The Straits Times, 20 December 2005

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    Lock icon Old NKF slammed for poor practices
    1215 1  -  Bertha Henson Auditor finds lack of governance, with patients' interest put second to fund raising By Supervising Editor (Home) ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE "Power was centred around one man, and was exercised in an ad-hoc manner through Mr Durai and his coterie of long-serving assistants.
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Human spirit spurs tsunami recovery
      1138 1  - Human spirit spurs tsunami recovery Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent STARTING LIFE ANEW "My life before the tsunami feels like a dream. And now it is like I have woken up, and I am starting again." TSUNAMI SURVIVOR SITHI MARIAM ACROSS the tsunami zone, one by one, the lights are
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      588 2 SECTION ONE Overcoming dyslexia Prime 3-4 After years of frustration A s j a 5-11 and hard work, dyslexic World 12-16 boy does well in N-level exams. Review 17-19 PA GEH6 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Hotel perks Home H1-H9 Top-end hoteliers tell of Foru m H 1 0 e extent
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Back me on Iraq
      668 3  - Back me on Iraq Roger Mitton Bush appeals to Americans In an address from the Oval Office, he says it's either victory or defeat By US Bureau Chief In Washington YOU MAY DISAGREE, BUT DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT "I do not expect you to support everything I do, but
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      Lock icon ADB predicts higher 6% growth for S'pore next year
      522 3  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent THE good times will keep rolling for Singaporeans next year with even stronger growth forecast than the robust performance put up this year. The rosy outlook comes from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which yesterday predicted
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      Lock icon Better N(T) students get a shot at O levels
      633 4  -  Jane Ng A change in guidelines allows students like Nigel Tan to transfer to academic stream By BOWEN Secondary's top Normal (Technical) student Nigel Tan will have a shot at taking the O levels in two years' time the first for
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      Lock icon Two more bird flu deaths in Indonesia
      406 4 Jakarta TESTS conducted in Indonesia have shown that an eight-year-old boy and a 39-year-old man died of bird flu, a top health official said yesterday amid warnings that the sprawling archipelago could be a flash point for a human pandemic. If confirmed, the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Empty streets, no trade, who needs WTO?
      576 5  -  Vince Chong Hong Kong shopowners report massive losses after being forced to close because of protests By Hong Kong Correspondent SHOPOWNERS and retailers in Hong Kong's Wanchai shopping district are counting the loss of earnings incurred during closures last week. Instead of festive
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      Lock icon Seoul apologises for violent protests
      222 5 Hong Kong A SOUTH Korean minister yesterday apologised for antiWorld Trade Organisation riots started by his countrymen in Hong Kong over the weekend. It was the territory's worst violence in decades. "I came here first to convey the deep regrets of my government to the
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  222 words
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      736 5 Abdication shock Bhutan residents are shocked by King Jigme Singye Wangchuck's decision to abdicate in 2008. PAGE 9 H HANDS-ON. MINDS-ON. HEARTS-ON. I ITE's unique College education will develop your potential, fuel your passion and prepare you for the global stage! Service Skills (Office) CC-BS, CE-SM, CW-CT Please apply between
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon HK reform Bill tweaked to win Legco backing
      550 6  -  Vince Chong But pro-democracy lawmakers, demanding universal suffrage, say changes are inadequate By Hong Kong Correspondent TWO days before a controversial reform package is put to a vote, the Hong Kong government yesterday made last-ditch efforts to secure support from pro-democracy lawmakers.
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      Lock icon BASI THE PANDA TURNS 25
      84 6 Well-wishers flocked to Panda World in China's Fujian province as giant panda Basi turned 25 on Sunday most giant pandas live for about 12 years. Her keepers fed her birthday cake, a special song was written for the occasion and a Basi website was launched.
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      Lock icon China's state employees to lose free home heating
      305 6 Beijing CHINA is phasing out free home heating during winter for millions of employees of state companies, requiring them to start paying market prices by the end of 2007, a report said yesterday. The order was issued on Saturday by the Ministry
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon American beef returns to Japanese tables
      519 7 American beef returns to Japanese tables First shipments arrive after Japan lifts two-year ban imposed clue to mad cow fears Tokyo RELEASED from a two-year-long ban over mad cow fears, imported American beef sizzled once again on Japanese grills yesterday, debuting at a popular barbecue chain and a private banquet
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      Lock icon 'Prince' forced four women to be sex slaves
      308 7 Tokyo A JAPANESE man nicknamed "The Prince" for his elite pedigree and suave looks denied charges yesterday of forcing four women into sexual slavery, including a teenage girl chained in a dog collar for months. Yosuyoshi Kobayashi, a 25-year-old who has married
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      Lock icon Japan to merge small towns and villages to cut costs
      522 8 Japan to merge small towns and villages to cut costs Government plans to halve the number of municipalities Shikabe Qapan) PERCHED on the shores of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, Shikabe is the timeless image of a maritime village, defined by the cry of gulls, the wash of waves on sea
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      Lock icon Live up to words of remorse about history, Seoul tells Tokyo
      386 8 Seoul SOUTH Korea yesterday urged Japan's leaders to face up to the country's past aggression and adopt a for-ward-looking policy to resolve bilateral differences over historical issues. Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon's remarks came after his Japanese counterpart Taro
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      Lock icon University seals off stem cell researcher's laboratory
      349 8 Seoul SOUTH Korea's top university yesterday sealed off its stem cell research lab and seized the computers of researchers as it stepped up investigation into allegations that scientist Hwang Woo Suk falsified research results. Seoul National University said in a statement that a
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      Lock icon Japan hit hard by snowstorms
      250 8 Tokyo RECORD snowfall across Japan disrupted train services and grounded flights yesterday as forecasters warned the week-long cold snap that has killed at least 15 is set to continue. Heavy snowstorms hit a wide swathe across Japan's northern island of Hokkaido and main island of
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      Lock icon China shows Panchen Lama performing ceremonies
      175 8 China shows Panchen Lama performing ceremonies Beijing CHINA is raising the profile of a teenage boy it selected as the 11th Panchen Lama, allowing him to perform a ceremony attended by thousands of worshippers, state media reports revealed yesterday. Beijing chose Gyaincain Norbu when he was six to be the
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Pakistan launches offensive in Baluchistan
      507 9 Frontier Corps goes into resouree-rieh province in bid to quell rebel attacks QUETTA PAKISTANI troops launched an operation against tribal rebels in troubled Baluchistan province yesterday in response to a string of attacks on security forces. "The operation is on," said Lieutenant-Colonel Jamil Hassan, a
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      Lock icon King's decision to abdicate in 2008 shocks Bhutanese
      481 9 Guwahati (India) CITIZENS of the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have expressed shock at the King's decision to abdicate in favour of his son in 2008. "The entire nation was bewildered when the King made this surprise announcement," said Mr Kinley Dorji,
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      Lock icon India's nuclear facility separation plan ready
      359 9 New Delhi INDIA'S plan to separate its civilian and military nuclear plants, key to a landmark nuclear deal with Washington, has been finalised ahead of an official meeting between the two countries, a newspaper reported yesterday. Under the plan, New Delhi has finalised the
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      Lock icon GRIEVING FOR THEIR FATHER
      109 9 Relatives trying to comfort And (second from left) andAshok (right) during the cremation of their father Natarajan in Chennai. Mr Natarajan was one of the 42 people who died in a stampede when thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers surged into a
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon 7 NATIONS TO COOPERATE IN TERROR FIGHT
        99 9 DHAKA: Foreign ministers of seven South and South-east Asian nations, meeting in Dhaka yesterday to forge greater economic cooperation, agreed they would share intelligence to crack down on terrorism. The so-called Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) group, which
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        Lock icon CAFE SHUT DOWN FOR PROMOTING SUICIDE
        98 9 PHNOM PENH: A cafe in southern Cambodia has been shut down after the authorities accused its American owner of promoting suicide. Roger Graham, who ran the Blue Mountain Coffee and Internet Cafe in Kampot, some 130km south-west of the capital, Phnom Penh, is a
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        Lock icon TWO SHIPWRECKED AUSSIES RESCUED
        117 9 HANOI: Two Australians were rescued by fishermen off Vietnam's coast after 12 days adrift in a lifeboat without food or water. The men, identified as Mr Mark Smith, 49, and .Mr Steven Freeman, 30, were discovered on Saturday by fisherman near Ly Son Island about 54km
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        Lock icon INDIAN MINISTER DIES IN SEOUL
        71 9 NEW DELHI: A senior Indian Cabinet minister died in Seoul after suffering a heart attack. Minister for Power P.M. Sayeed, 64, had gone to Seoul to receive treatment for an enlarged liver. A veteran parliamentarian, he was spearheading the country's critical power sector reforms. Mr
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        Lock icon JAPAN TO DEVELOP WEB SEARCH TECHNOLOGY
        78 9 TOKYO: The Japanese government, high-tech companies and universities will team up to develop the country's own Internet search technology, an official said yesterday, amid soaring profits for US giant Google. A study group will meet this month with participation from more than 20 companies
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Hardline group campaigns for syariah law
      552 10  -  Salim Osman Majelis Mujahidin wants it implemented in Indonesia to fight crime and corruption By Indonesia Correspondent In lakarta A HARDLINE Muslim group allied to militant clerics is stepping up its campaign for the strict implementation of syariah law across the country. The Majelis
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      Lock icon Aceh rebels have surrendered last of weapons, says spokesman
      335 10 Banda Aceh FORMER separatist rebels in the Indonesian province of Aceh said yesterday they have fulfilled their obligations under a landmark peace deal to end 29 years of fighting by handing over the last of their weapons. Rebel spokesman Irwandy Yusuf
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      Lock icon IN MEMORY
      79 10 This artwork lying on Patong beach in Phuket (left) will be among the many installations that will be on show when Thailand marks the Dec 26 tsunami disaster next Monday. In Phang Nga province, which was similarly devastated by the deadly waves, workers were constructing a memorial wall
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      Lock icon Slower growth and rising prices add to Arroyo's woes
      493 10  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Manila SLOWER economic growth and spiralling prices of consumer goods will make it harder for President Gloria Arroyo to tackle two main problems a double-digit unemployment rate and increasing public dissatisfaction with her government. "Lower
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      Lock icon Australia issues terror alert for tsunami memorials
      190 10 Sydney AUSTRALIA has warned that Thai memorial events for the devastating tsunami which left 220,000 people dead or missing around Indian Ocean shorelines last year could be at risk of a terrorist attack. In a special travel advisory seen on the Department for
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Major floods hit Malaysia, 20,000 people forced to evacuate
      555 11  - Major floods hit Malaysia, 20,000 people forced to evacuate Reme Ahmad Heavy rains kill at least five, force closure of highway and cutoff power By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuaia Lumpur MASSIVE floods in Malaysia, the worst in 30 years, have claimed at least five lives and forced the evacuation
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      Lock icon Hood waters ravage Thai south
      219 11 THAILAND'S southern commercial hub of Hat Yai has plunged into a state of turmoil as rapidly rising flood water forced all businesses to shut down and residents scrambled for assistance. The cost of lost business was estimated at about US$l2.5 million (Ss2l million), Chinese news
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      Lock icon KL minister: China trip is not for damage control
      469 11  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur HOME Minister Azmi Khalid yesterday denied that his hastily-arranged trip to China was a damage control exercise after a video of a naked woman being made to perform ear-squats in police custody brought
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      Lock icon Malaysia to recruit foreign students as tour guides
      172 11 Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN students in Malaysia Will be allowed to work as tour guides starting early next year. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday said the move will allow the country's vital tourism industry to make use of their language skills. In
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Rich nations not giving enough, says UN aid chief
      794 12 "Europeans eat Ice cream for twice the amount of euros or dollars per year as we ask for all our humanitarian operations in the world. North American pets get more investment per month than we have money for all our humanitarian
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      Lock icon First Afghanistan parliament in 30 years convenes
      586 13 But concerns raised that among the MPs are warlords and ex-Taleban members Kabul WARLORDS, former communists, Taleban defectors and women activists were sworn in yesterday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years, amid hopes of national reconciliation after
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      Lock icon Drugs-plagued British schools turn to counselling
      356 13 London DRUG abuse is so rife in Britain's top public schools that it has prompted the creation of rehabilitation and counselling schemes in an overhaul of ways to deal with the problem. The overwhelmed schools have been forced to ditch the so-called "zero tolerance"
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      Lock icon Teheran quashes assassination rumour
      155 13 Teheran quashes assassination rumour Teheran IRAN'S government said yesterday that a member of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's personal security team had been killed in a recent shoot-out with bandits, implicitly denying rumours of an assassination attempt. Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said four people had died in the incident in the unruly
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon AUSSIE POWER PLANT GETS BOMB THREAT
        72 13 SYDNEY: Extortionists have threatened to bomb a power plant near Sydney, unless they receive a multi-million dollar payment. Security had been boosted at four power plants run by the second-biggest energy company in New South Wales state, Delta Electricity, the national AAP news agency
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        Lock icon SPAIN NABS 14 MILITANT SUSPECTS
        81 13 MADRID: Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Islamic militants yesterday who are thought to have been involved in recruiting fighters to send to Iraq, officials said. It is the third time in less than a month that Spanish police have arrested groups of suspected Islamic militants.
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        Lock icon A 'FIXED' WIKIPEDIA TO COUNTER ABUSE
        100 13 LONDON: Wikipedia, the free online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, will introduce a fixed version to counter potential abuse of its live content, founder Jimmy Wales told yesterday's Financial Times. "What we are doing in the long run is pursuing a model of having
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        Lock icon EX-CHANCELLOR OF BRITAIN BARBER DIES
        87 13 LONDON: Lord Barber, who was chancellor in the Conservative government of 1970-74, has died on Friday at age 85. Born Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, he was remembered for the 1972 budget which produced a "Barber Boom" of inflation and rising demands from public sector workers.
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        Lock icon SLOVAK ACQUITTED OF NAZI MASSACRE
        101 13 MUNICH: A German court acquitted an 88-year-old Slovak yesterday of a 1945 massacre in what may be Europe's last major trial ior Nazi atrocities during World War 11. Ladislav Niznansky was charged with ordering the shooting of 146 civilians in Slovakia in January 1945 and
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      Lock icon Bush comes clean in change of tack on Iraq
      615 14 I was wrong, the worst is not Over... his speech is seen as a major reality cheek Washington THE last time President George W. Bush delivered a prime-time address from the Oval Office was the night he launched the invasion of
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      Lock icon Iran yet to pass the real test of democracy
      727 14  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London COUNTING in the Iraqi parliamentary elections is continuing, but even the biggest critics of US policies in the Middle East are already forced to admit the polls were a success.
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      Lock icon Militants put video of hostage execution online
      241 14 Dubai AN IRAQI militant group yesterday posted on the Internet a video it said showed the killing of an American security consultant it abducted earlier this month. The Islamic Army in Iraq said on Dec 8 that it had killed Mr Ronald Schulz
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      Lock icon Saddam's Dr Germ and Mrs Anthrax released
      170 14 Baghdad ABOUT 24 top former officials in Saddam Hussein's government including two women detainees known as "Dr Germ" and "Mrs Anthrax" have been released from jail, a legal official in Baghdad said yesterday. Ms Rihab Taha, a Britisheducated biological weapons expert, was known
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      Lock icon Bush defends his actions in spying scandal
      554 15 He says it is part of his job to approve eavesdropping to protect Americans PRESIDENT'S FAULT "This is his programme. He is commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief does not, I don't think, trump the Bill of Rights. Congress has not been involved in setting
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      Lock icon US 'tortured detainees with rap in Kabul prison'
      443 15 Kabul THE United States operated a secret prison in Afghanistan as recently as last year, torturing detainees by chaining them to walls and forcing them to listen to loud music in total darkness for days, a human rights group alleged yesterday. The
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      Lock icon CAVERNOUS CASKET
      96 15 Goliath Casket makes coffins fit for a "giant". This coffin, which caters to the needs of oversized people, is 1.2m wide and is made of steel Goliath Casket has been producing super-large caskets for almost 20 years. This year, the company will make 600 to 800 such coffins
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      Lock icon Sydney cops to extend beach crackdown
      441 15 Sydney A SECURITY crackdown on Sydney's beaches will be extended over Christmas after further racial violence over the weekend was averted with police arresting seven men armed with Molotov cocktails and confiscating scores of weapons. Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said yesterday that as calm
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      Lock icon Bolivia's new leftist leader promises nightmare for US
      311 16 La Paz (Bolivia) FORMER coca farmer Evo Morales, who vows to be a "nightmare for the US", is poised to become Bolivia's new president, reinforcing a trend towards leftist governments in South America. Mr Morales, 46, who says he will roll back
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      957 17  -  Aidan By Foster- Carter For The Straits Times The writer is an honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University, UK. Now a freelance consultant on Korea, he has followed Korean affairs for more than 35 years. FOR a nation more
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      717 18  -  Sunanda K. Datta-Ray By For The Straits Times THIS is the season for growth groups. Hard on the heels of the East Asia Summit comes a determined Track Two push to involve Japan in the seven-nation Bimstec (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY DECEMBER 20, 2005
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      867 1  -  Arti Mulchand NKF: AUDITOR'S REPORT T.T. Durai's 'sacrifice' in asking for less netted him $30,000 more By THE TRUTH "Although records show Mr Durai ...refused to accept bonuses and salary increments proposed to him... in effect (he) received much more while appearing to accept
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      698 1 PAY 1992 (when he was appointed CEO): $12,000 1995: Salary increment of 50 per cent to $18,000. This was backdated six months, for which Mr Durai received 1997: Salary increment of 39 per cent to $25,000. This was backdated 11 months, for which he received $77,000 OVERTIME 1997:
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    • NKF: AUDITOR'S REPORT
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        788 2  -  Lee Hui Chieh NKF under T.T. Durai was a one-man show, auditors found By CENTRE OF POWER "Mr Durai drove the NKF and as a result of such trust and confidence placed in him, all effective power centred around him. This made meaningless the facade of
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        414 2 Director got $1 50 r 000 in exit payments when she quit MS MATILDA Chua (left), 36, rose up the NKF ranks from an executive in public relations in May 1991 to senior associate director when she quit in July 2000. In that time, her monthly salary rose
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        323 2 JULY 1 1 Day 1 of the NKF trial. Mr T.T. Durai sues SPH and senior correspondent Susan Long for defamation. It is revealed that Mr Durai's total salary over three years from 2002 to 2004 was $1.8 million. He had performance bonuses of up to 12
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        316 2  -  LEE HUI CHIEH She quit too but was still boss' key aide FOR a volunteer with no executive powers, former NKF associate director Ong Su Ying had a lot of clout. She helped recruit staff, evaluate salary increments and bonuses, as well as set key performance indicators
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        268 3 He juggled many jobs DIRECTOR, executive committee chairman, finance committee member... Mr Richard Yong wore many hats at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). He was also a director of its subsidiaries, NKFS International and Asian Children's Medical Fund. The board of directors and executive committee had the authority
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        120 3 The main money man CERTIFIED public accountant Alwyn Lim was chairman of the National Kidney Foundation's finance committee, which was responsible for overseeing all major financial decisions. As its head, he made most of the decisions related to the NKF's investments. As he was also a board director
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        186 3 He controlled purse strings AFTER he was made the executive committee's honorary treasurer in 2003, Mr Loo Say San was responsible for approving all purchases by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). He was also a director of the NKF board, as well as a director of its
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        801 3  - Patients got just 10C from every 1 donated Salma Khalik Ex-management had claimed it was 52 cents. Patient and subsidy figures also misleading By Health Correspondent LOOSE TALK "By means of creative presentation of numbers and a liberal and casual definition of 'beneficiaries', the true extent of assistance given by
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        217 3 JULY 17 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore carries out audit of NKF. JULY 18 Mr Gerard Ee takes office. JULY 20 Parliament's first day of sitting. MPs caJJ for probe into NKF. Government urged to re-examine policy on disclosure of salary of top executives. New board of directors unveiled.
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        919 4  -  Theresa Tan One instance: Fund-raising costs for 2004 Charity Show had exceeded 3O°/o in breach of rule By Donations inflated, expenses cut not this The NKF claimed it raised $17.2 million for last year's charity shows. BUT THIS The KPMG audit found that it raised only
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        375 4 REPEATEDLY, auditor KPMG found NKF had adopted "irregular accounting treatments" to ensure its fund-raisers complied with the 30/70 rule. This rule states that not more than 30 per cent of the donation amount raised can be spent on raising that amount. But does this mean
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        414 4 LAST year, former NKF chief executive T.T. Durai apparently felt that the foundation's annual charity shows had become stale and repetitive and needed the injection of some new performers and cutting edge techniques. His answer was a study trip that cost
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        268 4 SEPT 16 Cost cutting and restructuring of NKF under way. NKF lays off 92 staff, most of them involved in fund-raising. OCT22 Audit report by KPMG delayed. 1 OCT24 The High Court dismisses Mr Durai's application to reduce his $358,000 legal costs to SPH. OCT27 NKF stops
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        785 5  -  Bertha Henson Various bodies were involved, but none responsible for carrying out audits By Supervising Editor (Home) In tomorrow's Straits Times Reserves: Yet more figures Perks: That first class air travel Contracts: Payments for work not done SO EXACTLY who was watching, over
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        185 5 Familiar logo with a subtle difference ON THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) website (www.nkfs.org), its familiar logo sports a subtle change. On top of the bold red letters of its acronym are the words "The New". The addition is the latest attempt to assure the public that things are different
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        329 5  -  Lee Su Shyan By THE former auditors of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), stood by their work yesterday, even as fellow accountants KPMG found them lacking. Independent auditor KPMG, which spent five months reviewing NKF's procedures and accounts, issued a critical report
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      612 6  -  Maria Almenoar 11,995 sit for Normal (Academic) exams, with 77.6% qualifying for Sec 5 By Educational advice just a phone call away NOW that the N-level results are out, some Malay parents and students are probably wondering: "What next?" Help is just a phone
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      118 6 It's no easy game PLAY is hardly the reality in the business of computer games, as Digital Life finds out. With the Government pouring $1 billion into the local digital media industry and global video game market growth hitting double digits, the demand for talent is increasing rapidly. But there
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      555 6  -  Stephanie Yap By: UNLIKE most Singaporean children, the Chew siblings Kee Hock, 12, Khee Gek, 11, and Khee Jia, nine have not spent their childhood in school uniform. Until last year, the children had never been to school, because their father, Mr Chew
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      174 6 HOUSEWIFE Latchumi Nadesan was entrusted with the care of the young daughter of a friend, a single working mother. But when she saw the four-year-old girl smearing her faeces on the wall of her apartment, she took a knife, heated it and scalded the
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        96 6 FIJI'S Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Mr Kaliopate Tavola, arrived in Singapore yesterday tor a working visit and will be here till tomorrow. The minister will sign a pact on income taxes with Second Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim
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        89 6 THE new police commissioner of Brunei's police force arrived here yesterday for his first official visit here since his appointment in July. Dato Paduka Sen Zainuddin Jalani will pay a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng and
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      226 6 ANDREW KUAN DEFAMATION CASES A PRE-TRIAL conference to discuss the defamation suit brought by lawyer Chia Boon Teck against former presidential hopeful Andrew Kuan has been adjourned till Jan 16. Mr Peter Low, the lawyer representing Mr Chia, said Mr Kuan, 52, sought an adjournment yesterday
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      530 7  -  Arlina Arshad By FOR 25 years, Singaporean pilgrims have performed the haj in Mecca with peace of mind, assured that in a crisis, help would immediately be at hand. Each year since 1981, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has sent
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      372 7  - Better service higher salaries Lim Wei Chean Minister urges workers to focus on customers as that would mean more revenue, better pay By FOCUSING on the customer will not only boost the bottom line at companies but will also benefit service staff, said the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office,
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        754 8  -  Lim Wei Chean Phillip Chan No expense or effort is spared to ensure a guest's stay in a top-end hotel is as comfortable as possible By plimentary night's stay while the arrangements were made. As the manager of Raffles Hotel, Mr Robert Logan, puts it, the
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        429 8  -  Cindy Chen THE beauty service industry is now intensely competitive so it is no wonder more operators have adopted aggressive sales tactics to secure long-term customers. Because of that, visiting a hair or beauty establishment is no longer a relaxing and pampering experience. I get
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        896 9  - Know the guest to serve better Lim Wei Chean NEWS ANALYSIS Top hotels score points with attention to details and by looking out for the likes and dislikes of guests By THE Oriental Hotel's chef concierge Edmund Lim recalls with great pride a recent remark made by two guests. He
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        386 9  -  LIM WEI CHEAN SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE SATISFYING guests is paramount but hotels realise it is equally important to ensure their employees are a contented lot too. "Happy staff means happy customers," said Marina Mandarin general manager Tony Cousens. "If your staff are miserable, they will
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        421 9 SAY WHAT? LAST week, we asked if you thought service levels were correlated to pay, and if you would be ready to fork out more to enjoy a higher level of service. Ms May Leow, who finds current service standards "appalling", said she
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        268 10 BRAVO to MediaCorp for its high-definition TV (HDTV) trial run next year. A HDTV chain records, relays and reproduces images at very high resolution and, in theory, viewers at home should see more and better details of the pictures. Indeed we
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        79 10 For more readers' views, log on to http://www.straits times.asial.com.sg /forum. Access to online letters is free. >> Khoo Swcc Chiow controversy: Real issue is transparency and accountability Khoo's proven himself, let's help someone else Don't judge underwater feat solely on its tangible outcomes Look for win- win solution
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        216 10 I REFER to the article, "Marriage not for chauvinistic SGA" (The Sunday Times, Dec 11). I wish to state categorically that neither my son, Choo Tze Huang, nor any other member of my family had any part to play in the writer's decision
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        215 10 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it that you agree at no charge
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        448 10 WHY THE APATHY? When I commented on the long queues and queue cutting, the police officers replied that "it's always like this on weekends". Always like this? Why the nonchalant attitude? RECENTLY, I went on a driving trip to Malaysia
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        184 10 Why run over an innocent pigeon? ON FRIDAY morning, as I was having breakfast at a coffee shop at the junction of Kreta Ayer Road and Keong Saik Road, I witnessed an appalling act of cruelty. A few feet from my table, a flock of pigeons was devouring some rice
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        346 10 I REFER to the letter, "Where do we report spamming activities?" (ST, Dec 16), by Mr Then Nam Kheong. There are a variety of ways to deal with spam, or unsolicited commercial electronic messages. One can approach one's Internet service provider for help on
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        465 10 Snared by auto -renewal of 2 -year water contract I AM writing to share my family's unpleasant experience with a drinking-water supplier so that others may be spared the pain. My wife signed a contract to purchase distilled drinking water from a well-known local supplier in 1998. The contract was
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          83 10 ON THE morning of Nov 25, my father fell inside the Novena MRT station. He had tripped on the metal studs on the platform while alighting from the train and hit his head, suffering a small cut. My family and I would like
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          107 10 I WOULD like to thank three persons who helped my mother when she fell on Nov 25 at about 9.35pm at the Queenstown MRT taxi stand/pick-up point. I was at the train station to fetch my mother. However, due to my negligence, she fell and
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          85 10 I WAS riding my motorcycle along Jurong West on Nov 27 when my wallet dropped out of my trousers. As I was in a hurry, I didn't bother to stop when the driver beside me honked at me. When I reached my destination I received a
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          71 10 DURING a short stint in Brunei recently, I chalked up quite a sum on my Global Dial 121 and Autoroam calls. I was rather surprised and extremely grateful to SingTel for the concern it showed; it detected the sudden surge in usage and tried contacting me,
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          76 10 MY WIFE and I wish to thank Ms Tan Kim Suan of the Singapore Botanic Gardens and her staff for assisting us in finding our dog, Dram, recently. We also greatly appreciate the cooperation of the neighbourhood police units in the Whitley and Bukit
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        478 11 »GOLF SINGAPORE'S golf professionals, long starved of competitions, suddenly find themselves with two tournaments on the island. But they are not cheering this development as the dates clash, so they cannot play in both. The Accenture Champion of Champions will be held at the
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        559 11  -  Alvin Foo BADMINTON Former coach Huang says taxing training methods make him more prone to injuries By SINGAPORE'S Sportsman of the Year Ronald Susilo will not hit top form again if his overstrenuous training regimen remains unchanged. So says Huang Yichong, who resigned as
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        348 11 Beijing CHINA'S badminton players took radical changes to rules in their stride in the first international contest to use an experimental new system in Yiyan at the weekend. But even after victories in all five events at the Saiqi Invitational World Cup, the players
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        754 12  -  Marc Lim WILD WEEKEND Chelsea's rise and former Pig Two's woes will shape fortunes for seasons to come By Sports Correspondent MANCHESTER United and Arsenal fans, you may now look forward to disappointment, failure and bare trophy cupboards. Get used
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        Lock icon Wenger calls referee a Blue for disallowing goal
        508 12 London ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger attacked referee Rob Styles and his assistant after Robin van Persie's goal was disallowed in Sunday's 0-2 loss to Chelsea at Highbury. Goals from Arjen Robben and Joe Cole condemned the Gunners to their third straight league
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        468 12 London ALEX Ferguson could be the unwilling executioner of former Manchester United skipper Steve Bruce's career as Birmingham manager today. Bruce is struggling to hold on to his job after a miserable season which has seen his team slump into relegation trouble in the
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        450 12 SOCCER Madrid THE odds against Juan Ramon Lopez Caro finishing the season as coach of Real Madrid will have shortened considerably after the Spanish giants' tepid 1-1 draw against Osasuna on Sunday. Lopez Caro, formerly at the helm of the Real Madrid reserve
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        383 13 SOCCER Tokyo FIFA President Sepp Blatter is confident that there will be no match-fixing at next year's World Cup partly because fans would murder any players involved. "I would say fans would kill," said the Swiss, who was in Japan for the Club World Championship.
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        328 13 DEFENDING champions Brazil have booked a converted castle as a base for their World Cup second-round match. Brazil, who will play their second-round tie in Dortmund if they finish top of Group F in June next year, Will stay at the Schlosshotel Lerbach located in Bergisch
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        656 13 McGrady' siast- gasp winner BASKETBALL Houston, playing without Yao Ming, pip LA Lakers 76-74 with just o.3sec left Los Angeles TRACY McGrady followed a bad play with a very good one and gave the Houston Rockets an improbable victory. His driving lay-up with 0.3 seconds left lifted the short-handed Rockets
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        285 13 MOTOR RACING LONDON RENAULT'S Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will race for McLaren in the 2007 season. The 24-year-old Spaniard became the youngest Fl winner this year and helped his team to the constructors' title ahead of McLaren. "We always
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          64 13 ZURICH: Brazil won the top team title and Ghana the award for the most improved team in the 2005 Fifa world rankings published yesterday. World champions Brazil finished top for the fourth year in a row while unbeaten Ghana's five wins and three draws, which saw them
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          65 13 NEW YORK: Michael Turner of the San Diego Chargers raced for an 83-yard touchdown with less than three minutes to play to seal a 26-17 win over Indianapolis on Sunday. The result keeps the Chargers' AFC wildcard hopes alive and wrecks the Colts' dream of matching the
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          61 13 INDIANAPOLIS: NBA forward Ron Artest has changed his mind about wanting to be traded by the Indiana Pacers. Artest said last weekend that he was interested in being traded to the New York Knicks or Cleveland Cavaliers. But Mark Stevens, Artest's agent, told said that Artest
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        565 14 SNOOKER Ding Junhui, 18, beats Steve Davis in final for landmark win in tournament York (England) A TEENAGE snooker star has put China in the frame in a sport usually dominated by Britons. Ding Junhui, 18, beat six-time world champion Steve Davis 10-6 to win
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        331 14 DRUGS IN SPORT Beijing RUNNER Sun Yingjie was cleared of doping by a court, but China's sports authorities still will not lift her two-year ban. But in a domestic court last Friday, a former training partner confessed that he had spiked
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        364 14 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Houston 30 Arizona 19, Seattle 28 Tennessee 24, San D'ego 26 Indianapolis 17, Washington 35 Dallas 7. Jacksonville 10 San Francisco 9, Carolina 27 New Orleans 10, Miami 24 NY Jets 20, Pittsburgh 18 Minnesota 3. Cleveland 9 Oakland 7, Cincinnati 41 Detroit 17. Philadelphia 17
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        118 14 y^ For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1 :21 *^jb^ f "To be with Christ... is for better' Philippians 1 23 FLORENCE HENG SAIHOONG Age: 52 was called home to oe with the. Lord on 18 December 2005. Dearly missed and jondiu remembered
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        81 14 "ITte heavens declare the glory of God" JENNIFER KWOK HENG LENG Beloved Wife and Mother Gone to be with the Lord on 19 Dec 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: David Khoo Swee Tau Daughter: Rachel Khoo Peng Pei Son: Nathan Khoo Peng Yang Wake service at All Saints Chapel,
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        34 14 with Deepest uumpatnu Jieartfelt Goncfo/ences Jo Our Managing Director Mr. Tony Tan on me demise of his father* in* taw LIM TECK HOCK From: I The Management Staff of D SQUARED TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD
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        29 14 I In Everloving Memory I KATHERAYSON j SHANMUGAM Departed 20/12/1994 Though another year has passed, memories of you remain dear in our hearts. Sadly missed by Daughters Loved Ones
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        40 14 The family of the late LEE SEONG GIM Departed: 16 Dec 2005 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, j friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, I attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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        100 14 "lam the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies." John 11:25 MURIEL RODRIGUES Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 December 2005. (Husband: W. A. Rodrigues "Artie", deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Jerry Patricia Daughters: Son-in-law: Vicky Melanie Michael
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        152 14 CHEENGANSIEW Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 1 9- 1 2-2005. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Fong Ah Foo, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tony Kwong Lup Fatt Eleanora Tan Poh Ee William Fong Meng Keong Lisa Marbon Dennis Fong Lup Kwong Norehan Harun Daughters: Sons-in-law: Jacki Fong
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        89 14 Tan Joo Lwee, Elsie Age: 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 December 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: William Soh Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ricky Soh I Ronnie Soh Doris Tan Andy Soh Granddaughters: Nicolette Soh Junyi Tricia Soh Junrei Faith Soh Jun-ru Sisters: Brother-in-law: Lily Tan
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        30 14 With Deepest "l Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late LCP (NS) TONY HO WAHYENG From Chief Engineer Officer and Staff of Headquarter Singapore Combat I Engineers J
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        81 14 IATHMA SHANTHI POOJA PACHEEAPPAN Departed on 6th Dec 05 MDM. RAJAMAH (PANJALI) and family wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives friends for their kind support, condolences, assistance attendance, during their recent bereavement. KARUMATHI PRAYERS will be held on 20-12-05 (Tue) night at Blk 406 #07-38
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        53 14 NICHOLAS YEO ZHI WEI AGE: 22 passed away peacefully on 18/12/2005, leaving behind Father: Yeo Peng Siah Mother. Tan Ai Choo Brothers: Kelvin Yeo Jonathan Yeo grandmothers, uncles, aunties, cousins loved ones. Body resting at Blk 262' Yishtin St 22. Tel: *****472 Cortege leaves on 22/12/05 (Thurs) at 2pm for
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        32 14 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late 2SG YEO ZHI WFJ NICHOLAS Departed on 18/12/2005 From: Republic of Singapore Air Force COMD, Officers 1_ men of TASC -A
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        46 15 y x With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MRGAWAINYANG on the demise of his father NJOO KHOEN ING on 18 December 2005 From The Management Staff of Uniplas Pte Ltd Uniplas Enterprises Pte Ltd Uniplas Group of Companies Vista Realty Pte Ltd Kin Company Pte Ltd
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        68 15 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Board Member Group CEO Mr Tan Thai Hong On the demise of his wife FLORENCE HENG who passed away on 18 December 2005 The Board and Management of SURBANA CORPORATION PTE LTD Surbana Land (China) Pte Ltd Surbana International Consultants Pte Ltd Surbana
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        44 15 "Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is LOVE. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NJOOKHOENING Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 18 December 2005 J_ilt?lll icK x lilt! All donations will be forwarded to charity or St. James' Church (Chinese Congregation).
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        43 15 With Deepest Sympathy '"•SB Heartfelt Condolences To Mr Alex Oh Zih Kian J On the demise of his beloved mother I MDM NGAN LYE CHOON Departed on 19 December 2005 From: The Management Staff of t Eastern Union Resources Pte Lt(L4 llfc_. *m
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        70 15 We, the family of the late I LEONG LEW HONG Departed: 12 December 2005 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and Pastors of Kum Yan and Hinghwa Methodist Churches for their kind condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths and kind I assistances during
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          6115 16 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 19. 2005 52 -WEEK TIL CUWCKCY LAST VOL MY 6R S MET *M CAP HISH LOW CODE COMPANY TMSEO SAU *0*- '000 UI6H LOW 0W% P/t Will 2 S7U 1st Software 5c 2.5 unch 100 2.5 2.5 10.1 22 5 3M 8TelecomUS2c .7.5 26
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        Lock icon Google offer values AOL at twice market estimates
        463 17 Search engine's s°/o holding puts $34b price tag on Time Warner unit and foils Microsoft bid New York GOOGLE'S agreement to buy a stake in Time Warner's America Online (AOL) values the Internet company at US$2O billion (5533.6 billion), twice as much
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        Lock icon Top investment banks to boost global headcount
        278 17 New York SEVERAL leading investment banks plan to boost hiring globally next year in an effort to expand those businesses that helped produce bumper profits this year. Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns plan to boost headcount by 5 to 10 per cent and
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        39 17 Yesterday's close: 15,391.48 (-1-218.41 points) Japanese stocks closed 1.44 per cent higher as investors hunted for bargains after last week's decline and the weak US dollar made up some of its losses against the yen. AFP
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        30 17 Yesterday's close: 15,182.89 (+153.08 points) Hong Kong stocks rose 1 per cent, in line with regional gains with buying in blue-chip laggards leading the rise. REUTERS
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        34 17 Yesterday's close: 1,131.75 (+4.24 points) Chinese stocks closed narrowly mixed, with the Shanghai bourse buoyed by strength in steelmakers and heavyweight Smopec. while Shenzhen was lower on weak metal issues. AFP
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        35 17 Yesterday's close: 4,655.4 (+11.4 points) Australian stocks closed 0.25 percent higher as investors bought banks and resources stocks in the absence of any incentive to add other sectors to their portfolios. REUTERS
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        32 17 Yesterday's close: 895.86 (+2.49 points) Malaysian share prices closed 0.28 per cent higher on the back of interest in selected blue chips although overall trade was largely range-bound. AFP
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        34 17 Yesterday's close: 9,394.27 (+109.81 points) The Sensex climbed to a record. Hindalco's shares rose after the company restarted its copper smelter that was shut since Nov 21 after an explosion. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        25 17 Yesterday's close: 1,162.32 (+18.9 points) *> Indonesian stocks closed 1.65 per cent higher in a rebound helped by mostly firmer regional markets. AFP
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        30 17 Yesterday's close: 691.28 (+0.11 point) Thai share prices closed flat with foreign investors staying out of the market ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. AFP
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        251 17 December 19 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.31 1.300 -0.010 Ascendasreit 0.96 1.940 BILlntl US20c 0.56 1.410 CapitaLand 3.35 3.420 +0.060 CapitaMall 0.78 2.180 Chart SemiCond 26c 0.79 1.220+0.010 CityDev 50c 2.52 8.750 ComfortOelGro 25c .1.68 1.570 Cosco Corp 20c 0.62 2.180 -0.040 Creative!
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        64 17 December 19 SingTel 15c 22,834,000 UniFiber 10c 17,394,000 Sin Soon H 1c 14,494,000 GenlntUSIOc 12,393,000 CapitaLand 11,577,000 MediaRing 10c 9,873,000 CapitalandDBeCW***** 9,675,000 Celestial US6c 8,906,000 CapitalandDBeCW***** 8,577,000 Sys Access 5c 7,808,000 LMAUSO.OIc 7,613,000 FibreChem HKIc 7,558,000 Informatics R 7,523,000 Eucon 5c 6,963,000 Biosensors US0.01 c 6,955,000 MultiVis HK7c
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        140 17 December 19 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2320 1.2460 Can dollar 1.4270 1.4440 Euro 1.9900 2.0130 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4405 0.4409 NZ dollar 1.1370 1.1620 Sterling pound 2.9330 2.9650 US dollar 1.6550
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        2023 17 Bonds, Loans Warrants TKNBACTMN MTE DECEMBER IS 2Mb H-WEBS m CBBRSWT UST WUt* 8.5 4 ArianeCorpWo9l22S 5 -0.5 1 4 2 4105 Asiatravel W*****7 2 unch 12 12.5 35 4287 Bio-TreatßNPeCW6o42l -7.5 +05 840 18 4.5 42% Bio-TreatMBUCW6O323 7 -0.5 240 205 5 4353 BiosensorßNPeCW6o427 6.5 +0.5 605 285 10
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        669 18 Bigger steps are needed if key issues are to be addressed in 2006 Hong Kong WHAT next after Hong Kong? Geneva next year? World trade ministers packed their bags yesterday after six days of talks in Hong Kong, some heading straight
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        314 18 Hong Kong EUROPEAN trade negotiators prepared to leave Hong Kong yesterday, claiming credit for a deal the previous night that has kept global trade talks alive, despite refusing to yield on the key issue targeted by developing countries. The declaration agreed in
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        Lock icon Samsung to pump $1.3b into chip production
        218 18 Seoul SAMSUNG Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, said yesterday it will spend 786.8 billion won (551.32 billion) to upgrade and expand lines for dynamic random access memory and flash chips. It is aggressively stepping up investment in an attempt to maintain an
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        Lock icon Guangdong bank stake draws strong foreign interest
        324 18 Hong Kong CITIGROUP, Societe Generale (SG) and a consortium including ABN Amro have presented rival bids exceeding US$l billion (551.68 billion) for Chinese lender Guangdong Development Bank (GDB), the first of the country's banks to offer a majority stake to foreign buyers. The
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        Lock icon ADB urges Beijing to loosen up on yuan policy
        317 18 TOKYO THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday that China needs to make its foreign-exchange regime more flexible to allow for meaningful appreciation of its yuan currency versus the US dollar. "Building on the July 21 policy shift, China needs to
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        Lock icon Maersk, Hutchison invest in China's Yangshan port
        273 18 Shanghai AP MOELLER-MAERSK and Hutchison Whampoa signed an agreement yesterday to buy into Phase II of the Yangshan deepwater port near Shanghai, becoming the first international investors to join the multibillion-dollar container project. Maersk's port arm, APM Terminals, and Hutchison's port arm, Hutchison
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        244 18 Shanghai GUANGZHOU, the capital city of China's southern Guangdong province, will impose a 20 per cent capital gains tax on property transactions next year, fuelling concern among investors that other cities, including Shanghai and Shenzhen, will follow suit. The levy, effective on Jan 1, is
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        Lock icon HP to support Toshiba's HD-DVD format alongside Blu-ray
        277 18 San Francisco HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP), the second-biggest computer maker in the United States, said over the weekend that it would abandon its exclusive support tor Sony's Blu-ray next-generation format for digital video discs (DVDs) and move to embrace Toshiba's competing HD-DVD format as
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          Lock icon More S'pore ad agencies head for foreign shores
          576 19 Execs say there is growing need to attract talent and differentiate themselves By Gabriel Chen Home-grown gems THE King Kongs of the advertising world have had it all their own way for a long time, but they are starting to feel the
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            83 19 KEEPING AN EYE ON CHANGI AIRPORTS AD BUSINESS AUSTRALIAN media firm Eye Corp has landed a contract to manage the advertising concession at Changi Airport from Jan 1. The company will be in charge of sales and marketing for all static, digital and ambient advertising displays at the airport's four
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            Lock icon BURSON-MARSTELLER BUYS INDIAN PR FIRM
            98 19 PUBLIC relations outfit Burson-Marsteller has acquired Indian PR firm Genesis, which has offices in 80 cities across India. Genesis, which employs almost 200 staff, will be renamed Genesis/Burson-Marsteller. Founder and principal Prema Sagar and chief executive Ashwani Singla will join BursonMarsteller's Asia-Pacific leadership board. Ms
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            81 19 SINGAPORE-BASED mobile solutions company Tagit, which enables direct marketing on mobile phones, has signed a deal with Indian media agency Group M. The alliance will give Tagit a foothold in the Indian market, where advertising revenues are enjoying double-digit annual growth of
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            Lock icon O&M ASIA PACIFIC WINS TWO REGIONAL AWARDS
            94 19 OGILVY Mather (O&M) Asia Pacific swept two regional prizes at the 2005 Annual Agency of the Year awards held last Thursday in Hong Kong. Co-chairman Tham Khai Meng was named regional agency head of the year while regional business director Shaun Coulter was
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          Lock icon At-Life loyalty scheme to to expand into region
          288 19  - At-Life loyalty scheme to to expand into region GABRIEL CHEN A SCREEN-BASED interactive customer loyalty programme, which counts General Motors (GM), Cannon dale and Disney as marketing partners, will use Singapore as its launch market for expansion into the Asia -Pacific. Walk into any one of the 124 McDonald's outlets
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        Lock icon Housing market stirs after 5 sluggish years
        503 20  -  Fiona Chan YEAR-END REVIEW: PROPERTY Recovery focused mainly on high-end segment, but may turn broad-based next year By Joyce Teo IT LIVES! After nearly five years of sluggishness and quiet despair among owners the sleepy property market finally came back to life this
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        Lock icon Singdollar hits 4-month high against greenback
        455 20 THE Singapore dollar rose to a fourmonth high yesterday, thanks to a year-end sell-off in the US dollar. But concerns that the central bank may step in to check the currency's rise checked the gains by mid-day. Analysts said US dollar-buying intervention by central
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          Lock icon Glamour condos the next big thing in homes
          225 20  -  JOYCE TEO OWNING a condominium, even if it is a highend one, is no longer enough, it would seem. Glamour homes have become the next big thing to have, even if they are 99-year leasehold properties whose values typically depreciate with the
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          Lock icon Buyers turn up in droves at posh projects
          232 20  -  FIONA CHAN THE only thing rivalling kids lining up for the latest Harry Potter book this year were frenzied buyers trying to get their hands on a posh home. It had all the hallmarks of a boiling market overnight queues at invitation-only
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          Lock icon Reits party's over for the time being
          226 20  -  FIONA CHAN REAL estate investment trusts (Reits) went from being market darlings in the first half of this year to being a cautionary tale in the second. Up until July, unit prices of Singapore's five Reits which distribute property rental income as regular
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          Lock icon Office rents soar as demand hits record highs
          234 20  -  FIONA CHAN OFFICE landlords had plenty of reason to celebrate this year as upbeat sentiment and a shortage of supply contributed to rising rents and lower vacancy rates. Demand for office space rose to levels not seen since the Asian financial crisis,
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          224 20  - JOYCE TEO IT WAS never a dead-end street but Orchard Road turned a major corner this year to become the hottest buzzword in town. Two sites on the famous shopping street were triggered for tender, with a third put on the reserve list, reviving memories of its glory days. After
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          Lock icon Collective sales highest since start of decade
          212 20  -  FIONA CHAN SEVERAL firsts were achieved in the collective sale market this year, which saw total deals hit almost $2 billion more than double last year's $722 million and the highest in at least five years. The sector kicked off 2005 with the
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        613 21  - Citibank's new private banking h ead targets 2 areas Lorn a Tan Tan Su Shan aims to expand clients' businesses and private wealth By Finance Correspondent High-flying sector Last year, revenue of Citigroup 's private banking arm soared to US$432 million (***** million) from US$39B million. For the next three
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        Lock icon GIC buys into Chinese developers for $59m
        338 21  -  Grace Ng By GlC's real estate arm has taken a 51 per cent stake in Shenyang Vanke Tander Real Estate and a 40 per cent stake in Wuxi Vanke Real Estate THE Government's real estate arm has invested U5535.3 million (5559.1 million) to
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          Lock icon CITIRAYA UNIT FILES FOR JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT
          116 21 CITIRAYA UNIT FILES FOR JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT CITIRAYA Singapore, a subsidiary of embattled Citiraya Industries, has filed a petition with the High Court to place the firm under judicial management. The application was made last Thursday, three weeks after its parent company was placed under a court-ap-pointed manager on Nov 25.
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          80 21 LANDWIND Medical Holdings has signed an agreement with Fujifilm Medical Systems (Shanghai) to distribute the firm's medical imaging equipment in seven provinces in China. It said the deal is expected to boost its turnover next year by 50 million yuan (5510.45 million). -The company, which
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          118 21 SP AUSNET, an Australian power and gas distributor controlled by Singapore Power, secured Assoo million (***** million) worth of bank loans, partly to repay debt due next year. The loans consist of two As2so million loans of five- and seven-year duration, Melbourne-based SP
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        627 21  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By IF YOU missed the opening bell yesterday, you missed the only bit of excitement all day. This was a market that was dead on arrival and not even a sharp drop in crude oil prices could revive it.
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        223 21  -  Azrin Asmani WARRANT WATCH By PROPERTY giant CapitaLand yesterday saw its share price and structured warrants soar following a positive spin given by a Merrill Lynch report on the Orchard Turn project. The bullish views of Merrill sent the stock to fifth spot on the
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        639 22  - SGX sets up commodities e- market with Chicago Bryan Lee The tie-up boosts S'pore's position as leading regional hub for derivatives By Derivatives exchange The new electronic market for commodities-linked derivatives, a 50:50 venture between the SGX and CBOT, is expected to start by next September and strengthens Singapore's development
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        568 22  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent Doing the sums CAPITALAND stands to reap a $272 million gain from the development from its 50 per cent share in the Orchard Turn site, says Merrill Lynch in a report. That assumes a shopping mall of
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        331 22 Seoul SOUTH Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering said yesterday it had terminated a 490. i billion 'won (SsB23 million) shipbuilding order from Singaporebased company Frigstad Offshore, because of a delay in payments. Under the contract Daewoo won in October, the South Korean
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        247 22 OFFER PRICE SET AT 27* THE executive director of cinema operator Cathay Organisation Holdings yesterday proposed that the company be delis ted from Sesdaq. Ms Choo Meileen has also offered to buy all remaining shares she does not own at 27 cents a
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      27 13 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NBA: Green Bay Packers v Baltimore Ravens (Live, Ch23, 10am). SOCCER: League Cup q-finals: Birmingham City v Manchester United (Live, Ch22, tomorrow. 3.40am).
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      38 15 I Memoaj wanders as shadows fall saclc to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Or her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      48 19 L^\ r"^ cJ Wno says best teachers are r XX in best schools? J v^' Cs\ r^ r^ s ne ig^bourhood school teacher C turns class of failures into 1^ .J O p j class of success ("N ■> i J s_ r V W N RECRUIT \g 18[«BJfcjfl
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      24 22 Patchy recovery Strong demand for high-end homes is among the main themes as the sluggish property market shows signs of life this year. PAGEH2O
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        240 2 HONG KONG Are Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung dating again? A new round of rumours started after the actor and actress were seen holding hands at a promotional activity for their movie. The Promise, at the Great Wall in Beijing recently. At a press conference in
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        194 2 TAIPEI Chinese director Chen Kaige joined his uncles in an emotional reunion during a weekend visit to Taiwan for the premiere of his movie The Promise. During his two-day stay in Taipei, he met his two uncles who fled from China to Taiwan in 1949 when Mao Zedong's
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        212 2 LONDON In his trademark pessimistic style, American cinema legend Woody Allen (above, right, with Scarlett Johansson) said on Sunday he is a 'mediocre'" director of "miserable work". 'I've disappointed myself most of the time." the New Yorker told the BBC, rejecting claims that he is
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        316 2 TRUST men to do the heavy lifting. Five male MediaCorp artistes Ix Shen, Elvin Ng, Adam Chen, Terence Cao and Tay Ping Hui tested their endurance with a weight-lifting item in Sunday's Affairs Of The Heart 2005 charity show. Their showcase earned over 22,000 calls to the
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        311 10 British band Oasis' Feb 23 gig in Singapore is part of its Asian tour BRITISH rockers Oasis, who cancelled a concert here in 2002, are back with a new date for fans. Led by the Gallagher brothers Liam and Noel, the four-man band will play a one-night
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        225 10 TAIPEI Zhang Yimou's next movie, Autumn Remembrance, will reunite the film-maker with his muse Gong Li professionally. But already, there is talk that a romantic reunion may be on the cards, says Taiwan's United Daily News. The director was in Los Angeles recently to attend the
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        129 10 TAIPEI Taiwanese singer Stella Chang (above) has given birth to a boy, a year after her low-key wedding to Hong Kong-based investment banking executive Sung Hsueh-jen. Their son was born in Hong Kong on Dec 11. Sung, 51, has a daughter from a previous marriage and is
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      797 4 Comedian Jack Black is flexing serious acting muscle as the obsessed director in Peter Jackson's new movie, King Kong Ong Sor Fern IN NEW YORK DIRECTOR Peter Jackson is speaking to a table of journalists. But he is interrupted by frenzied yells coming from a nearby room which
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        567 5 Lucky seven Right on top First prize winners in all categories: PIANO > Junior category: Son Kuan Wei, nine > Intermediate category: No first prize awarded. > Senior category: Xu Weichao, 16 > Open category: Yao Xiao Ynn, 23 VIOLIN > Junior category: Cheung Ting Yung, 10 > Intermediate category:
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        578 5  -  June Cheong Foreign talent took top spots in the violin open of a music competition FOREIGNERS swept the top prizes in the violin open category at this year's National Piano and Violin Competition. Ye Lin, 24, and Luo Wei, 20. both from Shanghai, won the first and third
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        1566 6  -  Ong Sor Fern Kyoto, home to the geishas, provides a surprising mix of old-world charm and new world energy Kyoto tips > If you are planning to go to Kyoto via bullet train^ it is cheaper to purchase, tickets before you arrive in Japan. You
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        567 7 The Vietnamese village of Mui Ne is a hot destination for windsurfers and kitesurfers FOR decades, if not centuries, the wind has defined Mui Ne, a small fishing village in southern Vietnam's Binh Thuan province. Blowing in straight off the South China Sea, the wind moulds
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      710 1 4 I just wish I was better at enjoying it. S j I'm not someone who goes, "Whoopee!" and runs off to buy a helicopter I Writer Lynne Truss on the success of her m I grammar book Eats, Shoots Leaves mondaypeople tuesdaytravel wednesdaymid-life! movies thursdaybooks arts fridaymusic saturdaymotoring +tv
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      317 8 ART FRUITS LOTUSES Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce A Industry, 2nd floor, 47 Hill Street, Last day: 10am 7pm, Free, Tel: 9820-2151 Singapore artist Tan Thian Joo features fruits and lotuses in his exhibition. His fruits are characterised by a masterful control of colours and textures, making them look juicy
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      338 8 CHILDREN performances like carolling and a cappella songs), Tel* 6336-1444 THE WORLD OF NARNIA The World Of. 3^__--« STARRY, STARRY CHRISTMAS SHOW Narnia is SPECIAL re-created in I®22PiSBBI The talented P arrots of Jurong BirdPark will put you an .Myy in the festive mood by presenting a festive show with
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      241 8 angelic voices of carollers at the hotel lobby from 7.30 to Bpm from tomorrow to Saturday. There is also another performance from 1 to 1.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. Santa will be there to distribute gifts to children. JDONTEST SINGAPORE RIVER RAFT RACE 2006 Clarke Quay, Jan IS: 9am 5.30pm,
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      493 8 ballad, pop and rock flavour, will provide an insight into who she is and how herfaith has carried her through trying times. For each concert ticket sold, a dollar will go to FaithActs, a new non-profit community service agency here serving youths and families. SHOW PORTRAIT OF A DIARIST National
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      221 11 HK FACTORY SPACE Itij? FOR SALE SIMS AVE F'HOLD 10,000 sqft. Can build 9 storey, suit factory commercial bldgs. *****989 agt FOOD FTY WOODLANDS Blk 15. 1850/ 3000 sqft. Chiller. F/fitted I 30 yrs. $399K neg. 9699-8318 ©OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT lYbur new office at Orchard Road WELLINGTON BUILDING 20
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      411 12 Prudential Tower 1,000 sf to 11,000 sf Grade A office space Raffles Place location Yvonne 6433 7786 i HOTEL WINDSOR 401 MacPherson Road Office space for lease 250 to 600 sq ft Fitted immediate Competitive rental Call 6748 7522 for enquiries HO BEE CKOUF THE CONCOURSE (BEACH ROAD) 1001 to
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      177 4 It pays to be in the video gaming industry. Professionals like senior game developers can earn annual salaries as high as $180,000, said Mr Allan Simonsen, coordinator of the Singapore chapter of the International Game Developers Association. Entry level jobs, though, generally start from $18,000 a year.
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        767 24 The survival instinct Far Cry: Instincts Anyone with a passion for shooters should set their sights on this game. This sequel of sorts to the PC game, now on the Xbox, is an explosive cross between Halo 2 and Splinter Cell, where firepower and technique are as important as stealth.
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        460 27 Creative Zen Vision: M $598 (inclusive of GST) Get it from all authorised Creative dealers Creative 1-Trigue 200 (two-piece speaker system) $69 (inclusive of GST) Available in January Having bought the Creative Zen Vision just a few months earlier, the thought of being presented with something
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        235 28 > By Leander Kahney > San Francisco: No Starch Press. c2004 > Call no: 004.165 KAH [COM] From the prized collectible Apple I and first hand-built Apple computer to iMacs and Power Mac Cubes turned deluxe aquariums, there is arguably no product that inspires such devotion
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        1780 28 Ricoh GR Digital Camera •$1,299 Get it from all authorised Ricoh outlets The Ricoh GR digital camera seems overpriced at first, especially since it comes with only a fixed lens and is missing a viewfinder. But study the imager in its magnesium alloy body in greater
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        174 28 HOW TO DO EVERYTHING WITH (TUNES FOR MACINTOSH AND WINDOWS > By Todd Stauffer I New York: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, c2004 Call no: 006.5 STA-[COM] m With iTunes, creating IHPQ y°ur online music IUIHiOi library is easy, and i for Macintosh I and Windows you can even down- load or copy music
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