Today, 31 May 2012

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    34 1 TODAY A=D!AC0RP THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY TODAYONLINE.COM WE SET YOU THINKING /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012 TODAY AFTERNOON EDITION /A=diaCorp THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012 MICA (P) 093/06/2012
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      503 2 Mu/u/y* Dine for Free at more than 100 outlets m Ins*: CiIK •v--. V fe < V./ m <vi m 1-for-1 Deals AhYat Abalone Forum Restaurant Tel: 6332 2288 Albert Court Village Hotel Lobby Lounge Tel: 6339 3939 Cocotte Tel: 6298 1188 District 10 Bar Restaurant Tel: 6738 4788 Furama
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    Is S’pore losing its edge? Is S’pore losing its edge?
    1267 1  -  Republic falls from third to fourth in annual world competitiveness ranking Republic falls from third to fourth in annual world competitiveness ranking COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS ALICIA WONG assistant news editor aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg ALICIA WONG assistant news editor aliciaw@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE The Republic has
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      118 1 CHINA’S STABILITY DEPENDS ON DEVELOPING RULEOFLAW, IN A SYSTEM WHERE IT BARELY EXISTS: ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 TRAVEL T2 JUMP INTO YOUR CAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS Good Morning. i £e +be to trg our 3oon to be Uurvcked PurcW>e <wv>] beverage enjog a cow\pliw\eivUrg N\iAF.broow\ NWz-ArelU FUkg wvdwick to^Ag*
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      122 1 CHINA’S STABILITY DEPENDS ON DEVELOPING RULEOFLAW, IN A SYSTEM WHERE IT BARELY EXISTS: ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 SPORTS 76 VENUS JOINS SERENA WITH EARLY FRENCH OPEN EXIT Good Morning. +k to trg our 3oon to \oe \mncVed ar At\g krAivle-3(2-ed WtxdcnJvPted. beverage £\t\rl mjog a cow\pliw\mtArg N\iAF.Vroow\ i NWz-ArelU
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  • hot news
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      More COEs to be available
      663 2  -  LTA announces measures to ease the transition to lower vehicle growth rate TRANSPORT SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg S I NG A POR E The supply of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) will be increased by almost 4,000 between August and January, and another 1,600 or so in
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      Lock icon Zhang Ziyi demands apology on Bo claims
      487 3 AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has threatened legal action against the Apple Daily newspaper, which is based in Hong Kong, over a story claiming that she had been paid to have sex with a disgraced politician. The claims, based on unidentified sources,
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      Lock icon Higher inflation delays CPF targets
      676 4  -  CPF forced to push dateline to achieve Minimum Sum target amount from next year to 2015 CPF SAVINGS TEO XUANWEI xuanwei@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Last year’s high inflation has forced the Government to push back, by two years, its intended date to hit a target Central Provident
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      Lock icon New college well on its way
      560 6  -  Top candidates appointed as faculty members, says inaugural Yale-NUSpresident YALE-NUSCOLLEGE NG JING YNG jingyng@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE With about 15 months to go before the Republic’s first liberal arts college opens its doors, it is still looking for key members of its leadership team. But Professor
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      FIND OUT WHAT’S TRENDING IN SINGAPORE
      118 8 WHAT’S HOT IN SG WHAT THE TREND Lists the top hashtags and keywords on Twitter and tries to make sense of why a topic is in the top 10 list. You can narrow it down to Singapore. TDY.SG/WTTRENDSG TRENDSMAP Trendsmap might offer the same
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      Lock icon Most Britons worry about weight: Study
      268 8 THE GUARDIAN LONDON Girls as young as five now routinely worry about their weight and appearance, while more than half the entire United Kingdom population is grappling with mental and physical problems relating to negative body image, according to a parliamentary report published yesterday.
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      346 4 The Wolverhampton MBA for (Business 6y (Business Leaders! ERC INSTITUTE Smarter, Faster Better! For Business by Business Leaders! ERC Institute is proud to partner with the University of Wolverhampton which has a long list of accolades including, two-time recipient of the Lord Stafford Award for excellence in innovative work with
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      112 6 NATURE Changi Village Hotel Saturday, 16 June 2012 1pm to 5pm (Complimentary shuttle bus service from Pasir Ris MRT Station at 12.15pm and 12.45pm) Event Highlights: Door Gifts Live Food Station Refreshments Meet our Wedding Vendors Tour of Bridal Show Suites Silent Movie a LIVE run through of the actual
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      238 6 rviiKci sfcrefccUer LearKlKg ceKbre bUe prervuer eKrlcUrKeKfc cUoiK Ik si.Kgo.pore MliAct. Stretcker's T Run 1 Run 2 11 15 June 2012 18 22 June 2012 C Z?} 9:00am -11:30 am (Monday Friday): MATHEMATICS (Common difficult copies techniques to solve them) 11:30am -1:00pm (Monday Friday): ENGLISH (Common mistakes. including Oral and
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      523 7 CHINA’S STABILITY DEPENDS ON DEVELOPING RULE OF LAW, IN A SYSTEM WHERE IT BARELY EXISTS: ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG COMMENT&ANALYSIS 10 TODAYONLINE .COM WE SET YOU THINKING TRAVEL T2 JUMP INTO YOUR CAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012 M I C A P) 0 9 3/0 6/ 2 0
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      765 8 Advertisement This is the third of a 4-part series which aims to help bring confidence back to the table, especially for parents of picky eater children during mealtimes. If you have missed part 1 or 2, visit www.pickyeating.com.sg to read about it. PediaSure brings confidence to the table Just as
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      40 8 UMJ JACKPOT Estimated Draw on Thu, 31 May 2012 at 6.30pm at PoMo For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg Ip yA Always play with care. [responsibly! Do not bet illegally. RGB Reg No; *****0202G Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE m POOLS
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  • comment & analysis
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      Lock icon China has laws but lacks rule of law
      1054 10  -  A BLIND ACTIVIST SPEAKS CHEN GUANGCHENG Chen Guangcheng is a special student at the US-Asia Law Institute at the New York University School of Law. This essay was translated from Chinese. THE NEW YORK TIMES Since I arrived in the United States
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      Manufacturing strikes back
      686 14  -  COMPETITIVE ECONOMIES STEPHANE GARELLI Stephane Garelli is the director of IMD’s World Competitiveness Center and teaches on IMD’s Orchestrating Winning Performance programme. After a golden age of ultra-glo-balisation, the new buzzword is reindustrialisation. In this new era, the ability to manufacture locally will be crucial to a
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      Lock icon Visas for the best and brightest
      721 16 BLOOMBERG EDITORIAL IMMIGRATION BLOOMBERG To see the results of self-defeat-ing United States immigration policies, you need only open your browser to www.canadavisa.com. There, you’ll see a shrewd neighbour fishing for talent at US expense. At the top of the website, in large print, is
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      Lock icon ‘Hitler’ Hashimoto stirs Japan
      615 18  -  WILLIAM PESEK Tokyo-based William Pesek won the 2010 Society of American Business Editors and Writers prize for commentary. Follow him on Twitter at @WilliamPesek. BLOOMBERG Who knew a modern-day Adolf Hitler was running Osaka? Certainly not the majority of the 2.7 million people in the western
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      24 10 The new buzzword is reindustrialisation. In this new era, the ability to manufacture locally will be crucial to a country’s competitiveness. STEPHANE GARELLI 14
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      89 11 FIRST GLOBAL FLAGSHIP STORE IN SINGAPORE NOW OPEN AT WISMA ATRIA Founded in a New York City loft in 1941, Coach is thrilled to announce the grand opening of the first global flagship store in Singapore. Come shop the complete collection of our latest luxury leatherware and accessories for men
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      430 16 YOU CAN EXPERIENCE MORE AT THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE Enjoy exclusive dining privileges and spa deals with MasterCard*. 1 T Jr ADEVA SPA 10% off a la carte services Your choice of Perk Me Up Spa Ritual or Prescriptive Face Spa at only S$38 nett (U.P. S$214 Duration 60 mins)
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      Rules of the PR game
      223 20  -  FROM TAN SI AN I refer to the letter “Of PRs and citizens” (May 30), which has blurred the line between the economic contribution of permanent residents and their children. The former’s contribution should not accrue to their children. As it was stated, first-generation PRs
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    • Article
      National Service is here to stay
      209 20  -  FROM FRANCIS VALENTINE TAN Mr Stuart Frost, who wrote “Review NS to suit society, youth today” (May 29), should be informed that we used to serve 30 months. It was shortened to two years with changes in training methods and technology. It is often
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    • Article
      Rights are shared on the road
      190 20  -  FROM ONG YONG HUI After the recent death of a cyclist at Changi Coast Road, I chanced upon a car forum online with derogatory remarks about the victim and cyclists in general. This is not the first time such comments have surfaced in the
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      Lock icon Only S$5 for Yellow Ribbon Fund?
      119 22  -  FROM M LUKSHUMAYEH The Yellow Ribbon Project is a worthy cause that should be supported as it helps to unlock the second prison for ex-offenders through its reintegration efforts. The Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, which is in its fourth year, is one of the
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      A sense of proportion needed
      332 22  -  FROM WILFRED ONG CHIEW LENG Mr Eugene Tan’s commentary that “Both sides will need to raise their game” (May 29), while trying to appear balanced, left me feeling that he was scraping the barrel to identify ways for the Workers’ Party to raise its game.
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      No principle in CEA fee policy
      175 24  -  FROM HENRY TAY Property agents can perform estate agency work only if they have a valid registration. But why are registration fees subjected to repayment when an agent, registered for a valid period, switches agencies? When a property agent recently asked the Council for
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    • Article
      Is there really a shoebox oversupply?
      234 24  -  FROM WONG TOON TUAN Within three years, the number of shoebox units is expected to surge fourfold to 9,700 from the current 2,500, raising concerns of an oversupply and dire consequences. There are doubts that demand can be sustained, especially as many new units
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      Property developers countering govt policy
      113 24  -  FROM EDWIN LIM The extra stamp duty of 10 per cent was introduced in December to curb excessive foreign investment in private residential property. This cooling measure has failed. New private home sales last month were the strongest in nearly three years. One possible reason
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      119 20 THREE RESERVIST CALL-UPS THE NORM? Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit http:// tdy.sg/lettercallup for the letter from Angeline Seah. tPOjpE&S© 5 grains WHOLESOME Pop Rice ?loeberry Cranberry Sole Distributor: Strawberry Gojiberry WHOLESOME Pop Rice K.ll Chocolate Banana 0 WHOLESOME www.wholesomethree.com Craving
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      14 20 •HAVEYOURSAY email your letters to voices@mediacorp.com.sg JOIN THE CONVERSATION facebook.com/todayonline READ MORE LETTERS todayonline.com/voices
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      211 21 SINGAPORE CABLE CAR presents O ADVENTURE MOUNT FABER Catch Angry Birds'" at Mount Faber from I 3 June 2012 for a fun-filled Launch Weekend and don't miss the Life-sized Catapult Launch happening at II.HSam on I June! ATOP December 2012 June B LIKE US at ‘SingaporeCableCar’ Get all excited this
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      492 22 Shopping for yourself and your family’s needs? G j rO^ 3 r sfe <§? t'rW v^ s c~f \V nts Pe rs (./Fe ai a p LUs s Be rewarded with S$200 Takashimaya shopping vouchers* when you pick up selected AIA protection plans! All you have to do is accumulate
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      32 22 CHARITABLE VIEW OF THE POH FURORE Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit http://tdy.sg/ letterpoh on your browser for the letter from Narayana Narayana.
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      29 22 NO YELLOW RIBBON FOR JOHNSON Scan the QR code using the reader app on your smartphone, or you can visit http:// tdy.sg/letterribbon for the letter from Ho San Cheow.
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      180 23 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMMERSIVE LERRNING in AlflON NTU. One of the fastest-rising universities in the global Top 100. Step into the Immersive Room and you will be drawn into a 3D virtual world. An exclusive feature of NTU, the Immersive Room is amongst a host of world-class facilities that allows
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      40 24 POWER IN CONDOS IS LIKE DRIVING A FERRARI Get a QR code reader app for your smartphone and scan the code using the app, or you can visit http //tdy.sg/ lettermcst on your browser for the letter from Thomas Khoo.
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  • singapore
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      SingTel Mobile fined S$400,000
      302 26 Efforts to identify fault and restore services ‘were not satisfactory 3G SERVICE DISRUPTION SINGAPORE SingTel Mobile (STM) has been slapped with a S$400,000 fine the highest imposed on a telco for the disruption of its 3G mobile services in September last year. In a statement yesterday,
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      StarHub fibre broadband disrupted for more than an hour
      106 26 SINGAPORE StarHub’s fibre broadband service was disrupted for more than an hour yesterday, due to a “technical difficulty”. StarHub corporate communications senior manager Cassie Fong said the telco learned of the disruption at 7.50pm. She said: “We became aware that our
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      Lock icon Volunteers run donation drive for National Day
      395 26  -  ASHLEY CHIA SINGAPORE From donating S$5 to charity to have a customised Lego figurine be part of a scale model of the National Day Parade (NDP), to submitting videos of themselves singing the National Anthem, Singaporeans can expect more “engaging” National Day celebrations
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      Student leaders must show the way in social work: Halimah
      244 28  -  HANNA BEGAM SINGAPORE Student leaders should lead by example and help pave the way for their peers to bring about change in their schools and communities, said Minister of State (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Halimah Yacob yesterday. Speaking at
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      A*STAR institute, Hitachi tackling genome data storage
      319 28 SINGAPORE As scientists increasingly turn to genome sequencing to help them identify the causes of common genetic disorders, an “overwhelming increase” in genome data is expected to be created. So to tackle the massive growth of such data in the healthcare and biomedical
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      Online Indonesian maid process ‘may be more tedious’
      463 30  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL saifulbahri ismail@mediacorp.com.sg The was for a 0.2-per-cent SINGAPORE With effect from yesterday, maid agencies here will have to apply online with the Indonesian Embassy for employment contracts for Indonesian foreign domestic workers. The new online system will help the embassy
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      113 26 MEI Live presents the BBC Worldwide and Polka Theatre production of Charlie and Lola's best eStpstP la y lie and Lola's best bestest P a i OPENS TODAY! Based on the characters created by Lauren Child Adapted by Jonathan Lloyd LIVE ON STAGE! 31 May-10 June 2012 DBS Arts Centre
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      298 28 COMfc ?LNV THIS Wi Sentosa (Official) B Sentosa Island MySentosa App from Apple iTunes Android Market Nokia Ovi Store 1-24 June www.sentosa.com SUPERS<ZED ACTIVITIES FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES! YK storytelling SESSIONS Every Wednesday to Sunday 11.30am, 3.30pm 5.30pm Images of Singapore Forecourt Join your favourite fable characters as they bring
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      180 31 Il Offers valid from 31 May -13 June 2012 $m 5 < SKOli 05 SliOfi each COCA-COLA Canned Drinks 12s x 330ml UP: $8.50 SKOL Beer Quart 633ml Z z z r/f K IE BEtr. Buy 330mL CANS ICE MOUNTAIN Pure Drinking Water 24s x 500ml FANTA I Orange Drink
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      Getting to grips with life’s uncertainties
      891 32  -  In the wake of a tragedy, one man and his family had to face an uncomfortable subject POWER OF ATTORNEY SUMITA SREEDHARAN sumitas@mediacorp.com.sg Singapore Until four years ago, Andy Cheah rarely thought about what would happen should the day come when he was no
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      IT’S NEVER TOO OLD TO START ...
      126 34 IT’S NEVER TOO OLD TO START OLDER AND BOLDER GYMNASTICS JOHANNA QUAAS BORN 1926 Winner of 11 medals at the German senior citizens’ championships. A video of her has gone viral with over three million views on YouTube. TDY.SG/JOHQUA26 VIDEO-BLOGGING RUTH HAMILTON BORN 1898 Started video blogging at the age
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      Lock icon They’re not all grumpy old men
      391 34 THE GUARDIAN LONDON The myth that older people are a miserable lot “always going on about ailments” has been demolished by a study in the United Kingdom of more than 1,000 older people in the 85-plus generation. In fact, “four out of five of
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      20 32 HOWTO MAKE A LASTING POWER OF ATTORNEY Get a free Tag Reader app for your smartphone or visit http://tdy.sg/ attorney0601
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      305 36 REUTERS SHANGHAI China, long known for its reputation as being a copycat nation, is emerging as a favoured place for entrepreneurs looking to start mobile and Internet application businesses, due to the size and dynamic nature of the domestic tech market. “The Chinese
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      252 47 REUTERS MUMBAI When Bollywood film-mak-er Kunal Deshmukh set out to make Jannat 2, a raunchy tale about arms dealing with plenty of swearing and bare skin, he ended up shooting two versions one for cinema audiences and the other for television. Like many
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      312 49 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER IN THAILAND REUTERS M A H ACH A I TH A IL A ND) Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi received a rapturous reception in Thailand yesterday from crowds of cheering compatriots who flocked to celebrate her first
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      115 49 REUTERS YANGON As Myanmar opens up after five decades of military rule, a country run on cash is finding a new alternative: Plastic. Private banks in Myanmar have begun rolling out automated teller machines (ATMs) in recent weeks, revolutionary in a country where people often
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      136 51 AP BANGKOK Thai politics is set to welcome back 111 of its top players after a five-year ban expires for leaders in the former political party of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The expiry of the ban at midnight last night is expected to
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      306 51 AGENCIES BANGKOK Google and human rights groups reacted strongly to a Thai court’s decision to convict the webmaster of an Internet message board for comments posted by users that insulted the Thai royal family. Courts in Thailand have with increasing frequency jailed people convicted of
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      59 51 REUTERS Thailand’s Yellow Shirts, who shut down Bangkok ’s airports in 2008, rallied yesterday against a national reconciliation Bill seen as a way of letting former PM Thaksin Shinawatra return from exile. More than 3,500 people gathered at the Royal Plaza in Bangkok and marched to Parliament,
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      353 52 THE NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO Mr Ronan Sato, a graduate student in applied statistics at Oxford, has always been keen on working in his native Japan. But at a career fair for overseas Japanese students, he found
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      166 52 THE NEW YORK TIMES Mr Kenta Koga, one of only a handful of Japanese undergraduates to enter Yale in 2010, violated many unwritten rules last summer as an intern at a big Japanese advertising agency in Tokyo. On client rounds with
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        62 54 AGENCIES Ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a resounding victory in the Texas primary. He will be formally nominated at the Republican convention in Florida in August. He and Democratic President Barack Obama are locked in a tight
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        60 54 REUTERS Britain’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, leaving the Australian with few legal options after an 18-month legal battle. He has been fighting against extradition since his arrest in Britain in December 2010.
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        69 54 AGENCIES Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, 64, was yesterday sentenced to 50 years in prison by an international court in The Hague. Judges said he was responsible for some of the worst war crimes in history by arming Sierra Leone rebels in return for“
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        67 54 AP A severed human foot was mailed to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party in Ottawa, the police said on Tuesday. Another body part was discovered when the police intercepted a second package. In Montreal, the police discovered a severed torso in
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        54 54 Passengers queuing at Barcelona’s airport yesterday on the second day of a strike by cleaning staff. They were protesting against cuts in pay and benefits by their employer, who has a contract with the airport. They littered the floor with rubbish and torn paper as part of
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        74 54 AGENCIES Mr Andy Coulson, a former top media adviser to British Prime Minister David Cameron, was detained yesterday on suspicion of perjury after he denied in court any knowledge of phone hacking by reporters at Mr Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. Coulson appeared before
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        70 54 AGENCIES Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who helped the United States find Osama bin Laden, had been sentenced to 33 years in prison last week for conspiring with an Islamist militant commander. Court documents showed the verdict was not based on treason charges
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      55 56 AP A video of Mr Isaac Lamb’s proposal to girlfriend Amy Frankel has gone viral, notching more than six million YouTube hits so far. The video started with about 60 people street-dancing and lip-syncing to the Bruno Mars hit ‘Marry You’ and ended with Mr Lamb
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      379 56 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH LONDON Healthy people are being harmed by routine over-diagnosis of breast cancer and osteoporosis, experts have warned. Improvements in medical technology and the broadening definition of what constitutes disease mean more patients at lower risk of disease are being treated for
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        58 58 BUY (S$0.89) Maybank Kim Eng keeps its call and S$1.14 target price, saying the stock is deeply undervalued at 4.6X ex-cash fiscal FY13 P/ E. House expects positive results ahead as FY12 contract wins are the company’s secondhighest in seven years. It notes Boustead also secured a major water
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        55 58 HOLD (S$1.13) Maybank Kim Eng maintains its rating but cuts the target price to S$1.19 from S$1.27. House says that until the macro-economic outlook shows more meaningful signs of recovery or the Government lifts some of the cooling measures, it sees little upside to Ho Bee’s share price,
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        55 58 HOLD (S$1.13) Maybank Kim Eng maintains its rating but cuts the target price to S$1.19 from S$1.27. House says that until the macro-economic outlook shows more meaningful signs of recovery or the Government lifts some of the cooling measures, it sees little upside to Ho Bee’s share price,
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        59 58 BUY (S$1.13) Maybank Kim Eng maintains rating with a target price of S$1.42, pegged to 1.5 times P/B, one standard deviation below its fiveyear mean. Although the commodities sector posted one of its worst results this quarter, house says it sees some value in Noble’s more robust book with
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      338 58 Investors seeking refuge from deteriorating credit conditions caused by European crisis GLOBAL ECONOMY BLOOMBERG NEW YORK United States Treasury 10-year note yields fell to a record low as investors sought refuge from the deteriorating credit conditions of European sovereign borrowers. The yield
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      374 58  -  LINETTE LIM SINGAPORE Global economic uncertainty has prompted more small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to conserve cash and put growth plans on hold. This trend has been highlighted by several local banks, which said that the move has also led to slower growth
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      495 58 Commissioner says Spain to get more time to reduce deficit, calls for euro zone banking union AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS BRUSSELS The European Commission threw Spain, the latest frontline in Europe’s debt war, two potential lifelines yesterday, offering more time to reduce its budget deficit and
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      296 58 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Nasdaq’s handling of Facebook’s initial public offering has already led to lawsuits and may cost brokers US$100 million (S$129 million). What Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials will want to know is whether the market operator put the public’s interest first. “Their
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      278 60 SINGAPORE Property and retail group Metro Holdings reported that its fiscal fourth quarter net profit jumped more than five-times from a year earlier to S$78.6 million. The company said this was mainly due to a gain from the disposal of its
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      102 60  -  WONG SIEW YING SINGAPORE 700 Beach Road, an office building in the Central Business District has been put up for sale. Marketing agent Jones Lang LaSalle said the indicative price for 100-per-cent strata interest in the property is S$120 million. The building comprises 67,429
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      264 64 AGENCIES SAN FRANCISCO Apple yesterday confirmed it will hold its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on June 11 said United Kingdom technology magazine The Register. This year marks the first WWDC since Steve Jobs’ passing. While Apple has not released details of its keynote
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      Lock icon STAGE SET FOR EURO 2012 BATTLE
      647 66  -  F&B chains to stay open later in fight for fans’ money EURO 2012 COUNTDOWN IAN DE COTTA ian@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE— Football fans across the globe are counting down to the start of Euro 2012, which kicks off on June 8 in Warsaw with the match
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      STARHUB PLEDGES SMOOTH TRANSMISSION
      327 66  -  IAN DE COTTA Frozen images and seconds-long lags during live broadcasts will not plague the three-week Euro 2012 that kicks off in eight days, StarHub has promised. The local telecommunications company, which holds the exclusive broadcast rights in Singapore, gave this assurance yesterday, saying it is
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      KULICK WARY OF KOREAN THREAT
      248 67  -  DAN GUEN CHIN SING A PORE Defending champion Kelly Kulick is feeling the heat, and for good reason. The 35-year-old American believes the South Koreans will be a major threat to her chances of retaining her crown at the ongoing 45th Singapore International Open bowling
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      Lock icon A SHOP WINDOW FOR SINGAPORE SPORTS
      462 67  -  TAN YO-HINN deputy sports editor yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE While we are not yet a first-world sporting nation, I was glad a lot more effort was put into organising this year’s Singapore Sports Awards on Tuesday night at the Swissotel the Stamford. Occasions like these offer
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      Lock icon PERHAPS THE GROUP OF YAWN, NOT DEATH
      438 68  -  EURO 2012 GROUP B PREVIEW TAN YO-HINN yohinn@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE A “Group of Death” for every major tournament seems a standard issue these days. Group B of Euro 2012 comprising Germany, Portugal, Denmark and the Netherlands is the latest to earn the moniker. When
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      85 68 Germany: A team suited to tournament-type football, spurred on by eight Bayern Munich players looking to avoid another heartache, and could easily top the group. Portugal: Ronaldo is the livewire in this solid team looking to redeem their 2010 World Cup failure, and should finish
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      Lock icon RODGERS IS NEW LIVERPOOL MANAGER
      286 69 AGENCIES L I V E R P O O L Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers is set to be Kenny Dalglish’s successor at Anfield. While neither Liverpool nor Swansea have made official comments, the BBC reported that the 39-year-old Northern Irishman has signed a three-year deal
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        63 69 REUTERS UEFA have suspended Turkish side Besiktas from European competitions for one year and fined them €200,000 (S$319,000) after the club breached financial fair play regulations. Shares of the 13-time Turkish champions tumbled more than 9 per cent on the news. The club said they
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        Lock icon DJOKOVIC, AZARENKA REACH 3RD ROUND
        65 69 AP Top seed Novak Djokovic brushed aside Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-0,6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of the French Open. The Serb is aiming to be the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win four consecutive tennis majors. Women’s top seed Victoria
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        60 69 AP Syrian Olympic Committee president General Mowaffak Joumaa says nine athletes from the country have qualified for the London Games and will compete “despite all pressures, media war and threats to ban them”. British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Syrian delegation members linked
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        Lock icon SCHOLES SIGNS ONE-YEAR EXTENSION
        60 69 BLOOMBERG Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has signed a one-year extension with the 19-time English champions. The 37-year-old retired from United last year but returned in January after injuries to some of the team’s players. Scholes joined the team in 1991 and has made 697 appearances
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        64 76 AP “All in one rhythm” is the official slogan of the 2014 World Cup. FIFA and Brazilian organisers say it represents the “unique flavour that Brazil will bring” to football’s showcase event. FIFA also said the slogan showcases “the essence of five pillars representing Brazil:
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        61 76 AP Italian Claudio Ranieri has signed a two-year contract plus one optional year as coach of French Ligue 2 side AS Monaco. The 60-year-old former Chelsea and Juventus manager was sacked by Serie A club Inter Milan in March. Monaco were French champions seven times
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        Lock icon RUGBY WORLD CUP LOSS LOWER THAN FORECAST
        69 76 AGENCIES Organisers of last year’s rugby World Cup in New Zealand reported a final loss of NZ$31.3 million (S$30.4 million) yesterday, 20 per cent lower than the initial forecast. The New Zealand Rugby Union will cover NZ$10 million of the loss. A total
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        Lock icon TIGER WOODS SAYS HE’S BACK ON TRACK
        72 76 AP Former world No 1 golfer Tiger Woods said he has addressed problems in his swing and it is now a matter of getting enough practice and trust in it. The 36-year-old and 14-time Major winner mingled with hand-picked fans in a 34-minute
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      Lock icon THUNDER SILENCED AND LOOKING FOR ANSWERS
      256 76 AGENCIES SAN ANTONIO For a second straight game, the San Antonio Spurs dismantled the Oklahoma City Thunder, jumping to a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals. Using their bread-and-butter pick-and-roll offence and pinpoint ball movement, the Spurs completed an authoritative 120-111
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      Lock icon LAMPARD MAY MISS EURO 2012
      156 76 AGENCIES LONDON England suffered another potential injury blow yesterday when Frank Lampard pulled up in training with a thigh injury. The Football Association confirmed the experienced Chelsea midfielder was being assessed by the medical team and would undergo a scan today. Lampard was hurt chasing
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      Lock icon WILLIAMSES ARE ALL OUT
      344 76 AFTERNOON LATEST REUTERS PARIS Venus Williams refused to be downcast after losing to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round of the French Open yesterday, saying she was still on a learning curve after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. “I am really positive and
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      49 1 MUSIC GEORGE HARRISON’S EARLYWORKSARE GIVENAN AIRING 9 TELEVISION PETER DINKLAGE OUT TO HELP THE ANIMALS 10 ARTS EMILY OF EMERALD HILL BECOMES A MUSICAL 12 THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012 ONE FOR THE ROAD FILL UP THE TANK AND JUMP IN YOUR CAR FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS 2 PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
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        DRIVE THROUGH
        825 2  -  Perhaps it’s time to jump in your car and hit the road for your next holiday SERENE LIM serenelim@mediacorp.com.sg Fans of author Jack Kerouac are probably pleased to know the movie adaptation of the iconic road trip novel, On The Road, will be hitting screens here soon. Reading
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        Explora’s Jose Parilla
        350 6 JETSETTING WITH The man in charge of promoting vacations of a lifetime with the breathtaking Explora hotels located in Patagonia, Atacama and Easter Island, hardly took a holiday before starting on the job. “I was working in the airline catering and logistics industry,” Parilla explained. “I came
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        180 6 Fly to Manila fromS$118 Cebu Pacific is having a promotional summer fare for its flights to Manila. Book by today to enjoy an all-inclu-sive fare to Manila from S$118. Travel validity from July 1 to Sept 30. Visit www.cebupacificair.com for bookings. Catch Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee
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        363 8 How to spend S$101 (you big spender, you) in a day TRAVEL 101 Summer’s in and the surf’s up. But you can do this all-year-round if you head to the paradise that is Hawaii, starting first with the sun-kissed pulsating city of Honolulu. If it’s not the waves of
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        By George, he’s done it
        613 9  -  Producer Giles Martin on getting the music of former Beatle George Harrison just right EX-BEATLE MANIA CHRISTOPHER TOH christophert@ mediacorp.com.sg Last year, Martin Scorsese released his documentary film George Harrison: Living In The Material World, which traces the life of the late George Harrison, from
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        100 10 AP NEW YORK Stephen King will take on crime for a novel coming out next year. The author of Carrie and other horror classics has a deal with the publisher Hard Case Crime for Joyland, a whodunit scheduled for June 2013. King was an early advocate
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        149 10 AP LOS ANGELES In Game Of Thrones, Peter Dinklage’s sly character Tyrion Lannister is constantly steeped in battle over control of a mythical kingdom. After the show’s season finale on Sunday, Dinklage plans to take his fight to the farm. Dinklage, 42, will spend his off season
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        Intimate affair
        149 11  -  CD REVIEW: HIGH INCLINE 9 MAPS KEVIN MATHEWS The Hong Kong indie music scene has been showing definite signs of life in the last 18 months or so. And indie folk-pop trio 9 Maps Sherin Siew (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Ciosa Houlihan (vocals, guitar, ukulele) and Gabe Andre (drums)
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        A so-so set
        135 11  -  CD REVIEW: MTV UNPLUGGED FLORENCE THE MACHINE KEVIN MATHEWS This is the second live album by the English indie rock band. Filmed last December in New York’s oldest synagogue build- ing, Angel Orensanz Center, with the band backed by a 10-piece choir, the album contains acoustic performances
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        Love-ly work
        142 11  -  CD REVIEW: ELECTRIC CABLES LIGHTSHIPS KEVIN MATHEWS Lightships is the name of Love’s side project and, as expected, this debut album contains all the melancholic songwriting Love is best known for which makes this album consisting only of Love compositions sound like a dream come true for Fanclub
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        176 11 MUSIC NOTES Twinkle Girls Generation TTS Even with only three of the nine Girls Generation members in this outfit, they still manage to pop with enough panache to keep fans interested for the duration of this mini-album. …Little Broken Hearts Norah Jones Look up “mellow” in
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        GIG GUIDE
        170 12 John Abercrombie He’s been called a guitar legend and it’s not hard to see why. June 4, 7.30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets at S$48 to S$128 from Sistic. Deborah Conway/Willy Zygier Popular Australian singer-songwriter Conway is joined by Zygier, performing songs from her latest album, Half Man, Half
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        A Bibik blitz
        303 12  -  Emily Of Emerald Hill moves into the Peranakan Museum MAYO MARTIN SING A PORE It’s exciting times for Singapore’s most beloved Peranakan matriarch. Emily Of Emerald Hill playwright Stella Kon, who has been working on a musical version of her famous monologue for the past two years,
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      302 13  -  From breakfast cereal to dessert, FairPrice’s fun range of cereals is a versatile treat ANNETTE TAN food@mediacorp.com.sg Brought to you by As the first meal of the day, breakfast is particularly important, especially for kids. You want your children to start the day right and with food
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          71 14 Now on its third year, the Art Garden for children features interactive, full-filled installation works by artists Justin Lee, Loh Sau Kuen, Shinji Ohmaki, among others. Look out fora series of short films and animations, including those from young Singaporean students. Until Aug 12, 10am to 7pm
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          ROBERT AND KIM KIYOSAKI MEET-THE-AUTHOR SESSION
          59 14 Come face-to-face with Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the New York Times bestsellers such as Rich Dad Poor Dad and Unfair Advantage; and Kim Kiyosaki, the author of Good Deal Bad Deal, and the founder of RichWoman. com. Today, 7pm, Central Public Library, 100
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          ION ORCHARD X STYLE: THE PRICE IS RIGHT! GSS INSTALLATION
          75 14 Style: magazine presents The Price Is Right, a luxe installation inspired by the Great Singapore Sale collections within ION Orchard. The installation, specially curated by the Style: team is a showcase of the trendiest threads in black, white and silver.
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          SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2012: RITE(S) OF SPRING
          75 14 The young volunteer group Orchestra Of The Music Makers takes on the challenge of performing Stravinsky’s daunting The Rite Of Spring not to mention a new piece based on this in a concert that also includes Royston Tan’s video. Will the group pull
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          CHARLIE AND LOLA’S BEST BESTEST PLAY
          83 14 A heart-warming story brought to life using puppetry and music based on the hit TV series seen on CBeebies. Based on the books of Lauren Child, it features everyone’s dream siblings. Will Lola ever tidy her messy room? Will Charlie get Lola to sleep,
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          SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2012: LAN FANG CHRONICLES 2012
          94 14 Did you know there was a short-lived republic in West Borneo in the 18th century? Check out this performance installation in the form of a museum by artist Choy Ka Fai, which looks at the mysterious Lan F ang Republic at the
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          TOUR IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
          60 14 Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz returns to our shores on the back of his new album, Love Is A Four Letter Word. This performance is in conjunction with the official opening of the Gardens By The Bay. June 29, 8pm, The Meadow, Gardens By The Bay.
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