The Straits Times, 15 July 2009

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  • INSIDE
    • 76 1 MICROSOFT has announced that it will make available a free Web-based version of its popular Office suite for the 400 million people who have its Windows Live service. The announcement was the latest tit-for-tat move in an increasingly intense rivalry between Microsoft and Google. The Internet search
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    • 70 1 FORMER Ml chief executive (CEO) Neil Montefiore has been appointed to helm arch telco rival Star Hub. Star Hub disclosed yesterday that its incumbent CEO Terry Clontz will retire from his leadership role in January and make way for Mr Montefiore. Mr Clontz, who joined Star Hub
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    • 46 1 A PRIVATE school which peddled fake degrees from institutions in Australia and the United Kingdom has been closed down. Students of Brookes Business School showed up yesterday to find its doors closed and its owner nowhere to be found. PRIME PAGE A 6
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    • 76 1 AFTER securing Carlos Tevez (left) for £25.5 million (Ss6l million), Manchester City have wasted no time in signing his strike partner. Thi club has agreed a a £25 million fee for 1 Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor (right), after offering the player £170,000 a week. That will make
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  • 726 1  -  Alvin Foo Economy now expected to contract by 4% to 6%, but outlook for rest of year remains subdued, MTI cautions By SINGAPORE roared out of recession with growth of 20.4 per cent in the second quarter over the previous quarter, marking the first expansion in
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  • 675 1  -  Cheryl Tan By Auditioning for Child Aid Applicants must be Singapore residents below the age of 19. Acts must be in the medium of English, and in the fields of music, dance or emceeing. Audition materials must be sent in the format
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 96 2 WE SAY The writing is on the wall for Japanese Premier Taro Aso and his Liberal Democratic Party. Recent polls report that voters prefer the DPJ to the LDP by almost two to one. Amid the economic and social challenges facing the country, both the
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      • 27 2 COLUMNS Singapore's "ecosystem" of personal safety is a remarkable blessing we should never take for granted, says Kishore Mahbubani. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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      • 23 2 Singapore's investment in legacy systems is sound, as inter-state war remains a reality, says Ong Wei Chong. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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      • 32 2 OUR READER SAYS Readers press for answers to questions over safety precautions taken during a taekwondo match that led to the tragic death of a 17-year-old. FORUM PAGE A2O
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      • Article, Illustration
        33 2 www.straitstimes.com Reme Ahmad mulls over the relatively new phenomenon of using polls data to read grassroots moods in Malaysia. ST's Fash Hag hears some horror stories about retail customers from hell.
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    • 943 2  -  Karamjit Kaur Despite past successes, corporatised airport still has some work to do By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT TRAVELLERS who visited Changi Airport before and after July 1 would not have noticed anything different. But there will be improvements if the transition the airport went through that day
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    • 130 2 X SINGAPORE EXP E RIE N C E AWA R D S WE'VE RESERVED ONLY J THE BEST FOR THE BEST J Introducing the inaugural Singapore Experience Awards m An exquisite gourmet dinner by a two-star Michelin chef. A global business conference for international I leaders. An all-night dance fest
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  • prime news
    • 100 3 EMOTIONS ran high yesterday at a polling station for a by-election in Kelantan, which eventually saw Malaysia's Islamic Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) winning by a surprisingly narrow majority. It won Manek Urai, considered a safe seat which it had controlled since 1986, by just a razor
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    • 836 3  -  Goh Chin Lian A-G says they are lax in managing public funds and opt for convenience By OTHER LAPSES WASTING MONEY ON OFFICE SPACE Spring Singapore renovated its chairman's office in Bukit Merah in early 2007. But new chairman Philip Yeo continued to work at
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    • 672 4 Firms need promise of lucrative patents to create drugs: WHO chief GENEVA: Pharmaceutical firms need incentives, including lucrative patents, to keep creating drugs and vaccines against emerging threats such as the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
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    • 334 4  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN WITH pharmaceutical companies across the globe racing to develop a vaccine for Influenza A (H1N1), it is only a matter of time before Singapore has a guard against it. When such a vaccine becomes available, it will be sold at
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    • 548 4  -  Maria Almenoar Jessica Jaganathan By SINGAPORE'S first critically-ill Influenza A (H1N1) patient has been discharged from hospital and wants to make sure he remains healthy. Part-time cleaner Omar Mohamed Salleh, 63, ended his seven-day stay at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) on Saturday
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  548 words
    • 503 5  -  Yang Huiwen Telco's choice to take over from retiring CEO surprises industry By STARHUB has surprised the telco industry by announcing the retirement of chief executive Terry Clontz and naming Mr Neil Montefiore as his successor. Mr Montefiore, 56, is the former chief executive
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    • 918 6  -  Jermyn Chow MOE revokes Brookes' registration; students turn up to find door closed, no staff around By A degree in a year? It was all a scam GET a degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in a year for just $12,000. This
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    • 681 7 Donor heart implanted over a decade ago helps girl's own heart recover LONDON: Teenager Hannah Clark is leading a normal life today, thanks to an unprecedented procedure in 1995 in which she was given an extra heart. British surgeons implanted a donor heart in
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    • 1648 8  -  Wong Kim Hoh THE ST INTERVIEW Heritage must be treasured to build national identity, says NHB chief By SENIOR WRITER Ex-urban planner museum chief MR MICHAEL Koh, 47, is the chief executive officer of the National Heritage Board. He oversees 10 museums and heritage centres
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 752 9 How they stack up V REVENUE Microsoft: Sold its Word, PowerPoint and other business applications over the last nine months, making a profit of US$9.3 billion (5513.6 billion). It made another US$l6 billion last year from operating systems like Windows XP, ■ppc \Vindows Vista and
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    • world regional
      • 668 10  -  Nirmal Ghosh Opposition sceptical as few political prisoners were freed in previous amnesties By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Myanmar's ruling regime has indicated that it was considering amnesty for prisoners ahead of elections next year, but its announcement was met yesterday with caution by analysts and
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      • 400 10 TOKYO: Japan's ruling bloc voted down a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Taro Aso yesterday, but chaos deepened within his party as fears grew of a historic defeat in the general election next month. A loss for Mr Aso's coalition in the Aug 30 elections
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      • 193 10 BEIJING: China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure young people of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence that it worked. Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part
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      • 1057 12  -  Leslie Lopez Indonesian billionaire leads list of powerful economic players By SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT The tight nexus of business and politics has long been a key feature of corporate Malaysia and analysts say that Mr Najib's takeover is set to usher in a new
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      • 268 12 BANGKOK: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who fled the country after being handed a two-year jail term for graft, claimed he was given police security when he stayed overnight in Malaysia earlier this month. But this was flatly denied by the Malaysian police
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      • 851 13  -  Carolyn Hong Internal split, bickering among Pakatan partners likely caused vote swing By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF LOSING STEAM "Pakatan must also ask itself how it can refocus its political strategy to neutralise Najib's growing political momentum." Political analyst Ong Kian Ming MANEK URAI
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      • 328 13 LESS than 12 hours before polling was set to start in the rural constituency of Manek Urai in Kuala Krai, Barisan Nasional (BN) put up banners showing pictures of Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat shaking hands with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in
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      • 455 14 Xinhua says the Uighur men killed were inciting others to launch a jihad URUMQI: The capital of north-western China's Xinjiang region was tense amid tight security yesterday, a day after police fatally shot two Uighur men and wounded a third. It was the first time
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      • 402 14 BEIJING appealed to the Muslim world for understanding yesterday over its handling of deadly unrest in Xinjiang as it denied accusations from Turkey that it was guilty of genocide. "We hope that the relevant Muslim countries and Muslims can recognise the nature of the July
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      • 635 15  -  Salim Osman Yudhoyono will not move her to central bank, sources say By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati will remain Finance Minister in the Cabinet of re-elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a move likely to cheer the business community. Sources said
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      • 365 15 BEIJING: US Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will try to boost trade in environmentally friendly technology during their first visit to China as members of the Obama administration. In meetings with government leaders and business executives, the two Chinese-American
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    • world international
      • 739 16 Water misuse, drought and neighbours' dams causing Euphrates crisis JUBAISH (Iraq): Throughout the marshes, the reed gatherers, standing on land they once floated over, cry out to visitors in a passing boat. "Maaku mail" they shout, holding up their rusty sickles. "There is no
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      • 373 16 TEHERAN: Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi will attend Friday prayers this week in his first official public appearance since last month's disputed presidential vote, a local newspaper reported. The Etemad daily said the prayers at Teheran University will be led by
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      • 291 16 NEW YORK: If you have ever wondered who is in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It is your cat. Household cats exercise this control with a certain type of urgent-sounding, high-pitched meow, according to the findings by
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      • 58 17 The Indian Army's 400-strong contingent preparing to march down Paris' Champs Elysees at its first parade on foreign soil yesterday. The contingent was specially invited to take part in the Bastille Day parade to mark France's national day. Leaders from India, Germany and Cambodia were
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      • 360 17 Opening soon, it spans time zones and will take 3 to 4 days to complete MELBOURNE: The world's longest golf course, stretching along 1,365 km of desert highway with holes at 18 towns and service stations, will open in Australia this year, organisers
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      • INBRIEF
        • 130 17 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian authorities are investigating two Muslims who sparked complaints after they pretended to be Christians in a church to do research for a magazine article, officials said yesterday. Police federal crime investigations head Mohamad Bakri Zinin said officials were investigating whether the two
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        • 114 17 TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said he has no immediate plans to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao despite the rapidly improving cross-strait ties. In an interview with Taiwan's Commercial Times newspaper published yesterday, Mr Ma dismissed widespread speculation that his prospective role as party
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        • 96 17 BANGKOK: Police have obtained arrest warrants for a soldier and a policeman suspected of involvement in the attempted murder of People's Alliance for Democracy leader Sondhi Limthongkul, according to the Bangkok Post. Quoting police sources, the newspaper said the Criminal Court issued the warrants yesterday on
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        • 100 17 CHARLESTON: Southwest Airlines is inspecting nearly 200 of its aircraft overnight after a hole in the fuselage of a plane forced an emergency landing in West Virginia. Officials have yet to determine what caused the damage. Charleston, West Virginia, airport spokesman Brian Belcher said passengers on
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        • 108 17 SEOUL: South Korea will this month launch a satellite using its own rocket as part of a drive to join Asia's space race, officials said yesterday. An experimental satellite weighing 100 kg will be launched into a low earth orbit on July 30 from the Naro
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        • 88 17 BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) said four Indonesian airlines, including Garuda, the country's flag carrier, will be allowed to fly to the continent again because of "significant" air safety improvements. The EU placed all Indonesian airlines on its international blacklist of banned carriers after a
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    • 105 9 Wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST READ ONLINE The World Health Organisation has Nude photos posted online. recommended that every country No English for maths, science in vaccinate citizens against the HINI Malaysia. virus. Nations must now choose who gets priority after nurses,
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    • 186 15 BREAKTHROUGH IN PRE VENTIVE HEAL THCARE mp 2009 V Forum on ibfcCHLORELLA TO'AND PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE^^— Lifestyle associated diseases are increasing rapidly, affecting people in the younger age groups: Can we ignore these problems? How do the Japanese achieve good health and longevity through preventive healthcare and dietary habits? We are
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 455 18 THE writing is on the wall for Japanese Premier Taro Aso and his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) which has, save for 10 months in the early *****, ruled Japan since 1955. Over the weekend, the LDP got thumped by the opposition Democratic Party of Japan
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    • 1123 18  -  Kishore Mahbubani THINK-TANK By I was almost mugged in Switzerland recently. On a bright day last month, I was walking along the beautiful shore of the lake in Lausanne around noon. Just in front of the famous Olympics Museum, a foreign tourist stopped
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    • 674 18  -  Joseph E. Stiglitz By ON JUNE 23, a United Nations conference focusing on the global economic crisis reached a consensus both about the causes of the downturn and why it was affecting developing countries so badly. In providing what in many ways
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    • review.
      • 694 19  -  Ong Wei Chong By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES We are constantly reminded of the salience of the "non-state" and the "non-traditional". But we must also remember that the international community largely operates within the traditional system of sovereign states. This system of sovereign
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      • 673 19  -  Robert Cringely By LAST week, Google launched its Chrome Operating System a direct attack on Microsoft Windows. This isn't the first salvo in a war that has already seen Google lob its Chrome Web browser against Microsoft's Internet Explorer Google had earlier launched
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      • 736 19  -  Bruce Gale By SENIOR WRITER WHERE is the Australian economy heading these days? Last December, only two economists surveyed by the Melbourne Age newspaper predicted a decline in Australia's gross domestic product by June 30. But as the year progressed, the consensus changed as
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    • forum.
      • 270 20 I REFER to last Thursday's letter by Ms Yeo Chiat Wei, "King of Pop's memorial A letdown. Why did Channel 5 adopt such a lacklustre attitude?" To clarify, the moment the news of Michael Jackson's death broke, Channel 5 began sourcing for suitable
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      • 492 20 TAEKWONDO TRAGEDY LAST Saturday's report ("Teen, 17, dies without waking up") saddens me as a parent whose 15-year-old daughter also practises taekwondo. What were the safety precautions undertaken by the organisers of the com- petition Greenville Residents' Committee (RC) and the Singapore Taekwondo Gymnasium (STG)
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      • 256 20 MANY consumers will agree with national water agency PUB's acknowledgement ("Need for water conservation tax", July 11) of Mr Paul Chan's view ("Shouldn't we pay less for consuming water?", July 8) that Singaporeans have been conscientious and supportive of water conservation measures. Few
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      • 247 20 ONLY half the story was addressed in Tuesday's report, "Bottled water: People should be told the facts". The other half is what comes out of your tap at home. There is no doubt that the treated water leaving PUB facilities is "well within
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      • 253 20 IT WAS heartening to read yesterday that residents in the two opposition wards will benefit from lift landings on every floor under the Lift Upgrading Programme earlier than expected ("Potong Pasir, Hougang to get lift upgrading"). This is a most welcome "queue
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      • 343 20 Not fair "Some employers offer Third World working conditions to discourage citizens so that they can hire foreigners." MS JOANN LOH: "It is amazing to read about zhi char (cooked food) stall operators claiming that they cannot find Singaporeans to work as cooks when more than 16,000 citizens are
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    • 262 20 More letters on V^J www.straitstimes.com 1 MR PAUL CHAN: Is it reasonable to pay over four times the recovery cost of drinking water? 2 MR AKHIL DOEGAR: Do away with bottled water by ramping up tap water conveniences 3 MR COLIN TAN: More water coolers in public places please 4
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 786 21  -  K.C. VIJAYAN HORIZON TOWERS RULING By LAW CORRESPONDENT FROM PILLAR TO POST "We cannot lose sight of the fact that the non-appealing parties together have (with the appellants) been literally driven from pillar to post in their arduous efforts to protect their
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    • 568 22  -  Sue-Ann Chia Figures reassuring but we should still be ready for difficult times: DPM Teo By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT THE economy has improved, but it does not mean Singapore is out of the woods, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday.
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    • 330 22  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By EXPECT more grey skies and stuffy conditions as a mixture of scrub fires in Indonesia and El Nino's impending weather shift brings more haze to Singapore. These conditions will continue over the next few months, predict weather experts. Last weekend,
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    • 343 22  -  Melissa Sim By THE controversial workers' dormitory at Serangoon Gardens has been given the green light to open in October. An update on the Aljunied GRC website said that Maxi Consultancy has been appointed the dormitory operator and will start retrofitting the former technical
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    • 183 22 SALES of desktop computers may be dipping, but the silver lining is the recent range of all-in-one computers, whose sales have been increasing in the past year. The draw of these space-saving devices is that the computer processor, speakers and other components are housed behind the LCD screen,
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    • 511 23  -  Amelia Tan Grads benefit from faculty's broad education By THE man credited with transforming the National University of Singapore's Law School into one with a global outlook saw off his last batch of graduates yesterday. In his nine years as dean, Professor
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    • 602 24  -  Leow Si Wan Tourism Board chief ascribes optimism to signs of economic pickup, stabilised HINI situation By DESPITE being hit by a double whammy the economic downturn and the HINI outbreak the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) remains confident of achieving its
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    • 243 24 MORE than 100 business, tourism and hospitality students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic met wine legend Wolfgang Blass, the man behind Wolf Blass wines, on Monday. Mr Blass, 75, shared the secrets behind his success and gave tips on entrepreneurship during
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    • 589 25  -  Victoria Vaughan Pasture Pharma's masks are approved by US authority for public use; no fit test needed By RECOGNITION "The approval has brought Pasture's credibility and status in general public-use masks to the level of the top mask
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    • 747 26  -  Selina Lum PRISON ASSAULT CASE First of accused trio tells court why alleged victim was beaten daily By About the case THREE prisoners Iryan Abdul Karim, 21; Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 20; and Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff, 21 are accused of assaulting
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    • 339 26  -  ELENA CHONG IT WAS meant to be a fun day spent swimming together for a group of boys at a condominium pool. But it ended tragically for a three-year-old, who drowned while his mother chatted nearby with another resident. Gemus Leung Ching
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    • 479 26  -  Nicholas Yong By THREE months after Singapore's worst incident of mass food poisoning threw a shadow over the Geylang Serai temporary market, the stallholders there have made the big move to a permanent home. The relocation began on Sunday, with
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    • 152 27  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN A MOTORCYCLIST was pinned under a prime mover's massive rear wheels for about 15 minutes yesterday morning after his bike crashed into the huge vehicle on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE). The rider, a Singapore permanent resident in his late 30s, died at the scene.
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    • 771 27  -  Jessica Lim Tenants can sell firms' shares to Far East in lieu of rent for 3 years By How the scheme works FAR East's executive director (property services) G.L. Yap explains: The scenario An eligible tenant signs a two- or three-year lease for a 1,000
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 931 28 Try, try and try MANCHESTER City's pursuit of big-name players after being bought by the Abu Dhabi Group at the beginning of last season has more often than not ended in failure. But the £50.5 million (Ssl2om) capture of Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor will give them
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    • 470 28  -  Lin Xinyi By Transfer talk Tottenham have opened talks with Inter Milan to sign former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. The 33-year-old French midfielder is keen to revive his career and is prepared to accept wages of around £35,000 (5583,200) a week. "This is not about
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    • 128 29 "If somebody lands on your foot and your metatarsal breaks, there isn't much you can do about it." Michael Owen, Man United's new No 7, getting angry at suggestions that he is injury prone. He is set to make his debut against a
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    • 237 29 Athletics Athens Grand Prix (Winners only) Men's 100 m, Race 1: Travis Padgett (USA) 10.09 sec. Race 2: Ivory Williams (USA) 9.95. 200 m: Mark Jelks (USA) 20.28. 400 m: LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.54. 800 m: Asbel Kiprop (Ken) lmin 43.485ec. 110 m hurdles: Joel Brown (USA) 13.18. 400
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    • 311 29  -  JEANETTE WANG SHE is some 15,750 km away from the comforts of home. But Singapore's Elizabeth Yin revelled in familiar conditions in Buzois, Brazil, to surge to the lead of the Laser Radial fleet at the Volvo Youth Sailing Isaf World Championships on Monday (yesterday
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    • 592 29  -  Leonard Lim SEA Games qualification chances dented by Open's postponement By SAA controversies November 2008: The association failed to meet several deadlines in submitting budget plans to the Singapore Sports Council. The SSC has been withholding financial year 2009 funding from the association. May 2009: Several
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    • 496 29  -  Jeanette Wang By "To train for four years without any major competition in between requires a lot of patience. It's not good also in terms of sports development in the region, because we have to keep athletes motivated through competitions." MOK YING REN, SEA
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    • 540 30 BRITISH OPEN "Are you serious! Can't be true! It's really like a dream. Every shot he makes will inspire me." RYO ISHIKAWA, 17, on being paired to play with world No.l Tiger Woods for the first two rounds of the British Open. Westwood gets Japan's teen
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    • 237 30 TURNBERRY: Sandy Lyle, the former British Open champion, apologised yesterday after claiming his fellow Scotsman Colin Montgomerie was handed the 2010 Ryder Cup captaincy despite being guilty of "cheating". "I regret bringing up the 2005 incident in Jakarta," he said. "Colin and I are not
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    • 375 30 ISSOUDUN (France): Mark Cavendish won his third stage on the 2009 Tour de France yesterday, a 194.5 km trek ridden at an easy pace in an implicit protest by the riders at a radio-ban by organisers. It was the seventh cycling stage won on
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    • 225 30 RIO DE JANEIRO: The bloody purse strap and knife that killed Arturo Gatti were put on display on Monday by Brazilian police, as his wife's lawyer insisted she is too "fragile, young and skinny" to kill a boxing champion. But police believe it
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    • 272 30 LONDON: England's time-wasting tactics that earned them a cynical draw in the first Ashes cricket Test with Australia were slammed by former national team captain Nasser Hussain. "It was amateur and embarrassing to watch. And it was bad for the game," said Hussain, who led
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    • 281 30 LOS ANGELES: David Beckham could make a dramatic return to the Premier League, if it boosts his chances of getting in England's 2010 World Cup squad. "I would definitely consider it," said the 34-year-old. "When I left Manchester United, I said I would never want
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    • 295 30 NURBURGRING: Bernie Ecclestone knows how to play the cloak-and-dag-ger game of Formula One politics better than anyone else. Last weekend, and for the first time in 30 years masterminding a sport that generates a gross income of US$l billion (Ssl.s billion), reports emerged
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 49 30 DAYTONA BEACH, Florida: Carolyn Bivens resigned as LPGA Tour commissioner on Monday, bowing to pressure from players who were upset about the organisation's economic woes and her leadership. Marsha Evans, a retired Navy rear admiral, will take over as interim commissioner. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 60 30 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka romped to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan to win the series yesterday. The home side raced to their 171-run victory target in 31.5 overs during the afternoon. Opener Malinda Warnapura scored a brisk 54, Kumar Sangakkara an aggressive 46 and Mahela
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      • 80 30 LAKELAND, Florida: Former Indian farm-hand and reality show contestant Rinku Singh earned his first win on Monday pitching in the second game of a minor league Gulf Coast League baseball double-dealer. Rinku struck out the only batter he faced in Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate team the
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      • 31 30 RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazil football coach Carlos Alberto Parreira was sacked by Fluminense on Monday, after just four months in the job. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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  • OBITUARIES
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      221 31 YEO JOO TIAN Age: 91 passed away peacefutfy on 13 JuCy 2009, leaving behindCovedones. Husband: Tay Thuan Boon (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Siong Mm, Michael Ng Ah Nee Tay Kirn Yam, Peter (deceased) Tay Sion Teck, Robin Sim Meng Koon, Amy Tay Siong Koon (deceased) Tay Siong Suanh, Patrick Tang
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      124 31 9 A Dad Is A Dad is respected because he gives his children leadership. A Dad is appreciated because he gives his children care. A Dad is valued because he gives his children time. A Dad is loved because he gives his children the one thing they treasure most HIMSELF.
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      38 31 In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Parents^\ Tan Ghin Poh Lim Peck Chin Departed: 15.07.89 Departed: 14.12.98 Beautiful memories, silently kept Of a wonderful Mum Dad We'll never forget Dearly missed fondly cherished by f children loved ones
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      135 31 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 SOPHIE AUGUSTA LEE Nee RICHARDS Age: 92 Was called home to be with the Lord on 13 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Harold Lee (deceased) Daughter:
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      41 31 In Loving Memory Ist Anniversary YONG LAI LENG Departed 15/7/08 Our thoughts are always with you, Our hearts are sore with pain; This world would be like heaven If you were here again. Dearly missed by Husband: Gho Han Yann family
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      56 31 LI IS. ANBE SIVAM 25th Anniversary In Loving Memory of SINGARAM MUTHOO Departed 15 July 1984 Our Dearest Father Your memory is as dear today, As in the hour you passed away. You were the kind of father, Your loved ones will never forget. Always remembered by Wife, Sons, Daughters-in-law
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      41 31 GtfFith deepest Qtbpmpathies and Qs6eartfek (^Pandeknces to the Family of the Late ANTHONY JEYA GANESH S/O ARUMATHURAI Departed on 13 July 2009 He will be greatly missed by all of us at Wildlife Reserves Singapore Group L Ww Smms o j
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      77 31 I MADAM R. S. GURBACHAN KAUR (GURIE) w/o A*S. RAM SINGH SANGHAR (deceased) Village: Gholia Khurd passed away peacefully on 9th July 2009 AKHAND PATH Prayers will commence on Monday, 17 July 2009 (Friday) at 9.30 am. BHOG Ceremony will be on 19th July 2009 (Sunday) at 9.00 am to
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      46 31 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of YAP SIEW KWEE (Departed on 15 July 2005) Times passes. But the memory of a loving mother is still as vivid. We think of you. We talk about you. Your love continues to grow in our hearts. We love you.
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      70 31 "We have lost a precious soul but God has redeemed If I ASVIN PlLLAl(Panjang) Age: 23 Passed away on 14 July 2009. Sadly missed by: Father: Sasidharan Pillai Grandmother: Janaki Pillai Sister: Alisa Sasidharan/ Brother-in-law: Vikneswaran all Nephews, Nieces, Cousins, Uncles, Aunties, Relatives Friends- S.K Eagle (Riders Aid) Cortege leaves
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      137 31 /\mmJtrL <t/T)ttw Lrlal ANTHONY TF.YAI S/O ARUMATHURAI Beloved husband of Uma and father of Gabriel At the start of the day, you will call on me. When the day is over, one can't run from thee. You would hound us for information, As you are a stickler for perfection. The
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      89 31 OM SHANTI ANTHONY JEYA GANESH Age: 44 passed away peacefully on 13 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Wife: Uma Dcvi Son: Gabriel Viswanath Father: Mother: A. Aramaithurai K. Maheshwari Sister: Brother-in-law: A. Jeya Gowrie B. Prakash Brother: A. Jaya Shankar HSliece: Nephews: Sri
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      86 31 CHAI CHEW CHEONG AGE: 75 passed away peacefully on 14 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Aw Peng Wah Sons: Daughters-in-law: Aw Chee Yin Judy Foo Mci Yen Aw Chong Yin Lee Lay Beng Daughter: Aw Pik Wan Grandsons: Granddaughter: Aw Wen Hao Aw Shan
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      61 31 The Family of the late i i MR WINSTON EE BOON WAN Departed on 8 July 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, office associates and church members for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to
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      36 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Our Managing Director, Mr Arnold Hoh Jiun Yuen on the demise of his beloved grandfather HO KON SON on 12 July 2009 From: The Management Staff of BC2L Pte Ltd
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      45 32 BTH ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEE GEOK LAN DEPARTED 15 July 2001 Our Dearest Mummy and PoPo You are always in our thoughts And forever in our hearts We miss you so very much. Forever loved and remembered by children, grandchildren and loved ones.
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      90 32 PHILLIP JOSEPH LEE Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 14th July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Margaret Lee Son: Peter Lee Daughter: Son-in-law: Angela Lee-Barron Brian Barron Grandsons: Nicholas Lee Christopher Lee Granddaughters: Grandson-in-law: Elizabeth Lee-Grimberg Clint Grimberg Fleur Barron Ong Ai Lin, mum to
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      126 32 f 1 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:1,6 YONGCHIEWLING Age: 47 was called home to be with the Lord on 14/7/09 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Yip Chee Hung Daughters: Grace Yip
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      19 32 In Ever-Loving Memory John 3:16 JOLLEEN CHONG 15 July 2001 Called home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ
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      162 32 SOH SIEW HONG Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 13 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Gan Tion Chee Sharon Fernandez Gan Tion Keng Low Mci Yong, May Gan Tion Chin Yeo Siew Hong, Venetia Daughters: Sons-in-law: Gan Li Li, Rebecca Tan Beng Choon,
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      157 32 a a For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus 1 Thess4:l4 CHAN CHWEE MEI AMY Age: 32 was called home to be with the Lord on 13 July 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Joel
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      40 32 The family of the late WOO KIM PHOE Departed on 6 July 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      144 32 "For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13 (ESV) WONG SOOK HENG, KELLY Age: 49 Was called home to be with the Lord on 12 July 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Father-in-law: Yap Yin Yoong (deceased) Mother-in-law: FanAhTiam Husband:
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
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      • 769 34  -  Chua Hian Hou CHUA HIAN HOU SMEs can cut costs by signing up for any of its seven computing services By New phone software store by year end SINGTEL will launch a mobile phone software store offering more than a thousand games, transportation
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      • 432 34  -  Lee Su Shyan By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR DIRECTORS of retailer CX Tang told disgruntled minority shareholders yesterday that the exit offer by the Tang family does not undervalue a key property owned by the company. Shareholders have claimed that the move by the
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      • 370 34  -  Kate Lim By FLEXIBILITY, cash flow management and diversification are vital for firms to survive in today's volatile economic conditions, according to 01am International chief executive Sunny Verghese. Mr Verghese told the Singapore leg of the Asia Leadership Dialogues yesterday: "Firms have to build
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      • 376 35  -  Melissa Tan Expertise needed in infrastructure, retail and manufacturing By SINGAPORE companies should use their expertise in infrastructure to expand into India and profit from that country's rapidly growing economy. The advice came from Mr Reginald Wee, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore's regional director
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      • 147 35 LOGISTICS company YCH Group is planning aggressive growth in Asia with the help of a newly-expanded senior management team. It is focusing on India, China, Korea and Indonesia, which are expected "to provide vast opportunities for logistics and supply chain management as next
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      • 278 35  -  MELISSA TAN ACTING Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lvi Tuck Yew is due to arrive in China's Guangdong province today at the head of a Singapore business mission that will visit Guangzhou and Zhuhai. The visit is organised by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. Rear-Admiral
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      • 385 36  -  Melissa Tan Stronger foothold in the market will ensure gain when economy picks up By COMPANIES should make branding a priority, even in tough times like these, as a way of gaining ground on their rivals. The advice came from business leaders
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      • 424 36  -  Kate Lim By LOW adoption rates for specialised business software and poor Web presence hobble the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises, according to Ms Samantha Fok, director (SME) at the Infocomm Development Authority. Speaking at the Digital Life SME Forum, she disclosed
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      • 686 37  -  Joanna Seow Spring to fund up to 70% of costs of consultants for each project under the programme By A NEW scheme will help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) revamp their human resource practices with the help of certified consultants. Spring Singapore
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    • 620 38 Banks' results Yesterday: Goldman Sachs Tomorrow: JP Morgan Chase Friday: Bank of America, Citigroup Whitney's bullish call on Goldman and US banks buoy investors' spirits NEW YORK: Influential US analyst Meredith Whitney sparked a global stocks rally with bullish comments on Goldman Sachs and other
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    • 164 38 NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs yesterday posted record earnings, beating analysts' estimates, as revenue from trading and stock underwriting reached all-time highs less than a year after the firm took US$lO billion (5514.6 billion) in US rescue funds. Second-quarter net income was U553.44 billion, or
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    • 478 38 WASHINGTON: The United States budget deficit has topped US$l trillion (Ssl.s trillion) for the first time and could grow to nearly US$2 trillion, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the US dollar. The deficit has
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    • 712 39  -  Joyce Teo This would mean $1.7 m each for the 72 unit owners of freehold site By PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT PROPERTY market observers are probably rubbing their eyes in disbelief but it is true: an en bloc sale is under way at
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    • 373 39  -  Karamjit Kaur By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT PLANS by Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) to expand its passenger and cargo-handling business in India have hit yet another hurdle. Sats was counting on a new policy coming into force that would have stopped private carriers such as
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    • money markets
      • 523 33  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS STI surges on news that Singapore may be emerging from recession By Markets Correspondent STOCKS surged strongly yesterday on news that Singapore might finally be emerging from the depths of its worst recession in decades. Values were boosted
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      • 360 33  -  Yang Huiwen By THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is introducing a replacement for the current five-year-old research incentive scheme. Known as the SGX Equity Research Insights (Seri), the new scheme is designed to better address the needs of listed companies and their investors, said SGX yesterday.
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          94 33 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 915.3 million shares worth $924.7 million UP DOWN Gainers: 338 Losers: 120 Unchanged: 791 Mid Cap 505.61 8.19 Basic materials 244.44 4.49 Utilities 360.35 5.53 Small Cap 407.81 7.49 Industrials 490.92 7.42 Financials 568.54 12.32 All Share 559.92 10.39 Consumer goods 556.25 11.47 Technology 496.79 12.83
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        • 180 33 Yesterday's close: 9,261.81 (+211.48) Japanese shares closed up 2.34 per cent after a powerful rally on Wall Street led by a rebound by battered financial stocks. Yesterday's close: 1,079.63 (+15.97) Malaysian shares closed up 1.5 per cent following gains on Wall Street. Yesterday's close: 17,885.73 (+631.10) Hong Kong shares
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        • 416 33 luly 14 CENTS II0B.ES.0907 1474 28.0 (ep Corp.ES.0907 676 19.0 /lfilmar.ES.0907 526 13.0 BukitSemW*****8 126 7.0 iGX.ES.0907 697 7.0 5TI 2150BNPeCW*****0 36 6.0 5TI 2150BNPeCW*****8 ...45.5 5.0 CoscoCorp.ES.0907 114 4.0 SGXMBL eCW*****1 57.5 4.0 5PH.ES.0907 329 4.0 »BSMBLeCW*****1 25.5 3.5 3BSMBL eCW*****2 41 3.5 QCBC Bk HBLeCW*****3.
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      • 703 84 Some tenants are upset with landlords who have information on their daily takings and appear to compete with them IN THE natural order of things in the retail world, a landlord protects his tenants, and this traditionally has meant not cannibalising their business. That one big mall owner
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      • 939 90 The test Each unit was assessed for ease of setup, intuitiveness of getting around the menus and programs, and clarity of audio-visuals. Daily work tasks like Internet browsing were tested, as well as entertainment options such as movie playback and games. All models come with a
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      • 642 92 To Kumaran Pillai, a programmer who was once more keen on history than computers, a clean code is next to godliness. ALFRED SIEW reports Singapore's successful developers If you think you are like Kumaran Pillai of Protege Soft, who is the first of four developers that
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        • 931 93 When the going gets tough, the YCH Group gets going, turning crisis into opportunity. I REN ETHAM reports IF THREE strikes is what it takes to make one a habitual offender, then Singapore-based YCH Group is guilty as charged. Thrice in three decades, the logistics and supply
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      • 599 96 In an entertainment coup, fans of TV series Prison Break can catch the 'final ending' ahead of audiences in the US. Sherwin Loh reoorts THE hit TV series Prison Break may have ended its run in the United States but fans in Singapore were among the
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      • 36 97 The Singapore Standard for Contactless ePurse Application (Cepas) allows consumers to use one payment card for a variety of goods and services. IRENE THAM and TANG WEE CHEOW look at the new micro-payment platform
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      • 1113 98 i Phone users here can now find plenty of apps for home use and most for free too. JIMMY YAP reports NOW that the new iPhone 3G S launched here last week is in the hands of legion fans, the Apple App Store will also be
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      • 290 98  -  Grace Chng By lugging the videocam around. You can trim the length of clips on-screen too. It is my favourite feature because it is so easy and neat. Once the video is taken, a bar showing the clips appears at the top of
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      • 739 99 Lim Siang Huat curbs pilfering and cuts losses from wrongly returned goods with a mobile supply chain system. IRENE THAM reports BEHIND every fresh tin of sardines, bottle of Pepsi Cola and packet of sugar on the shelves of practically every minimart here is grocery supplier
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      • 794 100  -  Oo Gin Lee Dynasty Warrior 6: Empire By Cheat sheet Five women among the hundreds of male heroes make heroines a clear minority. If, like me, you like to play the heroines to watch them bash the big guys, you can form your
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      • 445 101  -  Sherwin Loh Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen By WHY is it that Hollywood director Michael Bay is the only who knows how to manipulate giant robots and turn them into a glorious spectacle? The Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen game falls a little too
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      • 322 101 Rock Band: Unplugged DETRACTORS rest easy, Rock Band: Unplugged is a faithful, if basic, reproduction of the classic music game on the Sony Play Station Portable (PSP). Unplugged follows the tried-and-tested formula of guiding your rock band to success by playing gigs and
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      • 458 102 LG Home Theatre H8954P8 $2,999, from authorised LG dealers THE $3,000 is a steep price to pay but this is an instant solution if you want a top-notch multi-tasking Blu-ray player and an excellent 5.1 sound system with iPod support, to boot. Just make sure
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      • 392 103 OKI C3600n colour LED printer $599; toners $55 (black), $93 each (cyan, magenta and yellow), from OKI dealers LIKE other OKI models that I have tested, hooking up this printer to my notebook is a painless affair. From inserting the four-toner cartridges to installing
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      • 260 103 Sony Walkman XlOOO $529 for 16GB; $699 for 32G8, from authorised dealers THE XlOOO has a unique crackled surface which makes it looks as if it is carved out of rock. It gives the player a solid feel. The 3-inch 432 x 240 pixels screen
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      • 349 104 Sony Handycam HDR-CXIOO $1,599, from authorised dealers SO LIGHT is this palm-sized video recorder, you will not break into a sweat carrying it. What you will have is a different kind of fun experimenting with one of its star features the Smooth Slow Recording. With
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