The Straits Times, 28 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 108 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Bhutto assassinated
    819 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS DIES IN GUN AND SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT CAMPAIGN RALLY Rawalpindi PAKISTANI opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack yesterday, plunging the country into turmoil less than two weeks before legislative elections. She had just addressed
    AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS; AFP; AP  -  819 words
  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Indian PM and his Malayalee 'mafia'
      873 1  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi SEVERAL times a week, before he turns in for the night, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes a call on his restricted access exchange telephone. The man on the other end, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan,
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      388 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 DNA gives thief away Asia 6-17 DNA profiling helped to convict a World 20-25 snatch thief who left his shoe at the Review 26-29 crime scene. Insight 30-31 PAGE HI FYI 33 section two X?!? ccept 'F s£T f e!!, ing, v u„„„ uiu i
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon 1,100 flats go on sale in Punggol and Yishun
      550 3  -  Jessica Cheam Projects, ready by 2011, signal to the market that there is adequate supply By MORE than 1,100 Housing Board flats went on sale in Punggol and Yishun yesterday, just a day after a plum Bishan site reserved for con-do-style
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      Lock icon Junior Sports Academies to nurture champions
      509 3  -  Terrence Voon By PROMISING young athletes will now get a head start in their pursuit to become champions. Under a pilot scheme launched by the Ministry of Education (MOE) yesterday, four Junior Sports Academies (JSAs) will be set up across the island next month.
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      Lock icon A TOWN OVERCOME BY FLOODS
      93 4 BERNAMA The town of Taliwang in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province was inundated by flood waters yesterday. Heavy rains have triggered landslides and floods in Java, with more than 130 people feared dead. Rescuers continued to struggle to recover bodies buried under thick mud. The
      BERNAMA; REUTERS  -  93 words
    • Article
      Lock icon $138m in utilities rebates for families
      497 4  -  Lynn Lee The help package is part of money earmarked to help Singaporeans cope with GST hike By THE cost of electricity and water for housewife Marina Amid's family of six comes up to over $100 a month. That sum is about a tenth
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      34 4 Hard times The Asian Development Bank's chief economist, Ifzal Ali, on why he thinks the external environment facing developing Asia is going to be very, very harsh in 2008. In The Raffles 1A KM
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon A NATION SHAKEN TO THE CORE
      720 6  -  Ravi Velloor President Musharraf now faces the dilemma of whether or not to go ahead with Jan 8 polls By SOUTH ASIA is only too familiar now with this art of darkness. Shadows lengthen early in the winter evening. A once and future leader
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    • BHUTTO KILLED
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        Lock icon CARNAGE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
        147 10 "It is the act of those who want to disintegrate Pakistan because she was a symbol of unity. They have finished the Bhutto family. They are enemies of Pakistan." SENIOR BHUTTO PARTY OFFICIAL FARZANA RAJA PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO: PHOTO: A LAST WAVE: Ms Bhutto waving
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        Lock icon Bhutto was 'ready to die for Pakistan'
        647 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Her death was foreshadowed when earlier Oct attack killed 150 people in her motorcade Islamabad OPPOSITION leader Benazir Bhutto knew very well the risks she ran when she decided to wage a campaign for the restoration of democracy.
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        Lock icon Worldwide condemnation
        551 11 SINGAPORE "Singapore is shocked and horrified at the suicide bomb attack that claimed the lives of Ms Benazir Bhutto and other victims. We strongly condemn these murders. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of Ms Bhutto and other victims. "Singapore strongly supports the efforts of the
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    • CHINA/EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Fukuda in China to boost Japan's image
        694 13  -  Sim Chi Yin Beijing rolls out the red carpet amid warming of bilateral ties By China Correspondent In Beijing JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda yesterday arrived in China for a four-day visit amid a warming of bilateral ties not seen in years. While
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        Lock icon Foreigner joins Seoul presidential team
        141 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul A FOREIGNER has been picked to join a presidential transition team for the first time in South Korea, aides to future leader Lee Myung Bak said yesterday. Mr Lee picked British financial expert David Eldon as well as former finance minister Sa
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon MA CONFIDENT AHEAD OF VERDICT
          151 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI: Taiwanese presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou expressed confidence yesterday that Taiwan's High Court would uphold a lower court's decision and find him not guilty on corruption charges. Today's decision will be closely watched by both Mr Ma's Kuomintang Taiwan's main opposition party and
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          Lock icon MORE SINO-INDIA MILITARY DRILLS?
          123 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China said yesterday it was willing to conduct more military exercises with India, following a successful first-ever training run between the countries' armed forces this week. The two nations wrapped up their historic military exercises in southern China on Tuesday with a drill
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          Lock icon TOMMY SUES OVER LAND DEAL
          140 13 REUTERS JAKARTA: A son of former Indonesian president Suharto lodged a US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) lawsuit against the state logistics agency in response to a case over a land deal dating back to the *****. In August this year, the logistics agency filed a civil
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          Lock icon BRIDGE TRAGEDY: SEARCH GOES ON
          119 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU: The authorities continued searching for 50 people who are believed to have drowned in a river in western Nepal after a steel footbridge they were on collapsed two days earlier. Sixteen people were confirmed dead. The bodies of 15 people have already
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon 'Suddenly, I felt my house shaking'
        796 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA, REUTERS BACK TO BASICS "We are left only with basic tools such as spades and ploughs, yet we face a 7m to 9m blanket of mud." LOCAL POLICE CHIEF RIKWANTO. Rescuers have yet to get access to mechanical diggers
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA, REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AP; AP  -  796 words
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        Lock icon SCHOOLS SET ABLAZE IN THAI SOUTH
        118 16 Thai youngsters in the southern province of Pattani looking at the wreckage of their school, which was burnt down on Wednesday by insurgents. Four schools in Pattani and Yala were set on fire in what the authorities believe were revenge attacks for the killing
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        Lock icon Thaksin-backed party confident of brming government
        651 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh PPP spokesman says it has enough seats after forming coalition with 3 other parties By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE People Power Party (PPP) appears to be heading towards forming a government, with party spokesman Kuthep Saikrajang saying on Wednesday: "We have
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Court rules father can convert son to Islam
        541 17  -  Chow Kum Hor Malaysia's highest court says only one parent's consent needed for change By Malaysia Correspondent In Putrajaya MALAYSIA'S highest court ruled yesterday that only one parent's consent is needed to change their underage children's religion, drawing flak from women's and
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        Lock icon Sentencing postponed for 26 in Hindraf rally
        442 17  -  Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN court yesterday postponed to Feb 1 the sentencing of 26 men and youths who pleaded guilty to taking part in an illegal rally organised by a Hindu rights group. Government prosecutors said this
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        Lock icon Churches turn to courts over use of 'Allah'
        430 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur TWO Malaysian church organisations have taken issue with the government over the use of the word "Allah" which means God in the Malay language in Christian material. The Sabah Evangelical Church of Borneo has
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      25 6 Fukuda on China visit Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda arrives in China to boost his country's image amid a warming of bilateral ties. PAGE 13
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Australia wants to be masters of the deep
      771 19  -  Roger Maynard BLOOMBERG Multibillion—dollar defence plan includes deadly submarines By Australia Correspondent In Sydney AUSTRALIA yesterday flagged a multibillion-dollar boost to its sea defences to counter the growing military might of some of its northern neighbours. In a clear signal from the
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      Lock icon Parents of teen killed by tiger want answers
      248 20  -  San Jose ASSOCIATED PRESS (California) INVESTIGATORS and the parents of a 17-year-old killed by a Siberian tiger at San Francisco Zoo want to know how the cat could have gotten out of its enclosure and whether it had help. Mrs Marilza Sousa
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      Lock icon Expelled EU,UN diplomats leave Kabul
      563 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Afghanistan claims officials met Taleban rebels and pose a threat to national security Kabul THE second most senior EU official in Afghanistan and a top UN political adviser left the country yesterday after being expelled by the government for posing a threat
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Paris Hilton loses chunk of fortune
        285 22 REUTERS AMERICAN hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance diminished dramatically after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans to donate 97 per cent of his US$2.3 billion (553.3 billion) fortune to charity. That wealth includes the US$l.2 billion Mr Hilton stands to earn from both
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        Lock icon Chinese student quits school after lottery win
        158 22 REUTERS A COLLEGE student who won a 5 million yuan (Ssl million) jackpot in a lottery in China's eastern city of Nanjing has withdrawn from school. The second-year student at the Jiangsu Maritime Institute, identified by the nickname Yong to protect his identity,
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        Lock icon Widow of 'Croc Hunter' to launch whale study
        163 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE widow of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin has announced that she will begin non-lethal research of whales next year in the hope of showing that Japan's scientific whale killing is a sham. Tokyo has staunchly defended its annual cull of
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      Lock icon Daughter nabbed in deaths of six family members
      295 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington SIX people, likely three generations of a family, were found dead at a rural property east of Seattle, in Washington state. Within hours, the family's tragedy deepened when police arrested the property owners' daughter and her boyfriend, according to
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AP  -  295 words
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      Lock icon Hillary raises stakes in campaign
      544 23 WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS Ex-first lady touts experience in office as race to be Democratic candidate tightens Mount Pleasant (Iowa) WITH just a week left to break a deadlock here in the race to be the Democratic presidential challenger, Senator Hillary Clinton has begun a
      WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  544 words
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      Lock icon Divers search river for missing woman
      232 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago FIRE department divers searched an Illinois river for an Indian woman who had disappeared two days earlier after saying she planned to place a statue of a Hindu deity in the water. The statue of Ganesh, revered as the god of
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      Lock icon Aid workers in Chad get 8 years' hard labour
      494 24 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS They are found guilty of trying to take 103 African children to Europe Dakar (Senegal) SIX French aid workers have been found guilty by a court in Chad and sentenced to eight years of hard labour
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      Lock icon Plane crash survivor, 12, reunited with family
      292 24 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS David (Panama) A 12-YEAR-OLD girl who was the sole survivor of a weekend plane crash has been reunited with her family after rescuers evacuated her from the wreckage in a remote mountain area. Rescuers trekked for five hours
      LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  292 words
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      25 19 Paris Hilton's big loss American hotel heiress Paris Hilton loses much of her potential inheritance with her grandfather's plans to donate to charity. PAGE 23
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  • REVIEW
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      413 25 WHAT does SWF stand for? Officially, the abbreviation designates "sovereign wealth fund", a government-owned investment entity that invests a country's excess foreign exchange reserves. By this definition, Temasek Holdings is not an SWF. A holding company wholly owned by Singapore's Finance Ministry, it does not
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      1022 25  -  JOHAN Saravanamuttu MALAYSIA'S COMMUNAL POLITICS By For The Straits Times MALAYSIA'S Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) government is becoming increasingly insensitive to the minority Indian community. As a result, many Indian politicians and activists are rejecting the formula of an ethni-cally-structured democracy within which they are
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      956 25  -  Farish A. Noor In Cairo RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS IN MALAYSIA By you see where you are parking?" as he dodges the obstacle ahead. The Catholic shopkeeper bemoans: "Ya Allah, ya Allah! You can only offer me two pounds for the scarf? Wallahi, my mother would
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      1053 26  -  Chua Mui Hoong ►>THE ECONOMICS OF GIVING By Senior Writer THE Christmas presents have been unwrapped and politely gushed over. Now it's time for some hard-headed analysis: Was it worth all that bother, buying and wrapping the presents and then giving them
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      999 27  -  Gwynne Dyer TAIWAN REFERENDUM By US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice didn't go into much detail in her year-end message, but on one topic she was very clear: "We think that Taiwan's referendum to apply to the United Nations under the name Taiwan is
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      614 28  -  Antonio Skarmeta CLIMATE CHANGE IN CHILE By In Santiago (Chile) WE CHILEANS have long boasted of the untold riches of our lands, our fertile soil and our pristine air. For centuries, we thought our robust natural landscape and way of life served to compensate us for
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      673 29 Singapore's pioneer generation of civil servants were men who acted to fill the nation's needs even if there was no go-ahead from the top. Li Xueying and Keith Lin talk to three among this rare breed of administrators IN THE early years of Singapore's independence,
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      689 29 Old style worked in a time when information was less available. Modern method is better informed and less likely to go wrong THE mandarins of the past were "braver" than today's civil servants. But they were not necessarily "better". In fact, Dr Andrew
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      825 29 Bureaucrats today are more about maintaining the economy than taking risks to develop the next biq thinq to foster qrowth IN HIS candid manner, Mr Ngiam Tong Dow suggests that today's civil servants are in "the maintenance mode". "I think they are less inspired,"
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      673 29 Tumultuous times brought out the best in public servants then SET up Singapore's defence force from scratch. That was the short yet harrowing brief Mr Herman Hochstadt received from his bosses immediately after Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965. With zero military know-how, the newly
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      1073 30  -  Chua Mui Hoong > FRIDAY MATTERS By Senior Writer ON GOOD days, I think I have a dream job that lets me do two of my favourite things: meet people, and write. During this festive season, amid the merrymaking, I like to look back
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      924 30  -  Goh Chin Lian > THE POST-65ERS By I MET a few people this year who made me pause and think about how life could be lived differently in Singapore. In July, I interviewed nurse manager Chong Lai Ling,
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      480 34  -  Chong Chee Kin DNA of perspiration in shoe matched his sample provided a year later when he was convicted of another theft By LIKE Cinderella, Mohamed All Abdul Ghani fled in a hurry, leaving not a glass slipper but a shoe behind.
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      226 34 THE DNA database for criminals, costing $4.2 million, was set up in 2004 and now contains the generic fingerprints of more than 53,000 criminals. A single flake of dandruff or a drop of sweat left at a crime scene is all that the Singapore police
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      339 35 ABOUT 87,000 Singaporeans have four days left to sign up for their GST credits. Those who fail to do so by Monday will not receive this year's payout. But they can still get future payouts if they sign up after the new year, said
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      617 35  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Changi General Hospital studying reasons why 17 to 27 per cent turned down the test during first week of screening MORE than half or 53 per cent of the adult patients admitted to Changi General Hospital (CGH) said "yes"
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      315 35 THE merger of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is taking place earlier than expected. The two think tanks will merge on Jan 1, said the IPS yesterday. When the merger was announced
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      401 36  -  Jeremy Au Yong 35,500 vacancies in total as of Sept; high demand for security guards, sales assistants By WHAT has been a bumper year for job seekers, has been a torrid time for employers especially those in the service industry. More
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      154 36 A gala dinner ball raised over $100,000 for the HCA Hospice Care and Dover Park Hospice last night. Aside from the dinner, a charity auction of items which included these two paintings was held, as well as sales of wine and raffle tickets. Dr Elaine Neo, who
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      216 37 The shopping fever seems hotter than ever with post-Christmas sales in full swing among the major department stores here. At Isetan Scotts, the crowds swelled to the thousands as it held its sales preview for Isetan Card members and their guests. The sale opens
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      582 37  -  Li Xueying Ex-permanent secretary ropes in top civil servants for private consultancy to advise govts on policies By FORMER top civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow has started a private consultancy that will help governments form public policies to accelerate economic and social
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      414 41  -  Khushwant Singh At least $200,000 said to be missing from accounts of four condos By A CONDO manager missing since the middle of last year is expected to be the focus of a heated annual general meeting tomorrow. About a dozen residents of the
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      113 41 These men were a sight as the lorry they were on sped down the Central Expressway yesterday morning. Mr Milton Tan was so shocked by the sight of the group "fooling around" on the lorry that he took a picture and sent it to The Straits Times' interactive
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      274 41  -  CHONG CHEE KIN A MAN was so keen to cover up for his brother, who was at the wheel of a car which got into an accident, that he stepped in to take the rap. Lee Wee Sern, 26, claimed he
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      459 44  -  Ho Ai Li Beacon Primary opens door to pioneer batch; it boasts a media hub, video-conferencing rooms By DISAPPEAR down a blue hole. Re-appear in a vessel swimming with red and white blood cells. Or go through another portal and re-emerge in
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        50 44 THE driver of a lorry died about an hour after his vehicle ran off the West Coast Highway at 1.50pm on Wednesday, and hit an advertising board. The 38-year-old man, who was taken unconscious to the Singapore General Hospital, had no visible external injuries.
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        94 44 A THAI passenger suffered serious head injuries when a car he was travelling in collided with a taxi at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Havelock Road at 4.30am yesterday. The man, in his late 20s, who was in the front seat,
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        49 44 CASH amounting to $600 was stolen from an office in Block 25, Depot Road on Christmas Day. Staff had locked it at Bam on Christmas Eve and discovered a cabinet door ajar on Wednesday morning. There was a hole cut in the side gate.
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      425 46  -  Tiffany Ong Nanyang Poly works with manufacturer to develop Vertex, which can enlarge text by up to 48 times By A LOCAL polytechnic has helped to devise a user-friendly and portable reading aid for visually impaired people. Fitted with a full-colour 17-inch
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      585 47  -  K.C. VIJAYAN TOXIC FUMES THAT KILLED TWO He didn't smell noxious fumes on both trips below deck, but passed out on second descent By Law Correspondent INTO the belly of the ship he went, before surfacing safely. Mr K. Muthurajah's job was to set up a
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      387 48  -  Diana Othman He took down getaway car's number, helping police to recover $3,000 and nab suspect By MR CHOO Lye Seng had stopped his cab on Orchard Boulevard in front of Wheelock Place to pick up passengers when he saw two men jump into
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      110 48  -  CAROLYN QUEK WESTBOUND train services were disrupted for about 20 minutes yesterday afternoon after a teenage girl's left leg was trapped in the platform gap at Bugis MRT station. The incident happened at about 4.55pm. The left leg of 15-year-old Teo Boon Hwee was caught
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      300 48 WITH large crowds expected to throng the Marina Bay and Esplanade areas for the upcoming New Year countdown celebrations, the police are reminding those who will be there to be alert. The large turnout could attract opportunistic thieving or mischief makers spraying party
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      29 34 School of the Future Beacon Primary's pioneer batch of 240 Primary 1 pupils and their parents get a peek into high tech at the "Future School". PAGE HI 1
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      239 44 A weekly look at what to watch out for in the world of consumers. Figures, case study and tips come from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). The world of food beverage 1 I No of cases filed (January to December 2006) Complaint 1. Failure to honour contract CASE STUDY
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      300 49  -  Ridzwan Abdullah I REFER to the intention of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) to increase the annual property tax on all HDB flats next year. Iras says it has to do this as the last increase was in 2004,
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      260 49  -  Zhuang WenXiong I REFER to Mr Eugene Tay Tse Chuan's letter, "To save ourselves, we must get back to nature" (ST, Dec 25). Mr Tay mentions several pertinent points I would like to expound on. Joseph Tainter, in his seminal book The Collapse Of Complex
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      142 49  -  Vernon Shen Jialiang I SIGNED up for a lucky draw at Bishan Junction 8 on Dec 22. During registration, the counter staff asked for my identity card to register me in the lucky draw electronically. A receipt with 11 terms and conditions printed
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      173 49  -  Toh Boon Ngee MS YU Woon Chi has expressed concern about police's action in the recent case of assault ("Why wasn't attack by sailor a seizable offence?"; ST, Dec 19). Whether an offence is seizable or not is determined by law (the
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      185 49  -  Cecilia Tan (Ms) THANK you, Mr Paul Heng, for the most wonderful Christmas present a Gift of Life ("Kudos to less well-off who give back to society"; ST, Dec 25). As donor recruiters, we face constant challenges to ensure a sufficient supply
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      460 49  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the article, "Annuities: Return of capital under study" (ST, Dec 8). Since it took six years of comprehensive review to come up with the CPF reforms, why were independent actuaries not used in the first place? The minister
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      95 49  -  Abida Beevy (Mdm) I FEEL sad about my daughter's place in the 0-level examinations next year. She scored five points in her N-level exams, but then had to beg her teachers for signatures of approval before she could advance to the next level. She went
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      217 49  -  Tan Lay Khim (Ms) I REFER to the article, "Think twice before buying puppies as festive gifts" (ST, Dec 22). I am a UOB Platinum Lady's Card member and I would like to register my disgust with the current UOB credit card
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      279 49  -  Krison Tan Kok Guan QUIET surroundings, appropriate background music and purposeful lighting are the elements that help us appreciate art in a museum. However, the disheartening fact is that my friends and I did not get to fully enjoy our visit at the
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      84 49 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Help improve, not just sustain, our living environment Spread awareness and broaden our concept of charity Singaporeans disadvantaged by policy of hiring non-English-speaking foreigners in service sector Impressed with bank's competitive rates, but banking security
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      Lock icon Have Gunners run out of arsenal?
      889 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER 0-0 draw at Pompey, and odd-goal wins before that, point to problems in attack London ARSENE Wenger tried to put on a calm front after Wednesday's poor 0-0 draw at Portsmouth, insisting that he is not worried about losing the Premier
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      Lock icon Man City set to spend big
      132 50 BLOOMBERG NEWS MANCHESTER City, whose owner Thaksin Shinawatra's People Power Party recently won power in his native Thailand, will be among the biggest spenders when player transfers are allowed next month, The Sun reported. The election success has seen the former Thai Prime Minister's
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      Lock icon Touchline bust-up leaves Benitez and Jewell facing action
      431 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London RAFAEL Benitez and Paul Jewell could find themselves in hot water with the Football Association, after clashing at Pride Park during Liverpool's last-gasp 2-1 win over the Premier League's bottom side on Wednesday. The rival managers confronted each other
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      Lock icon My money's on United, says Keane
      324 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London HERE is a scary thought for the rest of the Premier League: Manchester United were merely "flexing their muscles" as they thrashed Sunderland 4-0 on Wednesday. Said Black Cats manager Roy Keane: "My money is still on United. They are always
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      Lock icon Allardyce lays blame for poor performance at players' door
      564 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London NEWCASTLE manager Sam Allardyce launched a furious attack on his own players, as they were booed off the pitch for the second straight game after losing 0-1 to struggling Wigan on Wednesday. The loss came in the wake
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      Lock icon Premier League matches on Pay-TV draws poor response in China
      392 51 SOCCER Beijing PAY to watch Premier League games? Not in China. While Singapore fans have no qualms forking out $25 a month for their football fix, fans in China are staying i way from a new pay-per-view format. Last season,
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      Lock icon Chelsea's Grant eyes January sales
      647 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Players have to be bought to offset red cards, injuries, African Cup call London AS THE dust settled on Chelsea's incredible 4-4 draw with Aston Villa, manager Avram Grant came to the realisation that he will have to buy his way to the
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      139 51 REUTERS EITHER coach Frank Rijkaard or troubled star Ronaldinho will soon leave Barcelona, reported the Spanish newspaper Marca. The pair do not have the best of personal relationships, and they were involved in a furious training ground bust-up last week. Although Barcelona have frequently denied
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      271 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON TOTTENHAM manager Juande Ramos has admitted he will have to treat Ledley King with special care after the England defender finally returned from injury. King made his long-await-ed comeback in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Fulham at White Hart Lane. The
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      207 52 REUTERS A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after his World Boxing Organisation inter-continental flyweight bout is in a coma owing to a brain injury. Choi Yoi Sam, who won Tuesday's fight in Seoul on points, was sent to the canvas just seconds
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      495 52  -  Terrence Voon SPORTS IN SCHOOLS NSAs of the six sports also give their blessings to the pilot project By LIKE many 10-year-olds, Matthew Chin owns a video-game console at home. But, unlike others his age, the Henry Park Primary 4 pupil prefers to leave his Xbox
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      Lock icon Pacemen give Aussies the edge
      485 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS CRICKET Lee and Clark take four wickets each to send India reeling in first Test Melbourne PACEMEN Brett Lee and Stuart Clark captured four wickets each to deliver Australia a potential match-winning innings lead over India in the first Test yesterday. Faltering
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      629 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL San Antonio THE battered San Antonio Spurs picked up another injury on Wednesday. But, playing a struggling Chicago Bulls team that just fired their coach, they also picked up another win. The Spurs slammed the
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      199 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS »TENNIS Brisbane SERENA Williams' new tennis season will start like several of her past with an injury affecting her preparations for the year's first Grand Slam. The Australian Open's reigning women's champion will miss the United States' opening match at the
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        64 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN: Iran have chosen Portugal's Artur Jorge as the new coach of their national football team, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday. He has coached FC Porto, PSG, CSKA Moscow and the Portuguese, Cameroon and Swiss national sides. Iran bowed out in
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        66 53 REUTERS BEIJING: China's 110-metre hurdles world-record holder Lit Xiang will skip next year's Golden League series in Europe tc concentrate on his preparations for the Beijing Olympics. After warm-up meets in Europe and the United States, the 24-year-old will remain in Beijing from the
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        58 53 REUTERS TOKYO: Former Japan coach Ivica Osim, 66, is back watching football albeit on television some 40 days after a serious stroke which cost him his job and nearly his life. He watched a Real Madrid-Barcelona match on video after moving out of a
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      216 53 BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 96 Miami 85, Washington 108 Charlotte 104, Atlanta 107 Indiana 95, Orlando 110 NY Knicks96, Detroit 101 New Jersey 83, New Orleans 116 Memphis 98, San Antonio 94 Chicago 79, Denver 125 Milwaukee 105, Utah 99 Dallas 90, Boston 89 Sacramento 69, Golden State 105 Minnesota
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      877 54 REUTERS »A LOOK BACK AT 2007: DOPING Plenty of scandals to tarnish the year, but doping is still the main problem London TAYLOR Hooton was a month past his 17th birthday when he buckled two belts together, fastened one end to his bedroom door, wrapped the other
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      906 54 Sex, steroids, spying 2007 had it all SPYGATE SCANDAL THE revelations began when an unnamed employee of a photocopy shop near McLaren's Woking factory in England told Ferrari in June that someone had come in seeking to copy a 780-page dossier containing top-secret technical information belonging to the Italian team.
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      37 53 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: College Holiday Bowl: Arizona State v Texas (Live, Ch23, 9am). BASKETBALL: NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers v Dallas Mavericks (Live, Ch24, 9am). CRICKET: India Tour of Australia: Ist Test, day 3 (Live, Chi 10, 7.30am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      158 55 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 MDM. WANG TIU YING Age: 98 was calleb \)om to \x, w\h) tl^e Lord on 16 Decmher 2007, \smmoj befcnb loueb oms. Husband: (Tan
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      92 55 The family of the late GABRIEL SIM KWANG BUCK called home to be with the Lord on 22 Dec 2007. wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends and colleagues for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special
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      62 55 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of NG KWAN CHEONG Departed on 28 December 2005 Although it has been 2 years since you have gone The memories of you linger on Your name wfll ever be The key that unlock memories Of a dear one gone but cherished yet, A beloved
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      60 55 RAJAENDRANS/OT.G. Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 26 December 2007. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife:Sarojahd/oV.Rajoo Daughters: Mithilesh, Neelu Son-in-law: Dinesh Grandson: Anand Brothers, sisters, relatives friends. Body is resting at Blk 420 Hougang Avelo #0W33 Tel 8235 5714 8147 0665 Cortege will leave on 28 Dec 07 (Fri) at
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      49 55 Pt ANNIVERSARY BATHOLOMEW S/O M.P. ALVAR departed on 28 Dec 2006 This memory is as dear today, As in the hour he passed away. Always remembered by sons loved ones. Memorial service will be held at Church of Christ the King (2221AngMoKioAve8) on Friday 28 Dec 07 at 6.15pm.
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      25 55 In loving memory ol NGKIMENG Departed 28 Dec 2005 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings Always remembered by loved ones
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      190 55 j»*^ "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of p my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." a| 1 Psalm 23:6 1 WONG LORE TEE BERNARD Age: 45 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 December 2007. I
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      16 55 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PARMESHWAR LAL AGARWAL Departed 28/12/2004 Always remembered by Yours Friends
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      31 55 In Loving Memory of My Parents MERCY KANNAKAMONY SUNDREM DAVY RICHARDS RICHARDS Departed 28.12.99 Departed 26.12.96 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Dearly missed and always remembered by Daughter Rose, relatives and friends.
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      100 55 LEE CHON Age: 90 Called home to the Lord peacefully on 27 December 2007, leaving behind his loved ones. Wife: WangYiYueh (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Francis Lee Chen We Tsoo (former) Tom Lee Monica Lee Daughters: Son-in-law: Emma Lee Maria Lee Roger Phua (former) Grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and all relatives. Wake will
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      43 55 The Family of the Late ONG SHIA FOCK Departed on 22 December 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. JR
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      44 55 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of CHONG SEUW HEONG Departed 28 December 2004 Your memory is my keepsake, with which I'll never part. God has you in His keeping, I have you in my heart. Dearly missed by Ed?nuiid, Joyce, Isaac, Dawn, Grace &ChoonSze.i
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        6273 56 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 27, 2007 CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL -HORHI UH LUW UUUL COMPANY 22 34 104 3C 27 42 141 22 27 195 32 14.8 24 29 18 31 17.e IS 43.e 26 126 34.e le
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        1496 56 HIGH SMIL LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E 30 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 7C 21.; 88 24.; 47.; 19.3 24 li.; 74.; 21.; 4;.; 20 17 43.; 88 i;.; 30.; 33.; 39.; 4;
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        58 56 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY T RAD ED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 20C 520C 100C 3977.£ 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 ISDJUSTech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2975 6235 STI ETF 100 2962.9 6236 STI ETF IOPV US20C US6200xd US1000 US*****ld
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      Lock icon October US home prices plunge at record pace
      551 57 NEW YORK TIMES Drop is for the 10th consecutive month; it is largest fall since index started in 1987 New York UNITED States home prices fell 6.7 per cent in October, compared with a year ago, according to a key index. It
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      582 57 NEW YORK TIMES London JUST last year, a former storage room the size of a walk-in doset went on the market in London's exclusive Knightsbridge neighbourhood for LJ*****,000 (*****,655). With only 77 sq ft of space ind no electricity, the
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      130 57 NEW YORK TIMES BEFORE falling in recent weeks, average home prices in London were the highest in the world. The average house price in October: U*****,000 (*****,046), a 15.6 per cent increase over the previous year. Prime residential property then cost around U553,500 per sq ft (psf).
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      33 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,564.69 (-88.85 points) »Japanese share prices ended a four-session winning streak as investors opted to take profits amid ongoing nervousness about the outlook for the US economy.
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      37 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 27,842.93 (-285.87 points) Hong Kong share prices closed 1.02 per cent lower as investors locked in profits in mainland banks and some local property firms after a two-day Christmas break.
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      35 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,308.89 (+75.54 points) Chinese share prices closed 1.44 per cent higher, with telecom stocks in focus after Beijing urged regulators to speed up the launch of new network technology.
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      32 57 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,350.9 (+27.3 points) Australian share prices closed 0.4 per cent higher amid activity in resources stocks, as Rio Tinto again rebuffed BHP Billiton's takeover bid.
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      27 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,437.82 (+13.8 points) Malaysian share prices closed up 1 per cent in thin trade as investors bought palm oil-related plantation stocks.
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      32 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,216.72 (+24.2 points) »Indian shares prices ended 0.12 per cent higher, extending gains to a fifth consecutive session, with lenderlClCl Bank leading the way in choppy trade.
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      35 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,739.7 (+25.16 points) »Indonesian share prices closed higher as some fund managers bought major stocks to boost their portfolios before closing their books at the end of the year.
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      33 57 AFP Yesterday's close: 852.06 (+10.86 points) Thai share prices closed 1.29 per cent higher as investors bought energy and banking stocks on window-dressing ahead of the end of the year.
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      224 57 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,477.2 SM9J Dec 27 tak Name WT Allgreen 0.44 Ascendasreit 0.86 CapitaComm 0.49 Capita Land 4.13 CapitaMall 0.95 Chart SemiCond ...0.51 CityDev 2.69 ComfortDelGro 1.23 Cosco Corp 1.95 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.35 Datacraft 0.16 FXN 2.33 Gent Intl 0.69 HK Land 3.86 Hyflux
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      52 57 Dec 27 lES 100,622,000 Digiland 88,318,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 37,910,000 Firstßes 27,463,000 liutianC 27,050,000 KTL Global 26,743,000 Biosensors 26,678,000 Golden Agri 24,402,000 ChinaNTown 24,338,000 Firstßes MBLeCWOBO4OI 18,083,000 Yangzijlang 16,072,000 China Hongxing 14,219,000 Changtlan 11,739,000 ArianeCorp 11,659,000 Lian Beng 11,368,000 Sinostar 11,056,000 Uni-Asia 10,898,000 PlneAgrltech 9,501,000 Sing Tel 9,184,000 Capita
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      135 57 Dec 27 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2620 1.2770 Ian dollar 1.4700 1.4880 iuro 2.0890 2.1130 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4342 0.4349 <Z dollar 1.1070 1.1300 Sterling pound 2.8660 2.8980 JS dollar 1.4440 1.4600 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      1611 57 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 27,2007 52-WEEK I EL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED !Y LASI V( SALE /OLUME '000 43 5 20 2036 AdvSCT W*****9 30.5 +3.5 17 50 5 6 5 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 11 -1 385C 30 5 12 5 1851 AusGroupMEReCW*****8 31.5 7.5 2878 Aztech
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      Lock icon Proton 'approached to sell stake in Lotus'
      151 58 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN carmaker has approached the country's biggest car firm, Proton Holdings, to buy Proton's controlling stake in British sports-car subsidiary Lotus, said a report yesterday. Proton bought 63.75 per cent of Lotus in 1996 for £40.64 million (Ssll7 million),
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      Lock icon US$ set to rebound next year, say currency strategists
      558 58 BLOOMBERG NEWS Greenback could gain 3.4% against euro after falling both last year and this year Tokyo THE US dollar is poised to end a two-year slide against the euro next year, as government-backed funds in Asia and the Middle East
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      194 58 REUTERS Taipei TAIWAN is preparing to set up an overseas investment fund combining government and private-sector money that will initially target energy projects in the Middle East, a government official said yesterday. He declined to comment on the size of the fund, but
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      1182 59 It was the year of the bull at least until the US sub-prime woes began in July but corporate Singapore still dazzled with healthy growth from a thriving domestic economy and strong regional consumption. ALVIN FOO looks back at the top 10 events that shook
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      663 60  -  Gabriel Chen Shareholders could miss out on these refunds as Dec 31 deadline draws near By IT LOOKS as though time has run out for City Developments (CDL) shareholders hoping that the cash-rich property developer would dish out some goodies
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      394 60  -  Jessica Cheam By A NEW player is about to enter Singapore's fledgling biofuels industry which the Government recently singled out as a strong growth engine. Catalist-listed ArianeCorp, formerly Vikay Industrial, has announced that a United States investor will invest up to $248 million in a
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      Lock icon Suzhou park manager 'to list in Shanghai and later, Singapore'
      323 60  -  Tracy Quek By China Correspondent In Beijing THE company that manages the Singapore-China joint-investment Suzhou Industrial Park will go public in 2009, listing first in Shanghai and later in Singapore, sources have told The Straits Times. Previously, Chinese officials had
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      431 60  -  Goh Eng Yeow STAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent THE Christmas buying spree on the local bourse appears to have faded as quickly as Santa's sleigh tracks. Buyers could see little reason to add to their recent purchases yesterday. Still, despite the
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      43 60 (0) Dec 27 CENTS GLD 10US$ 8130 217.6 IMH 2760 142.2 ISH 1590 58.0 Lyxor Korea 10US$ 557 24.7 Wilmar 520 23.0 CoscoCorpDBeCW*****5 84.5 22.0 CityDev 1416 20.0 STI ETF 100 3690 20.0 1.9 3.7 2.6 3.1 4.6 35.2 1.4 0.5
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      231 60  -  YANG HUIWEN DIRECTORS' TRADES CAPITALAND group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Liew Mun Leong has exercised 200,000 options for shares in the leading property developer at $3.73 apiece. The transaction was carried out on Wednesday and announced the same day. CapitaLand's share price has fallen
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      Lock icon Residential site in Alexandra Road attracts strong bids
      657 61  -  Tan Hui Yee Wing Tai teams up with Greatearth Construction for $288m top offer By Housing Correspondent A RESIDENTIAL plot in Alexandra Road has attracted a bullish top bid of $288.4 million despite recent talk of a cooling market. Developer Wing Tai
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      476 68 This evening, Friday 28 December, a young gifted musician takes the stage at the Arts House (Old Parliament). 10-year-old Andrew Alexander will be making SsiM his recital debut on the piano in pieces by Chosin Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Mozart; as well as duets and songs including the young pianist's own
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