The Straits Times, 11 January 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Durai concedes
    1172 1  -  Bertha Henson 'He is consenting to judgment and has agreed to pay costs on the statement of claim' SENIOR COUNSEL K. SHANMUGAM, lawyer for the new NKF By Associate Editor AS EARLY as 10am yesterday, talk was going round that Mr TT Durai was going to throw in
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon China is a magnet for S. Korean students
      1036 1  -  Lee Tee Jong By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korean student Kirn Eun Ho is bilingual and more at home with Chinese than his native Korean. He has lived and studied in China for the past nine years, since his father
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      369 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Don collapses and dies Asia 8-13 University lecturer World 14-23 Ananda Rajah, the older Review 26-28 brother of Member of PY| 29 Parliament Indranee ccrTiOM two RaJah> collaPses on his SECTION TWO d e S k and later dies in Home Hl-H7 hospital. Forum H8
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Medisave can be used for cancer scans
      670 3  -  Salma Khalik Change will cover CT and MRI scans, and is expected in second half of year By Health Correspondent THE Government is loosening the Medisave purse strings yet again, allowing outpatients to dip in to pay for costly scans to diagnose diseases.
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      Lock icon Deductible for MediShield to be cut
      335 3  -  SALMA KHALIK THE Ministry of Health is reversing some of the changes made 18 months ago to MediShield, the national insurance scheme which covers 2.75 million people. In July 2005, it raised the deductible the amount of a hospital bill that patients have to
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      Lock icon APPLE'S HOT NEW iPHONE
      185 3 Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introduced the company's feverishly anticipated iPhone on Tuesday, and pronounced it belonged in the class of products that "change everything". Mr Jobs likened the iPhone to two of Apple's other groundbreaking products the Macintosh computer and the iPod before showing off
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      Lock icon Thai about-turn on foreign ownership laws
      740 4  -  Leslie Lopez Telecoms firms currently operating to be exemptreversal is second big change in two weeks By In Kuala Lumpur THAILAND reversed course on new rules governing foreign ownership in the country yesterday, just two weeks after another major policy reversal. A day after
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      Lock icon Biggest recent 1-day drop for Asian stocks
      275 4 BLOOMBERG NEWS ASIAN stocks suffered their biggest single-day drop in seven weeks as investors were unnerved by Venezuela's pledge to nationalise its utilities and Thailand's move to toughen rules on foreign ownership of local companies. A slide in oil and zinc prices added
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      Lock icon BECKS 'TO LEAVE REAL MADRID'
      340 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Madrid DAVID Beckham is on the way out of Real Madrid, according to comments made yesterday by the Spanish soccer club's sports director. "Beckham's contract was not renewed," Predrag Mijatovic told Italian TV station Sky TG 24. It was not clear whether Mijatovic
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      Lock icon India allows S'pore carriers more flights to key cities
      566 4  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE and India have taken a major step towards unlimited travel, with an agreement to double air links with the key cities of Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore. The move is expected to bring down prices and
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon They're overseas Indians – and proud of it
      848 8  - They're overseas Indians and proud of it P. JAYARAM India's growing economy and global presence make overseas Indians proud of their roots By India Correspondent In New Delhi MALAYSIAN Victor Jagadeesan says he is no longer "ashamed" of his Indian origin. He flaunts it now. Like him, some 25 million
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    • CHINA
      • Article
        Lock icon Tide turns against KMT's Ma as woes pile up
        642 9  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Kuomintang leader faces challenger for party's nomination for presidential poll By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei THE new year did not start off well for Taiwan's opposition chief Ma Ying-jeou. After having to shoulder most of the blame for
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        Lock icon PIPE DAMAGED
        50 9 A section of a wrecked natural gas pipeline in south-western China's Chongqing municipality being repaired by workers on Tuesday. The road had caved in, causing damage to the pipeline. Local media reported that the gas supply to about 300,000 residents was cut off for seven hours. PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Olmert and Wen discuss Iran N-issue
        347 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao yesterday to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue and sign a series of agreements to deepen trade and cultural ties. During more than an hour of talks with
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan, Australia to beef up cooperation
        278 10 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPAN and Australia are in talks to increase cooperation in areas such as energy, security, military exercises and the defence of shipping lanes, according to officials in both countries. "Work is under way in this area," said Mr Masayoshi Hamada,
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        Lock icon THE REAL ACTION HEROES
        52 10 Toting a gun while manoeuvring on skis this looks like a stunt from a Hollywood action flick. But for South Korean soldiers, it is just part of their military training. More than 275 soldiers are involved in the one-month winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul.
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        Lock icon S. Korea to seek summit with North
        551 10  -  Lee Tee Jong Government hopes to boost flagging popularity ahead of year-end presidential election By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SOUTH Korea wants to pursue a summit between President Roh Moo Hyun and North Korean leader Kirn Jong II to boost the popularity
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        Lock icon Koreans in favour of two-term presidency
        228 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A MAJORITY of South Koreans support the introduction of a two-term presidency but want the issue shelved until unpopular President Roh Moo Hyun leaves office, surveys showed yesterday. Mr Roh, whose single five-year term ends in February next year, on Tuesday
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon The Metro Man can
        669 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi engineer delivers world-class metro in record time New Delhi CIVIL engineer Elattuvalapil Sreedharan may have retired 17 years ago, but the blunt-talking railway man has not stopped working. Mr Sreedharan, 74, was named one of the country's 50 most powerful individuals in
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        Lock icon Murders in Delhi: Suspect tried to eat human flesh
        311 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi ONE of two Indian men accused of the serial killings of 17 people mostly children near the capital of New Delhi has admitted to having tried to eat human flesh, a newspaper said yesterday. The
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        Lock icon Scottish girl's mum to drop custody claim
        219 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad THE mother of a Scottish schoolgirl at the centre of a custody battle will drop her claim, provided her daughter is allowed to travel to Scotland to meet her, the woman's lawyer told a Pakistani court here yesterday. The country's
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Thaksin's diplomatic passport revoked
        808 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh Govt also orders media not to carry statements from former Thai PM By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok IN A clear hardening of attitude, Thailand's military-ap-pointed government has revoked Mr Thaksin Shinawatra's diplomatic passport and ordered the media not to carry any statements from the
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        Lock icon More rain expected in Pahang and Johor
        225 12 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur THE weatherman yesterday warned of more wet weather ahead in Johor and southeastern Pahang. Issuing its highest level "red stage" alert, the Malaysian Meteorological Department said that "moderately heavy rain" could be expected until Sunday. It also forecast moderately heavy
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon MYANMAR LEADER 'OK' AFTER CHECK-UP
          160 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SINGAPORE: Myanmar's ageing junta leader, Senior General Than Shwe, is "very much okay" after a medical check-up in Singapore, an embassy official said. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the 73-year-old general had undergone a check-up at the Singapore General
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          Lock icon NICARAGUA REMAINS TAIWAN'S ALLY
          107 12 REUTERS TAIPEI: Nicaragua has decided to back Taiwan over China, the Taiwan President's office said yesterday, keeping one of its biggest allies amid concerns that it might be dumped by a new pro-Communist regime. Newly elected President Daniel Ortega will carry on normal diplomatic ties with
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          Lock icon 4 HURT IN THAI-MALAYSIA BORDER BLAST
          78 12 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: A grenade exploded yesterday at a Malaysian army post on the border with Thailand, wounding four troops, a Malaysian army spokesman said. "There was a hand grenade blast and there were four injured," spokesman Fadzlette Othman Merican Idris said. She said
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        Lock icon Missing jet's last contact was at sea
        315 12 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta AN ANALYSIS of radar data shows an Indonesian aircraft went missing in an area at sea where metal objects have been detected, raising hopes of finding the plane after it disappeared on Jan 1. The study of the raw
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        Lock icon Fresh bird flu outbreaks in Asia
        214 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta BIRD flu has killed again in Indonesia and is cropping up elsewhere in Asia, with fresh outbreaks in Vietnam and a new human case reported in China, officials said yesterday. The HSNI virus killed a 14-year-old boy on the outskirts of
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • ASEAN SUMMIT
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          Lock icon Bombs kill six as Cebu prepares for Asean summit
          734 13 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Blasts in the south as officials warn that militants may try to embarrass Manila Cebu THREE bombs exploded in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens others, as the country prepared to play
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          Lock icon George Yeo meets Chinese Foreign Minister
          219 13 SINGAPORE Foreign Minister George Yeo and his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing met in Cebu yesterday on the sidelines of preparatory meetings being held in the run-up to the Asean summit this weekend. They noted that bilateral relations were very good and welcomed the launch
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          Lock icon Weak trade links, so Putin is skipping summit
          534 13  -  Jonathan Eyal By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London ASEAN summits now regularly attract a wider international participation. Cebu is no exception: the leaders of China, India, Japan, and South Korea are there to conduct talks with an organisation whose importance is
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          Lock icon A CEBU WELCOME
          55 13 AFP The flags are flying and the booths set up one for each Asean country as work to get Cebu ready for the 12th Asean summit enters its final stages. The Shangri-La hotel, which is near this field, is one of the venues for the summit, due
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          Lock icon Caterers plan Filipino feast for visitors
          305 13  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE Philippines has long been one of the more neglected corners of Asian cuisine. But with 2,000 delegates and 1,400 members of the international media in Cebu this week for two Asian summits, the chefs at Via
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Qantas jet flew with hole in fuselage
      548 14  -  Roger Maynard Airline denies having tried to cover up incident last year and insists passenger safety was not compromised but Canberra decides to reopen the case By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas has denied allegations that it tried to cover up
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      Lock icon Deal reached with Russia in oil row: Belarus
      529 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS No word from Kremlin on pact to end dispute, which has hit EU's supplies Moscow RUSSIA and Belarus reached a compromise yesterday on their dispute that has halted oil flows along a key pipeline to Europe, the Belarusian presidency said.
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      Lock icon EU urged to reduce greenhouse gases by 20%
      366 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Brussels THE European Commission said yesterday that the EU must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 to limit global warming and prevent serious damage caused by climate change. Presenting its new
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      Lock icon Bush to send 20,000 more US troops to Iraq
      650 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS President will also admit flawed war strategy, mistakes in TV address Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush was set to announce this morning that he would send more than 20,000 additional American forces to Iraq, a senior administration official
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      Lock icon Singapore and Morocco to begin talks on FTA
      621 19  -  Li Xueying By In Rabat (Morocco) BUYING a Singapore-made mobile phone in Morocco could soon be cheaper. So too would the electronic valves used for making items such as air conditioners and refrigerators which Morocco exports to Singapore. These outcomes are on
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      Lock icon Senior A1-Qaeda suspect killed in Somalia
      305 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Mogadishu A SENIOR Al-Qaeda suspect wanted for bombing US embassies in East Africa has been killed, says a Somali official, as witnesses say US forces launched a third day of airstrikes yesterday. Also, Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Aideed said American troops
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    • Article
      Lock icon Apple rolls out revolutionary iPhone
      581 21  -  Grace Chng Cellphone boasts a touch screen, eschewing the usual keypad By Deputy News Editor In San Francisco APPLE did not disappoint when it unveiled its much-awaited iPhone on Tuesday at the Macworld Conference here. The iPhone will be able to download music and videos,
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      Lock icon Pay by Visa – using cellphone
      187 21 Pay by Visa using cellphone REUTERS VISA, the world's biggest credit card payment system, has launched a global system to turn mobile phones into wallets for millions of customers in a deal with the world's top handset producer, Nokia. Users can pay for groceries and other purchases by swiping a
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon SADDAM AIDES' HANGINGS 'CAN WAIT'
        107 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS SULEIM ANIYAH (Iraq): Iraqi President Jalal Talabani yesterday said the government should delay the execution of two of Saddam Hussein's co-de-fendants. Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, were sentenced to
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        Lock icon NEW PM FOR KAZAKHSTAN
        70 21 REUTERS ASTANA: The Parliament of oil-producing Kazakhstan yesterday appointed Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov to the post of prime minister. Both Houses of Parliament, sitting in a special joint session, voted unanimously to approve Mr Masimov. Senior lawmakers have said Mr Masimov is likely to continue
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        Lock icon SOPHIA LOREN'S HUSBAND DIES
        99 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: Italian producer Carlo Ponti, husband of actress Sophia Loren, died overnight in a hospital in Switzerland, his family announced yesterday. Ponti, 94, had been hospitalised about 10 days ago in Geneva for pulmonary complications, the family said in a statement. He had worked
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      Lock icon CAUGHT GAPING
      55 21 Unfazed by the sharp teeth in front of her, five-year-old Amy Hingerty stares straight into the jaws of an automated Tyrannosaurus Rex. She was attending the world preview of the Walking With Dinosaurs The Live Experience show in Sydney yesterday. The US$lO million (Ssls million) production features 14
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      Lock icon Brazil lifts ban on YouTube over sexy video
      377 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Sao Paulo A JUDGE reversed course on Tuesday and lifted his order banning You Tube from being viewed in Brazil because of a sexy video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli that circulated widely on the video sharing site. Telecommunications companies
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Croc Hunter's little girl going places
        370 22 BINDI Irwin, the eight-year-old daughter of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, travelled to the United States yesterday to seek stardom amid fears among Australians that she is being pushed too far and too soon after losing her father. Bindi is the star of
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        Lock icon Hercules Arnie rules in Sparta-fornia
        172 22 REUTERS CALLING California a modern-day Athens and Sparta, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said his state should lead the nation and the world by curbing greenhouse gases, requiring health insurance for all and offering other policy innovations. In his fourth annual state-of-the-state address, Republican Schwarzenegger called for
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      • Article
        Lock icon Mum's the word for millionaire winner
        190 22 REUTERS A GERMAN student who won 1 million euros (Ss2 million) in a television quiz show wants to use part of his jackpot to pay for his parents' wedding. Mr Timur Hahn, 26, who studies English, media studies and computing in Marburg, said after
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      29 14 Bush details troop plan US President Bush is set to announce plans to add more than 20,000 US soldiers to the current deployment of 132,000 in Iraq. PAGE 20
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      419 25 POLITICAL turmoil in Thailand unfortunately is not infrequent. But investors have always understood that Bangkok's attitude towards capital and commerce would remain constant, whatever happened. And that was how they saw the coup that ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office. If anything, many thought the denouement
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      1118 25  -  Andy Ho »PUBLIC HUMILIATION IN CYBERSPACE By Senior Writer SOME Singaporeans have taken it upon themselves to shame their fellow citizens when they do not like what they see. A recent example: Someone posted on the Internet a video of a woman carrying a six-month-old
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      616 25  -  Salma Khalik HUMAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTS By Health Correspondent UNDER the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota), livers, kidneys and corneas can only be taken from donors and transplanted in Singaporeans or permanent residents. If there is no such patient waiting for the organ, then
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      2325 26  -  Chua Chee Lay LESSONS FROM TAIWAN Political strife is leading Taiwanese to reassess the notions of freedom and democracy By For The Straits Times IN 1978,1 was sent to the southern Taiwanese town of Hengchun (which was hit by a major earthquake last year) for
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      1304 27  -  John Mcßeth ADAM AIR CRASH By Senior Writer In Jakarta MR CHRISTIAN yon Strombeck flips open his laptop, logs on to Google Earth and a few key strokes later is watching a thin blue line tracking across the virtual landscape of the Indonesian province
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      812 27  -  Michael Vatikiotis GLOBAL WARMING By In Kuala Lumpur For The Straits Times AS ASEAN leaders gather in Cebu this week for a summit postponed by fear of terrorist attacks masquerading as concern about a tropical storm, the talk is all about security and cooperating
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      33 25 Public interest In light of the Adam Air crash, Jakarta should make it a point to make public the results of accident investigations. PAGE 28 PUNCHLINES [\jBLU ((a A] VHP/)) ill m y
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      835 30  -  Ben Nadarajan, Popular and dedicated sociology lecturer is believed to have suffered heart attack By Liaw Wy-Cin Amelia Tan FIFTEEN minutes into a thesis discussion with his student, sociology lecturer Ananda Rajah suddenly clutched at his chest and collapsed on
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        795 31 Lawyers in and out of judge's chambers all day before shock news of Durai conceding FOR close to seven hours yesterday, there was more action in the corridors outside Court 4B at the High Court where the NKF trial was meant to be taking place
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        372 31 THE new management of the National Kidney Foundation sued former chief executive T.T. Durai (right) and three former board members for breaching their duties as directors and fiduciaries, causing the NKF to suffer loss and damages. The NKF, represented by lawyers Allen
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        Lock icon Lawsuit against SPH contrary to charity's best interests
        248 31 MR T.T. Durai had accused SPH of defaming him in an article on April 19, 2004, which said he had lavish bathroom fittings, including gold taps. Four days later, he acted on his own and filed his lawsuit. SPH was willing to
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        Lock icon 'Self-dealing' and serious conflicts of interest in IT deals
        281 31 MR T.T. Durai and Ms Matilda Chua were directors and shareholders in Global Net Relations (GNR). She left NKF for GNR with a hefty bonus. GNR went into business with Protonweb to develop a software dubbed Cradle. Protonweb is owned by
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        Lock icon Instructions given to stick to inflated patient numbers
        266 31 MR T.T. Durai had insisted that the NKF keep to inflated patient figures: In June 2004, NKF claimed that it had 2,000 patients when it never had more than 1,700 that year. Yet Mr Durai instructed NKF to ignore the mistake. Senior
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        Lock icon Committee unaware of his exorbitant salary and bonus
        243 31 MR T.T. Durai is accused of keeping the NKF's executive committee in the dark about his pay and perks. Senior Counsel K. Shanmugam had pointed to an incident in 1997 when Mr Durai turned down a $12,000 salary rise, which would have
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      965 32  -  YAP SU-YIN Yap Su-Yin $1m in income earned by fund to be used to help kids at 100 schools By NEEDY students at 100 schools will get $1 million this year to help pay for school lunches, uniforms, transport and educational trips. The
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      Lock icon Mice sector set for another nice year
      690 34  -  Marcel Lee Pereira 12 mega events confirmed so far, five more than last year By A STRONG line-up of at least 12 mega events is in store for Singapore this year, as the Republic consolidates its position as a top conference and exhibition
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      Lock icon Many spin-off benefits with mega events
      430 34  -  MARCEL LEE PEREIRA EVEN as Singapore's convention venues, event organisers and hotels are happily making international deals on mega events, the upbeat mood has infected local supporting industries. Events and marketing company Pico Art International, which had to set up some 1,040 fully fitted
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      Lock icon New training institute to develop soft skills
      344 34 SPECIALISED training is critical to Singapore's Mice (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) industry. A Mice training institute has thus been mooted. The Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (Saceos), which represents 117 convention and exhibition organisers, as well as suppliers
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      85 34 MALAYSIA'S Chief of Navy, Admiral Datuk Ramlan Mohamed Ali, called on Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean at the Defence Ministry yesterday. He was on a three-day introductory visit which ended yesterday. On Tuesday, Adm Ramlan called on Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant-General Ng Vat Chung, and
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      119 34 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force E-2C Hawkeye aircraft veered off the runway when it landed at Tengah Air Base after a routine flight on Tuesday morning. No one was injured, but the aircraft sustained some damage, said the Ministry of Defence yesterday. It is
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      Lock icon Lawyer not negligent in advising developer, judge rules
      555 35  -  K. C. VIJAYAN By AN INVESTMENT company, which was slapped with penalties for being late in paying up stamp duties for the purchase of 12 shops and a supermarket in the Thomson area a decade ago, blamed its lawyers for giving it
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      Lock icon Sentosa drowning: Man jailed three weeks for rash act
      460 35  -  Elena Chong Chinese national playfully pushed struggling friend under water at Siloso Beach, drowning him By HIS friend was already struggling in the water, but Wei Cheng Zhao swam towards him and pushed him underwater as a lark. Other friends in
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      Lock icon Welfare home man held for murder
      162 35  -  Tracy Sua By A 56-YEAR-OLD resident of a welfare home was arrested yesterday for the murder of a fellow resident. Mr Huang Chow Jian, 73, was found dead in his bed on Tuesday at the Meranti Home in Pelangi Village, Buangkok Green. At about
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      49 35 An accident involving a car, a taxi and a lorry, took ■place along Geylang Road at about 2am on Tuesday. The lorry was carrying road signs. No one was taken to the hospital and a man in his 40s is assisting police with investigations. PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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        Lock icon WOMAN ROBBED IN LIFT
        110 35 A WOMAN was robbed at knifepoint by a man who followed her into a lift on Tuesday night. The robber, who wore a black helmet with a tinted visor, whipped out a pocket knife and demanded money once in the lift with his victim at Block
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        Lock icon 3 BREAK-INS REPORTED IN 1 DAY
        109 35 THREE break-ins were discovered at different locations on Tuesday morning. The crimes happened while their occupants were away. In Block 490, Jurong West Street 41, a sliding door in a flat was smashed and $450 worth of jewellery stolen from the master bedroom. The
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        102 35 A MAN who imported five live birds from Indonesia without a permit has been fined $7,000. Pqa Beng Heng, 42, a production specialist with an oil rig firm in Batam, pleaded guilty to smuggling the five mata puteh birds from Batam through the Tanah Merah Ferry
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        Lock icon JAIL, CANE FOR ROBBING TEEN
        136 35 A 22-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to three years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane yesterday for robbing a teen with several others at a staircase in Suntec City Mall. Benjamin Tan Koon Yew was with seven others at a coffee shop in North Bridge
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        Lock icon 2 ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY
        144 35 TWO men were arrested within three hours after robbing a 22-year-old waiter in Muscat Street yesterday. The waiter was walking along Ophir Road at about lam when he saw the two men, aged 17 and 21, staring at him. He made a detour to Muscat Street
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      Lock icon Chee said he would travel whether he got OK or not: Official
      323 35  -  Lynn Lee By WHEN Chee Soon Juan went to Changi Airport on April 1 last year, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officials were not taken by surprise. They had been alerted and told not to let him leave the
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      Lock icon Tip to Singapore: Change R&D approach
      718 36  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Johns Hopkins' top man says Republic should focus on talent, not money By IF SINGAPORE wants to become a leading centre for research and development, it should not be too focused on trying to make money by churning out product after product.
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      Lock icon Digital media: S'pore to fund research in 3 niche areas
      448 36  -  Alfred Siew By SINGAPORE will fund research into animation, video games and special effects in the next five years to create a buzz for the budding interactive digital media (IDM) scene here. IDM was one of three sectors, along with
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      Lock icon Poly trio wins prize for MRT platform ramp idea
      478 36  -  T. Raj an By THREE polytechnic students have come together to solve a bugbear for people in wheelchairs and those pushing prams. A ramp they have designed can be attached to MRT carriages to prevent the bothersome and dangerous tendency of
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      Lock icon China group here to study vocational training
      292 36  -  Larry Teo By CHINA wants to tap Singapore's experience in vocational education to expand its pool of skilled technicians and factory managers, who are in short supply in the country. Ninety senior officials and educationists from China are here to study Singapore's vocational
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      Lock icon US varsity, Indonesian couple fund 4 who lost study awards
      401 36  -  LIAW WY-CIN LAST year, Miss Yap Kai Lee's future looked uncertain. She and three other post-graduate students appeared to have been left in the lurch when Johns Hopkins University and A* Star ended their research collaboration here. But now Miss
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      26 30 Jailed over fatal 'play' Chinese national playfully pushed friend under water at Sentosa beach, drowning him. He is jailed three weeks for rash act. PAGE H6
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      732 37  -  Lam Pin Woon Dr Low Lip Ping WE REFER to the letters on trans fat (ST, Dec 30, 2006; Jan 4, 5 and 8). We thank the readers for their feedback. Both the Health Promotion Board (HPB) and the Singapore Heart Foundation
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      246 37  -  Khoo Hwee Boon (Ms) I WAS aghast when I read the article, "Cat strangled with nylon string" (ST, Jan 8). When will such abuse stop? Or have we become apathetic to such cruel acts? A gracious society is not made up of just
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      403 37  -  Patrick Tan Siong Kuan ABOUT three years ago, I wrote to the Forum to highlight that many schools prohibited their students from playing in the school field outside of Physical Education lessons ("Pray, let the children play"; ST, July 8, 2004 In several
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      219 37  -  Jeanette Koh THE rebate of $17,000 for only owners of new Off-Peak Cars (OPCs) is a stumbling block to car owners who wish to convert their existing vehicle into an OPC. If the Government's objective is to encourage motorists to reduce car usage and to
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      92 37  -  Tan Swee Huang (Ms) IT LOOKS like aesthetics precedes safety, because I see beautiful but smooth tiles laid in HDB void decks and lift landings and in malls. These are potentially dangerous during the rainy season, floor-wash-ing time or when there
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      118 37  -  Chin Kee Thou I HOPE the pending increase in the employers' CPF rate by one to two percentage points will benefit all workers, especially the older ones aged between 50 and 55 who had suffered a two-percent- age-point reduction at the beginning
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      332 37  -  Dr Tan Soon Kiam I REFER to the letter by Ms Karen Tan of the Ministry of Health ("Cervical-cancer vaccine has its limitations"; ST, Jan 9) and the advertisement by Empowered to Protect (The Sunday Times, Jan 7). We should not rush into
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      Lock icon Little India makeover: Tap foreign workers' views
      391 37  -  John Gee READING about plans for a makeover of Little India (ST, Jan 7), it is hard to avoid feeling some reservations. This is a district with a distinct personality, and it is this personality that makes it an appealing and enjoyable area
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      71 37 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Give Singapore's axed Doha athletes a 2nd chance Electric hanger system safer way to dry laundry Check all line items printed on credit-card bills Banks vary loan rates for different customers Start Kindness Movement
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      Lock icon Reds in shock after 3-6 home humiliation
      839 38  -  Richard Jolly SOCCER Arsenal's second-string side kick inept Liverpool counterparts out of the League Cup By THERE are defeats and there are humiliations. Liverpool, conceding six goals at Anfield for the first time since 1930, should be in no doubt which category their
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      Lock icon Baptista may anchor Wenger's next big team
      790 38 London JULIO Baptista may be finally coming to terms with the Premiership. He has a hulking build, earning him the nickname "The Beast". He also has a game suited to the blood and thunder of the English game. However, he never quite showed
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      Lock icon Coach with a mindset of his own
      1289 39  -  Rob Hughes SOCCER Given a task, Hiddink will accomplish it, but even Abramovich's riches won't sway him By AFTER South Korea achieved fourth place in the 2002 World Cup, a triumph beyond any Asian achievement before, a banquet was staged in the capital,
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      Lock icon Mourinho denies team unrest, even as he clashes with Diarra
      695 39 REUTERS REUTERS London BELEAGUERED Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho appears to have a new problem on his hands player insurrection. Lassana Diarra has become the latest player to clash with the manager, who is likely to respond with a £60,000 (S$180,000)
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      Lock icon Be ready for Blues backlash
      773 40 ►>SOCCER Fergie's not writing off Chelsea, warns his men to keep foot on the pedal London ALEX Ferguson knows a crisis when he sees one. And he is not about to believe the trouble-in-Chelskiland story. As the Premiership resumes this weekend, he has told his
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      Lock icon Clubs queue for Buffon's signature after hint
      446 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME A STRING of top clubs are lining up to sign Gianluigi Buffon. This, after the world's most expensive goalkeeper suggested that he may leave Juventus at the end of the season. Last week, the Italian threatened to leave the Tu-rin-based
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      Lock icon Reading's second-stringers beat Burnley
      362 40 REUTERS London READING beat League Championship side Burnley 3-2 in a rearranged FA Cup third-round tie on Tuesday. The Premiership side, playing a second-string team, coasted with goals from Leroy Lita, Shane Long and Sam Sodje at the Madejski Stadium. Burnley, who were seeking a first
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        Lock icon SMITH LEAVES SCOTLAND FOR RANGERS
        65 40 SCOTTISH Premier League club Rangers confirmed Walter Smith as their new manager yesterday. He replaces Frenchman Paul Le Guen, who left by mutual consent last week. The Scottish Football Association said it would take legal action against Smith, who quit the national coaching post, for
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        92 40 CHELSEA are close to signing Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim and will compete with Lyon for Aston Villa striker Milan Baros, the Daily Mirror reported yesterday. Aston Villa will discover in the next two days if Chelsea will accept £8 million (Ss24 million)
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        102 40 FREDRIK Ljungberg will demand compensation of £4.5 million to leave Arsenal, the Daily Mirror reported yesterday. The Swedish midfielder is angered at being sold to fund a bid for Marseille's France international winger Frank Ribery. He will seek full payment on the remaining 18 months of his
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        87 40 TOTTENHAM are leading Aston Villa, West Ham and Liverpool in the chase for Watford winger Ashley Young, reported the Guardian yesterday. The England Under-21 international star has impressed this season, scoring four goals for the Premiership strugglers. Said Watford manager Boothroyd: "His heart and mind
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        91 40 TOTTENHAM striker Hossam Ahmed Mido has fallen out with coach Martin Jol after skipping training several times recently. That has prompted a move to offload the Egyptian, the Mirror said. Charlton rejected the chance to take Mido in part exchange for Darren
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        101 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS REAL Sociedad have fined defenders Juanito Gutierrez and Adriano Rossato 10 days' wages for a training-ground fight in which Rossato's right cheekbone was broken. Juanito elbowed Rossato in the head on Dec 6 and the Brazilian left-back had to undergo surgery several hours
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      450 41  -  Marc Lim OBITUARY Cause of her Dec 15 death remains unknown, US police still investigating By Sports Correspondent THE United States was where former national bowler Katherine Lee made a name for herself 12 years ago. It was also the place she
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      936 41  -  Nicholas Fang By A FIGHTER and a sportsman in control of himself to the very end. That was how friends and family of former national water polo captain Koh Wei Meng remembered him. Koh, 38, died early on Tuesday morning
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      502 41 NEW YORK TIMES BASKETBALL East Rutherford (New Jersey) THE morning before his 900 th National Basketball Association game, Jason Kidd felt compelled to address his personal life, and not for the first time. The Nets' point guard filed for divorce from his
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      350 41 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 98 Philadelphia 89, ndiana 91 Atlanta 72, San Antonio 98 Portland 84, New Jersey 101 Toronto 86, Memphis 128 LA Lakers 118, Phoenix 113 Seattle 102, Dallas 108 Utah 105, Cleveland 108 Sacramento 98. ICE HOCKEY NHL: St Louis 4 Columbus 3 (SO), NY Islanders 5
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      522 42  -  Marc Lim SOCCER Lions counting on defender's free-kick prowess for glory By Sports Correspondent THE Lions' hottest scorer is neither a striker nor a midfielder. It is a defender Daniel Bennett. He is the only Lion to score in Singapore's last two matches. Singapore begin
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      25 38 Defender turned scorer Daniel Bennett hopes to keep up his recent scoring form for Spores national soccer team at the Asean Football Championship. PAGE Hl3
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      46 41 TV times BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: Duke v Georgia Tech (Live, Ch23, Bam). CRICKET: Castle Test Series: South Africa v Pakistan, Ist Test, Day 1 (Live, Ch9s, 4.30pm). GOLF: Joburg Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch2l, 6.30pm). Sony Open in Hawaii: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 7am).
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      182 42 pohhoon Arro Q1 iigv \J 1 Passed away peacefully on 9 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Oh Kirn, deceased) Finn oh tore in \aiat* bOIIS- UaUgtlterS-in-laW. OhChingChong Koh Eng Mvi Lim Sew Oh Cheng Keng Ho See Wah Oh Chin Hock Wee Cheng Tin Oh Chin Watt HuSiewChoo
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      112 42 LIM BEE BEE AGE: 52 passed away peacefully on 9th January 2007. Father: Lim Poh Choo Mother: (Tan Lay Yong, deceased) I Brothers: Sisters-in-law: T TT T-. i_ LimHuiSeOng Rohaill (Lim Wee Kirn, deceased) Neo Ah Heaw Sister: Brother-in-law: T T Lim Bee Lian (Bill, deceased) SmSnYeow Ng Sio^ienT 111"
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      47 42 Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary CHANDRA PILLAY Exßo^eoSo^Scha^ic X 24.03.ei920 0t2°3 r .i2.2005 niC Sadly missed and always remembered by son, family loved ones. Prayers will be held at 10am on 11.01.2007 at our home, Blk 911, Jurong West St 91, #02-289, S(*****1) t i »™nrji Tel: *****541
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      32 42 ALLAGAMMAD/o ™^n P as,ed**,ayp°°%fiMy 3' (SStaS^as^MeS) oSUdcHldre'll'Gi^Mraiddliiten n j Relatives sffiSl 4 #07-255 W9183 0771 Cortege will leave on 11 Jan 2007 (Ihurs) at 3.30pm for Mandai Crematorium, Hall 4 for cremation.
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      148 42 w "ghalay aaveh nanakaa, sadey uthee jaahi" Those who are sent, come, O Nanak; when they are called back, CHANAN SINGH KHANOWAL ApP' QO YPar<! A&e' 3U *edTs> passed away peacefully on 9 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Darshan Kaur children: Spouses: Parkash Kaur (Harbans Singh, deceased) Dr
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      62 42 I 1 wm D {Sympathy j r j Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Tony Lee j-j j* rVeSldeflt OJ T7- j j-> ,1 rt+ ixj Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother MDM ER MOI on 5 January 2007 From The Managing Director Management of I
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      43 42 sth Anniversary Our Beloved Daughter Mew Hui Ling Departed 11 Jan 2002 'The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23 Lovingly remembered by Papa, Mummy, Little sister.
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      52 42 kJ SUPPIAH S/0 RAMASAMY Age: 61 10.3.1946 10.1.2007 Leaving behind: Wife: srr d/ on: S Muthukumaran ?MfXretaM W: s'sh ght?rs: V Nedunchehan A Rajamanickam Relatives: t SeM Md Noor IcmndchuS Body is resting at Bik 111%5%5%£Zl leave today (i l jan) at for cremation at 6 P m. Hp: 9686
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      44 42 TH ilagavathy D/o kanapathy Age: 51 Passed away """"S^SSF*"' (Mother: Valiammal, deceased) RaKSdrkn, Broths, bl°Zls^' relatives, friends and all loved ones. Body is resting at Blk 205, Toa Payoh North, #02-1157 soot, cortege leaves today (11/1) at 3pm for Mandai crematorium Ha ii 3
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      30 42 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of neoshieachee Departed 11.01.2003 Sunshine fades and shadows fail, But your sweet memory outlasts all. Everyone at Holy Innocents High school. we miss you... L_
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      69 42 x X. 'The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus" 1 Timonthy 1:14 IN LOVING MEMORY OF STEPHMOAHTOON KHOOAHSUAN Departed 13 Sept 1995 Departed 11 Jan 2006 Dearest Dad Mum, Memories of you are as dear
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      239 43 LIEW SIEW CHENG AGE 86 Passed away peacefully on 8 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones (Husband See Cheng Chuan, deceased) Brothers Sisters-in-law: Mr Mrs Lv Fu Kuan (Shanghai, China) Mr Mrs Xv Yuen Chye (Shanghai, China) Sons: Daughters-in-law: See Kok Yee Lim Suet Ngoh Sze Kok Wah Lv Shao
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      83 43 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Director Mr Eddie Siow family on the demise of his beloved mother LEE CHUI LIAN Departed on 9 January 2007 From the Management Staff of ESIOW ENTERPRISE PTE LTD I.M. FREIGHT INTERNATIONAL I.M. LOGISTICS SOLUTION PTE LTD *90 I.M. FREIGHT SERVICES (M)
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      106 43 ANANDA RAJAH S/0 A. T. RAJAH Age: 54 Beloved son, brother, husband and father passed away on 9 January 2007 Mourned with deep grief in your passing but remembered always with love and joy Father: Wife: A. T. Rajah (deceased) Elizabeth Tombs Mother: Son: Mavis Thurairajah nee NgYew Keng Adam
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      94 43 =*l^f With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Director Madam Elaine Low family on the demise of her beloved mother-in-law LEE CHUI LIAN Departed on 9 January 2007 From the Management Staff of SKK FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD (SINGAPORE) SKK LOGISTICS (JOHOR) SDN BHD (JOHOR BAHRU) SKK LOGISTICS (M)
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      83 43 F* Atluna Shantl Pooja The famil> of the late I 1 SELVARJOO S/O KANNIAH Departed 28/12/06 uisli lo express (heir li«._itlclt thanks and ,iiiprri-| Him I i relative-, friendand colleagues for their im.l assistance, attendance. condolences, donations and wTcaths during tlieii recent bereavement. Karumathl prayerwill he held on 11/01/07 ilight
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      57 43 anbe slvam N SARAVATNAM Age: 35 Birth 22-1 0-72-Dealh 9-014)7 Sadly missed by loved ones. (Father: P Narayanan.deceased) Mother: Rajeswary d/o Kalimuthu Sister: VijifTAß/ RSAF) Brother-in-law: J Steven ...Nephews, Nieces, Relatives Friends. Sara is resting at BLK 171,011-715 BOON LAY DR., Tel: *****963/ *****429 Cortege leaves today, 11-1-07, 4pm for
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      39 43 1/ \l With Deepest Sym/tathy Heartfelt Condolences to Tlte Family OfTlie Late i 1 KOH WEI MENG MARK I£x-Captain National VValer Polo Team Departed on 09 lan 2007 From The Executive Committee of Singapore Swimming Association The Aquatics Fraternity
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      34 43 •iih Anniversary In Loving Memory Of NEOSHIEACHEE Departed 11 lan 2003 Fondly remembered by family and loved ones We shall meet again in The l-ord's House Where we will rejoice And part no more
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      32 43 W 1 In Loving Memory Of 1 1 i a >___■ __>_>_! I CYRIL FREDERICK (JERRY) SAWYER Called home on 11 January 1993 With All Our Love, Adela, Melissa, Harvey. Steven Jo l__ __l
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      142 42 Asean Football C'ship Group A (Matches in Bangkok): Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines. Group B (Singapore): Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos. Format: Top two teams from each group progress to two-legged semi-finals. Winners will go into the final, also played over two legs. Prize money: US$lOO,OOO (winners), US$5O,OOO (runners-up), US$l5,OOO (losing semi-finalists).
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  • MONEY
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        5677 44 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 10, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL 3.5 11.5 34.E 101 3S.E 24.E 26.E 19.E 18. E 24.E 10E 4 24.E 10.E 10 9 38 44 9 c HE
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        1549 44 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E M CAP SMIL 21 25 4 28.5 26 36 11.5 6.5 91 ia 11.E 9 20.5 33.5 57 5 31 !e 6 12 7.8 26 11.E 24 13 79.5 28 6
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        54 44 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ""00 ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** 6170 SPDRS DO 2382 6235 STI ETF100 311RO O^>£nn C'rjC: CTI CTC mD\/ US119 US374C US555 US112OC US1245C 3020 5 3040 3010 3115.2 2360.9
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      632 45 BLOOMBERG NEWS Gap widened by 74% last year on the back of surging exports Beijing CHINA'S trade surplus swelled by 74 per cent to a record U*****.5 billion (*****.5 billion) last year as exports surged, the Xinhua News Agency said. Exports rose 27
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      Lock icon US trade deficit dips for third month in a row
      266 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington THE trade deficit in the United States fell unexpectedly for a third straight month in November as exports of commercial aircraft and other products hit an all-time high. The US Commerce Department reported yesterday that the deficit
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      121 45 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA has agreed to allow its financial institutions to sell yuan-denominated bonds in Hong Kong. This long-awaited move expands the scope of financial services in the city and allows investors broader access to yuan assets. The central banks of Hong
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      284 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta US AIRWAYS Group raised its offer for Delta Air Lines by 20 per cent to US$lO.2 billion (5515.66 billion) yesterday. It is seeking to put pressure on the bankrupt carrier's creditors to agree to a deal that Delta's management
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      35 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,942.40 (-295.37 points) »Japanese stocks closed down 1.71 per cent, sinking below 17,000 points as investors fretted over whether the Bank of Japan will hike interest rates next week.
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      37 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,568.34 (-329.74 points) Hong Kong stocks closed 1.66 per cent lower, extending a correction for the third straight session as investors continued to take profits in China and property stocks.
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      36 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,825.58 (+17.77 points) Chinese stocks hit a fresh closing high, adding 0.63 per cent on sustained fund inflows and a rising yuan with financial, property and metal stocks in favour.
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      38 45 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,520.9 (-68.8 points) Australian stocks fell 1.23 per cent amid uncertainty in resources and weakness in the banking sector. Volume was 1.68 billion shares traded, worth A 55.66 billion (Ss6.B billion).
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      36 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,113.19 (-5.77 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.52 per cent lower on profit-taking in line with steep falls across the region, with key blue chips accounting for most of the losses.
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      30 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,362.16 (-204.17 points) »Indian stocks closed down 1.5 per cent, a fifth straight day of losses as investors sold software firms ahead of quarterly earnings.
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      35 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,710.36 (-70.51 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 3.96 per cent lower with sentiment dampened by falls in East Asian markets and Thailand's move to limit foreign ownership in strategic industries.
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      33 45 AFP Yesterday's close: 622.27 (+5.52 points) Thai stocks rose by 0.9 per cent after the government reassured overseas investors that many businesses would not be affected by new investment rules.
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      215 45 Jan 10 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.39 1.380 -0.020 Ascendasreit 1.10 2.600 BILIntl 0.40 1.650 -0.010 CapitaLand 4.86 6.250 -0.250 CapitaMall 0.88 2.780 -0.090 Chart SemiCond 0.79 1.220 -0.060 CityDev 2.94 12.700 -0.300 ComfortDelGro 1.37 1.630 -0.030 CoscoCorp 1.00 2.540 -0.070 Creative Tech 0.32
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      55 45 Jan 10 Jasper 212,208,000 CSC Hldgs 106,754,000 Sapphire 75,565,000 FHTK Hldgs 74,665,000 Abterra 63,622,000 Gen Intl 61,300,000 BBR Hldgs 60,187,000 Ferrochina 39,324,000 China Energy 37,912,000 MDR 31,672,000 Magnus 30,255,000 CapitalandDßeCW7o43o 29,994,000 Chart SemiCond 29,456,000 CapitalanMßLeCW7oso3 26,605,000 Autron 24,202,000 SunlightGrp 22,961,000 See Hup Seng 22,363,000 Sing Tel 22,183,000 Thai
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      136 45 Jan 10 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS :OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT IF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1930 1.2070 ;an dollar 1.2990 1.3150 Euro 1.9830 2.0060 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4369 0.4375 4Z dollar 1.0540 1.0770 Sterling pound 2.9610 2.9950 JS dollar 1.5300
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      2014 45 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 10, 2007 wwim j t l Hiiai ij.ih cont auma CWiKtNU Ulbl VUlllfofc T8MED SALE </• (jno 50 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 39 -1.5 13 6.5 3 ArianeCorpWO***** 4 unch 2575 56 16.5 9161 AscendasSGAeCW*****5 38.5 -5 70 11 5.5 9092 Asia EnvWD9D824
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      585 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS PHOTO: Meetings have been going on since late November and offer may come this month Kuala Lumpur GENERAL Motors (GM) may bid for a stake in Proton, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, which is seeking a strategic partner to
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      269 46 BLOOMBERG NEWS MUMBAI INVESTORS led by NYSE Group and Goldman Sachs have agreed to buy a 20 per cent stake in India's biggest stock exchange. NYSE will acquire 5 per cent of Mumbaibased National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India, the
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      265 46 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) increased for the third consecutive year in 2006, to US$l.2 trillion (551.84 trillion), according to a United Nations report that showed Singapore as enjoying one of the highest growth rates in FDI. The UN credited high
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      568 47  -  VINCE CHONG CEO stresses project will not detract from firm's core real estate development strategy By Hong Kong Correspondent CAPITALAND'S latest investment lies in the southern Chinese enclave of Macau an unlikely venture if the firm had not been a contender for Singapore's
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      286 47  -  Gabriel Chen By AMERICANS are developing such a taste for Tiger Beer that sales soared 142 per cent last year, while the number of retail outlets serving the brew increased fourfold to 20,000. The beer is becoming so popular that its new distributors
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      405 47  -  Fiona Chan By CONSTRUCTION and real estate group Koh Brothers Group is undergoing some changes to sharpen its business focus. The group, which is also involved in building materials, leisure and hospitality, yesterday said it will concentrate on its construction and property business
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      292 47 REUTERS SOILBUILD Group Holdings expects commercial and industrial property development to account for about 40 per cent of profit and revenue by 2012. This will be a rise from 20 per cent to 30 per cent now, due to strong demand for office
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      715 48  -  Lee Su Shyan 200 shareholders vent anger over retailer's reluctance to pay out expiring tax credits By Companies Correspondent A PLEA for peace from the chairman of Isetan Singapore failed to appease about 20(5 disgruntled shareholders, who vented their anger at the
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      356 48  -  Arthur Poon By SINGAPORE-LISTED Tat Hong Holdings, the Asia-Pacific's largest crane company, has entered into a joint venture worth a total of 70 million yuan (5513.7 million) to rent out tower cranes to China's booming construction industry. Shareholders were delighted at
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      266 48  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES GENTING International managing director (MD) Justin Tan Wah Joo has taken the opportunity presented by the massive run-up in the counter's price to cash in. He sold 200,000 shares last Friday at 90.5 cents apiece, bringing in $181,000. Mr Tan
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      296 48  -  ARTHUR POON STAKING STOCK INVESTORS enjoying life in rarefied atmosphere found in the territory beyond the 3,000-point mark had a rude awakening yesterday. Profit-taking and lingering fears that punters have exaggerated the market's phenomenal rally, sent the Straits Times Index (STI) plunging below
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      35 48 (0) 7o NBLCorp .KH Creative Tech ;iA 200 [at Hong ;oscoCorpBNPeCW***** ilAEngg 466 130 ....1040 ....1770 136 39.5 440 14.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.5 8.0 3.1 10.2 1.0 0.6 7.9 31.7 1.9
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      42 48 (0) 7o lyxor China H 10US$ DBS Grp lardine C8C Keppel Corp IS MSCI India 1DD OmegaNav Venture Corp 1230 2190 1410 1700 545 2360 1230 76.8 70.0 60.0 50.0 46.1 40.0 40.0 3.9 3.1 4.1 2.9 5.2 1.7 3.1
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        273 59 TAIPEI Former Taiwanese politician Chu Mei-feng said that until she met her Chinese husband, she had given up on love and life after her sex-tape scandal and often fantasised about dying. In an interview on the Taiwanese talk show Mr Con And Ms
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        211 59 NEW YORK-A letter by Yoko Ono's chauffeur, in which he claimed to be her lover, has surfaced. Koral Karsan (right), 50, was arrested on Dec 13 and jailed for trying to extort money from her. He allegedly read the letter to her in her
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      42 84 YOUR GUIDE TO LOOKING GOOD BOTAK WOES Young men can also go bald 10 WARDROBE ESSENTIALS for the next 3 months KELLY ROWLAND'S bag secrets IS STRETCHING q waste or TlrTlG. Friendships between women are special. But can they last?
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      346 86 GETTHELOOK Belle Charlene Kwan Ashburn Eng After one too many dinner parties, 'tis the season to feel flabby. Thankfully, the rainbow hues of spring/summer collections have yet to replace the dark colours of autumn/winter lines. Not only do they hide the flaws and enhance your assets, sombre colours
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      316 87 1 Dear Ms Paris Hilton, In New York property magnate Donald Trump's, famous words: You're fired. It has come to my attention that Club Paris, your namesake nightclub in Florida, no longer wants anything to do with you. According to club owner Fred Khalilian, you were sacked because
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      137 87 CLOTHES SWAP: Home-grown girly label Swirl is holding a Swirl Swap Swop at 02-05 Stamford House on Sunday. Clear your wardrobe of clothes you don't wear and add them to a giant pile with the cast-offs from other swoppers. Rummage through the pile and grab items you fancy for
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      254 87 FASH FLASH May Yip eslie Kee's book Super Stars featuring almost-nude portraits of celebrities may be banned here, but you can still get your hands on Hypertrophy, a photo collection of male torsos shot by another home-grown fashion lensman, Wai Teik. Launched last month, the hardcover tome shows 47
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      217 87 Spanish fashion chain Mango has inked a deal with independent clothing label Jovovich-Hawk, founded by model and actress Millajovovich (right) and former model Carmen Hawk. In a press statement, Mango said the duo designed an exclusive limited-edition line under the name Jovovich-Hawk For MNG. It will
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      223 87 The contestants of next season's Project Runway may just have to "make it work" without the show's cerebral mentor Tim Gunn. He may not be joining judges Nina Garcia, Michael Kors and Heidi Klum when the fashion reality show returns for its fourth season, according to a report
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      279 87  -  /Belle Charlene Kwan These two fashionistas were spotted at Soo Kee Group's A Diamond Studded Affair held last Friday at the Raffles City Atrium Shirley Tan, 24, senior marketing manager Where did you get your clothes from? My entire outfit was bought from my favourite shopping destination Hong Kong's
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      163 88 Text: SHAAN SETH Photographers: and These Puma 96 Hours Tratto shoes, $499, will make heads turn for their understated class and style. Check them out at Venue at 01 -07 Palais Renaissance, 44-46 Club Street and 01 -05 The Heeren. Look smart in these eye-catching blue cufflinks
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      1008 90 A clean-shaven head might be considered sexy these days, but if you're losing sleep over losing hair, SHAAN SETH tells you how to stop the fall t's a problem that's enough to make a guy tear his hair out if he has any left to tear out, that
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      326 90 Singer Rain reigns supreme among Korean hotties, says SUZANNE SNG Rain, 24, Korean sensation The Rain just never lets up. We're not talking here about the torrential downpours of the past few weeks, but the Korean megastar who goes by the moniker of Rain. Don't dismiss him just because
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      851 91  -  MICHELLE TAY A good cut can bring out the best in a diamond, and Gabi Tolkowsky is the diamond cutter who can do lust that f diamonds are a girl's best friend, then Gabi Tolkowsky must surely be a girl's most treasured confidante. After all, the 67-year-old
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      2382 93 Move over, boyfriends, the pairing dv jour are best gal pals or BFFs, best female friends. We check out celebrity pairings as well as talk to three sets of best gal pals here rii i V i r i i ill i ill i/ or rind out
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      285 94 NEW BEST FRIENDS Victoria Beckham (left) Katie Holmes (right) Who needs a celebrity hubby like David Beckham or Tom Cruise for arm candy when you've got a new Best Female Friend who fits the bill. These yummy Mummies turned heads when they stepped out together in stylish duds
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      203 94 In 2003, Paris Hilton (far left) and Nicole Richie (left) seemed like a match made in socialite heaven when the childhood friends landed themselves starring roles in the reality show, The Simple Life. Two years later, the two fell out with neither revealing
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      829 95 rends can be a funny thing they seem to be recycled every 30 years or so. Last year, influences from the 1970s and 1980s were huge, with babydoll dresses, off-shoulder sweaters and leggings being the fashionista's favourite wardrobe essentials. While these influences will still be around this year,
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      759 96 LAT Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies about the beauty salon in her lavish South African girls' school as she teaches self-confidence through self-love alk show mogul Oprah Winfrey opened her girls' school in South Africa last Tuesday and details about the lavishness of the 28-building campus have
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      855 97 AFP Eighty years on, the Little Black Dress is still an icon of timeless elegance for any woman Paris When designer Coco Chanel unveiled the first real "Little Black Dress" 80 years ago, it caused quite a stir in the world of women's fashion. Now the iconic
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      343 100  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH I managed to keep only one resolution I made last year -to drink more antioxidant-packed tea. Seeing as how it was quite painless and, frankly, quite pleasurable, I've made another food-related resolution this year to eat more fish. It's a lean source of
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      231 100 Want to make your dinner guests sit up? Serve them mashed purple potatoes. These dark-hued spuds ($3 per kg) come from the United States and are actually more blue than purple. They get their colour from the same antioxidant that gives blueberries their deep, intense colour. While they
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      177 100 You know this is no ordinary instant soup when you open the box and discover that each serving is a two-sachet operation. Naturally, these soups are from Japan, made by the übiquitous House brand. The larger packet contains stuff that makes the soup creamy, while the smaller one
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      693 101  -  ong Su-Lin FHEBAGPAGE/Le Kelly Rowland may be known as the "sporty" member of girl group Destiny's Child. But during her interview with Urban, she couldn't stop gushing about clothes, make-up and bags. The 25-year-old American pop star was in town last month to perform at the opening of
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