The Straits Times, 3 July 2009

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  • INSIDE
    • 55 1 AN AUXILIARY police officer stole $2 million from his employer in April, managing to dodge the several layers of checks and body searches in force in the Certis Cisco building. The prosecutor is pushing for a stiff sentence against Stanley Ong Beng Hock, 28, for his
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    • 63 1 BRITAIN is to change the way it deals with the HINI flu outbreak after projections that over 100,000 new cases a day could be emerging by the end of next month. Faced with such huge numbers, the focus of the hardest-hit nation in Europe will switch
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    • 35 1 THOUSANDS of United States marines poured into Afghanistan's Taleban heartland yesterday, launching the first major air and ground assault of President Barack Obama's challenging new war plan PRIME PAGES AlB-19
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    • 63 1 IT TAKES about six hours to be fullycharged via a garden variety power socket, and can travel more than 100 km on a single charge. Meet the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the first production, street-legal, all-electric car to arrive in Singapore The car is here to
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    • 43 1 FACTORY output rose last month for the second time in a row, according to the manufacturing sector's Purchasing Managers' Index. The electronics segment was the shining star, with production hitting its highest level in 2V2 years. MONEY PAGE C2l
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  • 679 1  -  Valeric Chia I By mSmI CONFUSION over proper attire overshadowed the Asian Youth Games (AYG) Fiba 33 basketball competition for the second day running when a player donning a hijab (headscarf) was told she could not play. Kuwait had again to compete in
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  • 595 1 NEW YORK TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS June's dismal numbers suggest consumer spending will take a hit WASHINGTON: Talk of emerging green shoots was curtailed after a key report yesterday showed that more Americans than expected lost their jobs last month. The pace of job
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  • prime commentary
    • 1003 2  -  Carolyn Hong He will have his work cut out overcoming sense of insecurity on the ground By malaysia bureau CHIEF PRIME Minister Najib Razak took office on April 3 saddled with the image of a tired Umno politician. But that look may well be
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 203 2 VIEWPOINTS WE SAY SAF: Focus on soldier to sharpen edge This year's SAF Day is a cause for celebration. Since the first SAF Day in 1969, the SAF has transformed from a small fighting force to a high-tech formidable force. The key to the SAF's transformation, however, lies not in
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  • prime news
    • 544 3  -  Elena Chong Officer used his inside knowledge of security procedures to carry out the theft By I COURTS CORRESPONDENT AN AUXILIARY police officer familiar with the security procedures behind moving large sums of money within the Certis Cisco building made stealing $2 million
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    • 202 3 REUTERS CHICAGO: The view from the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere just got better. Some may experience a floating sensation when stepping into one of four glass boxes that jut out from the indoor observation deck at the Sears Tower. "At first I was
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    • 396 4  -  Leonard Lim By SINGAPORE'S athletes turned out their best showing of the inaugural Asian Youth Games when they hauled in two golds and three bronzes on Day 3 of the competition. Lynette Lim finished first in the 400 m freestyle, the opening
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    • 323 6 A RARE Peranakan beadwork tablecloth, created using a million beads, is back on display at The Peranakan Museum. One of the world's largest and finest examples of Peranakan beadwork, it measures 1.6 m by 1.6 m and features more than 20 flowers such as dahlia, violet,
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    • 784 6  -  P. Jayaram In a landmark decision, British colonial-era law is overturned By I INDIA UUKKESFUINDEINT NEW DELHI: A court yesterday ruled that homosexual acts between consenting adults are legal in India. The ruling overturned a British colonial era law similar to the one on Singapore's
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    • 556 8 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG Airbus' faulty airspeed sensors 'a factor but not the cause' of crash PARIS: The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month was not destroyed in mid-air it hit the water intact and at high
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    • 493 8  -  Lee Siew Hua I By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT UNITED Nations Secretary-Gen-eral Ban Xi Moon and Singapore leaders yesterday discussed the importance of engaging Myanmar, a day ahead of his planned visit to Yangon. The UN chief, here on a two-day working visit, called on Prime
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    • 722 10  -  Salma Khalik About half of patients treated at NNI for severe loss of mental capacity under age 65 By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT WORKING that brain by engaging in debate or number games may protect you from the severe loss of mental ability
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    • 693 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Girl rescued after more than 12 hours in rough seas flies back to France LE BOURGET (France): A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris from the Comoros
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    • 650 16 NEW YORK TIMES California issues lOUs to vendors and others after lawmakers fail to agree on balanced budget SACRAMENTO (California): California has become the first US state to operate on lOU (I owe you) after the state's legislature failed to reach an agreement on a balanced
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    • 654 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thousands of US marines airlifted for first major assault under Obama's new war plan CAMP DWYER (Afghanistan): Thousands of United States marines poured into Afghanistan's Taleban heartland yesterday, launching the first major air and ground assault of President Barack Obama's challenging new
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    • Article, Illustration
      209 19 BLOOMBERG Attack on stronghold raises concerns PAKISTAN'S assault on the nation's biggest Taleban stronghold may end in disappointment for the Obama administration, which has pushed the army to escalate the fight and restore a measure of government control in the region. United States officials "worry Pakistan may be biting
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    • 16 10 Parliament sitting PARLIAMENT will sit on July 20 at 1.30pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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  • prime h1n1 pandemic
    • 657 12  -  Jessica Lim Which mask to use Three-ply surgical mask (in cotton or paper) Price: 20 to 30 cents each, usually sold in 50s or 100s. What it does: Doctors say these help prevent droplets from being dispersed into the air and infecting other people. But they
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    • 560 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS Hardest-hit country in Europe to switch from containment to treatment LONDON: Britain is to change the way it deals with the HINI flu outbreak after projections that over 100,000 new cases a day could be emerging by the end of next
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    • 501 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE: The Australian authorities told parents not to panic yesterday after the country announced its first child death linked to the HINI flu. Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the death of a three-year-old boy with Influenza A (H1N1) was
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    • 237 14 JESSICA JAGANATHAN Numbers up with more vigilance and people returning from holidays POLYCLINICS here have handled more than twice the number of patients walking in with flu-like symptoms this week. At the nine polyclinics under the National Healthcare Group (NHG), for example, 3,436 patients showed
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    • 446 14 THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has released a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for employees and employers. This is an edited excerpt of the FAQs. If the employer asks an employee to stay at home to check for flu symptoms after returning from
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  • REVIEW & FORUM
    • 440 20 THIS year's SAF Day, which fell on Wednesday, marked a milestone in the history of the Singapore Armed Forces. The first SAF Day was celebrated 40 years ago. To NSmen who served in the armed forces then, the SAF of today appears to
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    • 75 20 Iran's June 12 election result sparked accusations of vote rigging, street protests and worldwide attention. The result was confirmed on Monday by Iranian officials, putting paid to reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's chances, and entrenching President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's position. Senior Writer Bruce Gale sums up the reactions
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    • 867 20  -  Bruce Gale Bruce Gale By nn\T SENIOR WRITER By Bruce Gale SENIOR WRITER SENIOR WRITER AS WITH most crises that take place in the Middle East, there is no shortage of opinions about what is going on in Iran and what the world
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    • 811 20 I By Amit Jain FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE political maelstrom thrown up in the immediate aftermath of the Iranian elections appears to be losing its potency. Traffic in Teheran is back to its normal chaotic self and the police are back in
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    • review
      • 1029 21  -  David Caploe PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN THE light of the tumultuous events unleashed by Iran's June 12 elections, four key points have emerged from the first stage of a likely long, intense struggle between the Kha-meini-Ahmedinajad regime and its
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      • 1082 22  -  Timothy Garton Ash PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN By SO IT'S official. Iran's Guardian Council has, after ordering a random recount of around 10 per cent of the votes, endorsed the Supreme Leader's judgment that there was nothing wrong with the conduct and hastily proclaimed official
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    • review insight
      • 135 24 Infections: 878, Deaths: 0 These latest HINI statistics for Singapore tell a story of the country's experience with the disease so far. The contentious number is zero, the number of fatalities. The absence of fatalities despite the high number of infections can say one of
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      • 1292 24  -  Jeremy Au Yong TWO VIEWS By political CORRESPONDENT ALTHOUGH some may complain about what they see as over-zealous measures to contain the HINI virus, the fact is that this level of response is exactly what Singaporeans expect in fact, demand. Beyond the clear
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      • 1162 24  -  Zakir Hussain By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT WHY was Singapore on orange alert just one step below red when the country had no Influenza A (H1N1) case, but is now on the lower yellow alert as the number of cases soars? A colleague wondered aloud this
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    • forum
      • 599 25 Trainee nurses "I commend the ITE for nurturing students to excel." MR KELWIN KOH: "Thanks to the trainee nurses of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and staff of Ward 57 of National University Hospital, my late grandfather's final days were made as comforting as possible. In particular, ITE
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      • 275 25 TAKING THE HINI TEST THE reply by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday ("It's free but not all fees") to Forum letters asking why Influenza A (H1N1) testing was so costly and for clarity in fee charges must surely leave others like me still puzzled. First, why
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      • 87 25 WRITEIN LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please e-mail
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      • 289 25 I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Mr Ng Meng Keiw, titled "Weather forecasts". Weather forecasting in the tropics is a challenge. Singapore's tropical weather is characterised by showers and thunderstorms which are usually localised and of short duration. Such weather systems develop
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      • 407 25 WE ARE a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) located in a building owned by the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board. Like many companies, we are constantly examining ways to manage our costs that will allow us to retain our
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      • 193 25 I REFER to last Saturday's letter by Mr George Lim, "Share best practices". Mr Lim has brought up two points. First, that the 11 lapses which the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) covered in its report, if exhaustive, seem too few for a large public sector.
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  • WORLD
    • 869 28  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Pre-planned questions, friendly audiences lead to rising friction I By Bhagyashree Garekar US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: Unhappiness is growing within the White House press corps over President Barack Obama's attempts at news management. At his press conference last week, the President made room for
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    • world regional
      • 794 29  -  Hazlin Hassan HAZLIN HASSAN Alliance forms shadow Cabinet panels even as three partners struggle with internal conflicts Alliance forms shadow Cabinet panels even as three partners struggle with internal conflicts I By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) yesterday announced
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      • 240 29 FORMED after the general election in March last year, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is made up of the multiracial Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), the Chinese-based Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the conservative Malay-based Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS). The alliance controls the state assemblies of Penang, Kedah,
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      • 264 29 KUALA LUMPUR: The founder of an Indian rights group is planning to form a new political organisation in a move likely to add to headaches for the opposition parties. Mr P. Uthayakumar, who led the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) which is now banned
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      • 595 29 NEWS ANALYSIS I By Leslie Lopez SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak has been rebuffed twice by the Petronas board over his plan to get a key aide appointed as a director a rejection that his close aides see as
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      • 613 30  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Campaign teams help with logistics, speeches, strategy, image-building By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: From protecting Indonesia's borders and commanding 20,000 troops, retired army commander Adang Ruchiatna now spends his days promoting the virtues of presidential hopeful Megawati Sukarnoputri. The 66-year-old is among 74
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      • 212 30 AROUND 176 million Indonesians will pick their new president next Wednesday. They have three choices incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Vice-President Jusuf Kalla and former president Megawati Sukarnoputri. Here is a sampling of what voters think the new president should do once he is in office. LOWER PRICES
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      • 267 30  -  Salim Osman I By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Vice-President Jusuf Kalla went on the offensive during a televised debate yesterday, calling his boss, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, "undemocratic" for wanting just one round of the presidential poll next week. He also blasted Dr Yudhoyono's
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      • 732 31  -  Kwan Weng Kin Democratic Party of Japan chiefs fund management body claimed political contributions in the names of dead people By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO: Japanese opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, who is tipped to become the country's next premier, has been drawn into a fresh
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      • 521 32 Planned deployment of troops on Yonaguni island near Senkaku likely to anger China TOKYO: Tension might heighten in the East China Sea as Japan's Defence Ministry considers deploying troops to an island near a group of disputed islets claimed by Tokyo and
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      • 333 32 CHONGQING: China's Peking University yesterday denied admission to a student who has lied about his ethnicity so as to get extra points in the national examination to secure a place in a prestigious institution. He Chuanyang, whose score topped in southwestern Chongqing
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      • 46 33 REUTERS With a sweep of his bare hand, a police officer from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Special Operation Group breaks a row of beer bottles. The group was demonstrating martial arts skills at a training field in Seoul yesterday. PHOTO:
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      • 473 33 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS Official says it will eventually come to pass; analysts expect a less obvious alternative system BEIJING: It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a
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      • 434 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles yesterday, South Korea's Defence Ministry said a move that aggravates the already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and United Nations sanctions imposed as punishment. The missiles were fired from
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      • 517 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Philippine democracy icon battling cancer but condition stable MANILA: Cancer-stricken former Philippine president Corazon Aquino left the intensive care unit (ICU) and was in stable condition, her spokesman said yesterday, as prayers for her recovery poured in from friends and
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    • world, international
      • 359 35 LOS ANGELES TIMES TEHERAN: Opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on the offensive, proclaiming his government "illegitimate". The opponents on Wednesday vowed to continue disputing his re-election despite a violent crackdown on their protests and dire warnings against challenging the vote. Hours earlier, in
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      • 777 35 LOS ANGELES TIMES Book publisher was detained in crackdown on rioters in protests over presidential poll BEIRUT: An Iranian book publisher detained in a crackdown on dissidents and alleged rioters after the disputed Iran presidential elections has recounted his week of detention in an interview
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      • 593 36 WASHINGTON POST REUTERS Declassified papers say he let world think he had WMDs and called Osama 'a zealot' WASHINGTON: Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appearing weak
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      • 223 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ARKHANGELSK (Russia): Russia's President yesterday criticised the holdup in refurbishing an aircraft carrier that was bought by India five years ago. President Dmitry Medvedev was scathing of workers at the Sevmash factory in the northern city of Arkhangelsk, where the Admiral Gorshkov
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      • 460 37 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Chinese opera singer was jailed for spying with French lover PARIS: Mr Shi Pei Pu, a Beijing opera singer whose sexually convoluted love affair with a French Embassy worker created one of the strangest cases in international espionage and
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      • 217 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Ronnie Biggs, 79, notorious for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and then three decades as a celebrity fugitive in Brazil, has been denied parole on grounds that he is "wholly unrepentant". "Biggs chose to serve only one
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        • 98 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space yesterday as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, officials said. The RX-420 rocket took off from a launch pad in Garut regency, West Java province, yesterday. "The RX-420 rocket was successfully
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        • 134 38 REUTERS HONG KONG: A group of around 130 Hong Kong protesters were forcefully removed from the city's government headquarters early yesterday following a major protest march that drew an estimated 76,000 people. The protesters, who expressed dissatisfaction with Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang and chanted anti-government slogans,
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        • 101 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI The United States yesterday named a career diplomat with wide-ranging experience in East Asia to be the new head of its de facto embassy in Taiwan. The American Institute in Taiwan said Mr William Stanton (below), the No. 2 US diplomat in
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        • 112 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico): A passenger stripped naked during a US Airways flight and resisted efforts to cover him with a blanket, before two off-duty law-enforcement officers on board subdued and handcuffed him. The authorities say Keith Wright, 50, of the Bronx in New York,
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        • 83 38 REUTERS VIENNA: Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was elected director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog yesterday. Looming challenges in the politically sensitive post include Iran's nuclear programme, blocked investigations into alleged military nuclear
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          120 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Taking bribes? Go pocketless KATHMANDU: Nepal's anti-corruption authority has come up with a novel way to stop corrupt officials pocketing bribes at the country's only international airport it is taking their pockets away. The authority says it is issuing new, bribe-proof pocketless trousers to all airport officials
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    • 649 40  -  Christopher Tan Mitsubishi's all-electric car geared to power up environment-friendly drive in Singapore By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT YOU will not hear it coming because it is completely silent. And when you see it, there is little that sets it apart from any other car. But
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    • 739 41  -  Christopher Tan Task force proposed to tackle rising premiums I By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE long-running issue of rising motor insurance premiums is about to be heard in the highest forum in the land. Mr Yeo Guat Kwang, a Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC and
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    • 283 41  -  APRIL CHONG A POLYCLINIC in Singapore has become popular with patients needing acupuncture. Yishun Polyclinic is the first of 18 such clinics to offer this traditional Chinese needle therapy. Previously, acupuncture was available only in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinics and at some
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    • 602 42  -  Lim Wei Chean Sector defies industry trend with 21% surge in passenger numbers By THE cruise industry is one tourism sector remaining buoyant during the current economic storm. Although tourist arrivals to Singapore have been drifting for 12 straight months, the tide is turning in favour
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    • 624 43  -  Chua Hian Hou Gamers, traders unwittingly used to launder dirty money By CYBER criminals looking for new ways to launder their ill-gotten gains have latched onto traders of online goods and video gamers. This is because these two groups of people have access
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    • 444 43  -  Amresh Gunasingham By THE quality of Singapore's Newater exceeds standards for drinking water here and around the world, an external audit panel of water experts has found. The panel, made up of both international and local water experts, put Singapore's own brand of
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    • 873 44  -  K.C. Vijayan COLUMBARIUM PROJECT TURNED SOUR Judge finds developer, temple and investment firm guilty of dipping into honey pot By LAW CORRESPONDENT THE project promised rich pickings: a columbarium that stood to pull in more than $100 million in profit when completed. But four years
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    • 641 45  -  Selina Lum NINA WANG CASE Her doctors are quizzed about her mental state and medical condition I By Selina Lum THE ongoing court battle in Hong Kong over the fortune of the late Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman when she died, spilled over into Singapore yesterday
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    • 281 45 Woman loses $1,000 on bus FALLING asleep on a public bus has cost a woman more than $1,000 in cash and valuables. The 56-year-old boarded service 66 at the Jalan Besar hawker centre at about 5.30pm on Monday and dozed off. She awoke only when the bus arrived at
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    • 220 46  -  ELENA CHONG A 35-YEAR-OLD man who revealed himself to an unknown woman via a mobile video call was fined $2,000 yesterday for insulting her modesty. Diver Wee Boon Kiat pleaded guilty to making the obscene video call to the 29-year-olds mobile phone, showing her
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    • 388 46  -  Elena Chong COURTS CORRESPONDENT S'porean gay who died met man on the Net about a week before By A 26-YEAR-OLD Singaporean man died after taking performance-enhancing drugs during a night of casual sex with two other men. Mr Brandon Boh Zhuang Mm died
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    • 447 47  -  Jermyn Chow First time a local rock band is taking centre stage First time a local rock band is taking centre stage I By THIS year's National Day Parade (NDP) will have a distinctly rock vibe. Local indie rock band Electrico will take centre
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      724 49  -  Leonard Lim Lynette wins 400 m free in record time for Spores first swim gold By AT THE halfway stage, Singapore's bench started inching towards the edge of their seats. By the three-quarter mark, Asian Youth Games head coach David Lim and the rest of Singapore's swimming contingent
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    • 405 49  -  Christopher Ong By SOUTH Koreans Chang Gyu Cheol and Yoo Kyu Sang, both 17, face off regularly when they represent their schools at swimming meets. And it is Incheon Physical Education High School's Kyu Sang who usually has the upper hand in their
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    • 660 50  -  Terrence Voon Calm play helps them win hotly contested boys' doubles event By WHEN South Korea held nationwide trials to select keglers for the Asian Youth Games (AYG) in May, over 2,000 hopefuls turned up. Only eight four boys and four girls were selected. Yesterday, two of
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    • 422 50  -  Jonathan Wong BERITA HARIAN By THE silence in the room was deafening. One could hear a pin drop. Or, in this case, a tiny pellet being fired from an air rifle. Abel Lim, 16, looked down at his computer screen while his teammates
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      123 50 COUNTRY G S B T 1 China 13 3 2 18 2 South Korea 4 5 5 14 3 Japan 3 4 Singapore 3 5 Thailand 2 4 0 4 0 5 0 7 8 6 6 India 2 3 2 7 7 North Korea 1 2 3
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      • 173 50 IRATE sports officials pointed out yesterday that Schools National B girls' shot put champion Lim Wei Ying would have won a gold medal at the Asian Youth Games if she had been selected. The Raffles Girls' School student's winning mark of 10.06 m set in
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      • 53 50 SINGAPORE'S boys' basketball team crushed Uzbekistan 34-9 in their Fiba 33 Group D match yesterday at Anglican High School. They must beat India today to enter the quarter-finals. The girls' team are all but out of the running after their second loss, this time
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      • 45 50 SINGAPORE'S girls are out of the beach volleyball competition, after losing 11-21, 11-21 to Indonesia at Sentosa's Siloso Beach yesterday. The boys' team beat Saudi Arabia 21-18, 15-21, 15-12 and will meet Oman in an elimination round today. By
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    • 618 51  -  Jeanette Wang A HUGE yell echoed through Bishan Stadium yesterday as a spear was thrust into the sky. It flew in the curve of an imaginary rainbow and pierced the ground 74.70 m ahead to the crowd's cheers. Rohit Kumar, wearing bright-red tights, a short curly
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    • 477 51 MONSTER. That is what her compatriots call her. You would never have guessed it, though, if you met 15-year-old Lee Sunae in person. With beady eyes curtained by straight black bangs, a tiny mouth that offers many smiles but few words and a
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    • 413 51 Aquatics: Swimming Singapore Sports School 9.31 am: Girls' 200 m freestyle heat 1 10.09 am: Boys' 50m butterfly heat 1 6.32pm: Girls' 50m breaststroke final 6.35pm: Boys' 50m breaststroke final 6.52pm: Girls' 200 m freestyle final 6.57pm: Boys' 200 m freestyle final 7.28pm: Girls' 100 m
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      619 51 Athletics Boys 400 m: 1 Masanori Oishi (Jpn) 48.925 ec 2 Nitipol Thongpoon (Tha) 49.27 3 Abdullah Ahmed B Abkar (Ksa) 49.29. 6 Jared Lim (Sin) 50.88. 110 m hurdles: 1 Lv Jiateng (Chn) 13.96 2 Nader Ahmed I Al Haydar (Ksa) 14.12 3 Wu Han-wei (Tpe) 14.52. 400
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    • 503 52  -  Lin Xinyi Hosts bounce back from HINI scare to be just a win from bagging medal By JUST two days ago, an HINI scare had threatened to end Singapore's table tennis mixed team campaign even before it started. The team had come close to being withdrawn after
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    • 211 52 DESMOND WEE SOUTH Korea forward Kirn Gun Hee kick-started his country's 5-0 trouncing of Saudi Arabia yesterday with this swerving shot. Subsequent goals from Shim Je Hyeok (32nd mm), Suh Myeong Won (43rd), Lim Keun Young (59th) and another by Kirn (72nd) completed the rout.
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    • 305 52  -  Marc Lim I By SPORTS CORRESPONDENT FOUR years ago, it was the strong emphasis on the young which helped London win the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games in Singapore. Four years on, the man who helped put together the London bid is back
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    • 364 52 I By Christopher Ong THE poor turnout at the Asian Youth Games (AYG) will not be getting much of a boost from schools. Six of 10 schools The Straits Times spoke to are not making any special arrangements for their students to
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    • 513 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS Serena outlasts Dementieva, Venus destroys No. 1 Safina LONDON: Two very different matches, but one familiar outcome. Wimbledon will have its fourth all-Williams final. Defending champion Venus had a walk in the park yesterday, crushing Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0 to put another bullet in
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    • 769 53  -  Rohit Brijnath COMMENTARY By SEEMS like old times at Wimbledon. Three of the four men's semi-finalists have spent so long doing duty between the white lines that they'll soon qualify for long service gold watches. Tommy Haas turned pro when Andy Murray was
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    • 604 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS Ribery wants to move to Madrid, dashing United and Chelsea's hopes LONDON: Franck Ribery wants to quit Bayern Munich but for only one club. "It's decided, I want to leave," the France playmaker said yesterday. "Yes, it will be to Real Madrid... or nothing."
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    • 219 54 LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo is being investigated by Portuguese police over an attack on a 17-year-old girl. The incident took place at around 9pm on Sunday in Lisbon, where he is relaxing before being presented as Real Madrid's £80 million (Ssl9o million) winger in
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    • 210 54 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: David Beckham's American experiment has truly turned sour after he was branded a lousy captain and an uncommitted teammate. Now that his five-month loan stint with AC Milan is over, he is expected to rejoin the Los Angeles Galaxy midway through
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      • 285 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board has fined fast bowler Mohammad Asif a million rupees (S$3O,OOO) after 0.24 gram of opium was found in his wallet in Dubai last year. He claimed he did not know there was opium in what he claimed was
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      • 78 55 BLOOMBERG LOS ANGELES: Kobe Bryant is staying with the Los Angeles Lakers, as he said he would. The 30-year-old National Basketball Association star had until Tuesday to become a free agent by opting out of the remaining two years on his contract but decided not
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      • 61 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has announced that there has not been a single positive test for performance-enhancing drugs one year, after the Tour launched its drug-testing programme. "There have been no suspensions because of doping," Finchem said on Wednesday. "I
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      • 43 55 TAMPINES Rovers beat the Super Reds 2-0 in an S-League football match at the Tampines Stadium yesterday. Ridhuan Muhamad gave the Stags a fifth-minute lead. Noh Alam Shah made it 2-0 with a penalty in the 90th minute.
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      • 44 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS SHENZHEN: Australian Greg Norman, the 1986 and 1993 British Open winner, is in talks to design as many as 20 golf courses in China. Each course could attract a fee of more than US$l million (551.45 million).
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    • 439 55 Tour de France begins under doping cloud again with withdrawal MONACO: The Tour de France will again begin under a cloud of doping. Three days before the start of cycling's most prestigious event, two-time Dutch champion Thomas Dekker was ruled out after a blood sample he
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    • 462 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHESDA (Maryland): Tiger Woods' earnings fell below US$lOO million (Ssl4s million) for the first time in three years to U5599.7 million last year. The world's top golfer can blame that the reconstructive knee surgery that sidelined him for eight months, for
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    • 59 55 ASSOCIATED PRESS PESCARA (Italy): Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (right) set a world record in the 100 m backstroke with a 52.38-second leg in the Mediterranean Games' 4xloom medley final on Wednesday. He bettered American Aaron Peirsol's 52.54, set in last year's Beijing Olympics. "It's almost
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    • 37 55 "Don't make cricket trash. Don't kill the charm of Test match cricket." Pakistan great Javed Miandad, after the International Cricket Council said it was considering cutting Tests from five days to four to make them more TV-friendly
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    • 29 55 Golf Taiwan Amateur C'ship 3rd rd: 211 Choo Tze Huang (Sin) 69 72 70. 214 Yang Fei-hao (Twn) 70 75 69. 217 Thanyakon Khrongpha (Tha) 68 74 75.
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    • 160 49 m WHAT'S ONLINE X) A MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Second AYG gold for Singapore. Mad over Andy Murray. Real Madrid sign Benzema. MOST COMMENTED Bowler gives Singapore first gold. Said Eagle2oo4: "Is it any surprise that a bowler has given Singapore its first gold
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    • 44 49 i\ I INDIAN TRIUMPHS India's Rohit Kumar wins the AYG's javelin event. Cl 2 jit THE LAST EIGHT Singapore are in the quarter-finals of the AYG table tennis competition. Cl 3 INTO THE FINAL Serena Williams squeaks past Elena Dementieva at Wimbledon. Cl 4
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    • 203 55 Today Tomorrow Sunday Asian Youth Games Asian Youth Games Asian Youth Games Athletics: Finals (ChllB/Chol, 4pm). Basketball: Finals (ChOl ChllB, noon). Beach volleyball: 3rd placing (Chll9, Basketball: Prelims/q-finals (Chll9, Shootinjg (Chll9, 9am 11am). 10am) Swimming (ChOl ChllB 12.45pm 3pm). Swimming (ChOl ChllB, 9.30 am 9 30am 6 30pm) Live Football:
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  • OBITUARIES
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      89 56 LAU KAY LEE Age: 55 Passed away peacefully on 1 July 2009 Leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Lee Juliana Daughters: Lav Su Lin, Nicole Lav Su Ping, Shereen Father: Mother: Low Boh Koon Tan Bee Hoon Brother: Gene Lav Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Lav Julie Yeo Yok Hock Lav Juliet Choo Eng
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      46 56 GABRIELTHENNARASU S/OCAINAPATHY Age: 47 was called home to be with the Lord on 30 June 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wake Is held at Blk 132, Edgedale Plains #07-38. Cortege leaves on Saturday, 4 July 2009. For further details, pis contact Tel: *****647 (Roy) *****531 (Rani)
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      20 56 22ND ANNIVERSARY In Everloving Memory of Mdm Parameswary d/o Ramasamy Departed: 3 July 1987 Dearly missed forever cherished by family
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      120 56 SIVALINGAM s/o THAMBOE (Ex Property Tax Department) Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 2 July 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife: V Thanalakshmy Sons: Daughters-in-law: Thillaikumar Rajeswary Rajaram Anne Maheswary Daughter: Sons-in-law: Bhavani Sathiadevan Grandchildren: T. Devadevan T. Sivashankar S. Rajeevan S. Shamini R. Hannah Ranita R. Issac Anand
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      113 56 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want...and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 PHILIP LIM TIAN KUAY Age: 64 Was called home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by: Wife: May Lim
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      101 56 In Loving Memory of TEO HOCK CHUA Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 2 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: (Teo Kah Teng, deceased) (Tan Cheo Neo, deceased) Uncle: Teo Kah Hwee Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Teo Hock Knee Phua Soh Hua (Teo Hock Chwee, Aw
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      134 56 "lam the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 Angeline Tan Swee Ling Age: 29 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly
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      61 56 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of MRS ANNA VASUKI RAMAN Departed: 3 July 2008 "This life we have is a brief interlude between two eternities and I will walk this journey with you right till the end. And my love, when we have reached that destination once more I will
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      78 56 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of POH AH CHEOK NANCY Departed on 03 July 2008 You always had a Smile to share, Time to give and a Heart to care, Someone to turn to, so kind and true. From you, we had our lessons learnt, And these are the memories
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      63 56 The family of the late ANDY CHEOW YEW KUAN Departed: 25 Jun 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. Special thanks to Dr Thomas Loh other doctors, nurses
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      143 56 "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me." Psalm 23:4 LING HING THONG Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2009. Dearly
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      66 56 Lim Choon Chew Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2009. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Swee Neo Son: Arthur Daughter: Leng Son-in-law: Stephen Care-giver: Imelda Relatives and friends Wake is at Ruby Room, Level 4, Singapore Casket 131, Lavender Street. Cortege leaves
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      140 56 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 TANG SIEW KHAM Age: 53 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 July 2009 leaving behind loved ones Husband: Yong Kam
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      112 56 "I have fought the good fight, I have finishea the race. I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:1 DOUGLAS CLARENCE SWYNY Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Daughters: Priscilla Earnshaw and family, Eleanor Stone and
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY
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      • 552 57  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Asian markets turn cautious ahead of key US jobs report By ONCE it became clear yesterday that Wall Street was not going to provide a boost, the local market stopped struggling to keep the gains
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      • 409 57 REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING: Foreign banks will be able to buy or borrow yuan from Chinese mainland lenders for the first time to settle trade in Hong Kong and Macau under a pilot scheme steered by the central bank. Hong Kong Monetary
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
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          18 57 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.38 billion shares worth $1.14 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 176 Losers: 251 Unchanged: 831
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        • 87 57 Mid Cap 526.47 T -1.86 Basic materials 257.74 T -5.14 Utilities 375.57 0.30 Small Cap 421.16 T -1.86 Industrials 506.89 -3.61 Financials 576.77 T -8.74 All Share 566.25 -6.60 Consumer goods 577.39 T -12.90 Technology 517.64 T -9.79 Fledgling 512.79 1.97 Health care 518.93 T -6.88 Real
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        • REGIONAL
          • 30 57 Yesterday's close: 9,876.15 (-63.78) Japanese shares shed 0.64 per cent on caution ahead of key US jobs data that might trigger fresh concerns about the economic outlook.
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          • 34 57 Yesterday's close: 18,178.05 (-200.68) Hong Kong shares fell 1.1 per cent as the market mood swung from optimism over upbeat manufacturing data to caution ahead of key US jobs data.
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          • 31 57 Yesterday's close: 3,060.25 (+52.1) Chinese stocks rose 1.73 per cent in heavy trade, with energy and metal shares strong on rising confidence in the recovery of China's economy.
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          • 33 57 Yesterday's close: 3,877.3 (+3.3) Australian shares rose 0.1 per cent, paring earlier gains on caution ahead of key earnings and economic news, starting with the latest US payrolls data.
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          • 31 57 Yesterday's close: 1,078.71 (-0.69) Malaysian shares eased 0.1 per cent amid a lack of positive leads. There were 204 gainers and 405 losers while 222 stocks were unchanged.
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          • 20 57 Yesterday's close: 1,411.48 (-0.18) Seoul shares ended flat as investors remained cautious ahead of the corporate earnings season.
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          • 35 57 Yesterday's close: 14,658.49 (+13.02) Indian shares ended flat as the government said growth could rise to more than 7 per cent this year but stressed the need to rein in the fiscal deficit.
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          • 24 57 Yesterday's close: 586.42 (-11.06) Thai stocks fell 1.85 per cent due to profit-taking mainly by local institutional investors. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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          • 105 57 (0) July 02 CENTS DBXTMSTaiwan10US$ 1312 115.9 6.5 GLD 10US$ 9220 108.7 0.8 DBKT Nifty 10US$ 9258 101.4 0.8 DBXT S8P Short 10USS 6840 72.5 0.7 JSH 1514 34.8 1.6 Isetan 322 19.0 6.3 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 .9630 10.0 0.1 Sing Inv S Fin 124 10.0 8.8
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          • 91 57 July 02 Gates Elec Compact Sapphire ZhguoPengiie E3 Hlds Teledata NeteLusion Adroit MultiChem Autron EuNetworks Eucon St James Contel Enporis ChinaVideo Memstar Unionmet Sing Inv Fin llni Envtech CENTS 20 73.9 1.5 50.0 1.5 50.0 18 38.5 2 33.3 2 33.3 9 28.6 2.5 25.0 13.5 22.7 3
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          • 114 57 (0) July 02 CENTS DBXT FTChina25 10USS 2750 -46.4 DairyFarm 618 -464 OCBCCap 5.1%NCPS 100 .9400 -44.0 DBS Grp 1164 -34.0 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1417 -33.3 Jardine C8C 1918 -32.0 DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 ***** -30.0 Venture Corp 698 -22.0 JMH 2786 -20.3 CityDev 851 -20.0
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          • 94 57 July 02 CENTS CarrierNet NOL R Lankom ASJ Hldgs China YongS Nippecraft WesTech Sp Ship Alantac ITech Grp Ossia Intl CFH Hldgs Total Access AdvanceSCT Infinio MiddleEastD Silverlake Pac Andes ChinaNTown CreativMast 1 -33.3 -0.5 11 -33.3 -5.5 6 -25.0 -2.0 4 -20.0 -1.0 2.5 -16.7 -0.5 6
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          • 102 57 (0) July 02 CENTS SembMar.ES.0907 281 Yanlord.ES.0907 248 KepCorp MBLeCW09n03 ...53.5 Vanlord MBLeCW*****4 31.5 SGXBNP eCW*****3 64 STI 2200BNPePW*****8 26 STI 2250 DBePW*****1 37.5 STI 2300BNPePW*****8 ...42.5 DBS DB eCW*****6 26.5 SGXBNP ePW*****0 39 CoscoCorpMBLeCn0103 30 DBS BNP ePW*****8 38.5 Kep Corp.ES.0907 699 N0L.ES.0907 149 SGXDBePW*****9 38.5 STI
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          • 100 57 July 02 CENTS Yanlord MBLeCW*****4 31.5 DBS DB ePW*****7 5.5 STI 2200BNPePW*****8 26 YongnamW*****4 7 UOB BNP ePW*****7 7.5 KepCorp HBLeCW*****3....53.5 DBS DB eCW*****G 26.5 STI 2250 DBePW*****1 37.5 STI 2100 DBePW*****1 19.5 STI 2300BNPePW*****8 ...42.5 SingTelHBLeCW*****7 22.5 STI 2200SGAePW*****9 23 SGXBNPePW*****0 39 SembMarMBLeCW*****2..26.5 CoscoCorpMBLeC*****3 30 EzraHBLeCW*****4 15.5
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          • 99 57 (0) July 02 CENTS U0B.ES.0g07 1444 -28.0 -1.9 SGX.ES.0907 711 -14.0 -1.9 CITYDEV.ES.0907 852 -13.0 -1.5 DBS RB ePW*****8 27 -7.5 -21.7 Capitaland.ES.0907 366 -7.0 -1.9 CapitalanBNPeCW***** 75.5 -5.5 -6.8 CapitalanMBLeCW***** 33.5 -4.0 -10.7 STI 2350 DBeCW*****1 38 -4.0 -9.5 DBSHBLeCW*****1 26.5 -3.5 -11.7 DBS MBL eCW*****2 42.5
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          • 110 57 July 02 C DBS RB ePW*****8 STI 1900SGAePW*****9... TranspacWI ***** TranspacWI ***** DBS MBL eCW*****1 APStrategic W*****6 DBS BNP ePW*****7 CapitalanMBLeCW***** CapitalanMBLeCW***** STI 2350 DBeCW*****1 SGX BNP eCW*****9 NOL MBL eCW*****2 SGXDBeCW*****7 SingTel DBePW*****2 DBSMBLeCW*****2 U0BMBLeCW*****2 Asiasons W*****7 SIA BNP eCW*****3 CapltalanBNPeCW***** CapltalanBNPeCW***** 3ENTS 27 -21.7 7.5 -21.1
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        • 179 57 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS o/o Vol Golden Agri Ezion GoldenAgri R HOLR Infinio Vlemstar NOL China Hongxing STI 2350 DBeCWD***** Genting SP taignam Swiber Vlercator CapitaLand Franscu Grp 37 -1.5 -3.9 108,427,000 57 2.5 4.6 59,628,000 21.5 0.0 0.0 57,127,000 11 -5.5
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        • 105 57 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 02 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1570 1.1930 Can dollar 1.2500 1.2660 Euro 2.0320 2.0550 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4113 0.4122 NZ dollar 0.9170 0.9360 Sterling pound 2.3700 2.3960 US dollar 1.4380 1.4550 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 372 57 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 521.9 263.6 1208 164 322 1715.3 460 91 76 442 3304 l< 1956 300.7 225 855 247 800 1622 372 201 293 457 435 289 2018 511 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 405
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        • 625 57 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 114 87.5 255 126 68.5 178 146.8 125 507 3 53 143 150.9 256 114 130 224 678 264 296 245 160 372.8 545 197 64.5 206 82.5 82 91 34 254 132
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    • money companies
      • 493 58  -  Gabriel Chen Pace of economic decline is slowing but survey finds optimism is overdone By GLOBAL stock markets are unlikely to plunge back to the lows hit in March but the optimism over "green shoots" seems overdone. That is the consensus from a
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      • 417 58  -  Kate Lim By ONCE home prices in the United States start to bottom out, talk of an economic recovery will be realistic, according to a senior regional economist. Mr Arjuna Mahendran, managing director and head of investment strategy in Asia for HSBS
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      • 321 58  -  Yang Huiwen By SEMBCORP Marine unit Jurong Shipyard has won a U*****.3 million (***** million) rig order from Sea Dragon Offshore, its second contract from the Norwegian firm. The ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig is scheduled for delivery by late June 2011, said SembMarine in a
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    • 555 59 REUTERS Without testimony or new disclosures, she is unlikely to be charged NEW YORK: United States government investigators have concluded for now that there is no physical evidence that Mrs Ruth Madoff, the wife of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, actively participated in or
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    • 369 59 REUTERS WASHINGTON: United States securities regulators have moved to change how companies elect board members and govern themselves, tilting the corporate playing field towards investors who have complained of weak boards and lavish pay for top executives. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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    • 312 59 NEW YORK TIMES HOUSTON: In a serious blow to the defence of accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his chief lieutenant, James Davis, will plead guilty to fraud and conspiracy after reaching an agreement to cooperate with prosecutors. Davis was involved in the
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    • 601 60  -  Fiona Chan Electronics production is at highest level since December 2006 By THE electronics sector appears to be on the brink of a robust recovery, if the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is anything to go by. The index, an early indicator of
      BLOOMBERG  -  601 words
    • 312 60  -  Jessica Cheam By THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) will continue to suspend the confirmed list for its industrial government land sales (GLS) programme for the rest of the year. This would provide flexibility for the market to "adjust supply in
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    • 315 60  -  Melissa Tan By THE problems Muslims encounter in some areas of financial planning when dealing with the civil law code here will be tackled in a ground-breaking conference later this month. The event is aimed at helping financial advisers to guide Muslim clients on
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    • 847 61  -  Kate Lim Joanna Scow Business costs up and manpower down as they cope with flu guidelines By SOME smaller firms are struggling to deal with the cost and disruptions that arise when they follow government guidelines for workers quarantined because of the HINI flu. The
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    • 115 61 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm not to let it sit and do nothing." MOST-READ ONLINE HDB resale prices up. YOUR SAY Some smaller companies are finding MOST COMMENTED it tough coping with the fallout from DBS and POSB cut savings rates. the Influenza A (H1N1)
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      • 1063 82  -  jocelyn lee Chinese singers who also write their own songs are fast becoming popular for their multi-tasking talent Bubblegum pop idols, move over. Make way for the new wave of Chinese singer-song-writers. In the past six months, as many as eight new singers have emerged on the
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      • 292 82 Who: Hsiao Hong-Jen, 25, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Website: www.myspace.cn/ xiaohongren Genre: Pop, R&B and rock This Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School graduate caught the attention of music producers in 2007 when he wrote, composed and sang two Mandarin-Hokkien songs. He worked with the producer and band member
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      • 229 82 Who: Achord Hsieh, 22, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Website: www. wretch.cc/ blog/Ch0rd***** Genre: Pop, hip-hop, R&B Hsieh was introduced to the entertainment industry at the age of 16, playing small gigs and also acting as a television extra. Before the 22--year-old released his debut album Nothing But Achord (2009),
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      • 148 82 Who: Lala Hsu, 25, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Website: www.wretch.cc/blog/noBpig Genre: Pop This female composer-artist emerged after winning the popular singing contest One Million Star 3 early last year. During the contest, the nursing graduate from the Taiwan University of Science and Technology sang mostly
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    • 676 83  -  huang lijie The annual Singapore Sun Festival, a 10-day celebration of good living in October, hopes to chase away the dark clouds of economic gloom with cheaper tickets this year. The performers include principal dancers from the Bolshoi Theatre, singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and jazz musician
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    • 489 83 Los Angeles Karl Maiden, the Oscar-winner who built a six-decade Hollywood career playing heroes, heavies as well as relatable ordinary men has died, aged 97. He died on Wednesday of natural causes at his California home, said his daughter. He won an Oscar for playing
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    • life! music
      • 603 85 Associated Press New York Times Bloomberg Michael Jackson's 2002 will gives entire estate to his mother, three children and charities, but leaves nothing to his former wife Los Angeles Michael Jackson's family on Wednesday has ruled out a funeral at his Neverland estate and focused
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      • 289 85 Associated Press New York Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged for his fans in the years to come. The material includes unused tracks from studio sessions
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        773 86 Annie Clark weaves a dark side into Disney soundtracks sound bites Mlk yeow kai chai It's hard to put a finger on St Vincent aka Annie Clark. With her oceanic, Shelley Duvall eyes, she is a picture of sugary goodness. But after just one spin of her second
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        685 87  -  Ong Sor Fern Chang Tou Liang Chang Tou Liang IT'S LOVE Lena Home with Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra BMG Japan JAZZ JAMBOREE Annie Ross with Wojciech Karolak Trio Selles Records Ltd One, an African American chanteuse whose silky singing style was polished by a combination of slick
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      • 137 87 RADIO 91.3FM 1. (5) Mad World Adam Lambert 2. (6) Heartless Kris Allen 3. (2) No Boundaries Kris Allen 4. (1) Permanent David Cook 5. (8) Boy Meets Girl Evan Taubenfield 6. (2) No Boundaries Adam Lambert 7. Fly With Me Jonas Brothers 8. (7) 21 Guns Green
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      • 160 87 Once a ticket to stardom in the *****, male pageants have lost their buzz. Fewer than five, including Manhunt, have survived and recent champs are nowhere near being household names. Trailblazing winners such as Zack Zainal and Benedict Goh recall the heyday of men's beauty
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    • 263 68 Imran Jalal These two good lookers were caught at local fashion showcase Wardrobe 2009 atZoukonJune 26 Holly Grabarek, 19, awaiting college admission What are you wearing? The chambray shirt and skirt, which cost $80 each, and the leather shoes and necklace, which cost $140 and $43 respectively,
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        443 69 Urban toasts eight summer fragrances that promise to lift the spirit in this heat 1 Love by Nina by Nina Ricci (50ml, EDT) 1 OS, from Tangs Orchard and Robinsons The Centrepoint Take a bite of the forbidden fruit with this whimsical apple-shaped bottle, whose fresh cocktail of cherry
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      791 70 Comme dcs Garcons' guerilla stores have closed for good but KAREN TEE finds out that a new temporary brand tailored for the recession has taken its place ans of edgy Japanese label Comme dcs Garcons, brace yourselves: Its guerilla store concept of opening shops lasting one year
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    • 374 71 he western end of Singapore may not be known as a fab retail hangout, but that is probably because urbanistas have not given Bukit Batok a good look. That's right: There is more to this 1,104 ha housing estate than just the granite outcrops at Little Guilin.
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      674 71 Nation Optical (right) 07-726 Block 633 Bukit Batok Central Take a leaf from Jackie O's lookbook with thesi oversized sunnies (from $45). Not only do the frames here come in various shapes and designs, the dual-toned temples and lenses also lend a quirky touch. Tew Mci Fashion (above) 01
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      287 71 Jubilee Restaurant 01-365 Block 278 Bukit Batok East Avenu Those missing t.._ mi^m^mmm sinful dum biryani from the old Kandahar Street eatery would be glad to know that we have found it in Bukit Batok. Dum biryani is a South Indian version of the basmati rice dish. The chicken
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      2538 72 Male pageants like Manhunt are losing their appeal, with budgets and prizes being cut Some view it as the male equivalent of Miss Singapore Universe and, like its counterpart, Manhunt Singapore does not appear to be ageing well. Where it used to be beamed to a global
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      442 73 Other notable men who can proudly claim tc be part of the pageant alumni PHOTOS: Leon Williams (left), 32, model-actor, won Mister Singapore 2001 After finding fame in Taiwan with his 2004 TV debut on La Robe De Mariee Dcs Cieux (in halting Mandarin, we might add), the
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      1510 74 No one gives a hoot if you re a man and you re bald. That's not the case with female skinheads. STEPHANIE GWEE talks to three brave souls who went 'topless' for charity Actress Demi Moore took the clippers to her hair to play a navy trainee in
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    • 717 75 You can enjoy a range of grooming services from hairstyling ana make-up to pedicures and massages -without leaving home. STEPHANIE GWEE reports Want your tresses styled in the comfort of your home? That will cost you $950 if it is salon director Issac Ang from Toni Guy that
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      286 75 Merliza Lim, 24, owner of My Hair Gallery in Sixth Avenue, who started offering home beauty services in April Services: Hair treatments, colouring and cut as well as manicures and pedicures done by her team of six. Lim also has an assistant who is trained in providing
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    • 270 75 Penny Chew, 45, founder of Penny Chew Massage Healthcare, an online business started in 2005 Services: Chew touts her business as a one-stop beauty and health-care service. She has diplomas in body massages and says her specialities include Swedish massage, acupressure, post-natal massage and baby
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    • 342 75 Sandra Lim (left), 35, and Lynette Loh (right), 34, founders of Lush Spa at the Singapore Polo Club, who began offering home services in 2003 Services: Specialises in spa parties (or "sparties", as Loh calls them) at homes where a team of up to six trained
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    • REMEMBERING MICHAEL JACKSON
      • 752 76 PHOTOS: AFP, FILE, MJJ PRODUCTIONS, REUTERS (Top) Michael Jackson's trademark fedora not to mention his signature moves have been copied by many in showbiz. (Above) The military look influenced Jackson's fashion sense on and off stage. (Right) The soft-soled black loafers, shortened trousers and white socks
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      • 665 77 A sex symbol of the 1970s with her bouncy, flick-back hair, Farrah Fawcett is all about glamour and grit As her life drew to a close, 1970s sex symbol Farrah Fawcett proved that she boasted both grit and glamour. She had fought for, then surrendered her
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      1005 78 Victoire De Castelbne designs fine jeweller/ for Dior by seeking inspiration from Disney cartoons, fairy tales and old Hollywood movies. NOELLE LOH visits her in Paris Stepping into the office of Dior Joaillerie's artistic director Victoire De Castellane is like entering a child's dream bedroom. Its walls are
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      172 79  -  TAN HSUEH YUN PHOTO: ust when you thought the macaron craze was starting to wane, *J along comes this trompe I'oeil creation from Canele. The patisserie's Macaron Burger recreates a real burger right down to the cheese slices. In this case, the "cheese" is apricot jelly. There is
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      150 79 Purists will probably howl in protest. What has the world come to, when people drink Earl Grey tea and Japanese matcha with milk? Did I mention that the stuff comes powdered, in a sachet? The important thing is that the teas taste good, and these do. The
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      65 79 If you need a pick-me-up in the office on a particularly dour day, open a pack of Muji's Salted Caramel Rice Crackers. Your eyes might pop like mine did when sweet, milky caramel gave way to whoa crisp, toasty rice puff. It was just the sort of little
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      115 79 I have learnt to be wary of banana-flavoured snack food. Most of them taste nothing like the real thing. If anyone can do it, though, it is those Japanese flavour engineers I so admire. Just think of Tokyo Banana, the popular snack everyone buys from Narita airport. Their
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    • 43 79 Bottega Veneta, 01-43 Paragon G Star, 02-31 Paragon Lush Spa, 80 Mount Pleasant Road, Singapore Polo Club My Hair Gallery, 17 Anamalai Road Pink Parlour, 81-06 A Liang Court Puma, 02-153 Marina Square Strip, 03-04 Wheelock Place Zwiesel 1872, 40 Club Street
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      • 355 80 1 Oakley sunglasses Sunglasses are very important as I do not want the glare from the sun to distract me when I'm on the golf course. The black pair has rubber tips that let them stay snug against my head. The white one looks more
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