The Straits Times, 11 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 26 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Cab surcharge raised to meet demand in the city
    572 1  -  Maria Almenoar By TAXI fares will go up from Monday and people who want to catch a cab in the city during evening peak hours will see their fares rise the most. They will pay between 18 per cent and 49
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    Lock icon IN TOP SPARKLING FORM
    101 1 Deng Yingzhi (right) and Ng Xinni on their way to winning the duilian event for the first time at the South-east Asia Games in Thailand yesterday. It was Singapore's seventh gold of the day, adding to the two from swimming (Nicolette Teo in the 200 m
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    Lock icon GIC invests $14 billion in Swiss bank UBS
    693 1  -  Gabriel Chen It expresses confidence in the long-term prospects of bank By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has made its single largest investment ever a massive 11 billion Swiss francs (Ssl4 billion) to buy a major stake in a Swiss
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Rap brings together rival gangs in Manila slums
      1023 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila FOR Billy and Raynoa from rival street gangs in Manila's sprawling Tondo slum district, crossing the line and sharing their passion for rap music was unthinkable before they were cast in a film earlier this
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      203 2 §niK]^!ilijP g g est stest^ rowi n^je^o no my. ft CECEM2OO7 X y*flffl2oo7 J^. The greatest trade event in China has spread its wings to Malaysia for the 4th year. Its aim is to attract top producers, manufacturers and suppliers from China, Asia and ASEAN to gather here and discuss,
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      345 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Stem cell post in London Asia 5"15 The co-creator of Dolly the sheep World 17-20 will spend most of his time in Review 21-23 Britain next year, but he will retain FYI 24 his key position in Singapore. SECTION TWO PAGE H4 Home Hl-H7 Forum
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Abdullah warns: Public safety before freedom
      733 3  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysian PM's remarks come as 26 activists and lawyers are charged By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Putrajaya MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday declared that he was willing to sacrifice public freedom for public safety, warning again that he would not hesitate
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      Lock icon Buyers snap up new flats from HDB
      504 3  -  Jessica Cheam HDB'S LATEST LAUNCH IN NORTH-EAST »NO. OF FLATS: 316 »APPLICANTS: 1,700 By DEMAND for Housing Board flats has hit an all-time high. More than 1,700 applications were made for 316 new flats in the north-east zone released yesterday just hours after
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      Lock icon CLEAN-UP CREWS SOLDIER ON
      176 4 Soldiers from the South Korean army shovelling up oil from Mallipo Beach in Taean, about 170 km south-west of Seoul, after a wayward barge slammed into a Hong Kong-registered oil tanker last Friday. About 10,500 tonnes of crude oil leaked into the sea, making it the
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      Lock icon Magazines growing despite challenge from Internet
      581 4  -  Chua Hian Hou Big trade event hears of challenges as well as opportunities for magazines By THESE days, time-starved people may have less time to sit down and read, but many are still picking up their favourite magazines. In fact, the magazine industry is
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon INDIANS 'NOT THAT BADLY OFF'
      818 6  -  Chow Kum Hor MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK MIC chief releases data showing Indians have higher income, employment rate than national average By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN leaders have unleashed a barrage of facts and figures, hitting back at activists' claims that the country's
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon British widow's $30m fortune goes to Chinese couple
        370 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE family of a wealthy British pensioner who left her entire fortune to the owners of a Chinese restaurant have failed in a legal bid to have her will declared invalid. Nephews and nieces of Ms Golda "Goldie" Bechal claimed
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        Lock icon 'Teddy bear' teacher blames herself for ordeal
        270 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS A BRITISH teacher who was jailed in Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad said in an interview that she blames herself for what she went through. Ms Gillian Gibbons was convicted of insulting Islam after she allowed her six-year-old pupils
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        Lock icon Australia's first female acting PM takes charge
        244 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTRALIA'S new Deputy Prime Minister, set to become the country's first female acting leader when her boss goes overseas this week, said yesterday her temporary post should show young women they can achieve anything. After the elections on Nov 24, Welsh-born
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Chinese govt set to raise energy prices in stages
        502 8  -  Clarissa Oon Govt must tread carefully as rising living costs already hurting many By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S top economic planning body has signalled a gradual approach to reforming oil and gas prices, which are expected to rise next year
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        Lock icon Macau casinos 'losing billions from illegal side betting'
        390 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong ILLEGAL under-the-ta-ble betting is depriving Macau casinos of up to 50 per cent of all gambling revenues in a scam reminiscent of the mafia's Las Vegas heyday, a report said yesterday. The widespread "skimming" could have lost the
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        Lock icon Fog and snow cause transport havoc in Beijing
        327 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA'S capital was shrouded in thick fog as the first snowfall of the winter started yesterday, causing havoc on the roads and extensive flight delays at one of the nation's busiest airports. Most departing flights from Beijing
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        Lock icon US official downplays safety issue ahead of China talks
        373 8 REUTERS Beijing A SENIOR US official struck a conciliatory tone on produci safety yesterday ahead oi high-level talks with China likely to be dominated by US fears of substandard Chi-nese-made food and drugs. The "Made in China" label has come under
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        Lock icon Adopted Korean girl given up after 7 years
        348 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong A DUTCH diplomat and his wife have given up a seven-year-old Korean girl they had adopted when she was just four months old. They said they had failed to integrate her into their family, consulate officials in Hong
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        Lock icon Miners chewed leather to survive
        418 9 OUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS 11 men trapped in illegal mine in China also ate newspaper as they awaited rescue for 6 days Beijing ELEVEN Chinese miners trapped underground for nearly six days ate paper and chewed on a boiled leather belt to stay alive, local media
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon South Korea counts cost of worst oil spill
        879 10  -  Mallipo Beach REUTERS, BLOOMBERG REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Enormous losses expected with tourism, seafood industries hit hard (South Korea) SOUTH KOREA yesterday was tallying the environmental and economic cost of its worst oil spill as dead birds coated in oil started
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Three-cornered fight looms in Pakistan election
        475 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Opposition's Sharif drops boycott plan after Bhutto's party decides to run Islamabad PAKISTAN'S election campaign began in earnest yesterday, a day after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif dropped threats to boycott the polls. Mr Sharif has instead embarked on a
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        Lock icon Fake government office uncovered in northern India
        278 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi A FAKE government office has been discovered in northern India that collected taxes, provided civic services and even handed out birth and death certificates, a report said yesterday. An office was set up outside Jhansi town in Uttar Pradesh
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        Lock icon FATAL TRAIN ACCIDENT
        60 11 One person Was killed and 49 injured When thlS train j. xx j.l -1 o j went off the rails on Sunday ni^ in India's West Bengal state. The accident also disrupted tram services to the area, about 655 km north-east of Kolkata. An investigation is under
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • BALI CLIMATE TALKS
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          Lock icon Countries balk at binding emissions targets
          670 12  -  Arti Mulchand In Bali But UN climate chief insists they are crucial part of talks By BINDING targets are the latest stumbling blocks to hopes that a bold new road map will emerge from the United Nations climate talks in Bali. The United States,
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          Lock icon Trade row stole the show, laments minister
          348 12  -  ARTI MULCHAND Bali REGRET that is what Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu felt following a Sunday press conference by trade ministers that highlighted their differences on climate issues. Brazil and the United States raised eyebrows when their representatives locked horns over ethanol. The
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          Lock icon 10,000 delegates adding to global warming, say critics
          316 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bali NEVER before have so many people converged to try to save the planet from global warming, with more than 10,000 jet-setting to Indonesia's resort island of Bali. But critics say they are contributing to the very problem they aim
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          Lock icon Warning on 'global civil war'
          228 12 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Bali GLOBAL warming could trigger mass migration, disrupt trade and lead to conflicts over farmland and water resources from Africa to Asia, according to a report released yesterday. The report by the German Advisory Council on Global Change says time is running
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        • BALI QUICKLY
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            Lock icon PACT TO PROTECT CORAL TRIANGLE
            122 12 BLOOMBERG BALI: The six governments of the Coral Triangle have established a new international partnership to conserve 5.7 million sq km of coral reefs and fisheries. Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste will protect marine resources in the area,
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            Lock icon AGENCY WARNS OF RISE IN DISEASES
            103 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BALI: The world must prepare now for the serious impact that climate change will have on health, from a jump in waterborne diseases to heart attacks and heat-wave deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. Countries such as Nepal and Bhutan
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            Lock icon BOOM IN EMISSION CREDITS MARKET
            91 12 BLOOMBERG BALI: The market for emission credits measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide may more than double this year to US$7O billion (Sslol billion), said Mr Andrei Marcu, chief executive officer of International Emissions Trading Association. The market was valued at about US$3O billion last
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            Lock icon NEW PROJECT TO SAVE ORANG UTANS
            100 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS BALI: Indonesia has begun a 10-year programme to save endangered orangutans from extinction by protecting tropical jungle habitat from logging, mining and palm oil plantations. The plan, revealed on the sidelines of the Bali climate change conference yesterday, aims to preserve up
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            Lock icon TAX PARENTS WITH MORE THAN 2 KIDS'
            114 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Australia should slap a lifelong baby tax on parents with more than two children to offset the carbon dioxide emissions produced by their additional offspring, a medical expert said yesterday. Parents should have to pay a A 55,000 (556,300) levy
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Vietnam keen to develop infrastructure
        483 16  -  Roger Mitton By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday suggested that Vietnam focus on ports, logistics and urban development after he was told that the country faced an urgent need for infrastructure development. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was briefing
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        Lock icon Sonthi urges Thais in S'pore to vote for honest politicians
        480 16 XINHUA, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok THAILAND'S Deputy Prime Minister Sonthi Boonyaratglin has called on Thai workers in Singapore to vote for good politicians who do not buy votes and are loyal to the royal family in the upcoming general election. General
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        Lock icon World's patience wearing thin, UN chief tells Myanmar
        544 16  -  BAN Xl MOON (left) ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Junta must stop inflicting suffering, says Ban, urging Asean to play its part Bangkok UNITED Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Xi Moon told Myanmar yesterday that the international community is running out of patience, saying the
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        Lock icon KL needs $9b for flood-relief projects
        280 16 George Town (Penang) THE Malaysian government needs RM2I billion (Ss9 billion) for flood-mitigation projects nationwide to end the perennial problem of flooding. A recent survey by the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) showed that once all the flood-mitigation projects have been put in place,
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  • WORLD
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      THE BUTCHER OF CANADA
      708 17  -  (British Columbia) ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Pig farmer found guilty of slaughtering six prostitutes and feeding their remains to his animals; faces another 20 murder charges New Westminster A PIG farmer who butchered six prostitutes and disposed of some of the bodies by feeding them to
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      More fatal shootings in US, days after mall bloodbath
      306 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver POLICE were yesterday investigating two church-related shootings in Colorado, seeking any link between the incidents that left five people, including one of the gunmen, dead. In the first incident shortly after midnight on Sunday, a gunman shot
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        TWO KOREAS' FREIGHT SERVICE BEGINS
        96 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South and North Korea will launch a regular freight train service today across their heavily fortified border for the first time in more than half a century, officials said. A train will leave South Korea's border town of Munsan this morning for
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        CAROLLING BANNED ON MANILA ROADS
        109 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA: At the risk of being called the Grinch, Manila administrators said yesterday they are banning Christmas carollers from the Philippine capital's streets because they disrupt traffic. "The plan, controversial as it might be, is not done out of whim but rather for
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        NO SIGN OF BIRD FLU MUTATION: CHINA
        123 18 REUTERS BEIJING: The Chinese health authorities said yesterday they were looking for a causal link between a son and his father both struck by bird flu, but have found no evidence that the virus has mutated into a new strain. The 52-year-old father
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        CHAD TO PROSECUTE FRENCH ACTIVISTS
        100 18 REUTERS N'DJAMENA: Six French aid workers detained in Chad on suspicion of trying to smuggle 103 children to Europe will face a criminal prosecution, including attempted kidnapping and fraud, their lawyer said yesterday. Mr Abou Lamia, representing the members of the French humanitarian activists' group
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        CATHAY CABIN CREW HOLD PROTEST
        116 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Hundreds of Cathay Pacific flight attendants staged a protest yesterday over a new medical co-payment plan, and the threat of Christmas strike action has not been ruled out, unions said. Around 500 cabin crew members marched to the Hong Kong carrier's
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      Technocrat with law background
      194 18 MR DMITRY Medvedev has pledged to maintain Mr Putin's legacy of stability. With his boyish traits, the 42-year-old former law professor and chairman of statecontrolled gas giant Gazprom owes his rise within Russia's power elite to Mr Putin, who first hired the lawyer in the early
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      Russia's President Putin anoints successor
      720 18 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Stocks surge as First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev is seen as business-friendly Moscow RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin yesterday threw his support behind long-time associate Dmitry Medvedev to succeed him in May ending months of intense speculation and putting the First
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      'Missing' British canoeist took on false name
      381 18 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS London THE British man facing fraud charges after "returning from the dead had frown a beard and used a false name to ide the fact that he was still alive, police said yesterday. John Darwin, 57, had walked into a
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      Australia easing stance against asylum seekers
      591 19  -  Roger Maynard Seven Myanmar nationals will be allowed to resettle in Brisbane By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA'S new government yesterday began to scrap a controversial scheme that has seen hundreds of asylum seekers doomed to an uncertain future in offshore custody centres. Making
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      210 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG St Louis (Missouri) AN ICE storm slickened roads, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands of homes across the central United States as even colder weather threatened. The wintry weather, which took hold on Sunday, is
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      425 20 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Teheran HUNDREDS of Iranian students protested against a crackdown on activists at Teheran University on Sunday, marking the second such demonstration in less than a week. The students chanted slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and damaged the main gates of
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      World divided on press freedom, poll finds
      604 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Some countries, including Spore, support media controls to maintain peace and stability London THE world is divided over the importance of press freedom, with not everyone sharing the notion that it is crucial to a free society, a poll said yesterday.
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      Aussie outrage as child-rapists escape jail terms
      238 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney REVELATIONS that nine people who pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl had escaped prison sentences were met with outrage in Australia yesterday, and prompted officials to launch a review of sexual assault cases in remote aboriginal communities. Prime Minister
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      Basra handover in two weeks: Brown
      180 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London BRITAIN will hand over Basra province to Iraqi control within two weeks, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said during a surprise trip to southern Iraq, his Downing Street office said. Addressing troops in the southern Iraqi city, Mr Brown said on Sunday
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      Annuity made palatable
      443 21 BIT BY bit, the probable final shape of the compulsory annuity scheme for old-age support is emerging. Two features of the proposal which a good many people found objectionable may be modified, according to the principals working on the plan. These are the sequestering from the policyholder's
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      Lost in a maze of figures and jargon
      1134 21  -  OHN McBETH »BALI SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE By J Senior Writer In Bali FOR a climate-change rookie who not so long ago associated the phenomenon with the changing of the seasons, the United Nations' ongoing "Save the Planet" talk-fest in Bali presents
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      The tax way to cut emissions
      884 21  -  Joseph E. Stiglitz In Bali By THIS month's international meeting in Bali will set a framework that will attempt to prevent the impending disaster of global warming/climate change. There is now little doubt that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are leading to significant
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      Answer's hidden in plain view
      1294 22  -  Edward Gresser ►>U.S. TRADE POLICY UNDER THE DEMOCRATS By EDGAR Allan Poe's pioneering detective story The Purloined Letter turns on an obvious but clever insight. Police ransack safes and search everywhere for the missing letter in question. But after a moment's thought, Inspector Dupin finds
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      Expect more tension and turbulence
      949 23  -  John F. Copper »U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS By ACCORDING to the astrologers, when the planets and the stars align a certain way, one's fate is changed for better or for worse. So too with relations among nations. And it looks like the forces now in play do
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      33 21 Trading positions What would US trade policy be if Democrats' Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama were to be the next president? PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES CLIMATE CHAHGE COUIpT CREATE ENVIRONMENTAL I REFUGEES. -MEWS I
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      205 24 Congratulations on the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Bac Ninh, December II th 2007. We thank their Excellencies Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai for gracing the occasion. '^p^PBI •psfiwt*, '■■■I^^^V^^ Today, VSIP launches its new integrated township and industrial park
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      15 24 .Jfi Are S'poreans obsesed with sex, sex and sex? Star bloggers give their take hHi9
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      1193 24 Cloudy, periods of showers in M 0 jfifaKilßl jl|m pP^^^,^ THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 2007 USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN »AS.A& WORLD WEATHER Emergency |ines DO TODAY °BEIJING V Police 999 oSEOUL j C i ear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 I j^-> Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency "1
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      Woman bashed, robbed of $2k handbag
      481 25  -  Teh Joo Lin Robber attacks 25-year-old, makes off with $3k of valuables at 4.45 am By WHILE walking home in the wee hours of Sunday morning, a woman took a call from a friend who wanted to make sure she was safe in her
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    • CAB FARE HIKE
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        Give up taxi trips? Not likely
        542 26  -  Tania Tan Commuters grumble about fare hike, but most will not stop taking taxis; for cabbies, it will help alleviate rising costs COMMUTERS By COMMUTERS, for the lowest taxi fares in town, look out for a copper-coloured Prime cab, at least for the next
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        Increase in fares will ease the 'pinch'
        476 26  -  Maria Almenoar CABBIES AN EXTRA $2 to pick up a passenger in the city area during peak hours is a welcome incentive for cabby Mohamad Sahat to head back to the city even without a passenger. "After taking passengers out of the city,
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        The changes
        127 26 ST PHOTO GRAPHICS CHEW SENG KIM LI M YONG $2.50 for first km* Flag down $2.80 for first km* A. 100 forevei 210m lkm to 10km 200 for evei 385m A\. 100 for every 175m Above 10km 200 for every 330m A. 100 for every 25sec I Waiting
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        On the road to match supply and demand
        627 26  -  Maria Almenoar NEWS ANALYSIS By WITH the latest round of fare changes announced yesterday, an average 9km taxi ride here during peak periods will cost just as much as one in Hong Kong. Riding in one of the 15,000 ComfortDelGro taxis here
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        Taxis cruising empty waste $73m in fuel every year
        612 26  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent HERE'S another reason why cabs should stop cruising for passengers it can help save the earth. Each of the 23,000 taxis here covers at least 300 km a day many, 500 km and they are cruising
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        Requests to clear furniture were ignored
        639 28  -  Carolyn Quek DOVER ROAD FIRE By FRUSTRATED residents of a block of HDB flats on Dover Road complained for a week about a pile of discarded furniture outside the building's third-floor lifts. But their pleas fell on deaf ears. That was until early Sunday
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        Inter-faith talks: 'Make the effort'
        377 28  -  JEREMY AU YONG INTER-FAITH dialogue may not be a panacea for all religious conflict, but it is better than nothing, said ambassador K. Kesavapany yesterday. In a speech to some 800 people, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies director said that while such dialogues are
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        Singapore to share 'Dolly' co-creator with Britain
        679 28  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Alan Colman taking up London post to spend time with his widowed mum, 85 By THE co-creator of Dolly the sheep, the planet's first cloned mammal, will spend the next year shuttling between two continents to be with the women he
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          HARI RAYA HAJI ON DEC 20
          89 28 THE Mufti of Singapore, Syed Isa Semait, has announced that Hari Raya Haji will fall on Dec 20. A statement from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) said astronomical calculations showed the new moon was on the horizon for 23 minutes after sunset
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          PRESIDENT ON PRIVATE VISIT
          51 28 PRESIDENT S R Nathan has left on a private visit to India and is away till Dec 25. During Mr Nathan's absence, the chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers, Mr J.Y. Pillay, will be the Acting President, a statement from the President's Office said last
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        Australia to tap S'pore water expertise
        392 28  -  ,HF.DNG STTK-vVAI By Assistant Foreign Editor AUSTRALIA is looking to Singapore's expertise in purifying water and securing water sources in its bid to drought-proof itself, its new trade minister Simon Crean said here yesterday. Speaking to reporters after his breakfast talk on his government's
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        Do-gooder trips not the best way to volunteerism?
        813 30  -  Braema Mathi New NVPC head wants a culture of giving that goes beyond 'voluntourism' By Senior Correspondent VOLUNTEERS would achieve a whole lot more if they performed fewer "superficial activities", said the new man at the helm of the National Volunteer and
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        $2.4m makeover for Hindu temple
        329 30 WHEN one of Singapore's oldest Hindu temples throws open its doors on Sunday, devotees can expect a whole new religious experience. The 82-year-old Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple, located in the heart of Chinatown, has benefited from a $2.4 million facelift. While the temple's hallmark
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        Santa's guide to coolest gadgets
        205 30 DON'T miss today's Digital Life special, Christmas Gadget Guide, as we bring you the coolest gadgets and ways to use them that Santa would approve. Kicking it off is the wireless digital living room proof-of-concept put together by Digital Life and the Republic Polytechnic's School
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        2 more polys to offer psychology diplomas
        521 31  -  Jane Ng Temasek and Singapore polytechnics to offer three-year courses in new hot topic By THE inner workings of the human mind seem to be the hot new thing in the world of post-secondary education. Two polytechnics revealed recently they will offer diplomas
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        KNEE-DEEP IN CHANGI FLOODS
        116 31 A stretch of Telok Paku Road in Changi Village was flooded yesterday in heavy rain, reducing passing traffic to a crawl. The connecting Aviation Drive was also submerged. The water level at Telok Paku, where road works are ongoing, reached knee-deep at one point. Workers stepped
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        Jet Airways beefs up fleet to vie with SIA for passengers
        630 31  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent JET Airways, gunning for a bigger piece of the lucrative SingaporeIndia air traffic pie, is wooing passengers with big, new planes featuring glitzy in-flight entertainment systems. The private Indian carrier appears to be taking
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        3 lawyers petition for human rights panel
        178 31 THE Law Society has been handed a petition signed by three lawyers asking it to set up a human rights sub-committee, among other things. Two signatories Mr M. Ravi and Mr Chia Ti Lik handed the petition to the society's director Lim Tanguy
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      240 25 "Accuracy is everything when your life hangs on one breath. Diving to such extreme depths, I must be able to trust my equipment with my life. Which is why a dependable timepiece like Ball watch is so %p^' important in an environment that features truly adverse conditions." The watch that
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      28 25 Straddling two nations Stem-cell expert Alan Colman of Dolly fame will be spending less time here as he takes on key posts at King's College London. PAGE H4
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      Help retirees cope with shrinking dollar
      385 32  -  Lee Seek Kay I AM happy and relieved to read that the Government intends to seriously address the issue of creeping inflation. The assurance of Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan that "No Singaporean will go hungry, no matter what happens with
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      Pensioners concerned about drug costs
      325 32  -  Ho Kong Loon A NUMBER of my friends and relatives who are pensioners have raised concerns about the issue of standard and non-standard drugs as specified in Appendix A of the Pensioners' Handbook. The caveat or exclusion clause about changes to the said list worries
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      Raffles Hotel guests treated alike
      93 32  -  Robert Logan I REFER to Mr Dominic Leong Seu Weng's letter, "Raffles Hotel still nursing a colonial hangover" (ST, Dec 8). Raffles Hotel welcomes many international visitors and local residents daily, since its restoration in 1991, and extends the same courtesies to all guests. We
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      No water-polo coverage on TV: Fan disappointed
      161 32  -  Yip Wai Hong AS A water-polo supporter, I am very thankful for the V3-page report on Singapore's 7-3 win over the Philippines ("Water polo team well on the way to gold No. 22"; The Sunday Times, Dec 9)This was billed as the unofficial
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      Pity covered pool can't be used on stormy days
      129 32  -  Chua Ai Choo (Mdm) THE Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre has a beautiful covered swimming pool. However, this pool cannot be used during an electrical storm because the water is connected to that in the open-air pool. What a waste!
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      4 in 10 tertiary students didn't wash hands after 100
      165 32  -  Chua Siew Gek (Ms) THE PrimaDeli food-poison-ing debacle reminds me of something I noticed when assisting with examinations at a tertiary institution in the past year. I found that many of our country's most well-educated young people, including foreign students,
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      More can be done to curb drink driving
      271 32  -  Nelson Quah I APPLAUD the Traffic Police for working with tertiary students to produce a new website, www.sadd.sg, under the Students Against Drink Driving project to drive home the message to young drivers ("Anti-drink driving battle focuses on young people"; ST, Dec
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      Schools and parents have a part to play
      184 32  -  Bennie Cheok WITH the Christmas and New Year festivities just around the corner, the article, "Young, drunk and driving" (ST, Dec 10), is most timely. While social drinking is an acceptable norm among teens, excessive consumption will eventually lead to abuse. It
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      Accident report now comes without other party's account
      166 32  -  PaulLau Chee Seng I WISH to highlight a most unsatisfactory change in the report the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) provides to purchasers of non-injury mo-tor-accident reports. The GIA reports used to have particulars of the reporting party and his version
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      POSB staff wrong to levy coin-deposit fee
      210 32  -  Janet Mohan (Ms) I REFER to Mdm Tan Sok Hwa's letter, "Come save with POSB but pay $4.50 to deposit coins" (ST, Dec 6). We are disappointed that we failed Mdm Tan's son when he went to our branch to deposit his savings
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      30 32 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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      122 32 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Be grateful to migrant workers and foreigners Attitude towards foreigners we can do better Cars hogging the road and not making way for ambulance Raffles taxi queue incident more a case of contemporary social behaviour
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        DOUBLE DELIGHT
        681 33  -  Marc Lim SWIMMING Nicolette wins 200 m breaststroke final and helps Spore clinch 4xloom medley title By Sports Correspondent In Korat FRAILING South-east Games record-holder Siow Vi Ting with 25 metres to go in the 200 metres breaststroke final yesterday, Nicolette Teo could only think of what Singapore
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        Remy anchors trios to 1-pinfall triumph
        414 33  -  Terrence Voon BOWLING By In Bangkok ON PAPER, it looked like the amplest of tasks. To win the gold for Singapore in the men's trios yesteriay, Remy Ong had to take iown nine out of the 10 pins 3n his very last throw. In
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        Mind reading helps S'pore bag first duilian title
        503 33  -  Leonard Lim WUSHU By In Korat THE wushu drill is all too familiar to Singapore exponent Ng Xinni. She has rehearsed it countless times in the past three years with partner Ding Yingzhi. Yet, Ng's head began to spin when she went
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        CLEAN SWEEP
        1845 34  -  Leonard Lim »TABLE TENNIS Wang recovers from shaky s-final start to win title and give Spore all seven golds By In Korat HELPING Singapore to a place in the record books was turning into a distant dream for Wang Yuegu in yesterday's women's singles semi-finals. After dropping the
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        Nerves fail S'pore against fancied Indonesia
        228 34  -  Marc Lim BADMINTON By Sports Correspondent In Korat SINGAPORE suffered heartache for the second time in the women's team final. After losing to Thailand 2-3 at the 2005 SEA Games, the Republic's women fell in another thriller in Korat, going down by the same
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        Twins' bond knows no bounds
        930 35  -  Marc Lim GYMNASTICS Bond shows, even as Tabitha takes over from Nicole as floor champion By In Korat NICOLE and Tabitha Tay were 10 when they gave the first hint of how their similarities go beyond that shared by some other identical twins. Both Primary
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        Behind every sibling's success lies a fierce rivalry
        850 35  -  Rohit Brijnath GAME, SET AND MATCH By BETTER odds were surely to be had of Elvis being found writing rap songs for Snoop Doggy Dog than identical twins winning identical gold medals by earning identical scores in a gymnastics event. Singapore's Nicole
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        Training smart worked like magic for Mok
        545 35  -  Jeanette Wang ►►TRIATHLON By In Pattaya ABOUT four years ago, Mok Ying Ren, then a Raffles Institution student, took magic as an elective subject and grew a strong interest for the craft. On Sunday, the 19-year-old pulled perhaps the best trick out of
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        Thais surge ahead with 78 winners
        588 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE They dominate the athletics programme, in which records continue to tumble KORAT THAILAND grabbed five athletics golds at the SEA Games yesterday to cement their dominance of the medals table. They have now clinched 78 events, after winning the men and women's
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        All-Malaysian final goes to Keo
        335 36 BERNAMA Bangkok IN THE all-Malaysian final at the Ratchaphruek Club yesterday, Elvinn Keo Jinn Chung edged out Mohd Nafzahizam Mohd Adnan for the men's squash gold. He took lhr 24min to overcome Nafzahizam 10-8, 4_9 9-4, 5-9, 9-4. Despite the gold being Malaysia's, both the
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        Bego qualifies for 3 Olympic events
        211 36 SWIMMING KORAT THE exploits of Malaysian swimmer Daniel Bego seem to get better all the time. He pulled off a stunning victory in the men's 100-me-tre butterfly at the Aquatics Centre of the Korat Sports Complex on Sunday to become the first Malaysian swimmer
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          PHILIPPINE FOOD WHETS APPETITES
          83 36 WHILE the Philippines have all but lost their grip on the overall title, their cooks have won the hearts of the other nations at the Athletes' Village. The Filipino food section opened last Friday, and most of its diners are athletes from the other 10 countries.
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          MINISTER'S DAUGHTER PROVES A WINNER
          98 36 BERNAMA FEDERAL Territories Minister Zulhasnan Rafique's daughter, Syazna Leena Zulhasnan, made a stunning debut in Korat where she helped the Malaysian equestrian squad to the team show-jump-ing gold. Syazna Leena, 17, astride Helu de Caudard, completed the course together with national ace Qabil Ambak Mahamad
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          HURDLER MOH BIDS FAREWELL
          124 36 BERNAMA MALAYSIA'S Moh Siew Wai bade farewell to her athletics career with a heavy heart. The 2 9-year old, with five SEA Games under her belt, ran the final race of her 100 m hurdles to finish second to Indonesia's Dedeh Erawati yesterday. It was the
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          PHILIPPINES TAKE FIRST-ROUND LEAD
          72 36 ANTHONY Fernando fired a three-under-par 69 to help propel the Philippines to a first-round lead in golf's team competition yesterday. Teammates Jonel Ababa and Ferdinand Aunzo each carded 70 for a combined 209 to bolster the Philippines' bid to defend their crown. Indonesia are in second
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        Results
        1281 36 ARCHERY Men's team compound bow, q-finals: Malaysia bt Thailand 213-213 (tie-break arrows), Indonesia bt Laos 226-203, Singapore bt Philippines 221-203, Vietnam bt Myanmar 219-209. Team recurve, q-fi-nals: Malaysia bt Laos 217-168, Myanmar bt Thailand 204-194, Philippines bt Singapore 203-183, Indonesia bt Vietnam 215-202. Women's team compound bow, q-fi-nals: Myanmar
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        U-23s ready to scale new peak
        663 37  -  Leonard Lim WANG MENG MENG SOCCER Singapore out to upset champions Thailand tonight for a berth in final By In Korat THEY may have already scaled one mountain on Saturday, but Shahril Ishak and his teammates have no intention of stopping there. Singapore are
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        Alam Shah banned 1 year, fined $2,000
        526 37  -  Wang Meng Meng •> SOCCER By ONE year. That is the suspension slapped on Tampines Rovers striker Noh Alam Shah following his assault on Singapore Armed Forces FC defender Daniel Bennett during the Singapore Cup soccer final. Tampines lost 3-4. Alam Shah is
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        Newcastle deny $600m Singapore takeover bid
        466 37 LONDON NEWCASTLE chairman Chris Mort has been forced to refute Sunday's reports that a Singapore consortium is bidding to buy the Premier League club. Although the Daily Star did not give any details, the report said the Singapore consortium is putting together a £200
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        Mourinho loses interest in England job
        169 37 THE cat-and-mouse game that is the hunt for England's new coach has taken another twist. Jose Mourinho is no longer interested in the hot seat vacated by Steve McClaren. The former Chelsea manager has been the bookmakers' favourite and is certainly a popular choice
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        Arsenal's Wenger eager for home comforts
        432 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Middlesbrough HOME is where the heart of this season's Premiership title race is, if Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is to be believed. And the Frenchman will be relieved to return to the sanctuary of the Emirates Stadium next weekend. There are few
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        PREMIER LEAGUE IN NUMBERS
        216 37 Statistic of the week 8 Number of own goals (2) and penalty goals (6) that kept the goal counter ticking overtime. Of the seven spot kicks awarded, only Nicolas Anelka fluffed his chance. Top scorers 9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal) 8 Benjamin Mwaruwari
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      Reds rely on cup form to pip Marseille
      675 38  -  Richard Jolly SOCCER Club count on boss' tactical brilliance in knockout football to enter next round By THE substitutions of Steven Gerrard tend to take on a significance that extends far beyond the simple replacement of one player with another. When Liverpool
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      Seven Champions League K.O. places to be decided
      425 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, London SEVEN places into the lucrative knockout phase of the Champions League are up for grabs this week. Nine teams have already advanced. They are defending champions AC Milan, along with former winners Barcelona, Manchester United, Celtic,
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      Serie A
      149 38 Inter Milan 1511 4 0 33 8 37 US Roma 15 9 5 1 3118 32 luventus 15 8 5 2 3013 29 Udinese 15 8 4 3 2017 28 Fiorentina 15 6 6 3 1913 24 Malanta 14 5 6 3 2117 21 Napoli 15 6 3
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      Primera Liga
      136 38 leal Madrid ....1511 2 2 3414 35 larcelona 15 9 4 ***** 31 l. Madrid 15 9 3 ***** 30 'illarreal 15 9 1 ***** 28 ispanyol 15 7 6 2 2318 27 I. Santander ..15 7 5 ***** 26 Valencia 15 8 1 ***** 25 flallorca 15
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      Barcelona stay in sight of Real
      269 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Madrid BARCELONA showed real character to stay within four points of leaders Real Madrid with a 2-1 win over struggling Deportivo La Coruna in the Primera Liga on Sunday. Cristian put Deportivo ahead after just two minutes, but a 40th-minute penalty from
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      Champions League
      368 38 Today Group A Porto v Besiktas Delayed, Ch23, tomorrow, 6am Marseille v Liverpool Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.30 am Group B Chelsea v Valencia Schalke v Rosenborg Group C Olympiakos v Werder Bremen Real Madrid v Lazio Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3am Tomorrow Group E Barcelona v Stuttgart Rangers v
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        BOSH LEADS RAPTORS TO WIN OVER ROCKETS
        56 38 Toronto: Chris Bosh returned from injury to score 21 points and lead the Toronto Raptors to a 93-80 win over the Houston Rockets in a National Basketball Association match on Sunday. Bosh, who had missed five games with a strained groin, also had
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        FERGUSON FACES FINE, BAN FOR ABUSING REF
        63 38 LONDON: Manchester United soccer manager Alex Ferguson has admitted to a charge of using abusive and insulting language towards referee Mark Clattenburg. The Football Association said yesterday that Ferguson had not requested a personal hearing and his punishment would be determined "in due
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        HENSON CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT
        68 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWANSEA: Wales and Lions rugby centre Gavin Henson was charged yesterday with disorderly conduct by police over a drunken disturbance on a train. The 25-year-old was one of four men involved in the incident on a train from London to Cardiff on Dec
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      Results
      634 38 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Buffalo 38 Miami 17, Cincinnati 19 St. Louis 10, Dallas 28 Detroit 27, Houston 28 Tampa Bay 14, Green Bay 38 Oakland 7, Jacksonville 37 Carolina 6, NY Giants 16 Philadelphia 13, San Diego 23 Tennessee 17 (OT), Minnesota 27 San Francisco 7, Seattle 42 Arizona
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      Alonso to join Renault for £70m
      611 39 BLOOMBERG MOTOR RACING Three-year deal will make Spaniard highest earner in Formula One Madrid FERNANDO Alonso has returned to Renault in a deal that will make him the high-est-paid Formula One driver. The two-time world champion is going to sign a three-year deal worth
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      Sorenstam hopes Lexus Cup event will stay in Perth
      793 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ►>GOLF Perth FORMER world No 1 Annika Sorenstam hopes the Lexus Cup will remain in Perth for at least another year. The annual golf event, which pits Team International against Team Asia, was held in Singapore the past
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      Vandort and Jayawardene frustrate England
      366 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS CRICKET Colombo HOSTS Sri Lanka warded off England's early threat yesterday, as the rivals waged a grim struggle to take control of the second Test. Sri Lanka, replying to England's first-innings total of 351, recovered from 22-2 to post 105 without
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      80 38 TV times CRICKET: Pakistan Tour of India: 3rd Test, day 4 (Live, ChlO9, 11am). New Zealand Tour of Australia: Twenty2o (Live, Chi 10, spm). SEA Games: Encore (11.30 am). Action (Live, 6pm). Highlights (11pm). Soccer, s-final: Thailand v Singapore (Delayed, 11.30pm)-Chs. SOCCER: Champions League: Real Madrid v Lazio (Live, Ch24,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      81 39 YOLANDA MARY NONIS Age: 72 passed away peacefully at home in Western Australia on Thursday, 6th Dec 2007. There is one thing I ask of the Lord, for this I long, tolivein the house of the Lord, all the days of my life. Psalm 26 Verse 4 Sadly missed by
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      40 39 15th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of DR WOON WAH SIANG Departed 11 December 1992 In remembrance of our dearest Dad Whose memory is still much cherished and presence still deeply missed. Remembered by family and loved ones always L A
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      25 39 ITH ANNIVERSARY CPT. TEDDY QUAH KOKMENG Departed: 11 Dec 1999 I ...we still miss you Dad Robert Quah Mum: Lucy Quah Sis :TammyQuah family Mends
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      45 39 Safe in the arms of Jesus I CHUA TECK SENG Called Home: 11 Dec 95 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There's not a day dear Dad/Kong Kong That we do not think of you. Dearly cherished by loved ones.
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      32 39 <n Loving Memory of 3heang Chwee Neo Departed 11 Dec 2002 Mum, it has been five long years. But fond memories of you still remain. Always remembered by your loved ones. t
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      20 39 AL-FATIHAH Allahyarhamah HAJJAH RAFIAH BTE ABDUL GHANI (NELLY) Departed: 07/12/07 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: May Sheriff family (Australia)
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      26 39 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To The Family of The Late ONG CHUN SENG Deparetd: 6 Dec 07 From The Commissioner Staff of Immigration Checkpoints Authority
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      28 40 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late SHARON LIM MORRIS Departed on 9 December 2007 From The Management Staff of Bank of America, N.A.
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      105 40 HENLEYWONG Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mok Wai Yee, Rosalind Son: Ernest Daughters: Sons-in-law: Myrna (Kenneth Koh, deceased) Linda John Moore Clara Grandchildren: Koh Li Jen Koh Li Ann Wong Su Yen,
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      73 40 We, The Family Of The Late SHIRLEY QUAH called home to be with the Lord on 4 December 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for your condolences, assistance, prayers, contributions and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Rev. Fr.
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      58 40 The Family of the Late JOSEPH SEOW KIAN Departed on 2 December 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Singapore Pawnbrokers' Association, priests, relatives, friends, church members, prayer groups, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      181 40 |g«r°r "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... :l|i J|r and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. f» Psalm 23 CHAN CHUN PING TAN TJIN PHIO (86 years of age) Was called home to be with the Lord on 9 December 2007.
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      184 40 The Family of the Late COLIN KANG SENG KOK Departed on 5 December 2007 I Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: •Mr George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs MP for Aljunied GRC (Bedok Reservoir-Ponggol) •Rev Fr Joseph Tan, Rev Fr Luke Fong, Rev Fr Brian D'Souza, Rev
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      138 40 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want....and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 LIM CHIAN LEE JOE Age: 61 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 December 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      81 40 LEE ENG KWANG Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, 9 December 2007. Relatives and friends are invited to pay their respects nightly from 7pm to 9pm at Singapore Casket, Silver Room, Level 4. There will be a service on Wednesday, 12 December 2007 at
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      32 40 "Safe in Jesus' Arms" First Anniversary MICHAEL OH JIN LEONG 22 March 1945 11 December 2006 We remember... We celebrate... We believe... Deeply missed and cherished by all who loved him best.
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      140 40 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." MDM WONG YUEN HOE Age 84 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 December 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: (AwYim Phoey, deceased)
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      108 41 JUr With Deepest Sympathy I -lift- Heartfelt Condolences to our (h. Executive Chairman \m MR JAMES GOH fmL On the demise of his beloved mother KHO SOO CHENG Departed on 8 December 2007 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of LDRENZD jSL Lorenzo International Limited Uhin Holding Pte Ltd
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      139 41 Mrs Lily Martinez (Mdm Leong Wai Lin) Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 December 2007, dearly missed and lovingly remembered by relatives and loved ones. Husband: Albert Martinez Brother: Leong Kok Wing (deceased) Spouse: Cheah Li Ling Lilian Sister: Violet Leong Wai Lan Spouse:
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      42 41 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences To our Managing Director Mr Tommy Lim Yeow Siong on the demise of his beloved father LIM KOK GUAN Departed on 9 Dec 2007 From: The Management Staff of KOIMAJUNf Koi Marine Engineering Services Pte Ltd
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      106 41 Group Executive Director, Mr Steven Wong Kok Wah on the demise of his beloved grandmother-in-law CHOONG YANG NEO Departed 8 December 2007 From The Management and Staff of: J/^^ s M Compass Holdings Pte Ltd m m S M Compass Enterprise Pte Ltd MaNex Trad Express Pte Ltd PT Prima
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
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        SGX Main Board
        7326 42 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 10,2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R34 101 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 228
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        SGX Sesdaq
        1395 42 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E MCAP SMIL 0RHIGH LOW 3C 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 22.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 3; 69 21.; 38 24.; 2.3 7 47.; 19.3 24 li.;
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        SGX Xtranet
        109 42 52-WEEK IEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY NET M CAP HI6H LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR- 'OOO HI6H LOW P/E $MIL 1040 745 CIMBAsean401OOUS$ US1000 40 119 119 6065 Diamonds US119cd 3330 6040 5422 GLD 1OUS$ US7940 +40 0 7940 7870 41.2 IS DJ US Tn li 1000
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      Steady hiring reduces urgency for US rate cut
      446 43 REUTERS Fed may proceed cautiously, as there is no sign economy is falling apart Washington STEADY hiring in the United States points to economic resilience that will let the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a restrained quarter-per-centage point today rather than
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      Big banks scale back plan for rescue fund
      297 43 NEW YORK TIMES New York SOME of the largest banks in the United States are scaling back a plan set in motion by the Treasury Department to shore up troubled investment vehicles and calm the debt markets. Yesterday, after a month of
      NEW YORK TIMES  -  297 words
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      Tokyo Nikkei 225
      31 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,924.39 (-31.98 points) »Japanese share prices ended slightly weaker as investors refrained from buying on the eve of a key United States interest rate decision.
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      HK Hang Seng Index
      36 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 28,501.1 (-341.37 points) Hong Kong stocks reversed early gains to close 1.18 per cent lower as China's move to cut excess liquidity in its banking system saw across-the-board profit-taking.
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      Shanghai Composite Index
      36 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,161.91 (+70.16 points) Chinese stocks closed 1.38 per cent higher, buoyed by news that the government has trebled the total investment quota for foreign investment in the nation's capital markets.
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      Sydney S&P / ASX 200
      39 43 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,625.1 (-29.6 points) Australian stocks fell 0.44 per cent with investors sidelined ahead of a decision on United States interest rates. Volume was 1.54 billion shares, worth A 54.75 billion (556.01 billion).
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      Kuala Lumpur KLCI
      34 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,425.13 (-8.91 points) Malaysian share prices eased 0.62 per cent as investors took profits after recent record gains. Volume was 579.29 million shares, worth RM1.33 billion (Sss7B million).
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      Mumbai Sensex
      27 43 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 19,930.68 (-35.32 points) »India's share prices closed 0.18 per cent down, pulled lower by index heavyweights Reliance Industries and Bharat Heavy Electricals.
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      Jakarta Composite Index
      35 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,790.27 (+11.32 points) »Indonesian share prices ended 0.41 per cent higher as markets throughout the region mostly dropped in anticipation of an interest rate decision in the United States.
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      Bangkok SET Index
      17 43 REUTERS Friday's close: 841.39 (-3.8 points) Markets were closed yesterday for a public holiday.
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      Strait Times Index Stocks
      223 43 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,553.08 '^^jSjj^T Dec 10 Stock Name WT Close Change Allgreen 0.47 Ascendasreit 0.83 CapitaComm 0.47 CapitaLand 4.42 CapitaMall 0.90 Chart SemiCond ...0.52 CityDev 2.71 ComfortDelGro 1.24 Cosco Corp 2.11 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.16 Datacraft 0.16 FXN 2.32 Genlntl 0.68 HK Land 3.66 Hyflux
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      Top Actives
      64 43 Dec 10 Firstßes 57,905,000 Memstar 56,805,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 45,551,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO4O4 35,570,000 HTLIntl 30,218,000 DBS DB eCWOBO623A 25,615,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO4O4 21,630,000 SGX MBL eCWOBO3OS 20,372,000 UOB DB eCWOBO6I6 19,334,000 Capita Land 16,609,000 Thai Beverage 16,587,000 Sing Tel 14,390,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO2O6 13,764,000 ChinaNTown 13,118,000 Yangzijiang 13,055,000
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      Currencies
      141 43 Dec 10 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2550 1.2700 Can dollar 1.4230 1.4400 Euro 2.1000 2.1240 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4340 0.4347 NZ dollar 1.1070 1.1310 Sterling pound 2.9130 2.9460 US dollar 1.4330
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      Bonds, Loans & Warrants
      2003 43 Bonds, Loans Warrants HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 15 1 5 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 9 2 5 ArianeCorp W*****9 50 5 8 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 56 8 9092 Asia Env W*****4 25 5 12 5 1436 AusGroupMBLeCW*****4 30 5 16 5 1851 AusGroupMEReCW*****8 32 5 15 2872 AusGroupRBeCW*****7 315
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      SP AusNet scraps $ 10.5b Alinta asset buy
      425 44 SP AusNet scraps 10.5b Alinta asset buy REUTERS Firm says downturn in capital markets will affect deal and its ability to hit targets Sydney AUSTRALIAN infrastructure firm SP AusNet has pulled out of i plan to pay AsB.3 billion '5510.5 billion) for assets of former energy firm Alinta, blaming a
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      China faces huge task in taming inflation
      344 44 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS Beijing CHINA faces big inflation pressures next year and an arduous task in preventing price gains from broadening, the nation's top planning agency said. Increases in global commodity prices, strong domestic demand and planned changes to China's pricing of resources
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      Chinese officials flag global risks
      270 44 REUTERS Beijing CHINA is preparing for a modest downturn in the world economy stemming from the United States sub-prime crisis, and is willing to coordinate policies with other major economies, a senior economic official said yesterday. Mr Liv He, vice-minister in the Office of the
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    • MEDIA & MARKETING
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        Peak to scale new heights after revamp
        249 45  -  CHUA HIAN HOU READERS of exclusive lifestyle magazine The Peak's December issue are in for a treat, following an editorial and design revamp. The 23-year-old magazine has been reorganised into four broad categories for easier navigation, from nearly 10 previously, its publisher SPH
        SPH MAGAZINES  -  249 words
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        Yahoo to start online tech stocks programme
        293 45 NEW YORK TIMES New York YAHOO, which already owns one of the most successful financial sites on the Web, is putting the final touches on a new online programme for technology investors that is scheduled to begin next month. To be called Tech
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        SPH Magazines sets out to improve colour, ad processes
        472 45  -  Chua Hian Hou New initiatives to standardise colours, reduce risk of ad errors By ONE of Singapore's biggest magazine publishers, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), has launched two initiatives to improve efficiency and cut the risk of error in print advertisements. SPH's
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        S'pore financial execs most keen in world to upgrade
        522 46  -  Grace Ng Responses to survey question If you are a manager now or plan to become one, which of the following skills do you need to acquire or improve over the next few years to ensure that you can become more
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        S'pore, Oman ink deal to boost business
        532 46  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By Assistant Foreign Editor THE name Oman may conjure up visions of freely gushing oil wells as far as the eye can see. But since 2005, the tiny gulf sultanate population: 2.7 million has been trying to wean itself off an
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        State-owned funds can do good for financial markets
        867 47  -  Lee Su Shyan Their focus on diversified portfolios and long-term returns help to maintain stability: GlC's Tony Tan By Assistant Money Editor ALL players in the global financial markets should be treated equally, and state-run investment funds should be no exception. That
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        UBS shocks with $14b in sub-prime write-downs
        342 47 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS ZURICH SWISS bank ÜBS, Europe's largest lender by assets, unveiled US$lO billion (5514.4 billion) in astounding subprime write-downs yesterday. The bank's losses has already cost the jobs of chief ex- ecutive officer (CEO) Peter Wuffli, his finance chief Clive Standish,
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        STI ends a shade weaker despite slight recovery
        446 47  -  Yang Huiwen STAKING STOCK By THE tantalising prospect of a fresh cut in United States interest rates this week was not enough to keep the local bourse in positive territory yesterday. Ironically, it was more bad news on the US sub-prime crisis
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        Creating the digital living room
        510 88  -  00 GIN LEE 00 GIN LEE goes behind his own scenes to share how this special issue was put together IN THE make believe world of marketing fantasia, every gadget works perfectly and the digital living room dream is a reality. But we know that
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        Zap now!
        110 88 IT DOES not have to end at the last full stop. Get more information, download discount coupons, watch a movie trailer and do much more on your phone by using Zap Code. 1. Install Color Cam software SMS "zap" to ***** (post-paid subscribers) or *****401 (pre-paid subscribers). You
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        A video runs through it
        786 89 How to turn the game machine into a DVD player and more. By IVAN WEE Make your gaming machines do triple duty. Turn the Xbox 360 into a DVD player and a bridge to stream videos from your laptop to your TV. And surf the
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        Stream videos from your laptop to your TV
        597 92 All you need is a media extender. PETER KENNY and JULIAN WONG show you how to do it IT'S GREAT to watch your downloaded movies and home-made videos on the laptop. But it's so much better to watch them on the big
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        Listen to music wirelessly
        566 94 Friso Kluit and Peter Kenny show how you can share your MP3s with your family in the living room Share the MP3s in your laptop with the whole family through the living room hi-fi system. All you need is the Pinnacle Soundbridge gadget to make it
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        Make everything work in harmony
        403 96  -  00 GIN LEE With the Logitech Harmony 1000 universal remote, you can turn on the TV, set-top box and air-con with iust one touch. By NOW you can have complete control over all your household appliances with just a single remote control. With the Logitech
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        Unclutter your living room
        416 98  -  00 GIN LEE With Eubiq, you can tidy up your power cables and dace your power sockets wherever you wish. By YOU may have all the Wi-Fis and Bluetooths to send video and music wirelessly between devices, but you still can't transmit electricity over the air.
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        662 99 Snoop, spy or just keep an eye on the kids or workers from afar. FRISO KLUIT shows you how BE YOUR own Bond: Monitor the goings-on at home or in the office remotely with spy cameras. Whether it's to check on what the maid's doing or
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        Upload your photos wirelessly
        551 100  -  JULIAN WONG Configure your camera to send photos to your laptop or even the Internet. By WOULDN'T it be great if you could send your photos straight from your camera to your laptop over the air? Now you can, with Wi-Fi cameras that can connect wirelessly
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        Weaving a wireless world
        502 101  -  JULIAN WONG Republic Poly staff and students worked hard on the digital living room, and amazed themselves. By STAFF and students of Republic Polytechnic's School of Information and Communications Technology (SIT) took on the gargantuan task of evaluating, testing and bringing together all the pieces of
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        795 104 The fuss with HD IT'S been called the biggest thing on the goggle box since colour came on-screen. HD (high-definition) promises images that are up to four times clearer, whether this is in video games, next-gen DVD discs or TV programmes. On video
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        1191 106 Blu-ray disc or HD DVD it has to be one or the other. BILLY TEO spells out the details The great thing about home entertainment is that high definition (HD) movies are coming your way. Pictures will be five times clearer, and you'll be able to see,
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        433 108 So what happens after you get your new HDTV? BILLY TEO lists the movies and games that you can show off to make your friends envious NOW that you've plonked more than a month's salary on a HD home theatre system the neighbours will envy, get the envy
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        592 108  -  Oo Gin Lee IT IS the epicentre of your living room, the piece that creates the lasting first impression on your visitors when they step into your home. It is your TV. And today, almost everyone is looking to get a flat panel
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        Everything HD
        670 110 High Definition content offers vastly improved visuals and sound. BILLY TEO tells you what you need to get started With high-definition (HD) programmes, television viewers will be able to see sharper, more detailed and more vibrant images than the standard definition (SD) resolution available on most TVs today.
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        490 110  -  Billy Teo PICKING the right Blu-ray player can be a bit unnerving because the format is new, and because of the choices around. For HD DVD, the choice is rather limited at the moment. So, the decision's made for you. Here's a guide to
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        862 112 Before MP3, teens lugged bulky cassette and CD players for music on the go. STEPHANIE GWEE gives tips on buying MP3 players THE humble music player is the techie's alternative to getting high. From the grungy kid next door, to Paris Hilton
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        Which of the three under my tree?
        558 113 LEUNG WAI-LENG looks at how the key game pads stack up as gift ideas SO YOU'RE looking for a game console for your nearest and dearest. Will it be the much-hyped, par-ty-friendly Wii, the hardcore shooting action on the Xbox 360 or the
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        Games for holiday cheer
        706 113  -  LEUNG WAI-LENG picks a few must-give titles for the PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 PC Crysis $56.90 It's 2019 and a crashed asteroid is really a cover for a massive alien ship. Which, of course, carries an invading army bent on taking over the earth.
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        Broadband: narrowing down the best deals
        453 114 00 GIN LEE reveals the secret of enjoying unlimited broadband from $12.70 per month UNLIMITED broadband for under $30 per month now's the time for it, as there's no lack of plans to choose from. Star Hub launched its 1 Mbps service two weeks
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        Knock-out promotions for the festive season
        764 114 Torn between Star Hub's and Sing Net's tempting bundles of joy? 00 GIN LEE guides you towards a happy decision LEAVE the spirit of giving at home. Where rival ISPs are concerned, year-end's the best time to outdo each other in no-holds-barred promotions. Sing
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        583 115 Consumers are spoilt for choice with Star Hub and SingTel's TV offerings. M.K. WONG reports There's no need to dream anymore. You can subscribe to SingTel's mio TV or Star Hub Cable Vision depending on your preferences. Star Hub has
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        Get cosy in the laptops of luxury
        742 116 Eyeing a multimedia notebook for X'mas? ADLIYASHIR tells you to watch out for screen size, power and remote control A NOTEBOOK with the ideal multimedia features should allow you to enjoy movies, music and more while on the move. But before you rush
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        Voila! Wireless "magic wands"
        506 117 00 GIN LEE unveils the Airmouse, the James Bond wannabe and Miss Keyboard Universe NO DIGITAL living room is complete without a cool wireless mouse and keyboard to match. Here's a look at those designed specially for the living room. Logitech MX Airmouse ($289) If Cinderella's
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        669 118 LIM YEE HUNG shows you how to buy your merry way into the hearts of everyone, from spouse to pen-pal SO YOU have been reading Digital Life for the past one year and you want to show off your newfound tech-sawiness to your friends
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        Define his world digitally
        462 119 Five 'must-haves' make it to DARYL CHIN's list of geek toys for the high maintenance guy WHAT'S a guy, who has almost everything, to covet? More expensive gadgetry, thank you. There's no shortage of what can go on the wish list if you have moolah magic.
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        Fill her handbag with digital stuffings
        560 119 They don't have to fit in an X'mas stocking, but THAM YUEN-C's tech toys must sit snugly in her purse SOMETHING small, something light. That's the adage to go by when buying gifts for your geek girl something she can carry without breaking her
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        All want for Christmas is...
        599 120 STEPHANIE GWEE lists the best of geek kitsch for the Christmas season YOU know that Christmas is back when your neighbourhood grocery store is blaring Deck The Halls and shoppers with young children start snapping pictures of the wooden nutcrackers outside Paragon. Ah yes, the
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        335 121 No excuses, no buts. THAM YUEN-C takes a cheeky look at the best behinds...of gadgets that is. She flipped over gazillion gadgets to check out their bums and found five good enough to ogle at, maybe even touch. The best part: you won't get any nasty surprises up
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