The Straits Times, 17 August 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • 49 1 The second Youth Olympic Games opened amid a flurry of colours (right) as hosts Nanjing dazzled the 62,000-strong crowd at the two-hour-long opening ceremony. About 3,800 athletes will begin competing today across 28 sports, with Singapore sending 18 young sportsmen to take part. PHOTO: XINHUA
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  • 66 1 The opening match of the new English Premier opening English League season produced an upset, as Manchester United were beaten 1-2 by by Swansea at Old Trafford yesterday. South Korean midfielder Ki Sung Yueng (right) gave the visitors the lead, and while Wayne Rooney equalised,
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  • 60 1 Pope Francis yesterday beatified 124 South Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul, one day after addressing young people from 29 countries at an Asian youth event. A group of 48 Singaporean Catholics were within arms’ length of the Pope after he gave the speech,
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  • 615 1  -  Shanmugam urges law students to temper expectations or pursue other career choices Feng Zengkun zengkun@sph.com.sg Over just four years up to March last year, the number of practising lawyers here leapt by nearly 25 per cent to more than 4,400. Another 1,500 are expected
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    • 539 2 / 3  -  They hope he will address worries about having enough money for retirement Tham Yuen-C yuenc@sph.com.sg When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his National Day Rally speech this evening, many will be listening out for what he has to say on the Central
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    • 142 2 / 3 Surrounded by beautiful blooms, visitors to the Singapore Garden Festival take time to smell the orchids or snap a selfie. This is the first time that the biennial show at Gardens by the Bay is held at an outdoor venue. The show
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    • 499 2 / 3  -  Walter Sim In Nanjing (China) waltsim@sph.com.sg Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Singapore next year, to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries. It will be his first official visit to Singapore since he assumed China’s
      PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION  -  499 words
    • 621 2 / 3  -  Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh asyiqins@sph.com.sg Loosening ties between people and government could pull Singapore apart unless Singaporeans demand as much of themselves as they do of the Government, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong warned yesterday. Unrealistic demands and frequent criticism of the
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    • 984 4  -  Visitors who break silence at immigration queue told to go home on next boat What Batam Centre Immigration Office chief says: “If I come to Singapore, I will respect your rules, if you come here you should also respect ours. If you
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    • 1230 6  -  Lawyers welcome new judge-led process in court that aims to resolve conflicts in less adversarial way Radha Basu Senior Correspondent radhab@sph.com.sg A housewife wants a divorce but her husband pleads for a reconciliation. She agrees on condition that his parents, who live
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    • 450 6  -  Radha Basu Judges dealing with warring spouses will soon be able to help them focus on the key issues with less acrimony, anger and angst. In cases where children are involved and a couple cannot resolve differences, they will have to go
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    • 133 7 Bu Ping Jin, eight (right), and her sister Wen Jin, 14, were hard at work yesterday morning painting to the theme “Flowers in Bloom” at this year’s Lantern Painting competition. The sisters were among 500 participants under 16 who took part in the
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    • 498 7  -  Malaysians with ISIS links raised funds for planned attacks before their arrest Shannon Teoh Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur shannont@sph.com.sg Malaysian militants linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were planning to overthrow the government in Putrajaya and attack
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    • 220 7  -  Feng Zengkun A five-year-old boy fell to his death from the window of his eighth-storey Tampines home on Friday evening. The child, who would have turned six next month, is thought to have lost his footing while standing on a chair next to
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    • 480 8 / 9  -  New group of about 40 volunteers educates visitors at nature reserve David Ee davidee@sph.com.sg Humans do, monkeys do more. That is why a group of volunteers has decided to tackle the simian problem facing Bukit Timah homes at the source. Since a few
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    • 731 8 / 9  -  That’s what Kawan football league members enjoy doing in free time Pearl Lee leepearl@sph.com.sg They are lawyers, doctors, teachers and business owners. But last Friday night, drawn together by their love for the beautiful game, these 40 or so grown men were like rowdy
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    • 260 8 / 9  -  Melody Zaccheus Piano prodigy Abigail Sin has performed around the world yet the chance to return to more familiar surroundings has left her flushed with excitement. She took part in the ChildAid charity concert when it was launched in 2005 and will be performing at
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    • 564 10 Pontiff beatifies 124 South Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul attended by 800,000 AFP Seoul Pope Francis beatified 124 early South Korean martyrs yesterday at a mass in Seoul and challenged the massive crowd to ask what values would be
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    • 314 10 Reuters Washington Post L Pope Francis has made South Korea his first Asia stop as it is one of the region’s fastestgrowing Roman Catholic communities. L The Pope attended the week-long Asian Youth Day, a Catholic jamboree drawing young people from 29 Asian
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    • 313 11  -  Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg A group of Catholics from Singapore are in South Korea for the visit of Pope Francis, and got to meet him on Friday. The 48-strong contingent is from 16 Catholic parishes across Singapore. Aged between 20 and 35, they have been participating
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    • 268 2 / 3 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will give his annual National Day Rally speech this evening at 6.45pm. Follow @STcom for Straits Times deputy editor Zuraidah Ibrahim’s take on the speech and also for live tweets on the event. Go to www.straitstimes.com OPEN HOUSE National Day Celebration! Additional discount Wm IQ
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    • 502 12  -  ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO Aw Cheng Wei awcw@sph.com.sg The Singapore permanent resident who created a scandal in Malaysia by filming a nudist sports carnival has told The Sunday Times that he plans to turn himself in to Penang police.
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    • 622 12  -  State visits, cultural festivals planned for both countries in next year’s celebrations Robin Chan chanckr@sph.com.sg A series of events including an exchange of state visits and cultural festivals will take place in Singapore and India next year to celebrate 50
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    • 176 12 Nearly 200 people, aged between 16 and 77, have been arrested in an islandwide operation against loan-shark activities. The operation, which was conducted from Aug 11 to 15, resulted in the arrest of 126 men and 56 women during simultaneous raids at multiple locations. Preliminary
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    • 353 13  -  Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg Singapore’s first Community Club (CC) on wheels was set in motion yesterday at Bedok Mall. The roving vehicle, called the CC Xpress, will be making its rounds to different parts of Singapore, popping up in neighbourhood parks, town centres, common
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    • 347 13  -  But costs of surgeon, anaesthetist and facilities will not be detailed Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg From next month, you could get a better idea of what the amount charged on your hospital bill was used for. The Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday revealed that the
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    • 812 16  -  Self-guided heritage trail of Singapore’s first HDB estate launches today Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg Long-time residents and others with links to Toa Payoh have come forward to share their memories of the estate as part of a heritage trail launched today. Temple caretaker Ng Giak Hai,
      ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO; ST GRAPHICS TEXT: MELODY ZACCHEUS SOURCE: NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES  -  812 words
    • 339 17  -  14 S’pore Blog Awards winners score with fun, insightful content Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg A new online portal, aimed at teaching Singaporeans and Asians the art of becoming a gentleman, picked up the Best Topical Blog award at the 7th Singapore Blog Awards yesterday.
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    • 82 17 Two children exploring different shades of colour at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, in the heart of Orchard Road. The display of 300 umbrellas is part of a two-day visual arts exhibition that started yesterday, called Works of Wonder (WoW), to celebrate the
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    • 313 17  -  Pearl Lee leepearl@sph.com.sg Participants ran along Clarke Quay and Fort Canning Park yesterday afternoon, before catching one of the hosts of popular Korean variety show Running Man in the flesh. It was all part of a Nanyang Technological University charity fiesta at the Padang, attended
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  • world
    • 401 18 WHO and FDA issue strong warning against companies making such claims New York Times Lagos Panic over Ebola has the makers of dietary supplements aggressively targeting Africans, claiming to have a cure for the lethal virus. Late last week, both the World Health Organisation
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    • 368 18 New York Times Lagos Health workers have fought the Ebola outbreak to a tentative standstill in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, offering at least a chance to eradicate the disease there before it spins out of control, as it has in Guinea, Liberia and
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    • 902 20  -  Even such ‘small perks’ have vanished since Xi Jinping’s anti-graft and austerity drive Kor Kian Beng China Bureau Chief Esther Teo China Correspondent In Beijing kianbeng@sph.com.sg esthert@sph.com.sg Heilongjiang official Cao Li remembers getting dumplings and mooncakes, some of them given by
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    • 242 20 Reuters Beijing China will conduct a nationwide audit of government land sales and related deals that may shed light on rent-seeking and corruption, the Economic Observer newspaper reported yesterday. The National Audit Office will conduct “rigorous” checks on funds from land sales, as
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    • 83 20 Some 190 newly-wed couples on board a train carriage after their mass wedding at the Changchun Railway Vehicles Company factory in Changchun, in China’s Jilin province, yesterday. Most of the newly-weds are staff of the company. The newly-weds boarded the “longest wedding car” specially
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    • 263 20 AFP Bloomberg Mumbai India must build up its military might to the point that no other country “dare cast an evil eye” on it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday after commissioning the South Asian nation’s largest indigenously built warship. The INS Kolkata, a 6,800-ton
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    • 315 20 AFP Ho Chi Minh City The United States could help build Vietnam’s naval capacity if a ban on selling lethal weapons to the South-east Asia nation is lifted, the most senior US military officer to visit Vietnam in decades
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    • 461 21  -  Continuing support for Selangor Menteri Besar could break up PR alliance Reme Ahmad Assistant Foreign Editor reme@sph.com.sg Leaders of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) are meeting this morning to decide on the fate of the embattled Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim,
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    • 272 21 The Star/Asia News Network Putrajaya The families of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 victims, whose remains are expected to reach Malaysia this week, have been advised against viewing the remains as many of the bodies were not found in “perfect” condition, said
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    • 219 21 The Star/Asia News Network Petaling Jaya HSBC has returned some RM110,000 (S$43,000) that was stolen from the bank accounts of three passengers and a cabin crew member of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The money was deposited back into the accounts of the victims last
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    • 266 22 Bangkok The 24-year-old Japanese man suspected of fathering at least 15 children in Thailand using surrogate mothers wanted 100 to 1,000 children, a Japanese news agency yesterday quoted the co-founder of a global organisation dealing in reproductive medicine services as saying. According to Ms Mariam
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    • 497 22 Kiev says it has destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered Ukrainian territory AFP Bloomberg Xinhua Kiev Washington has urged Moscow to stop its “extremely dangerous and provocative” activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy
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    • 443 22 New York Times Chepen Peru, with its stunning concentration of archaeological riches, has become a fertile ground to try out using the modern technology of drones to defend and explore endangered sites. Mr Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, the country’s vice-minister of cultural heritage, has created
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    • 321 22 Reuters Xinhua Islamabad The leaders of two Pakistani protest movements vowed yesterday to keep their protests alive until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns, after thousands entered the country’s capital in the biggest challenge yet to the 15-month-old civilian government. “I will
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 87 22 Bloomberg Jerusalem As a five-day truce between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas militants stretched into its third day, details of a peace proposal that includes the opening of border crossings emerged during talks in Cairo to find a lasting settlement. Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk reported an
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      • 85 22 AFP Denpasar An FBI agent from the United States has arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali to help solve the case of the killing of an American woman who was found stuffed in a suitcase at an exclusive hotel, police
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      • 76 22 AFP Beijing Police arrested seven people in north-west China who were allegedly involved in a scheme that forced schoolchildren to donate blood which it sold for profit, state media reported. At least eight students, aged between 10 and 16 years, were compelled to
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      • 66 22 Reuters ‘illegal immigrants’ London A man has died after 35 people, including several children, were found inside a shipping container from Belgium as it was unloaded at a dock in Essex, eastern England yesterday morning, police said. The rest of the group believed to be
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      • 65 22 Reuters Berlin Germany’s foreign intelligence agency recorded at least one phone conversation held by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a German magazine said yesterday, potentially embarrassing Berlin which has reprimanded Washington for its surveillance. Der Spiegel cited sources as saying that BND security agents
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    • 616 23 They don’t feel safe even though ISIS fighters were forced out a week ago New York Times Mahmour (Iraq) The streets of this front-line Iraqi town bear the scars of combat: The shops are closed or destroyed and most of the homes
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    • 267 23 AFP Reuters Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) Kurdish troops backed by US warplanes launched a bid yesterday to recapture Mosul dam, Iraq’s largest, from jihadists, a senior Kurdish military official said. “We killed several members of Daash. We are still advancing and in the coming
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    • 728 24 More than half of the 46 million poor Americans now live in suburbs Bloomberg New York Times Reuters Ferguson (Missouri) A week of violence and protests in a town outside St Louis has highlighted how poverty is growing most quickly on the
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    • 229 24 AFP held by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 Los Angeles A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, said to be one of only a handful, was snapped up for US$38.1 million (S$45.5 million) in California, becoming the most expensive car ever sold in an
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    • 341 24 New York Times Tarifa (Spain) In just two days last week, the Spanish authorities intercepted as many immigrants trying to slip into the country by sea from Morocco as they had all of last year, the Spanish Red Cross said. Waves of inflatable dinghies
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    • 487 25 China Mobile cuts phone subsidies, which could benefit Xiaomi, Lenovo Bloomberg Beijing The world’s biggest phone market is getting a lot tougher for Apple and Samsung Electronics. China Mobile, the biggest carrier, is cutting subsidies by US$2 billion (S$2.5 billion) in a sign that
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    • 78 23 Our heartiest congratulations to Mr Chua Thian Poh, President of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Chairman of the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre S v t ’> v:. SINGAPORE CHINESE CULTURAL CENTRE on being conferred The Distinguished Service Order (DUBC) by His Excellency, the President of the Republic
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    • INSIDE INVEST
      • 45 27 Not just a pretty face, actor Paul Foster is savvy about investments and property as well. Actor Paul Foster thinks credit is dangerous. He has seen a lot of people spiral out of control. PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES
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      • 25 27 Cheryl Ong says that the irony in seeking work-life balance for some is that work might just suffer and get out of balance.
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      • 21 27 Tertiary students can get tips on financial planning from experts at seminars organised by The Straits Times.
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    • 1707 27  -  Cards offer credit card perks, minus risk of running up debts Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Credit cards can be lethal weapons in the hands of anyone, but young people can be especially prone to the lure of easy money. For them, opting for a debit
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    • 935 29  - Keep good friends and good stocks Just like with solid friendships, staying the course with choice stocks can leave a person richer small change Goh Eng Yeow Senior Correspondent engyeow@sph.com.sg Over the years, I have been fortunate to get plenty of excellent investment advice as a financial reporter. One common
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    • 1974 30 / 31  -  He’s managed his family’s finances since he was 18 after his father’s death, and tries to invest wisely Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Fans may be used to local actor-host Paul Foster spouting lines on TV, but few know that behind those good looks lies
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    • 833 30 / 31  -  Insurance can play a variety of financial roles in your life. In the first of a four-part series, Justin Harper looks at how it can help build a nest egg for retirement. Justin Harper Having recently celebrated its 49th birthday, Singapore is a
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    • 1100 32  -  Workers could end up short-changing themselves career-wise young and savvy Cheryl Ong ocheryl@sph.com.sg I have a confession to make: The term “work-life balance” irks me terribly. Before some start rolling their eyes and dishing out labels such as “workaholic” or even “loser”, I
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    • 319 33 Participants will get a goodie bag and a chance to win $10,000 lucky draw prize in contest Students keen to get a head start on their investing journey can pick up some tips from experts at The Straits Times Young and Savvy seminars.
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    • 383 33  -  Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg Financial services group Manulife says it has come up with a new whole-life product. It offers a guaranteed payout of up to three times the sum insured that the consumer selects, in the event of death, terminal illness, or total and permanent disability.
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    • 316 34 [EDITORIAL] Singaporeans would be encouraged to know that nursing is growing more attractive as a career. Although the fall in the attrition rate from 9 per cent in 2011 to 8 per cent last year is marginal, the more important fact is that people are seeing
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    • 1932 34  -  Twenty years ago, Singapore accounted for up to half the hard disk drives shipped across the globe. Soon, the last hard disk drive assembly plant will shut down. The Sunday Times traces the rise and fall of the industry and the lessons
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    • 991 35  -  S’poreans celebrate those in their midst who are imperfect and vulnerable Lydia Lim Associate Opinion Editor lydia@sph.com.sg Near the end of this year’s National Day Parade, a former convict, a navy serviceman with only one limb, a champion wakeboarder, a
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    • 473 35  -  Tham Yuen-C yuenc@sph.com.sg Interest in Nominated Members of Parliament remains strong, with stories about the line-up of nine new NMPs announced last week, and outgoing NMPs among the most popular on The Straits Times’ Singapolitics website in the same week. But the scheme
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    • 694 35  -  Loh Keng Fatt kengfatt@sph.com.sg Even as there have been questions raised over why the Central Provident Fund (CPF) cannot pay higher interest on members’ savings, the reality is also that the 2.5 per cent rate earned on Ordinary Account balances and
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    • 1033 36  -  At issue is not just growing the economy but also how to do so, and sharing the wealth Han Fook Kwang Editor At Large hanfk@sph.com.sg An important debate has broken out about the pace of economic restructuring. Too fast and too damaging to Singapore’s
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    • [YOUR LETTERS]
      • 299 36  -  Darius Lee The controversy surrounding Baby Gammy who was born to a Thai surrogate and allegedly abandoned by his Australian parents after they discovered he had Down syndrome raises thorny ethical and legal questions about commercial surrogacy (“Singaporeans pay big bucks to rent a
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      • 247 36  -  Grace Chua Siew Hwee (Madam) Recently, there have been a number of reports related to surrogacy and surrogate mothers. On the surface, such a “transaction” seems mutually beneficial, but is it really? I have no doubt surrogacy has brought happiness to many parents. But what about
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      • 230 36  -  John Chan Kok Heng All too soon, the National Day Parade (NDP) has come and gone. It was indeed another world-class production. As we await next year’s 50th birthday extravaganza, it would be timely to consider keeping The Float@Marina Bay for future National Day celebrations and
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      • 347 36  -  Jolene Tan (Ms) Programmes and Communications Senior Manager Aware (Association of Women for Action and Research) Ms Angeline Chua called for women considering abortion to have more information on the “psychological effects” of the procedure (“Elaborate on psychological impact of
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      • 184 36  -  Edward Tay Wee Meng I am highly encouraged by the fact that 51 out of 130 Team Singapore athletes who competed at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) remain involved in sports at the high-perform-ance level (“Many have quit sports since YOG”; last
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    • 2066 37  -  Hazardous mountain trek in Nepal just one of many peaks that artist Ong Kim Seng scaled IT CHANGED MY LIFE Wong Kim Hoh Senior Writer kimhoh@sph.com.sg In 1978, Ong Kim Seng was a full-time audio-visual technician nursing big dreams of becoming a famous artist. “I wanted
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    • 1672 38  -  Aug 12 was World Elephant Day. Few animals in the world have the relationship with people that elephants do, yet their numbers are dwindling as poaching continues and their habitats shrink. Nirmal Ghosh Indochina Bureau Chief nirmal@sph.com.sg Nirmal Ghosh has written three books on Indian wildlife and
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    • 1609 39  -  Sars veteran says S’pore has preventive measures in place science] I AM A SCIENTIST Feng Zengkun zengkun@sph.com.sg Professor Leo Yee Sin founded and heads Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s (TTSH) Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. She is also clinical director of the Communicable
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 161 39 Researchers in the United States have developed real-life “transformers” robots that can assemble themselves from flat pieces of material, crawl and turn. Such robots could have a number of applications, such as facilitating search and rescue efforts in collapsed buildings or other confined spaces. They could
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      • 170 39 What does a lake of tarry asphalt have in common with one of Saturn’s moons? The lake contains tiny micro-habitats of water droplets that hold oil-eating bacteria. And such hydrocarbon lakes feature on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan. An international team of researchers
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      • 235 39  -  Compiled by Grace Chua Injecting a genetically modified strain of bacteria directly into a tumour could help to shrink the tumour, United States scientists have found. Once inside the tumour, spores of Clostridium novyi a common bacterium that causes disease in humans and other animals
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    • 122 39 A graphic rendering of a protein “cage”, just a thousandth the width of a human hair. This cage is engineered from 60 chunks of the same protein called an E2 sub-unit, which is a small piece of a larger molecule called pyruvate dehydrogenase. It can be engineered to
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    • 113 39 “Recent economic growth has been the cause of accelerating human damage to China’s coastal ecosystems... Continuing economic growth will lead to further increases in human impacts and threats to coastal biodiversity.“To sustain its economic ascendance, China needs innovation and leadership that will allow it to depart from
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    • 59 36 Send your letters to the Forum Editor via e-mail to suntimes@sph.com.sg or fax at 6319-8289. Please include your full name, address, telephone number and, for women, your preferred honorific such as Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. The Forum Editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Have something to share?
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  • 1950 40 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 JENNIFER CHOW YEOK MAE 13 March 1932 15 August 2014 Called home to glory with the Lord, aged 82. Husband: Lawrence Woo (deceased) Lovingly
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    • 108 43 THE STRAITS TIMES STAR OF THE mOflTH PRESEflTED BV 1QO PLUS V. ft V.v ViV LET'S mOVE BEGIfl fl flELJU FITflESS CYCLE With the opening of the Sports Hub, now’s the perfecttimetoget yourfitness plans on the road. Find a buddy, setyourschedule and get moving! Rememberto stay hydrated with 100PLUS during
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    • 86 44 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS For the latest ‘Live’ telecast listing, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg I w fphuncl Livewire (MBS) Livewire (RWS) (21 years and above) Livewire (Singapore Pools) (21 years and above during ‘Live’ telecast) SB SportsBuzz@Kranji (18 years and above) Ip yA Always play with care. (responsibly) Do not bet illegally. •s
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    • 588 46  -  But empty seats and sandy pitch draw flak on National Stadium’s first football match Singapore Selection 0 juventus 5 Chua Siang Yee siangyee@sph.com.sg Football made its long-awaited debut at the new National Stadium yesterday and, as a sporting spectacle, it did not disappoint. The
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    • 477 46  -  Terence Ong Singapore football fan Mark Tay admitted that he was at a loss for words as he walked into the majestic new National Stadium yesterday. “The only thought in my mind when I first saw the stadium was, ‘Wow’,” said the 48-year-old, who
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    • 432 46  -  Terence Ong Waiting in a function room at the Fullerton Hotel with bated breath, the 10 Straits Times competition winners constantly kept watch over the door, anticipating the arrival of players from the reigning Italian football champions. When Martin Caceres, Stephan Lichtsteiner,
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    • 629 41  -  Dhanaraj family join event to raise awareness of cancer, and funds for research, as ambassadors Fabius Chen stsports@sph.com.sg Asking how the past year has been is a simple question, yet one that understandably brings tears to Peter Dhanaraj’s eyes. Although battle hardened after
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    • 368 41  -  Fabius Chen It was undoubtedly the longest week of S-League goalkeeper Hyrulnizam Juma’at’s life. The 27-year-old will never forget the roller-coaster ride of emotions he endured while waiting for his biopsy results earlier this year. While he was ultimately given a clean bill of
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    • 434 41 BADMINTON Astec Indonesia Int’l Challenge In Jakarta, finals (Ina unless stated) Men’s singles: Lee Hyun Il (Kor) bt Christie Jonatan 11-10 9-11 5-11 11-8 11-3. Doubles: Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto bt Fran Kurniawan/Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra 9-11 11-9 11-9 11-8. Women’s singles: Mayu Matsumoto (Jpn) bt Hera Desi 11-10
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    • 238 41 BASKETBALL ABL Singapore Slingers v Westports Malaysia Dragons (StarHub Ch205 76.25MHz, 4pm). BOXING IBF Welterweight C’ship Shawn Porter v Kell Brook (StarHub Ch203, 9.30am). CRICKET 5th Test Day 3: England v India (mio TV Ch123 StarHub Ch236, 5.55pm). FOOTBALL Dutch Eredivisie AZ Alkmaar v Ajax (mio TV Ch114
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    • 484 42  -  Opening ceremony lights up stadium, but Chinese fans also boo Japanese contingent 2014 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES By May Chen In Nanjing maychen@sph.com.sg Almost 10 years after hosting China’s National Games, the Olympic Sports Centre came alive again yesterday with the ignition of the Youth Olympic Games
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    • 515 42  -  May Chen Nanjing Luxury watchmaker Omega, undisputed experts in making intricate timepieces, can also be said to have a talent for choosing ambassadors. Some of the world’s top athletes, including American swimmer Michael Phelps and Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, on a hot streak after winning
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    • 210 42  -  May Chen The quantum timer (above) is one of the devices Omega provides as the official timekeeper of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) and was used at the 2012 London Olympics. It has an enhanced resolution of one-millionth of a second which is 100
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    • 128 42 President Tony Tan Keng Yam, under the guidance of Team Singapore youth athletes (above), using the selfie stick to take a group photograph with some of them at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Village. Dr Tan is on a three-day visit to Nanjing at the
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      285 42 Text and pictures by Alphonsus Chern Fabian Kwok, 25 Footballer Height: 1.74m Weight: 69kg Exercise regimen: I have football training five to six times a week, and also do interval training by running between four and six kilometres. I go to the gym at least once a week
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    • 730 43  -  That’s shooting champ Teo’s policy as she aims for more bull’s eyes in next 2 years Fabius Chen stsports@sph.com.sg It is not every day that one is offered a bicycle by a complete stranger. But in the space of a fortnight, Teo Shun Xie has
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    • 487 44 EPL runners-up said to be keeping tabs on Colombian Falcao and Uruguayan Cavani AFP London Brendan Rodgers is still in the market for a world-class striker as Liverpool prepare to start life without Luis Suarez when they face Southampton at Anfield today. Suarez’s departure
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    • 1111 44 HEART OF FOOTBALL Crystal Palace may not be among the big boys of the English Premier League (EPL), but they have certainly made a mark by parting company with their manager 48 hours before the new season began this weekend. Whether Tony
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    • 439 44  -  [OFFSIDE] Tay Yek Keak stsports@sph.com.sg With the new English Premier League season having just kicked off, the Big Five teams need to settle these matters right off the bat: Chelsea Absolute musts are a bigger trophy room and playground, since Jose Mourinho
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    • 244 44 Football had always been Darren Loh’s passion, so his schoolmates laced up their boots to honour him in the best way possible. Yesterday at Anglo Chinese School (Independent), over 300 players took part in the Darren Loh Cup, a football tournament held in memory of
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    • 177 45 The new English Premier League (EPL) season kicked off yesterday with free screenings at two community clubs, with another 22 more joining in during the 10-month season. Following positive feedback from the World Cup screenings in June, the People’s Association and SingTel will
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    • 314 45 Reuters London Bacary Sagna has rejected suggestions from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger that he was tapped up by Manchester City before leaving the Gunners to join the champions in the off-season. Sagna joined City on a free transfer after deciding against extending his seven-year
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    • 110 45 ST RUN AT THE HUB Certified running coach Yap Tai Ann conducting a clinic for 50 participants of The Straits Times Run at the Hub at the Health and You exhibition at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday. He shared tips
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    • 565 45 1st-ever loss in an EPL home opener shows new boss van Gaal has much work to do Manchester United 1 Swansea 2 AFP The Times, London London The prologue of Manchester United’s first season under Louis van Gaal was one of silverware, with golfer and British Open
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    • 442 45 The Times, London London For Jose Mourinho, the mind games have preceded Chelsea’s first Premier League game of the season. Ahead of tomorrow’s clash with newly-promoted Burnley, the Blues manager aimed a thinly-veiled dig at two managerial rivals. Mourinho said some coaches were
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    • 198 45 Reuters Sydney Australia held New Zealand to a 12-12 draw in their Rugby Championship opener yesterday to prevent the All Blacks from claiming a world-record 18th consecutive win. In a gritty encounter played out in a rainstorm, Australia benefited from yellow cards shown to All
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 73 45 Michael van Gerwen picked up the inaugural Singapore Darts Masters trophy with an 11-8 win over Simon Whitlock last night at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The Dutchman raced to a 3-0 lead in the final, before Whitlock began to chip away at the lead to
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      • 88 45 AFP Pittsford (New York) Brittany Lincicome fired a four-under 68 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Championship, the fourth Major of the LPGA season. The American, whose resume includes a Major title at the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship,
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      • 102 45 Reuters London Everton have been dealt a blow to the start of their Premier League season, with England midfielder Ross Barkley facing up to six weeks out with a leg injury suffered in training on Friday, according to British media reports. The 20-year-old
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      • 59 45 AFP Brisbane American swimming superstar Michael Phelps, 29, said yesterday it would take time to return to his best ahead of next week’s Pan Pacific Championships in Australia. The 18-time Olympic gold medallist is preparing for his first international meet since the 2012
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      • 144 45 Reuters Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has stepped in to try and broker a peace deal between the country’s badminton president and the coach of world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei. BAM president Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff sidelined coach Rashid Sidek
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    • 36 46 four-digit draw Aug 16 2014 First E 9215 Second E 9224 Third E 1384 STARTERS 0605 1335 1549 2352 5818 7172 8956 9846 9859 9897 CONSOLATIONS 2541 3741 3977 5115 5340 6556 8836 9085 9675 9854
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    • 108 47 m i’m lovin’ it Sunday ;imes August 17, 2014 4 wl ife! INTRODUCTORY PRICE' *5.50 WITH DRINK The new Grilled Chicken McWrap®. Featuring carrots, tomatoes, lettuce and cabbage, tender skinless grilled chicken, and a delicious chargrill sauce, all lovingly wrapped in a wholegrain tortilla. Enjoy it with a refreshing Coca-Cola®
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    • 878 1 OFF STAGE Do celebs always have to look glam? PAGE4 SINGAPORE’S RAMEN LOVE AFFAIR Slurp-happy diners are flocking to the more than 100 ramen-ya here and more are set to open. The SundayLife! taste team report on the trend, pick the best ramen places and teach you how to cook
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    • live
      • 93 2 / 3  -  Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg The flamboyant singers and witty hosts get all the attention at getai shows, but those who work behind the scenes are crucial to the smooth running of these concerts during the Hungry Ghost Festival, which runs from July 27 to Aug 24 this
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      • 683 2 / 3 They do not rehearse, but throw them a song title and five-member backing band Venus can likely play it right off the bat. From Teresa Teng classics to Hokkien drama soundtracks to English pop songs such as Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger, the group
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      • 714 2 / 3 It is unacceptable for getai singers to be late for their shows as it is a huge superstitious no-no for getai shows to stop midway. That is why designated drivers such as Mr Alan Tan, 37, are so important in ensuring that
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      • 630 2 / 3 Evening falls and Ms Susan Lim leaves home with four suitcases packed to the brim with at least 12 sets of costumes for six dancers. It is almost a nightly ritual for the 54-year-old. She choreographs moves for getai back-up dancers and also
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      • 1105 4  -  Singer Stefanie Sun’s casual get-up at McDonald’s causes a stir online, but celebs defend her right to dress down when not working Bryna Singh brynasim@sph.com.sg Walk down any street in Singapore and people clad in T-shirts, shorts and flip-flops are a dime a dozen. But
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      • 1227 5  -  Parents give their children unusual monickers to help them stand out Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg When Ms Nadine Soh, 29, was thinking of a boy’s name for her first child in 2009, she was attracted to popular names such as Jayden and Caden. “They sound really nice
        PHOTO: COURTESY OF NADINE SOH; PHOTO: COURTESY OF SHERRY SEE  -  1,227 words
      • 884 5  -  Seriously Kidding Andy Chen andychen@sph.com.sg Among the squabbles my wife and I have over our two daughters, there is a kind that takes us on the trail of the girls’ misbehaviour, over the rocky roads of my wife’s murderous glares and voice-of-doom
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        • 34 5 View spectacular orchids on display and learn to fold an orchid origami. Where: Gardens by the Bay, Supertree Grove MRT: Bayfront When: Today, 10am 4pm Admission: Free Tel: 6420-6841 Info: www.gardensbythebay.com.sg
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        • 46 5 Learn to make a kueh-covered kaleidoscycle a polygonic, multi-hued sculpture. By Wheelock Properties and Lasalle College of the Arts. Where: Scotts Square, Level 1 Atrium, 6 Scotts Road MRT: Orchard When: Today, noon 8pm Admission: Free Info: Materials provided. Go to www.scottssquareretail.com
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        • 47 5 In this fun-filled children’s stage production, a plain old box transforms into incredible things. Where: Esplanade Recital Studio, 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/City Hall When: Today Tue Thu, 11am, 2 4pm (today), 9 11 am (Tue Thu) Admission: 17 Tel: 6348-5555 Info: www.sistic.com.sg
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        • 80 5 Catch the Singapore Kennel Club and Asia Kennel Union championship shows at this event. Where: Singapore Expo Hall 7, 1 Expo Drive, 02-01 MRT: Expo When: Today, 10am 8pm Admission: $6 (public), $1 (dog), $20 (family ticket for four adults), free for children under 12. Registration
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        • 64 5 Learn the basics of silk-screen printing and print your own tote bag to take home. Where: The Substation, 45 Armenian Street, Gallery MRT: City Hall/Bras Basah/Clarke Quay When: Fri Sat Aug 29 30, 7.30 8.30pm or 9.30 10.30pm Admission: $12 (pay at the start of the session)
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        • 30 5 Enter contests to win tickets to attractions such as the Trick Eye Museum and iFly Singapore. Info: Go to www.familiesforlife.sg/celebrations www. facebook. com/familiesforlife.sg
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        1059 6  -  Relatively Speaking Cheryl Mui cherylm@sph.com.sg When 12-year-old Kyra Poh decided earlier this year to go from indoor skydiving to actual skydiving from a plane thousands of metres up in the sky, her father was shocked and did not approve of it. It was four years earlier than
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      • 639 7 Lounge creative director David Furnish, who is married to Elton john, loves the shows and the fantastic food in the gambling city New York Times New York “I think people go to Vegas to celebrate, to treat themselves, and I can’t think of a better way to
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      • 828 8  -  Dj Tatiana de Leon counts Mexico City as her favourite because there is so much going on there Tatiana de Leon’s TRAVEL BLACK BOOK Bryna Singh brynasim@sph.com.sg Who: Mexican Tatiana de Leon, 29, also known as DJ T.A.T, is a deejay with W Hotels.
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      • 2725 10 / 11  -  Clipped to a cable, trekkers can tackle the rockface of Mount Kinabalu and enjoy high-altitude scenery of clouds and tropical jungle Lee Siew Hua Travel Writer siewhua@sph.com.sg I love mountains and the roof-of-the-world tranquillity of being nearer the clouds. Oddly, I even savour
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      • 534 23  -  Manager Tom Koh pursues higher education atSMF Institute of Higher Learning to equip himself for bigger jobs Cheryl Tay WHEN the finance manager of the marketing consultancy firm he works at resigned, Mr Tom Koh, a business development manager, was tasked to take over his duties until
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      • 892 26  -  From black thorn durian to premium chestnut fillings, hotels and restaurants go all out to woo customers with their creations Jasmine Osada IN THE weeks leading up to the Mid-Au-tumn Festival on Sept 8, consumers will be in for a mooncake treat as hotels and restaurants here pull
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        363 27 New and unusual mooncakes that will make you drool for more MATCHA CRUNCH Szechuan Court This mooncake has just the right level of sweetness and its green tea flavour is tasty yet subtle. The walnuts are the perfect accompaniment to this baked mooncake. Price: $62 for four pieces
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      • 28 28 Ms Teng Huimin whips up her own creations with a real feel Ms Teng customises the fillings in her mooncakes. PHOTOS: WEE T. Y.
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      • 1769 29  -  Game to know the art of making the perfect mooncake? Here are some classes you can join Mike Lee HOME baker Teng Huimin, 23, made her first mooncake three years ago and has not stopped since. Like many other enthusiasts, she likes being able to customise
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      • 726 30  -  Mid-autumn festival fun for everyone Jasmine Osada THE Mid-Autumn Festival is not only about eating mooncakes and sipping tea. There are plenty of places across Singapore that are celebrating the day with a bevy of beautiful lantern displays, handson activities and cultural performances, making them ideal outings
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      • 801 31  -  Mooncakes also taste great with champagne, sparkling wine and iced teas Jasmine Osada MOONCAKES are most often paired with tea, and the right combinations can greatly enhance the taste of the Mid-Autumn Festival treats. But this traditional beverage choice is by no means the only
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      • 792 32 / 33 Every bite is different, one way or another BAKED MOONCAKE WITH JIN HUA HAM AND ASSORTED NUTS East Ocean Teochew Restaurant Made using top quality ingredients, this mooncake is rich in flavour and has a delightful bite. Price: $33 for two pieces Tel: 6235-9088 FLAKY TEOCHEW
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      • 188 35 These mooncake boxes are a delight Concorde Hotel Singapore This year’s box is not just a case to hold knick-knacks but is also a decorative lamp with jade rabbit engravings. When lit, the glow within the box elegantly disperses an intimate light, showcasing the silhouette of the engravings.
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        414 36  -  Cheryl Mui Who: Gwen Lee, 36, writer. A trained architect, she is also the editor-at-large of Singapore Architect magazine, the professional journal of the Singapore Institute of Architects. Her new children’s book There Was A Peranakan Woman Who Lived In A Shoe, a collection of modernised nursery rhymes with
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      • 898 37  -  The sight and taste of fine French confections inspired Alexander McKinstry to become a pastry chef Justyn Toh stlife@sph.com.sg When Alexander McKinstry was a child, his housewife mother got tired of hearing her three children say “I don’t know” when she asked what they wanted for dinner.
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      • 1091 38  -  With more than 100 ramen restaurants here, noodle lovers are spoilt for choice Eunice Quek, Rebecca Lynne Tan euniceq@sph.com.sg rltan@sph.com.sg Singapore diners old and young have an insatiable appetite for ramen. In fact, the Japanese one-dish wonder, which consists of noodles in piping hot broth and various
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      • 753 38  -  Eunice Quek It may have only a 500 sq ft space for ramen-making, but Japanese ramen factory Kanezin churns out noodles for more than 50 ramen shops in Singapore, both standalone ones and Japanese restaurants that have ramen on their menus. The factory is one
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      • 950 39  -  Ramen has its roots in China and is named after handmade noodles called la mian. Chinese immigrants to Japan set up shops selling the dish in the early 1900s. Consumption picked up only after World War II, when Japanese soldiers returned and made their own noodles
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      • 1238 40  -  Preparing ramen involves chemistry and precision Rebecca Lynne Tan Food Correspondent rltan@sph.com.sg Tucked away in a leafy neighbourhood and situated in a row of shophouses in Sembawang Hills housing estate is Singapore’s very own ramen school. At The Eureka Cooking Lab in Jalan Kuras,
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      • 434 40 AJITAMA TONKOTSU ($14, below) Hakata Ikkousha Global Standard at Chijmes, 30 Victoria Street 01-07, Chijmes, open: 11.30am to 10pm (Monday to Saturday), 11.30am to 9pm (Sunday) Hakata Ikkousha won the Ultimate Ramen Champion title for two years running in 2012
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      • 1526 41  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg After making miso ramen at home, I send a photo of one of the finished bowls to a Japanese friend, together with a photo showing the broth simmering in the stock pot and the mise en place for the miso base.
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      • 301 41 Niigata Shoyu Ramen ($14, below) Sanpoutei Ramen, 253 Holland Avenue 01-01, tel: 6463 7277, open: 11.30am to 11pm daily When the broth arrives, I inhale deeply and am immediately hungry. Sanpoutei uses two kinds of dried sardines in its shoyu
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      • 236 42  -  Posh Nosh Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun Oh the Japanese, how I love their ingenuity. Just when I think they cannot top themselves, along comes KitKat Pudding. This twist on the well-known chocolate snack requires heat to bring out its charms. Yes, you have to
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      • 136 42 Sometimes when travelling, it is good to have some chocolate on hand during long, boring plane rides or for a little treat before bedtime. Not all hotels leave them on the pillow, so take along a pack of lingonberry and blueberry studded chocolate from Ikea. They come
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      • 201 42 I have always wanted to do a Singapore version of a Japanese book a friend gave me. It has photos of the kind of snacks people stash in their office drawers and shelves. My office alone will yield many rich pickings. One colleague stashes keropok or prawn
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      • 209 42 Paying $16 for a bottle of ketchup sounds awfully indulgent, when supermarket brands cost a fraction of the price. However, posh ketchup is sometimes worth buying because they taste of tomatoes and not just lashings of vinegar and sugar. Murrumbooee’s World’s Greatest Tomato Sauce has a fruitiness
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        1030 42  -  jazz up these nutritious and easy-to-cook seeds with spices for a healthy, flavourful dish Hunger Management Tan Hsueh Yun Food Editor hsueh@sph.com.sg facebook.com/tanhsuehyun Have you noticed how nothing is ever just “good” these days? Things have to be “miraculous”, “life-changing”, “the best” or “awesome”. The sad truth
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      • 631 43  -  Pluck’s chef Brandon Teo is a confident cook and his dishes boast bold flavours Restaurant Review Wong Ah Yoke Food critic ahyoke@sph.com.sg Club Street is really hopping these days with shops and offices making way for more new bars and restaurants. But the focus of these new eateries
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      • 339 43  -  Cheap Good Eunice Quek euniceq@sph.com.sg The Cantonese side of me loves a big bowl of hot, nourishing soup. It has always been a staple at my family’s dinner table and on the rare occasion when there is no soup, the meal doesn’t seem complete. Unlike stalls
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      • 598 43  - Nut butters pastes HOW TO NAVIGATE THE FOOD WORLD LIKE A PRO CHEAT SHEET Text and photos Chris Tan It has been some time since peanut butter was the only kind one could find on supermarket shelves. Here is a guide to its siblings. L Peanut butter: The most popular
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      • 489 43  -  Eunice Quek, Justyn Toh RISTORANTE TAKADA Chef Masahiro Takada, who was from Osteria La Luna Rossa at Scotts Square, has opened a new Italian-Japanese restaurant at Alexandra Road. Daily degustation menus are priced at $88 and $128, and there is also an omakase menu at $250. Expect
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    • 184 12 Near MRT RAFFLESIA CONDO, 2-BDRM 915sf High Flr A1 Decor, J8 Bishan MRT Raffles Village Don’t Miss! Eric *****888 THE PANORAMA AMK. Selling fast! Reduced price 1-bdrm fr $6xxK. 2-bdrm fr $8xxK. 3/4-bdrm/PH avail. 2STY TOWNHSE Thomson View 3/4-bdrm+Maid 3843 sf. Greenery. Plaza/ Future MRT. Angeline 9622 8523 BISHAN NATURA
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    • 216 16 BLK 114, 5-RM Lengkong Tiga. F/furn. Spacious. Walk to MRT. Michael Ng *****623 mnprop.com.sg GRAB IT NOW 3+1 BLK 122 F/furn, aircon. All races. Serene. MRT, pk, mall, bus terminal. Avail immed. Steve 9452 2369 2+1 BLK 1. Mins to Boon Keng MRT. Approved, f/ furn, aircon. New paint clean.
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