mypaper june 28th 2013

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ROLLS-ROYCE repeatedlyfailed to identify a defect inan oil pipe that caused one ofits engines to explode in aQantas Airways aircraftcarrying more than 400people over Indonesia in2010, an Australian safetyregulator found.

In its final report on theincident, the AustralianSafety Transport Bureau(ASTB) said the companymissed multiple opportunitiesto detect the faultycomponent, which almostcertainly would have causedthe Airbus A380 to crash hadit not been for theexceptional skill of the pilots.

It was the first major safetyscare to affect the A380, andled to Qantas suspending itsoperation of the aircraft forthree weeks.

The ASTB report couldlead to broader requirementsfor new aircraft certificationaround the world.

Those opportunities weremissed for a number ofreasons, but generally due toambiguities within themanufacturers proceduresand the non-adherence by anumber of the manufacturingstaff to those procedures, thereport said yesterday.

The four-engine A380 wasflying from Singapore toSydney with 433 passengersand 26 crew on board whenone of its engines blew up,spraying shrapnel anddropping chunks of debris onBatam island.

The pilots skill likelyaverted a disaster as the planehad suffered a series ofsystem problems. They flewthe plane back to Singaporeand landed with limitedcontrols, stopping 150mbefore the end of the runwaywith four blown tyres, brakesheated to 900 deg C and fuelleaking to the ground.REUTERS

2010 Airbusengine blast:Defect notspotted

Hello Kitty fans flocked to McDonalds restaurants yesterday,clamouring for the limited-edition Singing Bone Hello Kitty. Online reports told of arguments andfights breaking out, with police having to step in, in some instances. Just hours after the toy sold outin stores, it appeared on online auction sites, with sky-high asking prices.

PHOTO: STOMP

Crazy Kitty crush:

From packing masks in schoolbags to making contingency plans to keep their children athome, parents in Singapore are taking precautions for the upcoming school term amid thecurrent haze situation. Some are prepared to keep their kids at home if the PSI hits 250, and

say they hope that lessons will be made available online should schools have to close.

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Park set tocharm Chinaand meet old friend Xi

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Jet Li plays secondfiddle to youngstars in Badges Of Fury

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stars in Badges Of Fury

FULL REPORT: NEWS A4

INDONESIAN hacking groupIndonesia J.A.M.5 Team hasclaimed responsibility for hack-ing the website of Singapore tra-ditional Chinese medicine spe-cialist Eu Yan Sang yesterdaymorning.

The site was defaced at12.43am and carried a messagein Bahasa Indonesia that askedsite visitors not to insult ourcountry for the smoke in theair in your country.

Do not blame Indonesia forthe polluted air in your country.

Blame the wind...Who told thewind to blow to your country?it read.

Eu Yan Sang said that it re-stored the website at 8.30am yes-terday. The website of its subsidi-ary, Eu Yan Sang IntegrativeHealth, was also hacked, it said.

Mr Richard Eu, group chief ex-ecutive of Eu Yan Sang Interna-tional, said that no client data oronline-payment data were com-promised in the incident.

He said that Eu Yan Sang willbe implementing tighter securi-

ty standards on all of our webproperties.

Mr David Siah, country man-ager of IT-security firm TrendMicro Singapore, said that polit-ical sentiments are a commontheme in hacktivism inci-dents. He said that tools andskills to launch such attacks arebecoming easily available.

Eu Yan Sang could have beentargeted because its site is popu-lar, he said.

GILLIAN PINTO

JAKARTA

MALAYSIA and In-donesia agreed towork together tofind a permanent

solution to the haze problem, Ber-nama reported yesterday.

Malaysia has expressed thehope that government officialsfrom both countries could workconstantly in monitoring andchecking the hot spots, especiallyduring the dry season, to preventforest and peat fires which con-tribute to the haze problem, Nat-ural Resources and EnvironmentMinister G. Palanivel told report-

ers after meeting Indonesian Envi-ronment Minister Balthasar Kam-buaya.

Datuk Seri Palanivel also hand-ed Dr Kambuaya a letter from Ma-laysian Prime Minister Najib Ra-zak for Indonesian President Susi-lo Bambang Yudhoyono.

After meeting his Indonesiancounterpart in Jakarta, Mr Pal-anivel urged Indonesia to ratify akey South-east Asian treatyaimed at tackling the haze.

The Environment Minister hasto deal with this ratification, hesaid. If they can ratify the treaty,then they can go forward.

The Asean agreement is aimed

at tackling the annual outbreaksof haze by increasing regional co-operation.

It was struck in 2002 followingSouth-east Asias worst haze cri-sis in 1997 and 1998, which wasestimated to have cost the regionUS$9 billion.

But while the Asean deal isprincipally aimed at stoppinghaze that comes from forest andslash-and-burn fires in Indonesia,Jakarta is the only member of the10-country bloc yet to ratify it.

Dr Kambuaya said yesterdaythat Indonesia was in the pro-cess of ratifying the treaty.

Mr Palanivel said that a meet-

ing between five Asean memberson the haze scheduled for Augustwould be brought forward to July17 due to the current crisis.

Thousands are tackling thefires, which are centred in Sumat-ras Riau province. The blazeseased on Wednesday after heavyrainfall.

The skies in Singapore arenow clear, thanks to rain and fa-vourable winds. In Malaysia, thehaze has eased dramatically asrain fell in many areas after thehaze hit hazardous levels in re-cent days.

P a l l s o f s m o k e f r o mslash-and-burn agricultural fires

pushed haze levels to recordhighs in Singapore last week,shrouding the city in smog, andbadly affected parts of Malaysia.

AFP, THE STAR/ASIA NEWSNETWORK

HACKED: Eu Yan Sangs website was defaced at 12.43am yesterday and carried a message in Bahasa Indonesia thatasked site visitors not to blame Indonesia for the smoke in the air in your country. PHOTO: INTERNET SCREEN GRAB

Blame the wind for haze, say hackers

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Malaysia, Indonesia to work together

About 2.1kg of heroin with a street value estimated at $230,000 was seizedin a Central Narcotics Bureau operation here on Wednesday. Foursuspected drug traffickers were arrested in the operation. TwoMalaysian-registered lorries (see left for one of the lorries) containingheroin were also seized. They were driven by two of the suspects.

HEROIN IN MALAYSIAN LORRIES SEIZED HERE

Singapore update

TWO MORE BUS SERVICESTO START BY SEPTEMBER

BY SEPTEMBER, two more busservices will be introduced, theLand Transport Authority saidyesterday. This is under theGovernments $1.1-billion BusService EnhancementProgramme.

One will be a Jurong WestCity Direct bus service and theother will be a feeder service inWoodlands.

SUBSIDISED TUITION FORNEEDY PAYA LEBAR KIDS

UPPER-PRIMARY pupils andsecondary students from needyfamilies in Paya Lebar will be

able to benefit from a subsidised-tuition programme announced bythe Peoples Action Partys PayaLebar branch yesterday.

The programme complementsexisting schemes by providingtop-up grants to eligible students.

With the grants, students willpay only about $10 per subjectper month in most cases.

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Solution: ji ju bn f

Ratify: p zhn

Slash-and-burn: do gng hu zhng

Palls of smoke: yn m

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BY ADRIAN LIM

FROM packing masksin schoolbags to com-ing up with contingen-cy plans to keep their

children at home, parents in Sin-gapore have been preparing forthe new school term in the lightof the haze crisis.

On Wednesday, Environmentand Water Resources MinisterVivian Balakrishnan said that itshould be safe for schools to re-open on Monday, if the PollutantStandards Index (PSI) remains inthe moderate range.

Still, some parents My Paperspoke to yesterday expressed con-cern about their childrens healthduring the upcoming school termand said they would keep kids athome if PSI levels are too high.

Ms Angeline Chan who hasone son in Primary 1 and anotherin Kindergarten 1 said that ifthe PSI reaches about 250, whichis in the middle of the unhealthy

range, she will consider ground-ing her kids at home.

Im quite worried. The schoolis (an) open-air (environment)and doesnt have air-condition-ing, said the 41-year-old manag-er of a manufacturing firm.

Ms Christine Ting, 46 whohas a son, 14, and two daughters,12 and seven said she will bewatching the PSI, even thoughshe feels the PSI readings some-times do not reflect the immedi-ate situation.

The senior executive of a hu-

man-resource consultancy is par-ticularly worried about her young-er children, as they are of an agewhere they are more susceptibleto...infections.

Mr Jonathan Lau, 37, who hastwin daughters in Primary 1, said:If it reaches the point wherethey have to wear masks in theclassroom, we will take them outof school.

Besides tracking the PSI read-ing, he will be watching thePM2.5 reading, which measuresfine particulate matter 2.5 mi-

crons in size or smaller. PM2.5particles are said to be more dan-gerous to a persons health thanlarger particles.

Mr Lau, a banker, said he willbe monitoring both readings, ashis twins are asthmatic.

The Ministry of Education(MOE) said on Wednesday that itis monitoring the haze situationclosely. An MOE spokesman saidthe ministry will take referencefrom the health advisories andwork closely with schools to putin place appropriate measures toensure the well-being of our stu-dents and staff.

Ms Chan hoped schools wouldcut down on physical-educationlessons during this hazy period.Children should be encouraged todrink more water and teachersshould take note of which kidsare asthmatic, she added.

If there is an urgent need to closeschools,Ms Chan said that an air-con-ditioned area, like a library, could bea holding area for children before

their parents can pick them up.Mr Lau hopes schools will also

provide some form of e-learning,so pupils can keep up with the syl-labus at home if schools are shut.

Today, the 24-hour PSI is ex-pected to be in the moderaterange, although PM2.5 levels con-tinue to be slightly elevated, ac-cording to the National Environ-ment Agency.

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BY WINONA WEE

EVEN as the Government rolledout a call for proposals yesterdayto rope in private-sector schoolsfor an anchor operator (AOP)grant scheme, some parents wereworried that it would mean high-er pre-school and childcare feesfor their kids.

This is more so as somebrand-name private pre-schools,which can charge above $1,000 amonth, have expressed interest inapplying to be an AOP.

Said businessman E. Ooi, 43, afather of two kids aged three andfour: Not everyone can affordhigh (fees). Education should beaffordable because it moulds ourchildrens futures.

But the Government has as-sured that there will be safeguards.

Currently, there are twoAOPs: PAP Community Founda-tion (PCF) and the NationalTrades Union Congress My FirstSkool. They are tasked with pro-viding good-quality and afforda-ble programmes. In return, theyget recurrent grants from the Gov-ernment to lower operating costs.

More AOPs are being intro-duced to cater to the needs of thediverse learning habits ofpre-schoolers, said Mr ChanChun Sing, Acting Minister for So-cial and Family Development, ata media briefing yesterday.

For yesterdays call for propos-als, commercial pre-school opera-tors can apply to be an AOP ifthey set up a distinct company toensure that the funds will be usedto benefit needy children, insteadof boosting the operators profits,among other criteria.

New fee caps will be in place,which current and new AOPshave to adhere to.

For instance, pre-school feeswill be capped at $160 a month.Currently, AOPs monthly feesrange from $48 to $350, whilethat for the pre-school sector ingeneral is from $80 to $1,750.

On commercial pre-school op-erators using public funds, MrChan said: Money cannot betheir primary goal. Their socialmission must be their primarygoal.

Mrs Ng Gim Choo, group man-aging director of EtonHouse Inter-national, said that the subsidieswill help lower operation costs aswell as fees.

A PCF spokesman said thatwith more AOPs coming onboard, it will allow more opera-tors to do what we are doing byway of keeping childcare and kin-dergarten fees affordable.

Families will benefit as choic-es (will be) wider, she said.

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Govt allays fears onpre-school fees with caps

This Iranian man set ablaze 50 tonnesof drugs seized in recent months in eastern Teheran on Wednesday, tomark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.Iran lies on a major trafficking route between Afghanistan and Europe,as well as Persian Gulf states, where the confiscation of large amounts ofnarcotics is common.

Blown to smithereens:PHOTO: BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP

Masks: ku zho

Susceptible: y shu gn rn

Physical-education lessons: t y k

E-learning: din z xu x

If the haze gets bad, Ill tell my

daughters not to run around during

recess. You know what kids are like... We

will monitor the haze daily.

MR JONATHAN LAU, 37, WHO HAS TWIN DAUGHTERS IN PRIMARY 1

MY PAPER FRIDAY JUNE 28 2013 A4News

BY LISA OON ANDPRABU KRISHNA

MOORTHY

THE Hello Kittycraze has hit a newhigh or, rather,low, with soaring

prices online and even catfights between customers.

With the last plushie from Mc-Donalds Hello Kitty Fairy Talestoy promotion having gone onsale yesterday the limited-edi-tion Singing Bone Kitty enter-prising owners have been auc-tioning the cat toys online.

McDonalds Singapore saidon Facebook at 10.11am yes-terday that the Singing BoneKitty had sold out after it hitoutlets at 12am.

On eBay.com.sg, startingbids for the Singing Bone Kittyfrom a seller here could hit$1,000. A toy sells for $4.60with a McDonalds Extra ValueMeal, or $10 without a meal.

A bid for one Kitty evenreached $126,000, although itis uncertain if the bid was genu-ine.

The seller, who started theauction below $10, said on thetoys auction page that biddersshould contact him on his mo-bile phone as there were fakeeBay accounts set up to out-bid sincere buyers, notingthat such incidents had oc-curred before.

My Papers calls to himwent unanswered and the auc-tion has been removed.

Some sellers were auctioninga complete set of six Fairy TaleKitties for hundreds of dollars.

An eBay spokesman saidthe firm has measures in placeto prevent fake bids from go-ing through.

With regard to the Hello

Kitty case, we are striking outfake bids and suspending the(bidders) accounts, he added.

McDonalds said on Face-book that it doesnt supportpeople buying the Kitties for re-sale, and regularly removesposts offering such servicesfrom its Facebook page.

The fast-food chain added itwill not hesitate to take appro-priate action against its staff ifany of them are found tohave misappropriated the Kit-ties for personal gain.

The queues at some outletswere said to have been so longthat McDonalds staff had tocurb the lines due to a limitedplushie supply. Only patrons in

the queue were issued couponsto buy the toys.

A McDonalds spokesmansaid the coupons served asqueue tickets so that custom-ers do not have to queue whenthere are no more Kitties left.

There were reports and on-line videos of people arguingover queue jumping and policeofficers being called in.

One such incident occurredat a McDonalds outlet in BukitBatok Central. A police spokes-man confirmed the dispute. Headded that the police advisedthe parties accordingly and nofurther assistance was re-quired.

Undergraduate Shaune Lim,

22, said queueing for the lastKitty was worth it. I was oneof the first to get it, he said.

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FELINE FRENZY: Enterprising owners of McDonalds Hello Kitty Fairy Tales toys have been selling the plushiesonline. Some were auctioning a complete set of six for hundreds of dollars. PHOTO: MCDONALDS

Hello, why is Kitty so costly?

TWENTY investors poured nearly$176,000 into investment companyAssetton to buy high-quality Frenchwine so they could sell it for a profit inthe future.

They received certificates apparentlyfrom wine-storage facility Grand CruStorage attesting that their wines weresafely stored at the facility in Bordeaux,France.

But it was all a sham, a district courtheard yesterday. The certificates werefake and, in many cases, no wine hadbeen purchased.

Former Assetton director andmastermind Mohan Nainan Nainan, 55,was jailed for 11 months after hepleaded guilty yesterday to abetting inthe forgery of the certificates andmisappropriating the $176,000.

Nainan also lied to the Registrar ofCompanies that his companys paid-upcapital was $450,000. But itsshareholders had not paid for the sharesissued to them.

He was fined $7,000 forcontravening the Companies Act.

THE STRAITS TIMES

Man jailed andfined in wineinvesting scam

Cat fights: j li zhng cho

Sold out: mi gung

Personal gain: s l

Queues: chng lng


BY LISA OON

EXPECT the Singa-pore Zoo to deliver amore interactive ex-perience to better en-

gage younger visitors.That was one of the plans

shared yesterday by Wildlife Re-serves Singapore (WRS) at anevent to celebrate the zoos 40thbirthday.

Ms Claire Chiang, the chair-man of WRS, which runs the zoo,said that the zoo of the future inSingapore and in other parts ofthe world would be one that is in-teractive.

She explained that the young-er generation would have grownup with gadgets and prefer imme-diate access to information.

(The zoo) has to be immer-sive, so you feel like you aregoing through a journey in therainforest instead of being a pas-sive observer, she said, addingthat using social media could beone way to make the zoo experi-ence more interactive.

The zoo is also going beyondchildren and reaching out to oth-er demographics, such as youthand adults, to spread the ani-mal-conservation message.

At the zoos birthday celebra-tion yesterday, there were per-formances and photo opportuni-ties for guests with some of the an-imals, such as elephants andorang utans.

Among the guests yesterdaywas former president S R Nathan.

The Singapore Zoo opened itsdoors as an open-concept zoo in1973. It is home to more than2,800 specimens representingover 300 species, of which 26 percent are endangered.

Besides the zoo, WRS alsoruns Jurong Bird Park, Night Safa-ri and the River Safari.

Fans of the zoo are in for atreat: For the whole of nextmonth, all Singaporeans and per-

manent residents can enjoy 40per cent off the entry price.

Ms Chiang said of the zoosbirthday: Turning 40 is amonumental event and this is atime for us to reflect on all thatwe have accomplished with theSingapore Zoo, and what itmeans to our families, friends andinternational visitors.

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SAY CHEESE: Former president S R Nathan with the Singapore Zoos orang utans at the zoos 40th-birthday celebrationyesterday. There were performances and photo opportunities for guests. PHOTO: WILDLIFE RESERVES SINGAPORE

Treats in storeas SingaporeZoo turns 40

Interactive: h dng

Rainforest: r di y ln

Conservation: bo h hun jng

Monumental: j d


BEIJING

WITH her keeninterest in Chi-nese philoso-p h y a n d

self-taught Mandarin, SouthKorean President Park GeunHye is set to charm China onher first trip to the country asPresident.

Chinas president, Mr Xi Jin-ping, welcomed his South Ko-rean counterpart yesterday asan old friend of China, andagreed to make a push for newtalks with North Korea as twoof Asias newest leaders metfor the first time.

Ms Park arrived in Beijingyesterday with the biggest busi-ness delegation to join a SouthKorean leaders state visit, sig-nalling the importance sheputs on China in boosting hernations economic fortunes.

She is set to make a speechat Tsinghua University, whichis expected to be delivered inMandarin.

Among all the previousSouth Korean presidents, MsPark has the best Mandarin.Its also very rare for a foreigncountrys leader to give a pub-lic speech when visiting China,not to mention use the Chi-nese language, said Mr WangJunsheng, a researcher on EastAsia studies at the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences.

Ms Park is an admirer ofChinese culture and her fa-vourite book is History Of Chi-nese Philosophy by Feng You-lan, a renowned Chinesephilosopher, according to me-dia reports.

China is South Koreas lead-ing trading partner, and SouthKorean imports to China over-took those from Japan last Sep-tember, according to DBSBank.

However, the strategic sideof the partnership has alwaysbeen coloured by the issue ofNorth Korea and stagnated un-der Ms Parks predecessor, MrLee Myung Bak, who focusedhis efforts on boosting Seoulsalliance with Washington.

The hopes of a reboot havebeen bolstered by the fact that

Ms Park and Mr Xi are bothnew leaders, having taken of-fice within one month of eachother earlier this year.

Dr Fang Xiuyu, a professorof Korean Studies at FudanUniversity in Shanghai, said:Ms Park likes reading Chi-nese books and understandsChinese. Her vision is very sim-ilar to Mr Xis. They have lotsof shared ideas about coopera-tion in East Asia.

The South Korean leadersvisit reflects the shifting powerbalance in Asia. Like past lead-ers, she visited the UnitedStates in her first trip abroadlast month, though she is break-ing with a precedent that hasseen South Korean leaders visitJapan second.

A commentary in thestate-run China Daily newspa-per by Mr Woo Jin Hoon, aguest professor at Renmin Uni-versity, said: This breaks theorder established by her prede-cessors. Ms Park is visiting Chi-na ahead of Japan as it is moreof a priority.AGENCIES

BEIJING

AN AMERICAN executive de-tained for nearly a week by hiscompanys Chinese workers leftthe Beijing factory yesterday, afterhe and a labour representativesaid the two sides reached anagreement over a pay dispute.

Mr Chip Starnes, who said hewas saddened by the experi-ence, said a deal was reached over-night to pay the scores of workerswho had demanded severancepackages similar to ones given tola id-of f co-workers in aphased-out division, even thoughthe company said the remainingworkers werent being laid off.

The remaining workers at themedical-supplies plant in Huairoudistrict, on the outskirts of Beijing,had said they believed the entirefactory was shutting down, thatthe company owed them unpaidsalary and that they saw equip-ment being packed and itemisedfor shipping to India.AP

Park set tocharm Chinaand meetold friend Xi

Trapped US exec finally leaves China plant

Leaders: lng xi

Philosopher: zh xu ji

Stagnated: tng zh

Power balance: qun l png hng

RARE MOVE: South KoreanPresident Park Geun Hye is set tomake a speech in Mandarin atTsinghua University.


LOS ANGELES

AN EXHAUSTED MichaelJackson warned that tourpromoters AEG Live weregoing to kill him as herehearsed for a marathonconcert tour shortly before hisdeath, testified his son,Prince, on Wednesday.

He just wished he hadmore time for rehearsals,Prince said at the wrongful-death trial, in which theJackson family accuses AEGLive of negligently hiringphysician Conrad Murray tocare for the star for hisdoomed This Is It shows.

The 16-year-old alsorecounted a harrowing sceneon the day Jackson died in2009, recalling how sisterParis was screaming asMurray tried to revive theirfather.

Murray was convicted ofinvoluntary manslaughter in2011 for giving Jackson anoverdose of the anaestheticpropofol, to help him copewith chronic insomnia as herehearsed for the series of 50planned London shows.

Testimonies at themanslaughter trial and thecurrent civil case have hearddetails of how the self-styledKing of Pops state of healthdeteriorated rapidly in themonths before his death.

On Wednesday a dayafter the fourth anniversaryof Jacksons death Princesaid the singer was upsetwhile on the phone a lot oftime, most of the time withAEG Live chief RandyPhillips.

Prince said: (Jackson)would cry sometimes. Hesaid, Theyre gonna kill me,theyre gonna kill me.

When asked who Jacksonwas referring to, he said:People in AEG, RandyPhillips.AFP

MANILA

THE Philippines saidyesterday it was look-ing to give the UnitedStates and Japan

greater access to its militarybases, as it seeks to counter whatit perceives as a rising securitythreat from China.

The government was initiallydrafting a plan that would allowUS forces to spend more time onFilipino bases, something thatcould also be offered to Japansmilitary later, Defence SecretaryVoltaire Gazmin said.

If and when there is agree-ment on the access, then therewill be equipment coming in fromthe US, Mr Gazmin told a jointnews conference in Manila aftermeeting visiting Japan DefenceMinister Itsunori Onodera.

Now, as far as Japan is con-cerned, we do welcome othercountries particularly Japansince it is a strategic partner inaccordance with our existing pro-tocols.

President Benigno Aquino had

already stated that the Philip-pines would welcome an in-creased US military presence,amid tense disputes with Chinaover competing claims to parts ofthe South China Sea.

However, Mr Gazmins com-ments indicated that the Philip-pines was hoping to expand onthe standard military exercisesthat the two nations armed forc-es regularly engage in.

Modalities for increased rota-tional presence are right now be-ing examined. One modality isthe conduct of high-value,high-impact exercise, he said,without elaborating.

However, he emphasised theplan would not see any new basesor a permanent US presence inthe Philippines.

Japan and the Philippines,who both share a rival claimant inChina, stepped up their strategicpartnership in the field of de-fence, particularly in maritime af-fairs, after defence ministers ofboth countries met at CampAguinaldo.

Mr Onodera and Mr Gazminmet at the Department of Nation-

al Defence Headquarters formore than an hour, where theydiscussed the strengthening of de-fence cooperation and issues theywere both facing.

Mr Onodera emphasised thatthey were very concerned withthe Philippines situation in theSouth China Sea, and supportedits position that the territorial dis-pute be solved through interna-tional arbitration and not throughthe use of force.

When asked about the Philip-pines plan, the Chinese ForeignMinistry urged its neighbours topush for peace.

Ministry spokesman HuaChunying told reporters: Chinaurges the Philippines and regionalcountries to meet one anotherhalfway, make joint efforts tomaintain mutual trust betweencountries, make positive effortstowards regional peace and securi-ty, and play a constructive role.

The US had tens of thousandsof troops stationed in the Philip-pines, at the Clark Air Base andSubic Naval Base north of Ma-nila, until the early 1990s.

The US, a former colonial rul-

er of the Philippines, was forcedto abandon the bases amid an-ti-US sentiment and a row overrent. The Constitution now bansany permanent foreign bases inthe Philippines.

However, the Clark and Subicfacilities, now partly convertedfor business use, still host and ser-vice US military aircraft and war-ships on short-term exercises.

One of those began yesterdayin waters between the Philip-pines main island of Luzon and adisputed shoal now occupied byChina.AFP, PHILIPPINE DAILYINQUIRER/ASIA NEWSNETWORK, REUTERS

MJ warnedtour wouldkill him,says son

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Manila looks to US and Japan

Guitarist Wang Hongbin of the band Lightningfan creatinglightning with a Tesla coil on Tuesday, in their village outside of Fuzhou in Fujian province, China.The 10-member band play guitars, violins and drums while wearing ferroalloy metal suits,accompanied by spectacular bolts of lightning crackling from them and their instruments.

PHOTO: PETER PARKS/AFP

TESTIMONY: Michael Jacksonsson, Prince, said the singerwanted more time for rehearsalsfor the 50 London shows planned.

Hair-raising performance:

Military bases: jn sh j d

Modality: xng sh

Arbitration: zhng ci

Stationed: zh zh


LONDON

IKEA billionaire Ingvar Kam-prad, Europes richest person,said he will move back to Swe-den, a country he fled four dec-ades ago to avoid high tax rates.

Mr Kamprads US$51.7-bil-lion (S$66-billion) fortune makeshim the fourth-wealthiest individ-ual in the world, according to theBloomberg Billionaires Index.

The 87-year-old controls Ikea,the worlds largest furniture retail-er, through a series of trusts andfoundations.

He left his homeland of Swe-den for Switzerland in 1973 in aneffort to keep Ikea closely held,something he said he could not dowith the tax regime in Sweden atthe time, according to foundationspokesman Per Heggenes.

Moving back to Sweden getsme closer to my family and my

old friends, Mr Kamprad said ina statement to Radio Sweden andnewspapers in the country.

After my dear wife, Marga-retha, died about 11/2 years ago,there was (not much) keeping mein Switzerland.

Ikano Group, the Kampradfamilys investment vehicle, man-ages four Ikea franchises, a cred-it-card business and real-estate in-vestments.

Mr Heggenes told Radio Swe-den: (Mr Kamprad) will pay tax-es on his earnings, just like all oth-er Swedes. But the move homehas no other tax-related conse-quences.

Mr Kamprad is US$1.5 billionahead of Mr Amancio Ortega,Spains richest man. The77-year-old owns 59 per cent ofInditex, the worlds largest cloth-ing retailer and parent companyof clothing line Zara.

BLOOMBERG

YANGON

MYANMAR yester-day awarded tele-com licences toNorways Tel-

enor and Qatari firm Ooredoo,the government committee incharge of the bids said, openingup one of the worlds last virtual-ly untapped mobile-phone mar-kets.

The committee is pleased toannounce that Telenor MobileCommunications and Ooredoohave been selected as the two suc-cessful applicants, from the 11global consortiums remaining ona shortlist, it said in the state-ment.

SingTel, billionaire George So-

ros and France Telecom wereamong the bidding groups.

Its a tremendous growthopportunity, but it will require afair bit of investment, and returnswill be long-dated too, said MrSachin Gupta, a Singapore-basedanalyst at Nomura Holdings.

I dont think its going to bean easy exercise for anyone, buthaving previous green-field expe-rience and strong local partner-ship should help.

The licences are among the big-gest prizes for foreign companiessince Myanmar President TheinSein moved to allow greater polit-ical and economic freedom aftertaking power in 2011.

The United States and Europe-an Union have moved to easesanctions, attracting companies

such as Coca-Cola and Ford Mo-tor to the former military-runstate even as human-rightsgroups warn of abuses against eth-nic and religious minorities.

The government proceededwith naming the winners even af-ter parliamentarians moved to de-lay the announcement, Mr SetAung, deputy minister of nationalplanning and economic develop-ment, who is overseeing the pro-cess, said by phone yesterday.

He said before that announce-ment that, while he would preferlocal companies, the process com-plied with international practices.

The playing field should belevel, he said. We, the techni-cal team, arent biased in the se-lection of the winners.

Myanmar plans to boost

telecom coverage to as much as80 per cent of the country by2016.

Winners of the tender mustlaunch their services within ninemonths of the licence being grant-ed, and install a network to covera quarter of the country within ayear, and three quarters withinfive years.

One bidder has estimated therequired spending to develop aMyanmar network at about US$2billion (S$2.5 billion).

I t has a mobile-phonepenetration rate of 9 per cent,compared to 70 per cent in Cam-bodia, 87 per cent in Laos andmore than 100 per cent in Thai-land, the Communication Minis-try said in January.

I have never seen any inves-

tors who are not coming to a coun-try before everything is perfect,Mr Set Aung said.

All the companies under-stand there are risks. Some com-panies probably think there is toomuch risk, and other companiesthink its a calculated risk.

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BY GWENDOLYN NG

BADGES OF FURY (PG)Action comedy/98 minutesRating: 2/5

ONE might expect ahigh-octane cop thrill-er with the casting ofJet Li and a title like

Badges Of Fury.But this film is hardly about

the legendary action star, whotakes on the role of Huang FeiHong not the gongfu master,but a seasoned and jaded cop.

In fact, the veteran actor playssecond fiddle to his younger part-ner, the overenthusiastic, fum-bling Wang Bu Er (played by Chi-nas Wen Zhang).

In this film, the 28-year-oldWen has a whole lot more screen-time than the 50-year-old Li, whoseems content to languish in thebackground, making his presencefelt sporadically with quirky dia-logues and fights.

The crime-fighting duo arebossed around by their female su-pervisor, Angela (played by Tai-wans Michelle Chen).

The movie is really a hugehare-brained comedy, right fromthe premise of the plot.

The trio are tasked to trackdown a serial killer with an unusu-al modus operandi that leaves hisvictims smiling.

The investigation leads to as-piring actress Jinshui (played byChinas Liu Shishi of mega China

drama Scarlet Heart fame), aprime suspect who has dated allthe victims.

Theres more than meets theeye to this case, especially whenJinshuis buxomy stepsister, DaiYi Yi (played by Chinas Liu Yan)appears.

The sexy anchorman-turned-actress is clearly there to

draw the eyeballs with her cleav-age-bearing attire.

The movie goes off on a tan-gent, with fight scenes pepperedwith over-the-top special effects.

Its a waste not showing off thereal deal. Li puts up a pretty excit-ing fight in the final brawl, but hisfinishing blow is, sadly, CGI-as-sisted.

While its refreshing to see theusually-stoic Li in a funny role,Wen is the one with comedic po-tential.

The latter has no qualms ham-ming it up for the camera flash-ing his underwear and donning amini kilt.

Audiences can play a game ofspot the stars, thanks to a stringof actors making cameo appearanc-es, such as Hong Kong stars Ray-mond Lam and Michael Tse, andChinese actor Huang Xiao Ming.

The film squeezes in too manyelements, leaving one bewilderedby the numerous A-list actors andtropes of the crime, romance, ac-tion and comedy genres.

At the end of the day, Im nottoo sure what the movie is, but Ido know it aint a Jet Li movie.

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Badges Of Fury is screening incinemas islandwide.

WEIRD POLICE STORY: (From left) Wen Zhang, Michelle Chen and Jet Li play cops hunting a serial killer with astrange modus operandi. Dont expect a thriller headlining Li, as the film is really a comedy featuring Wen. PHOTO: SHAW

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Jet Li plays second fiddle to young stars

The date and venue for Welsh band Stereophonics concert here havebeen changed. It will now be held at Fort Canning Park on Aug 14, saidLAMC Productions. All tickets purchased for the July 25 concert atResorts World Sentosa can be used at the new venue. Ticket holderswho cant attend the August gig can request for a refund from Sistic.

Quick takes

NEW DATE, VENUE FOR STEREOPHONICS GIG

THE HEAT (M18)Comedy/117 minutesRating: 2/5

TWO cops are forcedto work together. Onecop, Sarah Ashburn(Sandra Bullock), is afastidious martinetwho is lonely; theother, ShannonMullins (MelissaMcCarthy), is an instinct-driven, street-smart slob who is angryat not getting the professional respect she deserves.

Together, they chase down a criminal mastermind, learninglife lessons along the way mostly that it is wrong to judge abook by its cover.

What is surprising about this flat, uninteresting work is thatdirector Paul Feig, who helmed the very funny and smartfemale-driven Bridesmaids (2011), is behind it.

The film is indeed as dull and by-the-numbers as the trailersuggests.

JOHN LUI

FUKREY (PG)Comedy/141 minutesRating: 4/5

FOUR dreamers meetby chance. Each timeChoocha (VarunSharma) has a dream,Hunny (Pulkit Samrat)interprets it, beforeconverting it intonumbers to buy sure-win lottery tickets.

They go on a roll and decide to set their sights even higher.As Choocha and Hunny plot ways to strike the biggest lottery,Zafar (Ali Fazal), a struggling musician, and Lali (Manjot Singh)become their partners in crime.

Witty and stir-crazy, Fukrey is a cracker of a film whichmade me laugh so hard, my children who were with me havevowed not to watch a Bollywood comedy with me again.

DEEPIKA SHETTY

HENTAI KAMEN:FORBIDDEN SUPERHERO (R21)Fantasy comedy/106minutesRating: 3/5

HIGH-SCHOOLstudent Kyosuke(Ryohei Suzuki)discovers that he hassuperhuman powers when he wears a pair of panties on his face.

To protect Aiko (Fumika Shimizu), whom he has a crushon, he has to defeat a creepy teacher (Ken Yasuda).

It helps that director Yuichi Fukuda fully embraces theB-grade bizarreness of the material.

Even as Kyosukes hormones and imagination run amok,his burgeoning romance with Aiko is cutely chaste andawkward.

It turns out Hentai Kamen is as much about the power oflove as it is about the power of perversion.

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BY GWENDOLYN NG

ShopMy Executive MY PAPER FRIDAY JUNE 28 2013

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BY GILLIAN PINTO

AMANPOWERcrunch and risinglabour costs havespurred Old Chang

Kee to open a self-service eat-ery called Curry Times Ting-kat.

The casual-dining restau-rant at Alexandra Retail Cen-tre lets customers place their or-ders and pay using Nets ATMor FlashPay cards at twoself-service kiosks. Customersthen pick up their food at thecounter.

The food served here in-cludes curry-chicken rice, nasilemak and fish-cutlet rice.

With the $27,000 self-ser-vice system, only five staffmembers are needed to run therestaurant, compared with 15staff members at the CurryTimes outlet in Velocity.

Old Chang Kees director,Ms Chow Hui Shien, revealedthat it arrived at this concept af-ter facing difficulties in hiringstaff while planning the expan-sion of Curry Times eateries.

There are other benefitswhen using a self-service sys-tem too. Theres no servicecharge, so you can keep thosesavings. Theres also reducedchances of incorrect orders, ascustomers get to view and picktheir orders, Ms Chow said.

Each interactive touch-screen kiosk has a bright andcolourful interface, as well aspictures of dishes for custom-ers to browse through.

Meal and drink options are

stated clearly to avoid confu-sion or mistaken orders.

Payment with Nets ATM orFlashPay cards takes seconds.

Those who prefer to pay incash can do so at the cashier.

A number is given after pay-ment and customers collecttheir meals packed in conven-ient paper boxes at theself-service collection point.

The time from ordering tocollection is just 10 minutes.

The self-service conceptdoesnt mean that customersare on their own. Staff mem-bers are present to help custom-ers get used to the system.

Dine-in customers are en-

couraged to clear their owntrays. Staff members help en-sure that the place is keptclean.

The menu comprises the top10 signature dishes from CurryTimes, and the food preparedby two or three staff membersin the kitchen comes hot andhearty.

A set meal comes with adrink and costs $8.90 to$10.90. A la carte items cost$7.40 to $9.50.

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Curry Times TingkatAlexandra Retail Centre

460 Alexandra Road, #02-36Operating hours:Mondays to Fridays 9am-9pm,Saturdays 9am-4pm,closed on SundaysTel: 6273-3686Website:www.currytimes.com.sg

MODERN TOUCH: Old Chang Kees self-service eatery, Curry Times Tingkat, has two order-and-pay kiosks. Thereis no service charge, and the time from ordering to collection of food is just 10 minutes. PHOTO: OLD CHANG KEE

Curry delights in 10 minutes

Seafood lovers can tuck into an exclusive lobster buffet at MandarinOrientals Melt The World Cafe on Wednesday and July 17. The ThousandLobsters Extravaganza spread will feature 1,000 lobsters prepared in morethan 20 ways each night. The buffet is priced from $198++ per person. CallMelt The World Cafe on 6885-3500 for reservations.

FEAST ON 1,000 LOBSTERS AT THIS BUFFET

Set meals at Curry Times Tingkat

CURRY Times Tingkat offers nine set meals(from $8.90 each). Each set comes with adrink.

DRY CURRYCHICKEN RICESometimes,chicken currycould be tooheavy for amidday meal. Insuch cases, gofor the dry currychicken rice.

Thesucculent bits ofchicken are

marinated in asweet, flavourfulcurry. Eaten withrice, its a lightand healthy mealfor anyone.

NASI LEMAKWITH CHICKENWINGThe best partof nasi lemak isthe chickenwings.

Mixing thefragrant coconutrice with yummy sambal chilli and a crispychicken wing makes for a filling lunch.

FISH-CUTLETRICEFor those whodont enjoy spicyfood, try thefish-cutlet rice,which comeswith a sweetJapanese currythat you can pourover your rice.

As the currycontains no coconut milk, the dish is ahealthy and light choice for lunch.

From now until July 6, enjoy $3 offwhen you pay for your meal usingNets ATM or Nets FlashPay.

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BY JOY FANG

THERE are a fewtell-tale signs thatyou need a wardrobeoverhaul.

If your closet is full and youhave nothing to wear, youvegot a problem. And, if thoseclothes dont even fit you anymore, its time for an overhaul.

What you want is a solid rangeof clothes that you can mix andmatch easily, and works withyour body and lifestyle.

Theres no better time thannow to take stock, thanks to theGreat Singapore Sale.

Here are our picks of the bestplaces to shop, thanks to their pro-motions:

T.M. LEWIN

What: Guys, spiff up yourwardrobe with this Britishmenswear label, established110 years ago, which boastssome 50 shirt fabrics to choosefrom and offers different cutsfor different body shapes, witha range of collar sizes andsleeve lengths. These allow thesuave dude to look for those sig-nature touches he loves.Promos: Get 30 per cent offregular-priced items when youpurchase two pieces, or 40 percent off when you purchase threepieces. The offer is not applicableto silk knots, pocket squares andcollar bones. Enjoy 50 per centoff regular-priced suits.

Cotton shirts cost between$109 and $139. Mix-meri-no-wool Saville Row cut suitscost between $1,008 and $1,448for a set.

Offers available until Aug 11.Get them at: Malls such as PlazaSingapura (#03-75), Suntec City(#01-336/337) and VivoCity(#01-190).

NEW LOOK

What: Women can actually buyhalf their bodyweight in clothesin a year. This means that thereare probably pieces that can go,no? To replace them, stock up atthese stores, known for trendypieces adapted from the latest cat-walk looks.Promos: Get crop tops at $9.90each (usual price $13.90 to$16.90) when you buy three.

Skirts and dresses cost $29.90(U.P. $39.90) each when you geteither two skirts or two dresses.

Offers available until July 16.Get them at: Malls such as

313@Somerset (#01-21), BugisPlus (#02-25/26) and Tampines 1(#02-26).

DOCKERS

What: Khakis are standard inevery dudes closet. But how longhave you been hanging on to theones youve got? Get an updateat this American brand, whichboasts khakis that are super prep-py, and come in cute colours likeelectric blue, apple butter andazul sea, as well as the usualblack and gravel.Promos: Get $70 offregular-priced pants. Receive anadditional 10 per cent off your to-tal bill when you spend $200 in asingle receipt. Get a $20 cashvoucher when you purchase aminimum of two items.

Offers available until Sunday.Get them at: Malls such as313@Somerset (#01-21), SuntecCity (#01-333/334) and Plaza Sin-gapura (#03-45).

CELIO

What: Guys who need everydayclothing, know that this Frenchmens-clothing retailer has an80-strong design team that trav-els regularly to fashion capitalsworldwide to seek inspiration.

The result? Trendy products thatare good for everyday wear.Promos: Enjoy up to 50 per centoff selected styles.

T-shirts cost $24.90 each (U.P.$33.90 to $66.90), while polosare at $44.90 each (U.P. $53.90to $93.90). Shirts and pulloversare $49.90 each (U.P. $56.90 to$109.90).

Enjoy $50 off all pants andjeans (U.P. $103.90 to $153.90).

Offers available until Sunday.Get them at: Malls such as Jem( # 0 2 - 1 0 ) , S u n t e c C i t y(#01-327/328) and Plaza Singapu-ra (#03-41).

EXTRA DISCOUNTJay Gee and Citibank card mem-bers enjoy an additional 5 percent off sale items.

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Overhaul your wardrobe for less

If you are having trouble with your hearing, dont panic. Head to theHearing Specialist Group Clinic at Parkway East Hospital to get theproblem checked by experts. You can also buy a digital hearing aidthere. Prices start from $500. Call 6346-0858, or visitwww.thehearingspecialist.com.sg

HEARING WOES? LET THE EXPERTS HELP

SUAVE: British menswear label T.M. Lewin boasts some 50 shirt fabrics to choose from and offers different cuts for different body shapes. Get 30 per cent offregular-priced items when you purchase two pieces, or 40 per cent off when you purchase three pieces. PHOTOS: JAY GEE ENTERPRISES

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FASHIONABLE: New Look is known for its trendy pieces adapted from thelatest catwalk trends. Get crop tops at $9.90 each when you buy three.

TRENDY: Celio has products that aresuitable for everyday wear.


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WE CONTINUE the series inwhich we feature answers to ques-tions sent in by the public, on awide variety of topics, in StompsAsk Libby section.

Ask Libby is a collaborationbetween Stomp and Public Librar-ies Singapore, whose librarians re-search and provide answers to adiverse range of questions.

Send your questions [email protected]

Here is this weeks question:Do electronic devices really inter-fere with a planes navigation sys-tem?

There is no conclusive evi-dence to support the theory thatelectronic devices interfere with aplanes navigation system, as it isdifficult to verify or test suchclaims.

The use of cell phones and de-vices that transmit radio wavesare prohibited during a flight.

Other electronic devices canbe used once a plane reaches acruising altitude above 3,000m.

Airlines adopt such restric-tions as a precaution, to preventsignals from electronic devices in-terfering with air-traffic communi-cations and disrupting navigationreadings.

As passengers tend to bring avariety of electronic devices withthem and airlines are unable totell exactly which one will causeproblems the restrictions areneeded.

BY CAO BAOYING

IF YOU think men in Singa-pore are boring and unro-mantic, you couldnt bemore wrong.

F rom f la sh mobs andsong-and-dance routines to heart-warming video tributes, somemen are pulling out all the stopswhen asking their girlfriends tomarry them.

These romantic gestures haveinspired many people on citi-zen-journalism website Stomp.

Stomper Serena, 25, was im-pressed by the efforts that a guyput in to propose to his girlfriendat Marina Barrage. The lucky girlhappened to be her friend, Apple.

Serena, a real-estate agent,said: I want to share with othersthat its not about how much mon-ey you spend on the proposal, butthe sincerity and efforts put in.

She said the guy, Wesley, tooktwo months to plan the proposal.

On that day, Wesley got onegroup of friends to distract Applewhile he prepared the props forhis proposal with another group.

When Apple arrived at Marina

Barrage, she thought that she waswitnessing someone elses propos-al. She was shocked when she re-alised she was the star.

Wesleys friends held upglow-in-the-dark signs as nightfell that day.

Other men in Singapore arepulling off elaborate proposals byroping in friends and family mem-bers.

In one case, a local media com-pany was hired to produce a shortvideo that was played in a cinemaas a prelude to the proposal.

In the video produced byMoomedia, a young man namedMalcolm was seen asking familymembers, relatives and friends

for reasons his girlfriend Graceshould marry him.

When he asked her parents forGraces hand in marriage, hermother squealed in delight andembraced her future son-in-law.

Malcolm got a yes fromGrace in the cinema filled withfamily members and friends.

Another memorable proposalinvolved a huge group of peopleat the Singapore Flyer.

It kicked off with a flash mob.The man, Aaron, danced to sever-al songs before giving a movingspeech about his girlfriend Tracy.

The proposal saw Tracy withtears of happiness and had thecrowd cheering.

The most unlikely place tomake a proposal has to be onboard a ship at Changi NavalBase. But that was exactly wherea Navy serviceman proposed tohis girlfriend.

Stomper Spider found a photoof the proposal on Facebook,with the caption: Great last dayof Navy Open House. Endingwith one of our very own propos-ing to his girlfriend out at sea.Great support from the crew ofthe RSS Vengeance/Valour tomake the impossible happen!Well done!

If you know of a funny ortouching proposal, share it bysending in photos and videos [email protected].

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Do electronic devicesinterfere with a planesnavigation system?

Who saysSpore men

arent romantic?

Stomper Kannan sent in photos of Sundays supermoon, captured inWoodlands. He managed to get clear photos of the full moon that night,after Singapore received a respite in the haze situation over the weekend.The moon was noticeably bigger than usual and had a reddish tint. Itreportedly appeared 14 per cent larger as it swung closer to Earth.

CHECK OUT THIS STORY ON STOMP

HERE are this weeks top 10 hottopics in Singapore Seen, Stompscitizen-journalism section:

Cashier starts ranting atcustomer and wouldnt stopEven the manager wasnt able toget a cashier at a Giantsupermarket to back down in aquarrel with a customer.

Man threatens to shootneighbour with air rifleA man threatened to shoot hisneighbour, who he said hasbeen aiming a laser pointer athim as he read, with an air rifle.

Postman leaves mailunattendedA postman left a note tellingresidents not to touch hisbundle of mail and that hewould return for it later.

Girl gets bitten in cinemaA Stomper had red spots on herthigh after watching a movie ina cinema.

Fishy set-top box for saleA set-top box with access toover 180 channels wasadvertised for sale at $210.

Otters spotted at Pasir RisParkA family of otters was seenwaiting for a fishermans catchalong the coast.

Masked loan-shark runnercaught on cameraA Stomper felt that loan-sharkrunners benefited from the hazeas they would not look out ofplace with masks on.

Hail hits western S'poreHeavy rain and hailstones hitwestern parts of Singapore afterdays of haze.

Smokers challenge securityguards to report themCertis Cisco guards challengedsecurity officers to take photosof them smoking.

Hit-and-run lorry driverA lorry driver drove off afterknocking the bumper of a car.

CHERLYNN NG

More stories atwww.stomp.com.sg

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ELABORATE: Stomper Wesley got one group of friends to distract his girlfriend Apple while he got ready for his proposal with another group. PHOTO: STOMP


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BY GILLIAN PINTO

ITS been called thehappiest 5K on theplanet, and its com-ing to Singapore.

Making i ts debut inSouth-east Asia is The ColorRun, a 5km untimed race.

Heres the best bit: Partici-pants, all to be dressed inwhite T-shirts, will be sprin-kled with coloured powder atevery 1km interval.

To be held on Aug 17 and18, the run which originatedin the United States and was in-spired by Indias Holi festival will take place on Sentosa.

The race, which will start at5pm on both days, will closewith a festival featuring livemusic. Participants will be en-couraged to fling about col-oured powder left in their racepacks.

At a press conference an-nouncing The Color Run onWednesday, event organiserIMGs spokesman, MsMichelle Spencer, said partici-pants are free to run, dance,skip or crawl at your own paceas a celebration of being aliveand happy.

By the end of the event, par-ticipants will emerge in a smat-tering of colours, almost likean artists palette, she added.

She said that serious run-ners should not to be deterred

by the light-heartedness of theevent.

Rather, its a chance forthem to share their passion forrunning with others, she said.

The coloured powder, ap-proved by the US Food andDrug Administration, is madeof corn starch and food colour-ing.

Whats more, every $1from the registration fee of$50 per participant will be do-nated to non-profit organisa-tion Project Happy Feet,which helps underprivilegedyouth and children in develop-ing countries through educa-tion-related initiatives and pro-grammes.

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Registration for The ColorRun costs $50 per person.Registration opens onlinetoday at 12pm. After July 12,registration will be $55 perperson. Children under theage of three register for free.Visit www.thecolorrun.com.sg

HAPPY FEET: The Color Run, where runners are sprinkled with colouredpowder, has been called the happiest race. PHOTO: IMG SINGAPORE

Happiestrace to hitSingapore

Donate your old running shoes and receive a $50 voucher in the RunningLabs Project Love Sneaker event, on from Monday to July 31. VisitRunning Lab outlets, like those in Funan DigitaLife Mall, 112 Katong andVelocity, to take part. Vouchers are redeemable on your next purchase ofregular-priced footwear. Visit www.runninglab.com

DONATE RUNNING SHOES TO GET $50 VOUCHER

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BY MALATHI NAYAKAND BILL RIGBY

Reuters

MICROSOFT released a testversion of its Windows8.1 software on Wednes-day, bringing back the

start button and adding a host of fea-tures it hopes will appeal to users, whilespurring developers to write more applica-tions for it.

The updated Windows is aimed chieflyat appeasing traditional computer users,many of whom were unsettled by Micro-softs move towards a new tile-based inter-face that works best on touch-enabled de-vices, but left fans of the old-style desktopconfused.

After looking at user feedback, saidchief executive Michael Ballmer, Win-dows 8.1 will see the reinstatement of thestart button, with easier ways to findand access applications, along with a great-ly improved search function.

Mr Ballmer also promised a rapid re-lease cycle for Windows in the future,abandoning its policy of making new ver-sions of Windows every three years, in aneffort to match Apple and Google.

The response from the thousands of de-velopers at Microsofts annual developerconference in San Francisco was broadlypositive.

Of course, theyre playing somecatch-up (with Apple and Google). Theyhave been lagging behind for years now,said Mr Jorgen Nilsson, a manager at Brit-ish-based Aveva, a firm that makes com-puter-aided-design software applications.

But this release is driving it forward in-stead of (just) catching up, and making itwork for business and personal use. This islooking really good now.

Part of Microsofts problem has beenpersuading developers to create apps forWindows 8 and the little-used WindowsPhone, given that almost all smartphoneand tablet owners are using Apples iOSor Googles Android.

Microsoft also said that Facebook has fi-nally agreed to work on an app especiallyfor Windows, which should be availablethis autumn. That is one factor that mighthelp attract the more than one billion Face-book users to Windows-based tablets.

I feel like Microsoft can actually seri-ously compete in the mobile ecosystem

now, said Mr Manav Mishra, director ofengineering at the Barnes & Noble unitthat makes apps for its Nook e-reader.

But not all developers are convincedthat Windows or Windows Phone areworth the trouble, given the massivebuilt-in audience using iPhones, iPads andAndroid devices.

I havent really considered it, no,said Mr Sam Redfern of Psychic Software,maker of the Lets Break Stuff! game,available on Android, iOS and even theBlackBerry PlayBook, when asked aboutdeveloping for Windows.

It never seemed like a particularlyworthwhile undertaking, in terms of po-tential revenue.

Mr Markus Persson, developer at Mo-jang, whose Minecraft Pocket Edition isa top seller on both iOS and Android,agreed, saying that Microsofts marketwas too tiny. Both Symbian and Black-Berry have more users than WindowsPhone.

Mr Ballmer said that the WindowsStore was approaching 100,000 apps. Ap-ples is nearing one million, with Androidnot far behind.

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SEOUL

SOUTH Koreas largest mobile operator isthis week launching what it says is theworlds fastest wireless network.

SK Telecom said on Wednesday thatthe LTE-Advanced network enables down-loading of data at speeds twice as fast asthose of LTE networks, and 10 times fast-er than 3G services.

With a transfer rate of 150 mbps, thenetwork can download an 800-MB moviein just 43 seconds.

The service will initially be available inSeoul and its suburbs.

South Korea has witnessed rapidgrowth of the 4G LTE, or Long Term Evo-lution, service as the countrys mo-bile-phone users are quick to adopt fasterwireless technology.

More than 60 per cent of South Koreas33 million smartphone users have sub-scribed to the LTE service.

GSA, an association of network suppli-ers, projected that LTE networks will beavailable in 87 countries by the end of theyear.

Along with the launch of the new mo-bile technology, SK Telecom has begunselling the Galaxy S4 LTE-A smartphonemade by Samsung Electronics, which canrun on the fastest network.

Still, the LTE-Advanced technologyhas room for improvement. While itboasts the fastest download speed, its up-load speed is the same as that of LTE net-works, at 37.5 mbps.

AP

ANALYSIS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Developers warmto Windows 8.1

Seoul to get fastest mobile network

Poppy, a new gadget from two Seattle entrepreneurs, has made itsappearance on crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Its a fun toy that lookslike an old-school viewfinder, but lets you view and record 3-D pho-tos and videos on your iPhone. Its creators say Poppy has beentested at weddings, sporting events and while playing with their kids.

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SEOUL

MEN ask their wives and girl-friends all sorts of things.

The one thing one doesnt hearoften is this: Honey, can I bor-row your make-up?

But, if recent evidence is anyindication, it may soon be.

In a study of the grooming hab-its of 1,800 British men aged 18and over, approximately one in10 said they wear make-up. Ofthose, one in five wears make-upevery day.

Concealer was the most popu-lar make-up item, which 71 percent of those who wear make-upadmitted to using. Other popularmake-up items were eyeliner andlip gloss.

British men are not alone. Sev-eral articles about the growingpopularity of make-up amongmen in South Korea have beenpublished recently. Even SouthKoreas largest airline, KoreanAir, has started providingmake-up lessons for its maleflight attendants.

In fact, men around the globeare spending billions of dollars on

everything from cosmetics andmake-up to clothing and plas-tic surgery. In South Koreaalone, men are spending over1 trillion won (S$1.1 billion)on grooming products annual-ly, according to EuromonitorInternational.

It has also been found thatsome men spend more timeeach day on personal groom-ing than women.

A 2010 study of Britishadults grooming habits foundthat the men surveyed spent83 minutes a day on personalgrooming, including cleansing,toning, moisturising, shaving,choosing clothes and stylinghair. In contrast, the womensurveyed spent 79 minutes.

That means some Britishmen spend four times longeron grooming than they do hav-ing sex each week.

And, contrary to popularbelief, men are just as unhap-py with their appearance aswomen, and in some casesmore unhappy, according to re-cent research.

THE KOREA HERALD/ASIANEWS NETWORK

Move over, women, asmore men hog the mirror

Visitors Jake and Emma Hayley pose onArgentinian artist Leonardo Erlichs optical-illusion installation, DalstonHouse, in East London. The work of art, which is up until Aug 4, wascommissioned by the Barbican Gallery. It uses mirrors to create theimpression of a house on which people can play Spider-Man.

PHOTO: LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERS

Therell be no rest forHeavenly King AaronKwok this year.

Before the 47-year-oldsinger-actor whorecently starred inChristmas Rose and ColdWar, and was at the

recent Shanghai FilmFestival gets a realbreak, hell be jet-settingaround Asia to promotehis upcoming movies,The Monkey King andSilent Witness.

He spoke of his plansafter this hectic period.

Your friend, CharlieYoung, made herdirectorial debut recentlywith Christmas Rose.When will it be your turn?In 2008, I met director Roy Chowwhile filming Murderer and he gaveme a lot of pointers, which made methink that, perhaps some day, I couldbe a director too.

But, because of my schedule concert tours, movies, motor racing Im really just too busy (to direct).

This year, my focus is onmovies. Id really like to do amusical too. Ill just see whichopportunity comes up first.

If you could choose a typeof character to portray ina movie, what would itbe?Id like to be a race-car driver or ahorse-racing jockey. These are thetwo hobbies that I enjoy in my freetime.

Will there be a part threeto your De ShowyMasquerade World Tourconcert?If time allows, yes, I do hope to haveanother touring concert.

Ive already done parts one andtwo of the tour. I personally feel therecan be a conclusion to it.

But it depends whether mymanagement agrees.

Is there another image ofyourself that youd like toshow your fans?As a racer, because racing is also aprofession.

I rarely have time to do my partfor charity, so participating in charityracing events is a good opportunity todo my part to help the needy.

In 2000, I set up the Aaron KwokInternational Charity Fund to helpneedy children. I was also appointedUnicef Regional Ambassador for theEast Asia and Pacific region in 2011.

So no matter how busy workgets, I have this responsibility and Ihope to raise more funds for thesechildren. This is also anotherlong-term job that I have.

Do you prefer to act in

dramas or action movies?I think one must always try to excel,be it a concert or a movie. (And) Imust do something that Ive neverdone before.

The reason I love to do movies isthat I can walk in the same footstepsas the characters that I play.

Every work to me must be animprovement, because I must alwaysfind ways to give meaning to my life.

And movies have the ability to dothat.

[email protected]

Catch Aaron Kwok in Cold Waron Now Baogu Movies (StarHubCh 861) at 9pm on Sunday.Spotlight Aaron Kwok, aninterview with the singer-actor,is on Now TV on Demand(StarHub Ch 837).

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