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VIEWPOINTNo way is this a great GamesBY eMIA HAN I < E o N GTH E G Al 'v 1E S G U YfNJAKARTA

THIS column would nothave been written had Inot stopped myself fromfalling to the ground at around6pill on Monday.I was searching for the mediaentrance to Gelora.Bung Kama,Indonesia's famous nationalfootball stadium, where thehighly anticipated SEA Gamesfootball final between hosts In-donesia and defending champi-ons Malaysia was being staged.I had anticipated a crowdwaiting outside the stadiumwith no tickets. I did not foreseehow massive it would be.Suddenly, I was trapped in asea of red-shirred fans, unableto control where I was going, asI was pushed and pulled towardsnowhere in particular.That was when my legs gaveway for a split second. I stum-bled forward and, very luckily,found myfooting just in time. toprevent myself from beingcrushed by the stampede.That would definitely haveleft me seriouslyhurt, Or,worse,I could have suffered a similarfate as the two Indonesian fansfound dead before the final, ow-ing to an earlier stampede that

UGLY SCENE: Police helping to evacuate a boy as fans in Gelora Bung Kama stadium threatenedto go out of control at the football final between Indonesia and Malaysia on Monday. (PHOTO:AP)broke out whensomeone inexplica-bly opened a gate,causing fans tosurge towards it.I eventuallyman-aged to make myway to the media-tribune area,only to see that fans had alsobeen let in to stand whereverthere was empty space.Later, images of unconsciousfaus being dragged out of the

stands remindedme of ghastlyscenes at Hills-borough in 1989,when 96 Liverpoolfans were crushedto death as a floodof spectators rushed into thestadium.That, thankfully, did not hap-pen at Gelora Bung Kama.Still, Monday's incident can-not bebrushed aside asan isolat-

ed accident, because it summedup the awful manner in whichthe SEAGames had been organ-ised in Palembang and Jakarta.Time and again, the organis-ers insisted that this Games ranwithout glitches, that peoplehave enjoyed the Games andthat the Games are a success.Yes, despite constant grum-bles about poor organisation,

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Malaysia to ban streetprotests under new lawKUALA LUMPUHMALAYSIA'S government an-nounced plans yesterday to al-low citizens to hold peacefulpublic gatherings as part of amove towards political reform,although analysts said the newlaw would do little to boost civilliberties.The Malaysian media said

the government tabled thePeaceful Assembly Bill in Parlia-ment, which would requirethose seeking to hold gatheringsto givepolice 30 daysnotice, in-stead of having to apply for a

permit as stipulated underpresent law.Butthe policecan imposevar-ious restrictions 01' even rejectthe proposed time and place fora demonstration.Demonstrators also cannottake to the streets, effectivelyforcing them to be confined tostadiums or public halls. They al-so cannot make statements thatcan "promote feelings of illwill",according to the text ofthe Bill.Children under the age of 15would be barred from rallies,which cannot be staged nearschools, hospitals or places of

worship. Protesters could befined up to RM20,000(S$8,000) if they break therules."It's the same old story," saidDr James Chin, a political ana-lyst atMonash University in Ma-laysia."The expectation is that Na-jib is a reformer but this goes toshow that he can say one thingbut, when the home ministerand the attorney-general get to-gether, they will do another."1 1 1 e Prime Minister's Officesaid that the legislation "makesit easier for Malaysians to ex-press their views without put-ting public order at risk" andrepresented the latest stage ofPrime Minister Najib Razak's"progressive package of socialand political reforms".But opposition activists not-

ed that the Billstill enables po-lice to reject plans for any rally.The Bill "is a total reversal ofMr Najib's promise of providingmore freedoms to the people",said Mr Lau Weng San of theDemocratic Action Party.The Malaysian authoritiesfaced strong criticism in July forcracking down on at least20,000 protesters who marchedin Kuala Lumpur to seek moreelectoral transparency. The po-lice briefly arrested about 1,600people and used tear gas andchemical-laced water in effortsto disperse the crowd.The Barisan Nasional has in-sisted that protests threaten pub-lic order. The party is expectedto get the Billpassed easily be-cause it has slightly less than atwo-third majority in Parlia-ment's Lower House.A P , REUTERS

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P A R L I AM E N TROUND-UPS U IC ID E S IN S IN G AP O R EF E LL T O 3 5 3 L A S T Y E A RTHE n umb er o f s ui cid es d ro p pe dfra m 4 01 in 2 00 9 to 3 53 la st y ea r,D e pu ty P ri me M i ni st er a nd H omeA ff ai rs M in is te r T e o C h ee H e ansa id yes te rday .F o re ig ne rs a cc ou nt ed f or 5 2a nd 5 1 s uic id es in th e tw o re s-p e c tv e p e ri od s . The r ea s ons t he yc ommi tt ed s ui ci de a re no t k nown_E NO UG H A V E NU E S F O RS T U D E N T S T O P LA Y S P O R TTHERE a re s uf fi ci en t a v enuesf or ' s t ud en ts t o e ng ag e i n s po rti n a ddi ti on t o c o -c u rr ic u la ra c ti vi ti es ( CCAs) , s a id Sen io rPa rl iament ar y Se cr et a r y f orE d uc at io n a nd M a np owe rH aw az i D a ip iA sa sc ho ol h as lim ite d fa ci-li tie s, h av in g t oo ma ny s po rt sC CA s w o ul d le ad t o c omp et it io nf or u se o f f ac il it ie s, h e s aid .The Physi ca l E du ca ti onc ur ric ul um , w h ic h h as b e enr ev a mped, a ls o g iv e s s tu den tsa n a lt er na tiv e t o p la yi ng s po rt .S CO R E H E L P E D O V E R 1 : , 0 0 0O F F E N DE R S G E T J O B STHE S i ngapo re Co rp o ra ti ono f Rehah il it a ti vs En te rp r ises(S co re ) h elp ed 9 1 p e r c en t o f1 ,2 92 i nma te s - o r 1 ,1 70 i nmat es- se cu re jo b s la st y ea r b efo ret he ir r ele as e, s aid M in is te r o fS ta te fo r H om e A ffa irs M as a g asZulkif l i .A no the r 63 p er ce nt o f 3 45re le as ed o ffe nd er s - o r 2 18fo rm er o ffe nd ers - w ere a Isoa ss is te d b y S c or e i n g et ti ng j ob s.

I N : P A R L IA M E N TPlans afoot to ease LRT crunchBy]OYFANGL RT commuters fazed bythe rush-hour crunch canlook forward to more reliefThe Government is consider-ing converting the currentone-cal' system to a two-car onefor the Sengkang and PunggolLRTIines.This is part of a comprehen-sive review that the Land Trans-port Authority (LTA) is under-taking, which will look into thelong-term capacity needed forthe Sengkang and Punggol LRTsystems.The LTA is "in the process offinalising the study and aims toshare the fi ndi ngs in a fewmonths' time". said Minister ofState for Finance and TransportJosephine Teo yesterday.The LTA is also looking atother alternatives, in seekingthe most comprehensive andcost-effect ive option to reducethe overcrowding situationthere.Mrs Teo was responding to aquery by Dr Janil Puthucheary,an MP for Pasir Ris-PunggolGRC, on whether the LTA willwork with SBS Transi t to int ro-dnce double-car trains on the

W EEKEND ERP CHARGES FOR CBD TO STAYWEEKEND E le ct ro nic R o adP ric in g ( ER P ) c ha rg es i n t heO r ch ar d a nd B u gi s- M ar in a C e nt rea re as w ill r em a in , s ai d M in is te r o fS ta te f or R n an ce a nd T ra ns po rtJ oseph i ne Teo yest er da y .T his is d esp ite th e e ffo rts o fs ev era l M P s i n p re ss in g fo r ar ev ie w o r s cr ap p in g o ft he secharg es, g iv en t he l ac k o f o ff ic ec ro w ds d u ri ng t h a t p e rio d.M rs T eo s aid th at th e re aso ns

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She exp la in ed t ha t " ec onom ica c ti vi ti es l ik e t he r st a il t ra d e" s ti llc on ti nu e t o d ra w c ro w ds .W h il e a ve ra ge s pe ed s h adde te ri or at ed t o unde r 2 0kmh be fo reERPwas i nt roduc ed, t hi s has s in c eimproved. S p ee ds a re n ow k ep t" wit hin t he o p li ma l r an ge " o f20 lAn extra train has also beenadded to the Sengkang Westloop. reducing waiting timesfrom 4min to 3min 12sec duringthe morning peak, and from

No change inhospital waitingtimes despiterise in patientsPATIENTS in C-class wards ofpublic hospitals are treated thesame as those in higher-classwards, and are upgraded on acase-by-case basis in the event ofa bed shortage, said Health Min-ister Gan Kim Yong yesterday.He was responding to MtSeah Kian Peng, an MP for Ma-rine Parade GRC, who hadasked about the occupancy ofsuch wards.While he did not provide fig-

5min I8sec to 4min during thevening peak.In addition, trains on thPnnggol East loop now operatein both direct ions throughoutthe day, ins tead of only duringthe morning and evening peaksto shorten travel times, she saidMrs Teo also said that LTAdoing a detailed study to improve on the "last-mile connectivity" - or the distance one hato travel to reach a transport sytem - and results will be ou"qnite soon",Last-mile connectivity is aimportant criterion in ensuringthat "as many residents as possible are able to gain access anfind it convenient to use our public-transport: system ", she said.joyfang@ sph.com.sg

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ures, Mr Gan said that the ratis "very high", and that patientsmay be asked to opt for higherclass wards should beds he unavailable.However, no patient "w i l l bdenied admission just becausethe lower-class wards are fullhe said, adding that hospitalshere have been able to maintainwaiting times despite increasesin the number of admissionsand outpatients.Subsidised patient servicecost the Government $2_2-hilion last year.The ministry islooking into reviewing the remuneration systemfor doctors "to ensure that we encourage them to deliver appropriate care for patients", he said.V IC T O R IA B A R KE R

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Home "'o/paper W ED NE SD AY N OV EM BE R 23, 2011 A6Most expect HDB flat prices to stabiliseTHE majority of Singapore buyersbelieve that Housing Board tlat pric-es wi l l stabilise in one to five years 't ime, a survey revealed yesterday,on the back of recent measures likenew Build- To-Order flat launches.Of the 1,000 respondents, 37 percent believed it would take three to

five years for publie-housing prices

to stabilise. Another 20 per cent be-lieve this will happen in the nextone to two years and that the Gov-ernment is doing a "stellar job".But about 40 per cent of all re-spondents are scept ical that priceswill stabilise any t ime soon, i fat all .Nearly 32 per cent think that

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The public consultation, heldbetween June and July, receivedfeedback from 75 respondentsacross various groups."The council has carefully

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tives put forward, and revi sedits recommendations in somekey areas," said Mr Chan, who isthe chief executive of SingaporePress Holdings.He described the fmal set ofrecommendations as a "bal-anced package" that is "pragrna-tic and workable in practice".Among the changes madewas one requiring the independ-ence of a company director who

has served on a board for overnine years to be subjected to a"particularly rigorous review",The council had originallyrecommended in June that di-rectors who have sat on a boardfor over nine yeats should notserve as independent directors.The proposal was modifiedafter respondents said that thenine-veal' threshold was too arbi-trary" and would exacerbate the

shortage of independent directors in Singapore.The council had taken 2months to complete the reviewThe final recommendationswere submitted to the MonetaryAuthority of Singapore for approval yesterday.The council said the proposed code isthe most "progressive" of its kind in Asia.R E I C O W O N G

Drug boostschances forlung-cancerpatientsB y GWENDOLYN NGR ETIREE Mohd Yusof, 58, was diagnosed withadvanced lung cancer in April but he stillappears fit as a fiddle.He credits Iu s high spirits to an anti-tumour drugcalled Iressa, which he took instead of turning toeheuiotherapy, which causes side effects like nauseaand hair loss."I'm glad Idon't have to go through the sideeffects of chemotherapy," he said. "With the drug,Iexperienced only rashes and dry skin, which aremanageable, Scans also show that my tumour isgetting smaller."Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer among menand the second-deadliest among women here,according to the Singapore Cancer Society.Iressa was approved for use here by the HealthSciences Authority (HSA) in 2003 and was approvedas a "fi rst-line" t reatment for lung cancer inDecember last year.That means lung-cancer patients can nOW chooseto start on the drug, which comes in the form of apill, immediatelyafter being diagnosed,instead of trying othert reatments fi rst, aspreviously requiredby HSA.Dr Daniel Tan,medical oncologist atthe National CancerCentre Singapore, saiclinical trials in EastAsia have shown thatthe drug is effectiveas a first line of treat-ment, specifically for patients suffering from advancedstages of lung cancer with agenetic mutation incancel' cells,The mutation affects 40 per cent of lung-cancerpatients here and is common among Asians, womenand non-smokers.However, Dr Tan warned that Iressa has a limitedperiod of effectiveness, after which the cancer cells"somehow find a way to escape its anti-cancel' effect"Patients wil l then have to opt for other treatmentssuch as chemotherapy. 'The arrival of Iressa as atreatment opt ion for patients who have this mutat ionadds to previous benefi ts f rom chemotherapy," saidDr Tan. By combining the two treatments, patientswould enjoy a better chance of survival, he added.Advanced lung-cancer patients typically haveonly three to six months to live if they go withouttreatment. With chemotherapy, they will live about10 to 12months. Patients who take Iressa and followup with chemotherapy have been observed to live foabout 24 to 28 months.nggwen@sph .com;sg

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U .S . D E F IC IT CU TSAmerican voters' turn to decideBloombergAND so the congressionalsupercommrttee sagacarne to an end yester-day, with no deal to cut the USdebt by US$1.2 trillion (S$1.5trillion) over the next decade.The airwaves were filled withrecrimination, but the post-mortem pretty much boi ls downto this: Democrats wouldn'tagree to deep cuts in domesticprogrammes without compara-ble tax increases, and Republi -cans favoured hefty domesticspending cuts but would raisetaxes by only a trivial amount.Stock markets registeredtheir disapproval, wi th the S&P500 dosing down 1.86 per cent.Still, the reaction seemed sub-dued.There were no credit-ratingdowngrades, and US Treasuryyields remained near historiclows. The bipartisan supercom-mittee ofHouse and Senate law-makers delivered what the mar-kets expected: nothing.It might feel good to lay thisfailure at the feet of one par ty orthe other, but that would bechurlish, Both sides have deep-ly held beliefs that are difficultto reconcile ..Republicans thinkthe wayto shrink the US$15 tril-

lion national debt is withlow-tax, low-regulation, low-spending government. Demo-crats believe pretty much the op-posite: The path to debt reduc-tion is through more govern-ment spending in the short termand a combination of tax in-creases, entitlement reformsand stricter regulation for thelong haul.Itwould also be easy to blamethe standoff on the electoralhopes of (name your party here)in 2012. But if re-election werethe. driving force, surely lawmak-ers would have found away to doit, deal, especially consideringthat voter approval for Congressas a whole is already in the rootcellar, at about 13 per cent.Instead, the year-long budg-et stalemate can best be de-scribed asa congressional ori decoeur. The only way the grid-lock will end is if voters step upand decide what the supercom-mittee could not. One side orthe other of the ideological di-vide, which the supereommitteenever came close to br idging,must be handed a popular man-date. In practice, this means vot-ers , less than a.year from 110W~must choose a president and aCongress based on whether theythink the US should raise taxes.Here's the proposrncnthrough a.Democratic lens: The

single thing standing in the wayof a. supercnrnmittee agreementwas Republican intransigenceabout extending the tax cuts fortop earners, enacted under Presi-dent George W. Bush, that arescheduled to expire at. the end ofnext yea)',As for the entitlement pro-grammes, Democrats wouldblock maj or cuts in Medicare, al-though they are open tocost-sharing ideas, includingraising premiums and deducti -bles on upper-income seniors.Republicans would framethe proposition this way: Demo-crats turned down an offer thatincluded US$250 billion in newrevenue by eliminating same taxbreaks,Overall, though, the GOPwould seek to lower income-taxrates, even for the rich, andmake IIp for the lost revenue bycutting deeply into domesticspending. Republicans wouldtry to make permanent theBush-era tax cuts in an attemptto boost economic growth.Republicans also remain con-vinced that the proposal by Rep-resentative Paul Ryan of Wiscon-sin would greatly reduce Medi-care spending by giving seniorsvouchers for a fixed amount ofinsurance coverage.We would add a third propo-sition: The bond market still

has faith in the US' abil ity to paits debts, but that sentimentcould quickly turn, and the Ucould come under attack thway Europe has. The US' debproblem isn't solved, it's just deferred.The important point is thavoters should require candidates to be specific about howthey'd both raise taxes and cuspending for a total of at leasUS$1.2 trill ion or, even betterUS$4 trillion in savings - anthen support. the candidate, regardless of party, who best reflects their view,The decision about how to address our debt is fundamentallyone far voters, not a superco:mmittee, to make.myp@sph.com ..sg~. This is an abridged oersioofan editorialput out byBloomberg yestenlay.

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Egypt Cabinet hands inresignation amid clashesQUROEGYPT'S Cabinet said it had re-signed amid deadly clashes be-tween police and protesters de-manding political change thathave killed 33 and promptedthe ruling military to call for cri-sis talks.Some 20,000 protesters dem-onstrated. defiantly in Cairo'sTahrir Square overnight, butthe protests have yet to attractthe hundreds of thousands whotoppled President Hosni Mubar-ak. The Cabinet announced itsresignation on the third day ofprotests that have triggeredEgypt's W01'stcrisis since Febru-ary.State television quoted a mili-tary source as saying the mili-tary council had rejected the res-ignation, but Information Minis-ter Osarna Heikal told the offi-cial Mena news agency the mat-ter had not yet been decided.With people huddling underblankets to shelter from thecold, and others gathering forbreakfast around street vendors,

the protesters complained theywere being penned in by policein Tahrir Square."They are trying to limit thespace 'we can move in," protesterGamal el-Hawy said. "Theywant to trap us inside thesquare, to hurt our morale andthey are doing it inch by inch".The ruling council late onMonday urged calm and calledfor crisis talks with political forc-es to find a way forward. Thecouncil voiced its "deep regret~or.the v~;t ims in these painfulincidents , Mena said.Many demonstrators con-demned the military's call fortalks."All the milita.ry council issaying now makes absolutely nosense. They kill us and then saythey want to investigate t.heinci-dent. I want to understand howcan they be party to the battleand, at the same time, be the ar-bitrator," said Mr MohamedSobhy, a 30-year-old translator,The resignation of the Cabi-net casts further doubt onEgypt's first free parliamentaryelections in decades.A F P . R E U ll "R S

RAGING FURY: An Egyptian protester tossing hack a.tear-gascanister at security forces at Tahrir Square on Monday. (PHOTO: AFPMEDICALHELP: Aprotesterwounded in theeye is treated ata field hospitalin central Cairofallowingdeadly clasheswith securityforces onSunday.(PHOTO: AFP)

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World mypaper W ED NE SD AY N OV EM BE R 23, 2011 A12Grant allegeshackingbyother papersLONDONA cron Hugh Grant saidon Monday that Britishtabloid newspapers badbroken into his home, accessedmedical records and menacedhis family as part of a "cowardly,bullying and shocking" press cul-ture whose targets were not justcelebrit ies, poli ticians and thepolice, hut also people left vul-nerable by misfortune.Through two hours of testi-many before an official inquiryinto press practices, Grantraised new accusations thatbroadened the debate to includeall of the mass-circulation Brit-ish tabloids, nat just thoseawned by News Corp, MrRupert Murdoch's media em-pire.Grant displayed a barely con-tained animosity towards pressintrusion that contrasted starklvwith the boyish congeniality ~fhis film roles.The inquiry was promptedby accusations that News OfThe World, the weekly tabloidthat News Carp shutdown in Ju-

ly, had intercepted the voice-mail messages of nearly 6,000people, including Grant andsame of his former girlfrlends.But many of his accusationson Monday were aimed at TheDaily Mail and The Man OnSunday, two papers belongingto Associ ated Newspapers thatare among the best-selling inBritain; they had previouslybeen untainted by the phone-hacking scandal.Grant said he could nat "forthe life of me think of any con-ceivable source" for an article inThe Mail On Sunday in 2007that claimed that his relation-ship with the socialite JemimaKhan was imperiled bylate-night conversations with a"plummy-voiced" British-bornfllm executive, "other than thevoice-mail that were on my mo-hile telephone".He sued and won damagesbecause the claim of any inti-mate relationship was false, hesaid.In a statement issued short lyafter his testimony, The MailOn Sunday strongly denied

A LL E G E D D U B IO U S P R A C T IC E S > . H u gh G ra nt s aid th at in t he a f-t erma th o f t he p r os ti tu t io n scan -d al , t he d oo r t o h is L o nd on a p ar t-m e nt w as t ak en o ff it s h in ge sa nd h is a p ar tm e nt b ro k en i nt o.N o th in g w a s t ak e n, b u t d et ai ls o fh is in te r io r fu rnishings we rep u b li sh ed a f ew d ay s l at er . > H e a ls o s aid t he g ra nd mo th e ro f h is i nf an t d au gh te r w a s" me na ce d" b y a p ap ar az zip ho to gr a p h er w h o w a s s ta k in go ut h er h om e : W h en s hes na p pe d a p ic tu re o f t hepho tog raphe r , the pho tog raphe rd ro ve h is c ar s tr ai gh t a t h er ,G ran t sa id . > G ra nt s aid h e s us pe cte d th ath is m e di ca l r ec or ds h ad b e eni ll eg a ll y o b ta in e d f or a t l ea s t tw oa r ti c le s i n d if fe r en t n ew sp a pars,a nd t ha t t he p o li c e w e re t ip p in go f f j o u rn a li st s a b out ca ll s f romcelebrities: "A p ho to gr ap he r o r ajo ur na lis t w o uld s ha w u p o n y ou r

hacking his phone and said itsinformation had came insteadfrom a freelance journalist whospoke to a source close to Khan."Mr Grant's allegations are

mendacious smears driven byhis hatred ofthe media," the pa-per said.At the inquiry, Grant, 51, in-sis ted that he w as not pursuinga vendetta against the pressover coverage of a 1995 scandal,when police in Los Angelescaught Grant in a car with a

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APPLE LO OKS SET TO BEATHP AS TOP PC M AKERBOOST ED b y t he i Pa d's p op ul a-rity , A pp le lo ok s se t to b e t heNo. 1 P C m ak er in the w orld int he s ec on d h alf o f n ex t y ea r,bumping H P fr om th e t op s po t,a cc or din g to a n ew re po rt fr omB r it is h r esea rch f irm Cana ly s.T he p re di ct io n i s b as ed o na n a ss um p ti on t ha t A pp le w illre le as e a n iP ad 3 sometimen ex t y e a. r,w h i ch w i ll i nc r ea sesales.NYTY OU TU BE G ET S C LE AN ERL AY OU T W IT H R ED ES IG NYOUTUBE i s g et ti ng a r ed es ig nw i th g rea te r Google+ in teg ra t ion .T h e r ed e s ig n features ac le an e r l ay o ut , w i th a moren ea tl y a rr an ge d l is t o f f ea tu re dv ideos, membe rs ' s u bs c ri p t io n sa nd r ecommende d v id e os .T he u se r p ro fi le a pp ea rs a tthe b otto m le ft o f t he p age ,w it h v id eo s s ha r e d b y f ri e n d so n F ac eb oo k a nd G o og le +,Ha rdwa rezone repor ted .BAIDU SUED FO R S l i MO VE R G AM E D OWNL OA DSA CH IN E SE in du st ry g ro up o fg am e d ev elo pe rs s ai d o nM o nd ay i t w a s s ui ng p op ul ars ea rc h e ng in e B ai du f or m or et ha n 30 m i ll io n y u an I S $5 m il li on ]f or c o py ri gh t i nf ri ng ement , t hel at es t s uc h c as e t o h it t heIn ternet g iant.Con ten t P rovide rUn ion ,w hic h r ep re se nt s d ev elo pe rs o fg am es f or m o b ile d ev ic es , h asa ccu se d Ba id u o f p ro vi di ngunau tho r ised down loads fa rmo re t ha n 35 0 g ames d es ig ne db y membe r f irms.Ba idu re ie c ted the a l legat ions,s ay in g it o nl y p ro vid es l in ks t og ames p re se nt o n t hi rd -p a rt yplatforms.A F POVER. 30 0 M IL LI ON C HI NE SEH AV E W EIB O A CC OU NT SMORE than 30 0 mi ll ion peoplein C hina now have w eib o - orm ic ro bl og gin g - a cc ou nt s. as ta te -r un n ew spa p er r ep o rt edyesterday.A f te r C h in ese ce nsor sb lo c ke d Tw it te r i n 2 009 , se ve ra ln or ns -q ro w n v er sio ns k no wn a sw e ib os eme rg ed w it h e nh an ce ds er vic es s uc h a s p ho to a ndv id e o embedd in g, a nd p r ov edw il dly p ap ule r w it h W e b u se rs .A l PNEW M ATERIAL MAY GIVEOUT'SECREr U G H T A T NIGHTA T E AM o f U ni te d S ta te s- ba se dsci en ti st s h as i nv en te d a n a ll -w e at he r ma te ri al t ha t r el ea se so ve r tw o weeks o f n ig ht -v is io nl ig ht w i th j us t o ne m i nu te 'se xp os ur e t o t he s un .T h e Un iv er si ty o f G e o rg iat eam sa i d t he n ea r- in fr a r ed -em it ti ng sub s ta nce cou ld o ff ert he m il it ar y " se c re t" i ll um i na ti ona t n ig ht , B B C N ew s r ep or te d.

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A SIAN banks scored wellin a global benchmark-ing of almost 200mobile applications offered bythe world's top 50 banks to pri-vate clients.Bank of China won theaward in the best-standalone-banking-app category, gainingthe highest score of all the appsevaluated for its banking appfrom Hong Kong, according tothe survey conducted by Swissresearch company MyPrivate-Banking.In the ranking for overall appstrategy, Singapore's DBS Bankwas placed No.4, together withDutch fi rm ING Groep, The oth-er winners of this category in-clude French bank Caissed'Epargne and Deutsche Bank,which shared the top spots, andBrazilian bank Bradesrn, whichranked third.The other Asia-Pacific bankswhich made it to the top 20 ofthis category were HSBC (14th),National Australia (19th) andBank of China (zoth),Out of the nine UnitedStates-based banks evaluated,only Citibank made it to the top20.Based on the informationgathered from the survey,MyPrivateBanking concludedthat the mobile revolution hasreached the banking industry,but development is still only at"avery immature stage".Currently, about two thirdsof the banks analysed offer onlyvery basic banki ng apps with

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l imi ted functionali ty and lit tlecontent.Only a handful of banks canclaim that they have a compre-hensive and user-friendly port-folio of financial apps for pri-vate clients.Some global banks stil l offerno apps at all for private cl ients,said MyPrivateBanking, an inde-pendent research and network-ing platform for clients of banksand weal th managers across theworld,Here are some of the majorconclusions of the survey:

The XDA team said that theWi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivi-ty options are supported fully,but there are some problemswitb calling and data features.Some SIM cards may also en-counter problems connect ingto a network, Sof tpedia said.However, the experimentsserve as a proof of concept:That it can be and will be donelong before an official versionof ICS is released, said Digi talTrends.The technology website alsopredicted that the fully func-tional version of rcs will be out"very soon", with all majorphone companies slowly rollingout their plans for whichphones will be updated.The first official ICS phonewill be the Samsung GalaxyNexus, the result ofa collabora-tion between Sam sung andGoogle. The phone has a4.65-inch display and a 1.2GHzdual-core processor.

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S O U RC E M Y P R IV A T EB A N K IN G< > Most banking apps areavailable only for iPhone (AppleiOS). There is a serious lack ofspecific apps for iPad and, evenworse, many banks are reluctantto offer Android versions oftheir apps at all.< > Many banking apps offeronly basic functionality. Only 65per cent of banks offer market-information apps to their clientsand a mere 40 per cent of banksprovide apps with brokeragefunctionality for trading stocksand other securities. > Banking apps provide little

SAN FRANCISCOSMART PHONE experts haveported a semi-functional ver-sion of Google's latest versionof Android to the popular Gal-axy S II and the HTC Herosmartphones.Less than a week after Goog-le released the source code forAndroid 4.0 - named IceCream Sandwi ch (ICS) - lastMonday, experts ported it sue-cessfullyto the Samsung smart-phone, Digital Trendsreported,This version ofthe new oper-ating system was considered"semi-functional" mainly be-cause none of the radios workall. t he phone, meaning it can-not connect via Wi-Fi or Blue-tooth.Experts at XDA Developershave also been able to port thenew OS to the HTC Hero,though it is not ready for fulluse because of several bugs and

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useful content . Less than half othe banks offer product information or financial news on theiapps, Video content and digitaclient magazines are offered bonly a small minority.< > . Security and privacy arebanking apps' weak spots. Manbanking' apps do not offer thsame level of security as regulaonline banking via the Internet.Privacy policies with regard tthe use of apps are rarely to bfound,Said Mr Steffen Binder, research director of MyPrivate-Banking: "Despite the stronggrowth in the use of mobileapps, a large major ity of bankare not yet harnessing the potential of apps to engage clientsmarket their products, strength-en their brand and providemore corporate information."He added: 'Today, we are seeing only the very beginningsthe mobile-app revolution.Soon, bank clients will spendmore time with apps on theismartphones or pads than othe PC-based Internet."Apps are not a gimmick,but a game changer. Banks thamiss out will lose."

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M O R E S E O U L R E S ID E N TSC OM M U T E B Y B IC YC LES O ME 2 .B p er c en t o f the 1 1 m il-l io n r es id en ts l iv in g i n S e ou Icommu te on the ir b ic y cl es ,f ou r t im e s mor e t ha n 1 0 yearsa go , s aid a s tu dy b y t he K ore aTransport lnstitute,I t s h ow e d t ha t if tw ic e asm an y p ea p ie m a de t he ir s ho rtt rip s o n a b ik e i ns te ad of a c ar,t he y w ou ld s av e a bo ut US$1.55billion ~S$2.15 bil l ion] a y e ar .T h e South Kor ea n g ov er n-m en t o pe ne d a 4 40 km b ik e l an ethis yea r a n d w i ll c omp le te a2 ,175 km b icyc le - path ne two rkby 2019 .THE KORE A HE RA LD /A SI A NEWSN E T W O R KT A T A M O T O R S R O I lS O U TR E V A M P E D N A N O C A RINDIA 'S Tata Moto rs re leaseda n u pgr ad ed N an o m od el o nM on da y to im pro ve the sa le s o ft he w or ld 's c he ap es t c ar , w hic hg oe s f or j us t 1 4 D , O [ J ( J rupees~S$3,490~.T he n ew f ou r- se at er b oa st si nc re ased f ue l e ff ic ie nc y , a mo rep ow er fu l e ng in e a nd a n ewinterior.R E U T E R S6 O F 7 J A P AN C A R M A K E R SR E S T AR T T HA I P R O D U C T IO N ,A L L J ap an es e c arma ke rs i nT h ai la nd , w i th t he e xcep t io n o fH ond a Mo to r. h av e r esumedp r od uc ti on , a X i nh ua r ep o rt sai d.N issan Mo tor Tha il and . M i tsu -b is hi M o to rs , M a zd a M o to r a ndH i no Mo to rs r esumed p ro d uc t-i on la st w ee k, w hi le T oy ot aMo to r T h ai la nd a nd I su zu Mo to rsr es ta rt ed t he ir p la n ts o n Mond ay .H ond a' s p ia n t i s s ti ll s u bmerge d.T he s ev en J ap an es e c ar -ma ker s h al te d p r od uc ti on i nT ha il a n d l as t m on th a s t h e w or stf lo od in g in 5 0 y e ar s c ri pp le d t heca r i nd us tr y t he re , t he r ep o rtsaid.ASIAONEN E W T O Y O TA H Y B R ID T O B EM O S T F U E L - E m C IE N T C ARTOYOTA ' S n ew h yb r id v eh ic le .t o b e r ele as ed la te n ex t m on th ,is se t to b e t he m ost fu el-e ff ic ie nt c ar i n t h e w or ld .T he A q ua s ub comp ac t h yb ri di s e xp ec te d t o c os t b et we en1 .6mi ll ion yen ~S$27OOO~nd1 .7 m ill io n y en , c an c ov er 1 00 kmw il h o nl y 2 .8 5 7 l it re s o f f ue l,c om p ar ed t o 3 .0 67 l ur es p er1 00 km o n t he T oy ot a P rius,THE YOM IUR I SH IMBUNJAS IAN EW S N ET W OR KV W C ON FID E N T O F S E W N GO VE R 2 M C A R S IN C H IN AVOLKSWAGEN IVW~ i s co nf i-d en t o f s el li ng m or e t ha n t wom ill io n c a r s in C hin a t hi s y ea r.C hi na 's c ar m ar ke t ise xp e ct ed t o e xp a nd by 8 to1 0 p er c en t in the c om in g y ea rs ,w it h t he c om p an y e xp ec ti ng t oo ut pa ce t ha t g row th .R E U T E R S

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WITH his seat belt fas-tened, Mr Eko Dihan-to was ready to takehis final driving lesson beforefacing the trials of Jakarta'sstreets all by himself."This is my final session andI think I've done pretty well. Ihope I can do as well withoutmy instructor's guidance: hesaid, before starting the trainingC - . : ' U ' .Traffic inthe Indonesian cap-ital has become worse, butmany are still willing to takedriving lessons and brave thecity's intimidating roads.Me Eko had taken 10drivinglessons with a driving school inPalmerah, West Jakarta, and,au his f inal session, his instruc-tor took him out to brush up onsome skills that needed improve-ment.He admitted that he was stilla little fearful about dr iving innarrower streets with many carsparked alongside, and changinggears when going uphill.

But ultimately, his determina-tion to drive won out."It makes me even morenervous when I imagine myselfstuck in a traffic jam on a rise,"said Mr Eko, a fresh graduate."Nevertheless, I s till want tobe able to drive, so Iust have tobe brave and I'll defini tely prac-tise more on my own."For fellow beginner motoristYulyani Meilia Suhinto, howev-er, the idea of driving solo on Ja-karta's congested streets hadnot even crossed her mind - uti-til she got a ';0 b that req ui redher to be able to drive,Ms Yulyani, who works as amarketer for an insurance finn,forced herself to sign up at adriving school in Tangerang, acity about 25km west ofJakarta."I just can't imagine myselfin the middle of a traffic jam,with all those motorcyclists rul-

ing the streets. Too scary," shesaid, Motorcyclists have beengetting more undisciplined.Hoping to have her own carsoon, she currently uses her par-

euts ' car to improve her skil ls onthe capital 's challenging roads.She still prefers publtc trans-port."It 's not that scary any more,as I've got used to the chaoti cstreets of'Jakarta, But still , I pre-fer to use taxis, Transjakarta(Bus Rapid Transit) or have thedriver f rom the office take me,"Ms Yulyani said,Courageous Jakartans, likeMr Eko and Ms Yulyaui, whosti ll want to drive amid the capi-tal 's frustrating traffic have con-tributed to the rise of drivingschools in the ci ty.A driving school in Palmerahhas Seen about 30 new sign-upsthis month, The number is grow-ing steadily.The school charges from

940,000 rupiah (S$135) to 1.2million rupiah per student forfive to 10 sessions, with each ses-sion being an hour long. Theschool has two instructors andeight manual-transmissioncars.Another driving school, Men-

tari Prima Persada in South Jakarta, tells a similar story."Despite the traffic, whichkeeps getting heavier in Jakartawe've seen a slight increase-about 5 pel' cent from last yearin the number of people whtake the course," Mr HandSaputra said.The Indonesia Transporta-tion Society said that at least 2million trips are made in Greater Jakarta. every day, of whichmore than 50 per cent are madin private vehicles.There are 3.1 million carand 8.2 million motorcycles ithe city.THE J A KA RTA POST /A SI A NEWSN E T W O R K

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LA motorshow shiftstowardsthe exoticLOSANCELESIF THE 2011 Los Angeles motorshow could be summed up in asingle word, that word mightwell be "tentative".The att itude among carmak-ers at the show seemed to beone of wait-and-see, making itall but impossible to identify adefinite trend Or direction.Important new products

Were unveiled, but they weremost ly mass-production mod-els. Bold design studies that canmake a car show memorablewere scarce.The scales this year tilted infavour of exotic cal'S and bighhorsepower, a decided shiftfrom the times when Los Ange-les was the showcase event foreco-friendly vehicles.The show promised morethan 50 new-model introduc-tions. 111at represents a steady,if slow, improvement over thedark days of 2008-9, when theshow's existence was in questionas the car industry stumbled in-to recession and bankruptcy.Said Mr John Mendel, execu-tive vice-president of AmericanHonda: "It's an indicat ion of the

improving strength and underly-

CADILLAC'S CONCEPT: The Cadi llac Cielconcept car has an interior made from woodthat came from a 300-year-old olive tree.SUBARU'S OFFERING: Subaru's concept, theBRZ STI, offers a glimpse of i.ts upcomingrear-wheel-drive sports car.

NEW FROM l\.fAZDA: The Mazda CX-5compact crossover unveiled at the LA car show.(PHOTOS: AP, REUTERS, SUBARU)HYUNDAl'S DESIGN: The 3.3-litre HyundaiAzera, which the Korean carmaker claims tohave the best city-highway fuel economy_

ing solid fundamentals of thecar industry that there are morethan enough new models in thepipeline to support this, and oth-er major cal' shows throughoutthe year around the globe:Honda, which unveiled a re-designed version of its popularCR-V, a compact crossover vehi-cle,was one of several manufac-turers introducing" crucial newproducts at this show.The crossover category is oneof the most contested in the mar-ket.Ford took the wraps off itslatest Escape, and Mazda. en-

tered the fray with a new model,the eX-5.Sti ll , there were signs of ero-sion. Floor space once packedwith millionaires' sports cars satlargely empty this year. Europe-an brands like Audi and BMWpresented mostly warmed-overproducts that had been shownin September at Frankfurt.Several Japanese brands areholding back new-product intro-duct ions for their Tokyo MotorShow which opens on Dec 3.Even as the United Statesgovernment just confirmed new

fuel-economy standards thawill require significant improvements by 2025, manufacturerscontinued to offer shiny newidols to the gods of horsepower.Chrysler stuffed a new540bhp Hemi V-S into its 30saloon. Chevrolet, while fetinowners of its Volt plug-in hybrid, took the cover off a new580bhp Camara ZL1 converti-ble. Meanwhile, Ford intro-duced a pumped-up 2013 Sheby GT500, powered by a 5.8-Jt re V-8 making 650bhp.N V T

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MED IA WA TCHClear and present dangerB y ADELINE WONGMUS T-W A TC H E XT RE MEADVENTURES~ P review of I Believe I Ca n Fl y( Fl ig ht 0 1 T he F re n ch ie s lh/tp j /v imeo.com/31241154~ K ilia n's Ques t 5 3, Ep isode 8www.salomonrunning.com/sg/ tv-channel .h tml?ch=ki l i an-ques t&s=D3~ S hark A ttac k E xp erim ent L iveNati on a l G e o gr ap hi c C ha n ne l(S t.a rHub Gh 4111N at G e o W il d ( St ar i- lu b C h 4 1 3 )S a tu r da y , l O am to 12pmMEDALS are usuallv thefocus at sports ev-ents,like at the recentlv con-cluded SEAGames. But success,for extreme athletes, is aboutmore than victory.It's about feeling your bodyalmost crack under pressure, yetpushiug on and corning through.The real spaIt, you see, is inliving, not merely existing. Andthere's more than a few lessonswe can learn from them.I Believe I Can Fly (Flight OfThe Frenchies) is a 40-minuteWeb film about six French high-line-loving daredevils - knownas the Skyliners - doing justthat, up in the towering Norwe-gian mountains.Highlining involves walkingbetween two points on i-inchthick nylon webbing.Released on Nov 11, the showcan be downloaded for a fee.Pysch yourself up for some real-ly crazy antics in a free 15-minute clip.Watch Skyliners Julieu Mil-lot and Tancrede Melet muckaround gleefully on the 1,OS4m-tall Kjemg peak before basejumping (jumping with a para-chute), while a friend highlinesamong clouds without a safetyharness.Months of training precededtheir stunts. After all, thesesports require intense focus andpainstaking preparation.And that's why this breath-takingly scenic clip is inspira-tional - because it shows theSkyliners hell-bent on chasingtheir passion despite the hardwork it entails, and having agood time. You see, when youare doing something you love,work isn't work at all.Another mountain-conqueroris Kilian Jornet, This trail run-ner and sky runner (someonewho runs at high altitudes) wasin Malaysia just last month torun up Mount Kinabalu,His Web series, titled Kil-ian's Quest, follows him on glo-bal running expeditions.

DAREDEVILS: Tancrede Melet (left) doing a handstand and Julien Millot doing a back exit fromthe highline, before they jump off the 1,084m-tail Kjerag peak in Norway. (PHOTO: SKYLINERS

THRILLS: Diver Gail Addison will swim with sharks to dispel shark-attack myths, while KilianJornet has stunned the trail-running world. (PHOTOS:NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC,SALOMON)Season 3 ended last Friday,but Episode 8 deserves to bewatched for his shocking admis-

sion: He quit a race for the firsttime last month.Now, the Spaniard isno ordi-nary athlete. He has taken thetrail-running world by storm,winning the super-tough 166kmUltra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc upin the Alps thrice.Yet, having been ill the me-dia spotlight, where "figures areall that counts", be realised hewasn't doing what he wanted.Here's a winner who nevermeant to win, simply wanting todo what he loves instead. Howmany ofus have the guts to giveup the kind ofglory be has?If extreme sports are aboutpeople facing extreme fears, thenshark diving clearly fits the bill.On Saturday, three women

wearing only bikinis will plungeinto the shark-infested waters ofRocky Bay in SouthMica, Butthey aren't thrill-seekers. Rath-er, shark conservationists OliviaSymcox,Gail Addison and ClareDaly are out to dispel mythsthat sharks prey on humans.The two-hour unscriptedshow, Shark Attack Experiment:Live,will bebroadcast liveglobal-lyfrom Warn. With. bare fleshas bait, anything can happen.Now, to berate the risk-tak-ers for being careless with theirlives would he to miss the poiutentirely.As Jornet said in Episode 6:'When youfinish a me", havingwon it, it happens many timesthat youre not. satisfied. Yourehappy, hut that's it."Then...you seepeople reach-ing the finish line...cryiug with

joy and happiness, and yothink, 'Look at them, man. Thereally won.' "When he puts it like that,competition, or any activityceases to he about outdoing others. It's about pushing yourseto be the best youcan be.And there is nothing extremabout that.

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Entertainment mypaper W ED NES DA Y N O VE MB ER 23 , 2011 A 16This werewolf's no regular Joe

HE'S HOT, REALLY. Joe Manganiello, who playswerewolf Alcide Herveaux in vampire drama TrueBlood, claims to be hot-blooded. (PHOTO: HEO)

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By VICToruA BARKERW HEN it comes to showingskin, American actor JoeManganiello - who playswerewolf Alcide Herveaux on HBOvampire drama True Blood - isnow an expert,That' s considering the raunchysex scenes and almost-full-blownnudity required for his perform-ance on True Blood, which alsostars Anna Paquin.The gruff-voiced 34-year-old -who was named one ofPeople Mag-azine's sexiest men alive last yearand who works out twice a day, s ixdays a week, to maintain his buffphysique - also once went full-fron-tal for a stage performance in col-lege, he said.But he admitted that "runningaround naked in broad daylight"for scenes in True Blood took somegetting used to.On the line with Asian mediafrom Hong Kong, where he was ona promotional junket for the show,Manganiello revealed candidly that"I've gotten more comfortablewithit, but I'm not comfortable knowingmy parents are watching (suchscenes)", he added with a chuckle.Still , he's fine with those becausethey add to the character.The character ofAlcide - poten-tial love interest and protector ofPaquin's Sookie Stackhouse charac-ter on the show - is a new one in

the Golden Globe-winning pro-gramme,. which details the co-exist-ence ofhumans, vampires and otb-er supernatural beings in the fic-tional Louisiana. town of BonTemps. It airs on HBO every Thurs-day.Manganiello also revealed thathe has one thing in common withthe mythological, shape-shiftingcreature he plays on the show:They're both hot.No, really. Manganiello is,altern, hot -blooded - almost super-naturally so - just like werewolvesare supposed to be in the Stack-house novels that True Blood isbased on.The Pittsburgb native told mypapenvith a laugh: "IfI have a girl-friend, she doesn't like me to putmy arm around her when I'm sleep-ing, because I'm so hot she'll startsweating. So, I have to go sleep onthe other side of the bed:Apart from that, he added, bothhimself and Alcide eat a lot ofmeat,and "growl a lot when we're unhap-py' ' ,Manganiello - who graduated

from Pittsburgh's esteemed Carne-gie Mellon School ofDrama- is ob-viously relishing his role as Alcide,which is opening doors for him.The Alan Ball-created hit has led tonew offers and opportunities forthe actor, though he's had bit partson shows like How IMet YourMother and One Tree Hill in thepast.

The bachelor will next appear ian upcoming episode of sitcomTwo And .A Half .Men, as well atwo movies: rom-com mat To ExpectWhen You're Expecting, anSteven Soderbergh-directed MagiMike. Both movies are slated for release next yeal".Magic Mike, which will also stahunks like Matthew McConaugheyand Channing Tatum, is inspiredby Tatum's past as a male stripper.And, though he recent ly lost ouin the race to be the next Superman- he was shortlisted for Zack Snyder's Man Of Steel movie, but f ilming schedules clashed with TruBlood's - Manganiello'S not bitter."The only reason the people behind Superman even knew aboume is because of True Blood," hsaid matter-of-factly.Humble, too. We like.vbarker@sph.com.sg

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Music rocks prize-winning comics artistCOMIC-BOOK artist Troy Chin isas passionate about music as he isabout comics. This passion for mu-sic shines through in his works.In fact, it is music that motivatesand inspires the 34.-year-old to con-tinue the autobiographical ResidentTourist series, which he writes andillustrates,"I've always wanted to be a rockstar, and still do," he told my pape,.with a laugh. "So,in the series, thereare a lot ofreferences to bands fromthe 1980s and 1990s. I 'm always lis-tening to bands from yesteryearwhile working:The series, now in its fifth instal-ment, has been showcased in placesas far-flung as Berlin.Chin is now working on the con-clusion to the four th volume of hisother work, family dramedy Loti."The (comics) stint was supposedto last for a year at most, but, forsome reason, I'm still doing this. Ijust like doing this now," he said.And, after a mere four years,Chin's contribution to the literaryscene has been recognised.He was one of six home-grownartists awarded the Young ArtistAward by the National Arts Councilat the Istana last Friday.Introduced in 1992, the annualaward aims to encourage the deve-lopment of new talent aged 35 oryounger. I t comes with a $10,000

MAN OF ART: Troy Chin, 34,creator of Resident Tour ist, is anavid lover of 19805 and '90s music,(PHOTO: JAMIE KOH)grant. Chin said he will use themoney for the "publication andresearch for future books".The other recipients are mixed-media artist Ang Song Ming, 31;stage-lighting designer Lim WoanWen, 34; tabla musician Nawaz Mo-

hammad Mirajkar, 35; stage per-

former and director Peter Sau, 35and classical-music conductor Joshua Tan Kung Ming, 35.President Tony Tan Keng Yamalso handed out this year 's Cul turaMedallion to four arts veteranslast Friday's ceremony. The prizeSingapore's top honour for individuals who have attained excellencin their fields of art.They were visual artist Lim YeKuan, 83; lyricist Yusnor Ef, 74composer Kelly Tang, 50;. and54-year-old theatre practitionerI-Ialimah Jaafar, better known aAtinAmat.Including the four of them, thCultural Medallion has been awarded to 104 artists since 1979.Cultural Medallion recipientsare eligible for an $80,000 grantwhich can be used to fund a newarts project. Previous recipients include poet Edwin Thurnboo ancomposer Iskandar Ismail.Last week, the Singapore ArtMuseum (SAM) and Asi a Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation announcedPhilippines artist Redel Tapaya athe Grand Prize winner of thiyear' s APB Foundation SignatureArt Prize, worth $45,000.1ne triennial prize seeks to encourage the development ofcontemporary art across the Asia-PacificThe 15shortli sted pieces are on display at SAM until March next yeaV IC T O R IA B A R KE R

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. 7 . . . J'lewpOmts ""ypaper W ED NE SD AV N OV EM BE R 23, 2011 A 17Help kids graspidea behindsocial initiativesB y KWAN JIN YAOIWAS reported recently thatnon-profit organisation SocialChange in Action organised a tripfor a group ofpupils to a vi llage in Cam-bodia in June, where they taught the lo-cal schoolchildren the basics ofperson-al hygiene.Other initiatives by the organisa-tion - which encourages children be-tween the ages of nine and 14 to ad-dress social problems and promotechange - include helping the elderly.It is important for pupils to recog-nise their roles and responsibilities asstakeholders in the communitvfrom ayoung age, and the social iri'itiative.swould certainly yield tangible benefitsfor participants, .But one worry is that these childrenmay merely be going through the mo-tions, especially when they are part of agroup. Therefore, it is necessary forteachers and organisers to design re-flection exercises for them, so that theycan make sense of their experiences.Sharing sessions are a great way tofind out what they have learnt from in-teract ing with different people underdifferent circumstances.Also, the motivations behind socialinitiatives should be discussed. Increas-ingly, students at higher levels seem tobe taking a pragmatic approach to per-forming community service - they seesuch projects as a way to boost theircurriculum vitae.Concerned with meeting targets,they lose sight of what'simportaut -helping others.It then comes as lit tle surprise that

their enthusiasm for and participationin social init iatives decline when theyenter the workforce.Granted) personal and work CQI11-mitments make it more challenging forSingaporeans to dedicate time and ef-fort to contribute to the community.Still, the National Volunteer & Phi-lanthropy Centre should work on rais-ing awareness of the ways in whichyoung working professionals can con-tribute to society. For ins tance, it candesign online portals to increase public-ity for community projects, encouragehouseholds to sign up collect ively forsuch init iatives, or come up with men-torship schemes for school projects.Ultimately, children need to realisethat helping others is a lifetime com-mitment. Itwould be a great pi ty i fstu-dents' interest in community projectsis nurtured. in school, only to diminishin the long run.he writer is a full-time nationalseroiceman. who blogs about currentaffairs at http-/lguanyinmiao.w01dprflSs.com

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Dolphins getstressed at noisymarine parksA DOLPHIN at a marine park in Swit-zerland died recently, after a rave par-ty was held near an amusement parkwhich houses the dolphinarium,It was reported that conservation-ists said the animal's immune systemmight have been damaged by 101ldmu-sic from the 16-hour party.Dolphins are highly sensitive tonoise, and this incident calls to mindResorts World Sentosa's decision toshowcase 25 wild dolphins at its up-coming Marine Life ParkCan the integrated resort be able. to

guarantee that noise levels at the ma-rine park and surrounding att ractionswill be minimal? Can dolphin showsbe held without loud background mu-sic and cheers from the audience?Such noise will cause great stress tothe dolphins.The resort has assured the publicthat the park meets Cites (Convent ionon International Trade in EndangeredSpecies of Wild Fauna and Floralstandards. It can provide better assur-ances by opening the Subic Bay facil i-ty, where the dolphins are housed cur-rently, for visits.Marine parks can be educationaland contribute to marine-life conserva-tion efforts, but achieving this goal ispossible without putting dolphins onshow.

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Sports mypaper W ED NE SD AV N OV EM BE R 23, 2011 AlBSEA GAMESROUND-UP

VIETNAMBLASTEDFOil1 4SOCCERLOSSTO MYANMARVIETNAM'SSEAGames footballteam came under severe criti-cismfromfans and media afterthey failedto clinchthe bronzemedal ina humiliating1 -4 lossto Myanmar inMonday'sthird-place play-offmatch.Fans lambasted the players'spiritless performance and Viet-nam club coaches calledthecurrent squad the worst nationalteam in recent memory,reportedTuoiTre News.MANILATOINQUIREINTOPOORGAMESRANKINGFILIPINOenator AntonioTril-lanes IVhas invitedtop officialsofthe PhilippineSports Com-mission (PSC),the Phil ippineOlympicCommitteeand headsof nationalsports associationsto a Senate hearing on Dec 5 toshed lighton the country's sixth-place finish atthe SEAGames.The Philippineswon 36 gold,55 silver and 76 bronze medals,butthis was far below the orig-inalforecast of 70 golds anda third-place finish bythe PSC,reparted InquirerSportMORERAIN:DOCTORSHIREDFORCLOSINGCEREMONYTHESEAGames hiredmoretraditional "raindoctors" toensure good weather for thedosing ofthe Games last nightat the Jakabaring Sports Com-plexin Palembang, reported TheJakarta PostThe additionalrain doctors,known locaIlyas sihir hujanta,assisted the lone rain doctoron duty.Rainduringthe Games'opening on Nov1 1 drenchedthe VIP seats and fouled thesound systemjust as YouthandSports MinisterAndiMallaran-geng was aboutto speak.

MALAYSIASYNCHRONISEDSW IM TEAM W IN 'ANALGO WMALAYSIAnderlinedtheir dom-ination o f SEAGames synchron-ised-swimmingevents bysweeping allfivegoldmedals atstake on the last day of compe-titionin Palembang on Monday,reported The BorneoTimes.InMonday's last event ofthe cumpatition, held at theJakabaring Sports CityAquaticCentre, Malaysia putthe icingan the ca ke bywinningthe FreeCombinationteam gold,beatingSingapore and hc s t l n done s l a .JAKARTATHANKSCITIZENSFORSUPPORTINGGAMESJAKARTAGovernorFauz i Bowohas given highpraise to citizenswho helped to maintainsecuri-ty, discipline,and comfort inthecity duringthe Games. He alsothankedthem for supporting theGames organisation properly.Athletes' needs were met,and there was good coordina-tion and synergywith thepolice.re portedBerita Jakarta.

Even ambulances were stuckJAKARTA

THE South-east AsiaGames closed yesterdaywith sporting success forIndonesia overshadowed by astampede at the headline foot-ball final that left at least twopeople dead and a young boy inacoma.A terrifying stampede ensuedwhen thousands offans jammedGelora Bung Karno stadium inan attempt to secure tickets forthe football final between hostsIndonesia and defending cham-pions Malaysia.All 88,000 tickets at the cav-ernous stadiurn had beensnapped up, but thousands ofeager supporters remained out-side, hoping to buy from tickettouts.VVbena gate was opened mo-

mentarily, there was a crush toget in, causing the fatal stam-pede."The two victims died whenthe stadium doors at Section 15opened and everyone rushedin," Jakarta city police spokes-man Baharudin Djafar said."One ofthe bodies was identi-fied and has been returned tohis family, while the other is stillat the morgue. Several otherswere taken to hospi tal with mi-nor injuries, but one young boyslipped into a coma."In tbe chaos, the bodies ofthe two men trampled to death- both thought to he Indonesianfans - could not be evacuatedimmediately, the police said."When we found the victims,they were already dead," para-medic Abdul Majid told theDetik.com news portal outsidethe stadium.

IMMOVABLE MASS: Thousands of fans waited outside Gelora Bung Karno stadium on Monday,hoping to buy tickets for the football final between Indonesia and Malaysia. (PHOTO: AFP)Ambulances sat parked foran hour with the bodies.One of the dead was identi-fied by his cousin as 21-year-oldReno Alvino. His cousin said:"As we were entering the sta-dium, the crowd of peoplepushed each other to make theirway forward."He said Mr Alvino "wa