The Straits Times, 1 July 2008

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 110 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, JULY 1 2008 •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • ANWAR SEX SCANDAL
    • 480 1  -  Carolyn Hong Anwar says he was about to announce by-election, defections By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim emerged from the Turkish Embassy, where he had taken refuge on Sunday, and told reporters that his plans had been derailed by
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    • 326 1  -  CAROLYN HONG Kuala Lumpur DEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday denied categorically that he was behind the sodomy report lodged against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. "I am not involved in this case at all," he told reporters. He has become the opposition's
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  • UPFRONT
    • 937 1  - Today's NSmen more fit but less tough? Judith Tan By BUSINESSMAN Shawn Lim, 55, who did his national service between 1972 and 1975, holds the typical "old soldier's" view of today's military training. "The conditions then were tougher. We didn't have air-con and life was more spartan. The instructors treated
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

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    • 381 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 More premium flats on sale Asia 6-18 The Housing Board is selling 1,587 World 19-24 premium flats in Punggol and Review 25-26 Sengkang in the latest in a series of PY| ...27 launches to meet high demand. SECTION TWO PAGE U2 H°me Hl'Wj Deluded man
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  • PRIME
    • 835 3  -  Clarissa Oon 3.8% growth last year after inflation widens income gap By THE strong economy and tight labour market have boosted the pay of Singapore workers but only barely, owing to higher inflation. Wages rose last year by 5.9 per cent
      TANG WEE CHEOW; ST FILE PHOTOS  -  835 words
    • 548 4  -  Selina Lum Two sisters' legal battle over mum's contrasting wills splits siblings By A FIGHT in court between two sisters over the contrasting wills made by their late mother has split the family. Ophthalmologist Caroline Chee Ka Lin, 47, the youngest of
      A.B. RICHARD FOR THE STRAITS TIMES  -  548 words
    • 145 4  -  ELENA CHONG THE China-born wife of opposition politician Tan Lead Shake was charged yesterday with the murder of her brother-in-law. Wu Yun Yun, 25, a Singapore permanent resident, is accused of killing computer engineer Tan Lead Sane, 34, at their Paya Lebar Crescent home
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  • ASIA
    • 750 6  -  Hazlin Hassan ANWAR SEX SCANDAL They're bewildered and fear govt will be distracted from more vital issues By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MANY Malaysians are bewildered by the allegations and conspiracy theories that have surfaced following the fresh sodomy accusation against de facto opposition leader Anwar
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    • 572 6  -  Reme Ahmad By Assistant Foreign Editor WHEN blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin made a sworn statement last week claiming that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was involved in the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, the opposition went to town with
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    • 296 6 REUTERS March 8: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition fails to secure a two-thirds majority in Parliament. It loses five of the 13 states to the opposition in its worst election performance. April 1: More than 500 members of Umno, the dominant party in
      REUTERS; AZIZ HUSSIN  -  296 words
    • ANWAR SEX SCANDAL
      • 301 8 Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN police forensic team yesterday visited a luxury condominium in the upscale Damansara neighbourhood to gather evidence for the sodomy case lodged against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The team spent more than five hours sweeping the unit where the alleged
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      • 802 8  -  Reme Ahmad Pakatan Rakyat to test its strength with no-confidence motion against PM By Assistant Foreign Editor MALAYSIA'S opposition leaders insist their alliance is not cracking under the strain of the sensational sodomy accusations against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Indeed, they want to
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      • 347 8 Kuala Lumpur MR SAIFUL Bukhari Azlan, the young man who lodged a police report against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has gone into hiding, though it was earlier reported that he had checked himself into a hospital. The most talked about Malaysian, who was
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      • 120 8 Mr Barlas Ozener would "suffer the consequences of obstructing justice" if he allowed Mr Anwar to evade a police investigation. F9REIGN MINISTER RAIS YATIM (right), who summoned the Turkish ambassador to protest against allowing Mr Anwar to seek refuge at the embassy "This is not
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 690 10  -  Chua Chin Hon Pact boosts Beijing's energy security and may speed up plans for pipeline linking the two countries By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA has signed a new deal to buy and pipe natural gas from neighbouring Myanmar to southern Yunnan
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      • 436 10 REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN'S 24-hour convenience stores may soon face the threat of limited business hours and have to close late at night. A battle is brewing between local governments, who are keen to prove they are environmentally friendly, and the convenience
        REUTERS; ST FILE PHOTO  -  436 words
      • 366 13  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Move comes before launch of cross-strait flights and expected influx of mainland tourists By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei EACH time before he went on a business trip to the mainland, Taiwanese Jerry Chen (not his real name) would head to the goldsmith
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      • 194 13 REUTERS Beijing CHINA sought to reassure Taiwan yesterday that its first tour groups to the island will behave well, and told tourists to be good ambassadors. The first batch of around 800 Chinese will visit Taiwan from Friday following a landmark deal signed early
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      • 237 13 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA has launched a nationwide campaign to prevent protests ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, days after a riot in the country's south-west highlighted volatile social strains. With the authorities eager to present China as a harmonious nation during the
        REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AP  -  237 words
    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 648 14  -  Ravi Velloor Coming-out pride rallies show how attitudes in nation are changing rapidly By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi AT FIRST glance, the 500 or so marchers in central New Delhi looked like they were rallying for communal harmony. "Hindu, Muslim,
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 602 17  -  Nirmal Ghosh Relations now very good and getting better, says George Yeo By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok A MEETING of the Thailand-Sin-gapore Civil Service Exchange Programme (SCEP) ended yesterday in Bangkok with a broad slew of plans to strengthen relations across sectors such as
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      • 246 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok THAILAND'S Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) has the legal right to investigate a slate of corruption allegations against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The AEC was created by the military junta that toppled Mr
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  246 words
      • 358 17 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta A NEW survey suggests that former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri would win an election if it were held today, thanks to the government's decision to raise fuel prices. The survey, conducted by Indo Barometer 10
        THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  358 words
    • MALAYSIA
      • 457 18 He speaks out after Bar Council holds forum on pact that gives special privileges to Malays Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said his government respects the social contract which has made the country politically and economically viable since independence
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      • 148 18 Kuala Lumpur A MAN was shot dead by an off-duty detective when he gatecrashed his sister's wedding on Saturday night. The dead man's father, brother and two sisters are in police custody, while the bridegroom has gone missing. The New Straits Times quoted Cheras
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      • Article, Illustration
        46 18 A 41-year-old pilot escaped serious injury when his plane crashed during landing at the Batu Berendam Airport in Malacca on Sunday morning. The twin-seater Cessna 150 suffered minor damage after the pilot, said to be alone, overshot the runway. PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 26 6 Legal yuan exchange Taiwan eases restrictions on changing yuan after nearly 60 years because it is expecting an influx of tourists from mainland China. PAGE 13
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  • WORLD
    • 786 19 NEW YORK TIMES Self-sufficiency means more people will go hungry, experts say, as 29 nations cut exports Bangkok AT LEAST 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months to ensure that their own people have enough to eat, and at affordable
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    • 592 20 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Online auctioneer to contest court ruling seen as protecting copyright Paris A PARIS court has ordered Internet auctioneer eßay to pay 40 million euros (SsB6 million) in damages to French luxury brand giant LVMH for selling fake
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 119 20 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BERNAMA JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Malaysia has already achieved 70 per cent of its RM47billion (5519.5 billion) investment target for the period 2006 to 2010, Johor Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman told the state assembly yesterday. "We received several investments from foreign
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      • 117 20 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed China's leaders yesterday on sensitive human rights issues, but said she was encouraged by their decision to hold talks with the Dalai Lama's envoys. In meetings with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen
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      • 131 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korean police yesterday took a harder line against protests over US beef imports, which have disrupted the capital for weeks, raiding the offices of civic groups. Police have also detained 148 people since Sunday. The country's top prosecutor, Mr Lim
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      • 90 20 REUTERS THIMPU (Bhutan): The National Assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the House for fear they might spend their time playing computer games. "The members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures," said Speaker of the Assembly Nima
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    • 614 21 Research shows today's parents feel kids are better behaved than in 1980s; teachers disagree Sydney CHILDREN in Australia may be two-faced, possibly becoming more so over the past 20 years. Their parents say they are just as well-adjust-ed as their counterparts of
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    • 314 21 London THE majority of adults in Britain struggle to answer questions taken from the school curriculum for seven-to-11-year-olds, according to research by a general knowledge website. Only one in 20 adults was able to answer correctly all 10 questions posed, the Telegraph
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    • 713 22  -  Jonathan Eyal »NEWS ANALYSIS Sarkozy's big plans for continent under threat after Irish reject European treaty By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy had spent months planning for today, when his country assumes the leadership of the European Union. Hundreds
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 230 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE former Khmer Rouge foreign minister appeared before the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court in Phnom Penh yesterday to appeal against his detention in a case that poses the first big test for the tribunal. leng Sary, 82, is one of five top regime
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      • 133 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUTCH lawmaker Geert Wilders, who made a short film denouncing the Quran and released it on the Internet, will not be charged with inciting hatred, the public prosecutor's office in Amsterdam said yesterday. The Dutch prosecutor said in a statement that the film and
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 24 19 Angels or devils? Australian researchers find parents today say kids are better behaved, compared with parents 20 years ago, but teachers disagree. PAGE 21
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  • REVIEW
    • 448 25 THERE is no reason to treat as a breakthrough the first instalment of North Korea's nuclear accounting given last week. It was in the nature of a preamble on its weap-ons-making capability. The real meat of the notification process the number of bombs it possesses and
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    • 1240 25  -  Timothy By Garton Ash For The Straits Times WHETHER you believe in him or not, it's time to give God a helping hand. Mr Robert Mugabe, the Catholic mission schoolboy turned tyrant, says "only God" can remove him from power in Zimbabwe. In that case, I'm
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    • 640 25  -  David Boey »SAF DAY By For The Straits Times EVEN as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) marks SAF Day this evening with a parade, a sizeable number of military personnel will remain on guard the vigilant lions protecting the Lion City. But
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    • 785 26  -  Arti Mulchand »SUMMITS TO SAVE THE PLANET By Correspondent SOME 8,500 policymakers, industry leaders, experts and trade visitors gathered in Singapore last week to discuss the world's water woes, the state of cities as well as sustainable ways of using the Earth's limited resources. But
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    • 772 26  -  Kamal Siddiqi DEALING WITH PAKISTAN'S ISLAMIC MILITANTS By However, there is division within Pakistan's government as to how it should move forward. The Americans say that negotiations would only allow militants to buy time and regroup. But some Pakistani officials say
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 27 25 Eco-friendly summits Organisers should pay more attention to details such as cutting down on paper and plastic bottles to show they walk the talk. PAGE 26 PUNCHLINES
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    • 65 27 jfe THE STRAITS TIMES f stomp go to www.stomp.coni.sg Caught! Culprits stealing power at T3 The story In Singapore Seen Rat meat passed off as chicken in China: True or not? Details In Singapore Seen Driving instructor uses private cars as parking poles Story In Singapore Seen Connect, engage and
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 1210 27 Singapore today I I Partly cloudy, showers with JL^ JL~ 9 JL~ 9 thunder in the afternoon mainly //> ///>/// over the north and west. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, JULY 1 2008 ///'//r asia woni n wfathfr "SEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA WORLD WEATHER r%/"\ T l/"\r% a
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  • HOME
    • 749 29  -  Yeo Ghim Lay Christopher Tan Commuters who find rush-hour trains too crowded will have new option By IN A departure from previous policy, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will allow a new bus service to run parallel to an MRT line. SBS
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    • 372 30  -  Jessica Cheam Latest projects bring total build-to-order homes to 4,500 in bid to meet demand By THE Housing Board launched 1,587 premium homes in Punggol and Sengkang for sale yesterday, the latest in a series of launches intended to meet high demand.
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    • 82 30 Product consultant Lim Yew Beng gets a bear hug from his wife Stephine Tan after winning a Subaru Impreza, his prize for spending $300 on a pair of sunglasses. Mr Lim was the top-prize winner of Singapore Press Holdings' Shop Win Week 4 live
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    • 216 30  -  YEO GHIM LAY TRAFFIC marshals, appointed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to clear accidents on expressways, will be used on all such roads from today. Previously, these auxiliary police officers were deployed to accident scenes only on the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE), Central Expressway and
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    • 185 30 FACT or fiction? Special DVD players called DVD upscalers are rumoured to be able to artificially add pixels to your DVD movies to turn these standarddefinition movies into high-defini-tion quality video. We test four of the latest models to determine if this is reality or hype. See the
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    • 547 31  -  Arti Mulchand Liaw Wy-Cin PUB, local companies get their share of the pie, securing projects at inaugural event By GOVERNMENTS, utility providers and water companies inked over $367 million in deals during the recent Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Announcing this and giving his
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    • Article, Illustration
      72 31 A Star Wars "stormtrooper", flanked by a "TIE fighter" pilot and an "imperial officer" walking through a throng of people at the Singapore Toy and Comic Convention held at Suntec convention centre. The international pop-culture event, which ended on Sunday, is the first of its kind in
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    • 463 31  -  Judith Tan By THERE will be a shuffle of head honchos among the medical institutions on the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus come December. The National University Health System (NUHS) will have a new chief executive in Associate Professor Benjamin Ong, a
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    • 449 33  -  Khushwant Singh Stepdaughter, 20, was attacked as he believed she was out to harm him By CONVINCED that his 20-year-old stepdaughter had installed spy cameras in the flat, Tarn Yong Onn decided to give her some drama worth recording her own rape. The
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    • 101 33  -  JUDITH TAN Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers were yesterday forced to break the rear window of a van to free a child trapped inside it. The three-year-old girl had been accidentally locked inside the vehicle by her parents, who had slammed the doors
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    • 441 33  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH TEN days after a maid was hired to take care of Madam Choy Ah Moy last August, the 70-year-old kidney patient was dead. Tri Lestari, the 24-year-old Indonesian maid who pleaded guilty to smothering the old woman, was given nine years
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    • SAF DAY
      • 996 34 In an interview to mark SAF Day today, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean gave an update on developments in the region and beyond, and touched on Singapore's defence relations with various countries Arms build-up in the region REGIONAL countries have been building up their armed forces
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      • 556 34  -  Teh Joo Lin Capable of calling in entire firepower of SAF, such an individual must have right skill sets: Teo By THE SAF soldier of the future has arrived. A specialist holding the rank of Third Sergeant, he fights shoulder
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      • Upgrading the military hardware
        • 95 34 ARMY The main battle tank should see action in Exercise Wallaby in Australia towards the end of this year, in October. The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) had earlier said it would be acquiring 102 of the German-made tanks, which are undergoing refurbishment. The first of them will
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        • 118 34 AIR FORCE The first of the Strike Eagle fighters will be delivered in November. Next year, pilots stationed at a United States base in Mountain Home, Idaho, will start flying them there. Singapore has ordered 24 F-15SGs, the latest variant of the all-weather, multi-role fighter that has
          BOEING MEDIA  -  118 words
        • 112 34 NAVY The navy's new stealth frigates have entered service and the focus now is to get them fully operational, said Mr Teo. Earlier this year, one of the ships fired a medium-range surface-to-air Aster missile, which adds to the overall air-defence capability of the SAF. Next year, one
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  • FORUM
    • 328 35  -  Wilfred Lin CHECKPOINT SECURITY I REFER to last Friday's article, "Don't assume, or you'll make an ass of everyone". While Mr Goh Chin Lian's discourse on possible underlying causes behind the "official reasons" for the immigration slip-up at Changi Airport on June 23
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    • 226 35  -  Teo Guat Im (Mdm) I REFER to Dr Lim Boon Hee's letter last Thursday, "Front-line staff fatigue?" He advocated looking into intangibles such as work fatigue, work hours, impact of shift work and overwhelming workload. Well said, and I believe this will be
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    • 307 35  -  Jonathan Kwok THE recent Save Gaia Project is a timely reminder that more needs to be done on environmental protection and sustainability. Promoting recycling of paper, plastic and glass bottles, and aluminium drink cans is relatively easy and painless, and will go far
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    • 288 35  -  Desmond Chan I REFER to Mrs Janet LimWalsh's letter, "Disposing of junk: $300 plus $1,000 deposit... for a couch" (June 21). Mrs Lim-Walsh called on June 17 to ask about junk disposal service. The job was to remove one dining table, four dining chairs,
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    • 126 35  -  Nelson Quah CATHOLICS here mourn the death of Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Yong (above), who led his flock well from 1977 to 2000 by his sterling example of humility, kindness and love. Many will remember the late Archbishop Emeritus as a master in the art of
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    • 410 35  -  Dr Huang Shoou Chyuan I WISH to make two points about organ trading. I am opposed to organ trading in principle as to legalise the sale of human organs will inevitably put Singapore's health-care system on a slippery slope down to a
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    • 326 35 HAPPY 'HAPPY MEAL' "The kids enjoyed the meal and had a lot of fun." MR LIM SOO HUAT, who, with some volunteers, took some children from Pertapis Children's Home to West Coast Park on June 14. "I would like to thank McDonald's for its generous contribution of meals and
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    • 109 35  -  Cassie Fong (Ms) I REFER to last Friday's letter by Mr Keu Heng Tat on his mobile-number porting experience, "Mobile number not ported, but disconnected instead". We would like to apologise to Mr Keu for the inconvenience caused to him as we were unable
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 49 35 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes. com. Access to letters online is free. MANAGING ONE'S WEIGHT: No short cuts YOUTH DEBT: Branded-goods mania not entirely to blame ENERGY WASTE: Nothing left for children PUBLIC AWARENESS 1: CPR has St John's support PUBLIC AWARENESS 2: Parent alienation syndrome
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  • SPORTS
    • 92 36 STRIKER Fernando Torres (right) scored the only goal in Vienna, giving Spain the Euro 2008 championship, their first major title since 1964. But his goal in the 33rd minute was not his only contribution. Spain were so dominant that even the match statistics were one sided: 7-1 in
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 36 44 years of winning nothing ended by Torres' goal in Vienna 1964 Champions. 1968 Q-finals. 1972 Did not qualify. 1976 Q-finals. 1980 Round 1. 1984 Runners-up. 1988 Round 1. 1992 Did not qualify. 1996 Q-finals. 2000 Q-finals. 2004 Round 1. 2008 Champions. PHOTO: SWEET SUCCESS: Spain's captain, Iker
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    • 711 36  -  Rob Hughes Spain show it is skill, and not size, that matters in win over Germany By In Ernst Happel Stadium (Vienna) THE abiding memory of Euro 2008 was the Spanish players tossing their coach in their moment of victory. Five or six times they threw Luis
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    • 269 36 In sport Denis Law of Man United was the European Footballer of the Year The Boston Celtics were the NBA champions after beating the San Francisco Warriors The Olympics were held in Tokyo, the first time an Asian city hosted the
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    • 409 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Vienna FERNANDO Torres never gave up at Euro 2008. The Spain striker struggled all tournament before rediscovering the touch that had brought 24 Premier League goals for Liverpool last season, a record for a foreign player making his debut. He scored in
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  409 words
    • 109 37 Germany's bitter goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's take on Spain striker Fernando Torres: "Well, he scored but you're asking someone who played together for years with Thierry Henry and he was a God, performance-wise. Torres is definitely still not at Thierry's level. Yes, he could get
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    • 846 37  -  Wang Meng Meng 2008: Michael Ballack (left) with a cut eye and looking glum after Germany were beaten by Spain in the Euro 2008 final 2008: Being consoled (below left) by assistant manager Steve Clarke after Chelsea lost the Champions League final :o Manchester United on penalties 2002:
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    • 394 37 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IT DID not take long for German disappointment to turn into a desire for revenge. As coach Joachim Loew and the team were given a heroes' welcome by more than 300,000 people gathered around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin yesterday, he
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    • 694 37  -  Rohit Brijnath GAME, SET AND MATCH By IN SPAIN, on Sunday night, old men must have wept into their wine, finally drowning a broken jinx with their tears. How long they must have waited, through 44 years of flirtation, marriage, job, children, painful hips,
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    • 116 38 Luca Toni, the misfiring Italy striker, was so distraught that he contacted Bayern Munich strike partner Miroslav Klose. The German revealed: "Toni told me he has a problem with his best friend and asked me for help. I asked him what was the problem,
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    • 1233 38  -  Leonard Lim Terrence Voon German fans, out in force in Spore, declare Spain as worthy winners By GERMAN may have been the predominant language at live screenings of the Euro 2008 final in Singapore yesterday, but it was the Spanish minority who had the last word.
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    • 528 38  -  Teh Joo Lin Carolyn Quek By THE eyes are all glued to the five television screens set up at the Geylang Lorong 15 coffee shop, but look carefully, and one man stands out from the rest. While the live soccer action unfolds
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    • 445 38 WHILE Fernando Torres capped his glorious night by storming to the Man of the Match award, it was a bitter case of deja vu for Michael Ballack. The majority of ST's panel had correctly predicted a Spanish victory. These are their reactions: Chris Chan (Singapore National Olympic
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    • 126 38 Spanish Ambassador Antonio Sanchez Jara This Spanish team played with the same rhythm throughout the tournament. They attacked when necessary, without giving the other team too much space. This good result for Spain came from a combination of the old and the new. The old being the coach,
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    • Stretching the limits
      • 520 39 NEW YORK TIMES Eugene (Oregon) BECAUSE of a stiff tailwind, Tyson Gay did not shatter the limits of human possibility with his astounding 9.68 seconds in the 100 metres at the US Olympic athletics trials on Sunday. But consider those limits seriously dented.
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      • 396 39  -  Jeanette Wang By FIRST, there were four. Now, six sailors will be heading to the Beijing Olympics next month, a record for Singapore. Yesterday, the Republic earned a women's 470 berth through the International Sailing Federation's (Safe) Unused Quota Place, which awards slots to the
        SINGAPORESAILING  -  396 words
      • 415 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Edina (Minnesota) PARK In Bee (right) woke up in the middle of the night 10 years ago when she heard cheering in her tiny apartment outside Seoul. Her parents were up at 3am to watch Pak Se Ri become the first
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      • 261 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS Omaha (Nebraska) MICHAEL Phelps got the latest US Olympic swim trials off to the same start he did four years ago. He uncorked a world record in the 400 metres individual medley in the first final on the opening night. His
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      • 71 39 Florence Griffith Joyner, who set world records at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in the 100 and 200 metres sprints, died at the age of 38 in 1998. The coroner found Joyner, who had captivated fans with her long nails and raw speed, had suffocated in her pillow
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    • 360 40  -  Terrence Voon »SOCCER By FORMER Tampines Rovers defender Scad Muratovic (right) is facing bankruptcy proceedings. Standard Chartered Bank and Maybank are taking bankruptcy action against the 29-year-old Serb, who is no longer in the country and is unlikely to return. It is believed he owes the
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    • 565 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS Tamarine shocks 2nd seed Jankovic, leads two Asians into Wimbledon q-finals London INSTEAD of rain, the seeds were falling at Wimbledon. And Asia's stars are rising. Tamarine Tanasugarn, the world No 60, yesterday scalped No 2 seed Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-2. Poland's Agnieszka
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 36 40 M. MURUGIAH will succeed Lim Kian Kee as president of the Singapore Professional Golfers' Association (SPGA). He will serve a two-year term, after winning the post unopposed at yesterday's annual general meeting.
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    • 500 40 ATHLETICS US Championships in Eugene, Oregon Men's 100 m: 1 Tyson Gay 9.6Bsec 2 Walter Dix 9.80 3 Darvis Patton 9.84. 400 m hurdies: 1 Bershawn Jackson 48.17 2 Kerron Clement 48.36 3 Angelo Taylor 48.42. Long jump: 1 Trevell Quinley 8.36 m 2 Brian Johnson 8.30 3 Miguel
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  • OBITUARIES
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      189 40 r "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of j?m my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." fl JOHNNY TAN CHWEE VAN Age: 79 Was called home to be with the Lord on 29 June 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered
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    • 98 40 'Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts: so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works.' (Ps. 119:27) 20th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Lim Tek Departed on Ist July 1988 Wife: Yip Wai Chun Sons: Daughter-in-law: Theodore Lim Chen Sek Chee Henry Lim His helping hand was always
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      53 40 We, Amelia, Yoko, Aiko Miku the family of the late YOSHIHIRO SEKO Departed on 16-6-2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all our relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for your attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and kind assistance rendered during our recent bereavement. Words cannot adequately express
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      44 40 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory PATRICIA CHEONG LAI NGOH Called Home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2002; The years fly by, unnoticed The memories stay. I Missingyou evermore, each passing day. Fondly missed by Hubby: J}S Soh Ah Girl: Geri Soh
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      89 40 "Those who have taught many people to do what is right will shine like the stars forever." Daniel 12:3 ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS GREGORY YONG, AFSC, DD Affiliate member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools 20/05/1925 28/06/2008 From the Lasallian Family in Singapore: SJI Board of Governors, The Christian Brothers' Schools
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      150 40 Psalm 23:1 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want." DJONG CHENG SIM nee LOW Age: 78 Was called home to be with the Lord on 30 June 2008. Always in our Hearts Husband: Djong Sin Lian (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Frederick Djong Kong Soon Amy Low Miau
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      56 40 Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of PAKIRRIKAMMALUM Departed: 14 July 2007 Dearly missed by children, relatives and friends. Prayers will be held on 2 July 2008 (Wed), 11am to 12.30pm at Blk 503, Hougang Aye 8 #10-720 Spore *****3. Lunch and dinner will be served. Please treat this
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      17 40 sth Anniversary [n Loving Memory O] MUNIANDY MANIKAM Departed 1.07.2003 Mssingyou alway: With love, 7amily Loved One:
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      53 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR. PHUA AIK KHNG Non-Executive Chairman of Esmart Holdings Limited on the demise of his beloved father MR. DENIS LOW SIEW KHENG on the demise of his beloved father-in-law PHUA HOCK KOON PHUA HENG HENG on 29 June 2008 From The Management Staff of
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      60 41 AL-FATIHAH I ll HAJJAH NORIANI BTE HAJI SHAHAROM (NORA) I Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 29 June 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: HajiMatNor Bin Haji Haron Mother: HajjahAminah Bte Busu Sons: Mohd Redzwa Mohd Iliyaza Daughter-in-law: Suzana Bte Sujat Daughters Norbaizora Norsuhaila Son-in-law: Rashidean
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      24 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late CHAN TONG MING Departed 29 June 2008 From HJL and Staff of JLD
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      148 41 Phua Hock Koon Phua Heng Heng Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 29 June 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wives: Poon Kar Sheok (deceased) Chua Meow Huay (deceased) Children: Phua Aik Khng Wan Ai Kwee Phua Ek Chin, Eugene Lim Ec Heah, Judy Phua Soh Hoon,
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      53 41 "Because God Has Said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5 Second Anniversary In Loving Memory of ANNDRIANNA VARGUESE Departed 1 July 2006 Dearly missed by Father: Sabastian Varguese Brother: Varguese Sabastian Jr. Close relatives and friends. Mass at Newton Church Thomson Road on Uuly
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      65 41 W OM SHANTI T 17th Death Anniversary Kantilal P. Doshi Passed Away Ist July 1991 His life was gentle And the elements so mixed in him That Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This was a Man" Always remembered by: Wife: Damayanti X Doshi Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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      77 41 We, the family of the late fl YEONG AH THONG JOHNNY Departed 23 June 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Rev. Fr. Valerian Cheong, The
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      28 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Of The Late VASUNDA D/O GOVINDAN TEGERAJAN Departed: 28 June 2008 From The Commissioner Staff of Immigration i^ Checkpoints Authority
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      74 41 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CAPT KWOK HIM YICK Departed on Ist July 2007 You filled our lives with love, laughter and happiness. You filled our hearts with wonderful memories, brilliant smiles and I love you's. Thank you dearest hubby and daddy, we love you and miss you too.
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      53 41 'I will dwell in the house ?> of the Lord forever.' Psaim n-.t In Loving Memory Of CAROLINE NG HUIAI Departed on Ist July 2000 'I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.' PhiUppiansl:3 Our dearest angel Caroline, A truly lovable daughter and sister. Praise be to God, Mom,
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      31 41 In Loving Memory Of 18th Anniversary 17th Anniversary CHOI SOON TING LOHCHOIKWAI (Founder of Chong Seng Tailor) Departed 20/7/1990 Departed 9/8/1991 Always Loved Remembered by Your Children, Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren Loved Ones.
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      177 41 ...VIII. MW. \Y--m TAN PENG HIANG AGE: 98 Passed away peacefully on 30 June 2008 Wife of late Tay Guan Heong Children: Children-in-law: Tay Siew Leng Tan Kok Yong (Deceased) Tay Shiew Cher Dr. Chia Yook Fong Tay Siew Kwang Dr. Tay Siew Noh Yeo Kian Huat Tay Siew Choon
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      82 41 We, the family of the late i DAVID LUM CHEE CHIEW Departed on 25 June 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends neighbours for their condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Rev. Dr William Chang, Pastor Anthony
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      32 41 In Loving Memory Of PANG JOO SIM PANG CHIAP KHOON 3rd April 1989 Ist July 2002 Always In Our Thoughts Forever Cherished In Our Hearts Dearly Missed... Children, Children-ln-Law, Grandchildren, Grandchildren-ln-Law A
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 53 40 TV times BASKETBALL: WNBA: Phoenix Mercury v Atlanta Dream (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 7am). TENNIS: Wimbledon Championships: Day 9 (Live, Ch24, 7pm). Events SEPAK TAKRAW: Inter-con: Marsiling v Tampines East, Kaki Bukit v Pioneer (Bedok Sports Hall, 7.30pm). SOCCER: S-League: Gombak United v Super Reds (Jurong West), Geylang United v Home
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 7506 42 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 30, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0R"VOL '000 L DAY NET M CAP D HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 28 5 11C 3C 24 5 41 141 194 IS 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 15
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      • 1377 42 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NEI P/E MCAP SMIL COMPANY +0R22 41.5 16.5 38 70.5 11.5 44.5 78 15 15 16.5 17.1 9C 43 19.5 55 23.5 38 21 2.3 1 41.2 18.5 21 11.5 21.5 45.5 14.5 17
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      • 55 42 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 20C 620C 100C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 \j 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US200cd US620C US1000 US1120C US1250C
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    • 534 43 NEW YORK TIMES Viewers can stream latest Sony release via Bravia TV as early as November New York CHE very future of how we consume media rests on the mov-ie-star shoulders of Will Smith. That is Hollywood hyperbole but it contains a speck
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    • 289 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS Phoenix US AIRWAYS, American Airlines and United Airlines are now charging to check bags on their flights, and company officials say they are going to keep a closer watch on how much luggage people take on board to avoid the
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    • 34 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,481.38 (-62.98 points) »Japanese share prices extended a losing streak to an eighth day, closing at a fresh two-month low amid worries about the outlook for corporate earnings.
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    • 32 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 22,102.01 (+59.66 points) Hong Kong share prices closed higher, up 0.27 per cent, as bargain-hunting by investors overcame a poor performance by banking giant HSBC.
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    • 35 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,736.1 (-12.33 points) Chinese share prices closed down 0.45 per cent in thin trading, as rising oil prices continued to stoke fears of falling corporate profits and higher inflation.
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    • 29 43 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,215.3 (-21.7 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.4 per cent, bringing to a close the market's worst financial year since 1982.
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    • 32 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,186.57 (-3.97 points) Malaysian share prices closed down 0.3 per cent, following a decline on Wall Street last week and concerns over the country's political stability.
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      29 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,461.6 (-340.62 points) »Indian share prices slumped to close 2.47 per cent lower, hit by worries about early general elections, inflation and oil prices.
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    • 25 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,349.10 (+16.8 points) »Indonesian share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher on suspected half-yearly window dressing by institutional funds.
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    • 29 43 AFP Yesterday's close: 768.59 (-7.14 points) Thai share prices closed 0.92 per cent lower due mainly to profit taking at the end of the second quarter.
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    • 115 43 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 2,947.54 June 30 Capita Land.... 5.700 +0.110 CapitaMall 2.990 +0.090 CityDev ...10.860 +0.040 Cosco Corp... 3.200 -0.020 DBS Grp ...18.860 -0.220 F&N 4.530 -0.020 Gent Intl 0.580 -0.010 HKLand 4.240 +0.120 JSH ...17.000 +0.200 Jardine C&C ...17.000 +0.240 Keppel Corp Keppel Land.. NOL ...11.140
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    • 63 43 Sing Tel 37,787,000 Yangzijiang 32,984,000 China Hongxing 30,053,000 ChinaFibreT 29,682,000 Golden Agri 25,988,000 DBS DB eCWOBIOI3 24,495,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO9O9 19,070,000 JiutianC 17,157,000 DBS MBL ePWOBIDID 16,433,000 Gentlntl 15,982,000 June 30 Oceanus 14,440,000 Straits Asia 13,195,000 Li Heng 12,450,000 SingTelMBLePWOBlOlO 12,272,000 Asia Tiger 11,075,000 STI 3000SGAePW*****0 10,918,000 Capita
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    • 142 43 June 30 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.3020 1.3170 Can dollar 1.3390 1.3550 Euro 2.1370 2.1610 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4162 0.4167 NZ dollar 1.0290 1.0520 Sterling pound 2.6980 2.7290 US dollar 1.3530
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    • 1012 43 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 30,2008 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE '000 16 4 5 3816 Asiasons W*****7 7 5 -0 5 9( 33 17 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 17 -2 5 23 14 5 4015 CapitalanBNPeC*****2 15 5 +1 2( 35 23 5 4469 CapitalanBNPePW*****3 33 5 -1 450(
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    • 417 44 Producers blame speculators while Western leaders cite lack of supply Madrid LEADING figures in the oil world gathered in Madrid yesterday for one of the industry's biggest events, the World Petroleum Congress, with the search for a remedy to record crude prices again
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      • 187 84 three things you need to know this week HOW do you store your important documents? Things like your birth certificate, driving licence, marriage certificate, income tax statements and the slew of education certificates? Everything's probably stashed in one drawer or laminated and filed in
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      • 84 84 A TERM that probably applies more to guys than gals. Especially those who keep their silenced mobile phones in their pockets, close to the body. Suddenly, when the phone vibrates, they get startled and do an involuntary spasmic twitch of the torso in a bid to quickly pick
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      • 126 84  -  Tan Chong Yaw THE marketing spiel on digital cameras is always carrying on about how large the LCDs are, how high the resolution is and how wide the viewing angles are. That's fine and dandy when you want to review and show off your photos on
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        911 85  -  Grace Chng New Web addresses: .perfume or .cola anyone? MOVE over .org and .com. More new addresses like .sports and .perfume may appear next year. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced sweeping changes last week which would allow any company, organisation or country to apply
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      • 246 90 ...or, how upscalers work. 00 GIN LEE peers at the internal workings HIGH-definition movies have about four times more pixels than standard definition video, but its true quality can only be appreciated when experienced. Images are crisp and sharp and even minute details like pimples on
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        174 90 DIGITAL Life put four players to the test. Each of the DVD HDMI units was connected to a 40-inch Samsung HD-ready TV (1336 x 768 resolution) and a 42-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) LG TV. We connected the composite, component and HDMI cables from the same DVD
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      • 663 92 Which is the DVD upscaler with the mostest? 00 GIN LEE checks out the contenders IF YOU own the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3 game console, the good news is that these machines can also upscale your DVDs. The PS3 also doubles as an excellent Blu-ray
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      • 517 93 VICNAN PANNIRSELVAM finds out why there's a shortage of first-choice IDs for Web-based e-mail CYBERSPACE, it seems, is finally running out of room at least where e-mail address are concerned. Which explains why people cannot get their first-choice IDs when they sign up for
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      • 428 94 Personal computers have become übiquitous in today's digital age. THAM YUEN-C examines the trend THE geeks soup them up, families share them and busy executives tote them around. Personal computers have become one of the most übiquitous gadgets in Singapore. And by the end
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      • 308 94  -  Vicnan Pannirselvam IT IS over. My beloved laptop, solid and true companion for three years except for a grouse or two that I nursed against it in the last few months sputtered to an absolute death. But I suppose my mourning is slightly tainted by
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      • 781 95 Plane passengers may well get to surf the Net soon, after an earlier, more pricey service failed WEB surfing in the sky is poised to take off again. Nearly two years after Boeing company pulled the plug on the airline industry's first
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      • 649 97 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Unwanted lines I SEE tiny lines at the centre of my monitor when I switch on the PC. They are there for about two minutes and soon become darker. My friends tell me that it's
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      • 792 96 A sleepy corner in a quiet shopping centre houses a global business with a Web forum as its only marketing tool. TAN CHONG YAW reports LOCATED at a quiet corner on the top floor of The Adelphi is Jaben Network. Inside,
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        • 334 98 mobile phones Sony Ericsson C 702, C 902, W760, G502 Available at $568 without contract with free IGB Memory Stick Micro; $788 without contract with free IGB Memory Stick Micro; $688 without contract with free 4GB Memory Stick Micro and $328 without contract respectively (Free Memory Stick
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        • 78 98 graphics processors ATI Radeon HD 4850 Available at all authorised dealers. Prices range from $280 to $320. STOP watching movies and start playing in them with the newest graphics chip from AMD. The first teraFLOPS (trillion floating point operations per second) graphics chip in the world, the Radeon
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        • 182 98 > mobile phones Motozine ZNS Available in September. Price unavailable. BLUR the border between phone and camera even further with the latest offering from Motorola. As far as all-in-one entertainment phones go, the ZNS is a debutante hard to miss. Motorala and Kodak got into the same bed
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        • 135 98 printers Lexmark X 4650, X 5495, X 6570 Available at $239, $249 and $369 respectively at authorised dealers THERE'S something for everyone in Lexmark's newest line of affordable printers. The flagship X 6570 is an all-in-one (AIO) whiz that lets you fax, scan, copy and print
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          102 98 digital cameras Kodak Easy Share M 1033 Available at $399 at all authorised dealers CAMERAS probably don't come much smarter than the M 1033. Jammed-packed with Kodak's new Smart Capture technology, this 10-megapixel powerhouse does all the thinking for you. It takes the usual automatic sensors several notches
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        • 111 98 home theatre InFocus XIO Full HD 1080p projector $3,599 at Fast Logic, 175 Bencoolen Street, 01-22 Burlington Square, Tel: 6333-3128 BEAM up your HD movies onto your own large screens with the affordable XlO. This sleek device is capable of projecting crystal-clear images on a screen up to
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          103 98 ►laser scopes Nikon Laser 350G, 550, 550 A Available at authorised dealers at $458, $478 and $588, respectively YOU might not have Robocop's bionic vision, but you won't need it with these laser range-finders from Nikon. These nifty gadgets let you measure the horizontal, vertical and linear distance
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      • 674 99  -  Oo Gin Lee This MlB game, unfortunately, is not the much-awaited replacement for World Of Warcraft Age Of Conan I JUMPED up in excitement the first time blood sprayed across the huge 27-inch Dell monitor I was testing. My Cimmerian barbarian Agis had successfully executed his
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      • 142 99 ONE way to figure out which skill does more damage to your enemies is to check your combat log. There are altogether 12 classes grouped under four main categories soldier, priest, mage and rogue. Choose the class that best suits your playing style. Soldiers can don the heaviest armour
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      • 440 100 Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures AS THE name suggests, this latest Lego game is based on the original three Indiana Jones movies. Which means it is not connected to the Indiana Jones television series nor, thankfully, to the recent abysmal fourth movie
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      • 334 100 Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor I REMEMBER a period during my childhood when every morning was filled with classical music and funny cartoons the Looney Tunes. Putting Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor through its paces takes me back to those days of old. The game is full
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      • 1061 101 HTC's Touch Diamond (left) and Samsung Omnia try to steal Apple's thunder, but which is the better one? ALFRED SIEW tries to put his finger on it YOU'VE heard the hype. But there's no need to wait until the end of the year for Apple's
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      • 476 102 Nokia N7B $398 (with a two-year plan from Sing Tel) Available at authorised dealers AS FAR as presentation goes, the N7B is 101.8g of gorgeousness. Like its cousin, the NB2, this Nokia number has a 320 x 240 pixel screen with 16 million
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      • 546 102 Motorola ROKR E8 $498 (without phone plan) Available at major mobile phone stores MOTOROLA'S newest music phone certainly looks like it could be the handset of choice for crowd surfers and music lovers. The slick black unit has knurled logos and a high-tech, high-gloss keypad that
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      • 409 103 Toshiba Satellite A3OO From $2,999 Available at Sim Lim Square and Funan IT Mall TOSHIBA'S A3OO does not, at first glance, appear to be any different to the other desktop replacement notebooks. It features the usual touchpad, keyboard, webcam, memory card reader, fingerprint security and
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      • 357 103  -  Stephanie Gwee" Audio Technica ATH-CKMSO inner-ear earphones $73 Available at all authorised dealers UNLESS you enjoy hearing the same mind-numbing Jessica Simpson tune on the radio a dozen times a day, chances are you would tote a music player for those long bus rides home.
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        531 104 If not, Remember The Milk I i is an online to-do list app, which makes life easy for compulsive organisers, says VICNAN PANNIRSELVAM REMEMBER The Milk (RTM) is not the name of a strange rock band. It's an online to-do list application that seamlessly merges with your workflow.
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      • 692 105 In the last of Digital Life's three-parter on Leopard, the spotlight is on Time Machine, a handy backup utility within the OS ONLY about 50 per cent of computer users back up their data and even then most do it only once a month. As data
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      • 782 106 Avaya's chief technology officer Leong Mun Yuen's job is to look into the future to meet customers' needs. He tells 00 GIN LEE HE MAY be the top man driving the tech strategy of a US$5 billion (Ss6.B billion) multi-national company headquartered in the United States, but Leong
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      • 695 107  -  00 GIN LEE J It's the hot applications inside that makes the latest smartphones cool. DL goes to the heart of the matter the operating system THERE'S a big fight going on today in the mobile phone world, specifically in the world of smartphones. Nokia upped
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      • 612 107  -  GRACE CHNG By THIRTY-THREE years ago, an 18-year-old nerdy, bespectacled guy called Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University to start a software firm called Microsoft. He built Microsoft into a software giant with a market capitalisation of about US$25B billion (***** billion). In the
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        549 111 The five Ws and an H of returning Singaporeans, by Andrew duffy WHO NEEDS TO COME HOME? There are more than 150,000 Singaporeans scattered across the globe. The number has quadrupled since 1990 and is growing fast. More are leaving, but relatively few return. Each year, one in
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        103 112 South Korea What is happening there South Korean president Lee Myung Bak (right) apologised on national television on June 19, over a decision to restart beef imports from the United States. Beef imports from the US had been banned for five years, since the discovery of mad-cow
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        82 112 27.6 million What it is The number of Filipinos in poverty. That makes nearly one in three people in the Philippines. The Philippine government plans to spend billions of pesos on subsidies to the poor. Why it matters With food and fuel prices in the country soaring,
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