The Straits Times, 12 February 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES '2 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon PM: Budget to offset GST impact on lower-income
    682 1  -  Lydia Lim Serene Luo Also on the cards: Partial Workfare so more workers can benefit from govt help AHEAD of the Budget to be unveiled on Thursday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday assured lower-income Singaporeans it would contain measures that would
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    Lock icon Boom time in services sector with 111,000 new jobs
    670 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia By THE service sector was red-hot last year with almost 111,000 jobs created. Many have yet to be filled, and more are in the pipeline. The number of service jobs on offer was up 50 per cent from the
    WANG HUI FEN; BONG FORTIN  -  670 words
  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Fears over military's role in Thai economy
      783 1  -  Leslie Lopez By THAILAND'S coup leaders have begun to expand their economic clout steadily, stoking concerns that the country's military could be staging a comeback into business. Since ousting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in September's bloodless putsch, the coup leaders have taken control
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon It will be hot, dry days ahead for Singapore
      571 3  -  Arti Mulchand Monsoon that brought heavy rain will also bring very dry weather for next two months By AFTER the severe storms and floods in recent weeks, Singaporeans should prepare for unusually hot and dry weather in the next two months.
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      Lock icon Tokyo records longest snowless winter
      130 3 TOKYO yesterday set a record for its longest snowless winter amid growing worldwide concern about global warming. The metropolitan area of the capital has not had snow this season, making it the longest snowless winter since statistics were first kept in 1876, the Japan Meteorological
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      Lock icon Rise of sea levels 'will hit big nations too'
      436 3  -  Ravi Velloor P. Jayaram In New Delhi SMALL island states are most vulnerable, but even Indonesia, Fhailand and China will feel :he backlash as global warming :auses sea levels to rise. That is the warning from :he scientist who chaired the
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      Lock icon Iran still defiant over nuclear push
      647 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE READY FOR TALKS "We are prepared for dialogue but will not suspend our activities. The government will defend the rights of the Iranian nation." IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 'You will hear frequently about the great progress
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      290 4 BUDGET FOCUS I jm^i^H Companies can look forward to a corporate tax cut in the coming Budget. Find out what goodies are in store for middle-income people Dried blood and skin on walls. Flat infested with bugs. He was like a 'decomposing corpse?' How did he get express Skin Solutions
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Stock market fever hits China's students
      801 5  -  Tracy Quek FENG YUN sdfsdfdf By China Correspondent In Beijing UNIVERSITY students on shoestring budgets have traditionally waited tables, flipped burgers at fast-food joints or taken on odd jobs to earn an extra buck. But recently, enterprising students in China are turning to a
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      Lock icon Getting into the game
      184 5  -  TRACY QUEK AFTER five years of lacklustre performance, China's stock market is now red-hot. Following a wave of government reforms aimed at reviving investor interest, China's main stock exchange, the Shanghai Composite Index, leapt 130 per cent last year, becoming one of the best-performing exchanges in
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon A royal touch for regional ties
        572 6  -  Kwan Weng Kin AP sdfsdfsdf By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN'S monarchy is actively doing its bit to improve ties with South Korea and China in ways that politicians find hard to beat. Late last month, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attended the preview
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        Lock icon Hu ends Africa tour with more grants
        374 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA Victoria CHINESE President Hu Jintao has returned home after completing a 12-day, eight-nation tour of Africa where he spread China's largesse with gifts and grants and a series of trade deals. But the pitch has failed to silence some Western
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        Lock icon Name changes 'could bring disaster'
        352 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taipei FORMER Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui has warned that the island's drive to remove references of rival China from the names of state-run companies could bring disaster. Under the campaign pushed by the current president, Mr Chen Shui-bian, four state-run firms
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  352 words
    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Stanley Ho fights back with huge Macau casino
        395 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Macau BILLIONAIRE Stanley Ho launched his comeback campaign in Macau yesterday, opening a huge casino he hopes will bring punters back to his once-dominant gaming halls. Mr Ho, who for 40 years held a monopoly on gambling in
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        Lock icon Final push to seal deal with N. Korea
        559 7  -  Clarissa Oon sdfsdf By China Correspondent In Beijing ENVOYS to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme will hold a final day of negotiations today, US chief negotiator Christopher Hill announced last night. Mr Hill, the US Assistant Secretary of State,
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Shake-out looms in India's airline sector
        507 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE sdfsdf Bangalore INDIAN air travel may be booming but the country's airlines are deep in the red, suggesting closures, mergers and acquisitions are inevitable, says a report. India's air carriers are expected to post a combined loss of about US$5OO million (*****
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        Lock icon NO LONGER NOTED
        67 8 AFP Mount Everest will replace this picture of King Gyanendra on PHOTO: Nepalese 10 rupee (20 Singapore cents) notes, the country's government said yesterday. King Gyanendra was stripped of nearly all his powers following mass protests last year that ended nearly 15 months of absolute rule. The
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        Lock icon Bangladesh's Nobel peace laureate eyes politics
        147 8 REUTERS Dhaka BANGLADESH'S 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said yesterday he might launch a political party and stand for election. Professor Yunus, the founder of the Grameen Bank and known as the banker to the poor, said he had written an open
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        Lock icon Cash for tribal women who bear over 12 children
        203 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Gauhati (India) TRIBAL leaders in India's remote north-east are offering cash rewards to women who bear more than a dozen children in a bid to keep from being outnumbered by settlers from elsewhere. In the past two months, Khasi
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Flu-hit Mahathir admitted to hospital
        233 10  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was admitted to the National Heart Institute yesterday for observation and tests after suffering a bout of flu at the weekend. His press aide, Mr Sufi Yusoff, said Tun Dr Mahathir,
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        Lock icon Abdullah meets Thai Premier
        462 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS sdfsdf Bangkok MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister held informal talks with his Thai counterpart yesterday to discuss the violence that has plagued Thailand's southern provinces and left more than 2,000 dead. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi met Thai Premier Surayud Chulanont during a round of golf
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        Lock icon Media tycoon opens up on merger
        286 10 Kuala Lumpur THE Sarawakian tycoon who rarely talks to the media has spoken about his decision to merge three newspaper publishing firms. In an e-mail interview with the New Sunday Times, Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King said the "bold decision" to merge Malaysia's Nanyang
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      Lock icon CHANGE AGENT
      1481 11  -  Ravi Velloor P. JAYARAM ASIA INTERVIEW sdfsdf By India Bureau Chief India Correspondent In New Delhi BACK from Paris after presenting a climate change report, Dr Rajendra Pachauri was disturbed by a mosquito's buzz as he rested in his New Delhi home last week. What alarmed the environmental
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Putin throws down gauntlet to West
      791 12  -  Jonathan Eyal sdfsdfsd By Straits Times Europe Bureau THE annual security conference in the southern German city of Munich is traditionally a venue where defence leaders showcase their plans for making the world a more stable place. Not the one held last weekend, however.
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      Lock icon Iranian bombs smuggled into Iraq, says coalition
      359 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad UNITED States-led coalition forces in Iraq presented yesterday what officials said was "a growing body" of evidence of Iranian weapons being used to kill coalition soldiers. A senior defence official from the Multi-National Force told a briefing that 170
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      Lock icon Asian flavour to new UN administration
      624 13  -  Betsy Pisik »UNITED NATIONS APPOINTMENTS Secretary-General Ban distributes power, naming familiar diplomats to key posts By For The Straits Times In New York ASIAN diplomats and regional experience dominate the slate of senior UN appointments announced by Secre-tary-General Ban Xi Moon. This set an
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      Lock icon Can Tiger survive low-fare Aussie jungle?
      313 14  -  Roger Maynard ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE sdfsdf By Australia Correspondent In Sydney THE battle for Australia's skies will be won by the airline with the deepest pockets, industry observers say. Three days after Tiger Airways announced plans to launch a domestic Australian service,
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Tory leader 'smoked cannabis at Eton'
        171 14 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRITISH opposition leader David Cameron yesterday refused to deny newspaper reports claiming he had smoked cannabis as a teenager. "I'm not issuing denials," Mr Cameron said. "Like many people, I did things when I was young that I shouldn't have done
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        Lock icon Actor Fiennes in mile-high scandal
        221 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRITISH movie star Ralph Fiennes (right) is at the centre of a mile-high sex scandal involving an Australian flight attendant, a report said yesterday. A 38-year-old Qantas stewardess has been suspended and could lose her job after fellow crew members allegedly spotted her
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon SEGOLENE UNVEILS PROPOSALS
        126 15 REUTERS PARIS: Socialist presidential hopeful Segolene Royal, trailing in the opinion polls and struggling to kick start her gaffe-prone campaign, unveiled 100 proposals yesterday that she said would make France a stronger, fairer place. Termed "the presidential pact", the policies were drawn up following weeks of nationwide
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        Lock icon 2 STONED TO DEATH ON ISLAND
        132 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME Three Italian women were brutally attacked while vacationing on a Cape Verde resort island, dragged into the woods and left at the bottom of a hole, according to the single survivor who recounted the tragedy on Saturday. When she regained consciousness,
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        Lock icon ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DIE IN FIRE
        88 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: A fire at a South Korean detention centre killed nine Chinese and injured 18 other foreigners, mostly Chinese, who were awaiting deportation for illegal entry, officials said yesterday. The fire broke out before dawn at the centre in Yeosu, some 450 km
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        Lock icon DISABLED KIDS ABANDONED IN HK
        70 15 REUTERS HONG KONG: A Chinese travel agent has been accused of abandoning mentally-disabled children in Hong Kong so that they could benefit from its better welfare system, a report said yesterday. The agent from Guangdong province faced three counts of child abuse for bringing three
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      Lock icon Work at disputed holy site to proceed, says Israel
      388 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS sdfsdf Jerusalem ISRAEL'S Cabinet yesterday ordered construction work to proceed at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem despite strong objections from the Muslim world and two days of violent Pales- tinian protests. Ahead of the vote ordering the
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      Lock icon Unity deal in hand, Palestinians seek end to sanctions
      281 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Jerusalem PALESTINIAN leaders have fanned out across the world in a diplomatic blitz to convince world leaders to support their power-sharing deal by lifting economic sanctions on their government. Palestinian representatives have already spoken to US Secretary of
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon Singapore's 'big-picture' Budget to be unveiled
        255 16  -  ERICA TAY SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS SECOND Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will unveil the Budget on Thursday. It has been billed as a Budget that will tilt the balance of public spending towards helping the poor and providing for an ageing population. To pay
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        Lock icon China minister on trade trail
        160 16  -  CLARISSA 00N EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS CHINESE Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has a busy week visiting India and then Japan. Mr Li's four-day visit to India, which began yesterday, will boost trade and tourism cooperation as well as see the launch of a hotline
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        Lock icon Decision time on airport
        152 16  -  NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS THE Thai authorities will meet today to discuss a definitive report on repairs required at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. On Feb 14, a final decision will be taken on how much of the airport must be closed for repairs to
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        Lock icon Tense Hariri anniversary
        148 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS WORLD WHAT IT IS WITH the anniversary of former Lebanon prime minister Rafik Hariri's slaying this week, fears are increasing in downtown Beirut of a possibly explosive stand-off between government supporters called to the site of his grave and opposition protesters camped nearby. Supporters of
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        32 16 CAIRO: The World Health Organisation holds a bird flu conference. KHARTOUM: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Sudan. BERLIN French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy visits Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel
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        Lock icon TUESDAY
        27 16 THE HAGUE: International conference on climate change is held. PUNJAB (India): Assembly elections are held. KUALA LUMPUR: Organisation of Islamic Conference Inter-Parliamentary Union meets in Malaysia.
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        36 16 WASHINGTON: Legislators Forum on Climate Change and Energy Security is held with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to make keynote speech by video. ANKARA: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Turkey for talks on energy cooperation.
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        19 16 MADRID: Trial of 29 suspects in the 2004 Islamist train bombings in Madrid, which killed 191 people, begins.
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        11 16 PYONGYANG: North Korean President Kirn Jong-il celebrates his 65th birthday.
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        10 16 DOHA: US-Islamic World Forum is held until Feb 19.
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        6 16 BEIJING: Chinese New Year begins.
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      25 12 Battle for Australia's skies With Jetstar and Virgin Blue established on Australia's domestic routes, new player Tiger Airways needs deep pockets to win. PAGE 14
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Russia and its Asia play
      430 17 THIS week's meeting of the Russian, Chinese and Indian foreign ministers in New Delhi, which closely follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip there, is a wake-up call to those who do not notice that the Soviet Union's successor state is a ready and willing Asian
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      Lock icon Less is more rewarding
      1384 17  -  A.bhijit Ghosh killian pattwell IRELAND'S CORPORATE TAX THE cat is out of the bag. Singapore will cut its basic corporate tax rate by at least 1 per cent, as announced by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew recently, with details to be revealed during Thursday's Budget speech.
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      Lock icon New Sand, anyone?
      857 17  -  Chua Lee Hoong »INDONESIA'S BAN ON SAND EXPORTS By Review Editor INDONESIA'S ban on the export of sand took effect last week. On paper, the ban applies to all countries. But Singapore is by far its largest importer, and one Indonesian official has already acknowledged that the
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      Lock icon A tense undercurrent surfaces
      1244 18  -  John R. Bradley UNITED STATES-JAPAN ALLIANCE By Senior Writer THE nuclear-powered submarine USS Newport News collided with supertanker Mogami Gawa on Jan 9, tearing five holes in the Japanese ship's hull and damaging its propeller blades. It was not a particularly alarming accident in terms of
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      672 21  -  Jessica Cheam 40 complaints against yoga, fitness centres last year double the number in 2005 lag MUSHROOMING fitness and yoga centres are raking in what some have dubbed the "yoga dollar", but not all who signed up have ended up
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      942 22  -  Teh Joo Lin TEH JOO LIN »LOST IN SINGAPORE, FOUND IN MALAYSIA sdfsdf By A 12-YEAR-OLD boy donned his school uniform, picked up his schoolbag and set out from his Woodlands home one Friday morning but school was furthest from
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      325 22  -  Ben Nadarajan By A SMALL bottle of water was all Associate Professor Francis Pavri had with him when he became separated from his group of trekkers on a mountain in Johor on Saturday afternoon. And it kept him going for 24 hours
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      474 22  -  Krist 800 By Tourism Correspondent CHANGI Airport is gearing up for what the duty-free world calls the most eagerly contested battle for shop territory in 2007. More than five airport retailers have handed in their bids by 4pm on Friday to
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      Lock icon High earner? Make giving a habit: SM Goh
      579 23  -  Keith LinJ sdfsdf By SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday called again for more high-in-come Singaporeans to give at least 0.5 per cent of what they earn to charity. His target group seems to be the privileged minority who earn $7,000 or
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      Lock icon Bachelor Boy rock 'n' rolls back the years
      265 23  -  LOH KENG FATT SINGER Cliff Richard does not rest on his laurels. The super-trouper that he is, the 66-year-old Briton sees no need to rest on a Sunday, especially not when there is a full house to serenade to. That was the
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      295 23 RECORDS were broken yesterday in the name of Singapore's two main transport operators, with the proceeds going to charity. In the morning, SMRT made a bid to enter the Singapore Book Of Records by cramming as many people as possible into an MRT
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      Lock icon 2 new PAP MPs elected into party's HQ exco
      369 24 TWO of the 24 new PAP MPs elected at last year's general election have been appointed to the party's headquarters executive committee. It is an indication that Rear-Admiral (NS) Lvi Tuck Yew and Mr Lee Vi Shyan are seen as having
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      683 24  -  Gabriel Chen sdfsdf By Lance Ang THE hongbao queues are back and some bank customers are seeing red over the caps placed by some local banks on how much cash they can swop for crisp new notes. The three local banks
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      572 25  -  Jane Ng MAKING EDUCATED CHOICES sdfsdf By JUNIOR college students who have come under the new expanded A-level curriculum since last year have generally coped well with it. About the same percentage of them passed their JCI exams and started JC2 this year in
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      607 25  -  JANE NG SCIENCE student Christopher Tay has a dose of the arts in his life: He is taking art and design as part of the requirements under the new junior college curriculum. But it has turned out to be more than just a
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      288 25 TWICE a week, Shaun Nathan finds himself on the hilly campus of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The 17-year-old is only in the second year of junior college, but is taking university-level maths as an advanced module, equivalent in standard to what
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      266 25 THE new, expanded curriculum for students in junior colleges kicked in last year. The cohort that began their pre-university studies then will become the first one under this curriculum to sit for the A-level examinations at the end of this year. These are the features of their curriculum:
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  • THE New Market
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      480 26  -  KARON NG This page is compiled by the Special Projects Unit of the SPH Marketing Division By\ INSTEAD of laboriously punching in an Internet address on your mobile phone to access a WAP site (a webpage optimised for the mobile phone), you can now do it
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        172 26 PANASONIC has launched the first-ever 103-inch plasma display panel (PDP) with 1080p HDTV (highdefinition television) resolution. Equivalent to four 50-inch panels in size, the 103-inch PDP is on display at Best Denki Ngee Ann City and Courts Megastore for two months. Participate in a lucky
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        Lock icon Have a shot of Vitamin C
        74 26 THE next time you need a snack, reach out for the China Sweet Golden Grapefruit, which is an excellent source of Vitamin C. A cross between oranges and grapefruits, the fruit originated in Japan and is grown in Hangzhou in China. The yellowish translucent
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        Lock icon Seven wonders
        42 26 TAKA Jewellery's charming heart-within-a-heart diamond pendant is back by popular demand. The versatile jewellery piece can be worn separately or together to create the look you want. This special edition 7 Wonders pendant retails at $79, available at TAKA Jewellery.
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        Lock icon Fragrant goodies
        95 26 FOR fuss-free Chinese New Year shopping, choose from Fragrance Foodstuff's range of barbecued meat (bakkwa). Hong Kong style sausages, cuttlefish and meat floss. Made from 100 per cent fresh pork, the bakkwa contains Chinese herbs such as ginseng and stays fresh for two weeks without refrigeration. The Hong
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        68 26 SEARCHING for a suitable Valentine's Day gift? Consider Goldheart's <; Celestial diamond heart-shaped pendant crafted in white gold, priced from $558, or a newly-introduced pendant with a stylised round motif, at $1,188 nett. Alternatively, do your part for charity by purchasing selected stainless steel pendants from the
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        94 26 OWELL has designed a pair of matching bio-magnetic bracelets for Valentine's Day. Made of silicone, each bracelet comes with a black onyx precious stone which is either rectangular or oval. Like all Owell accessories, the bracelets contain natural magnets used in traditional therapy to increase blood
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      273 27  -  Tessa Wong By GHOULS and gingerbread men helped raise $7,500 for charity. They were featured among the creations of 150 youths from 10 schools for the 100 Chairs project to raise funds for the Singapore Children's Society. Three Nanyang Technological University mass communication students Ms
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      Lock icon Don't put going green on catwalk
      391 27  -  Jessica Lim SOAP BOX sdfsdf By WE USE more paper than plastic but more paper than ever before. We wear brands that are eco-friendly, then drink out of styrofoam cups. With ethical consumerism gaining as much clout with youth as designer labels, eco-friendly products
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      450 27 February 12 to 15 TO-DO LISTINGS Bye Buy!: Instinc Relocates... Date: Feb 13 Time: 7pm Venue: Instinc, 23, Emerald Hill Road Admission: Free Artist-run art space Instinc will relocate to a new home at Haji Lane in March. To celebrate, head to its free-for-all relocation party to bid
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      Lock icon Arms unused? Money well-spent on deterrence
      493 28  -  Lujunwen I REFER to the letters by Mr Koo Zhi Xuan ("Not slaughtering sacred cow but taking away some food"; ST, Feb 8) and Mr Quek Soo Beng ("Examine the old sacred cow of defence spending"; ST, Jan 27), which advocate a decrease in
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      335 28  -  Wong Hoong Hooi MR KOO Zhi Xuan made a valid point in asking whether we might not decrease the defence budget with circumspection to reallocate the funds to other needs ("Not slaughtering sacred cow but taking away some food"; ST, Feb 8). It is
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      120 28  -  Dr Tan Jok Tin THE letter, "Hefty spending on defence justified" (ST, Jan 30), by Mr Goh Khee Kuan says, and I agree, that a decisive deterrence is critical. He concedes that the defence expenditure is large and at the expense of
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      387 28  -  Liang Xinyi (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Aircon, covered walkways make life less of a drudgery", by Mr Ow Yeong Wai Kit (ST, Feb 7). While it is true that most of us would not want to compromise on our current standard of
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      Lock icon Can algebra be used to solve PSLE maths problems?
      232 28  -  Lim Boon Tong SOME parents of primary school pupils seem to be confused about their children's mathematics as taught by some teachers. From comments I gathered when tutoring Primary 6 pupils, it appears that model-drawing methods have to be used in
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      Lock icon Agencies on the alert to keep sea, beaches clean
      295 28  -  Simon Ang Tan Quee Hong WE REFER to Mr Charles Lim's letter on the state of Singapore's beaches, especially around the East Coast area ("Act on pollution and litter in Spore waters"; ST, Feb 5). The National Environment Agency (NEA) monitors
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      247 28  -  N. Nageswaran WHERE there has been violation of any law or rule, the authorities do not take action unless someone complains (or writes to The Straits Times' Forum page), which is disappointing. There are many instances where laws have been flouted with impunity,
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      261 28  -  Calvine Chew Chee How I RECENTLY had Sing Net Broadband lOMbps installed and was surprised that my maximum download bandwidth was a mere 3Mbps. The installation technician was clueless so I had to call the Sing Net helpdesk. During our conversation, the
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      107 28 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia1. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. To revive the kampung spirit, HDB has to put its ear to the ground and scrutinise its own heart Important human values we need to cherish Don't just rely on military might; total defence
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      Lock icon A season Liverpool want to forget
      546 29 PREMIERSHIP SOCCER Their only chance at silverware lies in Europe after the defeat by Newcastle London NEXT season cannot come soon enough for Liverpool. Their slim chances of overhauling Manchester United dissolved in the rain after an embarrassing 1-2 Premiership defeat by Newcastle on
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      Lock icon Jo1 worried about Spurs' form, not job
      430 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London TOTTENHAM manager Martin Jol is adamant he is under no pressure after their defeat by Sheffield United on Saturday. But he is concerned about his side's lack of form. Spurs threw away an early lead against Sheffield United at Bramall
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      Lock icon West Ham heading south
      227 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London WEST Ham's battle for Premiership survival took a blow after a devastating defeat by rock-bottom Watford at Upton Park. Watford won 1-0, courtesy of Darius Henderson's first-half penalty on Saturday. West Ham could have earned a draw. But Marlon Harewood missed a penalty
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      Lock icon Bolton just hold off plucky Fulham
      310 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bolton (England) KEVIN Nolan boosted Bolton's bid for European football yesterday. His goal gave his team a 2-1 Premiership win over Fulham. He struck early in the second half to put the hosts in control, after Gary Speed had opened the scoring
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      140 29 /Ian United 27 21 3 3 63 18 66 Ihelsea 2718 6 3 48 19 60 .iverpool 2715 5 7 40 19 50 iolton 2714 5 8 32 28 47 Irsenal 2513 7 5 46 21 46 leading 2713 410 4134 43 'ortsmouth 2711 8 8 36 26 41
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      Lock icon Beckham returns from exile with goal and win
      395 29 REUTERS Madrid DAVID Beckham capped his return to the Real Madrid starting line-up with a goal and a win. After Real's 2-1 Spanish Primera Liga victory over Real Sociedad, the midfielder earned the plaudits of his teammates, coach Fabio Capello, and the
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      147 29 iarcelona 2112 7 2 43 18 43 levilla 2213 4 5 4121 43 teal Madrid ....2213 2 7 30 19 41 falencia 2112 3 6 32 18 39 [.Madrid 2110 6 5 27 17 36 laragoza 2110 5 6 33 22 35 Huelva 2110 3 8 3128 33
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      Lock icon Ronaldo, the 'world's best player', wants to be the world's best-paid player
      469 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRISTIANO Ronaldo (right) will deliver Manchester United an astonishing £8.3 million (5524.8 million) ultimatum: Make me the world's highest-paid player or I am off. The Portuguese is a £45 million target for Barcelona, who reportedly have
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      Lock icon Blue skies again at Chelsea
      498 30 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER sdfsdf London THERE was good news aplenty for Chelsea on Saturday. They beat Middlesbrough 3-0 in the Premiership to keep pace with Manchester United. The man tipped to replace Jose Mourinho as manager ruled himself out of the job. England international Frank
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      Lock icon I feared for my family, says Mikel
      315 30 London CHELSEA midfielder John Obi Mikel has revealed why he defied manager Jose Mourinho and played for his country last Tuesday. It was because the Nigerian feared for his family's safety back home. Mourinho wanted Mikel to pull out of the squad to
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      Lock icon Birthday joy for Johnson as he scores winner
      109 30 EVERTON'S Andy Johnson showed England what they were missing by celebrating his 26th birthday with a trademark winner on Saturday. His goal against Blackburn and overall performance cast doubt over Steve McClaren's decision to let him leave the England squad last Monday.
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      Lock icon Redknapp earns ref's wrath and a red card
      294 30 London PORTSMOUTH manager Harry Redknapp was sent off for protesting what appeared to be a terrible tackle on Pedro Mendes in Saturday's 2-1 Premiership win over Manchester City. The last time Mendes played against City, he left unconscious on a stretcher after
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      Lock icon Wenger not keen on US pre-season circus
      457 30 London ARSENAL may have become the latest English Premiership club seeking to exploit the American market. But manager Arsene Wenger will resist any publicity-seeking summer tour of the country, the kind that Manchester United and Chelsea have undertaken in recent years. Arsenal are
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      1206 31 ITALIAN SOCCER Clubs treasure the support, but also fear violent reaction of displeased fans Milan THE installation of 28 electronic turnstiles that was all it took for the Italian government to open the San Siro Stadium to season ticket-holders. The Serie A game
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      178 31 Inter Milan 22 19 3 0 48 17 60 AS Roma 22 15 4 3 46 17 49 Palermo 23 13 3 7 39 28 42 Empoli 22 8 8 6 20 19 32 Lazio 22 9 7 6 33 18 31 AC Milan 22 10 8 4 28
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      Lock icon Clean sweep by S'pore in India
      478 32  -  Chan Vi Shen ►>TABLE TENNIS sdfsdf By SINGAPORE completed a clean sweep of all six titles at the Indian Open in New Delhi yesterday. The Republic's paddlers captured the men's and women s singles and doubles titles. On Saturday, they had also bagged the
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      Lock icon Wilkinson leads poor England past Italy
      227 32 REUTERS RUGBY London THE euphoria surrounding England's emphatic Six Nations win over Scotland two weekends ago was tempered on Saturday by their struggle to break down Italy. The Scots, meanwhile, enjoyed a 21-9 victory over Wales. At Twickenham, Jonny Wilkinson underlined just how crucial
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      Lock icon An IRB satellite event for S'pore?
      611 32  -  Nicholas Fang By SINGAPORE is aiming to host an International Rugby Board (IRB) satellite tournament. It could take place later this year, and the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) is hoping that the move can boost its bid to bring back the prestigious Rugby Sevens
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      Lock icon Lefty weathers conditions to share lead
      402 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>GOLF Pebble Beach (California) THE conditions were the toughest "Lefty" Phil Mickelson had faced in eight months. It was a day of survival, when it was important to keep the ball in play and keep the big numbers off the scorecard. That
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      Lock icon Hedblom wins Malaysian Open
      173 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWEDEN'S Peter Hedblom shot a four-under 68 yesterday to win the Malaysian Open by one stroke from Frenchman Jean-Francois Lucquin. Hedblom made six birdies against two bogeys for an eight-under 280 at the Saujana Golf and Country Club to win the US$l.29 million (551.99
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        Lock icon SLINGERS TO TAKE ON CROCODILES
        67 32 SYDNEY: The Singapore Slingers will face the Townsville Crocodiles in the quarter-finals of the Australian National Basketball League play-offs. Singapore lost 76-102 to the Kings in their final regular-season game in Sydney yesterday. They finished eighth, with a 13-20 win-loss record, and will play at
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        Lock icon LATE HEROICS FROM OKUR, FISHER
        108 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY: An ill Mehmet Okur forced overtime on a lay-up with 12 seconds left, and Derek Fisher scored with 3 seconds left in the extra period to lift Utah to a 104-102 win over New York. Okur, who had stomach flu,
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        Lock icon MOSLEY BEATS COLLAZO EASILY
        98 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS: A dominant Shane Mosley eased to a points victory over Luis Collazo to take the interim World Boxing Council title on Saturday night. Judges scored the 12-round bout 118-109, 118-109 and 119-108 in his favour. The 35-year-old knocked down his fellow American
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        Lock icon ISINBAYEVA'S NEW INDOOR MARK
        73 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS DONETSK (Ukraine): Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own indoor world record in the women's pole vault on Saturday, clearing 4.93 meters at the "Pole Vault Stars" event. The 24-year-old Olympic and world champion bettered the 4.91 m set at this event last year for her
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        Lock icon INJURED NADAL OUT OF MARSEILLE OPEN
        59 32 REUTERS PARIS: Rafael Nadal, the world No 2 in men's tennis, has withdrawn from this week's Marseille Open with a thigh injury. He pulled out of Spain's Davis Cup first-round tie with Switzerland on Friday after straining a thigh muscle in training. Russian Nikolay
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      623 32 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 98 Toronto 92, New Jersey 93 Orlando 78, New Orleans 114 Memphis 99, Houston 104 Charlotte 83, Denver 109 Milwaukee 102, Utah 104 New York 102 (OT), Sacramento 114 Seattle 93. CRICKET Second one-day international in Rajkot, India: Sri Lanka 257-8 (K. Sangakkara 110, T. Dilshan
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  • OBITUARIES
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      99 33 RAS1AH THIAGARAIAH ANTHONY Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 11 Feb 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Nee mi id a Ramalcrishna Sons: Daughter: Aroul Raj Banu Itekha Sunder Kaj Brother: Sister-in-law: Rasiah K. Sabai Dora Rasiah Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Rasiah Pushpavaihy IR Ramchandra. deceased) Rasiah Leelavathy
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      162 33 CHIANG MOEY LOO Age: 86 Called home to be with the Lord on 11 February 2007. Son: Daughter-in-law: Poh Hooi Cheong Chan So Ying Daughters: Sons-in-law: Poh Chiew Hiang, Helen Tan Hoo What, Frankie Poh Chow Lin, Shirley Lim Soon Yong Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Tan Wei Zhi, Vincent Liew Chuen Yunn,
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      161 33 "My flesh and my heart may fall, but God Is ttie strength and my portion forever" Psalm 73:26 NG SOO LAN Age: 90 Was called home to be with the Lord on 11 Feb 2007. Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by her loved ones. Sons: Daughter-in-law: John Goh Nancy Low
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      144 33 pi i a ink; beng khim Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 10 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lim Joo Gin Sons: Daughter-in-law: Pao Shan Tan Song Ngoh Boo Chye Timothy Daughters: Sons-in-law: Li Hwa Chai Tng Khin Lee Eng Lee Lian Kwek Chin
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      134 33 "Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you." John 14:27 In Loving Memory of Coil's ('.nice to LIMAHWOON Age: 82 who went home with the Lord on 10 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: lan Ah Choo Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ijm Chwee 'leek
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      36 33 In Loving Memory of Our Parents S. SAROJA GSK NAIDU 12.9.05 12.2.03 Deeply missed and forever clierished by Mohan Das, Viji, Indrani, Ramadas, Devadas, Raji, Usha Devi, Pandu, Pandari, Ilaridas, our spouses, our children, relatives friends.
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      125 33 'Keep me safe. O God. for in you I lake refuge/ Psalm 16:1 TEO AH LAY MARY Age: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 Feb 2007 leaving behind loved ones. I Husband: Michael Chee Leng Hock, deceased) Son: Dr. Anthony Chee Kengjin Daughters: Son-in-law: Gwendolyn
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      90 33 The family of the late LIM BENG AI Departed 7 Feb 2007 wish lo express (heir heartfelt (hanks and appreciation (o relatives, friends, colleagues and husiness associates for (heir kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Husband:(!luia I wa low Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chiiii Chve reck Wee
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      90 33 In Loving Memory of the late JOLENETANJIEYI Age 21 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Tan Ec Cheng, Sam Mother: 1 long Kirn Choo, Wendy Brothers: Tan lie Jun, Lester Tan Jie Shcng, Marcus Body is resting at Blk 271
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      39 33 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of KHOO FONG LIEN Departed 12 Feb 2006 Beloved wife, mum. ah ma, We miss you so much. The love you gave us Spoke beautifully of you. Dearly missed forever cherished by loved ones.
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      30 33 12th ANNIVERSARY"* IN LOVING MEMORY OF LAMMAYYEE (Mrs. Victor Khoo) Departed on 12/2/1995 -Lt.llHl/IIJ ?< HlllHlMHlt/>!/. J 1111 -I >.i ml: Victor Khoo cs.-d©' h s nn^ harrj Khoo, Brandon Khoo
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      166 33 "For by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9 YIP LAI PENG (wife of late Lieu Peng Chee) Age: 83 was called home to the Lord on Saturday. 10 February
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      52 33 AL-1 ATI HAH AI.LAIIYARHAMAH MASNAII BTE ABDULLAH SHOW CHENG GEOK Ueirarled on 10 tet> 2007 FAMILY MEMBERS wish to express their hettrtfelt thanks antl appreciatum to relatives and friends for their kind assistance. attendance. condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. Blk 532 Bedok North St 3 #07-718 Tel: *****654
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      105 33 "Tlie Lord is my Sheplierd, I shall not want." Psalm 23:2 LIEWKONWAI Age: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 11 February 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Boey Pick Yee Sons: Daughter-in-law: Andrew Liew Yean Thong Daphne Ang Bee Geok David Liew Yean Sin Goddaughter: Katrina
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      119 33 "/-twee your country your people~'God said, "awl go to the land I will slum you," So lie left the land of the Chaldeans 8/ settled in Hanoi. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land when 1 you are now living. Acts 7:3 4 ANG CHEOW
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      35 33 A. MASILAMANI (A. M.MANI SUPPLY CO. BOOKSHOP) Age: 64 passed away peacefully on 06/02/07 and cremated on the same day Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Contact: *****714 Blkl9Telok Blangah Crescent #02-138 Singapore.
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      55 33 TThird Anniversary]] In loving memory of I Adeline Chu Chiu Ping Departed: 12th February 2004 'Sot a day goes by without a thought of you. You gave us love taught us to chase our dreams. Now we have only the memory of you in our hearts.' Always remembered by Anita,
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      107 33 CHONG SUIT KENG Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 10 February 2007. Dearly missed and forever remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Chan Koon Show, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chan Kong Fai Elsie Ng Chan Kwong You Linda Cheong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Sandra Chan Moo Ying Chan Fook Kong Evelyn Chan Moh Kit
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      66 33 NGWUNNGOK BENEDICT Age 59 was calk-d Imme to be with thelxirdon 10 Feb 2007 k-uving behind kiwtl onesWake is held at St. Teiesas Church. Kampnng Bahru l!d. IH; D.'tinj 7H7. Nightly services will be held oti 11 Feb 2007 and 12 Feb 2007 at 8pm. Cortege leaves on 13 Feb
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      21 33 In Loving Memory of ONGBEECHOO Departed: 12 Feb 2006 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Husband: Poh Chuan Sons: Edwin Ldmund
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      70 34 (0) Venture Corp lityDev Ireative Tech ardine C8C [eppel Corp lingTel CENTS 1300 1410 1030 1370 1860 342 60.0 40.0 40.0 30.0 30.0 28.0 4.4 2.8 3.7 2.1 1.6 7.6 Robinson Transmarco FTAsean40 1OOUS$ Longcheer SingTel 10 SingTel 100 UOL OSIH 515 70 810 93.5 340 340
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      85 34 Where S$ stands :eb 9 7.CHNG YR 2006/07 CLOSE FR Feb 8 S$ LOW S$ HIGF US$ 1.5330 +0.14 1.6630 1.5289 Euro 1.9947 -0.10 2.0589 1.9182 2.9889 +1.01 3.0566 2.7897 A$ 1.1951 +0.10 1.2369 1.1366 Yen* 1.2628 +0.30 1.4419 1.2605 Rupiah *0.***** +0.20 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2821 +0.20 4.3800
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      Lock icon Bourse set for further run-up
      467 34  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK sdfsdf By Markets Correspondent THIS week promises to be packed with action, as traders bid farewell to the lunar Year of the Fire Dog and welcome in the Year of the Golden Pig. While many will be sorry to see
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      7250 34 Unit Trusts Funds UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!" 1 074/ Star Europe Bond 1172/ Star Europe Bal 1233/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1344/ Star Asia Bond 1315/ Star Asia Balanced 1108/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0 214/ MultiStFd 0 979/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0 858/
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      575 35 REUTERS I »iiTT|i^»M^Hfi«Hj itMH i En LONDON NASDAQ Stock Market suffered a resounding defeat in its £2.7 billion (SsB.l billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Saturday, winning just 0.41 per cent of acceptances. Added to the 28.75 per cent
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      242 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI INDIA'S largest aluminium producer, Hindalco Industries, announced yesterday it was buying the United States-based firm Novelis for US$6 billion (559.2 billion). The latest big-bucks foreign takeover by an Indian firm follows Tata Steel's £7 billion (Ss2l billion) buyout
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      175 35 REUTERS MUMBAI INDIA'S Hinduja Group has teamed with Qatar Telecom and Russia's Altimo in its bid for control of fourth-big-gest Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar, newspapers said yesterday. Hinduja, with Qatar Telecom and Altimo, have submitted a "binding bid" for the
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    • BROKERS' CHOICE
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        72 35 MERRILL Lynch says that Singapore Airlines (SIA) is being hurt by its inability to aggressively grow its business due to Airbus A-380 delays. While it expects SIA to remain in the $17 to $18 price range, it says investors should look out for potential
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        101 35 CIMB-GK says that local banks will benefit from the Government's move to cut minimum Tier-I requirements from 7 per cent to 6 per cent. "Theoretically, DBS stands to gain the most. An additional 1 percentage point capital released would amount to 93
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        80 35 OCBC Investment Research says that for financial year 2007, In-ter-Roller Engineering expects to achieve a turnover matching the level seen the previous year, as the operational environment for airport logistics providers has improved with the easing of fuel prices. "As a result, earlier concerns on
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      617 36 REUTERS sdfsdf Essen (Germany) THE Group of Seven (G-7) industrial powers, under pressure to address a decline of the yen, warned investors on Saturday that they could get burned if they bet in one direction when Japan's economy is continuing to strengthen.
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      202 36 REUTERS Essen (Germany) CHINA joined the Group of Seven (G-7) nations for talks on the global economy on Saturday, marking an effective expansion of the club which may also admit other emerging economic powerhouses to almost double its size. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck,
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    • PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
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        89 36 PHILIPPE THEYTAZ: Appointed as executive director and head of business development for Societe Generale (SG) Private Banking, a new position created for the wealth management arm of the SG Group in Asia, effective last Thursday. Based in Singapore, Mr Theytaz, 44, will play a
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        72 36 PETER MAH: Appointed country manager of San Disk's South-east Asian business, effective last month. Mr Mah (right), who will be based in Singapore, is responsible for driving sales and increasing San Disk's market share in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. Prior to joining San Disk,
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        100 36 MOURAD MANKARIOS: Appointed as a principal coach at Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) Professional Development, effective on Feb 1. Prior to joining SIM, Mr Mankarios (right), 62, had spent 21 years at Dutch technology giant Royal Philips Electronics. He retired as the chief executive (CEO)
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        49 36 LOW WENG FATT: Appointed as managing director of China Entertainment Sports, effective on Feb 6. Mr Low, 41, will be responsible for the strategic planning of China Entertainment Sports. He will set the sales targets and ensure the financial stability of the group.
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        98 36 PETER BUXTON: Appointed as non-executive director of Yellow Pages (Singapore), effective Feb 6. Mr Buxton has 26 years of experience in the sector and has acted as a consultant with most directory publishers in Europe as well as some players in Asia and the United
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      384 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA will send ripples through the financial world when it unleashes an investment company with more money under management than any mutual fund in existence, analysts said. The State Foreign Exchange Investment Company, which could be formed within months,
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      Lock icon Management fails in duty
      112 37 Pub owner Gaelic Inns sued auditor Patrick Lee PAC for $1 million over a scam by its then-finance manager. While the audit firm was found negligent for not raising the alarm early enough, damages were reduced to $775,000 as a result of failings by Gaelic's management
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      569 37  -  Lee Su Shyan J^nS^^^^^l By Companies Correspondent A RECENT court ruling has hammered home the point to directors that they cannot abdicate their duties by claiming they have relied on professional help, legal observers say. The case of Gaelic Inns which runs
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      170 37 IN A BID to instil the entrepreneurial spirit in the nation's youth, the Young Entrepreneurs Skills Competition, or Yescom, is back for the third year running. The competition has three parts. The first is a seminar on entrepreneur- ship teaching participants the essentials of starting
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      Lock icon Contracts for shipping sector firms steam ahead
      373 37  -  Arthur Poon WARRANT WATCH By TRADING of covered warrants issued on companies in the shipping sector is steaming ahead of that for their counterparts in other sectors. In the past trading week, turnover for shipping sector warrants cruised past that for traditionally more
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      Lock icon Govt not likely to scrap estate duty, say tax experts
      748 38  -  Lorn a Tan sdfdsf By Finance Correspondent THERE is no shortage of people who hope the Government will read the last rites over estate duty at Thursday's Budget but experts believe the tax still has some life in it. Prime
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      325 38 BLOOMBERG NEWS »NEW INCOME MODEL Essen (Germany) INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Rodrigo Rato said the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialised nations were "open-minded" about allowing the fund to sell part of its gold reserves. An advisory panel said last
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      28 38 Taking responsibility Recent court ruling on Gaelic Inns case makes it clear that directors cannot abdicate their duties by claiming they had relied on professional advice. PAGE Hl7
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      44 39 PEOPLE a NO RAGS TO RICHES ONLY ON SUNDAYS STRAIGHT TALK l| I Anna Nicole Smith Dance Floor judge More hairy, lied about childhood Bill Calhoun's vice less fairy? j page 2 page 7 pagelO Design: LEE CHEE CHEW Photos: DESMOND FOO and GUESS?
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  • life!
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        473 40 NYT, AP She invented her poor-girl childhood because it made for a better story, says her Mum NEW YORK Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith invented her rags-to-rich-es tale, said her mother. Smith, who became a pop-culture punch line in the 1990s after she married
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        Lock icon The Police are back on patrol
        342 40 AFP, AP LOS ANGELES More than two decades after it was dissolved, The Police, one of the most successful rock groups of the 1970s and 1980s, are preparing to go back on duty. The three-member British band responsible for such hits as Roxanne and
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        Lock icon BEAUTY QUEEN
        2245 42  -  Leong Su-Lin the monday interview Her bedside manner has earned her celebrity clients and loyal fans, but Dr Georgia Lee, the glamour doctor to the stars, says she's saving lives every day THE first thing you notice when you meet Dr Georgia Lee is just how fair, long
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          Lock icon Engaging SP Alumni – Making it Better
          518 43 Engaging SP Alumni Making it Better By this year, about 140,000 graduates would have passed through the gates of SP and gone on to make better lives for themselves as well as contribute to the growth and prosperity of Singapore. One of the questions that SP alumni are usually asked
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          Lock icon Entrepreneurship Incubation Centre Opening
          347 43 The School of Business officially opened its new Entrepreneurship Incubation Centre on 5 Feb 2007. The Centre aims to provide a more conducive environment for students in the Entrepreneurship Concentration to do their planning, meet their suppliers and customers as well as prepare their marketing collaterals.
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          Lock icon SP Local Universities Alumni Chapter Formed
          353 43 Six young SP alumni who are studying at local universities gathered at a meeting room at the new Student Hub ©Moberly for the inaugural meeting of the SP Local Universities Alumni Chapter on lFeb 2007. One of the objectives of setting up this Alumni
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          336 43 Diploma holders starting careers at higher starting pay, survey shows Poly graduates landed jobs at higher salaries, according to the annual graduate employment survey by the five polytechnics. Of the 7,231 fresh graduates who took part in the survey, 91.3 percent of the respondents who
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          Lock icon Alumni Scholarship Award Presentation Ceremony
          426 43 The music at the Cafe ©Moberly was breezy jazz numbers. It was the presentation ceremony for the Alumni Scholarship Awards 2006 on 1 Feb 2007. Principal, Mr. Low Wong Fook took the opportunity to get to know each of the recipients better. The Award recipients
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        Lock icon Alive, and telling his story of survival
        660 44  -  Lee Sze Yong Cjimber recounts in a Discovery documentary how he was stranded on a mountain in Alaska MEDIA REPORTER IN AN ill-fated expedition, British climber Nigel Vardy lost parts of his fingers and toes to frostbite. Doctors also had to cut off
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        Lock icon A clean Bill of health
        943 45  -  Melissa Lee Dance Floor judge Bill Calhoun eats healthily every day ...except Sunday YOU might expect a reality television dance judge to be classy, graceful and perhaps a tad caustic. But when you first meet Bill Calhoun (pronounced "Cal-hoon"), he strikes you more as a
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        500 46  -  Melissa Lee Expect some vintage rock 'n' roll numbers at The Platters' gig here next month FANS of 1950s rock 'n' roll group The Platters, cross your fingers: Original member Zola Taylor, may make a rare appearance at an upcoming concert next month. Organiser Global Music and
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        Lock icon Taiwanese puppet master dies at 107
        332 46 AP, AFP TAIPEI Legendary Taiwanese puppet master Huang Hai-tai, who began his long career in his teens and turned it into a family enterprise, died on Sunday of heart failure. He was 107. Relatives said he died at his home in Yunlin in southwestern
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        592 47  -  Sarah Ong His new album may be titled Superman, but Gary Cao Ge says he's far from the superhero he wants to be ASK why his latest album is titled Superman and Gary Cao Ge will tell you that he wants to help people, just like the
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        Lock icon Haunting Thai scare fare
        637 47  -  Tay Yek Keak ONE might imagine, given that the exotic, atmospheric Thai horror movie, The Unseeable, features dark, spooky images, that its director would have placed them at the top of his to-do list. Actually, Wisit Sasanatieng almost did not film them. "My crew and I
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        80 48 'You look into their eyes and there's no one at home. Oh God help us! It's like looking at an unlit lamppost' Actor Peter O'Toole (above) on Hollywood actresses 'When you reach a stage where there is no uncertainty, you enter the world of schtick, where everything is predictable'
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        648 48  -  Teo Cheng Wee What's a man to do when he's follicularly challenged? straighttalk MY FRIEND put her index finger on my forearm and gently stroked it. Then she ran the same finger down my calf, her gaze lingering wistfully at my legs for a few seconds.
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        446 48 AFP SEOUL A South Korean actress has apparently hanged herself, less than three weeks after another female Korean celebrity committed suicide. The deaths have sparked concern of copycat deaths in South Korea, which has the highest suicide rate among the members of
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        339 74 HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW OFF THOSE DANCE MOVES. CHUAH Yll WEN HAS THE DETAILS Fans of reality TV series So You Think You Can Dance and The Dance Floor will surely envy, if not try to emulate, the seamless choreography and slick moves on these
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        223 74  - EDITOR'S NOTE... THINKING CONTROL SERENE GOH About 20 years ago, my classmates and I sat worrying about just one thing after getting our O-level results: Were they good enough for junior college? Otherwise, our alternatives were: 1. Three years of pre-university (at the time, not known for top scholars); 2.
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        99 75 TEARS, LAUGHTER AND REJOICING OUR IN CROWD STUDENT JOURNALISTS CAPTURED ALL THE DRAMA AND ACTION LAST FRIDAY WHEN THE O-LEVEL RESULTS WERE RELEASED. CHECK OUT THEIR PICTURES FROM SOME SCHOOLS PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO: ALFRED CHUA Anderson Secondary School's Zahratul Asyeeqah, 16, scored well enough to
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        495 76 MOVE OVER MR BROWN. TIM AND BEN HAVE GOT A PRETTY GOOD YLOG TOO. CHUAH Yll WEN AND ALFRED CHUA REPORT They sing, dance and goof around all to get a laugh. Not quite the Mr Brown show, but Timothy Loh Wen Bin, 14, and
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        547 77 The Straits Times, LATER THIS WEEK, THE FINANCE MINISTRY WILL UNVEIL THE 2007 SINGAPORE BUDGET, AFTER WHICH PARLIAMENT WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF ENACTING IT INTO LAW. WHAT IS THE BUDGET AND WHY DO WE NEED IT? ALISON DE SOUZA EXPLAINS WHAT IS THE BUDGET? Unlike your
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        614 78 THE KALLANG ROAR IS BACK AND STRONGER THAN EVER. BUT WHERE DID IT GO ALL THESE YEARS? RAJESH MISIR TRACES THE STEPS A sea of red, of people cheering at the top of their voices. No, it was not the National Day Parade. Rather, the deafening
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        176 79 LOVE POEM BY LAM JING MING, 13, SEC 2, ZHONGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL Regardless of our physical body Our mind is still as one We seek to bond with one another Together we are one This is true when we are together When separated, we are none Our
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        739 80 LIAW WY-CIN HELPS MAP OUT THE PATHS YOU CAN TAKE IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT PURSUING A UNIVERSITY DEGREE Polytechnic or junior college that is the question. Widely known in uniform-wearing circles as the "poly or JC ah?", it is the ultimate post-O level decision. With their seniors
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        257 80 »lf you know what kind of sector you want to work in, you can get more direct and relevant training in it. For example, if you want to work in the integrated resorts (IR) sector, the polys offer many IR-related courses. »You get a taste of
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        919 82  -  TEH JOO LIN LIAW WY-CIN, After class on Thursday, a group of pupils in an all-girls' primary school made a collective pact to slash their arms with penknives. A few did the bloody deed in the school toilet, while the rest cut themselves outside of
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        657 83 HliW ttIXYY tZUUrI INvlN*** DESIGN: JEFFREY LIM TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY A scorching shot into the top-right corner of the net gave the Asean Football Championship to Singapore. The national soccer team beat Thailand in the finals to retain the cup it won two years ago. They say the
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        534 84 FEEL THE WEATHER GETTING WARMER? DO NOT BE SURPRISED. GLOBAL WARMING IS ABOUT TO MAKE THIS YEAR THE HOTTEST ONE IN RECORDED HISTORY. YEN FENG HAS SOME EXPRESSIONS FOR YOU TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S HOT SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES WHAT IT MEANS: To sell very quickly, and
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        663 85 THE STRAITS TIMES INTERACTIVE, FEB 2 The United Nations climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on
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        455 86  -  dsfdsf BY A) BACKGROUND The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change or IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It was already recognised then that potential global climate change may become a serious issue. IPCC's role
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      162 74 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh COORDINATOR Jane Ng CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison De Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Yen Feng JOURNALISTS Tessa Wong, Jessica Lim COVER Design: Rishad Patel, Photo: Caroline Chia ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Tay Chern Hui, Jeffrey Lim, Eric Roca INTERNS Alfred Chua, Chuah Vii
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      160 74 WIN A WET AND WILD HOLIDAY! Thinking of activities to keep you occupied during the upcoming March holidays? Why not head down to Wild Wild Wet, Singapore's very own water theme park? The 2.4 ha compound features nine rides, ranging from the adrenaline-inducing raft slide (the first in South-east Asia)
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      48 75 READ BETWEEN THE LINES RAIN DELIVERS Korean superstar Rain promised a show "beyond expectation", and that was exactly what he delivered last month at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The 24-year-old turned up the heat and mesmerised the 7,000strong turnout with nifty footwork and jawdropping abdominals. (ST, Jan 22)
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      293 76 YOUR BOURHOOD YOUTUBE TO SHARE REVENUE YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley (above) announced recently that his wildly successful site will start sharing revenue with its millions of users. Mr Hurley said one of the major innovations that the site is working on is a way to allow users to be paid
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      92 77 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS ,.<■■■■■- TAX hike NEEDED FOR GROWTH National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan intends to sketch out how part of the revenue from the impending goods and services tax (GST) hike will go towards building Singapore's new roads, bridges and other key infrastructure. Speaking to reporters
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      57 78 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF friijjg*- i_ COSTLY FOOTBALL RIOT DEATH Italy's football industry, which rakes in some six billion euros (S$l2billion) a year, urged government and sports authorities meeting to lift a costly ban on matches. All league fixtures were suspended until further notice, after rioting fans had killed
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      60 80 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK BIG ON NEW MEDIA Students at Innova Junior College do not just write General Paper essays when it comes to current affairs they make documentaries too. Before assembly every morning, the students catch up on college news through their very own podcast show. There are
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      58 80 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK FUNGI FIND HOPE FOR NEW MEDICINE Nanyang Polytechnic researchers, working with the National Parks Board to catalogue the over 400 types of fungi native to Singapore, have stumbled on their medicinal potential. Very early findings have indicated that two specimens could kill cancerous tissues, while
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      60 82 RACK YOUR BRAINS SHADES OF SICKNESS Allergy to hair dye is soaring in numerous countries as more and more young people colour their locks, the British Medical Journal warns in its latest issue. The culprit is phenylenediamine and its cousins in a chemical family called aromatic amines, the mainstay of
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      75 84 READ AND WRITE BETTER I HOG EPIDEMIC KILLS MILLIONS Widepsread hog disease in China has killed millions of pigs and spurred pork prices to an all-time high ahead of Chinese New Year, officials said recently. The highly contagious disease, a variation of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus, has
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      55 85 READ AND WRITE BETTER J TURNING ON THE HEAT European Union regulators plan stricter clean-air rules for oil companies, bolstering an environmental campaign that also targets carmakers. The Brusselsbased European Commission aims to force the petroleum industry to cut emissions of gases blamed for global warming by I per cent
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      72 86 RACK YOUR BRAINS BIGGER CARS, HIGHER FEES Residents of a suburban London district will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalising owners of gas guzzlers. Richmond Council, in west London, agreed recently to levy a sliding scale of charges based on emissions,
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      685 87 INTHEEND F mC A E^« HOW MANY VISITORS DID K^HHIH PLACES M|[jl|flylK4ll|HjmJjl|H| J in the SINGAPORE HAVE LAST YEAR AND B3EB SB m'fl news HOW MANY SPECIES OF BACTERIA l||B}liy^|^^§^ ARE FOUND IN HUMAN SKIN? IMl'iMlfttei JF m FIND OUT RIGHT HERE. KWlfffll WA NUMBERS IN THE NEWS Match these
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