The Straits Times, 28 December 2005

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  • 24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 100 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 2005 iVA SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 »80 CENTS
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  • 591 1  -  Goh Chin Lian Terror exercise next month will involve the evacuation of 3,400 commuters By SINGAPORE is mounting its biggest civil emergency exercise some time next month, with simulated attacks on the public transport system. Trains and buses will be "blown up" affecting
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  • 400 1 Beijing THE former head of the land and resources ministry was sentenced to life m prison yesterday m China's highest-level corruption case since a vice-chairman of parliament was executed m 2000. The sentencing came as state auditors prepared to extend their search
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  • 34 1 THERE are five major areas that auditors will monitor closely next year. They include the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power scheme.
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  • 1090 1  -  Radha Basu >UPFRONT I By In Ampara (Sri Lanka) ANOTHER SHOCK "When all of us survived the tsunami, we thought we were the luckiest family here. Who could have known that this would happen?" MADAM LATIFUNNISA, on the killing of her husband and eldest son by
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    • 397 2 SECTION ONE Cabs up to par? Prime 3-4 The three new taxi As j a 8-13 operators could not meet i*/--!-! I/I la some service standards o in oo laid down by the LTA. Review 20-23 PA GEH3 FYI 24 SECTION TWO Seized cigars returned Home H1-H6 About $80,000 worth
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  • PRIME
    • 495 3  -  Arti Mulchand Thailand has the honour of being Gripe Central, survey shows By SINGAPOREANS whinge about service, gripe about people who take calls m cinemas, and some even get into fisticuffs with queuejumpers. But the country is not, apparently, the pre-eminent nation of whiners,
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    • 349 3  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S leading religious affairs official has been arrested m a drug bust. Police confirmed yesterday that Burhanuddin Mamasta, the 53-year-old head of the Religious Affairs Bureau at the State Secretariat, was detained last Friday for allegedly
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    • 559 4  -  Jane Ng Financial scheme to help families who cannot afford the increase By PARENTS WOE "Once the school bus fares go up, they will never come down." MADAM SIM, whose son will be m Primary 2 SCHOOL bus fares
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    • 645 4  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney LANGUAGE OF COMMON MAN "A great Australian..." Prime Minister John Howard on tycoon Kerry Packer (right), who was said to have had a great capacity to talk the language of the common man despite his wealth LARGER THAN
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  • ASIA
    • 905 8 The India story A growing middle class A boom m consumption Upwardly mobile Indians would rather spend disposable income than save New Delhi GOOD NEWS FOR RETAILERS "The middle-income class is the real story m the country. The middle class, along with the aspirers, are the consuming class and by
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    • 401 8 Beijing MORE than a third of China's land is affected by soil erosion, state media said yesterday, underlining a threat to the country's ability to provide enough food and water for its 1.3 billion people. China last year lost more than
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    • 71 8 Seeking India's help Sri Lankan President Rajapakse visits India today with an urgent plea for help to secure peace. PAGE 11 k 38pB^^^i'. H Call us now to find out more jgM »*-y";*4^i :^E?- V about our programmes and B|| ■^^^I^^^V j 1 3: '^K^^fe, the 2 f° r 1
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  • CHINA
    • 425 9 Hong Kong CHINESE President Hu Jintao said yesterday that Beijing was satisfied with Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang's performance since he took over the top post m June. He gave his vote during Mr Tsang's first duty visit to Beijing, coming a week after
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AP  -  425 words
    • 240 9 Beijing HONG Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday he hoped to raise the case of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong with the Chinese authorities during his visit to Beijing. "This would be one of my subjects that I hope to raise
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    • 357 9 $45b fund to boost rural education m effort to shrink gap with booming coast Beijing CHINA will spend 218 billion yuan (Ss4s billion) on rural education over the next five years m a drive to improve schooling m the countryside and narrow the gap
      REUTERS  -  357 words
    • 223 9 Beijing CHINA has proposed a draft law to better protect citizens whose houses are demolished to make way for urban redevelopment after a series of disputes sparked protests across the country, state media said yesterday. Land disputes and forcible demolition
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 502 10 First post-war drop adds to concern over growing greying population Tokyo JAPAN'S population fell this year for the first time since World War 11, a national census showed yesterday, fuelling fears about the impact a low birthrate and ageing population would have on the
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    • 70 10 South Korean students taking part m military training at a private schoolrun by the country's reserve marine corps officers m Ansan, about 40km south-east of Seoul. The winter military training centre takes m 600 students from various primary and secondary schools. According to an
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    • 376 10  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA yesterday downplayed a rare meeting between Chinese and Japanese diplomats m Beijing, calling it an ad hoc "courtesy meeting". However, its relatively conciliatory tone at a regular press briefing suggested that it could be
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    • 180 10 Seoul SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun apologised yesterday for the deaths of two farmers after a violent protest m Seoul last month against the opening of the country's rice market. He also vowed to hold those responsible accountable. "I apologise to people with
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  180 words
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 516 11 Visiting President Rajapakse to seek greater Indian role m his island's peace process New Delhi SRI LANKAN President Mahinda Rajapakse arrived m India yesterday for a four-day visit to secure a greater role for India m the island's fragile peace process. But analysts and
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    • 134 11 Dhaka BANGLADESH'S government said yesterday it plans sweeping anti-terror legislation authorising the death penalty to tackle Islamic militants, accusing them of undermining the foundations of the state. The announcement follows a series of blasts blamed on Islamic militants seeking to impose strict religious law m
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    • 289 11 New Delhi SHOPS and small offices across India's capital New Delhi closed yesterday m protest against the biggest drive by the civic authorities to demolish illegal buildings. At least 475 markets out of about 500 located across the city are protesting against the demolitions,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 524 12  -  Luz Baguioro Trial m January may have impact on US anti-terror mission m south Philippines By Philippines Correspondent In Manila FOUR US marines and a Filipino driver were formally indicted yesterday m the rape of a 22-year-old Filipino woman. The case could have
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    • 222 12 Phuket IN THE chaos after Asia's killer tsunami, a volunteer Israeli doctor and a badly injured survivor fell m love. A year later, Israeli-born businessman Ron Bombiger proposed to Dr Dorit Nitzan yesterday m the Phuket hospital room where they first met. They kissed
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    • 311 12 BandaAceh INDONESIA'S President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed yesterday that he was under an increased security threat but said he would continue carrying out his duties as usual. Security forces m the world's most populous Muslim nation have been on high alert over the Christmas period, concerned
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 435 13  -  Employee will get health card after psychiatric, blood and urine checks By Reme Ahmad Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur AN ANNOUNCEMENT that 11 million workers m the country would have to undergo psychiatric, blood and urine tests at least once a
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    • 374 13 Kuala Lumpur THE family of an ethnic Indian Malaysian who allegedly renounced Hinduism before his recent death is waging a highly sensitive legal battle to prevent the Islamic authorities from burying him as a Muslim. The tug-of-war over the remains of former army
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 118 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, the son-in-law of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, has bought a stake m financial advisory company ECM Libra from its senior officers, exchange filings showed yesterday. The purchase gives Mr Khairy a direct stake for the first time m
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      • 96 13 BAND A ACEH: Former separatist rebels m Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province announced the dissolution of their armed wing yesterday m another step towards implementing a historic peace pact. The Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed the pact m August m Helsinki after
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      • 118 13 NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Secretary Ajay Prasad has warned private domestic airlines that they may not be allowed to fly m or out of New Delhi next winter if they do not train their pilots m landing aircraft m the thick fog
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      • 94 13 SEOUL: South Korea's top university said yesterday it has commissioned tests on more cell samples taken from scientist Hwang Woo Suk's lab amid reports that earlier results vindicated his claim to have created stem cells tailored individually to patients. The investigation panel at
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  • WORLD
    • 647 14 Boeing and Airbus m neck-and-neck race as they report record sales Seattle IT HAS been a good year to sell airplanes. Both major aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus have had a stellar year. As of Dec 6, Boeing had won 806 firm orders, more
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    • 148 14  -  KARAMJIT KAUR SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is still weighing proposals from both Boeing and Airbus, and no decision on the purchase of new passenger jets is imminent, the carrier said yesterday. "We are still evaluating proposals from both manufacturers and we are not leaning one way or the
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    • 467 15 Ten out of 1 5 states must take urgent action to meet emission pledges: Study jjjhghjhgf BRITAIN andaS*3i(|p^we Jfee only ponntries m Europe th«t toot set to meet j&etr commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the. Kyoto Protocol* a British study predicted
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    • 227 15 Framed twin vows to stand by brother Edinburgh A MAN whose identical twin raped a student, then tried to frame him for the attack, has vowed to stand by his brother. Mr Richard Greens, 28, endured a twomonth hate campaign after his brother blamed him for the rape of a
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 91 15 TORONTO: Gunfire erupted on a busy Toronto street filled with holiday shoppers on Monday, killing a young woman and wounding six others. Two suspects were arrested and at least one firearm was seized shortly after the shootings, which took place near the popular Eaton Centre shopping
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      • 101 15 MOSCOW: An outspoken economic adviser to President Vladimir Putin has offered his resignation, saying he could no longer work m a government that had done away with political freedom, Russian news agencies reported yesterday. Mr Andrei Illarionov, the lone dissenter m a Kremlin dominated by
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      • 99 15 SAUDIS 'BACK WOMEN DRIVERS' RIYADH: A poll published yesterday claimed 60 per cent of Saudis believe women should be allowed to drive m this conservative Islamic country. The results were published m the Okaz daily just two days after Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz told reporters that the
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      • 104 15 KARBALA: The remains of women and children, believed to be victims of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime, have been found m a mass grave dug up by workers who were laying down pipes m Iraq's southern city of Karbala. "The skulls of children and women with
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    • Article, Illustration
      61 17 Bavarian highlanders m traditional dress firing volleys with their hand-made mortars at the village ofSchoenau m southern Germany over the Christmas weekend. The men were following an old tradition of saluting the birth of Christ with gunfire. The custom probably has its roots m the ancient belief that
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    • 648 17 "There are actually far more Germans moving abroad than the numbers reflected m the official statistics. The poor chance of finding jobs at home is the main reason they are leaving." PROFESSOR KLAUS BADE of the University of Osnabrueck High unemployment, stagnant economy and dim
      REUTERS  -  648 words
    • 127 17 London AN EDUCATION watchdog has told teachers m England to broaden their teaching about German history beyond the current concentration on Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) report, which has been widely trailed, issued guidelines suggesting ways of showing
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    • 374 17 Hrusovany (Czech Republic) CREMATORIA are among the latest battlegrounds for the liberalisation of trade m services across European Union (EU) borders. Despite German government attempts to hinder crossborder business, crematoria m the Czech Republic are doing a booming trade with Germany. Hearses from as
      FINANCIAL TIMES  -  374 words
    • 459 18 Islamic body in Australia plans to register clerics Tougher regulation, including code of conduct aimed at weeding out militants Sydney ISLAMIC clerics m Australia will be required to register and adhere to a code of conduct, a council of moderate Muslims announced yesterday amid efforts to rein m radical preachers
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  459 words
    • 616 18 NEWS ANALYSIS Washington AS IT enters its fifth year, trying to measure the success, failure or even just progress of the Bush administration's war on terror remains stubbornly difficult. And the record for the past year provides few easy answers. The US
      BBC NEWS; REUTERS  -  616 words
    • 425 18 St Petersburg A COMMERCIAL dispute or blackmail attempt could have been behind the gas attack at a home-supply store here that left more than 70 people iU, police and government officials said. Devices with wires, timers and ampules were found m the other three
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 265 19 A BRITISH man is giving a whole new meaning to begging to be loved as he set off on a 88.5 km crawl on his hands and knees to find a partner. With a sign saying "Could You Love Me?" strapped to his
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      • 209 19 SURFER Brian Anderson saved his leg and possibly his life when he punched a great white shark that had latched onto him m the nose, according to Oregon television reports. He was surfing on Saturday off the coast of the north-western US
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      • 146 19 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has begun a family holiday m the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a spokesman for his Downing Street office said. No further details of the visit were given other than that the family was paying
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  • REVIEW
    • 405 20 CHINA'S economy last year was larger than initially thought, according to its first nationwide economic census. That puts the size of its economy m sixth place, energising talk that it might displace fifth-placed France this year after the data are out. Even more breathless has been
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    • 1195 20  -  Chua Mui Hoong CHECKS AND BALANCES By Senior Political Correspondent THE Government has responded m a variety of ways to the KPMG report detailing what went wrong at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). The chief response came from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who last week
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    • 1021 21  -  Ong Soh Chin By Senior Writer A NAME DESTROYED In Hollywood, they say you're only as good as your last movie. Similarly, the NKF is now as good as its last notable act m this case, not an achievement but a monumental failure.
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    • 1198 22  - Shadow over the new Lebanon Amir Taheri By For The Straits Times LINGERING HANGOVER "It is as if you were staging one play but found out that one of the central characters is a leftover from another play. The Syrians are gone but the most conspicuous symbol of their rule
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    • 969 23  -  Ooi Kee Beng By I For The Straits Times PROPONENTS of regionalism have been celebrating their achievements m the East Asian region recently. However, a major question begs to be asked. Despite the rather limited ambitions of East Asian regionalism, will growing regionalism require more
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    • 205 20 Haunting symbol Lebanese President Emile Lahoud is a conspicuous symbol of Syria's 39-year occupation of the country. PAGE 22 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 Executive Vice-Presklent Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing) Editor-in-Chief
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28, 2005
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    • 673 1  -  Salma Khalik SALMA KHALIK All polyclinics to treat only flu cases; non-flu patients may be moved to private hospitals By Health Correspondent TEXT: SINGAPORE has mapped out an emergency plan to marshall all its public and private health-care resources to deal with a
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    • 624 2  - Reveal top staff's pay to MOH? No problem Theresa Tan Arlina Arshad HEALTH CHARITIES' RESPONSE TO NEW RULES They welcome audit measures but opinions differ on making salaries public Bv r *THE largest charities under the Ministry's (MOH) jurisdiction say they have no problems .complying with new measures to ensure
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    • 169 2  -  Dawn Lim By THREE new courses will be available at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) for students with O or N levels. Next year, beauty therapy, medical technology and digital animation courses will be offered. For beauty therapy, face care and wellness will
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    • 385 2  -  Alfred Siew By A SINGAPORE company hired to provide street lights for an African city has gone one better it found an ingenious way to use the lamp posts to also deliver Internet services to local residents. When the street lights go on
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    • 428 3  -  Christopher Tan Three operators fail to meet LTA's service standards By Sen to r .orrespnnden t IN THE taxi trade, size seems to count. The three relatively newer taxi operators afl smallish players could not meet some of the service standards laid down by
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    • 311 3 No. 2 centre to build multi- storey driving school SINGAPORE Safety Driving Centre (SSDC), the centre with the second largest number of students, has secured a plot m Woodlands for $6.67 million to build the first multi-storey driving school m Singapore. SSDC beat Comfort Driving Centre, the only other bidder
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    • 192 3 YOU know how hard it can be to make a New Year's resolution that will actually make you and those around you better. Most people remember all the plans and promises they had made the previous New Year and acknowledge their failure to keep those
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    • THE NEW SCs
      • 371 4 THOSE who find comfort m one-time written exams can continue with the traditional route. Others who prefer more in-depth research, project work and outside- the-classroom learning can seek to be exempt from major exams to do just that. Jaime Wong, 16, spent three weeks m Tokyo, while
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      • 560 4 A MUCH simpler life was how 41-year-old Mr Lee Heng described getting into university 15 years ago. He did it the old-fashioned way O levels, then As about the only road to local universities that met with "approval" then. Today, there are at least five
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      • 558 4 STILL, "choice" can be a dirty word. With the plethora of options available even before one leaves the PSLE examination hall, parents and pupils have to put m a lot more work into making the right decision about their next step. For parents, it
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      • 664 5  -  LIAW WY-CIN GRAPHICS: Changes to the education system have allowed NSF See Boon Ping to pursue his passion for art as an educational and career option DECISIONS, decisions, decisions Mr See Boon Ping is not one to sit and weigh out various options.
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    • 242 6  -  Chong Chee Kin By HE RANG the police and lied about a terrorist attack here, claiming he wanted to prevent it from happening. Yesterday, Krishnan Nachiyappan, a 34-year-old Indian national, was jailed three weeks after he admitted making a prank call to
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    • 415 6  -  Elena Chong Company which alleged cigars are fakes was late m filing its suit By IN AUGUST last year, police raided a local cigar firm and seized about $80,000 worth of Cuban cigars alleged to be counterfeits. Pacific Cigar Company, the distributing arm
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    • 248 6  -  CHONG CHEE KIN AN 83-year-old woman made a police report against her maid when she found some $6,000 missing from her bank account last month. Madam Sorrell Margaret Eleanor suspected the maid because she was the only other person living m her
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    • 357 6  -  K. C. Vijayan By A PROPERTY development firm which claimed for some $4 million tax-deductible expenses succeeded m its appeal to the High Court, which overruled both the Comptroller of Income Tax and the Income Tax Board of Review. The
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    • CASE FILE
      • 111 6 TRAFFIC accidents on Christmas Day left a motorcyclist dead and a pedestrian seriously injured within minutes of each other. At 9.10 am, a motorcyclist m his 30s skidded as he was trying to negotiate a bend at the slip road from the
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      • 103 6 FROM next Tuesday, normal Vehicle Entry Permit (YEP) operating hours will resume, ending at spm on weekdays. In conjunction with the December school holidays, the YEP operating hours on weekdays had been shortened to end earlier at noon from Nov 21. This was part
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      • 63 6 A RESIDENT of a Seng Poh Road flat locked his home on Friday at about 9.30pm and returned at 11.45pm the next day to find her flat burgled. Her main door was ajar and a light m a room switched on. Her wardrobe
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    • FORUM
      • 563 7 AS WE witness the furore over the corporate governance of the old National Kidney Foundation (NKF), I wonder if the same level of scrutiny is applied to the financial management of religious organisations here. A national survey commissioned by the National Volunteer and
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      • 250 7 I REFER to former Nominated MP Shriniwas Rai's letter, "Former NMP joins call to abolish estate duty" (ST, Dec 24), calling for a policy review of the law governing estate duty. I agree that the current es-tate-duty exemption of $9 million for residential
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      • 242 7 WE REFER to Mr Daniel Chan Wai Piew's letter, "How does one go about buying a HDTV set?" (ST, Dec 20), and would like to take this opportunity to share with the public more details about high-definition TV (HDTV). HDTV is the latest breakthrough
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      • 166 7 Why levy GST on donations in Ren Ci show? I ADMIRE Venerable Shi Ming Yi for going the extra mile to raise funds in the Ren Ci Charity Show. The show appeals to the public to donate by sending SMSes. Yet goods and services tax (GST) is being imposed on
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      • 188 7 IN HIS letter, "Not told of possible dip, he suffered $10,000 loss" (ST, Dec 24), Mr George Lee Tian Soo told of how he was not informed that the Surf Deposit he purchased from DBS Bank could be very volatile, when he
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      • 199 7 I REFER to Mr Seah Liang Chiang's letter, "Why bar spectators from club's toilets?" (ST, Dec 17). We would like to assure the public that there were sufficient temporary toilet facilities located around Tanah Merah Country Club during the Lexus Cup, which
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      • 305 7 COME the end of the Secondary 2 streaming examinations, students have to select their preferred O-level subjects from a range of choices offered by their respective schools. In having to select subjects that may affect their future prospects, these students face a dilemma,
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      • 276 7 I REFER to the article, "Club, hotels warned after fire-safety checks" (ST, Dec 18), which stated that "if follow-up checks show that they did not rectify the problems, they face fines of $300 to $500". The photo accompanying the article clearly showed that
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      • 299 7 Antics of Christmas revellers posed danger to motorists I WAS in a cab in Orchard Road on Christmas Eve when I witnessed some incidents that left me perturbed and disgusted. There were groups of people who blatantly crossed a road junction even though the traffic light was in the vehicles'
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    • SPORTS
      • 795 8  -  Marc Lim SOCCER Club brace themselves for mismatch against in-form Liverpool m Merseyside derby By Sports Correspondent WHAT a difference a year makes if you are a Merseyside fan. This time last year, Evertonians all over had extra reasons to gloat over the Christmas period. Their
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      • 276 8 Ljverpool LIVERPOOL'S Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard could both be punished by the England Football Association for their parts m an ugly scene during Monday's Premiership match against Newcastle. The incident was sparked by a dangerous Lee Bowyer challenge on Liverpool's Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso
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      • 292 8 Liverpool LIVERPOOL face a distraught Everton m the 202 nd Merseyside derby today intent on setting a club record for successive League clean sheets dating back to March 1923. The Reds' goalkeeper Jose Reina has not been beaten m a Premiership match for the
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      • 169 8 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 18 16 1 1 40 9 49 Man United 18 12 4 234 14 40 Liverpool 16 10 4 2 22 8 34 Tottenham 18 9 7 2 27 16 34 Bolton 17 9 4 4 22 14 31 Wigan 18
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      • 762 9 SOCCER A start against his old club could finally put Wright-Phillips on Chelsea score sheet London THE Premiership's tallest player, Peter Crouch, opened his goalscoring account for Liverpool after a long wait. Now it is time for the Premiership's shortest player to prove
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      • 454 9 London FOUR Premiership games m eight days is arduous, but Arsenal's Francesc Fabregas sees the festive congestion as a challenge, not a chore. The Spanish 18-year-old midfielder played a composed role m Arsenal's 1-0 win at Charlton on Boxing Day. Now he has his
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      • 373 9 Manchester ALEX Ferguson has identified Nemanja Vidic, Manchester United's £7-million (5520.23-million) signing from Spartak Moscow, as a prospective new partner for Rio Ferdinand m the centre of defence. The deal is likely to see Mikael Silvestre move to left-back m the new year with John
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 103 9 MADRID: American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won his seventh Tour de France m July, has been voted sports personality of the year m a poll published m the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais on Monday. He beat Spain's first Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso and
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        • 80 9 JAKARTA: World champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia will miss the All England Championships, the world's oldest badminton tournament, next month for personal reasons, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. Olympic gold medallist Taufik had earlier said that winning the All England was what he dreams
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      • 299 9 We're back on course, says Fergie London ALEX Ferguson is confident Manchester United have now made a full recovery from their recent European trauma. Boxing Day's 3-0 defeat of West Brom at Old Trafford was their seventh win m eight Premiership outings. And crucially, it was their fourth victory m
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      • 302 10 SOCCER Hanoi VIETNAM Football Federation vice-chairman Le The Tho has resigned following allegations of match-fixing by players at the recent Southeast Asia Games, an official said yesterday. He submitted his resignation on Monday and it has been accepted, said the senior federation official, who
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      • 749 10  - Wanderer returns with a windsurfing ambition Marc Lim SAILING Back from Maui and other places Elon Wong wants to be a Singapore champ By Sports Correspondent HE SPEAKS with a foreign accent, has green eyes, is unknown m the windsurfing community here, and will fly the Republic's flag m the
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      • 834 10 »GOLF New York THE best shots by Major champions are not always the most memorable. Sometimes, they look so routine that they do not even get the courtesy of a television replay, In the case of Tiger Woods at the British Open, his
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      • HOME SPORTS
        • 81 10 PLAY was cancelled at the SICC Junior Club Championship 2005 yesterday, owing to inclement weather. The tournament will be converted to a two-day event, and will take place today and tomorrow at the Island course at Singapore Island Country Club. Eleven young golfers will fight for
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      • 165 10 TENNIS Sydney THE Australian Open is m danger of missing several top tennis stars. Men's champion Marat Safin is struggling to recover from a knee injury and be ready for the season's opening Grand Slam, which starts on Jan 16. The Russian had announced on his
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      • 766 11  -  Chia Han Keong IN THE HOOP Pacers show other teams the way by locking down their loose cannon By THE Indiana Pacers are one of the best-run franchises m the National Basketball Association, perennially grooming ti-tle-contending teams. Last week, they showed
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      • 323 11 BASKETBALL Cleveland THE Chicago Bulls tried almost everything to stop Leßron James. But he shook off some desperate grab-and-hold tactics by Chicago's Andres Nocioni to score 12 of his 32 points m the fourth quarter, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 102-91 National Basketball Association
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      • 135 11 SAN Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker has been cited for impeding traffic and failing to produce a valid Texas driver's licence during a traffic stop. His girlfriend, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, was his passenger. A policeman on a bicycle saw the car holding up traffic
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      • 177 11 SHAQUILLE O'Neal laughed at the idea diaper-clad men of gargantuan size summoned as battering rams to make the National Basketball Association's most imposing big man even better. Do not laugh, Shag. It might happen, as coach Pat Riley may bring sumo wrestlers into Miami Heat practices. "We're
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      • 266 11 BASKETBALL NSA: Cleveland 102 Chicago 91 Washington 94 LA Lakers 91. Orlando 108 Milwaukee 93, New Jersey 109 New York 101, Phoenix 103 Minnesota 89, Dallas 102 Indiana 80, Utah 105 Memphis 102 (OT). Seattle 118 Boston 111. Portland 105 Sacramento 92, Denver 1 18 Golden State 112. CRICKET
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        316 11 TENG CHOR WANG Age: 89 passed away peacefully on 27 Dec 2005. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Low Soh Lung Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Teng Koon Song, deceased) Teng Soo Hai Kweh Mvi Kiang (Teng Soo Kiang, deceased) Teng Soo Mong Koh Nguan Cheng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Teng Sai
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        631 12 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell m the house of the LORD forever.' Psalm 23:6 CHAN HONG LENG, JOHN Age: 67 Was called home to be with the Lord on 26 December 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife:
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      • 337 14 New York CONSUMERS m the United States spent 8.7 per cent more during the just-ended holiday shopping period than m the comparable period a year ago, according to a report from an affiliate of MasterCard International, The Wall Street Journal reported m its online
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      • 715 14 Small rise m Dow likely, barring clear signal for end to rate hikes and cheaper energy prices New York BEFORE American stocks can have a dramatically good 2006, Wall Street needs to shed its fears. But do not bank on that
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      • 202 14 China raps 799 from banks Beijing CHINA punished 799 employees from the country's "Big Four" commercial banks for irregularities which cost up to 588.5 billion yuan (Ssl23 billion) this year, state media said yesterday. Xinhua news agency cited the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) as saying the staff were involved
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      • 38 14 hjhjhjhjhj Yesterday's close: 15,969.4 (-138.27 points) Japanese stocks closed down 0.86 per cent, as investors locked m profits a day after the market ended above 16,000 for the first time for over five years. AFP
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      • 22 14 i" Friday's close: 15,183.58 (+1.05 points) The market is closed for the Christmas holidays and will reopen today.
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      • 30 14 ~W) Yesterday's close: 1,154.29 (-2.54 points) Chinese stocks closed 0.22 percent lower on profit-taking after previous gains, with oil refiners and banks losing ground m particular. AFP
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      • 23 14 Sydney S&P ASX 200 *n Friday's close: 4,727.7 (+19.9 points) The market will reopen today, after being closed for the Christmas holidays. AFP
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      • 31 14 *n Yesterday's close: 894.51 (+2.38 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.27 percent higher, as late demand partially reversed a downward trend seen over most of the trading session. AFP
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        29 14 Yesterday's close: 9,283.16 (+197.27 points) Indian shares ended 2.17 percent up, as investors bought blue chips after two sessions of sharp losses triggered by year-end selling. AFP
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      • 26 14 4H Yesterday's close: 1,161.71 (+3.37 points) Indonesian stocks finished stronger. Aneka Tambang and International Nickel Indonesia gained as nickel prices climbed. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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      • 29 14 "*n Yesterday's close: 706.47 (+5.1 points) Thai shares closed 0.73 per cent higher, led by speculation that Thai Petrochemical Industry would soon complete its restructuring. AFP
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      • 256 14 December 27 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.31 1.300 Ascendasreit 0.95 1.930 -0.010 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.55 1.380 Capita Land 3.34 3.420 +0.020 Capita Mall 0.78 2.190 -0.030 Chart SemiCond 26c 0.85 1.310 +0.040 CityOev 50c 2.41 8.400 ComfortDelGro 25c ..1.69 1.580 Cosco Corp
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      • 75 14 December 27 DBS D 6 eCW*****3 8,385,000 CharteredDßeCWo6o22o 7,741,000 Sing Tel D8eCW*****6 7,700,000 Sing Tel 1 5c 7,656,000 Global Voice 5c 7,637,000 Pearl Energy USI2.SC 6,165,000 Auston 1c 6,130,000 Uni Envtech 1c 6,026,000 China Hong HKIOc 5,858,000 Gen Int USIOc 5,381,000 UTAC USISC 20,020,000 Ezyhealth 5c 19,360,000 UniFiber
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      • 138 14 December 27 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT Indian rupee 3.500 3.800 OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Indonesian rupiah 0.***** ....0.***** Buying Selling Japanese yen 1.4189 1.4341 Aust dollar ***** ***** Koreanwon 0.1620 0.1680 Can dollar ***** ***** N Taiwan dollar 4.850 5.100 Euro ***** .***** Norkroner
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      • 1931 14 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE DECEMBER 27 2005 52-WEtt RL ClfffRBCY LXI MUME MM LW CME COMPAHY MB SALE HBO 8.5 3 ArianeCorpWD9l229 5 +0.5 94 21 19 4481 AsiaWaterWlol22o 20.5 +0.5 128 4 2 4105 AsiatraveiWloOsl7 2 unch 276 3 1 4278 Auston W*****5 2.5 +0.5 448 12 2
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      • 542 15 He has been well prepared by his late father Kerry for years, say business associates Sydney ASSOCIATES of Mr Kerry Packer said yesterday they were confident his son James was ready to take full control of the business empire built by Australia's
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      • 361 15 Tokyo JAPANESE consumer prices rose last month for the first time m two years, signalling an end to seven years of deflation that has undermined the economy and reinforcing expectations of a near-term shift m monetary policy. The data sparked remarks
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      • 373 15 Tokyo THE Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) said yesterday it had sounded out brokerage firms on whether their systems could cope with tighter margin trading rules, a step analysts said could depress trading by retail investors. The TSE's statement suggests it may scrap
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      • 267 16  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent A FREEHOLD collective sale site m Holland Road has been sold for $49 million to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the mainboard-listed Bukit Sembawang Estates. The Carlton Terrace estate, which has 24 units, fetched a sale price of $541
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      • 283 16 Hong Kong Temasek is set to pay US$l.5 billion (552.5 billion) for a 50/0 stake m BOC and subscribe to another US$5OO million of shares m the bank's IPO SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings will spend a total of US$2 billion (553.35
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      • 460 16  -  Narendra Aggarwal Economists raise full-year economic growth forecasts on strong figures By Economics Correspondent Year-end surge Factory output increased by an The cumulative increase m factory average 20.6 per cent over the past production for the first 11 months of three months
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        • 144 17 SUPERIOR Multi-Packaging has appointed Airocean Group chairman Ong Chow Hong, 65, as its interim chief executive officer, with effect from Jan 1. To take up the post, he will step down as the chairman of Superior's audit committee, but remain as a member of the
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        • 94 17 OSIM International said yesterday that it has paid 29 million yuan (556.06 million) to acquire OSIM (Shanghai), making it a wholly owned subsidiary. It has also renamed the firm OSIM (China). OSIM's purchase of OSIM (China), which has a net asset value of 7.94
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        • 85 17 SINGAPORE Technologies Electronics' (ST Electronics') automated fare card system has been commissioned for the first phase of a mass rapid transit (MRT) line m the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The company said m a statement yesterday that it clinched the 71.2 million
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      • 736 17  -  Goh Eng Yeow It maintains there is no need to introduce more safeguards on new product launch By Markets Correspondent How single stock derivatives work AN INVESTOR, Mr Chua, buys 1,000 single-stock futures in DBS Group Holdings at the start
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      • DIRECTORS' TRADES
        • 261 17  -  GOH ENG YEOW VETERAN banker Wee Cho Yaw has tightened his grip on property giant United Overseas Land (UOL). Filings with the Singapore Exchange last week show that he raised his deemed interests m UOL from 21.54 per cent to 23.2 per
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      • 375 17  -  Azrin Asmani TAKING STOCK By A RAY of hope broke through the post-Christmas gloom yesterday m the form of strong domestic economic data that suggested the good times will keep rolling. Industrial output for last month was far better than expected, according
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      • 38 17 Top Rises December 27 CENTS DBS Bk 6% NCPS IO ***** 20.0 0.2 DBSGrp... 1640 20.0 1.2 BSembiwang 1190 10.0 0.8 Creative T 25c 1350 10.0 0.7 Keppet Corp 50c 1 100 10.0 0.9 SIA2OO 1200 10.0 0.8
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      • 34 17 Top Rises December 27 CENTS JKTechWO9l224 7.5 66.7 3.0 Bio-TreatMßLeCW6o323 7 27.3 1.5 CharteredMßLeCW6o4l4 12 26.3 2.5 Auston W0309Q5 2.5 25.0 0.5 6MG Global 5c 2.5 25.0 0.8 SPC OB eCWOBO4O3 2.5 25.0 0.5
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      • 33 17 Top Falls December 27 CENTS JardineClC 1140 20.Q 1.7 JMHUS2SC4OO 1670 16.7 0.6 Great Eastern 50c 1460 10.0 0.7 OUE 1070 10.0 0.9 Dairy Farm US5.6c 364 6.7 1.1 HLFin 364 6.0 1.6
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      • 30 17 Top Falls December 27 CENTS SPHDBeCWO6O2OI 0.5 50.0 0.5 SIASGAECWDBOIIB 1.5 40.0 1.0 LKH-PrimefieldSc 2.5 28.6 1.0 Integra W*****7 1.5 25.0 0.5 JoinnHKSc 1.5 25.0 0.5 SunteßeitMßLeCWOS 1.5 25.0 0.5
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      • 533 18  -  Lorna Tan Co-op lowering rates by 5% on Jan 1 AIG and AXA could follow suit By Finance Correspondent DRIVERS could find themselves on easy street next year, with fierce competition m the motor insurance industry driving down premiums. Insurance cooperative NTUC Income is
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        154 18 Income is leading the way with lower premiums from the start of the new year, giving a 5 per cent cut which could save drivers more than $100 on their annual rates. And those who avoid using an agent and buy directly from the insurance cooperative can get
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      • 32 18 I UP DOWN I BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2100 1.2250 Gainers: 247 Euro 1.9610 1.9830 LosefS: Sterling pound 2.8670 2.8990 US dollar 1.6570 1.6750 Unchanged: 739 Yen (100 units) 1.4189 1.4341
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      • 194 18 CapitaLand 'seeking funds' for $1.9 b project ORCHARD TURN SITE CAPIT ALAND has asked lenders to propose financing for a $1.89 billion project m the Republic's main shopping area, bankers involved m the bid said. The money will help pay for the Orchard Turn site that Capita Land and Hong
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      • 359 2  -  Lee Sze Yong HANDY help will soon be available for late learners of the Chinese language. The Cool Speak dictionary, published by The Straits Times (ST), goes on sale at all 45 Popular bookstores here from Friday. Priced at $4.90, it comes m four vibrant
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      • 104 2 SAN ANTONIO Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria denied hurling a racial slur at a policeman who gave her French basketball boyfriend a ticket. Tony Parker, driving with the actress, was fined m San Antonio on Christmas Eve for impeding traffic and failing to show an American driver's
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      • 418 12 Chinese websites accuse Taiwanese model Chiling Lin of being insensitive for wearing what seems to be a WWII Japanese officer's hat TAIPEI Top Taiwanese modelhost Chiling Lin has landed m the soup after donning what some Chinese see as a World War II Japanese military officer's hat while
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        522 12  -  Andrea Ong THE cable channel that brought you reality shows such as The Amazing Race and dramas Lost and CSI has a new primetime show Samsung Sports World. Sponsored by the Korean electronics company, it is a weekly half-hour sports magazine show which condenses the week's sporting highlights
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      1220 3  -  Ng Hui Hui In an industry where computergenerated animation rules the day, director Nick Park still uses clay. And the effort pays MEDIA REPORTER WHEN his clay animation Wallace Gromit: The Curse Of The WereRabbit topped the weekend box office in the United States in October, director
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    • 194 3 Five things you should know about Wallace Gromit 1. The filming technique used is known as "stop-motion clay animation". Each frame is filmed separately, with small adjustments being made by hand (above). It usually takes a day just to create a couple of seconds of animation, so it takes many
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    • 200 3 The man behind Wallace Gromit 1958: Nicholas Wulstan Park was born m Preston m Lancashire, Britain. 1982: Studied Communication Arts at Sheffield Hallam University (formerly Sheffield Polytechnic) and then went to the National Film and Television School, where he started to make the first Wallace Gromit film, A Grand Day
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    • 564 3  -  Ong Sor Fern WALLACE GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (PG) 85 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** THE very idea of a were-rabbit alone is cause for merriment. Bunnies are so intensely fluffy and toothless that turning them into a threat is just comic gold, as has been proven
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      • 114 5  -  Tay Yek Keak A CHINESE TALL STORY (PG) 1 03 minutes/Opens tomorrow IF YOU are a religious follower of the classic Journey To The West fable, this would be a blasphemy as monks, space aliens and winged demons converge m this crazy, kidstuff CGI fantasy fest. Charlene Choi, m
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      • 476 6  - Only-the beginning CHAN SEET FUN For companies, the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) certification should be the start of a continual improvement m management practices, says CCIS Singapore principal consultant Dr CM Tay (right) By Companies should not rest on their laurels after attaining ISO certification. In fact, it is
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      • 301 6 Heitkamp Und Thumann: ISO 9001:2000, ISO *****:2004, ISO *****:1999 WITH increasing competition from China, Mr Thomas Yeo (right), 44, the vice-president general manager of Heitkamp UndThumann, knew that he had to keep standards high. So he went the ISO way. The company, which manufactures battery components
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      • 559 7  -  Elizabeth Leong Utopia-Aire: ISO 9001:2000 A SIMPLE pledge greets clients as they travel up the modest lift to Utopia- Aire's office. Each year, the company's clean room division aims to have no more than six complaints a year; its product division targets to have its goods rejected no
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      • 473 7  -  Chan Seet Fun Liong Hup Soon Trading: ISO 9001:2000 OBTAINING ISO certification was not exactly a walk m the park for Liong Hup Soon Trading's ISO team leader PohTian Chiong. "We are a family-run business and most of us are more used to doing
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      • 329 8 China Construction Builders: ISO 9001:2000 OBTAINING the ISO 9001:2000 certification was a business necessity for China Construction Builders, a structural and architectural works company. "Based on this certification, we have successfully upgraded from our previous 'c 3' grade to 'b 2'," said general manager Tang Cheng
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        220 8 Jian Da Industries: ISO 9001:2000 JIAN Da Industries was awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certifij cation m October this year. It took two years, but the wait has been worth it, said Mr Chan Hin Kwok (left), the company's managing director. Jian Da Industries offers one-stop stamping and
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      • 295 8 TTL Manufacturing: IS0 *****:2003 TTL Manufacturing is m the business of making plastic components used m medical industries, where mistakes are, literally, a matter of life and death. That is why chief executive officer Steven Ho (right), 50, decided to go for an ISO certification this year. He
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      • 744 9  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Everything has a purpose m Ladakh, including animal dung which is used as fuel life'sjourney GROUNDBREAKING novelist Kurt Vonnegut, thriller writer Michael Crichton and Holocaust survivor Victor E. Frankl may seem to have little m common besides their nifty way with words. But
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      • 340 9 SHALERSVILLE, Ohio A 69-year-old grandmother has become the heroine of young video game fans and the star of a web log created by her grandson. Barbara St Hilaire plays video games 10 hours a day and spends a good part of her Social Security cheque on games.
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    • 563 10 It^Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST |pr PTEAPTS-SALE FANTASTIC LOW PRICES fr S26BK! F'hold apt 1/ 2-bdrm/ Penthouse. Contemporary design. Spacious. Amenities/ MRT' good schs. Deferred payment. Hurry! *****788 BY APPT 1-SPM daily. Developer's sale! F'hold D'Manne Last unit! Just TOP. 3 bdrms 1055 sqft. #03 Facilities. SE facing. 500 m
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    • 706 10 PPfk Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST toif PTEAPTS-SALE AOUARIUS BY THE Park 3+1. 1227 sqft. F/facilities. Greenery view. Bright, cosy. Red Swastika Sch. Must buy! SS2OK ,-ieg *****873 Pon GDNS. F'HOLD with facilities. 1442 sqft. 3+l. Well maintained. SB2OK. 9686-1837 TJ CHELSEA LODGE. F'HOLD. 3+l rms. Few units. Nicely renovated.
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    • 833 10 WMk Dl9-2OSERANGOON/ Oil THOMSON PTEAPTS-SALE SS4BK UP! 2+l d> Granduer 8. 1130 sqft, high floor, unblock. 3+l/ 1195 sqft. #12. Windy. 3+l+roof terrace. #15. 1410 sqft. 4 rm, 1421 sqft high fir pool view. View now! 9022-5558 Lawrence. PTOPWOX m 9068 567 8 1 GRANDEUR 8. NEW. 4 rms S73OK
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    • 814 10 Wffk D 25-28 Uy NORTH HOUSES SEMI-D 3-STOREY MIMOSA Walk. 4000/2800sqft 4+l+ roof terr. 999yrs 51.35 M neg. HB *****129 ii(iD22-24WEST \Uf PTEAPTS-SALE PALM GARDENS CONDO CCX. i 3+l, 1206 sgft. Unblock. $468 K. 4-rm, 1346 sqft. High fir. $550 K. 4+1, 1432 sqft. Pool view. $580 K. Penthse, 2336
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    • 907 10 i Rfl D 2 5-28 NORTH Hi? PTE APTS -SALE SELETARIS 4-RM 1636 sq.ft. Freehold. Nice pool view. Near ameni- ties. Call 8118-5908 (owner) NORTHOAKS 3+l MID fir. Renovat ed, 1248 sqft. 5 yrs old, Near MRT Call 9001-2157 BOSWELL PtS MIXED DISTRICTS £U? PTE APTS -SALE REGENT PK. 4
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    • 969 10 IRV HDB APTS FOR SALE HPfANGMOKIO) 2-RM BLK 314. #04. Renovated, move m cond. Valued $120 K. Near MRT. S facing. 9385-3099 3'NG 1 AMK 232/ 405/ 549. Renovated. Near amenities. Sell below value! Must view! 6451-3143 Roof 3 'NG 1 457 #7/ 542 #6 Unblock Lift level. Early move
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    • 1047 10 ¥ff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Ipf (BiSHAN) 4 'S 1 BISHAN Blk 109. High fir. Lift level. Next to corner. 84 sqm. NS facing. Well kept. MRT/ Junction 8/ sch. PR welcome! *****328 INDIAN ELIGIBLE! 5-RM Corner 170, nicely renovated, high fir, valued. MRT/ shop *****003 MT 3V 22/ 23
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    • 941 10 Properties Hfck HDB APTS FOR SALE IMk (BTMERAH/Q-STOWN/ HP TELOK BLANGAH) MUST SELL 5 'A' CORNER Redhill Blk 81. #16. 136 sqm. 4 bdrms. Renovated. Aircon. Redhill MRT/ Mkt. 10 mins to City/ Orchard. 9782-2848 JT HAJARABV m^B 6476 5572 g RARE! 41' CORNER 94 Henderson Rd, Redhill/Tiong Bahru MRT,
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    • 753 10 ffki HDB APTS FOR SALE JHP (BUKITPANJANG) LAST CALL BEFORE 5%. 4A 611 #11 Below value! Open view. Urgent! 1 Early move m. 9181-3127 PW RARE! 3'A 1 143 Petir Rd #07. Next to corner. Move m. Mkt/ LRT. 4'S 1 403. High lift fir. *****266 $0 CASH! 4'A2' 508
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    • 929 10 PPK HDB APTS FOR SALE |||pr (CHOACHUKANG) PropfaxHMipj 4'A' 137 TECK Whye. 100% move m. Open view, windy. NTUC/ Mkt. 3'A 1 106 Well kept, lift level. Serious seller! Barry 9686 8189 PropNexUfiSy ST 485 D. MOVE-IN. Beiow Value: 5T 484 C. Low fir. Move-in. Neg! Exec Apt 662. High
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    • 861 11 ■k HDBAPTS FOR SALE EjA (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) MUST VIEW! 3 NG' Blk 102 Aljunieo Cres. Renovated. F/aircon. MRT/ sch/ amenities. *****564 2-RM BLK 45 Circuit Rd. High fir. Renovated/ Opp mkt. Valued. No co-broke pis. Urgent 9106-3360 3*l' BLK 36 Cassia Cres. unblocked, renovated, mut/ Geyianq/ town. Valued $168 K.
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    • 1240 11 ■k HDBAPTS FOR SALE EJI (HOUGANG/ S"GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 3'S 1 BLK 203 S'goon Central. High fir, windy. Orig cond. Attached toilet. Well-Kept. 5 mins to MRT. 9761-3182 4'A' HOUGANG 565. High floor. 107 sqm. Unblocked. Move m. Mins to MRT. market/ 4 'A' 665 corner/ 4'S 1 S'goon. 9621 0398
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    • 982 11 Hh HDBAPTS FOR SALE Jfff (JURONG) j EXEC APT CORNER 710 #8. 4 bdrms. 148 sq.m. Renovated. Air- I con. lift fir, mins park, mkt, sch. Pioneer Mall. Hurry! *****848 4'A' 672A 806 renovated malay i hse. Near Pioneer Mall. HDB j 5222 K. Ist owner. Renovated, j 3'l'+l 81k.209
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    • 796 11 Jfbk HDBAPTS FOR SALE Hi/ (KALLANG/WHAMPOA) VERY RARE! 3-RM 3V4 rms Combined flat Blk 11 Boon Keng. Renovated. Recess area. MRT/ mkt/ shops. HL *****535 (sole agt) 3S CORNER BLK 35 Jin Bahagia, f/renovated. Valued $140 K. Immediate. Early move-in/ 51 Blk 113. Sell at value. 9061-9977 PN 4-RM BLK
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    • 904 11 ftti HDB APTS FOR SALE U(? (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) NEW LIST! 216 Pasir Ris. 4'A' Corner, 106 sqm, MRT. All races! Renovated, move m. *****257 SEA VIEW. MRT 500, 532, 575, I 580, 418, 460, 602, 700, 778, 112 i 610, 737, 482, 408, 706 *****111 SEA BREEZE! 3-RM Changi
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    • 1029 11 RK HDB APTS FOR SALE t||r (TAMPINES/SIMEI) hirkl Valuation \\\iMM-m\m\>wm MALAY ELIGIBLE! BRING cheque! 3 'A' Corner Blk 280 Tampines. Mid floor with recess area. Rare 4 'A' BLK 282 Tampines. High fir. Near amenities/ sch. *****189 OPEN HOUSE Albert *****822 4'A 1 266 Unblock, lift fir $5K up 5'C
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    • 756 11 ftbk HDB APTS FOR SALE HIT (WOODLANDS) JUMBO/ EXEC SPECIALIST I 5 'I' 822/ 511 high fir 4 bdrms MRT I *Exec condo Woodsvale high fir pool view 115 sqm 3+l MRT mkt sch I Exec apt 360 84 cosy. All races Exec apt 788E 811 best exec! MRT Exec
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    • 974 11 Properties Wtk HDB APTS FOR SALE H|r (WOODLANDS) MUSTSELL 4'S 1 BLK 437. Orig. Simple. Movein. Lift level. Convenient/ easy j trpt/ MRT. Valued SIBSK. Serious j seller. Call Jasmine 9668-8021 5T BLK 881 mid fir. Valued $265 K. Fl renovated, aircons, shpg mall, mkt, foodct, schs MRT. Ask $2xxK
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    • 911 11 IIK HDB APTS FOR SALE Up (YISHUN) P| J Dream ipJTBI Home ••ERA BEST YISHUN Specialist! ERA Overall Top 3 Producer 3'S' 773 Unblocked view. SOK+ 3'NG' 735 2 mins MRT. SOK neg. 3'NG' 7Ol unblocked, windy. MRT 3'NG' 119 $30K A1 design. MRT!! 4'S' 727 5 mins MRT. Al.
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    • 830 11 Wk HDB APTS FOR SALE By (SENGKANG/ BF PUNGGOL) NO CASH! 5T Corner Blk 257 C #03. Renovated. No noon sun Quiet. Opp Compass Pt/ MRT. Valued S29BK. Hurry!!! 5T BELOW VALUE! 9452 2201. 130 High fir. Al decor. Fr $285K 292A High fir. Unblock. Fr $285* 200A High fir.
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    • 584 12 fftk FACTORY SPACE HK FACTORY SPACE IiJFFORRENT IpfFORRENT J CSCi HOUSING DEVELOPMENT I" J J BOARD Blk 30 1 8 Bedok North |gc *5 i t: I m !§jj Street 5 5(*****2) I Accessible via major roads the ECP PIE Suitable for manufacturing, production, assembly and servicing activities Ample car
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    • 590 12 67 TUAS SOUTH AYE 1 New (Corner 2/storey terr) Land approx 7932 sqft, Built m approx 3000 sqft 200 AMP $5,500 0.n.0 Tel: 9022-0750 TOH GUAN 4900 sq.ft New Whole unit BOON LAY Land 45,000/ builtin 10,000 sq.ft. Big open land JURONG CORNER TERR Built-in 10.000 sq.ft. Whole unit 5
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    • 1034 12 RK OFFICE SPACE £jp for rent DONTJMISS LAST CHANCE TO own a F'hold Furn office by paying rental for 18-28 yrs w/o bank borrowing. Co-broke *****681/ *****978 j D.Ol CITY HOUSE. 1216 sqft. Furn 1 office for immed takeover. Coni ference, CEO, mqr rm etc. Rental package neg. Andrew 9742-1207
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    • 766 12 I!IS OFFICE SPACE j fj££? FOR RENT MANHATTAN HSE 969 sq.ft. High j fir. Fitted with 5 rms. Amenities/ MRT. Immed. Vantage *****870 OFFICE SPACE t> Chinatown Point. 1055 sqft. High fir. Fitted. j Near MRT. $2.50 psf. *****969. i PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE. 366 sqft. Near MRT. $950 per mth.
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    • 727 12 Properties Wtk SHOP SPACE ftti SHOP SPACE [fjr FOR RENT IfjF FOR RENT SHOP SHOWROOM CUM OFFICE THE PLAZA Outside CBD, next to The Furniture Mall. Suitable for building materials, lightings, bathroom accessories, soft furnishings, curtain blinds, textiles, interior designers and renovation contractors. I Size ranges from 240 sq ft
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    • 582 12 T.PAYOH CENTRAL Blk 190/ 183/ 178. Prime location. Heavy crowd. Hurry! *****223 JLP NEAR MRT! TAMPINES Blk 503/ 505. 600 sqft. Suits hp, fashion, clinic, optical. 9524-8822 TOP 11 BT MERAH 800 sq.ft. Full/ Mr shop. low. Heavy flow. Immed. Also for sale. 9846-4337 KJR BOWMONT CENTRE £> Siglap Dr.
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    • 783 12 HH SHOP SPACE fijjr FOR SALE FfH Excellent [333 Location JURONG WEST. BLK 502 Shophse tenanted. Mkt/ food ctr/ MRT. Heavy human traffic. 850 sqft. Dont miss opportunity *****833 DONTMISS NEAR TOA PAYOH Ctr Blk 51. Lor 5. 485 sqft. Well renovated. Suitable for beauty salon clinic. Avail immed. neg!
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      • 351 2 I'm sure that time moves at the same pace that it always has, and yet, it constantly surprises me by how swiftly it passes. Has it always seemed so inexorable? Looking back at my life, I've forgotten so much of it that I can no
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        397 3 COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE ONG SHI WE! MINDS MENTAL PATIENTS AND NOTES THAT SOMETIMES '•YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE TO TREAT THEM WITH DECENCY". Most of the patients I see have schizophrenia. They hear voices, or have false* fixed beliefs that peopte are out to harm them, or experience
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      • 750 4 I promise myself that. I'll stop smoking 'I have realised that smoking didn't only help me kill time, but it also helped me kill my health. Better to stop. 5 Quan Yif eng (right) With just days to go before Jan 1 some of you will have resolved to change
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      • 545 5 I promise myself that... I will run a marathon Football addict Brandon Sng is planning to run a full marathon next year. He tells Elaine Young about his preparations and the injury challenges he faces. Brandon Sng has a girlfriend but he is not planning any permanent life changes m
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      • 1197 7 Caught up in the Net Are you spending too many hours on the Internet? You may be suffering from Internet addiction disorder. The waiting room for Dr Hilarie Cash's practice has the look and feel of many a therapist's office, with soothing classical music, paintings of gentle swans and colourful
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      • 707 8 Therapy that catches the eye Mind Matters Shefali Srinivas learns more about a therapy that has been known to help post-traumatic stress disorder. The first anniversary of the Dec 26 tsunami no doubt brought with it traumatic memories. Survivors of a life-threatening event often relive the experience through nightmares and
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      • 107 9 Those undergoing Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing have reported a range of benefits: Feeling less troubled by memories and reminders of the trauma while awake and m their dreams Feeling more able to enjoy pleasurable activities and to be emotionally involved m relationships, as well as
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      • 94 2 HEALING IN SIGHT A therapy which uses eye movements can help post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers. 1O GETTING STARTED: ICE SKATING Our reporter finds out if her stiletto expertise will help her m an ice skating rink. TRYTHISTONICI=OR YOUR HEALTH The Tonic bistro serves up wholesome cuisine m a chic setting.
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      • 118 2 Supervising Editor Bertha Henson Editor Sharon Loh Coordinator Judith Tan Art and Design Janice Tay, Bong Fortin Cover Rishad Patel (design), Desmond Urn (photography) Writers Judith Tan, Elaine Young, Shefali Srinivas, Krist 800, Theresa Tan, Yeo Ghim Lay, Stephanie Yap Contributors XX Women's and Children's Hospital, Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore,
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      • 511 3 We'd like to hear from you. write to us with your comments or health-related events that you would like to have listed m this magazine. E-mail sthealth@sph.com.sg An Advertising Feature Many Glucosamine Products for Joints are not up to standard! In several countries Glucosamine is widely available as health nutrition
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        87 10 Where to go: Fuji Ice Palace at the Jurong Entertainment Centre m Jurong East Central Beginners' classes Maximum two lessons per customer, each lasting 30 minutes. Per lesson: $26.30 for one skater *> $2 1 for two skaters 1 8.40 for three skaters 1 5.80 for four to
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      • 535 10 Getting Started The glide of ice-skating can fool you into thinking it is effortless. The sport calls for balance, strength and a thick hide for beginners aged over 30. Krist 800 wobbles onto the rink. Walking past the rink to meet my
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      • 739 12 A Tonic for the At the Tonic bistro, which uses organically grown ingredients, the food is light, tasty and guilt-free. And it doesn't burn a hole m your pocket. Suki Lor reports. There are not many places m Singapore where one can enjoy wholesome and delicious cuisine m a chic
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        37 14 Dancesport athlete Sharon Tan, 29, has a well-stocked fridge that she shares with her family. But when it comes to choosing what to eat, she tells us that mum knows best. jhjhjhjhjhj Photo: DESMOND LIM
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      • 161 13 The menu at Tonic is changed every week. One of the offerings is stuffed pepper with organic broom rice, nuts and dried fruits. The detox drink is made from apple, beetroot and carrot. beetroot; organic ginger and carrot; organic miso, kelp (a type of seaweed) and tofu; and broth of
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        • 111 18 FORUM CUM BOOK LAUNCH Oncologist Ang Peng Tiam has written a book for cancer patients here. Doctor, I Have Cancer. Can You Help Me? relates the journey of a dozen patients struggling to come to terms with their diagnoses. The book costs $15 for forum registrants instead of
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        • 327 18 Effectiveness of hair-loss medication Q: am a 33-year-old male and am suffering from male pattern hair loss. I am currently taking an oral medication but it does not really help. Why is this so? A: Male pattern hair loss is characterised by a gradual hair loss from the
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        • 750 20 ...QUESTIONS YOURSELF TALK ON DIABETES MANAGEMENT: CONTROL OF DIABETES This is the second m a series of four talks on diabetes. It will deal with self-monitoring and hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia attacks Date: Jan 7 (Talks are every first Saturday of the month) Time: 2.30pm to 4pm Venue:
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