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WILMAR International, worlds largest palm-oiltrader, plans to cut ties wIndonesian suppliers thatclear land illegally with fafter air pollution inSingapore reached a newdue to haze caused by thblazes in Sumatra.
Wilmar, which bansburning on its own plantarelies on third parties for than 90 per cent of crudeoil for its refineries.
While Indonesia andMalaysia ban burning to cor manage acreage, 17 timconcessions and 10 oil-paplantations had land affecby fires in Indonesia, accoto June 24 data from the
non-governmental WorldResources Institute (WRI)
Indonesia is investigatinnumber of companies suspof involvement in illegal fiand will announce those nonce the probe is completeEnvironment Minister BaltKambuaya said last week.
Wilmar deals with somthe companies identified bWRI, on the assurance thadont resort to burning, thcompany said in an e-mailmessage.
Should they be founbe involved in burning toclear land for cultivationwill stop doing business wthem, it said.
The companys policy
states that suppliers mustcomply with all local andnational laws and regulat
Palm-oil refiners are bpushed to enforce theirno-burning policies againsuppliers after hundreds illegal blazes raged last min Indonesia, the worldsproducer of the commod
Kuala Lumpur-based SDarby said in a statemenFriday that it had found fon land at one of its unitthough the blazes were iarea where local communplant crops such as corn asugar, and not in areasplanted by the company.BLOOMBERG
Wilmar toshut out paoil suppliersbehind fires
Egyptian protesters shone laser lights on a military helicopterlying over the presidential palace in Cairo on Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of demonstratorslooded the streets calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi, on the anniversary of his
turbulent first year in power. It was the biggest protests that Egypt has seen since the 2011 revolt.
Highlighting Egypt protest:PHOTO: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS
First, it was N95 masks, then Hello Kitty plush toys. Now, scalpers are targeting highly-sought-afterNational Day Parade tickets to make a quick buck, going by several online auctions and salesoffers. Behavioural experts told My Paper that such profiteering reflects how the kiasu
mentality is very much a part of Singaporeans, with some saying the situation may be getting worse.
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Manufacturingslowdown inChina could haveglobal repercussions
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B Y G I L L I A N P I N T O
THE haze situationmight be improvingbut schools are notletting their guard
down, said Senior ParliamentarySecretary for Education Sim Annyesterday, on the first day ofschool after the June holidays.
Were not taking (the haze)
for granted. Schools are well pre-pared with various contingencymeasures. They know what to doin case therere any changes inthe air quality, said Ms Sim on avisit to Hougang Primary School.
We put the health and safetyof our students and our staff first,and we will be tracking (the hazesituation) very closely.
She added that schools arekeeping track of students who
may have existing medical condi-tions, such as heart or respiratoryconditions. Teachers will pay spe-cial attention to these students,said Ms Sim.
She added that if anyone de-velops any discomfort or feels un-well, every school has prepared ah ol d in g r oo m w i th a n ai rpurifier. Those rooms will beused as a temporary resting area
for school children or staff whofind themselves in need of medi-cal attention.
The Ministry of Educations(MOEs) guidelines for studentswill follow the health advisory is-sued by the Government everyday, said Ms Sim.
Should thehaze situation wors-en, schools are prepared to moveclasses into indoor air-condi-tioned areas like sports halls.
In the event of school closures,the Kellock branch of the Con-vent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CH-IJ), for instance, has preparede-learning lesson materials for stu-dents to access from their homes.
For many schools, includingCHIJ Kellock and Hougang Pri-m a ry , e -ma il m e ssa ge s a n dSMSes are being used to dissemi-nate information to parents.
Ms Caral Goh, whose Primary5 son attends Hougang Primary,was grateful for the schools com-munication system. She receivedan SMS last Friday informing herthat school would be in sessionyesterday.
The school has kept parentsi n fo r me d, s o w e w e re n o tpanicky, said the 40-year-oldowner of a tuition centre, notingthat awareness of the situation
helps to alleviate panic andfear.
Attendance at HougangPrima-ry was 98 per cent yesterday, saidMsSim slightly better thanusu-al.
Some parents, however, feelthat more measures could befirmed up, should the PollutantStandards Index (PSI) levels hithazardous levels again, as they
did on June 21.MOE said last Friday that it
will consider closing all primaryand secondary schools when thedaily health advisory for the fol-lowing day indicates that the airquality will hit the hazardous lev-el.
Ms Kathy Lee, 48, whosedaughter is in Primary 6 at CHIJKellock, said she felt that shouldthat occur, planned closures
should be in place.MOE should not be con
ing the move for closures astage, she said.
MOE has yet to disclosefactors it would consider, wigard to the closing of schoo
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Schools not taking haze for granted
The centuries-old skull of a white man found in Australia is raising questionsabout whether Captain James Cook really was the first European to land on countrys east coast. The skull was found in northern New South Wales in 2and scientific testing revealed that it possibly belonged to a white man bornaround 1650, well before Englishman Cook reached the Eastern Seaboard in
SKULLHASAUSSIESSCRATCHING THEIR HEADS
Contingency measures: yng bin cu
Air purifier:kng q jng hu q
E-learning:din z xu x
Panicky: kng hun
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B Y K E N N Y C H E E
PROPERTY coolingmeasures and a largesupply of new flatsha ve l e d to pub-
lic-housing prices rising at a slow-er pace in the second quarter, saidhousing experts yesterday.
Housing Board (HDB) resaleprices rose just 0.5 per cent in thesecond quarter of the year, basedon estimates released yesterday.
This is lower than the 1.3 percent rise in the first quarter, aswell as the 1.3 per cent rise in the
second quarter of last year.HDB said this was the lowest
quarter-on-quarter growth sincethe first quarter of 2009.
Ms Christine Li, head of re-search and consultancy at real-es-tate firm OrangeTee, said thatJanuarys property cooling mea-sures have helped to stabiliseHDB resale prices, as well as
cash-over-valuation (COV) val-ues the sum paid over andabove the valuation of a flat.
One cooling measure statedthat home buyers taking a HDBloan were limited to one wherethe monthly repayment does notexceed 35 per cent of their grossmonthly income, down from 40per cent.
Data released by the Singa-pore Real Estate Exchange earlylast month showed that the over-all median COV fell to $26,000 inMay, compared to $35,000 at thestart of the year.
The abundant supply ofHDB Build-to-Order (BTO) flatsthat the Government has beenrolling out could have also di-verted some demand away fromthe resale market, said Ms LeeLay Keng, DTZs head of Singa-pore research.
Mr Mohamed Ismail, chief ex-ecutive of PropNex Realty, said
the release of new BTO flatsmeans that the resale market iseffectively serving only upgrad-ers and permanent residentsnow.
He expected the gradual, ris-ing trend in resale prices to contin-ue, although at an even-slowerpace with the January measuresand the Governments move tounpeg new-flat prices fromthose of resale units.
Ms Li said COVs will stabiliseor fall further for the rest of theyear, with an expected 10 percent drop from current values.
Meanwhile, estimates from theUrban Redevelopment Authorityshowed that private-home pricesrose moderately by 0.8 per centin the second quarter. UnlikeHDB resale prices, this was high-er than the 0.6 per cent rise in thefirst quarter and the 0.4 per centin the second quarter of last year.
Knight Frank said the contin-
ued rise in prices is a reflectionof robust underlying demand.
Ms Li said there was still de-mand despite the cooling mea-sures as some buyers had been us-ing proxies buying privatehomes under the names of theirchildren or relatives.
But last Fridays move by theMonetary Authority of Singaporeto limit this is expected to lowerinvestor demand going forward,she said.
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Mr Steve Soh, 31, getting his hair cut in supportof the Childrens Cancer Foundation. The Assistant Manager of Networksat Central Singapore CDC, along with 22 staff from the PeoplesAssociation, had his hair shorn in the presence of colleagues.
3 MORE SMRT BUS ROUTESFOR WHEELCHAIR USERS
SMRT will be introducing
Wheelchair Accessible Bus(WAB) services on three serviceroutes 902, 965 and 969 fromSunday. A blue WAB decal willbe displayed prominently at thefront of each bus to indicate thatit is a WAB service.
Visit www.smrt.com.sg forinformation.
MAN NABBED FOR BUKITBATOK HOUSEBREAKING
POLICE have arrested a50-year-old man believed to havebeen involved in a case of
housebreaking and theft at aHousing Board flat near BukBatok Street 21.
The suspect will be chargthe Subordinate Courtstomorrow for the offence, wcarries a maximum penalty years imprisonment.
SINGHEALTH TAMPINREOPENS TOMORROW
THE upgraded SingHealthpolyclinic at 1 Tampines Str41 will open tomorrow.
The polyclinic was closedJanuary for renovation. Visican expect an increased numof service areas and expandwaiting areas for patients.
Singapore update
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Lowest:zu d
Abundant:chng z
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B Y W I N O N A W E E
FIRST it was N95masks, then HelloKitty plush toys.And now, scalpers
are turning to highly-sought-af-
ter National Day Parade(NDP) tickets to make a quickbuck, going by several onlineauctions and offers.
Behavioural experts toldMy Paper this reflects the ki-asu (Hokkien for being afraidto lose out) psyche of Singapo-reans, and some noted thatsuch profiteering could be get-ting worse.
A check on eBay.com.sgyesterday showed one onlineauction for a pair of NDP tick-ets at $250.
On craigslist.com.sg, oneseller was selling limited edi-tion Hello Kitty toys withNDP tickets. Buying one Kittyfor $170 would yield onefree NDP ticket, while, for$560, four Kitties would comewith four free NDP tickets.
Another seller was offeringa hair clip for $300 that camewith a pair of free NDP tick-ets, according to a post on citi-zen-journalism site Stomp.
These sales are still happen-ing despite reminders by theNDP organising committeeover the years that the ticketsare not for sale.
As was the case last year,ticket holders caught sellingNDP tickets this year will bebarred from balloting for thefree tickets for three years. Na-tional Day falls on Aug 9.
Dr Adrian Wang, a consult-ant psychiatrist at Gleneagles
Medical Centre, said the profit-eering behaviour showed thatthe kiasu mentality is verymuch part of our local psy-che.
National University of Sin-gapore sociologist Tan Ern Sersaid the propensity for profit-eering has always beenpresent and is just waitingfor the opportunity to manifestitself.
(Such behaviour) is ration-al, insofar as people weigh thecosts and benefits, and decidethat the benefits of securing aHelloKitty toy far outweigh itscosts, he said.
Mr Daniel Koh, a psycholo-gist with Insights Mind Centre,
likened the behaviour to emo-tional blackmail. When thereis a limited number of items,they attract more buyers, hesaid, adding that when buyerscannot get the items, they feelthey are losing out.
Technology mighthave con-tributed to the profiteering,too, with more online plat-
forms to sell things, he said.Mr Allan Chia, head of themarketing programme at SIMUniversity, said the profiteer-ing behaviour was a by-prod-uct of consumerism, where onegets attached to materialisticvalues or possessions.
DrLim Boon Leng,a psychi-atrist in private practice, be-lieves that the profiteering phe-nomenon among Singaporeansis getting worse.
ParticularlywithNDP tick-ets, somehow, there is this lackof awareness that they aresomething that stands for thenation, and selling them is actu-ally a bit immoral, he said.
All this stems from the factthat, in terms of (society on thewhole), our emphasis is veryskewed towards materialisticgains, Dr Lim added.
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Scalping oflimited itemsgetting worse
Other instances of profiteering
Profiteering:
mu q bo l
Balloting:chu qin
Manifest:xin sh
Materialistic:
w zh zh shng
HELLO KITTY PLUSH TOYS
Resellers have been sellingMcDonalds limited-edition Hello Kittyplush toys online at sky-high prices.
One Singing Bone Kitty was evenselling for $1,000 last Thursday. Thetoy costs $4.60 with a meal, or $10without one.
Singapores feline frenzy even
caught the international mediasattention, with AFP publishing areport.
N95 MASKS
When the haze situation worsenedhere, Singaporeans rushed to buyN95 masks. Some stores jacked upprices, and some people sold them
online.A spokesman for 3M, which ma
N95 masks, said the recommendedretail price ranges from $1.80 to $2The New Paper reported last monththat a kiosk at Yishun MRT station hsold the N95 masks for $10 apiece.
WINONAWEE
UNSCRUPULOUS: Tickets to theNational Day Parade, which are free,are on sale online. PHOTO: STOMP
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B A ND A R S ERI B EG A WA N,B RUNEI
UNITED States Secre-tary of State JohnKerry yesterdaypressed China and
South-east Asian nations to makeprogress on a plan to easetensions in the South China Sea,reminding the region that Wash-ington had national interests atstake in the disputes.
Mr Kerry, who made the com-ments as he arrived in Brunei fora regional security meeting, wasspeaking a day after China said itwould hold formal discussions
with South-east Asian nationsover the maritime disputes laterthis year.
While marking a move for-ward, the talks are not seen as amajor breakthrough in protractedefforts to persuade China to com-mit to a binding agreement overthe energy-rich sea, where Bei-jing s ass ert ive cla ims hav estoked tensions.
We have a strong interest inthe manner in which the disputesof the South China Sea are ad-dressed, and in the conduct of theparties, Mr Kerry said in open-ing remarks at the conference.
We very much hope to seeprogress soon on a substantivecode of conduct (COC), in orderto help ensure stability in this vi-tal region.
China said in a joint statementwith Asean on Sunday that it hasagreed to hold official consulta-tions on a proposed COC gov-erning naval actions at a meetingwith Asean senior officials in Chi-na in September.
China, accused by the Philip-pines on Sunday of causing in-creasing militarisation of thesea, stopped short of saying thatthe meeting would mark the startof actual negotiations, and hasshown little urgency in initiatingsubstantial talks over the pro-posed code.
Philippine Foreign Minister Al-bert del Rosario gave a lukewarmresponse late on Sunday, whenasked about the significance ofthe proposed talks.
The agreement was thatthere will be a process that will bestarted with a meeting in China...Id like to believe that China isearnest in terms of moving for-ward in this process.
Naval stand-offs and clashesbetween the Philippines, Vietnamand China since last year have
sharply raised tensions over thesea at a time when the US is shift-ing its military attention and re-sources back to Asia.
In his opening remarks, MrKerry attempted to ease concernsin Beijing that the US rebalancingof forces to Asia was aimed atcountering Chinas rising power.
We have many goals. Wehave economic and security inter-ests. But I want to emphasise, im-portantly, our actions are not in-tended to contain or to counter-balance any one country, hesaid.
REUTERS
US: Make progress on sea rows
BANGKOK
THAILANDS governmeyesterday reversed a cut the rice intervention pricthat had been agreed lessthan two weeks ago,apparently giving in tofarmers who had threateprotests in the capital.
Finance Minister KittiNa Ranong told reporterthe national rice committmade up of governmentofficials and industryrepresentatives, had decito push the price back up15,000 baht (S$610) a to
That is way above themarket price and has notmade Thai rice uncompeon world markets, but albeen a major drag on thegovernment budget.
In the year to lastSeptember, the governmsaid it lost US$4.4 billion(S$5.5 billion) from thescheme, which caused raagency Moodys to warna target of balancing thebudget might be jeopardand fuelled a public outc
The 20 per cent cut inprice to 12,000 baht had
become effective onlyyesterday, having animmediate impact by pusthe export price of 5 per broken rice down to US$a tonne the lowest levesince June 2011 fromUS$520 last Friday.
Exporters were astoniat the about-turn.
We dont know wherprices should be now. Wmay have to wait until thdust settles before offerinprices again, said MrChookiat Ophaswongse,honorary president of thThai Rice ExportersAssociation.
But what we know f
sure is that this governmhas no credibility at all.
Mr Kittirat wasunconcerned. He toldreporters: Everything isgoing according to our pland the framework we seout, and it should not beproblem.
He said the governmeestimated that there was much rice left with farmefrom their second crop, wis marketed until lateSeptember, so it would na huge burden on the buto continue to buy at 15,baht a tonne.
REUTERS
U-turn onThai rice
interventionprice
This huge block of ice on a desk wasused to lower the temperature in a classroom on Sunday asstudents sit their final exam at a school in Jinan, in eastern ChinasShandong province. The temperature that day reached35.7deg C,with the meteorological department issuing a yellow warning.
PHOTO: AFP
Tensions: jn zhng
Protracted: ch ji
Process: gu chng
Contain: k zh
Cooling exam fever:
We very much hope
to see progress soon
on a substantive
code of conduct, in
order to help ensure
stability in this vital
region.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY
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K U AL A L U M P U R
THE Malaysian-bro-kered peace talks be-tween the Thai gov-ernment and insur-
gents from the countrys embat-tled southern region have hit abrick wall, with unreasonabledemands by the militants cited as
a key factor.They are making demands
knowing the Thai governmentcan never grant them, said MrDon Pathan, a security analystbased in Yala province in south-ern Thailand.
In a phone interview with TheStar, he said the demands of theBarisanRevolusi Nasional Coordi-nate (BRN-C), which is in talkswith Bangkok, included droppingthe hunt for suspected militantsand the granting of diplomaticimmunity to the negotiators.
Politically and legally speak-ing, its impossible, he said.
According to Mr Pathan, theBRN-C is one of the long-stand-ing Malay-Muslim separatist or-ganisations that surfaced in thelate 1960s to take up arms againstthe Thai state.
He pointed out that Mr Hassan
Taib, the BRN-C liaison officeratthe talks, was not evenin the in-ner circle of the insurgent groupthat emerged in the 2000s.
He doesnt have commandand control on the ground. TheBRN-C is using him to antagonisethe Thai government and seetheir reaction, said Mr Pathan.
In February, the YingluckShinawatra government andBRN-C signed a deal in KualaLumpur to hold talks with one an-other. It was a historic deal as itwas the first time Bangkok had
agreed to meet the militants toend the nearly decade-long con-flict.
They have held several roundsof talks, the latest being on June13 in Kuala Lumpur. However, vi-olence is still going on despite thetalks.
Dr Panitan Wattanayagon, aChulalongkorn University securi-ty expert, said that both sides hadto workon the planning andprep-aration stage first.
He said both sides were not
even at the negotiation stage, buthad already come up with theirown position and demands.
It makes the process morecomplicated. The ground rulesshould be set for negotiationsfirst.
A hard position will be metby an even-harder position. Thisis not good in the long run, saidDr Panitan in an e-mail messageto The Star.THESTAR/ASIANEWSNETWORK
VIOLENCE CONTINUES: Thai security personnel inspecting the aftermath of a bomb attack by suspected militants
Yala province, south of Bangkok, last Saturday. Eight soldiers were killed. PHOTO: SURAPAN BOONTHANOM/REUTERS
Thai talks with
insurgentshit an impasse
Demands:yo qi
Diplomatic immunity:wi jio hu min qun
Antagonise:r no
Ground rules:j bn gu z
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B Y E M I L Y L A U
The New York Times
WHILE Ho ngKongspro-Bei-jing elite were
celebrating theanniversary of the handover,thousands of people took tothe streets to show their frus-trations with the government,and its eroding autonomy fromthe mainland.
While many Hong Kongershave some degree of pride inbeing part of the China successstory, the territorys relation-ship with the mainland has be-come more strained in recentyears.
More than ever, HongKongers fear that their person-al freedoms and the rule of laware in a precarious state, as amore confident and assertiveBeijinghesitates less in interfer-ing with the development ofHong Kongs democracy.
Tensions between local peo-ple and the hordes of mainlandvisitors flaunting their new-found wealth add to the in-creasing sense of disillusion-ment.
Lots of Hong Kong people,particularly the younger gener-ation, blame mainlanders fortaking lucrative jobs in the fi-nancial sector and for inflatingthe local property marketthrough their purchases of sec-ond and third homes in HongKong.
During the handover in1997, the people were prom-ised that the political systemwould evolve toone ofa demo-
cratically-elected government.That process of democratic
development is now imper-illed. The sticking point isuniversal suffrage, orone per-son, one vote.
In the current system, aholdover from colonial timeswhen the British wanted to lim-it input from the local popula-tion, Hong Kongs politicalleader, known as the chief ex-ecutive, is selected by a1,200-member committee ofthe business and political elitethat is rigged in favour ofpro-Beijing candidates.
Only 40 of the 70 membersof the Legislative Council are
elected by one personvote, the rest are selectso-called functional constcies professional grouprepresent industries like ing, law and teaching.
Mainland leaders havthey would allow a systeuniversal suffrage for thechief-executive electionthe 2020 Legislative Covote.
But since the pro-Beijinung Chun Ying became executive a year agopro-democracy camp haone setback after anothe
The pro-democracy has urged Mr Leung to bpublic-consultation procehow to carry out the delection of the chief execin 2017. But he has refusdo that or much of anyth
Meanwhile, people the pro-Beijing camp been dropping hints thagovernment should bantain people from the prmocracy camp from rufor chief executive.
Some pro-Beijing pcians have proposed meato control the nominatiocess for chief-executive cdates, which would maksystem about as free as democracy.
Many Hong Kong phave waited for democraa generation and werening out of patience. Unnately, in an underdevedemocracy, taking tostreets is one of the few that the people can be he
The writeris a member oHongKongLegislativeCouncil andchair of theDemocratic Party.
SE OU L
A HUMAN-RIGHTS group basedin Seoul claimed last Friday thatNorth Korea wasconducting chem-ical-and biological-weapon experi-
ments on disabled children.
The allegation was delivered atthe British Embassy in South Ko-rea by Ms Joanna Hosaniak, depu-ty director-general of the CitizensAlliance for North Korean Human
Rights, in a report titled The Status
of Womens Rights in the Contextof Socio-economic Changes in theDPRK.
THEKOREAHERALD/ASIANEWSNETWORK
VIEWPOINT ////////////////////////////////////////
Hong Kongsimperilleddemocracy
orth Korea using disabled kids in tests
Handover: hu gu
Democracy:mn z
Universal suffrage:
p xun zh
Nomination:t m
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BEIJING
WH E N M rZhang Guo-qiang came toBeijing at 18
to work as a temporary
security guard at the prestig-ious Peking University in1994, having only a mid-dle-school diploma, he proba-bly never expected he couldgo to a top college himself oneday.
Almost 20 years later, aftercompleting basic education atthe university, mainly throughself-study, he has earned de-grees in law and business man-agement from Tsinghua Uni-versity and a top party schoolfor the training of Chinese offi-cials.
He has even passed the Na-tional Judicial Examination,which qualifies him tobe a law-yer in China.
He is not alone.Mr Wang Guiming, head ofthe security guards at PekingUniversity, told China Dailythat since 1994, more than350 security guards employedthere have gone to junior col-leges or universities to pursuehigher education.
The number has increasedby 20 to 30 eachyear in recentyears, he said.
Mr Wang said most of thesecurity guards at Peking Uni-versity hold middle-school orhigh-school diplomas and areaged between 23 and 25,aroundthe same age asthe uni-versitys students.
Students at the universityhave inspired our securityguards a lot, making them be-lieve that they also have thep os si bi l it y t o b ec om euniversity students if theystudy hard, he said.
Mr Zhang first worked as atemp at the university for only180 yuan a month, after stintson construction sites andin fac-tories.
I kept 80 yuan for livingand sent the remaining 100yuan home to support my fami-ly, he said, recalling his earli-er hard life.
He realised a college educa-tion could behis ticket to a bet-ter life after he heard that agraduate of Peking Universitywho worked for a foreign com-pany could earn a monthly sal-ary of more than 2,000 yuanat that time.
Mr Zhang, who is now thedeputy director of campus se-
curity for the university, saidhis family is proud of him andhe is satisfied with his life.
CHINADAILY/ASIANEWS
NETWORK
BEIJING
A CHINESE law requiring familymembers to visit their elderly rela-tives went into effect yesterday
to online ridicule in the face of
the countrys rapidly-ageing hugepopulation.
The regulation forces chil-dren to visit their parents, the
state-run Global Times news
said, as concern grows ovcreasing numbers of empty homes.
AFP
MADE GOOD: Gan Xiangwei reading beside Weiming Lake at PekingUniversity. A former guard at the university, he obtained a diploma fromthe university last year. PHOTO: CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
Varsity guardsturn students
In China, its illegal not to visit paren
Security guard:bo n rn yun
Higher education:go dng jio y
University students:d xu shng
Support: yng ji
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BEIJING
GROWTH in Chinasvast factory sectors l ow ed t o m ul -ti-month lows last
month on faltering new orders, apair of surveys showed yester-day, boding ill for the worlds sec-ond-largest economy even as itsmarted from fears of a creditcrunch.
Economists said the two pur-chasing managers indices (PMIs)reinforced their concerns that Chi-nas economic slowdown coulddeepen in the second quarter, es-pecially with Beijing looking in-creasingly reluctant to take actionto stimulate growth.
The Chinese economy is stillstruggling at the bottom, said Mr
Zhu Haibin, chief China econo-mist of JPMorgan in Hong Kong.
Mr Zhu said that slowinggrowth in Chinas factory sector,as well as tighter monetary condi-tions in the coming months aftera squeeze in the interbank mar-ket in the last two weeks couldfurther hobble the Chinese econo-my this year.
The official PMI slipped to50.1 last month from Mays 50.8,just a whisker above the 50-pointlevel that indicates growth.
The last time the reading fellbelow 50 was in September.
A separate PMI survey, con-ducted by Markit and sponsoredby HSBC, fell to a nine-monthlow of 48.2 from Mays 49.2.
New export orders sufferedtheir sharpest decline in nine
months, and manufacturers shedjobs at the fast est rate in 10months, according to HSBC. Itsmeasure is based on a survey of420 manufacturing companies.
Yet, Chinas leaders appear tobe comfortable with the countrysslower pace of growth, with Presi-dent Xi Jinping saying over theweekend that officials should nolonger be lauded as heroes ifthey chase economic growth at allcosts.
Theslowdown in Chinese man-ufacturing could have global re-percussions, depressing demandfor iron ore and other commodi-ties from Australia and Brazil,and for industrial componentsfrom South-east Asia, Taiwanand South Korea.
Manufacturers were hurt by
falling orders and a shortage ofcredit lastmonth, as Chinese regu-lators tried to cool a lendingboom that they worried couldrace out of control.
A shortage of cash in financialmarkets caused interest rates paidby banks for loans from otherbanks to spike to a record high.
As Beijing refrains from us-ing stimulus, the ongoing growthslowdown is likely to continue inthe coming months, said HSBCeconomist Qu Hongbin in a state-ment.
Economists expect other datafor last month, to be released inthe next two weeks, to confirmtheir concerns of even slowergrowth in the April-June quarter,from 7.7 per cent in the first threemonths.
The weak PMI reinforceview that there is a 30 perchanceGDP (gross domesticuct) may drop below 7 per cQ3 or Q4, said Mr Zhangwei, chief China economNomura in Hong Kong.
AP, REUTERS
SHANGHAI
CHINESE police are investigatingsenior staff members of Britishdrug firm GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) in China for suspectedeconomic crimes, according to
a statement.The police in the central Chi-
nese city of Changsha said theywere probing top managementpersonnel of GlaxoSmithKline(China) Investment.
Hong Kongs South ChinaMorning Post newspaper said thepolice had detained company em-ployees in three cities: Changsha,Beijing and the commercial hubof Shanghai.
The exact nature of the allega-tions was not specified by theChangsha police.
But the authorities typicallyuse the phrase economic crimeswhen referring to corruption.
A China-based spokesman for
GSK declined to comment yester-day, while a spokesman for thecompany in Londondid notimme-diately respond to a request forcomment.
TheBritish Consulatein Shang-hai said in a statement that it was
aware of the investigation andwas in contact with GSK.
Internet postings, which couldnot be confirmed, said that morethan 10 police officers in plainclothes entered the GSK office inShanghai last Thursday andseized accounts books.
The allegations involve at leastone foreign executive employedby the British company, said thepostings on Chinas Twitter-likemicroblogs.
It is common practice for Chi-nese pharmaceutical firms to of-fer doctors and hospitals bribes touse their products, industry insid-ers say.
AFP
China probes GSK execsor economic crimes
Weak Chinese PMI weighs on growth
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RECENTLY, when I
took a stroll along
E a st Co ast P a rk
b ea c h , I w as
shocked to see rats crawling all
over the area.
The rats are there because lit-
ter is often not cleared properly
by beach-goers.
Many people hold barbecues,
picnics and parties on the beach.
There are also many campers on
weekends.
If these people are not careful
about how they clear their rub-
bish, the area will become very
dirty.
This will attract more ants,
cockroaches and rats.
I have informed the National
Environment Agency and it said
that it will be doing something
about the issue soon.
However, beach-goers have a
very important role to play. The
beach should be cleaned after
use and all waste materials (such
as paper bags, plastics or wrap-
pers) disposed of properly.
Otherwise, rats and other
pests will also be throwing par-ties on the beach.
MR ISHWARMAHTANI
W E RE F E R to M s Ch era ly nNicole Lees letter, Offer ear-ly-bird perks at stations outsidecity (My Paper, June 27), re-questing the Land Transport Au-thority to consider extending freetravel to commuters exiting allMRT stations.
The free pre-peak travel trialaims to ease crowding during themorning peak hour along themost crowded stretches of the railnetwork. These are typically thecity-bound stretches.
If we achieve a shift of 10-20per cent of people from the morn-ing peak period, many commut-ers will benefit from a less-crowd-ed ride during peak hours, even if
they do not exit at the city
tions.We hope this encourages
muters who are able to changes to their travel schto enter the city area b7.45am.
As we are in theearly stathe trial, it will take time forple to adjust their travel patWe will monitor the resultreview the schemes effectivto see what lessons and might apply.
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Beach-goers,clean up your act
Commutersbenefit fromless-crowded
peak travel
A friendly German Shepherd was seen wandering arounbus stop near Eunos MRT station yesterday morning, bboarding a bus. It wore a collar, but no tag. StomperPeggy123 thinks that the dog was lost and hopes that itreunited with its owner soon.
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CA N AD I AN a c to rKeanu Reeves mightbe the big name in hisdirectorial debut, Man
Of Tai Chi, but the spotlight thistime is on stuntman Tiger Chen.
The veteran martial-arts chore-ographer, who has coached thethree leading ladies of CharliesAngels Cameron Diaz, DrewBarrymore and Lucy Liu andReeves in The Matrix trilogy, isnow facing the camera himself.
In Man Of Tai Chi, whichopens in cinemas here next Thurs-day, the 38-year-old Chinesestuntman-turned-actor starsalongside Reeves who plays avillain this time and Hong Kongsinger-actress Karen Mok, in thefilm about a young martial artistwho useshis taijiabilities in anun-derground fight club.
The film, which is in both Eng-lish and Cantonese, is a result ofReeves close partnership withChen while filming The Matrixtrilogy.
In an interview with The NewPaper, Reeves revealed his deci-sion on casting a relatively un-
known Chen.Of course, he is not a moviestar, so we cant judge him bythat standard. All I can hope isthat the film will be an ambassa-dor for him, said Reeves.
He added: As a martial artist,he is exceptional, his fighting isgreat. As an actor, he is charmingand very believable. I sympathisewith his role. I am a fan of his.
An experienced choreogra-p h er , C h en s t um b le d i n tofilm-making in 1997, after beingselected in a gongfu contest heldin the United States by his mas-ter, YuenWo Ping, who was look-ing for assistants to help with TheMatrix.
Yuen recalled in the prologueto Chens book, From Sichuan ToHollywood: Tiger was a shy boywho spoke little English.
But I knew he would (be-come someone great) when I sawhim perform in the contest.
Chen, who is originally fromChina, left for the US after gradu-ating from a gongfu school at 20,working as a coach and perform-er. Sometimes, he washed dishesin restaurants to make ends meet.
He said: I wanted to see theworld and realise my dream. Itold myself the worst thing wouldbe to end up performing on thestreet.
This rising martial-arts starwill be seen not only in Man OfTai Chi, but also in another mov-ie, Kungfu Man, which will report-edly be released in China thisyear.
Perhaps, someday, it will beChens turn to sit in the directorschair.
In an interview with China Dai-ly in 2009, he said his dream is todirect a film because I will thenreally have a film of my own.
AGENCIES, CHINA DAILY/ASIA
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Man Of TaiChi opens in cinemashere next Thursday.
From stuntman to leading man
Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in Enter ThDragon with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67. Madam Marilyn DishmaKellys former wife, said he died last Saturday of cancer at his home California. Sporting an Afro hairstyle and sideburns, Kelly made a splawith his one-liners and fight scenes in the 1973 martial-arts classic.
THE MATRIX TRILOGY (1999and 2003)Chen got his first taste of workingin a Hollywood production in TheMatrix films by the Wachowskisiblings, who are loyal fans ofChens master, Yuen Wo Ping.
Chen was involved in thegongfu team for all three Matrixfilms: The Matrix, The MatrixReloaded and The MatrixRevolutions. He trained the actors,Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Mossand Laurence Fishburne.
CHARLIES ANGELS (2000)Chen coached the three Angels inthis film: Cameron Diaz, DrewBarrymore and Lucy Liu, whorewarded their young master with
generous kisses, reported ChinaDaily.
Chen revealed how each of
them thought the gongfu routinesof the other two were better.
So, he used the oldest trick inthe trade to coax them to come onset by telling each hers was thebest.
Often, after two hours ofpractising the ma bu, a basicgongfu standing posture, thethree actresses would collapse onthe floor, even though it isrecommended to walk for a whileto prevent injuries.
Chen told them they would endup with a big backside if theydidnt walk and that had themjump up right away.
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEDRAGON (2000)
Chen was part of the stunt teamfor Lee Angs award-winning film
KILL BILL VOL. 1 AND 2(2003 and 2004)Chen was part of the stunt teamfor Quentin Tarantinos Kill Billmovies. He was also the stuntdouble for actress Uma Thurma
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GONGFU GROUP: Man Of Tai Chi stars (from left) Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok and Ye Qing. In the film, the 38-year-old Chen a veteran stuntmaand martial-arts choreographer plays the lead role as a young martial artist who uses his taiji abilities in an underground fight club. PHOTO: GOLDEN VILLAG
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RAPPER Nicki Minaj picked up her
fourth consecutive win for best femalehip-hop artist at the Bet Awards in LosAn-geles yesterday.
Every timeI win, its a humbling expe-rience, she was quoted as saying. Myfans are amazing people.
During the awards, Minaj performedwith singer Chris Brown, who opened theshow with a medley of songs.
Mariah Carey sang her latest hit,#Beautiful, with Miguel and Young Jeezy,and Robin Thicke played his latest hit,Blurred Lines, with Pharrell Williams andT.I.
The annual Bet Awards, now in its13th year, celebrates black musicians, ac-tors and athletes.
This years event was hosted by actorChris Tucker, who paid a tribute to thelate Michael Jackson with a song and
dance.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar won tawards, taking home best new artist, hip-hop artist and collaboration.
Other winners included Jamie Foxbest actor, Miguel for best male R&Bartist and soul singer Charlie Wilsonawarded the lifetime-achievement awAP,REUTERS,THESTAR/ASIA NEW
NETWORK
KYLIE Minogue, the Austral-ian pop star known for dancehits like The Loco-Motionand Cant Get You Out Of
My Head, has sold more than 68 millionrecords globally.
However, the 45-year-old admits thatshe has never truly mastered the UnitedStatesmarket,despite her widespread pop-ularity in Europe, Asia and the MiddleEast.
She is trying to change that by refram-ing herself as a fashion icon.
Last month, Running Press releasedKylie: Fashion, an ode in photographs toher sartorial high points as a performer.
It was written with her long-time styl-ist, Mr William Baker, and carries a rhap-sodic foreword by designer Jean PaulGaultier.
Along with flamboyant costumes, likeGaultiers anime-geisha tour outfits from2008, the book contains examples ofMinogues cover shoots for influential fash-ion magazines like i-D and The Face.
In February, she announced that shewas parting with Mr Terry Blamey, hermanager of 25 years, and signing with RocNation, rapper Jay-Zs influential enter-
tainment company which has worked withRihanna and Rita Ora. Since then, she hasbeen spending timein Los Angeles, record-ing tracks with Roc Nation producers Tim-baland and Pharrell Williams.
Minogue said: I think they feel its aninteresting challenge to take on someonewho has such a (musical) history that theyhad nothing to do with. I dont know if itsabout taking it to the next level or just an-other level.
While the success of The Loco-Motion(1987) faded in the US, the rest of theworld was going nuts, said Minogue, re-ferring to the commercialsuccess of her al-bums like Enjoy Yourself (1989).
The last time she made waves in the USwas in 2001, for her biggest dance hitCant Get You Out Of MyHeadand itsmu-sic video, along with the corresponding al-
bum Fever, which made its debut on theBillboard 200 chart at No. 3.
Mr Jay Brown, president of Roc Na-tion, does not see the singers age as a hur-dle. He said: I dont know how you canput an expiration date on an artist thatsup to them.
Said Minogue of her age: I certainly
dont feel it. You constantly see storieslike look 10 years younger, 40 is thenew 50, 50 is the new 60.
Who knows? We cant stop time, soyouve just got to make the most of whatyou have.NYT
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POP PRINCESS: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has sold more than 68 million recordsglobally, but admits that she has never truly mastered the US market. PHOTO: VICTORIA WILL/AP
FASHION DARLING: Kylie: Fashion is an ode inphotographs to Kylie Minogues sartorial highpoints as a performer. PHOTO: AP
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Graduates in the science, technology, engineering and m(Stem) fields can earn more than double of what their pin other areas make. Economist Katie Bardaro told Forbemany firms are looking for candidates who know their waround a statistical program and the scientific process.
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When it comes tomaking use of theWeb, law firms havegenerally not beenpioneers. The MurthyLaw Firm, whichhandles immigrationmatters, is anexception. Foundedin 1994 by India-bornSheela Murthy, theMaryland-based firmcreated a websitethat provided legalinformation thatsame year.
Today, by at least
one ranking,murthy.com is theworlds most-visitedlaw-firm site.
Ms Murthy, 51,tells why she decidedto give away legalinformation online,and how shes grownas a business owner.
What got you interestedin immigration law?The process of becoming aUnited States citizen waspainful, stressful, and took 12years. I was struck by myattorneys lack of sensitivity.
What led you to createa website in 1994?My husband, who built our site,insisted that the Internet wasthe wave of the future. Hesuggested that I grow thebusiness by offering free legalinformation online. I thought: IfI didnt love this man, Id thinkhe wants to bankrupt me.
I started the website partlyto make people feel empoweredand respected.
How did your earlywebsite do that?
I answered about 100 questionsfrom immigrants each day. Ithelped me become familiar withreal-life issues.
I also started the weeklyMurthy Bulletin. Today, it hasabout 43,000 subscribers.
What resources areavailable on your site?Its aimed at building an online
immigrant community. Theresno hard sell its priority is notto bring in clients. It shows thatwe care and know our stuff.
We clarify the mostcomplicated laws, using toolslike teleconferencing, podcastsand blogging.
Hows business?Clients are banging down thedoor. They throw themselves atour feet asking us to take themon. The feeling is if they givethis much away for free, whatmust it be like if you paythem?
What has been yourbiggest challenge as a
business owner?Im intense. I work 12 to 18hours a day with no lunchbreak, and take bathroombreaks of less than 30 seconds.
In the beginning, I assumedthat my staff shared my visionand passion, and expected themto be excited because I was...Iexpected them to be my slaves.
I still expect a lot frompeople, but Ive had a realitycheck. I understand howimportant it is that theyunderstand my vision and feellike partners.
Now, all new employeesmeet me for an hour. I sharemy background... I explain thatclients dont care about howmuch you know, clients care
about how much you care.Today, 50 per cent of my
employees have been with thefirm for more than five years.
Why do you think theystay?During interviews, I ask how Ican create their dream job. Ifsomeone says he would ratherwrite all day instead of talk toclients, I work it so that he can.
I try to capitalise on myattorneys strengths. If I cancreate that ideal job, theyll stayuntil theyre dead or retired.
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ANYdoubts that Bra-zil are serious con-tenders for nextyears World Cup
were swept away by a majestic3-0 victory over world champi-ons Spain as they won the Con-federations Cup in front of anecstatic crowd at the MaracanaStadium on Sunday.
Inspired by Neymar andFred in attack, David Luiz atthe back and the indefatigablePaulinho thundering aroundthe midfield, Brazil endedSpains record run of 29 un-beaten competitive matchesand brought back memories oftheir glory days with their fifthstraight win of the tournament.
Bu t h o w d id S p ain g e tthrashed so soundly?
One explanation for Spainspoor performance was their ex-haustion after the gruelling, en-ergy-sapping semi-final winover Italy in theheat of Fortale-za last Thursday.
Thus, on Sunday, Spain,wh o h a ve d o min ate d th eworld scene for the past fiveyears with two European titlesand the World Cup, sufferedtheir biggest competitive de-
feat since losing 3-0 to Walesin a European qualifier 37years ago.
Sergio Ramos, who scoredin the semi-final penalty-shoot-out victory over Italy lastThursday, fired wide with apoor penalty after 54 minutes.
Worse was to follow whenfellow defender Gerard Piquewas sent off for a lunge on hisnew Barcelona teammate Ney-mar, who was named Player ofthe Tournament.
Ramos said later that it wasjust a matter of time beforeSpain would be beaten ata ma-
jor tournament.We have gaineda lot of im-
portant achievements and, oneday, the moment has to arrivewhen you dont win. We arentrobots. Our conscience isclear..., the defender said inan interview.
Spains biggest sports daily,Marca, had a different view.
It praised Brazils superiori-ty in concentration, speed, in-tensity, physical strength andfootball. But it also criticisedthe referees lax attitude to Bra-zils continual fouls.
Football analyst SantiagoSegurola wrote yesterday thatSpain had come back from a
Confederations Cup defeat towin the last World Cup. Hepredicted thatthe return of Xa-bi Alonso to Spain will fixmany of the sides problems.
Indeed, it just might be tooearly to write Spain off.
We had a bad night, IkerCasillas said. But anyonethinking this team is finishedshould think again.
There was no doubt thatBrazil played impressively.
Brazil had gone into thetournament with an indifferentset of results following there-appointment of 2002 WorldCup-winningcoach Luiz FelipeScolari last November, with
just two wins, four draws and adefeat from his opening sevenmatches.
The debate had already be-gan over whether he was theright man for the job but histeam provided an endorse-ment with wins over Japan,Mexico, Italy, Uruguay and,now, Spain.
Sundays performance wasthe best of them all, withFreds second-minute goal lift-ing the crowd and Neymarsstrike raising them higher still.
After Fred scored his secondof the night and his fifth of the
c om pe t it i on i n t h e minute, sheer joy descendthe Maracana as Brazil chup a third successive win icompetition that FIFA usetest event for the folloyears World Cup.
Although the performwas spellbinding, Neyamong other players, strthat Brazilstillhad a long wg o b ef or e s ec ur i ngunprecedented sixth world
Lets keep calm, lets our feet on the groundsaid. We did very welwe are on the right track
needed this time to trainget to know each other awork together and wemuch better than we werAGENCIES
HEADS I WIN... Brazils Neymar heads the ball between Spains Alvaro Arbeloa (left) and Gerard Pique. PHOTO: SERGIO MORAES/REUTERS
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Park In Bee became the second LPGA player to win the first three min a season, after the South Korean roared to a four-stroke victory aUS Womens Open on Sunday. The world No. 1 held steady with afinal-round two-over-par 74 to finish at eight-under 280 at SebonacClub in New York.
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Asus Padfone Infinity
THE 5-inch Padfone Infinis the third iteration of thPadfone series, coming athe 4.3-inch Padfone,announced in February layear, and last Octobers4.7-inch Padfone 2.
Each successive Padfohas packed a bigger screemore powerful processorbetter specifications. Andkeeping with the Padfonconcept, the Infinity is pawith a 10.1-inch full-HDtablet.
The idea behind AsusPadfone series is that somusers would take to aphone/tablet combo withoption of detaching thedevices.
This is unlike Samsuntendency to make phonewith ever-bigger screens,edging closer to the screesize of tablets.
Asus approach is morelegant and the pairing wseamlessly, offering userbest of both worlds.
How much: Padfone Infinity ($898) and 64GB ($998), PadInfinity Station ($368)
Nespresso Pixie stainless-steelcoffee machine
NESPRESSO, which pioneeredthe coffee-pod trend a few yearsback, is now a more maturebrand, having introduced severalnew machines and coffee fla-vours.
The latest variation of the Pix-ie, a compact coffee machine,comes in two versions: the PixieSteel Lines machine with em-bossed lines, and the Pixie Steel
Dots machine with embosseddots. A black matt handle hasbeen added for a more stylishlook.
The Pixie is light and smallenough to be taken along on aroad trip, and Nespresso sells aspecial bag that makes it easier totransport.
While some top-end hotelshave Nespresso machines in theirrooms, the machines are not astandard feature in most hotelrooms, so die-hard coffee drinkers
may wish to take a Pixie with themin order to enjoy good coffee anytime. After all, some travellers lugalong kettles when they go to Eu-rope, as notall hotels provide them.
This was precisely what I didfor a road trip to Kuala Lumpur.Having the Pixie was great putin a coffee pod, press a buttonand, hey presto, a nice cup ofsteaming, strong coffee emerges.
Much cheaper than Starbucks,I must say, and definitely betterthan those 3-in-1 instant-coffeepacks offered at most hotels.
How much: $338
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APPLE, the worlds
most valuable technol-
ogy company, is seek-
ing a trademark for
iWatch in Japan, as rival Sam-
sung Electronics readies its own
wearable smartphone device.
The maker of iPhones is seek-
ing protection for the name,
which is categorised as being forproducts that include a handheldcomputer or watch device, accord-ing to a June 3 filing with the Ja-pan Patent Office that was madepublic last week.
Mr Takashi Takebayashi, a To-kyo-based spokesman for Apple,did not respond to a message leftat his office seeking comment onthe application.
Apple has a team of about 100
product designers working on awristwatch-like device that mayperform some of the tasks nowhandled by the iPhone and iPad,two people familiar with the com-panys plans said in February.
Samsung, the worlds biggestmakerof smartphones, is develop-ing a wristwatch, it said in March.
Sony has sold its SmartWatchfor more than a year. The deviceconnects wirelessly to smart-
phones using Googles Androidoperating system and allows us-ers to take calls and reply toe-mail messages or texts.
Apple chief executive officerTim Cook is in need of a newrevolutionary gadget after theiPhone and iPad, as the companyhas gone without introducing anew product since October lastyear.
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Microsoft Surface Pro
THE first Microsoft tablet, theSurface RT, was a disappoint-ment. It worked exclusively withapps from the Microsoft Store,which effectively shuts out themultitude of applications out
there.The Surface Pro, however, al-
so runs applications from a Win-dows 7 desktop, which meansthat the door to the whole soft-ware world has been re-opened.No longer are users restricted tothe Microsoft universe and thisdefinitely makes for a much moreuseful machine.
Operating-system preferencesaside, the Surface tablets bothRT and Pro are great designswith muscular hardware whichbeats the hell out of most An-droid tablets.
The Pro improves on the RT ina number of ways screen resolu-
tion is 1920x1080 vs 1366x768on the RT, and 10-point multi-touch instead of five-point.
And the Pro has pen input,with pen included. Using the
OneNote app, users can jot downnotes easily. Applying pressurethickens the line in apps that sup-port pen pressure. A pen buttong iv es q ui c k a cc es s t o t h e
right-click menu. It also functionsas an eraser.
T h e C P U o f t h e P r o i s athird-generation Intel Core i5, animprovement on the RTs NVID-IA Tegra 3. The memory hasbeen bumped up to 4GB, from2GB.
The only drawback is thatwhile Surface RT comes installed
with Microsoft Office, SurfacePro comes without the useful Of-fice software.
The enhancements have cer-tainly made the Surface Pro amore palatable machine, worthconsidering. The hardware is asgood if not better as that ofany iPad. Now if only Microsoftcan further improve on Windows8, it might just catch up with Ap-ple.
How much: Surface Pro 64GB($1,198), 128GB ($1,328), TouchCover (black, white, cyan, magenta,red) $168; Type Cover (black) $183.Surface RT 32GB ($668), 64GB ($798)
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XE CUT IVE S withmanagement experi-ence at leading multi-
national corporationsand specialists in education andscience: China wants you.
The country wants such for-eign candidates to apply for anew talent visa, in a moveto at-tract global talent.
A draft soliciting the opinionsof government insiders and ex-perts suggests that the countryhas outlined the key points inevaluating whether a foreign pro-fessional is urgently needed, anissue widely discussed since theExit-Entry Administration Law
was passed in June last year.Urgently needed profession-
als will beableto apply for the tal-ent visa, which grants residencyfor up to five years, or multiple
entries of up to 180 days at atime.
According to the draft given toChina Daily by an insider whoasked to remain anonymous, fivemajor kinds of professionals maybe categorised under the talentpool:
Senior managementprofessionals at globally re-nowned enterprises, financial in-stitutions, accountingfirms andar-chitecture offices, with profoundknowledge in their field and its in-ternational rules;
Senior specialists at globallyrenowned enterprises, financialinstitutions and accounting firmsand architecture offices, with in-dependent intellectual-propertyrights and core technology;
Senior science and educationprofessionals, with titles equiva-lent to professor at globally re-nowned universities and institu-tions, who have made great con-tributions in the development ofa particular field;
Renowned cultural, arts andsports figures, or winners of ma-
jor international awards in theirfield;
Other high-end internationaltalents that China urgently needs.
The draft is still in its early stageand may be subject to changebased on feedback from govern-ment departments and experts.
The Exit-Entry AdministrationLaw is seen as part of Chinas ef-forts to attract global talent by of-fering detailed and convenientstipulations on the entry, stay andexit of foreign residents.
Mr Wang Huiyao, director ofthe non-profit centre for Chinaand Globalisation, said the talentvisa offers convenience for topprofessionals from overseas inter-ested in working in China.
Chinas move is in line withthe global trend of easing visa re-quirements to attract overseastal-ent.
More than 30 countries haveintroduced policies for enhancingtravel convenience andmaking vi-sa processing easier for talent asof 2005, according to the UnitedNations. They include 17 devel-oped countries, such as the Unit-ed States, and 13 emerging anddeveloping countries.
Mr Liu Guofu, an immigra-tion-law specialist at the Beijing
Institute of Technology, saidwhile the draft aims to attrabal talent, it is still not spenough.
He said a guidance catafor foreigners working in Cwhich will include specific itries that need foreign exmost, is also being draftewill be updated from timtime.
Mr Liu added that he doethink introducing a talentwill be enough for China to global talent, as foreignerstill subject to excessive redand institutional barriers
they renew a visa, buy real or apply for a domestic drivcence.
Many foreigners dontthe time and linguistic advato understand the complistipulations, which are scatamid different laws and retions, he said.
The government shouldforeigners understand relateulations to avoid misundersings, he said.
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HORDES of trekkers flocked toMount Fuji yesterday at the startof a two-month climbing season,after it was declared a UnescoWorld Heritagesite in recognitionof its status as a symbol of Japan.
Hundreds of hikers begantheir ascent of the 3,776m peakbefore dawn in a bid to stand atthe summit to watch the sun riseover the Pacific Ocean.
Waves of climbers, many wear-ing colourful mountaineeringgear, began to crowd the summitaround 3am.
In a scene sometimes com-pared to Tokyos busy commut-er-train stations in the morning,climbers packed the routes to thepeak.
Torches and lights carried bythe trekkers lit up the queue thatsnakedto the topof the mountain.
Around 4.30am, the yellowsun gleamed through tiny cracksin the cloud, prompting chants of
banzai (hurrah) among hik-ers welcoming in the climbing sea-son, TV footage showed.
Others clapped or snapped pic-tures of each other on mobilephones and cameras.
The cone-shaped volcano haslong been worshipped in Japan,attracting pilgrims and followersof the native animistic religion ofShintoism.
Unesco classified the moun-
tain as a cultural heritage site,saying it has inspired artists andpoets, and been the object of pil-grimage for centuries.
Around 300,000 people climbMount Fuji every year, but local
tourist officials said this yea
they expectthe numberto ri
nificantly because of its
World Heritage status.
AFP
MAGICAL: Torches and lights carried by trekkers lit up the queue that snaked to the top of Mount Fuji, now a Unesco World Heritage site. PHOTO: AFP
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