The Straits Times, 21 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 100 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Malls ringing up bumper festive sales
    530 1  -  Lin Xinyi Booming economy, good bonuses have made shoppers more willing to spend By MALLS across Singapore are packing in the shoppers this festive season, with some reporting up to a third more traffic than last year. And with four days of shopping left
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    Lock icon Bakeries up checks after PrimaDeli fiasco
    533 1  -  Yang Huiwen By Gabriel Chen PRIMADELI'S food-poisoning scare, which caused the shutdown of its bakery and 39 outlets islandwide since Dec 5, has shaken the industry and prompted other cake makers to tighten their cleanliness checks. The fiasco could not have come at a
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Smear tactics a staple of S. Korean elections
      933 1  -  Lee Tee Jong By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul OVER the past month, an alleged swindler has had more attention lavished on him than any celebrity or political leader in the run-up to South Korea's presidential election this week. Plastered on the
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      318 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 'a~\\ Gearing up for arts school Af a. 'i'/?on More than 200 students will report World i4"^u at the new School of the Arts' Review 22-25 interim campus in Mountbatten Insight 26-27 today, for uniforms and textbooks, FYI 28 ahead of its opening next month. SECTION
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Wielding knife for korban part of family tradition
      553 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh Sons are now learning ritual from their father, who remembers the time it was done at home By BUSINESSMAN Abdul Aziz Abu Talib, 58, has been performing the korban ritual to mark the Muslim festival of Hari Raya Haji
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      Lock icon Plan to sacrifice sheep over three days, says Yaacob
      407 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By ALTHOUGH the supply of sheep came in time for yesterday's Hari Raya Haji, delays in the future cannot be ruled out. Saying this yesterday, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim also encouraged Muslims to be prepared to sacrifice
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      Lock icon On your mark – for first night race
      971 4  - On your mark for first night race Jeanette Wang A new marathon, set to start at Bpm on May 31, offers a 42km and an ultra-long 84km challenge By JUST as Singapore gets set to host Formula One's first night Grand Prix next September, marathoners here are gearing up for
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      26 4 Christmas stories Singapore's business leaders share their Christmas memories and reflect on what the festive season means to them *l- J JMj mL t* y l
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon China and India hold first joint military exercise
      810 6  -  P. JAYARAM Anti-terror drill opens door to more cooperation despite border row By India Correspondent In New Delhi INDIA and China will launch their first-ever joint military exercise today in the mountain ranges of China's south-western Yunnan province. The anti-terrorism drill, called
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    • CHINA/EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon New S. Korean leader to boost ties with US, Japan
        561 7  -  Lee Tee Jong Lee also signals tougher stance towards North on nukes and rights By South Korea Correspondent in Seoul SOUTH Korea's Presidentelect Lee Myung Bak says his new government will seek closer ties with the United States and Japan
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        Lock icon Macau protesters call for democratic reform, end to graft
        235 7 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Macau MORE than 1,000 Macau residents staged a protest yesterday, demanding an end to corruption and calling for greater democracy. The rally, on the eighth anniversary of Macau's handover from Portuguese to Chinese rule, comes as the casino
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        Lock icon RECOVERING FROM CROC CHOMP
        42 7 AFP Taiwan veterinarian Chang Po-yu at a physical rehabilitation session in Kaohsiung on Wednesday. His left forearm was bitten off by a crocodile he was treating in Kaohsiung zoo in April, and was later reattached by surgeons. PHOTO:
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        Lock icon Taipei approves Patriot missile purchase
        286 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Taipei TAIWAN'S legislature has approved the island's 2008 defence budget, including a long-delayed allocation for three sets of US-made Patriot 111 missiles. The budget includes a NT$2 billion (Ss9o million) allocation for a feasibility study on the acquisition of US-made diesel submarines,
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Hepatitis patients reject compensation
        570 8 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>JAPAN'S TAINTED BLOOD SCANDAL Rejection of govt proposal may further dent PM Fukuda's popularity TOKYO JAPANESE hepatitis patients yesterday rejected a government compensation proposal in a high-profile scandal over tainted blood, a move that could further erode falling support for Prime Minister Yasuo
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Maoist rebels 'India's biggest threat'
        489 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG PM Singh calls for specialised forces to fight leftists, saying they disrupt economic growth New Delhi INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said communist rebels, who are active in 13 of the country's 28 states and hinder the economic development of the
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        Lock icon Pakistan train crash: Mechanical fault likely cause
        217 9 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTANI investigators began a formal probe yesterday into the derailment of an express train, with officials saying that a mechanical fault on the track was the likely cause of the crash that killed at least 40 people. The Karachi
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        Lock icon Man who put hand in cage killed by tigers
        199 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS Guwahati (India) A MAN trying to take a close-up cellphone photo of a rare Royal Bengal tiger at a zoo here in north-east-ern India bled to death after two big cats tore off his limb. As his family and
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon $9 for a vote in poor Thai north-east
        525 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Party that pays out the most in region can expect to win the national polls At Samat (Thailand) ONE pocketbook issue looms large among millions of voters in Thailand's impoverished north-east: instant cash as little as 200 baht (Ss9) in
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        Lock icon Ex-tourism boss withdraws from polls over bribes
        240 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok A FORMER governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand yesterday withdrew her candidacy in upcoming polls after allegations emerged of bribery during her tenure, a spokesman for her party said. A Los Angeles-based couple were arrested in the United States
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        Lock icon US Senate passes Myanmar sanctions Bill
        378 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE US Senate has unanimously approved a Bill blocking imports of Myanmar rubies and timber, and lawmakers stepped up calls for a UN arms embargo on the military-ruled country. The Burma Democracy Promotion Act of 2007, the Senate's version of
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Qantas picks KL as aircraft repair site
        487 12  -  Roger Maynard Joint venture with MAS subsidiary will tap into huge Asian-Pacific aviation market By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA'S national airline, Qantas, has chosen Kuala Lumpur for its first aircraft repair base in Asia, providing a boost to efforts to turn Malaysia
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        Lock icon 'Botak protest' by Indians at Batu Caves
        567 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur A GROUP of minority ethnic Indians shaved their heads yesterday to protest against the imprisonment of five community leaders who had campaigned for equal rights in Malaysia. About 100 Indians gathered at the Batu Caves temple compound
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        Lock icon Malaysia prepares for second wave of floods
        323 12 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is on alert for an expected second wave of floods today, triggered by high tide. The Meteorological Department yesterday issued a red alert warning on the prospect of heavy rain in north Johor. It said moderate and occasionally heavy
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        Lock icon Road safety drive shifts into high gear
        166 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has kicked off its latest annual nationwide traffic police operation, with the aim of reducing the number of road accidents during the holiday season. Federal traffic chief Hamza Taib said police would concentrate on the six
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Attacked by shark? Maybe not
        250 13 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A MAN who said a shark attacked him at Sydney's Bondi beach is in jail facing robbery charges and may have made up the shark story to cover injuries from climbing through a window, Australian media said yesterday. Local newspapers had reported
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        Lock icon Malacca's 'bee teen' creates buzz
        253 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALAYSIAN teen Ee Qing Hai is creating a buzz at an expo in Penang with his ability to withstand swarms of bees. The 15-year-old has been stung more than 20 times already but that has not deterred him. In fact, he
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        Lock icon Queen Elizabeth sets age record
        148 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE QUEEN Elizabeth II became Britain's oldest monarch yesterday, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria died in 1901 aged 81 years and 243 days, and Queen Elizabeth passed the milestone with neither pomp nor ceremony, spending the day as usual with her
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      28 6 Vote-buying in Thailand Vote-buying may be illegal but the practice can help any party win the elections if it has cash to spare in Thailand's north-east. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon EU plans crackdown on vehicle emissions
      537 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS But carmakers, facing big fines for non-compliance, vow to fight move Paris THE European Commission has proposed tough legislation to force down emissions of carbon dioxide from cars, with steep fines on manufacturers that fail to comply. Officials insisted on Wednesday
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      Lock icon California's bid to cut tailpipe emissions rejected
      232 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE US Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition by California state to limit greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, overruling the unanimous recommendation of the agency's legal and technical staff. EPA administrator Stephen Johnson said on Wednesday that he
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      Lock icon France detains 5 men linked to Algeria blast
      510 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS They are believed to have given logistical support to Al-Qaeda Paris THE French authorities are holding five men suspected of links to the Al-Qaeda branch that was behind a deadly bombing at United Nations offices in Algeria last week, a
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda invites journalists to question its No. 2 leader
      235 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AL-QAEDA has invited journalists to send questions to its No. 2 figure, Ayman al-Zawahri, in the first such offer by the increasingly media-sawy terror network to "interview" one of its leaders since the 9/11 attacks. The invitation is a
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      Lock icon Gone in 3 minutes – 2 most valuable paintings in museum
      415 16 Gone in 3 minutes 2 most valuable paintings in museum AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Sao Paulo THIEVES made off with a Picasso and a highly prized work by a Brazilian artist together worth US$lOO million (Ssl4s million) in a daring dawn robbery at Latin America's most renowned museum here yesterday,
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon CLOSURE OF CHIANG MAUSOLEUM
        89 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAOYUAN (Taiwan): The mausoleum of late Taiwanese president Chiang Kai-shek will be shut from Monday, a week ahead of original schedule. The Defence Ministry has said it is working to transfer its supervision of the mausoleum and that of the son, Chiang Ching-kuo, to
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        Lock icon CITY BANS XMAS TREE DISPLAYS
        101 16 REUTERS HONG KONG: A Chinese city has beaten the Grinch at his own game, banning Christmas trees from shopping malls, restaurants and other public places because they pose a fire hazard, a newspaper reported yesterday. Mr Chen Ying, deputy mayor of Zhuhai, a city of
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        Lock icon TWO INDIAN AIRLINES TO MERGE
        130 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGALORE: India's biggest discount carrier, Deccan, will merge with liquor baron Vijay Mallya's upmarket Kingfisher Airlines to create the nation s biggest domestic airline. The firm formed by the merger next year will keep the name Kingfisher, the flagship beer brand of Mr
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        Lock icon ROBBERS NABBED BY VICTIMS
        120 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK TANGKAK (Malaysia): The tables were turned on two thieves armed with machetes when their victims fought back and had them arrested. The thieves, who may have robbed the same outlet last month, thought they had easy pickings when they entered a cybercafe
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        Lock icon CALL TO END ANTI-CHINA PROTESTS
        119 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI: Vietnam's government yesterday called on its people to end anti-China protests over the countries' rival claims in the South China Sea. Several hundred people had marched in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and protested outside China's embassy and consulate on Sunday,
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      Lock icon Strong earthquake rocks New Zealand
      408 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Wellington A MAGNITUDE-6.8 earthquake off New Zealand's east coast rocked much of the country yesterday, causing power cuts in one city but no known casualties, emergency officials and media said. The quake, centred in the Hikurangi undersea trench off North Island, hit at
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      Lock icon Huckabee takes lead in race among Republicans
      495 17 WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS Surging support for pastor shows how Republican race has changed Washington THE race among Republicans for lowa's caucuses has narrowed to a battle between former governors Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. And the way they
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      Lock icon Democrats leave Congress session with mixed results
      287 17 WASHINGTON POST Washington THE first Democratic-led Congress in a dozen years limped out of Washington on Wednesday with a lengthy list of accomplishments, from the first increase in fuel-efficiency standards in a generation to the first minimum-wage hike in a decade. But the
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      Lock icon New tracking system in US for cloned livestock
      425 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS US expected to allow sale of meat and milk from cloned animals Washington UNITED States biotechnology firms launched this week a programme to track cloned cattle and pigs ahead of an expected go-ahead by the government to allow
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      Lock icon RESCUE ON THE ROUGH SEAS
      52 18 AP All 12 crew members of a Russian freighter were rescued by a Norwegian air force helicopter after the Russians called for help. The freighter lost engine power after it ran into rocks off the Russian port town of Murmansk during a strong gale on
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      Lock icon Websites to pay $46m over gambling ads
      240 18 LOS ANGELES TIMES-WASHINGTON POST Los Angeles THREE of the world's most popular websites have agreed to pay a collective US$3l.5 million (Ss46 million) to settle allegations that they promoted illegal online gambling operations. A United States attorney in St Louis announced the settlements
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      Lock icon Professionals turning to 'brain boosting' drugs
      616 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Pills to clarify the mind and control emotions carry risks, experts warn Los Angeles FORGET sports doping. The next frontier is brain doping. Even as the sports authorities struggle to curb drug abuse, people in a range of other fields are reaching
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      Lock icon Regular walks 'help reduce dementia risk for elderly'
      403 20 REUTERS New York OLDER adults who walk regularly for exercise may help lower their risk of vascular dementia, the second-most common form of this disorder after Alzheimer's disease, a study published on Wednesday suggests. In a group of 749 adults who were
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      Lock icon Aussie police nab 31 men in child-porn case
      192 20 REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIAN police, acting on a tip from Interpol, have arrested 31 men for allegedly downloading a million child pornography images on the Internet, an officer said yesterday. A teacher, a former police officer and a forensic psychologist are among those
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      Lock icon FLUSH WITH HAPPINESS
      121 20 It was a restroom affair with toilet paper galore at the wedding of Ms Jennifer Cannon and Mr Doy Nichols. The bride was resplendent in an intricately designed white gown fashioned from toilet tissue and the ceremony was held in the Charmin Restrooms, temporary public restrooms set
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      Lock icon Protest against Islamic school plan in Sydney
      375 20 REUTERS Canberra AUSTRALIAN police broke up a large crowd protesting against plans to build an Islamic school on Sydney's rural outskirts, with some vowing to assault Muslim students and their families if it proceeds. A male protester on Wednesday told local radio outside
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      Lock icon Gas pipeline deal boosts Russian monopoly
      267 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Moscow RUSSIA, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan signed a landmark agreement yesterday to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast that would strengthen Moscow's monopoly on energy exports from the resource-rich region. The deal, which follows a preliminary agreement reached in
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      22 14 Pastor Huckabee leads Strong support from religious women makes pastor Mike Huckabee the leading Republican candidate for the lowa caucuses. PAGE 17
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      471 22 Ir/S not pleasant for an incoming president to be saddled with a criminal investigation for investment fraud, especially for one who won big on a promise to stimulate business and investment and to bring 700,000 jobs. The probe ordered by parliament of Mr Lee Myung
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      942 22  -  Ooi Kee Beng POLITICS IN MALAYSIA By For The Straits Times TALK of a general election in Malaysia has taken a new turn since the recent arrest of leaders of the Indian-based movement Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). The feel-good factor that the
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      853 23  -  Robert J. Samuelson WASHINGTON POST ECONOMIC TRUTHS By In Washington THERE is a vast perception gap between the real economy of production and jobs and the financial economy of loans and investments in the US. The real economy, though weakening, is hardly in a state of collapse.
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      908 24  -  Roger Cohen INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE BRITISH POLITICS By In London A FEW weeks ago, Mr Jonathan Freedland published a long piece in The New York Review of Books that caught the Gordon Brown mania. As the antithesis of Mr Tony Blair, whom Britain's liberal-left chattering
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      933 25  -  William Pesek BLOOMBERG »JAPAN'S CRIMINAL UNDERWORLD By FOR Ms Shoko Tendo, nothing brings back the bad memories like bloody fingers in the night. "As a child, there would sometimes be knocks at the door at all hours from men holding pinkies that
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      702 27  -  Chua Hak Bin FRIDAY MATTERS By THE Singapore economy is rising with the tide of globalisation, but not everyone appears to be prospering equally. A two-speed dual economy appears to be emerging where divergent growth patterns between different income groups, businesses
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      914 27  -  Lynn Lee »THE POST-65ERS By This unconventional deal is known as microfinancing.The best part: It can be done online via sites like Kiva making the process effortless. And you don't need to be rolling in money to play a part. Set
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      25 26 Tweaking help schemes With a dual-speed economy, there's a need to fine-tune the support system for Singaporeans who are struggling to keep up PAGE 27
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      688 31  -  Jane Ng More than 200 head for interim campus to buy uniforms, books 31 FOR 12-year-old Tan Shee Yin an avid painter since kindergarten enrolling in the new School of the Arts (Sota) was never an issue. With a Primary School Leaving Examination
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        143 32 POPULAR getai singer Sun Qiang was arrested for drink driving last Sunday. Mr Sun, 37, told Shin Min Daily News that he was stopped by the traffic police at about 4am in the Lavender area. The police found that the alcohol content in his body
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        71 32 A MAN in his 80s was found dead in a Chinatown hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that the man had earlier been seen there with a young woman. On the same day, the police also received a call about a stench
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      314 32  -  K.C. VIJAYAN IF YOU are thinking of using foam sprays to celebrate Christmas along Orchard Road, think again. Police will seize the items if they cause a nuisance and officers from the National Environment Agency (NEA) will also book anyone who tries to hawk the stuff
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      650 32  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Three cases occur within 12 hours earlier in week, with two victims hurt By Law Correspondent BEFORE the sun had risen, two robbery attacks each carried out by more than one person had taken place early on Wednesday. In an earlier incident
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      457 35  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Number of programmes to increase as continuing legal education is made compulsory for lawyers By Law Correspondent NOW that continuing education for lawyers is to become compulsory, the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) will be increasing its training programmes. SAL, the
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      306 36  -  Natalie Soh By SINGAPOREANS are among Asia's most generous gift givers, according to a Christmas spending survey of 2,000 people in seven regional countries. More than half of respondents here said they would buy more than six gifts this Christmas, the survey by
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      548 38  -  Theresa Tan NCSS initiative aims to help groups cope with rising audit fees By AUDITORS come with a higher price tag these days, much to the chagrin of charities here. But the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) has come to their aid.
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      254 38  -  THERESA TAN THE National Council of Social Service (NCSS) is asking charities funded by it to show results. The impact of help provided is now an additional criterion when it comes to getting funding from the NCSS. Previously, the council funded programmes run
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        73 38 AROUND 1,780 needy Muslim families received a bonus totalling $279,980 from the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) on Tuesday. This is the statutory body's third bonus disbursement for the year, bringing the total bonus payout to almost $900,000. The money will help needy Muslim
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        82 38 EXERCISE Cope Tiger, a tri-nation air defence exercise held annually since 1994, began on Wednesday at Paya Lebar Air Base. It brings together the air forces of Singapore, Thailand and the United States. The Defence Ministry said participants completed the first phase, a planning exercise, at
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        125 38 THE Boys' Brigade has extended its nationwide charity project to Dec 31 to meet a shortfall of more than 200,000 items. Launched on Nov 30, the project has collected 215,379 food and household items. This is about half the targeted 430,000 items meant to benefit 28,000
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      253 42  -  Jessica Lim By THERE is nothing like learning in a real-life setting. Ngee Ann Polytechnic has managed that for its students in courses such as Horticulture Landscape Management (HLM). The polytechnic adopted the nearby 12ha Clementi Woods Park, in Clementi Road, as a
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      554 42  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Local firm develops product to breech gap left by missing tooth By DENTAL woes may not be over after a decayed tooth is extracted. In fact, the gaping cavity causes the bone surrounding the tooth to collapse
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      406 44  -  LEE HUI CHIEH SOME 100 Muslim men rolled up their sleeves to perform the Korban ritual, or sacrifice of sheep, at Sultan Mosque yesterday. Together with hundreds of others in the congregation, they began the Muslim festival of Hari Raya Haji the Festival of
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      28 31 Festive tech goodies LCD TV sets and laptops may not fit snugly under the Christmas tree, but they are among shoppers' top buys this festive season. PAGE H6
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      374 46  -  Zulkarnain Ab Hamid I REFER to the letters on crime and the law in The Straits Times of Dec 19. From these, one can surmise one thing: laymen like us put a high value on human life and safety, whereas the law occasionally
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      210 46  -  Dr Sophia Ang I REFER to Ms Lucy Huang's letter, "Annual eye check-up shouldn't be discontinued" (ST, Dec 15). Our Quality Improvement Unit (QIU) manager has contacted her to thank her for the feedback. Ms Huang has been following up at our Eye
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      145 46  -  Edmund Wan I REFER to Ms Lucy Huang's letter, "Annual eye check-up shouldn't be discontinued" (ST, Dec 15). The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) provides a comprehensive clinical assessment for people with different levels of vision impairment, from those who are born
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      Lock icon Abolish estate duty and give bourse a fillip
      160 46  -  Jairam Amrith ESTATE duty in Singapore is an old chestnut which comes up for discussion every year. In the last Budget speech, the honourable minister postponed a decision, saying that the matter required further study. With the next Budget barely two months
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      384 46  -  Yeo Boon Eng (Mdm) I REFER to the letter, "Wanted: Leaders with deep desire to serve" (ST, Dec 19). I feel that we must be practical, changing the actions taken with time and environment. Our political and national leaders of old strived hard to
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      292 46  -  Melvin Lee IN HIS letter, "Ease aid rules for SMEs to back intrapreneur efforts" (ST, Dec 10), Mr Loke Yue Chong suggested that the Government relax the rules governing assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by including the subsidiaries of large
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      139 46  -  Lim Eng Chong I THANK Ms Ng Mi Chan for benefits. However, the carher suggestion, "Introduce park next to the ICA building electronic parking at ICA car- is on temporary use as the park" (ST, Dec 17). land it occupies is being
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      92 46 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Peak-hour capacity: Expand train platforms at MRT stations to accommodate more carriages Problem of abandoned bicycles at MRT stations needs radical and long-term solution Snow City should look into the maintenance and upkeep of safety
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      718 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Shevchenko is latest to join injury list after Blues beat Liverpool 2-0 in League Cup London AVRAM Grant is facing an injury crisis that threatens to derail Chelsea's Premier League title challenge. His side advanced to a League Cup
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      77 47 CHELSEA'S Ashley Cole is unlikely to be punished for his two-finger salute to Arsenal fans last week. The former Gunners defender was responding to the jeers which followed his every touch of the ball. Meanwhile, Chelsea skipper John Terry has blasted Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue
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      360 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London MICHAEL Ballack has accused Chelsea of leaving him in the dark over the extent of his long-term ankle injury. The German international picked up the problem in a Premier League game against Newcastle in April, and underwent two operations to fix the ankle.
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      387 47 London LIVERPOOL'S American owners are facing a funding crisis that has plunged the club into further uncertainty. Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr have postponed until 2009 plans to borrow £300 million (SsBB2 million) from banks to pay for the club's new home at
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      Lock icon Fergie blasts seniors over party scandal
      1138 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER United boss vents fury at Ferdinand and Co. after X'mas bash goes awry ALEX Ferguson has read the riot act to his senior players after a Christmas party ended with a player being arrested over a rape allegation. The Manchester United
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      150 48 Jan 2004: Ex-Chelsea man Jody Morris and a friend are accused of raping a woman in Leeds. All charges dropped. May 2004: Three Leicester players Keith Gillespie, Frank Sinclair and Paul Dickov spend six nights in jail over an alleged sex attack on three women
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      Lock icon Rooney wants to help Capello become 'a legend'
      315 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ENGLAND striker Wayne Rooney has backed new England coach Fabio Capello, saying the Italian is the "best man" for the job. The player has also expressed his excitement at the thought of helping Capello become a "legend", starting with
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      165 48 REUTERS BIRMINGHAM City yesterday said they have ended takeover talks with Hong Kong-based billionaire Carson Yeung. Yeung's Grandtop International Holdings took an option to buy a 30 per cent stake in the Premier League club in July for around £15 million (Ss44 million),
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      Lock icon Arsenal's kids as good as Fergie's Fledglings: Hughes
      336 48 London MARK Hughes is so impressed with the young Arsenal side that beat his Blackburn that he is convinced they will go on to greater things. He was humbled after watching his full-strength side lose 2-3 to Arsenal's second stringers in their
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      Lock icon Calderon: Kaka not good enough for Real
      299 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Madrid AC MILAN'S Brazilian star Kaka would struggle to make the first team at Real Madrid despite being named the outstanding footballer of 2007, the Spanish club's president said. "The (Real) team is very complete and it would be difficult
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      240 48 REUTERS London ITALY striker Luca Toni's four goals fired former European champions Bayern Munich into the knockout stages of the Uefa Cup. They routed Aris Salonika 6-0 in their final group game on Wednesday. Victory in front of 64,000 fans in freezing temperatures in
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      542 50 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »SPORTSPEOPLE Manaudou's former lover Marin denies putting explicit photos of her on Internet Paris FRANCE rushed to defend Laure Manaudou, the swimming star and national heroine, after Italian rivals were blamed for circulating sexual-ly-explicit pictures and a video of her on the
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      230 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS London ENGLAND rugby star Oily Barkley has been charged with assault following an incident at a private event in July, police said on Wednesday. The Bath player, who has 21 international caps and was part of England's World Cup squad this year, will
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      512 50 NEW YORK TIMES Union Dale (New York) NINE months ago, the National Hockey League handed down a 25-game suspension, its longest for an on-ice incident. The recipient was Chris Simon. On Wednesday, the record was broken with a
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      531 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Celtics lose perfect home record after Detroit man's free throws at the end Boston CHAUNCEY Billups has had enough big moments in his career that he knew exactly what he wanted to do against a younger player. He hit two free throws
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      330 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles NATIONAL Basketball Association star Tony Parker has sued a celebrity gossip website that published stories claiming he had an affair with a French model. The San Antonio Spurs star sued Xl7online.com on Wednesday, alleging it posted a series of
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      466 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHLETICS Finding by varsity professor puts athlete's Olympic dream in jeopardy Berlin OSCAR Pistorius, the self-de-scribed "fastest thing on no legs", has a considerable advantage over his sprint rivals, a German university professor said on Wednesday. Gert-Peter Bruggemann of the Institute of
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      Lock icon Defeat looms as England collapse for 81
      311 52 REUTERS CRICKET Galle (Sri Lanka) CHAMINDA Vaas claimed four for 28 as England were bowled out for 81 in just 30.5 overs in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka yesterday. England finished the day in disarray, after being asked to follow
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      Lock icon Tanapat in upset win over top seed Na
      169 52 BADMINTON SINGAPORE'S Tanapat Pisitpong sent Australian top seed Victoria Na crashing out of the Cheers Youth International tournament yesterday. The unseeded Tanapat took just 25 minutes to upset her opponent 21-14, 21-19 at the Singapore Badminton Hall. With the win, the Xinmin
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        97 52 REUTERS ROME: Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has invited the British photocopy shop employee who helped uncover Formula One's spy scandal to Italy to thank him. "If it had not been for that photocopy man, we would not have known anything about this story," Montezemolo
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        84 52 SINGAPORE'S women paddlers finished third at the "Good Luck Beijing" International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament on Wednesday. They were beaten 3-0 by China, who won the round-robin competition that included Hong Kong and Europe United and was a test event for the Olympics. In the
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      331 52 BASKETBALL NBA: Chicago 95 Washington 84, Charlotte 98 Utah 92, Atlanta 117 Miami 111 (OT), Indiana 102 Philadelphia 85, Detroit 87 Boston 85, NY Knicks 108 Cleveland 90, Sacramento 102 Milwaukee 89, Memphis 88 San Antonio 85, Golden State 111 Minnesota 98, Orlando 97 Houston 92, Dallas 108 Phoenix
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      23 47 Blades give Pistorius edge A university professor has found that Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' prosthetics give him an edge over able-bodied rivals. PAGE H22
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  • OBITUARIES
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      115 52 ATHMA SHANTI MANN BAHADUR CHETTRI Age: 44 passed away peacefully on 20 December 2007. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Wife: Ratree Saenchai Son: Daughter: Dino Bahadur Marissa Chettri Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Mann Bahadur Thapa Maya Devi Baluram Chettri Rinku Sherpa Taman Bahadur Chettri Sisters: Brother-in-law: Harikala Chettri Singha Bahadur Kunta
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      116 52 SHIRLEY WONG CHOOIWAH was called home to be with the Lord on 20 December 2007 after a brave, intense battle with cancer. We, the family would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all relatives, friends, Shirley's SIA colleagues management and Dr Ng Heng Joo and his team, for all
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      127 52 2nd Anniversary. In Loving Memory Of "Will You not revive us again, that Your People may rejoice in You?" Psalms 85:6 Loving and Caring Husband and Father, A Gentle, Generous, Kind, Giving, Humble, Peaceable Man. Departed 21 December 2005 at Hotel King fire incident, Palembang, Indonesia. Sadly Missed Everyday. Ling
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      27 52 In Loving Memory Of P. PACHAMMA Departed :21st Dec 1989 Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by beloved sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren ft g, loved ones n
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      40 52 The family of the late RAJENDRAN DHINNATHAIALU Departed 22/11/2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends who attended the 16th day prayers at the temple. Wife: Maya Daughter: Shreya Dhinna Sister: Lalee (Australia) Sister-in-laws husbands
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      51 52 VETHAYAN SUTHAN Age: 45 passed away peacefully on 20/12/2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Brother, sisters relative; Body is resting at Blk 460, Jurong West St 41, #04-676 Tel: *****452 (Bala) *****561 (Mogan) Cortege will leave on 21/12/2007 (Fri) at 4pm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 for
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      137 53 jesus, faithful is Thy promise, precious is Thy blood, My Salvation due to Thee, I do not doubt. GAN HONG LIANG BBM(L),PPA,PBS Age: 77 Peacefully went home to be with the Lord On 19 December 2007 Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by Wife: Goo Ah Moy (Kim) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Gan
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      27 53 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late DR.ANGAH LING Departed on 19 December 2007 From: The Management Staff of INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
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      166 53 "Fear not for lam with you; Be not dismayed, For lam your God." Isaiah 41:10 WEE KHI AIM PING Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 December 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lai Wen Kee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lai Kim Seng Elizabeth Shih Lai
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      125 53 With our deepest regrets and condolences for the family of DR.ANGAHLING You left us one day in dark December Your bright light still shines for us to always remember Everlasting memories of you still linger anew The medical class of'6s salutes you Now in heaven you'll find eternal rest Ah
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      18 53 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of VADIVELU VEVAKANANTHAN Departed: 21.12.2002 Deeply missed fondly remembered by family loved ones.
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      19 53 In Loving Memory Of ViR YAP BOH SENG Departed 21/12/1999 Sadly missed ft always remembered by all loved ones.
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      100 53 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished thi race, I have kept the faith" (2 Tim 4:7) MRS MARINA KESAVAN nee HO MOH CHENG Age: 59 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 December 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Husband: Raymond Kesavan Sons: Daughters:
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      85 53 The family of the late LEE AH NIK Departed on 16 December 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, business associates and colleagues for their attendance, condolences, prayers, donations, wreaths, scrolls and kind assistance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr. Wong Gee Chuan
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      131 53 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 LIM HENG SENG Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 19/12/07 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Cheng Keng Yar
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      144 53 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 THAMCHOYPING Age: 78 was called home to be with the Lord on 20/12/07 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ng Poh Kee (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Chee Kong Ng Chee Hoong Esther
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      82 53 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of SUNDRAGANESH GUNARATHA (8/9/1991 21/12/2006) In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There Is not a day, dear son, That we do not think of you. Deeply missed and fondly remembered by Father: Gunaratha Mother: Keveri Rajoo Brother: G. Kaarthigesan Grandmother,
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      62 53 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of SAROJA D/O MANIUM (RANI) Departed on 02/01/2007 Always remembered by Husband Krishnamoorthy, Son Suresh and all loved ones. Prayers will be held on 22/12/07 (Sat), 12pm at Blk 702 West Coast Rd #08-357 and thereafter evening prayers at 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, Geylang
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      59 52 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: San Diego County Poinsettia Bowl: Utah v Navy (Live, Ch23, 10am). BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: Pittsburgh v Duke (Live, Ch23, Bam). NBA: Los Angeles Lakers v Cleveland Cavaliers (Live, Ch24, 9am). CRICKET: India Tour of Australia, warm-up match: Day 2 (Live, Chi 10, Bam). Event BADMINTON:
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      502 54 REUTERS Hike is the sixth this year, as it battles to cool heated economy Beijing CHINA raised its benchmark interest rates yesterday for the sixth time this year the latest in a series of tightening steps to contain inflation and prevent the world's
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      779 54  -  Philip Bowring THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE COMMENTARY By In Hong Kong THE United States, Britain and the European Union seem to think they can debase their currencies without their creditors in the rest of the world most of them in Asia noticing. That is
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      32 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,031.6 (+1.09 points) »Japanese shares closed almost unchanged, giving up early gains as investors remained nervous about the outlook for the United States and domestic economies.
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      36 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 27,017.09 (-12.17 points) Hong Kong shares closed flat in range-bound trade, with turnover hitting a three-month low and trade winding down ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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      29 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,958.8 (+101.75 points) Chinese stocks closed 2.06 per cent higher, extending the previous day's rebound on follow-through interest in banks and property counters.
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      34 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,176.9 (-39.5 points) Australian shares fell 0.6 per cent, as fears of a US recession and negative sentiment in the banking sector ended hopes of a pre-Christmas rally.
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      22 54 AFP Wednesday's close: 1,387.21 (+1.76 points) Malaysia's financial markets were closed to mark Hari Raya Haji, a Muslim holiday.
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      30 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,162.57 (+70.61 points) »Indian stocks rose 0.37 per cent, led by software issues, while global trends were mixed amid continued worries about the US economy.
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      30 54 AFP Wednesday's close: 2,657.98 (-11.75 points) »Indonesia's financial markets are closed until tomorrow to mark Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday, and next Monday and Tuesday for Christmas.
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      37 54 AFP Yesterday's close: 791.71 (-13.27 points) Tha i shares closed 1.65 per cent lower, as investors dumped oil-linked stocks, due to uncertainty over a deal between the government and the country's energy giant FTT.
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      193 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS New Delhi INDIA yesterday announced that it would reduce or eliminate duties on the import of 539 products from Singapore, a move aimed at expanding trade between the two nations. India and Singapore have decided to amend their Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
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      382 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York THIS year's holiday shopping season in the United States may grow at the slowest pace since 2002, according to the country's National Retail Federation. How much or how little American consumers spend, especially over the Christmas season, will
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      Lock icon Price war could break DVD deadlock
      227 54 MANUFACTURERS of highdefinition DVD (HD-DVD) players are slashing prices in an urgent pre-Christmas attempt to break the deadlock between two rival formats. The cost of key manufacturing components for the Sonysupported Blu-ray players and Toshiba's rival HD-DVD hardware will fall below US$l5O (Ss2l9) early
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      547 55 None of the traders involved, their bosses or risk officers vetted mortgage positions BAD bets by a single trading team at Morgan Stanley's mortgage business were responsible for the massive US$9.4 billion (5513.7) billion hole in the bank's finances. In
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      226 55 REUTERS New York BEAR Stearns posted a much big-ger-than-expected quarterly loss yesterday, capping a fiscal year during which the fifth-largest investment bank in the United States took a painful beating after bad bets on risky sub-prime mortgages. It was the first loss
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      695 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York WALL Street is turning to Asian and Middle Eastern governments for US$25 billion (5536.5 billion) to prop up balance sheets battered by write-downs from the collapse of the United States sub-prime market. But while some US lawmakers
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      695 56  -  Fiona Chan Bank's contact centre picks up five prizes in recent global awards By HAVING expletives hurled at him over the phone is all in a day's work for Mr Imran Muhammad Yusof, a customer service manager at OCBC Bank. In his seven
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      1429 57  -  Grace Ng NEWS ANALYSIS Stanchart banker's retail experience may help edge out Temasek executive By Finance Reporter ONE name has surfaced in virtually every speculative discussion about who the new DBS Group Holdings chief executive (CEO) might be: that of Temasek Holdings' Francis
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      664 57  -  Chua Hian Hou CHUA HIAN HOU By ANNUAL reports need not be chunky, traditional and confined to A4-sized books laden with statistics and pictures of management in formal wear. Some organisations are publishing annual reports in creative new formats and scooping up
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      188 58 ITV is part of Shin Corp, one of the largest conglomerates in Thailand, which was founded by the country's former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Shin has major holdings in telecommunications, satellites, aviation, property development, consumer finance and the Internet. In January 2006, Thaksin's family sold Shin to Singapore's
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      294 58 BLOOMBERG NEWS »SUPERJUMBO PERKS Paris MAVERICK billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is determined to go one better than Singapore Airlines (SIA). His company. Virgin Atlantic Airways, plans to fit its A-380 superjumbos with private rooms, showers and roulette tables. Airlines taking delivery of the
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      28 58 CEO search Bankers and investors alike are wondering who DBS will pick as the year draws to an end and its current chief prepares to leave. PAGE H27
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      66 59 WEEKEND BUMPER LISTINGS i |S CROWD MAGNET SOUNDBITES BO things to do f^ itij Chinese throng HK cinemas Bob Dylan is worth all the buzz, in the week ahead to catch uncut Lust, Caution says Yeow Kai Chai pagesl2,l3&l6 page4 page9 H 1, n DEALJ§- Bi empty? SANDRA LEONG V/^
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      310 61 NOEL Gifts' general manager Winnie Tan, 44, is what you call a "giftologist", and her job is to advise customers on what to buy and for whom. She has a few tips for frazzled shoppers on how to organise their last-minute shopping sprees. IMake a list and prioritise
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      1001 62 NYT Influx of moviegoers prompts debate about censorship in China and also reflects the choices open to a growing class of rich urbanites SHANGHAI For weeks now, the ranks of Chinese visitors to Hong Kong have swelled with a new category of
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      538 65  -  Douglas Tseng US comic book publisher Barry Levine will be here next month in search of budding talents MEDIA CORRESPONDENT THE next great comic book artist could come from Singapore. So says Barry Levine, the president and publisher of Radical Publishing, an American comic book imprint. Speaking to
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      316 65 AFP, Reuters VATICAN CITY The Vatican has criticised the American children's film, The Golden Compass, saying it is "anti-Christ-mas" and promotes a cold and hopeless world without God. In a long editorial on Wednesday, the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano also slammed Philip Pullman, the best-selling
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        763 66  -  Cheong Suk-Wai As we approach a new year, let us celebrate the family unit with four offerings on television airtime THERE is nostalgia and there is nostalgia, and Tuesday's episode of the new Channel 5 sitcom 80's Rewind was suffused with just enough sentimentality for viewers to sit
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        951 68  -  Chris Ho Stunning, experimental and bold best sum up the extraordinary efforts in music this year poplife IT IS a sign of the times that, in 2007, Madonna ended her three-decade-old contract with Warner Bros, Radiohead posted its new album online for fans to download and
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        529 69 > Asian pop SPRING IN LIJIANG: WANDERING DIARY OVERTURE Bobby Chen Peaceland/Click/Rock IT'S a pity this excellent album by the free-spirited Taiwanese writer-troubadour Bobby Chen was not released earlier here. His experiential musical tales of his time in Lijiang in China's Yunnan province is a goldmine, just like
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        169 76 TWO-STAR FILM: Chow Yun Fat confirmed on Wednesday that he would play the mentor character, Master Roshi, in Dragonball, a Hollywood adaptation of a comic book produced by Stephen Chow. He said he was helping studio Twentieth Century Fox because it gave him a break with Anna And The
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        414 76 Reuters, AP LOS ANGELES A Christian publisher says it has called off a parenting book written by Lynne Spears the mother of pop star Britney and her pregnant 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn. "We have postponed the book indefinitely," said Ms Lindsey Nobles, a spokesman for Tennes-see-based Thomas
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        160 76 AP IRVING (Texas) Pop star Jessica Simpson (right) has become Public Enemy No. 1 among Dallas Cowboys football fans after her appearance at Sunday's game was linked to the poor performance of her new boyfriend, quarterback Tony Romo. "Right now, Jessica Simpson is not a fan favourite in
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