The Straits Times, 25 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 88 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Jockeying for power begins as Thailand faces uncertainty
    638 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh Pro-Thaksin party seems to have support of two minor parties, but situation is fluid By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAI politicians yesterday began what promises to be a complex and protracted battle to form a coalition government, following the election
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    Lock icon A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE SOHS
    315 1 It will be an especially meaningful Christmas for Mr George Soh and his wife Anne this year. The couple, who have been married for 32 years, will begin their new life together as Catholics when they are baptised today at the Blessed Sacrament Church
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Give us our promised land: Cry of poor Filipinos
      962 1  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila WITH a wince, farm worker Marlyn Trinidad removes her flip-flops and inspects her badly blistered feet. The 33-year-old mother of four from a poor tribal community in the southern Philippines has worn out three
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      372 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Helped by eye in the sky Asia 6-16 Tracking systems linked to GPS World 17-19 have been used to rescue taxi Review 20-21 drivers from thugs, help car rental PY| 22 firms find stolen vehicles and ccrTinu tia)/^" ensure transport trucks get to their atC_
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon KID-SAFE BIKING
      136 3 These kids may be too young to ride on the road, but it is never too early for them to be educated on road safety. Bukit Batok Driving Centre, besides offering both driving and riding lessons for adults, has started a new mini-bike course for kids. This four-week
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      Lock icon Three-quarters of Singapore teachers hold degrees
      633 3  -  Sandra Davie Half of primary school teachers have a degree, up from 33% in 2001 By Education Correspondent SINGAPORE'S teaching force is becoming more highly qualified. Higher salaries and faster career tracks are drawing more graduates into the service. Of the 28,000 teachers, 75
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      Lock icon Nov inflation hits 4.2%, a 25-year high
      415 3  -  Alvin Foo By SINGAPORE consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in 25 years last month due to higher food and transport costs. The rise, while slightly higher than what experts tipped, was no great surprise, with economists bracing themselves for inflation to
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      Lock icon TOUTING FOR LEGAL WORK
      713 4  -  Chong Chee Kin The lure: Accident and injury claims The offer: Up to $1,000 for motor workshops By MORE lawyers are touting for business and it goes beyond securing property deals. The practice which is not allowed under the Legal Profession Act came into the limelight
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      Lock icon LONDON FOG CAUSES TRAVEL WOES
      275 4 Tens of thousands of travellers have had their holiday plans disrupted as thick fog led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights from London's Heathrow airport, the world's busiest. International flights, including to and from Singapore, were largely unaffected. Some 88 flights were cancelled
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      172 4 IT'S A JOB FOR SINGAPORE'S... Unsung heroes Ui Away from the public spotlight, they have worked to make Singapore what it is today. Now, the expertise of these retired and former civil servants are again in demand in developing economies. k%23f^> Cake, anyone? Sift out the freshest bakery/cooking courses from
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon THAILAND STILL A DIVIDED NATION
      738 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Post-coup poll results Outcome shows split between Bangkok elite and poorer rural classes By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE outcome of Sunday's elections in Thailand with only a few minor differences mirrored and accentuated the results less than five months ago of the
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      Lock icon A contest between rival poll agencies
      252 6 Bangkok SUNDAY'S election was not only about political parties competing for parliamentary seats, it was also about the reputation of two of the country's most respected poll agencies and the accuracy of their exit polls, according to the Bangkok Post. Both agencies conducted exit
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      Lock icon Thai business leaders: Polls result won't ease political uncertainty
      676 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok BUSINESS leaders yesterday voiced pessimism over the outcome of Thailand's first post-coup elections, saying it would not likely ease the political uncertainty that has plagued the economy for two years. Thailand's Federation of Thai industries, the largest business
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    • EAST ASIA / CHINA
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        Lock icon Fiscal reform takes a back seat in Japanese budget
        629 8 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Cabinet approves more social welfare funds for the elderly and rural areas Tokyo THE Cabinet has approved a budget that includes more funds for social welfare as Japan's population ages, and for the rural areas, making it
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        Lock icon S'pore reiterates stand on Taiwan
        294 8 SINGAPORE yesterday urged Taiwan's government to reconsider a proposal to put the island's United Nations membership bid under the title "Taiwan" to a referendum, saying the move is provocative and irresponsible. Responding to media queries on recent statements by the P5 opposing the referendum, a
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Academic sought to lead Seoul's transition govt
        397 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE President-elect Lee plans to appoint pragmatic and non-partisan team Seoul SOUTH Korean Presidentelect Lee Myung Bak is looking for an academic rather than a politician to head his transition team to highlight his desire for a pragmatic government, aides said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Tokyo responsible for infections from tainted blood, says PM Fukuda
        275 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo THE Japanese government bears ultimate responsibility for hepatitis C infections caused by tainted blood products, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said yesterday. "Pharmaceutical matters are the responsibility of the authority that grants permissions for them. In that sense,
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        Lock icon A LAPFUL OF DATA
        80 10 Mr Guo Yue proudly displaying a 1986 model of an IBM laptop, one of the 80 or so computers in his collection. The Beijing resident started collecting IBM laptops in 2004 as he liked their design. Mr Guo, who is a civil servant, buys most of
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon 68 ILLEGAL WORKERS CANED IN BRUNEI
          118 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei whipped 68 foreign workers for immigration offences this year amid mounting efforts to stop migrants from settling illegally in the sultanate, a news report said yesterday. The authorities carried out 1,934 checks on foreigners between January and mid-December,
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          Lock icon N. KOREA STALLS DENUCLEARISATION
          145 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: North Korea has refused to dispose of unused nuclear fuel and destroy a cooling tower at its main nuclear complex until it receives benefits promised under a disarmament deal, a South Korean news report said yesterday. North Korea began disabling key facilities at
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          Lock icon BABY TIGERS FOUND DEAD IN ZOO
          82 10 REUTERS BEIJING: Two Siberian baby tigers have been discovered dead in a refrigerator at a Chinese zoo. This is the second such incident in less than a week involving the endangered species in a country where tiger body parts are treasured as medicines. State
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          Lock icon RADIO COMMENTATOR KILLED IN DAVAO
          91 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS DAVAO (Philippines): Unidentified gunmen killed a hard-hitting radio commentator in the southern Philippines yesterday in the fifth deadly attack on Philippine journalists this year. At least two men wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle shot Ferdinand Lintuan of DXGO Radio at close range
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        Lock icon Mineralrich N. Korea needs investors
        788 11 BLOOMBERG Soaring prices of some metals and minerals offer nation a chance to rebuild economy Tokyo GLOBAL demand for raw materials to make products including cars, aircraft, flat-screen panels and cellphones is pushing prices for some minerals and metals to record levels. It is also
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        Lock icon South Koreans see 2007 as the 'Year of Living Deceptively'
        191 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul FOR South Koreans, 2007 was the Year of Living Deceptively, according to a survey published yesterday in the wake of scandals involving fake academics, the nation's top conglomerate and politicians. A survey of 340 professors selected the
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Nepal to scrap its 239-year-old monarchy
        974 13  -  Ravi Velloor Ruling coalition and Maoists agree nation will become a republic after April elections By India Correspondent In New Delhi NEPAL is set to abolish its 239-year-old hereditary monarchy after the ruling coalition, keen to preserve a peace accord that ended a decade-long
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Visit Indonesia Year 2008 hopes to draw 7m tourists
        519 14  -  Salim Osman Jakarta eyes $9b in tourism revenue and more visitors from Spore and Malaysia By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA has announced an ambitious plan to attract seven million tourists especially Malaysians and Singaporeans next year despite falling short of
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        Lock icon S'poreans throw party for disabled Filipinos
        285 14  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila SINGAPOREANS living in the Philippines brought some seasonal cheer to more than 200 disabled Filipinos recently. The expatriates have been throwing a party for the handicapped in Manila's bustling Paco district every year since 2004, distributing presents
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon MIC chief reveals plan to protect Hindu temples
        501 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA It covers Hindu temples built illegally, in govt bid to pacify Indians Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S government unveiled a major initiative yesterday to protect Hindu temples in an apparent bid to pacify ethnic Indians who complained that hundreds have been
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        Lock icon Fair weather ahead for peninsular Malaysia
        207 15 Kuala Lumpur THE weathermen have cancelled all heavy-rain alerts for peninsular Malaysia and forecast generally fine weather till early next week. But some parts of Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia will see moderate to occasionally heavy rain, the Meteorological Department said in a
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        Lock icon Anti-corruption body questions top officials
        276 15  -  Carolyn Hong »JUDGE-FIXING VIDEO By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has questioned the recently-re-tired chief justice and at least 20 other people over a video clip showing a lawyer talking about how he can fix high-level judicial appointments. The clip,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Likability' is the key
      1549 16  -  Derwin Pereira U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE 2008 Democratic and Republican candidates highlight softer side in fight to win hearts in lowa By US Bureau Chief In Washington AT THE age of 12, Hillary Rodham craved attention from cute boys in school. At times she would take off
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      Lock icon German train operators may strike again over pay
      541 17 NEW YORK TIMES Threatened walkout and other labour rows add to stress on Merkel's coalition Berlin FLEXING their muscles before the start of fresh negotiations in the coming days, Germany's powerful train operators have threatened to go on strike again early next
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      Lock icon PLANE SAILING
      72 17 Officials examining a four-seater private plane at the Kenosha Regional Airport in Wisconsin, in the United States, after strong winds tipped it onto its nose on Sunday. The plane had landed safely at the airport during wintry conditions, the authorities said. But minutes after the pilot and a
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      Lock icon Call for bigger role for Sunnis in Iraqi politics
      376 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS Baghdad THE rise of armed Sunni groups who now battle Al-Qaeda in Iraq instead of US troops is widely seen as a major reason for a drop in violence across the country. But bringing these fighters into the fold
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      Lock icon Russian art exhibition stirs ownership issues
      1185 18  -  Jonathan Eyal JONATHAN EYAL Show to go ahead in London after promise of immunity from legal claims By Straits Times Europe bureau In London AFTER intense diplomatic negotiations, the Russian authorities have announced that a major London exhibition of Russian and French artworks next
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      Lock icon There's shoplifting, now it's shopdropping
      218 18 NEW YORK TIMES New York THIS is the season of frenetic shopping, but for a devious few it's also the season of spirited shopdropping. Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon Unity govt is best for Thais
      451 19 THE Thai election outcome has changed nothing of the nation's confused state. The victory of the People Power Party (PPP), a clone of Mr Thaksin Shinawatra's proscribed Thai Rak Thai, places the same pre-coup forces in the majority voters'favour. But the Thai people will
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      Lock icon When happy pills make you weep
      1246 19  -  Naomi Wax GENERIC DRUGS By IT'S a drag when you suffer from depression. And it's really a drag when the medication you've been treating your depression with effectively for years suddenly leaves you feeling anxious, nauseated or even suicidal. Even worse is when you
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      Lock icon The poison pill in the pharmacy
      853 19  -  Roger Bate COUNTERFEIT DRUGS By fake and pseudo-pharmaceuticals has already defeated some legitimate cures: the time-tested malaria treatment chloroquine now often fails in Africa because wrong doses in fakes have helped the parasite to evolve. Researchers and pharmacologists are working on amazing new drugs,
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      Lock icon Putonghua buzzes in Pharaohland
      1559 20  -  John R. Bradley CHINA-EGYPT TIES By Senior Writer IT WASN'T exactly the red-car-pet treatment when Egypt's Justice Minister Mamdoun Mohieddin Marai was welcomed to China earlier this month by Mr Zhou Yongkang, the Chief Minister of Public Security. The Egyptian minister was photographed with Mr Zhou,
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      Lock icon Tax rich universities to help poorer cousins
      678 20  -  Herbert A. Allen BRIDGING THE U.S. EDUCATION GAP By THE separation of the wealthiest Americans from the rest of the country is alarming. But it would be even more alarming if we recognised that income isn't the only measure of wealth. Health and
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      50 19 The buzz word The rise in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Egypt is just one aspect of a rapidly-growing bilateral relationship. PAGE 21 3UNCHUNES^^^ HMH ~/_fik i Better r l Vg^ J HURRY DAD.' VT JJ /VNUM'S ON °o rQ^ HER WAY TO a? 9 I H5& tHE JEWELLERY
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      1240 21 Singapore today gi H jpi^^ Occasionally windy, showers with A A .JL. A JL— A thunder in the late morning and 77/ \S afternoon over many areas THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25 2007 l/r 111 111 w n rA USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA WORLD WEATHER nr
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  • HOME
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      Lock icon 'Eye in the sky' helps firms keep tabs on vehicles
      928 22  -  Tracy Sua Teh Joo Lin More companies with large fleets are using satellite systems for security, tracking and analysis By WHEN a thief jumped into an idling ice truck in Ang Mo Kio earlier this month, his proverbial goose was
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      Lock icon From 'door to balloon' in just 68 minutes
      749 23 Time is of the essence in treating stroke and heart attacks, which claim more lives in Singapore than any other disease. Judith Tan and Lee Hui Chieh find out what some hospitals have been doing in the race to beat these killers
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      Lock icon Ensuring speedy follow-up to lab results
      400 23  -  LEE HUI CHIEH MR MAWARDI Salleh had not even reached home after his medical appointment last month at the National University Hospital (NUH) when his daughter got an urgent phone call from a nurse there. The blood test the 77-year-old diabetic had taken showed
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      Lock icon Speedy stroke diagnosis boosts recovery rate
      858 23 SIXTY people who would have died or been disabled when they had a stroke were instead able to walk out of hospital on their own because of a programme to speed up the diagnosis and treatment process. Patients arriving in the emergency room, who
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      Lock icon S'pore biker dies in Johor track crash
      288 23 AN AVID motorbike racer lost his life on Sunday after his motorcycle collided with another on a Johor race track. The accident that killed Mr Marcus Tan, a 28-year-old Singaporean, happened at about 12.45pm at the Johor Circuit in Pasir Gudang. This track
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      Lock icon FATAL ACCIDENT IN BEDOK
      179 23  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Hit by an oncoming car, a female pedestrian was flung into the air and hit the vehicle's windscreen. Ms Lv Jinling, 35, then landed on the road. She suffered head injuries and died as a result of the accident along Bedok Road yesterday morning.
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      468 25  -  Bryan Lee Govt focus on saving the coral along Labrador beach near construction works By THE Government is spending more than $20 million to curtail the environmental effects of a new $2 billion port expansion project near Labrador Park. Well before the
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      141 25 ►>FATAL BRAWL A MAN was charged in a district court yesterday with the murder of a friend at a coffee shop in Yishun on Saturday. Lee Yin Peow appeared in court for less than a minute. The 40-year-old, who was clad in a bright orange
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      444 25  -  Christopher Tan »CPF CONTRIBUTIONS ON THIRD-PARTY COMMISSIONS By Senior Correspondent MOST motor traders have been given more time by the Central Provident Fund Board to pay up backdated contributions on third-party commissions. The board has agreed to give them until February, following
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      92 25 This five-metre tall "mountain" dwarfs people, cars and even an excavator. Made of compressed blocks of paper, it has grown to cover part of the road on Kirn Chuan Drive. The "work" of a paper recycling company, the pile started growing from early this
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      Lock icon Punggol to get fruit-themed 'island'
      257 25  -  THAM YUEN-C TAKE a stroll along Punggol Reservoir three years from now, and you will see a fruit-themed "island". Singapore's first floating wetlands to showcase the natural habitat of fish and birds will also have a giant mangosteen pavilion, lime-shaped seats and or-ange-shaped windows. The
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      27 22 Conserving coral Millions of dollars are being spent to protect and save the coral in waters off Labrador Park, where port expansion is under way. PAGE H4
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      346 27  -  Paul Heng I REFER to the Insight Special, "Donation nation" (ST, Dec 22). I applaud everyone featured. They have given much of themselves, their time as well as their personal and family wealth to help those who are less privileged in
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      429 27  -  Lee Seek Kay EVER since the 2007 SEA Games ended in mid-Decem-ber, a number of readers have expressed their thoughts on Team Singapore's performance. The reactions were mixed, ranging from sanguine praise to scathing disapproval, an indication that, excepting a few sports, the
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      302 27  -  Tan Li Ching (Ms) I WATCHED with anticipation yesterday's Asean Snapshots Episode 6 on Channel News Asia which featured Myanmar, a place close to my heart. I spent the past five years researching and studying Myanmar classical music, with the past two
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      168 27  -  Jason Chiam Chiah Sern STARHUB announced a fee hike in the sports group and promised unprecedented coverage of the English Premier League. Unfortunately, its coverage of last Saturday's game between Liverpool and Portsmouth was marred by loss of coverage from Britain, resulting in almost
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      216 27  -  Toh Boon Ngee POLICE thank Ms Tan Ting Ting for her feedback ("Estate too quiet for comfort after robbery"; ST, Dec 22). We assure Ms Tan and the public that a safe and secure Singapore is our priority and police patrols are an integral part of
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      434 27  -  Eugene Toy Tse Chuan THERE is something wrong with our culture, which more or less forces us to destroy the planet in order to live. What is wrong with our culture? One, we see ourselves as separate from nature. In fact,
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      367 27  -  Joseph Chin Shi Hao I WOULD like to respond to the article, "Obstacles at every turn for disabled" (ST, Dec 18), regarding the lack of accessibility for the disabled in malls and other buildings in prime areas such as Orchard Road and Shenton Way.
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      244 27  -  Jean Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letters about foreign workers in Singapore and the competition they could pose to older local workers for jobs. As Singapore has limited manpower, foreign workers supplement our workforce when there is a shortage in numbers or skills.
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      284 27  -  Kuek Chor Ling (Ms) I REFER to the letters, "Allow folded bikes on buses and trains" by Ms Ng Lai Yien (ST, Dec 17), "Allow bikes on trains and build more skate parks" by Mr Freddie Wee (ST Online Forum, Dec 19) and
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      30 27 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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      79 27 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Generosity: Opening eyes and hearts more important than giving money Pity S'poreans do not donate enough let's do something about it Organisations should look into using non-paper-based media for annual reports Why did National Parks
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  • SPORTS
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      233 28 Tomorrow Birmingham City v Middlesbrough Chelsea v Aston Villa Live, Ch27, 8.55pm Derby County v Liverpool Live, Ch22, 10.55pm Everton v Bolton Wanderers Live, Ch2l, 10.55pm Portsmouth v Arsenal Live, Ch27 and HD Ch3o3, Thursday, 3.40 am Sunderland v Manchester United Live, Ch27, 10.55pm Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
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      187 28 Statistic of the week 30 Number of points Arsenal gained from 18 games last season. Their 43-point pace this time round is still slower than Manchester United's 44 of last term. Top scorers 11 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United) 10 Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Nicolas Anelka (Bolton) 9
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      530 28  -  Wang Meng Meng »soccer By HE HARDLY slept a wink on the 14-hour flight home. Kept awake by a mischievous kid who tugged constantly at his blanket, Lionel Lewis arrived back in Singapore dead-tired early yesterday. But ask Singapore's top
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      684 28 Already six points adrift of leaders Arsenal, they have to make up ground fast LONDON THE Christmas and New Year fixture list may no longer be the gruelling slog of yesteryear, when teams sometimes played two games in as many days. But it remains a
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      569 28 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Barcelona REAL Madrid's Julio Baptista has gone from zero to hero, after scoring the only goal in the 1-0 win over bitter rivals Barcelona on Sunday. His well-taken first-half goal secured the Spanish champions only their second league
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      739 29  -  Richard Jolly »SOCCER: PREMIER LEAGUE MID-TERM REPORT Fast-maturing Arsenal vindicate Wenger's decision not to spend big By AMID the Christmas celebrations and the frantic preparations for a typically busy festive period of fixtures, the halfway point of the Premier League season, which falls after Boxing Day's
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      544 29 Game of the season: Portsmouth 7 Reading 4 "Both sets of defenders will be unhappy at that scoreline," said Reading manager Steve Coppell, with characteristic understatement after a frantic, frenetic and chaotic afternoon. Portsmouth goalkeeper David James (right) even saved a penalty in a record-breaking match Ludicrously, Pompey
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      943 30  -  Rohit Brijnath »A LOOK BACK AT 2007: GOLF Woods is a popular choice, but Ochoa has one more win and a nicer smile By YOU can hoot and holler in indignation as much as you want, but the best golfer of 2007 was not
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      Lock icon A year when the stars came, and rising stars shone
      580 30  -  Terrence Voon By IF CHRISTMAS presents are to be handed out to Singapore's golfing community this year, there would certainly be more genuine gifts than coal-filled stockings. The reason for this generosity: A stellar year for the local game, of
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      609 30 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES BASKETBALL Bryant, at 29 years and 122 days, becomes youngest NBA player to reach milestone New York "Last year, I didn't have an opportunity to play and I was upset about it. This is my favourite arena to play in, so I'm just
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      115 30 BASKETBALL NBA: LA Lakers 95 NY Knicks 90, Detroit 94 Houston 82, Boston 103 Orlando 91, Golden State 105 Cleveland 96. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Columbus 1 Nashville 3, St Louis 2 Atlanta 3 (OT), NY Rangers 1 Ottawa 3, Chicago 3 Edmonton 2, Colorado 3 Vancouver 1, Calgary 0
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  • OBITUARIES
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      240 31 GOH HUN SAN ESMOND (HAN FENG) Age: 59 Passed away peacefully on 22 December 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: Nephews: Goh Ah Leng (deceased) Lee Guek Ngo Goh Li Qiang Alvin Father-in-law: Mother-in-law: Goh Bjn shen Lim Kien Meng Tan Whye Gaim (deceased) Gohßinßui
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      113 31 MARY TAN CHWEE TEE Age: 95 was called home to be with the Lord on 24-12-07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Francis Koh Cheng Moh, deceased) Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Alice Ong, deceased) (Ong Choon Wah, deceased) Koh Ai Jee Betty Koh Dorothy Philip Karl Philip God-daughter: God-son-in-law:
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      119 31 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. -2 Timothy 4:7 KHNG SIEW HONG (LAY ENG) A Christlike lady, a doting daughter, an endearing sister a loving auntie. Age: 57 was called home to be with the Lord on 23 December 2007.
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      129 31 "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in who I trust.' Psalms 91:1 &2" HAROLD KRYGSMAN Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 23 Dec
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      77 31 p* 13th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MOLLY LIM GEOK HONG (MRS TAN) Departed on 25th December 1994 We do not forget nor do we intend We think of you, will to the end Forgotten by some you may be In our memory you will ever be Treasured forever, Your
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      15 31 In Memory Of t Caroline Chan Forever in our hearts and minds. Audrey and Trevor
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      18 31 sth Anniversary JAMES ANBOO PILLAI Departed: 26.12.2002 Sadly missed always remembered by his beloved wife, children loved ones.
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      25 31 23rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of GAY GIN PIN Departed 25 Dec 1984 Dearly missed remembered by Daughter: Jane Ang Son Andrew Ang loved ones
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      20 31 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory of CORINA HO GEK CHOO Departed: 25.12.99 Sadly missed remembered by Mum, family loved ones.
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      80 31 KHNG SIEW HONG (LAY ENG) A gracious woman, a loving wife and an endearing mother. Age: 57 passed away peacefully on 23 December 2007. Always loved and forever cherished by Husband: Ng Meng Teck Son: Daughter: Edwin Ng Wei Gee Melissa Huang Kai Jun And all relatives and friends. Wake
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      70 31 LOWZANWOO Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 23/12/2007 leaving Dehind loved ones. Wife: Wong Kut Ngon Son: Daughter-in-law: Low Teck Yang LimWanHoon Daughters: Sons-in-law: Low Teck Hoon Lai Chiun Shen Low Teck Ngee Pay Cher Wee Grandson: Granddaughter: PayTianle PayTianna 1 Granddaughter, 1 Grandson and all relatives. Body is resting
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      59 31 The family of the late WONG FOOK TONG Departed 19 Dec 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special Thanks To: -National Cancer Center Singapore -Tan Tock Seng
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      63 31 THALAI THEVASAM In Loving Memory Of SUPPIAH S/O SUPPIAH THEVAR (CHIDABARAM) Departed on 7 Jan 2007 Ever friendly and loving father husband whose memories are treasured. Deeply missed fondly remembered by wife, sons, relatives friends. Prayers will be held at Sri Sivan Temple (Geylang East) on 27 Dec 2007 (Thurs)
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      64 31 In Loving Memory Of p RUKUMANI D/ 0 LETCHUMANAN (Wife of S. Ponnusamy) Departed on 08/01/2007 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Thalai Thevasam prayers will be on 28/12/07 (Fri) at Blk 408, Bedok North Aye 2 #06-56 at 9am, and evening prayers at Manmatha Karuneeswarar
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      87 31 The family of the late DR. ANG AH LING called home to be with the Lord on 19 December 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends and colleagues for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special
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      68 31 NANOO ACHUDAN Departed on 11 December 2007 Sadly missed and always fondly remembered by: sons, daughter, brothers, sister, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, father-in-law, relatives and friends. We, the family, wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all for their condolences, support and presence during our recent bereavement. Prayers will be held on
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      96 31 The Family of the Late TAN LIANG CHOO Departed on 20 December 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Balaji Sadasivan Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Information, Communications and the Arts, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC and Adviser to Cheng San-Seletar GROs
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      45 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our General Manager in China Mr Loy Chee Hong on the demise of his beloved mother CHAM KIM TECK passed away peacefully on 22 December '07. From The Management Staff of Mold-Tech Singapore Pte Ltd Mold-Tech China (Dongguan Suzhou)
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      217 32 '0%" "Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, j|liL Lord, for you are with me. Your Shepherd's rod and staff protect me. Psalm 23:4 r i 1 i TAN EAN TOON CHEN YEN TOON Age: 70 was called home to be with the Lord
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      41 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to I Prof. Thomas Chee and his family on the demise of his beloved father CHEE KAH HOE JOHN Departed on 23 December 2007 From: Colleagues and Staff of of Diagnostic Radiology Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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      40 32 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of VIKNESH WARA (BEDOKVICKV) Departed on 25/12/2005 Dad: Samuel Mum: Malathy Vijaya Brother: Ramesh Sister-in-law: Abirami Sister: Vasenthra friends and SJB brothers Paryers held at Geylang East Sivan Temple on 01 Jan 2008 at 7pm
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      91 32 F"But I trust in your unfailing love; g^|t2| my heart rejoices in your salvation". p£s§ Psalm 13:5 S™ 3rd Anniversary G In Loving Memory of EDLYNYAPMEILI 18 Apr 1972 26 Dec 2004 (Tsunami Sri Lanka) Our Dearest Edlyn Your memory is our treasure with which we'll never part And as
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      30 32 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of RICHARD LIM Departed 25.12.2001 Not just today but every day, We remember the times we shared. Always loved remembered 1^ by Yin Ho family
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      45 32 W? 6 th Anniversary W In Loving Memory Of tf TAYBAKCHUA Departed: 26th December 2001 Lunar Calendar: -H Sadly missed and always remembered by loved ones Wife: Ng Loke Mvi Yea Choo j, Sons and Daughters-in-law, P* s Daughter ana Son-in-law jyl and Grandchildren afs&
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      29 32 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late ONG SHIA FOCK Departed on 22/12/07 From: Management and Staff of Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (Pte) Ltd
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      44 32 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Cynthia Tan Boon Hoon Departed 25 Dec 2003 Time may change many things but not the memory this day brings Deeply missed and forever remembered by Husband Gary Lam, Sons En Yu En Qing and all loved ones
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      81 32 JUDE KOH SENG CHYE (LAWRENCE) Age: 66 was called home to be with the Lord on 24 Dec 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Jennifer Kum Daughter: Josephine Son-in-law: Bob Teng Grandsons: Scan Ivan Brothers sisters and friends. Wake is held at Church of St Teresa, Chapel of Repose. Nightly
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      90 32 ANBE SIVAM SI II We, the family of the late II S.KALIMUTHU (KAUNDER) (Ex-PSA MANDORE) (Betel Leaves Distributor) wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and donations during our recent bereavement. KARUMATHI PRAYERS will be held on 25
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      22 32 In Loving Memory Of TAN HENG NOI Departed 26 Dec 1988 Love greatest gift Remembrance Always remembered by fnmilv rplativp« fb fripnrl'j
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      31 32 In Loving Memory of our dear TAN SIEW LONG (MRS CHE KUAN YAU) Departed this life on 25 Dec 2006 Always remembered and deeply missed by colleagues at National Junior College
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      21 32 6TH ANNIVERSARY SHANTHAKUMARI D/ 0 KRISHNASAMY Departed 25 Dec 2001 Always Remembered by Mother: M Annathai Husband: Ramakrishnan sisters, children relatives
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      35 32 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of WONG MUI LEE Departed: 26 Dec 2006 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Ivy Choy, Leong May Lai Joan Lim Patricia Yap
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      85 32 ONG SHIA FOCK Age: 53 passed away peacefully on 22/12/07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Li Chuan, Christina Son: Daughters: Ong Yin Xian Ong Mm Hui Ong Ming Li God Daughter: Tan Chor Pin, Evelyn Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives friends.
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      79 32 TAN SIOK HWEE Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 23 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lee Chow Fatt Son: Daughter-in-law: Lee Wen Jye Liew Yea Ling, Mary Daughter: Son-in-law: Lee Ping Frederick Wong God-daughter: God-son-in-law: Emily Ang Christopher Wong God-grandsons: RusselWong Randal Wong Body
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      37 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MrLoh Siak Chang, Francis Mdm Chan Siew Lan on the demise of his beloved father/ her father-in-law LOH SHIN MEI Departed on 23-12-07 From Management Staff LNC ENGINEERING SERVICES PTE LTD
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      69 32 ji 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of HELEN TAN CHEO TEE Called home to the Lord on 26th December 2004 They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see, Are wrong -for in our hearts you live; And always will, in memory. Deeply missed and
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      22 32 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Mrs THEVA RANI BALAENDRAM Departed 25 December 2002 Deeply Cherished and Sadly Missed By loved ones.
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  • MONEY
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        7219 33 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 24, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 34 104 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 267 65
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      672 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS Unpaid bills rising by two-digit percentages, a sign of more trouble San Francisco AMERICANS are falling behind on their credit card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and
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      184 34 MORE LATE PAYMENTS The value of credit card accounts at least 30 days late jumped by 26 per cent to US$l7.3 billion (5525.2 billion) in October from a year earlier at 17 large credit card trusts. That represented more than 4 per cent of the total outstanding principal
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      263 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco MR KENNETH McGuinness' credit card struggles began nine years ago, when he charged his son's college tuition fees and book purchases. The postal clerk from New York thought he was being clever: His credit card's 6 per cent "teaser"
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      19 34 AFP Friday's close: 15,257 (+225.4 points) »Japanese financial markets were closed yesterday for a public holiday.
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      29 34 AFP Yesterday's close: 28,128.8 (+501.88 points) Hong Kong share prices closed 1.8 per cent higher in a half-day session, following Wall Street's advance last Friday.
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      27 34 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,234.26 (+132.48 points) Chinese share prices closed sharply higher, adding 2.6 per cent as gains on regional markets sparked broad-based buying.
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      40 34 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,323.6 (+76.6 points) Australian shares closed up 1.2 per cent, as gains in crude oil and metal prices boosted the market. Volume was 671 million shares worth about A 52.2 billion (552.78 billion).
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      30 34 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,423.24 (+19.68 points) Malaysian stocks closed higher, spurred by year-end window-dressing on heavyweight counters. Volume was 528.32 million shares, worth RM987.07 million (*****.47 million).
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      18 34 AFP Friday's close: 813.6 (+21.89 points) »The markets were closed for a public holiday yesterday.
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      141 34 Dec 24 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): Indian rupee 3.500 3.800 Indonesian rupiah 0.***** .0.***** Japanese yen 1.2666 1.2809 Korean won 0.1520 0.1590 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2550 1.2700 Can dollar 1.4570 1.4740 Euro 2.0790 2.1030 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4347 0.4356 NZ
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      1112 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS ANALYSIS Washington AFTER a slow and stumbling start, officials in Washington are scrambling to try to prevent the unfolding mortgage crisis from pushing the United States into recession during an election year. There is a strong feeling,
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      482 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS New York AMERICAN shoppers taking advantage of deep discounts and expanded hours jammed stores over the last weekend before the Christmas holiday to try to scoop up bargains. But the spending surge may not be enough to offset what is shaping
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      1622 36 2007 presented the best and worst of times for the Singapore banking sector. It boomed amid a buoyant property market and humming wider economy, then took some hits from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis and the volatile equity markets that triggered. GRACE NG looks at
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      415 36  -  Gabriel Chen Its stake in TMB Bank will fall to 6.8% if all shares are subscribed to By DBS Group Holdings said yesterday that it had declined to take up any shares in TMB Bank's recent fund-raising exercise. Previous reports by various
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      588 37  -  Tan Hui Yee Goh Tong Pak will oversee Spore bakery group's overall business, including those abroad By FOOD company Bread Talk has roped in an education veteran for its senior management team. Mr Goh Tong Pak, the deputy director for the Ministry
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      554 37  -  Bryan Lee By TEMASEK Holdings has appointed veteran diplomat Chan Heng Wing as its new chief China representative. Mr Chan, 61, is due to join the Singapore investment company within the next three months, cutting short a stint as Singapore's Shanghai Con-sul-General. He replaces
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      463 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent WHAT a boisterous trading session Christmas Eve turned out to be. For many traders, it was the perfect occasion to have a final fling in the stock market before the year draws
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      429 37  -  Lee Su Shyan By Assistant Money Editor THE revised price spreads for stock trading which took effect yesterday went off without a hitch, partly as market activity was low. Total share volume was a paltry 721.37 million, with a value of $762.01 million. The
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      117 36 PULSES ON SALE! The investment magazine, Pulses, is now on sale at newsstands. Published by the Singapore Exchange and now produced by The Business Times, the relaunched issue is available at Buzz Pods, leading bookshops and selected newsstands at $5.50. But if you buy your copy from any Spinelli outlet,
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      28 37 Roller-coaster year The banking sector gained from a buoyant property market and booming economy in 2007, but also felt the impact of the US sub-prime crisis. PAGE Hl5
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      100 38 TRAVEL^ CHRISTMAS ISLAN^ TRAVEL GUIDES SHOT SAVED Life's a beach. The battle is Sunset at the Just mind the crabs now online Summer Palace |^^^^^^^_g^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lAM LEGEND I Fl M AI ;-Bh^ut theg^lden^e i i^^^H i 111 I No fewer than seven movies are opening this last week of the
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      1046 39  -  Douglas Tseng Tay Yek Keak Will Smith and a pack of zombies lead the Christmas cinematic offerings of mainstream and niche movies MEDIA CORRESPONDENT IT'S Christmas. And it is also the last week of the year. But film distributors are not slacking off when it comes to
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      463 39 > musical ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (NCI6) 133 minutes/Opens Thursday/***** Ong Sor Fern JIM Sturgess, the unknown lead in director Julie Taymor's swoonsome paean to the *****, looks like a young Paul McCartney. He has the same chipmunk cheeks and shaggy hair. But more importantly, he
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      385 40 It's the Elizabethan era done Bollywood style, with grand gestures and over-the-top sets > drama ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (PG) 114 minutes/Opens Thursday Ong Sor Fern MOVIE CORRESPONDENT THIS is history redone with Hollywood histrionics and Bollywood bombast. While Elizabeth: The Golden Age makes a mockery of facts
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        175 40  -  Ong Sor Fern BREATH (M 18) 90 minutes/Opens Thursday/***-** KOREAN director Kirn Xi Duk is a master at telling a story with images and using visuals to carry resonance and metaphor. He can pretty much make dialogue-less movies, which he did with the romance 3-Iron (2004). Breath recycles 3-Iron's
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        179 40  -  Douglas Tseng MISSION SEX CONTROL (NCI6) 107 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*-*"<n!rfr THE rather sensational title makes this sound like a soft-core skin flick about sex-starved teens on spring break. Maybe in another parallel universe, but in this world Mission Sex Control is an infuriatingly uneven dramedy set against South Korea's population
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        131 40  -  Tay Yek Keak VEXILLE(NCI6) 109 minutes/Opens Thursday/***^-* JAPAN in 2077 has become a renegade nation, sealed off from the rest of the world for breaching international laws regarding robots and androids. A crack team of armoured agents is sent to infiltrate and investigate. Vexille, a female agent, hooks up
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      389 41 Wong Kar Wai's first English-language film has great character actors and his trademark rich colours drama MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS (PG) 95 minutes/Opens Thursday/*"**** Ong Sor Fern THIS movie is a sweet confection, like the pie which inspires the title. Singer Norah Jones makes her acting
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      911 41 NYT NEW YORK It sounds like a sure-fire hit for the Christmas movie season: bosomy showgirls snorting cocaine in a Las Vegas hot tub. A rowdy, Scotch-guzzling hedonist splashing in there with them. Oh, he's also a congressman. Then there's a rogue CIA operative. Big names on
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        1236 43  -  Mavis Toh Come December, bright red crabs are found crawling virtually everywhere on Christmas Island as they make their annual migration to the coast THERE it stood the bright red crab lying nonchalantly in the middle of the road as cars zipped by it. I was driving out
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        96 45 1 sit there in the dark, counting the heads of the people in the audience. I'd rather do that than look up and I rffflg^ see my tits' i 3 Actress Tang (Ii Wei (right) |j on how she wm has trouble watching herself in Lust, Caution I 'Scold
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        656 45  -  Eric Pfanner NYT Guidebook companies are extending content into satellite navigation devices LONDON About a dozen years ago, the Rough Guides and Lonely Planet series of travel books, rival bibles for the footloose and fancy-free, crossed a new frontier, venturing onto the Internet. But they found
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        256 45 IF YOU are thinking of marking the new year with a val-ue-packed holiday, an eight-day trip to scenic Yunnan might be the ticket for you. Chan Brothers Travel has packaged a trip with stops in the cities of Kunming, Dali and Lijiang from $606. You get to stay
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        234 46 HONG KONG There is no going back for Karen Mok (below), where her romance with Stephen Fung is concerned. The pop star spoke to the press in Hong Kong for the first time since announcing her break-up with the actor-director and said: "It's good
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        50 46 PHOTO: APPLE DAILY ON A ROLL: Hong Kong pop star Andy Lav delighted fans with his many changes of costumes at the first show of his concert series at the Hong Kong Coliseum last Friday. One was a Prince Charming outfit which he stripped off to reveal his tight abs.
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        83 46 EDDIE'S SINGLE: After seven years of separation, Eddie Van Halen and Valeric Bertinelli have completed an amicable divorce. A Los Angeles court did not provide details about a custody arrangement for their 16-year-old son, Wolfgang... GIG BUSINESS SLUMP: High-priced reunion tours by the Police, Van Halen and Genesis failed
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        490 46  -  June Cheong dance SWAN LAKE Singapore Dance Theatre Esplanade Theatre Last Thursday THE Singapore Dance Theatre's first staging of the ballet Swan Lake was one for the kids. That's not to say it wasn't good. It was. But the $250,000 production was unabashedly tame, as the
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        387 46  -  Chang Tou Liang > concert CHORDS, STRINGS AND HAMMERS Rebecca Chellapah, mezzo-soprano Lin Juan, cello, Lim Van, piano Esplanade Recital Studio Last Saturday WITH the musical world's obsession with sopranos, mezzo-sopran-os and altos often get short shrift. So it is an immense pleasure to witness a
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      197 44 IDo rent a four-wheel drive to explore the island. There are only two taxis on the island and public transport is unheard of. The rugged terrain makes a strong set of wheels necessary. 2 Do check which roads are closed to cater to the crab migration and plan alternative routes
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      75 45 Summer Palace, or Yiheyuan, is the imperial garden of theQing dynasty and just 15km from central Beijing. This is where royalty used to take refuge from the heat in summer. Nonetheless, it cuts a picturesque view even in winter, and this shot was taken just minutes before the sun set.
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      72 46 **.!^^fe ffi i'\ t-»-«F I Designer pieces for your ideal X'inas gift! We are open on Christmas Day ■'IP> X'maswlth U LL_J f Jfc greatsavings! Will Smith as President? i \w tn rpv Find out more, today in LII Vl JLUI V. V every life has a story... what's yours?/
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      577 50 Life! Horoscope Tomorrow Aries Your good energy is <otm pushing you to compete March 21 April 20-*^ ot y he y rS] even jn reas of life that are usually free of competition. It is all in good fun though and you take losing just as well as you take
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      449 52 that comes with free And if you made a wish for a loved one in the fl td Vi Vi l'H environment, it pays to be Travel to Batam for a short getaway PAGE C 6 °»Jb^_ MmHF CLASS 581 riivjijL/ v_-i" oc v_j%-i I ill I IVI I 1
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      1044 55 Christmas isn't just about feasting it's also a time for caring and sharing. We asked readers to pen their wishes for their loved ones in the A. Jz* Christmas Promotion contest, and here are 40 entries that will warm your heart. The five winning entries will each get shopping vouchers
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        438 65 Find: Summize THERE are so many reviews on the Web that it's hard to know the collective sentiment about a certain product just by reading a few. Yet, it is almost humanly impossible to plough through all the reviews online. That's where
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        109 65 IT DOES not have to end at the last full stop. Get more information, download discount coupons, watch a movie trailer and do much more on your phone by using Zapcode. 1. Install Color Cam software SMS "zap" to ***** (post-paid subscribers) or *****401 (pre-paid subscribers). You will
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          289 66 PARAMOUNT Pictures has pulled off a dangerous stunt of its own that could rival those in its Jackass movies. It released Jackass 2.5 online, making it the first full-length movie by a major studio to premier solely on the Web. The 64-minute film, a collection
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          238 66 SEVEN leading chipmakers have banded together to develop system chips that can hold more than one billion transistors. The group, which includes IBM, AMD and Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, will use 32-nanometre circuitry to build the chips, which can be used in anything
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          189 66 FACEBOOK is taking a Canadian pornography outfit to court for allegedly trying to steal its users' personal information. The popular social network provider has filed a lawsuit in the United States, claiming that Istra Holdings, an operator of pornographic websites, tried to hack into Facebook
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          159 66  -  Tham Yuen-C ALMOST half of all US Internet users have conducted searches about themselves, up from 22 per cent in 2002, according to a report released last week by the Pew Internet American Life Project. SIGNIFICANCE: It's not just about vanity. In this participatory age of Web 2.0,
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        699 67 Local developers in the running for international game awards. Reports by LEUNG WAI-LENG HE HAD no programming skills, but he wanted a game that incorporated his favourite elements from games like Homeworld and Star Craft, yet was simple to play. So Scan Chan,
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        430 67 Scan Chan also taught himself programming along the way HE ONCE played games non-stop for three days straight, ignoring his parents' call to get him off the computer. But the extensive playing experience paid off for Scan Chan, 22, who took
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        695 67 Battleships Forever Platform: PC Genre: Real-time strategy Price: Free at www.wyrdysm.com Developer: Scan Chan CUSTOMISE and build a fleet of starships for galactic war in this real-time strategy game. There are 18 playable ships such as a Cronus Battleship and Zelus Attack Boat, and you can
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        594 68 Spore rates it MlB but Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played Conan, is distancing himself from the game, reports 00 GIN LEE SINGAPORE'S first video game with frontal nudity has hit the shelves. The action adventure game Conan, which was initially banned by the Media Development Authority
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        1291 70 New York Times Singapore stores saw brisk sales, but stocks were available LINDA Beattie had tried desperately to pay Nintendo US$25O (*****), but the company did not cooperate. Earlier this month, Beattie went to a video game retailer in San Francisco in search
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        618 71 These won't be just short clips, but full episodes, reports THAM YUEN-C MOBILE phone users will soon have more TV shows to watch on their phones. And these will not be just short clips, but full episodes. Just five months after launching its pay-TV
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        710 72 What do you do with videos which may be violent but are important as historical footage? The answer could be an archive that warns its viewers first, says ANNALEE NEWITZ I DID not know the screaming man, nor did I know what country he was in. My
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        638 73 Guild politics in World of Warcraft (above) reveal generous guys as well as cheapskate cheaters. 00 GIN LEE offers hard-earned insights on playing fair, guild politics and market manipulation THE heated debate reached its zenith when the human warrior called the night-elf druid a
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        122 73 ANSWER these two questions correctly and win free Granado Espada online game clients. Every week, 250 winners will be selected in this four-week contest. All winners will then enter a grand final. Prizes for grand finals are: 5 Granado Espada Limited Edition Signature
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        214 74 Three execs have turned their hobbies into e-ventures with online shops. STEPHANIE GWEE reports WHEN 25-year-old designer Damien Leong feels the urge to go on a shopping spree, he reaches for the mouse and leans back in his armchair. The fervent online shopper heads to
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        338 74 SHE is a tree-hugger and proud of it, showing off her cause in quirky products all made from recycled materials. Plastic bottles turn into unusual lampshades (right) and rice sacks morph into wallets V and sling-bags (above) in the hands of Didier Ng, who turns them into
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        323 74 MEET Jenny Chua, a senior art director for Chuo Senko Advertising, who creates advertisements for brands like Yomeishu and Vagary in the day, but sells handmade jewellery after work at her own site, Heirloom Asia.com. "I couldn't find unique accessories here, so I decided to make my
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        289 74 Owner: Jenny Chua Web presence: www.HeirloomAsia.com Day job: Senior art director for Chuo Senko Advertising The site has been running for: One and a half years What is it: Website retailing self-designed handmade accessories, ranging from earrings to necklaces. Show me the money: $20,000 Why you should support:
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        283 74 IF THERE'S a word to describe Candy Kang's wares, "happy" would be it. The founder of G.O.D. Advertising, with seven international advertising awards under her belt, Candy also runs Whitedogbobby.com, a site particularly favoured by young and hip executives. It retails everything from
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        728 75 Easier access now "I do not have to look for the nearest Starbucks for free wireless access. That helped me a lot." Chris Nair (above), a field consultant at Subway Singapore Development, on its new wireless broadband service State-of-art cashier software aids in turning
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        1130 76 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Problem with BIOS I HAVE a BenQ Joybook 2000 laptop, with Intel Centrino and Windows XP. Recently, when I switched it on, these sentences appear: "Media test failure, check cable", "Exiting PXE ROM" and
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          195 77 computer peripherals Razer Boomslang Collector's Edition 2007 mouse Land this at all authorised dealers now; price: $159. NOT content with a computer mouse that just clicks and glides, the guys at Razer pioneered an entirely new generation of computer peripherals to change the way you see these rodents.
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          162 77 ►storage devices Suzuki Sumo-drive Wi-Fi storage device Get this now at all authorised dealers; price: unavailable. IT SEEMS as if marketers are coming up with ultra-fan-cy-but-makes-no- sense brand names for their gizmos. The Suzuki Sumo-drive Wi-Fi storage device just proves this. For one, the name conjures up
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          116 77 K9 Web Protection software Download the free software from www.getk9.com. INSTEAD of mindlessly twiddling their thumbs during this term break, most kids rush to the computer to log onto the Net. Who knows what evil lurks behind the computer screen? Protect junior (and ensure your own
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          150 77 music download services Audiophiles, Soundbuzz's digital music Buy music singles from www.soundbuzz.com/sls. Standard quality files available at $2.50 each; high fidelity files for $3.00. EVEN finicky audiophiles who thumb their noses at digital audio files will embrace Soundbuzz's dig- ital music, which offers high fidelity music files. This
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          176 77 computer printers Canon Selphy ES2 and ES2O photo printers The ES2 and ES2O are available now at all authorised dealers for $349 and $299 respectively. THE Canon Selphy ES2 and ES2O photo printers were seemingly made with snap-happy technophobics in mind. The gadgets promise to let you print
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          81 77 ►business solutions SAP Customer Relationship Management software The software is available now; visit www.sap.com/crm for more information. WITH an eye towards empowering the growing business user market, SAP AG unveiled the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) software for the SAP Business Suite. SAP CRM features a
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          154 77 ►projectors BenQ MP77I Snag this gizmo at all authorised dealers now; price: unavailable. BUILT around a cinematic 2,000:1 contrast ratio, 3,000 lumens and colour correctors, this Italian-made BenQ MP77I promises to show off beautiful movies and stills for under a grand. The system measures a mere 16 inches,
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          111 77 ►business solutions MHZ 2 BH hard disk drives The series will be available here beginning 2008. Visit sg.fujitsu.com or call 6512-7555 for more details. FUJITSU Asia has announced the MHZ 2 BH series of hard disk drives for computer makers. With a 2.5-inch body, the series is
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          118 77 ►business solutions Linksys' Business Series SFE2OOO 24-Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch and SGE2OOO 24-Port 10/100/ 1000 Gigabit Switch Visit www.linksys.com/sg for more information; the SFE2OOO costs $790 and the SGE2OOO costs $1,390. LINKSYS' new Business Series SFE2OOO 24-Port 10/100 Ethernet Switch and SGE2OOO 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch
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        578 78  -  Daryl Lim, Unreal Tournament 111 THINK fast, shoot faster and carry very, very big guns. If you've ever played an Unreal game barring the out-of-place Unreal 2, which wasn t even developed by Epic Games you know what it is all about. Emphasising frantic multiplayer action but
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        325 78 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance THIS is not a real-time strategy game for everybody. Unless you're a fan of the series, or have several hours to spare, it is unlikely any casual gamer would want to try this. Supreme Commander is one of the most detailed, deepest and draining
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        475 79  -  Oo Gin Lee Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games SONIC the Hedgehog and Mario the Italian plumber may have been bitter rivals in the past, but in the spirit of the Beijing Olympics 2008, they are putting aside their differences to
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        395 79  -  Leung Wai-Leng Time Crisis 4 THE Time Crisis series has done much to breathe fresh life into the light-gun shooter genre, beginning with the ability to duck behind cover using a foot-pedal. This gives the player more control over the game, which
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        563 80  -  Alfred Siew Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Price: $348 Buy from Modern Resources. Tel: 6749-0668 PC AUDIO buffs have long waited for a sound card that can play their songs clearly and yet produce all the effects in action games. In this high-end Auzentech offering,
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        615 80 Casio XJ-536 projector Price: $2,499 Get from Challenger stores EXPECTING to review a projector, I was surprised to find the device that arrived at my office looked more like a notebook. The size of an A 4 paper and at just 1.8
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        700 81  -  Oo Gin Lee HP Pavilion Elite Price: $2,499 Get it at HP retailers IF IT'S a multimedia desktop PC you want, then the HP Pavilion Elite series is one serious rig you should consider. This black beauty lets you play high-definition movies,
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        570 81  -  Alfred Siew Razer Lycosa Price: $129 Available at authorised dealers COMING after the much-hyped, "bling-it-on" Tarantula gaming keyboard, Razer's follow-up for gaming geeks is one that has less of the frills and more handy features at a
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        545 82 RIM Blackberry Pearl 8120 (right) $98 to $298 (with two-year plan) Get it from Star Hub dealers BLACKBERRY devices have always been popular not because they have a myriad of features, but in doing well what they are designed to do
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        360 82  -  Wilson Wong Aztech V5OO DS Skype phone (below) Price: $199 Get it from authorised dealers or visit www.aztech.com THE low-cost Net telephony service Skype has grown to a stage that people are now relying it for their business operations to cut telecom
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        441 83 NEC's senior director discusses climate change and weather prediction with IRENE THAM VERY few people know that Japan overtook the United States in creating the world's fastest supercomputer in 2002, breaking US dominance for the first time. Even fewer people know that a meteorologist and his
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        93 83 GREEN IT smart efficient ways to protect the environment TO REDUCE power consumption, here are three tips: .J Set all computers including printers and fax machines to I energy saving mode. 2 Invest in energy-efficient office equipment that is Energy Star compliant. This will trim
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        909 84  -  ALFRED SIEW Pricing is crucial to attract more 3.5G users, which in turn may spur takeup of personal broadband THE computer is personal again, so goes a laptop ad. So too is the cellphone, possibly a more personalised device than any out there. What about
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        235 84 Reuters Breaking up is easier to do with cell phones provided you're the breaker, not the breakee UR DUMPED one in seven say they have suffered the same fate as Britney Spears' ex-husband and been told it's all over via text message or e-mail,
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      192 65 features Local games make good internationally 4,5 Conan cleared by MDA, but not Arnie 6 The Wii flies off US, Spore shelves 8 Sing Tel to offer mioTV on mobile phones 9 Second Life homemade articles sold on the Web 12,13 Subway's on track with advanced software 14 game reviews
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