The Straits Times, 27 December 2005

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    Lock icon Honour the dead — and living
    699 1  - Honour the dead and living Azhar Ghani Nirmal Ghosh TSUNAMI, ONE YEAR ON The world stopped to remember those who died m the killer wave and those who had survived By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Banda Aceh Thailand Correspondent In Khao Lak A FLORAL TRIBUTE: A Thai girl holds a
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    Lock icon A painful year for victims' families in S'pore
    491 1  -  Tanya Fong By HER children clung on to the hope that their mother would come back to look after them two months aheT the tsunami struck m Phuket, Thailand, where Ms Violet Tan Pheng Chor, 43, went missing while holidaying with five
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    1134 1  -  Tan Hui Yee When a leak results m a flood of complaints By THE three men stood m the kitchen, eyes trained on sheets of newspaper laid out on the floor, counting the drops of water falling incessantly from the ceiling. At least six others including the owner of
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Number of vehicles stolen here has fallen, say police
      602 3  -  Christopher Tan But fewer wheels are recovered and fewer thieves caught By Senior Correspondent FIGURES ON VEHICLE THEFTS 2005 2004 Vehicle thefts reported 833 855 Vehicle thieves arrested 134 167 Stolen vehicles recovered 65% 72% Note: Figures are for the first
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      Lock icon BLIZZARD TOPPLES TRAIN
      81 3 BLIZZARD TOPPLES TRAIN Rescue workers search for survivors from a wrecked train after it was derailed during a blizzard m Shonai town m Yamagata prefecture, Japan, on Christmas Day. Three of six carriages toppled over and the front car slammed into a rail-side shack, killing at least three passengers. Some
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      392 3 Jail for sex selective abortions Beijing AN AMENDMENT to China's Criminal Law calls for prison terms of up to three years and fines for doctors and other health workers who assist m telling the gender of unborn babies, leading to abortions, state media said yesterday. "The amendment specifies that anyone
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      Lock icon $60b of China's govt funds misused
      645 4  -  Chua Chin Hon First time China has stated the amount of illegal use of funds By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINESE state auditors uncovered 305 billion yuan (Ss6l billion) m illegal and wasteful use of government funds for the first 11 months of
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      Lock icon A new set of Cs for Gen Next
      235 4 A new set of Cs for Gen Next THE Singapore dream just got more complex and cannot best be told m numbers. In 1980, aspirations were a 1-2-3-4 summary: one spouse, two children, three-room flat, four-figure salary. Ten years later,, those dreams solidified into the 5Cs cash, car, condominium, credit
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon GRIEF, HOPE AND HEALING
      94 6 TSUNAMI, ONE YEAR ON PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO: REUTERS AN OFFER I NG OF HOPE: A Swedish girl swims out into the Andaman sea to release a traditional candle-lit kratong m Khao Lak, m remembrance of tsunami victims. Many of the services yesterday focused on healing and
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      Lock icon Foreigners back to remember loved ones
      592 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh THAILAND By Thailand Correspondent In Khao Lak (Thailand) HELD on a sunny, breezy morning, the memorial services on beaches and m churches and hotels m Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi for victims of last December's deadly tsunami were especially poignant. With the
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      Lock icon Hope amid tears shed in mourning victims
      637 6  - Hope amid tears shed in m ourning victims AZHAR GHANI INDONESIA By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Banda Aceh TEARS fell as Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led his country m mourning the victims of last year's tsunami disaster at a ceremony held at Ulee Lheue on the outskirts of Banda
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      Lock icon 'Angel of the Beach' back at Khao Lak
      288 6 Khao Lak (Thailand) BRITISH schoolgirl Tilly Smith, dubbed the "Angel of the Beach" for saving scores of lives during the Doc 26 tsunami, returned to the scene of the disaster yesterday to mark the anniversary with a poem. 'it wasn't devastation or
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  • TSUNAMI, ONE YEAR ON
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      Lock icon Indonesia tests tsunami early-warning system
      591 10 2,000 residents m Padang evacuated during first such emergency exercise Padang (Indonesia) INDONESIA tested its tsunami warning system for the first time yesterday, sounding alarms m a town that sent thousands of resi- dents running through the streets exactly one year after a devastating disaster
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      Lock icon MINISTERS ATTEND MEMORIALS
      64 10 MINISTERS ATTEND MEMORIALS Singapore Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean greeting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (far left) during a tsunami memorial service he attended m Banda Aceh yesterday. In Khao Lak, Thailand, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, Mr Gan Kirn Yong, helped to lay flowers on a memorial
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      Lock icon Publicity backfires for Baby 81's family
      225 10 Colombo SRI Lanka's celebrated tsunami survivor, "Baby 81", was reunited with his parents after a highprofile court drama, but almost a year later, the family says the media attention has backfired. Mr Murugpillai Jeyarajah, 31, a barber, said they were being overlooked for aid
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      Lock icon Aceh parents still hoping for miracle
      168 10 BandaAceh MADAM Yasrati's 13-year-old daughter and five-year-old son have been missing since the tsunami swept across her village m the Indonesian province of Aceh. However, she still clings to the hope that they had somehow survived. As mourners gathered along the ravaged Indian Ocean
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      Lock icon Survivor, 11, now owns petrol station
      197 10 Port Blair (Andaman Islands) ONE year ago, Almas Javed clung to a tree and watched as the tsunami swept away her parents, sister and grandfather, never to be seen again. The tragedy left Javed, 11, as sole owner of one of Nancowry island's thriving
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      Lock icon TAMPINES PHOTO EXHIBITION
      84 8 TAMPINES PHOTO EXHIBITION SINGAPORE Soft toys m hand, Eyxun Chua, six, and Sim Jia Ling, eight, remembered the victims of last year's tsunami by visiting an exhibition m Tampines of photographs of Singapore volunteers' relief efforts. Their soft toys were donated to children affected by the tsunami, as part of
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      Lock icon Prayers conducted in Penang
      128 8 MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur HUNDREDS of people gathered yesterday on the beaches of the Malaysian island of Penang to pray for the victims of last year's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami. At the Pasir Panjang beach m Balik Pulau, a group of priests from the Pu Zian Temple
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      Lock icon Candlelight vigils and memorials in hard-hit countries
      264 8 Candlelight vigils and memorials in hard-hit countries EUROPE Stockholm EUROPEANS marked the anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami yesterday with candlelight vigils and sombre memorial ceremonies. Hundreds of northern Europeans, escaping the winter for the sunny beaches of Thailand, were among the more than 210,000 victims who perished on Dec
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      Lock icon Quiet vigils honour the dead, salute the survivors
      475 8  -  P. Jayaram INDIA Inauguration of saplings park among the memorial events By India Correspondent In New Delhi PEOPLE m affected villages and towns chose various ways of remembering loved ones lost to the ocean's fury from silent marches and candle-lit prayers to
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      Lock icon Two-minute silence to commemorate the victims
      365 8 SRI LANKA Peraljya (Sri Lanka) BUTCHERS hung up their knives to show respect for all life. Buddhist monks prepared to chant all night, and survivors thronged places of worship as Sri Lanka marked the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami yesterday. In the
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Growing 'credit card slavery' worries Taiwan
      670 11  - Growing 'credit card slavery' worries Taiwan Ong Hwee Hwee ONG HWEE HWEE Mounting debts are blamed for an increase m suicides and crime By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei $25b m debts Some 46 million credit cards were issued by October, up 6.5 per cent from last year. About 9 million
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      Lock icon RETIREES TAKE CHILLY PLUNGE
      54 11 Retired women workers m costumes representing swans braved the chilly waters of China's Liaoning province to take part m a swimming show m Shenyang on Saturday, Christmas eve. All the elderly members of the cast had practiced the challenging winter sport for years, according to local
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      Lock icon Taiwan TV chiefs quit amid media reform row
      295 11 Taipei FOUR executives have resigned from two Taiwanese television stations to show support for a government plan to relinquish its control of the media. They did so after the government failed to meet a deadline on Monday for selling its 47 per
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      Lock icon Memorial held for cross-strait negotiator
      92 11 Beijing CHINA'S Cabinet-level Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) yesterday held a memorial service for late cross-strait negotiator Wang Daohan. TAO director Chen Yunlin said Mr Wang, who died at age 90 on Saturday, "made great contributions to the promotion of cross-strait relations", Xinhua news agency said.
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  • EAST ASIA
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      472 12 But it wants to keep some customs to allay fears of erosion of traditional values Tokyo JAPAN hopes to see more women m leadership positions m all fields under a new government plan to promote gender equality and encourage more women to join
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      Lock icon DEADLYBUS CRASH IN ICY WATERS
      131 12 Lowering a diver into the frozen Yellow River, rescue workers hope to find the bodies of 28 people missing after a bus plunged into the icy waters m an accident on Saturday. Thirty-six people were on the bus when the accident happened m Hangin prefecture
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      Lock icon N. Korea 'may be preparing for hereditary succession'
      279 12 Seoul AN EDITORIAL m a North Korean newspaper seems to indicate possible hereditary power succession, experts said, despite reports that leader Kirn Jong II had banned such talk over concerns that another succession would tarnish the nations image. "Revolution is a long
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      Lock icon Beep! You have a new SMS message — from court
      185 12 Beep! You have a new SMS message from court Seoul SOUTH Koreans may look at their mobile phones with some trepidation m the new year as prosecutors will start telling people they have been indicted via text messages. As three-quarters of the population have mobile phones, prosecutors felt it was
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      Lock icon Japanese feelings for China at new low: Poll
      452 12 Tokyo THE number of Japanese who have good feelings towards China has fallen to a record low m an apparent reflection of icy diplomatic ties between the Asian neighbours, according to a government survey. The poll showed 32.4 per cent of people
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      Lock icon Beijing jails veteran activist over anti-Japan protests
      316 12 THE authorities m China have sentenced a veteran democracy activist to 12 years m prison for allegedly organising protests as part of a wave of anti-Japanese demonstrations earlier this year. Xv Wanping, 44, was convicted of "incitement to subvert state power" and sentenced
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      Lock icon Tight security for landmark trial over disputed oil wells
      264 12 Beijing A CHINESE investor accused of organising protests after the government confiscated lucrative private oil wells, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of disturbing public order m a landmark trial marked by tight police security. About 100 fellow investors were
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  • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Indian expats lured home by buoyant economy
      615 13 30,000 technology professionals have moved back to India m last 18 months Bangalore DREAM OF HELPING INDIA "Among them I sense an altruistic pull to return to India to help build their home country into a greater power than the country had ever
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      Lock icon US eyes big arms sales to Pakistan and India
      371 13 Washington WASHINGTON is manoeuvring to balance possible big US arms sales to arch rivals India and Pakistan next year. In the past week, US VicePresident Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have made separate visits to Pakistan. Islamabad will make
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      Lock icon Man saddles up for 200 m slide across gorge
      295 13 Simla IN A rare medieval tradition, an Indian man crossed a yawning 130mdeep gorge m a high-speed slide along a rope using a horse saddle. Thousands watched awe-struck on Sunday as Mr Kanwar Singh, 35, slid along the 200m-long rope with
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      Lock icon Delhi traders protest against demolitions
      340 13 New Delhi TRADERS m the Indian capital New Delhi have called a general strike to protest against a drive by the city authorities to demolish illegal buildings. At least half a million shops and offices are expected to remain shut today as a result. Essential
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/ MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Row splits Malay youth organisation
      465 14  -  Reme Ahmad Former Anwar ally fighting for power with Abdullah's political secretary By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur A BITTER tussle between a group led by a political secretary of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and another led by a former ally of ex-deputy premier
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      Lock icon Group promotes education issues
      50 14 THE Federation of Peninsular Malay Students, known by its Malay acronym GPMS, was set up 50 years ago to promote Malay education and language issues. It has some 400,000 members m more than 135 branches. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi was the organisation's president m the *****.
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      Lock icon 'Credible threat' on life of Yudhoyono
      184 14 Jakarta SECURITY around Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will be stepped up as intelligence reports suggest he is under threat of assassination. "The President has received credible intelligence information from the National Intelligence Body that there has been an attempt by a certain group
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      Lock icon 4 DEAD IN LATEST ATTACKS IN THAI SOUTH
      103 14 Officers m Thailand's troubled south were on Sunday checking the body of Term Srisuwan, 53. The villager was shot dead by an unknown gunman while riding a motorcycle, on his way to Kayuboko village m the Raman district of southern Yala province.
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono's trusted police chief faces uphill task ahead
      699 14  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta WHEN Indonesia's former chief detective was arrested this week for allegedly taking a bribe while investigating a multi-million-dollar fraud, it was a new nadir for a police force struggling to repair its tainted image.
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      Lock icon Thaksin 'most outstanding person': New poll
      213 14 Bangkok DESPITE recent bad press, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is still popular with some segments of the public, according to the results of a new survey. Mr Thaksin was named the "most outstanding person of the year" by the latest Abac opinion poll,
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon KL DETAINS INDONESIAN ILLEGALS
        95 14 KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Navy had detained a fishing boat with 31 Indonesians on board for entering the country's waters illegally, The Jakarta Post reported. The authorities intercepted the vessel on Sunday some 155 km west of Pangkor island while patrolling the Strait of Malacca,
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      • Article
        Lock icon CHURCH PROPERTY DISPUTE ENDS
        106 14 BEIJING: A group of Chinese Catholic priests and nuns locked m a property dispute with the Tianjin government went home over the weekend. The protest over a low-rise, colonial-style building m Tianjin petered out over the weekend when the last 13 members of a group that
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      • Article
        Lock icon THREAT AGAINST U.S. TROOPS
        93 14 MANILA: Marxist rebels have warned of possible attacks on US troops m the Philippines and threatened to escalate attacks against President Gloria Arroyo's government. The Communist Party of the Philippines, m a statement on its 37th anniversary yesterday, criticised the US military for increasing intervention m
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        Lock icon '226 DAYS TO START FIRM IN KL'
        102 14 KUALA LUMPUR: Getting a business licence m Malaysia takes more time than acquiring one m the West Bank or Gaza Strip, the World Bank said m a recent report. The Doing Business m 2006 report said it took an average of 25 steps
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        Lock icon SRI LANKA VIOLENCE ESCALATES
        74 14 COLOMBO: Fresh violence claimed six more lives m Sri Lanka yesterday as Tamil Tiger rebels prepared for the funeral of a top Tamil legislator gunned down during a Christmas mass a day earlier. A police constable was killed when suspected rebels launched a pre-dawn rocketpropelled grenade
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        Lock icon OIL DEVELOPMENT DEAL SIGNED
        85 14 BEIJING: China and North Korea have signed an agreement to jointly develop offshore oil reserves, Beijing said. The deal was signed after a meeting here between North Korean Vice-Premier Ro Tv Choi and his Chinese counterpart, Mr Zeng Peiyan, the official Xinhua news agency said m
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        Lock icon 26 DIE IN FIRE AT CHINA BAR
        72 14 BEIJING: A fire during a Christmas Day party m an unlicensed restaurant bar m southern China killed 26 people and injured 11, officials and state media said yesterday. More than 100 revellers were taking part m a prize draw when the blaze broke
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon SHAPING U.S. POLICIES
      667 15 As 2005 draws to a close, US bureau chief Roger Mitton looks at how events of the past year have shaped the Bush administration's policies on China and the war on terrorism and how these continue to have an impact m the new year. Washington Spy charges
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      Lock icon Bush's balance sheet
      93 15 Year-end woes Had to withdraw Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers >> Vice-President's chief of staff indicted and forced to resign Forced to accept restrictive anti-torture legislation Lost battle to make Patriot Act a permanent law Had to give up plans to open Alaskan wildlife area to oil
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      Lock icon Winning friends and containing a rising China
      710 15 Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush's second term m office has been marked by a desire to be more robustly proactive m foreign affairs. At the start of the year, Mr Bush, together with his new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, signalled that
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      Lock icon Iraq rocked by spate of post-election violence
      699 16 Shootings, bombings and protests flare up across the country, ending a lull m attacks Baghdad INSURGENTS killed five Iraqi policemen and five soldiers m coordinated attacks north of Baghdad yesterday, ending a relatively peaceful stretch since parliamentary elections more than a week ago.
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      Lock icon Health checks conducted on haj pilgrims
      397 16 Riyadh MORE than half a million Muslims have arrived m Saudi Arabia for next month's haj pilgrimage and have been checked for disease amid fears about the spread of bird flu. State news agency SPA quoted Health Minister Hamad al-Manei as saying that the
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      Lock icon Start of 2006 will just have to wait a second
      167 16 Washington SCIENTISTS are delaying the start of 2006 by the first "leap second" m seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for changes m the Earth's rotation. A second will be added to atomic clocks worldwide at the
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      Lock icon Gas attack in Saint Petersburg store
      173 16 Saint Petersburg A MYSTERY gas sickened more than 60 people yesterday at a store m Saint Petersburg, apparently released from gas capsules with timers attached. Terrorism was not suspected, a spokesman for the Feder- al Security Service (FSB) said. Gas capsules with timers were
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        114 16 KABUL: The United States yesterday announced a troop reduction m Afghanistan, saying its 19,000-strong force would shrink by some 2,500 under a routine rotation due very soon. However, the 2,500 troops from the 10th Mountain Division will remain on standby and can be deployed
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        95 16 CANBERRA: Australia will post two forensic experts to South-east Asia as part of a crackdown on terrorists and criminals using false passports, officials said yesterday. The two forensic document examiners will start work m unspecified South-east Asian countries from February, said Mr Andrew Metcalfe,
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        92 16 JERUSALEM: Israel may allow Palestinians who live m east Jerusalem to vote m a Palestinian election, an Israeli official said yesterday. A senior Palestinian official welcomed the comments, but voiced scepticism since the Palestinian Authority had not yet received an official response from Israel. The
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        119 16 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been scheduled for minor cardiac surgery next month, his doctor said yesterday. Professor Haim Lotan said Mr Sharon, 77, will undergo "a catheterism m the next two to three weeks". He said a minor stroke which Mr
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        264 17 PLAYBOY playmate Anna Nicole Smith has an unusual bedfellow m the Supreme Court fight over her late husband's fortune the Bush administration. Its top Supreme Court lawyer has filed arguments on her behalf and wants to take part when the case is argued before
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        164 17 RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin abandoned his sombre suit for a white judo gi uniform to train young enthusiasts m St Petersburg recently, under the critical eye of a Japanese master. Mr Putin, a black-belt who practises regularly m the Kremlin, donned the joi
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        133 17 A HINDU man from northeastern India has written a Bible m inverse, or "mirror language", which is to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI as a gift. Mr Uttam Das, 29, handed over his unique creation to Assam state's Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil
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        95 17 A LEADING French chef has been asked to help create food for astronauts on long-term voyages m space. Mr Alain Ducasse has several Michelin stars, but now he is determined to conquer diners further afield, the BBC reported. His food academy has been
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        643 17 Supreme Court drops death penalty m ease that has strained ties with the West Tripoli THE Libyan Supreme Court has overturned death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor and ordered them retried on charges of infecting children with the
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      774 18 From Bethlehem to China, millions mark Christmas worldwide while remembering those killed m terrorist attacks and natural disasters Bethlehem (West Bank) CHRISTIAN pilgrims packed Bethlehem's Manger Square and the Vatican on Christmas Day to pray for a tranquil 2006 as the world remembered those killed m
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      386 19 THERE is a limit to tolerance. And few have tested this like Myanmar's rulers. Thus, even Asean has been forced to direct harsh words at the country's leaders. At the the groups summit m Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told reporters that Asean leaders "do
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      683 19  -  Michael Richardson By For The Straits Times OVER the past 18 months, states flanking the Malacca and Singapore straits have taken more effective measures against piracy and terrorism, reassuring China that the United States will not be directly involved m securing a waterway
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      1166 20  - Iraq situation calls for 'full-spectrum' war Anthony Paul By Senior Writer A VERY DIFFERENT WAR General Chiarelli's training did not prepare him for Iraq.-.There is a very big difference between Vietnamese guerillas and Islamofascist suicide bombers, and between massive tank battles on Europe's green plains and Gls' confrontations with insurgents
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      755 20  -  By For The Straits Times NUTS AND BOLTS OF DISASTER RELIEF National governments must have transport counselling, food, potable water, clothes, medicines and shelter ready for immediate relief. Back-up rehabilitation plans must include financial assistance, employment and housing. IT IS the time of
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      967 21  -  Verghese Mathews By For The Straits Times MAJOR CHALLENGES The new year will bring varied and complex challenges, the major ones being the need to further strengthen its institutions and to ensure that good governance is firmly rooted m the country. There should be
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      766 21  -  James Rose By For The Straits Times EFFECT OF DEREGULATION Standards m Japan's building inspections began falling when the industry was deregulated m 1999. One of the unintended consequences of that deregulation was that safety inspectors began to develop a cosy relationship with
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      211 19 Hun Sen's year Premier Hun Sen has emerged as his country's strongest leader m a year that has been good for Cambodian politics. PAGE 21 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http:/ straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer
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      52 21 MIND YOUR BML pyir-\rVl^9 JM 14 January 2006, Saturday lpm 4.50pm m lr% Raffles City Convention Centre, Stamford Ballroom r vS?"* m Registration details m :jC j/lisL \^lJ^ Mind Your Body, with your v i«Hj|; CO py o f fi^ straits Times **V w tomorrow. THE STRAITS TIMES T r^»
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      111 22 Singapore today Showers with thunder are likely m the late afternoon and earfy evening over many areas. y fffm VIA wfKk v^B^H^^bSVkV^H Lavish feasts, Asian degustation for gourmet indulgence. Rooms high above the city with unbeatable views of the splendid fireworks at the Marina Bay. Live entertainment, nibbles and liquid
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      567 1  - 2005-The'year of the Mice (industry) Krist Boo Business travellers are back m full force, filling hotels By IN JUNE this year, Malaysian businessman Thomas Lee, 42, found out that the nearest hotel room available for him to meet his client based m Orchard Road was m Johor. The 36,000 hotel
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      308 2  - KHOO'S GIFT TO STORE— A NEW WORLD RECORD TRACY SUA Adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest scuba dive done m a controlled environment The 41-year-old, seen here with his son Sheng Feng, showing the torn skin and infection on his hands and feet
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      559 2  -  Alfred Siew Company promises 'competitive' rates with bundled Net phone service By CONVENIENCE WELCOMED "If it means I don't have to look for a wireless hot spot at a cafe, I would certainly pay for the mobility." MR MARK SELVA, an IT professional, on
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      381 2  - Man found murdered on Christmas Day K.C. VIJAYAN By Crime Correspondent A MAN from Myanmar was found murdered along a footpath next to the former Boon Keng Primary School premises at about 1.35 am on Christmas Day. The man, 41, had head injuries and his face was covered m blood.
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      320 2  -  ALFRED SIEW NEWS ANALYSIS AFTER enduring years of high broadband prices, Internet users can have something to look forward to next year a wireless high-speed Internet service that brings more competition to the market. Pacific Internet's wireless broadband offering, which lets people surf the Net and
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      144 2 A COLLISION between two lorries on the Seletar Expressway seriously injured one driver and left the other driver trapped for about 40 minutes early Christmas morning. They were travelling towards the Bukit Timah Expressway when the accident occurred near the Woodlands Avenue 12
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      319 2  -  Arthur Poon By FROM next month, 100 single parents or breadwinners from low-income families will get help to find jobs under a $300,000 programme offered by the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CD AC). They will receive career counselling, transport allowances to attend job
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      198 2 CHILDREN from 500 needy families got free haircuts, stationery and new spectacles under the Chinese Development Assistance Council's (CDAC) "ready for school" project. The chairman of CDAC's board of directors and Minister m the Prime Minister's Office, Mr Lim Swee Say,
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      869 3  -  William Han Celebrations aside, some reflect on their 21st, 25th or 29th year m Parliament By What veteran MPs say "THE opposition today is more accepted by the people and Government. In the early days, the people didn't have a very good
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      313 3  -  PEH SHING HUEI AFTER close to four years as Singapore's ambassador to Thailand, Mr Chan Heng Wing will be the new consul-general m Shanghai, replacing Mr Chia Tuck Keong. And the 59-year-old veteran diplomat can hardly wait. "Shanghai itself just takes people's breath away," he said.
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        491 4 BECOMING NONCHALANT "They have become more blase about high loads of information, since it is impossible to respond to all incoming SMSes, e-mail and voice messages with equal urgency." DR HO KONG CHONG, associate professor of sociology at the National University of Singapore, on youths getting
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        138 4 DR HO points out that it has become a must for technology to have multiple functions: "Every new gadget on the market is 'bundled' with additional abilities, like mobile phones that play music, or computers with wireless and movie-viewing capabilities. "What these gadgets do is reinforce and
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        258 4 "As more and more connected teens move into the workforce, this 'liberalising' of the work environment may be something they will come to expect from employers," he adds. AS MORE youths plug into the Internet, even their stomping grounds are becoming more sophisticated than their parents'
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        308 4 CHANGING EXPECTATIONS "Anyone can work from home or even from Starbucks, as long as you have a mobile phone and an Internet connection...As more and more connected teens move into the workforce, this 'liberalising' of the work environment may be something they will come to expect from
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      201 4 The year in tech who's hot, who's not JUST like Santa sifting out the naughty and nice children at Christmas time, this holiday season, Digital Life also made a list and checked it twice. This week, we bring you the year m technology who has hit the high notes and
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      708 5  - Life's a game in cyberspace YEN FENG Online soccer fanatic Mohammed Phirkhan spends a large part of his waking time m the virtual world THE only things stopping Mohammed Phirkhan from playing soccer more than five hours every day are school, homework, and yes, the need to sleep. If he
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        714 6  - Things are getting better slowly Natalie Soh NEWS ANALYSIS Mindset change takes time but some crucial steps have been taken By THE good news is that service standards have improved m the four months since they were put m the spotlight by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singapore has moved
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        294 6  -  ARTHUR POON salaries EVEN though many people say it is passion not pay that drives service standards higher, perhaps the jobs should be made rewarding too. Service staff that work the hardest, like waiters, earn among the least. The average monthly pay of $1,285 m
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        274 6  -  LIM WEI CHEAN TRAINING EVEN as they attempt to hire service staff who seem to have the right attitude, everyone from retailers to hotels touts the importance of training. Much of the national drive to raise service standards is also centred on training. The Customer Centric
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        404 6  -  DARY LLOO Seven areas affecting service standards that need improvement LANGUAGE SKILLS GOOD service staff should not just be able to walk the walk. They ought to be able to talk the talk too. But many front-line staff fear conversing with customers m English
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        382 6  - Select the best if that's possible KRIST BOO HIRING POLICIES IF YOU want to be a Singapore Girl, you would first have to meet Singapore Airlines' (SIA) requirements of height, English proficiency and looks. If you clear your first interview, you get called down for another one-to-one meeting. On the
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        367 6  -  LIM WEI CHEAN CUSTOMERS' ATTITUDE MUCH has been said about service providers needing to provide better service. But little attention has been paid to the rude, demanding and unreasonable customers that service staff encounter on a daily basis. Miss Emily Lim, 24, who works as
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        278 6  -  STAFF'S ATTITUDE CHRISTMAS shopping brought me into a boutique last week. Four sales assistants stood next to a display shelf, shooting the breeze. For the five minutes I was m the store, I was ignored, along with two other customers. Retail consultant Wong Kai
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        300 6  -  TAN HUI YEE ROLE OF BOSSES WHEN it comes to service, nobody sets the tone better than the people at the top. How a company hires and trains staff and whether bosses care for customers reflect the firm's commitment to service. According to Mr
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        301 7 RACIST INCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, BUT DONT PREJUDGE It is true that we should prepare ourselves for the unexpected when we travel to or live m another country... But we should not put up unnecessary defences before going to Australia... I
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        424 7 I WOULD like to expound on Mr Glen Tan Wen Guang's observations of Australian behaviour towards Asians ("Studying m Australia? Expect racist incidents"; ST, Dec 22). I advise students and all alike to understand and acknowledge our Asian shortcomings m order to
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        351 7 We should understand fully the circumstances that the different auditors worked under before we cast stones. THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga resulted from the breakdown m corporate governance m NKF, both as a company and as a charity. It came about
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        286 7 SOUTH Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk's claims of stem-cell research breakthroughs have now been exposed as fake. South Koreans and the world scientific community must understandably have felt let down by his wilful deception. The report, "Seoul's hur-ry-up culture blamed for Hwang crisis"
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        210 7 Are Westerners in S'pore any less insular? THE letter, "Studying m Australia? Expect racist incidents" ST, Dec 22 serves readers m two ways. First, it bucks the trend of Westernised readers seeking to silence negative comments on Western societies by reversing charges of prejudice and painting a rosy picture of
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        471 7 IF IT AINT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT The practice of "no tipping"... has served us well. I consider this particular practice to be one of our uniquely Singapore customs. I DO not share the opinion of Mr Lav Chen Hong that we
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        305 7 I REFER to Mr Tan Tuan Khoon's letter, "Illegal parking: Effects on private home owners" (ST, Dec 12), about illegal parking and parking provisions around private homes. There are parking provision guidelines for all development proposals that stipulate the minimum parking provision required. These guidelines
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        164 7 Bus driver was SMSing while driving I AM writing on behalf of my aunt to notify SBS Transit that some of its bus drivers do not ensure passenger safety while on the road. On the morning of Dec 22. my aunt boarded SBS service 80 along Paya Lebar Road travelling
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        221 8 Yesterday Charlton Athletic 0 Arsenal 1 Chelsea 3 Fulham2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Birmingham City 0 Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 0 Manchester United 3 West Bromwich Albion 0 Middlesbrough 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 Portsmouth 1 West Ham United 1 Sunderland 0 Bolton Wanderers 0 Wigan Athletic 4 Manchester City 3
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        674 8  -  Marc Lim soccer Owen is touted as Reds 1 favourite son but Crouch stars m win over Newcastle By Sports Correspondent ALL the pre-match hype centred on the return of Liverpool's favourite footballing son Michael Owen to Anfield. But it was the newest addition
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        338 8 Liverpool AN EARNEST chat with unsettled captain Steven Gerrard helped him choose to snub Chelsea and stay at Anfield, according to Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez. The midfielder looked set for a summer move to Chelsea until he had a last-minute change of heart. And
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        534 8 Manchester MANCHESTER United are on a run of form that should be providing some muchneeded seasonal cheer at the club. Yesterday, they triumphed 3-0 against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford to extend their unbeaten run m the Premiership to eight games.
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        616 9 SOCCER They let Fulham come back from two down and escape late penalty appeal for 3-2 victory London CHELSEA needed a late winner from Hernan Crespo to settle a 3-2 west London derby with Fulham m their favour yesterday. Fulham had fought
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        489 9 London JOSE Antonio Reyes scored just before the hour yesterday to give Arsenal their first win and first goal m four Premier League matches. The 1-0 victory against Charlton Athletic would have been more had goalkeeper Thomas Myhre, making his Premiership debut, not
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        405 9 Madrid REAL Madrid great Alfredo di Stefano will require bypass surgery to deal with the serious consequences of the heart attack he suffered m the early hours of Saturday morning. Medical staff at La Fe hospital m Valencia said the 79--year-old Argentinian would only be
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        592 9 LONDON HE'S NOT ENGUSH "Everybody wants to beat England and that's what the manager can't get hold of. He's Swedish for crying out loud. The man's like a wet fish. He's got as much passion as a tadpole. He's useless." lAN WRIGHT, on
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        616 10  -  Nicholas Fang SEA GAMES Gymnasts resume training just a week after bagging two golds m Manila By PHOTO: REST IS BAD "After one week of not training, I a I ready found it hard to get back into it because the muscles had already become
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        352 10  -  NICHOLAS FANG SOCCER SOME promising players Sporting Afrique FC might field showcased their skills at the weekend, more than three months before the club are due to debut m the S-League. In a friendly against South Korean club Bugs Sports Corporation on
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        527 11 OLYMPICS Beijing IF THERE is anything that has already made the International Olympic Committee (IOC) happy with its decision to choose Beijing as the 2008 Olympic host city, it may be the Games' rosy prospect of profitability. With organisers likely to
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        636 11  -  Auburn Hills BASKETBALL Miami-LA Lakers game tighter, as Payton stars m Heat's 97-92 victory (Michigan) IN THEIR first encounter since the NBA Finals, Detroit proved dominant m a defensive struggle against San Antonio. Chauncey Billups scored 20 points as the Pistons held
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        568 11 MOTOR RACING Madrid FERNANDO Alonso became the youngest driver to win the Formula One world championship and, along with flying Finn Kimi Raikkonen, breathed new life into the sport. In breaking the Ferrari and Michael Schumacher monopoly, the Spaniard's Renault injected fizz
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          84 11 PARIS: Serbia and Montenegro star soccer centre-half Nemanja Vidic could complete his move to Manchester United from Spartak Moscow once the winter transfer window opens on Jan 1. Vidic, 24, recently told the Russian soccer giants he wanted to leave the club, sparking
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          80 11 BERLIN: Toyota are planning to offer Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen a five-year contract worth an estimated 100 million euros (Ss2oo million) from 2007, German newspaper Bild reported yesterday. The Finn, who finished runner-up to Fernando Alonso this season after winning seven races, is
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          87 11 TBILISI (Georgia): German Klaus Toppmoeller will be Georgia's national team coach for the next two years, the country's soccer chief said yesterday. "He has agreed to become our coach," Nodar Akhalkatsy, president of the Georgian soccer federation, told a news conference, adding that the German would
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          76 11 WELLINGTON: New Zealand has become the third country to sign an international convention aimed at wiping out drug use m sport, as the deadline looms to bring the code into force before the 2006 Winter Olympics. Thirty countries need to sign the International Convention Against
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      67 11 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Chicago 24 Green Bay 17, Baltimore 30 Minnesota 23. BASKETBALL NBA: San Antonio 70 Detriot 85, Los Angeles 92 Miami 97 CRICKET First day of second test m Melbourne: Australia Ist innings 239-8 m 89.1 overs (P. Jaques 2, M. Hayden 65, R. Pontmg 117, B.
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        91 12 father THERESA NG MUI CHENG 30.11.1931-25.12.2005 (Beloved Husband: Andrew Loh Ah Seng, deceased) Children: In-laws: Doris Low Kirn Hock Nancy Charles Poh Joseph Rendy Pow Grace Takayoshi Wada George Goh Guek Nee Steven Lucy Tan Grandchildren: Lilian (Dr) Lena Zhi Peng Edmond Ernest Elicia Eugene Vanessa Contessa Carissa Gelissa Darren
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        100 12 PETER lAN SAN LEONG Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 25.12.2005 leaving behind loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Sam Tan Cheng Thiam Maggie Ngeow Nyuk Chii Daughters: Sons-in-law: Florence Tan Bee Hua John Ng Alice Tan Bee Cheng Molly Tan Bee Oon Jacob Gan Lynn Tan
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        20 12 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory 01 CHARLIE CHAN SOON CHEONG Departed on 27 Dec 2000 Always remembered by Wife Daughter
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        57 12 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Our Father Grandfather V.S. PITCHAYAN Departed 27.12.19% As a husband, dad grandfather, you can newr be replaced by any other. You cared for every soul. .Vo resen ations did you hold. So loving pure of mind. For you, at'll forever pine. Deeply missed and
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        30 12 TAN HENG NOI Departed 26 Dec 1988 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Father. m Thy Gracious keeping Leave we now our loi-ed one sleeping Always remembered by family, relatives and friends
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        20 12 21st Anniversary In Loving Memory of LIM JOO HUAT Departed 26.12.1984 Love's greatest gift Remembrance. Always remembered by children grandchildren.
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        34 12 AL-FATIHAH In Loving Memory of PATHIMA BEEVID/O GULAMKADER Departed 26 Dec 2003 Fond memories of you still linger m our hearts and mind Always remembered by all loved ones m the family TEL: *****173
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        53 12 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of HENG SIEW SUN JUSTIN Departed on 26 Dec 2004 Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed and very dear. Sadly missed forever cherished by Irene, Genevieve, Germaine E Shyong, Dominic Karen,
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        35 12 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR. LOH HONG LEONG Managing Director of Global Energy Group of Companies on the demise of his beloved father LOHSEOWKIT on 24 December 2005 From OVERSHIP SINGAPORE PTE LTD
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        92 12 SIMYONGKENG Age: 98 passed away peacefully on 26 December 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Chia Cheng Guan, deceased) Daughter: Son-in-law: Chia Mildred Seah Chye Huat Granddaughter: Grandson-in-law: Julie Seah Lim Neo Chan Swee Khuan Grandson: Granddaughter-in-law: Victor Seah Lim Jin Vera Balakrishnan Great-grandchildren: Joanna Chan
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        138 12 "If we die with Christ, we shall live with Him, and if we unfaithful to the end, we shall reign with him." -2 Tim 2:1 1-1 KUNJU KRISHNAN (Ex- DM Plate Shop, Sembawang Shipyard) Age:7l was called home to be with the Lord on 26 Dec 200f leaving behind loved
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        156 12 "Fresh and green are the pastures Where He leads me to my rest. And I shall live m the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 LUINATAN AH SOAN Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 25 December 2005. (Husband: Lim Scow Bark, deceased) Brother: Tan
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        94 12 CHEE KEONG LEE Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 23 December 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Tan Kok Soon, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Dr Tan Choon Kirn Elsie Ong Lei Tin Grandson: Dr Colin Tan Boon Chwee Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews and their spouses, and
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        95 12 "Those who are hoping m Jehorah will regain power. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary; they will walk and nol tire out." Isaiah 40:13 SHANMUGAM ASOGAN Age: 46 passed away peacefully on 25 December 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Wong
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        117 13 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 w INSU CHIA Age 48 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 December 201 Dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved
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        46 13 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Our Chairman Dr Tan Choon Kirn And Family On the demise of his beloved Mother MADAM CHEE KEONG LEE > Departed on 23 December 2005 From: The Board of Trustees, Management Staff of Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Waterloo Street
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        140 13 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Tay Choon Hye Called home to the Lord on 27 December 2002 "The one thing I ask of the Lord the thing I seek most is to live m the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting m the Lord's
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        79 13 In loving memory of MAZLAN BIN AHMAD Departed 22 December 2005 A loving responsible and dedicated son, husband and father. Will be deeply missed far the love, joy and smile he brings to all 'he family wish to express their heartfelt hanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their
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        38 13 In Loving Memory Of CHAN GIOK KHIM Departed: 26 December 2004 Time changes many things But not the memory this day brings Sadly missed and forever remembered by Dad, Mum, Sister, Brother, Brother-in-law, Nieces and all loved ones.
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        15 13 In Memory of CHAN GIOK KHIM "^T or ever m our Hearts" From Theresa Team
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        172 14 SINGAPORE Polytechnic's Ms Natasha Gotangco (right), 22, is one student who is benefiting from a two-year scholarship with Crush Advertising, valued at about $5,000. Scholarship recipients are not bonded to Crush, but must serve a threemonth internship with the local outfit at the end of
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        478 14  -  Gabriel Chen MEDIA MARKETING Ad agencies and industry bodies go all out to draw young blood By ADVERTISING agencies are dangling scholarships m front of selected tertiary students m a bid to attract young talent to the industry. For the past three years,
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        438 14 Beijing SINGAPORE'S Temasek Holdings has won approval from China's central bank to buy a 5 per cent stake m Bank of China, half what it had sought, a semi-official magazine said. Temasek agreed m September to buy 10 per cent
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        397 14 7-Eleven owner buys over Seibu, Sogo stores for 1.68 b Tokyo SEVEN and I Holdings said yesterday it will acquire the Seibu and Sogo department stores for about US$l billion (551.68 billion) m a deal expected to make it Japan's top retailer and the world's No. 5. Seven and I
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        323 14 Tokyo JAPANESE share prices closed above 16,000 points yesterday for the first time m more than five years, gaining 1.04 per cent as investors returned from a three-day weekend m an upbeat mood, dealers said. They said after a
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        350 14 Citigroup to raise Pudong bank stake to 19.9% Shanghai CITIGROUP, the world's biggest bank, agreed to quadruple its stake m Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to the maximum permitted m return for a chance to invest m other Chinese lenders. The purchase, which will increase Citigroup 's stake to 19.9 per
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        7 15 GRAPHICS: JALEHA HASHIM
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        188 15 As cheap interbank funds dry up, lenders are offering irresistible deals for deposits while raising lending rates YOU did not have to be m the New Orleans to feel the impact of Hurricane Katrina m August. Already, a mix of tight refinery capacity, strong demand, and investor speculation
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        170 15 Speculators who bought into both the yuan and ringgit before July 21 have been left sorely disappointed BETTER a lender than a borrower be, at least m the past year. Following the lead of the United States Federal Reserve, and partly to curb oil-fuelled inflation, Asian central banks
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        749 15  -  Erica Tay Economic whammies like high oil prices and rising rates fail to dampen expansion Bi IT HAS been a year that made economists go "phew!", relieved that it turned out well m the end. For despite a dismal start, and a
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        229 15 Economists are baffled as big money pours into gold futures, and punters expect prices to continue the climb IN WHAT was the macroeconomic anti-climax of the year, China's much-hyped move to let go of the yuan's fixed peg to the US dollar happened finally on July 21, but
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        200 15 IN A baffling phenomenon that economists are struggling to explain, good old gold has become the new hot asset to hold, as investors forsake oil speculation m droves, and embrace the precious metal. After languishing for the last two decades, the price of gold on the world commodities
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        702 16  - Taxman collects 2.4% more for record 15.8 b Narendra Aggarwal MODEST GROWTH The modest increase m the Government's tax revenue this year means the Finance Minister may not have much room for giveaways m next year's Budget, say experts. Income tax of 10b makes up bulk of revenues from January
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        327 16  -  LEE SU SHYAN STRAITS TIMES INDEX STILL IN TALKS WITH SOUTHERN ASIA General has told its shareholders that it will look at various options for their stake, m addition to revisiting the deal to sell its shares to Southern Bank, Malaysia's ninth-largest bank. In
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        942 16  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY By Markets Correspondent Not enough by far A remisier caught trying to manipulate the share price of a stock received only a written warning from the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Knowledge of the offence was confined to a small group
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      57 7 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stf orum@sph.com. sg ■I <j^T% Cf Zaobao _illg!fJ *L-_i^tl^ P ii I JhMSH, email, Friendster, SMS^^PJ ygr new communication toolsf^^s KS3L
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      69 7 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia 1 .com. sg/forum. Access to online letters is free. Inadequate resources for online learning at Singapore Polytechnic Use Chinese as medium of instruction for more subjects to promote language Singapore Power should have meters read every month Expatriate's blues: Do I
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      186 10 SEA Games post-mortem AFTER the glitz and glitches of the South-east Asia Games, which ended a fortnight ago, The Straits Times revisits performances m several sports. There were some unexpected highs and lows at the biennial event. The series continues today with gymnastics. The sport won two gold medals m
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      118 13 ■^f^Bm- Because love never dies. lnmenioram jf h|^^ J nas een said that love knows not its own depth until the hour ones whom uou IKm separation. But there are ways to hold on to the precious memory rememt>er... i M ol the one you ye lost. With a signiiicant
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      34 15 Geta Leading Edge Your sailing schedules get wider attention m The Business Times shipping pages Call Bernard Ong at 63 1 9- 1 645 or Michael Chng at 63 1 9-2062 I Shlpping Times
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      24 16 Toughing it out Singapore's economy has been surprisingly resilient this year, despite blows such as sky-high oil prices and rising interest rates. PAGE Hl5
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      129 16 This announcement appears as a matter of record only December 2005 Contel CONTEL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated m Bermuda on 22 March 2005) (Company Registration Number: *****) Invitation m respect of 75,300,000 Invitation Shares of US$O,Ol6 each comprising 50,200,000 New Shares and 25,100,000 Vendor Shares as follows: (i) 2,000,000 Offer Shares
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      667 1 W^^ J Fm single now for the first time m a decade, Li ]E and it's wonderful to find out who I P am when I'm not someone's girlfriend r > fc^Bß Actress Salma Hayek Monday people tuesday travel Wednesday mid-life! movies thursday books arts frldaymusic Saturday motoring +tv home
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      8 1 life! THE STRAITS TIMES Tuesday December 27 2005
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        930 2 Look back at the arts Who really called the shots m the arts scene this year? Life! arts writers Clara Chow, Hong Xinyi, Kristina Tom, June Cheong and Cheong Suk-Wai whittled a list of some 50 names nominated by artists and readers as well as
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          233 2  -  Clara Chow ARTS REPORTER I'm glad I caught > The Finger Players' mix of puppetry and acting m Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea at The Arts House m April. It darkly imagined the surreal emotional life of HDB dwellers. > On the flip
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          155 2  -  Hong Xinyi ARTS REPORTER I'm glad I caught... > The poignant play TKK by The ETCeteras. > The sincerely touching Lao Jiu: The Musical by The Theatre Practice. Along with the promising offerings by Drama Box and The Finger Players this year, 2005 seemed to signal
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          203 2  -  Kristina Tom ARTS REPORTER I'm glad I caught > The Singapore Writers Festival, a 10-day event which kicked off on Aug 26. With more than 70 writers and a budget of $500,000, this biennial fest was the biggest and best to date since it started
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          192 2  -  Cheong Suk-Wai DEPUTY EDITOR I'm glad I caught > The first all-Asian Singapore International Piano Festival over five days m late June and early July, especially Japanese virtuoso Noriko Ogawa and the ever-delightful husband-and-wife duo of Malaysia-born Dennis Lee and Singapore -born Toh Chee
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        87 3 Director of the Singapore History Museum (SHM) and upcoming National Museum Under Lee. SHM is trying slowly and steadily to shed its stuffy image. Since moving to its temporary abode at Riverside Point, the museum has featured^^^. youth-friendly programmes like a retrospecMre om local graphic designers
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        97 3 Visual artist His name says it all: He-Man is a 1980s muscle-man cartoon character with super-human powers. In September. The Financial Times named this 2005 NAC Young Artist awardee as one of the exciting international artists involved m an underground renaissance of the German capital Berlin, where
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        100 3 communications and research lonsultant and writer 2005 NAC Young Artist iwardee like Chong, this poet las been instrumental often >ehind the scenes m gaining nternational exposure for Singapore literature since the [9905. Calling himself a "literary ictivist", he has, among other tnings. rounaea tne online poetry anthology
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        160 3 Artistic director, Drama Box In one of the most quietly triumphant comebacks of the year, Kok led his theatre group Drama Box out of the red and into the spotlight once more. The 15-year-old Chinese drama troupe resumed full-time operations after financial woes forced it to
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        83 3 Chief executive, Esplanade Theatres On The Bay Three years on, the spiky-domed arts centre has made its mark on the landscape and consciousness of arts-goers here. From March 2004 to March 2005, iuirew 7.^^^ million visitors, up 15 per cent fronvy«same^l^H^k m 2003/2004. With its ample resouH^|or
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        99 3 Music director, Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) The Shanghai-born music director has put more bums on seats at SCO shows than any other previous conductors. What's more, he's led it to a sterling London debut at the Barbican Centre, as part of the inaugural Singapore Season m March
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        168 3 Artistic director, Wild Rice Heng had an eclectic year m directing, to wit: the Singapore Lyric Opera's staging of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, the glitzy cabaret Dim Sum Dollies, and Wild Rice's madcap pantomime Oi! Sleeping Beauty!!. But it was his assured steering of the minimalist Second Link,
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        189 3 Comprising (from left) second violinist Ang Chek Meng, 35, cellist Leslie Tan, 40, first violinist Ng Yu Ying, 37, and Tan 's brother and violist Lionel, 39 Arguably Singapore's finest strings to date, the quartet took Britain's exacting audiences by storm this year with a glowing debut at
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        69 4 'Self-deprecating humour is more high-class. Many Taiwanese TV hosts prefer to laugh at others, I prefer to laugh at myself Funnyman Kan Kan (above) 1 like being the party, not just being at the party 1 Rocker Tommy Lee Brad actopts the lifestyle, interests and passions of whatever woman
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        619 4  -  Clarissa Oon The salty and fiery fare m Beijing has given me a craving for dessert after every meal culturevulture LIVING m Beijing for the past nine months has done strange things to my palate. Indeed, most foreigners whose idea of Chinese cooking has essentially
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        901 5  -  Frankie Chee Ministry of Sound is making itself heard m the club scene. Since its recent opening, the 40,000 sq ft nightspot has attracted more than 40,000 patrons THE MoS popular nightclub for now could be the Ministry of Sound, which has drawn
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        995 6  - Peaceful, easy feeling Jessica Leow The notion that last year's tsunami had wiped out the Maldives' coral reefs and marine life is far from true 'As a Maldivian, I am almost ashamed to say that a foreign resort operator seems to be doing more for the marine life and environment,
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        205 6 > What to buy The Maldives is hell for the shopaholic. There is one resort on each island, minimal post-dinner activities and no late-night shopping. Choice is limited to the usual toiletries, spa products, Euro-sized tees and guidebooks, on the Maldives. One good buy is the Six Senses
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        520 7  -  Peter Cheung There's more to Hong Kong than city life and shopping HONG Kong is all about extremes buildings, money, cars and what Singaporeans know best, shopping. But few know the other extreme of Hong Kong mountains, countryside and remote villages steeped m tradition. There
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        71 10 NEW YORK Mariah Carey's Don't Forget About Us rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her m a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artistes with the most No. 1 singles m the rock era. They each have 17 No. 1 hits,
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        126 10 LONDON New research shows that boy wizard Harry Potter's magic has an hitherto unimagined effect. He has been shown to protect accident-prone children. Researchers at John Radcliffe Hospital m Oxford studied attendance records for children aged seven to 15 years m the hospital's emergency department over summer weekends
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        116 10 SAN FRANCISCO A house m Washington state that troubled rocker Courtney Love bought for her late husband Kurt Cobain's family is to be auctioned because she owes U*****,836 (*****,286) to a mortgage company, the authorities said. The property is slated to be sold on Jan 6
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        135 10 LOS ANGELES The cast of Lost, a hit drama of air crash survivors marooned on a mysterious island, have won one battle they beat a 40-year-old virgin and King Kong's girlfriend for the title of Entertainer Of The Year. Entertainment Weekly named the cast of Lost
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        443 10  -  Andrea Ong CONCERT VERY A-DO CONCERT 2005 Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Friday A SINGER is incomplete without his fans, homegrown singer A-do told his audience towards the end of his maiden solo concert here. But if that was a plea to the 5,000-strong crowd to
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      551 8  -  ALFRED SIEW The senior designer of NEC's Papero robot tells Digital Life that robots, fixed with 3G communications, can be used for child and elder care By m Tokyo, Japan Think robots and the term artificial intelligence comes to mind. But as technology matures, the next
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      590 9 DIGITAL LIFE EVENTS Game Shootout The Ultimate Compaq Challenge PC gaming competition organised by Hewlett-Packard provided an action-packed weekend for gamers and spectators alike, writes BILLY TEO Some 152 hardcore gamers, along with dozens of other walk-in participants, shot and fought for prizes m the Ultimate Compaq Gaming competition held
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      299 9 TOP 10 RINGTONES Nokia Citizen Reporters Contest Winners see life from a new angle It pays to look at things from different angles, as Mr Mohamed Nazri Bin Hamzah, 28, a teacher, learned. The winner of the Nokia Citizen Reporter contest found himself the recipient of a $5,000 cash prize
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      371 10 BILLY TEO gets up close with two pros, lan Lloyd and Lester Ledesma, for their tips on how to ace a photo competition One shoots with a digital camera; the other with a cam-era-phone. But they are both aces who have gone places m the photography world.
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      348 11 SHOW A PHOTO: On your LED screen to your subjects and they will most likely smile and pose for more pictures. FLASH AT NIGHT: It looks better if the background is exposed, too. Turn your camera mode setting to "A" aperture priority, open your lens
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      348 11 Unique2Me National Photo Contest UniqueZMe is a digital photography competition organised by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) with partners including The National Geographic Channel. It encourages Singaporeans and tourists to take unique pictures of Singapore using their digital cameras or mobile phones. Prizes worth
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      541 14 Find your way around cities virtually ALFRED SIEW takes a tour through Microsoft's new Windows Live Local online service and finds out how it holds up against similar services People who take "virtual trips" m cyberspace will have their wanderlust stoked further with mapping software recently released. Following the popularity
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      661 15  -  Grace Chng By DIGITAL EDGE The MIT Media Lab wants to enable children m the far-flung corners of Africa, China, India and South America, to learn by interacting with each other over the Internet and narrow the technology gap between the rich and poor. A cheap
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        640 16 Six new military factions, enhanced infantry combat, eight new maps, and more. This is what the exciting expansion pack to Battlefield 2: Special Forces looks like. Three members of top shooting game clan Team Anathema take to the battlefield to gain their stripes m this
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      359 17 Anime action driven by narrative DL RATING 8.5/10 Finai Fantasy 4 Advance When Square-Enix announced they were bringing back Final Fantasy 4 to the Game Boy Advance, the game world got excited. The idea of a truly story-driven game, deep character growth, and a revolution m combat encapsulated m Final
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      311 17 DL RATING 7/10 Based on the anime by the same name, Bleach: Selected Soul is about Ichigo from the human world (aka Shinigami, Death god) and his friends protecting people from Hollows (evil spirits). This, while fighting other shin jgamis or forces from the netherworld. The ever
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      1184 18 Thrill ride Most Wanted RATING 8.5/10 jHESHHI SSfIH DL RATING 8/10 Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species If you have ever crossed the threshold of the virtual sandbox that is Theme Park World, then Zoo Tycoon 2 and its expansion pack, Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species, will seem familiar to you.
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      473 19 PRODUCT REVIEWS Samsung SGH-D6QQ $768 (with two-year plan) Get it from authorised dealers It looks like Samsung has another winner. Externally, the new SGH-D6OO looks like the SGH-D5OO, which won the GSM Association's award for Best Mobile Handset m February this year. But switch on the D6OO and you will
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      544 19 FINAL SAY The Canon Pixma MPBQO is arguably the first all-in-one able to go head-to-head with dedicated photo printers and scanners. Canon Pixma MPBOO all-in-one $699 Get it from all authorised Canon dealers Canon has finally done it. It now has an all-in-one (AIO) that prints
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      325 20 Fifty local Windows users, who surf the Web regularly, were polled about their awareness of Firefox. Sixty-five per cent of the respondents said they have heard of Firefox. And of those who have heard of, slightly less than half used it Although the results
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      128 22  -  Dan Verton By McGraw-Hill/Osborne, c 2003 Call no: R q303.625 VER The dangers presented by the Internet are mind-boggling. For the most part, many of the elements we deal with are invisible to us. While communication and interaction with other people have become more convenient
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      141 22 By Howard Rheingold > Ref no: 303.4833 RHE The author is spot-on In his predictions on how technology (cell phones, SMS, blogs) can be used to coordinate attacks like the French riots last month. Mobs have now become "smart". People who don't know each
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          229 24 VOIP Work from a distance According to research firm IDC, more workers are working from home and hotel rooms as well as on the road. And the number is set to rise. This can only mean that voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones like Avaya's 4600 IP telephones will become
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          143 24 Hot on the heels of its earlier two colour duplex workgroup scanners launched recently, Fujitsu Asia has rolled out the smallest product m its class the fi-5530C colour duplex A3 scanner. Using what it calls ultrasonic multifeed sensors, the fi-5530C ensures no documents are left unscanned. Besides
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        822 25 Given the advances m Nand know-how, this is one technology that will not be gone m a flash. ALVIN LAI reports Nand is more commonly used for high-capacity storage devices, like Apple's iPod Nano and USB. flash drives. Two words flash memory have led to a
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