The Straits Times, 20 September 2005

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  • 721 1  -  Clarissa Oon Roger Mitton In return, it is promised aid and security By China Correspondent In Beijing US Bureau Chief In Washington Key points of the landmark deal Pyongyang states it has the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy; the other parties express
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  • 406 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent COMMUTERS who cheat on bus and taxi fares could end up behind bars under proposed legislation to stamp out a problem that has dogged Singaporean transport operators for years. Bus companies, for example, lose an estimated
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  • 158 1 The Chinese junk that caught fire and sank at Clifford Pier last month was raised from the sea bed yesterday. The Cheng Ho ferried tourists on lunch and dinner cruises m the waters around Singapore for more than a decade until a fire sank it on
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  • UPFRONT
    • 908 1  - 'IT-plus' courses a hit with students Serene Luo By UNDERGRADUATE Chiam Hui Ting, 19, wants to make sure that when it's time to find a job m four years' time, her training gives her an edge. That's why she's embarking on a double degree m information systems and business at
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    • 73 2 "I think people trained m both areas are definitely more employable... Programmers and marketeers are schooled differently, so maybe that's why they are on different wavelengths. By doing both areas, I get to understand both sides." MISS CHIAM HUI TING (right), 19, who's pursuing a double degree m
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    • IN A FLASH
      • 48 2 Privacy at stake Personal data may be compromised when organisations photocopy ICs and store credit card numbers m computers, say readers. PAGEHB Colours matter It is advisable to eat fruits that are brightly coloured more often than those with pale flesh, says the Health Promotion Board. PAGEHB
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      • 39 2 Tougher Premiership England striker Owen finds it is much harder to score this season. PAGE H9 Champs m poor form Tampines Rovers have seen their S-League lead dwindle after losing three out of the last four games. PAGEHII
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      • 42 2 Yudhoyono denies rift Indonesian President brushes off talk that he lacks confidence m his deputy Jusuf PAGE 12 Hopes dashed A Malay woman who wants to be recognised as a Christian is told to get a Syariah Court order. PAGE 13
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      • 32 2 Germany m limbo Weekend election leaves major political rivals jostling for power. PAGE 14 Bush plans m disarray Post-Katrina rebuilding takes precedence over deficit cuts and Social Security revamp. PAGE 17
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      • 22 2 Science m relativity Challenges for science reporting arise because what scientists mean is often misinterpreted by the common man. PAGE 21
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      • 59 2 Love-triangle trap Man jailed for threat to kill elderly love rival over married woman. PAGEHS Technology honours Eight scientists are recognised for research ranging from black holes and bacteria communication to disk-drive storage. PAGEH6 Sydney murders A telephone recording shows accused killer Tiwary m an emotional conversation with an
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      • 44 2 VW ponders new deal Volkswagen mulls dealership tenders amid friction with business partner Car Cars. PAGE Hl9 Citiraya gets help Businessman Oei Hong Leong and Sesdaq-listed Heshe, armed with up to $40 million, come to the rescue of the ailing waste recycler. PAGEH22
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  • PRIME
    • 73 3 Asean rescuers came together for the first time yesterday, to help "victims" of a condominium collapse m Malaysia. The disaster was simulated, but rescuers, including 23 from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, approached the exercise seriously, using power saws, sniffer dogs and other tools to pull
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    • 628 3  -  Leslie Koh War on dengue By all estates m 5 weekends First search-and-destroy blitz a success: 1 72 breeding sites m 4 estates found THE war on dengue will be expanded to all corners of Singapore, with "carpet-comb-ing" of mosquito breeding sites to take place at all housing
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    • 529 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By WITH about two weeks before the deadline to retrofit windows m apartments, the authorities are pulling out all stops to ensure that 12,000 homes that still have not done so can meet the target. The Housing Board (HDB) has
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    • 392 4  -  Ong Hwee Hwee By* TIES between Singapore and China will move a step forward with the signing of several agreements today, during a visit by Chinese Vice-Pre-mier Wu Yi. Madam Wu, who arrived m Singapore yesterday for a three-day visit, called on
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    • 637 4  -  Derek Scally By Straits Times Europe Bureau In Berlin Neither side m close vote backing down, as fears grow for nations economic future GERMANY was pitched into a bitter battle for power that could last weeks after election results led to political deadlock, with both leading
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    • 26 4 Shenton Way Walking to work m the CBD may be the norm m the future. Many owners plan to convert their office towers to residential use
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  • ASIA
    • 848 6  -  Clarissa Oon Nuclear deal at six-party talks By China Correspondent In Beijing JUST THE BEGINNING "The statement consists only of targets and principles. It is only the first half of the battle. Implementation will mean they have to go through another set of equally
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    • 623 6 Opposition leader to quit Advani succumbs to pressure to make way after the Bharatiya Janata Party's shock defeat m Indian polls last year. PAGE 10 >?« i ADVERTISEMENT Higher Achievement Just what the new Doctors ordered |kJ WmmmWstißsMMlmiJhfPi&b? UWA is one of Australia's elite 'Group of Eight 1 universities and
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  • EAST ASIA
    • N. KOREA NUCLEAR DEAL
      • 367 7  - The endgame was near Lee Tee Jong NORTH KOREAN VIEW By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul Signs of growing impatience from other five parties nudge Pyongyang along TIME was running out for North Korea. That was the message to Pyongyang from Washington and other participants at the six-way talks and
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      • 380 7  -  Roger Mitton AMERICAN VIEW By US Bureau Chief In Washington Hardly, say analysts, pointing to concessions and lingering doubts CHIEF US negotiator Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill says the nuclear accord with North Korea represents a "win-win situation". But many m the United States remain doubtful
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      • 205 7 HANDSHAKES aside, the agreement reached by the six parties managed to skirt around two main sticking points that have blocked progress m the past. Analysts say two sensitive issues could return to haunt future talks on the details of how to implement broad principles outlined m the
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      • 297 7 Oct 2002: US confronts Pyongyang with evidence that it is running a covert uranium-enrichment programme. Dec 2002: North Korea says it plans to restart Yongbyon reactor, disables International Atomic Enegy Agency (lAEA) surveillance devices at Yongbyon and expels lAEA inspectors. Jan 2003: North Korea says it is quitting
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    • 225 8 Tokyo JAPAN has made major progress m recent decades m reducing the number of juvenile runaways. But now the country has a new trend: adults who run away. According to the National Police Agency (NPA), the number of adult runaways surged from 57,018
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    • 49 8 Participants m the Miss China pageant posing on the Great Wall at Badaling near Beijing m the lead-up to the finals later this week. The winner will represent the country at the Miss World contest m Sanya on southern Hainan island m December. PHOTO: AFP
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    • 485 8 Quick divorces for just $2 in China Rising separation rate reflects changing values as young now less inclined to make sacrifices Shanghai UNHAPPY couples m China can visit their local community centre and if both parties agree a divorce will be issued m only 10 minutes, for as little as
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    • 600 9 Koreans embrace shopping round the clock Changing lifestyles have discount store chains scrambling to open 24 hours Seoul "Night-time marketing is designed to meet the changing needs of our customers-Sales at 24-hour outlets are 8 per cent higher than those at regular stores." MR JUNG SUN HEE of Samsung Homeplus
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    • 230 9 Tokyo JAPANESE police have embarked on a new approach to draw tips from the public on wanted criminals by putting banner advertisements on news websites. "Hey, Koike!" read a banner ad at a Yahoo Japan news portal put up by police in south-western Japan's Tokushima
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    • Article, Illustration
      75 9 Elderly people working out with weights at a temple m Tokyo to celebrate Japan's Day of Respect for the Aged yesterday. Official data on Sunday showed that 20 per cent, or 25.56 million, of Japanese are aged 65 years and above, up slightly from last year. A greying
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    • 150 9 Shanghai THE average price for a car licence plate m China's richest city, Shanghai, has fallen to a ninemonth low as high fuel prices result m fewer car buyers, official newspapers have reported. Already choked with traffic, Shanghai tries to limit the number of new
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    • 201 8 pHm Cambridge Tutors College\ HJKr London OUT OF A COHORT OF 119 STUDENTS: Results 70 students obtained 3 or 4 A-grades 6 students are m the top 1 0 for Maths m UK 3 students are m the top 10 for Statistics m UK 2 students are m the top
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 204 10 New Delhi INDIA'S hotels may more than double the number of rooms in the country to 2.9 million in the next five years to meet increasing demand from domestic and international travellers, the Tourism Ministry has said. The number of rooms available,
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    • 771 10  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi SHOCKWAVE "Much of the party is m shock. Mr Advani chose to go because he realised that even many of the younger leaders that are close to him dare not take on the RSS." A FORMER
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 110 10 NEW YORK: India, facing US pressure to take a tougher line on Iran's nuclear ambitions, said yesterday it did not want the issue to be reported to the United Nations Security Council. "Everybody would like to avoid a confrontation. Everybody would like to avoid a
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      • 114 10 BEIJING: A Chinese military buff whose hobby got the better of him will spend a year m prison for snapping photographs of military aircraft and posting them online. He was convicted of stealing state and military secrets, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Identified
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      • 69 10 TOKYO: A former national lawmaker from Japan's top opposition party and two of his aides have been arrested and accused of possessing amphetamines following a six-month investigation, police said yesterday. Kenji Kobayashi, his private secretary Koshi Ando and former secretary Masaharu Saeki were arrested on Sunday,
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      • 102 10 JAKARTA: Indonesian police will boost security and deploy more personnel to maintain security m the country ahead of plans by the government to increase fuel prices next month, a police spokesman said m Jakarta. The police will deploy two-thirds of their forces to guard public
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      • 93 10 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress (Kimma) passed a motion seeking the government to give "Malay" status to Indian Muslims born m the country. In the eight-point motion, passed at its 30th annual general meeting on Sunday, Kimma cited provisions m the Federal Constitution which
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      • 81 10 COLOMBO: The election to choose Sri Lanka's next president will be held on Nov 17, a spokesman for the Elections Commission said yesterday. The cut-off date for nominations is Oct 7. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse has announced he will contest for the Freedom Party
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 634 12 City's main zoo also closed after exotic birds found to be infected Jakarta TWO children have been hospitalised in Indonesia with suspected bird flu, prompting Jakarta to go on high alert as it struggles to contain a virus that has
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    • 408 12  -  Reme ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur WITH sirens wailing, ambulances and fire trucks arrived at the remains of a 21-storey condominium hit by a huge earthquake. Although the disaster was simulated, the action was very real. With power saws and sniffer dogs
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    • 424 12  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent m Jakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday dismissed speculation that he has fallen out with his deputy Jusuf Kalla following his decision to chair Cabinet meetings via video-con-ferencing while on a visit to New York last week. "It's
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 479 13  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN lawyer of Indian descent applied two months ago for permits to import cars but said the Trade Ministry refused to issue any because he is not a bumiputera. Yesterday, Mr Rabindran Devadason
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    • 499 13  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur GRAVE MATTER "The Muslim community regards it as a grave matter not only for the person concerned but for Muslims generally as they regard it to be their responsibility to save another Muslim from the
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    • 157 13 Warmest Congratulations Best Wishes to Elder Lawrence Ang Poh Siew, pbm our Volunteer Chairman CEO on being conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore the appointment of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) from The Board of Directors, Management Staff of Ju Eng Home for Senior Citizens 205 Jalan
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  • WORLD
    • 813 14  -  Jonathan Eyal By The Straits Times Europe Bureau In London Hung parliament leaves nations future m hands of small parties IT WAS billed as the most important election m decades. Beset by economic problems, Germans were asked to choose between retaining the Social Democratic government of Chancellor
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    • GERMAN ELECTION
      • 449 15 Berlin GERMAN newspapers predicted chaos and a "war of the chancellors" yesterday after the country's general election produced a near dead heat between the two main parties. Several said the only solution was an unprecedented coalition of opposition conservatives, liberals and ecologist
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      • 470 15 Grand coalition, Jamaican brew or the traffic light coalition? These are some of the monikers being given to prospective coalition permutations based on the colours of their parties, rather than political persuasion. THE GRAND COALITION A "grand coalition" linkup between Dr Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and Chancellor Gerhard
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      • 390 15 Berlin SHE may be the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) but Dr Angela Merkel is not getting any support from her nearest and dearest. Mr Horst Kasner, her father, has long been one of the CDU's fiercest critics,
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    • 497 16 But UN watchdog will find it tough to send Teheran to Security Council Vienna THE chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, Mr Mohamed El-Baradei, yesterday called on Iran to allow access to sensitive sites as his agency met to consider sending Teheran to
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    • 263 16 $1.7 b lost to graft in Iraqi govt, says finance chief London LARGE-SCALE corruption in Iraq's ministries, particularly defence, has led to one of the biggest thefts in history with more than US$1 billion (S$1.7 billion) going missing. Finance Minister Ali Allawi told British newspaper The Independent in a report
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    • 63 16 Afghan women queuing on Sunday to vote at a polling station m Kabul Polling stations began to close after Afghanistan's first parliamentary elections m more than 30 years on Sunday despite threats by Taleban guerillas to disrupt the vote. However, voters who were already m queues would
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 106 16 BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court has sentenced a nephew of toppled president Saddam Hussein to life m prison on charges of financing insurgents and possession of bombs, a government statement said yesterday. The statement said that Ayman Sabawi, son of Saddam's half-brother, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, who
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      • 84 16 LONDON: Police in central England have found a seductive way to get the attention of students condoms. The message is not about sex, but theft, a police spokesman said. The condoms bear the slogan: "Size doesn't matter... thieves will steal your phone, laptop, iPod
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      • 112 16 SYDNEY: Hundreds of asylum-seekers have attempted or threatened to harm themselves after being placed in custody under Australia's policy of mandatory detention for illegal arrivals, immigration officials acknowledged yesterday. Of the 20,733 people who passed through Australian immigration detention between 2002 and this year, there
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      • 108 16 SOFIA: Bulgarian police were questioning a man yesterday suspected of trying to smuggle into Romania a substance scientists say can be used to make powerful explosives or "dirty bombs". Police detained three Romanians and a Bulgarian on Saturday as they tried to cross into
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    • 552 17 Tourists flee Florida Keys as tropical storm threatens CUTTING IT CLOSE "It's moving over very high-octane fuel here. The main impact we think will be on the Florida Keys, but this is just cutting it too close." 40,000 people ordered to leave as Rita builds to hurricane strength Miami TOURISTS
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    • 359 17 London THE relationship of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) with Downing Street may be facing fresh tension on the eve of its critical licence fee negotiations following a claim that Prime Minister Tony Blair found its coverage of the US response to Hurricane Katrina "full
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    • 429 17 New Orleans TOP federal and local relief officials were to hold a summit yesterday m a bid to iron out their dispute over whether it is safe for thousands of New Orleans residents to return to their hurricane-battered city. At the same time,
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    • SPOT LIGHT PEOPLE
      • 231 18 MR MICHAEL Schiavo is co-writing a book with author Michael Hirsh to tell his side of the end-of-life case that divided much of the United States. Mr Schiavo 's wife Terri suffered a brain injury in 1990 that left her in
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      • 174 18 SAUDI businesswoman Madhawi Al-Hassoun has signed up as the first woman m this ultra-con-servative Islamic kingdom to contest an election. Her candidacy comes a few days after the government allowed women to vote and run m a local chamber of commerce election, an unprecedented
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      • 134 18 MR ISAO Nakauchi, who founded supermarket chain Daiei and revolutionised Japan's retail industry, died yesterday of a stroke, a university where he worked said. He was 83. Daiei, based m the western port city of Kobe, was founded m 1957 by Mr Nakauchi, a charts- matic
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      • 216 18 SIR Mark Thatcher and his American wife Diane will divorce after their 18-year marriage suffered an "irretrievable breakdown", his spokesman said on Sunday. The son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher will live m Europe while his ex- wife will be based m the
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    • 71 18 Striking back at dengue Know what you're up against Warmest Congratulations Best Wishes to Elder Lawrence Ang Poh Siew, pbm Volunteer Chairman CEO of Ju Eng Home for Senior Citizens \T~ 1 X i JR A. Jl on being conferred by the President of the Republic of Singapore the appointment
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  • REVIEW
    • 395 19 THE shorthand script for the German election at the weekend was a choice between the progressive market liberalism of Dr Angela MerkeVs Christian Democrats (CDU) and the enviable but costly social model of the incumbent Social Democrats (SPD) under Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. IfDr Merkel won handily,
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    • 1015 19  -  Ooi Kee Beng By Fern The Straits Times PAVING STONES It is the stuff of national history to identify events and personalities as pivotal points m the development of the nations identity. EARLY this month, a lively and heated debate broke out in Malaysia between
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    • 675 19  -  Andres Martinez By PRESIDENT George W. Bush knows of one thing he can do to alleviate global poverty, improve the US image overseas, help fight the root causes of terrorism and wait, there is more save US consumers a bundle. Do it, you
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    • 722 20  -  Joshua Landis By DOUBTFUL POLICY Washington seems to be pursuing a policy of regime change on the cheap m Syria. It has halved the country's economic growth by stopping Iraqi oil exports through Syria's pipeline, imposing strict economic sanctions and blocking European trade agreements. PRESIDENT
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    • 582 20  -  William Pesek By YOU'VE heard all the superlatives about China. How its potential is boundless, how it will rule the global economy 25 years from now. While that may be true, it is not clear how Asia's No. 2 economy will reach its
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    • 1290 21  -  Lisa Randall By BIT BY BIT When scientists say they are not certain about their predictions, it does not necessarily mean they have found nothing substantial. SCIENCE plays an increasingly vital role in people's lives, making the faithful communication of scientific developments more important than ever. Yet such
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2005
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    • 588 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh PARLIAMENT By Rejecting a call for special shelters, Dr Balaji says disease is not spread by direct human contact DENGUE patients do not need to be quarantined because the infection cannot be passed directly from one person to another. The mosquito-borne
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      • PARLIAMENT
        • 929 2 Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, who chairs the ministerial committee on dengue, and committee members Mah Bow Tan and Balaji Sadasivan answered questions from MPs yesterday after his ministerial statement on the all-out war to beat the mosquito. >> Nominated MP Tan Sze Wee:
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        • 419 2 Dengue update No. of dengue cases reported for Sept 19: 64 No. of dengue cases admitted to public hospitals on Sept 18: 48 No. of beds taken up by dengue cases on Sept 18: 293 Prevention tip: Cover rarely
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        • 304 2 THE battle against dengue fever could affect how Housing Board estates look in the future. Rooftops, water tanks, linkways and gutters, for instance, may be built in such a way that stagnant water is less likely to collect, denying mosquitoes of breeding
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        • 733 2  -  Chua Mui Hoong FROM THE GALLERY By* WHEN it comes to the battle against dengue, one word shows up the bureaucratic tangle that can slow down even the bestplanned efforts: longkang (drain in Malay). Depending on where they are sited, drains come under
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        • 580 3  - Stop littering mosquitoes breeding in discarded items Radha Basu Salma Khali k By Larvae found m litter. Fines lead to big drop m number of homes breeding mosquitoes SINGAPORE'S fight against dengue has a new enemy: litter. Carelessly discarded plastic bags, bottles, drink cans and glasses have been found to
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        • 450 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By ALL but one of the 35 unit owners in Hock Kee House, the building next to Circle Line MRT works which is being acquired, have agreed to move out by the deadline. The authorities
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        • 423 3  -  Zakir Hussain By HAVE no fear that the current emphasis on the life sciences will draw good students away from other areas, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam assured the House yesterday. It is entirely expected that more students will opt for the
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        • 364 3 STANDING firm on the Government's stand, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said it would be "reckless" to lower the criteria for those who want to contest the presidency. In a written reply to a question filed by Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia, Mr
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        • 468 3  -  Ken Kwek By BUANGKOK residents will have to wait a while longer before they hear from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on when their MRT station can open. The LTA can complete its feasibility review only "m a few months time", Transport
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        • 1156 4  -  Li Xueying By BASIC NEEDS OR LUXURIES? "How much financial assistance should the State be giving? The question, really, is what should the comfort level be for Singaporeans? Should a middle-class family with young children attending enrichment classes be required
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        • 228 4 THERE used to be 10 cases a month. Then it jumped to almost 50 in July, after the ComCare Fund was launched in June. Thankfully, the number shrank to 14 last month. Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC) cited these numbers of
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        • 303 4 MORE than 1,000 households have signed up for pay-as-you-use electricity meters. These meters allow poor families to pay for electricity as they use it rather than have power supply cut off when they cannot pay their bills. In response to Madam Halimah
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      • 542 5  -  Chong Chee Kin By He also tried to extort $2m from older man, saying he'll expose affair IT WAS a love triangle involving three married people, with tales of extortion, death threats and sex. Hawker centre cook Cheang Hook Tai,
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      • 99 5 "Drive with care, we have just planted a bomb m your car. It will blow you into pieces." JULY 1,2005 "The flower belongs to another person. Don't steal the flower. The owner of the flower will come to know and will catch you." JUNE 2005
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      • CASE FILE
        • 150 5 A MAN trying to sneak a drug suspect into Malaysia panicked when he was stopped by an immigration officer and ended up crashing his car into a gantry. Yesterday, Ganesan Veloo, 23, a Malaysian cleaner working here, was jailed for 18 months after he
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        • 86 5 TWO women were injured m a fire at a semi-de-tached house m Gentle Drive m Newton. At about 7.30 am yesterday, the fire started m a second-storey bedroom. Firefighters put it out m seven minutes using a jet and a water-mist gun. One woman
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      • 322 5  -  Elena Chong By THE widow of a wealthy businessman is m line for a government refund of more than $1 million after a judge ruled she was charged too much for death duties. Madam Barbara Chong had to pay $3.9 million to the
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      • 874 6  - Singapore honours work of 8 scientists Natalie Soh By Subjects range from black holes to how bacteria communicate AT THE ripe old age of 21, child prodigy Edward Teo graduated with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Now at 32, he is an associate professor with the National University
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      • 227 6 $1.5 b IT outsourcing plan For more details, read Digital Life today THE Government will put out a $1.5 billion tender next month as it outsources its personal computer, software, e-mail and networking systems. The project the Government's single biggest outsourcing deal excludes the Ministry of Defence as it has
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      • 453 6  -  Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent THE research was pioneered here, the device will be tested in clinical trials here and, if all goes well, Singapore could, in a few years' time, produce the holy grail of heart stents one that dissolves totally, allowing
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      • 419 6  -  Sue-Ann Chia By MOST companies that send their employees for training receive a boost in their profits, productivity as well as the quality of the products or services they produce. But workers should not count on getting more pay or a promotion after gaining
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      • 391 7  -  Roger Maynard SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER By Australia Correspondent In Sydney Highly emotional Tiwary spoke to emergency operator on day of killings A BARELY audible tape recording just after the crime, tales of a "vampire" and why Asian students keep baseball bats... these made
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      • 316 7 KILLING OF SECURITY GUARD SECURITY officer Ong Teong Wah had planned to take Sunday off to celebrate his elder daughter's 10th birthday. But he did not make it back home. Mr Ong, 48, was found by a newspaper vendor on Sunday
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      • 239 7 IT LOOKS like a mobile phone and weighs only 120g, but this small gadget could be the answer to protecting your credit card details. Using a broadband data connection, the handheld device allows credit card payments to be made at any location. For example,
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      • 340 7  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent FROM next month, if you are m the Central Business District (CBD) and spot a truck with hazard warning lights flashing and horn blaring, keep away. The vehicle will most likely have breached anti-terror safety regulations
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    • FORUM
      • 309 8 THE ISSUE OF PRIVACY THE responses from many members of the public to the issue of privacy confirm my view that Singapore firms are obsessed with an "IC culture". My family members and I have been asked to produce our ICs whenever we asked
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      • 127 8 I THANK Mr Philip Khoo for his views and feedback ("Changes in physical environment to blame?"; ST, Sept 13). Firstly, the National Environment Agency (NEA) would like to clarify that the pest-control operators we have engaged do not inspect homes and other premises. They
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      • 105 8 I REFER to the letter, "Take a leaf from HK's book in dengue fight" (ST, Sept 16), by Mr Chew Choon Teck. Mr Chew suggested that the National Environment Agency (NEA) look into Hong Kong's approach in managing dengue, such as the
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      • 182 8 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it that you
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      • 140 8 Help all needy students I REFER to the response from the National University of Singapore (NUS), "NUS Annual Giving will help needy students" (ST, Sept 14). While there has been an improvement from one to four in 10 needy students being helped, there still remains six who were not offered
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      • 86 8 DESPITE its ultra-modern features and facilities, the spanking new National Library is not charging parking by the minute. It makes sense that a national library allow its users to visit and use its facilities with as much convenience as possible. If neighbourhood carparks and even
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      • 286 8 I READ with interest the article, "Stopping identity theft" (ST, Sept 14), and the subsequent letters to the Forum, including "Ban retaining of IC and limit records to 4 digits" (ST, Sept 16). In 2002, 1 wrote to the Forum to share my concern
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      • 189 8 MY SON had an eye infection and we headed down to the National University Hospital (NUH) A&E department on the GP's advice. Fortunately, it turned out to be a minor infection. However, when I went to pay the bill, I was shocked by what
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      • 98 8 CAN the authorities advise if it is appropriate for organisations, hospitals, hotels, etc, to photocopy credit cards? On two or three occasions, the front and reverse of my credit card was photocopied. When probed, the staff told me that it was for record purposes and
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      • 106 8 I REFER to the letter, "Can retailers sell customers' data?" (ST, Sept 16), by Ms Cassandra Chee Mci Ling. We would like to assure Ms Chee and all customers that any data provided by them, when participating m any lucky draw or contest held at
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      • 365 8 BRIGHTLY COLOURED FRUIT BETTER The list of 1 3 "powerhouse" fruit is to illustrate the point that it is advisable to eat certain varieties of fruit that are brightly coloured more frequently than others. I REFER to the letter, "All fruits have 'power'"
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      • 133 8 THERE have been a few instances of underground gas leaks, the latest m Towner Road caused a small explosion and fire. Another was m Bedok but, fortunately, no fire occurred a visitor to the area reported it. In one part of Bukit Merah
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      • 192 8 One case of airliner 'technical fault' too many I BOOKED myself on Tiger Airways' Flight TRII6 to Bangkok on Aug 31. When I arrived at Changi Airport, I was told the flight would be delayed by four hours. The pilot announced on the flight that there was a technical fault
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    • SPORTS
      • 901 9 SOCCER FEWER CHANCES "It is quite tight, there is not as much attacking and it is difficult to score a goal. It is a slightly different Premiership I have come back to from Spain. Early indications this year are that
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      • 760 9  -  Marc Lim WILD WEEKEND By Sports Correspondent THE English Premiership advertises itself as the most exciting football league m the world. Singapore fans can be forgiven if they contemplated suing it for false advertising last Sunday when two of the Premiership's best ambassadors, Manchester
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      • 157 9 POINTS are more important than style. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, whose team nave scored just one goal m four Premiership games, admits as much. He is making no apologies for the way his side played the 0-0 draw with Manchester United on Sunday, even if
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      • 577 9 London NO ONE can match Chelsea's huge world-class squad this season. And so the English Premiership champions will not suffer much if they are hit by injuries. Ron Atkinson, manager of Manchester United when they opened the 1985-86 season with 10 victories and
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      • 779 10 SOCCER Real's third loss puts pressure on Luxemburgo to quit or face the sack Madrid REAL Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo should start looking over his shoulders a year ago, the team managed the same sequence of depressing results and Jose Antonio Camacho threw m the
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      • 901 10 London AFTER David Beckham was sent off for a petulant flick m the 1998 World Cup, his concerned parents quickly rushed to the airport to console him. But, instead of comforting the England player over his red card, Ted and Sandra were greeted
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      • 423 10 Manchester IT HAD to end some time. But after leading Manchester City on a proud 13-match unbeaten run, manager Stuart Pearce did not expect it to come the way it did against Bolton. He was left wondering how his side ended up empty-handed from the encounter,
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      • 241 10 FRENCHMAN Damien Comolli played an important role m bringing Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Robin van Persic to Arsenal and can take credit for their capture of Kolo Toure and Gael Clichy. It may seem strange then that the club's former European scout has decided to take
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      • 751 11  -  Chan Vi Shen SOCCER By JULY 25: (left picture) Noh Alam Shah, with wife Shakina at Changi Airport, returns home from his England stint. The striker scores twice six days later to help Tampmes to the Asean club title, but has since managed just one
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        • 99 11 SINGAPORE will send seven men and four women to compete m the Asian Bodybuilding Championships m Andong City, South Korea, from Oct 5-10. Among the men competing will be Vincent Ng and Amir Zainal, who will take part m the light-fly-weight and bantamweight categories respectively. They
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        • 46 11 THE kick-off times for the last three rounds of SLeague soccer matches starting from Oct 11 will be moved from 7.30pm to Bpm. Live matches on Friday will begin at 7.10pm. This is due to the start of Ramadan on Oct 5.
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        • 75 11 THE Singapore Recreation Club and the National University of Singapore are organising the first SRC/NUS Soccer 11s. The tournament will start on Saturday and go on till Nov 19. The entrance fee is $800 per team of up to 25 players. Closing date for registration
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      • 574 12  -  Chan Vi Shen BADMINTON By S'porc pair want to achieve that by end of next year after recent 9th ranking TOP eight m the world by this year-end and top five by the end of next year. That is the target Singapore's top
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      • 504 12 »GOLF Farmington (Pennsylvania) JASON Gore stood up to an excellent late-season field, and to the very pressure that wilted him three months ago at the US Open. Most of all, he stood up to Sunday. He held off the 84
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      • 362 12 SPORTING TRAGEDIES Las Vegas LEAVANDER Johnson had worked a long time for his big night, 16 years to be exact. His first title defence turned tragic, however, leaving the veteran boxer m a fight that most with his kind of injury do not win. Johnson, 35,
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      • 340 12 Co -driver dies after crash Cardiff AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into a crash which killed co-driver Michael Park during the Wales Rally GB on Sunday. Park, nicknamed Beef, was partnering Estonian Markko Martin when their Peugeot 307 crashed side-on at high speed into a tree near Port Talbot. Park
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 133 12 PARIS: Russia beat France 3-2 m a thrilling Fed Cup final, thanks to a tireless double-shift from Elena Dementieva at Roland Garros on Sunday. The re-run of last year's final was tied at 2-2 before the decisive doubles, m which Dementieva teamed up with Dinara
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        • 91 12 SAN FRANCISCO: Barry Bonds smashed his 705 th career home run, his second homer since returning from knee surgery a week ago, to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Sunday. Taiwanese left-handed rookie pitcher Kuo Hongchi offered up the
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        • 116 12 BROKEN ARROW (Oklahoma): Annika Sorenstam made bogeys on two of the last three holes, but held off American teenage sensation Paula Creamer by a stroke on Sunday to retain her crown at the LPGA John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic. The Swedish world No 1 had 16
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    • OBITUARIES
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        318 13 lVhilc we Ilvc Uve t0 P leiJ^' 0* lord. And when we die, we go to be with the Lord. So m life and m death, l\Ufflltflc* 1.^,0 Dr Diana Young Departed 20 September 2004 I Leaving so suddenly created a vacuum m our lives that can now only be
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        383 14 'Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life ana I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever' Psalm 23* LAU KWOK CHOY Age: 54 Was called home to be with the Lord on 19 Sept 2005. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved
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        349 14 GOH AH SUAN AGE: 82 passed away peacefully on 18 September 2005, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Seng Kee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Chee Hong, Patrick Mak Sook Thim, Agnes Tan Chee Swee, Stanley Chan May Hoong Tan Chee Ghee, Steven Tan Chee Hot, Daniel Tan Kirn Yong, Roger
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        345 14 Ist Anniversary In Everlasting Memory of Our beloved Sister Diana Young j Departed 20/09/04 life has never been the same since your departure. Your loving tender care for Mum, Dad and all your siblings will always remain m our hearts. Rest m peace our dearest Diana. Sadly missed and fondly
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        476 14 John 6:40. Jesus said. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes m Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. jln Loving Memory Our Dearest Sister Diana 20* September 2004 D'Gospel Fellowship Founded February 2004 by
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      • 457 16 ITS NOT US "There is no problem with supply. The problem is a shortage of refining capacity." MR FATHI OMAR of Libya Ministers say refining capacity is stretched; will raise supply if needed VIENNA OPEC producers yesterday looked
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      • 575 16 Jakarta's $3.4 b Exxon deal lifts confidence Jakarta INDONESIA has restored a measure of investor confidence by finally clinching a US$2 billion (553.4 billion) oil deal with United States giant Exxon Mobil, but must do more to boost the investment climate to stem its declining oil output. The government signed
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      • 35 16 Friday's close: 12,958 68 (-28.1 points) The Tokyo stock market was closed for Respect For The Aged Day. a public holiday, yesterday and resumes trading tor a shortened week today REUTERS sdrgdfdfgsdf
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      • 24 16 gsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdf Friday's close: 14.983.2 (-57.8 points) The Hong Kong share market was closed for the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday yesterday REUTERS
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      • 38 16 *H Yesterday's close: 1.282 59 (+7.98 points) Chinese stocks closed 0 63 per cent higher, with carmakers boosted by expectations of a recovery in sales and textile firms snapped upon bargain-hunting after recent falls. AFP
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      • 46 16 Sydney S&P ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 4.551 3 (-2.3 points) Australian shares ended flat, with strong gains in mining giants BHP Bilhton and Rio Tinto offset by losses in bank stocks, as the market paused for breath after hitting a string of record highs REUTERS *n
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      • 30 16 sdfsdfggsdfg Yestei day's close: 923.27 (+1.28 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.14 per cent higher, managing a marginal gain in the absence of any fresh leads. AFP
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        44 16 "*n Yesterday's close: 8.444.84 (+63.88 points) Indian shares closed at a new record high on sustained overseas fund buying across all sectors The benchmark Sensex index rose 0.76 per cent, beating the previous record close of 8.380 96 set last Friday. AFP
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      • 50 16 *H Yesterday's close: 1.066 591 (+9.865 points) Indonesian share prices closed 0.93 per cent higher on a technical rebound in blue chips but trade was subdued as investors waited to see if the United States Federal Reserve hikes interest rates again at its meeting today. 1 AFP
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      • 33 16 gsdsdfg Yesterday's close.708.98 (+0.72 point) Thai share prices closed 0.1 percent higher but the marginal gain reflected the absence of any fresh leads to give direction to the market. AFP
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      • 256 16 September 19 Stock Name Wt Close Change AH|reen50c 0.30 1.240 Ascendasrelt 1.05 2180 -0 060 BIL Intl US20C 0.49 1.200 CapitaLand 3.05 3.100 +0.020 CapltaMall 0.74 2.340 -0.010 Chart SemiCond 26c 0 76 1.150 -0.010 CityDt.50c 2.61 8.950 -0.100 ComfortDelGro 25c 1.60 1.470 CoscoCorp20c 0.75 2.590
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      • 65 16 September 19 MediaRing 10c 65,317,000 Biosensors USO.OIc 62,560,000 SingTel 15c 52,518,000 BiosensorBHPeCW***** 49.015,000 Bio-Treat HK40c 22,172,000 Sin Soon H lc 19,543,000 CapitalandOBeCW***** 18.594.000 SingTel DBeCW*****7 16.997.000 IPCO 5c 16,865.000 Reyoung US7.5C 15,484,000 UniFiber 10c 14,861,000 Bio-TreatMBLeCW***** 12,813,000 CapitaLand 12,157,000 GlobalVoice 5c 11,749,000 STX PO KW100 11,163,000 Frontline 5c
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      • 149 16 September 19 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2810 ***** Can dollar 1.4180 ***** Euro 2 0370 2 0590 Malaysian ringgit*o 4463 0 4467 NZ dollar ***** ***** Sterlingpound 3.0160 ***** US dollar ***** ***** SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO
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      • 1510 16 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE SEPTEMBER 19. 2005 m CBHMCT UST MUK O.r UGrWOTE mt tmmt tubes stu *m- mo wgm iaw urn» stun 21 17 5 «226 AII|miia«IP»CWOBO324 175 45 mn Tjl TTi r, Ti 11.5 10 4287 9K>-Tiu«NPtCWSO42I 1 +05 5653 OS 105 ,1! 11 75 4288 BkhT,.
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      • 367 16 Psychopaths make the best investors London "FUNCTIONAL psychopaths" make the best investment decisions because they cannot experience emotions such as fear, a study by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) showed. Fear stops people from taking even logical risks, meaning those who have suffered damage to areas
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      • 490 17 SEEKING LARGER PRESENCE Mr Murdoch's News Corp wants to expand m China, as its only business there now is a licence to operate m Guangdong and m exclusive mainland hotels. China no longer opening up media market to global groups, he says
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      • 113 17 Seoul SOUTH Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics said yesterday it has developed the world's first 10-chip MCP (multi-chip package) that would boost space efficiency m mobile phones and other portable devices. The new multifunctional chip package can mix different memory chips depending on
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      • 120 17 Beijing A BEIJING court ordered Baidu.com, China's leading Internet search engine, to pay compensation to a unit of global music group EMI over downloads of pirated pop music offered through its website. The ruling highlights the potential legal vulnerability of the popular MP3
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        • 731 18  -  Fiona Chan By Reinventing themselves V A KUN KAY A TOAST To reach out to the younger generation, the 61-year-old eatery has opened stores m more accessible and trendy locations. It has kept its logo but has given its outlets a contemporary feel
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      • 312 19  -  Erica Tay By THEY may not have the starstudded razzmatazz of yesterday's Emmys. But it will be a case of substance over style when the inaugural Singapore Corporate Awards are given out to celebrate the best talent behind listed firms' well-balanced books.
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      • 199 19 SUN Business Network (SBN), which publishes lifestyle magazine Wine Dine, is selling some of its publishing assets here and m China to an online broker for US$BO million (*****.4 million). It said the assets to be sold to SE Global Equities include the local
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      • 660 20  - Gold price hits 17 -year high on rising inflation fears Kelvin Wong By Gold has traditionally been viewed as a safe haven and a hedge against inflation, especially m an environment of high oil prices. High oil prices, strong demand for metal, US$ weakness send it to almost US$462 an
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      • 390 20 THE high price of oil should not have a serious impact on Singapore's economic growth, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang said. The spike m crude prices is a short-term effect due to the supply disruption attributed to Hurricane Katrina, he said
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      • 496 20  -  Ken Kwek By DEPOSITORS and charities will enjoy limited protection on their cash deposits, with the passage of legislation which guarantees a return of up to $20,000 m the event of a bank going belly-up here. However, there is concern
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      • 646 21  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Total demand exceeds $21 billion -the biggest appetite for an offer m 15 years SINGAPORE'S stock market has just witnessed its hottest initial public offer (IPO) since the giddy days of the dot.com boom.
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      • 365 21  -  Grace Ng By FOR the first time since it listed 12 years ago, Sing Tel has lowered its full year earnings target because of shrinking profit margins at its Australian unit, Optus, which faces stiff competition Down Under. The telco revised
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      • 306 21  -  Joyce Teo By THE initial public offer (IPO) market appears to be hotting up, with three companies getting the ball rolling yesterday. Two China-based firms Sinopipe Holdings, a manufacturer of plastic pipes and fittings, and Luzhou BioChem Technology, a corn sweetener producer
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      • 404 21 TAKING STOCK A PRIME mover m the Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) scene kept some traders intoxicated yesterday, while others toasted the way property m Orchard Road has taken a sudden turn for the better. It was like a bygone era as bricks and
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      • 206 21 Banks rush to issue warrants on Bio -Treat WARRANT WATCH A STOCK'S fortunes can be gauged by the interest displayed m the covered warrants issued on it. Take China-based waste water treatment specialist Bio-Treat Technology, for example. In the space of less than a month, five warrants have been issued
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      • 769 22  - Oei Hong Leong and Heshe to rescue Citiraya Lee Su Shyan Azrin Asmani By Fresh funding Tycoon Oei Hong Leong and partner Heshe plan to invest an initial $10 million each, with each having the option to pump m a further similar amount. The first tranche of $20 million comprises
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      • 23 22 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2810 1.2960 Euro 2.0370 2.0590 Sterling pound 3.0160 3.0510 US dollar 1.6740 1.6920 Yen (100 units) 1.5015 1.5183
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      • 205 22 12,000 FORAY ROWSLEY, an investment firm which counts former "remisier king" Peter Lim as its biggest shareholder, has made its first modest foray into the lottery and Internet sports betting industry m a rather unlikely corner of Asia. The company is paying US$7,OOO
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  • Life!
    • 8 1 Life! THE STRAITS TIMES TUesday September 20 2005
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    • 13 1 WIN, LOSE STRAW? Design: Photos: and SALLY LAM REUTERS. AFP. AP BLOOMBERG NEWS
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      • 782 2  -  Ng Hui Hui MEDIA REPORTER Desperate Housewives and Lost may be newcomers to the Emmys, but they emerged the big winners IT WAS a night where Desperate Housewives tore down the house and the Lost castaways eventually found their home. However, it was a feted but little-seen
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      • 164 2 Dramas Series: Lost Acton James Spader, Boston Legal Actress: Patricia Arquette, Medium Supporting Acton William Shatner, Boston Legal Supporting Actress: Blythe Danner, Huff Directing: J.J. Abrams, Lost Writing: David Shore, House Comedies Series: Everybody Loves Raymond Acton Tony Shalhoub, Monk Actress: Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives Supporting Acton
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      • 586 3  -  Foong Woei Wan The best... ...and worst Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Alyson Hannigan (above) looks good enough to bite m this sweet gown with beading and embroidery. When the whole world is sparkling m satin, wear something else. Arrested Development star Portia de Rossi (right) is
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      • 103 4 1 wasn't acting cute. It's just that on most of the programmes I host, I m not given a choice to be subtle' Show host Bryan Wong 1 don't twirl around the house m four-inch heels and designer dresses when I'm loading the dishwasher... I'm a no make-up, jeans
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        946 4  -  Tan Shzr Ee cutturevulture I bought a book from a second-hand store here, only to find it once belonged to a friend's friend from London OKAY, first things first: What I'm about to write has nothing to do with culture high, low or, indeed, of any other
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      • 389 4  -  Cheong Suk-Wai CONCERT FROM BACH TO MADNESS Tang Quartet Ng Yu-Ying, first violin/Ang Chek Meng, second violin/Lionel Tan, viola/Leslie Tan, cello/ guest accompanist Albert Tiu, piano Esplanade Concert Hall Sunday BEETHOVEN may have been mighty mad at the irony of being a composer who was going deaf by
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      • 529 5  -  Clara Chow Singapore and Malaysia's joint take on being apart would have been better if it wasn't a result of two scripts THEATRE SEPARATION 40 The Necessary Stage/Dramalab Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Friday PERHAPS it was the allure of two acclaimed playwrights, Haresh Sharma and Jit Murad
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      • 764 6  -  Adeline Chia Forget the war and welcome to the budget traveller's and gastronomic haven STEP out of the airport into the warm air of Ho Chi Minh City, and you walk into the embrace of a boomtown flinging its doors open to international tourism. Taxi drivers accost
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      • 111 6 EAT Quan An Ngon, 138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, tel: 08-*****49 Always packed with locals and tourists, this restaurant serves excellent Vietnamese fare at affordable prices. Check out the individual stations where cooks prepare regional dishes. Go for the steamed monkfish at US$6 (S$10) which
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      • 298 6 BRITAIN'S tourism arm Visitßritain is linking arms with the country's national carrier British Airways (BA) to present a short-haul deal specially for Singapor~ans X J Calls. On Friday, they will launch a one-stop travel planning website, Best Of Britain (www.bestofbritain.com), which offers four holiday experiences^ Each
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      • 705 7  -  Sandra Leong Manager of hotel for the rich and famous sometimes doubles as security guard HE IS general manager at the Raffles L'ermitage Beverly Hills m Los Angeles but Jack Naderkhani is not averse to playing security guard. In February this year, he spotted a man
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      • 263 10 Watch what you call my daughter. Lydia Sum (above) defended Joyce Cheng's less-than-Snow-White performance (right). Critics had said Cheng would be better off playing one of the Seven Dwarfs. HONG KONG Entertainer Lydia Sum displayed a mother's concern as she broke her silence
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      • 126 10 TAIPEI F4 member Vie Chou may need to brush up his driving skills after he was involved m his second car accident m two months. In July, his rumoured girlfriend Barbie Hsu had rushed to the accident scene when he smashed his Audi. But, on Sunday,
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      • 161 10 LOS ANGELES Who is rushing to Renee Zellweger's side as she nurses her heartache over her marriage breakdown? Old flame Jack White, apparently. He was said to have dashed to the actress' side after she filed for an annulment of her four-month-old marriage to country singer
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    • 447 11 R*\ FACTORY SPACE fit? FOR SALE JURONC JTC Terrace Factor.es. Built-in 10.000/ Land 15,100 sqft. Balance 50 yrs. Sale $1.2 Million/ and rental 9680 7968 Agt LAND/ BLOC/ COMMERCIAL Face i mam rd. Alexandra/ Kallang/ Kirn Chuan/ AMK/ T Payoh. 10 000 50.000 sqft. Good i 9859 4511 ÜBI CTR.
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    • 1042 15 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT CHAPTER 20 THE BANKRUPTCY RULES 1995 IN BANKRUPTCY No. *****/2005/ B RE: JANSEN JENNIFER ANNE MRS JENNIFER ANNE CONN (NRICNo. S*****78C) EX-PARTE: UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED (RC No. *****0026Z) Creditor/Petitioner NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT OF BANKRUPTCY PETITION To JANSEN JENNIFER ANNE 6 MRS JENNIFER ANNE CONN formerly residing
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    • 583 15 Home TeamNS TENDER NOTICE 1 Tenders are invited for the following:--(a) Three (3) Years Period Contract from 1* November 2005 with an Option to Renew for Another Two (2) Years for the Management and Operation of a Pub and Karaoke Lounge at Home TeamNS Sembawang at 301, Canberra Road, Singapore
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    • 3603 16 WBBBBBmKBI^^^BttHK^R nlili^^■^^■^■^l^l^l^l^l^l^l^l^lll^l^l^l^lhl^lh v 110 i m t iIhTTk>H ill j W W 3 H M SB fMlip^i^piTlfCEiMiTEn^STTT^ffß^n^^^nTTiTTTPTtTjWH^T HK LECTURING/ yt/ TEACHING Educational Ctr In Bt Bat ok requires TEACHERS Full-time. Bilingual m English Mandarin. Mm GCE '0' levels. Enjoys working with children. Able to start work immediately. Pis call: 6566-9570
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    • 292 17 [J) SAL£S |2> SM£S E) SALES Retai Sale* Assistant Mm 'NT Level Commencing Salary up to Ssl 300 plus incentives Customer onented with positive sales attt jde Bilingual m English Mandarin Experience m fashion wear Singaporean only Walk In Interview TODAY Ipm 6pm at 9 Scons Rd #01 -07/08 Paatic
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    • 336 17 Van Sales Bilingual m English Mandarin Self motivation physically fit Good communication skills At least 3-5 years experience m servicing provision shop mini-mart Possess driving license, van provided Please call: 6752 4320 22 Senoko South Road Interview time: 12pm 4pm Full-Time Guaranteed Income S2K $5K 5-day week. Mon-Fri 9am-6pm No
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    • 321 17 Sheet Metal Fabrication Co Seeks: SALES ENGINEERS 1. At least 2 years experience m industrial sales; 2. Mm GCE 'O' or equivalent; 3. Bilingual (Eng Mandarin); 4. Able to meet agreed sales targets develop new a/cs; 5. Able to generate own leads, coordinate and monitor projects through to delivery Interested
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    • 671 17 fj^ SALES IMMEDIATE ELECTRONICS PROMOTER TO pro mote calculators/ shavers/ electronic products m Changi Airport. $1250 allowance. 6 days rotating shift. Good prospects! Walk-in interview #23-03 Int'l Plaza *****775 (B*****1G) PROMOTER FOR FOOD products m Hypermarket. Every Sat 11am9pm Sun 10am-Bpm. $5.20p/hr. Candidate must be bilingual and mature. Housewives welcome.
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    • 1273 17 HJ^ CUSTOMER R^^ CUSTOMER Marina Square Shopping Mall requires: To assist m handling enquiries and promotional activities. GCE 'N' or 'O' Level Pleasant personality Fluent m English and Chinese Computer literate Must work shifts and weekends Customer service experience preferred WALK-4N-INTERVIEW Monday to Thursday (9am -11am 3pm- spm) MARINA CENTRE
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    • 485 17 fJK HOTEL/RESrAURANT/ Mr LOUNGE Margarita's 8 The Mexican Restaurant has immediate vacancies for: 1) TRAINEE COOKS Mm. 1 year experience m Western Cuisine WALK-IN INTERVIEW AT: 404 EAST COAST ROAD TEL: 6440 8030 108 FABER DRIVE (off Clementi Avenue 6) TEL: 6777 1782 2) PART-TIME SERVERS Either 11am 3pm or
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    • 892 17 HK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ WK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ )Hf LOUNGE yjf LOUNGE A We are one of Singapore's premium, new quick service restaurant We are seeking l^-^ dynamic and highly motivated individuals CaxTis Jr. witn positive attitude to join our team. GCE 'N' 'O' Level /Fresh Diploma holders 1 -2 years of exp m
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    • 594 18 rvuryocAuiT RECEPTIONIST. HAIR ASST. Freelance Hair Stylist needed m new hair salon. 6 days week. Sundays and public holidays off. Only S'poreans/ PR Call 6223 3380 ESTAB. NAIL SALON requires Full-time Experienced Nail Technicians. Fresh grads from Nail course are welcome. Part time Receptionist High basic commission. Call 8121 3316
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    • 538 18 ffh ADMINISTRATIVE/ MM/ CLERICAL I JSAS MM \r< >H I PTE LTD I AnMtmotmtlAjriSMfmfhl "O" level above Singaporean/ PR Bilingual (Eng/ Mandarin) No experience needed PC literate S days week near Aljunied MRT Able to handle LC, shipping documents, etc 5 days work m small office Mandarin speaking a must
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    • 586 18 WjS ADMINISTRATIVE/ lir 9 CLERICAL ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT (Bedok/ 5 days) Salary: $1.7K Diploma or equivalent 1-2 years accounting experience Chinese Speaking SAP advantage E-mail: candy. lima qmprecruit.com (Agancy C*****1B) CASHIER Mm N level Computer literate Bilingual m English/ Mandarin 6-day week Able to work retail hr Pleasant disposition Walk In
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    • 622 19 g| TECHNICAL PLATING TCCMNKIAN 12-HR shift. NTC/ ITC. Fit Tuas Trpt provid cd. M'sian welcome. Start im mcd Tel: *****939 C*****1F JURONG PtOON TECHNICIAN. 5 day week. 8 hrs perm shift Bask $1200 $1450. NTC Electronics/ Elect./ Mech. Tel. 6566 7508 IT TECH SUPPORT. PC Literate. Class 1 lie. 5
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  • Digital Life
    • 13 1 Digital Life THE STTWK TIMES Tues >ay September 20, 2005 MICA (P) 210/10/2004
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    • 329 2  -  Hellen Tan It took more than a year m the making, but the proposed Spam Control Bill 2005 is here. Your feedback is important, so if tHiJ. v ♦n *v ou strongly about all those junk messages that get m your e-mail box anc^ ce^pnones, take a
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        479 3 sdfgsdfgsdfsdfgdfsg peak up! You've got until Oct 14 to make your fl| voice heard, if you have a problem with junk wJ e-mail and phone messages. BH If two of the key changes m the Spam Control Bill 2005 are anything to go by, giving your feedIB
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      • 373 4 1. What actions can consumers take under the proposed Bill? Opt out The first and most important thing you can do to stop getting junk messages is to tell the company that sends them to stop spamming you. Call or e-mail the sender
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      • 225 4 No, it doesn't. The proposed Spam Control Bill 2005 only applies to electronic messages sent from Singapore. So even with the proposed Bill, Internet users here would continue to see quite a lot of junk m their e-mail inbox. This is because 77 per
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      • 555 6 Will it turn out to be a 'can-spam law Will the Spam Control Bill be a toothless tiger? It will be troublesome for aggrieved consumers to take legal action against alleged spammers though the proposed Spam Control Bill allows them to do so, says Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) executive
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      • 331 6 It's going to be a tough and expensive affair, said lawyer Mark Lim, who is familiar with technology and law. To build a court case against an alleged spammer, the individual has to keep a trail of all the messages received. According
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    • 191 9 play IT Most of us walk around with our pockets bulging with some kind of mini doodad a cellphone, PDA, or MP3 player. Accessory makers are counting on our vanity, producing a slew of jackets to suit up our expensive gadgets. So there's no excuse to
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        48 10 play IT Creative 's Zen Neeon Mp3 players, launched four months ago, sport the Stik-On skins. A pack of two Stik-Ons sells at $9.90 each, while a pack of four is at $15.90. Get the ?sg SGB Zen Neeon and the skins at major IT shops.
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      • 898 12 GAMERS GET THE MESSAGE »live IT "It's important that it appears where it should appear and that it doesn't detract. The wrong thing to do would be to have too much advertising m a game and what you certainly don't want is adverts that are interruptions to the game P
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      • 810 16 »key player Four is a good number for Mr Stephen Yeo, president of Southeast Asia for leading American multinational Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS). While many Chinese believe that the number is inauspicious (the number four rhymes with death m Mandarin and Chinese dialects like Cantonese
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      • 674 17 »apply IT A new standard operating environment (SOE) aims to reduce the complexity of IT infrastructures and simplify the management of IT desktop assets currently existing m the different government ministries and agencies here. GRACE CHNG reports All eyes are on the huge Singapore Government IT tender
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    • 842 18 IT SECURITY: Compliance AN ADVERTISING FEATURE BROUGHTTOYOU BY SUN MICROSYSTEMS IT security: Architecture for compliance The components of the C2MS solution are organised into four layers. The content layer captures messages on platforms for any application. The archive layer indexes and compresses captured messages. The storage layer deals with physical
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        428 20 apply IT New-generation DVDs promise sharper images and more storage room. But before you jump for joy, prepare to be baffled, says ALFRED SIEW Consumers may be scratching their heads m confusion when the next generation of movie and game DVDs hit the shelves next year. Despite promising
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      • 137 11 INTERNET JARGON ACCESS This week, Jimmy Neutron and Sing Net show Little Red Dot the difference between dedicated and shared Internet broadband access. broughttoyou by X Sing Tel DEDICATED ACCESS Also known by its more techie name, Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), it means you have your own special lane
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      • 159 11 CONTEST OF THE WEEK Why is "dedicated broadband I access" a better way to surf I the Net? CJ The surfing speed will be fast, even ■if there are many people togging on. I O You can play with an interactive I band on the Internet. i O You can
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        87 12 If you want to help with recycling, start by sorting out your home rubbish. Put waste paper, drink cans and plastic bottles from your kitchen into three separate bags, and dispose them at a recycle centre nearest your home. For other wastes, such as batteries and computer parts,
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      • 165 12 1 Waste disposal is a cause for concern m land-scarce Singapore. The new Pulau Semakau offshore landfill cost the Government $840 million to build! 2. Building and operating costs of incineration plants -where rubbish is destroyed are rising countinuously. This means that m the future, we
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      • 249 12  -  ELLEN WHYTE S> Is your dustbin stuffed with paper wrappers and other packaging? Most of today's goods are packaged m layers and layers of wrapping. A bar of chocolate, for example, is covered m silver paper, coloured paper and sometimes a piece of plastic too. Before mass
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      726 13  -  BILL SHAKESPEARE SPECIAL REPORT BY BACKGROUND Hamlet is one of the most famous plays ever written. Penned around 1 600 by the great playwright *William Shakespeare, it has been performed on the stage countless times m every major language, and been made into a few movies. It
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    • 22 14 YOU'RE INVITED! The talent page featuring special reviews, original art and contributions from Y-O-U. Send your contributions to stdot@sph.com.sg
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    • 188 14 You could say Primary 5 classmates Cherry IGoh and Celine Quah are winners with lots of heart 121 to be exact The 1 1-year-olds from Concord Primary School took the second prize m the CAREvolution awards held at library Orchard, Ngee Ann City two weeks ago. The
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      81 14 Woodlands Primary School pupils will be acquainting themselves more with the ukelele a small, four-stringed guitar -soon. Selected Primary 4 and 5 pupils will spend 1 6 hours this semester learning to play the ukelele, which is very popular m the United States, particularly m Hawaii. Some of
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      118 14 Just 1 1 years old and an ambassador already. New Town Primary school pupil Patty Lin won the informal title of "water ambassador" after she was mentioned m Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech last month. She had caught the PM's attention when she wished
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      • 163 14 Day at The w W J^l Esplanade this year with art, -^ftJ i I comedy, song and dance. W~ rS^^^ y* > 1 HBHHI^ I*V Catch Three Little Pigs like you've never seen them before and move to the tune of The Magic Flute -on Oct I and 2. Share
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      • 264 15 FROM THE TEACHER'S TABLE Try it the Dot way! Every week, our panel of teachers from the Red Circle brews up Dot-flavoured lessons from their vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we look at forming a balanced argumentative essay. BY JUMAT BABA AND CHONG-LEOW PEI LING (GREENRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL)
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        94 15 Here are the answers to the puzzles on page 12. How did you do? GETSTARTED Choose a comic character from the comics pages m The Straits Times. Analyse this character to see what makes it appealing to you. Write down a list of character traits, like lazy, cheerful,
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        230 15  -  LIAW WY-CIN BY Crime is bad but reading about it can sometimes be exciting. Newspaper reports on criminals and what they have done can be dramatic, and people love reading them not least to see how much the perpetrators managed to get away with before getting caught.
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