The Straits Times, 6 February 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 114 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Floods cripple much of Jakarta
    625 1  -  AZHAR GHANI Deluge cuts road, rail and telecoms links; threat of water-borne diseases looms in city By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta MUCH of Jakarta was crippled yesterday as the worst deluge in five years cut road, rail and telecommunications links to the Indonesian capital.
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    Lock icon Schools to teach Net safety lessons
    629 1  -  Chua Hian Hou By STUDENTS here, among the most wired in the world, will >oon get lessons in school that will help them navigate :yberspace safely and watch Dut for dangers like cy-ber-predators. Counsellors are also being trained to help students who develop Internet-relat--3d
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Thailand shows it's still the Land of Smiles
      930 1  -  Marc Lim By Sports Correspondent FOR a few days last week, it looked like Bangkok was the last place to be seen if you were Singaporean. An ongoing diplomatic row appeared to be on the verge of worsening after Singapore beat Thailand
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      34 1 N L* l i*J _H [3 .Jk 9 On the trail of Ml »hE I yummy eats Fi^ !Vi£ flfllfl 1 in Lyon, France mSWmA MORE FLOOD STORIES AND PICTURES IN ASIA PAGES 6-8
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      204 2 Invisible Hearing without hearing aid with hearing aid 3 The actual size of the microchip in Oticon "invisible" hearing aid which is programmed to suit the wearer's hearing needs. Oticon Hearing Aids from Denmark The latest Oticon hearing aid is changing the lives of people through better hearing. Manufactured in
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      360 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Well-paying sectors Asia 6-11 A survey has found World 12-16 salaries in the finance, Review 17-19 engineering and logistics PY| 20 industries rising by an ccrTiOM two average of 10 per cent in SECTION TWO a generally upbeat Home Hl-H6 employment market. Forum H7 PAGE
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Security cameras for all MRT trains and stations
      520 3  -  T. Rajan Each train will have a dozen 'eyes' to detect terrorists and deter other mischief makers By SECURITY cameras will be fitted on every train and at every MRT station to keep an eye out for terrorists on Singapore's transport network.
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      Lock icon O-level results out on Friday
      131 3 THE 2006 GCE O-level examination results will be released on Friday. School candidates can collect their results from their schools at 2.30pm on that day. Private candidates will be informed of their results by post. They can also access their results through the Internet after
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      Lock icon From 3-room HDB flats to high-tech student hostels
      474 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By TWO blocks of flats in Boon Lay, formerly home to foreign workers, are being turned into a hostel for students. The 200 three-room flats, located in the middle of a Housing Board estate in Boon Lay Drive built
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      Lock icon S'pore to open up basic mail services market
      548 4  -  Bryan Lee By POSTING a letter could soon be done without visiting a Singapore Post (SingPost) post office or postboxes after a decision to open up the basic mail services market to competition was announced yesterday. New postal companies will be able
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      Lock icon Hyundai chairman gets three years' jail
      556 4  -  Lee Tee Jong Chung found guilty of taking $170 m from firm to buy political favours By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul HYUNDAI Motor chairman Chung Mong Koo was sentenced to three years' jail yesterday for embezzling company funds that were used to buy
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  • ASIA
    • JAKARTA FLOODS
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        Lock icon RESIDENTS MAKE DO
        694 6  -  AZHAR GHANI "This is the safest place during the regular five-year floods." FLOOD SURVIVOR BARBERA POHAN, camping with her children in makeshift tents in the Karet cemetery in the centre of town Fears of diseases as electricity and water supplies in many affected areas are cut By
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        Lock icon Presidential palace safe from flooding
        654 7  -  Salim Osman "The line to the cashier was so long, as if we were queueing for free food." NITA SUMANTRI, a housewife living in the worst-hit Kepala Gading district, describing the rush to buy household goods at the neighbourhood grocery store Relief all round as
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        Lock icon El Nino partly to blame, say weather experts
        385 7  -  Judith Tan By THE heavy rains that have flooded Jakarta could be the result of a combination of weather phenomena last seen in 2002, say climate experts. In January and February of that year, similar storms left a trail of devastation in
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        Lock icon The blame game begins
        583 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE "Aren't we getting tired of the claimed lives, drowned valuables, being soaked chest-high in dirty, stinking water, surrounded by floating garbage in blocked streets?" A COLUMN IN THE JAKARTA POST, criticising the administration as well as citizens for failing to support measures to prevent
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon National plan to tackle climate change
        649 9 REUTERS China will set goals for cutting emissions and measures for coping with weather changes Beijing CHINA is preparing its first national plan to battle climate change and it is likely to be released this year, according to a senior policy adviser. Mr Zou
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        Lock icon World at critical stage, Ban warns
        211 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Nairobi UNITED Nations chief Ban Ki Moon yesterday warned that climate change had driven the world to a "critical stage", directly affecting human health and the environment. "The world has reached a critical stage...despite our best intentions, the degradation of the
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        Lock icon A BRUSH WITH SPRING
        68 9 Blowing bubble gum while she pens a spring couplet during a calligraphy event in Taipei, this little girl is a picture of concentration. Couplets, wishing for good fortune, prosperity and peace, are typically hung on both sides of the doorway during Chinese New Year. Tradition dictates
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        Lock icon Hu in Namibia to foster growing economic, trade ties
        307 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Windhoek (Namibia) CHINESE President Hu Jintao arrived in Namibia yesterday on the fifth leg of an African tour which has seen him dole out hundreds of millions of dollars to states fuelling Beijing's economic juggernaut. Chinese and
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Tokyo and Canberra set to ink security pact
        585 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Agreement will boost cooperation against regional threats By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN and Australia are likely to sign an agreement next month to boost cooperation against regional security threats such as piracy, terrorism, nuclear proliferation and North Korea.
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        Lock icon Japan warns China over ship in disputed waters
        220 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo JAPAN warned China over its "inappropriate" behaviour yesterday, after a Chinese ship entered disputed waters for an apparent maritime survey at the weekend. The civilian ship, spotted early on Sunday off a group of East China Sea islands claimed
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        Lock icon South Korea taking steps to beef up workforce
        401 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul FACED with a rapidly ageing population, South Korea has announced various measures including extending the retirement age and shortening compulsory military service to boost its workforce. "Due to the low birthrate and the fast-ageing population, the growth of the
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        Lock icon Measures to be taken
        98 10 THE Seoul government will: Push to extend the retirement age by around five years. Revise the education system to advance the job entry age by two years from the current 25. Support job costs for bosses who postpone their workers' retirement and ease discriminatory rules against
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        Lock icon Abe govt stands by beleaguered minister despite dip in support
        201 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Tokyo JAPANESE leaders said yesterday they woulc stand by a minister who called womer "child-bearing machines", despite sagging popularity ratings and a key by-election loss. Japan's top government spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said yesterday that Health Ministei Hakuo
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon US$100 computer a boon to 1 billion people
        655 11 WASHINGTON POST Indian company's offering puts Internet access within reach of the poor in the country Washington IN A humble residential neighbourhood in the south Indian city of Chennai, Hema Malini, 13, switched on the television and a curious new device. Called
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        Lock icon Cheap, no-frills computer started from scratch
        349 11 WASHINGTON POST MR RAJESH Jain first got the idea to build a low-cost computer alternative back in 2000, when he realised PCs from the West weren't getting cheap and fast enough to serve India's needs. He read about Oracle chief executive officer Larry Ellison's
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        Lock icon 8 ex-ministers in Bangladesh arrested for graft
        278 11 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Dhaka EIGHT former ministers face corruption allegations after high-profile arrests by Bangladesh's new interim government, which has pledged a :rackdown on graft, reports said yesterday. On Sunday, security forces arrested the former ministers along with five others with ties to the
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Man's plan to leave Islam may stir controversy again
        650 12  -  Carolyn Hong Identity mix-up man's only course is Syariah Court: Islamic dept chief By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THE case of the Chinese man who was raised as a Muslim after being swopped at birth, could trigger yet another religious
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        Lock icon Opposition leaders grilled over leaked' govt document
        282 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur POLICE yesterday interrogated four Malaysian opposition leaders over the public disclosure of a confidential government toll concession agreement. The opposition leaders had used that document to back their demand to scrap recent tariff increases and to support their
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        Lock icon Thai PM removes national police chief
        336 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok PRIME minister General Surayud Chulanont yesterday sidelined the country's powerful chief of police General Kowit Wattana. In the move which had been rumoured for months General Kowit was transferred to an inactive post at the Prime Minister's
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        Lock icon Gang nabbed after 1-year robbery spree
        373 12 NEW STRAITS TIMES Shah Alam FOR almost a year, six Thais and a Malaysian went on a robbery spree, killing seven people and stealing RM3.7 million (Ssl.6 million) from four heists at jewellery stores. After each robbery, the Thais, including a woman, would use
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Iraqi general takes charge of Baghdad crackdown
      697 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New security operation seen as last chance to curb sectarian violence, which is claiming lives every day Baghdad IRAQ is preparing for a new security crackdown, with a new general set to lead the country's forces taking charge. The
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      Lock icon New team of advisers has brains and brawn
      294 13 WASHINGTON POST Washington A BAND of warrior-intellectuals including an Australian anthropologist and a Princeton economist is being assembled in a last-ditch effort to reverse the downward trend in the Iraq war. Lieutenant-General David Petraeus, the new US commander in Iraq who holds
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      Lock icon More bird flu outbreaks expected
      597 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Migratory birds will spread virus, but risk to humans is low: UN expert Jakarta THE world should expect more bird flu outbreaks in the coming months, the United Nations (UN) official coordinating the global fight against the virus warned, after Britain
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon LONDON'S 'GHERKIN' SOLD FOR $1.8b
        71 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: A landmark London skyscraper popularly known as the "gherkin" has become Britain's most expensive place to work after Swiss reinsurance giant Swissße sold the building for £600 million (Ssl.B billion). It was bought by a German real estate company, Swissße said in
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        Lock icon TSANG SECURES 450 ELECTION BACKERS
        101 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Chief Executive Donald Tsang, running for a second term in office, has said he has secured the backing of more than half of the 800 members of the city's Election Committee. In a statement released by his campaign office at the
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        Lock icon GOVT'S OVERTURE TO TAMIL TIGERS
        56 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COLOMBO: Sri Lanka marked its independence anniversary on Sunday with President Mahinda Rajapakse inviting Tiger rebel proxies in Parliament to join his effort to end decades of ethnic bloodshed. He asked the Tamil National Alliance to join the "All Party Conference" to prepare
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        Lock icon BALI BOMBER GIVES SERMONS BY PHONE
        75 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: One of the Bali bombers on death row for attacks in 2002 has preached to Muslim militants by mobile phone, police chief Sutanto said in a report to Members of Parliament released yesterday. In the report on recent violence in Poso,
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        Lock icon FUGITIVE TYCOON DETAINED IN U.S.
        74 14 LOS ANGELES: Fugitive tycoon Wang You-theng was moved to another immigration detention centre near Los Angeles while United States officials searched for ways to repatriate him back to Taiwan. Mr Wang, founder of the Rebar Group, who is wanted by the Taiwanese authorities for allegedly
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      Lock icon Letter bomb explodes in central London
      471 14 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS London A LETTER bomb exploded in central London yesterday, injuring one woman and causing panic. The blast occurred at the London headquarters of the company that administers the British capital's traffic congestion toll, Capita. It is less than 180 m from Britain's
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      Lock icon 15-minute lessons to whip up British kids' interest?
      304 14 REUTERS London BRITISH pupils could see a shake-up in their timetables next year as part of plans to make learning more exciting and relevant. Arabic and Mandarin could replace French and Spanish, and climate change and racism could gain more prominence in
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      Lock icon Six shot dead in Chinese restaurant in Germany
      405 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Berlin THREE men and three women were found shot dead in a Chinese restaurant in Sittensen in northern Germany early yesterday, police said. The six, who were all believed to be of Asian origin, had been tied up and
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Tata chairman to fly fighter jet
        195 15 REUTERS THE 69-year-old chairman of India's Tata group, Mr Ratan Tata, will fly a fighter jet at an air show in Bangalore this week. Mr Tata, a licensed pilot who occasionally flies the company plane, was invited by US defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp
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        Lock icon US woman sets spacewalk record
        121 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AMERICAN astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time walking in space than any other woman, with a record of 22 hours and 27 minutes. Ms Williams, 41, broke the previous record of more than 21 hours on Sunday when she and crewmate
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        Lock icon 'Curry Queen' hit by raid on illegals
        166 15 A BRITISH government race adviser with close links to Mrs Cherie Blair is at the centre of a major investigation into an alleged illegal immigrant employment racket. Police and immigration officers stormed the £3.5 million (Sslo million) home of Mrs Nighat Awan last
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      Lock icon S'pores artillery gunners get to hone combat skills in NZ
      350 16 SINGAPORE Artillery gunners have been bang on target during a live-firing exercise in New Zealand. The Singapore Armed Forces' annual artillery exercise, Thunder Warrior, has been an opportunity for the gunners to practise complex combat skills beyond just gunnery skills,
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      Lock icon Ahmadinejad under fire at home and abroad
      670 16  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS Iranian President losing fans but an ouster won't get rid of N-crisis By PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing growing pressure at home even as he pushes Iran along the path of confrontation with the US over its nuclear programme.
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      Lock icon Indian minister in Iran to discuss gas, nuclear issue
      419 16  -  P. Jayaram By India Correspondent In New Delhi INDIA'S External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee begins a two-day visit to Teheran today, during which he will discuss the multi-billion-dollar In-dia-Pakistan-Iran (IPI) gas pipeline and the nuclear issue. While the worsening situation in
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      Lock icon Australia's deadly dangers for tourists
      139 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney AUSTRALIA may have a reputation for venomous spiders and deadly snakes, but the biggest causes of accidental tourist deaths are car crashes and dangerous surf. Statistics published yesterday, compiled by the National Coroners Information System for Sydney's Daily Telegraph, reveal that most
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      Lock icon Women can be heads of state, says top Egyptian cleric
      241 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Cairo EGYPT'S top cleric has declared that Islam does not bar women from becoming heads of state denying press reports that had earlier attributed to him the opposite position. On Jan 27, the Akhbar Al-Yom daily carried a
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Damaged Earth
      430 17 THE newest report released last week by climate scientists telling of a heating Earth and rising surface waters is not new science, but a data update. It is missing the alarum that a warning of a calamitous meteor collision would have. Its one computation that could cause concern
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      Lock icon When good mutates into bad
      2575 17 RELIGION AND TERRORISM Foreign Minister George Yeo was guest of honour at a peace dialogue on Jan 27, which also saw the launch of Unlicensed To Kill: Countering Imam Samudra's Justification For The Bali Bombing, by Haniff Hassan. Below is Mr Yeo's speech: SOME months
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      Lock icon Not a union but an association
      945 18  -  Michael Vatikiotis ►>AN ASEAN COMMUNITY By For The Straits Times IT'S hard enough for most ordinary South-east Asians to imagine Asean as a community. Imagine how much harder it is after a month in which Thailand accused Singapore of mischievously hosting its ousted premier,
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      Lock icon KL's public sector growth: Unwieldy and unjustifiable
      914 18  -  Liew Chin Tong ,By For The Straits Times MALAYSIA'S quick cure for the problem of unemployed graduates is threatening to weigh down and weaken the country's governance itself. In providing jobs to a huge number of graduates, whether or not they are qualified
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      Lock icon Is a grandson also rising?
      1231 19  -  Anthony Paul NORTH KOREA'S RESTLESS SUCCESSION ISSUE AGAIN By Senior Writer DURING a visit to Pyongyang in February 1981, I found the locals restless. South Korea's disinformation specialists had been spreading rumours that Great Leader Kirn II Sung's hypertension was worsening, and North Koreans' discomfort
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      690 19  - Chirac's gaffe or a moment of honesty? Gwynne Dyer By FOR over two years the big Western states have insisted that Iran's nuclear power programme is secretly intended to produce nuclear weapons, and that the minute it gets them, it will launch them at Israel. But last week, France's President
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      27 17 Oh dear, who's leading? Of North Korean leader Kirn Jong ll's three sons, who is the most likely to succeed him? The guessing game continues. PAGE 19
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      821 21  -  Arlina Arshad ro11* ,esteri|ay Why? By POOR business at Dhoby Xchange, the shopping mall in Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, is putting the retail tenants on a collision course with their landlord, SMRT Corp. Fourteen tenants there were so frustrated with what they saw as SMRT's lack
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      509 22  -  Keith Lin Pay hike in 9 sectors forecast to range from 8 to 25 per cent By WORKERS in industries that are doing well, such as banking and finance, can expect pay hikes of up to 10 per cent this year,
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      496 22  -  Sue-Ann Chia By MEMBER of Parliament Lim Wee Kiak knows what nurses want: more recognition for their work. They would like to get a day off for Nurses' Day as teachers now do on Teachers' Day, though they accept that
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      431 22  -  Jane Ng By ENGINEERING graduates from the polytechnics continue to be the highest paid among their peers, even though the field has seen falling enrolments in the last five years. The latest employment survey by the five polytechnics has indicated that those who
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      190 22 PUT your money where your mouth is. And Singapore Polytechnic students do just that they dig into their pockets to set up their own businesses. Under the polytechnic's Entrepreneurship Concentration programme, final-year business students run their own enterprises for six months as part of
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      636 24  -  Tanya Fong Seasoned seaman found motionless on Pasir Ris beach after report of capsized boat By A PROUD father who set out to sea to watch his youngest son take part in a sailing contest was found slumped on a nearby beach on
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      524 24  -  Chong Chee Kin ►>NKF:OLDVNEW By FORMER National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong conceded yesterday that he had "breached his fiduciary duties" to the charity. It was the clearest admission yet of wrongdoing at the NKF, one which supported the new
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      324 24  -  EX-NKF chairman Richard Yong (right) was asked yesterday whether he saw himself as Mr T.T. Durai's "crony" as defined by the Cambridge Dictionary of English. This came towards the end of Mr K. Shanmugam's crossexamination in which he painted Mr Yong as having been "dishonest" in
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      462 24  -  Selina Lum By told Mr Yong that as with several other letters produced yesterday the writing "doesn't sound like your language". That was when Mr Yong admitted Mr Durai had drafted the letter. Mr Shanmugam asked: "So he drafts a letter that you are
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      355 24  -  KEN KWEK BANKRUPTCY TRAVEL OFFENCE: CHEE ON TRIAL CHEE Soon Juan yesterday blamed the inconsistent instructions he received from the Official Assignee's (OA) office for causing him to believe he could go abroad while still a bankrupt. Its staff did not "categorically
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      697 25  -  Chang Ai-Lien $40m centre, opened yesterday, will bring greater synergy to 450 life science researchers By Science Correspondent SEVERAL cancers, the ones more common in Singapore and the region, will be put under the microscope at a dedicated life sciences research building at the
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      636 26  -  Jessica Cheam Landmark ruling: $100kCPF shortfall not considered financial loss By THE couple holding out against the collective sale of Waterfront View lost the fight yesterday when the Strata Titles Board (STB) ruled against them in what is regarded as a landmark decision. Mr
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      474 26  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By THE rebuilt Leisure Park Kallang will open its doors this year, even as its surroundings turn into a massive construction site. The now six-storey mall is in the final stages of its one-and-a-half-year $70 million redevelopment, and will
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      211 26 VEHICLES were moving faster along the Central Expressway (CTE) yesterday, when ERP charges went up by 50 cents at two gantries along its stretch. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) also said traffic along the arterial roads which motorists use when not taking the
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      220 26 TWO women in their mid-20s brought some unwelcome excitement to Merlion Park at One Fullerton yesterday. After what witnesses said was a heated quarrel at the pier, one of them jumped into the sea, followed by the other. Passers-by, who saw the women
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      27 21 CPF shortfall 'not a loss' Couple fail in their bid to stop the collective sale of Waterfront View as Strata Titles Board makes landmark ruling. PAGE H6
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      359 27  -  Chua Shuyi (Miss) I CAUGHT the first-leg final of the Asean Football Championship between Singapore and Thailand at the National Stadium on Wednesday and came away disappointed with the way the Lions were cheered on. The chants were mostly negative. They focused
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      411 27  -  Stan ley Jeremiah I REFER to the letter by Dr Lee Pheng Soon, "Check insurance policy if diabetic, hypertensive" (ST, Feb 2). There are actually two distinct issues here. The first is the applicant's duty to disclose to the insurer all material facts which
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      283 27  -  Tan Saw Bin (Ms) I REFER to the recent letters to the Forum on errant maids, and would like to highlight a practice of many maid agencies which is unfair to maid employers. Many agencies now require employers to pay about $3,000
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      110 27  -  Tricia Lee (Miss) I REFER to the letter, "Ask customers before charging for trial services" (ST, Jan 30). We have contacted Mr Ong Theng Hong and thanked him for his feedback. When customers sign up for broadband service, our officers will inform them
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      407 27  -  Sant Qiu THE local chapter of the Crazy Horse revue has closed. Interestingly, when it was opening, I made the comment that it would not last long in Singapore. The commentary by Mr Frankie Chee (ST, Feb 3) asked, "Was Crazy
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      297 27  -  Lee Wei Ling THE debate about allowing the sale of organs has revealed an amusing aspect of human nature: "If my welfare is not compromised, I can afford to espouse the politically correct view", human organs are sacred and should not
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      124 27  -  WITH the Chinese New Year around the corner, I went shopping for canned abalone in a local supermarket recently. Among the different brands, some indicated the net weight while others showed both the net and drained weight. I bought two brands, one indicating the
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      272 27  -  Lee Kirn Hua I REFER to the letters, "Don't tie maternity leave to marriage" (ST, Jan 25) by Miss Kiera Chua King De and "Grant single mums maternity leave freely" (ST, Feb 2) by Ms Netina Tan Chiew Pheng. I thank the writers
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      144 27 BBK 8188 BBk_ mt BBBi '''ill bbbl Am m\ I^bb^i^ E^lbKbl Singapore's official guide for rj£lV! job seekers, school leavers ftk f^ f and fresh graduates. v 29 BUMPER ISSUE! 'm^ST Over 300 jobs in 23 business sectors described j jl^ j® j| Integrated Resort (IR) jobs to look out
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      30 27 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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      119 27 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Senior citizens have a moral and social obligation to take care of themselves Evolution rather than revolution better for democratic reform Allow divorcees a change of beneficiaries for insurance policies Follow suit to shake
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      931 28  -  Alvin Foo > ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Footballers are guests at Istana reception, earning praises from Mr Nathan, PM Lee By Jeanette Wang THE praise came right from the top well done, Lions. "I'm terribly impressed, that's why they're here," President S R Nathan told The
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      570 28  -  By Alvin Foo Hoe Pei Shan EVERYONE loves a winner. Just ask the 300-odd crowd who thronged Changi Airport to welcome the victorious Lions back from Bangkok yesterday. Among them were Football Association of Singapore vice-president Zainudin Nordin and Eugene Chew, the
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      413 28  -  HOE PEI SHAN ONE woman stood apart from the fanatical fans welcoming the Lions back from Bangkok yesterday. She watched the proceedings quietly. For a moment, one was tempted to compare Bratislava Avramovic with Nancy Dell' Oho. But there could not be two people
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      860 29  -  Marc Lim ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Lions' newest star did not even own a pair of soccer boots until he was 16 By Sports Correspondent AS THE victorious Singapore team prepared to board their flight at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport yesterday, one player sauntered in just
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      510 29  -  NICHOLAS FANG THREE Singapore football fans travelled to Bangkok last weekend without telling their family members and loved ones that they were going there to support the Lions. They did not want their dear ones to worry about their safety. At the Supachalasai Stadium
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      329 29  -  Alvin Foo By THE standard of football is nowhere near that of the English Premier League. Yet, when it comes to television viewing, the Asean Football Championship has the upper hand, at least in Singapore. According to the event's organiser, World Sports
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      734 30 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Bookmaker pays up on Red Devils winning Premiership, after their 4-0 thumping of Spurs Manchester A BOOKMAKER has already started paying out on Manchester United winning the English Premiership. United, who have not won the title since 2003, are six
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      708 30  -  Abdul Hafiz WILD WEEKEND By CRISTIANO Ronaldo should have been named the Man of the Match against Tottenham, not Paul Scholes. The only reason the winger wasn't picked was he cheated. When United lift the title come May yes, it's a matter of
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      342 30 CRISTIANO Ronaldo has won his £400 (551,210) bet with Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager will pay up after Ronaldo won the private wager, by reaching his target of 15 goals for the season. Ferguson tried, jokingly, to wriggle out of coughing up his debt,
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      506 30 Liverpool MANAGER Rafael Benitez has called for a speedy conclusion to the takeover saga, so that Liverpool can focus on football. American sports moguls Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr will be at Merseyside this week hoping to clinch a deal. The pair have made a
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      379 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS »SPORTSPEOPLE Dubai KEEPING a beard at bay has never been a problem for Tiger Woods. "I can't grow one. My friends razz me about it," said the world's top-ranked golfer. A few hours after finishing third at the Dubai Desert Classic,
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      678 31 REUTERS, AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE »SOCCER Stand-in captain feels a good display tomorrow will boost morale ahead of the crucial qualifiers Manchester MIDFIELDER Steven Gerrard has called on England to show they have what it takes to qualify for Euro 2008 as group
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      233 31 REUTERS London RONALDINHO is injured and will miss Brazil's sell-out game with Portugal today. But, despite the hype, Portugal's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said it was just another friendly. Scolari, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, is going into the match at
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      339 31 REUTERS Rome ITALY'S football industry, which rakes in some six billion euros (Ssl2 billion) a year, urged government and sports authorities meeting yesterday to lift a costly ban on matches. Since Friday, all league fixtures were suspended until further notice, after rioting fans
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      385 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid REAL Madrid directors were due to hold their weekly meeting late yesterday in an atmosphere of tension, after Sunday's morale-sap-ping home loss to struggling Levante. The shocking 0-1 defeat wrecked hopes of marking the I,oooth league match at the
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      724 32 NEW YORK TIMES AMERICAN FOOTBALL Indianapolis restrict Chicago to three second-half points in 29-17 victory Miami IN A rainy Super Bowl XLI on Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts refused to let an elusive championship slip away. Peyton Manning, the Most Valuable Player,
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        88 32 REUTERS SEOUL: The children of a South Korean who died during the Asian Games in Doha will have their education expenses paid for by Qatar. Veteran rider Kirn Hyung Chil was crushed to death by his horse in a heavy fall at the Asian Games
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        65 32 REUTERS LONDON: The cost ol the 2012 London Olympics has doubled and could reach as high as £9 billion (Ss27 billion). The Sunday Times, citing figures obtained ahead ol the official budget announcement by the British government, said the cost ol building the Olympic Park
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        45 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND: Chauncey Billups scored 18 points to help the Detroit Pistons to a 90-78 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Also contributing to the Pistons' victory were Rasheed Wallace and Chris Webber. They each scored 15 points.
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      485 32 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL Super Bowl XLI in Miami: Indianapois Colts 29 Chicago Bears 17. BASKETBALL NBA: Toronto 122 LA Clippers 110, Atlanta 101 New Jersey 99 (OT), Detroit 90 Cleveland 78. CRICKET First one-day international in Centurion, South Africa: South Africa 392-6 in 50 overs (A de Villiers 67,
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      25 28 Colts win Super Bowl Indianapolis come back from an eight-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 and clinch American football's biggest trophy. PAGE Hl2
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      354 30 K'JQ] BULGARIA STARTS 3-DAY INTERNATIONALS! ■vnrfM Worid's top countries battle for prestige! 19 20 29 l^J^^jmF'si^J ma t%jm *%jl Intematonal Footbal Bulgaria Latvia Tue, 06/02/0711.00pm Intematonal Footbal Nigeria* Ghana Wed, 07/02/07 3.45 am Add. No. Intematonal Footbal Australia Denmark Wed, 07/02/07 3.45 am 41 I I Intematonal Footbal N. Ireland
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      101 32 r Jesus said "I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me." Johnl4:6 GRACE LING RUI QING Age: 24 Went home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2007. Dearly missed by Father: Ling Khing Hooi Mother: Margaret Ang Guat
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      139 32 J am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die John 11:25-26 LO FONG YEE VINCENT Age: 66 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 Feb 2007 Dearly missed lovingly
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      49 32 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MR P. THOMAS ABRAHAM Departed 6/2/2003 Pappa, your presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always cherished by: Your Wife, Daughters, Sons-in-law Grandchildren y IBb 77 "r
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      74 32 CHARLIE TAN CHIANG HIN Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Agnes Koh Keng Neo Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ronnie Tan Karen Tan Jeffery Tan Grandsons: Christopher Tan, Douglas Tan, Justin Tan Wake is held at Our Lady of Lourdes
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      70 32 K.GURUSAMY(VUAY) Age: 40 passed way peacefully on 5th Feb 2001. Dearfym/ssed»dfofrfy remembered by loved ones. Father (G. Karumbayeram, deceased) Mother K. Muthulakshami Father (Adopted): R. Selvarajan Mother (Adopted): Brama Brothers, Sisters, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Sons, Nephews and Nieces Body is resting at Blk 702 HougangAve2#13-41. Tel: 9382 9331/6286 7674. Cortege
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      31 32 In Loving Memory Of Sebrina Goh Yok Hong Departed: 6 Feb 2005 Dearly missed fondly remembered by Husband Mark I Sons Nicholas Ashley Brothers Sisters: Geok Mui, Anthony, Jason, Germaine Jennifer
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      212 33 "Surety goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and 1 wilt dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (Psalm 23:6) PUAN SRI LEE SIOW MONG nee GRACE TAN GEK ENG Age: 90 called home to be with the Lord on 4 Feb 2007. Deeply
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      111 33 111 ],i- foughllht ifood fighl, I have finished Ihe race, I have kepi Ihe lailh 2 rirnuihy d 7 MICHAEL CHUA SWEE LYE Age: 75 was called home to be with ihe Lord on 5 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones, Wife: EngSekGek Son: Daughter- In -Law: Matthew Ghua Lilian
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      71 33 We, The Family of The Imic BATHOLOMEW s/oMPALVAR called home to be with the I.•ml on the 28 December 2006 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for your condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Memorial service will be
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      114 33 MEYYAPPAN MEYYAMMAI Kaveri Achi Age: 83 Passed away peacefully on 5 February 2007. Sadly missed by all loved ones. {Husband: Palamappa Meyyappa Cheltidr deceased)- Retired Officer, UCO Bank Sons: Daughters In-law: (M Palaniappan Krishna n, deceased) M Nachiappan N Thenammai M Selva Nachiappan S Rajalakshmi M Mohan Nachiappan M Meyyammai
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      197 33 "The Lord is my shepherd Even though I walk -3? 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 Paul Richard Low Khoon Hock (Feb 20, 1957 Feb 4, 2007) Sadly
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      37 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Magdalen Low and family on the demise of her beloved husband Paul Low Khoon Hock Departed on 4 February 2007 From the Partners of AEP Consultants Chik Chooi Fah and EugelYeo
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      38 33 FOURTH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory SOH SIU LIAN Departed on 6 February 2UU3 Without you, there would be no us" fond Tiiem'iries Jtll tiur thoughts eiwrytlay. Always remembered by your ton*, Philip and Andy, Dorecn, family and friends.
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      76 33 ZNDANNIVhfISAKV In I uh ill— Mmiujm itf PEGGY LIM rH'parU-dljFebZUOJi Cud luufc her Home. It was 111-will. Hut In DUI hearts we l«ve hursiill-Her memory is as dear today. As in [he hour slit* paswd away. We often sit and lEiink of her ivlnn we are .illiik-; fin1 memory is
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      47 33 6 In Ij/yuik .Mi'mttry itj 3f F T GURMUKH SINGH s/o JAGAT SINGH Imparted: fttt/1988 TV aim maj w\yt oal luang tiling Buttiiu ttny'il \nf* ottl hflft, TVmfuhii^^ikiirkuwjiiluji!, Bi u* UK lUrd Satlly misttfti by Wtfr: Joinder, Sons: Balbir T.J., Daughters, Stins-ln-I<iw T Daughters-in-law atiti S Grandrhitdrrn
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      118 33 f'tr' "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." ll^--\ Hebrews 13:5b CHOW KIT CHUN Age: 67 Was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Paul Chan Poh Hoi Sons: Daughters-in-law: Alvin Chan Kin Pong
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      133 33 YEE MOOI YONG AGE: 79 Called home to be with the Lord on 5 February 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband Leong Heong, deceased) Children: Spouses: Leong Mci Lan Leong Fook Kwang Helen Soh Bee Cheng Leong Mci Heo Leong Mci Lian Joseph Raine Leong Mci Yoke Leong Kum Hong
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      40 33 Tlic family of ihc late I SOW HUP Departed on 91,01,07 wish ii .ii1-1- ilm heartfelt thank* and appreciation (o relatives, Friends, colleagues and business associate* tor tl*eir kind condolence*, donation*. .1 i: i. .ill ji iii kll rtct'nr htrt-uvmtnir
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      36 32 TV times CRICKET: Commonwealth Bank Series, 12th ODI: New Zealand v England (Live, Ch9s, 11.55 am). SOCCER: International friendlies: Northern Ireland v Wales (Live, Ch22, 11.55pm), England U-21 v Spain U-21 (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55 am).
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        5862 34 TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 5, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH 10W 1E1 CODE COMPANY CORRENCY 1AS1 1RADED SA1E +0R'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH 10W NE1 P/E M CAP SMI1 3.5 1 5716 IstSoftware 11.5 6 3148 8Telecom 34.5 22 5834 A-Sonic 101 95 6389 ABFSGBondETF 35.5 17 1500 ACEDynamics 25 15.5
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        52 34 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY IRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3288 2382 6235 STI ETF100 3276 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119cd US3740 US555 US***** US***** 3250 +25 3253.6 +5.5 5 3288 3276
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      525 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Treasurer Costello pledges that takeover bid will be scrutinised Sydney A TAKEOVER bid valued at Asll.l billion (5513.2 billion) by a private equity consortium for Qantas Airways will be subject to vigorous scrutiny to ensure that the airline remains under Australian
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      358 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York DELL chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Dell said there will be no bonuses this year and urged employees to "eliminate redundancies", according to an e-mail. Mr Dell, 41, said bureaucracy is the "new enemy" at the world's second-largest personal
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      460 35 FINANCIAL TIMES New York PRIVATE equity groups are clinching deals that have relatively small takeover premiums over their targets' recent share price highs, adding to complaints that investors are being short-changed in leveraged buyouts. A survey of 50 private equity takeovers in
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      33 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,344.8 (-202.31 points) »Japanese share prices closed down 1.15 per cent as investors fretted over the outlook for the yen and a profit warning from Nissan Motor.
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      37 35 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 20,455.62 (-108.06 points) Hong Kong stocks fell 0.5 per cent after investors booked profits in Cheung Kong (Holdings) and other property shares that had racked up big gains last week.
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      36 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,612.54 (-60.68 points) Chinese stocks fell 2.27 per cent with banks and steel firms continuing to struggle on follow-through selling while energy stocks rose due to higher crude oil prices.
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      39 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,822.1 (-9.4 points) Australian stocks fell 0.16 per cent after a significant fall in metal prices in London ahead of the weekend. Volume was 1.78 billion shares, worth A 54.88 billion (555.79 billion).
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      40 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,225.73 (+16.25 points) Malaysian stocks gained 1.34 per cent, in their fifth straight positive session as a bullish mood took hold of the bourse. Volume was 1.68 billion shares, worth RM3.2 billion (Ssl.4 billion).
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      32 35 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 14,510.16 (+106.39 points) »Indian share prices rose 0.74 per cent to a second straight record close, led by telecoms stocks such as Reliance Communications and Bharti Telecom.
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      39 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,768.53 (-11.84 points) »Indonesian stocks fell 0.67 per cent amid caution on the eve of the central bank's interest rate policy meeting. Volume was 1.34 billion shares, worth 1.44 trillion rupiah (***** million).
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      31 35 AFP Yesterday's close: 674.42 (+3.82 points) Thai share prices closed 0.57 per cent higher as foreign investors returned to the market amid improving sentiment on Thai economic policies.
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      227 35 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 0,2.2.0.62. Feb 5 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.53 1.670 -0.030 Ascendasreit 0.93 2.530 +0.020 CapitaComm 0.61 2.840 -0.030 CapitaLand 4.75 7.000 -0.100 CapitaMall 0.95 3.440 +0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.83 1.480 CityDev 2.86 14.200 -0.300 ComtortDelGro 1.37 1.870 -0.040 CoscoCorp 0.97 2.830 +0.060
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      49 35 Feb 5 SunVic 123,434,000 BanJoo 62,961,000 LottVis 61,406,000 PineAgritech 57,076,000 Goldtron 47,541,000 ChinaEnergy 43,405,000 Ahterra 40,529,000 PDCCorp 37,117,000 Thai Beverage 33,466,000 Gen Intl 31,798,000 SingTel 29,781,000 Ferrochina 29,349,000 CEnersave 27,807,000 Lahroy Marine 24,899,000 Luzhou 23,609,000 Yongnam 23,550,000 MediaRing 21,554,000 China Sun 20,976,000 LifeBrandz 20,904,000 Chart SemiCond 20,591,000
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      142 35 Feb 5 I UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1800 1.1950 Can dollar 1.2890 1.3040 Euro 1.9780 2.0010 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4383 0.4387 NZ dollar 1.0420 1.0640 Sterling pound 3.0010 3.0350 US
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      2178 35 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 5, 2007 52 WEEK TEL GH LOW CODE COMPAHV CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE +7- OOO 50 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 47.5 +1.5 59 48 31 9588 Allgreen MBLeCW***** 43.5 +0.5 50 43 38 9337 Allgreen RBeCW*****9 39.5 +1 150 9 3 ArianeCorpW09l229
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      423 36 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG NEWS Firms such as Permira and Texas Pacific Group are keen on a buyout deal: Sources Tokyo PRIVATE equity firms are racing to buy consumer electronics maker Victor Company of Japan (JVC), owned 52.4 per cent by Matsushita Electric Industrial, sources said
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      216 36 REUTERS Bangkok ADVANCED Info Service (AIS), Thailand's top mobile phone operator, said yesterday that its profits for last year would be weak due to fierce competition and political instability. But the telco said it would be in line with analysts' forecasts. "We didn't do
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      350 36 REUTERS Hong Kong HSBC Holdings said yesterday it was considering a proposal to sell and lease back its group headquarters in London, a deal that could raise just over £1 billion (553.02 billion). Hong Kong-based HSBC spokesman Vinh Tran said the bank had no
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      241 36 BLOOMBERG NEWS Hong Kong MERRILL Lynch hired jMs jMargaret Ren as chairman of China investment banking, after United States regulators cleared the former Citigroup executive of wrongdoing in the 2003 stock sale of China Life Insurance. jMs Ren, the daughter-in-law of former Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang,
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        Lock icon Vista to make presence felt like rolling thunder
        328 37  -  Aaron Chew By THE big bang is out and rolling thunder is in as Microsoft Singapore unleashes its more than US$l million (551.54 million) marketing strategy for its new operating system Vista. Its rolling thunder approach has involved staging a number of
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        836 37  - Ogilvy Mather and OMD top overall rankings Gabriel Chen Ogilvy overtakes DDB after winning key business accounts, international awards By ADVERTISING agency Ogilvy Mather jumped two spots last year to claim top spot from rival DDB Singapore in an annual ranking of creative agencies. The firm claimed the No. 1
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      Lock icon CapitaLand's Aussie unit reports 21% rise in earnings
      435 38  -  Fiona Chan Australand enjoys higher revenues from non-residential property activities By HIGHER income from non-resi-dential investment property such as offices and factories helped boost the earnings of Australand, Capita Land's Australian arm, last year. The Australian-listed developer, Australia's fourth-largest, post- Ed a
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      313 38 REUTERS Hong Kong LEADING global investment bank Morgan Stanley is setting up a Singapore prime brokerage office to service the fast-growing number of hedge funds in that market. Singapore and Hong Kong are waging a highly competitive battle to attract new hedge
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      355 38  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent THE 175 luxury apartments at the Orchard Turn site may be launched as early as next month, with industry talk that some units will probably be priced at above $3,000 per sq ft (psf). With surrounding residential
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      232 38  -  Lorn a Tan By Finance Correspondent MAYBANK is targeting Muslim and non-Muslim customers with a new Islamic structured deposit, which it says is a first for the region. The Premier Structured Deposit has a tenure of just 12 months and offers investors
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      Lock icon HSBC term loan with 7-year repayment period
      257 38 HSBC has launched a term loan with the longest repayment period in the market seven years. The idea is to enable customers to stretch their loan payments over a longer period. A term loan is a loan in which borrowers are given a
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        83 39 DEFENCE group Singapore Technologies Engineering's (ST Engg's) land systems unit, Singapore Technologies Kinetics, has secured a $78 million weapon maintenance contract with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The six-year contract, with an option for another six years, is valued at about $13
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        89 39 HONGWEI Technologies, a China-based polyester manufacturer and supplier, has reported a 21.1 per cent rise in full-year net profit to 48 million yuan (559.5 million). Revenue surged 43.2 per cent to 225.6 million yuan for the year ended Dec 31, thanks to strong
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        94 39 CEI Contract Manufacturing, which assembles electronic boards, yesterday said its net profit fell 7.8 per cent to $5.3 million. Its bottom line was hurt by a foreign exchange loss of about $700,000, against a gain of around $100,000 in 2005. This
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        94 39 METAL recycler Union Steel Holdings' half-year net profit has almost doubled to $4.4 million from $2.23 million. Revenue for the six months ended Dec 31 jumped 173 per cent to $141.1 million. This was mainly due to increases in non-ferrous metal recycling and a
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      521 39  -  Arthur Poon Login errors by some member firms cause computer system to crash in the morning By DERIVATIVES trading at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) was at a standstill for more than three hours yesterday after login errors by some traders
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      Lock icon Oil and gas boom lifts BH Global's profits
      329 39  -  Dennis Chan By Deputy Money Editor THE booming oil and gas sector has propelled BH Global Marine to a 65 per cent jump in full-year net earnings to $11.2 million. Revenue for the year ended Dec 31 almost doubled to $58.9 million
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      Lock icon STI rides bull charge to another record high
      437 39  -  Lee Su Shyan TAKING STOCK By THE record closes just keep coming with yet another one yesterday fuelled by the usual line-up of foreign cash and local optimism. A bumper day of trading 2.26 billion shares worth $2.19 billion changed hands allowed
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      70 39 (0) Feb 5 IHH Venture Corp Asia Pac Brew UOB OCBCBk Keppel Corp Semb Corp Ind NOL HKLand IS MSCI India 100 ISH TAC Ezra CENTS 2360 1410 1620 2020 850 1910 472 266 440 615 1410 392 530 92.1 2.6 50.0 3.7 30 0 19 30.0 1.5
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      68 39 :eb 5 CENTS tatoTouch 15.5 158.3 SembMar SGAeCW*****5 3.5 133.3 _abroyMarMBLeCW***** 10 53.8 _abroyMarCAeCW*****0 8 45.5 DBS CS eCW*****0 44.5 39.1 SembMar CAeCW*****6 16 39.1 WatravelW*****7 16.5 37.5 (epCorp RB eCW*****8 30.5 35.6 DBS CA eCW*****8 30.5 32.6 iemb CorpHBLeCW***** 45 32.4 SembMar SGAeCW*****5 32 30.6 iembCorp DBeCW*****3
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      64 39 (0) Feb 5 CENTS GLD10US$ 6420 122.7 1.2 DmegaNav 2300 100.0 4.2 CityDev 1420 30.0 2.1 Jardine C&C 1370 30.0 2.1 Creative Tech 1050 20.0 1.9 DCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100....***** 20.0 0.2 SGX 680 20.0 2.9 Keppel Land 775 15.0 1.9 SIAEngg 476 14.0 2.9 Datacraft 122 12.3
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      74 39 Feb 5 SingTel DBePW*****4 KepCorp DB ePW*****2 DBS DBePW0706n DBS DB ePW*****0 Sunray DBS BNP ePW*****5 El-Nets Jasper CapitalanBNPeCW7D6D4... CltyDev DB eCW*****6. OCBC Bk DB 6PW*****6 Easycall CltyDev SGAeCWD***** CENTS 2.5 2.5 17.5 5.5 24 8 2 2 18.5 33.5 17.5 21 16 /o 50.0 44 4 22.2
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      244 39  -  LEE SU SHYAN WARRANT WATCH BANKS took their turn as the focus of heavy warrant trading yesterday after the mother shares hit record high prices last Friday. The share prices were buoyed by news that the Monetary Authority of Singapore had cut the income minimum
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      Lock icon Robinson names 3 independent directors, posts higher profits
      903 40  -  Lee Su Shyan Retailer's board now numbers 7; net gains at $15m for second quarter By AFTER months of boardroom upheaval, retailer Robinson Co finally had some good news for shareholders yesterday three replacement directors and a good set of financial results.
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      24 40 Gainers: 443 Losers: 330 Unchanged: 596 Australian dollar 1.1800 1.1950 luro 1.9780 2.0010 iterling pound JS dollar 3.0010 3.0350 1.5270 1.5440 r tinn
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      207 40 REUTERS »LONG-TIME DISPUTE London APPLE has settled its long-running trademark dispute with The Beatles' company Apple Corps. The deal could now pave the way for the band's songs to be played on Apple's iTunes music store. In a statement, the companies said Apple would
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      26 40 System down Derivatives trading at the Singapore Exchange halted for more than three hours yesterday after login errors caused the computer system to crash. PAGE Hl9
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        1566 42  -  Tan Keng Yao The women of Jeju earn their living by diving for seafood four to five hours a day, seven to 15 days a month, all year round. YOU could say Jeju is built upon the toil and sweat of its women. Traditionally, the women of
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        1985 44  -  Teo Pau Lin Don't be fooled by this French city's sleepy demeanour. It certainly lives up to its reputation as a foodie haven THE moment my salmon appetiser arrived, I became a believer. For my first meal in Lyon, I had ordered smoked salmon on blinis, and was
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        79 46 'He's American and vegetarian. He can't know anything about food. He has a rabbit's taste in food' Google China president Lee Kai-fu on Apple CEO Steve Jobs 1 always say spend your money wisely invest in good accessories' Coleen McLoughlin, fiancee of footballer Wayne Rooney The cheques were signed
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        399 46 Macau is often in the news these days, with its many casino developments. But are there any new attractions for those who don't gamble? Wilson Tan BESIDES being a casino haven, Macau is also a retail, food and entertainment hub. The most recent attraction unveiled is the Macau
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        136 46 FLY with Cathay Pacific to cities round the world and get a two-night Hong Kong stopover for free. The deal is good for travel beginning by June 30 and based on twin-sharing in selected Hong Kong hotels. The stopover may be used only on the return leg. Fares
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        305 47  -  Hong Xinyi Hossan Leong's latest comedy is a mixed bag of hits and misses > comedy MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES DISORDER Dream Academy Playhouse Drama Centre Theatre Sunday IT IS ironic or perhaps not that in a show structured by the theme of overrated foreign talent,
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        414 47  -  Cheong Suk-Wai > concert RACH II: NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO Singapore Symphony Orchestra Okko Kamu, conductor/Nikolai Demidenko, piano Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday WHETHER the 1,800-strong crowd this night thronged the Esplanade Concert Hall for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra or its guest pianist Nikolai Demidenko, one thing's for
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        357 47  -  June Cheong > dance ROMEO AND JULIET Stuttgart Ballet Esplanade Theatre Last Sat ARTS REPORTER ROMEO And Juliet broke the hearts of their audience. The two-hour performance by the Stuttgart Ballet was not only a visual feast of sumptuous costumes and imposing sets but also
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        450 48  -  Hong Xinyi M 1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2007 How Did The Cat Get So Fat takes the familiar and nudges it into the realm of surreal tragi-comedy > theatre HOW DID THE CAT GET SO FAT Teater Ekamatra Esplanade Recital Studio Last Thursday ARTS REPORTER THE
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        392 48  -  Ng Yi-Sheng > dance RED DUST Very Special Arts and Van Body Theatre National Museum Gallery Theatre Saturday IN July 2006, Singapore artist Chng Seok Tin held an exhibition in Taipei. There, she met the dancer and choreographer Wu Wen-Cui, who became fascinated with her art
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        335 48  -  June Cheong > dance VERMILLION diskodanny.com Esplanade Theatre Studio Last Friday ARTS REPORTER VERMILLION was red-hot with allusions to sado-masochism, bondage and the perennial ideal of freedom. Choreographer Daniel Kok, who goes by the stage name daniel k, painted a moody landscape of private longings and
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        718 50  -  Teo Cheng Wee SUPERSTARDOM has made its call and Daren Tan is ready to answer it. Barely 12 hours after he was crowned the winner of Project SuperStar 2 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday night, he held a press conference, attended a post-event
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        413 81 A survey conducted by Samsung has found that 24 per cent of respondents could not differentiate between TVs that can support HD broadcasts, and those that cannot. It plans to remedy this Singapore may be the first in South-east Asia to roll out high-definition TV
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        624 84 -AP iPod-sized gadget prints photos without using ink; technology involves using heat to activate dye crystals in the photo paper The founders of Zink Imaging LLC believe they have two great ideas in one absolute show-stop-per. They've created a portable device that makes it
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        383 88 Football fever infected the local blogosphere as the Lions scored the first hit in the Asean Football Championship. Digital Life looks at the bloggers who rallied around the national soccer heroes I'm lovin' it http://fitree.word-press.com/2007/02/01/its-not-over/ "I love football moments. WAAAHHHHM! The passion, the fire in me plus
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        386 88 The New York Times Nickelodeon, the popular children's cable network, is pushing hard into the online world with Nicktropolis.com, a new website that will let its young users enter their own world of Internet activities. The website is aimed at children aged 6 to
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        734 90  -  SERENE LUO Digital cameras have practically wiped ou| their film rivals. But some people like the1 good ole days My boss went to Macworld in San Francisco and came back with a boombox a small portable speaker which works with an iPod, runs on batteries,
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          329 91  -  Valentine Chua, IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 It took me a while to digest the fact that IL-2 Sturmovik, a combat flight simulator released in 2001, still had campaigns being released. And so there is IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, containing the campaigns 1946, Sturmoviks Over Manchuria and PE-2.
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          304 92  -  Eugene Neubronner, Yggdra Union What happens when a cute princess loses her kingdom to an invading force? Find a rag-tag group of Rob-in-Hood-style renegades and take it back, of course! In Yggdra Union, Atlus' latest offering for the Game Boy Advance, players are thrust into a
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          294 92  -  Eugene Neubronner Pox Nora Magic The Gathering. Dungeons And Dragons. Mage Knight. All the three titles are inspirations for the deep strategy, free-to-play game, Pox Nora. The game recently came out of beta and is only available online at www.octopi.com where players can sign up. What sets
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          374 92  -  Valentine Chua, Rata Nadal Tennis If you want to play a decent match of tennis on the Nintendo DS, you will be disappointed with the lack of variety out there. One of the games is based on a Japanese tennis anime, while another is a complete
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            515 93  -  Tan Chong Yaw, Leica Digilux 3 $4,480 Buy from authorised dealers or visit www.schmidtmarketing. com for details It has a formidable presence: Whip out the Ikg camera and heads will turn. Leica's Digilux 3 is a DSLR chockful of the latest technologies but it looks
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            467 93  -  MX Wong, Leica V-Lux 1 Digital Camera $1,500 Get it from authorised outlets Leica's V-Lux 1 is well worth the wait. Feature-laden, it is targeted at the advanced amateur photographer who would otherwise shy away from the world of digital SLR photography not least because
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          475 94  -  Billy Teo, Packard Bell's latest MP3 player is a decent but unspectacular offering Packard Bell Vibe 360 (2GB) $228 Available at authorised Packard Bell retailers First things first: Yes, the Packard Bell Vibe 360 is one of those would-be iPod Nano killers. The pocket-friendly Vibe 360 comes
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          547 94  -  Wilson Wong, Nokia N93i $1,288 Get it from telecoms stores The Nokia N93i is an update from its predecessor, the Nokia N93. The form is mostly unchanged, but some nice aesthetic improvements have been added. The phone now sports laser etched keypads instead of the pudgy buttons of
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          246 94  -  Eugene Neubronner, Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse $119 Get it from authorised dealers Cool and chic. Words you rarely associate with Microsoft's stable of solid but unremarkable line of products. All that changes with the introduction of the Habu gaming mouse. In collaboration with Razer one
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          435 95  -  Nebojsa Novakovic, Asus PGI9I LCD monitor $669 (inclusive of GST) Get it from authorised Asus resellers If you are a gamer or a multimedia-savvy desktop PC user, you know that if you want great images and sound, you need to buy a good monitor and
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          107 96 Rough Guide to Blogging •Jonathan Yang London: Rogh Guides, 2006. Call no 006.7 VAN (COM) This book crunches everything blogosphere from history to impact. And in an easy-to-read fashion. It covers topics such as how to start your own blog or contribute to an existing blog, blog
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        491 96 E-mail your tech queries to stled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Losing time Q Recently when I switched on the computer, an Acer BIOS appeared: "Phoenix Award Biossv6.00Pg An Energy Star Ally etc....This BIOS is exclusively for Acer only etc PressFI to continue." When F1 is
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        237 97 Products and services for the enterprise Hardware Route data wirelessly A new range of routers that connect to networks wirelessly has just been released by Netgear, a provider of networking products. The Rangemax Next routers are the first in the industry to ship with Intel's "Connect with Centrino" certification.
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        133 97 Active subscribers of McAfee security products can upgrade their software to make them compatible with the newly launched Windows Vista operating system from Microsoft. The free upgrade is for the software suites McAfee Total Protection, McAfee Internet Security Suite, McAfee PC Protection Plus and McAfee Virus
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        660 97 Technology news from around the world Document format to be ISO standard Adobe Systems Portable Document Format will become the standard electronic document format of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The PDF 1.7 specification will be released to AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management Association which promotes the adoption
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        857 98 M.K. WONG reports on the new developments from Lotusphere 2007 in Orlando, Florida Users of Lotus Notes gathered here last month learnt that Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0, first announced a year ago, will be available from mid-2007. That is good news because it has been
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        728 99 Research firm releases report of top 10 predictions in supply management space for 2007. SERENE LUO reports Manufacturers are in for a challenging year ahead. Research firm IDC's latest report and predictions on manufacturing and supply chain management (SCM) reveal two main factors that may
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        744 100 RAY STANTON 40, global head of business continuity, security and governance practice, BT CEOs demand that their employees comply with security policies. But they should look to themselves first, Mr Stanton tells DARYL LIM Before chief executive officers (CEOs) talk about strong
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        769 102 Microsoft's Windows Vista is finally airborne. DARYL LIM checks out the new OS After a five-year wait, numerous starts and restarts, and a US$6 billion (559.2 billion) investment, Windows Vista has arrived. Launched last week in the US amid much fanfare,including an eye-catching performance by 16 brightly coloured
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        194 102 1. Aero Glass-like windows and translucent borders make up Vista's snazzier interface. Hovering your mouse over programs in the taskbar pops up thumbnails so you can quickly sort through your open windows, and the new Instant Search feature allows you to find files and folders
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          425 103 Windows Vista comes in several different flavours. DARYL LIM does a taste test to find out which is the right one for you No matter what your needs are, it looks like Windows Vista has you covered. While six different editions of Vista have been produced, two of
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          818 105 Not everyone will buy it, but ALFRED SIEW says he is not turning back from the snazzier Vista It has been called underwhelming by critics, who say most people won't need it. Others say it is a copycat of Apple's pretty Macintosh system. Like it
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          438 107 DARYL LIM gives you both sides of the picture Upgrading to a new operating system (OS) can be a daunting affair not least because you have to move all your files to the new system. On top of that, there are so many sales claims
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          302 107  -  Alfred Siew If you are feeling a little lost after installing Windows Vista, fret not. Here is how to find five frequently used items on your desktop. 1. Where are my Favourites? With Internet Explorer 7, which is shipped with Vista, you will find the
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          147 108 Things you may or may not have known about Microsoft's new OS 5 The number of years Microsoft took to develop Vista, A making it the longest wait ever for a new Windows. BBBI £^k The number I II of families that §pBk I I tested Vista I
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          388 110 Vista's parental controls are effective and easy to set up. LIM YEE HUNG finds out more Like many parents, Mrs Adeline Poon, 50, fought a losing battle with her teenage children over their computer usage. The housing agent, who confesses to being "not really
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          821 111 Hardcore PC gamer ALFRED SIEW finds out why Vista is set to make games more appealing on the frag box Tell someone who has just bought an Xbox 360 or Play Station 3 about a new PC game, and he will likely say: "No
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          343 113 Office 2007 and One Care for Vista help you work smarter while protecting your PC. Microsoft Office 2007 By far the most noticeable change in Office 2007 is its interface. Functions are now grouped into tabs, with frequently used functions, such as saving and opening documents,
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          397 113 For unfamiliar Vista users THAM YUEN-C picks five resource guides that will help Vista might have been five years in the making, but you won't have to wait as long for the experts to figure it out. A good thing, since this iteration of
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      449 96 \ov Agilent Technologies 1 Authorized Distributor R^+OgiJ iNETest Resources has been appointed Authorised Distributor for Agilent's growing range of basic instruments. iNETest will be responsible for the sales and stocking of this range of products such as Multimeters, Power Supplies, Function Generators, Oscilloscopes and Signal Analysers. iNETest Resources offers Agilent's
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      166 107 Digital Life Microsoft Windows VISTA PROMOTION The new Windows Vista comes with a snazzier look, better ease of use, and is more secure against hackers than previous Windows operating systems. Specially for Digital Life readers, Microsoft is giving away 10 copies of Windows Vista Home Premium edition. To win a
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        152 117 Jakarta, Indonesia What happened As part of its plan to stamp out bird flu by the end of this year, the Indonesian authorities announced that a million birds in the capital would have been culled by the end of the month. Indonesia has the highest number of
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        131 117 99 What it is That is the percentage by which catches of some species of fish, such as the Tiger grouper and Napolean wrasse, have fallen in Asia's coastal reefs from 1995 to 2003. In addition, 88 per cent of South-east Asia's coral reefs face destruction from
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        146 117 China's test-launch of anti-satellite missile What happened China secretly shot down one of its old satellites on Jan I I, sparking an outcry from countries such as the United States and Japan. After keeping silent over the matter for almost two weeks, the Chinese government confirmed the
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        450 118  -  ELLEN WHYTE Waging war against cigarettes is a long-term one, and everyone must help. Tobacco was originally native to tropical areas of the Americas. Taken in large quantities, it causes hallucinations, a property that made it a prized commodity with shamans who used it as part of their
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        412 119 What makes us shiver and get goose bumps, the tiny lumps that make your arm look like plucked chicken skin? ALISON DE SOUZA finds out. It all starts in your nervous system, which is made up of your brain, spinal cord and nerves. Nerves
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        496 120 While most I I and 12-year-olds are getting ready for their Primary School Leaving Examinations, Abigail Breslin is earning big bucks in Hollywood. Eleven-year-old Abigail Breslin was last seen in the movie, Little Miss Sunshine, where she was reportedly paid about US$ 150,000 (S$280,000) to play the role
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        305 121 Worried about ghosts, a drunk locked inside a church in Havant, Britain, rang out the morse code for SOS on the church bell. Eventually a local resident realised something was wrong and alerted police officers who, in turn, contacted church employee Vicki Mockford, who
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        154 121 Global warming caused by humans is real visible in the air, water and melting ice and will get much worse, an upcoming global scientific report will warn. The first part of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the top United Nations scientific authority on the
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        61 121 Ailing Cuban leader Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is fighting for his life, his friend, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said. Mr Castro, 80, has been gravely ill following three failed operations to cure a deadly disease in his intestines. But Mr Chavez remains optimistic. "I spoke to him a few
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        103 121 Singapore will host the celebrations for World Health Day on April 2, and hold a debate on Health And Security, the theme for this year's World Health Report. This was announced in Geneva by the newly-elected World Health Organisation Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan. She met Singapore's Senior Minister of
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        106 121 One of the last jailed members of a notorious 1970s terror gang in this country has made a bid for early parole. She has asked to be released although her term has not been completed. Her plea is supported by government lawyers in Berlin. Brigitte Mohnhaupt, 57, was once
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        128 121 United Nations bird flu officialson Jan 23 urged Asian countries to be on heightened alert for new outbreaks ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year holidays, as fresh cases were reported in Thailand and Japan. The livestock authorities in Bangkok confirmed the country's second case of bird flu outbreak
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        108 121 A man was bitten by a great white shark and lived to tell the tale. One of the world's most fearsome predators crushed Mr Eric Nerhus' face, broke his nose and shredded his wetsuit, leaving deep gashes in his head, chest and back Mr Nerhus, 41, who was protected
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        137 122 Here are the winners of the Cheetah Girls Contest published in the Jan 16 issue of Little Red Dot Bertrice Hsu Li-Jia Methodist Girls' Primary School Zayniell Vijandiran Zhenli Methodist Girls' School Chua KimYen Da Qiao Primary School Chin Wei Li Da Qiao Primary School Jireh Tan Jin Kiat
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        161 122 These Nanyang Girls' High School students are flashing their pearlies and waving movie tickets with glee and with good reason too. They got to watch the movie The Illusionist for free. They were among the 500 primary and secondary school students and teachers
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        220 122 A trip to Grandpa's hometown AoTou BY ANGQING, 10, PRIMARY 5, Al TONG SCHOOL After a long and tiring ride in Tong An, Xiamen, I reached the village where my great great grandfather, Universe Ang used to live "Ao Tou". Mountains of very dirty oyster shells piled everywhere. Each
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        584 123 How does the mind work to retain what you see and hear? Mrs Carmee Lim (left) explains, bytessawong Have you ever wondered how your brain and memories work? Three people curious about such issues pose their questions to expert Mrs Carmee Lim. She used to
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        311 124 In the earlier years, flights into Singapore landed on Race Course and Balestier Plain. Now they land at an award-winning airport. BY JESSICA LIM research by sph information resource centre FORYOUR GRANDPARENTS In 1929, the Seletar Air Base was built to cater to all aircraft. This soon
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        640 125 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES Dec 6, 1955, Alabama (United States) Earlier today, an African American woman was convicted of breaking the law when she refused to give up her bus seat for a white person. The incident took place on the
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        385 126 If you have felt the weather getting warmer, do not be surprised. According to geologists scientists who study the earth worldwide, the Earth's average temperature is on the rise. This process is called global warming, and 2007 may be the hottest year in recorded history yet.
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        251 127 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a vast collection of classroom recipes. This week, we put pupils' analytical and writing skills to the test. BY MALINI NATHAN DOT TREAT Group work, two periods DOT MISSION Write a letter to
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        569 128 In the year 2005, sightings of the Malayan porcupine on Pulau Tekong were reported. The sightings created much excitement among nature lovers because this prickly animal has not been seen on mainland Singapore for 50 years. What a pleasant and spiky surprise! The rediscovery of the Malayan porcupine
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