Today, 17 June 2011

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    36 1 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF /A=D!AC0RP NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday June 17, 2011 TODAY MICA (P) 057/10/2010 A PUBLICATION OF NEWS HOTLINE 6822 2268 Friday June 17, 2011 www.todayonline.com we set you thinking
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      180 1 Citibank ourmet 'Pleasures Dine-for-Free on buffets Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore Café Brio’s Pontini Tel: 6733 0 8 80 Orchard Hotel Singapore Orchard Café La Terrasse Tel: 6734 7766 The best dining deals. Powered by Citi. Citibank Gourmet Pleasures invites you to a feast of gastronomic delights at Millennium Copthorne
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      559 2 Fiesta Brasillia Furama RiverFront Singapore Furama City Centre From now till 31 July, enjoy these exclusive dine-for-free deals on buffets. 1-For-1 Buffets Fiesta Brasilia Tel: 6250 0108 Aangan Authentic North Indian Cuisine Furama RiverFront Singapore Kintamani Indonesian Restaurant The Square@Furama Tel: 6739 6463 68 Honjin Restaurant and Bar Tel: 6222
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    Lock icon Bashir gets 15 years
    493 1 Indonesian cleric thought to be head of JI guilty of inciting terrorism AGENCIES JAKARTA Frail and reed-thin, militant Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has long cultivated the image of an avuncular Muslim preacher persecuted by his own government. It is an image at odds with the
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      170 1 THE LATEST NEWS. NOW ON IPAD. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE APP s$564 FOR A CRAB LIKE THIS? HOT NEWS 6 COMMENT&ANALYSIS MARTIN WOLF HOW CHINA COULD YET FAIL LIKE JAPAN 14 NEIL MACFARQUHAR CAN OSAMA’S HEIR CARRY THE MESSAGE? 16 THE US MUST PRESS HOME PROMISES AND THREATS TO BRING PAKISTAN
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon China patrol boat on South China Sea mission
      378 2 AGENCIES BEIJING China has sent one of its biggest civilian maritime patrol ships into the South China Sea to protect its “rights and sovereignty”, official media said yesterday, a move likely to raise tension among neighbours staking rival claims. The Chinese Maritime
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      ‘JOINT DEVELOPMENT’ IS KEY
      221 2 Amid rising tension in the South China Sea, former Senior Minister S Jayakumar yesterday called on the countries concerned to considerthe option of joint development. Territorial disputes and disputes over maritime delimitation are highly emotive issues, he said.“Many countries are reluctant to refer such disputes to
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      Thomson Line to terminate near Republic Polytechnic
      598 3  -  It will integrate with rail system to Johor; land for depot in Mandai gazetted NEO CHAI CHIN, WAYNE CHAN chaichin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Residents in Woodlands could see greater interest in their properties, while Singapore’s largest orchid farm in Mandai will have to relocate, following
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      Lock icon ZAWAHIRI IS AL QAEDA NO 1
      173 3 AGENCIES Al Qaeda’s longtime No 2 leader, a doctor from a prominent Egyptian family who worked with Osama bin Laden for decades, has succeeded the slain terrorist as head of the global network. Ayman al Zawahiri, who turns 60 on Sunday and has a
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      ‘BTO applicants’ profiles justify higher income ceiling’
      467 4  -  ONG DAI LIN dailin@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE His predecessor had announced the review and, yesterday, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan gave the numbers to suggest that the income ceiling for new Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats will, indeed, be raised from the present
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      Some DBSS flats at Centrale 8 in Tampines priced at s$88o,ooo
      466 4  -  ESTHER NG SINGAPORE Prices of flats released under the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) latest Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) have raised eyebrows among some analysts. In a central location within a mature estate, Centrale 8’s 708 units
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      Expat alleges overcharging by Boat Quay seafood restaurant after s$1,000 lunch
      485 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Company director Ian McArthur could hardly believe his eyes when he saw the bill for lunch with his friend on Wednesday: It came up to $1,107.32, including S$348.80 for a 1.6kg lobster and $564
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      MFA welcomes investigation
      206 6  -  S RAMESH SINGAPORE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has welcomed the “quick announcement” by Malaysia of an immediate investigation into the ill-treatment of two Singaporean women at the Pekan Nenas Detention Centre recently. The women were allegedly made to strip and do squats at the centre.
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      Lock icon SEEING RED ...
      127 8 SEEING RED The world was treated to a lunar eclipse yesterday, and ash in the atmosphere from a Chilean volcano turned it blood red for some viewers. The eclipse lasted for about two hours, the Sydney Observatory said. Scientists said the specific phenomenon a “deep lunar eclipse” often exudes a
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      Hong Kong losing its lustre?
      415 8  -  TAN WEIZHEN weizhen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More senior-level professionals in Hong Kong are eyeing Singapore as their preferred work destination, according to global recruitment agency Ambition. During the first five months of the year, it came across about320 candidates “expressing interest in relocating to Singapore from Hong
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      Lock icon Market Street Car Park to close on June 30
      190 10  -  NURUL SYUHAIDA AKMAR SINGAPORE The country’s first multistorey car park in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD) is about to make way for a gleaming office tower. The Market Street Car Park (picture), along with the food court and
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      Lock icon Condo residents’ woes yet to be resolved
      449 10  -  NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A week after their last meeting with the Land Transport Authority (LTA), residents at a condominium in BukitTimah are still waiting for the authority to offer proposals that will adequately allay their safety concerns over an MRT construction
      PHOTO BY NG JING YNG  -  449 words
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      Former taxi driver sentenced to jail for 16 months
      246 12  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE —Taxi driver Jaffar Kassim could have surrendered it to his company’s lost-and-found department: A green haversack that he had found lying on the floor near a Changi Airport drop-off point on Feb 19. But temptation got the better
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      Wine investors see red
      529 12  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A week after news of a police probe into an alleged investment scam involving Premium Liquid Assets’ (PLA) Hong Kong office hit the headlines in the territory, Singapore investors of the locally-incorporated wine investment company are also searching for answers about
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      253 3 Embark on an Education Business Today Have you ever thought of running a part-time business with MindChamps while keeping your full-time job? Teewee, Award Winning Group Licensed Education Success Coach for multiple months "Being a MindChamps Education Success Coach has given me great flexibility to pursue multiple interests and achieve
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      361 5 Manna Bay Raffles Place 15minsbyMRT 12minsbyMRT Dhoby Ghaut 10 mins by MRT Somerset Orchard Road 7 mins by MRT 6 mins by MRT AMK Hub 1 min walk I 3* m af a V r- 4 f m m ■cs-* --V--;V i 6V Ml ’■v s if® Discover urban sophistication
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      407 6 Hear the difference Bose® technology makes. Enjoy the Great Singapore Sale from now till 24th July 2011. Bose® On-Ear Headphones Bose® On-ear headphones deliver quality audio in a comfortable, lightweight and compact design. Enjoy sound performance with lifelike quality and range. Fold-flat earcups and a collapsible headband offer increased portability
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      437 7 ART FRIEND OPENS AT S> Buona Vista MRT 10,000 sqft of art and stationery supplies Home office stationery Fancy papers Fine graphic art Craft DIY Take part, make art! Workshop fees and registration required. Slots are limited so register early today! CLAY MODELLING by Fun! Workshop fees are $10 (1
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      101 9 ROBINSONS www.robinsons.com.sg Double the savings double the pleasure yptQ 20% off additional with 50/ J. CO/ CASH /O T O/O REBATE Cardmembers who are already enjoying 10% rebate will enjoy the extra 5% rebate for Robinsons purchases charged from 13 -19 June 2011. This promotion is open to Robinsons cardmembers
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      305 10 QCood nutrition your picky eater won't trade away. Mums can always he sure with PediaSure. Hi m V ra i 1 I V h New PediaSure Complete Ready to Drink. Now with Triple Sure w System. Giving your picky eater a balanced diet can be tough. Especially when you’re not
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      223 11 orctordcentral /iNZ i r We live in your world Spot 4X chances* to win instantly when you shop with your ANZ Credit Card at Orchard Central Stand to win shopping vouchers, gadgets and fabulous lifestyle products when you spend S$ 100* or more. Plus, receive a limited edition Orchard Central
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      341 13 cenbrale r x s. New Public Housing at TAMPINES CENTRAL under Design, Build Sell Scheme FOR SALE BY BALLOT APPLICATION PERIOD from 16 June 21 June 2011. Check your BALLOT RESULTS from our website on 2 July 2011. DETAILED PRICE LIST will be available on 2 July 3 July 2011
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  • COMMENT&ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon How China could yet fail like Japan
      1133 14  -  Why the transition to slower economic growth and greater reliance on consumption will be bumpy MARTIN WOLF Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at The Financial Times, THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED Until 1990, Japan was the most successful large economy in the world.
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      Lock icon Can Osama's heir carry the message?
      1044 16  -  Ayman al Zawahri is seen as more of an organiser, not an inspiring figure NEIL MACFARQUHAR THE NEW YORK TIMES Ayman al Zawahri, long the second-in-command in Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden’s chosen successor, released five recordings between January and April trying to
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      Lock icon This broken relationship needs reframing
      1046 18  -  The US must press home new promises and real threats, to bring a recalcitrant Pakistan in line BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL BLOOMBERG The events of the past week are a cold shower for any who hold out hope that the United States-Pakistan relationship is on the mend.
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      Lock icon Afghan role for Taliban, if it plays by rules
      842 21  -  AMRULLAH SALEH Amrullah Saleh was the head of the National Directorate of Security in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. The opinions expressed are his own. BLOOMBERG As the United States prepares to reduce its troop presence in Afghanistan next month, Afghans
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      33 15 GIVE YOUR DAD THE GIFT HE DESERVES ■v- m INNESS SPh, S II IN* m i., guinness Sss b» THE PERFECT FATHER'S DAY GIFT K EST Guinness RISE TOGETHER Drink Responsibly. DRiNKiQ.com. www.guinness.com.sg
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      241 16 SECRETS TO BECOMING A SUPERTRADER Ultimately, what separates the winners from the losers, boils down to the trader's psychology in executing his trade. This is where I've learnt it. Cheong Yin Wan This has been one of the most enriching trading courses I've attended. The approach taught is practical, easy
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      361 17 DIGITA.L Canon Delighting You Always This exclusive SBTG designer strap promotion" is valid only between 6 June and 3 July 2011 So grab your EOS 1100D and strap today! Tm V hi Designed for the few who know what’s up, the Canon EOS HOOD hits the sweet spot where high
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      98 19 fJLk Summer-ready shorts. UNIQLOs Chinos and Cargos. The perfect summer shorts have arrived at UNIQLO. With soft, comfortable fabric in perfect lengths and stylish silhouettes, you can look good and stay cool, no matter how hot summer gets. Men’s 2-way Zip 3/4 Pants and Women’s Easy Cargo Shorts $19.90 (U.P.
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      98 20 CITIZEN fa Innovation, powered by willpower. Innovation. It’s what happens when imagination defeats the impossible. When curiosity overcomes inertia. When constant thought breaks through the old ways of thinking to the discoveries that wait beyond. WM, 'Jf r. m mmm Takeshi Kaneshiro "•-K t_. CB0011-51L Eco-Drive Radio-Controlled watch Germany, the
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      277 21 Discover New Zealand Sale! Fly Jetstar from Singapore direct to: Auckland 248 or choose to fly via Auckland to: Wellington- 312 Christchurch-of324 A Business Class sale fares and Business Max fares are also available for booking. Sale ends 19 June 2011 (23:59), unless sold out prior. Sale may be extended.
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      276 23 SHOW YOUR FLY TO UNIQLO’S 5TH AVENUE GLOBAL FLAGSHIP STORE OPENING IN NEW YORK. UNIQLOOKS, the online fashion community for UNIQLO fans is now in Singapore! Check out cool looks from people around the world, create your own unique style and post it to win. The hunt starts now. UNIQLOOKS
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  • VOICES
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      Bring back 3-tier families
      444 24  -  Be it under the same roof or in the same block, live close to our elderly to take care of them Letter from Peter Loon Seng Chee THERE has been a lot of media attention on nursing homes in recent days, with some people angry at
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      So, what are a cyclist’s rights?
      285 27  -  Letter from Edward Goh THE letters from Kwee Chong Yeo and Edwin James Fawcett on June 6 relate incidents between cyclists and pedestrians/joggers. It seems that, in each incident, both parties reckoned they had the right of way. Let me share an incident involving
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      More pedestrian crossing chaos
      99 27  -  Letter from Chua Kim Choo I OFTEN see cyclists competing for space with pedestrians a the junction outside Khatib MRT Station. The cyclists assume they have the right of way and speed across the junction. The other evening, I saw a few riders on motorised bicycles
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      Spike in fees excessive?
      160 27  -  Letter from Leow Zi Xiang I AM writing to highlight the spike in fees for the upcoming Preparatory Course to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations, which is administered by the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE) for law degree-holders seeking to be called to
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Online advertising closes in on Goal 2020
      373 28  -  CHEOW XIN YI cheowxinyi@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The online advertising industry is starting to see the gains from the growing popularity of Web-enabled mobile devices. Growth came in at almost 50 per cent last year, which also puts the industry on track to achieve its
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      Lock icon Singapore's Special Olympian conquers Mount Kilimanjaro
      229 28  -  ALVINA SOH SINGAPORE He had fallen sick halfway, but he gritted his teeth and pushed forth in the harsh terrain and freezing temperatures to make history, by becoming the first Special Olympics athlete from Singapore to climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in
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      Elderly woman dies after being hit by train at Yio Chu Kang
      219 30  -  MONICA KOTWANI SINGAPORE About 680 passengers were affected by train service disruptions after an elderly woman was hit by a southbound train at Yio Chu Kang MRT Station on Wednesday night. The SMRT said the incident occurred at
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      She could have been listening to music ...
      220 30  - She could have been listening to music SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB SINGAPORE A 40-year-old woman who was killed after being hit by a Malayan Railway (KTM) train on Sept 7 could have been listening to music through an ear-piece just before the accident. A coroner’s inquest into the death of Madam Wang
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      NUS most popular when it comes to scholarships
      204 30  -  ONG DAI LIN SINGAPORE The National University of Singapore (NUS) has overtaken the Public Service Commission (PSC) as the most popular scholarship provider among students in Singapore. Four of the university’s scholarships are also among the top five favourites among students. This,
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      TRIO CHARGED FOR OFFERING ILLEGAL INSURANCE BETS
      176 32  -  SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB Three men have been charged with engaging in a conspiracy in March to facilitate illegal bookmaking activities. The trio, two Singaporeans and an Indonesian, were arrested at the Marina Bay Sands casino around 5pm on Tuesday. They are: 26-year-old Ricki, who
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      18 ARRESTED IN RING-FENCING OPERATIONS
      195 32 The police arrested 18 drinkdrivers in a ring-fencing operation which began on Wednesday night. Earlyyesterday, road blocks were set up along Kampung Bahru Road, Keppel Road and Telok Blangah Road to ringfence the cluster of entertainment nightspots and drinking outlets in the vicinity. The police
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      89 ARRESTED IN ISLANDWIDE DRUG BUST
      176 32 The Central Narcotics Bureau has arrested 79 suspected drug abusers and 10 suspected drug traffickers in an islandwide operation. The drugs seized in the 48-hour operation included 1kg of heroin, “Ice”, cannabis, as well as Erimin-5 tablets. Among those arrested was a 34-year-old Singaporean
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      TEENAGER ARRESTED FOR YISHUN ARMED ROBBERY
      121 32 The police have arrested a 15-year-old boy who is believed to be responsible for an armed robbery early yesterday morning. A Filipino woman in her 30s informed the police that she was robbed of her cash at knife point at the void deck of
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      Lock icon WEINER EXPECTED TO QUIT OVER SEXTING SCANDAL
      153 38 AP United States congressman Anthony Weiner (picture), a Democrat, has decided to resign his seat in Congress after a twoweek scandal spawned by lewd and even X-rated photos the New York lawmaker took of himself and sent online to numerous women, relieved Democratic
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      Lock icon ETON AND THE RITZ IN THE UK ON AL QAEDA HIT LIST
      228 38 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Eton College and The Ritz hotel were on a list of British targets found on the corpse of an Al Qaeda leader, according to reports. The high-profile targets were found on the body of Fazul
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      325 38 AP MANILA A top Asian terrorist suspect and the notorious Abu Sayyaf group may have deployed militants to bomb targets in the Philippines’ capital, according to a Philippine intelligence report seen by AP yesterday. Intelligence operatives fanned out in metropolitan Manila to thwart any
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      286 41 AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR Hackers disrupted dozens of Malaysian state-linked websites yesterday, fulfilling a threat to batter the government’s digital defences in retaliation for a crackdown on entertainment piracy. A total of 91 websites of which 51 were state-linked suffered cyber-attacks that persisted for several
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      Lock icon HACKERS SAY THEY HIT CIA WEBSITE
      202 41 AP A group of hackers who breached the United States Senate computer system earlierthis week claimed responsibility for problems with the CIA’s website on Wednesday. The group, known as Lulz Security, tweeted “Tango down CIA.gov,” and there were difficulties throughout the early evening accessing
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      166 41 AP A Malaysian couple has been charged with the murder of the family’s 26-year-old Indonesian maid, a lawyer said yesterday, in the country’s latest case of alleged abuse against foreign workers. Indonesia recently promised to lift a 2009 ban on sending maids to
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      146 44 AGENCIES SEOUL South Korean President Lee Myung Bak said the country’s military must retaliate “strongly and thoroughly” if North Korea attacks again. In a speech read out on his behalf during the inauguration of a new military command on Wednesday, Mr Lee
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      113 44 AP Travel agents say China has closed Tibet to foreigners until July 26 in an apparent move to head off trouble surrounding sensitive political anniversaries. Agents say official written notice of the closure was received on June 1 and cited last month’s 60th
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      396 44 THE NEW YORK TIMES ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s army chief, the most powerful man in the country, is fighting to save his position in the face of seething anger from top Generals and junior officers since the May 2 American raid that killed Osama
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      156 46 AP SYDNEY Virgin Australia joined other airlines in grounding flights between Australia and New Zealand yesterday as ash from a Chilean volcano settled to a lower altitude between the two countries. But Qantas announced that it would resume some service to the island nation
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      177 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The White House, pushing hard against criticism in Congress over the deepening air war in Libya, asserted on Wednesday that United States President Barack Obama had the authority to continue the military campaign without congressional approval because
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      196 46 THE NEW YORK TIMES ATHENS The political crisis deepened in Greece yesterday as Prime Minister George Papandreou scrambled to establish discipline within his own party a day after failing to secure a unity government amid a national uproar over unpopular austerity measures. Mr
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      358 48 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Three months after the earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Japan still does not appear to have a comprehensive food testing regime for radiationcontaminated food, according to a former United Nations expert on the effects
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      180 48 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A diet rich in olive oil lowers the risk of having a stroke in later life by more than onethird, a new study claims. Figures show that people over the age of 65 who use olive oil forcooking and
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      227 50 REUTERS BEIJING A Chinese-backed foundation and Nepal’s government plan to transform Lord Buddha’s birthplace in southern Nepal into a magnet for Buddhists in the same way Mecca is to Muslims. The Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation
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      185 50 AGENCIES VANCOUVER Angry, drunken revellers ran wild on Wednesday night (yesterday morning, Singapore time after the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. Riot police fired tear gas to control the groups of mostly young
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      Shares slump but analysts say downtrend is temporary
      407 52  -  JONATHAN PEERIS jonathanpeeris@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Shares in Singapore slumped yesterday, in line with losses for the rest of Asia and Europe, with sentiment hurt by mounting debt problems in the euro-zone and more signs of slowing growth in the United States and China.
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      253 52 REUTERS BEIJING China will continue to make the yuan more flexible and diversify investment of the country’s vast foreign reserves, the foreign exchange regulator said yesterday. “We will improve the foreign exchange rate system based on market supply and demand, and steadily increase the flexibility of
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      Lock icon Melco takes control of Macao Studio City in S$447 million deal
      433 52  -  entertainment offerings. AGENCIES, WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BYJO-ANN HUANG JO-ANN HUANG AGENCIES HONG KONG Macau casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment said yesterday it had signed a US$360 million (S$447.6 million) deal to gain control over a large-scale casino resort project
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      Trading shares on the go
      237 55  -  LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE Brokerages here are betting on mobile trading to become the next big thing a decade after Internet trading revolutionised the stockbroking industry. PhillipCapital, which says it has more than half a million Internet trading accounts in Singapore alone, yesterday launched an application
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      STI
      58 55 THURSDAY CLOSE 3,020.13 (-1.14%) Wednesday 3,054.82 q 0.08% Tuesday 3,057.39 q 0.05% Monday 3,059.04 q 0.63% Friday 3,078.35 q 0.62% TOP 5 BY VOLUME NAME VOL PRICE CHANGE Genting SP 80,229 $1.860 q 1.06% GoldenAgr 48,781 $0.665 q 0.75% HPH Trust US$ 40,313 $0.805 q 3.01% SingTel 29,016 $3.030
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      ASIA
      33 55 HANG SENG È 21,953.11 H NIKKEI È È È NIKKEI 9,411.28 H AUSTRALIA È È SHANGHAI 2,664.28 (-0.81%) È AUSTRALIA 4,479.25 H SEOUL MUMBAI 17,985.88 (-0.81%) MALAYSIA 1,554.24 (-0.13%) SEOUL 2,046.63 (-1.91%)
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      13 55 È È OIL US$94.72 US$1,526.00 GOLD US$1,526.00 US$35,325 SILVER US$35.325 (-0.24%) È
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      29 55 US$1 s$1.238 £1 s$2.004 €1 s$1.755 ¥100 s$1.530 A$1 s$1.309 RM1 s$0.408 Rp1,000 s$0.145 HK$100 s$15.89 RMB100 s$19.10 RS100 s$2.765 All figures correct as at 9pm last night
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        60 55 Hold s$10.20 Daiwa keeps rating but cuts its target price to S$11.70 from S$12.10, after assuming a 20-per-cent decline (in average selling prices) for CDL’s unsold Singapore land bank. The house notes CDL’s major investmentproperty divestments are over and believes the risk in Singapore’s residential market is “hard
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        CAPITALAND
        74 55 Outperform s$2.82 Daiwa maintains rating, saying it believes “the market has sold down CapitaLand shares to a level where nearly all of the future policy risk has been priced in”. But it cuts the target price to S$3.50 from S$3.93, after assuming impairments of 20 per cent of the
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        NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES
        70 55 Neutral s$1.53 Nomura cuts rating from Buy and lowers its target price to S$1.70 from S$2.60, partly due to its lowering the shipping business valuation to 0.7X price/book from the previous 1.1 X. It expects the 3Q11 peak season will disappoint and prevent carriers from pushing through
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      Lock icon Hong Kong jobless rate flat at 3.5%
      250 57 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG The unemployment rate in Hong Kong has remained unchanged at 3.5 per cent, helping to boost local spending and support the city’s economic growth. The jobless rate for the three months through May, announced by the government yesterday, also matched
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      Lock icon India hikes key rate to fight inflation
      270 57 AP NEW DELHI India’s central bank yesterday raised its key interest rate to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent, its 10th hike in just over a year, saying inflation had been persisting at uncomfortable levels. Following the increase in the short-term lending
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      Lock icon Euro zone inflation at 2.7% in May
      260 57 BLOOMBERG LUXEMBOURG Euro zone inflation exceeded the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2 per cent limit for a sixth month in May, bolstering the case for further interest rate increases. Consumer prices grew 2.7 per cent from a year earlier, the European Union’s statistics
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      GETTING LUCKY WITH CANON
      79 54 Earlier this month, Canon held its Class 95 Call to Win prize presentation giveaway at Canon gallery in VivoCity. In conjunction with Class 95, Canon ran a special Call to Win contest over eight weeks from March 28 to May 20, with a cash prize for
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      THE MULTI-EFFICACY WONDER BB CREAM
      85 54 Putting on makeup while giving your skin the care it needs just got easier with Bio-essence’s new BB Cream, which offers multiple functions in one convenient package. The Bio-essence Bio-Platinum BB Cream Plus Multi-Effects SPF 25/PA++ offers 10-in-one benefits from whitening to nourishing, while Bio-essence
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      DELOITTE AWARD FOR EASB ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES
      103 54 Deloitte South-east Asia recently held its Deloitte Award ceremony at the East Asia Institute of Management Balestier Campus. The award was presented to three outstanding students Rifhan Nadhirah, Hazel Manon Mani, Kuljeet Kaur from the graduating class of Bachelor of Science in Professional
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      CRUNCHY, YUMMY BURGERS
      130 54 Experience a crunchy explosion of taste like no other with BK’s four new Crunchy Nacho Burgers. Each burger features crispy Nacho chips paired with spicy jalapeno BBQ sauce, grilled caramelised onion and a slice of melting American cheese yum! The new crunchy twist has been added to
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      A PREFERRED FIRST FOR STANCHART
      67 54 Good news for Standard Chartered customers the banks’s new branch at Clementi Mall boasts a dedicated Preferred Counter to cater exclusively to Preferred Banking customers. “Preferred customers now have a branch to call their own,” says Kok Pei Kee, general manager, branch sales and service,
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      LIVE YOUR DREAM JOB
      143 54 Let your children live out their dream job at Kids in the Big World 2 at United Square. Back by popular demand, this career role-play event lets your child learn more about seven exciting occupations such as a pilot, veterinarian, engineer, optometrist, architect, scientist and journalist.
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      BE A MOVIE STAR
      98 54 Have you always wanted to be a movie star? Clover Films and Cenosis International Slimming Specialist are looking for a Singaporean female to star in their upcoming movie. To be shortlisted, you have to be above 21 years old, have a height of 1.58m and above,
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      64 54 Here’s a good reason to drink up. Ripple Mate Tea is made with Ripple’s Mate, a South American herb, and contains numerous vitamins and minerals. Available at major pharmacies, hospital clinics, medical halls and department stores. From now until July 31, enjoy a special price of
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      LEGO HOSPITAL FUN
      121 54 Get your child to be an aspiring doctor or nurse with the new LEGO DUPLO sets. Designed with little tots in mind, LEGO has created a unique set that allows children to engage in role play while fostering creativity and strengthening motor skills. Kids will love the
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      33 55 FROM BROKERAGE RESEARCH AND AGENCY REPORTS Disclaimer: Readers should seek independent financial advice before making any investment decision. Today cannot be held liable for any consequence arising from the use of this information.
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      554 60  -  As users surf smarter, advertisers learn to target them better JUNE YANG juneyang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More savvy consumers that pick and choose the content they want to view online: That is the future of web-surfing, both globally and in the Asia-Pa-cific region. This was the consensus
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      705 61 Sadly, the Chromebook isn’t the most practical concept THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK You can say all kinds of nice things about Google’s Chromebook laptop concept. You can say it’s ahead of its time. Or that it’s thinking way, way outside
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      Flora Drive site attracts S$131.38m top bid
      229 62 SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday closed the tender for a residential site on Flora Drive in Pasir Ris after receiving four bids. The top bid, coming from Frasers Centrepoint, was S$131.38 million or S$325 psf per plot ratio. That will translate
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      First-half private home sales to top previous 6 months
      366 62  -  RYAN HUANG Ryanhuang@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE More private homes are likely to be sold in the first half of this year compared to the second half of last year, based on figures published by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). The URA data shows
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      Pioneer Road industrial site for sale
      114 62 SINGAPORE The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has put up an industrial site on Pioneer Road North for sale by tender. The 30-year leasehold land parcel was made available through the Reserve List system in February this year and the tender was triggered after the
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      Homes near MRT on track for smaller premiums
      572 63  -  Given the rising cost of private car ownership proximity to an MRT station has become an important attribute many homebuyers look for when choosing their dream COMMENTARY TAN CHIN KEONG property @mediacorp.com.sg Tan Chin Keong is an analyst at UBS Wealth Management
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      303 64  -  LOW LIN FHOONG Badminton’s top stars fell like flies at the 2011 Li-Ning Singapore Open yesterday, as nine seeded players and pairs including men’s singles top seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia were shown the exit on day three of the competition. China’s Bao
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      500 65  -  PATWANT SINGH patwant@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE V8 Supercars Australia will submit their proposal for a Singapore street race within a month. Revealing this to MediaCorp yesterday, V8 Supercars representative Teh Leong said his team had met with officials from the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), Singapore Tourism
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      695 2  -  When a chocolatier is on board your cruise liner, you’re in for a salty and sweet time MAY SEAH at sea may@mediacorp.com.sg WHEN my bosom buddy showed up for our cruise vacation, she was dressed in stripes, so I commented that she looked appropriately “nautical”. She misheard
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      203 10 BITE-SIZED Table At 7 Still wondering where to take dad for a Father’s Day makan treat? Why not try Table At 7 By Karl and Eugenia (the same pair who run Salut Private Dining at Harding Road). For the first time, they’re opening on Sunday and serving
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      120 15 REUTERS HBO and Sex And The City creator Darren Star are back in business with The Viagra Diaries a comedy based on the book by Barbara Rose Brooker. Star is writing the script for the show, which would star Goldie Hawn (picture) as a
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      993 16  -  The Matrix actor has written a very depressing book for laughs Steve Rose features@mediacorp.com.sg THE GUARDIAN WHEN it comes to concern for the well-being of the wellknown, Keanu Reeves is in a class of his own. Last year, all it took was a picture of
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      400 18  -  Mercedes-Benz’s refreshed C-Class returns as a top-spot contender for executive sedans CAR Derryn Wong cars@mediacorp.com.sg THERE’S no mistaking the importance of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class even the company itself admits as much, stating that the “baby Benz”, as it’s called, is one of its best-selling models globally.
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