The Straits Times, 30 January 2009

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    18 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 2009. ■ijp* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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      Lock icon 'Buy America' condition
      54 1 A CONTROVERSIAL "Buy America" steel provision in the US$Bl9 billion (Ssl.2 trillion) stimulus package passed by the House yesterday has raised fears of a dangerous spiral of protectionist policies and tit-for-tat measures worldwide. The provision stipulates only US steel be used for public works projects under the
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      Lock icon Fears over protectionism
      49 1 POLICYMAKERS attending the second day of the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday sounded the alarm about the growing threat of protectionism. India's Trade Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, warned that the global economic crisis could fuel protectionism to safeguard national industries and jobs. MONEY PAGE 816
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    • Article
      Lock icon Expect to be paid 2% less
      57 1 TOTAL pay packages are expected to drop 2 per cent this year as employers give out smaller bonuses, a survey by the Singapore Human Resources Institute has found. But the poll results also showed that only 3 per cent of firms have cut or
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    • Article
      Lock icon Top shops in heartland
      60 1 HEARTLAND shopping malls now have what their glitzier cousins in Orchard Road have major fashion labels, unique concept stores and big-name restaurants. Mall operators say they are making these changes to meet the demands of their shoppers, who now include expatriates. Shoppers also like the convenience
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      Lock icon More abusing heroin
      54 1 THE number of heroin abusers has shot up again, with 859 addicts arrested last year. The Central Narcotics Bureau also seized 44.2 kg of heroin almost three times the amount in 2007. In all, the number of drug abusers caught last year dropped by about 16 per
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    Lock icon $20.5b package is pro-worker, says Swee Say
    776 1  -  Goh Chin Lian By PHOTO: THE $20.5 billion Resilience Package unveiled last week in the Budget is more pro-worker than employees may realise, said labour chief Lim Swee Say yesterday. He gave two reasons to support his point. One, the Jobs Credit scheme
    COURTESY OF MR SENG HAN THONG'S FAMILY  -  776 words
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    Lock icon DBS chief exec ill, takes up to six months off
    573 1  -  Gabriel Chen Richard Stanley has leukaemia; news stuns business community By HE'S A FIGHTER "Being the fighter that he is, I expect him to overcome the illness and return to DBS." DBS chairman Koh Boon Hwee, on Mr Richard Stanley
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        Lock icon Parents' primary school concerns
        64 2 WE SAY For vastly divergent reasons, two proposals of the Primary Education Review panel that will interest parents most are the ending of semester exams in favour of smaller tests and the conversion of government primary schools to single-session schools in eight years' time. The Education
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      • Article
        Lock icon At a crossroads
        26 2 COLUMNS The financial world is faced with two paths those of economic nationalism and international cooperation, says Timothy Garton Ash. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Truth behind price rise
        26 2 The price of rice will rise again and farmers need more help than they've been getting, says Tion Kwa. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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      • Article
        Lock icon GST cut won't work
        30 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Wang Kin Mm explains why targeted GST credits work better than a GST cut to stimulate domestic demand. FORUM PAGE A 24
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Kwan Weng Kin gets nostalgic about the Kabuki-za an iconic piece of Japan's landscape.
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    • Article
      Lock icon What it should have been
      41 2 IN YESTERDAY'S article, "New envoy to Vietnam", we wrongly stated the name of Singapore's next ambassador to Vietnam as Mr Wong Wie Kun. It should be Mr Wong Wie Kuen, Simon. We apologise for the error.
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Look before leaping into the hiring blitz
      1100 2  -  Goh Chin Lian Job switch is not always successful, so spending wisely on training is key By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE Government's move to drum up hiring during this downturn sounds like good news for the thousands who are or will be laid
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      1 2 PUNCHLINES
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  • prime news
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      Lock icon 'Buy America' bias in US stimulus plan
      762 3 'Only US steel' stipulation for public works raises spectre of protectionism WASHINGTON: A controversial "Buy America" steel provision in the US$Bl9 billion (Ssl.2 trillion) stimulus package passed by the House yesterday has raised fears of a dangerous spiral of protectionist policies and tit-for-tat
      WASHINGTON POST; REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  762 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Divided House votes for Obama package
      378 3  -  Chua Chin Hon US BUREAU CHIEF By WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's ambitious plan to rescue the US economy passed its first major test yesterday, though political bickering could yet keep the US$BOO-plus billion (more than Ssl trillion) stimulus package from being signed next month.
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      Lock icon Labour to play key part in four areas
      238 4 LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say (right) outlined how the labour movement would play its part in four areas: On making Singapore the most pro-business economy in the world Intensify efforts to help more companies save costs, upgrade capabilities, improve service standards and
      ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  238 words
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      Lock icon Recovering MP sends encouraging message to unionists
      795 4  -  Kor Kian Beng Jermyn Chow By EVEN as he remained in hospital recovering from severe burn injuries, Yio Chu Kang MP Seng Han Thong's thoughts were on ways to encourage the labour movement in these trying times. He designed a greeting card and
      COURTESY OF MR SENG HAN THONG'S FAMILY  -  795 words
    • Article
      Lock icon How trust saved 30 jobs in two companies
      578 4  -  KOR KIAN BENG ABOUT 30 jobs were at risk two weeks ago when two plastic manufacturers, facing reduced demand, wanted to retrench their workers. Officials of the Chemical Industries Employees' Union (CIEU) got wind of it and suggested they opt for a
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      Lock icon S'pore's growth model works, says Tharman
      923 6 Despite the ups and downs, being plugged to the rich economies is still the best approach ON BAILOUT EFFORTS "It's right that governments recapitalised banks in the West and they're trying their best to incentivise new lending. It's too early to say how successful
      BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  923 words
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      Lock icon Surprised Tao Li says: Who, me?
      344 7  -  LIN XINYI MINUTES after swimmer Tao Li towelled down after training at the Singapore Sports School pool yesterday, she soaked up the news that she is The Straits Times' Athlete of the Year. It was greeted with a fleeting moment of speechlessness, before her
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      Lock icon Athlete of Year Tao Li inspired S'poreans
      571 7  -  Mathew Pereira Straits Times inaugural award goes to the sportswoman who surpassed expectations By SPORTS EDITOR SINGAPORE'S table tennis women ended the Republic's Olympic medal drought and Yip Pin Xiv took a gold in the Paralympics in Beijing but it was fiesty under-sized
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • GROWING FAKE PROBLEM
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        Lock icon '10 billion yuan of sham notes in circulation'
        701 8  -  Lee Seok Hwai By CHINESE counterfeiters who churn out quality copies of everything from CDs to condoms have now turned their hands to the ultimate fake: sham banknotes. High-quality counterfeit renminbi (the people's money) have turned up in about 20 Chinese provinces
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        Lock icon One in every 40 £1 coins found to be a dud
        235 8 LONDON: Criminal gangs have dramatically increased their output of counterfeit £1 (552.15) coins in the past year, pumping millions of fakes into the economy, British newspaper The Independent reported yesterday. Sampling, by the Royal Mint, of coins in circulation
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        Lock icon Bogus rupees smuggled in via Bangkok, Nepal
        753 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Even to a trained observer, the currency notes look perfect. "I have to be really careful not to mix them up with real notes," the government official said with a laugh as he fished them out of
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    • world regional
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        Lock icon Indonesian court to try S'porean suspect under anti-terrorism law
        421 9  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN A setback for Singaporean terrorist suspect Mohammad Hassan Saynudin, an Indonesian court decided yesterday to proceed with his trial under terrorism charges. Hassan, better known as Fajar Taslim in Indonesia, and his two Indonesian accomplices
        THE NEW PAPER  -  421 words
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        Lock icon Japan claims advance in flu vaccine
        520 9 Researchers: New vaccine works against multiple strains, including bird flu virus, even if they mutate TOKYO: Researchers in Japan said yesterday that they have developed a flu vaccine that works against multiple viruses and could prevent a deadly pandemic of bird flu mutations. The
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        Lock icon AirAsia braces itself for KL backtrack on new airport
        610 10  -  Leslie Lopez If airline's final pitch today fails, it hopes to win greater say on KLIA expansion By SOUTH-EAST ASIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is set to backtrack on its decision to allow upstart budget airline Air Asia to build its
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        Lock icon Najib takes over troubled Perak division
        420 10 IPOH: Umno deputy president Najib Razak has taken personal charge of the party's troubled division in Perak, where tensions burst into the open with the defection of an Umno assemblyman to the opposition. This followed the resignation of Perak Umno liaison chairman and former
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        Lock icon PDI-P yet to pick Megawati's running mate
        414 10 JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Par-ty-Struggle (PDI-P) ended its national meeting on Wednesday without deciding whether its leader Megawati Sukarnoputri would pair up with the ruler of Yogyakarta to contest Indonesia's presidential elections in July. The second-largest political party was earlier expected to announce Ms
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        Lock icon A world first in cloning?
        235 12 SEOUL: A South Korean bio-engineering company yesterday claimed a world first, saying it has successfully cloned dogs using stem cells derived from fat tissue. RNL Bio said it extracted fat tissue from a beagle last October, isolated and expanded stem cells from it and developed
        AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  235 words
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        Lock icon India cuts fuel prices again ahead of polls
        575 12  -  Ravi Velloor By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India has slashed fuel and gas prices for the second time in two months as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government braced itself for elections amid the spectre of massive job losses. According to
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        Lock icon UN evacuates Sri Lanka civilians
        205 12 COLOMBO: The United Nations evacuated hundreds of severely wounded civilians from behind rebel lines in Sri Lanka yesterday as government troops fought to secure victory over the Tamil Tigers. Human rights bodies have called for immediate steps by both the Colombo government and the Liberation
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  205 words
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        Lock icon KL nod for shorter work week
        602 12  -  Hazlin Hassan Some firms to operate on 3-day week in bid to stave off retrenchments By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will allow businesses to shorten their work week to three days, hoping to save jobs in the face of falling demand for exports
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        Lock icon Beijing expands subsidy scheme to boost demand
        544 12 BEIJING: China is expanding a scheme of providing subsidies for the purchase of household appliances to all rural dwellers in a bid to boost domestic consumption. Originally earmarked for 12 provinces, it will now be expanded nationwide from Sunday with more appliances included,
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  544 words
    • world memo from seoul
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        Lock icon S. Koreans forgo tuition as crisis bites
        985 13  -  Lee Tee Jong Private lessons no longer a priority in tough times By SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT WITH the economy in its worst shape since the Asian financial crisis more than a decade ago, South Korean parents are cutting back on what used to
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    • world international
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        Lock icon Surge of Asian immigrants in Australia, census shows
        343 14 SYDNEY: Australia's Asian population is growing rapidly as more immigrants from across the region pour into a country once despised for its racially exclusive policies, official statistics showed yesterday. China and India provided increasing numbers of immigrants, while traditional sources of new
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF STATISTICS  -  343 words
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        Lock icon French strike disrupts services
        450 14 Fears over global crisis prompt nationwide protest by workers, including teachers and rail staff PARIS: A nationwide strike by French public and private sector workers fearful about the global economic crisis disrupted railway and subway lines and left millions of schoolchildren without teachers yesterday. In Paris,
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  450 words
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        Lock icon Republicans vote today on their future
        580 15  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: The Republican Party is in a reflective mood as it prepares to vote today for its party chief. After the loss of the White House and 28 congressional seats in November's elections, the new chairman will help shape
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        Lock icon 'Change Mid-East policy, Obama'
        481 15 Gaza's Hamas chief says: Not in US interest to be in conflict with Muslims GAZA CITY: The head of Gaza's Hamas government, in his first interview since Israel ended a fierce three-week military offensive, urged President Barack Obama to change American policies in the Middle East.
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  481 words
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        Lock icon Tainted food scare in US spreads
        631 16 Peanut plant expands recall to all products made since 2007; eight dead and over 500 ill Symptoms SALMONELLA is a bacteria that is frequently found in birds and reptiles. In humans, it can cause vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, bloody stools and fever, usually lasting
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    • world in brief
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        Lock icon Thai protest planned
        110 17 BANGKOK: Supporters of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said they will adopt the tactics of their foes, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), and hold a protest at Bangkok's main government offices tomorrow. The PAD had staged a series of protests which brought down the last government.
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  110 words
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        Lock icon 'Indian spies' arrested
        94 17 LAHORE: Pakistani police said yesterday that three Pakistani men had been arrested on suspicion of spying for India since 2005 and being involved in a 2006 marketplace bombing. Police chief Pervaiz Rathor, in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, told AFP the three were on the payroll of
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        Lock icon Viet bribery: 3 convicted
        117 17 TOKYO: A Japanese court yesterday convicted three executives and slapped a fine on a consultancy involved in a bribery case in Vietnam that led Tokyo to suspend aid loans to the communist country. The former executives of Pacific Consultants International admitted to bribing a Vietnamese official
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  117 words
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        Lock icon SLICEOFLIFE
        211 17 Dairy farmers milk the personal touch LONDON: Cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a British study. Cattle given "the personal touch" can produce up to 500 pints (284 litres) of milk more a year, experts at
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        Lock icon Girl, 4, hurled into river
        103 17 SYDNEY: An Australian man was charged with murder after allegedly throwing his four-year-old daughter from a bridge into a river during peak hour traffic yesterday, police said. The 36-year-old man, believed to be locked in a custody battle with the girl's mother, allegedly threw the
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        Lock icon 1m hit by US blackout
        104 17 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky): More than a million people stranded in darkness across the United States yesterday in the wake of an icy winter storm could face a lengthy wait for electricity to course through their frosty homes. Utility officials estimated 1.33 million homes and businesses were
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        Lock icon German tanker hijacked
        76 17 NAIROBI: Somali pirates yesterday hijacked a German-owned tanker in the Gulf of Aden, the third ship to be taken this year, a maritime group said. The MV Longchamp was hijacked with a crew of 13 12 Filipinos and one Indonesian the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme said.
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        Lock icon Pre-historic axes found in Perak
        63 17 Universiti Sains Malaysia Centre for Archaeological Research has uncovered evidence of human existence in the country reportedly dating back 1.83 million years. Centre director Mokhtar Saidin said the hand-axes and chopping tools were unearthed at Bukit Bunuh in Perak. The next oldest pre-historic hand-axes found
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Parents' primary (school) concerns
      426 18 Parents primary (school) concerns TWO items among the welter of proposals from the Primary Education Review committee will draw most attention from parents and no little angst. One is about abandoning semester examinations at Primary 1 and 2 in favour of smaller tests spread through the year. The other is
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      Lock icon Davos Man v Nationalist Man
      1091 18  -  Timothy Garton Ash FINANCIAL FALLOUT By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Now we are at a crossroads. One road leads back to economic nationalism, protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbour policies. Another leads forward to more international cooperation, including more regulation and transparency. DAVOS (Switzerland): Davos Man, "the most
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      Lock icon Belarus' rising role in geopolitics
      681 18  -  Dmitry Shlapentokh By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WITH the tension between Russia and Ukraine over gas supplies to Europe grabbing the headlines, the warming of ties between Belarus and the West has passed largely unnoticed. But the fact that a country which has been branded
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    • review
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        Lock icon How to save newspapers
        1084 19  -  David Swensen Michael Schmidt By By endowing our most valued sources of news, we wouldfree them from the strictures of an obsolete business model and offer them a permanent place in society, like that of America's colleges and universities. Endowments would transform newspapers into unshakeable fixtures
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      401 25  -  Maria Almenoar Drivers to get $306 over 6 months; other operators also passing on savings By THE largest taxi operator here, Comfort DelGro, will pass on all its savings from its road tax rebates to its drivers from March. Cabbies leasing its fleet
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      215 25 DOZENS of dead fish were found in a canal off Balestier Road yesterday, though officials are not sure what killed them. They were removed from the canal by two workers from Veolia Environmental Services who regularly clean the waterway, which cuts through the Central
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      282 25 PETROL prices rose at all oil chains yesterday for the second time this year, an upswing that follows six months of dramatic drops. A litre of 92-octane petrol jumped 5 cents a litre to $1,588, as did 95-octane petrol, which
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      399 25  -  Yen Feng By THOUSANDS of devotees crammed into the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple yesterday for the Chinese New Year tradition of offering prayers to Taoism's Tai Sui God. Many began queueing outside the temple at Arumugam Road in Paya Lebar from sam.
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      217 25 A SINGAPORE scientist plans to use her US$l.5 million (552.2 million) research grant to study how antibodies produced by the body stop the dengue virus from entering cells. Dr Lok Shee Mci, 35, from the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, received the grant
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      718 27  -  Li Xueying The two Sing Tel chief and NUS don are among 3 new appointees By Q MORE ONLINE Get a full list of PSC members at www.straitstin.es .com.sg FOR the first time in more than a decade, women have been appointed
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      319 27 FOUR newly appointed foreign envoys, including Malaysia's High Commissioner to Singapore, presented their credentials to President S R Nathan at the Istana yesterday. The others were the ambassadors of Iran, Libya and Djibouti. Datuk Md Hussin Nayan, 56, the Malaysian High Commissioner, succeeds
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      365 27  -  Melissa Sim By LIANG Court Shopping Centre has become the fourth mall here to offer rent-free space to voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs), as part of a government plan that allows malls to add retail space while helping non-profit groups. The River Valley Road
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      689 27  -  Zakir Hussain By FORMER Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) chairman V.R. Nathan died yesterday, at age 78. He had been unwell for more than a month with complications from a lung infection and died at Singapore General Hospital in the afternoon, said his son-in-law Ramadas
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      52 27 Mr Jon Cheong, 45, practising fly fishing at Choa Chu Kang Park yesterday. While still a relatively rare sport here, fly fishing has drawn about 100 diehard local enthusiasts, some of whom happily fly to Mongolia to indulge in their passion. ST PHOTO: BRYAN VAN
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      599 29  -  Teh Joo Lin 30% of heroin addicts nabbed were previously hooked on Subutex By THE total number of drug abusers fell last year but a disturbing blip stood out in the latest annual drug statistics: Heroin has re-emerged as the most commonly
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      516 29  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By AFTER staging a worrying comeback in the last three years, glue sniffing took a dip last year. The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) arrested 615 glue-sniffers last year, a 5 per cent drop from 2007's figure of 644. CNB deputy
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      252 29 THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) crippled 25 major drug trafficking syndicates last year in 41 operations. Its officers seized bigger hauls in most of the drug types, including heroin, Erim-in-5 and ketamine. There were marked dips in the amounts of Subutex, Cannabis and Ecstasy seized.
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      95 29 Talk about being all fired up. Mr Bosco Francis, local illusionist, fire-eater and star of Eric Khoo's film My Magic, mesmerised patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday by spewing great balls of fire and performing other fiery stunts. The event was
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      393 29  -  Elena Chong COUPLE ON TRIAL FOR ANTI-ISLAMIC PAMPHLETS By A MAN accused of distributing comic books critical of Islam testified at his sedition trial yesterday that he did not read the tracts before posting them and had no idea they were objectionable.
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      187 29 ONG Kian Cheong and his wife, Dorothy Chan Hien Leng, were arrested on Jan 30 last year after police found dozens of comic books in their Bukit Timah Road condominium. The Media Development Authority found 11 titles objectionable, including Who Is Allah?, Allah Had No Son, Are
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      331 30  -  CHERYL ONG A MAN tricked the employees of a downtown jewellery shop into handing him more than $140,000 worth of jewels last weekend, the police said yesterday. The culprit walked away from Raffles Jeweller in the Fullerton Hotel on Sunday with a
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      832 30  -  Selina Lum He was not entitled to an appeal as he had exhausted all avenues By What are criminal motions? WHILE Salwant Singh has technically exhausted all avenues of appeal, he has been successful in getting hearings before judges by filing criminal motions. These
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      93 24 WA WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm labour chief Lim Swee Say. It makes MOST-READ ONLINE Singaporeans more cost-competitive Offensive booklet reported. than foreign workers, and avoids the Normal Technical students get need to reduce employers' CPF scholarships. contribution. Do you agree? your say www.stomp.com.sg The $20.5
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      577 32  -  Leonard Lim They could lose home advantage and face bans, fines for attack By WHAT HAPPENS NOW "The procedure regarding such incidents is that the AFC compiles reports from various match officials. These reports are then submitted to the AFC disciplinary committee, and its decisions are announced
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      307 33  -  Terrence Voon By THE inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) next year can help to lift some of the gloom over Singapore's economic woes, says Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports, and Transport) Teo Ser Luck. But more needs to be
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      125 33 MELBOURNE: Serena Williams passed golfer Annika Sorenstam as the top prize money-earner in women's sports history after reaching tomorrow's Australian Open final. The American, 27, defeated Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-4 yesterday to guarantee a pay cheque of at least Asl million (550.99 million). She will
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      758 33  -  Rohit Brijnath By "Any Grand Slam will do." NOPPAWAN LERTCHEEWAKARN, who wants a junior Grand Slam title and will keep trying till Wimbledon this year at least MELBOURNE: Interview done, shyly the junior player asked, the book in my hand, where could she
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      221 34 LONDON: Robinho has told Brazil coach Dunga that the university student, 18, accusing him of rape is an "opportunist". He starred in Manchester City's 2-1 Premier League win over Newcastle on Wednesday while out on bail. "I'm innocent. I did nothing wrong," he told the Daily Star.
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      359 34 BOSTON: Eddie House is ready for the three-point shooting contest on All-Star weekend in mid-February. All he needs is an invitation. The sharpshooter scored 28 points on a career-high eight three-pointers to lead Boston to their ninth straight win, 119-100 over Sacramento on Wednesday. Teammate Kevin Garnett
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      145 31 Key performances in 2008 stphotomughanrajasegeran^w 1 BEIJING OLYMPICS FINA/ARENA WORLD CUP SERIES x Women's 100 m butterfly her semi-final in 57.545 ec, qualifying Despite competing in only four of the Z^\ Heats: Won her heat in an Asian fourth-fastest for the final. That time seven-legged World Cup series, iSjjlS^Sk record
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      340 32 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes. com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Knicks player's ex-girlfriend killed. I'm worth more than £100 million: Ronaldo. Djokovic feels the heat. MOST COMMENTED School sports to hit prime-time television. Said macswift: "It is long overdue for our local media to start reporting
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      43 34 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Late Founder MR TANG WEE CHENG was called home to be with the Lord on 24 January 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of DYNASTY HOTEL GROUP LTD HERITAGE HOTEL MANAGEMENT NZ LTD
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      51 34 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of our Late Founder/Chairman MR TANG WEE CHENG was called home to be with the Lord on 24 January 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of DYNASTY CORPORATION (S) PTE LTD DYNASTY FOODS INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD lEQ GLOBAL PTE
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      52 34 The family of the late TANPHECKNGO Departed 25/01/2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. From Daughters: Sim Siang Kheng Sim Lee Kheng Sim Lee Keow Helen Sim Lee
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      110 34 ZZ/^ "As for me, the hour has come for me to be xii sacrificed... I have done my best in the race, t I I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith." ISABEL FRANCISCA RODRIGUES Age: 84 was called home to be with the Lord on
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      47 34 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of BELOVED YEO GEK KEOW There's a sad but sweet remembrance. There is a memory fond and true; and a token of affection And a heartache still for you, mother dearest. Fondly remembered by Husband, children spouses, grandchildren and all loved onK.W*
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      47 34 11th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of EDWARD CHIONH KOK HWA Called Home to be with The Lord on 30.1.98 Beautiful memories, silently kept, of a truly wonderful, loving husband father We'll never forget.... Forever remembered, Forever loved, Forever cherished, Wife Sally, Children Elvin, Sheryl, ZJX Sue-Anne J5
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      253 35 A CELEBRATION OF LIFE Elder TANG WEE CHENG is now by the side of the Lord, since 24th January 2009. He lived a full and joyous life of 75 years serving the Lord he loved. "You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with
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      186 36 I "Truly, truly I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgement, but has passed from death to life." John 5:24 Dr Chay Swee On Age: 67 was called home to be with the Lord
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      174 36 "I will dwell in the house ofthe Lord forever" 'Psalm 23:6) HENRY TAN HOAY GIE BBM, JP Age: 89 Was received into the everlasting loving arms of his Lord Saviour Jesus Christ on 29 January 2009 Waiting to be eternally reunited with his Beloved Wife: Tan Choon Lan Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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      34 36 1 s We express our deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to Prof Bernard Tan on the demise of his beloved father HENRY TAN HOAYGIE From: Governing Council, Management and Staff of Singapore Institute of Management
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      91 36 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory of THENMOLI D/ 0 K. R. REDDY Departed on 9 February 2000 Heart of my heart I miss you so much. The memory of those happy days which we spent together will always be with me. Sunshine fades and shadows fall. But sweet remembrance outlasts
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      68 36 YONG LEN Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 28 January 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Bee Geok (Mci Vi) Sons: Yong Jian Vi Yong Jian Si all relatives and friends Wake is held at Blk 871 Yishun Street 81 Hp: 9634 2217, 9152 0490
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      122 36 22 OM NAMO NARAYANA £W V. R. NATHAN Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 29 January 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kamalasarasu Daughters: Sons-in-law: Veni Subash Chandra Hemalatha J. K. Naidu KomalaValli S. K. Ramadas Naidu Kalpana Ashok Kumar Grandchildren: Gayathri Subash Siddharth Subash R.
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      66 36 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the family ofthe late MR V R NATHAN (PBM, BBM) Finance Member (Hindu Endowments Board) 1983-1989 Chairman (Hindu Endowments Board) 1988-1990, 1991-2004 Advisor (Hindu Endowments Board) 2004-2008 From: The Management and Staff of the HINDU ENDOWMENTS BOARD HINDU ADVISORY BOARD His dedication to
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      30 36 In Loving Memory CHEONG YUET LEE Departed 30.01.1990 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by Husband, son, Daughter-in-law, Grandsons Loved Onei
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      56 36 Thalai Thevasam lst Anniversary RANJIT KUMAR Departed 10 Feb 2008 A Golden Heart stopped beating and now at peace you rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, he only takes the best. "We love you" Prayers will be held at Geylang East Sivan Temple, Fri 30 Jan at
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      16 36 InEverloving Memory of (ONG CHAI LIAP Departed 30/1/2005 Always loved remembered by Daughters, Grandchildren Great Grandchildren
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      646 41  -  Fiona Chan Drop due to firms cutting bonuses, but basic wages likely to be on uptrend By TOTAL pay packages are likely to take a hit this year as the rapidly worsening economic crisis exerts a heavier toll on Singaporeans. A
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        501 37  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Investors take profit as excitement over US stimulus plan fades By FEAR and caution, the market's two ugly sisters of recent months, came crashing back yesterday to stifle the optimism sparked by the Obama stimulus plan. The benchmark
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          195 37 Yesterday's close: 8,251.24 (+144.95) »Japanese shares gained 1.79 per cent on hopes of bold action by Mr Barack Obama to nurse the US economy back to health. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Yesterday's close: 883.16 (+3.53) Malaysian shares rose 0.4 per cent due to interest in selected blue chips and plantation and
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          105 37 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Jan 29 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 0.9890 1.0210 Can dollar 1.2300 1.2440 Euro 1.9640 1.9860 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4177 0.4182 NZ dollar 0.7780 0.7950 Sterling pound 2.1240 2.1480 US dollar 1.4930 1.5100 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        532 38  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT THE final numbers for air travel last year are on the board and the picture is worse than what industry experts had predicted, with even more pain to come. International air traffic increased by a modest
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        414 38  -  Yang Huiwen By THE financially troubled firm TT International has reached a compromise with its creditors and will be implementing a restructuring plan in a bid to turn its fortunes around. The company, which trades in brand-name electronics such as Sony and Panasonic, and
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          87 38 TOKYO: Sony Corp said yesterday its net profit plunged 95 per cent in the October to December quarter from a year earlier as poor sales of TVs, digital cameras and mobile phones sent its core electronics division into the red. The Japanese electronics icon
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          76 38 TOKYO: Japanese retail sales posted their biggest fall in almost four years last month as growing worries about job conditions and wobbly share markets prompted consumers to tighten their purse strings. Retail sales fell 2.7 per cent last month from a
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          126 38 STOCKHOLM: Sweden's fashion chain Hermes Mauritz (H&M) bucked the economic gloom and doom to report strong profit gains for its fourth quarter and forecast more to come this year. H&M said its year to November 2008 net profit rose 12.5 per cent from a
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          113 38 BANGKOK: Thailand's economy probably contracted for the first time in almost a decade last quarter because of falling exports and cooling local demand, a senior government official said. Gross domestic product may have shrunk 3.5 per cent in the three months to
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        590 39 Such a bank could take toxic assets off ailing banks' balance sheets WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is increasingly focused on the possible creation of a "bad bank" that would let United States financial institutions move toxic assets off their books, an
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        403 39 DAVOS: Policymakers yesterday sounded the alarm about the growing threat of protectionism as new data showed a sharp fall in air freight traffic that signalled a broader slowdown in world trade. India's Trade Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, warned at the World Economic
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        113 39 WHEN contacted, Starbucks Singapore said it expects "that there may be some local impact", following the American coffee chain's announcement on Wednesday that it is closing about 300 stores 200 in the United States and the rest in other countries. These closures could
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        405 39 NEW YORK: It was another day of massive layoffs. On Wednesday, coffee chain giant Starbucks announced it would cut around 6,700 jobs and shut 300 stores, on top of 661 closures announced last year. The same day, aircraft-maker Boeing said it would cut 5,500
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        453 39 NEW YORK: By almost any measure, last year was a complete disaster for Wall Street except, that is, when the bonuses arrived. Despite crippling losses, multi-billion-dollar bailouts and the passing of some of the most prominent names in the business, employees at financial
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        714 40  -  Francis Chan Hundreds of messages from staff, friends and execs from rival banks By HUNDREDS of get-well messages were sent by the staff of DBS to their chief executive Richard Stanley within an hour of the news yesterday that he had been diagnosed
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        376 40  -  Salma Khalik By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT ACUTE myelogenous leukaemia (AML), also called acute myeloid leukaemia, is the most common form of cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It is a fast-growing cancer, so treatment has to be started soon after diagnosis to bump up the
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        798 40  -  Ignatius Low NEWS ANALYSIS By MONEY EDITOR ANOTHER day, another crisis. At least that must be what it feels like at DBS Group Holdings. Yesterday, it dropped another bombshell: Its chief executive officer Richard Stanley has been diagnosed with leukaemia, requiring months of
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      1222 43  -  cara van miriah People here are switching to beer and cheaper wines to slake their thirst, boosting sales figures The economy may be gloomy but drinkers are saying cheers to bargain booze, that is. Cash-crunched Singaporeans have been drowning their sorrows at home with cheaper wine
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      407 43 RED WINES Chateau Barit 2005 (Bordeaux France) $16.50 at NTUC Fair Price (usual price $25.48) Tasting notes: "This wine has a seductive woody nose because of the barrel treatment (where the wine ages in oak barrels rather than stainless steel vats). Mature wine drinkers will like it
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      585 44  -  boon chan The Wedding Game races ahead of Love Matters at the box office during the Chinese New Year media correspondent In the battle of directors Jack Neo and Gilbert Chan's Love Matters and the Farm Wong-Christopher Lee vehicle The Wedding Game over the Chinese New Year
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      824 47  -  frankie chee Volvo Ocean Race sailor Andrew Cape armed himself with bak kwa for the leg to Qingdao quote me 'For a lot of straight guys and I know I'm guilty of it sometimes when you know a gay guy has a crush on you, it
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        1141 45  -  yeow kai chai Thorn Yorke reworks and rewires his old The Eraser album with cutting-edge techno bells and whistles sound bites To get a hint of the alien mystique of Thorn Yorke's music, you can start with that face of his. It's a thing of wretched,
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        804 46  -  Samuel Lee Ong Sor Fern Chang Tou Liang BWBWasian pop JOANNA WANG RUO-LIN Joanna Wang Sony BMG THE ADULT STORYBOOK New Tokyo Terror Sony BMG HARLEM NIGHT CLUB LADY'S NIGHT Harlem Yu Harlem Music Delivery Room/ Linfair/Universal A year ago, she made the music scene sit up and
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        592 46  -  boon chan media correspondent Expect a heavier emphasis on Taiwanese pop-rock in this year's in::music, the indie Chinese music programme of the annual Huayi Chinese Festival Of Arts. Four of the five acts in the line-up Crowd Lv, Won Fu, Mrs This and 1976 are
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        340 51  -  John Lui Ong Sor Fern Ong Sor Fern DOUBT(PG) Philip Seymour Hoffman/Meryl Streep/104 minutes/***** Streep (left), thin lips pursed in righteous disapproval, hair tamed firmly under a black Puritan bonnet and shrewd, all-seeing eyes peering out behind rimless glasses, is the stuff of a thousand Catholic boys' nightmares
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        1093 53  -  tay yek keak The Ghost Whisperer ups its scare tactics by having a character become a ghost couch grouch GHOST WHISPERER SEASON 4 Channel 5, Fridays, 10pm SCARE TACTICS SEASON 3 AXN Beyond (Star Hub Channel 100), Tuesdays, 10pm SHEAR GENIUS SEASON 2 Sony Entertainment TV (mio
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        748 55  -  Adeline chia arts reporter DESIGN FOR LIVING Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Today, Bpm; tomorrow, 2.30 and Bkpm Admission: $38 to $108 from Sistic (www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) Veteran Taiwanese actress-di-rector-singer Sylvia Chang knows how to make an entrance. The 55-year-old arrived at a press conference at
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        333 55 Hong Kong Chang Loo (below), the exuberant songstress of 1940s Shanghai famous for the insouciant Mandarin love song, Give Me A Kiss, died in a Hong Kong hospital on Monday. She was 76. The cause of death was organ failure, said Apple Daily. Her son,
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      3718 74 Ak NOTICES BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT r f I 1 I IA TUB Ciur ADADE ICI AUn WaAA BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY ACT W> fP ™E SINGAPORE ISLAND M HOT CE T0 CREmTORS T0 FILE CiMm (CHAPTER 20) z) COUNTRY CLUB ZM Wt V OU ic/ppho kahe TAKE NOTICE
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      422 79  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg Their job seems easy enough: Stand around, look pretty and peddle some cosmetics. As walking advertisements for the brands, the enviable job perks for those who man beauty counters include free make-up and first dibs on the latest potions. Of
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        685 81 Can't get enough of new American First Lady Michelle Obama's fashion picks? Then check out the works of one of her favourite jewellery designers, Irishman Tom Binns, at the On Pedder boutique at 02-12P Takashimaya Shopping Centre. A capsule collection of at least 14 of his
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        294 81 The spring/summer collections that are coming your way may be flushed with rosy hues but trust me, darlings, it is green that you will be seeing at the Star Awards ceremony in April. Green with envy, that is, for those who were not part of The Little Nyonya. The
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      588 82 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at sturban@sph.com.sg QAre there products that can lighten blemish spots, brighten dull skin tone and prevent frequent breakouts at the same time? Should I choose whitening products or anti-blemish ones? A
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      54 82 Graphic print cotton stretch dress, $10, from nameless stall, 01-112 Bendemeer Market and Food Centre, Block 29 Bendemeer Road Usher in the new colour block trend with the vibrant coloured panels on this number. Its basic shift dress form makes it a keeper beyond this season. Noelle Loh
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      212 82 Imran Jalal These slick dressers were spotted at the Gatsby Styling Dance Contest at Zouk on Jan 17 Charlene Lee, 24 fashion assistanl What are you wearing? My tube top is from Australia and cost Asls(Ssls). I can't remember how much these Mango shorts cost. My hat is
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      395 83 Times may be tough but designers are still thinking positive ana it shows Paris menswear displays ended on Sunday with a flourish of flowing jackets, schoolboy bow-ties and profusely pleated pants as designers here refused to bow to the gloomy recession aesthetic that has cast a pall over
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      274 83 Lanvin Superb construction was at the heart of the winter 2009/2010 collection, which featured the French label's hallmark visible seams, darts and raw hems. Suits and jackets were cut wide, but fabrics mostly knits in dusky tones of grey and black were so supple that the silhouette remained
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      456 84 Trousers are headed for a revolution, going by the liberal interpretation by designers at runways in Paris Suggesting that men wear skirts is definitely not a new idea on the men's fashion scene, but at last week's Paris men's shows, the classic trouser took more than a beating.
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      1533 85  -  NOELLE LOH This season, fashion houses are turning to some star power to help hawk their latest designs Fashion campaigns for the latest spring/summer 2009 looks are hitting billboards, newspapers and screens near you right now, with international celebrities adding extra clout. Actresses, actors and pop stars are
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      616 86 The Arcadia Group's annual Press Day was all fun and fast fashion everything the British retail empire has come to represent The fashion world may seem a whirl of excitement but behind the scenes, most labels' annual presentations to the press are quick and quiet affairs. They
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      602 86  -  Noelle Loh Arcadia Group owner and British tycoon Sir Philip Green was all business when Urban met him in London He has been dubbed British supermodel Kate Moss' "godfather" by the British press for launching her fashion design career. And when tycoon Sir Philip Green met
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      300 86 TOPSHOP Started: 1964 in a department store; launched as a standalone store in 1974 Known for: Fashionable designs that are edgier than other high-street labels. This is largely due to collaborations with young designers such as Australian Alice McCall and Briton Jonathan Saunders. It also has
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      126 86 Sir Philip Green bought over the Arcadia Group in 2002 via his holding arm Taveta Investments, said to be Britain's largest privately-owned retail group, for US$l.6 billion Currently owns seven high-street labels: Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, mid-range menswear label Burton, plus-sized women's retailer Evans and womenswear
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      1265 87 BEAUTY THE BEST UNDERCOVER OPERATION As part of this survey on service standards, Urban hit 31 beauty counters -19 for women's products and 12 for men's over two weeks. Four of these were standalone shops while the rest were department store counters. We picked counters in the town areas on
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      1067 87  -  KAREN TEE Women get a better deal than men when they visit beauty counters. Here are the five best BEST LIVE DEMONSTRATION Fancl, Robinsons Raffles City One of this Japanese brand's star products is an unusual facial wash called the Cleansing Powder, $26. When I asked beauty adviser
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      662 88  -  SHERWIN LOH At beauty counters, men get just the basic treatment. Only three counters stood out Asking for beauty tips is like asking for directions there are just some things men do not do. Aside from the fear of being laughed at, the idea of receiving help from
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      420 88 As a consumer, KAREN TEE has some pet peeves when it comes to beauty counters. Here are the top five 1 LAISSEZ-FAIRE ATTITUDE One beauty adviser glanced in my direction before walking off, perhaps for her tea break. I was kept waiting for a few minutes before a
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      756 89 Long regarded as a fashion swamp, Washington is set to change with the arrival of the stylish Obamas The founding fathers of the United States wanted to separate the centre of government from the centre of commerce. So after contentious wrangling, they decided to move the capital from
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      769 90 Little known outside of fashion, Isabel Toledo is now the designer to watch, "hanks to Michelle Obama's dress The American dream, the great melting pot, made-in- America, the triumph of small business, happiness and hope can a woman's dress really say all that? Avant-garde fashion designer Isabel
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      1049 91 Jason Wu, designer of Michelle Obama's ballgown, used to make clothes for dolls Minutes before Jason Wu was to becorr famous as the 26-year-old designer o Michelle Obama's inaugural gown,' ordered a pepperoni and mushroor pizza from Domino's at his apartment in Midtown Manhattan, then sat
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      1029 92 Jimmy Choo makes~apair of shoes with the same passion as someone who has fallen in love. HONG XINYI meets the shoe designer in Cameron Highlands He has made shoes for some of the most famous women in the world, but when shoe designer Jimmy Choo (below) is
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      723 93 Luxury fooKvear is big business, as KAREN TEE discovers when she tries to step into the shoes of the man leading the Pedder Group If you are tired of hearing every Tom, Dick and Harry slam Singaporeans for their sloppy dressing, this one is for you. Peter
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      249 93 Brides-to-be have a new place to shop for shoes. The newly opened Christian Louboutin boutique at 02-12 C Takashimaya Shopping Centre will feature four to five styles of white shoes made of materials such as satin, lace and chiffon every season. These shoes come with a
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      714 94  -  HONG XINYI Students snag jobs with etiquette classes and dapper suits The first time business undergraduate Jeremiah Tay went to a grooming class held by his university, he showed up in what he thought was appropriate corporate wear baggy trousers. The 25-year-old was promptly taken to task
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      608 95 Forget dull and dowdy. Eco-friendly lingerie are gaining new fans with' comfortable yet chic designs f you don't know what's in your knickers, should you be wearing them? So goes a line from a short film showing last week at Paris' lingerie show, the globe's premier underwear
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      329 96  -  PRADEEP PAUL Even when you are expecting, there is good reason to exercise. Just take the necessary precautions PERSONAL TRAINER This week we are kicking off a two-parter on exercises for pregnant women and women who have just given birth. Catherine Chua, senior physiotherapist at XX Women's and
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      377 96 It is important to exercise regularly (at least thrice a week). Recommended activities are brisk walking, swimming, stationary cycling and low impact aerobics. Avoid competitive activities. Avoid activities that include jerky or bouncy movements and those that require jumping, jarring motions or rapid changes in direction.
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      127 97  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH While nibbling from the endless trays of biscuits and other goodies served up during Chinese New Year, do you sometimes yearn for something plain and simple? Well, Marks Spencer's Mini Animal Biscuits ($4.90 for 125g) are just the thing for jaded palates. These
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