The Straits Times, 19 September 2005

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 2005 uMTa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon New strategies needed for synthetic-drug menace
    499 1  - New strategies needed for synthetic -drug menace K. C. Vijayan Home Affairs Minister says what worked on heroin not the way to beat emerging trend By NOW that Singapore has beaten back the heroin menace, it needs a new strategy to fight its latest threat: synthetic drugs. "We cannot expect
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    Lock icon Giving mosquitoes the buzz off— in five easy steps
    808 1  - Giving mosquitoes the buzz off in five easy steps Zakir Hussain Marcel Lee Pereira By Just 10 minutes is all it takes THE five steps outlined m the "10-minute Mozzie Wipe-Out" pamphlet: Change water m vases or bowls on alternate days and add granular insecticide to water. Remove water from
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singapore hotels too cheap for own good
      1115 1  -  Kelvin Wong By SINGAPORE is fast getting a reputation as one of the world's prime bargains for cheap hotels. Not cheap and tawdry, mind you, but cheap yet swank. Rock bottom prices may be pulling m those who love a live-star pampering, but
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  • IN A FLASH
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      53 2 Charm crash course China gears its citizens for the 2008 Olympics with a crash campaign on manners. Is it too late? PAGE 7 Dam the waste New Kai county m China races against time to halt a side effect of the Three Gorges Dam a swamp of rubbish and
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      38 2 Diving into bankruptcy The US airline industry continues its tailspin, with Delta and Northwest airlines filing for bankruptcy protection. PAGE 13 No to "super-spy" Britain's chief security officer fears sharing intelligence will compromise national interests. PAGE 14
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      34 2 Tie a yellow ribbon Prisoners are not the only ones to get second chances m life. Those who break free from their emotional and mental prisons should also don yellow ribbons. PAGE 18
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      75 2 Guard found dead A security guard was found dead with slash wounds to his head and back m the back alley of Boon Siew Building m Bukit Timah Road. PAGE HI Men on a mission Volunteers spend their weekends combing HDB estates to destroy mosquito breeding spots. PAGES H3
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      36 2 Make good service hip If Singapore wants good service, more competition should be encouraged. PAGE H8 Loving the heartlands Reader suggests promoting the heartlander's way of life, as it is part of Singapore's identity. PAGEHB
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      19 2 Goalless draw Liverpool kept its fourth straight league clean sheet, playing a 0-0 draw with Manchester United. PAGEH9
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      39 2 Quality service needed SGX should improve its website to justify its proposed charges for live share prices. PAGE Hl6 Reaching out DBS' strategy m markets like India and China is to tap the poorer or "sub-prime" segments. PAGEHIB
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      102 2 H| |3 1 iSGm 1 *id I VF2O2 Departure 11:05 VF2OI Departure 12:35 Arrival 11:45 Arrival 15:20 VF2OB Departure 18:55 VF2O7 Departure 20:20 Arrival 19:35 Arrival 23:00 All local times shown Book now or call your travel agent today! j. Book direct. Online bookings: ,„h 11°° HDB Hub. East Win«
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      388 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-11 World 12-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H5 You Think H6-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl2 Obituaries Hl3 Money Hl4-HlB UFE! People L2-L7,L10 Events L 8 Horoscopes TV L 9 r H^ J mIWI I I M VTi^Vf lILS I I WJ Aw
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Exit polls show Merket in the lead
      561 3  -  Derek Scally ELECTION IN GERMANY But she lacks majority needed to form government By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Berlin DR ANGELA Merkel's conservatives were leading m yesterday's German election, but her centre-right alliance lacks a parliamentary majority, exit polls indicated as voting
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      Lock icon Pilot sparks Auckland terror alert
      211 3 Wellington A MAN flew over Auckland threatening to crash a light plane into the landmark Sky Tower on the night of national elections. The incident sent New Zealand's largest city into a terror alert. Police questioned the middleaged man, a qualified pilot, m a hospital
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      Lock icon Missing 8-year-old was safe at friend's house
      540 3  - Missing 8 -year- old was safe at friend's house TANYA FONG By SHE did not sleep for more than 48 hours, fearing the worst for her daughter, Leeanne Netto, who went missing on Friday evening from their home m Eastwood Walk, Bedok. Housewife Doris Netto, 48, tried to keep her
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      642 4  -  Zakir Hussain By Racy? Not at all. That's actually the title of a book and workshop on sexuality and emotion issues for Muslim teenagers by Muis, m an effort to jazz up religious education for a younger generation THE last place you might expect to find a textbook that
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      Lock icon Firms look to new growth — in forests
      446 4  - Firms look to new growth in forests Radha Basu By EARLY on Friday, as office-goers made their way to work, a group of corporate citizens was headed to a very different workplace: the lush, peaceful Macßitchie forests. Surrounded by 150-year-old trees, volunteers from about 20 companies cleared litter and tilled
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      373 3 Executive Network. Leadership Journey. a>Xm Unll MDA r^*Sg\ era tlllll MBA s Master off Business Administration 37th Intake University Most Established UK MBA (Edupoll Singapore 2005 University M W Fu,| y tau S nt °y University of Hull faculty Coursework completion m 18 months v Information Session I BW^ Monday,
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon 1,000 killed by disease in India and Nepal
      597 6  -  P. Jayaram New Delhi plans mass vaccination against Japanese encephalitis By India Correspondent In New Delhi CHILDREN WORST HIT 'This is unprecedented. I have seen 1 5 to 20 children dying every day. I am m pain because I am seeing them
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Chen's wife causes storm in an F-cup
        263 7 Taipei BUSTY female group F4 named after the girls' F-cup bras could seek compensation from the government for loss of income after Taiwan's First Lady branded them a "source of social chaos". Madam Wu Shu-chen, wife of President Chen Shui-bian, made the remark
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        Lock icon Macau govt takes over after $63m run on bank
        502 7 Banco Delta Asia is accused of aiding Pyongyang m money laundering Macau A MACAU bank accused by the United States of aiding illicit North Korean activities has been placed under government control amid fears that the scandal could wreck the city's
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        Lock icon Beijing going for gold medal in good manners
        443 7 Beijing going for gold medal in good manners Beijing CHINA is sparing no effort m its charm offensive ahead of the 2008 Olympics. Beijing has embarked on a crash campaign to instil manners m the world's most populous country. Daily TV talk shows, dramas and prime-time mini-spots provide lessons nationwide
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon New opposition chief seeks change to Japan's charter
        461 8 TOKYO JAPAN'S new opposition leader yesterday sought to revise the nations pacifist Constitution and lift restrictions on Japanese troops' use of weapons overseas. Mr Seiji Maehara, fresh from his slim victory m the Democratic Party of Japan's leadership election after edging aside
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        Lock icon 'Super swamp' threat to millions
        557 8  -  Steven Ribet Wasteland resulting from Three Gorges project m China could be an incubator for diseases By For The Straits Times In Beijing PLANNERS m Kai county m south-western China's Chongqing municipality are racing against time to dam a local river to form a reservoir
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        Lock icon Musharraf in historic meeting with Jews in US
        561 9 Giving Palestinians their own state is key to Middle East security, he says New York PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf has told Jewish leaders m America that granting statehood to the Palestinians would help stop Islamic terrorism and lead to full diplomatic ties
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        Lock icon Did Indonesian, Israeli foreign ministers meet?
        244 9 Did Indonesian, Israeli foreign ministers meet? Jakarta A REPORTED meeting between Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom could spark controversy here, though there are no indications that Jakarta plans to open diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. The talks reportedly took place m
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Filipino maids to push for more rights at summit
        461 10  -  Luz Baguioro They will meet govt officials and employers' groups m inaugural talks By Philippines Correspondent In Manila MORE than 200 Philippine domestic helpers, working locally and overseas, will meet government officials and employers' groups this week to press for better
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        Lock icon Thai MP repeats call to close Islamic schools
        258 10 Bangkok A THAI legislator from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party has reiterated a call to close all Islamic schools m the south, shrugging off opposition from other government leaders. MP Wichai Chaichitwanitchakul said religious schools are the breeding
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        Lock icon PEACE MOVE
        84 10 Indonesian soldiers waiting to board a ship m Lhokseumazve, Aceh, yesterday. They are among 800 soldiers heading for a base m Medan, north Sumatra, as part of the first batch of some 30,000 troops pulling out of Aceh. The troop withdrawal is a key obligation under a peace
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon LAST DAY OF SIX-WAY TALKS
          134 10 BEIJING: The main US envoy to talks on North Korea's nuclear programme said yesterday that a new proposal for compromise was a "good draft" and that negotiations would wind up today with or without an agreement. US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill declined to
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          Lock icon NO SECOND OUTING FOR ASTRONAUT
          93 10 BEIJING: China's first man m space, Mr Yang Liwei, will not be one of the two astronauts blasting off on the country's second manned mission next month, state media reported yesterday. Mr Yang, who became a national hero and received rock star-like adoration after circling
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          Lock icon ANNIVERSARY OF JAPANESE INVASION
          121 10 BEIJING: China yesterday observed the 74th anniversary of the Japanese invasion of its north-east-ern region, with official media urging citizens not to forget the episode but not let it poison their feelings towards Japan. Chinese m more than 100 cities marked the anniversary yesterday by gathering
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          Lock icon TAIWAN DOWNPLAYS SUB INCIDENT
          97 10 TAIPEI: Taiwan's Defence Ministry has confirmed that a Chinese nuclear submarine had surfaced near five navy vessels and passed through waters off Kinmen m late June, but denied that alert levels had been raised, the Taipei Times reported yesterday. The navy monitored the process by radar
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        Lock icon US envoy warned Manila of coup, says paper
        191 10 Manila THE US Embassy m Manila warned of a possible coup against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo as early as April, a newspaper said yesterday. Former US charge d'affaires Joseph Mussomeli, m an April 15 report titled Philippines: Public Unease Growing, referred to
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon $2m farewell bash under probe
        413 11 Lavish parties for retiring Customs chief led to claims of abuse of power PUTRAJAYA THE controversial lavish farewell parties for Malaysia's retiring Customs chief are being investigated. Malaysian Auditor-Gen-eral Tan Sri Hadenan Jalil and a team from the Ministry of Finance are looking into whether
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        Lock icon 7 die in crash at Penang roadblock
        200 11 Penang A SPEEDING car crashed into a security checkpoint m the early morning yesterday, killing seven people. Among the dead were three police officers. The police officers were checking the documents of a motorcyclist at the security roadblock when the car hit them.
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        Lock icon Malaysia back on high alert for dengue
        229 11 Kuala lumpur AFTER four months of battling to control dengue, Malaysia is back on high alert as the number of cases soared last week. From Jan 1 to Sept 10 this year, the disease has claimed 68 lives and the health authorities are
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      508 6 Path to peace Musharraf tells American Jews that granting statehood to the Palestinians would help stop Middle East terrorism. PAGE 9 See skin improve by up to 90% Matrix System iW^^^l______i Bella introduces the latest skin care technology that targets I skin cells deep within with the power of positive
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Iran's veiled threat to UN nuclear agency
      554 12 "Our advice to the agency is to review Iran's case (today) logically and realistically to avoid making the case more complicated." MR HAM ID REZA ASEFI, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Security Council referral may lead to uranium enrichment Teheran IRAN yesterday warned the
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      Lock icon Big American airlines caught in a tailspin
      794 13  -  Paul Zach They find it hard to compete with other carriers, which have lower costs By Straits Times US Bureau In Cleveland TWO of the oldest and largest airlines m the United States nose-dived into bankruptcy last week and, m so doing, they
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      Lock icon Jayakumar in Brazil to boost business links
      341 13 DEPUTY Prime Minister S. Jayakumar began a six-day visit to Brazil yesterday, accompanied by a Singapore business delegation that is exploring investment and partnership opportunities there. Also joining him on the visit is Minister of State for Trade and Industry Heng Chee How.
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      Lock icon Europeans cry foul
      151 13 THE only bright spot for US legacy carriers like Northwest and United has been their global routes, even though they have to compete with such highly respected carriers as Swissair and Singapore Airlines. A Chapter 11 filing allows companies to stay m business while a bankruptcy court
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      654 14  -  Jonathan Eyal British spymaster is concerned with protecting valuable sources By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London BY THE very nature of their profession, bosses of spying agencies are not m the business of making speeches. And when they do, their message is
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      Lock icon ALE'S TO YOU
      97 14 Young ladies m traditional Bavarian costume drinking to each other's health pom one-litre mugs of beer during the opening day of Munich's Oktoberfest at the weekend. Beer drinkers from around the world will visit the Bavarian capital for the world's biggest and most famous beer festival. This
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        Lock icon ATTACKS FAIL TO DETER AFGHAN VOTERS
        136 14 KABUL: Taleban fighters launched a series of attacks yesterday as Afghans voted m their first legislative elections m decades, hailed by President Hamid Karzai as a defining moment m the nations struggle to rebuild. More than a dozen attacks were launched across the south-east
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        Lock icon BIRD FLU PANDEMIC? WORLD 'NOT READY'
        169 14 GENEVA: Millions of people could die around the world if bird flu spreads out of control, and most countries are totally unprepared for such an event, the UN's World Health Organisation says. "If there was a flu pandemic tomorrow, we would not be ready.
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        Lock icon ROME'S WHITE NIGHT DRAWS A MILLION
        145 14 ROME: A million people flooded the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday, despite torrential rain, for a night-long cultural festival which saw museums open their doors for free, buses turned into mobile discos and squares become music venues. Oscar-winning actor and director Roberto
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Actor Salman Khan cleared of threatening Rai
        208 15 INDIAN heart-throb Salman Khan has been cleared of threatening Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai with underworld retribution if she did not take part m a show. Police said a tape m which Khan was supposedly heard threatening Rai did not contain his voice. "The
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        Lock icon Lennon's first wife tells her story
        199 15 JOHN Lennon's first wife Cynthia says she and her son were "airbrushed" from the Beatles' story. She wants to set things straight m a book that reveals he once hit her and that drugs ruined their marriage. "I'm a great believer m justice m
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        Lock icon Harry's 'good deed' on turning 21
        191 15 FOR HIS 21st birthday, Britain's Prince Harry received a £2.5 million (557.6 million) inheritance from his late great-grand-mother, the Queen Mother, while his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, had a coin minted m his honour. She also delegated powers for him to act on her behalf
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        Lock icon Bush's nephew arrested for being drunk
        150 15 JOHN Ellis Bush, the youngest son of Florida Governor Jeb Bush, was arrested early last Friday morning and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, a police spokesman said. John, the 21-year-old nephew of US President George W. Bush, was arrested by the Texas
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        183 16  -  ONG HWEE HWEE Visit by China's Vice-Premier WHAT IT IS CHINESE Vice-Premier Wu Vi arrives m Singapore today for a visit which includes talks with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and other top leaders. During her three-day visit, Madam Wu will also co-chair the second annual meeting of the
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        125 16 Leaders meet to discuss financial affairs WHATITIS WORLD financial leaders descend on Washington for the Group of Seven (G-7) talks on Friday, followed by the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank over the weekend. Singapore's Minister for Education and MAS deputy chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam,
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        131 16  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Thaksin seeks US backing for Thai UN post WHATITIS THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will lobby for American support for his candidate to be UN secre-tary-general, Dr Surakiart Sathirathai, during today's meeting with US President George W. Bush. They will also discuss the Myanmar issue, bilateral free
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        157 16 Sept 19 25 MONDAY RIO DE JANEIRO: Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar pays visit to promote bilateral ties. VIENNA: International Atomic Energy Agency meets to discuss Iran's nuclear programme. KUALA LUMPUR: Third session of Parliament begins with issue of car import licences on the agenda. SELANGOR: First Asean Regional
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        126 16  -  Koizumi set to get post-election 'reward' WHATITIS AN EXTRAORDINARY session of the Japanese Parliament on Wednesday will see the likely re-election of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Junichiro Koizumi as Prime Minister. He will re-submit postal privatisation Bills killed by the Upper House m August. WHY IT MATTERS
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      239 12 Fake intimidation tape Police say an audio tape of Indian heart-throb Salman Khan allegedly threatening Aishwarya Rai is take. PAGE 15 RESHAPE YOUR LIFE. BE A STAR. The search is now on m Singapore! mmmn mmntm Marie France Bodyllne is looking for a new star and It could be youi
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      390 17 WHAT forced two American airlines, Delta and Northwest, into bankruptcy protection last week will surely be studied by Asian carriers for deficiencies and mistakes to avoid. Fuel cost is being cited as the tipping point, exacerbated by supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina. The expectation is
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      1984 17  -  Andy Ho By Senior Writer CREATING A BUZZ For software giants Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, employee blogs have turned out to be a great way to connect to their customer base or industry professionals. Workers m these companies are actively encouraged to
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      767 18  -  Catherine Lim Suat Hong By For The Straits Times TV ACTOR Xie Shaoguang, 44, is doing it. Theresa Chan, the 61-year-old unlikely muse m Eric Khoo's Be With Me, has done it. And every year, about 11,000 inmates released from Singapore's prisons attempt it.
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      817 18  -  Choo Kah Ying EDUCATING AUTISTIC CHILDREN By For The Straits Times CONVERTING FRUSTRATION INTO ACTION It is time for parents to empower themselves by converting their frustration and helplessness into meaningful activity. With our accumulated knowledge, experience and commitment to our children, we can
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      696 18  -  By Kai-Lung Hui Ivan Png For The Straits Times THE call-centre industry has established the Contact Centre Association of Singapore (www.ccas.org.sg). The association quickly got off the ground to publish telemarketing guidelines for the financial industry. The guidelines include the following: >> Telemarketing calls are limited to
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      1375 19  -  John R. Bradley IRAQ'S NEW CONSTITUTION By Senior Writer THE agreement by all major political groups m Iraq last Wednesday to endorse the text of the new Constitution and its subsequent submission to the United Nations for printing and distribution ahead of a referendum on
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      1018 19  -  Edy Prasetyono By For The Straits Times DESPITE increasing economic interdependence, security cooperation within East Asia remains patchy. Tensions remain, rooted m questions over the rise of China, Sino-US rivalry for regional hegemony, Japan's foreign and defence policy, and the North
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      203 17 Second round What prompted actor Xie Shaoguang and others to launch their second acts? PAGE 18 ITHE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, 3 1 8994 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Clhief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief (English
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      114 18 Henley Management College UK based Global Business School MBA provider m Singapore since 1 985 Henley MBA/ Diploma m Management Triple Accreditation AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS Ranked N0. 2 m the UK No. 26 m the world The Economist, October 2004 Flexible programme with practical approach A mix of nationality professions
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
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      543 1  -  Tanya Fong Newspaper vendor discovers man dead m Bt Timah, with wounds to his head and back By Slash wounds SECURITY guard Ong Teong Wah had been working at Boon Siew Building for 2 -A years. The 48-year-old was found dead yesterday morning
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      Lock icon Inline skaters to wheel round Padang on Oct 9
      433 2  -  Krist Boo By The things on offer The event begins with on-site registration at 7am and ends at spm. Skates and protective gear such as elbow and knee pads can be rented there. Apart from food stalls, caricaturists, jugglers and balloon
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      513 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Body of ITE student who went missing at sea found off Sembawang coast By ON FRIDAY night, Muhammad Iskandar Abu Bakar invited his sister and other family members to join him at Sembawang beach, near Jalan Mempurong, where he was camping. On Saturday afternoon, family and
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      467 2  -  Goh Chin Lian By IN THE latest effort to rent out more taxis, two of the fastest growing cab companies are offering their drivers cash incentives to recruit new cabbies. SMRT Taxis pays drivers $30 a month, for a maximum of 12 months, for
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      573 3  -  Arti Mulchand Volunteers comb estates to destroy potential breeding spots By NATIONAL Environment Agency (NEA) technical officer Tan Kheng Kirn, 42, usually reserves his weekends for his young son Long Hao. But yesterday, he was a man on a mission to
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      199 3 AS ENVIRONMENT and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim kicked off the Campaign Against Dengue yesterday, his message to Singaporeans was: Play your part m the fight and don't wait for the Government to take action. "Don't wait for us to remove that
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      74 3 THE Second Minister for Defence and Minister for Manpower, Dr Ng Eng Hen, is on a three-day working visit to Thailand till Tuesday. A Mindef statement said Dr Ng's visit underscores the close defence relations between Singapore and Thailand. The armed forces of the two countries
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        1224 4  -  Zuraidah Ibrahim Li Xueying ON THE GROUND 1 AS DUSK gives way to darkness, the heartlanders of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 disappear into their flats, where dinner, television and a good night's rest beckon before another working day
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        1964 4 THOSE WHITE ELEPL ANTS "There are ways you can work within the law and get your message across... Ifyou want to express yourself, there are no lack of avenues for doing so either on the Internet, m the media, or you
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        590 5  -  Li Xueying THAT 1968 PARADE IN THE RAIN HIS eyes reddened and his voice betrayed his emotion as he recounted the story of the 1968 National Day Parade. Singaporeans listening to his National Day Rally speech a month ago were also moved by the memory
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        547 6  -  Mardiana Ismail YOUNG AND RESTLESS Cheerleading m Spore hardly the power sport portrayed m US movies By CHEERLEADERS sashaying down the classroom aisle, noses m the air and admiring eyes tracking every move. That's the image made popular by Hollywood movies snooty princesses loved by the
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        Lock icon Bringing Team S'pore closer to the people
        387 6  -  Lynn Koh By A GROUP of youngsters here are cheering Team Singapore on. And the athletes are taking notice and doing their bit for the community m return. For Temasek Junior College students Sit Chang Yang and Shanta Arul Danielle, it started out
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      Lock icon Race never an issue for me and my Chinese best friend
      305 7  -  Mazuin Khamis By GROWING up, I had a best friend who's Chinese. We never thought anything about it but we did draw attention at most places we went. That friendship played a major role m shaping me into the
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      25 7 Let's talk about RACISM GROWING PAINS The arrests here of three bloggers accused of making racist remarks online have fired up debate among the young
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      156 7  -  Desmond Chan By I LAUD the authorities for taking a firm stand against racism. It is important to show that racist behaviour won't be tolerated, especially at a time when Islam and the Muslim community are increasingly being misunderstood. The implementation of the Sedition
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      135 7  -  Teo Chin Ker By RACIAL harmony is the bedrock of our country's success and we cannot let anything undermine the balance m our society. But the recent incidents have also raised the question of free speech. Under the presumed anonymity of the Internet, some people feel
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      141 7 FORTNIGHTLY AGENDA Intro to Visual Effects Date: Sept 21 and 28 Time: 7pm-9pm Venue: The Red Room Intense Animation Studio, 9 Shenton Way, #04-07 Admission: Free Gain an insight into animation and special effects for films and TV shows m this two-hour workshop. To book, call Venka or Natra on
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        563 8 THESE days, everyone has a story to tell about lousy customer service m shops, taxis and other places where you meet people. Even Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has noticed how unfriendly we are. In his National Day Rally speech, he noted that "you
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        237 8 Danger as glass panel fell at Isetan Scotts AT ISETAN Scotts on Saturday, Sept 10, 1 was shopping when a glass panel fell from the parapet on the second level. It happened at about 2pm. There were quite a number of shoppers on the first level at the time. At
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        249 8 I WAS on the Star Cruises Virgo on the weekend of Aug 27-28 for a two-night, threeday cruise to nowhere. It was a no-frills cruise, or so I thought, as it was a free gift ticket. Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised
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        616 8 WOOING TOURISTS TO SINGAPORE UNDESIRABLE X FACTOR If we chase the big resorts blindly, then the copycat mentality and lack of identity will become our X-factor. I REFER to the reports "X and the city" and "It's time to topple the icons idea for the
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        232 8 I READ with interest and excitement about the proposed Singapore Flyer ("Singapore Flyer set to soar m 2008"; ST, Sept 13). This, m addition to the integrated resorts (IRs), will definitely get Singapore spinning and snaking. However, although both are good projects m terms
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        350 8 TIME AND MONEY These wealthy senior citizens have the leisure time to spend their money. They will come if we can offer good and honest service. IF ANYONE wants to visit a sunny Asian country where one can move about quickly and m
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          70 8 ON SEPT 3, 1 went to Optical 88 at Tampines Mall to change the nose pads on my spectacles. The helpful employee, Ms Clara Li, promptly changed the nose pads m minutes. I was not charged, and even though I had told her at
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          55 8 ONE day last month, at noon, while I was driving down the slope to the Ikea carpark m Alexandra Road, my car suddenly stalled. I was embarrassed to cause congestion to incoming and outgoing vehicles. Luckily, a Chinese employee came to help me with
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          60 8 ONE afternoon last month, I booked Comfort taxi SHA 4241U from Boon Lay Drive to Changi Airport. When I paid the cabby, I mistakenly gave him a $100 note I thought was a $10 note. The driver was very honest to get out of his cab
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          63 8 ON SEPT 9, my son lost his cellphone but could not recall where he had misplaced it. We tried calling the number, but there was no answer. Later, my son sent an SMS to the number. Finally, a young man replied and arranged to return
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          150 8 AFTER I completed the Army Half Marathon on Sept 11, I fainted and collapsed on my way to collect my finisher's medal. My companion put my sports bag under my head as I lay there feeling very dizzy. Then I heard some concerned voices asking my companion
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        1262 9 SOCCER Match summary Liverpool 0 Man United 0 Liverpool: Jose Reina, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Stephen Warnock (Djimi Traore 84), Luis Garcia, Steven Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, John Arne Riise, Peter Crouch (Djibril Cisse 79), Florent Sinama Pongolle (Mohamed Sissoko 71).
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        Lock icon An anti-climax for Singapore spectators
        383 9  -  Nicholas Fang By LAST NIGHT'S 0-0 score between Manchester United and Liverpool left their Singapore fans bemoaning the anti-cli-matic finish to a match that many expected to produce at least one goal. After United failed to score m their derby clash at Old Trafford against
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        Lock icon Owen on target as Newcastle score first win of the season
        418 9 Blackburn (England) MICHAEL Owen claimed his first goal since returning to the Premiership as 10-man Newcastle United secured their first win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. The England striker converted a
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        646 10 SOCCER Arsenal boss tells his players that defeat by Everton today could be end of their title race London LOSE one more time and lose it all. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger knows his side cannot afford to lose to
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        472 10 London TOTTENHAM Hotspur striker Robbie Keane hopes the goal that helped earned his side a point will be rewarded with a starting place under manager Martin Jol. The Republic of Ireland forward scored 12 minutes from time against Aston Villa on Saturday,
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        Lock icon Villa going the way of Chelsea?
        281 10 ASTON Villa could undergo a Russian revolution, similar to Chelsea's. The English Premiership side are a target of a £60 million (SslB3 million) takeover bid by a mystery Russian consortium, reported The News of the World yesterday. Villa chairman Doug Ellis and his board
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        620 11 SOCCER Despite winning all six games so far, Chelsea's Clarke says it's early days London DON'T panic, it is still early days. Chelsea's assistant manager Steve Clarke offered some encouragement to the rest of the Premiership, despite Saturday's ominously impressive 2-0 victory over Charlton
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        Lock icon Juventus keep perfect start with third victory
        742 11 Rome SERIE A leaders Juventus maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 2-1 win over Ascoli yesterday. The result gave the Italian champions nine points from three matches, two ahead of Fiorentina, who beat Udinese 4-2. Italian international Alessandro
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          68 11 S-LEAGUE soccer leaders Tampines Rovers were beaten 2-4 by Albirex Niigata at the Tampines Stadium last night. Scad Muratovic scored both goals for the home side (51st and 62nd minutes), but they were not enough as a brace by Issey Farran Nakajima (34th and
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          49 11 SINGAPORE'S Sun Beibei and Wang Yuegu finished second m the women's table tennis doubles competition of the Volkswagen Open m Shenzhen, China, yesterday. They lost to the second seeds, China's Guo Yue and Zhang Yining, 8-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 4-11 m the final.
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          Lock icon MARDAN FINISHES 18TH IN TAIWAN
          53 11 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Marmat finished m a 10-way tie for 18th place at the Taiwan Open yesterday. He shot a" five-under-par 67 m the final round for a four-day total of 281 at the Chang Gung Golf Club. He finished 11 strokes behind winner Thaworn
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          Lock icon SINGAPORE CAGERS LOSE FINAL MATCH
          82 11 THE Singapore women's basketball team lost 40-61 to the Indonesia national team m the Singapore Invitational tournament at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall last night, despite trailing by just four points at halftime. The defeat m their final match of the quadrangular competition means Singapore
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        Lock icon Why Becks'dad wasn't fond of Posh
        554 11 Why Becks' dad wasn't fond of Posh DAD NOT IN FAVOUR OF POP WORLD "'David's not a drinker, he's never been a drinker. The pop world you don't know what time they're out until." TED BECKHAM London DAVID Beckham's father was worried when he started dating Spice Girl Victoria Adams.
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        591 12 »GOLF US Open champion beats Irishman McGinley 2 and 1 to collect a £1 m cheque Wentworth (England) NEW Zealander Michael Campbell became an instant millionaire here yesterday by winning the World Matchplay Championship by beating Ireland's Paul McGinley 2 and 1 m
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        288 12 Gore charges to a two -stroke lead Farmington (Pennsylvania) JASON Gore, who fired a nightmare final round m the last group at the US Open, had a five-under-par 67 on Saturday to seize a two-stroke lead after three rounds at the PGA 84 Lumber Classic. The 31-year-old American produced six
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        482 12 ATHLETICS Shanghai HOMETOWN hero Liv Xiang won the 110-metre hurdles at Shanghai's Golden Grand Prix on Saturday, electrifying the 40,000-strong crowd and cementing his status as China's latest sporting sensation. Olympic and world 100 m champion Justin Gatlin of the United
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        267 12  -  POWERBOAT RACING CHAMPIONSHIP leader Guido Cappellini was rushed unconscious to hospital after a spectacular run-in with rival Scott Gillman on a crash-filled third leg of the UIM Fl Powerboat World Championship yesterday. The race, staged on a 1.8--km Marina Bay course, got off to
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        326 12 RUGBY By Nicholas Fang OLD boys from Saint Andrew's Secondary School and Raffles Institution rekindled their fierce rugby rivalry dating back to the *****. When the dust settled at the St Andrew's Junior College campus at Malan Road yesterday, each team had won a match
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        503 12 ATHLETICS lAAF Shanghai Grand Prix (selected) Men's tOOm: 1 Justin Gatlin (USA) lO.Olsec 2 Leonard Scott (USA) 10.09 3 Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.11 110 m hurdles: 1 Liv Xiang (Chn) 13.05 2 Allen Johnson (USA) 13.20 3 Shi Dongpeng (Chn) 13.40 200 m 1 Christopher Williams (Jam) 20.24 2
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          50 12 BEIJING: Spanish world No 2 Rafael Nadal lifted his 10th title this season, defeating Guillernmo Coria 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to win tennis' China Open last night. The French Open champion has as many tournament wins as world No 1 Roger Federer this year. REUTERS
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          80 12 BRUSSELS: When Charleroi lost Moroccan player Abdelmajid Oulmers for eight months because of an injury against Burkina Faso last November, the Belgian club had had enough. Charleroi had to pay his medical costs and salary while he recovered from damaged ankle ligaments. They decided to
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          72 12 BERLIN: Champions Bayern Munich set a record of 14 successive German Bundesliga wins on Saturday with a 1-0 triumph over visitors Hannover. Argentinian Martin Demichelis headed the winner after nine minutes as Bayem bettered their own mark of 13 straight league wins set m 1981.
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          65 12 BROKEN ARROW (Oklahoma): Defending champion Annika Sorenstam fired a four-under par 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead entering the final round of the LPGA John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic. Sweden's world No 1 fired six birdies but suffered a pair of bogeys to finish
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          107 14 UOB KAY Hian is bullish on Wheelock Properties, saying that the property developer remains "the best play" amid rising foreign interest m local properties. "Foreign interest m Singapore property is picking up steam and we expect it to hit a three-year high this
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          89 14 PHILLIP KEEPS SIN SOON HUAT ON 'HOLD' PHILLIP Securities has maintained its "hold" rating on Sin Soon Huat after the hardware stockist was partially acquired by a consortium of Indonesian investors which is linked to the regional oil-and-gas market. "While potential effects from the deal are quite firmly on the
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        457 17  -  Kelvin Wong By CAPITALAND'S Thai joint venture, TCC Capital Land, plans to build up to six condominium or landed housing projects every year over the next few years as it aims to become one of the top developers m the country.
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          58 17 CHARLES NG WAI CHEONG: Named new chief financial officer (CFO) of China Petrotech with effect from Sept 1, replacing Mr Pui Chiu Wing, who resigned on the same day. Mr Ng (above) was a manager m Goodwill Accounting and Secretarial Services and an audit principal
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          52 17 NICHOLAS NG WAI PIN: Appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Sesdaq-listed gaming company Lasseters International Holdings. Mr Ng, 39, was previously a partner m law firm Leong Liew Chen. Mr Tan San Chuan was also appointed nonexecutive director of the company. Both appointments took effect from
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          45 17 CHIA YEW BOON: Resigned as director of EasyCall International with effect from last Wednesday, but will keep his post as the company's group chief executive officer. Mr John Tang was appointed a non-executive director of the company on the same day.
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          39 17 BERNARD DORAY: Resigned as a director of electronics contract manufacturer Radiance Electronics. He has been replaced by Mr Steven Ng as chairman of the remuneration committee and as a member of the audit and nominating committees.
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        697 18  -  Kelvin Wong It wants to repeat success of Thai venture Capital OK elsewhere m Asia By NICHE BUSINESS "Why would people come to us? It's because if they go to the banks, they can't get their money." MR CHAMI PURANANANDA. Capital
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      27 9 One more loss, that's it Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger tells his players that losing to Everton today could be the end of their Premiership title hopes. PAGEHIO
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      8 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Monday September 19 2005
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        474 2 MUSICAL SNOW.WOLF.LAKE Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday Hong Xinyi AS A musical. Snow. Wolf. Lake was passably entertaining. But as The Jacky Cheung Show, there was no denying that the veteran Hong Kong singer brought an effortless sparkle to this simple love story whenever he was onstage. First
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        329 3 At the bash to celebrate WKRZ 91 .3 FM's rebranding as a women-oriented station, half the guests were men Hazel Yong THE men get it too v At a party organised by radio station WKRZ 91.3FM to celebrate its rebranding as a women-oriented station,
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        1908 4 He's the keeper of the Esplanade and has been called a 'gentle warrior for the arts". But some still wonder how Benson Puah got the coveted CEO job On the pressures of the On doing his own cooking Esplanade CEO job and ironing his own tk« «rfo u«o
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        733 5 Russell Crowe may not knock you out, but the newly-single Renee Zellweger sure does starsngripes Tay Yek Keak RUSSELL Crowe the bruiser is one tough guy. When he throws one at you, the ringing m your ear stops. But enough about Russell
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        90 5 LOS ANGELES Michael Jackson spoke for the first time to a reporter since the end of his criminal trial m June. The pop star told the Associated Press he is "constantly working" on the recording of his song, From The Bottom Of My Heart, to aid
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        104 5 BEIJING Joey Wong has again announced her retirement from movies. Producers for Beautiful Shanghai, a family drama by film-maker Hsu Feng, said the actress has declared the movie to be her last. She cited personal reasons for refusing to make promotional appearances m China for the
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        946 6  -  Tee Hun Ching Amid the beauty of the Great Wall of China, I saw the ugly side of others and myself girttalk I'M WHAT you would probably call a decent person. Not so much for what I do, but for what I don't. I rarely flare up;
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        336 2 BLIND FAITH, TRUE COURAGE, WINNING MELODY high time we all realised that THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO PERFORMING THAN JUST COMING OUT TO CHARM THE AUDIENCE WITH SMOOTH GROOVES AND A MEGAWATT SMILE. Even if he hadn't won, victory was always his. Because of his just-do-it attitude, he has overcome
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        640 6 BEST ANCHOR AWARD WINNER FIONA LIM MIGHT JUST BE READING THE NEWS ON TV ONE DAY. REMEMBERJOU SAW HER HERE FIRST. BY LEUNG WAI-LENG Watching the news every day paid off for Fiona Lim, 1 5. The Secondary 3 Canberra Secondary School student's upbeat presentation
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        115 6 PEOPLI TOBI PROUC Ol LAK S A I DISNE1 LAN You can fii Mick Mou! Sleepi Beaut] Castle at laksa in t jui open US$: billi (S$! billic Hong Ko Disneylar Sinj pore Anthc Goh, whc one oft key chef! the pa introduc laksa to 1 mei -§Ma_a.\_\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\w p ™>^tg*tfft»^''iitfiß'*w^i^^
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        221 7 I JUNCTIBN I ■IkT&IHTh community GAULINGiAIIL. Junction 8 and rfl mmaM^SlS^imS^3BlBffCS?W\ IT^ Central Singapore Lf I i?l^nS^|B^lH^JHlEl|R^A^l I Community Development BHBSkHI^H Council HB9B(«PS^^B is a so r an s n m W^\^l k^^^^^^r to encourage students to develop tNeir own unique retail and marketing strategy. The top three student entrepreneurs/schools
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        364 8  -  MARDIANA ISMAIL GOT EXAM FEVER? NEVER FEAR. IN SUSSES OUT HELP FROM THE EXAM EXPERTS AT STUDENT CARE SERVICES TO GET YOU STARTED. BY RAINY days are here again and so are the exam blues. If you're staring at books without much success, it's time for
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        269 8 TRENDS AND QUIRKS SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT Feeing stressed? E-mail Set goals! Use S.M.A.R.'T Have a wefl-eamed break. care4u@students.org.sg Ask a friend outl 26 27 28 29 30 I Get gcx>d study skiMs! Get^more tips! Visit Manage your time well. Try SQ3R wwwstudents.org^olevel Prioritise your tasks to
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        278 9 BUSTED THIS WEEK ARTWORK BY NEIL BRIAN R. ALAPIDE, 1 6, SEC 3, VICTORIA SCHOOL RAT ON 'EM Creative? Got something original* to share? Tell us about it, or tell on your friend. Send us something to show just how brilliant you and your friends are it could be a
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        66 9 r j Wholesale Centre! Supply more than 80 items n^HJsl i\ I of barbecue foods 1 f?%|^ and accessories /Sgv rfikjp at wholesale prices Mly 1 «1 j HmBBBSHT b ByuEfiOSSilSlll D ls c oun t •Present this advertisement for discounter) selected- item of the montb^against a purchase of $120
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        877 10  - SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT MARDIANA ISMAIL PHOTOS: LIM WUI LIANG ITS NOT JUST ABOUT WAVING POM-POMS AND WEARING SHORT SKIRTS SINGAPORE'S CHEERLEADERS ARE NOT GUNNING TO BE SEXY, CUTE AND POPULAR TO BOOT. AN ITS REALLY HARD WORK JUST TRYING TO GET THEIR SPORT RECOGNISED HERE. BY I RENOWNED local
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        39 10 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK i CHEER AMBITION Where do you go from hereHfyour secondary school is against setting up a cheerleading squad, you may need to wait until you graduate. Read about the tertiarylevel squads m Youthlnk today.
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      109 11 The Black Eyed Peas are bringing their "Monkey Business" to the Singapore Indoor Stadium tomorrow at Bpm. Don't miss coverage of everyone's favourite funksters m the Life! section of The Straits Times. What's more, you could win FIVE exclusive CDs and T-shirts from Universal Music. Here's
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        44 11 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK THREE CHEERS! The major national cheerleading event m Singapore is Cheerobics, organised by the NTU team, Aces. This year's competition was a huge affair, held at Suntec City's Tropics Atrium. Watch out for the competition m January next year!
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        801 12 TEEN AROUND THE WORLD A TEEN 1N... ...NEW SOUTH WALES, THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN AU STRALI A, OFTEN ENTERS HIGH SCHOOL WITH POOR SPELLING AND GRAMMAR SKILLS. And it's because his teachers never learnt the basics, said education experts. Nearly 90 per cent of Year 7 students, aged 1
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        41 12 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR I MOZZIE HOTLINE Have you spotted a mosquito breeding site? Or maybe one that is likely to harbour the tiny menace? Call the dengue hodine at 1800-X--DENGUE (1800-9--*****3) or send an e-mail to dengue@ nea.gov. sg
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        429 13 MY BRUSH WITH DENGUE JOANNA CHENG, 14, SEC 3, MANJUSRI SECONDARY SCHOOL, ONE OF THE 9,000 (AND COUNTING) INFECTED IN SINGAPORE, RECOUNTS HER ORDEAL. I got dengue fever just days before school reopened m June. The fever came suddenly, I felt my body ache and my appetite disappeared. I went
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        176 13  - 5 TIPS TO WARD OFF THE MOZZIES YEN FENG Want to know how you can protect yourself against the Aedes mosquito? IN gives you five tips to stay active and dengue-free. 1 Wear protective clothing. Long-sleeved shirts, long pants, socks and shoes help cover up the body, and leave fewer
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        323 13 OUrmNtSSHO^aZ.BUTHERMOTHER ill fl H*tlMj WA P»«OUCTiqN OP JRC3CO HER TDSTTCKWTHiTAND A vVBEX \f 1 11l fl'7?tf M/7&»V>«?S(^ 4 1>C LATER, THE TOUN6 STRESS LANDH> 1 Ik. AMW fl WT M 6W^sU&S6sufeflTUwl«> T>cLEAPcwTwgTvso96s t«2« >^tF Wk. Al fl SPRJNSBOARDRDRA^TBORKS i S■fl M P^ AW nOggj iWLrWiW COIVOUERTH6 WORLDS OP TELEVISION, W^'.f
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        46 13 YOUR BOURHOOD FIGHT AGAINST DENGUE The total number of dengue cases so far this year has gone beyond 9,000, including eight dead. This is more than double that of last year for the same period. $6 million will be given to town councils to battle dengue.
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        556 14 JUST WHAT DON'T YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FEVER THAT'S GRIPPED SINGAPORE? LIAW WY-CIN SHOWS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DENGUE MENACE. ILLUSTRATION: THE STORY SO FAR... In this year alone, as of Sept 1 0, 8,850 people have been infected with dengue and eight have
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        32 14 Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. "Su" means number m means single. Its aim is contain a repeated
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        51 14 GET INSIDE TOP TRENDS WHY THE OUTBREAK? Three theories on why dengue is out of control: I Fumigation not effective as it does not kill enough mosquitoes 2 Foreign workers may have introduced a new strain here 3 Because of the successful drive m the *****, people now lack immunity
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        763 16  - REMOVING THE STAI LIAWWY-CIN TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY BY Some people see tattoos as a sign of freedom and style. But for many employers, they still only mean one thing: gang member. No wonder so many people want theirs removed. The more usual way is to burn tattoos off with lasers,
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        60 16 RACK YOUR BRAINS o W O REACH FOR YOUR DREAMS w Dreams Kolam Ayer aims to be a local hub for youth outreach and 1 development, and promoting i i volunteerism and intergenerational activities. Those interested m the tattoo W removal project can contact Dreams KolamAyer on 6341-7943 or visit
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        505 17 WHO SAID WHAT TO WHOM MAKES OR BREAKS A STORY. LIAW WY-CIH TELLS YOU HOW SOURCES ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF WRITING AND HOW USING THE RIGHT SOURCES CAN MAKE YOUR STORIES BETTER. NEWSPAPERS are m the business of telling stories. We don't mean fairy
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        938 18 STORY SO FAR: ITS 1972. JAMIE PETERS, WHO IS DYSLEXIC, IS VISITING HIS GRANDPARENTS. HE LOVES TO STARE AT THE SKY AND IMAGINE ADVENTURES BUT SOMETHING STRANGE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN UP THERE. l ywiijiviiifjid^ CHAPTER TWO A DARING HEIST IS PLANNED FOR the past fourteen weeks Ed Goddard,
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        119 19 Three lucky readers can win exclusive The Cave goodie bags worth more than 1 00 each, as well as a pair of movie tickets. Each bag contains a radio with torchlight and siren, a sling bag and poster. Just be among the first three to
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        215 17 Cfl >Hi^^ HHHHI H I^. ft^V^ ou ca P tJonec^ an<^ y° u conquered congratulations. N^^^^^ Mr M^^£ H I X^ Thank you for ail the entries to the Caption Me contest. jtr I I We have selected three winning entries for the wit Mr ma/M^k I H H H
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        54 17 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER jat BE THE SOURCE! Saw something newsworthy and can't wait to tell someone? Call your friends later. Try calling these news hotlines first and you may just find your name printed m the papers. THE STRAITS TIMES 1800--828-2828 THE NEW PAPER 1800--733-4455 LIANHE ZAOBAO
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        61 18 HOW TO READ AND WRITE BETTER SMOKED OUT The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has seen it all: people using babies or elderly relatives as decoys, stuffing cigarette packets m their underwear, putting them inside hollowedout books, and even hiding individual cigarettes inside used sanitary pads. All for the sake of
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        15 19 WHAT YOU SAW toward aluminum gotten memorizing HOW WE DOIT towards aluminium j got memorising
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        79 19 I CONTEST I Ed Goddard assumed fl several identities m this fl story, m hatching his big plot What are they? 8 Send your answers to fl stin@sph. com.sg with I "Reading the Sky" m the 8 subject line. Be sure to fl include your full name, I age, school,
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        198 19 NOW TRY THIS! The article you just read is essentially one story, but for now, it's being told as two separate stories. We can expect that m time, the paths of the protaganists m the story will cross, and the two stories will become one. Newspaper articles also have more
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        85 19 HOW TO READ AND WRITE i BETTER o BIOMETRICS m DON'T LIE "Foreigners previously convicted of Hi immigration offences are barred from entering Singapore, and they are informed of this. But they try to get around this by using false identities and different passports, forgetting that you can change your
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