The Straits Times, 9 January 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 08 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Durai controlled NKF for personal profit, court told
    914 1  -  Bertha Henson NKF CIVIL SUIT: DAY 1 He ran foundation like his sole fiefdom, says lawyer Destruction of evidence among new disclosures By Associate Editor IN ONE corner of the courtroom was the former face of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) former
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    Lock icon New details of how Durai tried to hide his tracks
    317 1  -  BERTHA HENSON Key defendants NEW details emerged yesterday about how Mr T. T. Durai concentrated power in his hands, used the NKF to his personal advantage and tried to hide his tracks. Mr K. Shanmugam told the court that Mr
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Changing the mindset on China's secret shame
      1066 1  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing IT IS a photograph that demands a second glance. In it, a middle-aged man flashes an awkward, lopsided grin, as if posing for the camera for the first time. He looks more dazed than dangerous, yet
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon READY TO BLOW ITS TOP
      82 3 Superheated ash and lava are visible inside the cone of the Soufriere Hills volcano on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. A cloud of ash and gas reportedly shot up more than Bkm from the volcano yesterday. Authorities warn that more significant activity is possible in
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      Lock icon Foreigners lobby Thai govt against business law changes
      558 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh Under new rules, firms deemed to be Thai-owned may be considered foreign By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok FOREIGN business chambers of commerce in Thailand yesterday made a last-ditch attempt to lobby the government against amendments to the Foreign Business Act
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      Lock icon RSAF may use eye ops in bid to boost pilot ranks
      436 3  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent PERFECT to near-perfect vision is a "must" for fighter pilots and the air force is considering greater use of eye surgery to give short-sighted pilot candidates a chance. The type of eye surgery photorefractive
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      Lock icon Metal detected in sea may be from missing jet
      253 4  -  Dcvi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta FHE massive search for a nissing jetliner in Sulawesi nay have yielded a clue yes:erday, after an Indonesian na- vy ship detected large metal objects deep undersea. Authorities are waiting for a US Navy
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      Lock icon 50,000 may be displaced by floods in Malaysia
      583 4  -  Leslie Lav Red alert issued for eight states, with Terengganu expected to be worst hit by rain By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA said more than 50,000 people could be displaced in the peninsula's east coast states if heavy rains continue
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Foreign investors spooked by Thai troubles
      578 6 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Confidence shaken by last year's 'setbacks', warns ratings agency Bangkok THE political uncertainty in Thailand is taking a toll on investor confidence in the country, according to the respected Standard Poor's ratings agency. This is the result of the political instability,
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      Lock icon Anger and anxiety over planned revision of investment laws
      661 6 FINANCIAL TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Bangkok WITH a potential revision of Thailand's foreign investment laws, Bangkok appears poised to change radically its definition of a foreign company. This might move from an exclusive focus on nominal shareholdings to a consideration of voting
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Few sparks as HK enforces ban on smoking
        419 7  -  Vince Chong Eateries are not losing money and more smokers seek help to quit By Hong Kong Correspondent THE initial outcry over Hong Kong's ban on smoking has been reduced to a whimper. One week after it took effect on Jan 1,
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        Lock icon Royal queries jailing of lawyers and journalists
        301 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing VISITING French presidential candidate Segolene Royal raised the highly sensitive issue of China's jailing of lawyers and journalists in talks with top officials here yesterday. Ms Royal, who is seeking to become France's first woman president in elections this year,
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon HU TO VISIT ABE WHEN CONVENIENT
          97 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Chinese President Hu Jintao said yesterday that he would visit Japan at a time convenient for both countries, according to Japanese media. Mr Hu made the remark when he met Mr Akihiro Ota, the leader of Japan's New Komeito party, who
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          Lock icon CHEN'S U.S. STOPS: CHINA OBJECTS
          103 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China protested yesterday over a planned stopover in the US by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, saying the move was aimed at bolstering Taiwanese independence forces and sabotaging Sino-US ties. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liv Jianchao said in a statement on the ministry
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          Lock icon CHINA POLICE RAID TERROR CAMP
          94 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Chinese police killed 18 suspects and arrested 17 others during a raid on an alleged terrorist camp in the far western Xinjiang region, a police official said yesterday. Mr Song Hongli, director of the general office of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau,
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          Lock icon MANY MALAYSIAN WOMEN ABUSED
          89 7 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PENANG: About 39 per cent of Malaysian women are physically abused by either their husbands or boyfriends, Wanita MCA chief Ng Yen Yen said. Datuk Dr Ng also said that rape cases had risen from 2.4 daily in 1993 to 5.3 daily
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          Lock icon ANOTHER BIRD FLU CASE
          91 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: An Indonesian woman was in critical condition yesterday after being hospitalised with bird flu, a health official said. The 37-year-old is the second person to fall ill from the disease in less than a week, said Mr I Nyoman Kandun, the Ministry of
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan in soft power diplomatic push
        578 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Tokyo wants to have over 100 approved schools worldwide teaching Japanese language By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo TO CATCH up with other world powers, especially China, Japan plans to have more than 100 approved schools worldwide teaching the Japanese language within
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        Lock icon Roh's proposal to rename sea spurned
        212 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has proposed renaming the waters separating Korea and Japan in a bid to remove an irritant in ties, officials said yesterday. The offer of the names "Sea of Peace" or "Sea of Friendship" was made
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        Lock icon Call to set up varsity for retirees in HK
        354 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong A TOP official has put forward a plan to open a college for pensioners to enable the city's growing army of senior citizens to earn a degree and make economic contributions. Dr Leong Che Hung, a medical
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        Lock icon RITE OF PASSAGE
        59 8 All smiles for the camera as a young woman in a kimono and her mother visit Tokyo's Meiji Shrine to observe the Coming of Age Day yesterday. The smallest group of Japanese youth in two decades marked the tradition, which honours those who turned 20 in the
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon More sex murder victims found
        391 9 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Police arrest two men after digging up nine bodies in Hyderabad while investigating deaths of two labourers Hyderabad POLICE investigating the sexual murders of two labourers have stumbled on India's second serial killing case in the space of a few days, digging
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        Lock icon DPM Jayakumar calls on Indian PM
        114 9 Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his office in New Delhi's South Block, the seat of government, yesterday.. Prof Jayakumar presented to PM Singh a copy of the Encyclopedia Of The Indian Diaspora, which was published in
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Rise in violent crimes rattles Vietnam
        543 10  -  Roger Mitton Economic growth blamed for surge in drug-dealing, murder and robbery offences By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE booming economy of Vietnam is being blamed for an alarming rise in robberies and violent crimes. The year began with a raid by 10 knife-wielding
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        Lock icon Chinese judge concerned about violence and social unrest
        212 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIOLENT crime and social unrest are on the rise in China, the country's top judge said yesterday. China's courts convicted more than 759,000 suspects in the first 11 months of last year, up 4.3 per cent from the same period
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        Lock icon Eco disasters killed thousands of Indonesians last year
        299 10  -  XINHUA Jakarta THOUSANDS of people were killed in Indonesia last year as the country experienced 135 ecological disasters due to forest and environmental degradation, Antara news agency reported yesterday. "The disasters started with floods and landslides in Jember, East Java, on Jan
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        Lock icon 14 survivors of ferry sinking rescued
        569 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS Passing ship picks up Indonesians adrift on life raft for nine days, but 400 still missing Jakarta FOURTEEN survivors of an Indonesian ferry sinking have been rescued after spending nine days on a life raft. A passing cargo ship picked them up
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        Lock icon TIME FOR A NAP ON THE JOB
        89 11 It is midday at the Pathumwan district office in Bangkok and the employees are asleep. Under a new programme to increase productivity at the municipal office, lights go out just past noon and civil servants are invited to take an afternoon nap. It
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon BN could lose by-election, warns Mahathir
        709 13  -  Leslie Lav Former leader renews attacks on Abdullah govt after two months of silence By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday resumed his criticism of his successor and the government, breaking a two-month silence brought on by a
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        Lock icon Thai unrest: Mahathir told to back off from mediation
        282 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former premier Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he had been told to back oft from his role as intermediary in the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. Tun Dr Mahathir, who brokered talks in late 2005 between Thai
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        Lock icon SCALY FIND
        172 13 Workers of a restaurant illegally offering python meat are believed to have released about 40 of the reptiles into a monsoon drain in a residential estate in Ipoh, Malaysia. A team of seven firemen managed to catch six live pythons and retrieve a dead one in the estate
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        Lock icon Stolen cars reach foreign syndicates within hours
        298 13 NEW STRAITS TIMES Kuala Lumpur IT IS 3am and you are fast asleep. Thieves enter your compound and take your car. By the time you lodge a police report at 9am, your car has crossed the border and is on its way to
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        Lock icon Boost in tourist police numbers
        141 13 NEW STRAITS TIMES Kuala Lumpur MORE policemen are patrolling tourist destinations and crime-prone areas as part of improved crime prevention methods. The number of policemen specially trained to help tourists is to be raised by nearly 10 times, said Inspector-Gen-eral of Police Musa Hassan. He
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        Lock icon Four trawlers sink in storm off Thai south
        473 14 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA RKiION S WtAIHtRWOtS Three fishermen are missing; 30 trawlers riding out storm at sea Narathiwat A MONSOON storm hovering over the Gulf of Thailand on Sunday sank four fishing trawlers off Narathiwat's shores, leaving at least three
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        Lock icon $220m fund to tide over flood-hit firms
        445 14 BERNAMA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA yesterday unveiled a RMSOO million (Ss22o million) fund to prop up businesses affected by the floods which have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said he was confident that
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        Lock icon Prawns everywhere – after the floods
        288 14 Prawns everywhere after the floods NEW STRAITS TIMES MUAR FOR the villagers of Kampung Durian Condong, the recent floods brought more than just dirty water. Fresh-water prawns, washed in by the waters, are now in abundant supply. The prawns, which can fetch RM3O to RMSO (Ssl3 to Ss22) per kg,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'No blank cheque for Iraq war'
      767 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DEMOCRATS TO BUSH They threaten to use their new power to block funding for extra troops Washington JUST days after taking control of Congress, Democrats have warned President George W. Bush to think twice before proposing
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  767 words
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      Lock icon Revealed: US officials tried to stop Saddam's execution
      426 15 INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Baghdad IT HAS emerged that United States officials fought a lastminute battle to halt Saddam Hussein's hanging while British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the manner of the former dictator's execution was "completely wrong". The US
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      Lock icon IT'S STILL CHRISTMAS
      23 16 A Czech girl celebrates Christmas in Brno. Eastern Orthodox churches follow the Julian calendar which marks Christmas two weeks later.
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      Lock icon City driven round the bend by parking rage
      422 16 INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE San Francisco IT BEARS the hallmarks of a classic urban scourge: back-channel sales, assaults on enforcement officials, even death. It is the price of parking in San Francisco. Burdened with one of the densest downtowns in the United States,
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      Lock icon US-EU talks may revive Doha round
      508 16 FINANCIAL TIMES Negotiators say a new trade deal could be sealed by end of the month Washington NEGOTIATIONS between the United States and the European Union have revived hopes that a deal can be struck on the stalled Doha round of world trade talks
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    • Article
      Lock icon Australia crushes SIA's hopes for transpacific route
      482 17  -  Roger Maynard ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KARAMJIT KAUR Lucrative route off-limits to other carriers, except Virgin, for several years, says Transport Minister By] Australia Correspondent In Sydney THE Australian government has quashed any lingering hopes of Singapore Airlines (SIA) being allowed to fly the
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Barak eyeing Israeli PM post again
        205 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMER prime minister Ehud Barak, one of Israel's best-known politicians, is making another run for the premiership, six years after his brief term crashed in discord and failed peace initiatives. The announcement on Sunday by Mr Barak, 63, immediately shook up the
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        Lock icon Man returns library book after 47 years
        208 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MR ROBERT Nuranen handed the local librarian in Hancock, Michigan, a book he had checked out for a ninth-grade assignment along with a cheque for 47 years' worth of late fees. Mr Nuranen said his mother misplaced the copy of Prince
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      Lock icon Internet TVs creating buzz at Las Vegas show
      507 18  -  Serene Luo Sony and Microsoft take connectivity to a new level By lin Las Vegas WITH a touch on a remote controller, you could soon be able to stream high-defini-tion music videos, movies or weather information straight from the Internet to your
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      Lock icon ONE DVD PLAYER, TWO FORMATS
      67 18 REUTERS SOUTH Korea's LG Electronics has introduced a single DVD player that supports both next-generation, high-definition DVD formats, offering a solution in an escalating war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. At a news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, LG said its
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      Lock icon WATCH TV ON YOUR CELLPHONE
      57 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VERIZON Wireless has announced the launch of a service that essentially turns mobile phones into television sets. VCAST TV is set to be available in major US markets in the first half of the year, said Verizon vice-president John Stratton, who promised "true
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    • Article
      Lock icon 1-TERABYTE HARD DISK DRIVE FROM HITACHI
      52 18 REUTERS HITACHI and Seagate Technology announced on Sunday massive new computer storage systems to accommodate growing demand for high-definition movies as well as photos and music. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Inc unveiled a hard disk drive with a record-breaking 1 terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes,
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      Lock icon NOKIA TO TAKE ON MOTOROLA'S RAZR
      48 18 BLOOMBERG NOKIA has introduced a slim handset to rival Motorola's popular Razr. The N76 smartphone is scheduled to go on sale this quarter for a retail price of 390 euros (Ss7Bo). The foldable phone is 13.7 mm thick, similar to Motorola's Razr.
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      Lock icon BEATLES HIT?
      55 18 Royal Mail postmen recreating the famous cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album outside Abbey Road studios in central London to launch the Royal Mail's The Beatles stamps yesterday. The stamps on sale from today depict four album covers of the Fabulous Four and are expected to be
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      Lock icon US car giants rev up to fight Asian rivals
      313 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Detroit AMERICAN car giants General Motors (GM) and Ford used the 100 th edition of Detroit's world-famous auto show to vow to fight back against an invasion by determined Asian rivals. Japanese makers Toyota, Honda and Nissan and South
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon MYSTERY GAS HITS MANHATTAN
        93 18 REUTERS NEW YORK: The smell of gas throughout much of Manhattan forced the evacuation of buildings and the suspension of a commuter train service yesterday. There were no immediate reports of injuries, nor of the source of the smell, but the wide range of the odour
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        Lock icon MOSCOW-BELARUS OIL TALKS
        90 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MINSK: A team of negotiators has left Belarus for Moscow to hold emergency talks over a trade dispute which has disrupted oil supplies to Germany and Poland, the Belarus Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Russian oil deliveries via Belarus to Germany and Poland came to a
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        Lock icon SOMALI PRESIDENT RETURNS
        107 18 REUTERS MOGADISHU: Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf entered Mogadishu yesterday, capping a remarkable turnaround in the capital that Islamists ruled for six months until they were ousted before the New Year. As Mr Yusuf entered the city that has eluded his government since its formation two years ago,
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        Lock icon TOWER OF LONDON 'ENDANGERED'
        116 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The Tower of London, a 900--year-old fortress that is one of Britain's top tourist attractions, will be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites unless the threat from encroaching skyscrapers is resolved, the UN's cultural body said yesterday. Local planners had
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      405 19 THE Asean meetings taking place in Cebu later this week will as usual have a substantial economic agenda for delegates to get through, ranging from updates on market integration to energy security and removing harriers to investment. These are long-gestation projects. But although Asean is 40
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      2008 19 Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar was invited by the Indian government to be the chief guest at the sth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the annual conclave of persons of Indian origin, in New Delhi on Sunday. In his speech, he emphasised India's strategic
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      2250 20 Off the shelves and unwrapped a 33-year-old secret When former Malaysian deputy prime minister Ismail Abdul Rahman died in office in 1973, his private papers, including the manuscript of an incomplete autobiography, came into the safekeeping of his eldest son, Mohamed Tawfik. It took him 33 years, but those papers
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      1042 21  -  John R. Bradley ►&gt;POLITICSINIRAN By Senior Writer WHEN I visited Iran early last year, the dozen or so moderates I met politicians, journalists, clerics all had the same reply when asked how the West should deal with their hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Leave him,
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      21 19 Political transition ahead? The recent elections in Iran could be read as nascent disenchantment with President Ahmadinejad's belligerence. PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES
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      677 24  -  Lee Hui Chieh By NEARLY 20 years after Madam Sartinah Abdul Rahim and her mother signed up as kidney donors, Madam Sartinah ended up donating her daughter Syahida Said's organs instead. Madam Sartinah, 42, donated her daughter's heart, liver and kidneys after the 15-year-old
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      415 25  -  Chua Hian Hou He stole her chat account, theatened to distribute doctored nude photo By A. 24-YEAR-OLD man :harged with hijacking nine women's MSN Messenger ac:ounts and trying to extort explicit pictures from one of them pleaded guilty yesteriay. Song Yick
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      666 25  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By RECENT moves to widen sentencing options does not mean that the courts are becoming lenient towards criminals, the Attor-ney-General said. What has happened is that recent court developments have helped refine the sentencing process, so that punishments better
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      387 25  -  Chong Chee Kin By THE owner of a maid agency accused of molesting two Indonesian maids allegedly got one of his accusers and five other maids to go into the pantry "one by one". Lim Song Kia, 39, is accused of molesting the
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      Lock icon Streak of light across sky may be 'green flash'
      261 25 THE mysterious flash in the evening sky witnessed by many across Singapore on Sunday could have been a phenomenon known as the "green flash", experts say. Onlookers in different parts of the island reported witnessing a green streak of light at
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      305 25 PET shop owner Toh Lam Seng on trial for rape allegedly promised a 14-year-old student "status and money" if she went around with him as he had secret society connections. And he had earlier boasted to a group of teenagers that he
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      261 25 TWO teenagers, armed with metal pipes and sparklers, decided to try their hand at making bombs. With a digital camera at the ready, Muhammad Firdaus Mahat and Wesley Meow Guang Xiong managed to make a crude device and set it off at
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      404 25  -  Zakir Hussain »SDP CHIEF ACCUSED OF BANKRUPTCY TRAVEL OFFENCE By; THE trial of Chee Soon Juan started yesterday, with two civil servants taking the witness stand. They were Mr Jonathan Chua and Ms Jasmine Ang, senior officers in the Official
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      457 26  -  Alfred Siew Bundling of phone and broadband services a strategy to keep customers in heated rivalry By Technology Correspondent N YET another sign of intense compeition in the telecoms sector here, SingFel yesterday launched a new package 3f services which allows users to
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      573 26  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By NEW school St Joseph's Institution (SJI) International began classes yesterday with 112 students, and it wants to boost its catchment by starting a primary section. It hopes to attract primary-level foreign students, and will seek Ministry of Education (MOE) approval to run
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        461 27 He projected image of NKF as transparent but deflected probes TO THE public, Mr T.T. Durai and his inner circle projected an image of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) as a house in order, fully compliant in all points with the law. To
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        774 27 SHARON LOH FROM April 1997 to September 1999, Mr T.T. Durai resisted the Health Ministry's (MOH) attempts to have a representative on NKF's council. The reasons he gave, said Mr Shanmugam, were "very interesting". At a meeting with his executive committee on April
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        583 27 QUERIES from the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) into NKF matters were usually met with hostility and refusal. For instance, on May 15, 1996, Mr T.T. Durai wrote to the head of the council's licensing division, Mr Yap Yeow Woon, that NKF would
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        Lock icon Ex-CEO engineered public outcry through 'ghost' letters
        758 27 Tips on how to craft letters E-mail sent by Ms Michelle Ang on Sept 26, 2004: "Hi Job, please avoid phrases like "everything's possible", "everything possible and more", or "everywhere anywhere". These are a few of Mr Durai's favourite phrases. Do not inject
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        701 27 A CHARADE of correspondence that is what lawyer K. Shanmugam called the remuneration letters former National Kidney Foundation board chairman, Mr Richard Yong, wrote to former chief executive T.T. Durai. Each time, he would extol Mr Durai's virtues and strengths, and then recommend
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        Lock icon Durai accused of lying to exco in order to take SPH to court
        979 28 Exec committee members claim they did not know of settlement offer MR T.T. Durai was not above lying to his executive committee when it suited him. He did this in the run-up to the defamation action he
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        339 28 the risk remains that the defendants will put out a plea of justification on the record, asserting (as they are entitled) that the article must be read as a whole and that it conveys as general sting, along the lines that the affairs of
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        379 28 COVERING HIS TRACKS? IN PUTTING forward his case that Mr T.T. Durai controlled the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) executive committee, Senior Counsel K. Shanmugam highlighted how the former chief executive had the final say in what went into the minutes.
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        244 28 COVERING HIS TRACKS? ON JULY 28, 2004, right after it became clear that SPH would start sniffing around for breaches of corporate governance, Mr T.T. Durai transferred all his shares in Global Net Relations (GNR) to his trusted aide, Ms Ong Su Ying. Mr
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        Lock icon Former NKF board met only twice since 2001
        853 28 THE former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) board hardly met, with only two recorded meetings since its incorporation in 2001, going by records. And according to NKF lawyer K. Shanmugam, they were held almost solely to pass power over to the executive committee.
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      814 29 They have to be held to higher standard as charities rely on public funds NEVER mind that his title does not say "director". Mr T.T. Durai was a shadow or de facto director in the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), and along with three other
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      Lock icon Flap over lawyer's repeated use of 'cronies'
      792 29  -  Reports by Arti Mulchand, Selina Lum, Sharon Loh and Bertha Henson THE word "cronies" raised a mini ruckus in court yesterday, after Senior Counsel K. Shanmugam used it for the third time to refer to former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) directors close to
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      449 29 IN HIS opening statement yesterday, Senior Counsel K. Shanmugam cited the case of disgraced former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Richard Grasso, while setting out the law on duties of directors. Mr Shanmugam was using the Grasso case to
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      348 30 TWO new members have been appointed to the Council of Presidential Advisers, for a six-year term. They are the former Chief Justice, Mr Yong Pung How, 80, and retired senior partner of accounting services firm Deloitte Touche, Mr Po'ad Shaik Abu Bakar Mattar, 58.
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      283 30 Mica man to be new AuditorGeneral SINGAPORE will have a new Auditor-General next month. He is Mr Lim Soo Ping (above), the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica). Mr Lim, 56, will start in his new job on Feb 8 when he relinquishes his
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      102 30 BANKS here have all begun rolling out a new, upgraded security system for Internet banking access. But how secure is this new two-factor authentication system? Digital Life looks at the problems this vaunted system will fix, and examines whether there are any flaws that tech-sawy crooks
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      Lock icon RSAF revamp to sharpen mission readiness, says chief
      641 30  -  David Boey Air force shake-up will also raise its ability to stage joint operations with army and navy By I Defence Correspondent EVEN as the air force's newest command went on parade last Friday, it showed its mission readiness Fokker 50 maritime
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      25 24 Demanded explicit photos Song Yick Biau pleads guilty to hijacking women's MSN accounts and trying to extort explicit pictures from one of them. PAGE H2
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      10 26 REPROGRAMMING THE BRAIN Hypnosis help for smoking to bed wetting
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      270 31  -  Chai Ming Yao IN THE article, "Spore economy likely to cool to slower pace this year" (ST, Jan 1), it was reported that "mortgage borrowers can heave a sigh of relief. Interest rates, which have risen relentlessly since 2004,
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      170 31  -  S. SatishAppoo REFER to the letter, "Too few errant smokers being taken to task" (ST, Jan 2). We would like to assure Mr Teo Cheng Chuah that National Environment Agency (NEA) officers conduct regular checks of places where smoking is prohibited by law
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      186 31  -  Sharon Chan (Ms) I REFER to Dr Goh Kian Peng's letter, "Install CCTV to stop people feeding monkeys" (ST, Jan 1). CCTV has been installed at selected spots along Upper Thomson Road since early last year to deter monkey feeding. In addition,
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      334 31  -  Karen Tan (Ms) IN THE letter, "Have Medisave pay for anti-cancer vaccine" (ST, Dec 29), Mr Peter Loo asked that Medisave be used to pay for Gardasil, a new vaccine against cervical cancer. In Singapore, the incidence of cervical cancer has been declining over the
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      348 31  -  Leong Yew Meng I REFER to the letter, "Why should one risk assault to earn a living?" (ST, Jan 4), by Ms Khoo Bee Hong. We thank Ms Khoo for her comments and concern for our nurses. As psychiatric health-care workers are expected
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      185 31  -  Lee Ser Wei I WOULD like to comment on the Wi-Fi issue. I am sure what Wi-Fi thief Garyl Tan did is classified under war driving, where the intent is to enter another's Wi-Fi network, whether secured or otherwise. He
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      400 31  -  Corinna Cox (Ms) I THANK Ms Maria Lori Mun Foong for her letter, "Sentosa needs new attractions and sprucing up" (ST, Jan 5), and regret to hear about her recent experience. Unfortunately, Ms Lon only visited a part of our island that has
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      289 31  -  Rachel Yap Wei Li (Miss) MS MARIA Loh judged Sentosa on the musical fountain which I, too, found dated. But to redevelop an island takes time and is done in phases so that attractions in the rest of the island could still operate.
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      104 31 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Make intellectual property registration easier and cheaper More needs to be done to inculcate the values of financial planning into the education system Public benefits from the 'airing' of complaints about health-care system Plastic
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      Lock icon Griselda poised to make history
      479 32 SAILING She could win four golds at Optimist World Cships, including overall title By Jeanette Wang SHE returned home empty-hand-ed from the Doha Asian Games last month. But Singapore sailor Griselda Khng, 15, could land a four-gold medal windfall today at the Optimist World Championships
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      517 32 SOCCER AT THE last Asean Football Championship (AFC), being a striker meant almost certain inclusion in the Singapore squad. Not any more. As striker Indra Sahdan Daud noted: "Then, there were only I, Agu Casmir and Noh Alam Shah. "Now, there are six of
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      Lock icon Relief for Jol as Tottenham hang on for draw
      453 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Cardiff TOTTENHAM manager Martin Jol admitted he was relieved to avoid an embarrassing FA Cup exit, after his side escaped with a 0-0 draw at Cardiff. He had watched Premiership sides Charlton and Sheffield United suffer humiliating third-round defeats
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      353 33 »EPL STOMPING GROUND THE English Premier League's newest player is barely a day old, but is already a hit with the fans. No, not Manchester United's Swedish striker Henrik Larsson but The Straits Times' latest online portal for the Premiership at h
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      456 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►&gt;SOCCER After nightmare outing, Liverpool defender might not face Arsenal again Liverpool JOHN Arne Riise may lose his place ahead of Liverpool's re-arranged League Cup quar-ter-final tie with Arsenal at Anfield today. The two sides meet for the second time in three days,
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      419 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Liverpool BLACKBURN manager Mark Hughes believes Everton's goalkeeper Tim Howard did not practise enough with the new ball introduced by the Football Association for this season's FA Cup. The American goalkeeper's mistakes helped Blackburn seal a 4-1 third-round win on Sunday. Howard,
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      257 33 REUTERS Beijing CHELSEA are on track to become the top club in the world by 2014 and China is key to their success, chief executive Peter Kenyon said yesterday. He was in Beijing to launch the English champions' Mandarin website their first in a foreign
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      109 33 REUTERS RUSSIA'S soccer chief has denied press reports that the country's Dutch coach Guvs Hiddink may quit early to take over from Jose Mourinho as Chelsea's manager. "Hiddink has a contract, he is the current manager of the national side and, while his contract is in
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      355 33 London JOSE Mourinho, whose position at Chelsea has appeared increasingly tenuous in recent weeks, has held talks with his agent over his future. The Blues boss is concerned about friction with his Stamford Bridge chiefs, The Sun reported yesterday. He held a meeting with his
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      272 33 REUTERS Berlin BAYERN Munich's sporting director Uli Hoeness has said that Owen Hargreaves will not be sold to Manchester United during this month's transfer window. But he hinted the England midfielder might be released at the end of the season. In an interview
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      375 33 London ALAN Pardew has made a dramatic U-turn. He now insists Darren Bent will stay at Charlton until the end of the season. The Charlton boss revealed last week that he would listen to offers for his injured striker in
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      1005 34  -  Marc Lim WILD WEEKEND Swede striker wields the big club at United and may inflict the final blow on Chelsea By: Sports Correspondent HE IS 35 and on loan to Old Trafford for just three months. Yet Henrik Larsson is already seen as one of
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      287 34 REUTERS »SOCCER Madrid BARCELONA and Real Madrid returned to action in the Primera Liga after the Christmas break with disappointing performances on Sunday. Champions Barcelona scrambled a barely deserved 1-1 draw at Getafe, while Real slumped to a second successive defeat in
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      Lock icon Figo signs for Saudi club
      215 34 BLOOMBERG NEWS Dubai PORTUGUESE midfielder Luis Figo, the 2001 world soccer player of the year, will play his first match for Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad in July. He has signed a one-year "multi-mil-lion euro" deal, the club announced yesterday. "Figo signed a preliminary binding contract and
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      274 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS Berlin OLIVER Kahn, a three-time world goalkeeper of the year, will likely retire when his contract with Bayern Munich ends next year. "I will be 39 then and it's time to take off the shorts and begin to develop yourself in a different
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        74 34 MANILA: The Philippine Sports Commission has plans to provide the families of elite athletes with additional food subsidy for the next two years, local media reported yesterday. Filipino athletes who will undergo long training stints overseas for this year's South-east Asia Games and the 2008
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        105 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Australia's Shane Warne is not averse to helping England recover from their Ashes drubbing, after coach Duncan Fletcher said he would like to enlist the skills of the legendary spinner. Warne said he had no plans after retiring from Test cricket at the
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        103 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: China's top auditor said yesterday that sniffing out corruption in construction projects for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be a priority for his agency this year, state media reported. China suffers rampant corruption but has promised repeatedly that it will make
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      624 35 REUTERS »GOLF Fijian fires a 70 to hold off Scott and clinch 30th PGA title of his career Kapalua (Hawaii) VIJAY Singh held off a late charge by playing-partner Adam Scott to win his 30th PGA Tour title on Sunday. He won the Mer-cedes-Benz
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      417 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL San Antonio SASHA Vujacic scored nine of his career-high 16 points in the fourth quarter to help Los Angeles Lakers beat Dallas 101-98 and snap the Mavericks' 13-game winning streak. His contribution included the vital three-pointer with 28.5 seconds left. Kobe
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      199 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS Sydney AMELIE Mauresmo says she is keen for more Grand Slam glory, after her breakthrough victory in last year's Australian Open. The French player won the trophy after Belgian Justine Henin-Hard-enne retired in the final with an upset stomach while trailing 1-6,
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      667 35 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Wild Card play-offs American Conference: New England 37 NY Jets 16. National Conference: Philadelphia 23 NY Giants 20. BASKETBALL NBA: Toronto 116 Washington 111, Minnesota 103 Houston 99 (OT), San Antonio 110 Memphis 96, Orlando 87 Boston 79, Phoenix 128 Golden State 105, Miami 93 Portland
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      128 35 MONICA ONG BECK GEOK Age: 88 Passed away peacefully on 08 January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Anthony Chong Chin San {deceased) Children: Spouse: Victor Chong Vincent Chong Maggie Chu Mei Mei Allan Chong Joyce Ting Vivien Chong Anthony Thia Grandchildren: Spouse: Chong Chin Young
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      116 35 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house ofthe Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 JACOB ARULDASS Age: 84 Was called home to be with the Lord on 8 January 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Anbumani Ammal Children: Spouses:
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      40 35 The family ofthe late JOHN WONG KUM CHYE Departed 1 January 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, religious, relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, contributions wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      160 36 NG WAN HOE Age: 45 Passed away peacefully on 7 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones Wife: Ng Swee Pheng Son: Daughters: Ng Zaiyan Ng Ruoning Ng Ruoqi Father: Mother: Ng Eng I lur Teo Siew Kee Brothers: Sister-in-law: Ng Wan Chee Ng Wan Wee Loh Ling Yee Sisters Brothers-in-law:
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      43 36 The Family of the Late SENG TOH KHENG Departed on 3 January 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and classmates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during Rjr, their recent bereavement, J&gt;
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      152 36 m AHMRO D/O KRISHAN SINGH (Wife Of The Late: Piara Singh Bhatal) Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 06 January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grubal Singh Sawinder Kaur Hardial Singh Pritam Kaur Harbans Singh Paramjit Kaur Jaswant Singh Kaldip Kaur Daughters: Sons-in-law: i
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      74 36 fell.i .v j.iojiimiui. i ij.ij.wwiu jmwwj* JiWMi.im -m IN LOVING MEMORY OF i M. SUBRAMANIAM S. NITHIANANTHAN| (M.S. MANIAM) (ANAND) Departed 9 lan 2001 Departed 24 Jan 1972 1 I urn- has flown rapidly. We miss yuu in uur own special \s ays. You come in our dreams and when
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      66 36 If* AL-FATIHAH ~~^f Allahyarhamha HAJIAII IIAMIDAII BINTE SHAIKH OMAR MATTAR passed away peacefully on 5 January 2007 Husband: Ibrahim Mulalih and her siblings wish 10 extend their heartfelt thanks to Commander 2 PDP and staff, relatives- friends and colleagues for (heir kind assistance, attendance. condolences donations during Iheir recent hereavement.
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      191 36 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:1,4 BOON KOK SIANG Age: 97 Called home
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      73 36 "I Have Fought The Good Fight, I Have Finished The Race, I Have Kept The Faith.' 2 Tim 4:7 We, The Family Of The Late KIM TJOAN CHARLY MANURU Departed on 3 January 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours for your
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      27 36 Willi Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late NG WAN HOE Ik-parted on 7 |an 2007 From The Management Staff of Dso National Laboratories
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      26 36 3RD ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF BETTY TAN POH TEE Departed 9 January 2004 Deeply loved, dearly missed always remembered by Chin Huat, Constance and Hedy
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      158 36 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 j i 1 i ALLEN THOMAS YEAP HOOI LENG Age: 70 Was called home to be with the Lord on 7 January 2007 leaving behind loved
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      116 36 I The family of the late YAO HONG FEI Departed on 27 Dec 2006 wish to express their sincere appreciation to all who have given their support and condolences during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong Deputy Prime Minister S.
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      95 36 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late i 1 ASOGAN S/O LETCHUMANAN Departed on 26.12.06 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, fiiends and colleagues fur their kind assistance. attendance. condolences, donations and wreath during their recent hi* reave men t. Karumathi Prayers will hi- held
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      53 36 Lee Poh Leng Katherine Age 42 Passed away peacefully on 16 December 2006 in New York, USA Sadly missed by Loved Ones Friends Our thoughts will always be with you Body cremated in New York on 27 Dec 2006. She is resting at CCK Columbarium Path 4, Level 02-08 Building
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      51 36 SUCHA SINGH Village: Volloha Dist: Amritsar Age: 76 passed away peacefully on B January 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wlfe:Ajil Knur Cortege will leave Blk 35 Circuit Road #03-436,9 Jan 07 al 4pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 4 for cremation at spm. For Enquiry call *****272
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        5856 37 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 8, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E MCAP SMIL 3.5 1 5716 lstSoftware 11.5 6 3148 8Telecom 34.5 22 5834 A-Sonic 101 94 6389 ABFSGBondETF 35.5 16 1500 ACEDynamics 24.5 15.5 1938
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        1608 37 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E MCAP SMIL HIGH LOW 21 25 82 4 28.5 26 38 11.5 91 ia 11.E 20 5 33^5 57 31.5 6 12 7.8 34 26 2C 11.E 24 13 79.5 28 Z.5 6
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        49 37 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ""00 ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO 30 ***** 6170 SPDRS 3100 2382 6235 STI ETF100 US119 US374C US555 US1120C US1245C 3055 +10 -45 0 ***** 3090 3085.1 ***** 3055 3071.8
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      439 38 REUTERS Policymakers upbeat on expansion for fifth straight year even as oil prices pose a challenge Basel FINANCIAL policymakers gave an upbeat assessment of a world economy heading into its fifth straight year of above 4 per cent growth, although the uncertain
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      359 38 REUTERS OIL price bull Goldman Sachs has cut its United States crude forecast for this year for the second time in as many weeks. After persistently warm winter weather and a com-modities-wide sell-off knocked prices hard last week, Goldman said it was cutting
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      511 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington THE home-building industry is about to stop hurting the United States economy and later this year may start to help it. The housing demand that is beginning to stir may be unleashing faster growth, said analysts. While housing will
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      23 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Friday's close: 17,091.59 (-262.08 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for a national holiday, Coming of Age Day.
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      38 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,029.66 (-181.62 points) »Hong Kong stocks fell 0.9 per cent, led by mainland banks and property firms, after China's central bank raised the reserve requirements for commercial banks further last Friday.
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      36 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,707.2 (+65.87 points) Chinese shares closed broadly higher, adding 2.49 per cent on rotational play and a rising yuan, as investors looked past last Friday's hike in bank reserve requirements.
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      28 38 r AFP Yesterday's 5 502 (-70 points) »Australian stocks f-r L26per "edto last Friday's drop on Wall Street and a downward correction in metal prices.
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      40 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,113.02 (-7.38 points) »Malaysian stocks eased 0.66 per cent on profit-taking after recent gains. Volume was 876.02 million, worth RM1.29 billion (*****.2 million). Among the losers, Maybank lost 20 sen to close at RM11.70.
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      42 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 13,652.15 (-208.37 points) »The Sensex fell for a third day running, on concern that the rupee's ascent and a slowdown in the US economy will erode earnings of exporters. Software major n f osyset the decline.
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      40 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 1813-39 (-19-15 points) »Indonesian shares closed 1.05 per cent lower, pressured by Wall Street's drop as well as weakness in East Asian markets. Volume was four billion shares, worth 2.05 trillion rupiah (*****.5 million).
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      27 38 AFP Yesterday's close: 633.82 (+5.63 points) &gt;&gt;Thai stocks ended S'aSS 1^ SSJM week and amid signs of a possible relaxing of capital control rules.
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      212 38 Jan 8 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.38 1.360 +0.010 Ascendasreit 1.07 2.550 -0.010 BILIntl 0.40 1.660 CapitaLand 4.84 6.300 CapitaMall 0.91 2.900 +0.050 Chart SemiCond 0.83 1.310 -0.010 CityDev 3.01 13.200 -0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.35 1.620 +0.010 CoscoCorp 0.97 2.500 +0.070 Creative Tech 0.31 10.300
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      48 38 Gen Intl 243,050,000 Jasper 216,435,000 FHTKHIdgs 144,780,000 Sapphire 139,815,000 Yongnam 136,294,000 BBRHIdgs 131,247,000 CSCHIdgs 129,306,000 IPCOIntI 115,388,000 MDR 92,006,000 PDCCorp 88,154,000 Liang Huat 85,579,000 Cyber Vill 78,289,000 Centillion 70,608,000 Belong 57,474,000 El-Nets 56,483,000 MAEEngg 51,861,000 Equation 48,825,000 Lianßeng 39,692,000 Chip EngSeng 33,730,000 JELCorp 33,468,000 Jan 8
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      134 38 Jan 8 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1910 1.2050 Jan dollar 1.3020 1.3180 Euro 1.9860 2.0080 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4370 0.4375 4Z dollar 1.0450 1.0680 Sterling pound 2.9460 2.9790 JS dollar 1.5290 1.5460 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      2015 38 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 8. 2007 52 WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LIST VOLUME TRADED SALE 'ODO 50 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 40.5 -2.5 6.5 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 4 inch 56 16.5 9161 AscendasSGAeCWO703O5 45.5 -4.5 11 5.5 9092 Asia EnvW09D824 10 +2 10 1.5 4105
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      503 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Govt reassures depositors amid panic runs, concern of spillover effect Taipei THE Taiwan authorities yesterday renewed a call for calm among depositors after the government took over a bank faced with a run on funds and insisted
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      260 39 FINANCIAL TIMES London MR STEPHEN Green, HSBC's chairman, plans to run the world's fourth-largest bank as a "double act" with Mr Michael Geoghegan, the new chief executive officer (CEO). It is a distinct shift from the approach favoured by his predecessor, Sir John
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      389 39 FINANCIAL TIMES Hong Kong INVESTMENTS in Chinese domestic mutual funds have passed the US$lOO billion (Ssls4 billion) mark for the first time, reflecting buoyant stock markets and a record inflow of fresh money into equity products. Data to be released this week suggest that foreign
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        521 40  -  Karamjit Kaur Big global agencies expected to bid for account, held by Batey since 1972 By Aviation Correspondent FHE local agency that helped ;reate the world-famous "Singapore Girl" image that has graced the country's flagship drline for 35 years is in danger 3f
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        266 40  -  Krist 800 By MAGAZINE publishers here have teamed up in a concerted push to make local magazines better reads and a more compelling medium for advertisers. About 45 of them have formed the Magazine Publishers Association (Singapore), which elected its first 10-seat committee last night.
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          Lock icon HONGWEI SIGNS SUPPLY DEAL WITH HK FASHION FIRM
          109 40 HONGWEI Technologies, a Chinabased polyester manufacturer and supplier, has inked a supply deal with Hong Kong fashion firm PIN Group. PIN, which has more than 1,000 retail outlets in 30 cities and provinces in China, has guaranteed total purchases from Hongwei worth
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          99 40 LAB ROY Marine said yesterday that a subsidiary has signed two shipbuilding contracts worth US$lB.9 million (5529.2 million) each, for a total of US$37.B million. It will supply a Norwegian customer with two 67.8 m, 100-tonne bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessels. With
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          84 40 LOTTVISION, formerly Multi Vision, yesterday said it expects to report a loss for the third quarter ended Dec 31. The technology-based group, which develops and distributes surveillance so- lutions, said revenue has declined substantially due to a change in its business focus and operations.
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          112 40 MAINBOARD-LISTED steel firm AnnAik yesterday said it has placed out a total of 10 million new ordinary shares, at 22 cents each, to two high net-worth individuals. The subscription price represents a 7.9 per cent discount to the weighted average price of
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          96 40 OCBC Bank yesterday said it has "commenced negotiations" to acquire more than 25 per cent of Trimegah Securities with a view to taking over the Indonesian securities house. The bank added that it will buy its initial stake from "certain shareholders" at 160
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      529 41  -  Joyce Teo Winning bid, to be awarded based on price alone, may exceed $1,000 psf By Property Correspondent ANOTHER prime oceanfront condominium plot has been released for sale at red-hot Sentosa Cove and market watchers expect another record-setting price. A
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      Lock icon Developer raises prices by 17% for Lumiere
      327 41  -  JOYCE TEO BS CAPITAL has hiked prices at its city-liv-ing condo Lumiere by 17 per cent following the success of nearby One Shenton and Marina Bay Residences. It is offering 45 units of Lumiere at $1,550 per sq ft (psf) to $2,100 psf,
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      Lock icon Aircraft lessor Sale inks $4.3b deal for 40 planes
      378 41  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) has signed a deal to buy 40 aircraft worth about US$2.8 billion (S$4.32 billion) at list prices the biggest deal it has ever struck. It will acquire 20 Airbus A-320 and
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      Lock icon SingTel's new bundling service marks its refocus on home ground
      868 41  -  Bryan Lee NEWS ANALYSIS By: Telecoms Correspondent SINGTEL investors have generally directed almost all their attention to the telco's overseas forays but they may soon need to take a fresh look at Singapore. The country's biggest telecoms operator is bringing
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      Lock icon SPH's gains rise 14% to $ 112m as all segments grow
      565 42  - SPH's gains rise 14% to 112m as all segments grow Lee Su Shyan Investment income also lifts profits; positive business climate bodes well By Companies Correspondent SINGAPORE Press Holdings JSPH) reported that first-quarter net profits rose 14.1 per cent to £112.3 million mainly thanks to strong investment income. Group investment
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      Lock icon SC Global sale earns Oei Hong Leong $13m
      429 42  -  LEE SU SHYAN THE surging property market has not stopped investor Oei Hong Leong from cashing out all of his shares in a high-end property developer. He offloaded his entire stake in SC Global Developments on the open market yesterday. That amounted
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      440 42  -  Arthur Poon STAKING STOCK By, WALL Street's decline had its expected fallout here yesterday when the local market copped a beating that left it finely balanced at 3,000 points. That nice round number was not the only headline figure yesterday volume hit
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      246 42  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH ON THE day when the Straits Times Index (STI) ended the session at 3,000 points yesterday, Macquarie Securities launched two new warrants on Singapore Airlines (SIA) and DBS Group Holdings. Macquarie has listed a put warrant on SIA with
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      791 43  -  Goh Eng Yeow Shareinvestor.com Sector rebounds from the doldrums with many new resorts, condos and other upcoming projects By Markets Correspondent THE moribund construction sector is engineering an impressive comeback, thanks to the foundations being laid by giant projects on drawing boards across
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      27 43 Gainers: 351 Losers: 394 Unchanged: 589 Australian dollar 1.1910 1.2050 iuro 1.9860 2.0080 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9460 2.9790 1.5290 1.5460 'en (100 units) 1.2903 1.3047
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      196 43  -  ARTHUR POON NICE ROUND NUMBER IT WAS so freakish, you could call it a stock market hole-in-one. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) might have taken a beating yesterday, but traders and investors were left grinning and shaking their heads in numerical wonder. That
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      155 53 MOVIE-GOING in the heartlands will get a boost when the Cathay Cineplex AMK Hub and Cathay Cineplex Downtown East open this year. The cineplex at AMK Hub will open in May at the new mega mall in Ang Mo Kio Central.
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        523 55  -  May Yip FORMER Singapore Idol contestant Maia Lee (right) says she had an intimate relationship with a woman for 10 months in late 2005. This was after her failed romance with fellow Idol contestant Sylvester Sim, which made newspaper headlines. The 23-year-old revealed this yesterday in
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        206 55 TAIPEI Look out, Zhang Yimou. Jay Chou will try his hand this week at film-directing. Fresh from the success of starring in two films, including Zhang's Curse Of The Golden Flower, the pop star has put NT$4O million (Ssl.9 million) of his money into a new
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        1356 81 SAFE INTERNET BANKING Banks here have all begun rolling out souped up log-in systems for online banking access. CHUA HIAN HOU feels the pulse of the two-factor authentication system The new two-factor authentication (2FA) system being rolled out by banks here will foil most attempts
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        495 82 SAFE INTERNET BANKING Besides the hardware token and SMS, OCBC also has another security device for its customers the mobile phone, writes LIM YEE HUNG OCBC Bank is providing its customers with three options for its two-factor authentication (2FA) system more than any other bank
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        696 84 Students create total defence clips with made-at-home stop animation software. SERENE LUO reports Instead of spending their holidays watching movies and going out with their friends, about 50 secondary students are slaving over motley concoctions of clay, coloured paper and hot fluorescent lights in a con- Crete-floored
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        863 86 -AP The desktop is now a neighbourhood with stick figure icons that represent the user and his friends. Instead of conventional folders, there are journals Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other
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        1109 88 Movies with eye-popping 3D effects are back to thrill moviegoers BILLY TEO checks out not just one but two big screens that enhance the cinematic experience Be prepared to jump out of your seat in the new GV Vivo City Cinema 2 particularly when watching scary
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        560 89  -  Lim Yee Hung New products and service; for the consumer Accessories Accessories Type in style The new Logitech diNovo Edge rechargeable keyboard turns on the style with its minimalist look. Cool factor: The controls are flush with the keyboard surface, and the backlit icons within are invisible when not
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        270 89 MANY a gamer has picked up a handsomely packaged game only to go home and discover he has bought exactly that a handsome package and not much else. Or spent hours of precious gaming time figuring out a new online game to realise it wasn't worth it. Geek zoners
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        378 90 Some Singaporeans celebrated the New Year in Bangkok. Thankfully, none were harmed in the bombings on Dec 31 Difficult to tell Difficult to tell http://horsesintheroom.blogspot. com/2007/01/ louder-than-bombs.html "I was out when the first batch of bombs went off. "...one of my friends got an SMS from his Thai friends
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        730 91 New networking sites get more daring even as popular ones clamp down on piracy, nudity and violence Popular websites like You Tube and MySpace have hired the equivalent of school hallway monitors, to police what visitors to their sites can see and do
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        352 91 Technology Review Every few years, someone predicts the imminent collapse of the Internet. Mr Bob Metcalfe Ethernet inventor, 3Com founder, and Technology Review patron famously said at a 1995 Web conference that he would eat his words from a pessimistic Infoworld column if
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        449 92  -  THAM YUEN-C ...if only just for a few brief days, for that good, old physical contact It was dubbed the electronic tsunami and the biggest telecom disruption in years. Yet, the Internet outage caused by undersea cables damaged from the Taiwan earthquake on
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        425 92 The Washington Post Miss Emily Butler used to keep a pen-and-paper diary. But after her mother found it, the Arlington, Virginia, teenager started pouring out her feelings online. "When there were days when I just needed to rant, it felt
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        746 93 Have lots of cotton buds and patience on standby, says RAMESH D. who jazzed up his white knight White laptops are much nicer then black ones, I think. But after a while, even white gets boring. I was looking to spice up my tired,
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          681 94  -  Leona Ang, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Since Rockstar Games released the first Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game in 1998, there's been no stopping this giant of a franchise from reaching enormous heights of popularity, even attracting celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson and James Woods
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          354 95 Yoshi's Island DS Ardent fans of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System would remember Yoshi's Island DS, arguably one of the more creative platformers out there. Yoshis, a tribe of vividly-col-oured dinosaurs inhabiting the island, are tasked with carrying baby versions of Mario and his friends through
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          427 95 Digimon World DS Think cute electronic monsters, and you would think of two cartoon series Pokemon, which took the entire world by storm, and Digimon, which enjoyed raging success in Singapore, but lives in Pokemon's shadow in the United States. In Digimon World DS, you
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          739 96 If you like to check your e-mail, surf the Net and also talk and SMS, no matter which part of the planet you are travelling in, WILSON WONG has two suggestions: the M7OO PDA Phone and DBlO PDA Phone, both from Dopod International Slick it out
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        1257 97 SHERWIN LOH talks to racing ace Denis Lian whose living room is one big race car simulation and asks him to test drive four racing wheel peripherals It was the same spin for each new race course attempted. His first time behind the wheel would be
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        675 98 E-mail your tech queries to stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Ding dong, what's wrong with my USB and Firewire ports? Ql am having problems with my USB and Firewire ports. When I plug in a thumbdrive, connect a digital still or video camera,
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          137 98  -  Yeo Wei Lin, Digital Manipulation Basics Les Meehan Collins Brown, 2004 Call no: English 778.3 MEE (ART) DIGITAL CAMERAS are now part and parcel of almost everyone's essential list. Yet it is still not easy to learn how to manipulate the photos we take. This
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          140 98  -  Ng Hwee Miang, Windows XP headaches: how to fix common (and not so common) problems in a hurry Curt Simmons Berkeley, California: Osborne/ McGraw-Hill, c2005 Call no: 005.4469 SIM (COM) THIS BOOK is full of tips. For example, it will show you how to set the
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        537 99 Products and services for the enterprise Services Personalised text messaging services Telcos and network operators who want to provide personalised messaging services for their customers should take a look at Message Plus. This messaging product from LogicaCMG, a provider of IT solutions, allows mobile phone users to get more
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          201 99 BBC News WEB USERS ARE being urged to upgrade their Adobe reader software as a security flaw is found in older versions of the program. Millions of people use the reader software to view documents prepared in the popular PDF format. Security researchers said
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          182 99 New York Times MICROSOFT GAVE OUT laptops installed with its new Vista operating system to bloggers as part of its efforts to engage the tech-aware blogging community. The gifts generated as much controversy as goodwill. Many in the blogging community accused Microsoft and their peers of
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          103 99 Bernama London-based TNS, one of the world's largest market research organisations with offices in more than 70 countries and over 13,000 staff, has launched its online research solution called 6th Dimension. Malaysia is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to launch the service for the
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        87 100 A map of the capacity available on undersea cables that carry Internet traffic and voice calls around the world. Western Europe may have the most links to the United States, but Asia is very well-connected as well. Most of the routes across the Pacific, however, is made
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        533 100  -  Alfred Siew Contingency plans being drawn to tackle similar incidents in future After being blamed by some sections of the public for the telecoms outage two weeks ago, some telcos are drawing up new contingency plans to tackle a similar incident in future. On Dec 26,
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        178 100 INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATION services were disrupted throughout East Asia, just a day after a powerful earthquake off Taiwan's coast damaged several undersea cables on Boxing Day. As frustrated stock market traders, business executives, phone customers and Web surfers grappled with the disruptions, it hit home
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        704 101 International Herald Tribune Preparing for the great Internet meltdown, if it happens at all When the great Internet meltdown struck Asia late last month, many resourceful and knowledgeable computer users had home-grown work-arounds for the painfully slow crawl that characterised connections in its wake.
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        205 101 -AP TAIWAN'S CHUNGHWA TELECOM plans to spend NT$l29 billion (556.07 billion) over the next five years to upgrade its telecommunications networks and build a new undersea cable system, the company's chairman, Mr Ho Chen Tan, said. The spending plans were in place before the Dec
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        660 102 Although widely praised, SOA or service-oriented architecture has not found wide adoption. LESLIE GOH finds out why New technologies are not being picked up by companies here, according to reports from two research firms. The latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey found that hot
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        597 102 New York Times News Service Consumers wary of buying new high-definition DVD players because of a technology war reminiscent of the days of Betamax versus VHS will soon have a new kind of DVD that might make the decision less daunting.
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        783 103 STEVE RUSSELL CEO, salesforce.com, 56 Before he joined salesforce.com, he was already their customer. He talks to LESLIE GOH about the end of software and the on-demand climate here Mr Steve Russell, 56, was a logistics professional and twice a customer of salesforce.com which provides software as
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      184 81 Contents DIGITAL LIVING 4 Safe Internet banking OCBC Bank is giving three security options to its Internet banking customers 6 Stop! In the name of animation Students create Total Defence animation clips 8 A new computing experience for kids The One Laptop Per Child project is opening up a whole
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      108 86 Samsung Contest winners THE FOLLOWING ARE winners of the Samsung Contest held on Dec 5 and 12. The winners of Samsung 971P LCD Monitor are Ang Siew Cheng of Seletar Road.Marzina Akbar of Tampines Aye 4, Chin Wei Siong of Yishun Ring Rd, Normah Hassan, Hougang of Aye 6 and
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        602 107 We supply the 5Ws of the recent flooding and you supply the H. BY ANDREW DUFFY WHERE WAS THE FLOODING? Thanks to the monsoon, it was all across the island. In fact, Singapore received more rainfall in 24 hours than it usually does in the entire month of
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      628 108 The faces, places, events and numbers in the region BY LIN ZHAOWEI THE BIG FACE Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir What happened to him On Dec 21, the Indonesian Supreme Court cleared Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir of any involvement in the 2002 bomb attacks in the island of
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        596 110 JESSICA LIM uncovers how some students are gearing up for the new school year. Christmas gift shopping this year was a breeze for Madam Christina Ho, 39, because she knew exactly what to buy for her nieces and nephews: Billabong wallets. Said Madam Ho, a housewife:
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        75 112 Former President Gerald Ford, who governed the country from 1974 to 1976, died on Dec 26. He was 93, making him the longest-living US president. He became the leader after Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace because of his involvement in the Watergate corruption scandal. The scandal involved a burglary
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        97 112 The country is at loggerheads with its neighbour, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Firstly, the Greek government reacted angrily to a decision by FYROM to rename the main airport in its capital after Alexander The Great, the famed warrior-king whom Greece considers an important part of its
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        65 112 A sniffer dog that was checking an airplane for explosives and dangerous materials answered a call of nature yesterday that cost the airline, Egypt Air, an estimated US$lO,OOO (S$ 15,400). The flight was delayed for 65 minutes, as the cabin had to be cleaned and disinfected. The costs came
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        76 112 A rare giant lizard, the Komodo dragon, laid fertilised eggs at Chester Zoo in northern England even though she has never mated with a male dragon or even mixed with one. She did this by self-fertilisation, also called parthenogenesis, a method of reproduction seen in about 70 species of
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        82 112 Two million Muslims began streaming out of Mecca yesterday at the start of a haj pilgrimage and authorities were on alert to prevent deadly overcrowding as well as sectarian violence. Pilgrims converged at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and followed a route around the mountains of the ancient
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        66 112 Soccer is practically a religion for many in Italy, so it is no surprise the Vatican is setting its sights on fielding a team in Italy's top league. It hopes to form a team capable of playing in the Serie A. The Vatican, or Vatican City is a
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        70 112 i ne country s puDiic Droaacaster announced yesterday it was leaving its headquarters after a report released on the same day revealed unusually high breast cancer rates among female staff working there. The report showed the breast cancer rate at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Brisbane offices were up to
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        532 113  -  ELLEN WHYTE Imagine that you were going on a space mission or climbing Mt Everest. What would you do for food? When it comes to planning a major expedition, food supplies have to be portable, nutritious and capable of remaining fresh during the trip. Great
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        573 114 We wear it every day of our lives stretching it, washing it. But what exactly does our skin do? alison de souza scratches the surface for answers. The skin is an organ just like the heart or lungs. In fact, it is the largest organ in
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        634 115 NEW YORK, APRIL 16, 1912THE world's largest and most expensive ship hit an iceberg yesterday on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, sending more than 1,500 people to their deaths. Survivors of the disaster, which happened late at night, have returned with tales of the
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        273 116 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we get pupils to do research and discuss about weather disasters and their impact on the world. DOT TREAT Group work, three periods DOT MISSION
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        557 118 A scaly mammal? The pangolin or scaly anteater is easily mistaken for a reptile because of its scales. But look closely at its "scales". Can you see fine hair sticking out from each "scale"? That is because the "scales" of the pangolin are actually modified hair. Pangolins are
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