The Straits Times, 11 October 2005

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  • 549 1  -  Ravi Velloor »Toll passes 30,000 Global aid pours in Aftershocks continue to rock area India Bureau hu'J In \i w Dm hi K \shmikis fearta! the mx| quake br«V»d the chill of approaching winter to sleep out in the open M the world reached out to a Pakistan
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  • 329 1 SINGAPORE is sending a search-and-rescue mission to earthquakehit Pakistan and is putting together a humanitarian relief package of US$2OO,OOO (*****,000). Two C-130 military transport planes took off from Paya Lebar airport yesterday with 44 members of the Singapore Civil Defence Force,
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1119 1 NUS High's link to university a big draw BENJAMIN Kuek sits for his last paper in the Primary School Leaving Examinations today and won't know his results till next month. But the Tao Nan School pupil already has a Secondary 1 place at the National University of Singapore High School
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 42 2 Who will lift off? Speculation over which astronauts will be chosen for China's second manned space flight. PAGE 11 Laundry out of sight Inspectors in Hong Kong will confiscate clothes found hanging to dry on public railings or fences. PAGE 12
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    • 44 2 Bird flu in Europe The first bird flu cases in Europe have been found in Romania and Turkey. PAGE 16 Anger over TV show An Arab teleserial which indicates that terrorism is giving Islam a bad name, has come under fire. PAGE 19
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    • 20 2 In praise of NS The National Service training camp milieu is a true microcosm of Singapore society. PAGE 21
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    • 52 2 Commotion in court The Sindee Neo case saw drama in and outside the courtroom. PAGE HI 'One operator' wish Public Transport Council chief prefers one firm to run both trains and buses. PAGE H3 SlA's carrot The airline is promising tourist draws in its bid for the Sydney-LA route.
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    • 41 2 Thankful for checks A reader is grateful for stringent ICA screening at the checkpoint, as it is important for security. PAGEHB Donors not gullible It is not gullibility but rather compassion which moves Singaporeans to donate, says a reader. PAGEHB
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    • 56 2 Beckham upbeat Now that England have qualified for the World Cup finals, captain David Beckham thinks they can also collect the trophy. PAGE HlO Good turnaround After a bad year, golfer Lam Chih Bing now has a chance to tee off with the world's top golfers in next month's
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    • 66 2 Allgreen China foray Developer Allgreen Properties is making its first foray into China by taking a stake in a $883 million project in booming Shanghai. PAGE H2O Middle Eastern eye Singapore's tiny but recovering pool of real estate is increasingly appearing on Middle Eastern buyers and investors' radar screens
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    • 263 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-15 World 16-20 Review 21-23 FYI 24 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports HlO-Hl3 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-H22 LIFE! Buzz L2,L12 Arts L4-L5 Travel L6-L8 Events LlO Horoscopes TV... Lll w i j^ m^P^ j» nor mi Ifi 1 J w feßfeßi^^^^ ..,.<■■■■■■■*** I
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  • PRIME
    • 616 3  -  Bryan Lee By Last quarter: Electronics will start to contribute ECONOMISTS are now looking to full-year growth, with many expecting it to be between 4.5 and 5 per cent. >> "Electronics will start to contribute, given firmer signs that the electronics cycle is headed
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    • 221 3 SYDNEY JAPAN'S space agency yesterday completed the first successful test of a" prototype jet that can fly at Mach 2. twice the speed of sound, three years after a lest ended in a fiery vv reck in the Australian outback. The Japan Aerospace Exploration
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    • 522 4  -  Daryl Loo By LIVING BIG includes HDB homes that are rented as well "includes a small number of families living in other HDB dwellings Source: 2003 figures Department of Statistics More than half own four-room flats or bigger, survey finds 1 1
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    • 465 4  - Power- sharing deal propels Merkel to top Derek Scally By Straits Times Furope Bureau In Berlin CHRISTIAN Democrat (CDU) leader Angela Merkel will become Germany's first woman Chancellor after three weeks of tough wrangling ended with a power-sharing deal in Berlin yesterday. The agreement, which Dr Merkel called "good and
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    • 101 4 PROPERTY SPECULATORS ARE THEY BACK? m Mm 111 After last weekend's sensational soft launch of tower two at The Sail, we look at whether property speculators are finally making a comeback in the Singapore property market. SOME FLAT OWNERS CANT AFFORD TO DOWNGRADE, HOME H5 iHI ij What's I your
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  • ASIA
    • 705 6 Many millions of dollars pledged and aid teams flown in |s| \M\H\D WITHIN 72 hours ol Pakistan being hit by a devastating earthquake, than 20 countries haw come ud to help, and hundreds of millions ot dollars have been pltdftd Bui |VH as the international community
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    • 190 6 US: US$5O million (SsB4 million), eight helicopters KUWAIT: US$lOO million aid package SINGAPORE: 44-member search-and- rescue team, relief supplies and donation MALAYSIA: US$l million, 46-member search-and-rescue team AUSTRAUA: US$4.2 million ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: US$lO million WORLD BANK: US$2O million IRELAND: 1 million euros (Ss2 million)
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    • S.ASIA QUAKE
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        464 9 "It is a whole generation that has been lost in the worst affected areas. The worst affected were schoolchildren." MAJOR-GEN SHAUKAT SULTAN, military spokesman Whole generation wiped out as school collapses with students inside Balakot (Pakistan) IN THIS ruined town, flattened by Saturday's massive earthquake, the smell of
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        438 9  -  Garhi Habibullah (Pakistan) "I was very sure I would die. 11 MARIA, 14, who was saved from her flattened school Girl dug out by father from under her school's collapsed roof CARRYING their bags and wearing their white-and-blue school uniforms, Maria, 14, and her 15- old sister left
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      • 745 10  -  Ravi Velloor >> NEWS ANALYSIS By India Bureau Chief In Nfw Dm hi This is unlikely, say observers, despite the shared grief between the rivals THE Peace Bridge that be--1 MM a symbol of warming In dia- Pakistan ties earlier this year was
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      • 116 10 THE main Muslim rebel alliance in Indian Kashmir yesterday said it had suspended fighting in quake-hit areas even as Indian police reported fresh bloodshed. Kashmir's United Jihad Council said Syed Salahudin, chief of the region's most powerful rebel group, the Hizbul Mujahedin, "directed its cadres to halt
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      • 379 10  -  Maria Almenoar By THE Singapore Government vrsterday donated US$lOO,OOO (*****,000) to kick-start the Singapore Red C i »ss donation drive for Pakistani quake victims. The charity hopes to raise *****,000 for medicine, food and other relief supplies for displaced and homeless vic- tims.
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  • CHINA
    • 269 11 I MIM I I \l\\ AVS independenceleaning President Chen Shuibun yesterday intensified (.alls lor .1 massive .inns buildup t<» thwart a "growing military threat from China Beijing dainm Taiwan as pan <>t its territory and has threatened to invade if Taipei pursues forma) independence
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AP  -  269 words
    • 737 11  - Chinese revel in stories of new astronauts Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing High interest in two who may fly into space next week further buoyed by talk of a dark horse THE smart money is on fighter pilots Nie Haisheng and Zhai Zhigang as the astronauts going up
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    • 66 12 US Treasury Secretary John Snow arrives in Beijing today for talks with his Chinese counterpart on a range of economic issues that have plagued bilateral relations not least the revaluing of the yuan PHOTO: REUTERS HIS MISSION: Mr Snow will seek to explain key problem areas,
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    • 662 12  -  Roger Mitton By US Bureau Chief In Washington TREASURY Secretary John Snow is scheduled to arrive in China today for crucial talks on problemplagued US-China economic ties. Later this week he will be joined by Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan, who will
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    • 380 12 Pro -democracy figure 'to join HK Cabinet' llo\(, Ko\(, A PRO-DEMOCRACY figure will join Hong Kong's Cabinet, a body long dominated :u pro-Beijing and pro-gov-ernment inter l-• avoiding to an opposition legislator. Mr Albert Chan was quoted by Ming Pao Daily News w\terday as saving that a former legislator who
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    • 147 12 Hong Kong DRY your washing in public places and it might end up in the hands of laundry inspectors deployed across Hong Kong, the government warned residents in the territory yesterday. Environmental health bosses will confiscate any clothes found hanging from public
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    • 580 13  -  Tschang Chi-Chu By China Correspondent In Beijing "In the major global economies, the influence of domestic consumption on the trade balance is far greater than that of foreign exchange rate adjustments." PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA GOVERNOR ZHOU XIAOCHUAN IN UPCOMING meetings with their Chinese
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 353 14 Jakaki INI former CEO and two other n (ftradOffl *>t Indonesia's biggest bank went on 1 1 i.t 1 yesterday over corruption charges in a case that forms a central plank ot President Susilo Bambang Yudhovono s campaign against graft. former Bank Mandin
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    • 537 14  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Manila Some are trained in Mindanao and may have planned attacks from there INDONESIAN terrorist Dulmatin, who carries a US$lO million (Ssl7 million) bounty on his head, has been given sanctuary by the Abu Sayyaf terror group, senior
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    • 141 14 Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will file two more libel suits against a company owned by the family of media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul, demanding another 500 million baht (Ss2l million) in compensation. Mr Thaksin's chief lawyer Thana Benjathikul said yesterday that criminal and civil
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 88 14 PYONGYANG: North Korea vowed to pursue a stronger military as it marked the 60th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party at a mass gathering. But it made no mention of its nuclear standoff with the outside world. "We should fully embody the party's Songun (army-first)
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      • 76 14 BEIJING: More than 400 officials in southern China's booming Guangdong province have embezzled or misused US$ll billion (5518.6 billion) of government funds over a five-year period, the official China Daily said yesterday. The cases came to light after an investigation of nearly 11,000
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      • 79 14 BEIJING: A cholera outbreak in eastern China's Zhejiang province has caused 158 people to fall ill, state media said. The waterborne disease broke out in Jiaxing city. It can cause severe dehydration and even death, and is caused partly by unhygienic cooking methods. The
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      • 82 14 MANILA: Philippine police killed five kidnap gang members and freed a hos tage in a shoot-out yesterday. The anti-crime crack team raided the gang's hideout in suburban Caloocan city, north of Manila, after a tip-off and rescued Mr Willy Chua, a local businessman who
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 581 15  -  Reme Ahmad By MaUtysui Hunum hief l\ Kll MA I MMIMIK Strong response to complaint of loek-up beating shows resolve to clean up the force IN A si^n of the government'! senoiisness in tackling improper conduct within its ranks, Malaysia's police chief has
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    • 363 15  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia orresjxmdent In Kuaia I.umpur THERE is just no peace for embattled Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz, who is in hospital after kneecap replacement surgery last week. Another bullet was fired in her direction yesterday again by former prime minis- ter Mahathir
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    • 54 15 PHOTO: MALAY MAIL A police officer shows some of the 25,000 pirated and pornographic DVDs seized in a 3am raid on the apartment of "Klang Valley's Porn Queen" in Petaling Jaya. The single woman, 30, was detained but not before fracturing a pelvic bone and her left
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    • 259 15 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will launch a new maritime agency next month to boost security in the piracyprone Strait of Malacca. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said yesterday that the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency will "focus on the Strait of Malacca as part of
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  • WORLD
    • 506 16 Wasiiin(.io\ Virus found in Romania and Turkey; unclear if it's deadly strain II IS i onfii med Bird flu. which has largely been con fined in Asia, has landed in the V>. Europe yesterday faced the spectre of an outbreak af ter Turkey
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    • 386 17 FFSDFSFSF A total of 65 people have died from HSNI bird flu virus in Asia since late 2003 44 in Vietnam, 12 in Thailand, five in Indonesia, four in Cambodia. rhcre are dozens of known flu strains, named after two proteins each
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    • 449 17  - Govts urged to j oin hands to beat flu pandemic Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok More transparency, cooperation needed to contain virus, says US official US HEALTH Secretary Michael Leavitt yesterday urged more networking among governments to prepare for an inevitable flu pandemic in humans that would likely
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    • 803 18  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS By Straits limes Europe Bureau In Ix)nik>n Govt likely to merely manage country rather than launch necessary reforms ALMOST a month after elections produced a deadlocked parliament, Germany's two major political parties the Christian Democrats (CDU) led by Dr
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    • 392 18 Ni:w Orleans THREE police officers in New Orleans have been charged with battery after an incident in which two were filmed repeatedly striking a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication. Another officer confronted an Associated Press TV News producer as the cameraman
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    • 792 19 Despite outpouring of outrage, station denies that the show moeks Islam I)AMAS( us A NKW TV serial tells the story o! Arabs living in residential compound! In Saudi Arabia ami the militant Islamists who •Ml to blow them up so they I collect
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 215 20 PHERE were bo surprises when Ten/in Nyima. 22, was crowned Miss Tibet She was the only contestant in the pageant held by Tibetan exiles in the north Indian city of Dhamisala. Still, crowds cheered her crowning at the Tibetan Insti tute of Performing Arts and
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      • 184 20 ISRAELI Robert Aumann and American Thomas Schelling have won the 2005 Nobel economics prize for their "gametheory analysis", which can help resolve conflicts in trade and business and even avoid war. Their studies have found uses in "security and disarmament policies, price formation on markets,
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      • 190 20 FREE-market advocate Donald Tusk has a slender lead in Poland's presidential election, but a second round will be necessary. With 91.5 per cent of the votes counted, 35.8 per cent of the electorate had backed Mr Tusk, while 33.3 per cent had voted for conservative
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      • 124 20 VETERAN British broadcaster David Frost will go on-air next year with Al-Ja-zeera International, the English-language channel of the popular Arab satellite broadcaster, the network has announced. Frost, who broadcast his final Breakfast With Frost programme for the BBC in May, would be among the "key
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  • REVIEW
    • 374 21 A 11 1 R signed by the EducaL\ tion Ministry's director of JL X. schools which we published last Saturday makes the forthright reminder that religious conversion in schools is not permitted. The activity against the secularism of the 100l system; it can compromise the multicultural
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    • 827 21  -  Koh Buck Song BY For The Straits Times MORE people are becoming agog about blogs. But this frenzied excitement will subside to a new equilibrium sooner than expected. For instance, last week's conviction of two bloggers in Singapore for posting racist remarks
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    • 954 21  -  Paul Tan By TWO things strike me about National Service duties, now that I've just returned from my (eighth) annual training stint in the army. One,' that the recognition of NSmen's contributions must be relevant to the times, just as the quality of
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    • 833 22  -  Tom Plate Tom Plate By THERE is more than casual irony in this year's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize was first given in 1901 by the foundation created by the Swedish industrialist Alfred Noble, the inventor of dynamite. Dynamite was
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    • 822 22  -  Ruth Marcus K)K MANY politicians, hubnv i*. not inereh I upational hazard. H ll I central o[ personality. And often, the moiL MCCMM the official, the more pronounced the trait The confidence that vou have the capacity to lead, the conviction that you. above
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    • 1336 23  -  Joceline Tan By One year after his release from prison, the political future of Malaysia's former deputy prime minister remains the subject of speculation and uncertainty lHh creamy lace curtains were drawn against the brittle afternoon glare and the living room was
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2005
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    • 309 1 THERE was drama in court and outside. Sindee Neo's mother, Madam Kittiduangrat Ketkanok, 34, could hardly restrain herself and, during a break in proceedings, she lashed out at the woman in the dock. "All you want are men and money!" she screamed at Constance Chee, 37, in
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    • 561 1  - Charge against ex- air hostess amended Elena Chong DEATH OF SINDEE NEO By She is now accused of 'intentionally' causing girl to 'fall', instead of 'throwing her down' DID Constance Chee throw four-year-old Sindee V <> down from a HDB block? The answer, it seems, is no longer relevant. The
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    • 744 2  -  Selina Lum H\ The victim of his latest robbery, a masseuse, died 10 days after assault \l KING home in the ca:\\ bOWt, .1 IMB .1 woman sitting, apparently drunk, at the void deck of his block ol tlats and decided to rob
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    • 221 2 CHOPPER MURDER CASE: DAY 12 THE trial of a former cabby accused of killing his wife was adjourned yesterday for a defence expert witness to study a summary of the case so far. The prosecution yesterday told the High Court it had prepared the
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    • 354 2  -  Arthur Poon H\ THE police officer who died in a traffic accident on Sunday was just five months away from the birth of his second child. Staff Sergeant Noranzor Abdul Latiff, 32, was yesterday buried with full police honours
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    • 271 2 Ex-LTA man says he wasn't told of breaches NICOLL HIGHWAY COLLAPSE THE project director who oversaw a Nicoll Highway worksite claims he was not informed that new alert levels for wall movements had been breached in the weeks leading up to a fatal cave-in. Land Transport Authority (LTA) officer Ng
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    • 497 2  -  Elena Chong By A WOMAN who took her uncle and aunt to court over her late father's will was overjoyed and relieved yesterday after the High Court declared his 1991 will null and void. Under that will, Madam Chng Chee Koon's uncle and
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    • 164 2 A MYANMAR man clung onto three metal bars under a bus and tried to sneak his way into Singapore. But the driver of the bus behind noticed body appearing and disappearing from view beneath the SBS Transit vehicle and alerted his colleague, who
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    • 594 3  - It's a wish one company running buses and trains Christopher Tan Si'nn Watchdog chief says if it isn't feasible, let one run trains and another buses II 111l mm PaMk Transport Council (PTC) chairman had his way. there would be just one public transport company running both trains and buses
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    • 152 3 Cyber battle at the Padang KILLING your rivals with grenades is all the rage this year but only in the virtual world. And professional gamer Jonathan "Fatality" Wendel is one of the best at it. Mr Wendel, who has won more than US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) in prize money this year, is
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    • 359 3 l\ wioV ranging interview with The Straits Pimes, Public Transport Council (PTC) Juurman Gtilfd Bt i> lm usual relaxed self. And seldom short of a good quote. Wh.it arc your thoughts on Bu;<nqkok st.ition.> Until sue h time that train stations become the responsibility of
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    • 649 4  -  Karamjit Kaur DOW JONES By Iransftort Correspondent If allowed to fly, it will spend millions promoting Australia in N. America SINGAPORE Airlines is stepping up eflorts to gain access to the lucrative Syd-ney-Los Angeles route and this time M 1^ dangling a multi-million-dollar carrot
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    • 371 4  -  Elaine Young By THE National Cancer Centre is using $6 million for research into a rare childhood cancer. Half the money has come from the Children's Cancer Foundation part of a three-year endowment fund. This is the first time a charity has
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      56 4 No. of dengue cases reported for Oct 10: 55 >> Seven-day daily average (Oct 4 to Oct 10): 65 No. of dengue cases admitted to public hospitals on Oct 9: 33 No. of beds taken up by dengue cases on Oct 9: 201 >> Some symptoms: Fever, intense
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    • 231 4  -  Radha Basu By HOW to set up and operate offshore wind farms? That is just one of the things the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be looking into when it sets up a new research centre here in about six months. The
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    • 465 5  -  Daryl Loo KEN KWEK U\ I hey won't have rnough to buy cheapest flat aftrr paying off loan M \KI V h.ilf of the vwallhof Singaporeans is invested in theti Domes, very often m bigger mm Bats. i \i n m the bottom
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    • 71 5 NINE in 10 Singaporean households own their own home, with 93 per cent of HDB families owning the roof over their heads, and 88 per cent of those living in private homes. >> Singaporeans' wealth in residential properties is a whopping $359 billion, or 47 per
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    • 507 5  -  Krist Boo ANYOM who has evtt lost his shirt at the gambling table, or come dotf to killing himseli ovei it. should seek help. One plan- lo start is a new website that urns to give Singaporeans early ks sons in responsible gambling. The site
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    • 149 5 >* N on have often gambled longer th.m von h.ul planned >> You ha\ e often gambled until your List dollar was >> I houghtsof gambling have i auscd you to lose sleep >> Von li.i <»ur income or s.i\ ings to gamble u hili leav ing
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    • 228 5 This is the story of ;i student gambler named Alex, posted on the National Council on Problem Gambling website I S I \K 1 1 I) hy betting on sports panics. I did pi «.tty well at first. I was making good money.
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      • 604 6 DO SUPERSTORES OFFER SUPER SERVICE? Serene Luo decides to find out by going shopping for a new TV set posing as a bride-to-be with $3,000 to spend on a flat-screen set. First, she beefs up her knowledge of TVs. Then she hits the electronic superstores and puts their salesmen to
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      • 429 6  -  Charmaine Kok Victor Lai ...AND WITH A SNARL RECENTLY, my friends and I met at the Esplanade after work for dinner. We decided to go to an upmarket Italian restaurant there. I was there last year and had good memories of
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      • 195 6 WHICH of these is most important to you when shopping for high-tech gadgets: 1. Staff who know the gadgets well 2. Sign boards and labels with details and technical specifications 3. Brochures with these details you can pick up and take home 4.
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      • 352 6  -  Margaret Tan SERVICE WITH A SMILE... DUE to mishandling and neglect, I had to take my vacuum cleaner to the Osim service centre in Übi Avenue 1, four times this year. On the first two occasions, I was attended to by the same
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      • 801 7  -  Serene Luo NEWS ANALYSIS By Where you buy tech goods depends on how much or how little you know WITH more choices than ever and rapidly changing technology, shopping for gadgets can be a bewildering experience. But befuddled shoppers on the hunt for
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      • 279 7 TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE IT WAS a major let-down for Yuan En when she received her present on her fifth birthday this year. The wheels of her brand new toy train, for which her parents paid over $90 at Isetan Scotts, could turn
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      • 269 7 SAY WHAT? LAST week, we asked you to SMS us with your worst hard-sell experiences. We received several tales, ranging from pushy sales staff at pharmacies, waitresses who kept pushing overpriced glasses of melon juice, and dodgy yoga and beauty salons that would hound customers
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      • 523 7  -  SERENE LUO ON THE SERVICE ROAD HE IS a Primary 6 dropout, and spent the better part of three years messing around on skateboards before he thought of getting a job in his father's photo supplies shop. Even then, Mr Samuel Gan, now 31, was completely uninterested
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      • 437 8 ARE GENEROUS SINGAPOREANS A GULLIBLE LOT? I Rl \D with interest the let Nepalese twins tale ol misplaced (ST, (Kt H) ite Professor Lee Wei Ling views the generosity ot Si tgaporeani oonai ing money tor worth) CMSSM is gullibility She cites examples ot me dia
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      • 400 8 \SS(K IMI Professor Lm ei I ing i xpressed her disappointment with the gullibility <it Smgapoieans in giving ssiupathv money to the \ep SMH eoiuomed twins, the Yi shun siblings ami the mother ol Huang Na. v i ording to the
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      • 332 8 ON WEDNESDAY, my wife and I went to Johor Baru (JB) foe an outing. Returning to Singapou 1 lamented to her that despite our new facilities, there are forever traffic jams and long queues at the Woodlands Checkpoint. On the other hand, the
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      • 178 8 PUB thanks Mr Chid Wai ChOfl tor his letter, ■Tune to |TOfi I new breed ot plumbers" (ST, Sept 27). As the national water agency, PUB recognises the importance ot maintaining a good standard ot plumbing irorlu Hence, it regulates and licenses all water-service plumbers
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      • 200 8 Compassion prompted donations PROF Lee Wei Ling expressed disappointment with what she perceives as the gullibility of Singaporeans who reach into their pockets whenever they are touched by a report on the plight of children, such as the Nepalese twins and murder victim Huang Na. She attributes this tendency in
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      • 262 8 I REFER to the letter by Mr Iswan Priady, "Indonesian thanks PM for visiting blast victims" (ST, Oct 6). It is indeed gratifying to note that our Prime Minister's recent visit to Bali has strengthened ties not only at the government-to-govern-ment level but
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      • 95 8 ONE day after the second Bali bombing on Oct 1, I was at KFC Westmall when I saw many bags being used to reserve seats. Clearly, the many public announcements not to leave bags unattended have gone unheeded. A determined terrorist could get past all
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      • 382 8 I REFER to the article, "More funds remove upfront sales charge" (ST, Oct 1). For one of the no-load funds described, an additional 1 per cent distribution fee is levied on top of the annual management charge, which is 1.7 per cent
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      • 328 8 QUERY ON GST I REFER to the letter, "Rounding query" (ST, Oct 5), from Mr Yap Wai Meng. There is no rounding inconsistency in the utility bill. The rounding is based on the standard rounding to the nearest one cent. SP Services is
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    • SPORTS
      • 1310 10  -  DAVID BECKHAM SOCCER Europe Tomorrow Group One Finland v Czech Rep Netherlands v Macedonia Andorra v Armenia Group Two Kazakhstan v Denmark Greece v Georgia Albania v Turkey Group Three Slovakia v Russia Live, Ch2l, Thursday, 2.25am Luxembourg v Estonia Portugal v Latvia Group
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      • 1017 10  -  Wilfrid Yeo WILD WEEKEND By Ik'pun spans iditor SUDDENLY. England fancy themselves as World Cup champions That's auite a quantum leap of faith for a team who just last month lost 0-1 to Northern Ireland, ranked 116 in the world (Singapore are md
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      • 465 10 IX)NDON ENGLAND international striker Wayne Rooney is not concerned that Kim Milton \u-lsen. who recently sent him off, will be officiating tomorrow's World Cup qualifier against Poland at Old Trafford The 19-year-old was redcarded for applauding the Danish referee after he
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      • 850 11 France need goals lots of them SOCCER Paris Even if Swiss win last match, French can save themselves by winning by four more goals FRANCE are holding their breath before tomorrow's final act in the team's struggle to qualify for the 2006 World Cup Finals. The former world and European
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        • 118 11 MOSCOW: Tennis world No 1 Maria Sharapova said yesterday that she wanted to play for Russia in the Fed Cup but would not specify when. The Florida-based 18--year-old has declined to play for her country in the past in order to concentrate on her
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        • 66 11 NEW YORK: Chris Burke hit a solo home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to give the Houston Astros a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series on Sunday. His blast ended the longest post-season baseball game in Major
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      • 585 12 While with Motherwell, plan to throw game for bribes was foiled by the scruples of goalkeeper IXJNDON THAT match-fixing exists in football will come as no surprise to anyone who akL-s even a slight interest in the game, but you sit
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      • 517 12  -  Chan Yi Shen By ISA Halim will get the chance that he wants to prove himself in Singapore's friendly against Cambodia in Phnom Penh today. The 19-year-old Woodlands Wellington right-back will be the youngest and least experienced member of the 20-man squad after
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      • 526 12 I.A Pa/ (Bolivia) BRAZIL defied high altitude and rough play from Bolivia fcO m a 1-1 draw in their World Cup qualifier on Sunday. The world champions, who had already qualified for next year's Finals in Germany, have 31 points from 17 games.
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      • 539 12 MOTOR RACING Suzuka (Japan) ON SUNDAY, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso lived up to their reputations as the men whose rivalry will light up Formula One for years to come. Raikkonen was the winner in Japan, the McLaren driver seizing his
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        • 116 12 SINGAPORE bowler Remy Ong finished fourth at the Guam International Open on Sunday. He was third in the Masters competition, but dropped to fourth after failing to advance in the step-ladder finals. He finished with 168 pinfalls against eventual champion Manny Tagle (215)
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        • 54 12 SINGAPORE bagged two golds and two silvers at the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Andong City, South Korea. The golds came from Amir Zainal (men's bantamweight) and Antonia Chua (women's lightweight). Val Pedrian Lim (men's light flyweight) and Celestine Soo (Miss Bodyf itness)
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      • 613 13  -  Marc Lim »GOLF By S[n>rts (trnsfMtmU'llt BY any golf professional's standards. Lam Chih Ring's \eai has been I disaster Without .in Asian lour CBfld and having to rely on country exemptions, the 28-year-old Singaporean has competed in only eight events this year. Worse, he has made
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      • 711 13 San Francisco 'Wild Thing's' game no match for Tiger's consistency and control AS TIGER Woods made practice swings on the 18th tee box at Harding Park, John Daly stood a few stops behind, testing a cigarette lighter in the wind. The play-off between
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      • 594 13 Seoul THE people of Jangheung used to pass the hat around to help support Wie Sang Kyu's granddaughter, who was then a little girl in Hawaii with a hankering for golf. They do not need to do that anymore in
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      • 627 13 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Seattle 3 7 St Louis 31. New York Jets 14 Tampa Bay 12. Tennessee 34 Houston 20, New England 31 Atlanta 28, Buffalo 20 Miami 14, Cleveland 20 Chicago 10, Detroit 35 Baltimore 1 7, Green Bay 52 New OrATHLETICS Chicago Marathon Men-. 1 Felix Limo
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      393 13 The Family Of the Late HAN LEE CHIN Departed on 7 October 2005 wish to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to their relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. HJH FAJRIAH BTE HI ABDULLAH Age 47 Our beloved
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      1027 14 "You have made known to me the path of life, i Iyou will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand Psalm 16:11 i LAI WOON HENG Age: 74 Was called home to be with the Lord on 9 October 2005 Dearly missed
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      • 573 16 In return, it wants deeper euts on concessions by the EU, Japan: Trade official Washington THE United States is ready to take some pain" to win a deal on farm rafom that is crucial to a world trade deal, US
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      • 378 16 Syd\i v MR RUPERT Murdoch's News Corporation is being sued by 12 large pension and investment funds for its alleged failure to honour a pledge to allow a shareholder vote on changes to "poison pill" takeover MUOCM. Such defences, known as poison
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      • 18 16 Friday's close. 13.227.74 (-131 77 points) The markets were closed yesterday for a pubhc holiday
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      • 37 16 Yesterday s close: 1.138 95 (16 66 points) Chinese stocks dosed 1 4 per cent lower in cautious trade on the first day after a «»eeli-long holiday with textile stocks coming under pressure AFP
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      • 32 16 Yesterday s close 4 4691 (♦28.5 points) Australian share prices closed 0 64 per cent higher with resources stocks leading the rebound after last wee* s heavy losses AFp
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      • 35 16 Yesterday s close: 14,898.77 (+5O 98 points) Hong Kong stocks closed up 0 34 per cent on a technical rebound and selective bargain- hunting after a steep sell-off last week REUTERS
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      • 34 16 Yesterday's close: 928.88 (+3.67 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0 4 per cent higher, with palm oil and technology stocks finding support on hopes for an upturn in both industries AFP
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        31 16 Yesterday's close: 8.***** (-7.7 points) The Mumbai stock exchange closed 0 09 per cent lower, with trading cautious ahead ot quarterly earnings for ma|or software firm Infosys Technologies AFP
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      • 32 16 Yesterdays close: 1.***** (+8 13 points)) Indonesian share prices closed 0 74 per cent higher with a rebound in Telkom and Indosat boosting index man otherwise quiet mariiet AFP
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      • 31 16 Yesterday's close: 707.05 (-1.93 points) Thai share prices closed 0 27 per cent lower amid sluggish trading owing to a lack ot fresh factors spurring the market AFP
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      • 173 16 October 10 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Source HSBC Bank USA. Spore Branch ("M'sian nnggit Interbank rate by OCBC) UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Buying Selling Aust dollar 1 2690 1 2840 Can dollar ***** ***** Euro 2 0310 2
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      • 368 16 London CITIGROUP Global Markets, a London-based arm of Citigroup that shook the MTS European government bond market with its controversial trades last year, incurred a net loss of US$53l million (SsB99 million) last year, according.to the annual report filed at Companies House. While
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      • 476 17 Hi i)i\(. They now hold 1 9% market share of foreign-eurrency loans in the country FOREIGN banks in China now command a 19 per cent market share of foreign -currency lending owing to their rapid expansion in recent years, a senior banking
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      • 281 17 Beijing SHARES of China Construction Bank (CCB) will begin trading in Hong Kong on Oct 27 following the bank's global launch of this year's biggest initial public offering (IPO), according to a leading financial newspaper. The IPO may reach US$7.7 billion (Ssl3
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      • 239 17 NfwYork MR PHILLIP Bennett, chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board of Refco, one of the largest and most powerful commodities dealers in the world, has taken a leave of absence after an internal review uncovered a US$43O million (Ss72B
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      • MEDIA & MARKETING
        • 412 18  -  Grace Ng By E VERY time it rains, blood donations to the Red Cross slow to a trickle. To send out the stark message that the Singapore Blood Bank's stocks nsk getting seriously depleted when blood donors take a rain check,
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        • 550 18  - House brands gaining favour with S'poreans Kelvin Wong By Sales of these products are up 16%, AC Nielsen survey shows HOUSE brands used to be the poor cousin, battling for the consumer's attention at supermarkets and other shops, alongside more smartly packaged better-known brands. But while they are still essentially
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      • 555 20  -  Azrin Asmani Hy omfMinws HcfHtthr It also ropes in PwC to assist the committee and review firm's financial position CRIPPLED Citiraya Industries has asked several creditors to fom credit* us" committee, in I ditch .Utempt to resolve its mountain
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      • 357 20  -  Lorna Tan By DEVELOPER Allgreen Properties is making its first foray into China by taking a stake in a $833 million project in booming Shanghai. It is one of several jointventure partners in the project to acquire and develop a mixed development, which
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      • 359 20  -  Lee Su Shyan By COMPETITION over the trading of derivatives such as futures contracts in Singapore is hotting up after a major European bourse operator announced yesterday that five companies based here have already agreed to trade its products. The companies
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      • 202 20 A COMPANY that makes aluminium alloy wheels for vehicles has launched an initial public offer (IPO) to raise $14.4 million. The offer from China Wheel Holdings consists of 65.8 million shares at 36 cents each; 59.22 million will be for placement and 6.58 million for
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      • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
        • 87 20 MAINBOARD logistics player RichLand Group is expanding into Thailand through a joint venture with Thai Airport Ground Services (Tags). It will tap logistics opportunities there such as warehousing, distribution and transportation. Tags is one of two airport terminal operators at the
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        • 88 20 PRIMA Taste, the home-grown restaurant chain known for its ready-to-use food mixes, has opened a 3,000 sq ft outlet in Shanghai's Metro City, a retail and entertainment complex. The restaurant, Prima's first in China, was opened last month as a joint venture between the company
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        • 97 20 BOUSTEAD Singapore's 90 per cent-owned Britain-based subsidiary, Boustead International Heaters (BIH), has won two contracts from the oil and gas sector valued at $13.5 million. BIH will have to design and supply three air heaters for a oil refinery project in Saudi Arabia
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      • 228 21 TWO Singapore companies have signed a joint venture agreement with US-listed Reliance Steel Aluminium to set up metal service centres in China. The joint venture company with Sesdaq-listed New Wave Technologies and its associate Manufacturing Network will be registered in Singapore and
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      • 786 21  -  GOH ENG YEOW TAKING STOCK EVEN the big boys were back in the game yesterday. Institutional funds were among the big buyers, snapping up blue chips and banks, emboldened by a strong economic report card for the third quarter. And the frenzied
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      • 214 21  -  Azrin Asmani WARRANT WATCH 1^ STORS yesterday wasted little time in selling oft the warrants of s|\ Pfcfl Oc— ■ftM the mother came under pressure following i ratiagi dowiigradt by DBS Yickers Securities. The Si)uth Korean shipping group's shares lost 3.5 cents, or 3.6
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      • 506 21  -  Goh Eng Yeow AMRAN MOHAMED By' Mark fis Correspondent Focus now on FftN, SPH and OCBC which all own properties near Glutton's Square site THE property buzz on Orchard Road M proving infectious as traders yesterday engaged in more
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      • 310 21  -  Joyce Teo By Profjerty Correspondent CITY Developments (CDL) yesterday said it is likely to cancel the public launch of tower two of its glitzy 99-year leasehold The Sail m Marina Bay condominium because it sold 409 units of the 430-unit tower
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      • 552 22  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent Numbers not significant now, but expected to grow: Observers OIL-RICH Arabs looking for a safe place to park their petro-dollars have started eyeing luxury property in Singapore. Local developers and consultants have been fielding more inquiries from cashed-up Middle
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    • 774 9 HV ROOMS FOR UJtf RENTfHDB] BEDOK RESERVOIR RD Blk 713 common rm $350. Sri Lankan hse, couples/ ladies/ students. No agt, can cook. *****864 PASIR RIS 121, Corner, 2 common rms avail immed! F/furn, aircon, lift landing, ladies preferred. Cooking allowed. 9671-1121 CHEAP! OLD AIRPORT Rd. Aircon rm. New furniture.
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    • 808 9 ■k DOl-08 Llil CITY a SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS -SALE I W M L^r aW International Property Advisers ••THE SAIL TWR 1, 3 bdrms. 1930 sqft. Twr 2. 1/ 21 3/ 4 bdrms. 680--2000 sqft. Many choice units avail. 9686-9943/ 9003-7310 THE SAIL! DON'T miss the hottest prop, in town! 2x
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    • 1404 10 BD1 1 H 2l NEWTON/ Bk Oil ft 2l NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI J BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE W PTEAPTS-SALE I Swiss Club Vicinity Floor Area from 2,045 2,465 sq ft I •3+ U 1 bedrooms 999 years I Enquiries *****828 TO SELL THE SMCLFOftO. J«yc« 9022 2770 2+ 1
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    • 900 10 ■K 019-20SERANGOON/ 3D THOMSON W HOUSES -SAL£ 1 1 ■L f J -v R 2-STOREY SEMI-D JLN Anf Off Poh Huat/ YCK Rd Move in 6*l $250K reno. 4500 sqft 999 yr f/aircon Autogate Matured qdn \hL NEW I LISTING Ifrtwnaliond Property k<M*tn D.19 JANSEN CLOSE. S/storey terr. F'hold 2086
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    • 913 10 flfi D22-24 WEST y|f PTE APTS SALE 0.23 WATERFALL/ POOL view! Showflat 3*l. 1227 sq ft. (Hillview Pk) Foreigners welcome. F hold. $560,000. HARVEST *****888 BANK SALE! HILLVIEW Green 999 yrs 1291 sqft 3*l bdrms. F/ facilities $sxxK HB 9105 1045 PARC VISTA ftH 1075 sqtt MRT/ amenities. Lovely! Only
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    • 772 10 ffri HOB APTS FOR SALI (BUKITPANJANG) A. Call 6316-6006 Steven (Roof) 3'A' 230 Pending Rd High fir 4'S' 435 $OK+ below urgent! 4'A2' Corner 616... Renovated #16 4' A2' 471. 616... Move-in cond #16 BELOW VALUE! EXEC APT 542 #19. Below HDB value 520 #10 Valued 5356K. $0K ■i Recess
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    • 526 10 lil\ HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG) ALEXANG^ f/| 9858 0066k j^ 4 'A' S2ISK! Blk. 212 #09. Nice 5 'I' 5239K Only! Blk. 453 #02 5 'I' $270K! 440 #03 766 #07. 5 'I' S2BOK! 547 #12 670 #14. Exec Mais $350K! Blk 756 #10. Cf 1 I CCK MRT/
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    • 483 10 Properties ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE Elf (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ W MACPHERSON) KEMBANGAN MRT 5-RM. Very well renovated. Unblocked. Living/ dining, good view. SE. Already co-broke. Excellence! *****345 $0 CASH! VALUED SI4SK. 3'S' utility Blk 23 Balam Rd. Beautiful/ movein. Good layout. F/ aircon. All races. 9825-2383 CHR 2-RM BLK 45 Circuit
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    • 628 10 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE tIiXJ (HOUGANG/ S"GOON/ fj YIOCHUKANG) HOUGANG AVE 8. Cosy 4 'A', all rms aircon. Renovated. Unblocked. Amenities. Tel: 9181-3063 3'A' NEW LIST! Almost sold! Blk 528 Hougang. Mid/ lift fir. Value $6K secures. Movein. 9lBBsll9 3'NG' BLK 403 Hougang. Low fir. Near central/ mall/ MRT.
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    • 729 10 WK HDB APTS FOR SALE \jjjf (JURONG) 3 "NG" 259 803. Jurong East -$5K 4 'A' 939 86 Lift. Corner. SIBSK. 4 'A' 921 89 Below value! $188K' 4 'A' 545 809. $204K, 621 86. 5 'I' 652C. 808. $0K! *****213 5 T PT Blk 201/ 5 'A' 309 Jurong
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    • 435 11 RV HDB APTS FOR SALE I yir* (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) IT COWER 467/ vjve -m. Amenities/ Veoa Ma«. Must sen 9238 6750 4 HK HDB APTS FOR SALE Up/ (SEMBAWANG) ADVANCE LINK: 6758 0638 846 Y.*hun «01-MB9 4A470. lOO^move m 5T402«- 340C A BK 5T 481= $i* to agt 51'4678«C5/4a)l«O5
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    • 344 11 UE SQUARE SHELL HOUSE OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE Along Clemenceau Ave Just outside CBD Areas: 2.303/ 3, 680/ 7, 775 sq.ft. available 1 Column free, excellent view 1 Be among MNC tenants For enquiries, please contact UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED Tel: 6830 8215/ 8203/ 8330 or 9850 8271/ 9186 5847/ 923?
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    • 724 12 ¥9K OFFICE SPACE RK OFFICE SPACE ftp FOR RENT Upy FOR RENT Winsland House waikingdistance 1,400 -10,000 sqft f J° m M m M Bare fitted units Park Mall Proximity to food 460 9, 1 33 sq ft courts, shopping centres, banks Burlington Square Amp e parking 581 2,605 sq
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    • 603 12 KACH RD/ LAVENDER/ Paya Lebar. Near MRT. In or out CBD. Size: 200-7000 sqft. Bare or furn units. For info call 9023 3120 ARCADE. F/FITTED RM with desk. 1500/ 980 sqft. $900 up. Circular Rd. 1000 sqft. Renovated. Near MRT $1.9K 9792 3663 UT FITTEO 150/ 340/ 600/ 900/ 1200/
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    • 361 12 CHINATOWN POINT Next to Chinatown MRT Station Established shopping center in Chinatown district Shop space from 129 sq.ft. to 4.037 sq.ft. Available immediately Attractive rental rate Suitable for fashion/ children products/ home furnishing/ educational/ restaurant/ travel/ lifestyle store City Developments Limited Tel: 6533 5879/ 6877 1818 Shop space for lease
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    • 943 12 Hfl SHOP SPACE ffjF FOR RENT SHENTON HSE. 2ND t > 2433 sqft Suits education ctr, sh Avail Oct '05. 9385 0188 PARTIAL SHOP SPACE The Arcade ttOl 33. Nor R PI MRT. $1400 neq. 6225 1363 PENINSULA PLAZA PRIME location Excellent frontage. 450 sqfl Heavy traffic. *****282 JET TAMPINES
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      • 727 3 Playing for HIGH $TAKES Computer games are becoming big business in Singapore. From content development to professional gaming tournaments, we have it all. LEUNG WAI-LENG looks at the growing pains and gains of an industry reaching adolescence Before he even entered National Service, he was already a top marksman. Mr
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      • 382 4 A population that plays, a telecommunications infrastructure that sings and a name that attracts international events, are factors that are drawing foreign game developers here. There are now 25 game developers in Singapore, according to the Media Development Authority, and 20 of them are locally-based companies. The other
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        463 6 FILE Make way for the pros at the Cyberathlete Professional League's world tour stop here this week. LEUNG WAI-LENG gives a preview of what's in store Cy be rath let e Professional League Oct 14 and 15 from 11am to Bpm Oct 16 from 1030am to 630pm {>
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      • 86 6 World famous gamers will slug it out at the Padang this week. There's Jonathan "Fatality" 1 Wendel, 24, considered the world's most successful professional gamer, who has earned over US$2OO,OOO ($5336,500) in prize money this year. Joining him is Painkiller archrival Sander "Voo" Kaasjager, 20, who
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      • 301 6  -  Leung Wai-Leng The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is not just a hardcore gamer fest. Spectators will find much to delight in, in the non-compet-itive activities going on at the CPL world tour tournament from this Friday to Sunday. Two giant 12 x 9-m screens will be
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        521 8 In one corner stands, Jonathan "Fatality" Wendel, the world's top player in five different shooting games. The 24-year-old American has six years of pro-gaming under his belt. In the other, his challenger Dutchman Sander "Voo" Kaasjager, 20, voted the Global Gaming League's Painkiller player of the year for
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      • 453 9 The gut of a gaming machine Gamers playing at the Cyberathlete Professional League are likely to be bring their own gear like a gaming PC. DIGITAL LIFE finds out what sort of PC that would be Gamer Kelvin Tan, who works in a Sim Lim Square shop called ATF, has
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      • 73 14 Competitors at this year's photo marathon should use digital cameras that have functions such as zoom, white balance and night mode. Although some contestants want to use camera-phones, the organisers, Digital Life and Canon, are advising them otherwise. That's because digital cameras have more functions and
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      • 659 16 Expect the unexpected in a photo competition and go with the flow to capture a shot that will wow the judges, says prize-winning photographer WILLY FOO PHOTOS WILLY FOO Think through your shots, be prepared to change your plans, and make things happen. A winning image
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        50 19 FILE The recent bombings in Bali shocked the world, and echoes were felt in the blogosphere, too. MELISSA LWEE finds out what the buzz is on the Internet PHOTO LIFE GOES ON: A religious ceremony at a square in Kuta to cleanse the place of evil after the bombings.
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      • 140 19 http://dan.danzden.com EXCERPT: Bali was bombed again today (Saturday) evening. As if the bombing in 2002 that killed 202 people was not enough, they made it 4 bombings this time. So far, 2 blast locations confirmed Kuta Square and Jimbaran area, MB and I went to both places during
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      • 118 19 http://mycasserole.blogsome.com EXCERPT: U My memories of the Balinese people are that they're pretty hard and they're always out to squeeze something from the foreign tourists. They feel right doing so because they argue that the tourists are out to exploit them as well. I can just
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      • 107 19 http://pickledpolitics.com Pickled Politics is an online "group blog"that aims to reflect the political voice of young, progressive British Asians. This post was written by Rohin Francis, 24. He said: "[l] wrote about the Bali bombings simply because I felt outraged a little corner of the world I love
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      • 972 20 Show and t and tech HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS^^^^^ needS ntOfy by $ystems and the ite replenished as The on-site network is part of Cirque's extranet set up. Mr Billy Riske inf™ I be right: Audiences, wowed every night, have not felt a single glitch. I Circus extravaganza Cirque du Soleil is
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      • 589 22 Cellular phone operators are vulnerable to attacks from malicious spammers who can shut down entire networks through denial of service attacks Malicious hackers could take down cellular networks in large cities by inundating their popular text-messaging services with the equivalent of spam, said computer security researchers,
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        271 24 Cellphones that respond to motion are in development, with the first uses likely to be linked to simple mapping applications. But with the arrival of faster microchips, it may eventually be possible to play games by manoeuvring the phone rather than tapping at the keypad. The gaming experience is
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      • 117 24 The Internet search leader Google is preparing to release its own wireless Internet service, Google WiFi, according to several pages found on the company's website last month. The Google site refers to a product called "Google Secure Access," which is designed to "establish a more secure connection
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    • 124 25 ing Google Wi-Fi service has been rife since August, when an article appeared in Business 2.0 magazine, but the company has refused to discussed its plans. Wi-Fi is an increasingly popular technology that is used to provide high-speed wireless Internet access in homes, business and public spaces like
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      • 405 29 »test »panasonic lumix dmc-fz3O The FZ3o's Extra Optical Zoom puts it in a class above other digital still cameras, says M.K. WONG FIRST LOOKS One of the hotly contested segments of the digital camera market is for cameras with an ultra-long lOx to 12x zoom
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      • 335 29  -  Melvin Seah »kodak easyshare V550 zoom FIRST LOOKS The five megapixels V550 is a compact and stylish digital camera with 3X. Schneider-Kreuznach optical zoom lens. The point-and-shoot gadget has two S-shaped design lines at the top of that curve sexily around four buttons. They even light
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      • 606 30 »test »hp 3310 and 8230 photo printers Hewlett-Packard's business printer-cum-photo labs print a photo in a mere 14 seconds and will do any print job you throw at it, says ALVIN LAI FIRST LOOKS The common gripes of home photo printing speed and quality are banished with
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      • 214 30 Gotta have it! SHERWIN LOH/Pick Of The Week Canon's latest digital single lensreflex camera, the 12.8-megapixel EOS SD, is aimed at curious hobbyists looking to break into the professional arena. With the easy-to-use interface and well-known Digic II image processing engine of the EOS range, the
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      • 393 32 »test »exboot backup and instant recovery drive Back up your data and recover it with this snazzy-looking drive, writes CHESTER CHEN FIRST LOOKS The Exßoot Backup and Instant Recovery Expert (ExBoot) looks like any other 3.5-inch USB external hard disk drive only more attractive. The unit
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        330 32 »plantronics cs6o FIRST LOOKS The Plantronics CD3O is a wireless headset that lets users of fixed-line phones walk around the house or office as they talk. WORKING IT The CS6O uses Dect (digitally enhanced cordless telecommunications) technology, unlike most wireless headsets which use Bluetooth. Dect is a
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      • 474 33 »games »rainbow six: lockdown With Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Übisoft abandons the hardcore fans to attract the mainstream crowd, writes SIM CHENG KAI PLOT Team Rainbow is to terrorists what the cane is to spoilt brats: the end of the line. You control the team. When faced with
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      • 244 33 WEAPONS FOR SWIFT KILLS ONLINE Best starting assault rifles for the Commando: MTAR2I and the SASB Best starting sub-machine guns for the Combat Medic and Spec Ops: MP7SD and the P9OTR Only useful shotgun for the Engineer: The USASI2 is not as effective as
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      • 245 34  -  Yap Hui Bin »the bard's tale By a freelance writer. PLOT The Bard's Tale (TBT) for the PC is a revamp of an old favourite produced by the series' original creator Brian Fargo. The Bard, a roguish troubadour who loves wine, women and song,
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      • 420 34 »games »dragonshard Part role-playing game and part real-time strategy game, this is totally entertaining PLOT A showdown of three of the most powerful alliances in Eberron has begun. Based around the powerful Heart Of Siberys, a huge Dragonshard that fell in the land of Xen'drik, this Dungeons
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        307 36 games »incredible hulk: ultimate destruction Go on and smash things up. That's the only way to win this game PLOT Tlie Hulk, the alter ego of scientist Dr Bruce Banner when he turns angry, is extremely destructive in this game. The more destructive the big, green monster is,
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        762 37 PHONES Personalised in a shell The Sony Ericsson Zs2oi is a compact quad-hand phone packed into a clamshell design. Targeted at the fashion conscious and those who love to personalise their phones, there is a wide choice of colour schemes based on white and silver frames, plus additional
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        820 38  -  Canice Pang Have any questions you want answered? Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers V^J sgforums website using Firefox. The screen explodes and the page stretches all the way to the right. The forum administrator tried
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      • 477 39 »tech me Hip-hop dancer and choreographer Wilson Ho is far from being the delinquent so often portrayed in pop culture. SERENE LUO finds out how the digital geek captures his passion for dancing CLAIM TO FAME I got to dance beside Rui En and Taufik in
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      • 216 27 The intensifying battle between the two main technologies in the burgeoning flat-panel TV market and their main proponents was crystal clear at Japan's annual Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (Ceatec) electronics show last week. In one corner of the sprawling hall, Matsushita showed off its prototype
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      • 198 27 Sales of the .org domain the Internet address for most non-profit organisations are growing faster in India than any other major nation, said Mr Edward Viltz, president and chief executive of Public Interest Registry, the United States-based non-profit agency which manages use of
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    • 54 2 Singapore Idol runner-up Sylvester Sim, accompanied by about a dozen relatives and friends, saw his mother jailed for two years for cheating. Avigline Lim Poh Leng, 45, admitted in a district court that she had conned I I people out of more than 1 26,000. She has
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    • 147 2 The Singapore Flyer (above) is coming up at last. Construction of the giant Ferris wheel has started three years after it was first proposed to National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. It will take three years to build, and the 1 78m-high wheel is expected to
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    • 410 2 HEART IN YOUR HAND BIGATHOME Cellphones can speak the language of the heart. By Ignatius Low (ST, Oct 2) He means, of course, on the toilet. People call it a throne because it's the only place in the room to sit down -just like a king's throne room in olden
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      124 2 Out of the blue The Victoria Concert Hall was adorned with a gigantic blue ribbon last week to celebrate its hundredth birthday. The PVC ribbon, sponsored by Swiss luxury watch and jewellery maker Chopard and in the company's trademark blue, was 3m wide and weighed more than 500kg.
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    • 470 3 PHOTO: in 2002, bomb blasts rocked Bali, killing 202 people. On Oct I it happened again, this time killing 22. Here are the 5 Ws and one H of what happened. BY ANDREW DUFFY WHO WAS HURT? The three blasts killed 22 people including 1 4 Indonesians,
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    • 119 3 The bombs couldn't stop romance. The day after the blasts, Hong Konger Shawn Chiu and his fiancee Winnie Kan married on the beach the groom in white surf shorts and the bride in a blue bikini. The couple, both 29, exchanged vows in front of 55
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      69 3 Pretend you are a parent with a child your age. Skim ST and write a list of important issues or topics to discuss with that child. Have at least five topics and prioritise the list from the most to the least important. Write a short paragraph about how you
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      126 4 409,000,000,000 That's how many yuan (about S$85, 300,000,000) corruption is costing China's government. People working for the government have been taking the taxpayers' money and using it for their own gain. From 1 993 to 1 997, China investigated 387,352 cases of the misuse of public funds
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      17 4  -  ADELINE WAN BY The faces, places, events and numbers in the region. PHOTOS: AFP AP REUTERS
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      363 4 Train crash in India What happened A train crash in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Oct 3 has killed at least 1 6 people and injured dozens more. India's railway minister said the train was travelling at six times the speed limit when six carriages
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      51 4 Work in pairs to write dialogues. Each pair can choose a topic from today's newspaper that would be an interesting way to start a conversation. Then, write a short dialogue between two people discussing that topic. You may want to allow students time in class to read their dialogues
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      410 5  -  YEN FENG TO SALUTE WORLD ANIMAL DAY, WHICH FELL ON SUNDAY, WE FEATURE ALL THINGS FURRY AND WONDERFUL. BY book Attack Of The Shadow Beasts The Outcasts a group of teenagers from the planet Dulunae are on the run again. In the second of four instalments of The Shadow
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    • 109 5 Think happy thoughts and join Peter Pan in the magical Neverland this week! Presented by Faust International Theatre at the Esplanade, it runs from Oct 1 2 to 16 Log on to www.esplanade.com for Feast your way down the streets of Geylang Serai this weekend during the Hari
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      54 6 People don't often read newspaper stories aloud. Ask your students why they think this is so. Have them find a story in The Straits Times today that would be good to read aloud. They should practise reading it with great expression and then take turns reading parts of their
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      21 6 PHOTO. Actors from Fei Yue Community Services dress up as mosquitoes to teach Meridian Primary School students about battling dengue.
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    • 335 6 Mrs Mozzie and her friends Messrs Cockroach and Fly will be creeping into primary schools this month and it might be yours. The terrible threesome are characters in a play about dengue prevention, put up by Northeast Community Development Council (CDC) and Fei Yue Community Services. Called Dengue
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      232 7 BIGBUCKS FAMOUS FORTUNES Rock 'n' roll wild child Avril Lavigne hit it big in the summer of 2002 with her debut song titled Complicated. Lavigne, who was 1 7 at the tjme, had such confidence in her own uniqueness she didn't care much for the glamour of
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      52 7 If your father is going to Cambodia on a business trip, and needs about US$2OO per day for his hotel and meals, using the US dollar exchange rate listed in the Money section of The Straits Times, calculate how many Singapore dollars he will need to exchange for a
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      133 7 The money used in Cambodia is called the riel (ree-erl). However, US dollars and Thai baht are also widely accepted there. Many businesses will be happy to take whichever type of money you offer them. Kiel notes come in 100, 200, 500, 1 ,000, 5,000, 1 0,000, 50,000 and
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        109 8 A man in New Zealand succeeded in registering his pet dog to vote in the country's general election. Mr Peter Rhodes sent his Jack Russell terrier Toby's application form to the election authorities signed with a paw" print. The animal was duly registered as Toby Russell Rhodes
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      • 77 8 A Romanian woman has filed for divorce after 50 years because she is fed up with her husband spending all their pension money on stray dogs. Mrs Eliza Barbu, 70, from Focsani, said her husband Mircea had begun giving scraps of food a few years
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        55 8 A five-star hotel in India is asking its senior employees to sport pony tails. All senior executives of the Lemon Tree hotel in Gurgaon, near New Delhi, are now wearing ponytails tied with yellow ribbons. Managers at the hotel believe the sight of senior staff members with ponytails
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    • 273 10 BIGCHANGESHERE Fort Canning is where the island's earliest rulers stayed and kept an eye on things. It was earlier known as Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) as past Malay kings were buried here. Singapore's last reputed king, Raja Iskandar Shah, is said to be buried there too
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    • 58 10 Take a look at the Forum section of The Straits Times where people write letters to the editor. Can you find one letter you agree with and one you disagree with? Write a few paragraphs giving your opinion about each letter. Be sure to support your views with details
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    • 42 12 Make your own helicopter Cut along the solid lines and fold along the dotted lines as shown in the illustration. Secure the end strip with a paperclip. Now drop it from a height and watch it flutter down, just like a helicopter!
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      338 12  - Sky Dancers ELLEN WHYTE BY ML #hen you see it M^L m on the ground, a helicopter looks like an overweight bumblebee, but in the air it is an extremely elegant aircraft. Helicopters can do three things that normal aeroplanes cannot Spin in a complete circle, hover in the air
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    • 823 13  -  ENNEAD OGDOAD THEBIGSTORY Brother suspected of murder; wife locates missing body NEWS ANALYSIS BY It started with a seemingly innocent party game and ended with a murder and a widow's search for her husband's body. A brother's jealousy set off the gruesome chain of events that
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    • 407 15  -  MICHELLE KWEK BIGNEWSWORKS BY (YU NENG PRIMARY SCHOOL) Try it the Dot way! Every week, our panel of teachers from the Red Circle brews up Dot-flavoured lessons from its vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we look at how to create The Straits Times jigsaw
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    • 233 15  -  LIAW WY-CIN BY We hear and read plenty of it in school, especially during Civics and Moral Education (CME) classes. They tell us what to do, what not to do, how to treat others fairly, and so on. But did you know that you can find lessons about
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      25 16 Chimps are genetically closer to us than other animals. We share between 95 per cent and 98 per cent of our genetic material.
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    • 64 16 That chimps use tools was first observed in 1 960 by Drjane Goodall (above), a researcher well known for her studies on the species. This skill does not come naturally it is a learnt behaviour that is passed down from one generation to the next. Young chimps
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