The Straits Times, 20 August 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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      Lock icon Ex-PM back in the fray
      57 1 ALL eyes are now on Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif following the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, the man who ousted him nine years ago. Compared to Mr Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, Mr Sharif is more acceptable to
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      Lock icon 4% growth next year
      53 1 PRIVATE sector economists expect Singapore's economy to grow at about 4 per cent next year the same rate as this year or slightly slower. The main cause is the global economic slowdown, which is now spreading beyond the United States to Europe and Asia, they said.
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      Lock icon Cleared of dope charges
      32 1 Singapore's SEA Games medallist and one of four bodybuilders embroiled in a recent doping scandal, Sasi Zura Raush, has been cleared of all drug charges. SPORT PAGE 816
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      Lock icon iPhone price plans out
      39 1 Sing Tel yesterday announced three post-paid pricing plans for the iPhone 3G, which goes on sale on Friday. For subscribers who commit to a two-year, $205-a-month plan, the phone will be free. MONEY PAGE 826
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    Lock icon International schools get more room to grow
    539 1  -  Jane Ng Govt offers buildings and land, allowing 8,000 places by 2015 to ease space crunch By TO EASE the shortage of places in schools for expatriate children here, the Government is making available public buildings and vacant land for up to four
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    Lock icon Brazil humiliated 3-0
    63 1 BRAZIL, chasing the only football prize to elude it, was stunned 0-3 by continental rival Argentina in the Olympic Games semi-final last night. The humiliation was compounded by two Brazilians, Diego and Thiago, being sent off. In Saturday's final, defending champion Argentina will meet Nigeria, which thumped
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    Lock icon Liu Xiang: I'm sorry
    114 1 CHINA'S defending 110 m hurdles champion Liv Xiang apologised yesterday for his shock withdrawal from the Beijing Games but said he had no choice because pain from a foot injury became unbearable. Liv, who gave the interview on Monday night, said: "I didn't feel right when
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    53 1 NATIONAL paddlers Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei have a chance of delivering a second medal in the space of five days when the women's singles table tennis event ends on Friday. The trio received byes in the previous rounds and will begin their singles campaign today.
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      Lock icon It's a matter of trust, really
      1023 2  -  Zuraidah Ibrahim Govt-people bond has to be sustained; it cannot be taken for granted By ASSOCIATE EDITOR YOU can't vote for an avatar, said Mr Lee Hsien Loong at the National Day Rally on Sunday. Referring to the virtual personae that online gamers adopt
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      180 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Birth bait can work only up to a point New incentives announced to encourage marriage and births can work but only up to a point. Mores and attitudes concerning marriage and career are changing as Singaporean society evolves. EDITORIAL PAGE A2l COLUMNS Countering extremism The participation of
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      Lock icon The men don't get it. Why?
      776 3  -  Li XUEYING Paternity leave would hit the bottom line hard, say companies By DESPITE the buzz over shared responsibility, paternity leave for dads was missing in the basket of new Government offerings to encourage parenthood. This, despite the introduction of an extra month of
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      Lock icon The women get it. But...
      383 3  -  Lee Siew Hua By TECHNICIAN Ruth Foo, 29, is happy that maternity leave will be extended from 12 to 16 weeks. But the mum of a five-month-old daughter, who desires a second and third child, is uneasy too. "What will bosses think? Will we be
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      Lock icon Anwar 'has over 40 govt MPs ready to cross over'
      791 4  -  Reme Ahmad BN dimisses the claim as just mind games to destabilise government I By I ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR PERMATANG PAUH AND IPOH: Once Anwar Ibrahim wins the Penang by-election next Tuesday, he is expected to reel more than 40
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      Lock icon Pakatan's three takeover options
      122 4 HERE are the three options being considered by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for their planned takeover of the federal government, according to political sources: Call for an immediate no-confidence motion in Parliament. But as happened in June, it can be blocked by the Speaker of Parliament if
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      Lock icon NTU gets gift from late tycoon
      535 5  -  Amelia Tan Tan Chin Tuan fund marks birth centennial I By ABOUT 50 friends and relatives of the late philanthropist and banker, Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan, gathered at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) last night to celebrate an endowment launched in his
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      Lock icon Room to spare at homes for dead
      949 6  -  Grace Chua, April Chong Diana Othman There's a glut of niches 500,000 still available, enough for next 40 years ONE property market here is in the middle of a glut and it is the one for homes for the dead. At least 15
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      675 6  -  Diana Othman By THE urn is porcelain, with a floral design curling around it. Standing at just over half a metre, it still towers over all others in the niches at Pet Cremation Centre in Pasir Ris. In it are the remains of Shinko Jewel,
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      305 6  -  DIANA OTHMAN APART from the Government columbaria and those affiliated to churches or temples, only two are privately run. An Le Memorial Park and The Garden of Remembrance were set up in 2001. An Le, spread over 10,000 sq m, has about 73,000 niches for Buddhists and
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      2122 8  -  Radha Basu This week, Joni Ong, president of I Love Children and mother of five, gives her take on whether PM Lee Hsien Loong's attempts to cajole the Singapore stork will work THE ST INTERVIEW I By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IF MRS Joni Ong had her way, she would
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      319 8 Mrs Joni Ong, 48, is a human resource consultant and president of I Love Children, which was set up to encourage people to have more babies. She is also deputy chair of the National Family Council and chairs the management committee of the Fairfield Methodist Schools, her
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      Lock icon Ex-PM Sharif in the limelight
      751 10  -  Ravi Velloor Musharraf s departure makes leader of second biggest party the 'most acceptable political leader' to Pakistanis I By INDIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has emerged as the man to watch in his country's politics after seeing off
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      Lock icon Challenges ahead
      318 10 WIRES A LOOK at the political, economic and diplomatic implications of Mr Pervez Musharraf's resignation from the post of President of Pakistan: Internal politics Opposition to Mr Musharraf had bonded rival parties in the coalition government. His departure could see them drift apart. The Pakistan People's Party of
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      117 10 pi WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE Chinese classes catching on in US XL's warning on Pedra Branca. Says silaterangy: "When the young 'Return Thaksin home!' Thousands Chinese have more opportunities to march seeking Thaksin's extradition. grapple with a language which requires you
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      Lock icon OPPOSING TACTICS
      1122 11 Campaigning for the Permatang Pauh by-election is getting hotter, with the two sides adopting different tactics. While opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim chooses to speak at nightly open-air rallies, his Umno opponent Arif Shah prefers walkabouts. Assistant Foreign Editor Reme Ahmad reports Independence the rallying cry of Anwar PERMATANG
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      Lock icon Anwar accuser gives statement at religious dept
      157 11 BERNAMA THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE young man who accused opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising him turned up at the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to provide a statement yesterday. Anwar had lodged a complaint with Jawi last month, also asking
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      Lock icon 1,500 more police officers deployed for by-election
      149 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MALAYSIAN police said yesterday that they were sending 1,500 more officers to secure the area where opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is running for Parliament in a heated by-election campaign. Huge crowds turned out to support Anwar on Saturday when he was
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      419 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Aim is to raise consumer awareness on global warming TOKYO: Japan is planning to put carbon footprint labels on consumer goods to raise awareness about global warming, said the Trade Ministry yesterday. Under the plan, a selected range of products from beverages
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      429 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: A Taiwan company yesterday denied allegations that it had made political donations to the island's former president Chen Shui-bian in exchange for management control of a local bank. The denial came after former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Shih Ming-teh
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      506 13  -  Salim Osman Second graft case in two weeks will badly affect Yudhoyono's government I By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: A fresh corruption scandal has hit Indonesia's central bank, barely a fortnight after two Cabinet ministers were implicated in a bribery case that has embarrassed President Susilo
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      Lock icon Ex-official charged with taking bribe
      222 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA, REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday charged its former immigration chief with accepting a bribe while in office to speed up visas for more than 4,300 Bangladeshi workers, officials said. Former immigration director-general Abdul Wahid Mohamad Don, who pleaded not guilty, is the
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      52 13 PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Nepalese photojournalists with camera-shaped masks during a rally marking the 169 th World Photography Day in Kathmandu yesterday. Organised by the National Forum of Photojournalists, the rally was attended by more than 100 photographers who gathered there to celebrate. World Photography Day is celebrated every
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      Lock icon Manila's shaky peace process
      994 14  -  Alastair Mcindoe PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT ZAMBOANGA has always been an edgy sort of place. The former garrison town during Spanish and American colonial times lies at the tip of a finger of land pointing to the Sulu islands, a hotbed of Muslim resistance to Christian domination for
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      590 15  -  P. Jayaram Armed forces to ease big shortage of officers by offering permanent commissions to women By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces hope to kill two birds with one stone by granting permanent commission to women officers in the armed forces. They
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      Lock icon 'Extradite Thaksin' protest
      314 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS BANGKOK: Several thousand protesters gathered outside the British Embassy yesterday to demand that London extradite former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to face criminal charges at home. Thaksin and his wife fled to Britain last week rather than face charges before the Supreme Court,
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      Lock icon Russia begins partial withdrawal
      702 16 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE RUSSIAN-GEORGIA CONFLICT Further actions will depend on Georgia, says Russian envoy GORI (Georgia): A column of Russian armoured vehicles and tanks left Gori yesterday, but Russian officials said the main withdrawal demanded by the West would not happen for three more
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      261 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MARSEILLE: A French cosmetic surgeon who disappeared last month after being tried for mutilating and endangering the lives of dozens of patients has been arrested in Spain, police sources said yesterday. Michel Maure, who told investigators he was one of the world's
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      Lock icon Suicide attack in Algeria: 43 killed
      391 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISSERS (Algeria): A suicide attack yesterday on a police school killed 43 people and wounded 38, the authorities said, as Algeria reeled from its worst militant assault this year. An Al-Qaeda group has claimed previous suicide attacks in Algeria but officials gave
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      Lock icon UK schoolboy terrorist convicted
      583 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Terror cell's computer expert was 16 when arrested in 2006 while returning from school LONDON: A London court has convicted three men on anti-terrorism charges, including a teenager who becomes the youngest Briton found guilty of such offences. Hammaad Munshi, the grandson of a
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        495 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS MIAMI: Tropical storm Fay moved ashore over south-west Florida yesterday without strengthening into a hurricane, bringing heavy rains to the south of the peninsula, the United States National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said. By 0900 GMT (spm Singapore time), the eye
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        274 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG MANILA: Typhoon Nuri picked up strength yesterday as it barrelled across the Philippine Sea towards northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said. Packing sustained winds of 120kmh near the centre, Nuri was spotted east of the Aurora province in
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      683 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Surging petrol costs and desire for a greener commute boost demand NEW YORK: When Mrs Honora Wolfe moved with her husband to the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado, five years ago, she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job
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      Lock icon Obama pounces on McCain's gaffe
      233 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS NEW MEXICO: How much money makes a person rich? That is the latest question dividing Democrats and Republicans in the US presidential race. Democrat Barack Obama has blasted his Republican rival John McCain for joking during a televised discussion on values that
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      251 18 This was a road in India I ~W~' Villagers trying to build a temporary footpath where there was a road before it was washed away in floods at Sultanpur village in India's Punjab state jjl yesterday. At least 87 people died in northern India following heavy monsoon j|i Watery trek
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      104 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: A small business plane crash-landed in a street in western Japan yesterday, scattering debris across a neighbourhood crowded with factories and restaurants. The two men aboard escaped with light injuries, and no one else was hurt. "The area is crowded with machinery and printing
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      142 20 REUTERS SYDNEY: An abandoned baby humpback whale has apparently mistaken a moored yacht for its mother. "The calf has spent the last day or so in Pittwater and we believe it has been nuzzling up to a moored vessel in an attempt to
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      89 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Nice ring to safe sex NEW DELHI: A cellphone ringtone that goes "Condom, condom!" has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma and HIV and Aids are growing problems, a charity said yesterday. The acapella ringtone features a professional
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      170 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HUA HIN (Thailand): Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand said yesterday that they have agreed to step up efforts to mark the border around a disputed temple that has been the scene of a military standoff. At the weekend, up to 1,000 Cambodian
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      97 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: A Taiwanese has been extradited to New York to face charges that he smuggled military equipment, including infrared laser aiming devices for rifles and a fighter pilot helmet, out of the United States to Taiwan. Yen Ching Peng was arrested in Hong Kong in
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      171 20 TORONTO: A Toronto non-profit group wired more than Cs3 million (Ss4 million) to overseas bank accounts, some of them linked to the Tamil Tigers, before it was shut down by the government in June for alleged terrorist financing, according to a newly released Canadian police report.
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      421 21 IF THE newest inducements to nudge up the under-par birth rate bring only marginal gains, it would not be for want of trying. But persist the Government must in an urgent demographic undertaking, never mind the sniping from critics about the
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      885 21  -  Barry Desker THINK-TANK I By WHEN the Singapore Government White Paper on Jemaah Islamiah (JI) was published in December 2001, the Singapore public became aware that there were religious extremists in Singapore who were prepared to bomb public facilities including MRT stations, diplomatic missions and
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      731 21  -  Bruce Gale CAMBODIAN POLITICS By SENIOR WRITER LATE last month, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's party won a resounding victory in national polls, winning more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament. Clearly, the days of unstable coalition government are over. But have the
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      1035 22  -  Radha Basu ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AFTER their children are diagnosed with autism, many parents here drift from one therapist to another, hooked on the hope that someone, somewhere, somehow can make their little ones better. With mainstream medicine offering no cure,
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      1238 22  -  Jessica Cheam EN BLOC BATTLES By PROPERTY REPORTER THE Strata Titles Board's (STB's) recent decision to throw out the sale of Tampines Court has put an end to a three-year en bloc saga. But the issues raised during the objectors' hearings will no doubt resurface again
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      786 22  - Speculation not Jundamentals driving up oil prices Thomas I. Palley COPYRIGHT: PROJECT SYNDICATE By WHILE oil prices were surging, debate raged about the relative roles of economic fundamentals and speculation in boosting oil prices. Although prices have now fallen back from their peak, that debate must not be forgotten, for
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        121 23 "Missed one...the three to four years of waiting to buy a HDB flat after marriage." MR SAM SIM: "In describing the timeline of a typical Singaporean courtship, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said a couple meet, get to know each other for a year two, get married and
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        173 23 "Update marriage and family laws and make it as fair for the men and children." MR PANG KONG ENG: "In suggesting that men should assist their wives with child-rearing duties and household chores, PM Lee said: 'In the old days, the man was the master of the household.
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        67 23 "Offer a leg up for the elderly, poor and unemployed." MR RETNAM THILLAINATHAN: "PM Lee did not touch on the plight of the elderly, poor and unemployed, a category to which my wife and I belong. Yes, the Government is not a cash cow,
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        156 23 "Extend child-care leave for parents of primary school children." MS LONG MOI LEE: "Why limit child-care leave for parents of children seven years old or younger? Parents with primary school children must often use their annual leave to help their children prepare for school exams. Of
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        81 23 "I can't recall many food court operators investing in signage to remind patrons to clear their trays." MADAM YEO SIEW KENG: "I refer to the National Day Rally report yesterday, 'Goodness, gracious me, trays uncleared. I clear my tray after a meal at any eatery because I think it
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        54 23 "Surfacing the need to instil character and values in children." MADAM RITA TOH: "I refer to yesterday's letter by Mr Syu Ying Kwok, 'Try Spartan courtesy' and applaud Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Education Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen for surfacing the need to instil character and
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      441 23  -  Ng Ya Ken NATIONAL DAY RALLY MAKE no mistake. The most critical issue in Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech was, and should be, the baby shortage issue. Weeks ago, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said that with a low fertility
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      293 23  -  Thomas Ling I CANNOT help wondering if the Government is barking up the wrong tree regarding the issue of our falling population. India, for example, does not suffer from a falling birth rate syndrome because of its traditionally religious society. Singapore is moving away
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      391 23  -  Lee Sui Vi (Madam) I WATCHED Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech and realised just how much the Government values the working mum and how little the stay-home mother. I felt disappointed and discriminated against. The Government is simply not interested in
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      717 25  -  Teh Joo Lin There are at least three to four such fires across the island every day By KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN FLAMES engulfed a rubbish chute in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 yesterday morning, forcing a conservancy worker to douse the fire with a nearby
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      599 26  -  Theresa Tan First batch on new scheme announced; aim is to reduce attrition rate By COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT FOR years, they have helped everyone from drug addicts to abused children get a grip on their problems. Now, social workers will get up to 10
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      285 26  -  Sujin Thomas By A 62-YEAR-OLD housewife from Choa Chu Kang is among four new people confirmed to have caught chikungunya, officials said yesterday. The new cases stretched from Kranji to Pasir Panjang, bringing the total number reported this year to 128, according to the Ministry
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      78 27 NG SOR LUAN Three hundred students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) gathered to create the world's largest display of pinwheels at the NUS Central Forum yesterday. The feat, an attempt to set a new Guinness record, saw 8,888 pinwheels made from old magazine pape and pencils
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      378 27  -  Tessa Wong Frontline staff, especially foreigners and older S'poreans, are targets By "SORRY mam no hap size, but gotch bigger one. You wan?" Are retail staff here really speaking English? For the millions of tourists visiting Singapore every year who are wondering, the Speak
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      366 27 IT MAY seem like good manners to turn on the Singlish when communicating with a countryman who can speak only the patois, but think again. You are doing him a disservice, not a favour, because his language skills will never improve, said the chairman of
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      519 28  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Details cannot be disclosed but compensation believed to be much lower than the $300k sought by him By LAW CORRESPONDENT A DISPUTE between the Government and a former convict over extra caning he received in prison has been settled after a mediation
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      402 28  -  Ang Yiying By AN ANGLER fishing at Pasir Ris Park over the weekend snared an unexpected catch: a metre-long crocodile, believed to be the same reptile first spotted in the Tampines River canal over three weeks ago. The unidentified man was
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      437 28  -  Jane Ng By THE University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) has set up its first overseas campus in Singapore with a focus on banking and finance programmes. With private school East Asia Institute of Management (EASB) as a partner, UWIC will hold
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      Lock icon Man behind Ist Ceylonese eatery dies at 101
      799 28  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN HIS regulars called him "Kanthar", and the foodie's Outram Road eatery "Kanthar 's shop". Opened in 1948, it was the very first restaurant here that specialised in serving up the migrant Ceylonese community's favourites like adueraghi or mutton curry the
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      834 29  -  Zakir Hussain Raising religious education's quality, upgrading old mosques on agenda By MUSLIMS will each contribute an additional 50 cents to $5 to the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund (MBMF) next year, with higher-income earners chipping in with a larger monthly amount. The increase
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      639 29  -  Goh Chin Lian By MADAM Sim Lian Choon hopes that when she receives her electricity bill next month, her charges will be lower. The 82-year-old Marsiling Road resident has just had a new energy-saving light bulb installed in her one-room rental flat.
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      175 29 Meals for students: Starting this month, about 350 needy students will receive between $1 and $1.50 a day for lunch from the North East CDC. South West CDC provides 530 needy students with cereal and juice for the weekend, in addition to subsidising their meals
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      264 29 Bank officer charged A BANK officer was charged in court yesterday with causing the death of his girlfriend after crashing his car into a tree in December last year. Chiang Kwok Wai, 31, was also accused of drink driving. His girlfriend, human resource professional Quek Siew Nee, 29, was
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      544 30  -  Judith Tan Awareness Month to raise profile of hepatitis B danger By MANY people here learn they have liver cancer only after their abdomen swells and their skin takes on a yellow tinge. But by that time, it is too late because Singapore's second
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      111 30 CANCER can start within the liver or spread to the organ from other places, such as the colon. A silent killer, the majority of liver cancer patients do not have symptoms in the early stages. Statistics from the Singapore Cancer Registry showed that from 2001 to
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      110 30 Sept 6 "Liver Cancer and You Prevention and Treatment" Venue: Auditorium, HDB Hub (Toa Payoh Lor 6) Mandarin: 9.30 am (Registration) 10am to 1.30 pm (Talk) English: 1.30pm (Registration) 2pm to 4pm (Talk) At this public forum, officials will distribute 400 vouchers for free hepatitis
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      507 31  -  Elena Chong Matchsticks in valves contributed to woman's death in kitchen flash fire By COURT CORRESPONDENT TAMPERING with the fittings on a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder can spark a deadly flash fire, a coroner warned yesterday following an inquiry into
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      431 31  -  Khushwant Singh By A FAKE traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner here had two chances to prove he was genuine. But both times, he failed. Yesterday, strike No. 3 came for Zhong Zhi Li, 54, when Justice Tay Yong Kwang dismissed his appeal and upheld the
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      144 32 A GREEN wave is sweeping the technology world, this time with a little difference. From the eco-friendly processes at factories to the safe disposal of gadgets and gizmos, tech is going green in a way that not only helps to save the earth, but saves money
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      203 32 A RAID by Singapore Customs officers on a warehouse in Tagore Lane last Wednesday uncovered decora-tive-plaster Roman pillars and ce-ment-like balls being used to smuggle contraband cigarettes. In total, 54,000 packets of cigarettes, worth about $500,000 with duty and goods and services tax amounting
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      508 32  -  Selina Lum But not enough evidence to convict airport worker of raping mentally disabled girl By A 47-YEAR-OLD man who escaped rape charges last week was yesterday jailed for four years for having sex with a mentally disabled underage girl. Airport worker Gansean
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      229 32 A CHINA construction worker who stole a stack of The Straits Times newspapers earlier this month was fined $1,000 yesterday. But Dai Cheng Tao, 33, could not pay the fine and will have to serve a default sentence of one week in jail. He admitted stealing
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      102 25 JM WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY, SINGAPORE SEEN AND MORE www.straitstimes.com www.stomp.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE SINGAPORE SEEN 50 per cent more Growth Dividends. Driver told in note: Buy smaller car PM Lee's dating tips for singles. or go back to driving school. your say www.razor.tv The Speak Good English WATCH
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      413 33 I You see frogs in the garden, being sold at markets as food, or in I biology dissection lessons. Maybe you feed them to your fishes. I These amphibians also serve a useful ecological role in nature, I but are unfortunately at risk of becoming extinct. Tay
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      453 33  -  Grace Chua Up to half of all amphibian species could become extinct By THAT croaky chorus you hear coming from drains at dusk could belong to one of Singapore's most common amphibians the Asian toad or the banded bullfrog. The toad has a
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      732 34  -  Marc Lim Brazil star a spent force as his nine-man team crash 0-3 to arch-rivals By SPORTS CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Rushing Ronaldinho back from a season of injury and obscurity might not have been the wisest thing to do. As a two-time World Player of the Year and
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      388 35  -  Lin Xinyi I By AFTER ending Singapore's 48-year wait for an Olympic medal last Sunday, paddlers Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Feng Tianwei have a chance to deliver a second medal when the women's singles event ends this Friday. The trio, ranked world
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      56 35 TABLE TENNIS Women's singles third round Li Jiawei will face either Croatia's Tamara Boros or Italy's Nikoleta Stefanova. Wang Yuegu will meet either Wu Xue of the Dominican Republic or Australia's Stephanie Sang. Feng Tianwei will take on South Korea's Dang Ye Seo. Men's singles second round Yang
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      466 35 COUNTRY G S B T 1 China 43 14 19 76 2 United States 26 26 27 79 3 Britain 16 4 Australia 11 5 Germany 11 9 12 8 8 12 9 33 35 28 6 Russia 10 7 South Korea 8 14 10 18
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      790 36  -  Chua Chin Hon Hurdler Liv goes on TV to apologise and explain his pull-out from race By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: Crestfallen Chinese hurdler Liv Xiang yesterday appeared on television to offer a personal apology to his fans and explained that his shocking withdrawal from the Olympics was
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      112 36 AMID the controversy, there was at least one silver lining yesterday for the embattled Liv Xiang. Chen Shigai, a top Chinese doctor who treated the hurdler in the past, told the official Xinhua news agency that Liu's injury was not a career-ending one. With treatment,
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      574 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Two overwhelming US favourites failed in the final metres of their quest for Olympic gold yesterday, offering centre stage to the unlikeliest of winners at the Bird's Nest. Sanya Richards, premiering a fashionable track suit for what should have been her finest moment,
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      291 36 REUTERS BEIJING: Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi won the men's 1,500 metres yesterday when he powered away from the field on the final lap to claim his country's first-ever Olympic medal. Kenya's Asbel Kiprop, the only runner who could stay with Ramzi, won silver and New
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      552 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: The human lightning bolt Usain took another stroll around the Bird's Nest yesterday, running the 200 metres semi-final fast enough to keep his bid for the first Olympic sprint double going. It seems the
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        79 37 REUTERS RUSSIAN Andrey Silnov won the men's high jump yesterday after clearing 2.36 m without a miss. The European champion's height was o.2cm higher than nearest rival Germaine Mason who cleared 2.34 m. Former world indoor champion Yaroslav Rybakov, also of Russia, also cleared
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        120 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GERMANY'S Jan Frodeno (above left), the 27-year-old outsider who only took up triathlon to impress a girl, broke away from three of the sport's biggest names at the end to win the swim-bike-run endurance test. "It was a moment I had dreamed of
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        86 37 ASSOCIATE PRESS WORLD indoor champion Naide Gomes of Portugal was the main victim during a brutal day of qualifying for the women's Olympic long jump final yesterday. Joining the year's top performer on the sidelines was five-time world indoor champion Tatyana Kotova, who
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        169 37  -  XINHUA HENRY Cejudo (above), the son of illegal Mexican immigrants, gave the United States its first wrestling gold at the Beijing Olympics yesterday after scoring a clinical victory over Japanese Tomohiro Matsunaga in the men's 55kg freestyle wrestling. The 21-year-old scored with a high
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      1015 37  -  Rohit Brijnath Finding strength from his late wife, Steiner lifts 461 kg total to win gold I By BEIJING: The strongest man in the world sat down at a press conference yesterday evening and gently put down a photograph in front of him of a
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      341 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: In her final chance for a gold medal at these Olympics, Shawn Johnson hopped up on the balance beam and sparkled in her blue and red leotard, her face unsmiling and serious. Three times, she had finished second at these Games. But
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      493 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS They are ahead of rivals Australia, thanks to cycling's seven-gold haul BEIJING: A huge pall hung over Australia yesterday, as the country who consider themselves the greatest sporting nation on Earth tried to come to terms with the unthinkable, The Times
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      464 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: An Iraqi sprinter whose coach had to bribe militiamen so she could train. A Palestinian swimmer unable to use the Olympic-sized pool nearest her home. A pioneering runner from war-wracked Afghanistan who finished last in the 100 metres. No
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      221 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA BEIJING: Chinese diver He Chong easily won the men's three-metre springboard yesterday, as China continued their sweep of the diving titles at the Beijing Olympics. He's triumph means that China have now won six golds from six events and the hosts
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        89 38 REUTERS TABLE tennis is desperate to attract more viewers and some in the sport believe a simple enough solution exists: get the women to wear skirts and shirts with "curves". The half-empty stands at women's matches reinforce concerns that the sport needs to
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        94 38 BERNAMA MALAYSIAN shuttler Lee Chong Wei (above left), who gets a cash reward of RM300,000 (*****,320) and pension for life of RM3,000 a month for his Beijing silver, plans to end his bachelorhood in two years' time. "I plan to get married after
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        72 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BADMINTON'S Bad Boy Lin Dan, who has never been shy of talking up his achievements, called himself an "outstanding sportsman" yesterday. Lin, who crushed Malaysia's second seed Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles final, said: "Since the last Olympic Games in
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        79 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS SPAIN and Italy had their second appeal to strip Denmark of the 49er class gold medal rejected yesterday. The Danes had borrowed a boat from the Croatian team when the mast on their own skiff broke just before Sunday's race. And the Spanish and
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        99 38 REUTERS CHINESE pair Wang Jie and Tian Jia (above) made the women's beach volleyball final for the first time yesterday. They overcame teammates Xue Chen and Zhang Xi 22-24, 29-27, 15-8. But they face formidable opponents in American defending champions Kerri Walsh
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      484 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Shades of Mike Tyson as Tajik sinks teeth into opponent's shoulder BEIJING: There was a touch of Mike Tyson in Olympic boxing yesterday when Tajikistan's Dzhakhon Kurbanov decided to take a bite at his opponent's shoulder. He was disqualified for having a taste
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      508 39 ATHLETICS Men: 1,500 m: 1 Rashid Ramzi (Brn) 3min 32.945ec. 2 Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (Ken) 3:33.11. 3 Nicholas Willis (Nzl) 3:34.16. Discus: 1 Gerd Kanter (Est) 68.82 m. 2 Piotr Malachowski (Pol) 67.82. 3 Virgilijus Alekna (Ltu) 67.79. High jump: 1 Andrey Silnov (Rus) 2.36 m. 2 Germaine Mason
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      70 39 Americans Josh Inman, Bryan Volpenhein and Marcus McElhenney have eyes only for the Chinese hostess during the medal ceremony. They finished third in the men's eight rowing event. The hostesses have been picked to exacting standards. Their faces needed to meet standards, including the ratio between the "width
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      218 39 "I am a two-time world champion, but I'd rather be a one-time Olympic champion." Turkey's Bahri Tanrikulu who lost the 80kg taekwondo final in Athens when he fought with a broken arm vowing to make amends "I remember seeing Nastia have her gold from the all-around
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      136 39 NEW YORK TIMES About those showers ONE OF the most heated water-cooler debates of these Games has been about showers and why divers seem obsessed with them. Usually, a diver's routine goes like this: Climb to the platform. Dry off. Dive. Get out of the pool.
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      495 40  -  Terrence Voon IFBB says bodybuilder's positive test results were not valid By REDEMPTION for a Singapore bodybuilder came in the form of a letter yesterday. Sasi Zura Raush, one of four bodybuilders embroiled recently in a doping scandal, was informed that he had been cleared of
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      229 40 TERRENCE VOON RICHARD Teng, president of the Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (SBBF), dropped a bombshell yesterday when he resigned without warning. Teng told The Straits Times he was leaving because he "wanted to focus on work". He is the chairman of Westpoint Security
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      516 40 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Fabio Capello was trying to sound reassuring ahead of today's friendly between England and the Czech Republic. Spain, he said, became European champions having arrived from nowhere in terms of international success. It could happen to England, too, at the 2010
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      391 40  -  Wang Meng Meng By CAN a footballer be punished twice for the same offence? The question arose after Noh Alam Shah, who completed a seven-month ban last month, was told to serve an automatic three-match suspension for the cards he collected
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      369 40 CRICKET One-day international: In Edinburgh, rain affected: Scotland 156-9 in 44 overs (G.M. Hamilton 60; Bresnan 2-34, Broad 2-35, Flintoff 3-21). England 10-0 in 2.3 overs. Match abandoned: No result. GOLF Pesta Sukan National Amateur Championship: 2nd rd: 138 Mitchell Slorach 71 67.139 Choo Tze Huang 71 68. 143
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      85 40 CHELSEA'S John Terry was yesterday reappointed England's soccer captain, as coach Fabio Capello prepares for the start of World Cup qualifying next month. "I think everybody realises it means the world to me to retain the armband," said the central defender. QUOTE OF THE DAY 'This
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      116 35 fO WHAT'S ONLINE X), MOST VIEWED, mc=9 MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Rapturous return for Tao Li. Was it injury or pressure Why did Liv Xiang pull out of the 110 m hurdles race? Silver for our Golden Girls Table tennis team settled for 2nd in the
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      504 39 El 10.20pm k I 200 m final 1^ y '^^kirr ibV bW Usain Bolt will become the first athlete since > BP Carl Lewis at the 1984 Games to complete /C wj the sprint double if he wins tonight. Will B^ the Jamaican, who won the 100 m in a
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      235 40 Next 72 hours TODAY FR DAY PS" V mdia (LiV6' Chll1 EumK^finals: Italy v France SA Tour Of England: T2O (Live, ChllO, Russia v Poland (10.30pm), 11 28Dm) Portugal v Czech Republic (11.30pm) v Live, Chll3. FOOTBALL International friendlies: Russia v Netherlands „,t I, r- (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 1.15 am),
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      115 41 WILLIAM OH GUAN SOON Age: 63 Passed away peacefully on 18 August 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Mary Lim Bee Choo Sons: Godson: Daniel Oh Lua Ah Yong Eric Oh Lee Hui Daughters: Sons-in-law: Jenny Oh Puay Hoon Peter Wong Serene Oh Puay Fong Antoin
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      101 41 001 POH CHUAN Age: 56 Was call home to be with the Lord on 18 Aug 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lee Chua Wah Son: Grandsons: Ooi Qing Shan Gabriel Victor Goh Daughters: Son-in-law: Nigel Yap Ka Ruey Ooi Soak Peing Ooi Soak Hong Ooi
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      48 41 The family of the late TAN 800 TIAN BENNY Departed on 13 Aug 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Father Anthony Ho, relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      70 41 OM SAIRAM Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory Of SEVUGAM S/O VARUMUGAM (SHANMUGAM) Departed: 1 Sep 2007 Athma Shanti Pooia will be held tonight (20 Aug), 7pm, Sri Sivan Temple, 24 Geylang East Aye 2. We cannot forget you, our loved one. Your memory grows sweeter day by day For in
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      71 41 The family of the late MR LEE HAN HUA Departed on 14 August 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to relatives, friends and well-wishers for their attendance, condolences and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special Thanks To: Dr Chee Teck Siong Staff of Ward 4A at East Shore
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      60 41 The Family of the Late CHEW PAN SING Departed on 15 Aug 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. A Special thanks to: Mr Gan Kirn Yong, Acting Minister for
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      47 41 ANBE j-SIVAM PRITHIVIRAJ Age: 27 Passed away on 18-08-08 Sadly missed by Grandfather: Samy Sundram Grandmother: Rajalakshmi Father: Chandra K\imar(ex-Commando) Mother: Rajeswari Sister: Pavitra all Relatives Friends Cortege leaves today, 20-08-08,4pm from BLK 333, #14-419, SEMBAWANG CLOSE HP: *****149;f0r cremation at Mandai Crematorium, Hall 4 at spm.
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      24 41 14TH ANNIVERSAR 1 In Loving Memory 0 GERARD CHAN PILLAY Departed 20.08.1994 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Always remembered h Irene Sherwin all loved ones
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      32 41 In Loving Memory of M. VADIVELLU (Ex Police Sgt) Departed 20 Aug 2005 Though three years have passed, your memory still lingers on Deeply missed by brothers, sisters and all loved ones.
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      130 41 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I haut kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 DAVID TAM TAN RONGQING Age: 59 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 August 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife: ElisaTam Beloved Daughter: Joy Tarn Sisters: Claudine Eng
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      99 41 FRANCIS ANG CHENG TIONG Age: 82 went jieacefully) home to t^e Lord on 19 August 2008, [eavinQ Wmo laved ones. Wife: Mary Yong Siew Eng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Raymond Ang Teik Ban Rosalind Yau Sun Moy Roland AngTeikYew JenniferChan Sweet Yee Grandchildren: Granddaughter-in-law: Kevin Ang Wai Kit Huang MiawYi Alicia
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      101 41 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith!' 2 Timothy 4:7 MARGARET CHEA SOW KWAN Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 August 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Peter Yip Yee Daughter: Angela Yip Kin Rong
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      74 41 KOH SIOK CHOO Age 92 Passed away peacefully on 18Aug 2008. Leaving behind loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Henry Lee Kay Beng Khoo Gek Kee Daughter: Son-in-law: Penny Lee Soo Cheng Chia Cheng Liang 12 Grandchildren/ Grandchildren-in-law and 12 Great Grandchildren Wake is held at 24 Beng Wan Road. Cortege will
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      26 41 4T H ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of Josephine Hip Lee Wah Departed on 20th August 2004 Dearly missed ># fondly remembered by husband, family -*-t5 loved ones >'
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      41 41 'Yahweh, my God, I cried to you for help and you healed me.' Psalm 30:2 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CORINNA CHIEW BENG SIEW CELESTINE CHIEW Departed 20 August 2006 Always cherished and remembered by husband, sons, daughter and grandchildren
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      560 42  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Market closes at lowest level since Nov 2006; banks take the brunt of it By EVEN the most optimistic investor knew the writing was on the wall. It was a one-way market yesterday with nowhere to go but down. The
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      326 42 REUTERS TIGER Airways, a budget carrier partly owned by Singapore Airlines (SIA), is keeping a consistent ratio of fuel hedging to safeguard against wild swings in oil prices, an executive said yesterday. Tiger hedges at least a third of its fuel needs,
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          29 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 12,865.05 (-300.4) »Japanese shares fell 2.28 per cent to a one-month low after fresh United States credit woes triggered Wall Street losses.
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          24 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 20,484.37 (-446.3) Hong Kong shares closed down 2.1 per cent on worries about slowing economic growth
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          26 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 2,344.47 (+24.6) Chinese share prices closed up 1.06 per cent, rebounding after China Merchants Bank reported strong first-half profits
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          23 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 4,866.4 (-118.6) Australian shares closed down 2.38 per cent, with miners and banks leading the decline.
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          22 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,069.42 (-14.94) Malaysian share prices closed 1.4 per cent lower amid growing domestic political uncertainty.
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          26 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 1,541.41 (-26.3) South Korean shares closed 1.68 per cent lower on fresh worries of financial instability and a global slowdown.
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          27 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 14,543.73 (-101.93) »Indian shares closed 0.7 per cent lower, falling for the fifth consecutive day on concerns of slowing economic growth.
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          25 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 691.33 (-5.9) Thai share prices closed 0.85 per cent lower as the market fell amid weakness in Asia.
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      417 43 BLOOMBERG LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the movie studio controlled by private equity firms, is raising as much as US$6OO million (SsB4B million) to produce some of its biggest films, including The Hobbit. The financing will be completed in about three
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      548 43  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT SILKAIR has had an impressive first quarter, despite natural disasters hitting its China and Myanmar markets. Operating profit at Singapore Airlines' regional subsidiary shot up almost 80 per cent to $10 million in the three months ended June 30. Operating
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      392 43  -  Yang Huiwen By AUTOMATED Touchstone Machines (ATM) is a step closer to being delisted after the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rejected the firm's request to give it more time to find a new core business. The China-based company asked the SGX on Aug 1 to extend its
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      534 44 REUTERS US govt move could wipe out shareholders of home funding giants NEW YORK: Investors dumped shares of Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac on Monday after a news report said US government officials may have no choice but to effectively nationalise the housing
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      350 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: A pair of troubling United States economic reports released yesterday showed wholesale prices had spiked dramatically in the past year while new home building slid heavily last month. The two separate government surveys, one of which showed wholesale prices had surged
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      714 45 HG Metal Limited registered its best ever quarterly results as net profit soared 277% to 5528.5 million in 30 of FY 2008. The profit growth outpaced the 90% growth in revenue to *****.0 million. HG
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      391 45 China Taisan Technology Group, a leading producer in China of knitted performance fabrics used in sports and leisure apparel, posted a 108.4 per cent year-on-year jump in its IH2OOB net profit to 134.9 m yuan, amidst growing demand for its performance fabrics. Backed
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      327 45 Beng Kuang Marine (BKM) registered a stellar performance with profit attributable to shareholders of 555.4 million on the back of healthy revenue of 5568.8 million for the half year ended 30 June 2008. First-half earnings per share were 1.4 cents,
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      606 45 Financial PR's diversified portfolio of clients continued to deliver good results in this challenging business environment. We'd like to take this opportunity to highlight these companies' performances and growth strategies. We will continue to raise the market's awareness and understanding of these solid companies. IndoAgri's IH2OOB net profit
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      467 44 Healthy wholegrains Make them a part of your daily diet Hill GARTNER 19 August 2008 FINAL REMINDER LETTER ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT To the Shareholders of PERMASTEELISA PACIFIC HOLDINGS LTD Dear Sir/Madam, PERMASTEELISA PACIFIC HOLDINGS LTD (the "Company") EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCE UNDER SECTION 215(3) EXPIRES ON 27 AUGUST
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      1479 46  -  Francis Chan Boncafe's boss works at taking dad's business a little further By AS A child growing up in Singapore, Mr Christian Wilhelm Huber, now 36, never quite understood what his father did for a living. However, he vividly recalls being
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      459 46  -  Francis Chan By THE first generation makes the money, the second enjoys it and the third squanders it all. Believe it or not, that adage is actually backed by academic research. Dr Sanjay Goel, an associate professor at Minnesota University's school of business, said
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      639 48  -  Bonnie Oeni Harvard don says worst of credit crunch still ahead, lean times loom By A LEADING United States economist warned yesterday in a speech delivered in Singapore that a major US bank could collapse within months, in the continuing fallout from the
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      529 48 REUTERS TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has cut its assessment of the economy for a second month in a row in a sign that a global slump sparked by the United States credit crisis may be spreading too quickly for Japan to
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      502 48 REUTERS LONDON: The US dollar renewed its broad rally yesterday, lifted to its highest for the year, against a basket of currencies by another dip in commodities prices and ongoing worries about slowing global economic growth. Falling share prices, another wave of concern
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      574 49  -  Lee Su Shyan Humble ship repair yard now a $16b global giant with diverse portfolio By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR FLASH back 40 years and there was little about Keppel Corp that suggested it was destined for great things. Fast forward and the humble ship repair
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      426 49  -  Joyce Teo By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT RESPONSE is likely to be tepid for a tender for a transitional office site in Mohamed Sultan Road, given the large supply of space coming onstream in 2010. The 0.62 ha site has a maximum gross floor area of
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      312 49  -  Goh Eng Yeow WARRANT WATCH By FOR traders glued to the TV watching records tumbling at the Olympics, the past week or so has passed like a sweet dream. But reality crashed back in yesterday and shook them out of
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      80 49 Mr Goh Chok Tong (chairman) Senior Minister Mr Lim Hng Kiang (deputy chairman) Minister for Trade and Industry Mr Koh Yong Guan Chairman, CPF Board Mr Lim Chee Onn Executive chairman, Keppel Corp Mr Teo Ming Kian Perm Sec, Ministry of Finance Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Minister
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      267 49  -  GABRIEL CHEN SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong has been reappointed as chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for two more years. Among the different board committees, Mr Goh chairs the chairman meeting, which approves major changes to the central bank's supervisory policies
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      876 50  -  Fiona Chan Global slowdown to cause export slump here, which may affect other sectors By SINGAPORE'S economy is likely to grow at about 4 per cent next year the same rate as this year or even lower, according to a poll of private sector economists.
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      290 50  -  Chua Hian Hou By THE Apple iPhone 3G, which goes on sale this Friday, will be given out free to those willing to commit to a twoyear, $205-a-month Sing Tel contract. Sing Tel, the first cellphone operator to bring in the iPhone, has announced three
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      352 49 A message from Pokka Corporation to all shareholders of POKKA CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Our Offer Price has been revised to 550.75 for each Offer Share. The Revised Offer Price is final and will not be further revised. We currently own, control or have agreed to acquire approximately 94.92% of the
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      233 50 Ideal office site within the City Centre and a short drive away from the business and financial hub at Raffles Place and Marina Bay Wide ranging choice of eating and entertainment outlets available along Mohamed Sultan Road, Robertson Quay and Clarke Quay Well-connected to the rest of the island via
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      121 50 ,J>rr, WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE Exports heading south. More renting HDB flats. Demand Says Noodle Won: "The ripple effect of for rental flats has tripled in just a year, the United States sub-prime and credit said PM Lee who described this as a
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      59 51 Instant carY Million gratification movie dollar baby SCV'snew 1A 4bia gives Local video-on-demand you the director's offers chills $l-million C 2 C 6 Cl 2 Local movie Kallang Roar, starring '1,1 B^ trn^^^r'''' Lim Kay Siu (left), gets a budget jjjj H. V A >f boost from corporate sponsorship. /A
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      645 52  -  cara van miriah Star Hub's On Demand and Video-On-Demand channels offer shows in Hokkien, Hindi and more The latest episode of CSI just 24 hours after it has been broadcast in the United States. The hottest TVB dramas, in both Cantonese and Mandarin versions, at $1 an
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      1161 54  -  John lvi Some call it blatant publicity, but product placement can benefit both marketers and film-makers film correspondent What started as a trickle in Hollywood films a few decades ago has turned into a tidal wave. There were nearly 40 product placements in Iron Man (2008).
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      236 54 Jack Neo did not invent product placement nor is he its worst practitioner. Here are Hollywood films that shill for sponsors in memorable ways. Most implausible product placement: Independence Day (1996, right) A virus created on a Macintosh laptop knocks out the alien mothership's defences. It seems
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      261 52 Coming attractions AMERICAN TV SERIES CSI: The hit forensic investigation series premieres next month Numb3rs: This mathematics-driven crime series premieres in October HONG KONG TVB SERIES Premieres today: The Gentle Crackdown II: This comedy stars Steven Ma, Yumiko Cheng and Wayne Lai Survivor's Law II: The sequel to the highly
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      563 56  -  jocelyn lee Four Thai directors join forces to create four horror shorts in one movie Thai director Parkpoom Wongpoom was on a plane to Singapore last year when he came up with the idea for a new horror story. The co-director of the successful horror hits
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      311 56  -  jocelyn lee 'WEffl horror 4BIA (NCI6) 120 minutes/Opens tomorrow/*****THE STORY: A Thai horror anthology consisting of four short stories that deal with a person's fear of something, such as loneliness or a ghost. Put four of Thailand's most talented directors together and you get an outstanding horror
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      118 56 SINGAPORE 1. (1) Money No Enough 2 2. 12 Lotus 3. Meet Dave 4. (3) Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 5. (2) The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (right) 6. (4) The Love Guru 7. (5) The Dark Knight 8. Space Chimps 9. Midnight
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      210 56 CELEBRATING yV'j YEARS OF WORLD CLASS THEATRE Singapore /MaMAC$3£ The Repertory VIZPRO Theatre "Extremely original and hugely entertaining..." The Sunday Times, UK 1 P^^L -^3 It —W wH *"r "I can't wait to watch Avenue Q. It's like Sesame Street with a very grown up twist. Puppets definitely do it
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      619 57 The Singapore International Jewellery Show wants to promote the craft of fusing jewellery with art. Lynn Seah finds out more FOR the first time in his creative endeavours, renowned Italian artist Thomas Diego Armonia will exhibit his masterpieces at the Singapore Inte national Jewellery Show (SIJS), which
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      105 57 GOLDHEART ORIENT BLISS INDIAN COLLECTION BRACELET AND RING PRICE: $21,188 A three-in-one bracelet designed by bridal I designer Ted Wu for Goldheart. Inspired by the peacock's tail, this piece crafted with white gold, diamond and blue topaz can be detached into three individual pieces-a ring, a W pendant
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      371 58 Besides being a showcase of the best pieces, the Singapore International Jewellery Show (SIJS) 2008 will also feature renowned speakers in the business Cupid Jewels Butterflies are an iconic symbol of freedom and the "Butterfly Freedom" collection from Cupid Jewels celebrates the free-spir-ited, with a collection that
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      443 60 Poh Heng Jewellery As its name suggests, the Trio collection was designed to recognise three large-scale, internationally recognised events the launch of the Singapore Flyer, the first-ever Formula One night race in Singapore, and the Olympic Games in Beijing. Featuring a lighter shade of yellow gold that
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      71 61 Created with precision to nestle in the sensual contour of a woman's neck, the Riqueza™ by Lee Hwa Jewellery makes sure that its wearer glows with confidence while making an exquisite statement. Cascading down in an impressive burst of pearls, diamonds and white gold, the piece symbolises
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      121 61 Alluring and vivid, Odessia™ features concentric circles with unique motifs intertwined on soft chains, each dangling element lending motion and life to the chiming necklace. Drawing inspiration from the modern woman who shapes her own destiny, the design essence of Odessia™ characterises her strength and resilience, while its
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      148 61 Taking inspiration from Singapore's newest landmark, the New Skyline collection, featuring aquamarines and diamonds set in 18K white gold, captures the beauty of the Singapore Flyer together with its surroundings a blue sky, the Marina Bay waterfront and the lush greenery. While the central aquamarine anchors the design,
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      119 62 Go ahead quote me 'I often dream of sending my daughter to school, then going to play ball with Jacky Cheung, and being with my daughter when she sleeps at night' JUli Singer Eason Chan (left) on work-life balance I If there is a cinematic corporal punishment, and God knows
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      722 62  -  John lvi Film-maker Cheng Ding An spends $1 million to make his first movie on Singapore soccer film correspondent In a hugely ambitious move, a first-time Singapore movie-maker Cheng Ding An, 26, is spending $1 million making and promoting a movie. Kallang Roar, which opens tomorrow with
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      424 62  -  John Lvi Ireview^^^y KALLANG ROAR (PG) 88 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** THE STORY: Based loosely on true events, the film follows iconic Singapore football coach Choo Seng Quee's (Lim Kay Siu) struggles during the decade spanning 1967 to 1977, as he builds the team that would eventually go on
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      146 57 |w iijT'i^, n r m* Mai I Note: For SECURITY reasons and verification purposes, ALL VISITORS MUST produce PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARD or DRIVING LICENSE (for local visitor) and PASSPORT (for international visitor), visitors without any of the above identification will be denied entry. Acompulsory facial snap shot of every individual
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      375 63  -  Mm yann ling New certification proposes Action Learning as key to an organisation's survival by AFTER three years of "action research" focusing on the business patterns of successful organisations, the Asian Management Association (AMA) has launched its Professional Enterprise (PE) Certification. Action Learning (AL) was first
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      386 63  -  narendra aggarwal by HSR International Realtors has been granted the Professional Enterprise Certification (PEC) by the Asian Management Association (AMA) in recognition of its commitment to learning and people development in its management, despite the fact that most of its 8,500 staff are independent real estate agents,
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      386 64  -  narendra aggarwal While others may make promises, we believe in providing complete service, and that is our strength. Mr Danny Teo, managing director, Gain City Best-Electric A customer-centric corporate structure propels Gain City Best-Electric past the $100 million mark by STARTING out as a humble twoman operation
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      398 64  -  daphne lee Auto Saver steers motorists to top-grade service locally and abroad by AUTO Saver, an automobile workshop business, plugged a gap in the car servicing industry by offering a unique service and product. Established in 2002, Auto Saver started out as a general car service and repair
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      359 65  -  daphne lee ■As a business, we want to ensure the quality of our curriculum. However, it is also an evolving process to fine-tune the business and to seek improvement constantly. Mr Vincent Teoh, director, Zoo-phonics Zoo-phonics Asia combines learning and fun for pre-schoolers by THE classrooms have names
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      328 66  -  limyannling Asia Charts provides quality training in stocks trading and grooms traders for the market by ASIA Charts was formed in 2006 by a dedicated team of private traders. Determined to provide quality training in stock and futures trading and web -based products and services, it
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      400 66  -  Mm yann ling Taking the road less travelled has made a difference for niche operator Ik Chin Trave by IK CHIN Travel is known for its customised tours to exotic destinations. From pilgrimage tours in Nepal and India to adventure treks along the Silk Road and
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      395 67  -  Mm yann ling The training at Asia Spa Institute upholds the professional standards of the spa and wellness industry by ESTABLISHED in 2005, Asia Spa Institute (ASI) was set up in light of the rapid developments in the spa and wellness industry, which experienced exponential growth over
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      417 68  -  Philip lee Dezign Format wins many satisfied clients with its speed and skill by WHEN there are gala celebrations or large-scale exhibitions and international meetings, chances are that Dezign Format will be the one behind the design and layout of the venues, including the decor and lighting,
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    839 106 Part 2 of 2: Training skills An effective trainer understands the conditions that best suit adult learners WHEN was the last time you had to do something because you had no choice? Like changing a dirty diaper, cooking a meal or putting together a PowerPoint presentation? You learnt
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        Lock icon Take the first bite, SingTel
        510 108 As the first to sell iPhone, it can start time-based mobile surfing EARLY this Friday, hundreds of lucky Sing Tel subscribers will get their hands on the highly g^^^ anticipated iPhone 3G. Aug 22 just as I predicted in this column two weeks ago. The
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        Lock icon Gadget vending machines at US airports
        160 109 American retail chain Best Buy is installing vending machines in airports in the United States, selling everything from mobile phones and game consoles to travel adaptors and chargers. Buyers can pay with their credit cards. Best Buy's kiosks have already been installed at airports
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        204 109 A DATE blunder has embarrassed software maker VMWare and angered scores of customers worldwide when the clock ticked round to Aug 12. A bug was identified in VMWare's ESX 3.5 Update 2 patch, user comments on VMWare's forum showed. The product, its latest hypervisor a
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        152 109 SUPPLY chain specialist JDA Software is buying rival i 2 Technologies for US$346 million (***** million) in borrowed cash. Both companies said they can save US$2O million annually by coming together. The combined company was said to have total revenues of US$635 million and can better compete
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        193 109  -  Alvin Lim I Improve your router's performance Is your wireless router not performing up to mark? Here's how you can improve it Re-position the wireless router Its antennas are designed to be omni-directional. Place it at a spot central to your PCs and other networking devices.
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        209 110 THE United States federal Appeals Court has overturned a lower court decision, now saying that open source software copyrights are legally enforceable. Robert Jacobsen, who manages open source software group Java Model Railroad Interface, had written and released code under an Artistic Licence. The licence mandates
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        166 110 YAHOO last week launched Fire Eagle, a Web-based service that lets individuals manage information about their location. Users also have control over which applications have access to their location. If they want, they can also lie about their location. More than 50 third-party developers have
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        173 110 THE first smartphone powered by Google's Android software may go on sale by October in the United States. T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer the phone, made by Taiwanese handset maker HTC. The phone will have a touchscreen, which can slide out to
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        84 112 Music jukebox Sony Giga Juke NAS-E3SHD $699, available from Sony authorised retailers PLAY 15,000 songs in 80GB worth of storage in Sony's latest hi-fi home jukebox. With a built-in database software that categorises songs based on artists and album names, the Giga Juke is the only
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        73 112 Notebook computers Dell Latitude laptops Prices and configurations vary, available from Dell DELL has announced a range of business laptops that offers shock absorbers and optional free-fall sensor hard drives which lock up during fast motion to protect the data. Models and configurations vary, but the E6500 model
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        76 112 TV Card Asus My Cinema-PS3-100/PTS/FM/AV/RC Price to be announced, available next month THE new TV card from Asus is able to screen and record satellite, digital and analogue broadcast signals on your computer. Users can receive both digital satellite and digital terrestrial formats as well as analog
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        89 112 Accessories Logitech MX 5500 Revolution $309, available from authorised retailers THE pairing of a wireless mouse and keyboard is not new, but the use of Bluetooth 2.0 turns the keyboard into a hub where you can pair other Bluetooth devices from cellphones to cameras and link them
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        Lock icon Activate your shield Asus EAH4870X2
        74 112 Graphics Card Price to be announced, available next month IT COMES with dual graphics processing units and 2GB of onboard memory for greater graphics performance, but the upgraded card also comes with a few nifty extras. There is the specially designed fansink that dissipates heat
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        51 112 Software For more information, visit www.siemens.com/nx SIEMENS has launched version 6 of its NX product lifecycle management software. The NX 6 delivers more than 350 user-driven enhancements, covering 10 different applications for lifecycle simulation. It also combines 3-D geometry editing, finite element modelling and meshing
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        230 112 Alfred Siew ■7^^^^^^^^^7!T»T!m It all started when I bought a Samsung Full HD screen in June last year. Since then, my living room's TV console has been joined by other HD gear such as a Star Hub HD box, Xbox and Play Station 3. How do you hook
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        81 112 I Mobile phones Motorola RAZR2 V 9 Ferrari and Rose Gold Edition 5698/$558, available from authorised retailers BASED on the award-winning Motorazr V 9 phone, the special edition Ferrari-licensed V 9 will appeal to men. It contains exclusive content from the car manufacturer from screensavers to
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        88 112 Mobile phones Samsung InnovB Price to be announced, available next month CELLPHONE users have been warned that things can only get bigger. The iPhone is coming this week, but wait a few weeks and Samsung will launch the InnovB, the company's first 8-megapixel camera phone. With an
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          879 113 Individuals and companies are showing a bigger eco conscience. TAN CHONG YAW and THAM YUEN-C look at the growing trend RIA Tan, 47, buys gadgets only when she needs them. She held onto her last mobile phone for seven years before junking it for
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          367 113 BEING a green geek is not hard. Here are steps you can take to cut down on your tech-related power consumption, carbon footprint and environmental guilt. Buy energy efficient products A computer alone, turned on for about four hours a day, consumes some 35kWh worth
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          191 114 Companies are going green in a big way and improving the ways they do business to save the earth. TAN CHONG YAW finds out mmmmmmmw' jmmmwwwwwmML. Packaging THEN Packing materials like styrofoam inserts keep gadgets safe in transit from the factory to your house. They
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          128 114 THEN i Plenty of hazardous materials in PCs like lead and mercury, both potent neurotoxins. Brominated fire retardants common chemicals used in plastics and cadmium are carcinogens. i Cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors give better colour precision. However, they are three times heavier, consume three times more power than
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          54 114 THEN Energy is a must in the manufacturing process. Most energy is derived from the burning of fossil fuels depleting a non-renewable resource and spewing tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. NOW Companies reduce energy usage, use green energy like wind, solar and hydroelectricity and plant trees
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          82 114 THEN PCs, LCD monitors and HDTVs packed into containers sit in warehouses or are handled many times before arriving at their final destination. Counting on an efficient transportation system, the locations of factories doesn't rank high in decision-making. NOW To reduce emissions and fuel use, companies site hubs close
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          427 116 Be a techie and still save the earth; THAM YUEN-C gets tips from two greenies Tan Hang Chong (above), 35 Management consultant and member of Nature Society Singapore Tech gadgets can lead to waste and add to power I consumption but, in some f cases,
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        840 118 Grow a thick skin and don't be too embarrassed to ask around for staff discounts, advises SHERWIN LOH UNLESS you want a gadget badly enough be it a computer, music player or game console you should never have to pay the retail price
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        491 119 China takes the top spot in the world's biggest overclocking event. CHESTER CHEN reports from Hong Kong FORTY people mad about squeezing every ounce of speed from their computer processors met here last month to do battle. Known as overclockers, the 20 teams of two each were
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          95 121 Feel the power of the Dark Side of The Force as you take on the role of Darth Vader's secret apprentice, who assists in hunting down the remaining Jedi after the rise of Emperor Palpatine. Set in the years between
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          103 121 PHOTO: Although last year's Rock Band was never officially released here, Singapore has an open market ripe with parallel imports, so expect retailers to bring in the sequel. The classic gameplay of having a drummer, two guitarists and a lead singer still stands,
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          89 121 PHOTO: When the best weapon in a first-person shooter (FPS) game turns out to be a chainsaw, you know that the game does not fall within expectations. Continuing the war against the alien Locust, players will have access to new weapons, but the basic
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          124 121 Despite adding drums and vocals to the game, Activision is sticking to the Guitar Hero branding. Guitai Hero World Tour follows the successful format of Rock Band, allowing four players to jam as a band. There is official distribution for the Guitar
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          74 121 Microsoft's answer to Sony's highly successful Sing Star singing game, Lips follows the PHOTO: successful formula of allowing gamers to croon to music videos of their favourite pop songs. However, it also takes things one step further by allowing users to sing from their own collection of
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          109 121 The designer of the popular Sims game has a new creation of life. In this online game, gamers take on a life form and guide its evolution from a single-cell organism to an intelligent being and finally as a species that interacts with others in Space. Starting off
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        420 122 They get a second life overseas, reports IRENE THAM LINDA Than, 54, helps her son run a PC retail shop at Funan DigitaLife Mall. PCpro Computer Services sells new PCs and also deals in second-hand ones a business her son, Kelvin Koh, 33, has been
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        203 122 WALEED Hanafi used to buy second-hand IT equipment from a global asset auctioneer, called Golndustry-Doveßid, over the Web. Used products were cheaper. The chief information officer of Global Refund Group, which provides travellers with tax refund and currency conversion services, no longer does so
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        788 123 More chief information officers like Star Hub's Alex Siow are taking on business roles, reports IRENE THAM WHEN Alex Siow took over outgoing IT chief James Woo's role in Star Hub in January, the first thing he told his 300-strong team was: "From now
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        790 124 A property group had difficulty keeping tabs on the number of properties it sold. This is now available at a click of a button, STEPHANIE GWEE reports LESS than eight months ago, whenever HSR Property Group's executive director Eric Cheng wanted to check on his staff's
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        467 125  -  Alfred Siew Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli HOW often does a game adhere so much to realism that it eschews the need to cater to the masses? Answer: Not often. For better or worse, Ferrari Challenge is one of those games. Ferrari Challenge
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        326 125  -  Sherwin Loh Hail To The Chimp MONKEYING with party games seems to be the trend with developers but so far, few are making their mark. Hail To The Chimp is yet another release that, while fun, is forgettable. With politics as a backdrop, animals like a monkey or
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        193 125 Rom $79.90 K*sfinN|^ Racing LZ^A^^l simulator V (genre) Play Station 3 (platform) Improve your driving skills by practising and practising some more, especially in a racing title as realistic as Ferrari Challenge. Before you hit the track, spend some time on the tutorial. Run a couple of laps
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        Lock icon Difficult time ahead
        253 127  -  Eugene Neubronner, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon FINAL Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Dungeon is one of those cross-genre titles that makes great attempts to appeal to players but ultimately fails. On the surface, the cutesy graphics and iconic yellow chocobo a sort of oversized chicken draw us into
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        384 128  -  Geoffrey Pereira Nikon D7OO $4,499, available at camera shops IN 2005, Canon introduced a mid-priced model called the SD, which featured a full-sized sensor. It created a class of camera that was above the usual Canon SLRs, such as the 20D, 30D, 350 D and 400 D, but
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        393 128 Creative Vado $169, available at authorised Creative dealers THIS is designed with one purpose in mind capturing videos for video-sharing websites, such as You Tube and Photobucket. So, avid bloggers will find that the Creative Vado is one handy tool. Don't expect high definition video capture, though.
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        370 129  -  Billy Teo, Panasonic DMP-BD3O Blu-ray player $799, from electronics stores IN THE Blu-ray movie X-Men: Final Stand, you can clearly see Wolverine's whiskers or trace the woollen textures on Magneto's robe. That's how good Panasonic's DMP-BD3O Blu-ray player is. It's a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels)
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        447 130  -  Alfred Siew Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience racing wheel $99, call New Era Interactive on 6275-2338 MENTION Thrustmaster and any flight simulator fan (especially those over 30) will remember the serious joysticks of old, including some that were replicas of actual fighter plane joysticks. The same
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        272 130 Audio Technica ATH-SJI $48, available from authorised dealers YOU might love blasting your Nirvana tracks at maximum volume but sometimes the last thing you want is the shrieks of Kurt Cobain resonating throughout the house in the middle of the night. In such cases, the Audio Technica
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        Lock icon Brimming with features
        376 130 Brother MFC-885CW multi-function printer $528; Ink: $32 (black), $18 each (cyan, magenta and yellow). Available from authorised Brother dealers YOU can run a small office with just this machine. The Brother MFC-885CW prints, copies and scans. It is also a fax machine, digital cordless telephone, a multi-memory
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        457 131 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Removing scheduled tasks RECENTLY, my PC keeps wanting to check one of my partitioned drives for consistency when Windows is being loaded. If I do not skip the check, it will conduct a scan before loading Windows.
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        820 132 Aperture 2 does such a good job of cleaning up photos it's a must-have for any photographer RAW is the unadulterated, unprocessed image file type that SLR and prosumer cameras use. Unfortunately, RAW files are huge and take up a lot of storage space. Without compression,
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        Lock icon Get ready to go /home on Ubuntu
        784 133 So you've been running Übuntu Linux on your rig for a while. LIM YEE HUNG shows how to preserve your settings by shifting your /home folder WITH the recent release of the new Übuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), successor of the Gutsy Gibbon, you
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        830 134 Numbers cruncher Robert Dutcher tells IRENE THAM about the program that projects the future of economies and companies NUMBERS don't lie unless you don't want to believe them to be true. A disregard for numbers and greed probably had a big part to play in the
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      164 108 Editorial j Ad sales Supervising editor Cheong Lian Sze SumikoTan i 9150-3006 Ed' 101" Derek Ng Grace Chng g 838 „o 81 3 Writers Oo Gin Lee, Irene Tham, Veronica Chong Tham Yuen-C, Tan Chong 8127-8929 Yaw, Sherwin Loh Grace Chua Sub-editors 9621-9218 Lee Yee Hwa, Tong Ming Chien, i
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      55 108 Menu Features Great to be green 8-12 Stretch your IT dollar 14,15 The clock is ticking 16 Games to look out for 18 Business Second-hand, new life 19 Rise of the CIO 20 Reviews Ferrari Challenge 22 Hail To The Chimp 22 Nikon D7OO 25 Panasonic Blu-ray player 26 Interview
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      88 115 Iml ll^^^SiK^ ■"I,ii i 'i^^^^^^^^^r I^Bv fIg Eli PI lIBBBHIf^ Official games: LiN£AG.g)i fflssb WJ SinpToi *Terms Conditions: The promotion ends on 31 August 2008 and is open to Sing Tel Mobile Postpaid customers only. In the event of a tie, Sing Tel will pick the winner from the pool
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      101 116 a ONE lucky reader will walk away with a unit MM I of the MSI Wind worth $859. The mini notebook computer has a 10-inch screen, 2GB RAM, 80GB hard disk /pVH IVIwI anc^ l-3-megapixel camera. All packed into its I.2kg frame. VwlHCl F°r a cnance to win, answer this
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      39 116 THE PC mCEWIES™ www, K »,«ni e s,net NOTE: Do NOT remove password notebook r jrotn the second drawer on the right. "SOS PPOM THE PPETEXTIN© OEPAPTMENT, HUH? WOW. THAT SOUNDS FASCINATING. 50... HOW CAN I HELP YOU TODAY?"
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      410 117 LASER SHOT CcfflOTl Delighting You Always NGGCI 3 ZGTO I Ik Discover a simple way to save time with X B moinfononro m m Canon Laser printers. They come with X »>i All-ln-One toner cartridges, which include ink, B print SOIUTIOn W drum and cleaners in one compact unit, no
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