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BEIJING

CHINA will conduct its first digit-al-technology military exercise nextmonth, the state media said yester-day, against growing concern in theUnited States and elsewhere aboutChinese hacking attacks.

A brief report by the official Xin-hua news agency said the exercise, innorthern Chinas remote Inner Mon-golia region, will test new types ofcombat forces, including units usingdigital technology, amid efforts to ad-just to informationalised war.

It will be the first time a Peoples

Liberation Army exercise has focusedon combat forces including digitalisedunits, special-operations forces, armyaviation and electronic counter-forc-es, the English report said.

Meanwhile, the security chief ofChinese telecommunications giantHuawei said that using the Internet tospy and steal sensitive data is stand-ard practice by all countries.

The comments, published yester-day, follow allegations that Chinesehackers gained access to secret designsfor a slew of sophisticated US weaponprogrammes and stole the blueprintsfor 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 notsurprised by claims of internationalhacking.

Governments have always donethat, he told Australian Financial Re-view.AFP, REUTERS

China plansfirst digitalwar game

Children watch as Inuka, a male polar bear,swims in its enclosure at the Singapore Zoo. The 22-year-old polarbear moved into its new frozen-tundra home a 2,700 sq mexhibit featuring climate-controlled resting areas and an expandedpool yesterday. Singapore Press Holdings Foundation hasadopted Inuka, the first bear to be born in the tropics.

PHOTO: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP

Bear delight:

APRIMARY 5 test paper which focused onpolitical developments in Singapore in the1960s has sparked a debate among netizens

and parents on the rationale for introducing youngpupils to political issues. Some said that pupils are tooyoung to be exposed to political concepts while othersargued that it is a necessary part of education, even ata young age.

FULL REPORT: NEWS A7

EDUCATIONDEBATE //////////////////////////////////////////////

Too youngto be testedon politics?

B5

Whats nextfor HDB? DirectorLeong Wai Hangives some insights

NEWS A3 SHOWBIZ A12

Hey now, Mr Chow!Ken Jeong rides againwith the Wolfpack

MyExecutive

BY NIGEL CHEN

ACONSERVATIVE av-erage pay increase of4.7 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 outlookis not all that bad.

Ms Sarah Ellis-Goldsmith,from recruitment consultancyRobert Walters Singapore, point-ed out that the expectedincrement is slightly above the ex-pected inflation of 3.5 to 4.5 percent.

In line with that, candidatesare seeing an average of 10 to 15per cent (salary) increment whenswitching jobs, said the managerof Robert Walters legal and com-pliance division.

The impact of this is that weare seeing some candidates choos-ing to look for opportunities out-side of their companies in orderto 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 withcertain niche skill-sets continue tobe in high demand.

Ms Stella Tang, a director athuman-resource consulting firmRobert Half, said that her compa-ny has also observed double-digitsalary increases when employeesmove to another company, al-though no figures were provided.

She said: Looking at salariesacross whole industries is a macroapproach. What you really needto do is look specifically at indi-vidual job functions and you willsee 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 agood track record still enjoyhealthy pay rises.

In a pay report released yester-day, management-consulting firmHay Group said that an averagesalary increase of 4.7 per centwas observed this year, which in

the report referred to the last 12months to March 1 this year.

The figure is a drop from the5.2 per cent average increase forthe 12 months to March 1 lastyear. The fall is also expected tocontinue, with a less-than-optimis-tic forecast of 4.4 per cent for nextyear, according to the report.

On why the expected pay risehas fallen for this year, Mr VictorChan, Hay Groups regional gen-eral manager for productised ser-vices, said that organisations arefeeling 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 fornearly a quarter of the organisa-tions surveyed (24 per cent) thisyear.

Said Mr Chan: Increasingwages in an optimal mannerwhile supporting the long-term in-terests of the organisation is nolonger an option.

Organisations should lever-age on the Wage Credit Schemeto rationalise their reward pro-gramme and ensure that it is

aligned towards individual and or-ganisational performance, headded.

Under the scheme, the Govern-ment co-funds 40 per cent ofwage increases given to Singapo-rean employees earning up to$4,000 a month, for the nextthree years.

The report also said that the av-erage variable bonus is expectedto dip from 2.5 months last yearto 2.3 months this year, with theaverage bonus expected to re-main constant next year.

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Bright spots despite pay-rise dip

United States President Barack Obama appears to be a regularcustomer of a Chinese Internet cafe, reports said, after the managerforged an identity card in the US leaders name to help surfers avoidChinas Web rules. The card has a full-face picture of Mr Obama, listshis correct birthday, and states his ethnicity as Kenyan.

SINGTEL and StarHubyesterday announced servicesthat can help prevent billshocks from surfing onlineoverseas with mobile devices.

SingTel said it is offering afree add-on for its unlimited$15 per day data-roamingplans. It automaticallyconnects a customers mobilegadget to the telcos partnernetworks in 44 markets.

Previously, this was donemanually. Customers whoaccidentally connect tonon-partner networks willhave to pay $20 per MB ofdata used.

StarHub launched adata-roaming service with anaim to prevent similar billshocks. But it does sodifferently, as customers canconnect to any mobilenetwork in 20 destinations toenjoy the services cheaperrate of $10 per 50MB perday. The rate will become$18 from October.

StarHub plans to extendthe service to over 230overseas destinations in time.

ILLEGAL GAMBLING DENIN GEYLANG BUSTEDPOLICE busted an illegalgambling den on Tuesday andarrested four women and aman, aged between 40 and 52.

The den had been operatingout of a private apartment inLorong 6 Geylang. Threeelectronic mahjong tables andabout $565 in cash were seized.

NEW BUS DEPOT INLOYANG READY BY 2015THE Land Transport Authority(LTA) will build a new busdepot off Loyang Avenue forSBS Transit to house theadditional buses it is bringing inover the next few years.

To be completed by 2015,the depot is part of a review ofthe enhanced structuralassistance that the Governmentis providing to the bus industry.

ROAD CLOSURES FORSUNDOWN MARATHONDUE to the SundownMarathon, which takes placetomorrow and on Saturday,there will be road and laneclosures in the vicinity ofMarina Bay, Tanjong Rhu estateand East Coast Park, at varioustimes between 9pm tomorrowand 9.30am on Sunday.

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Members of Tum Create a joint research projectbetween Germanys Technische Universitat Munchen and the NanyangTechnological University (NTU) riding a prototype of their multi-purposescooter 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 cutdata-roamingbill shocks

Singapore update

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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 Universityof Singapore law professor TeyTsun Hang could spend at least12 weeks in jail, if the prosecu-tion, which proposed the sen-tence yesterday, gets its way.

Tey, 42, was convicted of sixcounts of corruption on Tuesdayfor accepting sex and gifts fromhis former student, Ms DarinneKo, 23, in exchange for bettergrades. He is due to be sen-tenced on Monday.

Addressing the court yester-day, Deputy Public ProsecutorAndre Jumabhoy gave reasonswhy Tey should be jailed andfor a minimum of between 12and 16 weeks.

He explained that Tey hadsystematically abused the posi-tion of authority he held overhis student to enrich himself,both materially and physically.

Mr Jumabhoy said: Heneeds an opportunity to reflectand to come to terms with thefact that he committed seriousoffences.

He also pointed out thatTeys actions were premeditat-ed and not a one-off momentof misjudgment. The case hascreated public disquiet, asTeys behaviour potentially un-dermines the reputation of Sin-gapores public education institu-tions.

Furthermore, Teys conductin court showed that he hadnot one iota of remorse andwas prepared to lie repeated-ly, cast aspersions on inno-cent people and feign illnessto hide his guilt, said Mr Jumab-hoy.

The prosecution also wantsthe court to order Tey to paythe sum of $1,514.80 for a din-ner and two shirts which Ms Kopaid for.

After the hearing, Tey told re-porters that he would stand upfor my rights. He added that hewould decide whether to appealafter his sentencing.

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Prosecution wants Teyjailed for at least 12 weeks

The design of commonareas in Housing Boardflats could affect howresidents interact withone another.

So, to foster bettercommunity integration,HDBs CommunityRelations Group isstudying this with theNational University ofSingapore, said MsLeong, the groupsdirector of policy andplanning.

My Paper caught upwith her at the launch ofthe HDB CommunityWeek yesterday.

Which aspect of HDBestates can help facilitatecommunity building?Any kind of common, social space ina housing estate is definitelyimportant.

Over the years, the designs ofour buildings have evolved. Forexample, there used to be a lot ofspace in the void decks, where a lotof (interaction) could happen.

But now, we have less space inthe void decks and bigger pavilionsinstead, where residents can holdweddings, do their morningexercises or even just chit-chat.

Besides purpose-builtinfrastructure, there are alsoincidental meeting spaces, such aslinkways and drop-off porches,which allow residents to interact andget to know one another.

The CommunityRelations Group was setup in 2009 with themission of strengtheningcommunity ties in theheartland. How has itdone so far?I must say were doing very well.

Looking at the people who havejoined our programmes and helpedus, such as those in the studentheartland ambassadors programme,weve come a long way.

We have so many more peoplecoming forward (on their own) tohelp us, and they do so becausethey want to do things for theircommunity.

For instance, the plants at todays(launch) exhibition were contributedvoluntarily by residents who tend thecommunity gardens in their ownHDB estates.

Any upcoming projectsthat the group is planningto roll out?What were trying to do is to deepen(the scope of our projects), insteadof starting new ones.

It takes time to nurture relationsand to build up initiatives.

Besides other initiatives, wevebeen holding welcome parties fornew precincts like the upcomingparty at the Straits Vista @ Marsilingthis Sunday which serve tokick-start residents into getting toknow their neighbours and celebratenew friendships.

JACQUELINE WOO

Q&ADirector of policy and planning LEONG WAI HAN

ADirector of policy and planning LEONG WAI

MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A3News

BEIJING

THE fall of a newbornbaby into a toiletpipe in China was ac-cidental and his moth-

er will not be prosecuted, local of-ficials said yesterday, adding thatthe boy is healthy.

The mother, 22 and unmar-ried, had kept her pregnancy a se-cret and gave birth unexpectedlywhen she went to the lavatorylast Saturday.

The newborn fell into thesquat toilet and became stuck inthe tube, police in Jinhua in theeastern province of Zhejiang saidearlier.

Firefighters and doctors spentnearly an hour taking a section ofthe 10cm-wide pipe apart, pieceby piece, with pliers and saws be-fore they could recover the boy,whose placenta was still attached,said previous media reports.

Our investigations showed itwas an accident, a local policeofficer who declined to be namedsaid, and confirmed that the moth-er will not be prosecuted.

The mother raised the alarmand was present at the two-hourrescue but did not admit givingbirth until confronted by police,reports said.

She said she became pregnantafter a one-night stand with a

man who later denied any respon-sibility. She also said she wantedto raise the child but had no ideahow to do it.

The incident triggered hun-dreds of thousands of commentson Chinas hugely-popular wei-bos, services similar to Twitter,

with users astonished by the cir-cumstances and expressing goodwishes for the baby.

He suffered some cuts to hisface and limbs and was put in anincubator at the Pujiang PeoplesHospital, where nurses dubbedhim 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 arelooking 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 badshape, wontface action

Baby-in-toilet Saga MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A4News

MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A5

BY GILLIAN PINTO

QUESTIONS in a Pri-mary 5 Social Studiestest paper centred onpolitics in Singaporein the early 1960s

have raised debate on whether pu-pils are too young to learn aboutpolitics.

A photo of a page of the testfor pupils in the Gifted EducationProgramme (GEP) was posted on-line earlier this week. The ques-tions referenced quotes fromformer minister for social affairsOthman Wok.

Mr Othman, 88, was one of

the 10 Old Guard ministers whoformed Singapores first Cabinetafter independence in 1965.

One of the questions asked the11-year-olds why there was asplit within the Peoples ActionParty in 1961. Another askedthem why the United Malays Na-tional Organisation was worriedabout the Chinese majority inSingapore.

Some parents and netizenssaid that pupils could be tooyoung to be exposed to the con-cepts of political parties. Othersfelt that it was a necessary part oftheir education and, therefore,not a cause for concern.

One parent, Mrs Boey SoukTann, 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 theGEP.

The 43-year-old lawyer said:Its better for (pupils) to learnthe content just for enrichment.

For young pupils, what is im-portant is to present both sides ofthese issues so that the kids canform their own opinions later onin life.

However, another parentraised concern that pupils maynot be able to fully grasp the grav-ity of political issues at that age.

Secretary C. Tan, 34, who hasa daughter in Primary 5, said: Atthat age, children are not matureenough to think on their own.

It is better to expose them tothese issues when they are olderand more able to gauge and judgefor themselves.

A Ministry of Education(MOE) spokesman confirmed thatthe quotes and questions high-lighted were from a Primary 5 So-cial Studies test paper.

MOE said that the questionsare aimed at assessing pupils un-derstanding of the events leadingup to Singapores merger.

Social Studies is part of the pri-

mary-school curriculum outlinedby MOE. It is examinable only forstudents in the GEP.

The Primary 5 syllabus focuseson themes such as Singapore un-der Foreign Rule and Buildingthe Nation.

The MOE spokesman saidthat, through the syllabus, pupilslearn about the events and thepeople who played importantroles in nation-building.

The spokesman added:Through such stories, pupils areable to appreciate the contribu-tions made by different groups ofpeople in the process of achievingindependence and the signifi-cance of Singapores independ-ence.

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EDUCATIONDEBATE //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Primary 5pupils testedon 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


SAN FRANCISCO

SOCIAL-MEDIA ser-vices have surged inpopularity by givingusers leeway to post

comments, photos and videos.But that freedom can back-

fire if members content pushesthe boundaries of good taste,potentially turning off advertis-ers.

Yesterday, Facebook said itplans to bolster efforts to keephate speech off its pages, amidcomplaints the site allowed con-tent that encourages violenceagainst women.

Nissans British unit andsome smaller advertisers tem-porarily halted some Facebookadvertisements that could havebeen shown next to offensivecontent 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 openletter asking Facebook execu-

tives to ban gender-basedhate speech on your site.

The letter highlighted Face-book pages with names likeViolently Raping Your FriendJust for Laughs, and other pag-es that included graphic imagesof women being abused.

The activists sent more than5,000 e-mail messages to Face-books advertisers and elicitedmore than 60,000 posts onTwitter.

Facebook said it will reviewguidelines for evaluating con-tent that may violate its stand-ards, and will update trainingfor teams that review reportson hate speech.

The social-media giant plansto set up more formal communi-cation channels with represent-atives of womens groups andother organisations, to speedup its response to questionsabout content that is possiblyoffensive.

In recent days, it has be-come clear that our systems toidentify and remove hatespeech have failed to work aseffectively as we would like,particularly on issues of gen-der-based hate, Facebooksaid in a blog post yesterday.

We need to do better andwe will.

The company also said it will

increase accountability for crea-tors of content that is cruel orinsensitive, even if the contentdoesnt 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 MOREWITH SEDITION AFTER POLLSPROSECUTORS filed sedition chargesyesterday against another five oppositionpoliticians and activists who urgedMalaysians to protest against what theyinsist was a fraud-tainted election victoryby the ruling Barisan Nasional.

The five men charged oppositionpoliticians Tian Chua and Tamrin Ghafar,and three activists pleaded not guilty in aKuala Lumpur district court. They criticisedthe government while speaking at apolitical forum on May 13. Student activistAdam Adli was charged last week.AP

NEWSPAPER TRUCKS BANNEDFROM MYANMAR HIGHWAYTRUCKS carrying copies of Myanmarnewspaper The Daily Eleven have beenbanned from plying the Yangon-Mandalayhighway after the newspaper criticised thehighway.

In an editorial published on Sunday, itcriticised the quality and standard of thehighway, citing a bus accident last Saturdaythat claimed 11 lives.ELEVEN MEDIA/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

$1.3m BAIL FOR MAN ACCUSEDOF PUTTING BABY IN FREEZERBAIL was set at US$1 million (S$1.3million) on Tuesday for a 25-year-old manin Washington state accused of putting hissix-week-old daughter in a minus 12 deg Cfreezer for about an hour to stop her fromcrying. Doctors believe the baby willsurvive, but it is too soon to know whetherthere will be potential complications.AP


KATHMANDU

SIXTY years ago yester-day, Mr Kanchha Sher-pa was 21 when NewZealander Edmund Hil-

lary and Nepalese guide TenzingNorgay Sherpa made the maidenconquest of the worlds tallestmountain.

The time was 11.30am, hetold journalists as a special guestat a function organised here tomark the diamond jubilee of thefirst ascent of Everest.

Mr Kanchha is the onlyveteran of the 1953 British expe-dition led by Mr John Hunt whois still alive.

I was excited when I found

out that these foreigners werespending such a big amount justto climb a mountain, recalled MrKanchha, now 81. But later, I re-alised it was a victory over Ever-est.

The British-funded trip to thehighest point on earth 8,848mabove sea level changedmountaineering forever, andturned Sir Edmund and Mr Tenz-ing into household names inmany parts of the world.

Everyone knows Tenzingand Hillary climbed Everest, butnobody knows how hard weworked along the way, Mr Kanc-cha said.

One thousand two hundredcoolies (porters) were gath-ered...at Bhaktapur, near Kath-mandu...

Everyone walked from therebecause there werent any roads,no motor vehicles, no planes. Ittook us 16 days to reach Nam-che.

Today, Namche is the start ofthe Everest route.

While the Nepalese govern-ment is keen to promote theanniversary, many in the climb-ing community reflected on the

dangers of over-commercialisa-tion.

Recent photographs showingqueues of climbers waiting theirturn to reach the summit, as wellas gathering mounds of rubbishand even a brawl between climb-ers and porters this year, havehighlighted problems on theroof of the world.

AFP, THE KATHMANDUPOST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

REMEMBERING PAST GLORY: Mr Kanchha Sherpa was part of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition that placed Sir EdmundHillary and Mr Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on the summit of the worlds highest mountain. PHOTO: PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP

Veteran marks60th year ofEverest ascent

Maiden: shu c

Veteran: lo shu

Mountaineering: dng shn

Anniversary: zhu nin j nin


TOKYO

SONY is best known as aconsumer-electronicscompany, making Play-Station game consoles

and television sets. Yet, the firmloses money on almost everygadget it sells.

On the other hand, Sony hasmade money producing Holly-wood movies and selling music.That profitable part of the busi-ness is what Mr Daniel Loeb, anAmerican investor and managerof the hedge fund Third Point,wants Sony to spin off to raisecash to resuscitate its electronicsbusiness.

But, as Mr Loeb pressuresSony executives to do more to re-vive the companys ailing elec-tronics arm, some analysts areasking: Why bother?

A new report from the invest-ment-banking firm Jefferies deliv-ered a harsh assessment of Sonyselectronics business.

Electronics is its Achillesheel and, in our view, it is worthzero, wrote Mr Atul Goyal, con-sumer-technology analyst for Jef-feries, in the report, released thisweek.

In our view, it needs to exitmost electronics markets.

The maker of the Walkmanand the Trinitron without elec-tronics? What would it do?

Although Sony sells hundreds

of products as varied as batteriesand head-mounted 3-D displays,its most successful business is sell-

ing insurance. While it doesntrun this business in the UnitedStates or Europe, Sony makes a

lot of money writing life, autoand medical policies in Japan.

Its financial arm accounts for63 per cent of Sonys total operat-ing profit last year. Life insurancehas been its biggest moneymakerover the last decade, earning thecompany 933 billion yen (S$11.7billion) in operating profit in the10 years that ended in March.

Sonys film and music divisions which produced movies like theSpider-Man films and Zero DarkThirty, and recorded musicians likethe electronic-music duo Daft Punk have contributed US$7 billion(S$8.9 billion) to the companysbottom line over the last decade.

In that time, Sonys electronicsdivision has lost a cumulativeUS$8.5 billion.

The problem is that the boardis still absolutely focused on fix-ing electronics, said Dr Kouji Ya-mada, a visiting professor at Hitot-subashi University in Tokyo.

Sony chief executive KazuoHirai said last Wednesday that itsboard would consider ThirdPoints proposal, even as it em-phasised that the discussionswere preliminary.

There are some glimmers that

Sony is finding its way again. Itssleek new XPeria Z smartphonehas received some rave reviews.Photography buffs have called itshigh-end RX1 camera the most ad-vanced compact camera.

Not so long ago, we had de-spaired at Sonys ability to everagain produce stellar products,Mr Damian Thong, technology an-alyst at Macquarie Securities, saidin 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 harkback to Sonys glory days.NYT

CHINESE banks have sharply in-creased loans to global shipown-ers as European lenders retreatfrom the market, but some aredriving 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, afternew orders dropped to a sev-en-year low last year.

The government wants Chi-nese yards to move up the valuechain by building higher-qualityvessels and to become a player inthe offshore energy-equipment in-

dustry, a lucrative sector in thegenerally-depressed shipbuildingmarket.

The role played by Chineselenders has drawn the ire of someindustry critics, who say an al-ready-oversupplied global fleetwill only get bigger because ship-owners are taking advantage ofcheaper quotes from Chineseyards, compared to other build-ers.

Chinese shipyards won new or-ders of 11.57 million deadweighttonnes in the first four months ofthe year, up 57 per cent from the

same period last year, data fromthe China Association of the Na-tional Shipbuilding Industryshowed.

A key supporter has been theExport-Import Bank of China, apolicy 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 generalmanager of the banks trans-port-finance department.

Last month, Greek shipownersordered 142 vessels, more than

60 per cent of their global orderbook, from Chinese yards. Goodpricing and Chinese financingwere among the reasons, GreekShipping Minister Kostis Mous-souroulis was quoted by Chinasofficial Xinhua News Agency assaying at the time.

The enticement to order atparticular yards on the basis thatyou will get financed certainly at-tracted a lot of non-listed Europe-an companies, said Mr TimothyRoss, 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 partof its entertainment business. PHOTO: TOMOHIRO OHSUMI/BLOOMBERG

China to shipowners:Borrow here, build here

Sonys bread and butter? Not gadgetsElectronics is its Achilles heel and,

in our view, it is worth zero.

CONSUMER-TECHNOLOGY ANALYST ATUL GOYAL

Electronics: din z chn pn

Insurance: bo xin

Board: dng sh hu

Stellar: ji ch

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WE REFER to MissTan Qiao Yuansletter, MRTneeds queue sys-

tem (My Paper, May 17), andthat of Mr Foong Chong Hung,Hot and bothered at MRT sta-tion (My Paper, May 21).

There are funnel shapedfloor markings to show commut-ers where to queue in most MRTstations.

Together with the PublicTransport Council, the Singa-pore Kindness Movement andthe two public-transport opera-tors, we have also been runningcampaigns to encourage commut-ers to play their part by queuing

up before they board. Such cam-paigns have helped promotequeuing, as we observe changedbehaviour in many stations.

The Land Transport Authori-ty (LTA) will continue to look tosystems abroad to see if their de-signs can be adapted for use onour system.

With regard to Mr Foongsconcerns, our investigationsshow that there was a fault withone of the two air-conditioningunits at the Raffles Place MRTstation. SMRT is working to re-pair the defective air-condition-er as soon as possible.

In the meantime, SMRT hasdeployed fans at the stations

concourse and platforms to im-prove the stations ventilation.A notice has also been placed atthe Passenger Service Centre toinform commuters of the partialair-conditioning due to mainte-nance works.

LTA is looking to introducenew standards on commutercomfort, such as the tempera-ture within MRT stations.

We thank Miss Tan and MrFoong for their feedback.

MS HELEN LIMDIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONSAND PUBLIC EDUCATIONLAND TRANSPORTAUTHORITY

LET us examine the freedom ofchoice argument frequently cit-ed by smokers, on the eve ofWorld No Tobacco Day.

It is fallacious for smokers tocite freedom of choice when:

smokers in Singapore tend toget addicted around the ages of12 or 13.

addiction to tobacco anddamaging ones own health andthat of others is no joy. It is an illu-sory joy stemming from ones ad-diction.

freedom of choice is lost whenone is addicted and unable to quit.

The World Health OrganizationsProtection From Exposure To Sec-

ond-hand Tobacco Smoke PolicyRecommendations handbookstates that smoke-free legislationdoes not mean smokers cannotsmoke; it only limits where smok-ing is permissible, to preventsmokers from harming others.

There is no right to smokeenshrined in any national Consti-tution or international hu-man-rights law.

Conversely, the right to life, theright to the enjoyment of the high-est attainable standard of health,the right to a healthy environmentand other rights to protection fromexposure to tobacco smoke arefound in numerous internationalhuman-rights laws.

MS LIU I-CHUN

LTA respondson MRT issues

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BY STEPHEN HOLDEN

THE HANGOVER PART III (M18)Comedy/100 minutes

THE Wolfpack ridesagain.

Or, rather, it limpsexhaustedly 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 toLas Vegas, the setting of the firstHangover movie. But their heartsarent in it.

As the expectant audience atthe screening I attended waitedfor the film to explode into actionwith the usual lewd, gross-out an-tics, only a few scattered laughscould be heard, along with muchgrumbling after the final credits.

The Hangover Part III, direct-ed by Todd Phillips, is a dull, lazywalk-through that, along withThe Big Wedding, has a claim tobe the years worst star-drivenmovie.

The Wolfpack includes Phil(Bradley Cooper), Doug (JustinBartha), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan(Zach Galifianakis), four of theunlikeliest buddies to join forcesin search of adventure.

Phil is the charmer; Doug, thestraight arrow; Stu, the squareand 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 Alanis speeding home in his sports carwith a giraffe in an attached trail-er promises more comedy than isdelivered.

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 ofcruelty to animals. Dogs are shot,and a coked-up chicken is smoth-

ered.After the giraffe mishap, the

other Wolfpack members stagean intervention, to which Alan re-luctantly agrees. While takinghim to a rehab centre, they are in-tercepted by a hulking mobsternamed Marshall (John Goodman)and his goons wearing pig masks.

Marshall blames Chow forstealing millions of dollars of goldbricks and takes Doug as a hos-tage until the Asian gangster isbrought to him, along with thegold.

The story zigzags awkwardlyto Mexico and back.

When the guys discover thatChow is in Las Vegas, holed up ina heavily-guarded penthousesuite with drugs and escorts atCaesars Palace, they re-enter SinCity where all their troubles be-gan and try to capture him.

These Las Vegas adventuresare a sequence of perfunctorystunts: entering the penthousefrom the roof on tied-togethersheets, 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 cameorole as a mean-spirited pawnbro-ker) make goo-goo eyes at eachother in a grotesque flirtation thatinvolves 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 from Ab-bott and Costello, the ThreeStooges and the Hope-Crosbyroad 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 learnfrom experience.

Only in a sight gag during thefinal credits is there a momentaryflare-up of the old antic spirit.Otherwise, The Hangover Part IIIis 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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Wolfpacks swansong lacks bite

Festive Films is giving away 10 pairs of tickets to the movie preview ofactress Vicki Zhaos directorial debut, So Young starring Mark Chao (left)and Han Geng on Tuesday, 7pm, at GV Plaza. All you have to do is answerthis question: What is the release date of So Young? E-mail your answer [email protected] by Saturday. Winners will be notified on Sunday.

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Quick takes

DEAD MAN DOWN(NC16)Crime thriller/117minutesRating: 3.5/5

BEATRICE (NoomiRapace) and Victor (ColinFarrell) live in facing apartments.

He is a thug in a gang run by Alphonse Hoyt (TerrenceHoward) and Beatrice is a beautician whose face has beenscarred in a car crash.

One day, at the urging of her mother Valentin (IsabelleHuppert), Beatrice decides to give Victor her phone number.

As their relationship deepens, both discover that each ofthem harbours dark, unsavoury secrets.

There are major flaws in this work, but there are enoughmoments that mesmerise to make this one of this seasonsbetter thrillers.

The acting, for one thing, is top-notch.

JOHN LUI

GREATEXPECTATIONS (PG)Drama/124 minutesRating: 3.5/5

THE orphan Pip (JeremyIrvine) has been cared forsince he was a child byhis mean sister, Mrs Joe (Sally Hawkins), and her much-sweeter husband, Joe (Jason Flemyng).

Sent to the mansion of the eccentric heiress MissHavisham (Helena Bonham Carter) to amuse her adopteddaughter Estella (Holliday Grainger), he falls in love with thegirl.

When a mysterious benefactor showers Pip with wealth, hevows to become a gentleman worthy of Estellas hand.

The seventh made-for-cinema feature based on thesprawling serialised novel by Charles Dickens roots the story ina powerfully-realised time and place, but otherwise adds littlethat is new to a classic.

JOHN LUI

EPIC (PG)Animation/103 minutesRating: 3/5

AFTER her mother dies,Mary Katherine (voicedby Amanda Seyfried)moves in with herscientist father (Jason Sudeikis), who is obsessed withgathering evidence of the existence of Leaf Men, a communityof tiny people living in the deep forest. Walking in the forestone 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 andshrivel up all life forms. The Leaf Men, led by Ronin (ColinFarrell), rebellious Nod (Josh Hutcherson) and a newly miniMary Katherine, have to save the day. As stunning as theanimation is here, Epic never quite lives up to its title. The storyis certainly a well-intentioned one, but many of the ecomessages in this film come across as completely contrived.

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BY JOY FANG

MARRY INTO THE PURPLEMondays to Fridays, 7pm

Jia Le Channel (SingTel mioTV Ch 502)

Rating: 3/5

ALL eyes are on former HongKong television queen Char-maine Shehs performance inMarry Into The Purple, her

first mainland-Chinese series since her de-parture from television station TVB.

Sheh, 38, who began her career withthe station in 1997, left last year to join anew production company in China for afatter pay cheque.

The question is: Did the popular ac-tress, known as the TV Queen back inHong Kong, make the right decision?

I think she did.

From intricate costumes to sprawling,extravagant sets to an enticing plot, theproduction scores with its high value andrichly-fleshed-out characters.

First, the plot. This 40-parter perioddrama hits the audience from the get-gowith its fast-paced story. In the first threeepisodes, there are already rampant con-spiracies, an assassination attempt, deathsand 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 wasstrongly influenced by European cultureand guns were aplenty, the plot centres ona ruthless warlord, Cao Zhen Fang, whocontrols the town and its army.

He ruins a thriving soya-sauce businessowned by the Xu family, plunging themembers into bankruptcy.

The spoilt Shen Yingdi (played by Tai-wanese actress Jiang Zuping, known forher villainous role as Xie Ming Ming inAi), was promised to Xus only son, Jiajun(Benny Qian), from young, but she refusesto marry a pauper and live a miserablelife.

Her younger adopted sister Yingxiu(played by Sheh) is forced to take herplace. Needless to say, her mother-in-lawdoes 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 Jiajunruns away to join a guerilla army to fightCao. Yingdi marries Caos son and enjoysa luxurious life, but lets just say that thatdoesnt last long.

The characters are all given sufficientmaterial to develop so you feel yourselfidentifying with their emotional turmoilor tragic plight.

If there is one thing Id have to nitpickon, it would be Shehs unimpressive per-formance in the show.

Shehs role is one of a submissive, gen-tle, long-suffering girl, but she doesntbring anything extraordinary to the table.

She comes across as wooden ratherthan reserved, and her pursed lips seempetulant rather than upset. Most of thescenes involve her standing around andcrying (a lot), while taking the abuse ofothers.

In an interview with Hong Kong me-dia, Sheh said this was the most tragiccharacter she had ever portrayed, addingthat she spent 40 out of the 50 days of film-ing crying.

I wonder if she spent any of her timehoning the rest of her character.

On the other hand, Jiangs perform-ance as the peevish but slightly adorable and materialistic social climber is muchmore engaging

The charismatic actress brightens upthe screen with her enthusiastic acting,and you find yourself loving and hatingher 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. Butit scores.

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BY JOY FANG

RELUCTANT BRIDE: Former TVB actress Charmaine Sheh plays a substitute bride seen here withher adoptive father Shen Gang (played by Wang Wei Guo) who is subjected to endless abuse andinsults, in her first mainland drama series, Marry Into The Purple. PHOTO: MIO TV

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Guerilla army: yu j jn

Peevish: p qi hui de

MY PAPER THURSDAY MAY 30 2013 A13Showbiz My Executive

PLAYING basketball,going swimming, danc-ing to his favouritemusic, or just walking

up a flight of stairs is not what anaverage 12-year-old boy wouldcall his dream.

But for Luka, doing such sim-ple everyday activities is possibleonly in his imagination. He suf-fers from muscular dystrophy, adegenerative disease that de-prives him of his ability to movehis body over time.

Right now, the only parts ofhis limbs that he can move at willare his fingers, which allow himto control the joystick of hiswheelchair and draw pictures.

With the help of photographerMatej Peljhan, Luka has now real-ised one of his wishes.

In his latest series Le PetitPrince (Little Prince), Peljhanfeatured photographs in which Lu-ka appears to do all sorts of activi-ties.

Some time ago, during one ofour conversations, he expressedhis wish to see himself on a pho-to, walking around and doing allsorts of mischief, Peljhan ex-plained in a context he wroteabout the series.

In the photographs, Luka joy-fully runs while holding a bal-loon, break dances to music from

a boombox, swims with a schoolof fish, and even plays basketballin his imaginary world.

Rather than rely on Pho-toshop, Peljhan laid props aroundLuka to make it look like he iswalking, playing and exploring.

Luka knows his fate but hedoesnt give in, said Peljhan.Although his lifespan is severelycompromised, he stays positiveand focuses on things he can do,rather than obsess over what hehas lost.

Peljhan said Lukas wishseemed impossible at first, but itturned out all that was neededwas a change of perspective.

Luka knows how to do it. Hechallenges us to prove we areable to do it as well, he said.THE KOREA HERALD/ASIANEWS NETWORK

Wheelchairboy realiseshis dreamin photos

Pop singer Rihanna will be here to perform at the Padang stage duringthe Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on Sept 22. The concert is part ofher 2013 Diamonds World Tour and will be the 25-year-olds secondsolo concert here since 2008. Tickets start from $228 and are availableat www.singaporegp.sg or Sistic at www.sistic.com.sg

RIHANNA TO PERFORM AT F1 CONCERT

The 35-year-old, whorecently representedSingapore at the WAOceanafest 2013 culinary

competition, won a goldmedal for his yuzu-applecheesecake creation.

With 10 years ofexperience and trainingoverseas, he is now thepastry chef at OrchardHotel.

My Paper speaks toMr Ng about his favouritedesserts and pastries.

When did your culinaryinterests begin?It began during my school days,especially after watching French

pastry chef Jacque Torres televisionseries Dessert Circus. I have alwaysdreamt of becoming a pastry chef,due to my love for chocolate and mypassion for making desserts.

What are some of yourfavourite pastries?I like to do authentic desserts andlove to bake with rich dough. Myfavourite is (to make desserts) withmeringue.

I specialise mainly in Frenchpastries. However, I like to experiencedifferent kinds of desserts, especiallyusing local fruit, the latest beingchempedak.

How often do you cook athome?I cook at home on special occasionsfor both friends and family. A must ismy special butter cake, a traditionalfamily recipe.

What is the best dessertyouve ever had?Chempedak fritter at BedokInterchange. This has inspired me tocreate my rum-and-raisin chempedaktea cake.

What is your favouriteSingaporean dish or

dessert?Black glutinous rice with coconutcream is my favourite. Other localdesserts I love include chempedakpengat and durian pengat.

What advice would yougive to young aspiringpastry chefs?Have passion and love in yourcooking or baking.When the journey gets tough, do notgive up easily and always do yourbest in everything you do.

GILLIAN PINTO

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Joystick: kng zh gn

Props: do j

Obsess: din nin STEPPING UP: ...and climbing aflight of stairs. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN

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AIRBORNE: Rather than rely on Photoshop, photographer Matej Peljhan laid props around Luka, who suffers frommuscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, to make it look like he is playing basketball... PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN

GLIDING ALONG: ...skating, with thewind in his face. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN

DOING A FLIP: ...break-dancing to theboombox. PHOTO: MATEJ PELJHAN


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BY DOUG FERGUSONThe Associated Press

ERNIE Els flashed an easy smileat a reporter walking towardsthe clubhouse at the TPC Saw-grass earlier this month.

This must be great for you guys, hesaid. Come out to the PGA Tour and eve-ry week they hand you another story.

And he wasnt talking about AdamScott winning the Masters.

The public spat between Sergio Garciaand Tiger Woods that brought overturesof racism back into golf is just one of theincidents that have plagued what used tobe known as a gentlemans game.

Its been quite a controversial year forgolf, Britains Lee Westwood said.

Any talk of Woods is sure to includethe illegal drop he took at the Masters, thetwo-shot penalty he received the nextday, the incorrect scorecard with his signa-ture on it and Augusta National invokingRule 33-7, which gave it discretion to dis-regard the penalty of disqualification forthe incorrect scorecard.

And there was Fijian Vijay Singh, whosued the PGA Tour the day before ThePlayers Championship. The issue? He hadused deer-antler spray, which he claimedwas 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 matchby suggesting Woods was the cause of acommotion in their final group of the thirdround.

Woods called out Garcia for his con-stant complaining, which led Garcia to sayWoods wasnt the nicest guy on tour. Andthen, he tried to make a joke about havingWoods over for fried chicken, and hewound up with egg on his face.

Garcia threw out the racial stereotypethe same day that the Royal & AncientGolf Club and U.S. Golf Association intro-duced Rule 14-1b, effective in 2016, thatwould ban the anchored stroke used forlong putters like the one Scott usedwhen he won the Masters, or the one Elsused at the British Open, and Webb Simp-son in the US Open, and the ones used byTim Clark and Carl Pettersson their entirepro careers.

At least three players, including Scott,have retained a lawyer as they wait to seewhether the PGA Tour goes along withthe new rule. The tour met its Player Advi-sory Council on Tuesday, the first step to-wards figuring out which direction it willgo. There was no consensus.

So much for golfs reputation as a genteelsport. But is all this bad bad for the game?

American pro golfer Nick Watney saysit depends on your theory of publicity.

If you had the Kardashian feeling thatany publicity is good publicity, then itsgood... 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 anotheropinion.

Outside the ropes, golf is probablymore interesting than it ever has been,he said. I dont think its all that bad if itmakes our sport more interesting. Theremight be a few more people come out tothe US Open.

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Golf no longera genteel game

Nike is dropping its partnership with Livestrong Foundation, the cancer charity founded bydisgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, the latest repercussion from the doping scandal that lastyear stripped him of his titles. Nike said on Tuesday it would end production of its Livestronggear and apparel after the holiday 2013 line, ending a longstanding licensing agreement thathelped 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.

AMERICAN PRO GOLFER ROBERT GARRIGUS

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Scorecard: j fn k

Consensus: y zh y jian

Publicity: xun chun


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SAN FRANCISCO

APPLES chief executive, MrTim Cook, defended the compa-nys record of innovation underhis stewardship, saying he ex-pects it would release severalmore game-changers and hint-ing that wearable computerscould be among them.

Its an area where its ripefor exploration, he said onTuesday 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 timewhen worries are mounting thatthe company that created thesmartphone and tablet marketsis ceding ground to competitorssuch as Samsung and Google.

Mr Cook stopped short ofclarifying if Apple is working on

wearable products, amid specu-lation that it is developing asmartwatch, saying only thatwearable computers had to becompelling.

He said he has a grand vi-sion for television that goes be-yond an existing US$99(S$125) Apple TV streaming de-vice, but did not go into details.

The company has maintainedfor years that it harbours an in-terest in doing more in the TVarena.

Apple is not averse to doinga large acquisition if the ac-quired company can help Appledevelop an important product,Mr Cook said.

He also hinted at updates tothe companys iOS mobile soft-ware, saying the future of iOSwould be evident when it holdsits annual developers confer-ence next month.REUTERS

SEOUL

SOUTH Korean tech gi-ant Samsung Electron-ics is gearing up for itsnext big product

launch in London on June 20.

And word is that Samsung willunveil its Samsung Galaxy S4Mini at the event.

Earlier this week, Samsung ac-cidentally gave fans a sneak pre-view of the device, on its Britishwebsite.

There, the Galaxy S4 Mini wasbrief ly l isted among thesmartphone line-up, along with aphoto 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 willbe shown on June 20 in London.

Its current phone, the S4, wasreleased three months ago, andhas sold more than 10 millionunits in a month.

The Mini will be a more com-pact version of the S4, and fol-lows Samsungs other miniphones. The timing for June, too,is about right the Galaxy SIIIMini was released just a fewmonths after the full-sized Gal-axy SIII, released in May lastyear.

Industry watchers say that theS4 Mini will likely feature ascreen size of about 4.3 inches.The S4 has a 5-inch screen.

Other anticipated features in-clude an 8MP camera and a1.66GHz processor.

The Minis are targeted largelyat 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 toheighten the battle for the smart-

phone market between Appleand 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 globalmarket), 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, alaptop 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 Applesrecord of innovation

All eyes onGalaxy S4Mini launch

Taiwans Hon Hai Precision Industry will team up with Mozillato launch a mobile device that runs on the Firefox operatingsystem, a Mozilla spokesman said. She declined to give detailsof 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 editorcovering design andarchitecture for Dwell,and was a contributorfor Wired in Britain.

Those opportunitieshave been the fruits ofBldgBlog, the websiteMr Manaugh, 37, creatednine years ago.

Last week, it wasannounced that he willhelm Gizmodo, thepopular technology blogknown for its focus ondigital gadgets, from

September. He speaksabout his new role.

How will Gizmodo berevamped under youreditorship?We want to push what technologymeans. Its not just about gadgetsyou carry around in your pocket.

The city itself is the largestgadget that humans have made. Youcan talk about the ways cities aremanaged, the ways governmentsfunction.

Well be focusing a lot more onathletic technology, including gear inemerging sports like wildernesshiking. Well be looking at militarytechnology, everything from biofuelsto stealth materials, not just howiPhones are made.

Gizmodo readers appearto like the coverage ofApple and new gadgets.You might come to Gizmodoexpecting to read about an Appleconference, and we will still coverthat sort of things.

But if you see a compellingarticle about 3-D printing or elevatordesign, I think youll be interested inthat.

Its taking all of the thingsGizmodo is good at and has anaudience for, and adding urbanism,architecture and design.

Youll see interviews witharchitects, coverage of buildingprojects around the world. Itstreating gadgets as design objects.

How do design andtechnology fit together assubjects?Theyre always related. Mosttechnical innovators or inventors arepretty explicitly aware of design.

People are constantlyencountering design, whether its thenewest laptop, or clothing, or all theweird new cooking gear thatscoming out and turning kitchens intochemistry sets.

It goes back to showing peoplehow technology and design worktogether.

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FOR many, no drink ismore synonymouswith good health thangreen tea, the ancient

Chinese beverage known for itssoothing aroma and abundance ofantioxidants.

But a new report by an inde-pendent laboratory shows thatgreen tea can vary widely fromone cup to the next.

And some green-tea leaves arecontaminated with lead, thoughthe metal does not appear toleach out during the brewing pro-cess.

The report was published byConsumerLab.com, an independ-ent site that tests health products.

The company took a closelook at brewed and bottledgreen-tea products, and foundthat green tea brewed from loosetea leaves was perhaps the bestand most potent source of antioxi-dants like epigallocatechin gal-late, or EGCG.

Green teas popularity hasbeen fuelled in part by researchlinking EGCG to benefits rangingfrom weight loss to cancer preven-tion, but the evidence comeslargely from test-tube studies, re-search on animals and large popu-lation studies, none of it very rig-orous. Researchers could not ruleout the contribution of other

healthy behaviours that tend tooccur together.

Researchers tested variousbrands of green-tea beveragessold in stores. One variety, DietSnapple Green Tea, contained al-most no EGCG. Another bottledbrand, Honest Teas Green TeaWith Honey, claimed to carry190 milligrams of catechins, butthe report said that it containedonly about 60 per cent of that fig-ure. The drink also contained 18gof sugar, about half the amountfound in a can of Sprite.

Green tea in its more naturalforms loose tea leaves sold byTeavana, and tea bags sold bycompanies like Bigelow and Lip-ton fared better.

A single serving of TeavanasGyokuro green tea, about one tea-spoonful, was chock-full of anti-oxidants, yielding about 250milligrams of catechins, athird of which were EGCG.

A single bag of the greentea sold by Lipton and Bigelowcontained somewhat smalleramounts of antioxidants thanTeavanas green tea.

The most surprising part ofthe study was an analysis of thelead content in the green-tealeaves. The leaves in the Liptonand Bigelow tea bags contained1.25 to 2.5 micrograms of leadper serving. The leaves fromTeavana did not contain measura-

ble amounts.Lead can occur in many bo-

tanical products because it is (ab-sorbed) from the ground, saidDr Tod Cooperman, president ofConsumerLab.com.

The green-tea plant is knownto absorb lead from the environ-ment at a higher rate than otherplants, and lead can also build up

on the surface of leaves.Dr Cooperman said the tea

leaves containing lead probablyoriginated from China, wherestudies have found that industrialpollution causes the leaves insome regions to pick up substan-tial amounts of lead.

The Teavana leaves camefrom Japan, where that is less of a

problem, he said.Still, the study found that

there was no real health concernfrom the lead. The liquid portionsof the teas that were brewed andtested contained very little, ifany, of the metal, Dr Coopermansaid.

NYT

PACKED WITH GOODNESS: A new report shows that green tea brewed fromloose tea leaves is perhaps the best and most potent source of antioxidantslike epigallocatechin gallate. PHOTO: DESMOND FOO/THE STRAITS TIMES

Vital to choose right green-tea drink

Born in Hanoi and raisedin Moscow, the 26-year-old Vietnamese model-entrepreneur hasorganised fashion showsat the Petronas TwinTowers Skybridge inKuala Lumpur, onLondons Tower Bridge,and on a cruise ship inDubai.

Her latest J Spring

Fashion Show will beheld tomorrow on theSeine River in Paris, onboard the Le Jean Bruel,a giant glass boat.

My Paper spoke to Anhon her thoughts onhosting a similar eventhere.

As a model, youvewalked the runways incities like Paris. Did youface any discrimination,being an Asian model in aWestern world?I have never encountered anydiscrimination or difficulties being anAsian model in the fashion world.

I think each brand targets certainmarkets and, if they choose aWestern model over an Asian model,thats just a strategic decision.

Today, you do see more Asianmodels in major Western adcampaigns and fashion shows, whichshows the growing power of fashionin the Asian markets. The trend isvery positive.

Why do you use iconiclandmarks to host runwayshows?Ive observed major fashion showsover the years, and noticed arepeated pattern and style which isnot necessarily intriguing any more.

I wanted to change the wayguests experience the shows.Bringing the shows to the most-iconic landmarks around the worldmakes them a lot more desirable.

How did you come upwith this idea?It all started after I finished the JSummer Fashion Show in 2011 at theSavoy London.

I needed to top that show with aneven bigger and better venue, andrealised I wouldnt be able to do soon the ground.

The idea of height came to meand my eyes were set on Englandsiconic Tower Bridge.

It was definitely a dream tobecome the first fashion-showorganiser to turn the famous bridgeinto a phenomenal catwalk 44mabove the River Thames.

Do you have plans toorganise shows in Asia?Asia, to me, is definitely worthdiscovering and promoting, and I amlooking forward to finalising my nextshows in Singapore, Japan andChina.

Last years J Spring Fashion Showat the Petronas Twin TowersSkybridge was one of my proudestachievements, not only because itwas the worlds highest fashionshow, but also because I managed to

position Kuala Lumpur on theinternational fashion map.

I am planning to do the same forother cities in Asia.

Where would you host ashow in Singapore?As I select only unique venues whereno one has hosted a show before,new fashion landmarks in Singaporewont attract me.

I would like to create a brand-newconcept at an unexpected venue inSingapore.

What are your futureplans?In the next two years, I will continueto host unique catwalks at the most-iconic venues.

Afterwards, I plan to work withwell-known developers and architectsto actually build venues for myshows.

KAREN LIM

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