The Straits Times, 2 October 2006

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  • 534 1  - Thailand's new PM Surayud urges unity Nirmal Ghosh By l hauand Correspondent In Bangkok Political problems need reconciliation and understanding to be resolved FORMER army chief Surayud Chulanont assumed office as Thailand's interim prime minister yesterday, saying he wanted to heal a country divided by his ousted predecessor. "I'm asking
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  • 118 1 Singapore's skyline was obscured and the acrid tang of smoke hung m the air as the haze worsened, affecting all parts of the island yesterday. By late afternoon, the Pollutants Standards Index was m the 60s, m the "moderate" range of 51 to 100. Anything
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  • 508 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh By LETTING people test themselves for Aids using a self-test kit that is based on blood samples could be problematic. In a study of 350 people here by six doctors from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the
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  • 1005 1  -  Goh Sui Noi gnmjgm By Senior Correspondent TEACHER Ren Yushi, 32, is one of 35 million people m China who have installed solar water heaters m their homes. He bought the heater for his top-floor flat m Beijing to save on electricity bills,
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    • 258 1 Good luck HBB"^5!TO Going ML?j Fresh ••*^Q^I 1 charm Flllf i JMll local B? start Huang Wenyong T^ Hospitals less-reliant m. New Japanese leader Shinzo 7RRR7 survives 25 years mm' m I I' ill on foreign Abe will visit Beijing next X fUUIIf m the business I •dP^.ilJ 1 nurses
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 12 2 Prime 1-4 Asia 5-11 World 12-15 Review 17-19 FYI 20
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    • 20 2 Home Hl-H8 Forum H9 Sports Hll-Hl4 Obituaries Hl4-Hl5 Money Hl6-H2O LIFE! People L2-L7, L14, L16 Events TV Ll5
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    • 58 2 Man of integrity Former general Surayud Chulanont is appointed as Thailand's interim PM and is widely seen as the right person to bring an end to divisiveness. PAGE 5 Abe to visit China Japan's new PM is expected to visit Beijing next week for talks witn Chinese leaders m
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    • 23 2 Terrorist video found A "martyrdom video" has surfaced, allegedly made by the ringleader of the 911 terrorist attacks, Mohamed Atta. PAGE 14
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    • 23 2 Preserve, sure Conservation of heritage buildings admits of no argument. But not everything that is old would fit the bill. PAGE 17
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    • 39 2 Oil reaching its peak An intense race to grab what remains of the world's oil is under way, as supplies approach the tipping point "peak oil —at which hah* the known reserves will have been consumed. PAGE 17
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    • 48 2 Ace m Gentinq's IR bid Man hailed as ''most original voice" m recent American architecture, will design Sentosa resort if Genting wins. PAGE H3 Junction smash Two people die m a road crash, after a motorcycle runs neadlong into the side of a Mercedes Benz. PAGE H4
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    • 18 2 Unhappy over policy Reader annoyed after Medishield policy is made void despite premium being paid. PAGE H9
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    • 19 2 Schumacher on top German racing driver takes Formula One championship lead after winning Chinese Grand Prix. PAGE Hl4
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    • 25 2 Insurance price war Danger exists that motor premiums may not be enough to pay for claims, as profits fall and firms slash prices. PAGEH2O
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    • 91 2 IN OUR story "Yong Lum Sung to step down as Star Hub's ops chief" on Sept 30, we wrongly reported Star Hub spokesman Jeannie Ong's surname as Ms Yeo. We also reported that Mr Yong had served as chairman of the then-Singapore Cable Vision from
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  • PRIME
    • 724 3  -  Fiona Chan By Hopes of mass market recovery raised after 24-hour sale of 107 preview units m Jurong HOME buyers are snapping up units m some new condominiums even before they are officially launched. And. m a twist, these brisk "preview" sales are now
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    • 436 3 GLAD FOR THE HELP "If we didn't get it our parents would have had to worry about how to pay for our food and bus fare," SYAHID, on the extra cash he and his sister receives from the School Pocket
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    • 574 4  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By But is it enough? No, say retailers who say it cannot make up for losses last month CROWDS thronged Suntec City Mall on Saturday night for a. sale meant to make up for business lost during last month's
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    • 488 4 Zarit (Israel) ISRAEL pulled out its troops from south Lebanon yesterday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers. The withdrawal was part of a ceasefire deal that ended a costly months' long war with Hizbollah guerillas. About 200 Israeli
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  • ASIA
    • 722 5  -  Nirmal Ghosh APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM THAI PM Support vital as he navigates minefield of competing interests By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE appointment yesterday ol former general and Privy Councillor Surayud Chulanont as interim Prime Minister combines the moral authority of the constitutional monarch
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    • 138 5 Golden Week gridlock Airports and railway stations are packed with passengers as millions of revellers take week-long National Day break m China. PAGE 7 I S Bs*- I■ i' tK* I i.^^k. 1^ /ffrfS fl s j |^^fc-^fcAfß i ,^j^^j^^^w EVERY PIECE FITTED FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE With our commitment to
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  • INTERIM THAI PM
    • 802 6  - Surayud Thai military's Mr Clean Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent I\ Bangkok General Surayud Chulanont on how he intends to carry out his duties as Thailand's interim Prime Minister: 'I will focus on self-sufficiency more than focusing on the GDP numbers...! will focus on the happiness of the people more
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    • 399 6 Bangkok THAILAND'S military rulers jiled an interim Constitution yesterday that extends draconian emergency laws for .mother year and gives thejun- significant sway over the Den government and its Premier. General Suraynd Chulaoont The interim charter gives the leaders of the Sept 19
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    • 461 6 Graft busters given more teeth Bangkok THAI coup leaders passed two more laws to give their graft busters additional power to go after deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Cabinet ministers suspected of being involved m corruption. The first order, announced on national television, broadened the tasks of an
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  • CHINA
    • 718 7 China's Golden Week exodus begins Gridlock m major Chinese cities as millions of revellers take week-long National Day break Beijing CHINA be&an its week-long. National Day holiday yesterday with people packing rail stations and airports, causing gridlock m the capital around Tiananmen Square and other major tourist sites. The National
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  • CHINA/EAST ASIA
    • 522 8 Japan's new PM to meet Hu and Wen, according to news agency Tokyo NEW Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will travel to Beijing next week for talks with Chinese leaders m an effort to mend a rift over history issues and
      REUTERS  -  522 words
    • 169 8 JAPAN plans to endorse the candidacy of South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Xi Moon to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations, a newspaper reported yesterday. The endorsement of Mr Ban as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's successor is expected to come at
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    • 324 8 Shanghai SHANGHAI yesterday announced the sacking of three high-level officials, the city's latest personnel shake-up following the ousting of its top boss last week, state press said. Mr Xv Jianguo, director of the Shanghai Economic Commission, Mr Bao Xianming, top judge of the Shanghai
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    • 480 8 montargis (France) AN OBSCURE town m France is attracting visitors from China thanks to the role it played m the formation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Situated about 100 km south of Paris, Montargis has till now been famous as
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    • 296 8 Tokyo POLICE have arrested a kidney transplant patient and a company president on suspicion of buying a human organ m the first such probe by the Japanese authorities. Mr Suzuo Yamashita, 59, a seafood company executive who had a kidney transplant earlier
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 549 10  -  But latest angry exchange not expected to derail peace process By Ravi Velloor India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA said yesterday that it would hand Pakistan concrete evidence of its spy agency's role m the July train blasts m Mumbai. But
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    • 88 10 Residents of Muzaffarabad offering Ramadan prayers m their damaged mosque, among the many buildings hit by an earthquake that ravaged western Pakistan and Kashmir last year. Up to 60,000 survivors are still living m tents. Aid agencies are preparing camps for 20,000 to 30,000 people who are
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    • 300 10 London PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf said the West would be "brought to its knees" without his country's support m the fight against terrorism. Defending his country against claims that it was a poor ally m the US-led war against terrorism
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    • 161 10 Colombo SRI Lanka's President has asked his party to prepare for general elections before year's end if the main opposition group fails to back his minority government, a state-run newspaper said yesterday. President Mahinda Rajapakse has summoned members of his Sri Lanka Freedom
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 625 11 Thousands seek work overseas after revenue-hungry govt relaxes passport rules Yangon EMPLOYMENT agencies with names like Golden Opportunity, Successful World and Megarich International are sprouting up across Yangon, enticing young men with the promise of lucrative jobs overseas. Spilling out on the street, up
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    • 483 11 Danang (Vietnam) TYPHOON Xangsane barrelled into central Vietnam yesterday, forcing tens of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people m the Philippines. Six people died and nearly 80 others were injured m four provinces, according to
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    • 212 11 Jimbaran (Indonesia) SURVIVORS and relatives of the 20 people killed m suicide bombings on Indonesia's Bali island a year ago held a sombre memorial Yesterday amid heightened securiSome 120 people gathered to mark the anniversary 01 the coordinated attacks by Islamic militants on three eateries
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
    • 498 12  -  Roger Mitton By Ywtnam Correspondent In Hanoi It's unlikely Bush will get Congress' nod m time for his arrival m Hanoi for Apec meet VIETNAM is agitated with legislators m Washington for dragging their feet over measures to normalise bilateral trade. The
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    • 477 12  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur IT IS up to Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to decide whether to reveal the contents of the letter sent by Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, said Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
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    • Article, Illustration
      76 12 Malaysians m Tapah, Perak, getting their hands on a rare commodity sugar on Saturday. The country had been hit by a severe sugar shortage, after rising international prices prompted Malaysian refineries to increase their exports. To meet domestic demand, the government has instructed refineries to increase their production.
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    • 196 12 Bangkok IN A country where the royal family rarely communicates directly with the public, Thai Crown Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn could be considered a trailblazer. The 51-year-old princess on Saturday launched the country's first royal blog, which she says is aimed at
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    • 241 12 Poso (Sulawesi) MUSLIMS dragged a Christian man from a bus and stabbed him yesterday, a witness said, amid rising religious tensions m central Indonesia after the executions of three Catholic militants. The victim was hospital- ised with wounds to his back, said Ms
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 83 12 TAIPEI: Prosecutors will question President Chen Shui-bian for a second time regarding allegations that he has committed forgeries and embezzled money from a secret state affairs fund, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Chen acknowledged m the first questioning m August that he had
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      • 104 12 HONG KONG: A proposal to surround a new government headquarters with a moat has drawn criticisms that it reflects the authorities' distrust of the public. Tender documents for the so-called Tamar complex state that the proposed complex should be surrounded by
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      • 122 12 NEW DELHI: India sought to put on a brave face yesterday over an unexpected delay m the approval of a landmark nuclear deal with the United States amid nervousness m New Delhi that the controversial pact could slip away. The deal,
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      • 76 12 KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has approved the rebuilding of 38 more Tamil schools m the country. Announcing the decision yesterday. Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu said Education Minister Datuk Sen Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had approved the setting up of schools
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      • 83 12 SHANGHAI: The first passenger train from China's leading metropolis Shanghai to Lhasa, capital of Tibet, began its 4,373 km journey yesterday. Carrying 592 passengers, the train left Shanghai at 4.11pm and is expected to arrive m Lhasa at 7.50pm tomorrow. Henceforth a train would leave
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  • WORLD
    • All style, no substance?
      • 687 13 Paris FRENCH socialist Segolene Royal has officially entered the race to be her country's next president. But Ms Royal will not have an easy time of it as she faces criticism from within her own party that she is all style
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      • 712 13 Bournemouth (England) MR DAVID Cameron, the me-dia-savvy leader of Britain's main opposition Conservatives, was under pressure to prove he has grit as well as gloss at the party conference which began here yesterday. Since his election as Tory chief m December, the
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    • 394 13 Washington THE population of the United States will hit the 300 million mark some time this month amid raging debate on immigration. Unlike the pomp and circumstance that greeted the 200 million mark m 1967, federal officials this year are not planning
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    • 299 13 Copenhagen TUt man who sparked Denmark's most serious post-war crisis by publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad has no regrets and said he would do it all over agam. On Sept 30 last year, Mr Flemming Hose, head of the culture section
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    • 532 14 Bush disputes '5 myths' in book bashing Iraq policy He denies author Woodward's claim that he was not honest about Iraq Washington STUNG by criticism of his Iraq policies m a new book, US President George W. Bush has issued a statement against what he calls "myths" written by the
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    • 337 14 Baghdad SECURITY forces are close to capturing or killing Al-Qaeda's leader m Iraq, a senior official said yesterday, showing a video of Abu Ayyub Al-Masri giving lessons on bomb-making. The video showed Masri his face exposed going through what appeared to be
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    • PEOPLE
      • 282 14 A ROW has broken out at a top-level chess match m Russia over the number of toilet breaks taken by one of the contestants. Two world champions, Russian Vladimir Kramnik and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov, are playing a series of matches m Elista. Mr Kramnik is
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      • 235 14 BLONDE, sports-loving beauty Tatana Kucharova on Saturday won the Miss World title for the Czech Republic. The pageant, held m Warsaw, was watched by an estimated two billion viewers m more than 200 countries. The Polish capital is the first city m the formerly
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      • 265 14 THE father of a slain British bar hostess accepted money from a friend of the Japanese man accused of killing her, Mr Tim Blackman told BBC television on Saturday that he was paid 100 million yen (551.35 million) "condolence money" by a
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
      • 221 15 CHINA A HAT IT IS CHINA'S ruling Communist Party holds its secretive annual leadership meeting this week. The four-day meeting, which begins on Sunday, is formally called the sixth plenary of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or the
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      • 157 15 SOUTH-EAST ASIA Prime Minister Surayud has the chance to pick a "dream team" Cabinet. »WHATITIS THAILAND'S new interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont will pick a 35-man Cabinet this week to >cc the country- through a period of political reform and to a
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      • 200 15 Another poll to decide on Annan's successor WORLD »WHATITIS A FOURTH, more definitive, informal poll to decide on a successor to United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is scheduled for today. For this round, the ballots of the five permanent members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States will have
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      • 188 15 Rice seeks to revive Mid-East peace talks WORLD »WHATITIS US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice (right) returns to the Middle East this week for meetings with Arab allies and Israel to test the waters for possible new moves towards peace. Dr Rice arrives today m Saudi Arabia for talks with
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    • Oct 2-8
      • 44 15 SEOUL: Military officiate from Pyongyang and Seoul meet today for the first bilateral talk after North Korea test-fired seven missiles m July. PARIS: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew visits till Oct 9. WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush meets Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
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      • 22 15 PRAGUE: New government faces vote of confidence m Parliament. PARIS: Deadline for applications to be the French Socialist Party's presidential candidate.
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      • 13 15 BERLIN: Transparency International releases 2006 report on official corruption around the world.
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      • 24 15 ANKARA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits; sne has expressed support for "privileged partnership" between Turkey and EU, rather than full membership for Turkey.
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      • 22 15 GENEVA: A UN Human Rights mission to Lebanon will report back on its findings about whether Israel violated human rights law.
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      • 22 15 KABUL: Anniversary of the start of the 2001* US-led invasion of Afghanistan that led to the collapse of the Taleban regime.
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      • 26 15 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to travel to China and meet Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, according to Kyodo news.
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  • REVIEW
    • 396 17 1/ WAS good to learn that the Urban Redevelopment Authority has decided to expand the scale of hisoho 7 conservation m Singapore. It is alvekome news that even more of finable pieces of the past are to be maintained, allowing future generato connect with history. Yet
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    • 2177 17 By Ng Weng Hoong For The Straits Times EXACTLY half a century ago, Shell geologist Marion King Hubbert forecast that oil production m North America's lower 48 states would peak m the early 1970s and then go into permanent decline. Mr
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    • 2136 18  - Reflection of China's own aspirations Wang Jisi CHINA'S VIEW OF THE U.S. By IN CONTRAST to the recently tainted image of the United States m many parts of the world, Chinese perceptions of America have become somewhat more positive since Sept 11. 2001 and even since the outset of the
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    • 131 18 SEVERAL images of the US now co-exist m China: A paper tiger that was defeated by China and is weakening itself through hubris and overextension; »The only hegemonic power that threatens world peace and stability; An opponent that violates China's territorial integrity and denies it the
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    • 827 19  -  Yoshohisa Komori By LAST Tuesday, Japan's Parliament elected Mr Shin/o Abe as the country's youngest prime minuter since World War 11. Some critics m Japan have called him a "hawkish nationalist", but, m fact, he like the nearly 80 per cent of Japanese also born
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      • 30 20 1869. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born m western India. More popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, he goes on to lead the Indian movement for independence against British rule.
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  • HOME
    • 1 H1 HOME
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    • 679 H1  - Hospitals depending less on foreign nurses now Melissa Sim By Two key reasons: More locally trained nurses, attrition rate high among foreign ones VVITH more Singaporeans graduating from nursing courses here, hospitals say they are now relying less on foreign nurses. Changi General Hospital and XX Women's and Children's Hospital
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    • 1054 H2  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By Marina Bay hotels profited from being m the thick of the action, but it took months to get it all right FOR nearly a week, Mr Bakhtiar Tamby Chik stayed m a room one floor above the
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    • 228 H2 Marina Bay hotels scored during the IMF/World Bank meetings, but other establishments saw mixed benefits. House of Sundanese Food, Suntec City Fountain Terrace FOR Mr Noel Linn (above), a manager at the House of Sundanese Food m the Suntec City Fountain Terrace, the International Monetary Fund
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    • 224 H2 SUNTEC City retailers may have had it bad, but business was booming at rental company General Cars. It leased out about 100 cars half of which were Mercedes-Benzes and was fully booked from two weeks before the meetings began. The company had to turn away
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    • 198 H2 THIS popular drinking spot (above), located at the entrance of Suntec City Mall, was almost obscured from view by a large tent set up for security checks. "From the outside, no one could see us at all. You couldn't even see the word 'Balaclava'," said marketing
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    • 135 H2 Mumbai Se, Palais Renaissance WHILE delegates attended meetings, their wives hit the town. More than 30 of them signed up to visit Indian fashion boutique Mumbai Se m Orchard Road. There, they were treated to a fashion show, a demonstration of traditional henna hand decoration and even a Bollywood dance.
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    • 536 H2  -  Tracy Sua CIVILIANS IN UNIFORM AT IMF-WORLD BANK MEETINGS By MR RICHARD Siu car salesman by day and volunteer traffic cop by night jumped at the chance to help out during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings. To the 46-year-olds
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    • 490 H3  -  Krist Boo By m Princeton, New Jersey Michael Graves slated to design the Sentosa integrated resort THE ace m Genting International's pack is out top American architect Michael Graves. Hailed by The New York Times as "the most original voice" m recent
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    • 228 H3 GENTING International plans to devote an entire hotel to celebrate the works of architect Michael Graves. Christened The Michael Hotel by the 72-year-old architect himself, the 406-room boutique hotel will be one of several different-tiered hotels if Genting wins the bid, that is. About nine
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    • 541 H4  -  Teh Joo Lin By Rider and car passenger die after collision at Kallang Road junction TWO people died when a Mer-cedes-Benz and a motorcycle collided on Saturday night. The accident happened at the KaDang Road and Padang Jeringau junction, which does not have traffic
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    • 454 H4  -  Tracy Sua By MORE than 50 people have already volunteered to be part of the Singapore Civil Defence Force Auxiliary Unit (CDAU) of medics, just a few months after it was set up m April. The SCDF aims to
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    • 258 H4 ONE of Singapore's most tragic disasters the 1986 collapse of Hotel New World sparked Sergeant Kenneth Chng Eng Kwang's passion for saving lives. Just 18 then and a civil defence volunteer, he helped look after the welfare of rescuers as they combed through
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    • 283 H4 THIRTEEN excavators are lying "brain dead" on five demolition sites m Jurong after they were robbed of their electronic circuit boards between Saturday night and yesterday morning. Workers of Beng Soon Machinery -Services arrived at work yesterday morning to find the
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    • 81 H4 A car skidded and overturned yesterday while travelling along the Bukit Timah Expressway towards Woodlands, at about 6.15pm. According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, there were four people m the Malaysian-registered vehicle, including one female. Details were sketchy at press time, but it appears
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    • 392 H5  -  Tania Tan TANIA TAN By gfnmm Plans for the construction of the underground oil storage facility are well under way. The first phase of construction, involving the building of two access shafts and start-up galleries, is slated to begin by the
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    • 323 H5  -  Teh Joo Lin By A DOCTOR has been barred from practising tor six months after he admitted forging a payment voucher. He used it to claim make-up pay from the Defence Ministry while on a national service m-camp stint. Dr Fong Seng Yew,
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    • 174 H5 TWO houses m Lorong M, Telok Kurau, were broken into last Friday. One home lost jewellery and various currencies worth about $68,000 m total, while just $50 was taken from the other. It is not known if the two cases are related. In
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    • THE New Market
      • 352 H6 By GERALDINE TAN FRESH from Europe, straight into your home when megamail Vivo City throws open its doors this Saturday, savvy urbanites will have their fill of the latest continental styles for the home and wardrobe. With more than 1 million sq
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      • 352 H6 By GERALDINE TAN HERE is what is m store this season at three major jewellery brands. You don't need an occasion to buy that coveted piece of jewellery when there are product launches and irresistible sales. Happy Birthday, Lee Hwa Lee Hwa Jewellery turns 36, and to celebrate,
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        196 H6 COME middle of the month, sparkling crystal chandeliers and glittering showcases will transform the Paragon Atrium into a luxe lounge, for the Cortina Watch Jewellery Time 2006 exhibition. The 10-day watches extravaganza (Oct 19 to 29) brings together the world's most prestigious'and luxurious watch brands, such as Audemars
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      • 148 H6 IF you haven't visited the Orchard Hotel of late, you should. The grand ballroom has just undergone a multimillion dollar facelift and is ready to greet you. Featuring a contemporary, pillarless interior design, the swanky new Orchard Grand Ballroom boasts luxurious furnishings, plush carpeting, Romaninspired wall lighting
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      • Here & Now
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          66 H6 ADD a dash of style to your wardrobe with Giordano's new collection of practical, contemporary and active semi-casual wear. Its "Go Stripe" collection features clothes with monochromatic colours, with hints of stripes j m all forms and subtle print. From jackets, j blazers, pullovers, vests, to casual tops,
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        • 112 H6 HAS your dog been good and responsive? If so, it's high time to give it a treat. Pick from Cesar's range of palatable gourmet dog meals, which features finely-diced beef, chicken and lamb meats, without byproducts and salt. From now till December, you can redeem
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          93 H6 START your day right with Yeo Hiap Seng's two new delightful flavours Yeo's 100% apple purple carrot and mixed fruit juice, and Yeo's 100% apple kiwi and mixed fruit juice. Because they are pure juices with no sugar added and no preservatives, these two new flavours from Yeo
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        • 63 H6 CHECK out the OSIM iGoGo, an MP3 music-synchronised massager. Created specially to relieve a stiff neck and shoulder ache, regular use can also aid m recovery from fatigue, stimulation of the nerves and muscles, as well as improvement to your body's blood circulation,
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        • 130 H6 HERE'S another reason why we love Eu Van Sang's bottled bird's nest the health drink now comes m rock sugar, reduced sugar and sugar free versions. The products are specially prepared from superior quality royal bird's nest and are suitable for all ages, and also for
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        • 101 H6 THERE are some products that women, once they've tried it, will never, ever do without, and one of them is Laneige's Water Bank Essence. An updated version that comes with an enhanced formulation based on the Dusali Water Science is now available. This water-based, light serum
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          80 H6 HEAD down to Caltex House this Thursday and Friday for Sasa's 28th anniversary international fragrance fair roadshow. Shoppers who make purchases at the roadshow will double their chances m Sasa's 28th anniversary lucky draw, and get to dive into an instant lucky dip with sure-win prizes including
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    • YOUTH ink
      • 27 H7 Have something to say about articles m Youthlnk? Thinking of contributing a story? Please e-mail styouth@sph.com.sg with your full name, age and contact number.
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      • Article, Illustration
        422 H7  - you go diving Tessa Wong THE FIRST TIME... By Sport becoming more popular now as cost of learning to do it falls TAN Zheng Wei remembers the day his swimming instructor threw him into the deep end. "He didn't know I couldn't swim, and he flung me into a pool
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      • 274 H8  -  Maz uin Khamis By THE woisi kind of public ay of affection is when yom mends do it right m DtHli of you. Ever tried having a con..::on with a couple .:::>•• seem to keep ads off each other? El
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        87 H8 GROWING PAINS Let's talk about (public display of affection) A Straits Times reader took the picture above of a young couple hugging on an MRT train and sent it to Stomp this paper's online portal. The couple were wrapped around a pole and each other, and the reader and
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      • 197 H8  -  Nicholas Sim By ON CAMPUS recently, I saw a couple publicly displaying their affection. As I passed by, the girl squealed gleefully: "Honey, people are watching." The guy replied: "Because my girlfriend is so pretty." I was aghast it
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      • 135 H8  - Taking pictures without them knowing it's voyeurism Eisen Teo By THE phenomenon of couples kissing and making out m public places has been around for a very long time. Now, thanks to online platforms like Stomp, and the increasing prevalence of cam-era-equipped cellphones, these acts will receive more attention. These
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      • 152 H8  -  Yusuf Abdol Hamid By PUBLIC intimacy has always been a talking point m our largely conservative society. As with most "Westernised" breaches of decency, the blame is almost always pinned on our youth. People say they have become "bad" because of MTV, movies, pornography, vulgar
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      • FORTNIGHTLY AGENDA
        • 72 H8 Date: Saturday Time: 7pm to 11pm Venue: Chamber, The Arts House Admission: $20 If your knowledge of India is limited to Bollywood and thosai, this is the chance to catch a rare performance by some of Singapore's best Carnatic musicians. Carnatic music is the classical music of southern India
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        • 95 H8 Date: Oct 12 Time: 7pm to 8.30pm Venue: ECNAD Studio B, L 4, Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, 182 Cecil Street Admission: Free for current ECNAD students; $10 for members; $20 (inclusive of one-time registration fee) for general public. ECNAD presents a workshop with dance artists Susan
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        • 76 H8 Date: Till Oct 14 Time: Noon to Bpm (closed on Sundays) Venue: Front Row, 5 Ann Siang Road Admission: Free Front Row is a tea salon, gourmet food store and designer apparel store m a 1950s shophouse m Ann Siang Road. The first art exhibition to be held there,
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    • FORUM
      • 225 H9 IN JANUARY this year, I applied to NTUC Income for its Income Shield Plus Plan. In the application. I declared that I had recently been diagDOSed with borderline hypertension and submitted a detailed copy of a recent executive health screening report aa required. On
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      • 384 H9 I REFER to the recent letters on outsourcing of Traffic Police functions, including "Old hands at driving booked 5 times m month" by Ms Koh Bee Kwang (ST, Sept 23), "Cops, not wardens, should nab offenders" by Mr Tan Lam Siong (ST, Sept
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      • 227 H9 LIFT UPGRADING I REFER to the letter. "Ten months later, still no lift upgrading work" by Miss Tan Say Ym (ST. Sept" 22). Following the successful poll of the lift upgrading works at Block 132 Simei Street 1 m November last year, the
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      • 252 H9 I APPLAUD the HDB for its initiative to implement Universal Design m current and future New Flats. Its flexibility allows it to install ramps and other safety features. As it reports that by 2030, one m every five Singaporeans will be 65 or
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      • 73 H9 You can also mail your letters to Forum Editor, The Straits Times, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Fax: 6319-8289. When you write to the Forum page, we take it that you agree at no charge to allow us to archive, resell or reproduce the letter
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      • 65 H9 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Raise salaries of social service professionals Emphasise similarities, not differences, between religions Orthodox Church on Christianisation of Roman Empire Thanks to HSA officers for radiation check More letters go astray at Realty
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      • 126 H9 IN SINGAPORE, we have rules to ban chewing gum, wardens to catch errant drivers who drive m bus lanes and cameras to capture drivers at ERP gantries. However, when it comes to noise from construction sites where workers pound, clank, drill and
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      • 84 H9 WHILE the Singapore Tourism Board should bjs lauded for the lighting effort m Little India, the Deepavali banners unfortunately come across as culturally inappropriate. They feature a little girl holding a prayer lamp as an offering m her left hand. No Indian makes such an
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      • 437 H9 I THANK Mr Tang Shangjun for his letter, "Are HSA advisories OK?" (ST, Sept 26) and would like to take this opportunity to share more information about the regulatory system for health products m Singapore. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) applies a risk-based
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      • 165 H9 I REFER to the article, "Bus shelters offer LTA a lesson m privatisation" (ST, Sept 29). It could offer a lesson to the National Environment Agency (NEA) and town councils too. In Paris, London, New York and recently m Canada, this concept of
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      • 161 H9 I REFER to the article, "Bus shelters offer LTA a lesson m privatisation" (ST, Sept 29). I am a wheelchair user, and reading the article reminded me the advertisement panels erected at bus stops are an obstacle to the visually impaired and
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      • 210 H9 I WAS recently asked by SP Services to top up my company's security deposit, having chalked up more than our expected monthly utility consumption. According to its customer care officer, it is company policy to demand additional security deposit from its customer when
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 64 H9 RECENTLY, my mother was warded at the Singapore General Hospital after a fall. She had a hign fever and a swollen leg, and needed help regularly to get to the toilet. Fortunately, she was well taken care of by the staff nurses m
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        • 65 H9 WE ARE grateful to Mr Rashidi, who used his van, PB 3298 M, to help us transport the old newspapers and clothes we had collected to raise funds for Ren Ci Hospital. He made three trips from our collection point back to our
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        • 55 H9 I WOULD like to commend a bus driver of SBS service 100 for his courteous service. I boarded the bus at about 9.30pm on Sept 24 at a Joo Seng bus stop. He greeted me with a "good evening", and also had a friendly greeting for
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    • SPORTS
      • 933 H10  -  Richard Jolly > SOCCER: MANCHESTER UNITED 2 NEWCASTLE 0 By ENGLAND manager Steve McClaren is keeping the door open for Paul Scholes despite two failed attempts to lure the Manchester United midfielder back into the national squad. Scholes won his final cap at Euro 2004 before
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      • 391 H10 London READING piled the misery on former manager Alan Pardew by beating his current team West Ham 1-0 yesterday at Upton Park. He had already woken up to find Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari openly admitting he was keen on taking charge
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      • 338 H10 Rome AS ROMA beat Empoli 1-0 yesterday to replace title favourites Inter Milan as leaders of Serie A. Vincenzo Montella's first-half goal sealed a hard-fought win at the Olympic Stadium for the 2001 champions. Inter had to make do with a 1-1
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      • 193 H10 London MANCHESTER City's Joey Barton is m trouble again, this time for dropping his shorts to reveal his backside. His insulting gesture was aimed at Everton fans at the end of a dramatic 1-1 Premiership draw at Goodison Park on Saturday. The former Everton trainee
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      • 164 H10 P W 0 L F A Pts Man United 7 5 1 1 14 4 16 Chelsea 7 5 1 1 12 4 16 Bolton 7 4 2 1 7 3 14 Portsmouth 7 4 1 2 10 3 13 Everton 7 3 4 012 6 13 Aston Villa
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      • 162 H10 Note: AC Milan deducted 8 points. Lazio (11). Reggina (15). Fiorentma (19). p jmLLJL* AS Roma 5 4 0 1 10 2 12 Inter Milan 5 3 2 010 7 11 Palermo 4 3 0 1 11 9 9 Livorno 5 2 2 14 4 8 Messina 5 2
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      • 580 H11 SOCCER Boiton's Allardyce says criticism spurred his men to beat Liverpool London BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce has rubbed salt into the wounds his side inflicted on Liverpool's Premiership title hopes. He claimed that Rafael Benitez's pre-match jibes had provided the perfect motivation for Bolton's 2-0
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      • 479 H11 London ARSENE Wenger has hailed the Robin van Persic strike that gave Arsenal a 2-1 win at Charlton on Saturday as the "goal of a lifetime." The result was the icing on the cake for the Frenchman, who is celebrating his 10th year m
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      • 665 H11 London JOSE Mourinho has predicted a heart attack for the animated Martin O'Neill, after the Aston Villa manager led his men to a 1-1 draw at Chelsea. O'Neill had every reason to jump around after Saturday's Premiership game. Gabriel
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      • 379 H11 Madrid EIDUR Gudjohnsen and Javier Saviola proved that Samuel Eto'o's absence may not be as painful as first thought when they both scored m Barcelona's M win at Athletic Bilbao. The Pnmera Liga clash on Saturday also saw defender Ustaritz Aldekoatalora conceding an own-goal
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      • 191 H11 The loss leaves Bilbao still without a win this season. After a difficult 2005-06 campaign, when they were stuck m the relegation zone for the first half of the season, history appears to be repeating itself. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 5 4
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      • 304 H11 London AFTER 12 years and five months waiting for a top-flight victory, Sheffield United finally achieved it on Saturday m dramatic style. An injury- time rocket from midfielder Phil Jagielka snatched a memorable 2-1 win over an out-of-sorts Middlesbrough. Sheffield manager
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      • 608 H12  -  Jeanette Wang WAKEBOARDING By HSBC Wakeboard World Cup Pro Men (USA unless stated) 1 Philip Soven 79.12 2 Danny Harf 48.56 Pro Women (USA unless stated) 1 Emily Copeland 54.76 2 Dallas Friday 54.23 3 Meaghan Major 46.56 Overall series winners Men: Danny
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      • 355 H12 tjtm NEW ZEALAND trainer Stephen Gray and Irish racehorse owner Mark McCormack had a few drinks one night and decided that the time was right to buy a horse. A friend advised Gray to have a look at a young
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      • 683 H12 Track Good Race 1 Class 5 (1) 1200 m MEWONGCHOY.SHLee 1 Aap Ale« Chew 2 Aoa S S V3nan 3 V 1 -ne 111 8 Nos 13. O Mi 555 P'jce $16. $17, Sl3 FCT Sl6B PFT 4 Q S3S I I $36 TCE
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      • 45 H12 ajaksk skskskskss dsujsfks ssfkiskskst zjzfkjfkxkx m art irfiijtd to check all results and dividends at off course betting centres or the Singapore T urf Club website as the Club will not be held responsible for any errors sjszfkjfskfk
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      • 689 H12  -  Jeanette Wang PHOTO: THEY are small and tanned, but the three young Chan sisters have proved to be as tough as nails. And they are the Singapore Wa-ter-ski and Wakeboard Federation's (SWWF) triple threat of the future. At first glance, though, these
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      • 392 H13 GOLF i ONDON RYDER Cup hero Darren Clarke has a new admirer m Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham The tormer England skipwas amazed at the courage and determination the Ulna n showed during last weekend's Ryder Cup at the X Club jasfl six
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      • 430 H13  - S'pore's Murchison takes 1 6th place in Feature race Leonard Lim PHOTO: MOTOR RACING By A1 driver forced out by crash m Sprint but manages to continue m next race to finish Al TEAM Singapore could not have guessed the high-octane weekend m store for them at Zandvoort m the
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      • 16 H13 Tomorrow Young Lions v Sporting Afriqoe (Jalan Besar), Sengkang Punggol v Balestier Khalsa (Hougang) Bpm
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      • 315 H13  -  LEONARD LIM SOCCER HAVING gone 11 weeks without a win m all competitions, it was no surprise the Young Lions were congratulating each other after Saturday's S-League match. They had just beaten Home United 1-0 at the Bishan Stadium, courtesy of Qiu Li's 65th-minute goal.
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      • 193 H13  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI "CRICKET MALAYSIA retained the Joe Grimberg Trophy with a four-wickei win over Singapore m the annual cricket match m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The hosts overtook Singapore s 144-6 m 28.5 of the alted 30 overs after putting the Republic m to bat. Singapore recovered from
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      • 582 H13 BASEBALL MLB: Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 3. St Louis 3 Milwaukee 2, Philadelphia 4 Florida 3, Seattle 3 Texas 1, Colorado 11 Chicago Cubs 9 (14 innings), Toronto 6 NY Yankees 5, San Diego 3 Arizona 1, LA Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2, Baltimore 5 Boston 4, Cleveland
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      • 383 H13  -  Leonard Lim TABLE TENNIS By IT WAS double joy for Singapore's Li Jiawei m Urumqi, China, last night. En route to recording her best finish m the Women's World Cup, the paddler overcame long-time nemesis Tie Yana 8-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 m the
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 68 H13 WELLINGTON: Rugby great Jonah Lomu, who returned to the game last year after a kidney transplant, has conceded that his dream of playing m next year's World Cup is over. His failure to land a contract to play m next year's Super 14 means his
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        • 143 H13 LAUSANNE: The International Association of Athletics Federations (lAAF) wants to use blood testing as a way of disqualifying suspect athletes before they even start. Juan Manuel Alonso, the chairman of its Medical and An-ti-doping Commission, said on Saturday that the concept will be discussed m
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      • 738 H14 »MOTOR RACING Chinese Grand Prix Results 1 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari lhr 37min 32.7475 ec 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault +3.1215 ec 3 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +44.197 4 Jenson Button (Gbr) Honda lmin 12.0565 ec 5 Pedro de la Rosa (Esp) McLaren +1:17.137
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      • 298 H14  -  Nicholas Fang By In Shanghai SINGAPORE may not have a driver m Formula One motor racing nor the rights to host a grand prix event But a Singaporean was on the podium m Shanghai on Saturday. No. Daniel Tan was not driving an Fl race
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      • 151 H14 JUAN Pablo Montoya's shock decision to turn his back on Formula One for Nascar can be traced back to an off-track accident last year. "'The accident that damaged his shoulder was very counter-productive, it took that year out of play," said McLaren boss
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    • OBITUARIES
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        106 H14 TAN GUAN KAI Age: 93 passed away peacefully on October 1, 2006. Sadly missed by loved ones. (Wife: Chew Bin Chin, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Dr William Peck Seng Jane Blackwell Daughters: Janet Poey Yen Peggy Poey Gee Grandsons: Grand-daughter-in-law: Dr Jonathan Jun Tan Benjamin Mm Tan Carolyn Schweiger God-daughters: Godson-in-law:
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        131 H14 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 IRENE CHENG CHWEE NEO Age: 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 Sep 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Husband:
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        56 H14 'NOTHING IS MINE WITHIN ME WHATEVER THERE IS, THAT IS THINE, O LORD (Kabirji SGGS 4539) 10th Anniversary DR AMAR KAUR AND VIJAY MEHTA (Departed on 5/10/96) Fondly remembered by The Late DrAmar Kaur's Parents, Family, Relatives and Friends. Prayers will be held at Gurdwara Silat Road, on 4 October
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        34 H14 IST ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of TAN HIN SIONG Departed on 2 Oct 05 Sadly Missed Always Remembered by your Grandsons Wei Ping Marcus Wei Hsien Ethan Wei Jin Hugo Loved Ones. A m
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        69 H15 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Tan Chee Hua Chairman on the demise of his beloved wife NG SIAM HUA (JESSIE) from The Management and Staff of Vi He Fa Enterprises Pte Ltd Body is resting at No. 27 Jalan Tani off Poh Huat Rd. Tel: 6285 41 39
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      • 238 9 Marni Nasni, 1 8, was on the verge of dropping out of school, and thought of killing herself it seemed the only way to end the pain from a bad break-up with her boyfriend. But guidance from the Malay Youth Literary Association (4PM) put her back
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      • 71 8 UniSIM TO OFFER DEGREES IN COUNSELLING SIM University (UniSIM) will offer degree courses m social work and counselling from next year. The school, which caters largely to adult learners and offers part-time study, will take m 50 students for its counselling degree, aimed primarily at mid-career counsellors and social workers.
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      • 231 9 /(AWARNING CmmS^ 3 1 V3 IN D Everyone goes through difficult times. But it is how you handle those times which makes the difference. Seeing your school counsellor can help. While there isn't a definite "right time", the rule of thumb is to go when you feel you need to,
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      • 73 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK IB COUNSELUNG HELPS CUT TEEN ABORTIONS Registry of Births figures show that about 1,280 teenagers terminated pregnancies last year, down from around 1,470 m 2003. New pregnancycounselling hotlines offering advice to confused young teens may have contributed to the trend. Aside from counselling, services such
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      • 581 10  -  ALISON DE SOUZA BY WHAT IS A COUP? »On Sept 1 9, a group of Thai military leaders seized control of the capital Bangkok, surrounding government offices with tanks, and forming their own temporary government loyal to the King. They announced they were removing Prime Minister
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      • 130 10 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS TAKEN OFF THE AIR The president of a state- run broadcaster which aired deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra's final speech on the night of last week's bloodless coup has resigned, a company spokesman said yesterday. Mr Mingkwan Sangsuwan, the president of the Mass Communications Organisation of
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      • 56 11 BUSTED THIS WEEK zjzsjfzsjzs a "MODERN DANCE STAR", PHOTO BY ERIC KWAN, 17, SEC 4, GREENRIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE PHOTO WAS DIGITALLY ENHANCED USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP "STIMULATING REFRESHNESS!", PHOTO BY LEE QIAN Yl, 14, SEC 2, ZHONG HUA SECONDARY SCHOOL a "HAPPY UN-BIRTHDAY", DRAWING BY CHIA KIN YU, 15, SEC
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      • 515 12 LAYOUT: TAY CHERN HUI TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY *B BL hjihh BBBMHB BB BV9 "W 'r^^Bß. j*' I^^ tL "^^BB^H^B^^EBIBBBIBI^D^B^ff *i^ mfi^^^^^ 4K. With more schools winning places m the mnflK '"jMSF <^^ achievement table, MOE has had to raise '^^v^ i^HF m the bar for being top of the class.
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      • 977 13  - GROWING ANIME-TION ANDREW DUFFY KENNY TAN TEXT: BY ■1k I I Hfl fA V I M A. Jk\^ J M ft 1 MI M .^B ktmvhmhm THE STRAITS TIMES, SEPT 25 The hill was the site of the Battle of Pasir Panjang on Feb 14, 1942, when 1 ,400 soldiers
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      • 104 13 RACK YOUR BRAINS GREEN SCHOOL Nothing unusual these days, perhaps, with many developments using their rooftops as gardens, exercise space and dining areas. But what stands out about NTU's new academic building is that its turfed roof looks like a golf course. Below this rolling green is where the $37
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      • 38 14 RECENTLY, TWO GLOBAL ORGANISATIONS, THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK CONCLUDED THEIR ANNUAL MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE WORLD'S POVERTY. YEN FENG CHECKS OUT SOME IDIOMS YOU CAN USE TO DESCRIBE YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE.
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      • 130 14 ILLUSTRATIONS: WHAT IT MEANS: A person who is "penny wise, pound foolish" is one who is very careful with small amounts of money, yet wasteful and extravagant with large amounts of money. WHERE IT CAME FROM: It was first used by English scientist Edward Topsell, m
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      • 110 14 WHAT IT MEANS: A person who is not careful about how he spends his money becomes poor very quickly. WHERE IT CAME FROM: This often-repeated idiom originated from England. Almost 500 years ago, famous English poet and farmer Thomas Tusser included it
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      • 118 14 WHAT IT MEANS: To prove the truth of one's words by actions or other evidence instead of just talking about it WHERE IT CAME FROM: This saying has a gambling or betting origin m the 1900s. When someone praises a horse on
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      • 99 14 WHAT IT MEANS: If you make or lose money "hand over fist", it means you make or lose large amounts of money very quickly. WHERE IT CAME FROM: Its first use was recorded m American journalist Seba Smith's novel, The Life And Writings Of Major
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      • 429 15 THE STRAITS TIMES, SEPT 22 Scientists are welcoming a new little girl to the world the oldest child ever found. Her nickname is "Selam'*, she is three years old and lived 3.3 million years ago. The ancient remains
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      • 612 15  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR 1 A) UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS Here are three terms which will provide you with more contextual understanding of the article. 1 "Lucy": The first Australopithecus afarensis skeleton ever discovered. It was discovered m 1 974 by a group of American scientists m Ethiopia's Afar
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      • 96 14 READ AND WRITE BETTER i O WIN A COOL GIFT! Just answer this: People use this idiom when they want to make the point that all wrongdoing and selfishness m the world can be i traced to an excessive attachment 4 to wealth. What is it? (Hint: The term is
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      • 73 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER NEW MARINE SPECIES FOUND Scientists combing through undersea fauna off Indonesia's Papua province said yesterday they had discovered dozens of new species. They include a shark that walks on its fins and a shrimp that looks like a praying mantis. The US-based team also warned that
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      • 262 16 WHY IS CALIFORNIA STATE SUING THE BIGGEST CARMAKERS IN THE _HHHSESH3HI UNITED STATES? AND WHAT STREAM HB9mE9BB^HI WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED IN K^lPminPmPHH SECONDARY SCHOOLS FROM 2008? FACES PLACES !N THE NEWS NUMBERS IN THE NEWS I Match these digits to the reason they made the news. 2? 992
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      • 191 16 \mSSm i^^^D' j bl^jmhhmS -ill i^fe I A 4^^ bH o/ I fie state of woinonwA is suiftg ovg UPSTREAM 9) What programme or stream will no longer be offered at secondary schools here from 2008, with students instead being channelled to the new Integrated Programme, which allows them to
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      • 190 16 OUuOKU BOOSTER! Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box L^iW Trt PI ay contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. rnjyr ly f-LAi A j Ijw m jf\ ort^nated m Japan. a Su ft means O «J fj f y v fii!B(sib«i^ln-|^ii^wj^ .while "doku* j
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