The Straits Times, 22 October 2008

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    18 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 2008 «jp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon Clients' money off limits
      56 1 THE way to stop lawyers running away with their clients' monies appears to be not allowing them to handle it in the first place. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said the Law Society has "finally seen the light" and is ironing out details before implementing the
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      44 1 PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport has dipped for the first time since February 2004. A total of 2.89 million passengers went through Changi last month, a 0.4 per cent drop compared to the same month last year. PRIME PAGE A 6
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      Lock icon Jail sentence for Thaksin
      71 1 THAILAND'S Supreme Court yesterday sentenced former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to two years' jail for corruption, its verdict drawing cheers from anti-government protesters at Government House in Bangkok. It ruled by a narrow 5-4 margin that Thaksin used his position as prime minister in 2003 to
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      43 1 BREADTALK, Bollywood Veggies and Old Chang Kee were honoured last night for their contributions to the arts. They received the Patron of the Arts Award. Food companies are among a growing number of donors sponsoring the arts. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Profits in weak market
      48 1 DESPITE the weak property market, 96 per cent of investors who sold homes in the sub-sale market in the third quarter made a profit, according to new data from Savills Singapore. In total, the sub-sale profits added up to $95 million. MONEY PAGE 826
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    70 1 With 3D glasses on during their geography class, students from Crescent Girls' School had an all-round view of a river bed being whittled away by water. The school's principal Eugenia Lim (left) sat with her students and guests yesterday at the launch of the
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    Lock icon Help for S'poreans to cope with downturn
    774 1  -  Zakir Hussain Measures are being readied to cut business costs and ease people's burden, says PM Lee By BUSINESSES, families and workers will soon receive help from the Government to help them ride out the recession. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said
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      57 1 Landlords "-"-"HO Fancy setting, m± Teen pop hits wire up 11 n I bogus degrees the big screen Instant sales figures I Unaccredited university High Musical 3 a boon to everyone I [jC* 111 confers degrees i^L "y^^B opens this Friday "JTaA IN DIGITAL LIFE L KTrrr! jil PRIME PAGE
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        Lock icon Euthanasia law: Let's take it slow and easy
        890 2  -  Salma Khalik A more immediate need is improving people's access to palliative care By HEALTH I CORRESPONDENT I HAVE always been a proponent of euthanasia, or assisted killing. Why prolong suffering unnecessarily? Let people choose what they want to do with their
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        Lock icon Fancy setting, worthless degrees
        974 3  -  Sandra Davie 76 people graduate from unaccredited university known as a degree supplier By and Cassandra Chew THE ceremony in the Old Parliament House had all the pomp and circumstance associated with any graduation. The professors and graduands were in full academic regalia. Speeches flowed in
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        Lock icon Lawyers can't hold money from clients
        730 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Law Society agrees to proposal to protect public from rogue lawyers By LAW CORRESPONDENT AFTER years of wrestling with the problem of lawyers running off with their clients' money, a decision has been made to bar them from holding such funds. The
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        Lock icon Handle cases for free? Why not give cash?
        457 4  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By A SUGGESTION from the Chief Justice that high-earning lawyers contribute cash rather than spend time giving free legal representation has drawn a sharp response from the Law Society. CJ Chan Sek Keong said that too many lawyers doing pro
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      • Article
        Lock icon Changi handles fewer passengers
        566 6  -  Karamjit Kaur First drop since 2004 follows three months of slowing growth; SIA too feels the impact of global slowdown By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT THE Formula One Grand Prix might have brought about 50,000 visitors to Singapore last month, but they did not bump up Changi Airport's
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        Lock icon Jet Airways pressured to take back sacked staff
        916 6  -  Ravi Velloor INDIA By THE drama began as Hollywood: hundreds of men and women in shock, tearfully clutching termination letters as the rigours of India's newfound capitalist ways slammed into the country's top airline, Jet Airways. The end was pure Bollywood: After
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      • Airports, airlines feel the heat
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          150 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG THE number of passengers travelling through Hong Kong's airport dropped 4.7 per cent to 3.6 million year-on-year last month as the global financial crisis hit, the Hong Kong Airport Authority said. Cargo also dropped, with 317,000 tonnes handled last month,
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          Lock icon Turbulent times ahead for Aussie airports?
          168 6 AUSTRALIA THE economic crisis has yet to cast a pall over Australia's two biggest airports, Sydney and Melbourne, but harder times may be on the way. Officials from both airports told the Wall Street Journal they have seen some recent traffic softening. A big
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          Lock icon China Airlines offers staff unpaid leave
          90 6 BLOOMBERG TAIWAN CHINA Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, said it has offered staff unpaid leave and trimmed its cargo capacity by 10 per cent because of slowing demand. "We're trying to cut spending," spokesman Bruce Chen said from Taipei by telephone. The carrier's sales have
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          Lock icon Dubai to push on with aviation growth plans
          168 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUBAI aviation officials have vowed to push ahead with ambitious growth plans despite the global economic slowdown. "Emirates is going to continue growing. There's no question about us slowing down our growth," the carrier's chief executive Tim
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          Lock icon Airport expansion row intensifies
          119 6 BRITAIN THE financial crisis led to 5 per cent fewer passengers using Britain's leading airports last month than a year earlier, intensifying the row over whether airports should be allowed to expand, according to TravelWeekly.co.uk Heathrow saw 3.6 per cent fewer passengers as passengers on European
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          Lock icon Frankfurt hit by drop in passengers, freight
          126 6 BLOOMBERG GERMANY FRANKFURT airport, Europe's third-busi-est, served fewer passengers and moved less freight last month as the financial crisis deterred travellers. Passengers using the airport last month fell 3.9 per cent from a year earlier to 4.83 million, and air freight volumes dropped
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        Lock icon Investors ponder egal suit
        739 8  -  Selina Lum Lawyer says some hurt by Lehman collapse have sought him for help By FOR the past two days, investors burnt by the financial crisis have been filing in and out of the law offices of Leonard Loo Company in Tagore Lane along Upper Thomson
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        Lock icon Is a lawsuit the best way forward? Not at this stage, say some experts
        242 8  -  SELINA LUM FINANCIAL experts cautioned against a lawsuit at this stage and advised burnt investors to give other options a chance first. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has advised them to lodge a complaint with
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        Lock icon Investors want open forum with DBS
        326 8  -  FRANCIS CHAN INVESTORS of DBS High Notes 5 went to the bank's Shenton Way headquarters yesterday to ask that an open forum be held for customers caught up in the debacle. DBS said last night it was considering the request. An investor, who wanted
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        Lock icon Changing auditors rule on hold
        207 8  -  LEE SU SHYAN LOCAL banks will not be required to change their auditors every five years, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday. It is only a temporary move and one made as the MAS sees these as challenging times in which firms do
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        Lock icon Global unemployment set to rise to 210m
        223 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA: At least 20 million people will lose their jobs between now and the end of next year, the United Nations labour agency said. World unemployment will rise to 210 million people by the end of next year, its highest rate
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        Lock icon At least 20 Merrill staff here let go
        599 9  -  Gabriel Chen Axe falls in last 2 days on those in the equity, fixed income and energy units By AT LEAST 20 Singapore employees of investment bank Merrill Lynch have been laid off in the past two days. The layoffs were met
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          Lock icon 60,000 UK jobs going?
          106 9 MORE than 60,000 jobs could disappear from British factories before the end of the year, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said yesterday. Manufacturers also expect to cut output at the sharpest rate in nearly 30 years. The CBI survey's quarterly business situation balance fell 20
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          99 9 THE chief executive of leading British bank Lloyds TSB has told its staff that they will still get their bonuses this year. According to The Guardian, Mr Eric Daniels told employees that the group faced "very, very few restrictions", despite the injection of up to £5.5
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          Lock icon Danish firm to axe 300
          60 9 REUTERS DANISH stereo and television maker Bang Olufsen yesterday said it planned to cut about 300 jobs, trimming costs by about 160 million Danish crowns (Ss43 million) as part of its new strategy The group said it would concentrate on fewer product categories, primarily audio
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        Lock icon Jitters in the region as China reports slowdown
        714 10  -  Ho Ai Li Growth dip in Asia's biggest export market is bad news for others By TAIPEI AND KWAN WENG KIN TOKYO FROM Australian wool producers to Taiwanese makers of flat screen displays and Indian iron-ore miners, firms across the Asia-Pacific are
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        Lock icon Beijing takes steps to keep economy growing at a good pace
        727 10  -  Sim Chi Yin By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: More money ploughed into infrastructure projects. Tax rebates to benefit a quarter of Chinese exporters. Grappling with a slowdown after years of double-digit expansion, China yesterday signalled its determination to keep its
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        Lock icon Singapore exporters feel the pain
        186 10  -  ROBIN CHAN SINGAPORE'S exporters are reeling from a triple blow, with growth in China now slowing to add to the pain of downturns in Europe and the United States. China is the third-largest destination of Singapore's exports after Europe and the US. It accounted for
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          Lock icon Money woes hit art market
          162 10 A WEEK of slowing sales and sagging prices suggests the global financial meltdown has finally ended the art-market boom that saw paintings and sculptures become must-have commodities for the world's elite. At Sotheby's and Christie's where price records have tumbled regularly in recent years the
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          Lock icon A thirst for finance books
          134 10 THE global financial crisis has some people looking in books for answers, and the biggest economic calamity in decades is boosting sales of everything from books about the world's richest man to page-turning thrillers. Borders Group and Amazon said they had seen a recent trend
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      Lock icon Son-in-law who rose too fast too soon?
      1837 11  -  Carolyn Hong THE ST INTERVIEW Khairy's political fortunes have plunged; now he is fighting for votes By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: It would be an understatement to say Mr Khairy Jamaluddin, the son-in-law of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, has had a rough
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      180 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY Long-term returns, long-term spending Singapore's new Constitutional change will make for more efficient use of long-term investments for long-term budget spending. EDITORIAL PAGE A27 COLUMNS So how do we fix it? After the blame game, Ho M l| Kwon Ping examines what can be done to regulate
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      10 2 WHAT'S THE RUSH?! /T I'M UNPER tf) W PALLIATIVE CARE.
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      307 7 -^> r^ *X^~* *^> f^tJBW I MAKING SENSE OF UNCERTAIN MARKETS? I Evidently, these are challenging times. With today's volatile GET A CLEARER PERSPECTIVE I I markets, it's only natural to feel uneasy about your investments AMIDST A HAZY OUTLOOK I Find out how you can weather today's uncertain and
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      Lock icon Taiwanese rough up Chinese official
      650 13  -  Ho Ai Li Hostile treatment may affect impending visit by China's cross-strait envoy By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Attacks by pro-independence activists against a visiting mainland official got physical yesterday. Mr Zhang Mingqing, vice-president of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (Arats), was visiting
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        Lock icon Thaksin gets 2 years' jail for graft
        730 14  -  Nirmal Ghosh PROTESTERS JUBILANT SUPPORTERS DEFIANT Ex-premier found guilty of corruption in land sale, but wife is cleared By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Thailand's Supreme Court yesterday sentenced former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to two years in prison for corruption. The verdict drew roars
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    • world-memo from bangkok
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        Lock icon Thaksin still holds sway up north
        1066 15  -  Nirmal Ghosh Frustrated villagers who have benefited under his govt speak out against ongoing turmoil By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BAN Na Kha, locals are free with their opinions on the political turmoil in Bangkok and none are very complimentary to the anti-government People's Alliance
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        Lock icon FTA to be inked when PM Lee visits China
        634 16  -  Peh Shing Huei Agenda includes Asem, meetings with top 3 Chinese leaders and Xi'an visit By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives here today for a five-day official visit that will see Singapore become the first Asian country
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        Lock icon Indonesia ratifies Asean charter
        316 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday ratified the charter committing Asean members to human rights principles and towards a single free-trade area by 2015. Indonesia was the last member of the 10-nation South-east Asian bloc to ratify the charter, clearing the way for its formal adoption at
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        Lock icon Bali bombers to be shot, court rules
        534 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Militants' petition for beheading or lethal jab instead is rejected JAKARTA: Indonesia's constitutional court yesterday rejected a petition against execution by firing squad from the three Bali bombers on death row. The petition was seen as the last
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          Lock icon China names 8 'terrorists'
          167 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS BEIJING: China yesterday published a list of eight alleged terrorists from its Muslim north-west who it said had threatened the Beijing Olympics, and appealed to other countries for help in finding them. "All the eight terrorists listed are members of the East Turkestan
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          Lock icon Saudi 'militants' indicted
          153 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH: The Saudi authorities have indicted 991 suspected militants for participating in terrorist attacks carried out over the last five years, marking a significant step in the kingdom's fight against terror. Till now, the authorities have been reluctant to resort to trials for terrorism charges
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          Lock icon Britain nabs terror suspects
          137 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: British police arrested five men under anti-terrorism laws in the central English city of Birmingham yesterday. The five, aged between 29 and 35, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism. Two business properties
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        Lock icon Najib slams Malaysiakini over 'manifesto' report
        987 18  -  Hazlin Hassan Online paper quoted him allegedly saying he would defend Malay supremacy By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday slammed the Malaysiakini online newspaper for running a controversial report that he called part of an "obvious smear campaign" against
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Net news media 'more popular'
        314 18 KUALA LUMPUR: The Internet news media cannot be called an "alternative media" any more as it is a far more popular medium than the traditional mainstream media in Malaysia, said Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. "Young people, like my children, have stopped reading newspapers.
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        Lock icon B'rade's owing again
        447 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPUTED KASHMIR Rivals India and Pakistan open trade route between divided region after 60 years SALAMABAD: Trucks laden with fruit, honey and spices from the verdant Kashmir Valley rumbled towards the heavily armed frontier yesterday as India and Pakistan opened a trade route between the
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        Lock icon KL wants limits on ships using Malacca Strait
        252 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday proposed limiting the number of vessels that can enter one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, amid worries that rising congestion could spark accidents in the strategic waterway. More than 70,000 vessels passed through the
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        Lock icon India shoots for the moon
        1065 20  -  P. Jayaram REUTERS First space mission blasts off today on two-year orbit By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: India will join Japan and China in Asia's space race when it launches its first unmanned lunar mission today. The lunar orbiting spacecraft Chandrayan-1 will blast off aboard
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        Lock icon Need a new organ? Try this 'printer'
        277 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOYAMA (Japan): The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese scientist Makoto Nakamura is on a mission to see if it can also produce human organs. The idea is for
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        Lock icon Her 'health sanctuary' an eyesore to neighbours
        395 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALLENTOWN (Pennsylvania): Ten hours a day, Ms Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house. Inside are a toilet, a metal cabinet, a box spring with the metal coils exposed and a pile of organic cotton blankets. Aluminium
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        Lock icon Opec-style gas cartel in the works?
        730 21  -  Jonathan Eyal West concerned after major producers Russia, Iran, Qatar hold talks By A MEETING of energy bosses from Iran, Russia and Qatar earlier this week has alarmed Western observers, who fear that the countries are planning to establish a new organisation of gas-producing
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        Lock icon Drunk, car-stomping students run riot
        543 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS All 250 boys in graduating class at Aussie school suspended after wild acts MELBOURNE: The entire graduating class at a top private school in Australia has been suspended after scores of drunk students let off fireworks, disrupted traffic and dashed across campus semi-nude.
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        Lock icon IMF boss sorry but denies abusing position
        253 23 REUTERS WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has apologised for "an error of judgment" in an affair with a subordinate, but denied he had abused his position. In a staff memo after meeting the fund's board, Mr Strauss-Kahn who is facing
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        Lock icon THE YouTube POLLS
        806 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: When Senator John McCain's bid for the Republican presidential nomination was sinking last year problems included being short on cash and top aides jumping ship his campaign strategists turned to You Tube. "They realised that by the end of the day they
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        Lock icon Obama takes time off for ailing grandma
        606 24 He cancels campaign activities for Thursday, Friday to fly to Hawaii WEST PALM BEACH (Florida): Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is cancelling nearly all his campaign events scheduled for tomorrow and Friday to visit his suddenly gravely ill 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii. His
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        Lock icon hio for bama?
        1020 25 How will the cookie crumble? Look to 'kingmaker' state Home foreclosures and job losses are hurting Republican John McCain in a national bellwether state. Paul Zach reports from Cincinnati, Ohio. THERE is nothing half-baked about a poll conducted by a pastry shop chain here in the state
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        Lock icon Campaign volunteers, from far and near
        363 25  -  PAUL ZACH CLEVELAND (Ohio): Mr Bob Klitzkie, 70, flew 13,000 km from his home in Guam to canvass for Republican John McCain. Mrs Gail Habig was 10 when she delivered flyers for John F. Kennedy's Ohio presidential campaign in Cleveland, 49 years ago. Today,
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Woman has fishy odour
        106 26 LONDON: A woman who smells of rotting fish has been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition after 30 years of being dismissed as a hypochondriac. The 41-year-old suffered decades of bullying and low self-esteem because of the odour, but doctors refused to take her complaints seriously,
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        Lock icon Naval mission extended
        84 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS TOKYO: Japan's lower house of parliament voted yesterday to extend a controversial naval mission backing US-led operations in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Taro Aso has vowed to keep Japan in the US-led "war on terror", saying that the officially pacifist country must play a larger
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        Lock icon 'No Big Brother' in Paris
        96 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: French police have sought to reassure Parisians that a plan to put more than 1,200 video cameras on the capital's streets was not going to lead to Big Brother-type surveillance. Paris police chief Michel Gaudin rejected comparisons with London, which has more
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        Lock icon PLA eases criteria
        101 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China's army has changed its recruiting requirements to attract more college graduates as well as youth who were part of recent earthquake reconstruction efforts, state media reported yesterday. Men with higher education qualifications aged 22 or younger can now enlist and women as young
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        123 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Women's main squeeze WASHINGTON: Nearly all American women office workers say they like or love this major player in their lives, even if it causes many of them pain, a study has shown. But they are not talking about their partner, family or a friend. Instead, they
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        Lock icon Nod for Malaysia's new CJ
        119 26 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday named a lawyer who had close links with the main ruling party as its new chief judge, a move the opposition says could taint the judiciary. A council of Malaysia's sultans and governors approved Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's nominee Zaki
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        Lock icon Plant lets its blog do the talking
        224 26 REUTERS IT HAS long been accepted that talking to plants can help them flourish, but have you ever wondered what they would say in response? Well, a plant in Japan has its own blog that may help you understand. Midori-san is a 40cm
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        96 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS HAMILTON: A Canadian court started proceedings on Monday in the country's first first-degree murder trial involving the alleged sexual transmission of the HIV virus. Lawyers told the court that Johnson Aziga, 52, first learned he was HIV positive in 1997, but continued to have
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      445 27 WITH the world economy slowing, Singapore's export markets are being adversely affected. And therefore, Singapore, too. Hence, it is gratifying that measures have been taken to blunt the effects of the global financial crisis. It is against this backdrop that Singapore has amended the
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        891 27 Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam told Parliament on Monday why the Government is proposing new rules on spending the country's reserves. Here are edited excerpts of his speech. IN THE past, the Government has been allowed to spend only from the interest and dividend
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        923 27 This Bill seeks to revise the rules for spending from investment returns. The new framework retains the 50 per cent cap on spending from investment returns. But the spending rules will be based on a new and broader definition of investment returns, with
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        1000 28  -  Ho Kwon Ping THINK-TANK By IF CANCER patients react first with denial, then anger and finally acceptance, the classic response of politicians to financial disaster is first denial, then widespread blaming (of everyone but themselves) and finally, self-righteous, punitive laws to "regulate" the
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        1051 28  -  Hassan Naqvi ST-NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL SERIES ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS By THERE is a long and growing list of financial institutions that have failed across the world recently: Northern Rock, Bear Steams, Washington Mutual, Kaupthing, IndyMac, Hypo Real Estate Holding, Bradford and Bingley,
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        365 29  -  Dr Lee Siew Peng IN READING what Mr Willie Cheng had to say about the non-profit sector, ("Good Principles", Oct 12), I was struck by the following point he made: "Charities should seek extinction rather than growth. The mantra of business is growth. "The
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        389 29  -  Dr Tang Kok Foo DR LEE Wei Ling's article "Medical care is not a commodity" last Wednesday urging the reinstatement of the Guidelines on Fees (GOF) for the medical profession is a ray of light in a very dark abyss. In recent years,
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        337 29  -  Gareth Goh I REMEMBER how there used to be many coffeeshops with individual tenants using their own movable store signboards lit from behind by fluorescent lamps. Now, such sights are increasingly uncommon, with many coffeeshops choosing to upgrade and transform their establishments into outlets
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        448 29  -  Silvia Cormont-Ku (Mrs) PREVENTING sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among the young has been around for years as a topic, but young Singaporeans between the ages of 18 and 29 are still the least informed. Recent reports pointed out that many people in this
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      715 31  -  Esther Tan MAN ARRESTED OVER 'DRUNKEN BEHAVIOUR' Epileptic's mum claims she wasn't allowed to give son his medicine in lock-up By WHEN Mr Tong Mun Cheong woke up following an epileptic seizure on Oct 1, he found himself handcuffed and inside a police
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      678 32  -  TaraTan Donor numbers also up; 20 organisations named Distinguished Patron By ARTS REPORTER BREADTALK, Bollywood Veggies and Old Chang Kee all have one thing in common and it is not food-related. All three donated to the arts last year and were honoured for
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      302 32  -  DIANA OTHMAN EVERY day for three months, cabby Ahmad Haji Arshad ferried Madam Judy Kee to and from work as the Sembawang resident recovered from knee surgery. Mr Ahmad charged Madam Kee, a secretary, a flat rate of $15 for the trip to
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      506 33  -  Lim Wei Chean Universal Studios launching attraction in early 2011, ahead of Hollywood debut By SINGAPORE will be the first country to host Universal Studios' newest ride, which is based on the hit movie Transformers. From early 2011, visitors to Resorts World
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      257 33  -  LIM WEI CHEAN THE global economy may be in the doldrums, but organisers of the world's biggest tourism trade show are confident the travel industry will weather the storm. Mr Raimund Hosch, head of Messe Berlin which organises the mammoth annual ITB Berlin travel
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      238 33 THE Far Eastern Economic Review (Feer) will appeal against a High Court ruling that the weekly magazine had defamed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The Straits Times learned that Feer has filed a "notice of appeal" against the ruling
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      422 34  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Republic well positioned for major breakthroughs with its focus on fields like nanotech, biotech By SINGAPORE could be at the forefront of breakthroughs in fields like artificial intelligence and nanotechnology, a best-sell-ing science author and television personality said yesterday. Famed futurist
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      187 34 A BOOK chronicling Singapore's environmental journey from a garbage-choked British settlement to one of the world's greenest countries was unveiled yesterday. Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh said he hoped the transformation, catalogued in Clean, Green And Blue, would be an inspiration for other countries looking to
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      656 35  -  Shobana Kesava S*Bio will use money to test two cancer drugs on 200 volunteers By HOME-GROWN drug development company S*Bio has received a US$26 million (Ss3B million) boost the largest infusion of foreign investment for a local biotech firm. The money, for S*Bio to carry
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      317 35  -  SHOBANA KESAVA THE Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) has teamed up with a top American institute to help it become Asia's key centre for clinical trials. The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) will help SCRI work with hospitals to plan late-phase
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      366 36  -  Amelia Tan School is among six 'future schools' picked for cutting-edge technology By ABOUT 20 students from Crescent Girls' School (CGS) sat at their desks yesterday decked out in red-rimmed 3D glasses. On a screen in front of them flashed images of a river
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      373 36  -  Jane Ng By NGEE Ann Polytechnic is set to play a bigger role in championing lifelong learning with the launch of a Continuing Education and Training Academy. In three years' time, the academy will be training 10,000 adults a year in courses
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      678 37  -  Khushwant Singh STIRLING ROAD MURDER He believed in-laws asked bomoh to break up his marriage: Witness By A MAN on trial for the murder of his wife believed his family was under an evil spell commissioned by his in-laws and designed to drive a
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      279 37  -  Chua Hian Hou SOFTWARE PIRACY By TWO computer retailers in Sim Lim Square accused of peddling counterfeit Microsoft programs have agreed to pay $70,000 in damages, the software giant said yesterday. The shops' directors will also do 144 hours of community service,
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      213 37  -  ELENA CHONG A JAPANESE trader arrested two years ago for allegedly concealing US$Bl million (*****.8 million) losses which he incurred in naphtha trading was charged together with two other officers of Mitsui Oil (Asia) yesterday. Noriyuki Yamazaki, 37, was a naphtha trading manager at
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          737 38  -  Jeremy Au Yong Spore not immune to populist calls to spend more, says PM Lee, on need to protect reserves By WHEN politicians bid to outdo one another with more and more goodies for voters, expect trouble in paradise. That was the message from Prime
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          489 38  -  Fiona Chan By IN JUST a matter of weeks, Iceland has gone from self-sufficient economic powerhouse to near-bankrupt state, becoming the first country to fall to the financial crisis. This is because the formerly wealthy "Nordic Tiger" borrowed much more than it
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          478 38  -  JEREMY AU YONG PRUDENCE was the order of the day, as Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday continued the debate on the constitutional changes for the Government to tap into more of the returns from investing the reserves. Most of the seven MPs who spoke urged
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          1363 39 Parliament passed changes to the Constitution enabling the Government to draw upon more returns from investment of its reserves, but not before MPs posed a number of tough questions to Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. These are edited excerpts from the questions
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          326 39  -  Jeremy Au By THE Workers' Party may support the new framework that allows the Government to tap investment income from the reserves for its spending, but that does not mean it has abandoned its objection to the elected presidency, said its leader
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          348 39  -  Fiona Chan By LAST week's $150 billion bank guarantee package was the first time that the Singapore Government has had to call upon the Elected President to exercise his custodial powers over the nation's reserves, the Prime Minister said yesterday. The guarantee,
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        662 40  -  Kor Kian Beng FOREIGN WORKER DEBT Tighter rules in place; MOM to review if structure can be improved By FOREIGN workers often arrive here saddled with heavy debts even before they start work. But the Manpower Ministry (MOM) is trying to help resolve this
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        954 40  -  KOR KIAN BENG KOR KIAN BENG "There is a responsibility for us to make sure that foreign workers and indeed all workers, just like all Singaporeans, are housed in decent conditions." Mr Mah Bow Tan SINGAPORE has a responsibility to provide decent housing for foreign
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        809 40  - Behind the money, it's about politics and trust Clarissa Oon FROM THE GALLERY By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MIND-BOGGLING financial jargon aside, there were a few political messages spelled out by the debate over constitutional amendments allowing the Government to spend more of the investment returns on reserves. While long-term needs
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        535 41  -  Goh Chin Lian Electricity tariffs could fall if oil prices slide further By ELECTRICITY tariffs could fall in January if fuel oil prices continue to slide in the last three months of this year. Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry) S. Iswaran also said yesterday
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        507 41  -  Maria Almenoar By DETAILS on how two young servicemen died in June within two days of each other were revealed in Parliament yesterday. Second-Lieutenant Clifton Lam Jia Hao was found to have died of heat stroke, while an autopsy report found that
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        272 41  -  TESSA WONG THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) continues to conduct rigorous checks on products to ensure that food here is safe, Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) Mohamad Maliki Osman said yesterday. He was responding to queries regarding food-screening procedures in the light of the recent
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        323 41  - You give birth, we pay but it's not a bribe Tessa Wong By AS GOVERNMENT measures to encourage parents to have more babies were being enacted into law yesterday, some MPs expressed concern that these could be seen as bribes by the state for people to have kids. Speaking in
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      23 42 ASIA CAN Asian sports bosses are confident of surviving the financial crisis. 816 UNHAPPY FINN Heikki Kovalainen could consider leaving Hamilton-first McLaren. 816
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      780 42 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Chelsea are playing with a smile and flying high as they take on Roma LONDON: Chelsea have another chance to show off their new expansive football style today when AS Roma visit Stamford Bridge in the Champions League. In the short time that
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      446 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: It was to be Fernando Torres' emotional return to his beloved Atletico Madrid, but injury means the Liverpool striker will miss today's Champions League Group D match. Both teams have a maximum six points, after overcoming group opponents Marseille
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      466 42 BLOOMBERG NEWCASTLE: Rob Styles has promised to review Habib Beye's red card, after the referee awarded another controversial penalty in a pulsating draw at St James' Park on Monday. Newcastle's Beye was dismissed for a professional foul on Manchester City star Robinho just 12
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      494 43  -  Lin Xinyi Chinese gems magnate plans to sue paper for identifying him wrongly By NATIONAL paddler Li Jiawei's marriage has made headlines in China but not in the way that she might have expected. Chinese media reports have mistakenly identified her husband as Li Houlin one
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      518 43  -  LIN XINYI SHE has trained at the Singapore Table Tennis Association's hall on countless occasions. But yesterday's two-hour training session was different for her. Tan Paey Fern went into the hall at Toa Payoh knowing that it would mark her last session as a national
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      389 43  -  Leonard Lim By SINGAPORE National Olympic Council secretary-general Chris Chan will take on another major appointment. He will sit on the continent's sports governing body, the Olympic Council of Asia, as a vice-president. A former lieutenant-colonel in the Singapore Armed Forces and
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      284 43  -  LEONARD LIM HE HAD an 0-level English Language paper a few hours later but, unlike most of his classmates, Johnson Poh was nowhere near his books yesterday morning. Instead, the passionate golfer was on Laguna National Golf and Country Club's fairways for the fourth and final
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        90 45 SINCE the Sports Hub project will be delayed, the knockout stages of the Asean Football Federation Championship could be staged at the National Stadium. The Dec 5-28 tournament will be hosted by Indonesia and Thailand. But, if Singapore advance to the semi-finals, a leg
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        72 45 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The Football Association on Monday said it would launch an inquiry into Didier Drogba's (above) comments in his autobiography that he should have punched Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic after being sent off during the Champions League final in May. The FA,
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        87 45 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE MADRID: Golf great Seve Ballesteros remained in stable condition in the intensive care unit of a Madrid hospital on Monday, four days after he underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, a hospital source said. The 51-year-old, who collected 87 titles before
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        90 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh): Captain Daniel Vettori's (below) second half-century of the match and his 82-run sixth-wicket stand with Daniel Flynn (49) helped New Zealand come back for a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in yesterday's final session of the first cricket Test. Vettori
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        62 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA CLARA (California): The San Francisco 49ers fired coach Mike Nolan on Monday, after four consecutive losses in the National Football League culminating in last Sunday's 17-29 loss to the New York Giants. Nolan, who had a 17-38 win-loss record in 3V2
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      821 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS India chalk up biggest Test win of 320 runs as world champs collapse MOHALI (India): India's stand-in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not believe his eyes. He had never seen an Australian cricket team perform as poorly as Ricky Ponting's men did during their
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      460 45 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: The Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep their incredible march from worst to first going when they face the Philadelphia Phillies in the 104 th edition of baseball's World Series, starting today. Both teams have reputations of being lovable
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      415 46 LONDON: Lewis Hamilton may be savouring the fact that he is just a good drive away from winning the Formula One world championship in Brazil on Nov 2. But, even as the 23-year-old Briton is gearing up to land his debut title, the first rumblings
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      926 46 REUTERS REUTERS Region's sports bosses believe they can weather global financial turmoil SYDNEY: Asian sports bosses remain confident they can ride out the global financial crisis, despite conceding that the region is not immune and they will have to start tightening belts. Leading officials from football,
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      83 46 Woods back on the green as a caddy ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO: World No 1 golfer Tiger Woods returned to the site of his US Open victory without a limp and his golf clubs. The American, who is recovering from a knee reconstruction, has not played since he won his
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      126 46 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: If players at the last two soccer World Cups appeared a little dopey, there is a reason for that, according to a new research. Doctors at football's world governing body, Fifa, found that some players took a cocktail of
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      361 46 Cricket Second Test in Mohali, sth and final day: India 469 (S. Ganguly 102, M. Dhoni 92, S. Tendulkar 88; M. Johnson 3-85, P. Siddle 3-114) and 314-3 declared (overnight 100-0: G. Gambhir 104, V. Sehwag 90, M. Dhoni 68 n.0.; White 1-48). Australia 268 (S. Watson 78, M.
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      101 42 260 hours Face-to-Face lectures by Qualified Local Lecturers to ensure High passing rate International Property Market Analysis Professional Project Real Estate Investment Real Estate Development Finance Statistics and Data Analysis Contemporary Appraisal Facilities Management Principles Business Management -> Entry: Mm Diploma Graduates -> Degree Awarded is identical -> World Recognised
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      166 42 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Closing in Lewis Hamilton turned his new-found discipline into stunning dominance to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Raikonnen defends Massa gift. Uniform: Bra and panties. MOST COMMENTED Singapore praised Said Refugees: "Singaporeans are just so hard to
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      10 42 INDIA WHIP C^^ mm -> ~*"^m World No 1 team outplayed
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      229 43 SPORTS BET ING WITH THE LEGAL BOOKMAKER HAJWJLLj^ I m <•""--, Asian Champ Urawaßeds Camba Osaka Wed, 22/10/08 6.30pm M&iiMO^M I*^ J\ S.League Dalian Sengkang Wed, 22/10/08 7.45pm *^WSfS As' an ChamP Bunyodkor Adelaide Wed, 22/10/08 8.30pm B^^U^^B] German League E Frankfurt Karlsruhe Thu, 23/10/08 12.30 am I ~'~-<* r
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      221 46 Today Football S-League: Dalian Shide v Sengkang Punggol (Queenstown, 7.45pm). Copa Sudamericana: Estudiantes (Arg) v Botafoga (Bra) (Live, Ch27, 7.55 am). AFC Champions League: S-finals, leg 2: Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka (Live, Ch24, 6.25pm), Kuruvchi v Adelaide United (Live, Ch24, 8.25pm). Uefa Champions League: Chelsea v Roma (Live,
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      130 47 SIA PENG SING SEAH PENG SIN Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 20 October 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Ong Tye Hua, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Andrew Seah Kian Mm Michelle Huynh Alex Seah Kian Boon Yong Chui Lan Jennifer Daughters: Sons-in-law: Seah Swee Hoon Kuah
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      32 47 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of our Late Former Director MR ANG GUAN SENG, VICTOR From the Chairman, Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Parkway Holdings Limited Singapore
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      86 47 SYDNEY SNG AGE: 62 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 October 2008, leaving behind Wife: Carol Sitoh-Sng Son: Jeremy Sng Daughters: Stefanie Sng Melissa Sng Beloved brothers, sisters and loved ones. Wake is held at Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender Street, Emerald Room level 3. Tel: 6293
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      21 47 25th Anniversary NGFOONGSWEE Departed 23 July 1983 Love and remembrance last forever. Sadly missed and forever cherished by: All loved ones.
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      7 47 Uth Anniversary CHIAAHWEE Departed 22 Oct 1994
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      39 47 7/v £(H>uirf /ViarWri/ Our Beloved Parents RAM SINGH BAJWA Departed: 12/05/77 JASBIR KOUR Departed: 22/10/06 'Tan ki maati manka sona Tere naam, likdi humne Apni duniya tere naam' ARSH Always loved, cherished and remembered by family, relatives and friends.
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      62 47 "...attheendoftheday...Hasyourlifebeena*great*story?..." Fengmin Sai Fengmin We, the family of Sai Fengmin, wish to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends, colleagues and those who remembered Fengmin for their kind attendance, condolences and donations during our bereavement. We would like to give special thanks to Daniel Foo and his
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      54 48 1 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Madam Yap Mvi Cheng, Angela the family of the late Ang Guan Seng, Victor From: HOE THAI CO., LTD TIEN HONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD INTERMAGNETICS (THAILAND) CORP., LTD MDM BOONSRISRICHIRARATANA MR MRS OUAYCHAI SRICHIRARATANA MR MRS SOMCHAI SRICHIRARATANA MR MRS SUVIT SRICHIRARATANA
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      117 48 KEE SOON LEE Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 21st October 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ho Beng Tee (deceased) I Sons: Daughter-in-Law: Kee Hwa Sin Loh Peck Ling Kee Hwa Ming Daughters: Son-in-Law: Kee Hwa Hsien Kee Hwa Bin Foo Yong Meng Grandsons: Granddaughter:
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      115 48 "I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations'" Psalms 89:1 K. C. GEORGE Beloved Husband of the late Mrs Mary George was called home to be with the Lord on 20 October 2008. Body will be
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      82 48 Mr. Matthew, Chella, McVin, Cassalyn jt the Family of the Late jt Mcßon Low Wei Liang called home to be with the Lord on 15 Oct 08 Wishes to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Pastors, relatives, church members, prayer groups, business associates, colleagues and friends I for
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      56 48 We, the family of the late JOHN TAN called home to be with Lord on 12 October 2008 wish to express our deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to Pastor lay, the elders and members of Bethesda Cathedral, our relatives, friends and colleagues for your kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths
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      136 48 $F"7%e Lord is my Shepherd, I shall noi^L h be in want....andlwill dwell in the house^j of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 CHIAMTOONWAH Age: 84 Was called home to be with the Lord on 21 October 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ngian Soon Ngor (deceased)
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      122 48 "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almightly" Psalm 91:1 KEONG POH GUAN, CHRIS Age: 55 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 October 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Foo Chit Yang, Justina Sons: Keong Soon
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      44 48 "The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want." First Anniversary Psalm 23 In Loving Memory of CHIA MUN ONN Departed on 22 October 2007 Dearly missed and always remembered by family, friends, loved ones, SACE EAFAE members, Thomas Kuan and Lawrence Tsui (Macau)
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      37 47 Memory wanders as shadows fall back to the days of happiness, Daus beuond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Or her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      520 49  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Morning rally fizzles out as analysts' downgrades dampen sentiment By THE display of exuberance by a briefly optimistic local market lasted little more than a day. Singapore, like most Asian markets, started yesterday's trading day positively after a
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      350 49  -  Dennis Chan By DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR HEALTH-CARE investment trust First Reit's business is seemingly recessionproof, judging by its latest quarterly results and prognosis for the future. In the third quarter to Sept 30, First Reit's distribution per unit grew by 11.6 per cent
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        20 49 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.1986 billion shares worth $1.0963 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 223 Losers: 241 Unchanged: 1,880
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        86 49 Mid Cap 384.54 2.43 Basic materials 232.06 A 5.16 Utilities 246.88 A 8.11 Small Cap 304.94 A 0.32 Industrials 369.87 0.79 Financials 497.59 T -8.97 All Share 457.84 -2.90 Consumer goods 306.08 5.15 Technology 429.73 T -5.87 Fledgling 418.50 T -2.74 Healthcare 441.99 T -0.41 Real estate 394.04
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        25 49 Yesterday's close: 9,306.25 (+300.66) Japanese shares closed up 3.34 per cent, rebounding on hopes of another US economic stimulus package. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        26 49 Yesterday's close: 918.16 (+8.65) Malaysian stocks rose 0.95 per cent due to a technical rebound and selective buying of blue chips. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        30 49 Yesterday's close: 15,041.17 (-281.84) Hong Kong shares closed down 1.8 per cent after Citic Pacific said it was facing a potentially huge forex loss. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        25 49 Yesterday's close: 1,196.10 (-11.53) South Korean shares closed 1 per cent lower on continuing investor caution amid the global financial crisis. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        22 49 Yesterday's close: 1,958.53 (-15.48) Chinese shares closed down 0.78 per cent amid fears over worsening economic conditions. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        29 49 Yesterday's close: 10,683.39 (+460.3) Indian shares rose 4.5 per cent on hopes the central bank would further ease its monetary policy in the coming weeks. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        29 49 Sydney S&P ASX 200 Yesterday's close: 4,302.5 (+160.2) Australian shares closed 3.9 per cent higher on signs that moves to unblock global credit were beginning to work AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        25 49 Yesterday's close: 478.79 (+1.84) Thai share prices closed 0.39 per cent higher amid lingering concerns over the global financial crisis. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          113 49 (0) Oct 21 CENTS ISH 1082 47.3 3.0 lardine CSC 1140 46.0 4.2 Lyxor India Nifty 10 973 43.0 4.6 IS HSCI India 100 384 31.0 5.8 IHH 2012 29.6 1.0 CIHBAsean40 100US$ 583 26.6 3.2 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9200 20.0 0.2 Keppel Corp 482 17.0 3.7 OCBC
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          96 49 (0) Oct 21 CENTS GLD 1OUS$ DBS Grp UOB CityDev DCBC Bk ST Engg NOL KS Energy HKLand SGX B Sembawang CapitaLand Ml Pacific HC STATSChP STXP0KW100 F8N Nico Steel STI ETF Select Grp 7700 -354.6 -3.0 1264 -40.0 -3.1 1532 -28.0 -1.8 705 -23.0 -3.2 618 -20.0
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          91 49 Oct 21 Yoma Cyber Vill lunma GiantWTech LantroVis VGO Corp PSL Hldgs Teckwah ECS Hldgs Artivision Pan Asian BrightWor Xpress Ban Joo China Dairy Sunpower CreativMast Contel Shining GuthrieGTS CENTS 9.5 58.3 3 50.0 7.5 36.4 9.5 35.7 2 33.3 2 33.3 13 30.0 18 28.6 32 28.0
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          94 49 Oct 21 CENTS Sun East StarPharm Reyphon Pacific HC Centillion Southern Pkg Zhonghui Casa Hldgs Autron ChinaESave L-Jacob Liang Huat ShanghaiAsia Hoe Leong AEH Asia Water Oniontech Sky One Sunshine Nico Steel 1 -60.0 4.5 -52.6 1 -50.0 11.5 -36.1 1 -33.3 6 -33.3 2 -33.3 3.5 -30.0
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          105 49 (0) let 21 CENTS ICBC Bk RBePW*****3 113 IBS RB ePW*****3 94 epCorp MBUCW*****3 ....17.5 I0B HER eCW*****8 32.5 :apitalanBNPeCW***** 7 IOBBNPeCWO9O112 10 :apitalanBNPePW***** 30.5 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 7 GX RB ePW*****3 36 ingTel BNPeCW*****3 10.5 ingTelMBLeCW*****2 24.5 apitalanBNPeC*****2 3.5 :apitalandDBePW***** 27.5 iBSDBePW*****2 81.5 ICBC Bk SGAePW*****4 68 5 Tl
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          106 49 (0) Oct 21 CENTS UOB MBL ePW08n04 48.5 -12.0 -19.8 U0BSGAePW*****1 54 -11.5 -17.6 STI 2450 DBePW*****1 97 -10.0 -9.3 SGXMBL iCW*****3 75 -5.5 -6.8 SGXMBLeCW*****3 4 -4.5 -52.9 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 32 -4.0 -11.1 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 30.5 -3.5 -10.3 DBS BNP eCW*****9 16 -3.5 -17.9 DBS BNP eCW*****0 29.5 -3.5
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          102 49 Oct 21 CENTS CapitalanBNPeC*****2 3.5 133.3 KepCorp MBLeCW*****3 1 100.0 CapitalanBN PeC *****8 3.5 75.0 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 7 75.0 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 7 55.6 UOB BNP eCW*****2 10 42.9 Union Steel W*****4 3.5 40.0 JiutianC W*****5 2 33.3 SingTel BNPeCW*****3 10.5 31.3 SingTelMBLiCW*****3 9.5 26.7 KepCorp MBUCW*****3 17.5 25.0 OCBC Bk
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          107 49 Oct 21 CENTS CoscoCorpDBeCW*****2 0.5 -75.0 -1.5 STI 3300 BNPeCW***** 0.5 -66.7 -1.0 DBS HBL eCW*****4 2 -63.6 -3.5 SGXMBLeCW*****3 4 -52.9 -4.5 Firstlink W120B14 0.5 -50.0 -0.5 STI 2500BNPeCW*****0 1 -33.3 -0.5 DBS HBL eCW*****3 6 -20.0 -1.5 UOB MBL ePW*****4 48.5 -19.8 -12.0 DBS BNP eCW*****9
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        103 49 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Oct *****8 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.0310 1.1010 Can dollar 1.2310 1.2460 Euro 1.9580 1.9810 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4187 0.4196 NZ dollar 0.9080 0.9290 Sterling pound 2.5230 2.5520 US dollar 1.4680 1.4850 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN
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        181 49 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents °/o Vol Golden Agri 19 Noble Grp 72 Cosco Corp 76 Hbterra 4.5 SingTel 260 CapitaLand 306 FJ Benjamin 18.5 SembMar 152 Bio-Treat 4 IndoAgri 49 StraitsAsia 124 Yangzijiang 32 China Hongxing 18.5 DBS DB eCW*****0 16.5 Olam
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        370 49 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 825 382 810 2280 610 72.5 123 525 3580 2260 I-.,, 855 925 353.3 1990 1620 I-., 482 394 .1. 496 414 322 2220 572 404 228 5606 CapitaLand 153 5417 CapitaMall 634 5611
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        618 49 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 179 272 219 256 274 438 115 145 250 280 207 195 365 388 195 118 595 398 I" 458 372 317 "I 580 87 222 256 ll« 130 123.5 37.5 383.7 137
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        521 50  -  Elizabeth Wilmot Squeeze on building materials and high costs cited By AMBITIOUS expansion and redevelopment plans for three leading Singapore malls have been put on hold owing to high building costs and the squeeze on construction resources here. Capita Mall Trust (CMT)
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        441 50  -  Yang Huiwen By FIRST Ship Lease (FSL) Trust's unit price has fallen so sharply recently that its latest quarterly payout is equivalent to a whopping 42 per cent yield. This helped the stock, which had plunged to as low as 36 cents last
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        315 50  -  Dennis Chan By DEPUTY MONEY EDITOR SINGAPORE Petroleum Co (SPC) has had a dismal third quarter, with earnings plunging 99.4 per cent to almost nothing. The only Singapore-listed oil refining company yesterday said its net profit for the three months ended Sept 30 slumped
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        502 54  -  Joyce Teo Industry hopes the Govt will resume deferred public-sector projects By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT THE construction sector will not escape the global financial turmoil but the Government will help cushion an anticipated fall in demand, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan last night.
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        424 54  -  JOYCE TEO A SOLITARY bid for a transitional office site in Mohamed Sultan Road that came in way below market expectations has been rejected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as "too low". Local firm RSP Architects Planners Engineers had offered $4.65
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        333 54  -  Gabriel Chen By LENDERS and the credit bureau have a role to play in responsible credit. But consumers must also be more circumspect in their borrowing practices, the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) cautioned yesterday. Case executive director Seah Seng Choon, who was
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        502 55  -  Goh Eng Yeow SGX to consult traders on penalties for punters who sell shares that they don't have yet By MARKETS CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is asking traders for their views on the type of penalties it needs to impose for "naked" short-selling
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        187 55 BLOOMBERG NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), South-east Asia's largest shipping company, will cut capacity on Asia-Europe and transpacific routes as a slowing global economy and stagnant housing markets crimp demand for Chinese-made goods. Asia-Europe lanes will drop by about 25 per cent, while transpacific space will fall
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        860 56  -  Fiona Chan Third-quarter showing still strong but market will soften soon: Experts By PROPERTY REPORTER PRIVATE home prices may have slid in the third quarter but the sub-sale market was still going strong. Ninety-six per cent of owners who resold an uncompleted home between July
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        981 58  -  jasmine teo Attention class... not enough of High School Musical? Skip homework, watch the movie now Sixteen-year-old student Kellynn Chan has been a High School Musical fan since she was 13. Three years on, she still has the High School Musical and High School
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      4742 88 Notices NEWSPAPER NOTICE NEWSPAPER NOTICE EEHSGSPS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76<10)(h) of the Companies Act, Chapter NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76(10)(h) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of KSnipTCTI^I Luffimnl 50 of Singapore (the "Companies Act"), the following resolutions were duly passed
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      5149 89 Notices APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT NEWSPAPER NOTICE NEWSPAPER NOTICE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76(10)<h) of the Companies Act, Chapter NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76(10)(h) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of THE LAND TITLES ACT 50 of Singapore (the "Companies
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      4953 90 Notices APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT NEWSPAPER NOTICE NEWSPAPER NOTICE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76(10)<h) of the Companies Act, Chapter NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 76(10)(h) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of THE LAND TITLES ACT 50 of Singapore (the "Companies
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      2458 95 Classified Jobs Executive Appointments Tf v BfV OTHER MIS OTHER MIS OTHER RVS OTHER Wjf POSITIONS Ujj? POSITIONS Ujj? POSITIONS Ujj? POSITIONS Executive Appointments Established Alum Co located at AMK Ind Park 2 urgently requires JT^— 1) QUANTITY SURVEYOR Quantity Surveying/ Building JK—■ 1^ W- .=Sfx ther fc ;H pjg?
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    750 96 ...job seekers should look beyond monetary considerations YOU read and hear about it almost every day. Singapore's growth rate has been revised down even as the cost of living goes up. In the words of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in his National Day
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        505 98 The onus of security still lies on the individual SECURITY has taken on a new dimension as hackers, teens in the mid-*****, grow up to become more deviant miscreants today. The mid-1990s was when the Internet gained momentum and hackers created viruses thousands of little codes that
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        681 99  -  Tan Chong Yaw THE 1959 Walt Disney animated feature, Sleeping Beauty, has been released on Blu-ray. This is the first from Disney's treasure trove of classics to receive the high-definition video treatment. Disney's choice is apt as Sleeping Beauty was the cutting edge of
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        304 99  -  Han Yaw Power surfing for everyone People spend much of their time surfing. Here are simple ways to make cyberspace cruising smoother, i Refresh your Web page to get the latest updates from a forum, say, Eat-Drink-Man-Woman. Press the F5 key. On a Mac, hit Command
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        76 100 Hearing double Philips GoGear Luxe $139, from major electronics retailers next month THE Philips GoGear Luxe doesn't just look cool, it's also a music player that doubles up as a Bluetooth headset. The little gadget comes with a clip so you can attach it to your clothes or
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        102 100 Quick pairing Epson EB-1725 and 1735W projectors Epson EB-1725 ($2,588) and 1735W ($2,988), available now. For retailers, go to www.epson.com.sg WEIGHING just 1.8kg, the Epson EB-1725 (left) and 1735W portable multimedia projectors are lighter than some notebooks. Both can achieve up to 2,000:1 contrast ratio and can support standard
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        80 100 Warehouse workhorse CK3 mobile computer $3,704, call 6303-2100 for more information BARCODE scanners don't have to just, well, scan. With the Internet CK3 mobile computer, you can definitely do more at the warehouse. It doesn't just capture data, it provides secure wireless communications too, via VOIP, Bluetooth and
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        96 102 Tote this Fujitsu LifeBook U2010 $2,088, available now. For retailers, go to sg.fujitsu.com/pc FUJITSU'S Lifebook U2010 might weigh just 610g, but it is no lightweight in the tech department. Other than the typical features, the Intel Centrino Atom work-mate comes with a built-in GPS system that displays maps and
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        94 102 Mobile access Nokia Files on Ovi Subscription fees start from $14.80 per month. Available now at files.ovi.com/sas NOKIA'S Files on Ovi service is a godsend for those with demanding bosses who summon you for your files at any time of the day. It gives you access to the
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        113 102 Game alert Command And Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander Pack ($219) and Officer Pack ($119), from next Monday at Comics Connection, Challenger, Popular, PK Computer and Cyberactive outlets FANS of the Red Alert series of real-time strategy game Command And Conquer will be rewarded for their patience. Command
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        116 102 Stay cool Asus EAH4870 and EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight series $$459 for EAH4870 DK/1G and $319 for EN9800GTX+ DK/512M, available next month from computer shops in Funan DigitaLife Mall and Sim Lim Square KEEP cool while enjoying red hot graphics with the Asus Dark Knight EAH4B7O (top) and EN9BOOGTX+
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        84 102 Boost traffic and security SonicWall NSA 240 $1,770, available now. For distributors, go to www.sonicwall.com/ apac/2756.html OPTIMISE network traffic, prevent data leakage and detect dodgy online activity, all with one box the SonicWall NSA 240. By combining multiple technologies, such as antivirus and virtual private network, the
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        326 102  -  John Lvi The Pulse $315 When the first smartpen made its debut in the United States a few years ago, I was excited. Here was a smart device that could record audio while you used it to scribble down your notes. Now, it has made it to these
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          636 104 Landlords' insight into tenants' tills helps them plan promotions and boost sales. IRENE THAM finds out THESE days, shopping malls are no longer charging a flat monthly rent; they get a cut of merchants' revenue as well. What better way to track tenants' sales
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          365 106 Din Tai Fung's automated ordering and billing system makes the process a quick and seamless one DIN Tai Fung's xiao long baos (or steamed dumplings) are as much a known feature of the restaurant as its open kitchen and automated ordering and billing system.
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          180 106 FOLLOWING the lead of major mall operators, Frasers Centrepoint is going high-tech to connect to tenants' point-of-sales (POS) systems. The group owns The Centrepoint, Anchorpoint, Northpoint and Causeway Point shopping centres here. "We're about to introduce a new system for instant access to retail
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          481 108 SHOPPERS at United Square in Novena may soon be rewarded with goodies that matter to them. For instance, customers who frequent certain eateries or shops may receive discount vouchers for those outlets, said its landlord UOL Group. "If a loyal customer loves to eat at Bakerzin and
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        166 109 Street Fighter 4 Platform: PS3/Xbox 360; Genre: Fighting Release date: Next year What it is: This hit arcade fighting series returns after almost a decade with sizzling 3D graphics, cool moves and new fighters. Why it's cool: The best fighting game I have ever seen. Street Fighter (SF)
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          173 109 Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Platform: PS3; Genre: Fighting Release date: End of this year What it is: A 3D head-to-head slug-it-out in high-definition in which you control a team of ninjas from the hit Naruto anime series. Why it's cool: In the demo, there were four teams
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          162 109 Resident Evil 5 Platform: PS3/Xbox 360; Genre: Action shooter Release date: March next year What it is: You take down tons and tons of virus-infected, zombie-like humans. Why it's cool: Any game that has a fifth version, yet commands one of the longest queues at the Tokyo Game
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        131 109 Star Ocean: The Last Hope Platform: Xbox 360; Genre: Sci-fi role-playing Release date: February next year What it is: The fourth instalment of the series which will be made exclusively for the Xbox 360. Why it's cool: It's one of the highly anticipated Japanese-style role-playing games from
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        130 110 Little Big Planet Platform: PS3; Genre: Cooperative platform Release date: Next Thursday What it is: An addictive game which requires you to solve puzzles by moving bricks, jumping across pits and more. Why it's cool: Up to four persons can play together to solve level after level of
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        120 110 Ninja Blade Platform: Xbox 360; Genre: Action combat Release date: Early next year What it is: Plenty of non-stop action. Why it's cool: Everyone loves ninja fighting games. This one has you free-falling from aeroplanes, jumping off buildings and braking your fall using your katana (samurai sword)
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        136 110 Bionic Commando Platform: PS3/Xbox 360/ PC; Genre: Action adventure Release date: Early next year What it is: You navigate impassable terrain by swinging like Spider-Man from ceilings and buildings using your bionic arm, plus smash enemies in close combat. Why it's cool: This is the modern version of
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        109 110 Winning Eleven 2009 Platform: PS3/Xbox 360; Genre: Soccer Release date: Next month What it is: The latest version of the hit soccer series. Why it's cool: The game has a huge international fan base. Besides the fantastic graphics, this latest version has a four-person cooperative mode. In this
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        507 125 tmrnsmMg? GAMERS will have a rare treat this weekend first dips at Xbox 360 titles yet to be launched here. And the action's happening at the Microsoft XOB event at the Marina Square atrium from Friday to Sunday. So, like my fellow eager gamers, I am looking
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        512 125 THAM YUEN-C talks to Tomb Raider: Underworld's voluptuous ambassador ahead of her visit here for the XOB SHE is not much of a gamer, but Alison Carroll (left and above) is probably the dream girl of gamers the world over. Kicking and somersaulting in skin-tight costumes that show
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        371 125  -  Tham Yuen-C YEAHBUDDY! TOMB Raider: Underworld (TRU) is the eighth game in the Tomb Raider franchise and the third to be developed by game studio Crystal Dynamics after the series moved from its original developer, Core Design. This sequel weaves together Lara Croft's archaeological
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        331 126 ADLI YASHIR talks to the face of Xbox Live WHO says gaming and girls don't mix? Guys, sweet Sheylara can easily kick your butt virtually, of course. The Singaporean, whose real name is Shen Qiaoyun (left), blogs, acts and models. She is the local ambassador for
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        448 126 IS THE Xbox becoming the Wii? The thought crossed my mind when I saw the cute little Miis (avatars in the Wii are called Miis) horsing around in the new Xbox 360 interface. That was the New Xbox Experience which I had a preview of during
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        389 128  -  Alfred Siew, ASK anyone who played the original Gears Of War about his most memorable moments in the third-person shooter, and he'll likely bring up the chainsaw. Yes, that nasty close-combat action usually ends up with one of two combatants becoming mere chunks of flesh on
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        400 128  -  Alfred Siew IT'S A racing game that promises to outdo others in the Beng quotient and, in many ways, Midnight Club: Los Angeles appears well able to do just that. Midnight Club: Los Angeles goes out on Friday for the Xbox 360, Play Station 3 and
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        662 129  -  Oo Gin Lee SNAP! CONTROL the fate of World War 111, with just your voice. Tom Clancy's End War turns the real-time tactical fenre on its head and that takes you where others aye not gone before use voice commands alone to take complete charge of
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        483 133  -  Sherwin Loh MUSICIANS are coming around to the fact that video games can be their lifeline in a waning music industry. How else do you explain the unprecedented support Activision received while developing its upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour (GHWT) music game? Not only are
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        268 133  -  Yap Hui Bin, "ROUND up yo homies, dawg, and reclaim yo turf in Stilwater city!" Translation: Gather your gang members, pal, and reclaim your turf in the city of Stilwater. Like its predecessor, Saints Row 2 (SR2) is a sandbox-style action shooter and
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        542 135  -  Sherwin Loh PHOTOS NEVER have I had to wonder about the consequences of the choices I make in a game. However, with Fable 11, every decision must be weighed because every action begets a consequence. Maybe the more careful approach comes from knowing that the game
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        795 111 Cyberspace has the memory of an elephant. Once something is posted online, getting it off is hard to do, reports THAM YUEN-C THE Internet does not forget. An unnamed Singaporean blogger who made the headlines last month would know that well. She found out the hard way
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        357 111  -  Tham Yuen-C WHAT happens if you have too much information online? There is hope yet. Here are steps you can take to remove it. Search First, do a search on yourself by typing in your name on all the major search engines. If someone is trying
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        681 112  -  Jenny Chin, Tertiary institutions see a need to meet employers' demand for people with Linux and open source experience MORE people using Linux in businesses and industries have prompted tertiary institutions here to introduce relevant courses so as to turn out trained professionals for this operating
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        66 112 SIM University Executive Master in Open Source Management: $12,000 (Executive Graduate Diploma); $27,000 (Executive Master) Go to www.unisim.edu.sg for more information Singapore Polytechnic Red Hat Certified Technician: $1,498 (for Singaporean and Singapore PR), $7,490 (for foreigners) Go to http://cet.sp.edu.sg/linux/for more information Red Hat Training Centre or Ingram Micro
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      174 143 r" is honored to be top entrepreneur L :^:^::^:Z3^L.';-^T;ra~r ;;-7::: ~tt:..r:-:J The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 A Rotary-ASME Award. Congratulations to my fellow winners of EVA 08,1 am honored to be recognized alongside you and wish you the best in all your future endeavours. The To the people
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      333 144 I ■[■F* 7 r "Mil I k (20/> Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2003) I ■Q/lr J3SOII Sim, M.D.-Jason Parquet V ENTREPRENEUR f The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 A Rotary-ASME Award "To become a world-class enterprise t> this is the man behind Jason Parquet Specialist (S) Pte Ltd.
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      88 145 II «Hp| P| Bi Imarketingl S=*« F^_l |AS I A-PACIFIC 11 |^C] il» t^3B t*l* kT^ i i!^J*^*3 111 ?Ip I llT^ 11* kF* [M ITl^l* B HH ug|i|yu ■■■■■■■I I i! a..^a| m BEB IB DBS Imm i^aHiBHBIHH9 II EdOaQ^U Ri SI l%M#M¥tfwwwVlpM^^ Heartiest Congratulations from: KUEHNE+NAGEL (T) I<H
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      108 146 CHARLES KEITH The Entrepreneur of the year on being awarded as Top Entrepreneur, The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 A Rotary-ASME Award Mr Charles Wong, Managing Director of Charles Keith Group 111 j| m^m -^tfR^^^r^ m I |H t-— fl C^^^5 I Ilia vK^~ ~~"^B H '\^M iff? "«^l
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      185 147 G Entrepreneur of the year reenpac f environmental packaging www.qreenpac.com.sg A ROTARY-ASME AWARD ■X "While others promise you the world, Greenpac delivers it" Managing Director 1 TOP ENTREPRENEUR THE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD 2008 A ROTARY-ASME AWARD. GREENPAC is a knowledge-based company that specialises in innovative, environmentally friendly industrial
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      170 148 JTV TOP ENTREPRENEUR fl^j A Rotary ASME Award Protective Technologies Pte Ltd^ To my deeply valued customers Kisi)iiitii3W^ MOTftgylgranHOTH and close partners, I express my ggggmg|g jg|gnffi KffijEHlp U^^Q heartfelt gratitude. Thank you for your continued support BBggMfjflffW^^ dt«/5^ confidence B^npffiiiT^rff^ 7o KCPT Team and our families, ■ugj^g^|y^j^^^ thank you
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      195 149 The _< H 4m j Entrepreneur I^MH^I |V^% of the year The light that outshines I' 1^ \t/o**^' A ROTARY-ASME AWARD Congratula ;toK lyTeo on being awarded Top Entrepreneur The Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 A Rotary-AS ME Award GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR KRISLITE PTE LTD Hh^^P^^^^^Vl^^*. AuBB I iv B_^^^^
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      243 150 The Entrepreneur of the year Wi A ROTARY-ASME AWARD CONGRATUI-ATIONS To Mr Ivan Lee, Founder and CEO of the Thai Express Group of restaurants. Thai Express is a leading F&B lifestyle services provider with more than 75 outlets across Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Shanghai, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Singapore and New
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      150 151 i I jp* 1* niplSSr 'W 1 Mr Tony Lim _^^^^a^^—^^^^^^| Chairman and CEO -fO^Tl TOP ENTREPRENEUR, nIF m Jl HhlL Established in 1984 and incorporated in 1995, Peng Kwee Watches' principal business is in the sales and retail of high quality Luxury second hand branded watches. Today, Peng Kwee
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      300 152 The Entrepreneur of the year i-^"— P H A R M A Love Life, Stay Healthy. /f Mr Koe Khoon Poh, Managing Director of t/ INTEGRATED CONTRACT MANUFACTURING PTE LTD on being awarded as 111 JH I The company was established by Mr Koe in 1970 and has since I
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      64 153 fekfj£ ill fiT^B Congratulations from esteemed business partners: FITTING® H*a**«x*Pß*fl Dong Jin Fitting Co Ltd (Korea) m r interlift sales pte ltd G&W Trading Pte Ltd Aon Singapore Pte Ltd Blastech Abrasives Pte Ltd Earnst Hardware Engineering Pte Ltd Masteel UK Ltd Sin Ghee Huat Corporation Ltd Standard Heat Treatment
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      96 154 *^^9^ '^^y j^^d ■■p^r s^v Congratulations Ms Valeric Tan of Pinnacle International on winning TOP ENTREPRENEUR The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 A Rotary-ASME Award CftT @)GEMoney B EAflf£i^3 CIMB /?Mfl^Bank m^-^ FREIGHTWORKS K^*\ I K^ K*\ /"N I Altalia x international Aptus Law Corporation S& M Alliance Pte
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      233 155 The Entrepreneur BQ of the year y^ Til j\. A il i\l J_>/ A ROTARY-ASME AWARD to our Executive Chairman and Managing Director Mr Yon Lee Yong Miang on being awarded as TOP ENTREPRENEUR The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008 A Rotary-ASME Award. A (7 (7 (7 I Founded
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      92 156 Midnight Club Los Angeles M j^Tj^fZ J^^^J Kawasaki Ninja A I 11 M 7 F I r/—/ *V J Mll LUCKY DRAW A IS Wk^ Bail H§ ifflK! Mf/ ,*A' T r R«f1O) visitors get a FREE I F IV ■■Hr^WV M/ -JBfe— T personalized photo card with P. i-^
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