The Straits Times, 13 December 2007

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  • 676 1  -  Peh Shing Huei Singapore leader cautions against "one-size-f its-all" approach By In Nusa Dua (Bali) LEADERS threw their weight behind efforts to find a solution to the climate change crisis, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking on the need to go
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  • 501 1  -  David Boey By HAVE your umbrella close at hand, from now till year's end. The forecast is a wet spell for the next two days, with possible flash floods soaking low-lying areas. The National Environment Agency (NEA) and PUB,
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  • UPFRONT
    • 970 1  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo RICE cookers that cost more than a personal computer are selling well in Japan, thanks to the unrivalled obsession of the Japanese with their staple food. Now featuring at the top of the heap
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    • IN A FLASH
      • 30 2 HK leader's democracy call Chief Executive Tsang urges Beijing to allow direct elections in Hong Kong by 2017, and to set out a timetable for full democracy. PAGE 8
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      • 28 2 Britons leaving Britain More and more British people are choosing to emigrate in search of a better life, even as immigrants pour into the country. PAGE 23
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      • 25 2 Pakistan's chance Pakistan has a rare chance to make good after the elections set for January. It should not pass it up. PAGE 30
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      • 36 2 Breakdown in the system The US Congress was supposed to put limits on CIA activities and provide support for those who did the dirty work, but this system of supervision has broken down. PAGE 31
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      • 52 2 Introducing routine HIV testing Next week, all patients admitted to Changi General Hospital will be screened for HIV, unless they decline to be tested. PAGE HI Effects of warming on wildlife NParks will begin a three-year study next year to gauge the impact of climate change on local wildlife.
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      • 61 2 Elderly already provided for In response to a reader letter, MCDYS highlights existing Government subsidies and schemes such as ComCare and Medifund to help the elderly meet their needs. PAGE H8 Encourage taxi-pooling Reader suggests that improving the taxi-pooling system might be a good way to cut down on
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      • 29 2 Silat skipper bags gold Skipper Noor Rafili Ramli keeps up the tradition of bringing home at least one gold medal in silat from the SEA Games. PAGE H10
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      • 32 2 Apollo Centre sold for $205m A US fund manager has paid $205 million for Apollo Centre in Havelock Road, indicating that foreign investors have confidence in Singapore's office market. PAGE H22
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  • PRIME
    • DEADLY GUN VIOLENCE
      • 462 3  -  Kenneth Lim LAS VEGAS By In Boston AMERICA was grappling with its third major shooting in a week yesterday, after gunmen opened fire on six teenagers at a Las Vegas school bus stop. "I think the No. 1
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      • 459 3  -  Ravi Velloor »INDIA By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi A GANGLAND-style execution of a 14-year-old student by two classmates at his suburban New Delhi private school has brought a chilling reminder of the violence lurking below urban India's surface. Abhishek Tyagi, the son
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    • 102 4 Mr Charlton Clark (left), manager of the Antarctic Airlink Project, and Dr Jeremy Smith, leader of Australia's Casey Research Station, stand by the first Airbus A319 passenger jet to land in Antarctica. The flight carried only operations personnel and was the first of a series
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    • 579 4  -  Salim Osman It says it received a complaint that some mobile telcos were operating a cartel By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S competition watchdog has launched a fresh probe of alleged price-fixing by mobile telcos. And the investigation could mean further trouble for Singapore's
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  • ASIA
    • 640 6  -  Salim Osman But public vehicles will be spared in two-tier plan to save on subsidies By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta 3WNERS of private cars in Indonesia may have to pay nore for petrol from next nonth. Higher-priced premium petrol is part of
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  • CHINA
    • 364 8 REUTERS Beijing CHINA, the world's most populous country, expects a mini-baby boom to start next year, state media reports. This is because the "one-child" policy was relaxed in 1984, allowing rural couples to have a second child if their first
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    • 75 8 Firemen rescuing a resident of an apartment block in eastern China's Zhejiang province yesterday. The fire killed at least 21 people and injured two others, state media said. About 213 people were rescued after the blaze broke out at 8.20 am in Wenfu Mansion in Wenzhou
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    • 657 8  -  VINCE CHONG Chief Executive submits report to Beijing suggesting setting up a timetable for democracy By Hong Kong Correspondent CHIEF Executive Donald Tsang has urged Beijing to allow direct elections "by no later than 2017" in a report showing most Hong Kongers want
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    • Article, Illustration
      55 10 US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez posing on a Harley- Davidson as Chinese Vice-Commerce Minister Chen Deming (second from left) and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (second from right) look on. The officials held a trade dialogue near Beijing yesterday. The US is seeking to expand access for its
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    • 597 10  -  Sim Chi Yin SINO-AMERICAN STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE Both sides start talks with verbal jousting that dims hopes of significant progress By China Correspondent In Xianghe (Hebei) Her counterpart at the talks, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, acknowledged that mounting protectionist sentiments in
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    • 265 10 SIM CHI YIN XIANGHE (HEBEI) WITH its lipstick-red pillars, dragon-carved bridges, city walls and Ming-style "palaces", the Grand Epoch City convention centre lent a regal touch to China-US Cabinet-level trade talks which opened yesterday. The 1,210 ha centre built in the likeness of Beijing's Forbidden
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    • SNIPPETS
      • 95 10 REUTERS XIANGHE: Even Hollywood is feeling the pinch from strains in US-China trade relations. US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said yesterday that China has stopped granting permission for American movies to be shown in its theatres and the US was trying to get the ban
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      • 122 10 REUTERS XIANGHE: Parents around the world should choose China-made toys as gifts this Christmas as they are both "cheap and nice", a top Chinese official said yesterday, seeking to win back confidence after a series of safety scares. Mr Li Changjiang, head of the national quality
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      • 97 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Chinese citizens flush with cash from their booming economy will find it easier to vacation in the US following a long-awaited agreement that the American travel industry hopes will bring in billions of dollars. The deal, signed on Tuesday by US Commerce
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 581 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS But shifting winds and low supply of oil absorbents could make clean-up hard Taean (South Korea) SOUTH Korean officials have started to break down a huge seaborne crude oil slick as thousands of people help clean up
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    • 58 12 It's not quite the twilight zone, but these eerielooking cats glowing in the dark are cloned specimens the work of South Korean scientists, who altered a fluorescence protein gene to make them glow under ultraviolet beams. They claim the technology can be used to help
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    • 319 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing PRESIDENT Hu Jintao eschewed any aggressive role for China's military-backed space programme and congratulated the nation's military and scientists at a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the successful launch of a moon probe. He devoted much of a live nationwide television
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 80 15 SOLDIERS' BIG ENEMY MOSQUITOES A soldier wearing a face mask to prevent mosquito bites as he patrols the remote Maharanicherra area in India's north-eastern state of Tripura. Malaria is a big threat to Border Security Force (BSF) troops posted along the Tripura-Bangladesh border. More than 3,000 soldiers have been hit
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    • 303 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangalore INDIA remains the top destination for companies moving information technology services to lower-cost economies, but China, Russia and Brazil are catching up. A report released on Tuesday by research firm Gartner says offshore spending will grow 60
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    • 469 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS But ruling Hindu hardliners likely to retain control of state despite gains by Congress Ahmedabad (India) HINDU nationalists are losing ground to the Congress Party in elections in the western Indian state of Gujarat, but they are still expected to retain control,
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 613 16  -  Roger Mitton He asks SM Goh how Vietnam can keep up growth in harmonious way By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi THE head of Vietnam's ruling communist regime, General Secretary Nong Due Manh, told Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong that Singapore was
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    • 330 16 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta ONE of Indonesia's top Islamic militant leaders went on trial yesterday on charges of keeping explosives and sheltering fugitives wanted for a series of deadly attacks in the country. Abu Dujana, self-con-fessed military leader of the Jemaah Islamiah
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    • 441 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Bangkok HUNDREDS of protesters forced Thailand's army-installed Parliament to suspend its meetings yesterday after the activists stormed into the chamber's halls. About 1,500 union advocates, students and political activists surrounded the Parliament building, claiming the military-appointed lawmakers had no mandate to pass
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    • BALI CLIMATE TALKS
      • 655 19  -  Arti Mulchand ASSOCIATED PRESS Rich and poor countries can't agree on wording of final statement By In Bali STALLED and acrimonious that seems to describe the atmosphere at the climate talks in Bali as the big guns began high-level negotiations yesterday
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      • 357 19  -  Peh Shing Huei By In Bali SINGAPORE and Australia reaffirmed their close bilateral ties during a meeting here yesterday between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his newly elected counterpart Kevin Rudd. A spokesman for the Singapore delegation said after the meeting that
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      • 411 19  -  Arti Mulchand By In Bali HIGH-LEVEL climate meetings in Bali yesterday began amid visibly heightened security, a response to Tuesday's deadly truck bombings at United Nations offices in Algiers. As talks shifted into the final lap of the two-week conference, Indonesian and
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 479 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Four parties jointly deplore protesters' arrests, say govt is using fear as tool Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S opposition parties yesterday demanded crisis talks with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi over a crackdown on dissent triggered by mass protests.
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    • 206 20 REUTERS MALAYSIA yesterday denied that it was a police state, despite having launched the biggest crackdown on anti-government activists in a decade. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told Reuters that the government was merely trying to ensure public safety in enforcing a blanket ban on
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    • 341 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA established a rare high-level panel yesterday to investigate a video alleging judicial corruption. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced that a six-member Royal Commission comprising former senior judges and legal experts will have three months to complete an
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  • WORLD
    • 666 21  -  Roger Maynard Australia launches test flights for regular air service to Antarctic By Australia Correspondent In Sydney TEST flights for the first permanent jet air service linking Australia and the Antarctic have taken place heralding a new era in aviation history. In an
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    • 317 21 THE earth's polar regions are said to be rich in precious minerals and are sparking a battle among the world's superpowers which could eventually turn nasty. Geologists say the 14 million sq km Antarctic land shelf is replete with oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore,
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    • 680 22 REUTERS A record 207,000 move overseas to escape stress, pollution and other problems London BRITONS are emigrating in droves in search of a better life abroad, even as immigrants pour into the country. The latest official migration figures show that while 510,000 foreigners arrived in
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    • 101 22 THE British diaspora is one of the largest in the world, according to several think-tanks. The Institute for Public Policy Research estimates 5.5 million British people live permanently abroad almost one in 10 of the population. Among their favourite spots are: Australia:
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    • 445 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, NEW YORK TIMES Rescuers search for survivors of twin attacks amid fears of return to civil war Algiers AL-QAEDA has claimed responsibility for a double car bomb strike in Algiers that killed dozens of people, in what may have been the
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    • 90 23 SINGAPORE'S Government has deplored Tuesday's bomb attacks in Algeria. A statement yesterday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "These acts of violence and terror have killed and injured innocent civilians, including children. "We strongly condemn the targeting of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner
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    • 205 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Beirut AN EARLY morning car bomb attack has killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least three others as they drove through a Christian suburb of Beirut. The military said Brigadier-Gen-eral Francois Hajj, one of Lebanon's top military generals,
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    • 519 24 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian order seen as retaliation for expulsion of its envoys from Britain Moscow THE Russian government has ordered Britain to close its cultural offices outside of the capital Moscow, fuelling already strained tensions between the two countries. The Russian Foreign Ministry
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 103 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: The defence committee of Taiwan's parliament has approved an NT$l4.6 billion (Ss73o million) budget to buy four Patriot an-ti-missile systems from the US to bolster its defences against China, an official said yesterday. The budget, part of a controversial NT$32O billion arms
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      • 98 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG: Macau's biggest ever corruption trial ended yesterday with prosecutors calling for a guilty verdict for a former top government minister accused of taking tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks. Ao Man Long, a former transport and public works secretary, was
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      • 147 24 REUTERS TEHERAN: The king of Saudi Arabia has invited Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend this year's haj in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Iranian media reported yesterday. It would be the first time an Iranian president was officially invited to take part in
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      • 127 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: The Russian opposition leader and chess legend Garry Kasparov told journalists yesterday that he was abandoning his presidential election campaign. "My electoral campaign finishes tomorrow," Mr Kasparov said, blaming problems in organising an official meeting of supporters to put him forward as a
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      • 281 27 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS HE NEVER attended college himself but Mr Harold Alfond, the late founder of Dexter Shoe Co, believed that every child should have a chance to do so. Thanks to him, every child born in Maine will be eligible
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      • 293 27 REUTERS CANADIAN serial killer Robert "Willie" Pickton has been sentenced to life in prison with no hope of parole for 25 years, after a gut-wrenching court hearing. Pickton, 58, was convicted in New Westminster, British Columbia, on Sunday for the murders of
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      • 174 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A SENIOR Australian politician who once ended up handcuffed to a stripper's pole in a Russian nightclub, while wearing only his underpants, has said it was a "terrific" night out. Senator Nigel Scullion, 51, the new deputy leader of the conservative
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  • REVIEW
    • 425 29 PAKISTAN is inching towards a measure of normalcy, though it is too early to tell if a sigh of relief would he in order. President Pervez Musharrafhas said that he will lift emergency rule on Dec 16, this Sunday. Elections for a new Parliament are due
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    • 1330 29 COUNTERING CLIMATE CHANGE The following is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech at the UN climate change conference in Bali yesterday CLIMATE change is an enormous long-term challenge confronting mankind. Scientists do not know how quickly it will happen, how severe it will be or
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    • 899 29  -  K. Kesavapany RELIGION IN SINGAPORE By ALTHOUGH Singapore is a secular country, it is one where all religions are respected and operate freely, with equal rights under the law. In multi-religious Singapore, it is quite usual to find a Buddhist temple next to
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    • 837 30  -  David Ignatius »U.S. INTELLIGENCE By WHATEVER else one might say about Ameri;a's accident-prone intelligence agencies, it ;eems clear the system of congressional overdght that was established in the mid-1970s to suservise them is not working. Right now, there is the worst possible mix a learth of
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    • 1117 31  -  Bernhard Platzdasch INDONESIA'S 2009 ELECTIONS By For The Straits Times INDONESIA'S 2009 parliamentary elections are still far off, yet a dampening appears to have befallen the Islamic party scene. It was prompted by reports like that from the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI), which said the "Islamic
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    • 29 29 Campaign platform How are Indonesia's Islamic political parties gearing up for the 2009 parliamentary elections, and what are their strategies? PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES THE f?ICE COOKER1 COMPETITION IN J/»P*N
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  • HOME
    • 205 34 These boots are made for walking, and that is what Night Safari elephants Tun and Jamilah will do. Their custom-made booties will help ease the pain in their wounded feet. Yesterday, Tun, 20, and Jamilah, 30, gamely lifted their limbs so their keepers could slip on the
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    • 533 34  -  Lee Hui Chieh It is the first hospital here to offer screening for all; those who test positive or opt out will still get treatment By FROM Monday, all adult patients admitted to Changi General Hospital (CGH) will be tested for the
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    • 631 35  -  Maria Almenoar A one-day pass for buses and trains will cost $18 with $10 refundable; also available: two-day and three-day versions By TOURISTS here will get to enjoy unlimited rides on public buses and trains with a new travel pass that went on sale
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    • 445 35  -  Ho Ai Li By GET hitched en masse on the Chinese "Valentine's Day", or Yuanxiao Jie, in a clan association famous for mass weddings back in the *****. This cupid's message comes from the Hokkien Huay Kuan, which runs the Thian Hock Keng temple. The
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    • 329 35  -  Judith Tan By A FAMILY doctor has got a three-month suspension for carelessly doling out drugs meant to wean addicts off heroin successfully overturned. But a panel of judges refused to absolve Dr Paul Ho of 19 charges of professional
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    • CASE FILE
      • 71 35 A MAN was jailed seven years and given nine strokes of the cane yesterday for robbing an elderly woman and possessing heroin. Lim Kwang Liang, 46, pleaded guilty to making off with a gold necklace and jade pendant worth $625 belonging to a 79-year-old woman on Oct 18.
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      • 58 35 A TELLER who stole $10,000 from an OCBC Bank branch in Sixth Avenue was fined $7,000 yesterday. Lai Pui Fun, 33, who has been dismissed by the bank, pleaded guilty to stealing the money on April 25. She returned the cash the next day after the
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      • 64 35 A WOMAN in her late 70s died after being knocked down by a van in East Coast Road on Monday. She was pronounced dead at the scene around 2pm. The woman was hit while crossing the street at the junction of East Coast Road and Lothian
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      • 101 35 A TELEPHONE scammer conned a woman out of $55,000 last week. The victim in her late 30s received a call from a woman claiming to be a courts officer on Dec 4. The caller said the victim was involved in a money laundering case and
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    • 548 36  -  Selina Lum Repeatedly vandalised Jurong West HDB block Sent abusive text messages to couple By CONVICTED of vandalism and using abusive language, the young woman in a prison-issued orange jumpsuit told the High Court judge she badly wanted to become
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    • 234 36 ELENA CHONG A MAN who tried to molest a young boy at a staircase landing while partially naked was sentenced to 3V2 years in jail yesterday. Desiyantoh Zainal, 23, was also handed three strokes of the cane after admitting to a total of four charges in
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    • 244 36 ELENA CHONG OVER a period of about 20 months, a former bouncer broke into 40 premises, making off with loot worth more than $165,000. Yesterday, Shashilaran Balakrishnan, 42, got 9 1/2 years' jail and was given 24 strokes of the cane.
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    • 283 38  -  Oo Gin Lee By SINGAPORE'S professional cybergamers crashed out in the quar-ter-finals of the US$l million (Ssl.4 million) Championship Gaming Series World Final in Los Angeles yesterday. But there were cheers when virtual racing ace Aaron "Phenic" Aw, 27, went down on one knee, ring
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    • 596 38  -  Alfred Siew ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND One strategy is to bundle a 'triple-play 1 of phone, broadband and TV services to lock in users By Technology Correspondent LOCAL telecom companies are bundling services and giving out freebies in a bid to lock in customers ahead
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    • 422 38 WHEN the Government said it was helping fund an ultra-fast broadband network on Tuesday, it wanted to ensure that no single telecom operator would dominate the market. It wants separate companies to run different parts of the system. One firm, for example, would lay the cables
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    • Article, Illustration
      253 39 Singapore's national water agency, PUB, expects to have eight flood management projects finished or nearly completed this month. Work has been pushed into high gear ahead of the heavy monsoon rains. "We have a five-year drainage construction programme, but many of these had been brought forward to alleviate
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    • 338 40  -  Tessa Wong HSBC-funded research will assess how climate change has affected biodiversity here By THE National Parks Board (NParks) will launch a study early next year to gauge the effects of global warming on Singapore's wildlife, officials said yesterday. "There have been a
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      199 40 Dozens of photojournalists jostled to snap pictures of a bank executive handing over a $100,000 cheque to a National Parks Board official yesterday. But it was no ordinary media event. The shutterbugs were over 100 secondary students taking part in the three-day Straits Times Media Club Camp,
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    • 32 34 Tying the knot en masse A clan group wants to bring back the iconic mass weddings of the *****, usually held on the last day of the Chinese New Year. PAGE H2
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    • 361 41 I REFER to the letter by Mr Lee Seek Kay, "Help retirees cope with shrinking dollar" (ST, Dec 11). Older Singaporeans have indeed made valuable contributions and deserve our gratitude. That is why whenever we have a Progress Package, GST Offset Package or
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    • 299 41 Chua Shih Guan THERE is great demand for taxis in the Central Business District from about 9pm to 11pm on weekdays. However, there are not enough taxis serving the CBD during these two hours. I thus read with interest the decision of ComfortDelgro to
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    • 165 41 Daniel Loke Peng Fai AM disappointed with the taxi service in Singapore. On Dec 2, at 4.30 in the morning, weighed down by luggage and with kids in tow, my wife and I waited patiently in line at the Woodlands Checkpoint taxi
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    • 82 41 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Throw the book at those who drink-drive Drivers should be more responsible if you drink, go public Spoons and forks stained with curry at IMM food court Travel agency claims additional surcharge made
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    • 188 41  -  Jennifer Lewis (Ms) »GIC INVESTMENT IN UBS I REFER to Mr Bin Hee Heng's letter, "Did GIC get a good deal in ÜBS investment?" (ST, Dec 12), asking for details of the conversion terms of the ÜBS convertible notes into ordinary shares.
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    • 339 41  -  Tan Jack Thian Dr Tan Kok Leong WE REFER to Mrs Jessica Tan's letter, "Public hospitals need better queue system" (ST, Dec 8). At XX Women's and Children's Hospital, queue numbers reflect the patient's assigned consultation room and appointment time. We would like
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    • 205 41  -  Yvonne Fong (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Shortchanged on Cash Cards bought from bookstore" (ST, Dec 7). We thank Mdm Yeo Lay Wah for her feedback. Based on the information Mdm Yeo provided, the cards her husband bought at a bookstore are likely
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    • 158 41  -  Wong Poo Yang ABOUT five years ago, the decision was made by the then Education Minister to have the polytechnic academic year start in April instead of June/July. The reason given was that O-level school leavers would not need to wait three months
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    • 201 41  -  Toh Yong Chuan I REFER to Associate Professor Kumaralingam Amirthalingam's Review article, "Balancing evidence and rhetoric in law reform" (ST, Dec 5). Prof Kumaralingam argued that based on existing jurisprudence, gross indecency under Section 377 A (Outrages on de- cency) of the Penal
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  • SPORTS
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      • 590 43  -  Leonard Lim »<;ii at Skipper wins 75kg crown to continue run of at least one gold since 1999 By In Korat IT WAS only one of the 13 golds on offer at the South-east Asia Games silat competition. But, to Noor Rafili Ramli
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      • 313 43  -  Terrence Voon I »LAWN BOWLS By In Bangkok THE normally placid game of lawn bowls served up a thriller of a final yesterday. There was however no happy ending for Singapore's Chia Tee Chiak after a riveting two-hour battle against Brunei's Nairn
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      • 189 43  -  Leonard Lim »CUE SPORTS By: In Korat UP FIVE racks to four against the world champion, initial thoughts of a famous upset started surfacing again in Bernard Tey's mind. It was the midway mark of the race-to-nine South-east Asia Games 8-ball pool
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      • 405 43  -  Jeanette Wang SAILING Bi in Pattaya THEY left shore full of confidence, to the cheers and whistles of teammates. Six hours later, Singapore's Optimist team returned to Pattaya's Ocean Marina Yacht Club with heads hung low. They were greeted with consoling embraces. Hot
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      • 394 44  -  Terrence Voon BOWLING Singapore's world champ changes tactics and positioning to lead the field after eight games By In Bangkok THE real Remy Ong finally turned up at the SF Strike Bowl yesterday. Singapore's top male bowler is in pole position for gold
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      • 438 44  -  Marc Lim By Sports Correspondent In Korat PAN APAIJIT looks more at home as an extra on the set of the Last Samurai than walking between venues at His Majesty The King's 80th Anniversary Sports Complex. The 47-year-old is a regular face at the
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      • 305 44  -  Terrence Voon By In Bangkok IT WAS a small, but happy, group of Thais along Bangkok's busy Sukhumvit Road. Huddled round a tiny television set by the street, they whooped and punched the air in delight, as Prat Samakrat scored the third goal in Thailand's
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      • 194 44  -  Jeanette Wang By In Pattaya STEP out of the Ambassador City Hotel here in Pattaya, and it is hard to believe that the biggest event in South-east Asia's sporting calendar is taking place. Six of the 43 sports in the SEA Games programme are being held here
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      • 652 45  -  Marc Lim SWIMMING They surprise with four golds, despite seven rookies in 12-member squad By Sports Correspondent In Korat AS SINGAPORE'S swimmers strolled through the Athletes' Village yesterday, they were greeted by the images of Tao Li all over the Suranaree University of Technology campus.
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      • 837 45  -  Neil Humpheys NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By I WILL contest the next South-east Asia Games. I will take advantage of one of the region's foreign-talent sports schemes. I will bring back a gold-medal bounty for my adopted country. My chosen
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      • 329 45 GOLD: 38 Athletics Women: Zhang Guirong (shot put) Bowling Men: Shaun Ng (singles), Trios. Gymnastics Women's team, Tabitha Tay (women's all-around, floor), Nicole Tay (women's all-around) Fencing Women: Foil team. Shooting Men: Gai Bin (10m air pistol), Jonathan Koh (10m air rifle), Mohamad Zain Amat (trap), Choo Choon
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      • 141 45 Archery Women: Compound team. Athletics Women: Zhang Guirong (discus) Bodybuilding Men: Sasi Zura Raush (70kg) Bowling Women's Trios. Cue sports Men's snooker team, Lim Chun Kiat (6-red snooker singles) Fencing Men: Lin Qinghui (epee), Mark Dhinesh Muthiah (sabre), foil team, epee team. Women: Sabre team. Gymnastics Men: David-Jonathan Chan
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      • 214 45 Badminton Men and women: Singles, doubles (s-finals). Baseball: Round-robin games. Basketball Men and women: Round-robin games. Beach volleyball Men and women: Q-finals. Cue sports Men: 9-ball pool singles (q-finals, s-finals), snooker singles (q-finals, s-finals). Women: 6-red snooker singles (s-finals, finals). Bowling Men and women: Masters, final block.
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      • 221 45 Badminton Men and women: Singles, doubles and mixed doubles s-finals. Bowling Men and women: Masters. Cue sports Men: 9-ball pool singles (Chan Keng Kwang, Toh Lian Han), snooker singles (Keith E, Lim Chun Kiat). Women: 6-red snooker singles (Tan Bee Yen, Chai Zeet Huey). Canoeing Women: K2
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      • 478 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BERNAMA Indonesian star shuttler Taufik is ordered off court after heated stand-off with officials KORAT HOSTS Thailand soared past the 100-gold mark at the South-east Asia Games yesterday, but were hit by claims of bias in badminton and
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      • 255 46  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER By In Korat VIETNAM have suffered a critical body blow ahead of tomorrow's South-east Asia Games football third-place play-off against Singapore. Their national Under-23 coach, Alfred Riedl, agreed to resign on Tuesday after their disastrous 1-3 semi-final loss on spot-kicks
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      • 601 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS KORAT SOUTH-EAST Asia's finest are honing their traditional agility and speed with feet, fists and wrists in hopes of snatching medals in at least four sports at next year's Beijing Olympics. World-class performances at this SEA Games are
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        • 92 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS DURING tense sporting events, you expect to see coaches chewing some gum or their fingernails, but Myanmar's tennis coach has chosen an exotic alternative. Aung Moe favours the betel nut and, because it is banned in Thailand, he has brought a supply from
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        • 56 46 \SSOCIATED PRESS LAOS' two petanque gold medallists have become instant millionaires in Laotian kips that is. Saengpon Polamad, the chief commissioner of Laos athletics, said each gold medallist from the nation will receive 20 million kips (552,600), with silver medallists receiving half that, and
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        • 74 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS MYANMAR may not be a threat in many events but, when it comes to memorably-named athletes, they are the best. Filipino cyclist Baby Marites Bitbit comes close, but is in the bronze position. Just as she was in the women's marathon and
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        • 69 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS GAMES organisers have handed out more than 100,000 condoms to athletes and fans. Samrerng Yaengkratoke, chief of the provincial health office, said the free condoms were part of the Sports Fight Against Aids programme. Dozens of volunteer motorcycle-taxis with bags full
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        • 58 46 BERNAMA MORE than 200,000 visitors are expected in Korat, who will generate a revenue of more than 2 billion baht (SsB7 million) for Nakhon Ratchasima province. The Tourism Authority of Thailand's Northern Office director Auttaphol Wannakij said the hotel occupancy rate in Korat was
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      • 1389 46 ARCHERY Men's team compound, s-finals: Indonesia bt Singapore (Heng Fook Hup/Michael Ong/Ong Wei Wah) 223-223 (tie-break arrows), Vietnam bt Malaysia 226-225. Final: Vietnam bt Indonesia 223-223 (tie-break arrows). 3rd placing: Malaysia bt Singapore 217-212. Team recurve, s-finals: Malaysia bt Myanmar 218-208, Indoensia bt Philippines 210-198. Final: Malaysia bt Indonesia
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    • 432 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER London FABIO Capello, as he flew into London yesterday to meet the Football Association, was tipped to succeed as England coach by two of the Premier League's best imports. "Capello possesses the ideal pedigree to create a new era
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    • 669 47  -  Richard Jolly Manager's tactics click as his side enter knock-out round in style By THE anthem the Marseillaise celebrates liberty, fraternity and equality. In Marseille's Stade Velodrome on Tuesday, a liberated Liverpool team showed their fraternity with one another, but no equality. Their superiority over
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    • 226 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London SOMEHOW, Andriy Shevchenko still gets support in Chelsea. Despite a lacklustre display against Valencia in Tuesday's Champions League clash, Blues manager Avram Grant insisted that the Ukrainian striker will still start in Sunday's Premier League showdown against Arsenal. Shevchenko has to lead
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    • 369 47 REUTERS Madrid REAL Madrid's 3-1 win over Lazio on Tuesday left them brimming with confidence about their chances of claiming a 10th European Cup this season. Real floored the Serie A side inside the first 15 minutes at the Bernabeu, thanks to quick-fire goals from Julio
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    • 35 47 Tuesday Group A Marseille 0 Liverpool 4 Porto 2 Besiktas 0 Group B Chelsea 0 Valencia 0 Schalke 3 Rosenborg 1 Group C Olympiakos 3 Werder Bremen 0 Real Madrid 3 Lazio 1
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    • 552 48  -  Marc Lim YOUTH OLYMPICS Ng and Co. get final chance to impress lOC with their bid today By Sports Correspondent IT SEEMS fitting that on the eve of the day Singapore's Youth Olympics bid enters the final lap, Ng Ser Miang was just jetting back into
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    • 998 48  -  Bill Plaschke LOS ANGELES TIMES GOLF/COMMENTARY By ON A cool winter morning, I drove south to a modest tract home in a cluttered Cypress, California, neighbourhood, looking for a boy wonder. Sitting in a living room decorated like a Thai restaurant, wearing a weathered
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    • 209 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS CRICKET Bangalore ANIL Kumble raised visions of a dramatic Indian victory with a five-wicket haul, before Pakistan managed to escape with a draw in the third and final Test yesterday. The leg-spinner grabbed 5-60 with shrewd variations on a wearing track, as Pakistan
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    • 161 48 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 102 Minnesota 88, Toronto 100 Atlanta 88, Cleveland 118 Indiana 105, LA Clippers 91 New Jersey 82, Detroit 113 Memphis 103, Chicago 123 Seattle 96, Portland 97 Utah 89, Golden State 96 San Antonio 84. CRICKET Fifth and final day of 3rd Test in Bangalore: India
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      • 73 48 REUTERS LONDON: The home of Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was burgled while the footballer was steering his team to a vital Champions League win at Olympique Marseille on Tuesday. His wife, Alex Curran, and another woman were in the house at the time. They were shaken by
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      • 143 48 REUTERS YOKOHAMA: AC Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti admits that speculation linking Jose Mourinho with the Italian soccer club has added spice to his job. "I read an article in the Italian papers about Mourinho," Ancelotti said yesterday, on the eve of Milan's Club World Cup
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      • 71 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee yesterday formally stripped Marion Jones of the five Olympic medals she won at 2000 Sydney Games and wiped her name from the record books following her admission that she was a drug cheat. It also banned the disgraced
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      • 67 48 BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON: Padraig Harrington was named the European Tour's golfer of the year, after ending the continent's eight-year wait for a winner in one of the sport's four Major championships. The Irishman beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off at Carnoustie, Scotland, in July to
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      • 107 50 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R1040 2660 1250C 3383 3377.3 745 CIMBAsean*****US$ Diamonds 6040 5422 GLD 10US$ 30 6033 IS DJ US Tech 30 6037 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 -34 3426
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    • 604 51 REUTERS Move in line with forecasts; some observers had hoped for more loans to banks by a matching quarter point to 4.75 per cent. Here, too, some market participants were dissatisfied. Many had thought the Fed would lower the discount rate by more
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    • 510 51 REUTERS New York CITIGROUP named investment banking head Vikram Pandit as chief executive officer and acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman on Tuesday, disappointing investors who had wanted a big-name outsider to overhaul the bank. Citigroup had been seeking a replacement for former CEO
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    • 263 51 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS New York UNITED States stocks yesterday rallied the most in two weeks, after the Federal Reserve and four other central banks said they will add cash to the banking system to bolster short-term financing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 167.37
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    • 37 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,932.26 (-112.46 points) "Japanese stocks fell 0.7 per cent, after a quarter-point United States interest rate cut disappointed some investors on Wall Street, who had been hoping for more aggressive action.
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    • 36 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 28,521.06 (-705.78 points) Hong Kong stocks fell 2.4 per cent, led by property counters and banks, as investors showed their disappointment at the US Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
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    • 32 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,095.54 (-79.53 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.54 per cent lower, mirroring falls on other Asian markets and amid renewed concerns over the local real-estate sector.
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    • 32 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,615.2 (-65.2 points) Australian share prices closed sharply lower, tracing losses on Wall Street on disappointment at the size of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut.
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    • 32 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,423.72 (-10.44 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.7 per cent lower, as US policymakers disappointed Wall Street with a quarter-point cut in its federal funds target rate.
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      35 51 REUTERS Yesterday's close: 20,331.24 (+40.35 points) »Indian share prices rose 0.2 per cent to a record close for the second day, led by top mortgage firm Housing Development Finance Corp and telecoms stocks.
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    • 34 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,795.84 (-15.12 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 0.5 per cent lower, as investors locked in gains from a record-breaking rally, with Wall Street's overnight slide also weighing on sentiment.
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    • 38 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 834.09 (-6.36 points) Thai stocks closed 0.76 per cent lower on a regional sell-off, which followed a plunge on Wall Street as investors were disappointed by a modest US interest rate cut.
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    • 8 51 Dec 12,2007 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,549.25
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    • 211 51 Dec 12 Mlgreen 0.48 Sscendasreit 0.81 CapitaComm 0.48 CapitaLand 4.36 CapitaMall 0.91 Chart SemiCond ...0.52 CityDev 2.68 ComfortDelGro 1.24 Cosco Corp 2.05 Creative Tech 0.15 DBS Grp 9.30 Datacraft 0.16 FXN 2.28 Genlntl 0.68 HK Land 3.73 Hyflux 0.32 IMH 3.00 ISH 1.92 lardine C«C 0.98
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    • 60 51 Dec 12 DBS MBL eCW*****4 51,473,001 SingTelSGAeCW*****7 44,915,001 Magnus 37,334,001 DBS MBL eCW*****6 36,265,001 UOB MBL eCW*****4 30,911,001 SingTel 24,382,001 lasper 24,292,001 Jangzijiang 23,831,001 DesignStudio 23,199,001 SGX MBL eCW*****5 23,040,001 Frontline 19,581,000 El-Nets 18,620,000 STX P0 KW100 17,532,000 SGX DB eCW*****4 15,884,000 CapitalanMBLeCW*****2 14,550,000 FirstRes MEReCW*****8 13,560,000 BerlianLaju
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    • 136 51 Dec 12 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2610 1.2760 Ian dollar 1.4200 1.4370 iuro 2.1070 2.1320 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4351 0.4358 IZ dollar 1.1170 1.1410 Sterling pound 2.9270 2.9610 JS dollar 1.4360 1.4530 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Ihi renminhi
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    • 2228 51 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 12 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 50 5 8 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 56 8 9092 Asia Env WD908Z4 25 5 12 5 1436 AusGroupMBLeCW*****4 30 5
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    • 518 52 Swiss bank's chief justifies massive fund injection as move to remain well-capitalised Zurich ÜBS defended the size of this week's 13 billion Swiss franc (5516.6 billion) emergency capital injection, as investors joined calls for the Swiss bank's chairman to fall on
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    • 291 52 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will relax stock-market listing rules next year in an effort to woo more capital into the country, its market regulator said yesterday. Under the rules to be detailed next month, all firms, except for distressed listed companies, would no longer
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    • 324 52 BLOOMBERG NEWS Beijing AIR China's parent may vote against Singapore Airlines' (SlA's) purchase of a stake in China Eastern Airlines, potentially threatening the deal. The decision "depends on whether cooperation between the two airlines will bring benefits to minority shareholders", Air China
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    • 368 53  -  Chua Hian Hou By GERMAN industrial and consumer goods giant Robert Bosch is building a new, environmentally friendly $92 million regional headquarters (HQ) building in Singapore. Bosch's new 225,000 sq ft site, comprising seven floors of office space and two underground carpark
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    • 606 53  -  Yang Huiwen The goodwill the name generates has helped open doors in foreign markets: Asme chief By LOCAL companies should capitalise on the now potent Singapore brand name as they expand their operations overseas. This was the message delivered to home-grown firms
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    • 744 54  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Omanis think highly of S'poreans and allow them certain concessions: Veterans By Assistant Foreign Editor BUSINESSMEN in Singapore who are looking to set up shop in the Middle East have the best "launching pad" in the tiny Gulf state
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    • 248 54  -  GOHENGYEOW DIRECTORS' TRADES THE boss of another Chi-na-based firm has ventured into the market to snap up shares of his own company, following wild price swings that kept investors on the sidelines. Filings with the Singapore Exchange show that Mr Xv Chengqiu, the executive
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    • 265 54  -  Alvin Foo B^ SEEING the world, learning something new and making money. These were the top three aspirations of Singaporeans, according to a recent OCBC Bank-commissioned survey conducted by research agency AC Nielsen. The results were released yesterday. The top three aspirations ranked above
      OCBC BANK  -  265 words
    • 397 54  -  Gabriel Chen B^ AFTER months of speculation, DBS Bank has finally announced that it will move its headquarters from Shenton Way to Singapore's next financial hot spot the Marina Bay Financial Centre. DBS will take 700,000 sq ft of office
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    • 486 54  -  r Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK B^ REGIONAL investors were as disappointed yesterday as their United States counterparts over the size of the latest US interest rate cut. Bourses in Asia fell across the board following an overnight tumble on Wall Street,
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    • 58 54 Top Rises Dec 12 CENTS ISHSCI India 100 990 Apollo 261 StraitsAsia 318 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1010 HLNTech 48.5 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ...***** DCBCCap3.93%Pref10 ***** SIAEngg 436 Semb Corp Ind 585 SingTel 100 398 SincereW 250 21.6 21.0 18.0 14.4 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 1. 8. 6.
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    • 601 55  -  Fiona Chan Deal reaffirms confidence in Singapore's office market By Property Reporter APOLLO Centre on Havelock Road has been sold to a United States fund manager for $205 million. This higher-than-expected price comes as a relief to property watchers, who say
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    • 23 55 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2610 1.2760 Euro 2.1070 2.1320 Sterling pound 2.9270 2.9610 US dollar 1.4360 1.4530 Yen (100 units) 1.2950 1.3095
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    • 249 55  -  JESSICA CHEAM RESIDENTIAL PLOT A WEAK response to a residential site tender at Lakeside has caught the industry by surprise given that suburban centres have been touted as the next property hot zones. The 99-year leasehold site bounded by Boon Lay Way and Lakeside
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    • 108 59 GUESS CHRISTMAS SALE: From now till Dec 25, enjoy 30 to 50 per cent off selected items at all Guess outlets. YIP members get an additional 10 per cent discount on all merchandise, while UOB card holders enjoy an additional 10 per cent off sales items. DENIM MANIA: British
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    • 359 59  -  Noelle Loh FASHFLASH If you're willing to travel, there are cool alternatives to Orchard Road shopping. On Saturday, head down to Home Club at The Riverwalk for the last Flea.Fly.Flo.Fun. flea market of the year. Started by The Substation's technical manager Terence Lav and fashion designer
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    • 266 59 After a seven-month wait, Jonathan Scow's Studio Prive project is back. Started by the home-grown fashion designer behind the lauded Woods Woods label in August last year, the project sees him mentoring selected final-year fashion design students in setting up their own label. Their designs are
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    • 238 59 Trust Strip, which calls itself the Ministry of Waxing, to turn the removal of hair from your privates into a group activity. The Brazilian wax salon chain run by the Spa Esprit group has been offering women the pruning of bushes in plush individual rooms since it opened
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      770 59 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Angeline Neo at sturban@sph.com.sg Ql've just received two Christmas party invites. One says "black tie", the other says "creative black tie". What's the difference? A You need a professional dresser just to figure
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      286 59  -  Melissa Lee These head-turners were spotted at A Crazy Christmas! at Drama Centre Theatre on Dec 7 Angeline Tan, 22, student What are you wearing? My dress is from Forever2l cost $38.1 got the croppec jacket from Mango for $5C and bought my shoes fron Substance for $39. My
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      202 60 BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CENTREPOINT All that an austere twist needs to make it more elegant is a simple jewelled hair slide Art deco style barrette with Swarovski crystals, $359.90, from Ki-Noki, 02-29 The Centrepoint Pull off regal Tudor fashion that is all the rage. Get
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      177 60 ANGEUNE NEO'S PICKS Suede trims give beachside casuals a chic upgrade. Flip-flops, $65, from Gap, 02-100 The Centrepoint Snag this super basic. It fits like a second skin and the, wool fabric keeps you cool in the sun and warm in winter. And because the material allows
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      555 62 AFP Gloves make a comeback as a fashion statement rather than a practical accessory Paris Gloves hark back to a bygone age, a vanished world of elegance and formality when no well-dressed woman would venture out without gloves, handbag and shoes which matched her outfit. Since the 1960s
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      666 64  -  MICHELLE TAY The shirt is more than mere work wear. It can also be dressed down for the weekend Ask any enterprising Singaporean businessman worth his Braun Buffel leather briefcase what is one office wardrobe staple he can't live without, and he will probably say a shirt. And
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      190 66 A career woman with a social life needs a versatile jewellery collection to take her from work to play, says YEO QIANHUA Diamonds may once have been a girl's best friend, but when it comes to what's practical for today's busy working girl, it's more the case that
      ALAN LIM, POH HENG JEWELLERY, SOO KEEJEWELLERY  -  190 words
    • 382 66 You are dashing off to work, and have a hot dinner date later on. Change of clothes in bag? Tick. Evening shoes in bag? Tick. Fine jewellery? You've already put it on. But wait that ornate gold necklace and the diamond earrings are
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    • 164 68 SHAAN SETH shows you how to dress like Sex And The City's two corporate queens Brimming with style and confidence, savvy Carrie Bradshaw, irrepressible Samantha Jones, preppy Charlotte York and career-focused Miranda Hobbes emerged as style icons in Sex And The City. The show, set in New York
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      204 68 Played by Kirn Cattrall Her style: Sexy Samantha isn't afraid of baring a little skin, and has the confidence and figure to carry it off, too. Whether she's in a classy fur-trimmed day-suit or skimpy, navel-revealing gingham shorts set, she's always glamorous and in control. The top public relations
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      202 68 Played by Cynthia Nixon Her style: By day high-achieving attorney Miranda works the corporate look in smart, no-nonsense suits. But after hours, the Type A persona lightens up in colourful, funky outfits. A chameleon, she can go from tailored day dresses to sexy evening outfits. Oh, and there's
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    • 600 69 Giordano has not forgotten the girls. Its new Beyond Basic women's collection is trendier and more versatile. NOELLE LOH reports wo weeks ago, Urban featured Giordano's new Beyond Basic collection with trendier pieces for men. You would be even more impressed by what the same line has
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      904 70  -  SHAAN SETH Party planners share 10 Yule rules to throwing a great party Tis the season to be jolly. And Singapore, otherwise known as Party Central, is in full swing this festive season as hosts and hostesses cook, concoct drinks and clean homes for Christmas dos, New
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    • 512 70 Three party planners share their secrets on how they'd go about organising a no-muss, no-fuss party for 20 people on three different budgets 150, $500 and the sky's the limit Akanksha Goel is an expert at getting the party started after all, she is the director
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    • 259 70 BUDGET: $50 For simple chic, wrap crushed stainless steel crushed wire around a moss ball and insert a glass tube inside as a water source. Pick flowers such as Glorisa Lily, Vanda or Phalaenopsis which come in unusual shapes and last up to six days. Bundle of wire,
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      559 71 Party planner Roger Kao, 35, recently co-hosted a singles party for about 50 people on a $400 budget, so Urban's challenge of 20 people on $500 was a breeze. The theme of the party was 881, borrowed from home-grown director Royston Tan's hit getai movie of the same
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    • 526 71 So anything goes on the party front. Who ya gonna call? Well, Audrey Yeong, a consultant with public relations, marketing and events company Access Communications, doesn't bat an eyelid. While her company organises parties for small groups to large corporate companies from budgets starting from
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      1131 73 SHAAN SETH talks to master watchmaker Kurt Klaus, who has a special-edition timepiece made in his honour Kurt Klaus has made a living keeping track of time. And the master watchmaker, who has half a century of watchmaking experience with Swiss-based International Watch Company (IWC), demonstrates the same
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      690 75 LAT Film-maker Rodolphe Marconi talks about what it's like to make a film about fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld Before leaving his Paris apartment every day, designer Karl Lagerfeld sorts through a large platter filled with chunky silver rings, deftly slipping his selections onto his fingers until his hands
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      484 76  -  PRADEEP PAUL This exercise uses only a towel, but it's effective PERSONAL TRAINER Here's a workout that you can do anywhere, anytime. And the only piece of equipment you need is something you'll find in every home and hotel room: a towel. Levan Cher, who runs The Bodyclinic
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      174 77  -  TAN HSUEH YUN These pretty cakes from The Patissier will definitely make a statement on your Christmas table and a big impression on your palate. Xmas Xmas Little Stars ($75, left) is a dreamy concoction made up of little balls of sponge sandwiches filled with passionfruit mousse,
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      34 77 Whiskey And Chestnut Profiteroles Chocolate Tart, $42, from The Deli, Goodwood Park Hotel, 25 Scotts Road. Call 6730-1867 or 1868 to order. PHOTOS: TERENCE TAN, THE PATISSIER, GOODWOOD PARK, CANELE, BLUE MAGNOLIA
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    • 104 77 This is quite a sight to behold, and kids will go crazy over it at Christmas. A chocolate cone is studded with hollow chocolate balls coated in red with streaks of white and gold, and some are topped with meringue "snow". Just pluck the balls, made with good
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      86 77 If you can't get enough of chestnuts at Christmas, you'll love this Marrons Chocolate Logcake from Blue Magnolia. Under the shiny coating of dark chocolate are layers of sponge with a creamy chestnut filling. It sounds like the cake might be heavy but it isn't. As a
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      95 77 Profiteroles, or little cream puffs, seem to be the rage this Christmas and here's an interesting way to eat them from a reusable glass jar. These soft puffs come from Pine Garden's Cake and are filled with a not-too-sweet rhocolate cream. It's a good gift to take along
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    • 36 78  -  Shaan Seth THEBAGPAGE, My cardholder doubles as my wallet. It was a gift from someone I was seeing at the time. I like it because it's small and easy to carry around.
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    • 38 78 I'm usually quite chin chai (Hokkien for easy-going) about how I look but I always try to be neat and hygienic. Deodorant is important because I can get quite sweaty during rehearsals.
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    • 35 78 This goes everywhere with me. don't read it all the time though. Most of the time, I get into character by watching and learning from the people around me.
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      31 78 My eyesight's near perfect but I suffer from slight astigmatism in my left eye. I seldom wear my glasses, so no one recognises me when I have them on.
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    • 42 78 I take photographs for fun. My camera's 40 years old and I prefer it to digital cameras because there's a different style involved. You have to imagine the picture in your head first and then take the photograph.
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    • 55 78 My bag is from Artisan Artist, a Japanese brand, and I got it in New York. It's a camera bag but I like the fact that it looks like any other bag. I don't like to advertise the fact that I'm carrying a camera around because I feel
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    • 43 78 I had a really bad ulcer in my mouth recently and I was hoping it would go away but it didn't. Finally I went to a Chinese medicine shop and got this. My ulcer disappeared in half a day.
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    • 54 78 I like short stories, which is why I picked this book. The stories are very funny and quite clever at the same time. They're like children's stories but with a dark twist. Some of the stories made my hair stand when I
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      42 78 It looks like a notebook but is actually an invitation to a new cafe, Recess, at Old School (a creative arts hub that houses art galleries, photography studios and restaurants) in Mount Sophia. It's a creative invitation. Photographer: ALAN LIM
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    • 347 78 With his stern expression and grave manner of speaking, Timothy Nga comes across as the serious, broody sort at first. But five minutes into the interview, the home-grown actor thaws, surprising you with smiles and candid answers. He is in the play Lord Of The Flies, which debuts
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    • 123 57 4 FASH HAG Beware the gatecrashing fashionista 5 ASK ANGIE Unravelling the black-tie dress code 10 URBAN MAN Work the shirt for day and night M FEATURES o Gloves make a comeback VJi Wjg 12 Bling to suit every budget 14 Style tips from Sex And The City 16 Trendy
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      67 80 THE POWER t-t^T 2007 ENTERTAINMENT It is a movie that faithfully captures the spirit and colour of a Singaporean slice of life the getai during the Hungry Ghost Festival. For that, the team behind the $3.5-million-grossing 881 film tops our Entertainment Power List. i pages2-ll 3 DESIGN: SALLY LAM
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      • 285 81 Only two of last year's Life!'s Entertainment Power List players have survived the cut this year TO PARAPHRASE supermodel Heidi Klum, in entertainment, one day you're in, the next you're out. And eight of last year's Lifel's Power List players have tumbled out of the game. With
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      • 584 81  -  Boon Chan It appeals to kids, even two- and three-year-olds can sing One Half, to the aunties in their 60s and to the Englisheducated crowd because it's refreshing' Ng, who thinks the music could have drawn crowds to the movie 881 team Director and writer
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      • 385 83  -  Lee Sze Yong Daniel Yun, 49 Managing director, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures FOR Yun, 2007 was a "make or break year". The previous year was a low the film-making arm of MediaCorp Singapore released only two films, Jack Neo's I Not Stupid Too and Hong Kong co-production We
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        334 83  -  Lee Sze Yong Tham Loke Kheng, 41 Star Hub's senior vice-president for content and marketing LAST year, she scored a coup by acquiring the rights to the English Premier League matches, said to cost some $246 million. That landed the mother of two the third spot in Life!
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      • 307 84  -  Douglas Tseng Suhaimi Rafdi, 40 President, Cathay Organisation WHAT'S NEW FOR CATHAY > Two multiplexes in the United Arab Emirates next year: One will have six halls, the other will have 22. > One multiplex in Malaysia this year: Nine halls. > Two multiplexes in
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        396 85  -  Ong Sor Fern Imaginary Friends Studios Edmund T. Shern, 37; Stanley Lav, 32; Kendrick Lim, 26; and Ri Kai Lim, 22 IMAGINARY friends can sometimes be as real as Sesame Street's Mr Snuffleupagus. Edmund T. Shern, the 37-year-old president of Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS), founded the studio two
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      • 369 86  -  Boon Chan John Ho, 49 Chief executive officer, Scorpio East Holdings BEFORE striking out on his own in the video rental business in 1980, Ho used to help out at his father's coffee shop in Paya Lebar. He has since built his business into a public-listed
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      • 375 86  -  Boon Chan Unusual Entertainments THIS year has been an unusually good year for live Asian performances, thanks to one concert organiser and promoter. Leslie Ong, 39, director of Unusual Entertainments, acknowledges that the company has always been strong in the Chinese Asian market, "as that is where we
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      • 403 87  -  Douglas Tseng Kenneth Tan, 42 Managing director, Golden Village IF YOU are a local film-maker, you want him on your speed-dial. Ranked No. 9 on last year's Power List, Tan climbs a notch for his staunch support for the local film industry. And we're not just
        ALPHONSUS CHERN, PILGRIM PICTURES, WEE LI LIN, GOLDEN VILLAGE  -  403 words
      • 440 88  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Imran Ajmain, 26 Singer, songwriter, producer, event organiser MEET the real Singapore Idol who is making waves in Malaysia. Imran Ajmain has had a watershed year after seven long years on the entertainment scene. Eight singles from the R&B crooner's debut album, Dengan Secara Kebetulan
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      • 377 88  -  Douglas Tseng ST PHOTO: Brett Hogg, 39 Managing director, Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (Singapore) TWO words: Lust, Caution. Hogg made a lasting impression on mature moviegoers here in October when his company -eleased a tame and truncated NCI 6 version of Lee Ang's erotic spy
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    • THE POWER LIST 2007 FACESTOWATCH
      • 537 89  -  Douglas Tseng Eddino Abdul Hadi SOMETIMES the entertainment world is all about spin, not what you do but how loud you shout about it. So noisy upstarts can sometimes eclipse the quiet rising stars. These five new faces made themselves heard with bold statements of intent this year.
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      • 280 90  -  bddmo Abdul Hadi Producer and owner of Tantra Inc AS RECENTLY as two years ago, producer-director JK Saravcinci vvcis juDi u "young punk" in the local television industry. This was even after he had won the Best Drama award for his telefilm Chakra at the Vasantham Central
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      • 276 90  -  Boon Chan Peach Blossom Media founder and CEO HOME-GROWN animation company Peach Blossom Media scored Singapore's first Emmy nomination ever this year. Growing Up Creepie, a 52-episode series about a girl adopted by a family of bugs, got a nod for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program. It
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        338 90  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Producer, Esplanade YO LA Tengo, Tortoise, Jaga Jazzist, Rickie Lee Jones. Music fans have Amy Ho to thank for the stellar line-up at the Esplanade. Ho, one of the Esplanade's two producers, has been responsible for choosing and approving the long list of artists
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    • 41 80 ARTS MEN TO BOYS CULTURE VULTURE SHOW MUST GO ON §M -p^^m How cast prepared Risky move pays off Exhibition put up despite Il| for Lord Of The Flies at Spore Writers Fest Juliana Yasin's cancer 't^kiH pagel3 pagel4 pagel6 |f|
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    • 563 91  -  Hong Xinyi The Internet played an important role in this play about the Romanian Revolution EXPECT Romanian accents and revolutionary fervour in the young Wild production of the 1990 play, Mad Forest. Written by English playwright Caryl Churchill, it was inspired by, and staged shortly after,
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    • 331 91 AFP NEW YORK When the New York Philharmonic plays its 14,588 th concert in February, it will be one of the most unusual and perhaps most unlikely in the orchestra's 165-year history. The programme is standard fare: George Gershwin's An American In Paris and Antonin Dvorak's ninth
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