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  • Bookends

    Straits Times Interactive - LIFESTYLE
    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Who: Musician Mohamed Noor Syed Yakob (right), 45, describes the percussion group he is in as 'not just a band, but family'. The four members of Tribal Tide eat together and share their woes with one another.

  • Man arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore

    Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE
    16 May 2012 | 7:21 am
    Home Team officers arrested a man who allegedly tried to smuggle about 500g of 'Ice' worth more than $100,000 in a tissue box into Singapore, early on Wednesday morning. Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectDuo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark wardenHougang by-election: No rallies on ThursdaySingapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, AthensMRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causes

  • Fresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers

    Straits Times Interactive - SE ASIA
    16 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Employers consider fresh graduates liabilities as many require additional training before they can perform. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaPhilippines bans fishing near disputed shoalMyanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'Cambodian girl killed in land row: OfficialWorld Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewage

  • Facebook boosts number of IPO shares by 25%

    Straits Times Interactive - MONEY
    16 May 2012 | 7:43 am
    NEW YORK (AFP) - Facebook on Wednesday boosted by 25 per cent the number of shares for sale at its stock market debut, amid signs of strong investor demand for its initial public offering this week.

  • Ferdinand out of England Euro squad: Official

    Straits Times Interactive - SPORT
    16 May 2012 | 7:19 am
    LONDON (AFP) - Veteran defender Rio Ferdinand was the highest-profile casualty on Wednesday as England manager Roy Hodgson unveiled his squad for the European Championships.
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    Straits Times Interactive - SINGAPORE

  • Man arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore

    16 May 2012 | 7:21 am
    Home Team officers arrested a man who allegedly tried to smuggle about 500g of 'Ice' worth more than $100,000 in a tissue box into Singapore, early on Wednesday morning. Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectDuo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark wardenHougang by-election: No rallies on ThursdaySingapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, AthensMRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causes

  • MRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causes

    16 May 2012 | 6:10 am
    The panel of experts engaged by SMRT, Land Transport Authority and the State spent their second day at the Committee of Inquiry on Wednesday matching a list of recommended actions they submitted earlier to a long list of factors that caused last December's breakdowns.Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectDuo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark wardenHougang by-election: No rallies on ThursdaySingapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, AthensMan arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore

  • Singapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, Athens

    16 May 2012 | 5:43 am
    SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) , which is struggling with weak load factors, said on Wednesday it will suspend services to Abu Dhabi and Athens from Oct 26 due to weak demand. Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectDuo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark wardenHougang by-election: No rallies on ThursdayMRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causesMan arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore

  • Hougang by-election: No rallies on Thursday

    16 May 2012 | 5:38 am
    There will be no rallies on Thursday, as no candidates have applied for a permit, the police said on Wednesday.Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectDuo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark wardenSingapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, AthensMRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causesMan arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore

  • Duo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark warden

    16 May 2012 | 4:40 am
    Related StoriesCop jailed 2 weeks for dereliction of duty, having sex with suspectHougang by-election: No rallies on ThursdaySingapore Airlines to suspend services to Abu Dhabi, AthensMRT breakdown COI: Experts match remedies to causesMan arrested for attempt to smuggle $100k worth of 'Ice' into Singapore
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - SE ASIA

  • Fresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers

    16 May 2012 | 8:19 am
    KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Employers consider fresh graduates liabilities as many require additional training before they can perform. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaPhilippines bans fishing near disputed shoalMyanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'Cambodian girl killed in land row: OfficialWorld Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewage

  • Philippines bans fishing near disputed shoal

    16 May 2012 | 7:03 am
    MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines imposed a two-month ban on fishing around a disputed South China Sea shoal on Wednesday, after saying it did not recognise a similar order by China. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaMyanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'Cambodian girl killed in land row: OfficialWorld Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewageFresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers

  • Myanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'

    16 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    YANGON (AFP) - A Myanmar vice-president with close ties to former junta chief Than Shwe has become a monk, officials said on Wednesday, in a move observers believe could strengthen the hand of the country's reformers. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaPhilippines bans fishing near disputed shoalCambodian girl killed in land row: OfficialWorld Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewageFresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers

  • World Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewage

    16 May 2012 | 6:57 am
    MANILA (AFP) - The World Bank is lending the Philippines US$275 million (S$346 million) to tackle huge volumes of untreated sewage that threaten to swallow the capital Manila, the lender said on Wednesday. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaPhilippines bans fishing near disputed shoalMyanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'Cambodian girl killed in land row: OfficialFresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers

  • Cambodian girl killed in land row: Official

    16 May 2012 | 6:04 am
    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - A Cambodian girl was shot dead on Wednesday when security forces clashed with protesters demonstrating over an alleged land grab, an official said, in the latest territorial dispute to end in violence. Related StoriesPhilippines names 'special envoys' to ChinaPhilippines bans fishing near disputed shoalMyanmar regime hardliner 'becomes a monk'World Bank loans $346m to Philippines to tackle sewageFresh graduates not suitable and are 'liabilities', says Malaysian employers
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - SPORT

  • Ferdinand out of England Euro squad: Official

    16 May 2012 | 7:19 am
    LONDON (AFP) - Veteran defender Rio Ferdinand was the highest-profile casualty on Wednesday as England manager Roy Hodgson unveiled his squad for the European Championships.

  • Beckham to help bring Olympic flame to Britain

    16 May 2012 | 5:35 am
    LONDON (REUTERS) - David Beckham will help bring the Olympic flame to Britain on Friday after he takes part in a formal handover ceremony in Athens, London 2012 organisers said.

  • Manchester United's Ferguson meets Kagawa

    16 May 2012 | 12:39 am
    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan international Shinji Kagawa revealed on Wednesday that he had met Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, as rumours swirl that the Borussia Dortmund star is eyeing a move to the Premier League.

  • Djokovic returns to form with Tomic win in Rome

    15 May 2012 | 5:46 pm
    ROME (REUTERS) - Novak Djokovic was back on top form as he brushed aside rising Australian talent Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday.

  • Ferguson, Giggs win top EPL 20-season awards

    15 May 2012 | 5:41 pm
    LONDON (AP) - Despite relinquishing the title to Manchester City, the Premier League provided a timely reminder to Manchester United about its recent dominance in English football on Tuesday.
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    Straits Times Interactive - WORLD

  • Canada charges two more in human smuggling case

    16 May 2012 | 10:21 am
    OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada's immigration minister said on Wednesday that two more people have been arrested in connection with the smuggling of hundreds of Tamils aboard a rickety cargo ship. Related StoriesAfghanistan to start pumping oil in 5 months: Official1 billion international tourists in 2012: UN agencyBreivik killed with joyous 'battle cry': WitnessesUK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to mediaMiracle survivor of Nepal plane crash has 'just a bruise'

  • Miracle survivor of Nepal plane crash has 'just a bruise'

    16 May 2012 | 9:26 am
    COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A Dane who survived a Nepal plane crash this week miraculously suffered only a bruise, telling a Danish newspaper on Wednesday that he and his girlfriend were just glad to be alive. Related StoriesAfghanistan to start pumping oil in 5 months: Official1 billion international tourists in 2012: UN agencyBreivik killed with joyous 'battle cry': WitnessesUK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to mediaCanada charges two more in human smuggling case

  • Breivik killed with joyous 'battle cry': Witnesses

    16 May 2012 | 8:43 am
    OSLO (REUTERS) - Anders Behring Breivik roared a'battle cry' and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot people one by one with a distorted face, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer's massacre told a court on Wednesday. Related StoriesAfghanistan to start pumping oil in 5 months: Official1 billion international tourists in 2012: UN agencyUK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to mediaCanada charges two more in human smuggling caseMiracle survivor of Nepal plane crash has 'just a bruise'

  • UK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to media

    16 May 2012 | 8:09 am
    LONDON (AP) - Britain's former foreign secretary says that ties between the country's politicians and the media had become uncomfortably close when Tony Blair was in power. Related StoriesAfghanistan to start pumping oil in 5 months: Official1 billion international tourists in 2012: UN agencyBreivik killed with joyous 'battle cry': WitnessesCanada charges two more in human smuggling caseMiracle survivor of Nepal plane crash has 'just a bruise'

  • 1 billion international tourists in 2012: UN agency

    16 May 2012 | 7:21 am
    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - More than one billion tourists will take a trip this year crossing an international boundary, a threshold never before reached, United Nations (UN) officials told a meeting tourism ministers gathering in Mexico this week. Related StoriesAfghanistan to start pumping oil in 5 months: OfficialBreivik killed with joyous 'battle cry': WitnessesUK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to mediaCanada charges two more in human smuggling caseMiracle survivor of Nepal plane crash has 'just a bruise'
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - ST FORUM

  • Don't let them run like family firms

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    THE report ('Grievances galore at Hong Fok AGM'; April 28) raises the question of the Singapore Exchange's (SGX) role in improving corporate governance among companies listed on the exchange.

  • Active ageing group tries to cater to diverse needs of different seniors

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    MR GEOFFREY Kung Kuo-Woo ('Active ageing: Help his cohort'; last Saturday) expressed his concerns for the senior population, calling out for more support to help the elderly age well.

  • A question of profit versus client benefit

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    IT WAS gracious of NTUC Income chief executive Tan Suee Chieh to apologise over a mistake the company made ('Sorry, we should have accepted application: Income'; last Saturday) in rejecting an application by Ms Lim Siew Kim for her daughter ('Born with one kidney: Income rejected, Great Eastern accepted'; last Friday).

  • Forum Online

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    1 MR LIONEL SEAH: Balloting our way to virtually zero car growth

  • EPL saga highlights viewers' helplessness

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    I SHARE the frustration viewers faced because of Sunday's English Premier League (EPL) 'live' telecast glitches ('Viewers shouldn't pay for SingTel's EPL mistakes' by Mr Daniel Cheng; yesterday).
 
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - ASIA

  • French architect also linked to Bo's wife

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    DALIAN: An elusive French architect is emerging as a key figure in the scandal of deposed Chinese leader Bo Xilai, with evidence suggesting he shared both an affectionate and close business relationship with Mr Bo's wife, who is at the heart of the saga.

  • Compensation issue arises in jet crash

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    JAKARTA: As families of victims of last week's Sukhoi plane crash come to terms with their loss, questions have arisen on what kind of compensation they can get, given that the flight was a joyride and not a regular commercial flight.

  • China's foreign investment inflows still shrinking

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    BEIJING: China's foreign direct investment inflows dropped 2.4 per cent in the first four months of the year, the longest period of declining inflows since the depths of the global financial crisis and a sign of external economic headwinds.

  • As funds flee, India's loss is S-E Asia's gain

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    HONG KONG: South-east Asian nations are swallowing an outflow of money from India, as foreign investors lose patience with its policy paralysis and slowing growth and aim instead for more promising emerging markets such as Indonesia.

  • Plea in Japan to restart nuclear plants

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    TOKYO: Town councillors in Oi, a community in Fukui prefecture, have given the go-ahead for two nuclear reactors that the town hosts to be restarted so as to protect local jobs. But Oi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka is not so sure about the move, given strong opposition from neighbouring prefectures. But Oi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka is not so sure about the move, given strong opposition from neighbouring prefectures.
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - SPORTS

  • Five IPL cricketers suspended

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    NEW DELHI: Five Indian Premier League (IPL) players were suspended from playing cricket yesterday after fresh spot-fixing allegations hit the game and threatened to further tarnish a competition already dogged by controversy.

  • City rip into Tevez for 'RIP' banner

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    LONDON: Carlos Tevez's capacity for controversy knows no bounds. The Manchester City striker landed himself in more hot water when he was condemned by his club for holding a poster denigrating Alex Ferguson at their title victory parade.

  • Scorecard

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Basketball

  • QPR players want club to dump Barton

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    LONDON: Queens Park Rangers have come under strong pressure from their players to dump Joey Barton. The midfielder faces a ban of 10 matches, maybe more, after being charged by the Football Association with two acts of violent conduct during Sunday's 2-3 defeat by Manchester City.

  • Lakers demolished

    15 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    OKLAHOMA CITY: When the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City last met, Metta World Peace delivered an elbow that sent the Thunder's James Harden home with concussion. But it is the Lakers who are smarting after the play-off rematch.
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    Straits Times Interactive - NEWS

  • New plagiarism row: Romanian education minister accused

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Bucharest - Romania's new Education Minister is embroiled in a plagiarism row, forcing the Prime Minister to call for an investigation into claims that he copied swathes of foreign research.

  • In Brief

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    New York - Cosmetics maker Avon Products is cooperating with regulators looking into trading activity before fragrance maker Coty's US$10billion (S$12.5 billion) offer to buy Avon.

  • MRT crowds 'aren't shoppers'

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Food shop owner Sophia Tan, whose Magic Beanstalk shop is in Buona Vista MRT station, is one disappointed retailer.

  • In Brief

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Rain and hail storms kill 37 Beijing - The death toll from hail and rain storms in a mountainous area in north-west China has risen to 37.

  • Creative start to Indian New Year

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong putting the finishing touches to a traditional Indian decoration at Cheng San Community Club while celebrating the Indian New Year last night with more than 700 residents.
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    Straits Times Interactive - INVEST

  • Ditch the penny party for dividend stocks

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Hopes that the euro zone debt crisis has calmed down have worn thin in the past week as Asian markets again took fright at Europe's woes.

  • All perked up to forge ahead

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Eight years ago, at an age when their peers were out partying hard, Ms Jessie Tan, 31, and her then-boyfriend Erick Yap had already sat down to plan their future. They decided to cut down on clubbing as it was a waste of money.

  • 4 asset classes to hedge against inflation

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    As consumers across Singapore are feeling all too keenly, prices these days seem to be headed stubbornly in one direction: up. The latest inflation figures show that prices of consumer goods surged by an unexpected 5.2 per cent in March, mainly from escalating housing rentals and vehicle prices.

  • A little bit of risk may help your nest egg grow

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Investment-linked insurance products (ILPs) were in the news some years ago, but mostly for the wrong reasons.

  • Time to view your job as an asset

    5 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    There is endless debate about whether stocks, bonds or gold is the best investment but the answer may be staring you in the face - it is your job. Simply put, a steady job and a good career will bring a lifetime of income. Not only that, the job's value will also rise, in the form of increments and bonuses, making employment one of the best asset classes to hold.
 
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    Straits Times Interactive - THINK

  • Growth, yes - start with straight talk

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Mr Francois Hollande, France's President- elect, is clearly a man in a hurry: minutes after his swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, he plans to hop on a plane to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.This is billed as one of Europe's most critical meetings, when Mr Hollande - elected on a vow to promote growth on the continent - confronts Dr Merkel, who insists that Europe should continue with austerity policies designed to repay ballooning government debts.

  • Fifth university must be special and top-notch

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    I was covering the education beat for The Straits Times in the 1990s when the Government was looking into setting up Singapore's third university - what is now the Singapore Management University (SMU).

  • Kids can do well without prep classes

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    It seems that parents are taking on the role and responsibilities of studying for their children ('Prep classes give kids proper foundation'; April 29). My way is different because I work full-time and have trained my daughter since she was very young that learning is her duty, not mine.

  • Co-ops give grads an edge with jobs

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    John Tan always had a passion for sports, so when it came to choosing a university course after national service, it was a no-brainer - he opted for sports management.

  • Help save the elderly from despair

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    I will be 77 in a few months and can understand why some families regard sadness and loneliness experienced by elderly family members as a 'natural' part of ageing ('Old & Depressed'; last Sunday).
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    Straits Times Interactive - LIFESTYLE

  • Bookends

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Who: Musician Mohamed Noor Syed Yakob (right), 45, describes the percussion group he is in as 'not just a band, but family'. The four members of Tribal Tide eat together and share their woes with one another.

  • A mother I should write about

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    'Don't write about the family,' warned my mother when I told her I would be writing a fortnightly column. 'Don't write about me.'

  • Signs of the times

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    The titles are fanciful and the signs, even more elaborate. Housing Board estates now have large, twinkling structures heralding their names and identity.

  • Keep up the good fight

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    So this is my final column for ST. Thanks to everyone who sent messages of support and love, and for reading my scribblings these past nine years.

  • Tailor-made for success

    12 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    For more Singaporean guys, the measure of a man is... a shirt that is a perfect fit.
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  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
 
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  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
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  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
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  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
 
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  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
  • add this feed to my.Alltop

    The Straits Times Blogs

  • Internet Society honours local scientist Tan Tin Wee

    Grace Chng
    28 Apr 2012 | 6:39 pm
    The Internet Society (ISOC) honoured one of Singapore's Internet pioneers, scientist Tan Tin Wee, 50. At ISOC's 20th anniversary celebration last Monday in Geneva, it inducted Associate Professor Tan into the Internet Society's Hall of Fame. As I wrote in The Sunday Times on April 29, Prof Tan passionately believed that the Internet should be accessible to everyone, no matter what language they speak or write in. In the 1990s, he led a research team to invent a software that could read non-Latin languages and displayed it in a browser. One language he championed was Tamil. This is a story…

  • Dreams of distant Mandalay

    Nirmal Ghosh
    28 Apr 2012 | 8:44 am
    Part of my childhood was spent in New Delhi; in the evenings I would be taken to the sprawling manicured grounds of the huge tomb of the Mughal emperor Humayun, now a World Heritage monument and one of the loveliest walks in the city, alive with peacocks calling plaintively on still late summer evenings. Today, when I return to Delhi I go for walks in the Lodi Gardens, a huge park which houses a series of mausoleums and a big ancient mosque. In the mausoleums are the graves of the Pashtun kings of the Lodi dynasty who ruled Delhi from 1451 to 1526, before the Mughals arrived from Central…

  • Remember commercial icons

    Loh Keng Fatt
    20 Apr 2012 | 6:49 am
    Yet another iconic food hangout - the McDonald's in King Albert Park - is going to close. Even as some folks bemoan the loss of heritage places like Bukit Brown cemetary, it is a little-reported fact that other places - arguably also landmarks - are not spared the winds of so-called progress. But they hardly ever make headline or stir up loud protests from fans even though these places are no less entrenched or treasured in our collective memories. And while these places or establishments will not likely be championed by interest groups as vocal as nature or conservation societies, they…

  • Out of Africa and across the world

    Himaya Quasem
    30 Mar 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Angelina Jolie has gushed about it, Oprah Winfrey has tweeted about it and it has been viewed more than 86 million times on YouTube. But when Kony 2012 - a film calling for the capture of African warlord Joseph Kony - was shown to youngsters in northern Uganda, the overwhelming reaction was outrage. The audience in Lira - where Kony's army has killed, raped and abducted children for two decades - hurled rocks and complained that the footage did not accurately reflect their lives. Academics have also criticised it for being patronising and giving the misleading impression that the rebel chief…

  • A Changing Apple

    Grace Chng
    20 Mar 2012 | 10:31 pm
    Apple is acting out of norm in recent days. Who would think Apple would issue stock dividends and initiate a share buyback scheme? Steve Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was terrified of running out of cash. He remembered the company’s brush with insolvency in 1997. So he did what most 'parents' would do: he saved. And his savings grew and grew to  nearly US$10 billion. Last quarter, Apple had such a sterling quarter, it  added US$16 billion to this mound of money. Apple could afford to drop US$10 billion as spare change to buy Twitter and still have loads money left in the bank. Ten days…
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