The Straits Times, 9 October 2006

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 2006 •F A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Beijing turns on charm for Japan PM
    674 1  - Beijing turns on charm for Japan PM Tracy Quek Clarissa Oon Welcome signals turning point as both leaders vow to mend relations BY In Beijing STRAINED political ties between China and Japan appeared to have turned the corner as Beijing warmly welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday. Leaders on
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    Lock icon MediaCorp actor nabbed after late-night collision
    513 1  -  Ben Nadarajan Sandra Leong By MEDIACORP actor Christopher Lee was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drink driving. The 35-year-old leading man was picked up at around 4.15 am near Mustafa Centre after a collision with a motorcycle m Kitchener Road. Lee, a near-permanent
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon From DIV biodiesel to slick new venture
      1068 1  -  Leong Chan Teik By IF ALL cars m Singapore ran on diesel, some motorists here might discover a new hobby: making their own fuel. Mr Kom Mam Sun, 32, hit on the idea two years ago and it turned his life around. A
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    • IN A FLASH
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        46 2 Bridging the gap China's communist leaders opened a meeting with an eye to closing the country's wealth and developmental gap. PAGE 7 No artificial limbs Many of the children who lost limbs m the earthquake m Pakistan are still waiting for artificial limbs. PAGE 9
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        28 2 US impatience grows The US is getting impatient with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, as frustration mounts at his inability to stem the raging violence. PAGE 15
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        31 2 'Right* oil price Talk of spiking oil price hogs the limelight. But nations do well to remember the right "average" price relative to world economic expansion matters more. PAGE 17
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        33 2 Surprise opposition The emergence of anti-Americanism m Australia is probably something 01 a surprise, given Australia's well-known position as a US ally m Iraq and m the war against terrorism. PAGE 19
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        86 2 Schools clean up Schools have finished spring cleaning their premises m a bid to stem the tide of gastric PAGE H3 The !R contenders A day before the deadline for bidders to send m their proposals for the Sentosa integrated resort, a look at the contenders' offerings, strengths and
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        42 2 Ability-driven system To make the abilitydriven education system work, MOE must educate teachers, parents and children. PAGE H9 Don't feed monkeys The root cause of the problem lies m people feeding the monkeys around Upper and Lower Peirce Reservoir. PAGE H9
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        29 2 Alonso close to victory Renault's Fernando Alonso all but wrapped up his second Formula One title m a row after Michael Schumacher's hopes went up m smoke. PAGEHI2
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        26 2 Cable network hub Major submarine cable network operators are using Singapore as a key transit point as they expand their capacity m Asia. PAGE H2O
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      133 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3,4 Asia 6-12 World 13-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H8 Forum H9 Sports H12.H13 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-H2O LIFE! People L2-Ll2, Ll4 Events TV Ll3 SJI INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS for Grade 9 (Secondary 3) Students Tenable for 4 years from January 2007 Mm VSfIHB internationa
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Haze eases off, but not for long
      564 3  -  Marcel Lee Pereira Devi Asmarani Reme Ahmad Number of fires up; wind change may bring back shrouded skies By In Singapore, IN JAKARTA In Kuala Lumpur PEOPLE flocked back to the outdoors yesterday as a wind change eased the haze which has shrouded
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      Lock icon Charily golf nets $460,000 for hospice
      167 3 WITH every swing at the Sentosa Golf Club yesterday, players chipped m to help patients at tne Assisi Home and Hospice. Guest-of-honour and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, who teed off at the charity event, was followed on the course by Education Minister Tharmarr
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      Lock icon Fatter green rebate drives hybrid car sales
      464 3  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent NEW FOUND JOY BEHIND THE WHEEL "I've never enjoyed driving m Singapore, but this is like a new lease of life." GIFT SHOP OWNER MORTEN STRANGE, 54, of his two-month-old hybrid Prius SALES of hybrid cars, which are
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      Lock icon Watch that baby milk it could be fake
      636 4  - Watch that baby milk it could be fake Chua Hian Hou Counterfeiters are hawking car parts and even facial masks these days By IF THE glass of expensive Scotch tastes weird, it is probably fake. Counterfeit investigating company Brian Cave estimates that up to 20 per cent of fast-moving consumer
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      Lock icon Outrage over slaying of human rights journalist
      319 4 Moscow THE execution-style slaying of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya sparked outrage m Russia and abroad yesterday. Ms Politkovskaya, a 48-ytar-old mother of two, had won -worldwide fame and numerous prizes for her dogged pursuit of rights abuses, especially m Chechnya. She was
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      Lock icon $10,000 BRIDAL DASH
      142 4 Brides-to-be hitched up. their gowns and raced against each other yesterday afternoon but they weren't chasing prospective husbands. The 16 women were aiming for first place m an obstacle race at The New Paper Wedding Planner's BrideXena Race at Suntec Singapore. At stake for the bride with
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      400 4 I VIEWS FROM THE TOP COMPETITIVE FACTOR Are you satisfied with Singapore's economic and business competitiveness as indicated by the WEF report, or should more be done? CEOs give their views Wedding woes My wedding planner spoiled the biggest day of I my life, I says bride I YOUR CHOICE
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon China and Japan won't tolerate nuke test, says Abe
      742 6  -  Tracy Quek Clarissa Oon New Japanese PM hints at united front after his talks m Beijing By In Beijing WORDS OF HOPE SYMBOLIC CHOICE "That your first overseas trip was made to China shows that you place great value on improving
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      Lock icon On wartime pain, six-way talks, Taiwan and other issues
      382 6 JAPAN'S WARTIME PAST PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that Japan will never forget the "enormous damage and pain" it caused m Asia during World War 11. "I told them that Japan once caused enormous damage and pain and r.cars to
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      Lock icon Mrs Abe redefines First Lady role
      415 6 Tokyo AS NEW Japanese Prime* Minister Shinzo Abe flew out yesterday for visits to China and South Korea, his wife did not just accompany him, the two also held hands going up the steps of the government plane. Wives of previous prime ministers, if
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      116 6 Muddy future After four months, there is still no relief m sight for villagers m East Java as hot mud continues to pour out from an accident site. PAGE 10 THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, PAGE 8 Having always gone the extra mile for O INFORMATICS our students, this year
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks to curb wealth inequality
      624 7  - Beijing seeks to curb wealth inequality Chua Chin Hon Party fears widening income gaps between urban and rural workers could bring instability By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA'S top Communist leaders opened a key meeting yesterday with an eye to closing the country's yawning wealth and developmental gaps. Some
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      Lock icon HK losing its sheen among China tourists
      390 7 Hong Kong HONG KONG, which prides itself as a shoppers paradise, is losing its sneen with Chinese tourists who have complained about the shops here m record numbers, a report said yesterday. The revelation came as latest figures showed that 308,000 mainland tourists
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      Lock icon Buddha statue sets world record price
      137 7 Hong Kong A MAINLAND businessman set a world record when he paid HK5116.6 million (Ss24 million) for a rare Sakyamuni Buddha at a Sotheby's auction m Hong Kong at the weekend. The 72.5 cm-tall Buddha is one of the largest and the most opulent
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon N. Korea hails Kim's leadership as world frets over nuke test
      577 8 State media run reports marking key anniversary but do not mention test SEOUL WHILE the world frets over whether North Korea will conduct a nuclear test, Pyongyang yesterday marked a key anniversary neaping praise on its leader. Yesterday, touted
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      Lock icon N-test plan sparks radiation fears
      286 8 TOKYO IF NORTH Korea were to test an atom bomb and if it failed, it would unleash potentially deadly radiation across North-east Asia, experts said A series of reports based on diplomats and intelligence data have said that North Korea has drilled a hole m
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      Lock icon S'pore adds a little magic to Japan ties
      325 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo MAGICIANS Lawrence and Priscilla Khong are m the business of putting some magic into the lives of people wherever they go. The father-and-daughter team from Singapore mounted an hour-long magic show m Tokyo last
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Quake children in need of prosthetic help
      605 9 Funding scarce for many of 2,000 who lost limbs m Kashmir temblor Muzaffarabad TEN-YEAR-OLD Saima Khursheed sobbed m a dusty office full of prosthetic limbs, hurt and angry that she must have a plastic replacement for her right leg, amputated after it was
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon NEPAL GOVT IN TALKS WITH REBELS
        85 9 KATHMANDU: Nepal's government and Maoist rebels opened crucial peace talks here yesterday m their latest bid to turn the page on a decade of conflict. The negotiations, resuming after a four-month pause, are aimed at hammering out a new, temporary Constitution that will bring
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        Lock icon BOAT CAPSIZES: 19 KIDS KILLED
        96 9 HANOI: Some 19 children were killed on their way to school m central Vietnam when their boat capsized, an official said yesterday. Only the body of a 14-year-old-boy had been found, but there was no doubt the others, aged between 11 and 14, were killed,
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        Lock icon CHINA'S GROUNDWATER TAINTED
        68 9 BEIJING: Half the shallow groundwater m China has been contaminated, said an official with the China Geological Survey (CGS) yesterday. Mr Yin Yueping, director of the CGS hydrogeology and environmental geology department, said the country's groundwater resources have been exploited so irrationally that environmental damage is visible
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        Lock icon BAGGAGE WOES AT NEW AIRPORT
        69 9 BANGKOK: Glitches with the baggage-han-dling system at Thailand's new international airport resulted m 1,200 pieces of luggage missing their flights at the weekend, an airport official said yesterday. The spacious airport opened on Sept 28 and has faced persistent problems with its computerised luggage-sorting system.
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      Lock icon 11 killed as soldiers clash with militants in Kashmir
      197 9 1 1 killed as soldiers clash with militants in Kashmir Srinagar THE Indian army said yesterday that it had foiled two bids by Pakistani militants to infiltrate India's portion of Kashmir on Saturday, triggering gunfights that left eight guerillas and three soldiers dead. At least three militants and a soldier
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon JAVA'S MUD NIGHT
      798 10 A disaster unfolds May 29: Hot mud begins pouring out of a drilling area owned by Lapindo m Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java. June 2: Around 1,500 residents are evacuated after their homes are flooded by the mud. This number has reached about 10,000. June 8: Jakarta tells
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      Lock icon Relocated firms demand compensation
      311 10  -  DEVI ASMARANI THE profits of businesses m this industrial town have also been buried under the mud, and some are fighting for compensation. There is not yet any official data on the losses caused by the disaster, but non-governmental organisation Greenonues estimates them at 33.27 trillion
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      Lock icon Shrimp farmers fear further losses
      345 10 THE pipes are still being laid and the pumps have yei to begin discharging brown sludge into the river, but the shrimp farmers have already sounded the alarm. Over the past month, they have seen their shrimps dying m the ponds dotting villages m Sidoarjo
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      Lock icon Big business and politics: Cosy status quo may be rocked
      647 10  -  Azhar Ghani By Indonesian Bureau Chief In Jakarta TWO weeks ago, a group of environmentalists literally laid the Sidoarjo problem at the doorstep of Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie. They dumped 700 kg of mud from the disaster
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      Lock icon Thai Cabinet line-up awaits royal approval
      487 11 PM Surayud's list includes technocrats and economists Bangkok THAILAND'S new interim Prime Minister has submitted his post-coup Cabinet line-up to King Bhumibol Adulyadej and expects to unveil it to the public immediately following a royal endorsement, a spokesman said yesterday. Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont,
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      Lock icon KL won't interfere in Thai peace talks, says Najib
      297 11 Pekan MALAYSIA said it will not interfere m the internal affairs of Thailand as efforts are under way to start peace talks m its troubled southern provinces. "The government cannot interfere m this matter. We have not been invited by the
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      Lock icon Anger over video of Danes 'Insulting Islam'
      260 11 Jakarta INDONESIAN Muslim groups said yesterday they felt insulted and disappointed over a video showing Danes poking fun at Prophet Muhammad at a camp for members of a populist political party. The video, reported on by the Danish media on Friday, shows members
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      84 11 Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts Dr Lee Boon Yang attended a Bangkok Symphony Orchestra concert at the Victoria Concert Hall last night. The free concert was to celebrate Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th year on the throne. The conductor is Privy Councillor Rear-Admiral
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon More flak for study saying bumiputeras have 45% stake
      435 12 Think-tank told to retract 'irresponsible 1 claim, accused of having secret motive Kuala Lumpur A THINK-TANK study which said bumiputeras own 45 per cent of the equity stake m Malaysia has caused an uproar among government officials and Malay merchants. Umno's
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      Lock icon Call to move police into the community
      241 12 SUBANG JAVA IN A step that the authorities say will help deter criminals, Malaysia is considering moving policemen and their families into residential areas from their barracks. Deputy Internal Security Minister Mohd Johari Baharum said he was suggesting that police nationwide buy pockets
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      Lock icon Air Asia urges KL to approve S'pore link
      163 12 Air Asia urges KL to approve S 'pore link Kuala Lumpur LOW-COST carrier Air Asia yesterday urged Malaysia to approve its application to fly to Singapore, arguing that the government had to reduce protection for Malaysia Airlines (MAS). Air Asia's Group Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said Malaysia had to improve
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon MM to meet President Bush on US visit
      775 13  -  Derwin Pereira Mr Lee starts two-week tour today to strengthen personal and bilateral ties By US Bureau Chief In Washington WHY SINGAPORE'S VIEWS ARE VALUED "Singapore can punch far above its weight m international affairs. We take the views of MM and
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      Lock icon MM to receive top US award for public service
      259 13  -  DERWIN PEREIRA MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew will receive a prestigious American award for public service. The Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, which administers the award, will hold a gala dinner m New York on .Wednesday to honour him.
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Bush family christening for new carrier
        214 14 Bush family christening for new carrier SPRAYING bubbles from sparkling wine across the enormous grey bow of the USS George H.W. Bush, the Bush family on Saturday christened the nucle-ar-powered aircraft carrier named after the 82 -year-old former president. "I know you join me m saying to our father, President
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        Lock icon Abducted by aliens? Call me, says lawyer
        119 14 A GERMAN lawyer hopes to drum up more business by pursuing state compensation claims for people who believe they were abducted by aliens. "There's quite obviously demand for legal advice here," Mr Jens Lorek said. "The trouble is, people are afraid of making
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        Lock icon Ex-Ukraine PM offers necklace to rival
        164 14 FORMER Ukrainian premier Yulia Tymoshenko, who dons designer suits and a peasant braid as trademarks, offered a necklace on Friday to a rival parliamentarian who suggested she was too wealthy to understand Ukraine's poor.. Ms Tymoshenko, 45, backed President Viktor Yushchenko m the 2004
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        Lock icon Harry 'to be banned from front line'
        303 14 BRITAIN'S Prince Harry will not be allowed to fight on the front line m Afghanistan, The Mail on Sunday newspaper said, citing senior sources m the prince's regiment. Harry, third m line to the throne, reportedly threatened to quit the British army if
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      Lock icon Raging violence in Iraq frustrates US
      564 15 Washington wants stronger action by PM Maliki to curb factional fighting Washington THE US is putting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his fellow leaders on the clock as frustration mounts over his government's inability to stem raging violence. Four years into an increasingly
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      Lock icon Surge in number of US wounded
      131 15 THE number of US troops wounded m a month m Iraq has surged to its highest level m nearly two years, as Americans fight block by block m Baghdad against a spiral of sectarian violence tneir commanders warn could lead to civil war. Last
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      Lock icon DPM Wong leads team to Qatar talks
      177 15 Doha DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng is leading a delegation to Doha, capital of Qatar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said DPM Wong's three-day trip, which started yesterday, will see him co-chairing the inaugural meeting of the
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CRISIS PLAN FOR BRITISH JAILS
        118 15 LONDON: British Home Secretary John Reid is considering transferring some prisoners to police station cells to stave off an overcrowding crisis m the country's prisons, his office said yesterday. Mr Reid is expected to make an announcement within days on deploying emergency measures to ease
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        Lock icon LATVIAN COALITION RETAINS POWER
        95 15 RIGA: Latvia's ruling coalition narrowly managed to win enough seats to form a majority government m the Baltic state's general elections, the Central Election Commission said yesterday. Led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis, the three-party coalition won 51 seats m the Saeima, or parliament six more
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        Lock icon AFGHAN ATTACKS HALVED, SAYS NATO
        119 15 KABUL: The number of insurgent attacks m southern Afghanistan has halved m the past month and the incidents that have occurred have been less ferocious than previously, the Nato-led force said yesterday. But the Taleban is still a dangerous threat with its use of suicide
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        Lock icon STAR TREK AUCTION BONANZA
        108 15 NEW YORK: The first auction of official Star Trek memorabilia hit warp speed on Saturday when a determined bidder paid U*****,000 (*****,000) for a model of the starship Enterprise, helping drive the total for the three-day sale above US$7 million. The 198 cm model of the
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        Lock icon ATOMIC WORK TO CONTINUE: IRAN
        133 15 TEHERAN: Iran insisted yesterday that it would not suspend its sensitive atomic work after world powers met to discuss sanctions against Teheran. "We believe that suspension is totally rejected and is unacceptable" Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said. Some media reports had suggested that
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon Abe, Roh, Hu to discuss N. Korea
        436 16  -  LEE TEE JONG EAST ASIA »WHATITIS PYONGYANG'S nuclear threat will be high on the agenda when South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun meets new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe m Seoul today and Chinese President Hu Jintao m Beijing on Friday. The meetings
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        Lock icon New Thai Cabinet's swearing-in
        122 16  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SE ASIA »WHATITIS INTERIM Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont's new Cabinet is likely to be sworn m this week, pending the King's endorsement. The new line-up has already been submitted to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Key ministries include finance, commerce, defence, interior and public health. The
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        Lock icon Sanctions on Iran in the works?
        137 16 WORLD »WHATITIS THE six world powers will consult on sanctions against Iran over its nuclear plans. In a joint statement last Friday, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia said they were "deeply disappointed" by Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. US
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        Lock icon Second recall vote over Chen
        137 16  -  ONG HWEE HWEE CHINA »WHATITIS FOR the second time m four months, Taiwan's legislature will vote on a motion to oust scandal-tainted President Chen Shui-bian. For the opposi-tion-backed motion to succeed on Friday, it needs two-thirds support m the 221-seat legislature. The first attempt failed
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      459 17 NOT TOO hot, not too cold. Jiist perfect for Goldilocks. On Wall Street, that's precisely the growing consensus about the US economy, which now is expected to grow moderately without risk of runaway inflation. \nd good news for America's comumers is as much a relief for
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      1874 17  -  Andy Ho By Senior Writer FIXED IDEAS "After all, institutions are what they are only m virtue of the ideas that people carry around m their heads about them." PROF ALEX WENDT NOT EVERYTHING is what it seems to be. For example, can
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      960 18  -  Mafoot Simon SINGAPORE'S POPULATION AND THE QUEST FOR FOREIGN TALENT By Senior Writer MUCH has been written m reaction to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's remarks about the Chinese population m neighbouring countries being "systematically marginalised". Not infrequently, commentators have also taken side
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      1221 19  -  Barry Hing By For The Straits Times FEAR OF IDENTITY LOSS Much of the condemnation of the US, including often-cited remarks about Australia becoming the "51st state" or an "American clone", is probably due to deep-seated fears about globalisation and the erosion of an
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      213 17 If it's American... In Australia, the US has become stereotyped as exploitive, lacking cultural sensitivity to violence and arrogant. PAGE 19 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http.7 /straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan
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      122 20 EY.I. TIDES TODAY 12.09 am (3.3 m), 6.28 am (0.8 m), LI 58am (3m), 6.28pm (0.2 m). Desaru 5.11 am (lm), 11.02 am (2.5 m), 5.11pm (0.5 m). Pod Dickson: 2.06 am (0.3 m), 7.40 am (3.4 m), 3.03pm (0.4 m), B.lopm (2.8 m). Mersing and Pulau Tioman: 4.57 am
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      88 20 THIS DAY IN HISTORY CHE GUEVARA KILLED 1967. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, more commonly known as Che Guevara, is executed by the Bolivian armed forces. He was a supporter of Cuban president Fidel Castro. KHMER REPUBLIC 1970. The Khmer Republic is proclaimed. A coup had toppled the government of
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      450 1 Mental illness: Debunk myths Call to remove stigma of mental illness as health organisations here mark World Mental Health Day. PAGE H3 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS "IT TAKES JUST WEEKS to get a shapelier body, TAUTER THIGHS AND TRIMMER TUMMY!" Enjoy a doubly rewarding relationship with J B mw^^K Expressions as you
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      733 1  -  PERTH BOAT TRAGEDY Victim's funeral held yesterday; wife tells 2 survivors it's not their fault By Teh Joo Lin FROM the time Mr Low Jang Cherng set foot m Australia earlier this year, he wanted to go fishing
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        347 2 The haze is back and is likely to stay for a couple of weeks. Has your health been affected? Jfes 4JJ94 No %l How are you coping with the haze? I'm wearing a mask 3,984 I'm staying indoors as much as possible
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        567 2 rhe acrid smell and overcast skies are back. Prevailing winds are blowing the haze here from ndonesian forest fires. But what makes it dangerous? TANIA TAN finds out. How is the Pollutant Standards fl???!??!^ Index (PSI) measured? m9mmm9^ mu9999mmmmmmmmmm > Used by the National
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        Lock icon KL: Punish all fire-starters, including Malaysian firms
        353 2  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur WITH thick smoke blanketing the region, Malaysia and Indonesia are back to trading charges over who should be blamed for the haze. Every year when Malaysia points the finger at Indonesia for the haze
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        207 3  -  MARIA ALMENOAR THE stigma attached to mental illness is unfair and should be removed, experts said yesterday at an event at the Youth Park off Orchard Road. To commemorate World Mental Health Day tomorrow, organisations such as the Action Group for Mental Illness
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        558 3  -  Ben Nadarajan Experts advise good hygiene; MOE tells students who feel ill to stay at home By CLEANLINESS is the key to keep the gastric flu bug at bay. Wash your hands, especially after toilet visits, wash fruit and
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        870 4 Three contenders are likely to submit their bids for the Sentosa integrated resort tomorrow. Krist 800 sums up what they have unveiled to date Genting: 'front runner 1 knows tourism business m Asia well "Last year, 1 9 million visitors went to Genting Highlands. To
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        366 4 'That we are sitting here today, m probably one of the most high-profile competitive bids m the history of the gaming world... proves we are serious." MR MARK ADVENT, at a recent press conference IT MAY be the upstart, but chairman Mark Advent promises
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        618 5  -  Lee Hui Chieh Operating theatre and equipment fees 25 to 50% less than those m private hospitals By A NEW private centre for day surgery has opened its doors, charging patients 25 to 50 per cent less than private hospitals m operating theatre
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        84 5 Tharman visiting Philippines EDUCATION Minister and Second Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam is visiting the Philippines today and tomorrow. He will meet Secretary of Education Jesli A. Lapus and visit the Ramon Magsaysay High School m Manila. As president of the South-east Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (Seameo) council, he
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        310 5 THREE hundred people, including the elderly and children from needy families, got free eye checks and spectacles yesterday. Some received a makeover, too. The half-day event at Henderson Community Club was organised by the Lions Club of Singapore as part of World Lions Service
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        705 7  -  Ng Chum Song YOUNG AND RESTLESS Such details can lead to abuse, ridicule but youths intend to keep posting them online By UNDERGRAD Stella Lok, 22, was walking home alone late one night when her cellphone rang. "You want money?" a voice with a
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        185 8  -  Michelle Virgiany to MY GRANDPARENTS' marriage was ruined by my grandmother's addiction to mahjong. So, when it comes to gambling be it card games, mahjong, 4-D or Toto I am strictly against it. I do enjoy playing cards. For
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        234 8  -  Chen Wei Li By MY PARENTS will probably scream when they read what I have to say. But here goes anyway. My friends and I enjoy playing mahjong and the lottery, and we are not afraid to admit
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        40 8 Let's talk about GAMBLING GROWING PAINS A recent survey found that one m two Singaporeans does not think that the weekend mahjong game or the occasional stab at 4-D and Toto is gambling. Youthlnk asked its writers for their take.
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        235 8  -  How Kay Lii By IT COMES as no surprise that many people here do not see mahjong and 4-D as gambling. Mahjong has become a social norm and 4-D is, well, no big deal. Hey, everybody does it. The way I see it, we cannot
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        274 8  - PDA? Be prepared for all to stare Susie Low TALK BACK I AM a working woman and the mother of two boys, aged seven and five. I strongly agree with letter writers Mazuin Khamis ("Don't do it if it makes those around you squirm") and Nicholas Sim ("No need to
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        205 8 HIP it HAPPENING ALPHABET BAR Where it's at: 165, Tanjong Pa^ar Road, Amara Singapore Hotel Word on the street. A popular choice with beer drinkers be it for a business discussion or a chill -out night with friends. It has one of the longest ice bars m town and is
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        422 9 I AM grateful for the new ability-driven education direction the Ministry of Education (MOE) is taking, reported m a speech by Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam ("Finding the right balance"; ST, Sept 29). I applaud the minister and MOE's bold move to scrap the
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        233 9 MY DAUGHTER sat for the PSLE English Language Paper last Wednesday. She told me m Paper 1 Part 1, candidates were required to write a report. She said she was unsure how to write a report as she had not been taught this.
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        84 9 For more readers' views, log on to httpy/www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Big trucks should have speed check device to prevent reckless driving Heavy vehicles speeding dangerously at West Coast Highway Are SMRT train drivers properly trained to do job safely? Fine dog owners
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        315 9 I REFER to the letter, "Bus lane poser along Orchard Road" by Madam Jane Wong Kwee Chen (ST, Oct 6). She must be referring to Oldham Lane, one of two roads that lead to Plaza Singapura's multi-storey carpark. The other is via Handy Road,
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        181 9 I REFER to the letter by Ms Jackie Lav Wai Wan, "Why cut down the old trees m Ang Mo Kio?" (ST, Sept 27). The site occupied previously by Mayflower Secondary School is currently being spruced up to accommodate another school, Peirce Secondary,
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        264 9 I REFER to the letter, "Monkeys creating havoc m Windsor Park estate" (ST, Oct 3) and thank Dr Reuben Wong for his feedback. The root cause of the problem indeed lies m people feeding the monkeys around Upper and Lower Peirce reservoirs. Feeding
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        234 9 I REFER to the letter, "Singapore Power insisted on raising security bond" by Mr Henry Ong Ling Tiong (ST, Oct 2). The objective of security deposits is to mitigate the risk of payment default by customers. Collection of security deposits is a common
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        105 9 I REFER to the letter by Mr Tan Teck Leng, "Renewing licence is a hassle" (ST, Sept 30). I am happy to inform Mr Tan that the Land Transport Authority does accept the same medical report that has been submitted recently to the Traffic
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        331 9 I THANK Ms Chan Sui Lin for her views on the upgrading of our school, CHIJ (Katong) Primary ("Renovate, not pull down school"; ST, Sept 30). At two alumni functions held on Sept 10 last year and Sept 16 this year, I
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          1064 10 > ENGLAND 0 MACEDONIA 0 Not good enough "If England play like this, they will struggle to qualify. They have to do something else, something which is more inventive, to break teams down. I was expecting more attacking play from England, but it was not there
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          298 10 Ireland coach is not walking away > CYPRUS 5 IRELAND 2 Nicosia (Cyprus) COACH Steve Staunton will not quit despite leading Ireland to a fourth straight loss, an embarrassing 2-5 setback m Cyprus on Saturday. Ireland started the Euro 2008 Group D qualifier well against the minnows, who are 60
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          247 10 Biggest home loss for Wales in 98 years WALES 1 SLOVAKIA S Cardiff CRAIG Bellamy felt nothing but anguish after Wales were hammered 1-5 by Slovakia m a Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday. It was their heaviest home defeat since 1908. And it was doubly worse for the Liverpool striker
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          1232 11 > SCOTLAND 1 FRANCE 0 Feet on the ground "It is amazing, an unbelievable result One of the best ever for Scotland. But the group goes on, and there is a long way to go. It is an amazing start, but we have to keep our
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          397 11 SWEDEN 2 SPAIN 0 Stockholm SPAIN coach Luis Aragones will be lucky to keep his job, despite being backed by his bosses, alter Saturday's 0-2 loss in Sweden. The defeat in the Euro 2008 Group F qualifier followed a 2-3 humiliation in Northern Ireland.
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          295 11 Dutch saved by van Persie BULGARIA 1 NETHERLANDS 1 Sofia NETHERLANDS coach Marco van Basten had Robin van Persie to thank for salvaging a 1-1 draw for the Dutch in a Euro 2008 qualifier against Bulgaria. Having spent the build-up to the match fending off questions over the refusal of
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        792 12 MOTOR RACING Japanese Grand Prix Results 1 Fernando Alonso (Esp, right) Renault lhr 23min 53.4135 ec 2 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari +16.1515 ec 3 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault +23.953 4 Jenson Button (Eng) Honda +34.101 5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren +43.596 6 Jarno Trulli
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        Lock icon Lian blows chance to shine in Czech race
        336 12  -  Leonard Lim By EXPECT Christian Murchison to be behind Team Singapore's wheel at the Beijing Al Grand Prix race on Nov 12. His teammate Denis Lian finished a disappointing 19th m the Czech Grand Prix's sec-ond-leg Feature race yesterday. The 5.41 km
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          66 12 SINGAPORE beat Al-Nahda 2-1 m a friendly soccer match m Al Am, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday. Khairul Amri and Fazrul Nawaz scored for the Lions. It was initially thought that the game would not take place, as an Al-Nahda player had died m a car accident
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        362 12 SOCCER London THE eight Premiership clubs being investigated for corruption were revealed yesterday. They are Liverpool, Portsmouth^ Southampton, Bolton, West Bromwich, Birmingham, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, reported The Sunday Mirror and The News of the World. Last week, former Scotland Yard commissioner John
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        219 12 London THE News of the World has run a report alleging that Roman Abramovich enjoys a close friendship with fellow-Russian Daria Zhukova. The 23-year-old model is the former girlfriend of Russian tennis star Marat Safin. The British tabloid wrote that the married 40-year-old owner of English
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        458 13  -  Leonard Lim SWIMMING German Studzinski wins 10-km event m photo-finish with three others By CONDITIONS NOT IDEAL "The sea conditions were not that good. There was some oil floating around m the water. But second place was good enough for me." PETAR
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        461 13 GOLF Carnoustie (Scotland) PADRAIG Harrington threw his hat into the ring m the race to be European No 1 after climbing to second place m the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. The Irishman carded a three-under-par 68 at a windswept
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        70 13 Nikolai Valuev (left) retained the World Boxing Association heavyweight title m Chicago on Saturday when he stopped Monte Barrett m the 11th round. The biggest champion ever, the 2.13 m, 148 kg Valuev knocked Barrett down twice m the 11th round. The fight was stopped 2min 12sec
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        494 13 BASEBALL MLB, division play-offs National League: San Diego 3 St Louis 1 (St Louis lead best-of-five series 2 1), NY Mets 9 Los Angeles 5 (Mets win 3-0). American League: Detroit 8 NY Yankees (Detroit win 3-1) CRICKET ICC Champions Trophy qualifier: Sri Lanka 302-8 (Upul Tharanga 105, Marvan
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          63 13 TOKYO: World No 1 Roger Federer overpowered Britain's Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3 with ruthless efficiency to win tennis' Japan Open yesterday. The Swiss needed just 67 minutes to see off Henman and grab his ninth title of the year. The women's title was
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          115 13 MOHALI (India): Upul Tharanga struck a sparkling century to spur Sri Lanka to a 37-run victory over Bangladesh m the opening ICC Champions Trophy qualifier on Saturday. The 21-year-old left-hander hit 11 boundaries and a six m his 105 to .anchor the innings
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          90 13 NORTH CAROLINA: Former champion Davis Love 111 moved into contention for his first PGA Tour golf title m three years at the Greensboro Classic on Saturday. The American fired a four-under 68 on a wet, cold and blustery day at Forest Oaks Country
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        638 14  -  Marc Lim Leonard Lim ASIAN GAMES Games organisers also say bed-shortage issue is not new By In Doha THE issue of a bed shortage at December's Asian Games is not new. According to the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (Dagoc), the Olympic Council of
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        177 14 TENNIS Tashkent (Uzbekistan) OLYMPIC doubles champion Sun Tiantian of China claimed her first Women's Tennis Association singles title yesterday. She beat local wild-card entry Iroda Tulyaganova 6-2, 6-4 to win the Tashkent Open. Sun, a doubles specialist with nine vVTA doubles titles, had never
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        1313 14 LIMTOWKEE Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 7 October 2006. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: BoeyYee Yoke Daughter-in-law: Lim Say Hwa Lawrence Lim Say Ping Yvonne Chua Chai Sic Daughters: Son-in-law: (Sally Lim Peck San, deceased) Renny Lim Peck Yin Rodson Tan Seng Chye Grandson:
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        95 15 per 100 unils of fofeign currency #new ?006 low new 2006 high Source: Reuters TK /UUb CLOSt FROctS SS LOW S$ HIGH USS ***** +0.03 1.6630 1.5591 Euro ***** +028 ***** ***** 7 9705 +0.53 3 0199 2 7897 AS ***** +0 11 ***** ***** Yen*
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        Lock icon STI expected to breach record closing high
        482 15  -  Gabriel Chen TAKING STOCK Property and bank stocks at the fore, but some analysts warn of market volatility By CASINO PLAYS Investors may buy into Genting and Capita Land as the Harrah's-Keppel Land consortium has bowed out of the race for Sentosa's IR
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        231 16 Dubai SIX Opec members, including Saudi Arabia, have cut oil output by a total of one million barrels a day, a spokesman for the group said. They are doing this m an effort to revive oil prices that lost a quarter
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        668 18  -  Lorna Tan Average return of top 20 funds m first nine months is 26.2%; China funds lead the pack on surging stock market By Finance Correspondent INVESTORS who put their money m Asian investment funds wfll be smiling as these funds have posted strong
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        496 19  -  Grace Ng By GENTING Group's takeover bid for Britain's Stanley Leisure is m the bag, boosting its ambitions of becoming one of the world's top three casino operators. Genting's overseas investment arm Genting International, which is listed on the mainboard of
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          78 19 HO NEE SIN: Appointed to head SMOE, a newly acquired subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, with effect from last Thursday. The offshore engineering group said that Mr Ho's appointment underlines its commitment to expand its offshore production and engineering business. Mr Ho, who started his career at
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          84 19 YAP CHIN KUAN: Appointed as chief operating officer of Memtech International with effect from Oct 1. The China-based maker of cellphone keypads said that Mr Yap's main responsibilities include managing the group's operations as well as future acquisitions. He is also a director of the
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          53 19 OMAR CORDES: Hired to fill a newly created role as head of Asia-Pacif-ic distribution for Credit Suisse's asset management business. Mr Cordes, who will be based m Hong Kong, will be responsible for all the distribution activities and client relationships at the Swiss banking giant's
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          46 19 MICHAEL CHUA CHEOW KHOON: Resigned as chief financial officer (CFO) of Sky China Petroleum Services last Monday. He has also relinquished all responsibilities as the firm's executive director. The group's financial controller, Ms Iris Ang, will take over the CFO role.
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        857 20  -  Grace Ng Operators boosting capacity m Asia due to rapid growth m demand By WHY THE INCREASED DEMAND? The aggressive expansion plans of major submarine cable network operators are m response to Asia's burgeoning population of Internet surfers, who have
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        315 20 Japanese govt agencies to sell $67.6 b in stock 10-YEAR TIMEFRAME Tokyo THREE Japanese state-backed agencies plan to sell more than five trillion yen (Ss6/.6 billion) m stock they had bought to stabilise the financial system, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. They will sell their stock over a period
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      45 9 CongratuCations Chairman aY I Hougang Primary School ■HBmHh Advisory Committee On being conferred The Public Service Medal (PBM) The President of The Republic of Singapore i x^ from %k\ Hougang Primary School fj£ j The School Advisory Committee Principal, Vice-Principals W* Staffs, Pupils 1 •AK.
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      148 17 Southeast Asia's most awarded investment bank is now poised to create more value for clients at every level from today's corporate big boys, to the littlest ones right m your home. The CIMB Group is now a comprehensive full-service bank. Through successful mergers with two of Malaysia's leading commercial banks
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      192 20 A note of caution Economist Friedrich Wu does a reality check on China's prospects m his paper, which discusses various risk factors to the country's growth. PAGE Hl9 pj| t^pA| Pm I^ l^^^ "C^l Offering cost-effectiveness, ease-of-use and W fL <T« scalability, Meg@POP is everything your |pf KaWafe atf P*
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      415 1 8 QUESTIONS WITH... LATIN COMEBACKS -f>m TOG 0F THE TOWN Gongfu star Cheng Pei Pei Julio Iglesias and JKF ftL Vfor on being typecast Gloria Estefan make a splash \ll kl v a va voom A ff fl^^^^. t^k. B^F -JPB2 k kli Hhfcilh < X a >. ir« J
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        340 2  -  Stephanie Yap Pianist Paavali Jumppanen is much sought after around the world, but he really loves being at home m Espoo, Finland PIANIST Paavali Jumppanen (inset) could be baaed anywhere he wanted. The 32-year-old Finn is m high demand m the classical music world he gives
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        193 2  -  Sandra Leong GOOD news for music lovers starved of retail therapy British music megastore HMV re-opened its 21,000 sq ft flagship store at The Heeren Shops yesterday. The new-look HMV which took three months and cost $5(X).000 to refurbish* boasts among other things, an expanded DVD
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        256 2  -  Frankie Chee THE Tanglin Village area has upped its hip quotient again, with the opening of its latest joint, The Hacienda. The brainchild of nightlife entrepreneur Michel Lv, it finally opened last Friday night after more than a year of talk. The alfresco bar at
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        832 3 8 questions with... Cheng Pei Pei Jill Alphonso Gongfu queen Cheng Pei Pei prefers working for Western directors because they'll cast her m non-martial arts roles THE name Cheng Pei Pei is revered among martial arts movie enthusiasts. The Chinese actress found fame playing headstrong swordswomen m films
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          2680 4 BREAKING THE FIONA CODE It's a bit of a guessing game talking to Fiona Xie, the doll-faced babe whose presence is hard to miss on TV these days. Forthcoming one minute, elusive the next, it's tough getting the actress-host to lift the veil Xie it like it is I've never
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        769 5 THEY are young, cute and incredibly telegenic. When the stars of a new TV serial are likened to those of another hit idol drama, Meteor Garden, one would do well to check out the leads. Meteor Garden (2001) made the pretty boys of the Taiwanese group F4
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        195 5 LOS ANGELES Actress Farrah Fawcett has been diagnosed with cancer, but is maintaining a positive attitude to get through it, she said. "I am determined to bite the bullet and fight the fight while going through the next six weeks of
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        275 5 HONG KONG Comedienne Lydia Sum appears to be the latest victim of another paparazzi-snooping act. An Indonesian maid, accused of stealing into Sum's hospital room to take pictures of her. has been identified as being m the employ of a deputy editor-in-chief of
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        92 10 When David and I look at Posh and Becks m the papers we think, we bloody hate those two' Football wife Victoria Beckham on her image 'My biggest talent is I know who is more talented than I am. I find them and I go to them, and I
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        360 10  -  Michelle Tay BRING out the tissues. Because when The Amazing Race Asia debuts on Nov 9 on AXN, there will be drama, laughter and tears as never before seen m the original American hit reality TV show. Well, that's what
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        554 11  -  Sujin Thomas Singers Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan both had life-altering automobile accidents which they survived, and came back stronger than ever Julio Iglesias, the original Casanova MUSIC REPORTER DAYS before embarking on a European tour. Julio Iglesias. 63, is hard at work m his home studio preparing
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        599 11  -  Sujin Thomas WITH over 70 million copies of her albums sold worldwide, Gloria Estefan, 49. is perhaps the most successful crossover from Latin music to American pop. But suggest that she deserves the title of Queen Of Latin Pop and the five-time Grammy-winning Cu-ban-born American
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        674 11  -  Jill Alphonso MUSIC REPORTER AMERICAN thrash metal-heads Slayer write controversial songs which reference the devil, violence and death. But don't ever think the band, which performs here for the first time on Friday since forming 25 years ago m California, will apologise for that. Its
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        863 12  -  Tay Yek Keak starsngripes Scarlett Johansson has a mind and a hind to stir up ultimate fantasies especially for Woody Allen THIS week, it's about movers and stayers. The movers are m two foreign movies a Thai village girl goes to the city to become a
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        241 14 V for va- va voom ii tog of the town ~J Don't dismiss the perks of the humble V-neck: Generous bosoms are given ample airtime while modest decolletages are visually enlarged with an extra flash of skin. Follow the lead of these sexy celebrities who have taken the plunge LOW-CUT
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        1009 6 The technology employed by Alexandra Hospital enhances the level of patient care as well as improves staff productivity. Francis Chin reports SMART beds to prevent elderly patients from falling off and a smarter system to manage beds m the surgical ward are some of the latest creative
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        394 7 A doctor will be alerted on his mobile phone when his patient runs a high fever, thanks to an innovative wireless sensing system by CADI Scientific. Melvin Seah finds out more GONE are the days when nurses at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Tan Tock Seng
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        138 7 THE wonder lies m the small temperature-sensing discs that are pasted on each patient's body. These discs record and send the data wirelessly to ceilingmounted receivers, which, m turn, transmit the information to aPC server, where the patient's entire temperature history is stored. Doctors
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        874 8 Making good business sense Workplace safety at Dv Pont is not just about accident prevention, as Francis Chin finds out WITH the Workplace Safety and Health (Risk Management) regulations coming into effect on Sept 1 this year, employers, contractors and sub-contractors are now required to identify safety and health hazards
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        226 2  -  SERENE GOH There is something to be said for getting an adrenaline rush from feeling as though you nailed something just perfectly. A journalist gets that rush when his scoop makes it to Page I of The Straits Times. It's a soaring feeling that's best described
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        147 2 H.we your s.)y wd reach out to 100.000 readei s, meet student-writers from ovei seas m<l attend exclusive celebrity events. How? By joining the IN Crowd the student editorial team that shapes what- you rend m IN. The IN Crowd is open to
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        641 3 CASSANDRA CHEW FINDS OUT HOW SOME LUCKY STUDENTS GOT A TASTE OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY DURING A MEGA-EVENT It has often been said that the real world the working world is very different from school life. About 400 Temasek Business School students got a taste of this at
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        448 4  -  JANE NG WHILE MOST SEC 4 STUDENTS ARE BUSY MUGGING FOR THEIR 0 LEVELS, A GROUP OF THEM ARE TRAVELLING AND DOING PROJECTS. MEET THE INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOLK, WHO ARE THE ENVY OF THEIR FRIENDS THIS EXAM PERIOD. BY wo months ago, when his
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        349 5  -  Cassandra Chew By ene of the most common myths about drugs is that they give a rush nothing else m the world can offer. But the clean truth is physical activities can enable you to get high without felling into the low of drug-taking. For instance,
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        548 10 TEENS AROUND THE WORLD ...BRITAIN IS LEARNING VALUABLE LESSONS ON HOW TO DEAL WITH RACISM. Ladan Jama, 1 8, is one of the teens being helped by a conflict-resolution scheme m Slough, a town m the country's south-east where more than a third of the population are from ethnic minorities,
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        1123 11  - LESSONS IN DEMOCRACY, SINGAPORE IDOL-STYLE ANDREW DUFFY CHUA MUI HOONG TEXT: BY THE STRAITS TIMES, SEPT 29 Do you agree with Andrew Duffy's comments on the article? Or do you hove a different point of view? Head to %ifww.stomp.com.sg/stlnk/ and make yourself heard! Clearly, she feels there is something wrong
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        894 12 |j> t tKYYt Z^V/vl NUIVL*. layout: Jeffrey um text: Andrew duffy Life m prison will never be a bed of roses. But thanks to recent reforms, life is getting more promising for ex-convicts. And it may become harder to go to prison m the first place. Two years ago
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        978 14  -  SANDRA DAVIE BY THE STRAITS TIMES, SEPT 29 Former teacher S. Devaki recalls how hopeful she was when the Ministry of Education (MOE) replaced the Monolingual stream with EM3 m She had seen how being labelled as "mono kids" battered the self-esteem of
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        595 15  -  MARDIANA ABU BAKAR BY A) AN EM3 STORY This is an article on the scrapping of the EM3 stream. It starts and ends with the story of teacher Madam Devaki. Although it ends on a hopeful note, Madam Devaki still has concerns about children being
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        473 16 COLD PLAY jmM mm "^ajj> What did theatre director Ong Keng Sen try to do fj^jf aLJ vl %J IV vJ Qa*^a*^k 4 C a f l, Ckpi to Life! reporter Hong Xinyi, because he did not like mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm W\_#%^»a_# I dm* th e reviews she had written? Was it
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      25 2 HAVE YOUR SAY WRITE IN Read how students at Ang Mo Kio Secondary fell ill last week? Tell us what you think at stomp.com. sg/stink
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      144 2 EDITOR Serene Goh ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jane Ng CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison de Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Cassandra Chew JOURNALISTS Yen Feng, Jessica Lim, Tessa Won; COYER Design: Rishad Patel Photo: Ng Sor Luan ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Tay Chern Hui, Jeffrey Urn, Vincent Leow EDITORIAL PROJECTS BRANDING Peter Khoo,
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      72 3 THE NEXT BIG THING IS YOU IR bidder unveils design ace 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 American architecture, Mr Graves will design the Sentosa integrated resort if Genting's bid
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      97 4 TRENDS AND QUIRKS GOODBYE^ EM3! The unpopular EM 3 stream will be scrapped from 2008 and most Stompers are m favour of the change. Says antiazreus: "We've seen EM3 students, or rather schoolmates like them, not being able to pull out of this path. l believe some of them are
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      32 5 WHAT THEY SAY.» WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS... You can stop taking drugs anytime. IT v ,tL t r V JH /eah, and the time is when you die trom drug abuse! I
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      62 5 DON'T TAKE DRUGS DRUG OUT Only about half of the 3,034 Subutex abusers who signed up to wean themselves off the drug have stuck to the programme so far. For recalcitrant abusers, including those who failed to sign up or dropped out of the programme without kicking the habit on
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      43 8 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK SPECIAL NEEDS Special education experts have stepped up their demand for schools for the disabled to be brought fully under the purview of the Ministry of Education rather than be managed by voluntary welfare organisations. (ST, Oct 4)
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      53 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK HYGIENE LAPSES' IN SCHOOL CANTEEN The National Environment Agency said it has found some "hygiene lapses" during its check of the canteen at Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, t _l where 500 students and staff members fell ill this week with symptoms of food poisoning.
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      50 10 TALES FROM NEAR 1 AND FAR i FARM SUBSIDIES FUELLING OBESITY Radical global agricultural reform to cut down on the production of oil, fat and sugar and not diet tricks is needed to halt the global obesity epidemic, scientists i warned yesterday. (ST, Sept 5) 4- thO DliddlG \j J
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      94 11 RACK YOUR BRAINS i HADY'S DEBUT ALBUM OUT NEXT MONTH The new Singapore Idol. Hady Mirza, already has his work cut out for him over the next few months. He will hit the studio to record an album slated for release m the first week of November. It will be
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      50 14 NEW STYLE The EM3 stream, on the way out over the past few years, is finally being scrapped. The hugely unpopular stream which groups the weakest primary school pupils together will be junked m 2008. Pupils will instead be banded according to their strengths m specific subjects. (ST, Sept 29)
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      73 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER I iflßra HIGH GRADE About 80 top pupils at Nan Hua Primary are learning about the history of numbers, the Roman numeric system and similes and metaphors. These are -jall taught m the Gifted Education i Programme but these 80 pupils are not m that stream.
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