The Straits Times, 10 January 2006

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  • 597 1  -  Goh Eng Yeow By PINNING HOPES ON FAVOURABLE BUDGET "Chances are that the market will stay quite good until after the Budget m February. People are hoping that the Government will give out some goodies, given its excellent budgetary position." MR
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  • 566 1  - ASIA'S BIG CHILL Leslie Lav Carolyn Hong Lim Siao Jing Additional reporting by and |U|dreds killed as record low temperatures wreak havoc from India to Indonesia New Delhi ASIA has been battered by extreme weather, with record low temperatures and snowfall killing hundreds m some areas, while others were deluged
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1096 1  -  Zakir Hussain By TUCKED m a corner, beside the main building of the Hasanah Mosque at Teban Gardens m Jurong, is a makeshift corral with 100 sheep. The animals were led m on Sunday afternoon by the mosque's youth wing chairman Muhammad
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    • 176 2 Professor Tyrone Carlin is a chronic overachiever. He is an expert m accounting, finance and law, an advisor to the South African Financial Fiscal Commission, and a consultant to governments and businesses around the world. He is MGSM's youngest ever professor at 32. His lecturing style is dynamic, exciting and
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    • 325 2 SECTION ONE Ultrasonic disposal Prime 3-4 The PUB will use Asia 6-14 ultrasonic waves to World 15-19 pulverise sludge m RpwiPw 9n 99 wastewater treatment. Keview 20 22 PAGE H2 FYI 23 SECTION TWO Singaporeans first Home Hl-H6 A Feedback Unit panel p orum H7 says employers should Snorts HK
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  • PRIME
    • 579 3  -  Karamjit Kaur By Transport Correspondent But passengers will have to walk to planes when facility opens on March 26 PASSENGERS using Changi Airport's new budget terminal, which opens on March 26, need not travel empty-handed, hungry or bored. But they might
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    • 151 3  -  KARAMJIT KAUR TEXT The new terminal which opens on March 26, is basic but functional with enough facilities for passengers and visitors. The $45 million facility is the size of three football fields and can handle up to 2.7 million passengers a year O Bright
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    • 392 3 Jerusalem ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own yesterday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. "He is still connected to respirators that help
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  • PRIME
    • 643 4  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur TRUMPED UP CHARGES* "All the allegations against me are trumped up and untrue... I come from a very important family m the Middle East and my donation involves people high up m Malaysian society." Dr Elie (above),
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  • ASIA
    • 667 6  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing THE KEY WORD "Innovation is the core of the nations competitiveness and the strategic motif of China's future science and technological development." PRESIDENT HU, quoted m the official Xinhua news agency at the first national conference on
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    • 653 6  -  TSCHANG CHI-CHU NEWS ANALYSIS By China Correspondent In Beijing WHAT IS LACKING "China's lack of the basic pure research side is why it will keep on relying on foreigners to come up with some of the latest research." MR EUGENE WONG, partner
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    • 405 8 Manila's move to get the four rape suspects could strain ties Manila PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo will formally ask the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for custody of four American soldiers accused of rape, a source m the department said yesterday. The issue
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    • 222 8 1.43 m Japanese mark entry into adulthood TOKYO HUNDREDS of thousands of young Japanese m traditional kimonos and smart suits attended ceremonies yesterday marking their entry into adulthood, as concerns mount about the future burden of supporting an aging population. This year, Japan's Coming of Age Day a public holiday
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 105 8 ATAMBUA (Indonesia): More than 1,500 protesters burned pictures of East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao yesterday following the killing of three former pro-Jakarta militiamen by East Timor police near the border with Indonesia. Most protesters were fellow former militiamen or refugees who picketed a parliamentary office
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      • 114 8 BEIJING: China has revised its gross domestic product growth for 2004 to 10.1 per cent from 9.5 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. The bureau explained that the services sector m 2004 had been 10 per cent bigger than m the previous
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      • 122 8 BEIJING: A Chinese court jailed three villagers for up to five years m prison yesterday for their roles m a violent protest over factory pollution, defence lawyers said. Thousands rioted outside the city of Dongyang m eastern Zhejiang province last April injuring up to 50
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      • 104 8 TOKYO: A cousin of the Japanese emperor has stepped up his criticism of plans to allow women to ascend the throne m an article to be published m a magazine this week, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa criticised a government advisory panel
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      • 113 8 BEIJING: China and India opened a second round of talks yesterday aimed at ironing out difficulties over their disputed border and strengthening their strategic partnership, an Indian official said. Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran was meeting with China's Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei m the Chinese capital.
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  • CHINA
    • 430 9 It is trying to build a stronger fighting force by buying more high-tech arms instead Beijing CHINA'S military has cut back its troops by more than 200,000 since 2003 m an effort to create a stronger, more high-tech fighting force, the official newspaper of the
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    • 134 9 Taipei A PHOTOGRAPH being circulated on the Internet has confirmed an earlier report that the Chinese military has replicated a Taiwanese air base to conduct drills crucial for an invasion of the island, according to a newspaper report here. The mass-circulation United Daily News
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    • 46 9 The fifst group of women traffic police officers m Shenyang, capital of north-eastern China's Liaoning province, taking their oath. An official said that posting good-looking policewomen on the city's busiest roads will make the city an even more attractive place. PHOTO AFP
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    • 252 9 Taipei TAIWANESE Premier Frank Hsieh said yesterday the island was unlikely to accept the offer of two pandas from the mainland because doing so could undermine Taiwanese sovereignty. China announced last week it had picked a pair of pandas for shipment to Taiwan, offered
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 504 11  -  Chua Chin Hon By China Bureau Chief In Beijing An improvement m bilateral ties as bickering continues over other issues CHINA and Japan have agreed to reopen formal negotiations on disputed oil and gas resources m the East China Sea, following unofficial
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    • 403 11 Zhengzhou (Henan) DESPITE chilly ties between China and Japan, a top Japanese architect is helming a US$25 billion (Ss4l billion) project to build a brand new city for the capital of central Henan province. The city, rising from what used to be a
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    • 185 11 Beijing A FORMER vice-president of China's Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) went on trial yesterday on charges of bribery and embezzlement involving more than 12 million yuan (552.4 million), the official China Securities Journal said. Yu Dalu, 52, was being tried by the Beijing No.
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 470 12 KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED "We are going to resume the third round of the composite dialogue and also there are various ideas being thrown up and being discussed...We do hope there will be flexibility and we can take this process further." FOREIGN OFFICE SPOKESMAN
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    • 159 12 Lockout at Toyota plant in Bangalore Bangalore JAPANESE carmaker Toyota Motor has indefinitely shut down its factory near Bangalore, after workers went On strike to protest against the sacking of three employees. They began the strike on Friday with the demand that the three employees be rehired, said Mr A.R.
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    • 497 12 Colombo SRI LANKAN President Mahinda Rajapakse has vowed a tough line on terror as officials yesterday reported three more deaths m the island's embattled east, amid fears over a faltering truce. Mr Rajapakse told a rally m the island's south on
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    • 375 12 MUMBAI IMAGES of sari-clad women carrying sparkling metal pots of water on their heads are oft romanticised as a daily part of life m India. But these women are m fact eking out a living m an overcrowded slum m the heart of Mumbai India's
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 606 13  -  Salim Osman NEWS ANALYSIS By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Critics doubt the wisdom of forking out huge sums for mobile operator THE Indonesian government's plan to increase its stake m the country's sec-ond-largest mobile operator Indosat has drawn flak, with questions being raised
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    • 374 13 Bangkok FORENSIC evidence has confirmed the confessions of two Thai fishermen who admitted to the rape and murder of a British tourist on New Year's Day at a resort island m Thailand. Miss Katherine Horton, 21, a university student from Cardiff, Wales,
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    • 178 13 Yangon TWO small bombs exploded at a weekend market m north-western Myanmar, injuring two people and prompting a warning from the authorities for the public to stay clear of suspicious packages, state-run media said yesterday. Sunday's explosions took place at the Nantphalon market m
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    • 287 13 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says he will insist on seeing detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits Myanmar as Asean representative. Yesterday's assertion came as former United Nations envoy Razali Ismail warned that Myanmar's regime
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  • i SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
    • 357 14  -  Loei (Thailand) Issue 'urgent' after phones used to set off blasts m latest attack THAILAND will ask Malaysia to help prevent separatist rebels setting off bombs by cellphones m its largely Muslim south, the government said. The plea comes after police
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    • 153 14 Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia are scheduled to meet m Sumatra on Thursday, where they will discuss border issues, among other items. The meeting m Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra, is expected to further enhance
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    • 270 14 Chiang Mai THOUSANDS of Thais converged here yesterday to register their opposition to talks with the United States on a free trade agreement which they say will hurt farmers and reduce access to life-saving drugs. The protesters began their rally as US
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    • 453 14 INDONESIA should not become an ally or junior partner to the United States, and future bilateral relations should remain on an equal footing, analysts say. The call comes after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cancelled a trip to Indonesia and
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    • 220 14 Kuala Lumpur KELANTAN has announced plans to construct a kite-shaped island m a tourism project worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a report said yesterday. The ambitious project is reminiscent of the palm tree-shaped islands being constructed off the coast of
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  • WORLD
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      1188 15 Full recovery Very unlikely 1 THE type of stroke that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered usually has devastating consequences. Although his doctors may be able to keep him alive for weeks on a ventilator, he is very unlikely to make a full recovery. Mr Sharon had a
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      415 15 Vice-President rushed to hospital for shortness of breath but is released hours later Washington US VICE-President Dick Cheney was taken to a Washington hospital early yesterday suffering from shortness of breath, according to a statement from his office. The Vice-President, who has had four heart attacks, was taken
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      42 16 PHOTO: HOTO REUTERS SCRAMBLE: A veterinary official trying to gather poultry m an eastern Turkish town as the country grapples with the reality of bird flu. AFP VIGIL: Health Minister Recep Akdag visiting a young bird flu patient at the Van hospital.
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    • 691 16 AN INDICTMENT "The government and the state machine it runs look like an army defeated m an ambush." AN EDITORIAL m The Vatan newspaper Officials fail to detect outbreak m animals, allowing it to spread to humans Ankara BIRD flu had been simmering
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    • 186 16 THE authorities m Turkey were struggling yesterday to contain the bird flu virus as it spread westwards. There are reports of five more cases of human infection, with a further 100 people awaiting test results. Turkish labs have detected HSNI m the five new cases discovered
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    • 357 16 PUTRAJAYA THE Malaysian health authorities announced a blueprint yesterday to prepare hospitals and emergency services nationwide to deal with a possible bird flu human pandemic. The National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan is meant to coordinate measures such as the treatment of patients, culling of livestock and
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    • 139 16 Jakarta A 39-YEAR-OLD Indonesian man died of bird flu earlier this month, a senior Health Ministry official said yesterday, citing results of a local test. If confirmed by outside laboratories recognised by the World Health Organisation, the case would bring total known deaths m
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 77 17 CALIFORNIA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger received 15 stitches to repair a cut lip after a traffic accident near his Los Angeles home. "Mr Schwarzenegger was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle on Sunday with his son Patrick, 12, when another driver backed into the street," said spokesman
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      • 117 17 A SLIGHTLY nervous-looking Prince William launched his army career on Sunday when he entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. The second-in-line to the British throne is following younger brother Prince Harry m training to become an officer. Prince William, 23, arrived with his father, heir-to-the-throne
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      • 126 17 A THREE-month-old Iraqi girl suffering from a life threatening spine deformity has to undergo surgery m Atlanta, and her doctor is confident of the outcome. But Dr Roger Hudgins of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital warned that the child, known to the
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      • 128 17 IT IS a Mozart mystery as haunting as his Requiem and apparently it will not be solved anytime soon. After months of sophisticated DNA sleuthing, forensics experts admitted that they still cannot say whether an ancient skull belongs to the composer. "For the time
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    • 322 17 PHOTO: THE Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II m 1981 will be released on parole on Thursday. A Turkish court decided last week to free Mehmet AH Agca "on parole on Jan 12", his lawyer Mustafa Demirbag said. "We were hiding
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    • 457 18 EU, US condemn move which could lead to sanctions against Teheran Teheran IRAN confirmed it was resuming research on nuclear fuel yesterday, prompting a swift response irom the international community. Germany warned of "consequences", while the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said that the
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    • 318 18  -  Vivi Zainol BY THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is using satellite phones for this year's haj operations to help people contact their relatives on pilgrimage m Saudi Arabia. Speaking from Saudi Arabia, Muis' vice-consul of haj affairs, Mr Mohamedzen Idris, told
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 73 18 SYDNEY: More than 1,500 people were evacuated and ports and oil platforms were closed yesterday as Western Australia's Pilbara region braced for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Clare. The cyclone was expected to hit the coast between Dampier and Karratha last night, forcing the closure
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      • 95 18 LONDON: Muslim cleric Abu Hamza Al-Masri appeared before London's main criminal court yesterday to face charges such as soliciting the murder of Jews and non-Muslims. The former imam of Finsbury Park mosque m north London faces 15 charges, including four of using language aimed at
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      • 52 18 LONDON: Millions of commuters faced delays yesterday as a strike over new work rosters by London Underground station staff entered its second day. The London Underground said that the strike had shut 40 of the network's 275 stations and was causing severe delays on the Northern
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      • 65 18 BRISBANE: A deadly box jellyfish is. the probable killer of a seven-year-old girl who was fatally stung off a beach m Australia. She died on Sunday m the far north of Queensland state, according to police. Box jellyfish venom is "gram for gram, almost certainly
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      • 104 18 CAIRO: An Al-Qaeda statement has rebuked Sunnis for taking part m last month's Iraqi elections, saying they had "thrown a rope" to save United States policy m the country. v The statement by the group's leader, Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, was posted yesterday on an Islamic
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    • 137 18 Fort Sumner (New Mexico) A MOUSE got its revenge on a homeowner who tried to dispose of it m a pile of burning leaves by running back into the man's house and setting it ablaze. Mr Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside
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    • 368 18 Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) MORE than two million Muslims thronged holy Mount Arafat near Mecca yesterday, praying for a safe haj after a hostel collapse and warnings of a possible spread of bird flu. Many pilgrims, weary from the night's trek to Mount
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    • 675 19  - Six nations to meet over global warming Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney Critics say the Sydney summit is a ploy to bypass emission caps under Kyoto Protocol BUSINESS leaders and government ministers from six countries will gather m Sydney tomorrow to discuss new ways of combating global warming
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    • Article, Illustration
      94 19 These huskies are born to run and have been hitting the trails since they were puppies. Off to a rollicking start on the first day of AFP the Grande Odyssee race last Sunday, they will need all the endurance they have to complete the 900 km route. The
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    • 216 19 London BRITAIN'S former lawmaker Tony Banks, 62, known for his sharp tongue and wit, died m Florida on Sunday, a family spokesman said. He was on vacation on Sanibel Island and died after a stroke on Thursday, the spokesman said. "Tony
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    • 388 19 London AN INCREASE m piracy off the Indian Ocean coast of Somalia has made the area the most dangerous for pirate activities m the world. Shipping companies say the region has overtaken waters traditionally plagued by piracy such as the Strait ofMalacca. Captain Jayand
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    • 401 20 f 1 AIWAN's President Chen Shuibian had been on his best be.A. haviour shortly after winning re-election m a disputed ballot m March 2004 by a margin of 0.2 per cent. From being a China-baiter, talking archly about independence and pressing parliament to approve a purchase
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    • 857 20  -  Michael Vatikiotis SOUTH-EAST ASIA'S GROWTH By For The Straits Times There is a new sense of transparency and candour, perhaps helped by the advances made m representative government since the late 1 9905.. .1 n Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, economic issues were discussed more
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    • 916 20  -  Anthony Paul By Senior Writer TO HEAR some commentators tell it, the forthcoming lunar Year of the Fire Dog is likely to be a fiery dog of a year for Israelis and Iranians. In recent months, elements m both Tel Aviv and Teheran
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    • 1191 21  -  Hekmat Karzai By h'or The Straits limes FOUR years have passed since the United States' Operation F,nduring Freedom toppled the Taleban regime m Afghanistan. While much work remains, several surveys indicate the overall conditions of the Afghan people appear to have improved and may
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    • 854 21  -  Andy Mukherjee By INDIA'S stock-market regulator has unearthed a scam which it is now using as an excuse to revive an intrusive fingerprinting plan that may put off genuine investors. According to the regulator, the fraud took place last June when a woman,
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    • 1146 22  -  George Wehrfritz SONIA By Kolesnikov-Jessop Asia's cities are waking up to the same realisation that improving a city's environment can improve its economics WHEN America's Lucas Film Animation wanted to open its first foreign studio m 2004, a handful of countries tried to lure it.
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 2006
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    • 556 1  -  Chong Chee Kin By Runner delivering 1 ,000 litres m van panicked on seeing police patrol ON CHRISTMAS Eve just over a year ago, Loo Cheng Huat was on his delivery rounds, his van laden with more than 280 canisters, or about 1,000
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    • 386 1 IT IS impossible to profile the typical codeine abuser. Dr Munidasa Winslow, a senior consultant psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), said he has seen a housewife who took 11 bottles of cough mixture every day for a few months. "When
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    • TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTIONS
      • 569 2  -  Alexis Hooi Firms involved m $3. 7 b deep tunnel project are making waves overseas My COMPANIES working on the $3.7 billion project to build Singa pore's deepest and largest sewer age system are using the expertise they have gained to tap into
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      • 415 2  -  ALEXIS HOOI As water, environment and digital media are identified as emerging fields, various agencies are already focusing their REtD on these areas. In this first part of a series on such efforts, we look at some of the technologies being developed RESEARCHERS at
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    • 533 3  -  T. Rajan DEFAMATION CASE By FORMER presidential hopeful Andrew Kuan withdrew his defamation suit against MP and businessman Inderjit Singh yesterday, saying there was "absolutely no basis" m the allegations he had made against Mr Singh. He agreed to bear the legal costs of
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    • 540 3  -  Ken Kwek By Recommendation from Feedback Unit panel comes after two dialogues with 145 S'porean workers EMPLOYERS who adopt a "Singaporeans first" policy, especially m hiring older workers, should receive tax rebates from the Government, a committee of the Feedback Unit suggested
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      • 139 3 NARCOTICS officers nabbed a suspected trafficker and his accomplice at a fast-food restaurant m Downtown East and seized drugs worth about $2,420 m street value. The 20-year-old storeman was caught last Friday at 11.55pm when he sold an undercover officer three Ecstasy tablets at the restaurant.
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      • 86 3 A THIEF posing as a cellphone customer ran off with the $250 phone he was pretending to test out. He walked into a Geylang phone shop on Saturday at sam. The staff placed his SIM card m a phone for the man to test it, but
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    • 251 3 SINGAPORE is second only to the United States m the amount of energy it uses per person, according to a 2003 World Bank report. The high usage has prompted the Feedback Group for Physical Development to recommend that the Government and private sector look into
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      142 3 The rain is not going to go away just yet Meanwhile, it is inconveniencing folk. Residents of The Arcadia, a condominium m Arcadia Road, had to climb over the fallen trunk of an Albizzia tree (above), nearly a metre m diameter, to get to the main road.
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    • 656 4  -  Chang Ai-Lien By Science Correspondent Talk on predicting disease THOSE interested m learning more about the medical and social implications of using genetics to predict disease can attend a free public lecture tomorrow. The talk will be delivered by Professor Martin
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    • 171 4 The Night Safari is celebrating the birth of South-east Asia's first giant anteater born m captivity. Habitat destruction and hunting m the animal's native Central and South America regions have made the giant anteater a protected species. Due to its rarity m the wild, the birth
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    • 327 4  -  Lynn Lee By CHANGES have been made to the boundaries of some polling districts to make sure no polling station handles too many or too few voters. The changes were set out m detail yesterday m the Government Gazette. These changes are part
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    • 337 4  -  Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent THE single-intake system which will see students entering the 17 junior colleges and one centralised institute m one go will kick off m 2009. The Ministry of Education (MOE) also said yesterday that, from
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    • 414 4  - Tell that story how libraries changed your life Yen Feng By Hear these talks Saturday, 3.30pm: Mr Adrian Tan, author and lawyer, Central Lending Library Feb 11, 3pm: Mr Anuar Othman, poet and writer, Bedok Community Library Feb 25. 3pm: Mr Kenny Yap, CEO of Qian Hu Corporation, Jurong Regional
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    • 496 5  -  T. Rajan By Network launched by PA m 2004. Every constituency has own group WHEN an unattended bag "exploded" m a Jurong coffee shop last November, Mr Ang Jit Chuang, 39, knew exactly what to do. After being alerted by the Singapore Civil
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    • 190 5  -  K.C. VIJAYAN COMMUTERS whose train journeys were disrupted by Sunday's emergency drill can get a full fare refund. They can do so by presenting their ez-link cards at any SMRT passenger service centre located at MRT stations islandwide, said an SMRT spokesman yesterday.
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    • 159 5 YOUR living room will soon sport more high-tech gadgets, if last week's annual Consumer Electronics Show m Las Vegas is anything to go by. Among the exhibitors was tech giant Intel which introduced Viiv, a technology blueprint for home digital devices. Viiv
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    • 702 5  -  Khushwant Singh By CONFIDENCE BOOSTER "I think it gave them confidence that the emergency services had planned for it prepared for it and could actually do it." CHIEF CONSTABLE lAN JOHNSTON (above), head of the British Transport Police, on how the drill would have
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    • 466 6  -  Goh Chin Lian By SBS Transit staff spent past 6 weeks checking to ensure all goes smoothly STATION manager Ravindran R. Muthiah has been busy preparing Buangkok MRT station for its opening this Sunday, from testing the public announcement system to putting up
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    • 193 6 AFTER gliding four times since September, petrol prices headed back north yesterday Caltel was lust to blink, raising pump prices of its three gradei <>1 petrol by four cents a litre, to between $1,714 and $1 .87 I litre (before discount) The
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    • 376 6  -  March Lee Pereira By VIOLENT crime against Singaporeans m Johor Baru has actually fallen, and many recent reports of attacks exaggerate the situation, a senior Johor state official said yesterday. "The perception made by newspapers about crimes m Johor, about how
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    • 365 6  -  Arlina Arshad By NATIONAL Junior College (NJC) teacher Yong Yuen Cheng carries a water bottle everywhere he goes, drinks juices and keeps his fridge well stocked with isotonic drinks. "I'm afraid of the heat. I perspire a lot, become dehydrated and feel tired
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      • 526 7 'EXAM MERITOCRACY' VERSUS 'TALENT MERITOCRACY' TOPS IN VOCATIONS TOO How do we make these top-ranked students go on to be top-ranked adults m their chosen vocations? I REFER to the article, "There is no textbook formula" (ST, Jan 6), by Farced Zakaria m
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      • 445 7 FOLLOW YOUR HEART If you have the brains, then follow your heart. And if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make m money, you pay them no attention. I AM appalled by the comment by Everitt Road man Chan Cheng Khoon
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      • 297 7 Need to have some 'margin' in hectic lives You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 ToaPayoh North, Podium Level 2, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to The Straits Times Forum page, we take it that you agree at no charge
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      • 250 7 I ATTENDED the Singapore Sports School Awards Night on Wednesday and came away boiling mad. The guest of honour, Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports, was 45 minutes late. His lateness caused inconvenience as
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      • 255 7 IT WAS the year 2000 and my neighbour's child was five years old, cheerful, carefree and cherubic looking. She danced as she walked. Then, m a split second, she was lying on the ground, her life snuffed out by a falling
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      • 263 7 HDB 'resale' flats: Little impact on market I REFER to the letter, "Move to sell unsold flats will hurt prices" (ST, Jan 7), from Mr Mervyn Song Chee Kin. Mr Song is concerned that HDB's plan to sell a small number of its unsold flats m the resale market may
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      • 185 7 I REFER to the emergency exercise held on Sunday morning involving four MRT stations and a bus interchange. I understand the need to be prepared for terror attacks and emergencies but is withholding information on the timing and locations to make the drill more
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      • 173 7 I REFER to the letter from Mr Chen Guoqing, "Let car buyers choose insurers and banks" (ST, Jan 3). Borneo Motors is committed to offering competitive prices and services to its customers. In the case of insurers, we select and leverage on trusted
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      • 77 7 I THANK Mr Thomas Tan for his feedback, "Identity-theft risk m contest practice" (ST, Jan 4). It is a common practice among organisations to request participants to paste contest forms on the back of envelopes. From this month, contest participants of Contact magazine will also
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    • 8 8 THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 2006
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    • 615 8 SOCCER Eight-time FA Cup winners out after last-gasp goal gives Leicester 3-2 victory London AFTER Martin Jol pulled his stunned jaw off the floor, the Tottenham Hotspur manager urged his side not to lose their Premiership focus. Jol had watched his side booted out of
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    • 696 8 FA Cup Fourth-round draw: Stoke or Tamworth v Barnsley or Walsall, Cheltenham or Chester v Newcastle, Coventry v Nuneaton or Middlesbrough, West Brom or Reading v Torquay or Birmingham, Portsmouth v Liverpool, Leicester v Southampton, Bolton v Arsenal, Aston Villa v Port Vale, Brentford
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    • 335 8 Glasgow ROY Keane's dream move to the club he supported as a boy turned into a nightmare debut. Looking short of match fitness, the former Manchester United captain was largely anonymous as his beloved Celtic were sensationally knocked out of the Scottish Cup by second division
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    • 414 8 London ARSENE Wenger declared that Thierry Henry's decision to commit his future to Arsenal could prove a turning point m the club's fortunes. He also vowed to build a team around his captain, ahead of the Gunners' League Cup semi-final first leg away to
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    • 164 8 A LIVERPOOL fan has won £25,000 (5574,500) after betting that midfielder Xabi Alonso would score from his own half this season, British media reported yesterday. Alonso managed the feat from about 60 metres with Liverpool's fifth goal m a thrilling 5-3 FA Cup third-round
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    • 791 9  -  Victor Ng WILD WEEKEND By Portsmouth's hopes lie with Gaydamak, Shearer can still do a job for England PORTSMOUTH Football Club's new co-owner Alexandre Gaydamak sat m front of a press conference on Friday, and told anyone who cared to listen: "I'm very small and
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    • 265 9 London BRITAIN'S Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown should ease tax rules surrounding soccer and other sports stars to attract top talent to the country, an international tax consultant said. The current tax system puts off highearning sportsmen and stops Britain from luring
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    • 567 9 SOCCER Madrid REAL Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has written off his side's league title chances. A 0-0 draw against Villarreal had left the Spanish giants 13 points adrift of arch-rivals Barcelona, and Casillas feels the gap is too large to overcome. He believes their
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    • 462 9 Rome AC MILAN started the new year the way they ended it by being involved m another high-scoring game. A thrilling 4-3 victory over Parma moves them ahead of rivals Inter Milan into second place m Serie A. In their last game before the
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    • 475 10  -  Marc Lim BADMINTON By Sports Correspondent Apart from spotting potential stars, manual will also streamline selection HOW DOES THE PROGRAMME HELP? "This programme helps eliminate the subjective element while also ensuring that, should coaches leave, there will still be some continuity m talent
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    • 651 10 SOCCER Kuala Lumpur CORRUPTION m football is getting worse and Fifa must insist on the full democratisation and transparency of all its members, according to the head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Over the past weeks, Vietnamese football has slowly been
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    • 505 10 TENNIS Sydney MARTINA Hingis' hopes of once again dominating women's tennis received a reality check yesterday, when world No 8 Justine Henin-Har-denne dumped her out of the Sydney International first round m straight sets. Former No 1 Henin-Har-denne barely raised a sweat as she disposed
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      • 82 10 ROME: AC Milan have confirmed that French soccer club Monaco are interested m buying Christian Vieri during this month's transfer window. The 32-year-old Italian striker has struggled to win a regular place, and recently said he was worried over his international place with the
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      • 80 10 LONDON: China snooker sensation Ding Junhui, who claimed the UK Championship last month, got his world championship qualifying campaign off to a flying start on Sunday. The teenager, ranked 31st m the world, crushed Stuart Mann 10-1 m the first round of qualifying m
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      • 96 10 SYDNEY: Former Australian international Ewen McKenzie said Monday he was withdrawing his candidacy for the Wallaby head rugby coaching position, after Eddie Jones was sacked last month. The former prop said he had unfinished business as New South Wales Waratahs coach, and wanted to
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    • 17 10 SOCCER: League Cup s-final, 1 st leg: Wigan v Arsenal (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.40 am)
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    • 377 10 BASKETBALL Toronto VINCE Carter stuck it to his former fans then called it his greatest shot ever. He sank a three-pointer with O.lsec left and finished with 42 points against his former National Basketball Association team, leading New Jersey past the Toronto Raptors
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    • 619 11 »GOLF His two-foot birdie putt clinches third successive Mercedes title Kapalua (Hawaii) ALTHOUGH Stuart Appleby faced a birdie putt of no more than two feet to win his third successive Mercedes Championship title on Sunday, his heart was pounding. Vijay Singh had just missed from
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    • 491 11  -  Marc Lim By Sports Correspondent ONE of the world's former top amateur golfers may become a regular face on the Asian Tour this year. Australian Michael Sim, who topped amateur golf's world rankings last year before turning professional m November, is hoping to be the
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    • 432 11 RUGBY Hong Kong THE Asian Rugby Football Union (Arfu) yesterday denied claims it had threatened legal action over the hosting rights to the 2011 World Cup, calling the allegations outrageous. Britain's Sunday Times reported that the Arfu had threatened legal action m a
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    • 692 11 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Play-offs, Ist rd National Conference: Carolina 23 NY Giants 0. American Conference: Pittsburgh 31 Cincinnati 17. BASKETBALL NBA: New Jersey 105 Toronto 104, New York 120 Seattle 116. Denver 92 Houston 90, Indiana 108 Sacramento 83, Miami 1 18 Portland 89. CRICKET Fourth and final one-day
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    • OBITUARIES
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        115 11 SEETAHOH Age 78 Passed away peacefully on 8 Jan 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife Lee Sicw I lang Sons Daughter-in-law Sect I Ml I lee h.ui IVk Yce. Seren.i Seel li.it llu.it. I tluard Daughters Sons-in-law Seel I uil Mian. Icssln n Yu Sing
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        40 11 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr P. L. Kua Family on the demise of his beloved wife CHIU YEO LEE, IRENE on 7 Jan 06 From Mr Mrs Roy Chua Mr Mrs Stanley Hay Mr Mrs Wong Yoong Phin
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        50 11 The family of the late rLIEN YING TUNG Departed on 5 Jan 2006 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, business associates and colleagues for their attendance, condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths, scrolls and kind assistance during their recent bereavement Words cannot adequately express our sincere gratitude.
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        24 11 With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the Family of the I .it MSG YAM KUM HONG From: Head Air I raining Staff of ATD
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        28 11 With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the Family of the I .He MSG YAM KUM HONG From: Chief Air Force, Officers Men of Republic of Singapore Air Force
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        93 12 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 LOH CHOON TONG Called home to The Lord on 9 January 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Chiam Shock Yuen Sons Loh Zhi Hern Loh Zhi Jun
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        46 12 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Loh Choon Tong and family on the demise of her beloved husband LOH CHOON TONG RSP Architects Planners Engineers (Pte) Ltd CHAIRMAN DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT STAFF SQUIRE MECH PTE LTD SQUIRE MECH SDN BHD SQUIRE MECH (SHANGHAI) CO LTD
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        74 12 The Family of the Late TAN GUAN SEOK Departed on 1 January 2006 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education
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        85 12 BARAKA BASHAD' M. RANI FERNANDO AGE: 47 passed away peacefully on 9 January 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Father Mother (M. S. Fernando, deceased) Che San Jayapala Sister. Brothers: Sitha Fernando Tissa Fernando Gamini Fernando Best Friend: Chandani in-laws, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends loved ones. Body resting at Singapore Casket,
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        111 12 The Family of the Late CHEE KEONG LEE Departed on 23 December 2005 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: Dr Michael Yap and Dr Michael Lim Sister Soo and Staff of Soo's Nursing Home Pte Ltd Monks of Leong Hwa Monastery Monks, nuns and representatives of Singapore
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        48 12 7th Anniversary In Loving Memory of JULIAN RADJAM Departed 10 Jan 1999 Deeply missed by wife, children, grandchildren and all loved ones. A mass for the repose of his soul will be held on 10 lan 2006 at 6.30pm at the Church of St. Francis Xavier (Serangoon Gardens)
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        17 12 In loving memory of May Koh Departed 10 January 1997 In life loved In death remembered Lyn
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        59 12 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of JULIA SIM SOON BOEY (Departed on 10 January 1996) In our hearts your memory lingers. Sweetly tender, fond and true. There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Always remembered by Husband: Tan Chua Son: Daughter-in-law: Tan lin
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        33 12 In Loving Memory R. Rama Chandra Departed 10/1/89 Of one we will never forget. Mis absence to us is a sorrow. His loss we will always regret. Mv ays remembered by loved ones
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        21 12 TAN KHE TONG Twenty seven years have passed; you are gone but still living m the hearts of those who stay.
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      89 13 I With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to I I on the demise of her beloved husband I I LOHCHOONTONG -L^ AJL tT x^ lUI I RSP Architects Planners Engineers (Pte) Ltd I -■—1 nrom I RSP ARCHITECTS PLANNERS ENGINEERS (PTE) LTD I I RSP ARCHITECTS PLANNERS ENGINEERS (INDIA)
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      795 14 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Ho Chong Leong on the demised of his beloved father HO HONG CHOON Departed 5 January 2006 From The Management Staff of Arup Singapore Pte Ltd Over Arup Pty Ltd Australia With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to MR KUA PHEK LONG
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      • 764 20  -  Grace Ng By Festive cheer "DBS For those with $20,000 to $49,000, DBS is offering a 2.728 per cent rate on 12-month fixed deposits. And only a select few can enjoy the 2.988 per cent rate those with $750,000 to $1 million to
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      • 225 20  -  LEE SU SHYAN CPIB INVESTIGATION LOW-COST carrier Jetstar Asia says it is assisting the Singapore authorities with investigations into the Airocean Group. Jetstar's acting chief executive, Mr Neil Thompson said m a statement yesterday: "We are aware of the investigation into Airocean by the
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      • 459 16 PUSH TO SECURE OIL RESERVES The yet-to-be-developed Akpo deep-water field, operated by global oil major Total of France, is slated to come onstream m late 2008. The oilfield is forecast to reach peak production of 225,000 barrels of oil equivalent
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      • 492 16 New Delhi INDIA'S Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar called on China to cooperate on jointly bidding for oilfields overseas to prevent rivalry between the world's fastest-grow-ing major economies from making acquisitions too costly. Mr Aiyar starts a visit to China today, hoping to
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      • 41 16 Yesterday's close: 15,547.43 (+202.99 points) Hong Kong stocks rose for a fifth straight day to their highest level in five years as investors snapped up shares on optimism that interest rates may be neanng their peak REUTERS
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      • 32 16 Yesterday's close: 1,215.67 (+6.25 points) Chinese share prices closed 0 48 per cent higher, extending gams tor a fourth day as metal and energy stocks attracted continuing support. AFP
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      • 37 16 Yesterday's close: 4.831.5 4-40.4 points) Australian stocks closed up 0.84 per cent at a fresh record high, buoyed by Wall Street's gams and as rising oil and gold prices bolstered the resources sector AFP
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      • 38 16 Yesterday's close: 913.8 (+2.13 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0 23 per cent higher as institutional funds cautiously tried to "catch up" with a firmer region as sentiment was supported by gains on Wall Street. AFP
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      • 36 16 Yesterday's close: 1,245.05 (+22 8 points) Indonesian stocks closed up 1.87 per cent at a record high, spurred by fresh foreign funds and a positive performance by most markets in the region AFP
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      • 33 16 Yesterdays close: 762.26 (+14.92 points) Thai share prices closed sharply higher, adding 2 percent on the back of strong interest from foreign investors in communication, banking and property stocks. AFP
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        • 111 16 CHINA 2005 TRADE SURPLUS SOARS ABOVE US$1 04B BEIJING: ChiM had I record monthly trade surplus ol about US$l3 billion (5521.4 billion) m December, data showed yesterday. This figure is likely to lead to further US calls on Beijing to move more quickly to allow the yuan to appreciate. The
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        • 117 16 BEIJING: China's foreign -exchange re serves may have reached US$B2O billion (551.36 trillion) by the end of last year, driven by the rising trade surplus, a state researcher wrote m an analysis published m the Shanghai Securities News yesterday. The country's reserves, the
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        • 100 16 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian gov ernment may consider raising this year's economic growth forecast of 5.5 per cent, said Deputy Finance Minister Nig Yen Yen yesterday. "We hope to raise the forecast," she said. "We will watch and see." South-east Asia's third-largest economy
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      • 618 17 Demand being driven by inflows to stocks as investors bet on strong export growth ASIAN currencies rose to fresh multi-month highs yesterday, underpinned by broad weakness m the US dollar and as overseas funds bet that export growth will draw
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      • 59 17 GRAPHICS PHOTO Asian currencies reached new highs as the US dollar continued to lose ground. The rise of regional currencies has seen the Singdollar go up. BT LIM YONG The huge inflow of overseas funds has boosted the rupiah. Source: BLOOMBERG Speculation that US interest rate hikes may
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      • 306 17 GOLD jumped 1 per cent to its highest m nearly 25 years yesterday as funds poured money into precious metals, while oil and commodity prices surged. Uncertainty about the US dollar's outlook and general security-related fears sent bullion higher. Spot gold rose
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      • 186 17 Ex- chairman of Taiwan chipmaker UMC charged Taipei TAIWAN yesterday charged Robert Tsao, the former chairman of the world's second-largest contract microchip maker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), with breach of trust over UMC's involvement with a microchip company m China. The Hsinchu prosecutor's office said Tsao and UMC's former vicechairman,
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      • 233 17 Hong Kong BANK of China, the country's second-biggest lender, has secured key approval from the State Council to launch a US$6 billion to US$B billion (559.9 billion to 5513.2 billion) Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) m the first half of the
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      • 790 18  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent Reason cited is an even chance of the bursting of the bubble m US housing prices UNITED States billionaire investor and one-time hedge fund king, George Soros, believes the global economy is likely to fall into a recession
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      • 400 18  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent OWNERS of apartments at Angullia Mansion a short walk away from the plum, hotly-contested Orchard Turn property site are hoping to cash m on this upswing m the area's prestige. They have become the latest owners of
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      • 175 18 Southern appeals against Bank Negara' s decision Kuala Lumpur SOUTHERN Bank Berhad (SBB), Malaysia's ninth-biggest bank m asset size, has appealed to Bank Negara, Malaysia's central bank, to reconsider its proposed purchase of Singapore insurer Asia General Holdings, Dow Jones Newswires reported yesterday. The news agency, quoting a report m
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        • 115 18 PONTIAC SEEKS $200 M LOAN FOR HOTEL PROPERTY developer Pontiac Land Group is seeking a loan of about $200 million to cover the cost of land and building a hotel on Sentosa island, according to a Bloomberg report yesterday that cited bankers close to the deal. The building project, which
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        • 103 18 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) said yesterday that it has renewed or signed new leases for 52,868 sq m of space m the three months ended Dec 31, last year. These leases represent 8.3 per cent of the net lettable area of
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      • 557 18 Las Vegas LENOVO Group, the world's No. 3 personal computer (PC) maker, is gearing up for a major global push for its notebook PCs, including the unveiling of the Lenovo brand outside its home China market. The drive would come as Lenovo,
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      • 467 18  -  Grace Ng MEDIA MARKETING By A CHANGE IN DIET: The "Fantastic" campaign has to make McDonald's new chicken and beef rice burgers stand out because rice is already a mainstay of most Singaporeans' diets, says Mr Bleasdale (right). Inspiration came from
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      • 525 19  - OCBC poised to take stake in Ningbo bank Fiona Chan By Target of interest NINGBO Commercial Bank, founded m April 1997, had assets totalling 42.1 billion yuan (558.67 billion) at the end of last year, up from 37.2 billion yuan at the end of June. Over the same period, its
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      • 417 19  - ST Engg's earnings up 12% to $396 m Erica Tay By SINGAPORE Technologies (ST) Engineering, the nations largest conglomerate, reported a 12 per cent increase m full-year net profit for 2005 to $396.3 million, its second straight year of growth. The group, whose biggest mon-ey-spinner is its aircraft maintenance arm
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      • 305 19  - Motorola exec appointed PacNet CEO Alfred Siew Hy AFTER five months without I chief executive (CEO), Pacific Internet has appointed an expert m wireless tech nologies to replace former CEO Tan Tong Mai. Mr Phey Teck Moh, a vice [>ivm dent at Motorola Asia Pacific, will join the Nasdaq-listed, Singapore-based
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      • 396 19  - Market sentiment up with hefty trading Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By IT'S not irrational exuberance yet but there is a definite giddy feeling among traders about the stockmarket rally. Not even the prospect of a break m trading for Hari Raya Haji today could stop buyers from continuing to
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      • 204 19  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH TRADERS are anticipating more upside m covered warrants issued by foreign banks on United Overseas Bank (UOB) when the bank starts its $600 million share buyback programme. As the price of the warrants tracks the UOB share price
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    • 49 1 HEROIC FEAT EMOTIONAL MAIMIPULATIOIM? Wps it necessary for Venerable Shi Ming Yi to risk his life again to raise funds for the Ren Ci Hospital? LEE SZE YONG says it was a noble way to get people to donate money, but FOONG WOEI WAN says she felt manipulated. paqes2&3
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      • 563 3  -  Foong Woei Wan > VIEWPOINTS ENOUGH already. I have had enough of feel-bad charity shows that showcase people risking life and limb, all with the aim of making me donate more money. It happened yet again on Sunday night at the Ren Ci Charity Show, and, boy,
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      • 413 3  -  Lee Sze Yong LIKE it or not, people love drama and want excitement m their lives, even if vicariously so. That is why motorists slow down to gawk at traffic accidents, and why millions around the world are hooked on reality TV shows like Fear Factor. That
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      • 299 3 LIFE! polled 50 Singaporeans yesterday on whether charity shows should feature dangerous stunts to attract donations. Thirty-four felt that the stunts should continue as long as they are not dangerous to the point of threatening the lives of those who perform them. Sixteen felt that
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      • 850 4  -  Clara Chow ARTS CORRESPONDENT Atul Dodiya looks more like a literature professor than an artist who uses references of pop culture m his paintings. The Mumbai-based artist has an exhibition here INDIAN artist Atul Dodiya looks on serenely as workers hang his works on
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      • 475 4  -  Tan Shzr Ee CONCERTS SSO 27th Anniversary Concert Singapore Symphony Orchestra Shui Lan, conductor/Lynnette Seah, violinist Esplanade Concert Hall Last Saturday A WORLD premiere and a pianoshaped birthday cake marked Shui Lans 10 years with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at the Esplanade
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      • 1210 6  -  Frankie Chee Low prices on shopping and dining, as well as clean nightlife fun, also lure Singaporeans back to Batam for more EVERY Saturday. Mr Jason Tan leads a group of up to 12 men to Batam to have a swinging good time at
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      • 143 14 HONG KONG Hong Kong's film industry suffered its worst year m a decade last year with plunging domestic box office receipts and a decline m the number of local productions. Ticket revenues slumped by a third, grossing HK$2B4 million (Ss6o million) compared with HK$42l million m
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    • 1359 8 PP-K DOl-08 P|k DO l-08 LLli CITY ft SOUTH-WEST la CITY ft SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-RENT W PTE APTS- RENT Within walking distance to Outram/ Chinatown MRT Station Quiet and serene environment Nice layout with aircon m bedrooms •m- Reasonable rental S'poreans/PRs/Employment Pass Holders/Students are eligible Tel: 9129 3688 CHOICE THE PEARL.
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    • 936 9 if{S HUDC/ HDB |ti£7 APTS FOR RENT GOOD RENT FY?Ti!^lTflil?mTTTSflff APPROVED 4-RM WOODLANDS blk 874. High fir. Renovated. F/furn. i Aircon. All welcome. 6365-1188 www.singaporerealtors.com EXPATS CHOICE 2+l WOODLANDS 877, 8 2A. Yishun 633. 393, 772, 298, 286. Sembawang 5078. 3+l Hougang 114. CCX 421, 663 etc. *****182 ST GEORGE
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    • 660 12 Properties W\ HDB APTS FOR SALE ||pf (BUKIT BATOK) CHERLVIN LOH *****583 ROOF NEW! 4 'A' 160 corner S3OK decor NEW! 4'A' 339 Corner high fir MRT NEW! 4'A' 539 Corner, windy. MRT NEW! ST 639 marble, Corner, MRT NEW! 5T 191 LIFT low MRT/ mkt NEW! s'A' 285 Corner
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    • 569 13 Properties Ffh HDB APTS FOR SALE Ufc/ (MARINE PARADE) 3-RM UPGRADED BLK 67. Corridor unit. Mid fir. Valued. Near sch/ amenities. View to offer Don't miss' 9682-6517 5-RM 79 MARINE Parade. High fir. Breezy Seaview. Access area. Marble/ aircon. Near shpg/ sch. valued S4ISK. DTZ 9680-4615 FULL SEA VIEW sea
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    • 830 73 Ff^V HDB APTS FOR SALE UP (TAMPINES/SIMEI) IIIHSSSi 3'A' blk 420 Tampmes. Nicely renovated. Move m. MRT/ Tampines North CC/ Library/ PolyClinic. Valued! 9665 7596 Ruth TODAY 1-SPM! PR CtiOtCC house. 3'A' 112 Tampmes 810, 100% move-in. Vacant. Valued $18OK. Near MRT/ market. 8188-5566 4'A 1 BLK 320 high floor.
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    • 903 73 RK HDB APTS FOR SALE U(r (WOODLANDS) A**** MEGA FORCE ****A New! 4'A' Corner 896 C 88. S2l5K+ New! ST 543. 547 88" Al S265K+ New! St 786 D 813 S265K* 4'A' so6, 528 Renovated. $217K* 4'A' 661 88+ Al S2l5K* 4'A' 729 88+ MRT. S2OOK* 4'A' 752, 753 86+
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    • 761 73 fifV HDB APTS FOR SALE (jit/ (YISHUN) I rB 1 MINS MRT/ CENTRAL. All Races 4 'NG' 143. Corner. Ground fir. Tip top. Dr face E. 96 sqm. Nice layout. Bright airy. $215K neg 4'A' BLK 935 Yishun Central. Lift level. MRT. Move m cond. Aircon. Amenities. Valued S24OK! Indians
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    • 554 73 ■k HDB APTS FOR SALE 3D (SENGKANG/ PUNGGOL) SUPER VALUE EXEC APT 225 C/ 250 C Compass vale Walk. High fir. Unblocked. Renovated. Cosy. Amenities. Serious seller! Call 9109-2855 I H If. ;BJ 1^ >r m MINS SHPG/ NTUC/ mkt All races Rivervale Dr 5T corner 121A #13. 5 yrs.
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      • 208 11 Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter In 2013, the US army implements the Integrated Warfighter System (IWS), which combines satellite communication devices and advanced weapons systems while enhancing survival abilities. As Captain Scott Mitchell, you will experience urban warfare m a future Mexico City while commanding the Ghosts. Equipped with
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      • 169 11 Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion With the sudden, mysterious death of its emperor, Tamriel is a kingdom descending into anarchy, hastened by the entry of demons via the gate of Oblivion. You must once again save a humongous world ripe for freeform exploration and flexible gameplay options m this sequel,
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    • 532 12 Apple Computer's maverick chief Steve Jobs is expected to unveil a slew of new toys at Macworld today. GRACE CHNG reports PHOTO: Legions of Macintosh fans around the world have been waiting to exhale. And they will do so today. When Mac god Apple Computer's charismatic
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    • 174 12  -  Grace Chng Thousands of Mac faithfuls will make their annual pilgrimage to San Francisco to attend Mac World 2006 which starts today. The four-day fest heralds the latest m all Mac software, hardware and extras. Held at The Moscone Centre, a 10-minute walk from San
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        120 13 Korea's Newgen Telecom has launched the Mega-X (left), another multi-hyphen-ate mobile phone that doubles as a camera, videocam and media player. The dual-band phone features a 1.3-megapixel camera and comes with 128MB of onboard memory to store the digital pictures. Flip open the 1.8-inch display to use the
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      • 74 13 Instead of loading up on memory, LG has another solution for its new S5OOO camera phone: a universal USB port for fast download of pictures. The tri-band clamshell phone comes with a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera and 4MB of memory space. But it also has a USB port for easy
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      • 192 13  - reading labels When gigabytes go missing The label on the box says your spanking new PC has 160 GB of storage. Upon firing it up, however, the screen shows there is only 149 GB. of storage. Before you call the consumers association to complain of the cheat, count to 10
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    • 646 16 A US radio station owner is expanding to provide online videos and music Will video thrill the radio star? That's certainly the hope of Clear Channel Communications, a US radio station owner which is expanding its online entertainment business by letting users
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      603 17 The New Year heralds fresh beginnings, new resolutions and growth. In that spirit, MELISSA LWEE shares her pick of local blogs to watch out for m 2006 From a Singapore angle http://singaporeangle.blog spot.com WHY IT REIGNS: One of the best local weblogs m the blogosphere for timely news analysis.
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    • 789 17  -  IRENE HOE By DIGITAL EDGE And it doesn't help when you encounter retail staff that are not interested m their jobs The digital divide is alive and well m Singapore stores, leaving a yawning gap even m common sense. The divide I mean is the chasm
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      • 381 18 The Chronicles Of JNlarnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe As m the movie of the same name, The Chronicles of Narnia, the game, tells the story of four kids who stumble into the mystical land through a magical portal at the back of a
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        5 18 TOP GAME PLAY SOURCE: TEC-DROME
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        286 18  - cheat sheet Sim Cheng Kai Cheat Death, Earn Familiars: Understanding the Laws of Narnia Chronicles of Narnia has a cumulative health meter which, when depleted, will get any character you control temporarily knocked out with one hit; except for anyone who's not m direct command. This strategy will help you
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      • 732 19 EZHH PRICE: $115 GENRE: Strategy PLATFORM: Playstation 2 UfMM PRICE: $59 GENRE: Action PLATFORM: Nintendo DS Gundam Seed Destiny: Generation of CE This is a typical Japanese-language strategy game with giant robots. It is based on the popular Gundam Seed Destiny anime TV series, including
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      • 975 20 Perfect blend of digital entertainment and PC power Fujitsu Deskpower TX Starting from $6,888 Get it from Fujitsu dealers Computer users, especially gamers, have always longed for big screens. With the Deskpower TX from Fujitsu, they need look no further. The first thing you will notice about the Deskpower TX
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      • 705 21 Sony Ericsson w9ooi $1,098 (with a standard two-year mobile plan) or $1,198 (without plan) Get it from phone shops Many handphones have music playback capabilities or built-in cameras. But few are like Sony Ericsson's w9ooi, which has both a full-fledged digital music player and
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      • 958 22 McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006 $99.95 Get it from most IT stores Being assaulted with viruses, worms, spyware and identity theft attempts is a common occurence for Windows users. Thankfully, the Linux and MacOS community, have stepped m to provide reprieve from the scourge. The market has security
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        1471 23 HELP DESK Have any questions you want answered? Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Q Whenever I turn on my PC it brings me to a page where I have to click a user account to reach
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        • 166 24 SERVICES Talk me through it Chunks of text m a technical manual is probably the one thing that even an IT guy hates too much to digest and understand. But when it comes to the crunch (and when something breaks down), usually, there is no choice. Now, Network Appliance has
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        • 96 24 Singaporeans who travel frequently to Australia for business or leisure may find this a convenient service. Australia's leading information resource, Sensis, and mobile messaging and data services provider, Mobile 365, have teamed up for a service that allows mobile phone users to look up a business or
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        • 256 24 Aztech Systems has been busy at the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow the 2006 International CES m Las Vegas. There, it showed products like the IPXIOSO IP-PBX system an easy-to-use Internet-compatible option to the traditional circuit switched business phone system. A Web browser-based tool configures and assigns
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        • 694 24 "This technology has the potential of becoming very widespread/ said Ms Lauri Pesonen, who is m charge of NFC consumer solutions at Nokia and is a board member of the NFC Forum, the industry group backing the technology. The way NFC differs from other radio
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        451 25 10 million Nintendo DS systems sold worldwide Nintendo Co has sold about 10 million of its Nintendo DS handheld game systems worldwide, including about 4 million m North America and more than 5 mi lion m Japan. i Mr Perrin Kaplan, vice-presi-dent for marketing at Nintendo's US headquarters m
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      • 317 26 Global semiconductor sales climbed for a fourth straight month m November, helped by demand for chips used m mobile phones, digital cameras and MP3 music players, reported the Semiconductor Industry Association last week. Sales rose 7.2 per cent to US$2O.4 billion (Ss34 billion) from US$l9
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      • 477 26 IBM's manufacturing arm comes up with inventions to improve manufacturing processes. SERENE LUO reports It used to take three strong burly men to carry and turn around the metal framework, so that another factory worker could attach the storage disk drives inside. These chassis, which
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        27 30 PHOTO: JOYCE FANG (From left) Vanessa Tok, Zabrina Chew and Stephanie Saw are among the first batch of girls to join the all-boys ACS (Independent).
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      • 443 30 Here come the ACS(I) girls (By Dawn Lim, ST, Jan 4) The IB programme was launched about two years ago, and is giving more choice to students. The diploma is another way for them to earn their qualifications, instead of taking the GCEO and A level paths.
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        138 30 Flexible spaces Every corner m schools can be put to good use, and $40 million has been set aside for the Flexible School Infrastructure scheme. The idea is that schoof spaces can be used for all kinds of learning so look out for odd corners being turned into
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        504 31  - Push and POLL ANDREW DUFFY BIGATHOME BY WH O H AS DROPPED HINTS? None other than Senior Minister Goh ChokTong. He said about Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: "He's still thinking about when to hold an election. Elections need not be held until 2007. But if you ask me, I
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      • 131 31 GETSTARTED How do different racial and ethnic groups maintain their culture? What can you learn about different groups through their activities? Look through today's newspaper to see if they can find any stories involving cultural activities. Singapore is divided into constituencies, or areas represented by an
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          252 32 GETSTARTED Look through the Sports section of the newspaper: Can you find 1 0 verbs telling the actions of some of the players? List the verbs and then write a description of a workout a person could do with those actions. For example, if the words include
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          120 32 P 3,000,000 What it is about That's the number of people m China's countryside who have no choice but to use polluted water m their daily lives, for drinking, cooking and bathing. The most common threat to water supplies, after drought, comes from chemical pollutants and other
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          111 32 Southern Thailand What happened there Heavy rain has led to Thailand's worst floods m 30 years, affecting tens of thousands of people. Military helicopters have been rushing aid to stranded communities m Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. More than 300 schools m Yala are reportedly under water. What
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          110 32 Troops pull out of Aceh What it means The peace process m Aceh appears to be progressing well. The Indonesian military withdrew the last of its 24,000 troops from Aceh on Dec 29. What now? The Indonesian government hopes that the departure of the troops signals a
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        807 33 Good things come m small packages, as the saying goes. So we took a look at tiny treats from books and movies to even the latest toy. BY CHERYL KOOK ANT POWER Ten-year-old Lucas Nickle, the new boy at school, is constantly tormented by the school bully. So he
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          148 34 GETSTARTED Look through the advertisements m The Straits Times and cut out 0 different products. Then make a table and divide them based on what they can be recycled into. Some suggested categories: Plastics, Paper, Glass, Aluminium and Non-recyclable. Draw a bar graph to show the number of items
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        • 56 34 FOR YOUR GRANDPARENTS... In the 1 9605, villagers could still be found living m traditional wooden stilt houses on palm-lined islands off the southern coast of Singapore. Islanders from the nearby Pulau Semulon, which made way for the multi-million-dollar Jurong Harbour project, were resettled m Pulau Merlimau. Houses were built
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          66 34 Singapore's proximity to oil and gas fields m Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam is a key asset m the drive to develop Jurong Island into a world-class chemical hub. Another project being studied will use underground caverns on Jurong Island to store chemical products such as naphtha and
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          241 35 OH AARON! PHOTO: FAMOUS FORTUNES At 1 7 /ears of age, Aaron Charles Carter is m the Guinness Book of World Records as being the youngest male solo artist to rack up four consecutive Top 40 hits. He hasfnade a name for himself ait over the world as a singer^
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          227 35 TDFKKLTFLXCJXJJF Count the number of different types of advertisements that are featured m the ST, for example, slimming advertisements, chadines, electronics, etc. Which category has the most number of advertisements? Discuss with your friends why you think this is so. The New Zealand dollar, also known informally as the
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          109 35 To pad the bill This means to add false expenses to the total cost of something, such as a bill. This is done to wrongfully get extra money from someone. As m: The air conditioner repairman was padding the bill by adding all kinds of surcharges, so my mum
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      • 260 36 WEIRD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WOMAN MARRIES DOLPHIN Talk about love for animals a British woman has just married a dolphin m Israel! Miss Sharon Tendler from Redbridge, East London, wore a white silk dress and a pink tiara for the ceremony m Eliat, Israel. The dolphin, a male
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        577 36 itsr w a vviKiii iiAppciivvi m uuiiu i»iivs ttviiu UNITED STATES The animated feature film Toy Story was among 25 movies chosen last month to be preserved for future generations by the US Library of Congress. The preservation project was started because it was recently discovered that
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        • 217 40 SPREADING FESTIVE CHEER When Makoto Fujita, 1 2, and Hiroki Kurita, 1 1 were asked to set up Christmas decorations at the Japanese School m Changi, they decided to take it a step further. The school social welfare committee leaders saw a chance to raise cash for The Straits Times
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          176 40 Started m May of 2004, Jazzkids is made up of youngsters just like you aged between eight and 14. The first children's jazz group m Singapore, it says it embraces a style of music that is a mixture of "big band, swing and as the name implies,
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        • 139 40 By Lim Sim Lin, Primary 6, Yu Neng Primary School I stood on the beach and gazed at the sea And wondered what kind of creatures will there be What mysteries lay under that smooth calm lid Oh how I wished to know what the
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        74 41 Higher learning Publish or perish this phrase spells "pressure" for university professors. It refers to how they are obliged to publish books or articles m significant journals about their research and findings. Similar to "do or die". As m: "When it comes to career advancement, university professors don't only need
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        249 41  -  DANIEL LOW Even if you are not there studying, chances are the word will crop up m conversations. BY THE IDIOM School of hard knocks THE MEANING To learn not by going to school and getting a degree, but by picking up skills the hard way through
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          101 42 We have got 20 Little Red Dot handy fans to give away. But only if you can tell us who these newsmakers of 2005 are, and why they are famous or notorious. Just match the name with the correct deed. So, if you think the correct deed
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        • 144 42 WALLACE GROMIT GIVE AWAY! Look m the Home pages of The Straits Times for articles with descriptions of people. Get your students to read it, making notes on the different ways the reporter describes a person. This can range from details of the person's age and job to even what
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        • 302 42 A. He kidnapped, tortured and killed eight-year-old Huang Na m 2004, sparking a massive manhunt then. He was sentenced to death after his trial last year. B. Ditched his national service duty, became a famous pianist overseas, then wanted to return to meet his old parents and,
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        • 506 43  -  P. OVID SPECIAL REPORT BY Jk father and son's prison M escape went horribly wrong W**^^ yesterday when one of them to his death. Daedalus, a Greek construction industry contractor, had been locked up m the high-security Tower Prison together with his son, Icarus. The
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        • 139 43 This is a story from the Metamorphoses, written m the year AD 8 by the Roman poet Ovid. It is a collection of tales about the creation and history of the world many of them about love. Daedalus (pronounced DEH-duh-lus) builds a labyrinth (a maze) for King Minos to
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        • 63 43 Contractor: A person or company providing materials or workmen for a job, usually to build something. Treacherous waters: Waters with hidden or unknown dangers Imitate: Copy Soared: Flew up or high m the sky Doomed: Marked for death or something else bad Got carried away: Got too excited
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        • 98 44 Salonga National Park, the home of the bonobo, is the largest protected tropical rain forest m the world and is also home to many endangered animals, including the colobus monkey, long-tailed pangolin, leopard, African golden cat, bush pig, black stork, the Congo peacock and the African
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        • 318 44  -  Ellen Whyte By fall the animals m the world; the bonobo is our closest cousin, sharing about 98 per cent of our genes. Bonobos look a lot like our other close relative, the chimpanzee. Both are about I 1 5cm tall when standing upright, and live m
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      • 160 30 Coins for top dogs The Singapore Mint will give v every primary school m Singapore one commemorative coin each to award the top Primary 5 pupil, starting with a lunar dog nickel coin. The coins will be given to Primary 5 pupils because they would be going on to become
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      • 401 45  -  MRJUAT BABA MRS CHONG PEILING BY AND (GREENRIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL) Try it the Dot way! Every week, our panel of teachers from the Red Circle brews up Dot-flavoured lessons from its vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we look at how newspapers make use of
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      • 258 45  -  LIAWWY-CIN BY YOU will notice that newspaper writing is very different from a novel or storybogk, although to a large extent, both types of writing are a form of storytelling. Newspaper articles tell stories about how the government is introducing a new policy or rule, or
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      • 50 45 GETSTARTED Read The Straits Times today and look at the introductions of different articles. Are there some that you could use in your own essays? What kinds of introductions might not work? Check with your teacher to get some input
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      • 122 46 PHOTO: REUTERS GETSTARTED Form small groups and make two collages one of tame animals and the other of wild animals. Get pictures of the two groups of animals from The Straits Times or the Internet. Once you are finished, present the collage before your classmates.
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        46 46 The world's largest and strongest land mammals are facing a grim future extinction. Their numbers are dwindling because they just don't have anywhere to go. There are two types of elephants: the. African and the Asian elephant, which is much smaller m size.
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      • 195 46 Spanning over the entire Asian continent m 1 3 countries, the Asian elephants lack the gigantic ears and hollow back that its African cousin possesses. The female elephants are generally docile and gentler, Whereas the male elephants can get quite aggressive m obtaining food and fighting off threats. These wild
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      • 233 46 The Singapore Zoo has recently revamped its Elephants of Asia exhibit to reflect the ca Iture and heritage of where the jumbos live m the wild. Each of the habitat's six pavilions is decorated to resemble countries where Asian elephants are found Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India.
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