The Straits Times, 27 September 2007

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    615 1  - Nirmal Ghosh At least four reported killed as troops act against protesters Many others hurt in clashes; up to 200 monks held in Yangon Britain calls for emergency UN Security Council meeting today By SEVERAL people, including Buddhist monks, were reported killed yesterday after the military junta in Myanmar began
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    299 1 SINGAPORE is deeply troubled and concerned by reports that the demonstrations in Yangon have been suppressed by force and has urged the Myanmar authorities to exercise utmost restraint. It has also welcomed the decision of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to send Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to
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      Lock icon Hanoi fights to keep a lid on artistic expression
      886 1  -  Roger Mitton By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE lounge of Hanoi's downtown Viet Art Centre is a great spot for discreet meetings away from the heat, noise and madding crowds of the city. But a hubbub erupted there earlier this year,
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      321 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime -2"^ Abandoned dogs on the rise "'V/- 01 More dogs are being abandoned or Word 16-21 1 if R given up to animal welfare groups rceview 97 since steep fines for keeping unlicensed canines kicked in. SECTION TWO PAGE HI Home H1-H6 Snorts" H8-H13 China visitor
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    75 3 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Up to 60 workers were killed yesterday after part of a bridge under construction collapsed in Can Tho, south of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. At least 97 others were injured in the country's worst bridge accident. The authorities said initial investigations suggested that weak scaffolding
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    585 3  - Lee Su Shyan By Lynn Lee SINGAPORE'S efforts to keep slashing red tape have allowed it to keep its crown as the easiest place to set up and run a business, according to a survey of 178 economies. New Zealand which was unseated from the top spot by Singapore last
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    457 3  -  David Boey By WITH demand for talent hotting up, some civil servants are being offered up to $10,000 to persuade them to stay in the job. The Straits Times understands that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is one of the
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    397 4  - Grace Ng Move stepped up because of customer worries over security, use of cards overseas By CREDIT cards with magnetic strips are heading for the scrapheap as local banks play catchup with Europe and embed the current format with microchips to enhance security. Singapore banks had been dragging their feet
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    448 4  -  Teh Joo Lin PHOTO: LIANHE WANBAO PATH OF DESTRUCTION: After running a roadblock, the van mounted a kerb and travelled on a grass verge for about 15m before slamming into a carpark barrier, car and pick-up outside a fast-food outlet at Ang
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    708 6 CRACKDOWN ON MYANMAR PROTESTS Security forces fire warning shots and tear gas and beat monks with rifles Yangon "YOU are fools! You are fools!" The cries rang out on the streets of Yangon yesterday as people appalled at a crackdown on Buddhist monks vented their
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    506 6  -  Tracy Sua IN SINGAPORE By AS TENSIONS escalate back home, a library in Peninsula Plaza has become the focal point for Myanmar nationals in Singapore. Each day, a small crowd gathers to read updates downloaded from the Internet and to exchange information gleaned
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    243 6  - Arlina Arshad By CUSTOMER service manager Eric Lim left for Yangon yesterday despite escalating tension in Yangon. His business trip could not be postponed, he said. Mr Lim, who is in his mid-40s, said he had registered with Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as all Singaporeans travelling there have been
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    658 7  - Betsy Pisik ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG AND BERNAMA By Straits Times US Bureau In New York WORLD leaders and diplomats called for restraint as the Myanmar army cracked down on prodemocracy demonstrators in Yangon and the government outlawed assembly. "Every civilised nation has a responsibility to stand up
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    525 8  - Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing CAUTIOUSLY hopeful negotiators from six countries are gathering in Beijing today to set a roadmap for disabling North Korea's nuclear facilities by the year's end. Delegates to the four-day talks will debate a series of concrete actions to be taken, after nuclear experts
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    496 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN'S serpentine politics took another turn yesterday after former premier Benazir Bhutto's party declared it was nominating one of its two vice-chairmen to stand against General Pervez Musharraf in the Oct 6 presidential vote. The party plans to challenge Gen Musharraf only if he
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    591 10  - Derwin Pereira By US Bureau Chief In Washington THE United States is walking a tight rope in Pakistan. It has to shore up an increasingly unpopular leader while pushing for democratic reforms in the country. But like a house of cards, everything could unravel later this week if Pakistan's Supreme
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    442 11 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS Hanoi PART of a bridge being built in southern Vietnam collapsed yesterday, killing up to 60 workers and injuring 97 others, officials said. The collapse took place in Can Tho, some 170 km south of the commercial centre of Ho Chi Minh City. Initial investigations indicated
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    259 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Bangkok THAI Interior Minister Aree Wongarya has finally announced his resignation over a conflict of interest, paving the way for retiring coup leader Sonthi Boonyarataglin to replace him. Mr Aree was one of three Cabinet ministers found by the anti-graft agency, National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC), to
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    447 12  - Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Putrajaya ABOUT 1,000 lawyers and activists staged a rare show of civil disobedience against the Abdullah administration yesterday. The demonstrators marched from the court complex in Putrajaya to the Prime Minister's Office to demand that the government investigate accusations that a prominent lawyer had
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    294 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur HUNDREDS of fishes at an aquarium on the resort island of Langkawi have been deliberately poisoned, officials and police said yesterday. Mr Haizol Sam, marketing officer at Underwater World Langkawi (UWL), said about 600 marine creatures including stingrays, barracudas and sharks were
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    222 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Johor Baru SEVERAL towns in Johor are facing a shortage of cooking oil in lkg packets, according to the Johor Consumer Protection Association. Its chairman T. Saravanan said Segamat, Batu Pahat, Kluang and Gelang Patah have problems getting the lkg packets. "We have had at least
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    220 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE leader of a US polygamist sect has been found guilty of rape charges stemming from the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with a cousin against her will. Warren Jeffs, 51, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which split from the
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    774 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS Youthful British foreign minister strikes new path on international relations Bournemouth (England) BRITAIN'S young foreign policy chief has promised a shift in the country's international relations, acknowledging lessons from the Iraq war and signalling a different approach to those of his greying predecessors. Mr David Miliband,
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    327 16 REUTERS Brussels THE European Parliament yesterday watered down plans to create a new EU research body designed to close the competitiveness gap with the US. Its funding was also left unresolved. The European Institute of Technology (EIT) is the brainchild of European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, who envisaged a
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    239 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Vienna ISRAEL is looking to a US-India nuclear deal to quietly lobby for an exemption to non-prolifera-tion rules so it can legally import atomic material. The move is sure to raise concerns among neighbouring Arab nations. Israel has never publicly acknowledged having nuclear weapons, but is generally considered
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    473 19 WASHINGTON POST Ahmadinejad and Bush trade barbs in speeches at UN general assembly United Nations IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed not to yield to "arrogant powers" pushing his nation to give up its uranium enrichment programme, declaring that "the nuclear issue of Iran is now closed". In a fiery speech
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    211 19 REUTERS EXCHANGING NOTES: US President George W. Bush (right) slipping a handwritten note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a UN Security Council meeting on Africa on Tuesday. New York It was left scrambling to explain after a draft of his speech appeared briefly on the UN website during
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    283 19 REUTERS, XINHUA United Nations INDONESIA, which will host a major climate change conference in December, called on rich countries to compensate poor states which preserve their rainforests to soak up greenhouse gases. "Countries that seek to enhance their carbon sinks through forestation, afforestation, avoided deforestation should be given incentive and
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    316 19 REUTERS New York WORLD leaders have signalled that a long-await-ed global trade deal could soon be within reach, reviving some hopes that the Doha trade talks may finally move beyond years of deadlock and discord. "Brazil will spare no effort for a successful conclusion of those negotiations, which must above
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    319 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: AFP COULD THIS BE MADELEINE?: This photo of a blonde girl being carried on a woman's back in Morocco is being taken seriously by police. Auckland THE half-sister of a New Zealand toddler found abandoned this month at an Australian train station has supported a plan for
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    492 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Madrid SPANISH police have passed on to Interpol a photograph of a girl taken by two Spanish tourists recently in Morocco which the couple suspect could "be of missing British girl Madeleine McCann. The picture, showing a young blonde girl being carried on a woman's back, was allegedly
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    828 24  - Yap Kirn Hao By T"1 For The Straits Times EARLIER this month I had a wonderful opportunity as a Christian pastor to understand the spiritual life of the Muslim family and community. At the same time, I was able to take part in an exchange that promoted inter-faith relations. I
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    336 24 things and focused on the spiritual. It was a time of reflection and self-examination. They were seeking forgiveness from Allah. Throughout the day, my hosts were concerned about my personal welfare particularly whether I could go on with the fast. As the day ended, I expressed my appreciation to the
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      761 25  -  Takashi Inoguchi POLITICS IN JAPAN By For The Straits Times IT IS not entirely clear how former prime minister Shinzo Abe reached his conclusion to resign, even after his televised apology to the country earlier this week from the hospital where he has
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      670 28  - Khushwant Singh Worried owners of unlicensed dogs are ditching them to avoid paying hefty fines By MORE dogs are being dumped by the roadside or given up to animal welfare groups since steep fines for keeping unlicensed canines kicked in on Sept 1. The maximum fines, set at $5,000, up
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      593 29  - Goh Chin Lian By A BOOK examining Singapore's four-decades-old bilingual policy is in the pipeline, initiated by the policy's architect himself, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. It will include fresh insights from Mr Lee, first-hand accounts from those who have been through the bilingual system, and academic research here and
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      255 29  - Stephanie Yap By Arts Reporter SINGAPOREAN conductor Darrell Ang had wanted to skip the competition initially. But upon the urging of friends, the 29-year-old turned up at the 50th International Besangon Competition For Young Conductors, a biennial event held in the north-eastern city of France. Part of one of the
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      442 29  - Lim Wei Chean By A RECORD number of tourists from China visited Singapore last month. There were about 114,000 visitors a notch higher than the previous 113,000 record set in July last year. August is usually a peak month with mainland travellers as the school holidays are on there. The
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      313 29  - Sandra Davie By Education Correspondent BRITISH education company Cognita, which announced its acquisition of the Australian International School in Singapore (AISS) yesterday, has its eye on the growing education hub here. The company owns and runs several independent schools in the United Kingdom. It bought over the AISS, which was
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      17 25 Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! GATS BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT g
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    434 31  - Selina Lum By TECHNICIAN Zainal Nek was outside a convenience store in Central Square with his girlfriend when he was set upon by a group of nine men armed with knives. Outnumbered, the unarmed 46-year-old fled down Havelock Road but was eventually hacked to death near the Central Expressway exit,
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    249 31  - ELENA CHONG AN INDONESIAN maid who squealed on her fellow maid's sexual tryst paid for it in pain she was scalded. Yesterday, the maid with the illicit affair, Aminah Muhammad Syafeei, 33, was jailed for 12 months for splashing hot water on Ms Siti Rohayi, 28, in July. The court
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    425 31  - Elena Chong By Jermyn Chow THE full-time national serviceman charged with being in possession of a rifle and live bullets was yesterday denied bail. His alleged accomplice was, however, granted bail of $50,000. The prosecution, objecting to bail being granted to Dave Teo Ming, 20, told a district court that
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    376 31  - ELENA CHONG A MAN who sexually abused his stepdaughter on various occasions was jailed for lOV2 years and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane yesterday. The 36-year-old man, who delivered magazines and newspapers for a living, cannot be named to protect the identity of the 14-year-old victim.
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    226 31  - Teh Joo Lin By POLICE arrested a man early yesterday morning for making an obscene call to the 999 emergency line using a pay phone. The 43-year-old had been making such calls "numerous times since July", police said in a statement. Nuisance calls are a "perennial problem" for the police,
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    100 32 ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM Hand in hand (from left), Ms Vu Thi Hai Yen of Vietnam, Ms Janette Sharp of New Zealand, Ms Kee Haspel of Portugal, Ms Audrey Rabarot of France, Ms Suely Ramos Pinto of Brazil and Ms Andria Hutchins of Australia taking part
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    598 32  - Keith Lin Corporations contacted positive about labour chiefs idea to discourage axing of ageing workers By WHY not? There is nothing to hide. That was the typical response several major employers gave yesterday to the labour movement's call to make public the age profile of their workforce. Such a move,
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    99 32 SINGAPORE has been re-elected to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The election was held at the 36th session of the ICAO Assembly in Canada last Saturday. The council, which is the governing body of ICAO, comprises 36 members and is elected
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    304 32  - Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent SHELL yesterday officially handed over the operations of its 62 petrol stations here to convenience store giant 7-Elev-en thus completing a strategic U-turn by the two largest oil companies in Singapore. Last month, ExxonMobil handed over the reins of its 74 stations to NTUC Fair
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    433 33  - Shobana Kesava By AN ANTIBIOTIC being developed by home-grown company MerLion Pharmaceuticals to treat stomach ulcers and cancers may be more effective and safer than current drugs on the market. Trials on animals have so far shown MerLion's patented chemical compound finafloxacin to be highly potent in eliminating Helicobacter pylori
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    260 33 MS VERENA Thomas was 44 when she went for her first mammogram and discovered an inch-long tumour in her right breast. Five years on, following surgery to remove her breast, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the 49-year-old administrator recalls that she had not felt any lump in the area at the time.
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    311 33  - Liaw Wy-Cin By THE makers of a traditional Chinese medicine for stroke patients want to put it through its paces in a Western-style clinical trial. If it delivers on its claims to help these patients recover their movement and thinking abilities, its developers want to persuade West-ern-trained doctors to use
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    336 34  - Halimah Yacob (Mdm) THE special report on schizophrenia, "Losing touch with reality" (ST, Sept 15), was insightful and touching and has helped to shed light on the plight of those suffering from mental illness as well as their caregivers. More such reports will help to minimise the daily prejudice that
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    372 34  - Associate Professor Wong Kirn Eng I REFER to the letter, "Discharge of patients: How does IMH decide?" (ST, Sept 24), by Ms Yew May Choo. We thank Ms Yew for sharing her concerns about the situation her friend is facing, and would like to clarify issues related to discharge, as
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    402 34  - Dr Michael Entzeroth REPORTER Liaw Wy-Cin in her article, "Biomed is no bubble that has burst" (ST, Sept 22), correctly described the biomed scene here. The recent news of closure and of people changing jobs is not unique to the biomed sector and is a fact of life of business
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    217 34  - Ong Kian Mm DURING the recent parliamentary debate on CPF reforms, I spoke about higher returns for CPF savings. My speech on Sept 19 was subsequently reproduced in parts in The Straits Times and by the various mass media. I would like to put on record the following clarifications: My
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    144 34  - Steven Ooi Wei Soon IN THE article, "Vital for self-employed to save for retirement" (ST, Sept 25), Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong expressed concern that the self-employed who have low Medisave balances will be unable to pay their medical bills when they grow old. I am self-employed but I will
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    343 34  - Tan Quee Hong Ong See Ho WE REFER to the letter by Mr Simon Lee Siang King, "Condo demolition noise affecting baby's sleep" (ST, Sept 14). We would like to inform readers that the National Environment Agency (NEA) controls construction noise using a set of maximum permissible noise limits stipulated
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      114 34 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Greater emphasis on mental health is the way to go Caregiver training needed to better manage mental illness Charged 20 cents for restroom use, and even then it's not very well maintained Gardenia loaf of
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    626 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Reading NOT even a hat-trick can guarantee Fernando Torres a starting place in Liverpool. The Spanish striker fired home three superb goals in the second half of the Reds' 4-2 victory over Reading in Tuesday's League Cup third round. In any other team, he would be an automatic
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    450 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON ARSENAL'S Arsene Wenger could barely disguise his delight after seeing his youthful second stringers knock Premier League high-fliers Newcastle out of the League Cup. The stylish 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday sent Arsenal into the fourth round. The French manager claimed that any player
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    414 35 London IT IS just as well Georgios Samaras stayed at Manchester City. For the Greece striker ensured City's progress to the fourth round of the League Cup with the only goal of the match against Norwich on Tuesday. He found the net in the 89th minute after City had struggled
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    562 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London IT HAS taken Avram Grant less than a week to show who is boss. The new Chelsea head coach has told his players that they can leave if they are unhappy with his leadership, reported The Times. The Israeli, who replaced Jose Mourinho, has held one-on-one talks
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    269 36 London MANCHESTER United are set to oppose Avram Grant being given special dispensation to manage Chelsea without proper qualifications. The former Israel national team coach, appointed by Chelsea last week as head coach in succession to Jose Mourinho, does not have the required Uefa Pro licence. He holds a coaching
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    476 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ENGLAND are set to turn to West Ham's Dean Ashton as the answer to the striker crisis that is threatening to blow their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign off course. For Michael Owen will not feature in the matches against Estonia (Oct 13)
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    636 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>GOLF Montreal ONE Cup is over. Another Cup is about to begin. The question is whether a world-class collection of players at Royal Montreal have enough left to fill the Presidents Cup with the kind of golf that has made these
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    27 38 Pool B: Canada 12 Japan 12 Pool C: Romania 14 Portugal 10 Pool D: Georgia v Namibia Late game Pool A: Samoa v USA Late game
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    205 38 Win-. 4 pts. Draw: 2 pts. Bonus Points Four or more tries: 1 point; loss by seven points or less: 1 point Pool A South Africa ..3 3 0 0 125 93 2 14 Tonga 3 2 0 1 69 9 19 England 3 2 0 1 72 4
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    478 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Bordeaux COACH John Kirwan predicted a bright future for Japanese rugby after his team produced a memorable last-gasp fightback to earn a World Cup draw against Canada. Koji Taira scored a try deep into over-time and Shotaro Onishi held his nerve to slot over the conversion
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    65 38 THE Singapore Slingers lost their third straight game yesterday, losing 93-99 to newcomers the Gold Coast Blaze in a National Basketball League game at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The Blaze's James Harvey had 27 points to pace his team. The Slingers' Mike Helms also had
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    53 38 THE Super Reds notched only their third win of soccer's S-League season yesterday. They beat Balestier Khalsa 3-2 at the Yishun Stadium, with goals from Jeong Byung Euk (24th and 72nd minutes) and Joo Xi Hwan (69th). Ryuji Sueoka (64th) and Kaze Teffo Etienne Giscard (84th)
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    59 38 LONDON: Former Germany soccer coach Juergen Klinsmann is ready to work again after a 14-month break. English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, currently going through a poor spell, would welcome the news. Klinsmann remains a cult hero at White Hart Lane after two successful spells
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    81 38 REUTERS TOKYO: A fresh scandal broke out in Japan's time-hon-oured sport of sumo yesterday. A teenage novice died after reportedly being beaten with a beer bottle by his stable master. Takashi Saito, who joined the sumo world in April, collapsed in the ring while practising with
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    449 38 BASEBALL MLB: Toronto 11 Baltimore 4, Boston 7 Oakland 3, Detroit 8 Minnesota 0, Pittsburgh 6 Arizona 5, Florida 4 Chicago Cubs 2, Atlanta 10 Philadelphia 6, Tampa Bay 7 NY Yankees 6 (10 innings), Washington 10 NY Mets 9, Houston 8 Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 9 St Louis 1,
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      12 38 FIXTURES Tomorrow Pool A: England v Tonga Live, Ch24, Saturday, 2.55 am
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      76 38 TV times BASEBALL: MLB: Atlanta v Philadelphia (7am). NY Yankees v Tampa Bay (tomorrow, 7am) Live, Ch23. GOLF: The Seve Trophy: Day 1 (Live, Ch2l, 5.30pm). The Presidents Cup: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, lam). SOCCER: Spanish Primera Liga: Real Madrid v Betis (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.55 am). Events BOWLING:
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    186 39 THE Sports Safety Committee began its public consultation exercise yesterday. The move follows the release of its Sports Safety Guidelines last Friday. The month-long exercise, which will end on Oct 25, seeks additional input and ideas from the public on the committee's findings and recommendations. Members of the public can
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    788 39  - Leonard Lim By THEY broke a 34-year-old national record two weeks ago. But that was still not enough to earn Singapore's 4xloo metres women's relay team tickets to December's South-east Asia Games. The quartet of Lee Van Lin, Ng Ze Teng, Amanda Choo and Ann Siao Mci, all aged 20,
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    130 42 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Source: HSBC Bank USA, Spore Branch (*M'sian ringgit: Interbank rate byOCBC) lust dollar 1.3OOO 1.3160 Ian dollar 1.4830 1.5010 iuro 2.1080 2.1320 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4364 0.4371 IZ dollar 1.1040 1.1280 Sterling pound 3.0060 3.0400 JS dollar 1.4900
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    414 43 FINANCIAL TIMES Tokyo NINTENDO has become Japan's second-biggest company in terms of market capitalisation behind Toyota, underlining how the success of the Wii video game console has transformed the company's fortunes. Shares in Nintendo closed up 3.1 per cent to 59,200 yen on Tuesday, bringing its market value to 8.39
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    514 44  -  Fiona Chan Bids of up to $144 m are expected for Pearl Island, which can host up to 19 waterfront villas By Property Reporter DEVELOPERS who want a slice of the Sentosa Cove pie will have to act fast the enclave's final
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      614 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow New trading engine can handle 2b orders a day; plan to replace clearing system too By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday unveiled an ambitious timetable to replace its ageing computer system with a new trading engine that can
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      387 45  -  ALVIN FOO TAKING STOCK THE sub-prime pain felt like a distant memory yesterday, with a post-lunch surge in blue-chip buying powering the Straits Times Index (STI) to a near record close. The index gained 25.27 points to finish at 3,650.09 points a
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    496 46  -  Nicholas Fang By A PIONEER programme being developed by two government authorities will soon provide ships off Singapore's coast with wireless broadband access. The Wireless-broadband-access for SeaPort (Wiseport) believed to be a world's first will allow skippers and sailors to access the
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    242 46  -  FIONA CHAN »JULY TO SEPTEMBER PERIOD RENTS of private homes continued to rise strongly between July and September. They jumped 8 per cent to 10 per cent islandwide over the previous three months, estimated property consultancy Knight Frank. This was on top
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      599 48  -  Adeline Chia Art gallery pledges the proceeds from auction to help St John's Home for Elderly Persons ARTS REPORTER A CHARITY in trouble is getting a helping hand from a prominent art gallery. St John's Home for Elderly Persons, which was in the news after
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      510 48  - June Cheong ARTS REPORTER AH HOCK and Peng You are back. The irrepressible duo are marking their comeback with a production fusing martial arts, dance, pipa-playing and instant soundscape remixes. The dance theatre work Formidable will be staged at The Arts House from tonight until Sunday. The home-grown contemporary dance
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      716 49  - Douglas Tseng MEDIA CORRESPONDENT WAS it a yearning for box-office takings that prompted the film distributor to release a tamer version of Lee Ang's Lust, Caution here? Industry observers are speculating that commercial considerations could be the reason Buena Vista International chose to release an NCI 6 version of the
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      449 50 NO ARMY museum is complete without its collection of medals marking significant dates and deeds. But for Arms, tracking down one important medallion proved quite a task. The glittering prize: The 1967 Chinese Chamber of Commerce National Service medallion commemorating the very first batch of 900 army enlistees
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      1037 50  -  Teo Cheng Wee Frankie Chee Stand proud, stand tall. Stirring reminders and interactive exhibits symbolising the growth of the army are packaged for posterity in the Army Museum of Singapore FOR the 600,000 Singaporean men whose lives revolved around the army for two years during their national
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      470 50 AT LAST count, lawyer Paul Supramaniam has donated 52 registered items to the museum, making him the No. 1 contributor. Not that he's keeping tabs. When asked about this, he shrugs it off with a hearty laugh. "I just found out, so this is a surprise. I thought
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      241 52  - Hong Xinyi THOSE more familiar with Giacomo Puccini's 1900 opera version of Tosca may be surprised by The Theatre Practice's spartan The Tosca Project. Directed by China-born Wu Xi, it stars Yeo Yann Yann, Gerald Chew and Peter Sau as the titular opera singer, her lover Cavaradossi and police chief
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      32 48 > Catch Formidable at The Arts House from tonight until Sunday at Bpm. Tickets cost $35 and $20 (with concession) and are available at The Arts House box office or call tel: 6332-6919.
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      282 77 Riverside^^^ Point Swissatel Merchant 1 Court I Ministry of Manpower I* Chinatown f Hotel fl^ Theßiverwalk* M Hotel 0 Swissotel tP^P The The Plaza job Stamford Plaza Temasek Tower New Bridge Rd 720 sqft 52.3K SUNTEC CITY SPECIALIST "0/ 900/ ,300/ ,500/ ,894/ Aircon 53.5K 2000/ 2300/ 2595/ 2900/ South
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      21 78 Subject to rooms availability Conditions a Rates are based on Singapore dollars per room/night Visit www.ctc.com.sg/hotels for more worldwide scco mmodstion
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      153 81 ;TfllUJnN J i 4/6/8 Days Wonderful Taiwan Hot Spring *"Tr J J •Taipei/Taithung/Alisan/Sun Moon Lake/Kaohsiung/ChiuTen B J /Hot Spring Spa in your hotel Hsimen Ting <■ v jvi Bullet Train •Chuifen (Filming site of movie "Sad City") ;,,V_ .<.if J J •Night Market: Shilin Liuho Feng Jia/Shinku Chan «L? iff
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      133 83 Job Scope The project overall in-charge and contact point with client To plan and organise resources to meet project requirements To source, recruit and manage surveyors To schedule surveys and coordinate deployment logistics To monitor and conduct quality control checks on field surveys, collated data To compile and prepare survey
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      281 85 Classified Jobs Tl v SINCERE/ EXPERIENCED BEAUTICIAN required (9 Bt Timah/ Bangkit. Basic good commission. S'porean/ M'sian. Call *****841 EXPERIENCED MANICURISTS NEEDED. Basic commission bonus allowance benefits. M'sians welcome. 9109-4697 MANICURIST BEAUTY Therapist required in town. Basic good commission. Pis call 9797-5375 HAIRSTYLIST HAIR Assistant needed Tampines. Interested pis call
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      222 86 CRE TECHNICIANS FOR FIELD svc, NTC, experience in elect/ plumbing/ refrigeration. S'poreans only. Class 3 lie. Call Fujimak *****122 CSS ENGINEERS/ DESIGNERS required by consulting firm, Interested pis fax 6767-2306/ email to chieng@pacific.net.sg TECHNICAL ASST NEEDED East area. Electrical/ Electronic background. Experience preferred. Email: merisa@amrock.com.sg WELL ESTABLISHED AIRCON Company requires
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      103 88 RECRUIT BUY IT'SELL IT* FIND IT Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st7ol.com Take advantage of the special recruitment feature, Challenging Careers in the Public Sector, to get the best talent for your company. Publication CATS Recruit in The Straits Times Publication date: 6th October 2007 (Saturday) To
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    942 88 Focus on sales: Part 3 of 3 Here are 12 winning strategies to improve your selling skills so that your customers will keep coming back for more THE successful sales professionals of today and the superstars of tomorrow embrace selling philosophies and attitudes that can be
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      43 89 WIN! RAFFLES CITY SHOPPING CENTRE VOUCHERS WORTH $2,000 A 12-DAY TRIP FOR TWO TO SWITZERLAND ITALY SUNTEC GALLERIA VOUCHERS WORTH OVER $2,000 Fashion designers and red-carpet starlets turn to the 1930s for timeless glamour YOUR GUIDE T@ LOOKING GOOD
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      281 90  -  TEO PAU LIN What do a desperate housewife trying to regain her former glamourpuss glory and male underwear have in common? They're both stories in this issue of Urban, and they both made me laugh. The former is written by my ex-colleague Clara Chow, a sassy girl-about-town
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      282 92 We fashion folk may love our enfants terribles, but we certainly don't fancy looking terrible in their designs. One awardwinning American designer, once ranked eighth on the list of 50 most powerful gay people in the United States, might want to take note of this if the rumours are indeed
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      119 92 London Fashion Week, which ended last Thursday, has been exceptionally strong, with standout collections by London-based fashion designers Marios Schwab and Christopher Kane. Schwab used fabric to replicate the topography of the body. Sometimes the translation was nearly literal, as with blurry prints that seemed to be a digitalised image
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      209 92 The most appealing thing about British label Fat Face's (right) first store in Singapore and flagship in Asia seems to be its service. Enter the brightly lit shop in the new Suntec Fashion Galleria and be greeted with equally bright smiles and the staff asking how your day has been.
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      218 92 You can now try on clothes from Singaporean fashion label Tskye pronounced sky before buying them, instead of just browsing through them online. The three-year-old label, designed by Alexia Ho, 30, has just opened a boutique (above) at 17 Kuo Chuan Avenue. It is a major step for Ho, an
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      125 92 NYT and dresses, frayed jeans and tiered skirts in denim and soft leather. Scottish designer Jonathan Saunders' mostly white collection with colour blocking in pale blue, yellow and black was cool and sophisticated. Vibrant colour has been a story of the London shows, with a great Englishness from designers like
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      439 92 QI paint my toenails regularly and I noticed they've turned yellowish when I remove the colour. What is the cheapest and most effective way of getting rid of the stains? A A pretty pedicure shouldn't leave you with jaundiced nails. The problem comes from you having very porous
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      121 92 Tracy Goh, 26, senior accounts executive What are you wearing? I'm wearing a dress from Warehouse that cost about $150. The clutch is from Quintessential at Mandarin Gallery and cost about $80, and I got the necklace from my Mum's wardrobe. The shoes are from Charles Keith and cost about
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      124 92 Frazer Neo, 32, head of corporate communications What are you wearing? This is a Calvin Klein shirt that cost about $40 or $50, and the Izzue pants are from Hong Kong and cost about $100. These are Jil Sander shoes and cost about $300 or $400, and the cardigan is
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      799 94 nstead of hitting the gym, some busy men are wearing body-transforming undergarments to turn from chunk to hunk. NOELLE LOH reports compress bulging bellies and to fill out those bits that don't, er, bulge enough. Instead of the usual boring boxers and briefs, they are girding their loins
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      118 94 New Urban Male 04-08 TheHeeren, tel: 6378-8329 C-ring briefs that enhance one's natural assets thanks to an elastic pouch-shaped ring of fabric from American company Go Softwear. Wonder Jocks from Australian label Aussießum and sling support underwear from American men's underwear company C-IN2. Price range: Between
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      614 97 When Hollywood celebrities want to shine on the red carpet, they turn instinctively to voluptuous hair curls, classic body-skimming gowns and red-lipsticked pouts all hallmarks of Old Hollywood Glamour, the look of movie sirens from the 1930s to the *****. Take Katherine Heigl and Heidi Klum, who channelled Greta Garbo
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      696 99 Fashion designers are getting inventive with fabrics. Think high-tech wool fusions that look like fur, liquid patent and even human hair When it comes to the latest runway looks, silk, fur, cotton and leather have lost their shine. Instead, fabrics that have a rubber or plastic finish are
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      615 101 You've reached your hotel after an 18-hour flight and this is the last thing you need: You unlock your luggage to find the crisp, white, cotton shirt you packed oh-so-carefully for your business meeting now a crumpled mess. Creases mark its once smooth surface and no matter how much you
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      237 101 Even natural fibres, which usually never fail to crease even if you only bend over the table during lunch, have had something of a stretch makeover. In 2005, American clothing line Dockers launched its Never Iron collection of men's pants and shirts, made entirely of new-generation cotton. A unique yarn
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      146 102 EMBROIDERY Finally, we come to the mother of all high cost-drivers: A specialised factory called Lesage that churns out France's finest embroidery (above, on a Chanel jacket), located in rue de la Grange Bateliere in Paris. This particular jacket, called the Tiara jacket, is from the Chanel Paris-Monte Carlo pre-fall
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      334 103 This column, which runs on the last Thursday of every month, rounds up the best parties and lets you in on who was seen at what do HOUSE PARTY (right): Actress Fiona Xie and celebrity hairstylist David Gan get comfy at Mulberry's presentation of its fall/winter 2007-2008 collection at
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      234 105 The king of snacks must surely be potato chips. I know chocolate and biscuit fanciers will put up a fight, but those who prefer savoury food will surely agree with me. In my opinion, Marks Spencer makes some of the best chips. It has a new range of
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      92 105 Have you ever done the Tim Tarn slam? That's when you bite off either end of a Tim Tarn biscuit and suck coffee, cocoa or tea through it. This quintessential^ Australian biscuit comes in lots of different flavours and permutations, but I like this Double Chocolate Raspberry one a lot.
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      277 106 RAI If you think all musicians swagger around with loads of attitude, meet polite and obliging Rai, 29, frontman of local band EIC. Decked out in a white shirt from American fashion company American Apparel, jeans from British chain Topshop and shoes from adidas, the down-to-earth musician is relaxed
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      318 106 2 Music file This file's got all the songs I play during gigs and a whole bunch of songs that I'm learning at the moment. I'm actually running out of space so I might need another file. 5 Con i by John Mayer I've been
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      451 90 PR fcu^^*? A mmsmm Z. I \wi §JZ' w IS 10 vouchers from Animal and Mcxx at Raffles I 0^ J\ »City Shopping Centre, worth $200 each. J i|'« V 12 KHRs]E3ffl Simply give the price/s of one or both of Mk HEw these items from Animal and Mexx. You
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      172 101 BOSSINI 82-39 NgeeAnn City, tel: 6887-4742 Wrinkle-resistant shorts and capri pants for women and wrinkle-resistant chinos pants with flat front or pleats for men. All are made of 100 per cent cotton. Price: Women's shorts, $23, capri pants, $26, men's chinos, $39 DOCKERS 07-075 SuntecCity, tel: 6336-7592 Never Iron range
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