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MAY 30 2013
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BEIJING
CHINA will conduct its first digit-
al-technology military exercise next
month, the state media said yester-
day, against growing concern in the
United States and elsewhere about
Chinese hacking attacks.
A brief report by the official Xin-
hua news agency said the exercise, in
northern Chinas remote Inner Mon-
golia region, will test new types of
combat forces, including units using
digital technology, amid efforts to ad-
just to informationalised war.
It will be the first time a Peoples
Liberation Army exercise has focused
on combat forces including digitalised
units, special-operations forces, army
aviation and electronic counter-forc-
es, the English report said.
Meanwhile, the security chief of
Chinese telecommunications giant
Huawei said that using the Internet to
spy and steal sensitive data is stand-
ard practice by all countries.
The comments, published yester-
day, follow allegations that Chinese
hackers gained access to secret designs
for a slew of sophisticated US weapon
programmes and stole the blueprints
for Australias new intelligence-agen-
cy headquarters.
Mr John Suffolk, a former chief in-
formation officer of the British gov-
ernment and now head of security op-
erations at Huawei, said he was not
surprised by claims of international
hacking.
Governments have always done
that, he told Australian Financial Re-
view.
AFP, REUTERS
China plans
first digital
war game
Children watch as Inuka, a male polar bear,
swims in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo. The 22-year-old polar
bear moved into its new frozen-tundra home a 2,700 sq m
exhibit featuring climate-controlled resting areas and an expanded
pool yesterday. Singapore Press Holdings Foundation has
adopted Inuka, the first bear to be born in the tropics.
PHOTO: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP
Bear delight:
A
PRIMARY 5 test paper which focused on
political developments in Singapore in the
1960s has sparked a debate among netizens
and parents on the rationale for introducing young
pupils to political issues. Some said that pupils are too
young to be exposed to political concepts while others
argued that it is a necessary part of education, even at
a young age.
FULL REPORT: NEWS A7
EDUCATIONDEBATE / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Too young
to be tested
on politics?

B5
Whats next
for HDB? Director
Leong Wai Han
gives some insights
NEWS A3 SHOWBIZ A12
Hey now, Mr Chow!
Ken Jeong rides again
with the Wolfpack
MyExecutive
BY NIGEL CHEN
A
CONSERVATIVE av-
erage pay increase of
4.7 per cent is expect-
ed this year, going by
findings of a report released yes-
terday. Still, human-resource ex-
perts said that the market outlook
is not all that bad.
Ms Sarah Ellis-Goldsmith,
from recruitment consultancy
Robert Walters Singapore, point-
ed out that the expected
increment is slightly above the ex-
pected inflation of 3.5 to 4.5 per
cent.
In line with that, candidates
are seeing an average of 10 to 15
per cent (salary) increment when
switching jobs, said the manager
of Robert Walters legal and com-
pliance division.
The impact of this is that we
are seeing some candidates choos-
ing to look for opportunities out-
side of their companies in order
to receive a higher salary incre-
ment than what their current com-
panies can offer, she said.
She also added that the em-
ployment market is still competi-
tive, and good candidates with
certain niche skill-sets continue to
be in high demand.
Ms Stella Tang, a director at
human-resource consulting firm
Robert Half, said that her compa-
ny has also observed double-digit
salary increases when employees
move to another company, al-
though no figures were provided.
She said: Looking at salaries
across whole industries is a macro
approach. What you really need
to do is look specifically at indi-
vidual job functions and you will
see that some jobs are enjoying in-
creases well above national or in-
dustry levels.
She added that senior account-
ants at large firms, financial plan-
ning and analysis professionals,
and investment analysts with a
good track record still enjoy
healthy pay rises.
In a pay report released yester-
day, management-consulting firm
Hay Group said that an average
salary increase of 4.7 per cent
was observed this year, which in
the report referred to the last 12
months to March 1 this year.
The figure is a drop from the
5.2 per cent average increase for
the 12 months to March 1 last
year. The fall is also expected to
continue, with a less-than-optimis-
tic forecast of 4.4 per cent for next
year, according to the report.
On why the expected pay rise
has fallen for this year, Mr Victor
Chan, Hay Groups regional gen-
eral manager for productised ser-
vices, said that organisations are
feeling the need to manage busi-
ness cost in a slower economic en-
vironment this year.
He added that managing busi-
ness cost was the top priority for
nearly a quarter of the organisa-
tions surveyed (24 per cent) this
year.
Said Mr Chan: Increasing
wages in an optimal manner
while supporting the long-term in-
terests of the organisation is no
longer an option.
Organisations should lever-
age on the Wage Credit Scheme
to rationalise their reward pro-
gramme and ensure that it is
aligned towards individual and or-
ganisational performance, he
added.
Under the scheme, the Govern-
ment co-funds 40 per cent of
wage increases given to Singapo-
rean employees earning up to
$4,000 a month, for the next
three years.
The report also said that the av-
erage variable bonus is expected
to dip from 2.5 months last year
to 2.3 months this year, with the
average bonus expected to re-
main constant next year.
cnigel@sph.com.sg
Bright spots despite pay-rise dip
United States President Barack Obama appears to be a regular
customer of a Chinese Internet cafe, reports said, after the manager
forged an identity card in the US leaders name to help surfers avoid
Chinas Web rules. The card has a full-face picture of Mr Obama, lists
his correct birthday, and states his ethnicity as Kenyan.
SINGTEL and StarHub
yesterday announced services
that can help prevent bill
shocks from surfing online
overseas with mobile devices.
SingTel said it is offering a
free add-on for its unlimited
$15 per day data-roaming
plans. It automatically
connects a customers mobile
gadget to the telcos partner
networks in 44 markets.
Previously, this was done
manually. Customers who
accidentally connect to
non-partner networks will
have to pay $20 per MB of
data used.
StarHub launched a
data-roaming service with an
aim to prevent similar bill
shocks. But it does so
differently, as customers can
connect to any mobile
network in 20 destinations to
enjoy the services cheaper
rate of $10 per 50MB per
day. The rate will become
$18 from October.
StarHub plans to extend
the service to over 230
overseas destinations in time.
ILLEGAL GAMBLING DEN
IN GEYLANG BUSTED
POLICE busted an illegal
gambling den on Tuesday and
arrested four women and a
man, aged between 40 and 52.
The den had been operating
out of a private apartment in
Lorong 6 Geylang. Three
electronic mahjong tables and
about $565 in cash were seized.
NEW BUS DEPOT IN
LOYANG READY BY 2015
THE Land Transport Authority
(LTA) will build a new bus
depot off Loyang Avenue for
SBS Transit to house the
additional buses it is bringing in
over the next few years.
To be completed by 2015,
the depot is part of a review of
the enhanced structural
assistance that the Government
is providing to the bus industry.
ROAD CLOSURES FOR
SUNDOWN MARATHON
DUE to the Sundown
Marathon, which takes place
tomorrow and on Saturday,
there will be road and lane
closures in the vicinity of
Marina Bay, Tanjong Rhu estate
and East Coast Park, at various
times between 9pm tomorrow
and 9.30am on Sunday.
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Members of Tum Create a joint research project
between Germanys Technische Universitat Munchen and the Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) riding a prototype of their multi-purpose
scooter at NTU on Tuesday. The electric-powered scooter, code-named Voi,
offers car-like comfort and protection to the passenger.
OBAMA SURFS WEB FROM CHINA CAFE
Services to cut
data-roaming
bill shocks
Singapore update
PHOTO: EDGAR SU/REUTERS
Scooter-car:
Increment: ji xn
Switching jobs:
tio co
Investment analysts:
tu z fn x sh
Optimal: zu ji
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013
News A2
BY JOY FANG
FORMER National University
of Singapore law professor Tey
Tsun Hang could spend at least
12 weeks in jail, if the prosecu-
tion, which proposed the sen-
tence yesterday, gets its way.
Tey, 42, was convicted of six
counts of corruption on Tuesday
for accepting sex and gifts from
his former student, Ms Darinne
Ko, 23, in exchange for better
grades. He is due to be sen-
tenced on Monday.
Addressing the court yester-
day, Deputy Public Prosecutor
Andre Jumabhoy gave reasons
why Tey should be jailed and
for a minimum of between 12
and 16 weeks.
He explained that Tey had
systematically abused the posi-
tion of authority he held over
his student to enrich himself,
both materially and physically.
Mr Jumabhoy said: He
needs an opportunity to reflect
and to come to terms with the
fact that he committed serious
offences.
He also pointed out that
Teys actions were premeditat-
ed and not a one-off moment
of misjudgment. The case has
created public disquiet, as
Teys behaviour potentially un-
dermines the reputation of Sin-
gapores public education institu-
tions.
Furthermore, Teys conduct
in court showed that he had
not one iota of remorse and
was prepared to lie repeated-
ly, cast aspersions on inno-
cent people and feign illness
to hide his guilt, said Mr Jumab-
hoy.
The prosecution also wants
the court to order Tey to pay
the sum of $1,514.80 for a din-
ner and two shirts which Ms Ko
paid for.
After the hearing, Tey told re-
porters that he would stand up
for my rights. He added that he
would decide whether to appeal
after his sentencing.
joyfang@sph.com.sg
GRAFTCASE / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Prosecution wants Tey
jailed for at least 12 weeks
The design of common
areas in Housing Board
flats could affect how
residents interact with
one another.
So, to foster better
community integration,
HDBs Community
Relations Group is
studying this with the
National University of
Singapore, said Ms
Leong, the groups
director of policy and
planning.
My Paper caught up
with her at the launch of
the HDB Community
Week yesterday.
Which aspect of HDB
estates can help facilitate
community building?
Any kind of common, social space in
a housing estate is definitely
important.
Over the years, the designs of
our buildings have evolved. For
example, there used to be a lot of
space in the void decks, where a lot
of (interaction) could happen.
But now, we have less space in
the void decks and bigger pavilions
instead, where residents can hold
weddings, do their morning
exercises or even just chit-chat.
Besides purpose-built
infrastructure, there are also
incidental meeting spaces, such as
linkways and drop-off porches,
which allow residents to interact and
get to know one another.
The Community
Relations Group was set
up in 2009 with the
mission of strengthening
community ties in the
heartland. How has it
done so far?
I must say were doing very well.
Looking at the people who have
joined our programmes and helped
us, such as those in the student
heartland ambassadors programme,
weve come a long way.
We have so many more people
coming forward (on their own) to
help us, and they do so because
they want to do things for their
community.
For instance, the plants at todays
(launch) exhibition were contributed
voluntarily by residents who tend the
community gardens in their own
HDB estates.
Any upcoming projects
that the group is planning
to roll out?
What were trying to do is to deepen
(the scope of our projects), instead
of starting new ones.
It takes time to nurture relations
and to build up initiatives.
Besides other initiatives, weve
been holding welcome parties for
new precincts like the upcoming
party at the Straits Vista @ Marsiling
this Sunday which serve to
kick-start residents into getting to
know their neighbours and celebrate
new friendships.
JACQUELINE WOO
Q&A
Director of
policy and
planning
LEONG WAI
HAN
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A3
News
BEIJING
T
HE fall of a newborn
baby into a toilet
pipe in China was ac-
cidental and his moth-
er will not be prosecuted, local of-
ficials said yesterday, adding that
the boy is healthy.
The mother, 22 and unmar-
ried, had kept her pregnancy a se-
cret and gave birth unexpectedly
when she went to the lavatory
last Saturday.
The newborn fell into the
squat toilet and became stuck in
the tube, police in Jinhua in the
eastern province of Zhejiang said
earlier.
Firefighters and doctors spent
nearly an hour taking a section of
the 10cm-wide pipe apart, piece
by piece, with pliers and saws be-
fore they could recover the boy,
whose placenta was still attached,
said previous media reports.
Our investigations showed it
was an accident, a local police
officer who declined to be named
said, and confirmed that the moth-
er will not be prosecuted.
The mother raised the alarm
and was present at the two-hour
rescue but did not admit giving
birth until confronted by police,
reports said.
She said she became pregnant
after a one-night stand with a
man who later denied any respon-
sibility. She also said she wanted
to raise the child but had no idea
how to do it.
The incident triggered hun-
dreds of thousands of comments
on Chinas hugely-popular wei-
bos, services similar to Twitter,
with users astonished by the cir-
cumstances and expressing good
wishes for the baby.
He suffered some cuts to his
face and limbs and was put in an
incubator at the Pujiang Peoples
Hospital, where nurses dubbed
him Baby No. 59, after the ma-
chines number.
Police have said the mother is
in serious condition due to compli-
cations from the delivery.
Meanwhile, the authorities are
looking for the babys father.
AFP
BABY NO. 59: The baby in an incubator at Pujiang Peoples Hospital in Jinhua, Zhejiang, after his rescue. PHOTO: REUTERS
Mum in bad
shape, wont
face action
Baby-in-toilet Saga
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A4
News

MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A5

MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A6
BY GILLIAN PINTO
Q
UESTIONS in a Pri-
mary 5 Social Studies
test paper centred on
politics in Singapore
in the early 1960s
have raised debate on whether pu-
pils are too young to learn about
politics.
A photo of a page of the test
for pupils in the Gifted Education
Programme (GEP) was posted on-
line earlier this week. The ques-
tions referenced quotes from
former minister for social affairs
Othman Wok.
Mr Othman, 88, was one of
the 10 Old Guard ministers who
formed Singapores first Cabinet
after independence in 1965.
One of the questions asked the
11-year-olds why there was a
split within the Peoples Action
Party in 1961. Another asked
them why the United Malays Na-
tional Organisation was worried
about the Chinese majority in
Singapore.
Some parents and netizens
said that pupils could be too
young to be exposed to the con-
cepts of political parties. Others
felt that it was a necessary part of
their education and, therefore,
not a cause for concern.
One parent, Mrs Boey Souk
Tann, told My Paper that she reg-
ularly sees questions on Singa-
pore politics in her daughters So-
cial Studies test papers. Her Pri-
mary 4 daughter is enrolled in the
GEP.
The 43-year-old lawyer said:
Its better for (pupils) to learn
the content just for enrichment.
For young pupils, what is im-
portant is to present both sides of
these issues so that the kids can
form their own opinions later on
in life.
However, another parent
raised concern that pupils may
not be able to fully grasp the grav-
ity of political issues at that age.
Secretary C. Tan, 34, who has
a daughter in Primary 5, said: At
that age, children are not mature
enough to think on their own.
It is better to expose them to
these issues when they are older
and more able to gauge and judge
for themselves.
A Ministry of Education
(MOE) spokesman confirmed that
the quotes and questions high-
lighted were froma Primary 5 So-
cial Studies test paper.
MOE said that the questions
are aimed at assessing pupils un-
derstanding of the events leading
up to Singapores merger.
Social Studies is part of the pri-
mary-school curriculum outlined
by MOE. It is examinable only for
students in the GEP.
The Primary 5 syllabus focuses
on themes such as Singapore un-
der Foreign Rule and Building
the Nation.
The MOE spokesman said
that, through the syllabus, pupils
learn about the events and the
people who played important
roles in nation-building.
The spokesman added:
Through such stories, pupils are
able to appreciate the contribu-
tions made by different groups of
people in the process of achieving
independence and the signifi-
cance of Singapores independ-
ence.
gcpinto@sph.com.sg
EDUCATIONDEBATE / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Primary 5
pupils tested
on politics
Through...stories (about nation-building),
pupils are able to appreciate the
contributions made by different groups of
people in the process of achieving
independence and the significance of
Singapores independence.
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SPOKESMAN
Social studies:
sh hu xu k
Necessary:
b yo de
Grasp: lio ji
Merger: h bng
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A7
News
SAN FRANCISCO
S
OCIAL-MEDIA ser-
vices have surged in
popularity by giving
users leeway to post
comments, photos and videos.
But that freedom can back-
fire if members content pushes
the boundaries of good taste,
potentially turning off advertis-
ers.
Yesterday, Facebook said it
plans to bolster efforts to keep
hate speech off its pages, amid
complaints the site allowed con-
tent that encourages violence
against women.
Nissans British unit and
some smaller advertisers tem-
porarily halted some Facebook
advertisements that could have
been shown next to offensive
content after the group Wom-
en, Action, & the Media criti-
cised the social networks re-
sponse to complaints.
Pressure on the company es-
calated last week when a collec-
tive led by Women, Action, &
the Media published an open
letter asking Facebook execu-
tives to ban gender-based
hate speech on your site.
The letter highlighted Face-
book pages with names like
Violently Raping Your Friend
Just for Laughs, and other pag-
es that included graphic images
of women being abused.
The activists sent more than
5,000 e-mail messages to Face-
books advertisers and elicited
more than 60,000 posts on
Twitter.
Facebook said it will review
guidelines for evaluating con-
tent that may violate its stand-
ards, and will update training
for teams that review reports
on hate speech.
The social-media giant plans
to set up more formal communi-
cation channels with represent-
atives of womens groups and
other organisations, to speed
up its response to questions
about content that is possibly
offensive.
In recent days, it has be-
come clear that our systems to
identify and remove hate
speech have failed to work as
effectively as we would like,
particularly on issues of gen-
der-based hate, Facebook
said in a blog post yesterday.
We need to do better and
we will.
The company also said it will
increase accountability for crea-
tors of content that is cruel or
insensitive, even if the content
doesnt qualify as hate speech.
BLOOMBERG, NYT
FB stung by hate speech
Leeway: y d
Advertisements:
gung go
Offensive: w l
Cruel: cn k
World update
In recent days, it has become clear
that our systems to identify and
remove hate speech have failed to
work as effectively as we would like.
SOCIAL-MEDIA GIANT FACEBOOK
MALAYSIA CHARGES 5 MORE
WITH SEDITION AFTER POLLS
PROSECUTORS filed sedition charges
yesterday against another five opposition
politicians and activists who urged
Malaysians to protest against what they
insist was a fraud-tainted election victory
by the ruling Barisan Nasional.
The five men charged opposition
politicians Tian Chua and Tamrin Ghafar,
and three activists pleaded not guilty in a
Kuala Lumpur district court. They criticised
the government while speaking at a
political forum on May 13. Student activist
Adam Adli was charged last week.
AP
NEWSPAPER TRUCKS BANNED
FROM MYANMAR HIGHWAY
TRUCKS carrying copies of Myanmar
newspaper The Daily Eleven have been
banned from plying the Yangon-Mandalay
highway after the newspaper criticised the
highway.
In an editorial published on Sunday, it
criticised the quality and standard of the
highway, citing a bus accident last Saturday
that claimed 11 lives.
ELEVENMEDIA/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
$1.3m BAIL FOR MAN ACCUSED
OF PUTTING BABY IN FREEZER
BAIL was set at US$1 million (S$1.3
million) on Tuesday for a 25-year-old man
in Washington state accused of putting his
six-week-old daughter in a minus 12 deg C
freezer for about an hour to stop her from
crying. Doctors believe the baby will
survive, but it is too soon to know whether
there will be potential complications.
AP
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A8 News
KATHMANDU
S
IXTY years ago yester-
day, Mr Kanchha Sher-
pa was 21 when New
Zealander Edmund Hil-
lary and Nepalese guide Tenzing
Norgay Sherpa made the maiden
conquest of the worlds tallest
mountain.
The time was 11.30am, he
told journalists as a special guest
at a function organised here to
mark the diamond jubilee of the
first ascent of Everest.
Mr Kanchha is the only
veteran of the 1953 British expe-
dition led by Mr John Hunt who
is still alive.
I was excited when I found
out that these foreigners were
spending such a big amount just
to climb a mountain, recalled Mr
Kanchha, now81. But later, I re-
alised it was a victory over Ever-
est.
The British-funded trip to the
highest point on earth 8,848m
above sea level changed
mountaineering forever, and
turned Sir Edmund and Mr Tenz-
ing into household names in
many parts of the world.
Everyone knows Tenzing
and Hillary climbed Everest, but
nobody knows how hard we
worked along the way, Mr Kanc-
cha said.
One thousand two hundred
coolies (porters) were gath-
ered...at Bhaktapur, near Kath-
mandu...
Everyone walked from there
because there werent any roads,
no motor vehicles, no planes. It
took us 16 days to reach Nam-
che.
Today, Namche is the start of
the Everest route.
While the Nepalese govern-
ment is keen to promote the
anniversary, many in the climb-
ing community reflected on the
dangers of over-commercialisa-
tion.
Recent photographs showing
queues of climbers waiting their
turn to reach the summit, as well
as gathering mounds of rubbish
and even a brawl between climb-
ers and porters this year, have
highlighted problems on the
roof of the world.
AFP, THE KATHMANDU
POST/ASIANEWS NETWORK
REMEMBERING PAST GLORY: Mr Kanchha Sherpa was part of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition that placed Sir Edmund
Hillary and Mr Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on the summit of the worlds highest mountain. PHOTO: PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP
Veteran marks
60th year of
Everest ascent
Maiden: shu c
Veteran: lo shu
Mountaineering:
dng shn
Anniversary:
zhu nin j nin
MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A9
News
TOKYO
S
ONY is best known as a
consumer-electronics
company, making Play-
Station game consoles
and television sets. Yet, the firm
loses money on almost every
gadget it sells.
On the other hand, Sony has
made money producing Holly-
wood movies and selling music.
That profitable part of the busi-
ness is what Mr Daniel Loeb, an
American investor and manager
of the hedge fund Third Point,
wants Sony to spin off to raise
cash to resuscitate its electronics
business.
But, as Mr Loeb pressures
Sony executives to do more to re-
vive the companys ailing elec-
tronics arm, some analysts are
asking: Why bother?
A new report from the invest-
ment-banking firm Jefferies deliv-
ered a harsh assessment of Sonys
electronics business.
Electronics is its Achilles
heel and, in our view, it is worth
zero, wrote Mr Atul Goyal, con-
sumer-technology analyst for Jef-
feries, in the report, released this
week.
In our view, it needs to exit
most electronics markets.
The maker of the Walkman
and the Trinitron without elec-
tronics? What would it do?
Although Sony sells hundreds
of products as varied as batteries
and head-mounted 3-D displays,
its most successful business is sell-
ing insurance. While it doesnt
run this business in the United
States or Europe, Sony makes a
lot of money writing life, auto
and medical policies in Japan.
Its financial arm accounts for
63 per cent of Sonys total operat-
ing profit last year. Life insurance
has been its biggest moneymaker
over the last decade, earning the
company 933 billion yen (S$11.7
billion) in operating profit in the
10 years that ended in March.
Sonys film and music divisions
which produced movies like the
Spider-Man films and Zero Dark
Thirty, and recorded musicians like
the electronic-music duo Daft Punk
have contributed US$7 billion
(S$8.9 billion) to the companys
bottom line over the last decade.
In that time, Sonys electronics
division has lost a cumulative
US$8.5 billion.
The problem is that the board
is still absolutely focused on fix-
ing electronics, said Dr Kouji Ya-
mada, a visiting professor at Hitot-
subashi University in Tokyo.
Sony chief executive Kazuo
Hirai said last Wednesday that its
board would consider Third
Points proposal, even as it em-
phasised that the discussions
were preliminary.
There are some glimmers that
Sony is finding its way again. Its
sleek new XPeria Z smartphone
has received some rave reviews.
Photography buffs have called its
high-end RX1 camera the most ad-
vanced compact camera.
Not so long ago, we had de-
spaired at Sonys ability to ever
again produce stellar products,
Mr Damian Thong, technology an-
alyst at Macquarie Securities, said
in a report.
Yet, we now have had a con-
sistent run of beautifully-de-
signed, technologically-ad-
vanced, class-leading products...
We think these products hark
back to Sonys glory days.
NYT
CHINESE banks have sharply in-
creased loans to global shipown-
ers as European lenders retreat
from the market, but some are
driving a hard bargain: the fi-
nance often comes with the condi-
tion that vessels be built in China.
The financing has given Chi-
nas shipyards a lifeline, after
new orders dropped to a sev-
en-year low last year.
The government wants Chi-
nese yards to move up the value
chain by building higher-quality
vessels and to become a player in
the offshore energy-equipment in-
dustry, a lucrative sector in the
generally-depressed shipbuilding
market.
The role played by Chinese
lenders has drawn the ire of some
industry critics, who say an al-
ready-oversupplied global fleet
will only get bigger because ship-
owners are taking advantage of
cheaper quotes from Chinese
yards, compared to other build-
ers.
Chinese shipyards won new or-
ders of 11.57 million deadweight
tonnes in the first four months of
the year, up 57 per cent from the
same period last year, data from
the China Association of the Na-
tional Shipbuilding Industry
showed.
A key supporter has been the
Export-Import Bank of China, a
policy bank that provides financ-
ing to advance government eco-
nomic goals.
China Ex-Im is open to all cli-
ents who build vessels in China,
said Mr Chen Bin, deputy general
manager of the banks trans-
port-finance department.
Last month, Greek shipowners
ordered 142 vessels, more than
60 per cent of their global order
book, from Chinese yards. Good
pricing and Chinese financing
were among the reasons, Greek
Shipping Minister Kostis Mous-
souroulis was quoted by Chinas
official Xinhua News Agency as
saying at the time.
The enticement to order at
particular yards on the basis that
you will get financed certainly at-
tracted a lot of non-listed Europe-
an companies, said Mr Timothy
Ross, head of Asia-Pacific trans-
port research at Credit Suisse.
REUTERS
NEXT STEP: Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai at a news conference in Tokyo,
Japan, last Wednesday. The firms board will consider a proposal to spin off part
of its entertainment business. PHOTO: TOMOHIRO OHSUMI/BLOOMBERG
China to shipowners:
Borrow here, build here
Sonys bread and butter? Not gadgets
Electronics is its Achilles heel and,
in our view, it is worth zero.
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Electronics:
din z chn pn
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News
W
E REFER to Miss
Tan Qiao Yuans
l etter, MRT
needs queue sys-
tem (My Paper, May 17), and
that of Mr Foong Chong Hung,
Hot and bothered at MRT sta-
tion (My Paper, May 21).
There are funnel shaped
floor markings to show commut-
ers where to queue in most MRT
stations.
Together with the Public
Transport Council, the Singa-
pore Kindness Movement and
the two public-transport opera-
tors, we have also been running
campaigns to encourage commut-
ers to play their part by queuing
up before they board. Such cam-
paigns have helped promote
queuing, as we observe changed
behaviour in many stations.
The Land Transport Authori-
ty (LTA) will continue to look to
systems abroad to see if their de-
signs can be adapted for use on
our system.
With regard to Mr Foongs
concerns, our investigations
show that there was a fault with
one of the two air-conditioning
units at the Raffles Place MRT
station. SMRT is working to re-
pair the defective air-condition-
er as soon as possible.
In the meantime, SMRT has
deployed fans at the stations
concourse and platforms to im-
prove the stations ventilation.
A notice has also been placed at
the Passenger Service Centre to
inform commuters of the partial
air-conditioning due to mainte-
nance works.
LTA is looking to introduce
new standards on commuter
comfort, such as the tempera-
ture within MRT stations.
We thank Miss Tan and Mr
Foong for their feedback.
MS HELEN LIM
DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS
AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
LAND TRANSPORT
AUTHORITY
LET us examine the freedom of
choice argument frequently cit-
ed by smokers, on the eve of
World No Tobacco Day.
It is fallacious for smokers to
cite freedom of choice when:
smokers in Singapore tend to
get addicted around the ages of
12 or 13.
addiction to tobacco and
damaging ones own health and
that of others is no joy. It is an illu-
sory joy stemming from ones ad-
diction.
freedom of choice is lost when
one is addicted and unable to quit.
The World Health Organizations
Protection FromExposure To Sec-
ond-hand Tobacco Smoke Policy
Recommendations handbook
states that smoke-free legislation
does not mean smokers cannot
smoke; it only limits where smok-
ing is permissible, to prevent
smokers from harming others.
There is no right to smoke
enshrined in any national Consti-
tution or international hu-
man-rights law.
Conversely, the right to life, the
right to the enjoyment of the high-
est attainable standard of health,
the right to a healthy environment
and other rights to protection from
exposure to tobacco smoke are
found in numerous international
human-rights laws.
MS LIU I-CHUN
LTA responds
on MRT issues
Smokers
not really
free to
choose
Stomper jiakpabuey came across a YouTube video showing
youths doing push-ups in front of the Abercrombie & Fitch
store in Orchard Road, and on an escalator. The youths
should think twice before carrying out such a silly act as they
might hurt themselves, the Stomper said.
DANGEROUS STUNT ON ESCALATOR
Bothered: fn ro
Campaigns: hu dng
Adapted:
sh yng y
Ventilation:
kng q li tng
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BY STEPHEN HOLDEN
THE HANGOVER PART III (M18)
Comedy/100 minutes
T
HE Wolfpack rides
again.
Or, rather, it limps
exhaustedly over the
tundra, in what is billed as the fi-
nal edition of the Hangover trilo-
gy.
These superannuated party ani-
mals try vainly to stir up some en-
thusiasm during a return visit to
Las Vegas, the setting of the first
Hangover movie. But their hearts
arent in it.
As the expectant audience at
the screening I attended waited
for the film to explode into action
with the usual lewd, gross-out an-
tics, only a few scattered laughs
could be heard, along with much
grumbling after the final credits.
The Hangover Part III, direct-
ed by Todd Phillips, is a dull, lazy
walk-through that, along with
The Big Wedding, has a claim to
be the years worst star-driven
movie.
The Wolfpack includes Phil
(Bradley Cooper), Doug (Justin
Bartha), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan
(Zach Galifianakis), four of the
unlikeliest buddies to join forces
in search of adventure.
Phil is the charmer; Doug, the
straight arrow; Stu, the square
and Alan, the infantile id.
The Hangover Part III concen-
trates more on Alan than the earli-
er movies did, and on their trou-
blemaking, whiny-voiced, socio-
pathic Asian gangster, Mr Chow
(Ken Jeong).
An early scene in which Alan
is speeding home in his sports car
with a giraffe in an attached trail-
er promises more comedy than is
delivered.
As he reaches an underpass,
his long-necked pet is decapitat-
ed, and the accident causes a traf-
fic pile-up.
It is the first of several acts of
cruelty to animals. Dogs are shot,
and a coked-up chicken is smoth-
ered.
After the giraffe mishap, the
other Wolfpack members stage
an intervention, to which Alan re-
luctantly agrees. While taking
himto a rehab centre, they are in-
tercepted by a hulking mobster
named Marshall (John Goodman)
and his goons wearing pig masks.
Marshall blames Chow for
stealing millions of dollars of gold
bricks and takes Doug as a hos-
tage until the Asian gangster is
brought to him, along with the
gold.
The story zigzags awkwardly
to Mexico and back.
When the guys discover that
Chow is in Las Vegas, holed up in
a heavily-guarded penthouse
suite with drugs and escorts at
Caesars Palace, they re-enter Sin
City where all their troubles be-
gan and try to capture him.
These Las Vegas adventures
are a sequence of perfunctory
stunts: entering the penthouse
from the roof on tied-together
sheets, Chows escaping by para-
chute and the tedious chasing that
pads out the movie.
In the most amusing scene set
in Las Vegas, Alan and Cassie
(Melissa McCarthy, in a cameo
role as a mean-spirited pawnbro-
ker) make goo-goo eyes at each
other in a grotesque flirtation that
involves the passing of a red lolli-
pop from one mouth into anoth-
er.
At their best, the earlier Hang-
over movies were anarchic, ab-
surdist farces descended fromAb-
bott and Costello, the Three
Stooges and the Hope-Crosby
road movies, but with a libido in-
flamed by drugs and booze.
In the spirit of those forerun-
ners, the members of the Wolf-
pack age, but they never learn
from experience.
Only in a sight gag during the
final credits is there a momentary
flare-up of the old antic spirit.
Otherwise, The Hangover Part III
is dead.
Goodbye and good riddance.
NYT
LAST HURRAH: (From left) Phil (Bradley Cooper), Alan (Zach Galifianakis), Mr Chow (Ken Jeong) and Stu (Ed Helms)
return to Las Vegas in the final edition of the Hangover trilogy, The Hangover Part III. PHOTO: WARNER BROS PICTURES
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Quick takes
DEAD MAN DOWN
(NC16)
Crime thriller/117
minutes
Rating: 3.5/5
BEATRICE (Noomi
Rapace) and Victor (Colin
Farrell) live in facing apartments.
He is a thug in a gang run by Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence
Howard) and Beatrice is a beautician whose face has been
scarred in a car crash.
One day, at the urging of her mother Valentin (Isabelle
Huppert), Beatrice decides to give Victor her phone number.
As their relationship deepens, both discover that each of
them harbours dark, unsavoury secrets.
There are major flaws in this work, but there are enough
moments that mesmerise to make this one of this seasons
better thrillers.
The acting, for one thing, is top-notch.
JOHN LUI
GREAT
EXPECTATIONS (PG)
Drama/124 minutes
Rating: 3.5/5
THE orphan Pip (Jeremy
Irvine) has been cared for
since he was a child by
his mean sister, Mrs Joe (Sally Hawkins), and her much-
sweeter husband, Joe (Jason Flemyng).
Sent to the mansion of the eccentric heiress Miss
Havisham (Helena Bonham Carter) to amuse her adopted
daughter Estella (Holliday Grainger), he falls in love with the
girl.
When a mysterious benefactor showers Pip with wealth, he
vows to become a gentleman worthy of Estellas hand.
The seventh made-for-cinema feature based on the
sprawling serialised novel by Charles Dickens roots the story in
a powerfully-realised time and place, but otherwise adds little
that is new to a classic.
JOHN LUI
EPIC (PG)
Animation/103 minutes
Rating: 3/5
AFTER her mother dies,
Mary Katherine (voiced
by Amanda Seyfried)
moves in with her
scientist father (Jason Sudeikis), who is obsessed with
gathering evidence of the existence of Leaf Men, a community
of tiny people living in the deep forest. Walking in the forest
one day, she stumbles upon the Leaf Mens Queen (Beyonce),
who shrinks her to two inches. Meanwhile, the evil Mandrake
(Christoph Waltz) threatens to destroy the entire forest and
shrivel up all life forms. The Leaf Men, led by Ronin (Colin
Farrell), rebellious Nod (Josh Hutcherson) and a newly mini
Mary Katherine, have to save the day. As stunning as the
animation is here, Epic never quite lives up to its title. The story
is certainly a well-intentioned one, but many of the eco
messages in this film come across as completely contrived.
YIP WAI YEE
Superannuated:
gu sh de
Infantile: yu zh de
Hulking: bn zhu de
Anarchic:
w f w tin de
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BY JOY FANG
MARRY INTO THE PURPLE
Mondays to Fridays, 7pm
Jia Le Channel (SingTel mioTV Ch 502)
Rating: 3/5
A
LL eyes are on former Hong
Kong television queen Char-
maine Shehs performance in
Marry Into The Purple, her
first mainland-Chinese series since her de-
parture from television station TVB.
Sheh, 38, who began her career with
the station in 1997, left last year to join a
new production company in China for a
fatter pay cheque.
The question is: Did the popular ac-
tress, known as the TV Queen back in
Hong Kong, make the right decision?
I think she did.
From intricate costumes to sprawling,
extravagant sets to an enticing plot, the
production scores with its high value and
richly-fleshed-out characters.
First, the plot. This 40-parter period
drama hits the audience from the get-go
with its fast-paced story. In the first three
episodes, there are already rampant con-
spiracies, an assassination attempt, deaths
and a fake marriage.
And Sheh, as the lead, obviously en-
joys the most tragic plight of them all.
Set in the mid-1920s when China was
strongly influenced by European culture
and guns were aplenty, the plot centres on
a ruthless warlord, Cao Zhen Fang, who
controls the town and its army.
He ruins a thriving soya-sauce business
owned by the Xu family, plunging the
members into bankruptcy.
The spoilt Shen Yingdi (played by Tai-
wanese actress Jiang Zuping, known for
her villainous role as Xie Ming Ming in
Ai), was promised to Xus only son, Jiajun
(Benny Qian), from young, but she refuses
to marry a pauper and live a miserable
life.
Her younger adopted sister Yingxiu
(played by Sheh) is forced to take her
place. Needless to say, her mother-in-law
does not take well to the bride swop, and
she is subjected to endless abuse and in-
sults by the family.
Shortly after, (spoiler alert!) Jiajuns fa-
ther dies of shock and a devastated Jiajun
runs away to join a guerilla army to fight
Cao. Yingdi marries Caos son and enjoys
a luxurious life, but lets just say that that
doesnt last long.
The characters are all given sufficient
material to develop so you feel yourself
identifying with their emotional turmoil
or tragic plight.
If there is one thing Id have to nitpick
on, it would be Shehs unimpressive per-
formance in the show.
Shehs role is one of a submissive, gen-
tle, long-suffering girl, but she doesnt
bring anything extraordinary to the table.
She comes across as wooden rather
than reserved, and her pursed lips seem
petulant rather than upset. Most of the
scenes involve her standing around and
crying (a lot), while taking the abuse of
others.
In an interview with Hong Kong me-
dia, Sheh said this was the most tragic
character she had ever portrayed, adding
that she spent 40 out of the 50 days of film-
ing crying.
I wonder if she spent any of her time
honing the rest of her character.
On the other hand, Jiangs perform-
ance as the peevish but slightly adorable
and materialistic social climber is much
more engaging
The charismatic actress brightens up
the screen with her enthusiastic acting,
and you find yourself loving and hating
her character at the same time.
Also, she gives the best gleeful schem-
ing looks (probably honed from her long-
standing performance in Ai).
Qian is dashing as the tortured and im-
pulsive young man seeking revenge.
This series is definitely not light-heart-
ed material for after-work unwinding. But
it scores.
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Saucy bride swop
in ex-TVB
queens debut
BY JOY FANG
RELUCTANT BRIDE: Former TVB actress Charmaine Sheh plays a substitute bride seen here with
her adoptive father Shen Gang (played by Wang Wei Guo) who is subjected to endless abuse and
insults, in her first mainland drama series, Marry Into The Purple. PHOTO: MIO TV
Pay cheque: xn shu
Warlord: jn f
Guerilla army: yu j jn
Peevish: p qi hui de
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P
LAYING basketball,
going swimming, danc-
ing to his favourite
music, or just walking
up a flight of stairs is not what an
average 12-year-old boy would
call his dream.
But for Luka, doing such sim-
ple everyday activities is possible
only in his imagination. He suf-
fers from muscular dystrophy, a
degenerative disease that de-
prives him of his ability to move
his body over time.
Right now, the only parts of
his limbs that he can move at will
are his fingers, which allow him
to control the joystick of his
wheelchair and draw pictures.
With the help of photographer
Matej Peljhan, Luka has nowreal-
ised one of his wishes.
In his latest series Le Petit
Prince (Little Prince), Peljhan
featured photographs in which Lu-
ka appears to do all sorts of activi-
ties.
Some time ago, during one of
our conversations, he expressed
his wish to see himself on a pho-
to, walking around and doing all
sorts of mischief, Peljhan ex-
plained in a context he wrote
about the series.
In the photographs, Luka joy-
fully runs while holding a bal-
loon, break dances to music from
a boombox, swims with a school
of fish, and even plays basketball
in his imaginary world.
Rather than rely on Pho-
toshop, Peljhan laid props around
Luka to make it look like he is
walking, playing and exploring.
Luka knows his fate but he
doesnt give in, said Peljhan.
Although his lifespan is severely
compromised, he stays positive
and focuses on things he can do,
rather than obsess over what he
has lost.
Peljhan said Lukas wish
seemed impossible at first, but it
turned out all that was needed
was a change of perspective.
Luka knows how to do it. He
challenges us to prove we are
able to do it as well, he said.
THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA
NEWS NETWORK
Wheelchair
boy realises
his dream
in photos
Pop singer Rihanna will be here to perform at the Padang stage during
the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on Sept 22. The concert is part of
her 2013 Diamonds World Tour and will be the 25-year-olds second
solo concert here since 2008. Tickets start from $228 and are available
at www.singaporegp.sg or Sistic at www.sistic.com.sg
RIHANNA TO PERFORMAT F1 CONCERT
The 35-year-old, who
recently represented
Singapore at the WA
Oceanafest 2013 culinary
competition, won a gold
medal for his yuzu-apple
cheesecake creation.
With 10 years of
experience and training
overseas, he is now the
pastry chef at Orchard
Hotel.
My Paper speaks to
Mr Ng about his favourite
desserts and pastries.
When did your culinary
interests begin?
It began during my school days,
especially after watching French
pastry chef Jacque Torres television
series Dessert Circus. I have always
dreamt of becoming a pastry chef,
due to my love for chocolate and my
passion for making desserts.
What are some of your
favourite pastries?
I like to do authentic desserts and
love to bake with rich dough. My
favourite is (to make desserts) with
meringue.
I specialise mainly in French
pastries. However, I like to experience
different kinds of desserts, especially
using local fruit, the latest being
chempedak.
How often do you cook at
home?
I cook at home on special occasions
for both friends and family. A must is
my special butter cake, a traditional
family recipe.
What is the best dessert
youve ever had?
Chempedak fritter at Bedok
Interchange. This has inspired me to
create my rum-and-raisin chempedak
tea cake.
What is your favourite
Singaporean dish or
dessert?
Black glutinous rice with coconut
cream is my favourite. Other local
desserts I love include chempedak
pengat and durian pengat.
What advice would you
give to young aspiring
pastry chefs?
Have passion and love in your
cooking or baking.
When the journey gets tough, do not
give up easily and always do your
best in everything you do.
GILLIANPINTO
Muscular dystrophy:

j ru wi su zhng
Joystick:
kng zh gn
Props: do j
Obsess: din nin
STEPPING UP: ...and climbing a
flight of stairs. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN
Q&A
Pastry chef
NG CHEE
LEONG
AIRBORNE: Rather than rely on Photoshop, photographer Matej Peljhan laid props around Luka, who suffers from
muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, to make it look like he is playing basketball... PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN
GLIDING ALONG: ...skating, with the
wind in his face. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN
DOING A FLIP: ...break-dancing to the
boombox. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN
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BY DOUG FERGUSON
The Associated Press
E
RNIE Els flashed an easy smile
at a reporter walking towards
the clubhouse at the TPC Saw-
grass earlier this month.
This must be great for you guys, he
said. Come out to the PGA Tour and eve-
ry week they hand you another story.
And he wasnt talking about Adam
Scott winning the Masters.
The public spat between Sergio Garcia
and Tiger Woods that brought overtures
of racism back into golf is just one of the
incidents that have plagued what used to
be known as a gentlemans game.
Its been quite a controversial year for
golf, Britains Lee Westwood said.
Any talk of Woods is sure to include
the illegal drop he took at the Masters, the
two-shot penalty he received the next
day, the incorrect scorecard with his signa-
ture on it and Augusta National invoking
Rule 33-7, which gave it discretion to dis-
regard the penalty of disqualification for
the incorrect scorecard.
And there was Fijian Vijay Singh, who
sued the PGA Tour the day before The
Players Championship. The issue? He had
used deer-antler spray, which he claimed
was to relieve back and knee problems.
The tour proposed a six-month suspen-
sion. Singh appealed and got off the hook.
And then he sued the tour.
But Singh vs. PGA felt like an under-
card compared with Garcia vs. Woods.
The Spaniard opened a slanging match
by suggesting Woods was the cause of a
commotion in their final group of the third
round.
Woods called out Garcia for his con-
stant complaining, which led Garcia to say
Woods wasnt the nicest guy on tour. And
then, he tried to make a joke about having
Woods over for fried chicken, and he
wound up with egg on his face.
Garcia threw out the racial stereotype
the same day that the Royal & Ancient
Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association intro-
duced Rule 14-1b, effective in 2016, that
would ban the anchored stroke used for
long putters like the one Scott used
when he won the Masters, or the one Els
used at the British Open, and Webb Simp-
son in the US Open, and the ones used by
Tim Clark and Carl Pettersson their entire
pro careers.
At least three players, including Scott,
have retained a lawyer as they wait to see
whether the PGA Tour goes along with
the newrule. The tour met its Player Advi-
sory Council on Tuesday, the first step to-
wards figuring out which direction it will
go. There was no consensus.
So much for golfs reputation as a genteel
sport. But is all this bad bad for the game?
American pro golfer Nick Watney says
it depends on your theory of publicity.
If you had the Kardashian feeling that
any publicity is good publicity, then its
good... My view is that its bad. This is sup-
posed to be a gentlemans game. Were dif-
ferent from a lot of other pro sports.
Americas Robert Garrigus has another
opinion.
Outside the ropes, golf is probably
more interesting than it ever has been,
he said. I dont think its all that bad if it
makes our sport more interesting. There
might be a few more people come out to
the US Open.
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Golf no longer
a genteel game
Nike is dropping its partnership with Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity founded by
disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, the latest repercussion from the doping scandal that last
year stripped him of his titles. Nike said on Tuesday it would end production of its Livestrong
gear and apparel after the holiday 2013 line, ending a longstanding licensing agreement that
helped Livestrong raise a total of US$100 million (S$127 million).
NIKE DROPS PARTNERSHIP WITH ARMSTRONGS CHARITY
Outside the ropes, golf
is probably more
interesting than it ever
has been. I dont think
its all that bad if it
makes our sport more
interesting.
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APPLES chief executive, Mr
TimCook, defended the compa-
nys record of innovation under
his stewardship, saying he ex-
pects it would release several
more game-changers and hint-
ing that wearable computers
could be among them.
Its an area where its ripe
for exploration, he said on
Tuesday at the All Things Digit-
al conference, an annual gather-
ing of technology and media ex-
ecutives in California.
Its ripe for us all getting ex-
cited about, he added.
His remarks come at a time
when worries are mounting that
the company that created the
smartphone and tablet markets
is ceding ground to competitors
such as Samsung and Google.
Mr Cook stopped short of
clarifying if Apple is working on
wearable products, amid specu-
lation that it is developing a
smartwatch, saying only that
wearable computers had to be
compelling.
He said he has a grand vi-
sion for television that goes be-
yond an exi sti ng US$99
(S$125) Apple TV streaming de-
vice, but did not go into details.
The company has maintained
for years that it harbours an in-
terest in doing more in the TV
arena.
Apple is not averse to doing
a large acquisition if the ac-
quired company can help Apple
develop an important product,
Mr Cook said.
He also hinted at updates to
the companys iOS mobile soft-
ware, saying the future of iOS
would be evident when it holds
its annual developers confer-
ence next month.
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SEOUL
S
OUTH Korean tech gi-
ant Samsung Electron-
ics is gearing up for its
next bi g product
launch in London on June 20.
And word is that Samsung will
unveil its Samsung Galaxy S4
Mini at the event.
Earlier this week, Samsung ac-
cidentally gave fans a sneak pre-
view of the device, on its British
website.
There, the Galaxy S4 Mini was
bri efl y l i sted among the
smartphone line-up, along with a
photo and product number, ac-
cording to technology blog En-
gadget, which posted a screen-
shot of the page.
The listing has since been re-
moved from the site.
Samsung has said that the lat-
est model of its Galaxy series will
be shown on June 20 in London.
Its current phone, the S4, was
released three months ago, and
has sold more than 10 million
units in a month.
The Mini will be a more com-
pact version of the S4, and fol-
lows Samsungs other mini
phones. The timing for June, too,
is about right the Galaxy SIII
Mini was released just a few
months after the full-sized Gal-
axy SIII, released in May last
year.
Industry watchers say that the
S4 Mini will likely feature a
screen size of about 4.3 inches.
The S4 has a 5-inch screen.
Other anticipated features in-
clude an 8MP camera and a
1.66GHz processor.
The Minis are targeted largely
at women, notes Businessweek.
After the SIII was launched,
there was resistance to the larger
display screen (at 4.8 inches).
Our research showed that
some customers, particularly
some female customers, found
the size of the phone to be too
large, Samsung Mobile market-
ing chief D. J. Lee told Business-
week.
By November last year, Sam-
sung had completed development
of the SIII Mini, which featured a
4-inch screen.
The new Mini will be sure to
heighten the battle for the smart-
phone market between Apple
and Samsung, noted Britains The
Independent.
The newspaper noted that re-
ports this month showed that
Samsung sold 64.7 million smart-
phones in the first quarter of this
year (30.8 per cent of the global
market), with Apple coming in
second place, selling 38.8 million
smartphones (an 18.2 per cent
market share).
The Mini wont be the only
gadget on show in London, added
the newspaper.
Samsung is expected to show
its high-end ATIV ultrabook, a
laptop that will replace the com-
panys Series 9 range.
AGENCIES
SNEAK PEEK: Samsung accidentally gave fans a preview of the Galaxy S4 Mini on its British website earlier this week.
There, the Galaxy S4 Mini (highlighted above) was listed among the smartphone line-up. PHOTO: INTERNET SCREEN GRAB
Cook defends Apples
record of innovation
All eyes on
Galaxy S4
Mini launch
Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry will team up with Mozilla
to launch a mobile device that runs on the Firefox operating
system, a Mozilla spokesman said. She declined to give details
of the device, to be unveiled on Monday, but Focus Taiwan,
citing an industry insider, said that its likely to be a tablet.
FIREFOX TABLET ON THE HORIZON
He was a senior editor
covering design and
architecture for Dwell,
and was a contributor
for Wired in Britain.
Those opportunities
have been the fruits of
BldgBlog, the website
Mr Manaugh, 37, created
nine years ago.
Last week, it was
announced that he will
helmGizmodo, the
popular technology blog
known for its focus on
digital gadgets, from
September. He speaks
about his new role.
How will Gizmodo be
revamped under your
editorship?
We want to push what technology
means. Its not just about gadgets
you carry around in your pocket.
The city itself is the largest
gadget that humans have made. You
can talk about the ways cities are
managed, the ways governments
function.
Well be focusing a lot more on
athletic technology, including gear in
emerging sports like wilderness
hiking. Well be looking at military
technology, everything from biofuels
to stealth materials, not just how
iPhones are made.
Gizmodo readers appear
to like the coverage of
Apple and new gadgets.
You might come to Gizmodo
expecting to read about an Apple
conference, and we will still cover
that sort of things.
But if you see a compelling
article about 3-D printing or elevator
design, I think youll be interested in
that.
Its taking all of the things
Gizmodo is good at and has an
audience for, and adding urbanism,
architecture and design.
Youll see interviews with
architects, coverage of building
projects around the world. Its
treating gadgets as design objects.
How do design and
technology fit together as
subjects?
Theyre always related. Most
technical innovators or inventors are
pretty explicitly aware of design.
People are constantly
encountering design, whether its the
newest laptop, or clothing, or all the
weird new cooking gear thats
coming out and turning kitchens into
chemistry sets.
It goes back to showing people
how technology and design work
together.
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F
OR many, no drink is
more synonymous
with good health than
green tea, the ancient
Chinese beverage known for its
soothing aroma and abundance of
antioxidants.
But a new report by an inde-
pendent laboratory shows that
green tea can vary widely from
one cup to the next.
And some green-tea leaves are
contaminated with lead, though
the metal does not appear to
leach out during the brewing pro-
cess.
The report was published by
ConsumerLab.com, an independ-
ent site that tests health products.
The company took a close
look at brewed and bottled
green-tea products, and found
that green tea brewed from loose
tea leaves was perhaps the best
and most potent source of antioxi-
dants like epigallocatechin gal-
late, or EGCG.
Green teas popularity has
been fuelled in part by research
linking EGCG to benefits ranging
fromweight loss to cancer preven-
tion, but the evidence comes
largely from test-tube studies, re-
search on animals and large popu-
lation studies, none of it very rig-
orous. Researchers could not rule
out the contribution of other
healthy behaviours that tend to
occur together.
Researchers tested various
brands of green-tea beverages
sold in stores. One variety, Diet
Snapple Green Tea, contained al-
most no EGCG. Another bottled
brand, Honest Teas Green Tea
With Honey, claimed to carry
190 milligrams of catechins, but
the report said that it contained
only about 60 per cent of that fig-
ure. The drink also contained 18g
of sugar, about half the amount
found in a can of Sprite.
Green tea in its more natural
forms loose tea leaves sold by
Teavana, and tea bags sold by
companies like Bigelow and Lip-
ton fared better.
A single serving of Teavanas
Gyokuro green tea, about one tea-
spoonful, was chock-full of anti-
oxidants, yielding about 250
milligrams of catechins, a
third of which were EGCG.
A single bag of the green
tea sold by Lipton and Bigelow
contained somewhat smaller
amounts of antioxidants than
Teavanas green tea.
The most surprising part of
the study was an analysis of the
lead content in the green-tea
leaves. The leaves in the Lipton
and Bigelow tea bags contained
1.25 to 2.5 micrograms of lead
per serving. The leaves from
Teavana did not contain measura-
ble amounts.
Lead can occur in many bo-
tanical products because it is (ab-
sorbed) from the ground, said
Dr Tod Cooperman, president of
ConsumerLab.com.
The green-tea plant is known
to absorb lead from the environ-
ment at a higher rate than other
plants, and lead can also build up
on the surface of leaves.
Dr Cooperman said the tea
leaves containing lead probably
originated from China, where
studies have found that industrial
pollution causes the leaves in
some regions to pick up substan-
tial amounts of lead.
The Teavana leaves came
from Japan, where that is less of a
problem, he said.
Still, the study found that
there was no real health concern
from the lead. The liquid portions
of the teas that were brewed and
tested contained very little, if
any, of the metal, Dr Cooperman
said.
NYT
PACKED WITH GOODNESS: A new report shows that green tea brewed from
loose tea leaves is perhaps the best and most potent source of antioxidants
like epigallocatechin gallate. PHOTO: DESMOND FOO/THE STRAITS TIMES
Vital to choose right green-tea drink
Born in Hanoi and raised
in Moscow, the 26-year-
old Vietnamese model-
entrepreneur has
organised fashion shows
at the Petronas Twin
Towers Skybridge in
Kuala Lumpur, on
Londons Tower Bridge,
and on a cruise ship in
Dubai.
Her latest J Spring
Fashion Show will be
held tomorrow on the
Seine River in Paris, on
board the Le Jean Bruel,
a giant glass boat.
My Paper spoke to Anh
on her thoughts on
hosting a similar event
here.
As a model, youve
walked the runways in
cities like Paris. Did you
face any discrimination,
being an Asian model in a
Western world?
I have never encountered any
discrimination or difficulties being an
Asian model in the fashion world.
I think each brand targets certain
markets and, if they choose a
Western model over an Asian model,
thats just a strategic decision.
Today, you do see more Asian
models in major Western ad
campaigns and fashion shows, which
shows the growing power of fashion
in the Asian markets. The trend is
very positive.
Why do you use iconic
landmarks to host runway
shows?
Ive observed major fashion shows
over the years, and noticed a
repeated pattern and style which is
not necessarily intriguing any more.
I wanted to change the way
guests experience the shows.
Bringing the shows to the most-
iconic landmarks around the world
makes them a lot more desirable.
How did you come up
with this idea?
It all started after I finished the J
Summer Fashion Show in 2011 at the
Savoy London.
I needed to top that show with an
even bigger and better venue, and
realised I wouldnt be able to do so
on the ground.
The idea of height came to me
and my eyes were set on Englands
iconic Tower Bridge.
It was definitely a dream to
become the first fashion-show
organiser to turn the famous bridge
into a phenomenal catwalk 44m
above the River Thames.
Do you have plans to
organise shows in Asia?
Asia, to me, is definitely worth
discovering and promoting, and I am
looking forward to finalising my next
shows in Singapore, Japan and
China.
Last years J Spring Fashion Show
at the Petronas Twin Towers
Skybridge was one of my proudest
achievements, not only because it
was the worlds highest fashion
show, but also because I managed to
position Kuala Lumpur on the
international fashion map.
I am planning to do the same for
other cities in Asia.
Where would you host a
show in Singapore?
As I select only unique venues where
no one has hosted a show before,
new fashion landmarks in Singapore
wont attract me.
I would like to create a brand-new
concept at an unexpected venue in
Singapore.
What are your future
plans?
In the next two years, I will continue
to host unique catwalks at the most-
iconic venues.
Afterwards, I plan to work with
well-known developers and architects
to actually build venues for my
shows.
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