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Gone infiveyears'timeTHESEfoIlT colourfulHousing Board blocksthat make IIp Roehm'Centre could disappearin 2016 when they makeway J O T the constructionof the southern stretch. ofthe North-SouthExpressway, RocherCentre comprises 567flats, 187 shops andeateries and threecommunal facilities,(PHOTO: TIlE STRlliTSTIMES)S EE R EP OR T O N H OM E A 3

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Click andbuy S'poree-textbooksoverseasBy KENNY CHEEIF YOU are on an overseasstint with your children andhave difficulty getting Sin-gapore study guides forthem, you may want to tryout a new e-book service.Called skoob (www.skoob,com .sg), the application sellsfiction and non-fictione-books from internationaland home-grown publishers.They include O-level studyguides by local firms Educa-tional Publishing House andSingapore Asia Publishers.The service was announcedyesterday by SingTel. Thereare currently over 30 digitalstudy guides on skoob andSingTel plans to add moretitles, including interactivee-assessment books.The interactive e-bookscould let students key in an-swers to assessment questionsand even have the e-bookmark them, said a spokes-man. Handwriting recogni-tion could also be added inthe future for Chinese input.At the moment, paymentfor e-books can be done onlythrough monthly SingTelbills, or via credit cards is-sued here. But SingTel said i t"may look into" acceptingpayment from credit cards

EASY READING: SingTel haslaunched an e-book servicethat sells O-level study guidesamong over 39,000 titles.not issued here.The e-books on skoob can bepurchased through and read onsrnartphones, tablets and corn-puters.SingTel said skoob currentlyoffers more than 39,000 titles,from genres such as action andcrime, The e-books can be 20per cent cheaper than physicalbooks on average, though pricesvary across titles.The physical and digital ver-sions ofO-Level Quick RevisionBiology Handbook from Educa-tional Publishing House sell forabout the same price, $6,The paperback version ofAmerican writer John Gri-sham's The Confession sel ls forabout $17 here. One e-book ver-sion retails for about $8 onskoob, while another editiongoes for $35.Many Singaporeans have re-portedly been buying books on-line through retailers such asAmazon. For home-grownonline shopping service vPost ,C ON TIN UE D O N H OM E A 4

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Her four-gold feat has notbeen been matched so far by anyGames athlete, a disappointingstatistic for a regional showcaseof sporting talent,Ifany of the over 4,000 par-TIffi GAMES GUY t icipating athletes are dreamingofbigger glory, then there has tobe a handful of athletes otherthan Tao who are also winninggolds in spades.But there are none so far,THIS South-east Asia and this is starting to bore theGames may be only four spectators in Palembang, manydays old, but it is already of whom are ordinary peoplecrying out for a stand-out ath- curious to see what thelete. much-hyped Games are allNot just to take the attention about.away hom the still-slipshod 01'- Without a bunch of bri lliantganisation, but also to unite the athletes, the Games are in dan-

region in shared~. ger of being rernem-admiration for a bered for all thesportsman who can WTOOgeasons: abys-capture the imagina- 26~SEA c mal organisation,~ . D ~ . = r u Jion with brilliant food poisoning andfeats or an engaging traffic gridlock.personality. Why are such a11]-Certainly, there are athletes letes in such short supply? Inwho belong a n bigger stages. the past, every country seemedSwimmer Tao Li , for instance, is to have its own multiple-gold-winning champions.proving untouchable in South- Singapore had its fair share,east Asia when it comes to but-

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SINGAPOREROUND-UPC P F O R D IN A RY A C CO U N TIN lIR E S T R AT E S TA YS A T 2 . 5 %ALLCentral Provident Fund(CPF)members willcontinue toreceive a risk-freeinterest rateof 2 ,5 per cent on their OrdinaryAccount savings fromJan 1toMarch 31next veer.The computed CPFinterestrate for the tnree monthsAug1to 0 ct 31this year worked outto be OJI per cent per annum,However,members willreceivethe higher rate,P M L E E TO A T T E N DA S E A N S U M M IT I N ' B A L IPMLeeHsienLoongwillattend1I1e19thAsean SummitandRelated Summitsin Bal i fromtomorrow untilSaturdavDuringhis absence, DPMand Ministerfor HorneAffairsTeo Chee Heanwillbe theActing.Prime Minister,A N A U S E D P O U C IN G M O DE LB Y F IR ST Q UA R TE R O F 2 0 1 2IN OURreport "CeTVsfor allHDBvoiddecks" yesterday, wesaid that the Singapore PoliceForce (SPF)will start installingclosed-circuittelevisioncamerasat allHOBblocks and multi-storey carparks,as well as rollout its dedicated crime-fightingteams as earlyas thefirstquarter,Thisis incorrect The SPFhas clarifedthat it hopes toannounce 1I1efinalised Next-Generation FrontlinePolicingModel- whieh includes thesetwo initiatives- by the firstquarter otnext year and beginthe roll-autsoan after that

NEW EXTENS ION FOR :N -S EXP IRESSWAVRochor residents have to moveBy KENNY CHEENEWplans for the upcom-ing North-South Ex-pressway (NSE) were re-vealed yesterday, which will re-sult in almost 570 families and190 retailers and eateries mov-ing out of Rachal' Centre,To bui ld the NSE's southernsection, the Government will beacquiring two ful l plots of land,These comprise the landalong Rachal' Road onwhich Ro-chor Centre is sited, as well asthe land in Keng Lee Road occu-pied by the Nanyang Pho LengBuilding, an association build-ing for Teochews,Slivers of land on which 21private properties sit will alsoneed to be acquired by the Gov-ernment, to facilitate the con-struction of the southern part ofthe NSE.Some other properties thatwill make way for the NSE in-clude the Victoria Street Whole-sale Centre and Lee Ah MooiOld Age Home,The Land Transport Authori-ty (LTA) and Singapore LandAuthority (SLA) said that resi-dents of the four blocks ofHous-ing Board flats at Rochor Cen-tre, which are more than 30years old, will be offered reloca-tion benefits, These will be simi-lar to those offered under the Se-lective En Bloc RedevelopmentScheme.The HD.B will build about810 new flats in Kallang - ex-pected to be completed inmid-2016 - which the affectedresidents can move into,However, this means that Ro-char Centre could be gone in2016,

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It's a real pity.But, as theGovernment wantsthe propertu back, Iguess we will have tomove. Anyway, it'sanother five years.R O C H O R -C E N T RE R E S ID E N T .M A D A M L O C H E W L A NSome benefits which RochorCentre residents can expect in-

clude an additional 20 per centdiscount ofup to $30,000 whenbuying new flats, as well as com-pensation for their flats whichwill be pegged to prevailing mar-ket values,Retailers and eatery owners

at the centre will be offered relo-cation benefits, too.For instance, they will be giv-en a 10 per cent discount offtheir monthly rental ratesshould they successfully win atender for ather HDB rentalcommercial properties,LTA and SLA said owners ofother private land acquired bythe Government will also getmarket-value compensation.Help will be given by puhlicagencies to owners, such asthose in the Nanyang Pho LengBuilding, to relocate as well,Housewife Lo Chew Lan, 57,who has been living in Block 2at Rocher Centre fOTabout 30years, said it was a pity that shehas to move out,"The neighbours all knoweach other, and (Rochor Centreis) really a convenient place,"said Madam La,

S O U RC E:L AN O T RA NS PO RT A UT HO R IT Y"For decades, we have beenhearing that the Governmentwanted us to move out, but wdidn't think anything of it, Wfound out only yes terday whethe HDB sent us the letter:'LTA and SLA said the new21,5km NSE will benefit residents living in the north annorth-eastern parts of Singapore, as it helps to meet an expected growth in traffic demandarising from nE1Ndevelopmentsthere.Itwil l also allow motoriststravelling between the uorthand the city centre to save up t30 per cent in travel time dur

ing peak periods,Major construction works fothe NSE will star t in 2015,kennyc@sph,com,sgA D D m O N A L R E P O R T I N GB Y G W EN D O LY N N G

Need for public to beupdated on online threatsBy SARAH CHANGTHE public needs to be continu-ally educated an the latesttrends and threats incyherspace as crime becomes in-creasingly transnational, saidInterpol president K l l O O BoonHui yesterday,One example that affectedSingapore was the mafware Spy-Eye, which targets local onl inebanking applications, that be-gan making its rounds in Sep-

ternber,SpyEye is a malware whichcan harvest credentials from on-

line accounts and initiate trans-actions much faster than an av-erage person manually can on awebsite,The Association of Banks in

Singapore has since issued awarning and banks here are in-creasing their vigilance, he said,He was speaking at the Inter-national Crime PreventionConference held at Suntec CityConvention Centre.The conference was organ-ised in conjunction with the30th anniversary of the Nation-al Clime Prevention Council,Itwas attended by about 350foreign and local security ex-perts and agency representa-tives,Mr Khoo added that as oflast week, there were more than204 command-and-control serv-ers online, "a huge increasefrom just 20 active servers justsix months ago", according toSpylsye'I'racker, a website dedi-cated to gathering statistics

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He said: "Law enforcementneeds to keep pace and developnew means to tackle both theseemerging and familiar trends: '"Technology is an enabler ,and this is as true for cr iminalsas it is for law enforcers, busi-nesses and individuals."Mr Khoo said that Interpolhas identified potential gaps inharnessing technology,The Interpol Global Complexfor Innovation - which is slatedto be completed in 2014 - willenable Singapore to "tap on in-ternational law-enforcementnetworks", and share "profes-sional knowledge",The Second Minister forHome Affairs and Trade and In-dustry, Mr S_Iswaran, who deliv-ered the keynote address at theevent, s tressed that policing isnot just about reacting to, andsolving crimes,He said: "We want to fightcrime upstream - to preventand deter crime before it oc-curs,"Mr Iswaran, who is also Min-

ister in the PrimeMinister's Ofice, noted that four out of 1crime cases here were solvedwith the assistance of memberof the public,He told his audi ence that Singapore is one of the safest cit iein the world, with a low crimrate of653 per 100,000 ofpopulation last year,He said: "This did not happen by chance, It is the result othe strong par tnerships forgedover the years with the local population and overseas counteparis:schang@sph.cDm,sg

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Home "'o/paper W ED NE SD AY N OV EM BE R 16 , 2011 A 4More Singapore publishers going digitalF R O M PAGEAl Mr Peh Shing Woei, its generalmanager, told my paper that thefinn plans to release more iOS andAndroid apps for e-books next year,And i t is also looking to developdigital assessment books that have"more interact ive, smart and user-friendly features", he added.

Publisher McGraw-Hill Educa-

tinn in Asia.said it is offering its ed-ucational e-books on skoob as thereis a trend here for digital ti tles.Its spokesman said digital salesmake up a single-digit percentageof book sales here for the firm, bute-books could see double-digit per-centage growth in sales in a year.kennvc@sph.com.sg

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TOP 'CHEFS~' Project Heal th Genius winners (fromleft) Phua Wei An, Wong Zi Lun, Daniel LoewitoElijanto and Auric Scab. (PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN)K ids giveadults tip so n hea lth ierreCIpesBy SOPHIE HONGPARENTS may know best, but four pupils fromSt Gabriel's Primary School are giving theadults a run fortheir money when it comesto healthy cooking.In fact, they were dishing out instructions to aparent during a recent cooking session where fivedishes were whipped up - chicken rice, pasta, friedf ish, omelette and stir-flied vegetables - al l withmodified recipes for a healthier meal.Some changes included substituting white ricewith brown lice, using less oil, and even changing thcooking met.hod from frying to steaming or grilling.The team, named Healthy Geniuses, won the topprize at this year's Project Health Genius, organisedby the HealthPromotion Board(HPB).Its members arePhua Wei An,Daniel LoewitoElijanto, Auric SeahOmele t te : i l1Him jian dan bing Hong Rui and Wong

Zi Lun, all aged 10.Now in i ts sixthyear, thecompetitionattracted 190submissions from 2schools. Pupils Were asked to choose betweendesigning a kite with a meutal-wellness message andmodifying five recipes as their project topic.Deputy director Chang Yin Wuan of HPB's HealthInformation Department said that HPB wants toinculcate healthy habits in children, so that they capass on to their famil ies what they have learnt ."From there, they can even inf luence their parentsto cook heal thier meals," she added.As part of their project, the team even created awebsite called Heal thy Geniuses, a YouTube channeand a Facebook page to share their recipes.But.Wei An was not content . with letting i t remainas merely a project submission."We thought of making our website much nicer,so that we can extend (it) to other people, even(people) outside of Singapore," he said.shong@sph,com.sg

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U .S . T O W OO P HIU PP IN ES ,T HA .IIA ND W IT H S UP PO RTUN I TED S t at es S e cr et ar y o fS t a te H i ll ar y C l in t on w i ll p le d gen ew s up po rt f or t he P h il ip pi ne sa nd f lo o d- hi t T h e ila n d a s s hes ho re s u p t ie s w it h k ey a ll ie s.M rs C lin to n w as d ue in th ePh i li pp in e s y e st er d ay a n d w i llh ea d la te r t h is w ee k to T ha i-l an d , p ar t o f a r en ew ed U Sf oc u s o n A s ia . O f fi ci al s s ai d s hew o uld h o ld t al ks t od ay w it hPh i l ipp ine Pres iden t Ben ignoA q uin o a nd t ou r a wa rsh ip .A F PPOLICE M OVE IN TO CLEARN Y'S Z UC CO TTI P AR KPOl l C E y e st er d ay mov ed t oe vi ct p ro te st er s o f t h e O c c up yW a ll S tre et m o ve me nt fr om th ep ar k i n N e w Y o rk C i ty 's f in an c ia ld is tr ic t w h er e t he y h a vec ampe d s in c e Se p tember .The a u t ho r it ie s s ai d t h ec o nt in u ed o c cu pa ti on o fZ u cc ott i P ar k - th at h ad tu rn edin to a s ea o f t en ts a nd p ro te sts ig ns w it h h u nd re ds o f d em o n -s tr at or s s le ep in g t he re - p o se da h e a It h a n d s af et y t h rsa tREllTRSP AR TS O F J AP A. NE SEF AR M lA ND C ON TA MIN AT EDF AR M LA N D in pa rts o f J a pa n isn o lo ng er s afe b ec au se o f h ig hl ev el s o f r ad ia ti on i n t he s oi l,s c ie nt is ts w a r n a d a s t he n a ti ons tr ug gl es t o r ec ov er f rom t heFu k us h ima nu c le a r d is a st er .F o od p ro d uc tio n w o ul d li ke lyb e " se ve re ly i mp ai re d" b y t h ee le v at ed l ev e ls o f c a es iumf ou n d i n s oi l s a m pl es a cr os se as te rn F u ku sh im a i n t h e w a keo f m e It do w ns a tt he p la n t.A F PI PO L LU T ED T HAI F LOOD WATERTH RE ATE NS M AR IN E U FETHE l ar ge v olum e o f p ol lu te df lo o d w a te r b ei ng r ele as ed i nt ot he G u lf o f T h ail an d c o ul dg re a tl y a ff ec t r n ar in e l if e, T ha ia ca de mic s w a r ns d o n M o nd ay _T he 1 0 b illio n c u m o fp o ll ut ed w a te r p ou ri ng i nt o t heG u lf o ve r a s ho rt p er io d w o ul dc au se t he s al in it y t o b e l ow e re dd rama ti c a l ly , a f fe c t ing themangr o ve b io - sy st em . C r e at u r ese xp os ed t o s uc h c o nd it io n s f oro ne to tw o m on th s c ou ld b ekil led.T HE N A T IO N / A SI A N EW S N ElW O RKB UD DH IS T M ON KS S TAG ER AR E P RO TE ST IN M VA NM ARF IV E B u d dh is t m o n ks s ta ge d ar ar e p ro t es t i n a rmy -d om in a te dM y anmar y es te rd ay , d ra wi ng ac ro wd o f 5 0 0 p e op le w ith c allsf or p ea ce a n d t h e i mme di at er el ea s e o f p o li ti ca l p r is o n er s.A d ay a fte r a n e xp ec te damnes ty f o r p o li ti ca l p ri so n er sf ai le d t o ma te r ia li se , t h e mon ksl oc ke d t hem se lv es i n a b ui ld in gin a re lig io us c om po un d in t hec en tr al to wn o f M a nd ala y a ndu se d l ou d sp ea ke rs t o s pe ll o u tt h ei r d emand s .A F P

BE TW EE IN , TH E U NESWhy Obama makes time fo r AsiaBy K IM GHAITASTI-LENElVYORK TIMESPRESIDENT BarackObama is taking a breakfrom the moribund Mid-dle East peace process, the vex-ing relationship with Pakistan,the frustrations of the war in Af-ghanistan and the euro-zone cri-sis that is threatening America'sshores, in search of some posi-tive headlines and opportunitiesin Asia and the Pacific.Starting in hi s home state ofHawaii last Saturday, where heplayed host to the 21 leaders ofthe Asia-Pacific Economic Coop-eration forum, Mr Obama hasbegun working to consolidate aslow but steady shift towardsAsia and the Pacific. After Ha-waii, he will travel to Australia,where military cooperation \~~1Ibe on the agenda.In Bali, he will become thefirst American president to at-tend the East Asia Summit - aregional gather ing that br ings

East and South Asian countriestogether with the United States,Australia, New Zealand and Rus-sia.With America's interest inthe region growing over the lasttwo decades, the Obama admin-istrat ion declared early on thatthe US was also a Pacif ic power.Washington hopes that thedividends of this approach willnot only he diplomatic, hut alsomili tary, economic and strate-gic. Amid all the talk aboutAmerican decline, the Obamaadministrat ion seesthis as a wayof making i tself a key partner atthe heart of where the actionwil l be in the coming decades.The US has also used China'sasser tive attitude in the regionto strengthen its alliances withcountries like Japan and SouthKorea, which have been rat tledby Chinese muscle-flexing.The US is also building newpartnerships with countries likeVi-etnam, which is one of the Iillmycountries worried about China'sstance on the South China Sea.No American official will de-scribe the effort as an attempt tocounter China's rise, but thereis a clear effort to huild alliancesin the region of the kind thatChina does not have. Inevitably,that works to balance out Bei-jing's power.

US at East Asia Summitto build Pacific tiesNVSA nVA, INDONEsrATHE United States joins anEast Asian pact this week, yok-ing itself to the interests ofcoun-t ries wary of China's emergingmight on a diplomatic offensiveto assert itself as a Pacific pow-er. The 16-natio11East Asia Sum-mit, which includes China, In-dia and Japan, "'viIlexpand bytwo members as US PresidentBarack Obama formally takeshis seat together with Russia, ex-pected to be represented by For-eign Minister Sergei Lavrov,At the same time, globalhopes for an economic recoveryin the US and other developed

countries - including the flail-ing euro zone - are pinned onAsia, where robust economieshave both the power to buygood.s and invest overseas.Indonesia's Bali island,where the meeting is takingplace, is n.ormally a haven oftourist relaxation but has beentransformed for the event , withsix warships patrolling off thebeaches and 7,000 police offi-cers and soldiers on duty,The EAS forum is held annu-ally in conj unction with a sum-mit of the lO-nation Asean,which welcomes a more robustUS role in the Pacific to counterChina's growing military andeconomic might.

If the us indeedI wants the Paci-fic Century ...to be anAmerican century, itneeds to be willingto invest in the multi-lateral architectureofAsia and the Paci-fic and show it hascome to understandthat the optics areimportant for Asia,But one area the US will notbe able to do much "correction"of i ts posture in Asia is the econ-omy - Washington cannot domuch, or certainly not veryquickly, to rival China in the re-gion as an economic partner.And, while Mr Obama willhighlight the importance oftrade deals with countries likeSouth Korea and regional pactslike the Trans-Pacific Partner-ship, the US cannot trade itselfout of its economic crisis.So, if Mr Obama. is not com-

ing back with jobs for Americans, what will he take awafrom his 10 days away in thAsian-Pacific sunshine?Probahly nothing vertangible - there will be no piecof paper or agreement that hcan point to as a diplomatic success.But an American presiden-tial visit to the region is a success ini ts own right , said Mr Andrew Small, an Asia expert athe German Marshall Fund.If the US indeed wants thPacific Century that is seen tbe unfolding to be an Americancentury, it needs to be will ing tinvest in the multi lateral architecture of Asia and the Pacifiand show it has come to understand that the optics are important for Asi a.myp@sph.com .sg

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PROTEcnON: Tanks (above), soldiers and police officers arepatroll ing Bali , the East Asia Summit venue. (PHOTO: AFP)Mr Obama will arrive fromAustralia, where he is expectedto announce the deployment ofUS marines at a base in thenorthern city of Darwin - a sig-

Myanmar on course to chair Asean in2014NVSA DVA, INDONESIAMYANMAR is on course tochair South-east Asia's region-al bloc, Indonesia's ForeignMinister said yesterday, afterMyanmar's reclus ive, army-backed government and its ten-tative reforms were discussedat a regional meeting.

The comments by Mr MartyNatalegawa, whose countryholds the rotating chairman-ship of the 'lO-rnemher Aseanbloc, suggest Myanmar couldchair the organisation in 2014,a step that would give one ofAsia's most isolated and authori-tarian states global recognition,He said foreign ministers of

Asean - of which Myanmar is amember - would decide todaywhether to endorse Myanmar'sbid asAsean chair."The overwhelming sense is(that) there are positive condi-tions for Myanmar's chairman-ship but we hope this chairman-ship wil l bring more momentumfor change in Myanmar," he said.REUTERS

nal that Washington will defenits regional interests and allies.And several Asean memberlocked in territorial disputeswith Beijing over the resource-rich South China Sehave welcomed interventionfrom Washington, which habacked their campaign for a multilateral solution based on international law,Said Asean Secretarv-Gener-al Surin Pitsuwan: "W~certainly welcome the addition. Rathethan keeping the elephant outside the tent, it is better to brinit in, so that it has ownership o(the tent) and helps strengthenit."A F P

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No immunityfor Taiwanofficial in USmaid caseCffiQ\GOA TAIWANESE official currently detained inMissouri on charges of mistreating herlurusekeeper would not be granted diploma-tic immunity.While Taiwanese representatives in the UnitedStates enjoy a "status similar to that of consularofficers", diplomatic Immunity applies only to "adsperformed within the scope ofher authorisedfunctions", State Department deputy spokesmanMark Toner told reporters.Liu Hsien-hsien, director of the Taipei Economicand Cul tural Office in Kansas City, Missouri, wasarrested and charged with foreign-labour fraud lastThursday after allegedly treating her Filipino house-keeper like a slave.US prosecutors said Liu took away the woman'spassport, told her she was not allowed. to leave thehouse without permission, made her work 16- toIS-haul ' days at a quarter of' the agreed wages,monitored her with video-surveillance cameras and"restricted when shecould sleep".Lin also allegedlyDiplomatic immunity: told the woman that if9 ~ 3 Z " *waijiao hUQ mian she "acted out, shewould be deported" asLiu was "friends withlocal law enforcementand known well in thecommunity", chargingpapers said.The woman even-tually escaped afterseeking help from aFilipino man she met at a grocery s tore.Itwas at least the second time Liu hadmistreated a housekeeper, prosecutors alleged.The previous housekeeper "went into a state ofdepression and stopped eat ing" as a resul t ofphysicaland verbal abuse, prosecutors said, citing testimonyby an unnamedwitness who works as a director atthe Kansas City office.US prosecutors have urged the federal judgeoverseeing the case to order Liu held without bailpending trial, arguing that she poses It flight riskand is also a "potential threat against the witnesses".They said the offence is a violent cr ime because it"involved threats, f raud and coercion against thevictim" and noted that Liu took steps to have thehousekeeper located and deported after she "had toescape from the confines of the defendant".Liu faces up to five yeatsin jail if convicted of thesingle charge of fraud in foreign-labour contracting.She has nat yet entered a plea.The Taipei mission, which has several officesaround the US, serves as a de facto embassy butWashington does not recognise Taiwan as a sove-reign nation.A F P

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life. Observers were asked towatch the listener for 20 sec-onds, with the sound turned off.In most cases, the observersWereable to tell which of the lis-teners had the "kindness gene"and which ones did not, said thefindings in the Proceedings OfThe National Academy Of Sci-ences."Our findings suggest evenslight genetic variation mayhave tangible impact on peo-ple's behaviour, and that thesebehavioural differences arequickly not iced by others," saidlead author Aleksandr Kogan, apost-doctoral fellow at the Uni-versity of Toronto.

PEOPLE with a certain genetrait are known to he more kindand caring than people withouti t, and strangers can quickly tellthe difference, according to re-search published on Monday.The variation is linked to thebody's receptor gene of oxyto-cin, sometimes cal led the "lovehormone=because it often mani-

fests during sex and promotesbonding, empathy and other so-cia] behaviours.Scientists at Oregon StateUniversity devised an experi-ment in which 2:3 couples,whose genotypes were known toresearchers but not observers,were filmed.One member of the couplewas asked to tell the other abouta time of suffering in his or her

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A MA ZO N A ND M IC RO SO FT 'SM OB IL E E ffO RT S IM PR ES SAMAZON.COM'SKindleRretablet and Microsoft'seffortstoget back intothe mobilegamehave impressed developers, asu r ve v released on Mondayshowed, while BlackBerrymaker Besear c h In Motionfellfurther behind.Mobile-softwars developersremain enamoured withApple'siPhone and iPad and, to a lesserextent, with devices usingGoogle'sAndroidsoftware, ac -cording to the surveyfromre-searcher IDCand Appcelerator.R E U T E R SK lN Dl!E A RE S HIP PE D E AR LYA MID M IX ED R EV IE WSAMAZONbegan shippingtheKindleRre on Monday amidmixedreviews forthe touch-screen ta blet computer that hasbeen touted as a po t s ntiallystrong rivalto Apple's iPad.The onlineretailer had plan-ned to ship the KindleFireyes-terday, which at US$1991 8 $ 2 5 7 )costs less than halfthe cheapestiPad,but itbegan sending themto customers a day early.AFPSAM SU NG SEEKS TO BANiP HO NE 4 S IN A US TR AU AANAUSTRALIANourt hasagreed to hear inMarch a casebrought by Samsung Electronicsto ban sales ofApple's latestiPhone , with sales allowed tocontinue as normalahead ofthe fullhearing on allegedpatent infringements.Samsung has soughtto blocksales ofApple's iPhone4S ,whichwent on saIeearly lastmonth, byfilingpreliminarysa les-injunctionrequests m fourcountries, includingAustralia.R E U T E R ST W IT TE R F IN IS H ES U PD A TE ST HA TTA P U SE R A CT IV ITIE STWinER finishedadding faa-tures on Mondaythat let userssee who likestheir posts andwhat the peoplethey followare doing at the popular micro-bloggingnetwork."Youcan now see whensomeone favourites [ l ikes] orretweets one ofyourtweets,"the San Francisco-based start-up saidwhen the changesbegan rollingout inAugustAll'G OO GLE H IT B Y A NO TH ERA N T I- TR U S T A L LE G A T IO NGOOGLEs the target of anothercomplaintby a rivalcompanyallegingthat it is stiflingcom-petitionin the Internet industry.ShopCity.com,a website thathelps lacaIbusinesses sell pro-ducts, said in itscomplaint tothe UnitedStates Federal TradeCommissionthat Googlehas un-fairlyused its control of globalsearch results to favour its owncompeting servlce,B L O O M B E R G

Seamless TV solution from Apple?E L SEGUNDO, CAL IFORNTA

RUMOURS are rife thatthe notoriously secretiveApple could inject newlife into the moribund televisionmarket by planning a uew TVproduct.While conjecture on the nature ofthe product varies, tnfor-marion-and-analysis providerII-IS speculates that Apple couldaccomplish success by offering acomplete television solution.If the Cupertino, California-based company manages to doit, it wil l have a complete TVso-lution that searnlessly integratesthe three key elements of dis-play, user' interface and, mostimportantly, content.Apple has the opportuni ty todevelop a lucrative new business

model that could allow it to cuta profit despite the weak marketconditions in the TV market,according to new IHS iSuppliHome & Consumer Electronicsresearch from IHS.The new TV product will besimple to utilise and functionalr ight out of the box, in keepingwith Apple's user-fr iendly ap-proach to hardware.It will also allow the firm tointegrate access to pay tele-vision right into the product,ditfel'entiating itfrom the com-petition, and allowing the firmto tap into the expanding mar-ket for subscription revenue.Apple could do this either byexpanding its existing i'Tunesservices , or by partner ing withpay-TV providers to deliver pro-gramming via cable, satell ite orother means.

Such a partnership dealcould be cr itical to the successofApple's TV and could serve toreshape the TV business, muchthe same way the firm has revo-lutionised the music marketwith iTunes."Apple has the opportunityto do for television what it hasdone for PCs and tablets, by of-fer ing something that's easy touse, works right out of the boxand that delivers a compellinguser interface that's unparal-leled in tbe industry," said MrRandy Lawson, principal ana-lyst of display and consumerelectronics at IHS."But even more importantthan that, Apple is really the on-ly company that can pull offpartnerships with operators, al-lowing it to offer a TV set that's

Nokia's HumanForm oozes appealTHE Nokia Research Center has unveiled a radical concept cellphone calledHumanl/arm: Thef ish-shaped device departs from the rectangular shape ofcurrent phones and gives a peek into a future where smart phone design hasevolved beyond limitations, CNet reported. The device boasts nano-technology, ajlexible display and kinetic interaction. (PHOro: INTERNET)

completely ready to watch whea consumer buys it , requiring nadditional hardware likeset-top box, or a subscription foservice from a third party."Apple's rumoured productannouncement comes duringt ime ofweakening conditions ithe global television business.After riding high during thflat-panel replacement wave othe 2000s, the growth of televsion unit shipments has slowedaffecting market revenue.Having frequently risen bdouble-digit percentage pointin the mid to late 20oos, globaTV-shipment revenue growthV \ ~ l J slow to the low single digitthis year and next, stagnate i2013 and actually decline i2014 and 2015.In contrast, global pay-television subscription revenue is epected to continue r ising in thcoming years. Revenue is set texpand by a healthy 5 per cent i2015.Meanwhile, already-thin margins are dwindling in the Tmarket, making it increasinglydifficult to cut a profit."In the light of these diverging trends, if Apple does entethe television market, it will havto make its money not Onhardware, but rather on subscriptionsto content," Mr Lawson said.'This is a similar model to thwireless-communications market, where cellphones are sold tconsumers at a break-even pric01' even at aloss, and the profitare al l made on mobile-servicesubscriptions, 'A G E N C I E SH E L P D E S K t i ; B I J * _User interlace:I I lP t3 l'Q yan g h u j ie ko uDifferentiating:1K : 5 tqO f e nConsume, electronics:)in\!~ 'Ti"".l1xiao f ei d ia n z T chan p inFIa t -panel ;-t&illlff.;H ping ban xian shi qi

Android vulnerable to malware, data showsNEW YORKIN THE era ofpersonal comput-ers, Apple's machines were of-ten less vulnerable to securitythreats than the alternatives .That may also be the case withthe rise of smartphones,Google's Android operatingsystem for mobile devices hashad an almost-sixfold increasein threats such as spyware andviruses since July, according toJuniper Networks. That may in-crease the perception that Appledevices are safer than smart-phones and tablets that run onAndroid, it added.'You're not going to see nea-r-

Iy the number of infections onApple as you see on Android,"said Mr Dan Hoffman, wholeads a team tracking mobilethreats for Juniper, the second-largest maker of networkingequipment.Most of the growth in An-droid threats comes from appli -cat ions, or apps, available fromthird-party sites not associatedwith Google's Android Market,according to dara.Juniper collect-ed as of last Thursday.Apple does not face the sameissue because [Phone and iPadowners can get applications onlyfrom Apple's App Store, which iscontrolled by the company.

"The open nature of the An-droid system makes i t more sus-ceptible to attack," Mr Hoffmansaid in an interview. "If it's on athird-patty site, Google can'tremove it."He added that making mal-ware is easier with Android soft-ware because the appl icationsare not checked, the source codeis open and the apps can be soldon external sites.Android is f ree and availablefor download by anyone, whileApple screens each applicationadded to its store, With Androidgrowing faster than Apple's sys-tem, it appeals to hackers seek-ing greater reach, he said.

Of the thousands of infecteAndroid apps, 55 per cent contain spyware, which can gathedata from phone nse.Android users may be drawnto the sites to find cheaper versions ofprograms, orbecause thAndroid Market is not avai lablin some places, such as China.On a third-party site, i t i s possible to find an infected AngrBirds game uploaded right nexto a legit imate one, said Ms Danielle Hamel, a Juniper spokesman. Mr Hoffman said sp}warthreats are increasingly cominfrom pirated versions ofpopularapps.B L O O M B E R G

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HERE a r e the t op l iv e s to ri e s fromAs iaOne Mo to ri ng l as t. week:B US FLIPS O VE R INJO HOR BARU. INJURING 25A LONG-DISTANCEus veeredoffthe road inJohor B a r u lastweek, careening intoa ditchbefore flippingover.Twenty-fourpassengerssuffered cuts and bruises whileone was severely hurtas shewas flungintothe windscreentram her seat~ http://tinyurl.comlibbusG ER MAN C AR D EA LE RL O V E S 'R OT TE N' C AR SAGERMANcar dealer literallyloves to leave his cars to rotand has a parkfullofthem toprove itMrMichael FrohlichfromDusseldorfhas a "perversion"for ruined ca r s, a c cordingtoa Top Gear report. and evendrives a Rolls-Roycethat hasbeen damaged byfire.~ http://tinyurLcomfgermanrotS IG NA WN G S YS TE M T O BEE XTE ND ED TO A LI. M AT LIN ESTHECommunications-BasedTrainControl,already inuse onthe MRTs Circleand North-Eastlines. willbe implementedonthe North-Southand East-Westlines by 2018 .The signaIlingsystem willallowtrains to run closer to-gether and reduce timingintervalsto 10 0 seconds.~ http://tinyurLcom/trainmrtV IE TN AM ES E C AB BY N AB BE DFOR F LEECI NG S 'POREANSAVIETNAMESEaxi driverwho chargedtwo Singaporeans6 milliondong (5$367) for alOkmride and took a iPhone 4that they leftbehindhas beenarrested.~ http;//tinyurl.com/taxicheatT AM P IN ES R ES ID EN TSSUFFER PARKING WOESRESIDENTSfBlocks 4 6 3 and46 5 inTampines Street 44 areannoyed by the manyfunctionsheld at their carpark.They ciaimedthat thereare insufficientpa rkingspacesbecause ofthe events.~ htlp;//tinyurLcom/carparktamp

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Car emissions linked to autismNEWYOH1(

THERE is growing evi-dence. to .s.uggest tb at ail'pollution from trafficjams can affect the brain nega-t ively, The Wall Street Journalreported.More scientists are linking ve-hicle exhaust to higher rates ofautism and brain-cell damage.In the Netherlands, scientistsfound that breathing trafficfumes for just 30 minutes cantrigger intensive electrical activi-ty in brain regions that are re-sponsible for behaviour and deci-sion-making, the report said.Breathing city air with highlevels of exhaust fumes for 90days can affect the way thatgenes turn on or off among the

elderly.Exposure can also perma-nently leave a molecular markon the DNA of a newborn baby,potentially leading to slower de-velopment in mental capacities,according to separate studies byresearchers at Columbia Univer-sity and Harvard University, thereport said.Research conducted in New

York, Boston, Beijing and Kra-kow also revealed that, on aver-age, children in areas that wereaffected by high levels of emis-sions scored worse in intelli-gence tests and were moreprone to depression, anxiety andattention problems.Older men and women whowere exposed for long periods tohigher levels of particulateshad memory and reasoningproblems that added five yearsto their mental age, researchersin Boston said this year.They added that the emis-sions could increase the risk ofAlzheimer 's and hasten the ef-fects of Parkinson's.Dr Heather Volk, a medicalepidemiologist at the Universityof Southern California's KeekSchool of Medicine, and her col-leagues found that children bornto mothers living within .309mof a freeway "appeared to betwice as likely to have autism".This was the case even afterthey held constant other factorsthat could influence develop-ment, such as ethnicity, educa-tion and exposure to cigarettesmoke before birth.The study, however, does not

claim that exposure to air pollu-tion causes autism, though itcould be one of the factors con-tributing to its increase.Dr Volk said: "The evidenceisgrowing that air pollution canaffect the brain. We may bestarting to see that the effectsare broader than we realised."The United States Centersfor Disease Control and Preven-tion reported that cases of au-tism rose by 57 per cent be-tween 2002 and 2006. It is notclear whether this could havearisen from changes in diagnos-tic criteria and increased aware-ness of the disorder.Researchers in Los Angeles,the most congested city in theUS, discovered that lab mice ex-posed to freeway air loaded withparticulate matter had signifi-cant brain damage.Exposure to the particles,which are too small to be re-moved by car-filtering systems,signiticantly damaged neuronsused in learning and memory,and caused inflammation associ-ated with premature ageing and

Alzheimer's disease.Surprisingly, speeding uptraffic can be key to reducingpublic-health problems,

In New Jersey, prematurebir ths, which increase the risof cognitive delays, dropped10.8 per cent in areas aroundhighway toU plazas after the int roduction of"E-ZPass, an electronic toll system that lets cargo through more efficiently.This was based on research bDr Janet Currie, an economist aPrinceton University, and her coleagues at Columbia UniversityThey analysed health data fothe decade ending in 2003.However Dr Currie warnedthat the research is not conclusive, saying: "It is hard to disentangle all the things in car exhaust and sort out the effects otraffic from all the other possibilities."

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New categories forPeople's Choice AwardsByTONYNcASM.ONEFOR the fourth yeal running,AsiaOne readers will get to de-cide which automotive productsare worthy of AsiaOne People'sChoice Awards.On top of the staple Best Carcategory, two new categorieshave been introduced this year:Best Car Insurer and Best TaxiCompany.The. new sections help pro-vide a more comprehensive over-

view of the automotive-lifestyleproducts that readers prefer.Car insurance is a compulsorycomponent of car ownership inSingapore.Given the many new ClUSlaunched this year, a number ofchoice rides have been nominat-ed for the Best Car category.They include the Audi A7, theBMW X3 and the VolkswagenPolo GTI.Readers' votes will determinewhich nominee crosses the f in-ishing line first.Members of the public have

until the middle of next monthto vote in one or more of theAwards categories . Those whodo stan d to win up to $4,000 inprizes.The results will be revealedin the f irst quarter of next year.Mr Adrian Tay, editor ofAsia-

One, said: "Since its inception,the AsiaOne People's ChoiceAwards have been very well-received by AsiaOne readers andadvertisers."It is a platform for discern-ing AlliaOne readers to exercisetheir votes in support of theirfavourite brands, products andservices."Advertisers can use thesame platform to build or rein-force their brand names withtheir target audience and seetangible results."

Vroom pastcompetitionHONDA Motor lastweek revealed an electricMicTO CommuterConcept city vehiclewhich boasts socialnetworking, advancedaerodsmamice, luggagespace, seating for threeand afold-up bike forlast-mile transport,(PHOTO:RElITERS)

Mr Neil Fiorentinos, managing director of BMW Asia, said"Given the voting format, thAsiaOne People's Choice Awardare definitely a testament to thpublic's choice."The BMW 5 Series, whicwon last year's overall BesSaloon, is currently our top-selling model."The BMW M3, which warecognised as one of the tothree saloons. and the BMW Xwhich received the top honouof the Best SUV/MPV/Cross-over, are relatively popularwell."This year, we received threenominations under the Best Cacategory. We hope to continuewith the good results."The AsiaOne People's ChoicAwards are organised by Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH'sleading news and lifestyle we

portal, AsiaOne.The Awards strongly indicatthe nominees' popularity amonAsiaOne's audience, whichlargely made up of professionalsand executives.DirectAsia.com is the Platinum sponsor and Fuji Xeroxthe Gold sponsor for AsiaOnPeople's Choice Awards 2011.For more details, Or to finout more about the nomineesvisit http: II,,"ww.asiaone.comlpcat onyng@Sph.com.sg~ The serite): i s aioebknoioledgist ioidi SPHportal AsiaOne. He editsthe motoring section.

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Entertainment mypaper W ED NE SD AV N OV EM BE R 16 ,2011 AUSHOWBIZROUND - U P

G ID D E N S K O T O M EE TS IN G A PO R E F A NST A IW A N E SE a uth or G id de ns K o,who w r ot e t h e a u to b io g ra p hi ca ln ovel Y ou A re T he A pple O f M yE y e - t he b oo k t he b lo ck bu st erm ov ie w as b as ed o n, a nd w hic hK o d irec te d- w ill b e in S in ga-p ore as p art o f Bo o kFe st t h isweeken d ,C atc h h im o n S atu rd ay a tSu n te c Ha ll s 601-603 f ro m 7 pmto 8 pm ; a n d a t P O P@Cen t ra lB ra s B as ah C o mplex, Leve l 4,o n S un day fro m 4 pm to 5 pm ,The re w il l be a U & A se ss io n a tb ot h e ve nt s, a n d h e w il l s ig nc op ie s o f h is b oo k, T h e m ov ieh as m a de o ve r $ 6 75 , 00 0 i nS i ng a po r e s o f ar .s m EE P P LU GS T H AT C HE RB IO P IC IN L O N D O NAM ER ICANa c tr es s M e ry l S t re epu nv eile d a p os te r in L on do n o nM o n da y p ram o1 ln g h er u pc om-i ng b ig -s cr ee n p o rt ra ya l o ff o rme r B r it is h p rime m i ni st erM a rg ar et Th at ch er , w h ic h o nee ar ly r ev ie w d es cr ib ed a s"magnificent".T he f il m , wh ic h r ep o rt ed lyp ai nt s L ad y T h at c h e r a s a lonelyf ig ur e s li di ng i nt o d em e nt ia , i sc au sin g a n u pro ar in B rita in , I ti s s ch ed u le d f or a J an u ar yrelease.A G E N C I E SS PE C IA L O N L IN E A UC TIO NO F S OM E LI Z T A V L O R I T E M SF ANS o f E li za be th T a yl or w illh ave a c han ce to b uy an itemf rom t he v as t c ol le ct io n o ft heHo l lyw oo d a c tr es s whe nChr i st ie ' s se ll s nea rl y 1,000l ow er -p ri ce d p ie ce s in a s pe cia lon l ine auc ti on .T he a uc tio n h ou se s aid o nM o n da y t ha tt he C o lle ct io n o fE l iz a be th Ta yl or w ou ld f ea tu r eite ms w it h e st im ate s a s lo w a sUS$ l 00 { S$129 f.R E U T E R SP IT T W A N T S T O P R OD UC ER A T H E R T H A N A C TB R AD P itt, w h o w as in S eo ul top romo te h is l at es t mo v ieMoneyba ll yeste rday , e xp la i nedw hy h e in te nd s to q uit a ctin g bya ge 5 0 ." I d o q uite e njo y t he p ro du -c in g s id e, " P it t, 4 7 , s ai d, a dd in gt ha t h e w o uld li ke p ro d uc in gf il ms w h ic h a re d if fic u lt t o m a keu nd er th e c ur re nt s ys te m o r" ge tt in g b e hi nd t al en t t ha t w ebe li e ve i n ".A F PS C H N E ID E R C O M E D Y 1 0 A IRO N U .S _ 1 iV IN JA N U A R VROB S c hn ei de r' s n ew c ome dy ,R o b!, w ill a ir o n Am eric an T V o nCBS i n J an u ar y, t he n et wo rka nn ou n ce d o n M o n da y.The s er ie s w il l s ee Sc hnei de rp la yi ng a b ac he lo r w h o ma rr ie si nt o a t ig ht -k ni t M a xl e an f a m il y.R E U T E R S

M ED IA W ATCHGordon Ramsay, meet your matchBy JILL ALPHONSOM US T -W An :H C OO K IN G S H O W.E GA N B LA C K M ET A L C HE FhffpilveganblackmBtalchBf.camMOVE over, GordonRamsay. It's time tobow to the powers ofVegan Black Metal Chef, darkmaster of the culinary arts,Ramsay may be intimidating,but he's no match for hellfireand headbanging, staples in theinstructional cooking videos -set to metal music, by the way -from Vegan Black Metal Chef.Step into the world of ex-treme cooking. courtesy of Or-lando-based Brian Manowitz,aka Vegan Black Metal Chef,who started a YouTnbe channelthis year.Since then, he's been featuredin Time magazine, The Washing-ton Post and ABC News, and hischannel has racked up morethan two million views.MTV has even reportedly con-tacted him for collaboration.On the show - which Mano-witz started because he wants toeducate people about how ve-gans eat - the guy sacrifices gar-l ic and green onions ("Cut theirheads offl") on his granite penta-gram chopping board - his "al-tar" - with his mystical knife.He slaughters tomatoes inthe name of dark gods, andmashes potatoes with a mace.He delivers his recipes - whichrange from pad thai to tempnraveggie rolls - with audio clipsthat have him snarling out in-structions over thrashing gui-tars.He's always kitted out in fullKiss-like face paint and chainmail, headbangs furiously, andinvokes the power of the darkgods to (wait for it) boil water.

HARDCORE: Vegan Black Metal Chef, aka Brian Manowitz,gets over two million views on You'I'ube, (PHOTOS: INTERNET)

HAIL SEITAN: The Chef loves using seitan - the wheat glutennsed to make mock-meat dishes - in his vegan recipes.Yet he advocates the use ofhippie staples like Earth Bal-a.nee - a "nat.ural butteryspread" - and going to localfarmers' markets ("You can getall sorts of cool sh"" there," headvises in one video).Manowitz, who isin 1:\1'0 metal'bands, also worships Seitan.You know, the wheat glutenthat mock duck is made of.Episode four is dedicated tothe product,In other videos, tips for crush-

ing peanuts, and how topress-dry tofu - Manowitz usesa skull in a pot - will be enlight-ening for both cooking newbiesand experien ced cooks.Mancwitz's official websitealso features his recipes}in caseyou were too busy laughing towrite down what he was saying.Ready to go vegan? Maybenot. But it's certainly time tosacrifice same veggies in thename of Seitan.myp@sph.com.sg

CHEF 'S T IP SH ere are a fe w th in gs to g et yo us ta rt ed w it h V e ga n B la ck M e ta lChef :~ A DV .IC E F O R M A S H IN GP O T A T O E S :C r us h p ot at oe s w it h a m a ce !S ho w th em n o m er cy !E S T S E CR E T IN G R ED IE N TS :C allin g o n th e p ow ers o f t he d a rkg ad s a n d he adb a ngi ng , w h ic haaparan tv he lps wa ter to boilmo re qu i ckl y .~ B E S T R EC IP E :Pa d T h a i, in v id eo 1. T he tip o nc ru s hi ng p e an u ts i n p la st icb ag s w it h a r ollin g p in a nd th efa ct th at P ad T ha i re cip es a rebest w ith su gar - "a w ho lef* ** in g lo t" - w ill b e e n lig hte nin gf or c oo ki ng n ew bi es . A ls o w at chvideo 3, w h ic h t ea ch es y ouh ow t o m a ke t er np ur a a sp ar ag ussushi.U S T -H A V E K IT CH E NT O O L SCh ef u se s s wo rd s, d ag ge r s a ndb la de s o f c ha os t o s ac ri fi ce h isv eg e ta b le s. F i nd h is r ec ommen -da t ions a t h t tp : // v eganb la ck -meta lchef.com/kn wes!: { ) C H E FS F A VE B AN D SD immu Bo r gi r, Empe ro r , Immor ta l,Na g lf ar , S l ay er , Me t al li ca a n dTool .

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B u t i n t hi s Am er ic an r em a keo f a c ri ti ca ll y a c cl aimed B r it is hT V sh ow - w hic h starre d th ele ge nd ar y H ele n M ir re n - B elloh old s h er o wn a s t h e s ho w'ss tr on g fe ma le le ad , in w ha t isp os si b ly h er b ig ge st r ol e t o d at e.The p o li ce -p ro c ed u ra l d rama

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a n d c o n fr o nt at io n al ma nne r. S t il l,s he m an ag es to u se h er s po t- oni ns ti nc t s t o s o lv e c rimes ,W h il e t he s er ie s s eem sp re dic ta ble - th e h yp e is lo w, a sa re r at in gs - B e ll o i s f a nt as tica n d r ef re sh in g a s t h e c ompl ic a te da n d p ri ck ly l ea d .The r o le r eq u ir es a n i n tr ic a teb al an ce b et we en a w oma n'sv u ln e ra bi li ty a n d a p o li ce o ff ic e r' sd o gg e d p e rs is te n ce . A t ou g hc ha lle ng e, b ut w e t hin k s he p ul lsi t o f f v er y w el l.

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. 7 . . . J'lewpOmts ""ypaper W ED NE SD AV N OV EM BE R 16 ,2011 A 14Why aren't dentalsubsidies givento schoolchildren?IS heartening to learn that theMiniS.try of Health is increasing thenumber ofdentists to meet the den-tal needs of our ageing population.It was reported that Health Minis-ter Gan Kim Yang said the ministrywill also improve how it supports den-

tal training and research, and addmore specialities recognised by the Sin-gapore Dental Council.Mr Gan gave the assurance thatwhile the ministry raises the quality of

dental care, charges will stay affordable.For instance, under the expandedPrimary Care Partnership Scheme, pri-

vate general practitioners and dentistscan provide eligible patients with com-mon outpatient medical and dentaltreatment at subsidised charges.The scheme, currently for Singapore-

ans aged 65 or older, will cover Singa-poreans 40 years or older from earlynext year.The list of dental treatments cov-ered by the scheme has been expanded

to include more simple tertiary dentalprocedures, such as crowns, bridges,dentures and root-canal treatment.But what about the cost of dentaltreatments for schoolchildren'?The School Dental Service referred

my daughter to aile of the dental een-

tres here, and Icontacted the NationaUniversity Hospital Dental Centre anTan Tock Seng Hospital Dental ClinicIwas shocked to learn that the centres do not offer government subsidiefor t reatments, even with a polyclinicor schoolreferral,Are we being short-sighted, provid

mg subsidised rates for the elderlywhile neglecting schoolchildren?Dental problems worsen over t imeif they are not fixed at an early age.

MRDAVVAP

Dentists: .'H41l[~ya ke yT shenqAffordable: tH1HlUf .a~ fu dan de q T deOutpatient: nH : a tJ men zhen deRoot-canal: 5ff~' i ! l ' ya gen quanReferral: ~'htWlAzhuan zhen bing re mW R I T E T O U S A T M V P AP ER . E -m ail yo uropinions to mvp@sph.com.sgP le as e in clu de y ou r f ull n ame, a dd re ssan d a telephone contact number.Wereserve the right to edit leiters fur clarityand length .

A visit to eyespecialist takesseveral hourstypicallyI REFER to Ms Jenny Leong's letter,"z-hour wait for doc, despi te appoint-ment" (my paper, Nov 10) , in whichshe wrote about the two-hour wait hermother experienced at Changi GeneralHospital's Eye Specialist Clinic.Ms Leong's mother was referred byher family doctor to see an eye special-

ist for cataract slUger}' .We have carried out a thorongh re-view of the situation and found thatthe duration of Ms Leong's mother 's

clinic visit was due to the proceduresthat had to be completed as a prerequi-s ite for her surgery, rather than due toany unusual delays.Our intention is to try to completethe ent ire process in one visit, if possi-ble. Never theless, we do empathise

with her mother's distress, and havecontacted Ms Leong to provide a de-tailed explanation.

We would l ike to share with readerthe procedures involved in a visit to aeye specialist clinic. A visit typicalltakes several hours, as the processvery thorough, involving a series of vsion and eye checks and the administra-tion of eye medicine to dilate the pupils (this medicine requires at least onhour to take effect) before the patienis ready to consult the specialist.Some patients, including those needing surgery, such as Ms Leong's mother, may also require additional checksuch as a visual-field check, eye mea

surements and pre-surgery discussionand reviews.The initial visit to an eye clinictypically a longer one, so we do makea point to inform every patient ancaregiver about the procedures and thexpected length of such visits.We also provide this information ia prominent visual display at the cliniWe are looking at ways to communicate this more efficiently to our patients before their appoi ntments, sthat they will be better prepared.

CUN IC A L A S SOC IA T E P RO FE S SORpmRLUD E PU T Y CH AI RM AN . M E D I C A L B O AR D (SURGICAL)CHANG IGENERALHOSP ITA l

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Sports mypaper W ED NE SD AV N OV EM BE R 16 ,2011 A15SEA GAMESROUND-UP

S'PORE W IN TW O MO REBR ON ZE M ED ALS FR OM TKOSINGAPORE'S taekwon-doa thle tes secured two moreb ronze medals at the SEAGames in Ja karta yesterday.Inthe female middleweightdivision, Jacqueline O U B k tookthe joint bronze after losing 4- 7to her Vietna mese 0pponent ThiNguyen Ha inthe semi-f inals, Inthe men's flyweight divis ion,Jason Tan also claimed the jo intth ird spot after being edged out6-7 bythe Philippines ' JohnP au I Rizaldo inthe finaIfour.S TU DE NT S D RAmDT O C HE ER O N V IS IT OR SINDONESIAN students havebeen drafted to cheer onvis it ing nat ions inthe South-east Asia Games, beingdeployed at several venu es toact as cheer leaders, Anta ranews agency reported onMonday,They have been given f lagsand T-shir ts and, inone case ,told to chant tor count ri es l ike

Malaysia and Singapore,A G E N C I E SC AL L T O F EA TU R E F EW E RTI lADITIONAL SPORTSFUTURESouth-east Asia Gamesshould feature fewer traditionalsports and fo e us o n Olympicevents i fthe region's athletesare to compete at a higherlevel, Indonesia's organisingbody said yesterday,Rit a Subowo, pres ide nt ofthe SEA Games organis ingcommi ttee, sa id spor ts such aspencak silat and vovinam dilutethe Games line-up and diver tresources from the showpieceOlympic athletic disci plines.A f PM AlA YS IA N A RI!H ERC HEN G IN FIN E FmLETOP Ma l av si an a r ch e r ChengChu Sian cont inued his fineform in the SEA Games whenhe emerged as the men'sindividual recurve championyesterday, reported TheMalaysian Star.He defeated teammateKhairul Anuar Mohamad 6- 2 in

the fina I. Cheng had also wonthe gold medal in the sameevent at the last two Games inLaos 2009 and Karat 2007.T HK OM SE L W OR KE RSS U S P E N D LONG STil IKEWORKERS at Telkomsel, themobile-phone unit of Indonesia'sbiggest telecoms firm Teleko-munikasi Indonesia, on Mondaysuspe nded a strike planned tolast a month.A union official said thatemployees wanted to providethe best se rvice possible duringthe Asean Summit an d SEAGames, both held in Indonesiathis month.R E U T E R S

SEA G AM ES .20 11Ser upset after near gold missBy Ci-IH. HAN REONGIN PALEMBANGU NDER immense pres-sure to deliver a shoot.-ing gold, Jasmine Serwas not her usual cheerful selfafter she clinched only a silverin the 10m air-rifle even t yester-day.Agitated and upset, she

choked back tears several timeswhile speaking to the media, asshe tried to explain how shecame up short of gold by a mere1.1 points below Malaysia NurSuryani," I was distracted by a photo-grapher's camera clicks duringthe qualifying round," she said,after coming in third-highest inthe qualifying round."I'm not using that as an ex-cuse . I t' s j ust disappointing tobe unable to win a gold for Sin-gapore."Ser's compatriot, Li Yafei, al-

so broke down after finishingfourth in the same event. Li hadqualified for the final in secondplace, but fared poorly and wasdenied a medal by only 0_2point.Going into today's final day

of competition, the Singaporeshooting contingent has under-achieved, with just one goldmedal won, despite the reigning

NOT HER DAY: Jasmine Ser missed gold at the 10m air-rifleevent by a mere 1.1 points. (PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES)Sportsman (Gai Bin) and SPOltS-woman (Se1') of the Year beingon the team. Both have not wona. sing le gold medal yet,The swimming contingent,

on the other hand, has beenreaping golden success daily.Yesterday saw the swimmerswinning three golds to taketheir gold tally up to 13, withtwo more days of competition togo_The performance of the day

belonged to Joseph Schooling,who won t.he men's 200m but-terfly in a SE A Garnes record oflmin 56.67sec. I-Ie was the only

swimmer in the finaJfield toclock under 1'. '1"0 minutes,His mark also qualifies him

for next year's London Olym-pics, beating the Olympic "A"qualifying time of 1:56_86.Amanda Lim also set a new

Games record in the women's5001 freestyle, in which sheclocked 25.77sec. She thenhelped the women's 4:\:100mfreestyle team (Lim, Tao Li,Mylene Ong, Kob Hui Yu) wingold in 3:48.38_In Jakarta, the women bowl-

ers began their hunt for gold insuperb style, with Cherie Tan

M ED AL TA LLYC O U N T R Y G S BIndonesia 11 58 5 3Thailand 45 3 2 53Vietnam 3 3 39 48Singapore 23 2 3 40Malaysia 2 2 2 1 34Philippines 13 20 26Laos 4 3 1 8Cambodia 2 7 9Myanmar 0 9 15Brunei 0 1 3Timor-Leste 0 0 1clinching the singles gold with1,286 pinfalls,Jazreel Tan won bronze with

1,283 pinfalls, and Singaporemanaged to have five howlers(Cherie Tan, Jazreel Tan, JasmineYeong-Nathau, Shayna.Ngand New Hui Fen) in the topsix,Late last night, the paddlers

also carne in with a gold in thwomen's doubles (FengTianwei/Sun Beibei),i1ankeong@sph.com.sg

Colourful sportsmen can help lighten moodsF R O M P A GE A 2though mostly in the pool,withswim queens like Patricia Chan,Junie Sng and Joscelin Yeo rul-ing the waves.Yeo's record SEA Games

haul of 40 gold medals looks in-creasingly un likely to be broken.These dominant athletes are

part of the reason that swim-ming remains a major sport inSingapore. Even those whoknow their names only throughWikipedia are inspired by theirterrific feats to take to the pools,Tao tried to emulate Yeo's

nine-gold feat at this Games.She won't succeed, since shewon only bronze at one of herevents, but the thrill comes fromknowing that she dared to try.Are the current slate of re-

gional athletes afraid to try"? ]sincerely hope not, but their na-tional squads are not helping.Many countries, including

Singapore, have "coached" ath-letes to regurgitate tired sportscliches whenever they engagethe media."1 did my best", "both teamsplayed well", "I'm happy Iwon'~.. . Such banafibles arepushed onto impressionable

young athletes, making them be-lieve that the only way to dealwith the media is to be excessive-ly humble and grateful.Yes, a few guidelines are fine

if the countries want the ath-letes to be wary of offendingother athletes or countries.But officials shouldn't hoveraroundthe a thlet es dur ing inter -

views. It smacks of trying tobold back the sportsmen's trueemotions,In a major sporting event.

devoid o f outstanding talent, col-ourful personalities can a lwayshelp to lighten the mood anddraw in the crowds.

Thais in new low after latest football flopJAKARTAIF REGIONAL footbal l power-houses Thailand thought theycould sink no lower than their2009 South-east Asia Gamesshowing, they Were dead wrong.The 13-time winners' final

group match against Singaporetomorrow is already a mere for-mality - they are out of the run-ning for the semi-finals afterSunday's 1-,310s8 to Indonesi a.

While their group-stage exitat the hands of eventual champi-ons Malaysia two years agosmacked of a misguided beliefin their invincibility, it W",l,S purebad luck that struck them downthis time, said team managerKasem Jaliyawatwong,Missing talismanic striker

Teerasil Dangda throngh injury,the Thais succumbed to costlyred cards in their losses againstthe hosts and Malaysia (1-2).

Back home, the backlash hasbeen predictably hostile, withthe Bangkok Post labelling theteam "football f lops".But rival coaches were notconvinced that this is the end ofau era of Thai domination,Said Brunei coach Dayem AliHaji: "They did not win eightstraight SEA Games titles be-cause they were lucky, Theiryouth-development programmeis one of the best in the region,"

T H E S T RA IT S T IM E S

This SEA Games has seenprecious few of them. Tao is onathlete who wears her heart oher sleeve, but where. are theothers?No gung-ho personality, nditzy teenager, no confident vet

eran eager to relive past glories.Everyone merely "does his best"Preposterous, isn't it?seems the athletes themselvesare unwilling to be in the spot-light, or to grab as many head-lines as they can,They seem eager to blend

into the team and not stand outIn a regional Games that oncehad nine-gold winners, it seemsthat many athletes nowadaysare content with just one.That is hardly the light atti

tude to have if one is pushingfor bigger sporting triumphs.hankeong@sph.com.sg

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Sports lnypaper W E DN ES DA Y N OV EM BE R 1 '6 ,2 0 1 1 A 16Timor Lestefootball comesof age at GamesIAKARTAAFTER their first twoSouth-east Asia Gamesfootball Group B victo-ries against Brunei and the Phil -ippines, Timor Leste stoodproudly at the top of the group.Although they eventually lostto Vietnam and Laos, and arenow third in the standings, itwas stunning improvementfrom two years ago, reportedThe Jakarta, Globe,

T he n, . A .. se an '. s newest mern-bel' first competed in the foot-ball tournament in Vientiane,Laos,Drawn with Thailand, Malay-sia, Vietnam and Cambodia,they lost all four games, conced-ing 28 goals and scoring justone.

This time around, 2-1 winsover Brunei and the Philippinesstunned regional football fans,even as reality finally set in, espe-cially in their 0-3 loss against La-os, in which their defence wastorn apart repeatedly.Without their top scorer, Bra-zilian-born striker Murilo whowas suspended after an ear lierred card, Timol' Leste seemedbereft of ideas against Laos,Plan A seemed to be to knocki t long for bean-pole striker Le-andro and hop e for the best,There was no Plan B,Without a functioning do-mestic league, it is debatablehow much more the Timoresenational team can improve,Their SEA Games squad isdrawn from a handful of localteams and the diaspura spreadacross Brazil and Australia.

OUTPLAYED: Timor Leste's Joao Paulo Da Costa De Jesus(right) trying to stop a shot from Laos' Paseutsack Soul iyavong(centre) as goalkeeper Emerson Car los Cesario looked on inJakarta on Sunday, Timor Leste lost 0-3, (PHOTO: AFP)Captain Antonio Sousa, forexample, was born in Sao Pauloand plays for Botafogo, while im-pressive-looking defender RaulIsac was born in Melbourne andplays for North Sunshine Eagleswhile studying at university,Molding a team drawn fromsuch disparate points on theglobe, and throwing inyoung lo-cal players who do not play com-petitive football on a regular ba-sis, is a big taskBut that is the challenge fac-

ing the Timorese football author-ities.The 1\'10 early victories thisyear indicate what the countryis capable of, but the East TimorFootball Federation (FFTL)needs to consider what must bedone to take the game to thenext level,Said Jakarta Globe journalistAntony Sutton: "Over-relianceon players born overseas toTimorese parents is not the wayto bui ld a football team,"Rather, it should start to

think local and about how to opt imise its membership in AseanThere are rumours that an Indonesian team is interested in onof the strikers, but i t i s difficulto see many of the players attracting the interest ofeven middle-sized clubs in the region,"The next step for the FFrLto start placing some of theipromising young players oveseas, The Cambodian Leaguefor example, may not be a regional powerhouse, but it isprofessional league where players get to play the game competitively and get paid at the samtime. That is what the youngTimorese players need.The.pressure and intensity o90 minutes can never be replicated in training, and thatwhat is sorely lacking in EasTimor football.mVll@sph,com.sg

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Ali leads celebration of Frazier's lifePffllADELPHIAWEARING a dark suit andsunglasses, a frail and tremb-ling Muhammad A li rose fromhis seat and vigorously clappedfor "Smokin' Joe" Frazier , thefighter who handed him hisfirst loss,Ali, 69, was among the nearly4,000 people who packed theEnon Tabernacle Baptist Churchin Philadelphia on Monday, fora two-hour 'joyful celebration"in honour of Frazier, who diedlast week of liver cancer at theage of 67,Also attending were formerheavyweight champion LarryHolmes, fellow Phi ladelphiafighter and longtime middle-weight champion Bernard Hop-kins and promoter Don King,His body ravaged by Parkin-son's disease, A li was accompa-nied by members of his familyand wife Lonnie, who rubbedhis back while he was seatedand held his hands as he en-tered and left the church,Reverend Jesse Jackson de-livered a stirring eulogy, describ-ing Frazier as someone who"came from segregation, degra-dation and disgrace to amazinggrace","Tell them Rocky was not achampion. Joe Frazier was," hesaid, referring to the hometowncharacter from the boxing mov-ieRocky, whose statue stands atthe base ofthe Philadelphia Mu-seum of Art. "Tell them Rockyis fictitious, Joe was reality."Rocky never faced Ali orHolmes or (George) Foreman,Rocky never tasted his own

blood, Champions are made inthe ring not in the movies,There deserves to be a statue ofJoe Frazier in downtown Phi-ladelphia."Former heavyweight champ-ion Mike Tyson sent a video-taped message of condolence,as did real-estate magnate Don-ald Trump and actor MickeyRourke,King, wearing a United Statesflag scalf and clutching a mini-flag, walked over to shake Ali' shand before the funeral ; Holm-es greeted "The Greatest" whenthe service ended, with a 10-bellsalute, boxing's tradit ional 10-count farewell to its own.Thousands of mournersturned up last Friday and Satur-day tor a public memorial view-ing at the Wells Fargo Center inPhiladelphia,Frazier beat Ali, knockinghim down and taking a decisionin the Fight of the Century atMadison Square Garden inNew York in 1971. He would go

LEGENDS:MuhammadAli beingassisted out ofthe funeral forboxer Joe. Fra-zier on Monday,Frazier was thefirst to beat Aliin 1971, andthey were fiercerivals for mostof their careers.(PHOTO:REUTERS)

on to lose two more fights toAli, including the Thrilla inMani la bout in 1975,Fra-zier was embittered foryears by Ali' s taunts and name-calling, though he recently saidhe had forgiven him,Frazier was a small yet fero-cious fighter who smothered hisopponents with punches, includ-ing a devastating left hook heused to end many of his fightsearly, That was what he used todrop Ali in the 15th round oftheir epic bout at MadisonSquare Garden.Their third fight, held in asweltering arena in Manila aspart ofAli's world tour off ightsin 1975, was even more drama-tic and brutaLNearly blinded by Ali'spunches, Frazier still wanted togo out for the 15th round, butwas held back by trainer EddieFutch, The bout, Ali would latersay, was the closest thing todeath he could imagine.A P

Terry gladto get fans'supportLONDONENGLAND captain John Terrysays he has received messagesof support from "across theworld", as he l ives with the in-tense scrutiny of a police investi-gation into allegations that heracially abused Queens ParkRangers' Anton Ferdinand.A naturally defiant indivi-dual, Terry added that he takesinspiration from Dennis WIse,the former Chelsea captain andsubject of a few unappealingheadlines in his time, reportedThe Telegraph."From across the world, peo-ple, players and managers havebeen onthe phone and been verysupportive of me," be said, "It 'snice that the England playershave been very supportive, public-ly and personally, I am delightedwith that. I thank them for thatThe players showed we are unit-ed together, no matter what."England national coach Fa-bio CapeUo left Terry on thebench for last Saturday's foot-ball friendly with Spain, al-though Terry had told the Ital-ian that he wanted to playagains t Spain, captaining theside and doing all the pre-match media duties."I would have faced that ifhe'd picked me against Spain,and I said that to the manager.I would have dealt with it myway. I'm here and I'm veryproud to be England captain,I'!TI not someone to hide away,"he said,

"That would be the easthing to do, to step away fromit, I am here, fronting it up andealing with it, It is about beincaptain and coming ant anfacing up to it."As Terry faced the media oMonday, the questions certainly came thick, fast and direct."You are not a racist aryou?" was one, "Have you em

barrassed the Football Association (FA)?" was another, alonwith the observation that "you'get suspended in other walkslife" if accused of makingracist remark.A quick-footed FA officiadiverted the questions, awarehow much the police frownedon Terry even being up for interview,He did oat duck much, anhis revelation of support fromaround the world wil l certainlstir debate, Terry isused to deaing with adversity, fightingback from awkward headlines,Of Wise's influence, he said"Wise had little (incidents)throughout his career but, regardless of whatever happenedon the training pitch he was thbest . He was always at the fronofthe running, making sure thahe pulled people up with. him,"Terry's desire to return tthe fray is partly rooted in aawareness ofthe growing threato his England place, particular-ly after strong performancesfrom defenders ~Phil Jagielkaand Jolean Lescott againstSpain,"There's a real challenge," hsaid, "The other night is a.greaexample of why you want tplay in every game, Ifyou don'two guys will come in and bexcellent,"rnyp@sph,cDlILsg

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NBA stalemate worsensNEW YORKNATIONAL Basketball Asso-ciation (NBAl players reject-ed the league's latest offeron Monday and began disbandingtheir union, likely jeopardising theentire 2011/2012 season."We're prepared to f ile this ant i-trus t action against the NBA," un-ion executive director Billy Huntersaid, "That's the best situationwhere players can get their due pro-cess,"And tbat's a tragedy, as far asNBA commissioner David Stern isconcerned."It looks l ike the season is reallyinjeopardy," he said in an interviewon the ESPN network. "It's just abig charade, To do it now, the un-ion is ratcheting up...to see if theycan scare the NBA owners or some-thing, That's not happening."Hunter said players were not pre-pared to agree to Stern's ultimatumto accept the current proposal orface a worse one, saying they

thought it was "extremely unfair".And they are aware what this bat-t le might cost them.Said Maurice Evans, vice-presi-dent of the National BasketballPlayers Association (NBPA): 'Weunderstand the consequences ofpo-tentially missing the season; we un-derstand the consequences thatplayers could potentially face ifthings don't go our way, but it's arisk worth taking. It's the rightmove."But it is also risky. The leaguehas already filed a pre-emptive law-suit seeking to prove the lockout islegal and contends that, without aunion that collect ively bargainedthem, the players' guaranteed con-tracts could legally be voided.Stern, who is a lawyer, hadurged players to take the deal onthe table, saying it's the best theNBA could offer and advised that

decertification is not a winningstrategy.Players ignored that warning,choosing instead to dissolve its un-ion, giving them a chance to win sev-eral billion dollars in triple damag-es in an anti trust lawsnit .'This is the best decision for theplayers," union president DerekFisher said. -r want to reiterate thatpoint, that a Jot of individual play-ers have a lot of things personally atstake in terms of their careers andwhere they stand."Right now, they feel it 's impor-tant - we all feel it's important to allour players, not j ustthe ones in this

NO DEAL: Billy Hunter, executive director of the NBA players 'association, rejecting the league's lates t offer on Monday, With him isthe association's president, Derek Fisher ..(PHOTO: REUTERS)room, but OUl entire gTOUp - thatwe not only try to get a deal donefor today, but also for the body ofNBA players that will come intothis league over the next decadeand beyond."Fisher, flanked at a press confer-ence by dozens of players, includingKobe Bryant and Carmela Antho-ny, said the decision was unani-nlOUS.Hunter said the NBPA was inthe process of converting to a tradeussociation and that all players willbe represented in a class-actionsuit against the NBA by attorneysJeffrey Kessler and David Boies.The sides still can negotiate dur-ing the legal process, so players didnot want to write off the season justyet.Hunter said the bargaining pro-cess had "completely broken down".Players and owners have been talk-ing for some two years but couldn'