REUTERS ISTANBUL Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday he would ask the United States to extradite an Islamic cleric he accuses of plotting to topple him and undermine Turkey with concocted graft accusations and secret wire taps. Fethullah Gulen has been living in
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      Lock icon Tube strike causes travel chaos in London
      459 21 Millions of commuters hit by train workers’ second walkout this year REUTERS LONDON Millions of commuters struggled to get to work yesterday as London Underground train workers staged their second 48-hour strike this year to protest against job cuts and office closures. The
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      Lock icon Americans on alert as bad weather kills 29
      297 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Americans in the southern and eastern United States are bracing themselves for more violent weather after a string of tornadoes and other storms killed at least 29 people, news reports said. Some 75 million people were at risk from
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      Lock icon Li proposes creation of Yangtze ‘economic belt’
      462 22 Plan for provinces along river signals desire to boost growth REUTERS BLOOMBERG XINHUA BEIJING Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for the creation of an “economic belt” along the Yangtze river, the government’s official website reported, a sign that Beijing could be expanding
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      Lock icon Welcome to the Haiyatt, not Hyatt, hotel
      306 22 NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING Is the Peninsula Hotel in Yangcheng in China’s Suzhou city part of the five-star Peninsula Hotels group? Can you accrue Marriott reward points at the Marvelot Hotel, which includes the Chinese characters for Marriott in its name? Is the
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Sinopec slashes investments
        100 22 REUTERS BEIJING China’s top refiner Sinopec is scaling back billions of dollars in petrochemical investments in the face of growing competition from the United States in the sector and rising local opposition to oil and gas plants over environmental concerns. The scale-back by Sinopec, Asia’s largest refiner
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        Lock icon Disney boosts China resort
        104 22 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Walt Disney is increasing the investment in its Shanghai resort to US$5.5 billion (S$6.9 billion), adding attractions that will boost the capacity of the park when it opens next year. The new spending on the Shanghai Disney Resort will amount to 5 billion yuan
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      Lock icon Grosvenor cuts exposure to super-prime London homes
      443 23 Property firm sees rampant price rises as unsustainable, to reinvest in rental homes REUTERS LONDON The owner of much of London’s upmarket Mayfair and Belgravia districts has sold millions of pounds of prime properties, seeing recent rampant price rises as unsustainable and preferring
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      Lock icon Nokia appoints networks unit head as new CEO
      305 23 BLOOMBERG HELSINKI Finnish telecom maker Nokia announced yesterday the appointment of Mr Rajeev Suri as the company’s chief executive officer, picking the head of its networks division to chart Nokia’s future and revive growth after selling its mobile-phone business to Microsoft Corp.
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      455 24 PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s travels in Asia the past week were billed as reaffirmation of America’s commitment to stay focused on the world’s most dynamic region in both the security and economic spheres. To his hosts, notably Japan and the Philippines, what was sought
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      1580 24  -  BY INVITATION The success or failure of China’s efforts to ensure food security in the wake of the uncertainties presented by climate change could have ripple effects that go well beyond its own borders. By JOHN WONG stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a professorial
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      924 25  -  By JOHN LEE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is the Michael Hintze Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia. PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s visit to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines is confirmation that Amer-ica-led bilateral security
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      894 25  -  By KEVIN ASHTON NEW YORK TIMES ON SUNDAY, the aerial search for floating debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was called off, and an underwater search based on possible locator beacon signals was completed without success. Although efforts to find the missing
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      577 25  -  By ADAM MINTER BLOOMBERG JUST when you thought that air travel couldn’t become any more uncomfortable, a French aircraft-equipment manufacturer is proposing a seat configuration that will reduce the space between your seat and the one in front of it to something less
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        398 26  -  Paul Sim Ruiqi DR PARAG Khanna’s vision of broadening national service roles beyond the armed forces is overly idealistic (“National service for the 21st century”; last Saturday). The primary purpose of NS is national defence. We need a strong military to protect ourselves if war breaks
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        199 26  -  Kang Wey-Ming I AM disturbed by Dr Parag Khanna’s recommendations (“National service for the 21st century”; last Saturday). While seemingly cutting-edge, they do not serve Singapore’s long-term interests. This is particularly glaring when juxtaposed against Russia’s invasion of Crimea. Although there might have been many
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        120 26  -  Chan Boon Fui Senior Director Human Resource Policy Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office WE THANK Mr David Kwok Ng Kan for his feedback (“Internet job applications not elder-friendly”; Monday). The Careers@Gov portal offers a convenient way for candidates to apply for public-sector
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        77 26 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR MUHAMMAD DZUL AZHAN HAJI SAHBAN: Good to recognise contributions of NSmen. 2. MR SYED MUNIR: Perks are tokens of appreciation, not rewards. 3. MR V. BALU: Give NSmen the credit they deserve. 4. MS ANNIE NG: Make all businesses report food waste,
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        302 26  -  Yeap Soon Teck Deputy Director (Licensing) Council for Estate Agencies SALESPERSONS play an important role in helping their clients get the best value for their property transactions (“Property deals: Conflict of interest is the issue” by Ms Koh Wee Leng, April 11; and “Tenants also
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        343 26  -  Ng Ya Ken DURING his recent visit to Singapore, the Sultan of Brunei urged Asean to work proactively to shape its future amid renewed major-power rivalry and weakening confidence and trust in the region ‘Proactive Asean is key’ amid power shifts”; last Wednesday). Asean
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        248 27  -  Ng Sook Fun (Ms) Director, Corporate Marketing Communication Division Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore MR ALBERT Wong Kwan Wei asked the authorities to consider allowing another mobile network operator to offer services in Singapore (“Consider opening up telco market”; April 22). Singapore’s telecommunications
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          134 27  -  Jong Ching Yee Jong Ching Yee, 15, Secondary 3 student MANY youngsters are unaware of Singapore’s history. As a Singaporean, I feel it is important that all of us should know about major events in our country’s past. When I ask my friends and relatives
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          115 27  -  Lee Song Yang Lee Song Yang, 15, Secondary 3 student THERE should be a wider variety of courses in our polytechnics, especially those related to the humanities and languages. Currently, our polytechnics do not offer courses that I am interested in. At the same time,
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        364 27  -  Leong Mei Lin (Miss) I UNDERSTAND Mr Dino Trakakis’ intention to encourage employers to consider autistic individuals for jobs that are detail-oriented and systematic in nature (“Right jobs tap strengths of people with autism”; last Thursday). While I agree that people with
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      87 26 IT’S THAT TIME OF THE BEER AGAIN Beerfest Asia is the place to be if beer is your passion. With over 40 exhibitors at this year’s festival, the beer count is now more than 400 different types of beer! Ranging from pale ales to rich dark stouts to new craft
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      130 27 CALLING YOUNG READERS: Youth Forum is a weekly column showcasing the views of our younger readers. If you are 21 or below and want to air your opinion on any issue, e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg with the header “Youth Forum”. Do include your age, educational level and contact details.
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      73 27 PUNCHLINES Short queues for Hello Kitty sales NEWS ITEM According to feedback posted on McDonald’s Facebook page and patrons who spoke to The StraitsTimes, precaution against any crowd control issues”. All participating restaurants have “queuema nagement plans” in placeandwil,heraporiate,busingquepolsand“queticks”–lipsofaperthaenblhoderstopurchaseontyeach,uptofurtoyspercustomer,andemphasiethm-portanceof“rdeathsore”.“McDonald’srealyditrghtisme,”aidhomeakrIsadorEng, Hello Kitty fans must be glad to know that the doll
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      371 28 O T DEALS UPTO SQUARE Now to Sun 18 May 2014 Takashimaya Square, B2 Hold on tight and step it up. Grab the season’s chicest shoes and bags at prices like never before. OFF t ft it f A 4 ■c 4 t ft t I ft DKNY Active Print
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      738 1  -  Experts say some products are prone to overheating and could spark fires By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg ELECTRONICS retailer Challenger is recalling 12,000 units of portable power banks due to a problem of overheating that could lead to a fire or explosion sparking
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      615 2  -  NHB exhibition to showcase local brands that have made their mark By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg A SIX–DECADE-OLD crocodile tannery which is a supplier to European fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton; a 77-year-old company which last year saw worldwide sales of 250 million bottles
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      165 2 HENG LONG TANNERY One of the three largest exotic skin tanneries in the world, supplying fashion houses in Europe for decades. In 2011, French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton bought a majority stake in the company, which traces its roots to 1947 when Koh Long Cheok
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      453 2  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg THE signature green slope that is the roof of Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) School of Art, Design and Media building is not just a favourite hangout spot for students, but also an eco-friendly icon. For such green features, like
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      519 4  -  Judge accepts she was suffering from psychiatric disorders then By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A HOUSEWIFE who abused her maid with a bamboo pole, a hot spoon and a sewing needle had her 16-month jail term cut to a $15,000 fine
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      Lock icon New shuttle service brings relief to Chai Chee
      420 4  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg COMMUTERS living at Chai Chee estate will get some relief during peak periods, after a new feeder route that complements an existing one was launched yesterday. Service 222P will run during the morning and evening peak periods on
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      Lock icon HSA seizes Herbal Health products
      304 4  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg IT WAS touted as a “herbal health” product intended to improve a man’s vigour. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), however, found that it contained undeclared medicinal ingredients used to treat erectile dysfunction, which should not be taken without medical supervision. “In
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      451 5  -  Bug lets hacker delete files, steal data remotely; IDA monitoring situation By KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph.com.sg THE authorities in Singapore, the United States and Britain have issued warnings over a serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. They are advising computer users to
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      478 5  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg TOURISTS and Singaporeans hoping to visit the three wildlife parks in Mandai the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and River Safari now have another way to get there. A new coach service, officially launched yesterday, takes them from
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      572 6  -  Focus on impact of lifestyle and diet on women’s health and babies By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg HOW does a woman’s pre-preg-nancy lifestyle and diet affect her pregnancy and child? And how can her diet be changed to reduce her risk of ailments such as temporary
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      92 6 A Buddhist monastery near Bishan Park is, for the first time, having a lantern display as part of Vesak Day celebrations. Six lanterns will be used to showcase the theme of the celebrations –Gratitude Brightens Lives. The event is organised by the Singapore Buddhist Federation and the
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      355 6  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg A NEW joint research laboratory here could bring self-driving cars one step closer to reality. Yesterday, Continental Automotive Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding with two research institutes here to set up an Intelligent Transport Systems laboratory to study
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      Lock icon Man charged with murdering woman, 88
      193 7  -  ELENA CHONG AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged in court yesterday with murdering an elderly woman at a lift in Choa Chu Kang. No plea was taken from Muhammed Fazrie Mohammad Ridzuan, 22. He is accused of murder by causing the death of Madam Lee
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      Lock icon 15 months’ jail for assault on roommate
      305 7  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg CONSTRUCTION worker Min Min Hteik returned to his Boon Lay dormitory in the early hours of Dec 4 last year after a drinking session. He spotted roommate Naing Win lying on the floor using a mobile phone and launched
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      440 7  -  They take 9 of 12 spots in committee but incumbent president is re-elected By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A LARGELY new management committee has been swept to power at the 131-year-old Singapore Recreation Club (SRC) in a keenly fought election. While longstanding
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      30 4 Goldman Sachs is openly courting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students here as potential employees in what could be a first. Read the story and more at mypaper.sg mypaper.sg
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      30 6 Got a question about Singapore’s school system? Ask Sandra. Read more in a new Straits Times microsite coming your way. Two women. Two urns. One big mix up at monastery
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      540 8  -  But some experts say GuocoLand’s top bid of $530.9m is on ‘bullish’ side By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg A LARGE residential site in Sims Drive had reeled in only four bids when the tender closed yesterday, with a top bid deemed
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      464 8  -  PENNY STOCK PROBE By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg BLUMONT Group and LionGold Corp were asked yesterday to provide more documents and accounting records to the authorities investigating the penny stock crash that wiped out billions of dollars in market value last October. The request
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      461 8 BLOOMBERG MAMORU Kohda, who scouts the globe for properties for Japan’s Daisho, began looking for a hotel in Singapore early last year. Within a year, the property investor and developer had acquired the newly opened Westin in the city for a
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      Lock icon Increased regulation worries bank sector: Poll
      686 8  -  By TEE ZHUO teezhuo@sph.com.sg BANKING professionals here are more anxious about the industry’s outlook than they were two years ago bucking a global trend where worries are easing. The Banking Banana Skins survey of bankers, regulators and industry observers ranks Singapore the third-most anxious
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        599 9  -  Many attendees at forum looking to help in protecting growing firms By TEE ZHUO teezhuo@sph.com.sg BOSSES of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) want better rules in place to ensure fairer rents and occupancy terms to help them battle soaring leasing costs. A Singapore
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        995 10 / 11  -  Courage and conviction key to switch from office job to running a business By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg TAKING the plunge to leave a stable job to become a business owner is one thing, but completely changing your career is quite another. Former business high-flier
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        393 10 / 11 Strategic Application Of Business Analytic Tools For Food Services Sector L Date: May 9 L Time: 9am to 1pm L Venue: Singapore Productivity Centre, 11 Eunos Road 8, #08-01, Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore *****1 L Fee: $107 These days, businesses can capture all sorts of data about
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      343 12  -  Revenue falls 6% due to commodities but real estate, hotels stave off blues By AUDREY KANG audkang@sph.com.sg REDUCED commodity trading hit the numbers at Tuan Sing Group in the first quarter but its real estate arm saved the day. Net profit rose
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      454 12  -  AUDREY KANG THE Debt Advisory Centre (DAC) expected to help about 200 people in the Malay community struggling with debt in the first two years of its existence. Instead it has seen a significantly higher 580 cases in the
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      256 12  -  By IVAN TEO ivantyh@sph.com.sg A KEY business organisation launched awards yesterday to honour the pioneer generation. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) will also celebrate Singapore’s 50th year of Independence in 2015 and acknowledge the role Chinese entrepreneurs played in the
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        348 13  -  IVAN TEO GLOBAL shipbuilder Vard Holdings accepted orders worth a whopping 5.5 billion Norwegian kroner (S$1.15 billion) for the first quarter, it said in a statement released yesterday. This is up from the 2.2 billion kroner worth of new orders it
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          21 14 Stock trading volume 1.36 billion shares worth $1 billion Up down Gainers: 168 Losers: 217 Unchanged: 402
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          237 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 29,2014 Top Rises Apr 29 CENTS DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** 66.5 0.3 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 3386 46.5 1.1 Apr 29 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** 38.9 0.2 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 38.9
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          149 14 CHINESE vegetable processor China Minzhong Food Corp has reported a 48 per cent drop in its third quarter net profit to 133.3 million yuan (S$27 million). Earnings fell as revenue for the three months to March 31 declined 28 per cent to 690.3 million yuan. The firm said
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      688 20  -  SEA Games 2015 to focus on Olympic, Asiad sports over traditional ones By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg THERE will be fewer traditional sports contested at the SEA Games next year than in the six previous editions of the biennial sports extravaganza and that is fine among the competing
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      422 20  -  MAY CHEN FENG Tianwei and Co will face their most crucial test of the World Team Table Tennis Championships today, when they play South Korea in their penultimate group-stage tie. A routine day in the office yesterday at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo
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      344 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHENZHEN China’s most successful golfer Liang Wenchong says it could be a decade before a Chinese player breaks into the top ranks of the game but he is certain it will happen. At the Volvo China Open that finished on
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      509 16 REUTERS INDIANAPOLIS The Atlanta Hawks did not just put on a three-point shooting exhibition on Monday night. It was a clinic. Second-year pro Mike Scott, a forward from Virginia, hit a play-off-career-high five three-point-ers and guard Kyle Korver also hit five,
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      357 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHARLOTTE (United States) LeBron James shook off fears of an injury scare to score 31 points on Monday and spark defending NBA champions Miami to victory over Charlotte 109-98, completing a first-round play-off sweep. James, who took a knee
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      177 16 TodayBasketball NBA play-offs, East: Chicago v Washington (StarHub Ch216, 8am). Cricket IPL Twenty20 League: Mumbai v Hyderabad (StarHub Ch238, 10.20pm). Football S-League: Balestier v Harimau Muda (Toa Payoh), Woodlands v Brunei DPMM (Woodlands) 7.30pm. Uefa Champions League s-final, 2nd leg: Chelsea v Atletico Madrid (mio TV Ch111,
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      312 16 Basketball NBA Conference play-offs 1st rd (best of 7) Eastern, Game 5: Indiana 97 Atlanta 107 (Atlanta lead series 3-2), Game 4: Charlotte 98 Miami 109 (Miami win 4-0). Western, Game 4: Dallas 89 San Antonio 93 (series tied at 2-2). Cricket IPL T20 League In Dubai: Bangalore 124-8
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      425 17  -  RI edged out in final placings, despite a rare sweep completed by Joey Yeo SCHOOL SPORTS By CHOO YUN TING, LIM CHING YING yuntingc@sph.com.sg chingyl@sph.com.sg CONSISTENCY was the key to success for the Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) A Division girls’ team, after they retained
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      379 17 REUTERS MELBOURNE International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has called Brazil’s preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games “the worst” he has ever seen and critically behind schedule, but warned there was no “plan B”. Attending an Olympic forum in
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        68 18 REUTERS RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil-born former Portuguese international Deco is tipping his home country rather than his adopted one to triumph at this year’s football World Cup. Divided loyalties or not, he believes that home advantage and the experience of Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe
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        71 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Cycling’s Team Sky chiefs have called for Tramadol to be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banned list in response to comments made by a former team-mate of Lance Armstrong. Canadian Michael Barry, who rode for Team Sky until his retirement
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        73 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KIEV Ukraine’s undisputed world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s hopes of competing in the 2016 Olympics have been dealt a blow after he failed to get permission to take part in his country’s qualifying competition. The Ukrainian national boxing federation has not given permission
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      438 18 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Andre Schuerrle has accused Chelsea’s detractors of jealousy as he and his team-mates aim for a Premier League and Champions League double in Jose Mourinho’s first season back as manager. Brendan Rodgers led the criticism of Chelsea’s supposed defensive approach
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      536 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Arsene Wenger has refused to get carried away despite Arsenal taking a major step towards Champions League qualification with a convincing 3-0 Premier League win over Newcastle United on Monday. Goals from Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Oezil
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      548 19  -  3-member appeals panel reinstates Loh and Lee; Tang accepts decision By CHAN U-GENE ugenec@sph.com.sg THEY were unceremoniously suspended by the Singapore Athletics Association, but vice-presidents Loh Chan Pew and Steven Lee have been reinstated to their respective positions in the national sports body yesterday.
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      454 19 LONDON The deal to install Louis van Gaal as Manchester United’s next full-time manager was expected to be wrapped up on Monday, but it has apparently run into a hitch. According to several British newspapers, the closure is being held up by the size
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      645 19  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg HIS vast international experience and expertise in defensive organisation would have given the LionsXII a much-needed lift in their faltering Malaysian Super League (MSL) title defence. But any hopes of Baihakki Khaizan returning to the Singapore outfit appear all
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      443 19 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Manchester City have breached Uefa’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules as football’s European governing body appeared to take a hard line over two controversial moves by the English club to cut losses. The Premier League giants and Paris Saint-Germain are
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      270 1 Sex in films Art films can be exploitative too, says John Lui C7 More ‘TV’ on Internet C10 Yahoo commissions two original series World’s 50 Best Restaurants Two in Singapore make the list C2 Andrew Garfield packed on more muscle for his second outing and did his own stunt work
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      1374 2  -  Two Restaurant Andre and Waku Ghin make it to the top 50 Rebecca Lynne Tan Food Correspondent rltan@sph.com.sg Singapore continues to make its presence felt on the global food scene, with five restaurants in the top 100, on the much-watched World’s 50 Best
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        637 4 / 5  -  John Lui Film Correspondent During the visit of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 cast in Singapore, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone gave photographers no opportunity to see them for the couple they were in real life there was nary a public display of affection,
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        764 6  -  Palme d’Or winner challenges notions of sexual identity and love Andy Chen andychen@sph.com.sg Review Drama BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (R21) 172 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Boys are interested in Adele (Adele Exarchopoulos), a pretty French junior high school student. She reciprocates and even sleeps with one of
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        419 6 Reuters London X Factor guru Simon Cowell has become the latest big name in showbusiness to suffer an expensive pratfall in London’s West End, with the announcement on Monday that the musical I Can’t Sing!, which he co-produced, will close after a six-week run.
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          216 6 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTmvY11 m_0E Robin Williams here (above) is a very obnoxious patient who’s told he has 90 minutes left to live in a funny scene by his overly hassled, equally pissed-off doctor (Mila Kunis). I don’t blame her, since too much of Williams yelling in your
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          181 6  -  Tay Yek Keak www. youtube. com/watch?v=QeXBGW ofmH0 Liam Neeson, playing an obsessed writer in Paris, has an affair with a hot younger woman (Olivia Wilde, both above) behind the back of his tired-looking, hurt wife (Maria Bello). Adrien Brody falls for a femme fatale (Moran Atlas) in Rome
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        647 7  -  Critically lauded and award-winning films too may have sex scenes that are gratuitous and exploitative Viewpoint John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg When is sex not sex? When it is in a critically well-received movie, of course. That is when sex the physical act
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        570 7 New York Times New York How interesting can a film that takes place almost entirely inside a car be? Writer-director Steven Knight asked himself that question when conceiving his road movie Locke, which spends its 85-minute running time with just one onscreen
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        293 7 Agence France-Presse Reuters Xinhua Paris Chinese director Jia Zhangke will join South Korean actress Jeon Do Yeon and Iranian actress Leila Hatami as jury members at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, organisers said on Monday. The Asians’ participation show the continued importance of
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        773 8  -  Doris Payne’s fifty years of crime are captured in a documentary which will show at The Arts House Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg In her 80s, she looks like a kindly and stylish grandmother but Doris Payne is no docile homebody. The American has stolen
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        537 8 New York Times Beijing After recent Chinese government orders to remove four popular American television shows from websites, the chief executive of one company played down the move’s impact on the industry, even as news emerged that the state broadcaster planned
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      738 9  -  Music Matters Live features home-grown and global talents with most shows going on YouTube Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg The upcoming Music Matters Live With HP, which starts from May 21, will be the largest free music festival to be held here
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      197 10 New York Times Agence France-Presse Other Space will feature the adventures of a misfit spaceship crew in an alternate universe. It marks the return to the TV format for Paul Feig, one of the creative minds behind NBC’s critically acclaimed but short-lived Freaks And Geeks, who
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        425 12 Reuters Agence France-Presse United Nations George Clooney has stepped down as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, the UN said on Monday, suggesting the newly engaged actor did not have enough time for the role promoting its peacekeeping efforts. “After six years in this
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          85 12 The Pulitzer Prize-winning US classic To Kill A Mockingbird will appear as an e-book for the first time this summer, publisher HarperCollins said. Along with digital audio, it will be released on July 8, almost 54 years to the day after Harper Lee’s novel first appeared
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        924 2  -  Han Fook Kwang The writer is Editor At Large of The Straits Times. hanfk@sph. com.sg What happens when you gather more than 300 journalists from all over the world at an exotic Turkish resort complete with a fully lit 18-hole golf course, heated
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        443 3  -  Browse past images with this new ‘time machine’ feature. VINCENT CHANG reports VINCENT CHANG vinchang@sph.com.sg Time travel is now possible. A new Street View feature in Google Maps lets you see how a place has changed over the years. Google’s archives
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          68 4 As part of its eco-friendly initiative, Apple stores will now accept used Apple products for recycling. Store credit will be offered for products which are in a resale condition. This initiative is part of the company’s drive to be more eco-friendly. Currently, more than
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          94 4 Film director Joss Whedon’s latest film, In Your Eyes, a paranormal romance starring Michael Stahl-David and Zoe Kazan, is available for rental online. It premiered on April 20 at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, but will not be shown in cinemas.
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          90 4 The United States Federal Communications Commission will propose new rules next month, which will let broadband providers charge companies for preferential treatment. Should these changes be approved, companies such as YouTube and Netflix will be able to deliver videos more smoothly by paying
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          92 4 Prolink, a PC peripheral company, began its charity drive last Friday with the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds). Until June 16,12 participating retailers working with Prolink will display donation boxes to encourage customers to make contributions. The retail outlets include
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          67 4 Israeli start-up Zuta Labs has received more than US$450,000 (S$564,800) on crowdfunding website Kickstarter to create a portable printer. Its Mini Mobile Robotic Printer will be 10cm tall, 11.5cm wide and weigh about 300g. The printer uses a small set of wheels to move across paper,
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          103 4 Airbnb, the short-term rental service, faced off in court last week with the New York Attorney General’s office over an order to hand over the personal information of its users. The subpoena orders Airbnb to hand over information on 15,000 users, on the basis
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          77 4 Five applications were removed from the Google Play store after they were found to be secretly mining bitcoins from Android devices. To mine bitcoins, intensive computing power is needed to solve the complex calculations which create them. Disguised as apps providing free wallpaper images,
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          77 4 Streaming music service Spotify is projected to overtake Apple’s iTunes as Europe’s biggest digital-music service. In the past four months, it has added more than a million active users. In March last year, it said it had 24 million active users and six
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          80 4 A Microsoft-backed documentary crew has unearthed thousands of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial computer game cartridges in a New Mexico landfill. The Atari game, often dubbed the worst video game ever made, was a huge flop and has been blamed for contributing to a decline in
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          89 4  -  Compiled by Colin Tan In a bid to remove foreign viewers, Hulu has taken steps to block users of virtual private networks (VPN) on its site. The online video-streaming company created a list of IP addresses commonly associated with VPNs and has blocked them
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        1385 6  -  Bypassing taxi firms’ booking systems, these apps help riders grab cabs and cabbies get more fares. KASH CHEONG and COLIN TAN report KASH CHEONG, COLIN TAN kashc@sph.com.sg colintan@sph.com. sg Taxi apps are giving cab companies a run for their money. In just half a year
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        662 7  -  By Kash Cheong Though not yet as prominent as GrabTaxi, Easy Taxi is known for providing the cheapest rides on the market so far. The app currently waives all booking fees, including the standard booking fee that cab companies charge. In other words, Easy Taxi customers pay only
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        564 7  -  By Kash Cheong Currently the most prominent third-party taxi app on the market thanks to a fresh injection of capital from Temasek-backed Vertex Venture Holdings earlier this month GrabTaxi prides itself for providing good payouts to drivers. Originally established in 2011 as MyTeksi in Malaysia, GrabTaxi was founded by
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        506 8  -  By Colin Tan MoobiTaxi was launched last year by Maven Lab, a website and mobile development company that was awarded $10 million by the Infocomm Development Authority’s (IDA) Digital Concierge initiative. The IDA initiative is intended to improve the tourism, retail and hospitality sector by funding the development of
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        592 8  -  By Colin Tan The United States transport network company, started in 2009, made waves when it began to compete head-on with taxi companies by connecting passengers directly with drivers for hire. Instead of waiting in a queue or dialling a call centre to book a taxi, passengers ask for
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        666 9  -  By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph. com.sg For someone who has not watched free-to-air channels or local pay TV content here for more than a year, I was rather pleased with the new free-to-air digital TV service when I tested it over the weekend.
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        916 10  -  Have you strayed from your New Year goals? Here is some help, says JASMINE OSADA, to help you get back on track JASMINE OSADA Jasmine Osada is a freelance writer The first quarter of the year has already passed us by, and
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        548 11  -  TREVOR TAN checks out five iOS apps that are made in Singapore TREVOR TAN trevortan@sph.com. sg Due $5.98 If iOS7’s Reminders and Calendar are not good enough for you, then this app is long overdue. This app makes it simple to create complicated recurring
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        700 12 / 13  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com. sg If you cannot afford Sony’s flagship a7 or a7R, the new Sony a6000 might just be the perfect mirrorless camera for you. It sits just behind these two top-range cameras. While the a6000 lacks the full-frame image sensor of the a7, it has
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        860 12 / 13  -  By Trevor Tan It has been two years since Canon released the PowerShot G1X prosumer compact camera to counter the rise of mirrorless cameras. The G1X’s 1.5-inch CMOS image sensor is about 16 per cent bigger than the sensors of Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras.
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        993 14  -  explains what you need to look out for in Windows 8.1 Update 1 VINCENT CHANG vinchang@sph.com.sg In the year and a half since Microsoft launched its Windows 8 operating system hailed by some as “bold and refreshing” the consensus is that its radical changes have
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        557 15  -  By Vincent Chang vinchang@sph.com.sg The newest piece of hardware in the Aftershock XG15 is Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 860M chip. Launched last month, the chip is based on a new Maxwell graphics architecture touted to provide more performance while consuming less power. Performance has definitely improved. The XG15 produced
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        630 16  -  By Sim Cheng Kai Sim Cheng Kai is a freelance writer When the first BlazBlue fighting game was released for consoles in 2009, it was eye-catching, to say the least. It had a level of animation fluidity never before seen in fighting games. Each and every frame
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        522 16  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com.sg Fans of Brazilian churrascaria will understand this. The server walks by with a beef hump and slices off a small piece on your plate. When you ask for more, he tells you that the rest is not cooked yet
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      564 17  -  By Colin Tan HEADPHONES WeSC Piston Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones$139 Prevent tangles by using these wireless headphones from WeSC. These minimalist headphones fit snugly over the ears, using Bluetooth to play music wirelessly. The battery is good for up to 10 hours of music playback and over 200 hours
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        374 18 / 19  -  Companies can be more productive by harnessing data generated by everyday objects linked to the Net. KENNY CHEE reports KENNY CHEE kennyc@sph. com. sg The increasing amount of data generated by electronic chatter between today’s wired-up everyday objects can be exploited to help small- and
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        794 20  -  By Trevor Tan DJ Leng Yein is famous for the sexy outfits that highlight her voluptuous figure at work and as a subject of serial plastic surgery. Her abilities and talents, however, are more than skin deep. A classically trained pianist, she has played the
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