The Straits Times, 14 July 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, JULY 14 2008 •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Let s not rule out organ trading yet, says Khaw
    632 1  -  Judith Tan Esther Tan Stark reality of organ shortages and black market means option cannot be dismissed By SINGAPORE is not ruling out legalising organ trading. The surprise comment from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday is bound to re-ignite
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    Lock icon Changi's T3 offers choice of 'body scanner1 or physical searches
    443 1  - Changi's T3 offers choice of 'body scanner 1 or physical searches Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent CHANGI Airport is testing a new screening machine which can better detect weapons, explosives, drugs and other contraband items concealed on the body. The problem, at least for some travellers, is that the millimetre
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Filipinos are your new servers at coffee shops
      1012 1  -  Diana Othman By FILIPINO faces are already commonly seen delivering frontline service in restaurants, clubs, and bars here, but they are now popping up in a new arena the coffee shops. Most are serving drinks and clearing tables, but they come a
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      296 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Fighting post-natal blues "Sla o-i.Z Mothers with post-natal depression World 14-18 can get help as part of a KKH pilot Review 19-20 programme to screen for such FY I ...21 problems. SECTION TWO PAGE H1 "Z^^=:=:=Zm Can', breathe, can. sJeep p omm un More children
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  • PRIME
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      401 3  -  Grace Chua Operators are proposing to charge $10 to $15 more, because of fuel costs By SCHOOL bus operators, bitten by skyrocketing diesel prices, could soon start charging parents $10 to $15 more a month to ferry schoolchildren. The Singapore School Transport
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      Lock icon BRIYANI WAY TO BUILDING TIES
      103 3 Volunteers from the Mosques' Women's Wing dishing out lunch for 1,000 Singaporeans at the Al-Iman Mosque. Yesterday's event marks the first "Blessings to All Day", an initiative by the heads of the 69 mosques here to build ties and share with others, regardless of race
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      Lock icon More turmoil for US mortgage giant
      460 3 WASHINGTON POST, BLOOMBERG NEWS, NEW YORK TIMES Washington FANNIE Mac and Freddie Mac are keeping the US government very busy and investors very worried. Treasury Department officials worked over the weekend to prepare for the sale today of US$3 billion (Ss4.l billion) worth of
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      Lock icon Singapore Flyer crowds skipping the shops
      581 4  -  Judith Tan Businesses pinning their hopes on upcoming F1 race, integrated resort By SHOPS and restaurants around the Singapore Flyer say they are losing money because most visitors head straight for the newly minted ride and skip their businesses. Owners used words like "slow",
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      212 4 Dear Mr Buffett Half an hour with Warren Buffett? Singapore CEOs tell what they would ask the legendary investor if they get the chance. PLUS On the money The top Singapore and Malaysian stock market analysts take a bow. Savour our oven fresh selection 9^^^9J9v9Y^OP9PJH of traditional French breads that
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      16 4 ANGRY CAB DRIVER ATTACKS MAN FOR HONKING AT HIM He hit me more than 15 times'
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Indian group plans to light up 1.6b lives
      650 6  -  P. JAYARAM It will provide solar lanterns to rural poor, starting with those in India By India Correspondent In New Delhi AN INDIAN energy research institute has launched a plan to bring light to 1.6 billion rural people worldwide with low-cost solar
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Beijing cracks down on Islamic group in restive west
        492 8 REUTERS Govt accuses radical Hizb ut-Tahrir of using terror to battle for independent state Kashgar (China) IN A backstreet of the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, the Chinese government has been spray-paint-ing signs on dusty mud brick walls to warn
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        Lock icon China warns of threat to Olympics and promises to step up security
        450 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Beijing CHINA promised yesterday to step up security for the Beijing Olympics, warning of an unprecedented threat with up to 80 heads of state expected to attend the opening ceremony. The People's Daily said the
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Divorced parents in Japan fight for rights
        448 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Either mum or dad can lose child completely under the law, which many see as antiquated Tokyo JAPAN is recognised the world over as a major democracy, but when it comes to parents, critics say the country has antiquated laws that
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        50 9 A woman drinking sake through the stem of a lotus leaf at a temple in Uji city in Kyoto prefecture, western Japan, last Friday. The Japanese believe that drinking sake with a lotus leaf is good for health and longevity as the lotus has curative powers. PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon North Korea snubs Souths call for talks
        247 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul NORTH KOREA yesterday rejected South Korea's appeal to resume reconciliation talks, while Seoul denounced the communist regime for the shooting death of a tourist. The North's main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, said in a commentary that South Korean President
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India blames Pakistan for Kabul Embassy blast
        648 10  -  Ravi Velloor New Delhi is sure Islamabad's intelligence service is behind explosion By South Asia Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA blames Pakistan's intelligence service for the blast at its embassy in Kabul and has threatened retaliation, the first time New Delhi has
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        Lock icon US may strike against militants based in Pakistan
        291 10 REUTERS, XINHUA Islamabad A WEEKEND visit by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has fuelled speculation that the United States is about to take action against militants in north-west Pakistan. Pakistan has been a close ally
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon S'pore man allegedly hid bomb in school pond
        633 11  -  Arlina Arshad ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »ARREST OF JI TERROR SUSPECT Colleague recalls day of arrest, and says suspect had everyone fooled By In Palembang (Sumatra) THE Singaporean who was one of 10 terror suspects detained last month hid a 10kg bomb in
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        Lock icon Samak to amend charter and reshuffle Cabinet
        205 11 REUTERS Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who has lost two ministers after tough court rulings, said yesterday he would amend the country's army-de-signed Constitution, a move likely to intensify street protests to oust him. The embattled Premier also announced he would reshuffle
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Accept Abdullah's exit plan, Najib urges Umno
        673 12  -  Carolyn Hong AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Deputy Premier acts to curb unhappiness over long time frame By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur DEPUTY Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday appealed to his Umno party's rank and file to accept the Prime Minister's decision to hand
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        Lock icon KLbans public from Parliament
        306 12  -  CAROLYN HONG Kuala Lumpur THE public will be banned from entering Malaysia's Parliament today, while police have set up road blocks in the city ahead of an opposition attempt to table a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The extra security measures were taken over
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        Lock icon Sodomy: Police to question Anwar
        110 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN police will question opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today over his former aide's allegations of sexual assault. CID director Mohd Bakri Zinin said the police have advised Datuk Seri Anwar through his lawyers to assist them in their investigations.
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      25 6 Living with a terrorist Teacher Faris Iman recounts his shock on learning that his colleague and roommate Mohamed Hassan was a wanted militant. PAGE 11
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      484 7 SMichele Burns Harish Manwani I David Conner Professor Professor Peter Sands Richard Kantor Chairman and CEO, President Asia, CEO, Peter Cappelli I NorihikO Shimizu I Group Chief Principal Mercer Africa, Central and OCBC Bank Director Visiting Professor Executive, I Regional Practice Leader I Eastern Europe, Center for Human International Business
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon The changing face of Britain's MI-6
      639 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS Intelligence agency is recruiting more women and minorities to tackle the global terrorism threat London BOND. Jane Bond. Britain's secret spy agency, home to the very white and very male 007 agent, is hunting for women and minorities to tackle global terrorism.
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      Lock icon Fancy a bottle of beer for $79?
      136 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Melbourne AUSTRALIA'S largest brewer has launched a super premium lager with a price tag you would expect to find on a bottle of wine, saying it wants to take the nation's love of cold beer to a new level. Carlton United
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      Lock icon Talks over US troops in Iraq break down
      451 15 WASHINGTON POST This leaves problem of military presence in country in hands of next US president Washington NEGOTIATORS from the United States and Iraq have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of US troops in the country
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      Lock icon Pope on ambitious visit to Australia
      490 16  -  Roger Maynard He is set to apologise for sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and hold mass for 500,000 people By Australia Correspondent In Sydney POPE Benedict XVI arrived in Australia yesterday for what is being heralded as the biggest international gathering Down Under since
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon U.S. MAN JAILED OVER SPY INCIDENT
        92 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A Pentagon employee was sentenced to 57 months in jail for handing secret military documents to a Chinese government spy, including classified information on US weapon sales to Taiwan. Gregg William Bergersen, 51, pleaded guilty in March and had faced a
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        Lock icon EU-MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT OPENS
        71 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday opened a summit of more than 40 leaders to launch a new union between European and Mediterranean countries. Leaders from the 27 EU nations and an arc of countries from North Africa to the Balkans representing 756 million people
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        Lock icon CHINA TO BUILD NIGERIA HIGHWAY
        58 16 REUTERS LAGOS: A top Chinese company signed a US$l billion (551.35 billion) deal to build a six-lane, 125 km highway around Port Harcourt, the hub of Africa's biggest oil industry. China Harbour Engineering's deal makes Beijing a key partner in the Niger Delta, home to
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Still no compensation for one-armed baby
        211 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK BABY Lai Yok Shan, who celebrated her first birthday on Saturday, looks every inch a regular and bubbly baby until one gets a glimpse of her left arm. She lost part of her arm last July when it turned gangrenous.
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        Lock icon Prince Harry wants to spend more time on charity project
        295 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRITAIN'S Prince Harry says he wants to spend more time on his charity project for children in Lesotho. The 23-year-old lieutenant, who was decorated for his service in Afghanistan, is in the poor African kingdom this week to
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        Lock icon Gay Italian man wins lawsuit over driving test
        181 17 REUTERS AN ITALIAN court has ruled that the government must pay 100,000 euros (*****,000) in damages to a man who was told to retake a driving test because he was a homosexual. When Mr Danilo Giuffrida, 26, told doctors he was gay
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    • SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD THIS WEEK
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        26 18 WASHINGTON: US International Trade Commission to determine import duties on Chinese steel pipes. SINGAPORE: Workshop on global climate change to be held at Traders Hotel.
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        17 18 SINGAPORE: Key findings of public consultation sessions seeking feedback on marriage and parenthood to be released.
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        30 18 MADRID: Interfaith dialogue of Muslims, Christians and Jews. Prominent figures will discuss security and peace. CANTERBURY: Lambeth Conference, Anglicanism's largest gathering held once every 10 years, to take place.
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        37 18 SINGAPORE: Latest monthly trade data to be released. The data will indicate the extent to which demand for exports has been affected by the economic slowdown in top markets such as Europe, the US and China.
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        17 18 EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST: Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to visit Europe and the Middle East.
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        24 18 YANGON: Myanmar to mark Martyr's Day in remembrance of the assassination of independence hero General Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi.
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      Lock icon Charter among key issues at Asean meeting
      237 18  -  GOHSUI NOI SINGAPORE WHAT IT IS THE 41st Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) will take place in Singapore from Thursday to July 24. The annual meeting of the region's foreign ministers focuses on key issues facing the bloc. The Asean+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting and
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      Lock icon All eyes on Fed chiefs testimony
      118 18 REUTERS WORLD WHAT IT IS UNITED STATES Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke (right) will give his semi-annual testimony on monetary policy before the Senate Banking Committee tomorrow, and before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. WHY IT MATTERS Investors will zero in on
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      Lock icon Forum on improving transport systems
      129 18  -  SERENE LUO WHAT IT IS THE 9th Intelligent Transport Systems Asia-Pacific forum and exhibition begins today at Suntec Singapore. The focus of the three-day event is on making travel connections seamless for commuters. There will be sessions on Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) and road tolls
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      Lock icon Iran-EU talks on nuclear stand-off
      123 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WHAT IT IS IRAN'S top nuclear negotiator will hold talks with European Tnion foreign policy chief Javier Solana m ending the nuclear stand-off k with the West. The talks on Saturday follow concerns over the test-firing of several long-range missiles by Teheran last
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      27 14 No deal on troops in Iraq Talks between Baghdad and Washington end without a comprehensive agreement on the long-term status of US troops in Iraq. PAGE 15
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      70 16 t) Mr Yeo is a zestful seller of the Singapore story to the world. During his 20-year leadership of the EDB, he relentlessly crossed new business frontiers, establishing industries such as semiconductors and the biomedical sciences. U Have a burning question for Mr Yeo? Email stpioneers@sph.com.sg and your question could
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  • REVIEW
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      Lock icon More light on taboo subject
      415 19 HAS workplace sexual harassment remained such a well hidden problem that a study the women's group Aware released last week comes as an almost total surprise? More than half- 54 per cent ofsoo people it polled recently reported experiencing it. It is hard to reconcile
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      Lock icon Too much heart, too little vision
      943 19  -  Roger Lowenstein GENERAL MOTORS' WOES By WHO shot General Motors? The company's stock is at its lowest level in 50 years, and its market valuation has plunged to US$5.9 billion (SsB billion), less than that of the Hershey can-dy-bar company. The American carmaker i,
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      Lock icon Can democracy live in a lopsided structure?
      937 19  -  Rebecca POLITICS IN LEBANON By GIVNER-FORBES For The Straits Times IN MAY, the Lebanese government tried to rein in Hizbollah. They began investigating the extra-legal communication network Hizbollah is constructing for espionage and militia operations within Lebanon. They also fired an airport official
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      Lock icon Defending the US or running the world?
      923 20  -  Doug Bandow CONTAINING CHINA By For The Straits Times THE United States accounts for roughly half of the world's military spending, enjoys the largest and most productive economy, plays a leading role in every international organisation, and is allied with every major industrialised
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      Lock icon Vietnam's defence industry stutters along
      809 20  -  Robert Karniol By Defence Writer VIETNAM has had limited success in a long-standing push to develop its defence industry. The current initiative centred on surface-to-air missiles is keyed to a variant of the Russian-designed SA-18 manportable missile. Hanoi had earlier obtained from Hungary a few
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      34 19 US hawks on China A more humble US approach is likely to yield greater national security for Washington and its friends throughout Asia. PAGE 20 PUNCHLINES Aif>po ßT f caution: uooh°o'> FREENmr DETECT HOCA
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      1049 21 Singapore today Partly cloudy, late morning and early afternoon aIP' 3*' showers with thunder mainly over northern, SHE K|fs K^^-'' eastern and central Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, JULY 14 2008 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN o BEIJING I Emergency lines DO TODAY j#hJ Clear PoHce
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      563 23  -  Lee Hui Chieh KKH trial aims to screen 2,000 mums a year, treat 50% of those affected By NEW mothers at XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) might now be asked a series of questions, including whether they have been feeling low-spir-ited or
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      262 23 AFTER her fourth child was born in January, a 34-year-old housewife suddenly began entertaining thoughts of suicide and walking out on her family. Stressed, exhausted and overworked, she fell into post-natal depression. "The youngest one kept me from completing my daily chores," she said. "The cooking
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      461 24  -  Zakir Hussain Event aims to foster closer ties between Muslims and others By SCORES of Muslims worked together over the weekend to prepare a hearty Sunday lunch for 1,000 Singaporeans of different races and religions at the Al-Iman Mosque in Bukit Panjang. The spread included
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      151 24 JUDGING from his performance yesterday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong might have had a promising career as a Formula One race-car driver. He drew cheers and smiles from residents as he manoeuvred a virtual car round a track in a $20,000 Fl
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      69 24 Devotees celebrating the Jaganath Rath Yatna festival in honour of the deity Lord Jaganath. During the celebrations yesterday at the Toa Payoh stadium, three chariots (above) were pulled five times around the track. The festival is one of the oldest in the state of Orissa in
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      192 24  -  LIAW WY-CIN SINGAPORE will not have a shortage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for many years, given its long-term contracts with Indonesia and Malaysia, said Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday. And for the long haul, there is also the upcoming LNG terminal. Mr
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      658 25  -  Grace Chua GRACE CHUA Rising number of childhood asthma and obesity cases, better testing may account for it By FOR many nights, Mazlina Maridan would wake up to the sound of her two-year-old son, Putera, gasping for air. Sometimes, his breathing would stop for
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      79 25 President S R Nathan with winners of the NSmen of the Year award (from left) First Sergeant Moses Thiyaganesan, Captain Poh Cher Kiang, First Warrant Officer Federick Koh and Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Ng. The President hosted more than 800 personnel from the Ministry of Defence, the Singapore Armed
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      520 26  -  Zakir Hussain Considerations in 1986 amendment to Legal Profession Act remain valid By THE Law Ministry has no plans to amend a part of the Legal Profession Act to enable the Law Society to submit proposals on law reform to the Government on
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      174 26 ABOUT 150 young people gathered to discuss how to prevent talented Singaporeans from leaving the country for good yesterday. They concluded that the brain drain was caused by the lack of a sense of belonging, and the high cost of living, among
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      84 26 In a race-ihemed Car-nival at the Singapore Expo Hall 4, babies aged one year or younger took to a 5m track to vie for the title of fastest crawling baby. Items from cellphones to keys and toys were used to attract the infant racers to the finish
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        114 26 THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has started schooling future pilots in a state-of-the-art flight trainer. The trainees will learn the fundamentals of flying on the Pilatus PC-21 plane, 12 of which have been delivered to the RSAF flight school in Pearce, Australia. Another
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        179 26 FROM next year the PAP Community Foundation (PCF) Headstart Fund for needy children will relax its eligibility criteria to help more youngsters. To receive the $50 monthly kindergarten or childcare-centre fee subsidy from Headstart, families must currently have a per capita income of $325
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        102 26 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan will be in Jakarta, Indonesia, today and tomorrow. He is taking part in the New Asia Africa Strategic Partnership Capacity Building Conference on Palestine. The conference is co-chaired by Indonesia and South Africa, and focuses on technical
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      415 27  -  Grace Chua Four learn to scubadive to prepare for marine-themed charity musical By THIS year, Mr Choo Poh Choon is learning to scuba-dive. But unlike most underwater aficionados, the 27-year-old has spent the past seven years in a wheelchair the result of an accident during
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      525 28  -  Hong Xinyi Carnivorous fish can inflict nasty bites; threaten ecology and wildlife in reservoirs By SIX aquariums recently caught trying to sell an Amazonian giant fish are being investigated, said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). The carnivorous arapaima, which can grow to
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      26 23 Not for sale Six aquariums are in trouble with the authorities for trying to sell the carnivorous Amazonian fish which can cause nasty bites. PAGE H6
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      69 26 Mr Yeo is a zestful seller of the Singapore story to the world. During his 20-year leadership of the EDB, he relentlessly crossed new business frontiers, establishing industries such as semiconductors and the biomedical sciences. U Have a burning question for Mr Yeo? Email stpioneers@sph.com.sg and your question could be
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      225 27 BilosliiiV ijf I Professor Anthony Cohen, Principal, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh m at tfffMV Queen Margaret University W ASIA CAMPUS The QMU Asia Campus (Branch of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) The QMU Asia Campus is Singapore's latest Tertiary Education Institution.Together with East Asia Institute of Management (EASB), we bring you
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      76 28 stand oar At The Business Times we can see how important it is for you as an SME to make a splash in a sea of homogeneity and establish your own identity. Our comprehensive coverage and insights into the SME scene help you navigate the waters. Our Enterprise 50 Awards
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      199 29  -  KARON NG BY\ THOSE on the move can now send an SMS to get the address and telephone number of a shop, restaurant or business, down to the specific branch they want to visit. This service is free for a limited period. Rednano.sg, a local search
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      211 29  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI BY\ TIGER Beer passed a recent taste test with flying colours. As part of the judging process for the New Zealand International Beer Awards 2008, a panel of beer experts from New Zealand and other parts of the world conducted a blind taste test
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      274 29  -  Lim Yann Ling MORE people are renting safe deposit boxes for their valuables. Certis Cisco Security's general manager for cash and valuables security, Mr Eric Koh, says the number of customers in the 20 to 40 age group has increased from 19 per cent to 41 per
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      554 29 F&B companies provide higher pay and more perks to attract talent, reports Lim Yann Ling EMPLOYERS are offering better benefits and career development opportunities for staff to change the public perception of the food and beverage (F&B) industry and attract more people to join the sector.
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      301 29 Lock with words The Wordlock uses words instead of figures perfect for those who just can't remember a string of numbers. Choose from 10,000 letter combinations to set the password. Available for $23.90 at The Planet Traveller in Marina Square and Paragon, and atTakashimaya, BHG and Robinson's at Centrepoint.
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      773 30 MY LIFE Youthlnk writers give their take on whether human organs should be traded Allow it, but regulate it AS A young doctor, it is not difficult to take one side of this debate, especially after witnessing first-hand the suffering and scepticism of
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      438 30  -  Goh Wen Zhong MY THOUGHTS By AFTER five years of tertiary study, I have handed in my final examination script. I never thought that I would say this, but yes, I am going to miss my student days. Time spent as a tertiary student
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      555 30  -  Tessa Wong SOAPBOX Some see no need to settle into cosy domesticity when casual dating has such allure By I HAD my whole life planned out when I was in my early teens at least, I thought I did. I was determined to find the
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      413 31  -  Myrna Thomas (Ms) I THANK Mr Low Thian Khye for his letter ("Temasek chief's speech an eye-opener", July 4) on Ms Ho Ching's remarks at the Asia Society's 21st Annual Dinner in Washington, DC. Please allow me to add to his comments. Ms Ho's reference
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      278 31  -  Ong Tee Jin ADDING to the stress of vehicle ownership in Singapore with ever-increasing numbers of ERP gantries, rising fuel costs and traffic congestion, vehicle owners also find it increasingly difficult to find parking lots in shopping centres and public carparks during peak times
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      227 31  -  Koh Seng Vow THE Ministry of Education (MOE) recently started its annual open and closed posting application exercise. This is a great way to encourage education officers to move in search of environments that may suit their talents better. It is also a great opportunity for
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      157 31  -  Clara Lim (Miss) I HAVE written to the Ministry of Education (MOE) about donations in schools. However, I would like readers (especially parents) to be aware of this. I have just finished secondary school. In the past II years of my primary and secondary schooling,
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      390 31 GURKHA CAMP "No one bothers to switch the lights off." MR HOE CHENG KIAT: "I live in Joo Seng Road and I can clearly see part of the Gurkha camp from my kitchen window. There is waste of public funds in the camp as the lights around
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      302 31  -  Janet Lim (Mrs) AT AN award ceremony held two weeks ago, my husband was awarded the title Friend Of NTUC. It is regrettable that, in giving him the award, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) did not see fit to invite his wife
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      507 31  -  Doreen Wissmann (Mdm) IN MY mother tongue, Sinhalese (which means "lion blood"), Singapore means "lion city", the word originating from Sanskrit. I found this connection to Sanskrit fascinating. This was my second visit to Singapore. The first was in August 1968 as
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      286 31  -  Ng Mie Ling (Ms) I REFER to Mr Yap Siew Hoo's letter last Tuesday, "Teach couples how to be parents". Parents play the most critical role in the development of their children. This primary responsibility of parents cannot and should not be
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      31 31 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com. Access to letters online is free. CONVENIENT SINGAPOREAN: Citizenship HARDCORE SINGAPOREAN: Citizenry TENUOUS ASSUMPTION: Oil price surge GONE TOO FAR?: Chasing market efficiency
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      540 32  -  Terrence Voon Atkinson, Moffatt register easy wins in the Osim Singapore International Triathlon By AUSTRALIA'S top triathletes served up a warning to their Olympic rivals yesterday, when they blitzed the field at East Coast Park in the annual Osim Singapore International Triathlon. Courtney Atkinson and Emma
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      333 32 NEW YORK TIMES New York TO HIS roommate, Eric Shanteau seemed his usual inscrutable self during the United States Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, last week. "He's always been a guy who keeps his cards close to his chest," lan Crocker
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      493 32  -  Leonard Lim By JAPAN'S Yuta Suenaga did not expect to qualify for the Olympics. After all, his opposition at the Japanese Olympic swimming trials in April included world champion Kosuke Kitajima and February's China Open winner, Ryo Tateishi. But a three-week training stint in
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      Lock icon Ronaldinho 'ready to quit Barca'
      535 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OLYMPICS Brazilian paper says he wants to win Olympic gold and is set to defy the club Sao Paulo (Brazil) RONALDINHO will reportedly break his contract with Barcelona if need be to go to the Olympics. Brazilian Newspaper O Globo reported
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      Lock icon A win on track but now, Chambers needs win in court
      331 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London DWAIN Chambers won the 100 metres at the British Olympic trials on Saturday, but now faces an anxious wait for a High Court decision over whether or not he can run at the Beijing Games. Chambers,
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      Lock icon Pressure: Greg Louganis
      508 33  -  Rohit Brijnath A continuing series on memorable Olympic stories. Tomorrow: Desire "We've worked too long and hard to get here. I'm not going to give up now." By SPORT is about tiny margins. A ball must land an inch inside a tennis baseline. A gymnast's grip during
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      168 33 Continuing the series on Olympic events BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS ASTRONAUTICS GYMNASIUM Event dates: Aug 9-13 15-19 GETTING A GRIP A/STfk Wearing gloves and the practice of "hooking", which improves the grip on Hooked Standard the bar, are allowed. LIFTING A HEAVY LOAD Competitors have three attempts to lift
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        77 33 REUTERS JAPAN will not be taking any overage soccer players to the Olympics, after Yasuhito Endo, 28, was ruled out of the tournament owing to illness. Coach Yasuharu Sorimachi had been hoping the senior team star and Gamba Osaka linchpin could help bolster the Under-23
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        66 33  -  CHINA'S Olympic soccer coach Ratomir Dujkovic has dismissed recent reports about his possible sacking. "This is not the first time such rumours have appeared in the press," the Serb said in Yanbian yesterday, after their 4-0 win over Malaysia in a warm-up match. Dujkovic
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        41 33 CHINESE officials implicated in an embarrassing spy scandal involving the Danish women's football team at last September's World Cup in China will not be punished. The International Olympic Committee's ethics committee has refused to investigate the matter.
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      349 33 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS »SOCCER Rome INTER Milan president Massimo Moratti says whether Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard joins the San Siro outfit is ultimately down to the player. Moratti said that the time has arrived for the 30-year-old England international to make
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      Lock icon Top Spin comes out tops in Derby
      650 34  -  Michael Lee HORSE RACING He finishes strongly to post three-length win and beat El Dorado, Stedman in $1m race By Craig Brennan HOT favourite Top Spin blew away the opposition with a three-length win in yesterday's $1 million Emirates Singapore byHe also picked
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      189 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING Bagneres-de-bigorre (France) ITALIAN rider Riccardo Ricco won the ninth stage of the Tour de France yesterday, a day after he suffered a fall. The 24-year-old Saunier Duval star won his second stage of this year's edition, coming home 4sec
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      Lock icon Creamer still the leader after day 3
      337 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Sylvania (Ohio) PAULA Creamer is finding out how hard it is to win while leading from start to finish on the LPGA Tour. The rest of the field is discovering how hard it is to catch her. Creamer shot a
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      273 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »RUGBY DUNEDIN (New Zealand) SPRINGBOKS hooker Bismarck dv Plessis was suspended for three weeks yesterday for "very serious" contact around the eye area of All Black Adam Thomson in the second Tri-Nations rugby Test. Dv Plessis admitted at a judicial hearing his fist
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      224 34 »YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES A COORDINATING body to oversee Singapore athletes' preparations for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be set up in a fortnight. This was disclosed by Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck yesterday. "This committee
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        87 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Ukraine's Vladimir Klitschko knocked out American Tony Thompson in the 11th round to retain his WBO and IBF world heavyweight titles on Saturday. Klitschko (51-3), who has held the International Boxing Federation belt since April 2006, was fighting for the first time
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        Lock icon CHANG IN TENNIS HALL OF FAME
        68 34 NEWPORT (Rhode Is AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE land): Michael Chang, who captured the 1989 French Open title at 17 to end a 34-year Roland Garros drought by American men, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday. "It is truly an honour," he
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        Lock icon MARDAN FIRES PAR-71 ON FINAL DAY
        50 34 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat shot a par-71 on the last day of the Scottish Open yesterday. He finished with a four-day total of one-un-der-283 at the Loch Lomond Golf Club. His final position was not available, with play still going on at press time.
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      494 34 AUSTRALIAN RULES AFL, 15th rd: Western Bulldogs 14.11 (95) Melbourne 9.10 (64), Hawthorn 15.16 (106) Sydney 10.15 (75), North Melbourne 10.16 (76) Port Adelaide 10.14 (74), Essendon 24.11 (155) Brisbane 18.10 (118), Geelong 18.10 (118) Fremantle 6.8 (44), Collingwood 15.16 (106) Adelaide 11.8 (74), StKilda 18.11 (119) Carlton 12.15(87).
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      63 32 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER S.League Woodlands SAFFC Mon, 14/07/08 7.45pm I S.League Dalian Tampines Mon, 14/07/08 7.45pm I S.League Young Lions Geylang Tue, IS/07/08 7.45pm I L/.XJ.I Draw No. 2344/2008 mLJLJ Draw Today! Monday, 14 July 2008 <*"^ Sales close today 6pm *"«T 31 Draw Venue: Singapore
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      74 34 S-League Today Woodlands Wellington v SAFFC (Woodlands), Dalian Shide v Tampines Rovers (Queenstown) 7.45pm. Tomorrow Young Lions v Geylang United (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Wednesday Super Reds v Home United (Yishun, 7.45pm). Thursday SAFFC v Balestier Khalsa (Choa Chu Kang), Tampines Rovers v Woodlands Wellington (Tampines) 7.45pm. Friday Geylang United v
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      72 34 TV times BASKETBALL William Jones Cup Invitational, round-robin: Jordan v Australia (3pm), Qatar v Korea (spm) Live, Ch23. Taiwan v Egypt (Live, Ch24, 7pm). CRICKET: NPower Test Series, Ist Test, day 5: England v South Africa (Live, Chi 10, 5.58pm). SOCCER: European C'ship U-19: Czech Republic v England (11.30pm), Germany
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  • OBITUARIES
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      106 35 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25 ROY CLAYTON Age: 81 Called home to be with the Lord on 13 July 2008 Dearly missed by Wife: Nancy
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      75 36 CHIONG CHEE HIONG Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 12/7/2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Khoo Hui Kheng Mother: Low Lee Chong Daughter: Son-in-law: Chiong Huiling Cheryl OngChuonYi Brothers: Sisters: Chang Sew Ing Chong Moy Keyu Chong Siew Kian Teo Kuan Tin Chong Chew Hian Body
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      119 36 We, the family of the late CHEOKWEE NEO WINNIE BERNADETTE Departed on 8 July 2008 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendances and support during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Fr Ignatius Yeo, Fr Paul Pang, Funeral Minister
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      44 36 The family of the late LIM SIAK SENG Departed on 11 July 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and True Jesus Church for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      304 38 THE collapse of IndyMac Bank, which could add up to be the most expensive bank failure ever in the United States, comes as the number of "problem" institutions is on the rise. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) disclosed last month that it
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        55 40 TAN KANG FUN: Appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Eu Van Sang International. He joined the company in 2004 as group financial controller and became chief financial officer in 2006. As COO, he will strengthen operations in the key markets of Asia, Australia, New
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        59 40 GAN BOON SAN: Appointed president for the Asia South region at Sun Microsystems. He replaces Mr Lionel Lim, who has been promoted to senior vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region. Mr Gan was previously in charge of growing Sun's business in markets such as Malaysia,
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        48 41 CITIGROUP sees more downside for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) even after its recent sharp declines. In terms of book value, NOL could fall to far lower levels, especially if earnings are disappointing, said analyst Vincent Fernando. CITIGROUP, July 10 Rating: SELL
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        58 41 DMG has maintained its "buy" call on First Resources, with a $1.43 target price, given upside from high prices for crude palm oil as global consumption and usage grow. Analyst Selena Leong noted the young weighted average age of the trees cultivated by
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      454 41  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By INVESTORS should brace themselves for a bumpy ride ahead following renewed housing and credit fears in the United States, but they might find some short-term relief if the market enjoys a technical rebound. Analysts pointed to some
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      343 41  -  Alvin Foo WARRANT WATCH By Markets Correspondent LAST week's rebound in Hong Kong stocks has drawn investors into fresh positions for warrants of the Hang Seng Index. Last Friday, the Hang Seng surged 362.77 points, or 1.7 per cent, to close at
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      518 42 REUTERS US market will be trained on economic and earnings data this week, amid oil price and mortgage worries New York THE bears have Wall Street cornered, and they just won't let go. This week is almost sure to be a rocky ride for
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      869 40 Singapore Exchange Limited ("SGX") closed $0.11 higher last Friday to end at $6.97. From a high of $17.20 in Oct 2007, the share has fallen by about 60% from its peak. This is due to the sharp 15.6% fall in its turnover in the first 6 months of 2008 compared
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      23 42 Unusual corporate gifts More firms in Singapore are handing out novel and customised corporate gifts like USB-powered mini-fridges and foldable keyboards. Page HlB
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      53 43 LOW POINTS BIG BREAK HIGH KEYS Actress Carina Lav Ng Chin Han REtB star denies spills the beans in The Dark Knight retirement rumours --■->%, J f m 1 Jr -k .^fl m. I J m m L< L' E^# 1 w mm I '< I Design: LEE CHEE CHEW
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        1353 45  -  Boon Chan Yong Shu Chiang THERE is a petrol station along Los Angeles' Wiltshire Boulevard that has great sentimental value for Singaporean actor-director Ng Chin Han. That was where the 38-year-old learnt he had landed a role in The Dark Knight. It was April last
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        1824 46  -  Wong Kirn Hoh the monday interview Christine Tan is synonymous with the show Managing Asia. Her secret to getting CEOs to open up is a soft and honest approach CHRISTINE Tan sputters and nearly chokes on her prawn dumpling. "It was not me, I have never
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        318 50 AP LAN McKellen's acclaimed performance in King Lear is coming to the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), but a public TV executive was coy last Saturday about whether his on-stage nude scene will be exposed on air. PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger,
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        250 52 PARIS Angelina Jolie's doctor says the actress has given birth to a girl and a boy. Dr Michel Sussmann told The Associated Press that Jolie, the babies and Jolie's partner, Brad Pitt, "are doing marvellously well". He confirmed a report in the
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        178 52 HONG KONG Actress Zhang Ziyi is set to become a stepmother when she weds her venture capitalist fiance Vivi Nevo next year, Apple Daily reported. It cited a profile of the Israeli-born Nevo carried by American website Cityfile, which says he has a daughter, Lilly,
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