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Daily News… FACEBOOK CO-FOUNDER SAVERIN SAYS ASIA IS THE PLACE TO BE Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin said Thursday the success of the social networking site would be hard to match but he hoped to make an impact as an Asia-based technology investor. «It’s clearly a tough act to follow,» the 30-year-old Brazilian billionaire told a business conference in Singapore, where he is a permanent resident and putting money as an «angel investor» into Asian and other start-ups. «Asia is, whether you look at Internet growth, mobile growth, it’s the centre in terms of where the user and consumer base will be in the future, so it’s phenomenal for me to come here and learn,» he said. Saverin -- who was listed by Forbes magazine as Singapore’s eighth-richest individual in 2012 with a fortune estimated at $2.2 billion -- said he was not trying to recreate Facebook’s success. «Every step of my life is not about creating a new Facebook or something new necessarily that goes and gets distributed to a billion-plus people,» he said. «It’s about making sure that what I do is fulfilling both to myself and others in the world.» Saverin, who moved to Singapore nearly four years ago but rarely speaks in public, said at the conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal that Facebook had become a «democratising force» across the world. «The impact is huge,» he added, citing the role of social media in the Middle East democracy movement known as the Arab Spring as well as in mobilising public support after natural disasters. Founded in 2004, Facebook says it amassed more than a billion monthly active users as of December 2012. Its shares have been been hit by volatility since its initial public offering price of $38 in May 2012. The stock closed at $28.46 on Wednesday. Saverin, an economics major at Harvard University, co-founded Facebook in 2004 with three fellow students including current chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
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International News… BBQ BAN IN CHINA China web-users were furious Thursday over plans to tackle pollution with a ban on barbecues, wryly asking if Beijing would stamp out fried food and normal bodily functions in its war on smog. While many residents have grown tired of donning face-masks or having to stay indoors during prolonged bouts of heavy smog, China’s food-loving public say forcing fire-grilled food off the streets is a step too far. «This is hilarious. What are they going to consider next? Banning fried food?» said one user on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.
MARATHON RUNNER, 101 A 101-year-old Sikh believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner said Thursday he felt sad to be retiring from competitive events, as he prepared for his last race this weekend. Fauja Singh, nicknamed the «Turbaned Tornado», began running at age 89 and has since completed nine marathons. But he admitted that age has finally caught up with him. «I am hurt by the fact that I am going to retire,» the Indian-born British national, who only speaks Punjabi, said in Hong Kong through his interpreter ahead of his final race this Sunday.
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