The Straits Times, 23 January 2008

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 26 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 724 1  -  'Emergency' cut of 0.75 percentage points is its biggest in 26 years By Goh Eng Yeow Markets Correspondent THE United States central bank slashed interest rates last night in a desperate bid to halt a global share market bloodbath and keep
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  • 617 1  -  Carolyn Quek Teh Joo Lin By IT IS no longer a case of whether you will be caught drink driving, but when. And those who get behind the wheel after a drink too many should learn this new word "ring-fencing".
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  • S. Koreans sold on an education in Singapore
    • 975 1  -  Lee Tee Jong t-^-*t SI ft I t-^-*t-*t SI J-Ti^t f^.-tt f-l S\**l -4- By: ioutn Korea L-orresponaent In Seoul SOUTH Korean Lee Jae Woon, 47, has never lived in Singapore, but he wants his 11-year-old daughter to study in the city-state
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    • 337 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Red-hot demand for TCM Asia 6-21 Prices for Chinese herbs are rising World 22-27 fast as traditional Chinese medicine Review 28-30 (JCM) becomes more popular here. FYI 31 PA°EHI SECTION TWO Home Hl-H8 FORUM Forum H9 Fed-up over MRT disruption Sports HlO-Hl2 Readers express their
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  • UPFRONT
    • 71 3 Swimming a lap in this pool at Chile's San Alfonso del Mar resort is no mean feat. Measuring 1,013 m in length and covering an area of Bha, the pool in Algarrobo city holds the record for being the world's largest. It contains 250,000 cubic m
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    • 513 3  -  Arti Mulchand 40 homeowners, 117 construction sites and 174 businesses paid multiple fines By Judith Tan ONCE bitten, twice shy? That is not the case for hundreds of people who have been repeatedly fined for allowing dengue-carry-ing mosquitoes to breed on their properties, the authorities
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    • 438 3  -  Clarissa Oon PARLIAMENT By EIGHT in 10 Singapore workers will be covered by workmen's compensation when they are injured at work, with the passing of a new Act in Parliament yesterday. In all, 2.1 million will be covered, compared
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    • 463 4  -  Teh Joo Lin David Boey Airspace shut down for 50 minutes after plane heads here without approved flight plan By SINGAPORE'S airspace was shut down temporarily last night when two air force Fl6 jets were scrambled to intercept a civilian plane heading here
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    • 483 4 REUTERS And the nominees are... BEST PICTURE Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country For Old Men (above) There Will Be Blood BEST DIRECTOR Julian Schnabel The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Jason Reitman Juno Tony Gilroy (right) Michael Clayton Joel Coen and Ethan
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  • ASIA
    • 732 6  - Foreign workers out one door, in another? Hazlin Hassan Malaysian bosses 'will just turn to illegal workers to fill gap' By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S plan to reduce the number of foreign workers by 200,000 could cause a severe shortage of blue-collar workers but employers will likely fill
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    • CHINA
      • 514 7  - Rising star may helm ChinaS'pore council Tracy Quek Ex-Liaoning chief Li Keqiang's appointment will be a boost to ties with Singapore By China Correspondent In Beijing ONE of China's top rising political stars Li Keqiang has been tipped to become the new co-chairman of a high-level bilateral council with Singapore.
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      • 220 7 Guangzhou LAWMAKERS in southern China have proposed that the country start importing foreign maids to meet the growing demand for their services, reported state media. "There is a growing demand for foreign household helpers, especially those from South-east Asian countries like the
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      • 277 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA Beijing CHINA stepped up relief efforts as the death toll from the heavy snowfall in central and eastern parts of the country rose to 17. The death toll increased by two after a car collided with a truck on an ice-covered
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      • 477 8 REUTERS Move is part of measures to curb inflation which may spark unrest Beijing CHINA will release more supplies of pork and cooking oil as its quality watchdog was roped in for the battle against inflation. Commerce Minister Chen Deming promised to release
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      • 172 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai A COUPLE filmed in a lingering embrace on a Shanghai platform are suing the metro rail authority after a video of them kissing was posted on the Internet. The couple, said to be in their 20s, claimed the video posted on
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      • 373 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Beijing CHINA'S top safety inspector urged the public and the media yesterday to expose workplace accidents in a bid to ferret out corruption and official misdeeds aggravating the country's high rate of work deaths. This came as British newspaper
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      • 144 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CORRUPTION is a key factor in the frequency of horrific accidents in coalmines, China's top workplace safety official Li Yizhong said yesterday. Chinese coalmines are the world's deadliest, with 3,786 miners killed last year. The problem is greatly compounded by
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 375 10 REUTERS Millions of dollars' worth of paintings allegedly bought with slush funds Seoul AGENTS for South Korean special prosecutors combed Samsung Group's warehouses yesterday in search of millions of dollars' worth of artworks that they suspect were bought with illegal funds, Yonhap news agency
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      • 343 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS Canberra NORTH Korea can no longer afford its embassy in Australia and will close it at the end of this month, an official said yesterday. However, some commentators interpreted the move as a snub to Australia's new government. Mr Pak Myong
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      • 562 11  -  Lee Tee Jong Schools, libraries and museums will not sell the drinks in line with city govt's health drive By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul CARBONATED drinks will no longer be sold in schools, libraries and museums in Seoul in efforts to
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      • 153 11 IN SINGAPORE schools, canteen vendors are strongly advised not to sell drinks with more than 8g of sugar per 100 ml, a limit which excludes most soda drinks. Isotonic and sports drinks are allowed as they generally contain less than 8g of sugar per 100 ml.
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      • 79 11 A Japanese student placing a small wooden plaque, called an "Ema", with her wishes for exam success, at a shrine in Tokyo over the weekend. The country's annual season of entrance examinations to schools and universities has begun. The deity at the Yushima Tenjin shrine
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      • 411 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Greenpeace says it spotted Japanese ships transporting whale meat Sydney AUSTRALIA moved yesterday to film Japanese whalers operating in Antarctic waters in a bid to launch a legal challenge as activists clashed again with the controversial fleet, government officials said. An Australian
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 611 14  -  P. JAYARAM Warning comes as operations to cull birds intensify as the disease creeps closer to Kolkata By India Correspondent In New Delhi THE authorities yesterday warned that India's worst-ever outbreak of bird flu could turn into a disaster, as operations to
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      • 574 15  -  Ravi Velloor French President's visit could pave way for trade and defence deals By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy is likely to match the thunder by cross-Channel leader Gordon Brown with calls for India to be seated
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      • 232 15  -  RAVI VELLOOR FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's girlfriend Carla Bruni said she would not be accompanying him on his state visit to India, ending weeks of speculation by newspapers as well as officials preparing for his visit this week. "I cannot take part in an official trip with
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      • 372 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Paris PAKISTANI President Pervez Musharraf yesterday began meetings in France, the second leg of a European tour aimed at shoring up his battered image after months of turmoil in the nucle-ar-armed state. Mr Musharraf arrived in Paris on late Monday from
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 664 17  -  Roger Mitton Ties strained by recent clashes and claims over disputed islands By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi VIETNAM'S Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem yesterday began a crucial four-day visit to Beijing to repair fraying ties with China. Before his departure, Mr Khiem
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      • 489 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Choice of Yongyuth draws fire as he faces charges of vote-buying Bangkok LOYALISTS of toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra scored another victory yesterday as Thailand's new Parliament elected one of his top aides as Speaker, even though he
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      • 152 18 REUTERS THE military council which ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 disbanded itself yesterday and promised there would be no more coups. The Council for National Security (CNS), derided for presiding over an inept government, called on politicians to stay out of military affairs,
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      • 388 18  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIA'S district court has postponed its decision on the appeals by Singapore's Temasek Holdings over a ruling that the company and its affiliated firms were guilty of contravening the anti-trust law. At a hearing on Monday,
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      • 384 18  -  Alastair Mclndoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manila TOUGHER rules have been implemented for Filipinos offered work overseas in a move which could affect professionals working in Singapore. Under the new regulations, Filipinos who have found jobs overseas by themselves rather than through government-licensed
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 524 19  -  Chow Kum Hor These voter concerns will be brought up as key issues in the coming elections By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday gave the public his assurances on fighting high inflation and rising crime, two key voter
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      • 170 19 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur THE hardline Islamist rulers of a Malaysian state will punish supermarkets and department stores which ignore strictures on separate checkout lines for men and women shoppers, a newspaper reported yesterday. Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat, head of the
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      • 363 19 Port Klang THE Batu Caves temple, which normally gets a million devotees and tourists during the Thaipusam festival, may find a drastic drop in their numbers this year following calls for a boycott. The boycott messages, being sent by SMS and e-mail,
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      • 412 20  -  Carolyn Hong Lawyers argue over whether details of trip are relevant to judge-fixing probe By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur LAWYERS clashed at a government inquiry yesterday on whether their prominent colleague V.K. Lingam should be questioned on his trip
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      • 237 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN court sentenced an Indonesian man to five years in jail for strangling his newborn baby to death, court officials said. Ramlee Basaruddin, 38, pleaded guilty on Monday to unintentional homicide in southern Johor state but did
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      • 286 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur TWO weeks have passed and there is still no sign of five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nasar. With no clues despite handing out thousands of posters, the authorities have begun sending 400 paramilitary men with the police
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 303 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A VIETNAMESE grandmother says she will continue her 25-year fight against corruption despite death threats. She has even turned down requests to keep a bodyguard. Madam Le Hien Due was honoured in Berlin on Monday with an award by Transparency International.
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      • 168 21 A RETIRED soldier has been going around taking pictures of couples hugging and kissing at a recreation area in Johor Baru, much to the chagrin of the courting couples, according to a report in Johor. Mr Bachok Daeng Shahdan, 51, who has snapped
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    • 27 6 Boosting food supplies Beijing is to release supplies of pork and cooking oil to prevent a food price surge during the Chinese New Year holidays. PAGE 8
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  • WORLD
    • 1175 22  -  Bhagyashree Garekar BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR Fears for world economy set to dominate talks at Swiss resort By Straits Times Correspondent In Davos (Switzerland) THIS could be a Davos moment: Microsoft founder Bill Gates, advertising guru Martin Sorrell, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and a sovereign
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    • 493 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Iran's Supreme Leader orders supply of cheap gas to villages, reversing the President's decision Teheran IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was dealt a serious blow to his authority after Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sided with MPs by ordering
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    • 278 23 REUTERS Moscow IN ITS biggest exercise in the area since Soviet times, Russia yesterday sent two long-range bombers to the Bay of Biscay, off the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts, to test-fire missiles. Firing missiles off the coastline of two members of the Nato
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    • 609 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Observers welcome new cookery classes as a way to develop a healthier lifestyle London COOKERY lessons will be made a compulsory part of the British school curriculum for every student aged between 11 and 14, as part of
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    • 464 24  -  Li Xueying By In Riyadh OVER the past four years, Saudi non-profit group The Centennial Fund has been turning needy youths into budding entrepreneurs. Now, Saudi Arabia's largest charity is poised to start teaching Singapore's Heartware Network how to do the same,
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    • 754 25  -  Warren Fernandez Successful reforms will boost EU and global economy, says Trade Minister Lim Hnq Kianq By Deputy Editor Foreign Editor In Paris A NEW force for growth could be sparked off if France's President Nicolas Sarkozy pulls off plans for major economic reforms,
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    • 527 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Masdar City will run on solar power with automated transport pods Abu Dhabi CONSTRUCTION work on the world's first zero-carbon city housing 50,000 people in a car-free environment will begin in the oil-rich Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi
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    • 315 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS London NOBODY, it seems, looks like British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. That's a big problem for artist Alison Jackson, whose so-far futile nationwide search for a lookalike brought her to the streets of London on Monday. Ms Jackson desperately needs
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    • 389 26 REUTERS Manama (Bahrain) THE green-fronted Kuwait Finance House Auto mall on Bahrain's main showroom highway is a bank that sells cars. Buyers can pick the model of their choice and, at the same time, fix up the Islamic financing and Islamic insurance to
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    • 468 27 REUTERS Tributes pour in for the modest man who became a people's hero AUCKLAND SAFFRON-ROBED Buddhist monks, Nepali Sherpas and grey-bearded mountaineers paid homage yesterday to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to conquer Mount Everest, as thousands gathered to watch his state funeral.
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    • 219 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Reykjavik (Iceland) RECLUSIVE chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland last week at age 64, was buried on Monday near the city that hosted his famous victory over the Soviet Union's Mr Boris Spassky 35 years ago. Mr Fischer was interred
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    • 432 28 STOCK markets are in extreme flux. On Monday, there was blind, unreasoning panic as markets around the world plunged. Frankfurt's Dax index plummeted by 7.2 per cent, Mumbai's Sensex by 7.4 per cent, London's FTSE by 5.8 per cent and Singapore's STI by 6 per cent. Asian
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    • 1131 28  -  David Koh »SINO-VIETNAMESE RELATIONS By For The Straits Times OVER the centuries, China and Vietnam have maintained a troubled relationship. Recent events suggest this relationship is about to enter another difficult period. Late last year, China decided to establish an administrative district over the disputed Spratly islands,
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    • 1084 28  -  Martin Wolf FINANCIAL TIMES BANKERS'PAY By "YOU really don't like bankers, do you?" The question, asked by a former banker I met last week, set me back. "Not at all," I replied. "Some of my best friends are bankers." While true, it was not the whole
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    • 840 29  -  Christopher Tan OVERHAUL OF BUS SYSTEM By Senior Correspondent TO GET more people to use public transport, the Government has announced a slew of measures to overhaul the bus system. These include having the Land Transport Authority assume the role of master route
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    • 1402 30  -  John Mcßeth SMOKING IN INDONESIA By Senior Writer IN THE four decades since the US Surgeon General's landmark report, successive Indonesian governments have paid less than lip service to highlighting the dangers of smoking, worried about disturbing an industry that generates billions of dollars
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    • 29 28 Smoking in Indonesia While health officials see an urgent need for a campaign to deter smoking, there is little political will to stub it out. PAGE 30 PUNCHLINES 00
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    • 647 33  -  Judith Tan, April Chong Lee Pei Qi Reasons: Shrinking supply coupled with rise in demand in mainland China By TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine (TCM) is hot and the rising price tags for herbs are burning holes in consumers' pockets. Demand for herbs here and overseas,
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    • 209 33  -  LEE PEI Ql THE squeeze on supply has sent the prices of some traditional Chinese herbs through the roof. About half a dozen medical halls named cordyceps (dongchongxiacao) and chrysanthemum as two herbs with the steepest price climbs. Both have doubled in cost:
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    • 575 34  -  Tracy Sua Crime prevention talks, videos available in major dialects and aired on Rediffusion By A CON artist tampered with circuit breakers outside an elderly man's flat in Chin Swee Road, and then posed as a repairman. When
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    • 290 34  -  Arti Mulchand By FROM coffins to carpets to piles of limestone cigarette smugglers are getting more creative in their efforts to conceal contraband. But thanks to an enforcement blitz, including strict checks at borders, 23,000 people were arrested for smuggling, selling and smoking illegal cigarettes
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    • 244 34  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Law Correspondent SINGAPORE'S biggest law firm has launched a novel plan to provide free legal aid to 10 local charities. The firm, Allen Gledhill, which announced the move on Monday, said one of its partners will work full
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    • 476 35  -  Selina Lum MURDER OF CHINA LOVER Hawker's statement that victim stabbed him is admitted as evidence in his trial By A HAWKER who was discovered next to his Chinese lover, his clothes stained with blood, told police he killed
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    • 147 35  -  Elena Chong By Cowrt Correspondent AN UNEMPLOYED man who was charged last week with causing grievous hurt to a three-year-old boy now faces a capital murder charge following the toddler's death. Firdaus Abdullah, 26, is accused of causing the death of Muhammad
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    • CASE FILE
      • 97 35 A TECHNICIAN who slapped a 12-year-old boy several times for beating his own son was given the maximum fine of $1,000 yesterday. Tan Kheng Tiong, 57, pleaded guilty to hurting the boy at the playground near Block 120 D Rivervale Drive on Oct 15 last
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      • 101 35 A TECHNICIAN was jailed a week and fined $1,000 yesterday for offering $200 to someone to take the rap for his speeding offence. Addy Yip Wai Lun, 27, who pleaded guilty, was driving his father's car when he was caught by a speed camera doing 92kmh
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      • 142 35 A WOMAN was yesterday sent for psychiatric observation after she was charged with stealing a Gucci bag worth $2,330 last November. Koh Shuen Ling, 33, is accused of taking the handbag from the Gucci boutique at Paragon Shopping Centre in Orchard Road on Nov 26. The
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    • PARLIAMENT
      • 635 36  -  Goh Chin Lian Recent fare hikes have made it easier for passengers to get a taxi during peak hours By A MONTH after fares went up, passengers find it easier to get a cab during peak hours and cabbies report slightly higher
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      • 306 36  -  Jeremy Au Yong By OVER 100,000 low-wage casual workers and the self-employed, who could get Government income supplements, have not registered for the money. They even outnumber those who have done so by two to one. The large group falling
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      • 384 36  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By THE Housing Board cannot accurately predict demand for HDB flats years down the road. However, it will be flexible and boost the supply of flats when needed, Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu said yesterday. She
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      • 272 36  -  Chua Hian Hou By RULES governing the movement of goods in and out of Singapore were changed yesterday, to make the place more business-friendly. The passing of the Customs (Amendment) Bill by Parliament will also make it easier for Government prosecutors to introduce evidence in
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      • 412 36  -  JEREMY AUYONG SIX MPs yesterday welcomed changes to the Workmen's Compensation Act but suggested further improvements to the law. Dr Ahmad Magad (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) spoke up for maids who are not covered by the Act. "Domestic workers may not work in
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      • 113 36 INSURANCE cover for foreign maids will go up from $10,000 to $40,000 from July. This cover is the personal accident insurance that their employers must buy for them. With the new rule, employers can expect to pay $15 to $20 more a year in premiums,
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        • 137 36 FEWER vehicles now use the Central Expressway (CTE) and traffic is moving more smoothly. The change follows the hike in electronic road pricing (ERP) charges on the CTE last November. Since then, traffic volume has dipped by about 3 to 5 per
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        • 130 36 ABOUT $370,000 has been paid to those whose properties were damaged by red dye in a military training exercise gone wrong last November. Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said that of this amount, $332,000 was given to six farm owners whose vegetables had to be destroyed.
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        • 155 36 THE immigration authorities will be flexible in allowing foreign spouses to remain in Singapore. However, those who settle here must make sure they can take care of themselves, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng. This was his response in
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      • 665 37  -  Lynn Lee Govt reviewing public assistance programme and income criteria By THE Government is re-exam-ining its array of help schemes to see if it can lend a hand to people who need interim help to get back on their feet.
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      • PARLIAMENT SHORTS
        • 98 37 PARLIAMENT yesterday approved increases of over $2 million to government spending on the Office of the President for the Financial Year 2007, which ends on March 31 this year. This brings the revised amount under the Civil List, which specifies salaries and related
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        • 175 37 NON-CONSTITUENCY MP Sylvia Lim yesterday called for a review of the law on the offence of voluntarily causing hurt. She noted the steady increase in the number of such cases, from 5,500 in 2005, to 6,400 in 2006 and 8,288 last year. The
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        • 127 37 THE Government takes all steps necessary to ensure that residents' personal data is well protected, said Minister of State (Finance) Lim Hwee Hua. She was responding to a question from MP Denise Phua (Jalan Besar GRC), who wanted to know if an incident similar to
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      • 189 37  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH THE Education Ministry is looking at ways to enhance the regulation and supervision of the private education sector. Minister of State (Education and Manpower) Gan Kirn Yong yesterday said "the study will be completed soon and we will announce the details in
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      • 434 37 THE Government earned an extra $990 million last year from the two-percentage point hike in Goods and Services Tax (GST). The bulk $540 million came from local consumer spending, while the remainder was from foreigners. A large portion of the collection went
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      • 742 37  -  Lee Siew Hua »FROM THE GALLERY By Senior Political Correspondent FOR someone who said he had no news, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan had a way of riveting the attention of many in the House when he pulled the curtain a little on the
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    • 84 38 Hindu devotees gathered yesterday to celebrate Thaipusam at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple. At midnight, devotees started on foot from Serangoon Road to Sri Thendayuthapani Temple in Tank Road. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the full ST PHOTO: moon day of the Tamil month of
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    • 499 38  -  DAVID BOEY AMY TAN In trial run at Causeway and Second Link, necessary data is taken off passports instead TRAVELLERS entering Malaysia at the Causeway and Second Link were surprised by a change there last weekend. They did not need to fill
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    • 515 39  -  Karamjit Kaur Their big worry? Not a lack of passengers, but not getting enough planes By Aviation Correspondent THE opening of the Singa-pore-Kuala Lumpur route to budget airlines next month is good news for Asia's low-cost carriers, which expect strong growth this year,
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    • 123 39 FIRED, stressed, no time, just ion't feel like it... Singapore ivomen are no less prone to a :ondition that plagues their sisters all over the modern world low sex drive or loss of libido. Doctors here are also startng to pay more attention
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    • 556 40 Third-party exclusion scheme follows suggestions made by gambling watchdog ABOUT 28,000 people who are either undischarged bankrupts or on the Government's public assistance scheme will not be allowed to enter casinos here. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports announced this yesterday,
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    • 125 40 Human resource director Jennifer Loh goes for the pick of the crop as she surveys rows of lime and mandarin shrubs at Far East Flora. The shrubs are believed to signify prosperity and are must-haves in many Chinese homes during the festive season.
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    • 328 41  -  Cheah Khuan Yew DISRUPTION IN TRAIN SERVICE TRAIN services were disrupted on Monday morning. I arrived at the Pasir Ris MRT station at Bam during the disruption and was advised to take the free shuttle bus to Tanah Merah Station. Although SMRT responded rapidly
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    • 163 41  -  Ong Lee Lian (Ms) AS THE disruption in train service on the East-West Line on Monday occurred early in the morning, train operator SMRT had more than enough time to run a notification on the radio or morning TV news. A lot of
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    • 203 41  -  Trig Kok Khim I AM writing to express my concern about the way SMRT handled the disruption in train service on Monday morning. My wife was in the train at 6.15 am heading towards Pasir Ris and she had to disembark
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    • 235 41  -  him Bee Khim (Ms) FORMULA 1 RACE THE article, "Hotel rooms during Fl race period going fast" (ST, Jan 19), suggested that one reason for the higher hotel rates during the race here is that "the Government will be imposing a special
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    • 247 41  -  Jason Wong I REFER to the article, "No room for abused women at shelters" (ST, Jan 17). Victims of abuse who need shelter can be assured of assistance and a place for temporary stay until their family crisis is over. The Ministry of Community
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    • 106 41  -  Jennifer Lewis (Ms) I REFER to Mr Yong Kum Thong's letter, "GIC investment in Citi may not be that safe" (ST, Jan 22). The points he raised have indeed been taken into account in the GIC investment process. Fund managers, including GIC, are
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    • 232 41  -  Leong Chok Keh I REFER to the letter from Mr Chan Han Jun, "Review criteria of HDB de-sign-&-build scheme" (ST, Jan 8). The Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) was launched in 2005 to complement HDB's sales scheme. The objective was to offer
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    • 118 41  -  David Choo Kia Pew EVEN before the advent of Chinese New Year, prices of bak kwa (barbecued pork) have surged. Two leading stores are charging from $43 to $46 a kilogram. As the festival gets nearer, I am
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      • 89 41  -  Shibu Menon I RIDE a bike and had the misfortune of getting stuck behind a truck carrying sand twice recently. These trucks usually have a partially open hatch. This causes grains of sand to fly onto vehicles behind the trucks. For a biker,
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      • 67 41  -  Martin Windle GIVEN the increased complexity in calculating taxi fares, isn't it about time that it was made compulsory for cabbies to provide a receipt with every journey, as is done in some major cities in China? This would help to avoid confusion for tourists, spot
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      • 48 41  -  Toy Ming Chee I WONDER why it is still necessary to pay radio (for the car) and TV licence fees when almost all mobile phones now come with the radio function, and some models can receive TV images under certain subscription plans.
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      • 109 41  -  Sharon Morris (Ms) RECENTLY, while waiting tc cross Orchard Road/Orchard Boulevard, I was bombarded by the sound and sight of people screaming, blood spurting and splattering, people being slashed at with a huge sharp knife, wrists being cut off and a general gruesome scene. This
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    • 97 41 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Beware risks of health checks you may have to live without the possibility of life insurance cover Community cats bring Singaporeans together let us give ourselves a chance SMRT and the authorities should work out
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  • SPORTS
    • 683 42  -  Jeanette Wang ►>2010 YOUTH OLYMPICS BID MCYS Parl Sec Teo says it is more important to focus on content than cash By NOT all gold glitters, especially in the race to host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). While Singapore's proposed budget of U5575.5
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    • 361 42 Governance and guarantees Singapore: Strong support and involvement, including officials from five ministries, the Singapore National Olympic Council, national sports associations, athletes, youth representatives and the private sector. Moscow: Strong national and local government support during last month's lOC-bid committee video
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    • 521 42  -  Wang Meng Meng »soccer By AS THE S-League clubs get ready to kick off the new season on Feb 18, a burning question remains: Where is the fixture list? The 11 clubs who have confirmed their participation in Singapore's
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    • 382 42 BERNAMA MOTOR RACING Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is looking at hosting night Formula One races by next year, two years earlier than expected. Sepang International Circuit (SIC) chairman Mokhzani Mahathir said although its new contract stipulated that the circuit had to be ready for night
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    • 770 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS TENNIS Sharapova beats world No 1 while Jankovic accounts for Williams Melbourne MARIA Sharapova was ready to play three or four hours but did not need to. Serena Williams did and ended up with two losses to show for it. Fifth-ranked Sharapova ended
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    • 107 43 Quarter-finals Men's singles: Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 7-5 6-3 6-1, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-5 6-0 7-6 (8-6). Doubles: Arnaud Clement/Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Daniel Nestor (Can)/Nenad Zimonjic (Srb) 6-4 6-4, Jeff Coetzee/Wesley Moodie (Rsa) bt Martin Damm/Pavel Vizner (Cze) 7-5 5-7
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    • 588 43  -  Rohit Brijnath ARMCHAIR VIEW By MRIs don't work. X-rays won't do. Scans tell us nothing. But maybe one day we will be able to understand the athlete's brain, comprehend how they manage pressure, hold onto self-belief, withstand pain. Maybe we will figure how MotoGP rider
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    • 502 43 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS ►>GOLF Anaheim (California) THE unveiling of a statue at the Tiger Woods Learning Center turned into a family photo on Monday, and a reminder for Woods about the powerful bond between a father and a child. Behind him was a bronze
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    • 298 43  -  REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHIL Mickelson's start to the 2008 golf season was in doubt on Monday when his doctor directed him to stay in bed for two days for a respiratory problem. The world No 2, who postponed a press conference yesterday
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    • 171 43 ST PHOTO: Amelia Yong lending a hand to Tan Scan Tze, four, at the mini-golf putting challenge at yesterday's HSBC Women's Champions Roadshow. So far, close to 2,000 people have visited the roadshow, which began on Monday, at Raffles Place Park. The event is part of
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    • 250 43 Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE kept themselves within striking distance after the opening round of the DRB-Hicom Asean Junior Invitational Golf Championships at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur. Yesterday, their boys' team led by 16-year-old Johnson Poh, who is the latest
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    • 707 44  -  Richard Jolly »SOCCER Captain Gerrard joins fans in ticking off the American owners for destabilising Reds By STEVEN Gerrard has joined the Anfield crowd in criticising Liverpool's American owners for destabilising the club. The 2-2 draw with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Monday means the club
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    • 265 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS London CHELSEA'S injury problems took a turn for the worse after Shaun Wright-Phillips was ruled out of the League Cup semi-final second leg against Everton at Goodison Park tomorrow. A scan confirmed ligament damage to the ankle he injured on Saturday, and
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    • 130 44 1 Wayne Rooney 2 Ronaldinho 3 Carlos Tevez 4 Peter Crouch 5 Ronaldo 6 Luke Chadwick 7 Robbie Fowler 8 Darren Fletcher 9 Rio Ferdinand 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy WAYNE Rooney has picked up his share of awards, but this was one
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      • 73 44 LONDON: England goalkeeper Paul Robinson has told Tottenham he is ready to quit White Hart Lane, if the club receive an acceptable offer during the January transfer window. Robinson stopped short of submitting a formal transfer request, reported The Telegraph. But, after losing his Spurs
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      • 61 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan wants to retain Michael Owen as his captain. He made the 28-year-old England striker captain for Saturday's 0-0 draw with Bolton, succeeding the injured Alan Smith. Keegan, who returned to Newcastle last week after 11 years away, said
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      • 63 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Birmingham have signed Argentinian striker Mauro Zarate from Al-Sadd on loan for the rest of the season. The 20-year-old forward joined the Qatari club from Velez Sarsfield for £10 million (Ss2B million) in June. Zarate, joint lead scorer in the Argentine league in
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      • 60 44 ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON: Eight members of Fiji's Olympic soccer team have been fined and banned from representing the country for five years, after leaving a training camp on Jan 12 to go on a drinking spree. Fiji FA president Muhammad Shamsu Dean Sahu Khan said
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    • 275 44 Accra IVORY Coast lived up to their billing as serious title contenders by beating fellow heavyweights Nigeria 1-0 in the African Nations Cup in Sekondi on Monday. In temperatures that reached 35 deg C, Salomon Kalou produced a superb solo goal in
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    • 261 44 REUTERS London ENGLISH Premier League clubs have spent a record amount on January transfer deals this year, despite the threat of a global recession and chaos in credit markets. With nine days remaining before the transfer window closes for the season, around
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    • 350 44 London IT WAS not what Alex Ferguson wanted to hear from Cristiano Ronaldo's mother. She revealed that it is her dream to see her son one day quit Manchester United and play for Real Madrid. Dolores Aveiro, on the island of Madeira, described
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    • 658 45  -  Wang Meng Meng ATHLETICS SAA rues funding thrower Dong, who has been untraceable since last September By AN EXPENSIVE $288,000 mistake. That is Singapore Athletic Association president Loh Lin Kok's damning assessment of missing thrower Dong Enxin. Four months after leaving Singapore for his native China
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      • 71 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VALENCIA: Spanish two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso gave Renault's new R2B car its first test run on Monday at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. He completed 39 laps, recording a best time of lmin 13.0275ec. Renault, who finished third last year, hope
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      • 106 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britain's shooters are unhappy with the venue for their events at the 2012 London Olympics, saying it will leave no legacy for the sport. British Shooting chairman Philip Boakes said the 7,500-seat temporary venue at the Royal Artillery Barracks in South-east London would cost
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      • 63 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI: Leßron James scored 28 points and added five assists, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Heat 97-90 in the National Basketball Association on Monday. It was his first win in nine career trips to Miami and was enough to send the 2006
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      • 50 45 REUTERS BANGKOK: This year's Asia versus Europe Royal Trophy has been cancelled, organisers said yesterday. It will resume early next year. The Jan 11-13 golf contest was postponed following the death of Thai Princess Galyani Vadhana, the sister of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who donated the trophy.
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    • 25 42 $288k down the drain? The Singapore Athletic Association spent $288,000 on Dong Enxin. Its reward: One SEA Games gold and plenty of frustration. PAGE Hl3
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      131 45 WEE KIM HWA (FOO TEE ENG) Age: 72 Passed away peacefully on 22 January 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Bay Chin Foo (deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Sua Jin Sing Steven Li Zhongxia Daughters: Sons-in-law: Bay Chee Feng June Goh Peng Thiong Andy Bay Chee Sew Lisa
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      72 45 TAN LAM LEE WILLIAM Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 21 January 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ong Kirn Geok Alice Son: Tan Kian Chwan Daughters: Son-in-law: Tan Peck Hoon Neo Wee Boon Tan Peck Chin Siblings in-laws, nephews, nieces and all relatives. Body resting
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      47 45 The Family of the Late TAY KWEE CHIANG, STEVE Departed on 18 January 2008 Wishes to express their heartfelt I thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and I business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during 1L their recent bereavement. M
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      30 45 KELLYFOOYUNXBV Departed 23.1.98 10th Anniversary With Fond Memories Of We have been thinking about you for the lastlOyears. We miss you very much. Lots of love, Daddy, Mummy, Cheryl Germain
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      34 45 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CHERRY PANG Departed 23 Jan 04 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Dearly missed and always remembered by family loved ones
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      27 45 i 6th Anniversary I In Loving Memory of MICHAEL WEE KIN BENG Departed 23 Jan 2002 Dearly missed by beloved Wife Peggy, children, grandchildrer and loved ones
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      201 46 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 DANIEL TAN BOON HUAT Age: 57 Was called home to be with the Lord on 22 January 20i Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved one Wife: Lim Kirn Pheng Lilian Daughter:
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      78 46 SlVAf||siVA RAMAIAH SUBRAMANIAM former football player of 4 'rfetii-jjp ~y. c. /4* 3«J>i?« ye*""****, <4 V j£iL<«*''-rt*» 6w Age: 78 Passed away peacefully on 22 January 2008 Dearly missed by loved ones. Beloved Wife: Kanagavalli Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chandrasegaran Savithlrl Mohan Sarasvathi Grandchildren: Varsha Sai Jivan Dearest Husband/ Father is resting
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      61 46 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our General Manager Mdm Lilian Lim Business Development Executive Ms Rena Tan On the demise of their beloved Husband Father Our late Managing Director DANIEL TAN BOON HUAT Departed on 22 January 2008 From: The Management Staff of Orient Star Shipping (S) Pte
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      54 46 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Partners Mrs Jeanne Ramason Mr Raji Ramason on the demise of their beloved husband father R. Ramason Departed on 20 January 2008 From: The Partners Staff of R. Ramason Almenoar (Advocates Solicitors) As a mark of respect, our office will be closed on
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      100 46 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mrs Jeanne Ramason, Mr Raji Dr Rani Ramason on the demise of their beloved husband father R. Ramason Departed on 20 January 2008 From: S. H. Almenoar Tan Hee Liang Dr. Colin Tan Pauline Anthony Leong Chooi Peng Joan Lim Tan Kai Hoe Swanur
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      100 46 10th ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF PASTOR PHILIP KOH KIM TIAN CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON 23 JAN 1998 •A WORSHIPPER IN SPIRIT IN TRUTH, CONTRITE, DEDICATED, COMPASSIONATE, LOVING SERVANT FRIEND.' "Come build an Altar unto the Lord Return to worship and hear His Word And the
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      55 46 7thAnnlversary 1 With Warmhearted Memories OEISENGNEO Canedhomeon23Jamiaiy2ool When a loved one leaves, Life goes on For those left behind, But the hurt and emptiness From the loss remain, Still very real and deep Till this very day Reminders of you Still bring a tear or turn Forever remembered by Evelyn,
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    • 909 48 NEWS ANALYSIS Widespread selling creating financial violence people hope to avoid, analysts say New York THE fear is spreading. For months now, investors have been lured to overseas markets with the promise that surging growth and solid economic fundamentals in Asia
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    • 37 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 12,573.05 (-752.89 points) »Japanese share prices tumbled 5.65 per cent to a 28-month low amid a global sell-off on fears a United States recession will hit the rest of the world.
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    • 38 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 21,757.63 (-2,061.23 points) Hong Kong share prices suffered their biggest ever one-day fall, closing down 8.7 per cent, as investors across Asia dumped stocks amid fears of a United States recession.
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    • 34 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,559.75 (-354.68 points) Chinese share prices closed sharply lower, losing 7.22 per cent amid growing fears of a United States recession after sharp sell-offs overnight in overseas markets.
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    • 35 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,354.48 (-54.12 points) Malaysian share prices tumbled 3.8 per cent amid investor concerns throughout the region that a possible recession in the United States will hurt earnings in Asia.
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      31 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,729.94 (-875.41 points) »Indian share prices tumbled 4.97 per cent as part of a massive global sell-off, after fears of a United States recession overwhelmed investors.
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    • 36 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,294.52 (-191.36 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 7.7 per cent lower in line with regional markets amid growing fears that a United States recession could spill over to other economies.
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    • 35 48 AFP Yesterday's close: 741.54 (-24.99 points) Thai share prices closed 3.26 per cent lower, as investors panicked over worldwide market tumbles caused by rising fears of a recession in the United States.
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    • 116 48 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 2,866.55 Jan 22 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 5.420 +0.020 CapitaMall 2.660 +0.010 CityDev 10.820 -0.200 Cosco Corp 4.150 -0.480 DBS Grp 17.500 F&N 4.650 -0.060 Gentlntl 0.590 -0.020 HKLand 4.200 -0.200 JSH 14.000 -0.700 Jardine C&C 15.840 -2.200 KeppelCorp 10.480 -0.320 Keppel Land
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    • 142 48 Jan 22 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2400 1.2550 Can dollar 1.3960 1.4120 Euro 2.0840 2.1060 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4394 0.4399 NZ dollar 1.0700 1.0940 Sterling pound 2.8020 2.8340 US dollar 1.4450
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    • 403 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES Case could be first of many as finger-pointing escalates; any player in the crisis may be sued Carlsbad (California) MS MARTY Ummel feels she paid too much for her house. So do millions of other Americans who
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    • 643 50 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG NEWS Ministers in Asia and Europe advise investors to stay rational and not overreact Hong Kong GOVERNMENTS urged calm yesterday while calling for international cooperation to cope with a global slide in stock markets sparked by fears ofa United
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    • 1058 51  -  ENTERPRISE TODAY part three of a four-part special feature TIME AND TIDE wait for no man. Neither do technology advancements and business opportunities. Which is why small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that swiftly exploit technology innovation can chart a brighter future. Heatec Jietong
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    • 1193 53  -  Nicholas Fang While his dream of flying did not work out, he finds success in managing waste for oil firms By FOR someone who started out with high-flying dreams of becoming a fighter pilot, Mr Sam Ho has made a happy landing in
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    • 599 54  -  Lee Su Shyan Indonesian group can either sell its shares, keep them or submit a counterproposal By Assistant Money Editor LIPPO Group, the No. 1 shareholder of Robinson Co, seems to be caught between the devil and the deep blue
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    • 390 54  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter Joyce Teo Property Correspondent THE Government has decided not to sell a short-term office site in Aljunied because the sole bid that came in last week offered too low a price. This decision follows a
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    • 722 55  -  Lee Su Shyan DBS, Sing Tel and SIA lead recovery in afternoon as rumours of US rate cut spread By Assistant Money Editor INVESTORS are grateful for small mercies these days and they got one yesterday when the local market salvaged some
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    • 309 55  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter CAPITALAND is expanding its presence in India's fast-growing retail sector by investing in 15 malls worth more than $2.1 billion. The malls, spread over 14 cities, are to be spun off into a property trust after their
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    • 365 55  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent BLUE chips have fallen so fast and so far in the past two days that covered warrants issued on them have hit bargain basement levels. The Straits Times Index (STI) has fallen by
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    • 257 55  -  GABRIEL CHEN YANGZIJIANG DIRECTOR BUYS 50,000 SHARES IN THE midst of the current market turmoil, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding's non-executive director, Mr Teo Yi-Dar, has scooped up 50,000 shares in the firm on the open market at $1.39 apiece. The transaction on Monday represents his only direct interest in the
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    • 784 56  -  Bryan Lee Region still relies heavily on world's biggest markets, say economists By A RECESSION in the United States and Europe would badly hurt Asian economies, including Singapore's, which still rely heavily on these two export markets for growth, according to economists.
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    • 20 56 STOCK 2.60 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $2.68 billion UP Gainers: 147 Losers: 751 DOWN Unchanged: 868
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    • 227 56  -  GRACE NG »SEARCH FOR CEO THE long-awaited appointment of DBS Group Holdings' new chief executive (CEO) will take place before the end of March, its chairman Koh Boon Hwee said. "The search committee still has some work to do," he said yesterday during
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      • 1484 58  -  Douglas Tseng FANS of American author Stephen King have two things to look forward to this week a new movie and a new book. The Mist, starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden, is about a fog that rolls into a Maine community and traps townsfolk
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    • 590 105 The show-flat presents home aids that will make life simpler and safer for old people, especially those who live alone. Shefali Srinivas reports A fortnight ago, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) transformed its foyer into a home fitted out for an elderly couple. No, the
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    • 1025 106 Low sex drive? Simply no urge to get it on? There are many women in mid-life who believe this is just a normal part of the ageing process. But that isn't necessarily so. And the lack of interest in a healthy sex life can
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    • 799 107 Sexual inhibition can stem from stress, fatigue or problems in a relationship. Relaxing and coming to terms with it might be the healthier way for women who lose interest in sex. Shefali Srinivas reports Learn how to love yourself first. That's what Ms Christina Low teaches
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    • 700 107 A disturbing trend in sexual dysfunction is sexual anorexia, say some psychologists. It's a condition in which people abstain, consciously or subconsciously, from sexual activity even if they are in a relationship, writes Lucy Beresford It's a term which has yet to enter
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    • 625 108 St Luke's Hospital offers an intensive 10-day programme that can help stroke patients regain some mobility. Lisa be I Ting reports Two years ago, Mr Foo Wan Lee, 68, suffered a stroke that resulted in reduced mobility in his right arm. After seeing little
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    • 551 109 Liver Health, Part Two In the initial stages, there may be no inflammation but if left untreated, the condition can cause serious scarring or damage to the organ When Ms Maneka Shetty, 31, went for her health check last November, she was shocked by the results.
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    • 554 110 Together with first-time expectant mums and those carrying more than one baby, pregnant teens who are prone to a blood-pressure condition could develop heart trouble later in life There is evidence that women who have had preeclampsia, a condition in which blood pressure spikes after
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    • 244 110 NEW YORK TIMES THE CLAIM: Foetal heart rate can predict the baby's sex. THE FACTS: Medical literature is rife with all sorts of claims about unusual ways to predict the sex of an unborn baby. One that has been around for decades, and has
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    • 384 111 The Pain Management Centre at SGH is the first integrated and largest referral centre in Singapore for patients with chronic, disabling pain disorders. It is a onestop centre with specialist outpatient clinics, acupuncture services, procedure room with X-ray facilities and recovery room for interventional pain
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    • 705 112 LAUkXMAkitchen Bread has often been called the staff of life and Cynthia Low takes a peek in the oven to discover some of the secrets to baking this staple food There are many reasons to love life in Singapore, but for an avid baker, there's
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    • 185 112 125g butter 250g sugar 3 large or 4 small ripe bananas, mashed 3 eggs, beaten 250g flour sifted together with 2 tsp baking powder x\ Heat the oven to 180 deg C and grease or line the bottom of a 21cm x 11cm loaf tin with butter and/or
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    • 780 113 SINGAPORE ZOO AND NIGHT SAFARI uumuummmm^M Don't Feed The Animals take note of that sign because that and other irresponsible acts on the part of visitors could be detrimental to the health and well-being of the animals at the zoo The next time you visit
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    • 764 114 If you suffer from indigestion, it is time to give your digestive system a break. A healthy diet and a dose of enzymes could get it up to speed again You are not what you eat. You are what you can digest and absorb.
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    • 150 114 Avoid wheat, milk or yeast (in beer but not in spirits, in bread but not in pasta) Take digestive enzymes, available in any health food store, with each main meal. Take a neaped teaspoon of glutamine powder last thing at night to improve the
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    • 419 115 t/ebedroom a^w lam 30 years old and have I been married for two years. I have been taking the oral contraceptive pill, Yasmin, for the past few years. Recently, we decided to get pregnant. When should I stop taking the
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    • 356 115 waitingroo/71 lam a 40-year-old male Chinese. I had a health screening last *fc year and am concerned about some of the results of my cholesterol profile. Firstly, I am happy to see that the numbers for triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) have
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    • 819 116  -  Kenny Toh flTa^/essons My brother, a Primary 6 pupil, has always I been a very active and outgoing boy. He is very good at making friends and is addicted to online games and trading card games. My parents are open-minded. They did not put
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    • 403 117  -  WENDY CHUA K. WAND I refer to the letter, "Dismayed by advice on mum-in-law" (Mind Your Body, Jan 9), from reader Chew Lee Li in response to my Life Lesson column on Dec 19. Bullying in the family cannot be legitimised. On the contrary, family
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    • 113 117  -  VENKATESH CETTY I read the article, "Do antibiotics cure sinus infections?" (MYB, Jan 16). I agree that antibiotics do not cure sinus infections. I suffered from a sinus infection for a few months in 1996 and consulted two ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists in separate
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    • 256 118 tomorrow 24 January friday 25 January 26 monday 28 January tuesday 29 January Wednesday 30 January Who's In Charge What: A talk on how to take control of your health through simple techniques Where: Grey Matter Network, 35A Neil Road When: 7pm to 10pm Fee: Free
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    • 623 120 caregiver'sco/Tier My 85-year-old father suffers from dementia and he does I not behave like himself at all -he behaves aggressively, swears at us, constantly repeats himself. It is like having a stranger in the house. It has been extremely distressing for us and to our children,
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    • 563 120 f l\H i Vi Aageing Wong Sher Maine meets a 70-year-old Taiwanese bike designer who cycles everywhere As Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew spoke about active ageing to a rapt international audience at the Silver Industry Conference and Exhibition a fortnight ago,
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    • 369 120  -  TARA PARKER POPE, My regular coffee order at Starbucks sounds ridiculous. "I'll have a grande, no-fat, sugar-free Cinnamon Dolce Latte, no whip. Please.'" Once, a customer behind me chirped: "Would you like coffee with that?" Now Starbucks is making it easier
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    • 722 121 lMA*lsquad Ms Catherine Teo, an advanced practice nurse in palliative care, tells Evelyn Yap that she helps patients in the terminal phase of their diseases to prepare for the inevitable What's the job of an advanced practice nurse? Registered nurses do ward duties like giving
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