The Straits Times, 10 February 2008

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    21 1 the Sunday times FEBRUARY 10, 2008 80 pages in three parts MICA(P) 116/12/2007 ttV A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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    Lock icon Myanmar junta sets election date
    519 1  -  YANGON AP, AFP, Reuters TOP OF THE NEWS MYANMAR'S military junta, the target of sharp international criticism for its failure to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced yesterday that it will hold a general election in 2010. In brief official announcements on
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      Lock icon S'pore ink artist Cnua Ek Kay dies of cancer
      697 2  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi The 1999 Cultural Medallion recipient had been battling nasal cancer ON FRIDAY, the second day of Chinese New Year, artist Chua Ek Kay was chatting with guests in his home when he suddenly had a nose bleed. His
      DOMINIC WONG  -  697 words
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      Lock icon She took on country club-and won
      1749 3  -  Yen Feng IN MAY 2006, Madam Kay Swee Pin received a letter and "almost dropped dead" when she read it. Her country club had written to inform her that it had suspended her membership for a year. But for the deputy group executive chairman
      SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  1,749 words
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      Lock icon Memorial service today for a S'pore icon
      889 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi The public can pay their tribute from 9am to 10.45 am, and visit a mini display on Ah Meng's life THEY knew. Mum had died. Ah Meng, the Singapore icon, left behind five children and six grandchildren when she died
      NG SOR LUAN; COURTESY OF LEE SIEW YIAN; DESMOND LIM; COURTESY OF SHEREEN NAAZ CHARLES SYARIFF  -  889 words
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      Lock icon Just for her: A private farewell and quiet resting place
      308 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi DURING her lifetime, Ah Meng rubbed shoulders with dignitaries and celebrities. Her funeral ceremony today will be kept private and special for her close friends and keepers. The zoo has chosen the perfect place within its sprawling
      NG SOR LUAN  -  308 words
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      Lock icon Taking in the sun, sand and sea over Chinese New Year
      232 6 THIS Chinese New Year holiday has been a super long weekend with several hundreds hitting Changi Beach and the East Coast Park to camp or just to swim, many since Thursday. Mr Samsul Ahmat, was one of them. "Camping
      LIM WUI LIANG  -  232 words
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      Lock icon This little pig's parents went hee, hee ail the way home
      701 6  -  Chen Meiyue Parents opt for induced deliveries to catch the Pig Year; 58 babies were induced at KKH the week before Chinese New Year PIG is good. Rat, not so. And believing this, first-time parents Donovan Foong and Zou
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      Lock icon Average hongbao rate is now $10, up from $4 last year
      388 6  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei THE red-hot economy last year and bigger bonuses seem to have fattened the red packets, or hongbao, received by youngsters this Chinese New Year. The average "hongbao rate" has gone up to $10 from $4
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      Lock icon Work on gambling related projects? No thanks
      806 7  -  Mavis Toh Several firms are turning down IR jobs because gambling goes against their business ethics DEAL or no deal when it comes to the integrated resort (IR) buzz? Even as many firms here look forward to the upcoming IRs and Lady Luck's
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      Lock icon BAD MIX?
      872 8  -  Tan Dawn Wei and Alex Liam Pedestrians feel that with more privileges, cyclists will become even more reckless SOON after some good news for cyclists came from the Transport Minister, one rider had to spoil it all. On Jan 31, Madam Stevanie Nur Rindynie and her three-month-old daughter
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      Lock icon Girls sneak out to pool and nearly drown
      309 8  -  Mavis Toh A DIP in the pool almost ended in tragedy for a pair of 13-year-old cousins who were spending Chinese New Year together. Samantha Lee, a Pei Hwa Secondary School student, is now hooked up with tubes in the intensive care
      SHINMIN  -  309 words
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      Lock icon Mini bikers just want a place to rev up
      823 9  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Pocket bike owners are growing more numerous, but noise factors and traffic rules are keeping them off the road 1 HE latest two-wheeled rage tor some is the toy-like 'pocket bike". These 50cc petrol-powered machines are the leight
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      Lock icon More Catholics in the fold, but fewer shepherds
      660 10  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Number of priests and nuns is dwindling even as Church is growing both here and abroad ROMAN Catholic priests and nuns are a dying breed here. In the past few years, their numbers have dwindled so greatly that
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      Lock icon Fewer Catholic clergy worldwide
      153 10 THE number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide has been on the decline and last week, the Vatican reported a further dramatic fall. Newly-published statistics in its official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, showed that the number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by
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      Lock icon Priesthood was his childhood dream
      516 10  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei BEING a priest may not be a common ambition among kids these days, but when Mr Kenneth Gopal was just eight years old, that was what he wanted to be. "From young, I was attracted to the priesthood... the kind of
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      Lock icon Fit and able one day, suddenly disabled tne next
      1082 11  -  Tan Dawn Wei At least 1,000 people become permanently disabled each year because of illness or an accident IT WAS just after the first semester of his first year at university 10 years ago when Eric Ting and four friends went
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      Lock icon Meet Maximus Ng, age five Pre-school fees: $9,600 a year
      1293 12  -  By Teo Cheng Wee and Samantha Eng More middle-income parents sending their kids to pricey private pre-schools LIKE all parents, heartlanders Ng Soon Wang and wife Angela want the best for their two young children. But for them, this does
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      Lock icon School fees snapshot
      276 12 How do the high prices charged by some pre-schools compare with others in this category, and with other school and university fees? PAT'S SCHOOLHOUSE Registration fee: $250 Half-day programme: $800-$9OO a month Full-day programme: About $1,340 a month ETONHOUSE Registration fee: $1,500 Half-day programme: $1,250 a month
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      Lock icon Brrr, S'poreans in China hunker down
      813 13  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Estimated 5,000 trying their best to cope with worst winter in 50 years HOUSEWIFE Brenda Oh got excited when she saw the first snow in Ningbo, China, four weeks ago. For the Singaporean, it was a "first time" thrill. But within
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      Lock icon Leaders visit regions reeling from winter storms
      423 13  -  BEIJING AP, Reuters CHINA'S leaders spent the Chinese New Year visiting regions badly hit by the country's worst winter storms in 50 years. President Hu Jintao visited the autonomous region of Guangxi in the south where state television on Wednesday showed him helping
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      Lock icon Deadly Afghan chill
      268 13 Reuters MORE than 750 people have died as a result of severe cold and heavy snowfalls this winter across Afghanistan, a government official said yesterday. The cold spell, the worst in decades in the impoverished and mountainous central Asian country, has also killed nearly 230,000 head of
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      Lock icon Archbishop under fire clarifies remarks
      421 14 AP, AFP Calls for Anglican leader Williams to quit as he tries to defuse furore LONDON THE leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has clarified his comments on Islamic syariah law which have caused a furore in Britain and led to
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      Lock icon Former academic no stranger to controversy
      314 14 AFP THE bushy-bearded Rowan Williams is a former academic whose intellectual rigour and earnest liberal views have regularly got him into hot water. The archbishop, who is now in trouble over comments about syariah law, has also angered some traditionalists with his views on
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      Lock icon Turkey lifts headscarf ban in universities
      314 14 AFP, AP, Reuters ANKARA TURKEY'S parliament yesterday approved two constitutional amendments lifting a dec-ades-old ban on Islamic headscarves in universities despite fierce opposition from the secular establishment. In a final vote, lawmakers voted 411-103 to approve the amendments that will add paragraphs to the
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      Lock icon Beijing frees journalist, the third this month
      250 15 AP BEIJING THE editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has been released early from prison after serving four years on corruption charges, a colleague at his newspaper and a journalists group said yesterday. Mr Yu Huafeng left a prison
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        Lock icon Botox linked to child deaths
        131 15 AFP WASHINGTON The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that using botulinum toxins, such as the popular cosmetic treatment Botox, can have serious side-effects including death, but it stopped short of banning them. Dr Russell Katz, the head of the FDA's division of
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        96 15 AFP TOKYO A Russian strategic bomber briefly entered Japanese airspace over the Pacific early yesterday, prompting 24 Japanese military planes to scramble, officials said. Russia denied there had been any incursion by its planes, but the Japanese Foreign Ministry said it had lodged a strong
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        Lock icon Kidney racket chief deported
        93 15 AP KATHMANDU The alleged leader of a syndicate accused of illegally removing hundreds of kidneys was deported back to India yesterday from Nepal. The Nepalese authorities handed over Amit Kumar to Indian officials, who had been seeking his extradition since he was arrested on Thursday at
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        Lock icon Bye bye, Polaroid instant photos
        104 15 Bloomberg, AP BOSTON Polaroid Corp, the company that pioneered instant photography, is exiting the film business and closing plants in the United States, Mexico and the Netherlands as it focuses on digital photography and flat-panel televisions. The closures will cut 450 jobs and leave Polaroid
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      Lock icon G7 nations pledge to help stabilise markets
      381 15  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO IN THE face of the global economic slowdown, the world's leading economies pledged to work together yesterday to take "appropriate actions" to stabilise financial markets shaken by the crumbling US housing market. Finance ministers and central bankers
      REUTERS  -  381 words
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      Lock icon WELCOME, YEAR OF THE
      325 16 From Lima in Peru, to Mumbai in India, and Bali in Indonesia, millions of people around the world ushered in the Year of the Rat last week. Many descended onto temples and into Chinatowns to celebrate the New Year. Here's a look at the festivities in
      REUTERS; AFP; NANYANG SIANG PAU; reuter:; BLOOMBERI  -  325 words
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      Lock icon Hospital holds babies over unpaid bills
      449 17  -  Alastair Mclndoe Infants have since been returned after court orders their release PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA SIX Filipino babies held in a Manila hospital for months in a dispute with their parents over unpaid bills have been returned after a public attorney took the drastic
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      Lock icon Film stars join family at service for Ledger
      334 17 AP PERTH INTERNATIONAL film stars and close relatives were among the mourners at a memorial service for Australian actor Heath Ledger in his home town of Perth yesterday. Ledger, 28, best known for his role as a conflicted gay cowboy in the
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      96 2 INDEX IffifflS asia Detained babies free to go A Manila hospital which held six infants as collateral in a dispute over unpaid bills has been ordered to release them 17 Job tips for ex-SAF regulars 21 Battle of the tech giants 23 Malik calls off marriage 29 Get'push e-mail'for free
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    • Spending within your budget
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        Lock icon Cut down on taxi rides to save more
        420 18 Mr Michael Chee, New Independent's senior consultant, says: MS HID AYAH Hassan has been aiming to save at least $200 a month since she began working. She hopes to save more but it has been difficult. She gives nearly $1,000 to help
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        Lock icon Make savings work harder
        393 18 Mr Stanley Sim, New Independent's financial advisory manager, says: MR MARCUS Lee saves about 30 per cent of his income. Although he does not have a systematic approach to keep track of his expenses, he has developed a good habit of consciously controlling his spending urge
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        Lock icon Control impulse buying
        370 18 Mr Geoffrey Ying, New Independent's senior consultant, says: MS RITA Marini's difficulty in building up her savings can be mainly attributed to her impulsive spending habit. Recommendations: THIS can be alleviated by the following strategies: Cooling-off policy This requires her to shop purposefully, preferably by making a
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      430 18  -  Lorna Tan IT MAY not hurt your pocket to pay $6.50 for an ice-blended mocca. But do this every day and you will spend $2,372 in a year and a staggering $23,720 in a decade. Wake up and smell the coffee because if you invest this hefty
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        Lock icon Dow slides on fears over distressed bond insurers
        327 18  -  AP, Reuters NEW YORK WALL Street finished a dismal week with a mixed performance on Friday as investors grappled with fears about insurers of distressed mortgage-backed bonds and anxiety about the broader economy. The Dow Jones industrial average, which rose in earlier
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      Lock icon New HDB upgrading scheme won't add much more to resale prices
      922 19  -  Tan Hui Yee PROPERTY The Home Improvement Programme will not boost prices of resale flats as much because upgrading is on a smaller scale, say property experts HOUSING CORRESPONDENT THE Home Improvement Programme (HIP) is the newest kid on
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      Lock icon For Chinese New Year, the theme is naturally oriental
      471 19 MY SPACE "MY WIFE Adeline and I change the layout of our home regularly. It gives our home a fresh look. We decided to redecorate again for the Chinese New Year and went with an oriental theme. We rearranged our furniture
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      Lock icon She puts aside nine months of salary for emergencies
      1135 20  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY Single parent Annie Urn shells out over $10,000 a year in insurance premiums to cover herself and her two sons FINANCE CORRESPONDENT AS A single parent of two young boys, Ms Annie Lim, 39, is all
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      Lock icon Looking for advisers and ways to invest US dollars
      869 21  -  Ernest Low YOI ERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q WE ARE in our late 40s, are self-employed and have three teenage children. Many years ago, we made a profit from our components trading business, but it was mostly in US dollars. Business is
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      Lock icon What job options are there for ex-SAF regulars?
      804 21  -  Paul Heng Founder YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q AM writing on behalf of a group of friends who are regulars in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAP). We've heard and read so much about the challenges of working in the civilian world. Some
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      81 19 stomp pick PHOTO: TONY CHIANG/STOMP Art director Tony Chiang, 40, sent Stomp this photo of his home recently. He tells Jocelyn Lee why the current theme of his five-room flat in Jurong is oriental yet modern. Do you have a favourite space in your home? Send us a picture. We
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      445 22 Susan Lim Singapore surgeon This pathfinding surgeon had, in the past two years, bagged the American Academy of Continuing Medical Education award. Last week, Dr Lim was in Dubai to hand out the same award to two surgeons, but this time, it bears her name. Dr Lim, 52, is
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      Lock icon KENNEDY AND OBAMA: THE PARALLELS
      266 22  -  Bhagyashree Garekar THE X-FACTOR Both have been described as young, charming and charismatic. Mr John F. Kennedy was 43 when he was elected to the White House in 1961. Mr Barack Obama, 46, was born the year Mr Kennedy declared in his inaugural address that
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      1632 22  -  Bhagyashree Garekar The similarities youth, good looks, rhetoric and a call for change are there, but the differences are also only too apparent ABOUT a year ago, as he vacationed with his family in Hawaii, Senator Barack Obama was photographed emerging from the Pacific Ocean in
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      Lock icon Tech giants' battleground moves from PC to Net
      1324 23  -  Alfred Siew Round 1: Microsoft challenges Google's dominance by bidding for Yahoo Round 2: Parties slug it out for ultimate control of mobile phones WHEN Microsoft mounted a hostile bid for Yahoo on Feb 1, it signalled what experts have long believed:
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      Lock icon In South Korea, blood is thinner than culture
      1038 23  -  Lee Tee Jong SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL DISPATCHES BLOOD is thicker than water, or so they say. For some 400,000 foreign-born ethnic Koreans in South Korea, their experience varies depending on whom you ask. How they are treated by local Koreans depends
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      Lock icon Not a time to get away
      313 24 MANY Chinese Singaporeans took advantage of the extended Chinese New Year holiday weekend to take short breaks abroad. This has become a habit over the years, with scarcely a thought for the tradition of family togetherness on this most important day of the lunar
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      Lock icon Did they really say that?
      254 24 'Send my love to the aliens.' FORMER BEATLE PAUL MCCARTNEY, in his note endorsing Nasas broadcast of the Beatles song, Across The Universe, across the galaxy to the North Star 'Whenever Obama picks up steam, she seems to open up the waterworks.' A DEMOCRATIC OFFICIAL,
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      Lock icon Beijing's uneasy ties with foreign media
      1017 24  -  Chua Chin Hon CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING THE young public security official was not in a particularly friendly mood that afternoon. "So you are a journalist from The Straits Times? What do you write about mostly?" he asked as he flipped through my
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      Lock icon Virtual battleground
      1284 25 Washington Post US intelligence fears terrorists will operate in virtual worlds like Second Life WASHINGTON US INTELLIGENCE officials are cautioning that popular Internet services that enable computer users to adopt cartoon-like personas in three-dimensional on-line spaces also are creating security vulnerabilities by opening novel ways for terrorists and
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda in Iraq softens tactics as support dips
      1003 25 Washington Post BAGHDAD THE Sunni insurgent group Al-Qaeda in Iraq is telling its followers to soften their tactics in order to regain popular support in the western province of Anbar, where Sunni tribes have turned against the organisation and begun working with
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      944 26  -  Rob Hughes MANCHESTER UNITED v MANCHESTER CITY (Live, Ch27 Ch3o3, 9.25pm) Strict measures in place to ensure that fans respect minute's silence AFTER a week in which England's Premier League has told the fans at home that they are worth no more than one tenth of
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      171 27 Playing Today Man United v Man City (Live on cn27 cn303,9.25pm) Benjani Mwaruwari could make his debut, but City are without key playmaker Elano and Vedran Corluka. With Park Ji Sung and Paul Scholes back after lengthy absences and with Louis Saha also close to fitness, United are nearly back
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      34 32 Memory wanders as shadows fell sacl<totriedat)s of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      39 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of Our late Chairman LEE KIAN SWEE Departed on 9 February 2008 From The Management Staff of Vi Kwang Signcrafts Pte Ltd Vi Kwang Material Supplies Pte Ltd VI KWANG &«S
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      36 33 r 6TH ANNIVERSARY 1 IN LOVING MEMORY OF TEO LAY SWEE Departed on 10th February 2002 A loving Husband caring Father and a dear Friend Deeply missed by wife Susie Yeo, Children and All Loved Ones
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      95 33 Anbe Sivam THILAGAVATHIAMMAL SAVITHIRI D/O X SUPPIAH Age: 74 Has returned to Shivalogam on 8 Feb 2008. Husband: Arumugam Ramaiah Servai Sisters: S. Sarathambal S. Rajaletchumi Sons: Daughters-in-law: R Manogaran (Moorthy) Vijayaletchimi R Haridas Vasanthi R Jayabalan Thilagavathy Daughters: Sons-in-law: R Vasanta R Rani V Krishnan R Shanthirakumari Gobi N
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      92 33 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory of THENMOLID/O K. R. REDDY Departed on 9 February 2000 In all the world we shall not find A heart so wonderfully kind So soft a voice, so sweet a smile An inspiration so worthwhile A sympathy so sure, so deep A love so beautiful
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      450 32 LEE KIAN SWEE Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: (Wong Vim Peng, deceased) (Sin Ec Moi, deceased) Lee Lin Chee Lee Kam Hiong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Granddaughters: Grandsons-in-law: (Lee Chong Hian, deceased) Lee Koon Fong Norris Bee
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      127 32 CHAN CHOY Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Yuen Yuet Keow Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sam Chan Cheok San Liv Shu Zheng Cyrus Chan Cheok Wah Dorris Yeo Geok San Alex Chan Cheok Tat Chandara Chem Daughters: Sons-in-law: Corina Chan Lai Wan Andrea Mario
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      161 32 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters." Psalm 23:1.2 PETER LOW HIANG KWANG Age: 90 Years was called home to be with the Lord on 8 February 2008 leaving behind loved ones.
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      84 32 Jessica P Lim families of the late LAWRENCE TOH LENG KIONG Departed on 4 February 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr Ang Peng Tiam,
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      75 32 'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever' Psalm 23:6 First Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Mdm Yeo Poo Yong Departed 10 Feb 2007 Devoted wife, loving mother, doting grandmother Dearly missed by Husband
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      80 32 EE WHAT LEE Age: 77 passed away peacefully on 9/2/2008, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Soh Khim Guan, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Soh Seng Kiat Robert Tan Que Na Soh Seng Chye Ronald LohLeeWah Soh Eng Huat Philip Sukachit Soh Daughters: Son-in-law: Soh Eng Choo Lucy Ong Chee Meng Soh Eng
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      77 32 ANG KIM NEO Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Teo Hock Swee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Teo Keng Guan Teo Keng Soon Ng Jack Hong Teo Keng Huat Janet Tan Granddaughter: Keziah Teo and relatives Body is resting at
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      144 32 SOOFOOKKEE Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 8 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Mother: Yee Mooi Siew Wife: Soo Kirn Huay nee Lim Kirn Huay Sons: Soo Yuen Loong, Lionel Soo Wern Shoong, Roderick Daughter: Soo Sui Yin, Lena Sisters:
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      90 32 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late PAVADAI PILLAI RETHINAM (ROBERT) Departed on I 27 Jan 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi Prayers will Ml held
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      69 32 GOVINDASAMY CHANDRA KRISHNAN Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 09/02/2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: S. Jayamani Sons: Daughters-in-law: C. Balakrishnan M. Vijayah C. Jayakrishnan (Jay) R. Kamala Daughter: Son-in-law: C. Gheeta Bai M. Asogan Grandson: Granddaughters: J. Ram B. Nithyashree B. Divyashree Body is resting
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      125 31 CHUA EX KAY Age: 62 Passed away peacefully on 8 February 2008. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. (Father: Chua Meng Tiang, deceased) Mother: Tan Chak Woon Wife: Yeo Yang Kwee Son: Chua Zheng Nan Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Chua It Hong Aw Hong Keow Chua Ik Ngan, Felix Chan
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      37 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Kenneth Tan Kay Soon Our Group Executive Director on the demise of his beloved Father-in-law CHNGCHEEYONG Departed on 8 February 2008 From The Management and Staff of EASTERN HOLDINGS LTD
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      147 31 As long as space remains As long as sentient beings remain, Until then, may I too remain And dispel the miseries of the world Shantideva HENRY LAU HWEE TIANG Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 9 February 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Wife: Catherine Lav Lay Hoon Sons:
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      131 31 "SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS" OH ENG NEO (BULAT) Age: 86 went Home to be with the Lord on 9 February 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Yeo Joo Siang, deceased) Daughter: Son-in-law: Anna Fu Jimmy Fu Sons: Daughters-in-law: Andy Yeo Rosalind Chong Raymond Yeo Susie Chua (Benny Yeo,
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      139 31 BRIAN CHNG CHEE YONG Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 8 Feb 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and always cherished by loved ones. Wife: Seah Soon Kee Son: Daughter-in-law: Eddie Chng Scow Chong Tan Joo Sim Daughter: Son-in-law: Patricia Chng Hui Lay
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      786 34  - Get mail on your cellphone for free Loh Wei Loong ACCESSING your e-mail with your mobile phone need not be an expensive or complicated affair. If your phone has a built-in web browser, you can use it to check your e-mail, but with this method of "pulling" your e-mail, you
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      703 34 New York Times SEATTLE MANY communities dream of becoming the next Silicon Valley. This one is actually doing it. Stroll through Seattle's hip Fremont District and you will sense the Valley vibe. Google recently opened a research lab here, its second in Microsoft's
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        215 34 Why it is hot: As the name implies, the Toughbook is a ruggedised laptop that is designed to withstand all kinds of physical punishment. To achieve that, Panasonic constructed the Toughbook casing from a strong magnesium alloy. From the 10cm drop threshold of the previous 5 series,
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        108 34 Why it is hot: This highly popular game is now available for the Mac. The guitar simulation software for aspiring rock musicians comes with a controller which looks much like a guitar, with strum bar, whammy bar and fret buttons. The player follows on-screen
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        111 34 Why it is hot: Transferring analogue video into any USB device without a PC is now possible with Pinnacle's Video Transfer device. Plug in RCA cables (from the video source) and output via USB cable to the recording device. The Pinnacle works with Apple's iPod Video, iPod
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      822 36  -  Samantha Eng Alex Liam Teenage boys are spending big bucks on their girlfriends for Valentine's Day BRYAN Lim may be all of 17 and a junior college student, but that will not stop him from splurging on his girlfriend this Valentine's Day. The National Junior College student
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      667 37  -  Tan Dawn Wei expat eye AMERICAN Katharine Bostick has lived in Singapore for the past seven years but still hasn't quite figured out "east" from "west". Just a month ago, she thought she was driving to the East Coast with a few friends to
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        259 37  -  Leo Chen lan I REFER to the article "China amputees beg to get quick money" (The Sunday Times, Feb 3). The Disabled People's Association (DPA) has long been advocating the cause of people with disabilities. We believe in voicing their needs so the Government or society
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        149 37  -  Davinder Singh Dhillon I REFER to the article "Cigarette peddlers" (The Sunday Times, Jan 27). With news like this of illegal syndicates getting raided, I think the Government should reintroduce the 10-stick cigarette pack. If the 10-stick packs are available again, each pack could be priced
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        213 37  -  Richard Seah Siew Sai ACCORDING to food columnist Chris Tan, Mr Goh ShihYongofthe Agri-Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), said that "all chickens sold in Singapore do not use hormones or antibiotics"? ("Fowl play", The Sunday Times, Feb 3). In Mr Goh's reply to my earlier query about
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        948 40  -  Ong Sor Fern Mills Boon marks its 100 th year and is still going strong in Britain. But not in Singapore. Still, there are die-hard fans LIKE a sturdy marriage, the bond endures even if the initial blush of the heady romance has faded. Mills Boon,
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        275 41 About Mills Boon FOUNDED in 1908 as a general fiction publisher by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon. Before it turned to romance, Mills Boon had a respectable slate that published works by best-selling writers such as humorist P. G. Wodehouse, novelist Hugh Walpole and prolific American author Jack London. London's
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        2111 42  -  Sandra Leong 4-D punters have found a new way to score lucky numbers by buying and 'picking' molly fish with the numerals zero to nine tattooed on them AMONG the array of aquatic creatures darting about in the tanks at Low Chuan Kee Bird
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        264 43 HOW much do Singaporeans love 4-D? LifeStyle counts the ways punters score winning numbers: Accidents One motorist's misfortune could well be another's fortune, if you believe the punters slowing down to scribble down numbers of the licence plate of vehicles involved in an accident.
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        256 44 LifeStyle asked food consultant Violet Oon to do a blind taste test of 17 types of sliced sandwich bread. They included national brands, house brands and loaves bought from neighbourhood bakeries. She first ate the bread plain and untoasted, then toasted with butter and kaya. Here are
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        669 44 NYT FLORIDA In writer Candace Bushnell's chic fantasyland, all New York City career women look fabulous, wear pretty clothes and drink pricey Cosmos all night long, as if they never have to get up for work the next morning. That highly romanticised
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        815 45  -  Tay Suan Chiang Chinese New Year plants which do not get sold become grub for the butterflies at Sentosa's Butterfly Park Insect Kingdom IT IS not just people who are enjoying the Chinese New Year feasting, butterflies also get to indulge during this festive
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          442 46 JANET HUCKABEE, 52 The significant other: Mike Huckabee, 52 Wedding date: May 25, 1974 Children: John Mark, 30, David, 26, and Sarah, 24. WHEN Mike Huckabee was the governor of Arkansas, his wife was known as The First Tomboy an apt nickname for a woman who is, well,
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          488 46 BILL CLINTON, 61 The significant other: Hillary Rodham Clinton, 60 Wedding date: Oct 11, 1975 Children: One daughter, Chelsea Clinton, 27 HAVING spent eight years (1993 to 2001) as the 42nd president of the United States, Bill is no stranger to the White House. But his return
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          503 46 CINDY MCCAIN, 53 The significant other: John McCain, 71 Wedding date: May 17, 1980 Children: Megan, 23, John Sidney IV, 21, James, 20, Bridget, 15 (adopted from Bangladesh). John has three children from a previous marriage. THIS is the second time Cindy is accompanying her husband down
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        696 48  -  Allan and Barbara Pease In this fortnightly series, relationship gurus Allan and Barbara Pease offer advice for you and your better half. The married couple from Australia are the authors of Why Men Lie And Women Cry. Send your questions to info@peaseinternational.com I am 19 and
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        1281 52  -  Sumiko Tan MY COLLEAGUE Janadas was sitting in front of a TV in the newsroom last week, engrossed with CNN's coverage of a Clinton versus Obama debate. I know he's a fan of Hillary Clinton so just for the fun of
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        249 53 1. GUINNESS WORLD OF RECORDS CERTIFICATE: LARGEST COLLECTION OF TORTOISES AND TURTLES Want a stroke of good luck this Chinese New Year? Try stroking the shell of the African Spurred Tortoise three times. You can find these tortoises they are among several protected species such as
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        511 53 1. CONCERT IN MEMORY OF ZHOU XUAN It's a tribute to the "Golden Voice" of the 1930s and *****. Under the baton of its music director Yeh Tsung, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra teams up with vocalists from China, Fang Qiong and Gao Chang, to
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        1092 62  -  Stephanie Yap Johann S. Lee, the London-based author of what is considered Singapore's first gay novel, has written a sequel, inspired by atrip home HE WROTE what is considered Singapore's first gay novel back in 1992. But for a long time, Johann S. Lee did
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        567 64  -  Jeremy Oliver CHEERS IN THIS fortnightly column, wine commentator Jeremy Oliver sheds light on the world of wine. He is the author of the best-selling Australian Wine Annual and runs his website www.onwine.com.au We love to have wine with dinner, but we drink only one glass each.
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        508 64  -  Jenny Tan Alex Gambal Bourgogne Vielles Vignes Cuvee No 19, 2001 $57 TO ASSUME that most producers of Burgundy wine are Burgundians will not be too far from the truth. After all, wine producers in Burgundy are and I say this with the utmost respect farmers
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        144 65 What: Grilled skewers Price: $2.50 These juicy, fresh-grilled skewers make perfect appetisers. A range of seafood, meat and vegetables are available, including pork belly, bacon-wrapped prawns and chicken meatballs. What: Teppanyaki beef tenderloin Price: $10.80 Do ask the teppanyaki chef to dazzle you with a few nifty
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        581 65  -  Huang Lijie At Shokudo, a restaurant inspired by Swiss eatery Marche, you can choose from 230 dishes IF YOU are looking for a guide to Japanese food, try eating your way through Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar. The week-old restaurant at Raffles City is inspired by the Swiss
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        333 65  -  Chung Ming See FOR those who often wonder what to cook for dinner, help is at hand at some Cold Storage outlets. The chain of supermarkets has installed Touch Screen Info-Centres at more of its outlets. These machines, which sit unobtrusively on either the meat
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        587 66  -  Huang Lijie A great-grandmother has published a cookbook so that pthers can try her speciality dishes SHE is no culinary doyen, but with more than 50 years of cooking experience, avid home cook Choy Wai Yuen, 85, has amassed a wealth of recipes. So with the help
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        729 66  -  Huang Lijie JUST when you thought last year's doughnut fever was starting to cool, a new player from Indonesia, J.Co Donuts Coffee, is heating up the scene. Its first outlet opened yesterday in Raffles City, a stone's throw from the original trend-setter, Donut Factory. While J.Co
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          51 66 HOW do the doughnuts from J.Co and Donut Factory match up? LifeStyle finds out. J.Co: $1.20. The honey glaze crackles ever so slightly when you sink your teeth into its soft-as-cloud body. Donut Factory: $1.20. The almond vanilla glaze is appealing, but the doughnut is not as
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          61 66 J.Co: $1.30. Blanched almond flakes are sprinkled over a white chocolate glaze. Could do with more of the yummy almond flakes. Donut Factory: $1.30. The coffee-flavoured chocolate glaze is also topped with almond flakes. The almond flakes aren't as attractive with their brown skins on, but there's
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          45 66 J.Co: $1.30. This treads the fine balance of sweet and savoury delicately. The mild cheese isn't overpowering and is more palatable. Donut Factory: $1.30. There's no mistaking the cheese and the aromatic basil and spice in this strictly savoury confection. ST PHOTOS: HUANG
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        557 68  -  Tan Hsueh Yun CHEAP GOOD [T SEEMS strange that in a sprawling mall like Vivo City, people have trouble finding places to eat. Yet, I keep getting text messages from friends asking where they should go. Well, if they're looking for a light meal, I steer
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