The Straits Times, 21 July 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, JULY 21 2009 Sfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon 'I'm facing bankruptcy'
      77 1 THE man behind two schools which peddled fake degrees claims he has made refunds to several students, but says he is staring bankruptcy in the face. Police said Benny Yap Chee Mun, 39, is helping with investigations into the bogus degree scandal which left several hundred students
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      Lock icon No live music near homes
      42 1 A PLAN to allow live entertainment at pubs and restaurants near residential areas has been scrapped. The proposal was scuppered after most residents who responded to an online survey said they were against it. HOME PAGE B3
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      Lock icon Luxury for the dead
      60 1 A "SIX STAR" columbarium will be soon coming your way, according to a Malaysian company which is investing $50 million to renovate an existing facility in Choa Chu Kang. Nirvana Memorial Singapore promises fully air-conditioned premises, a design based on fengshui principles as well as a
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      Lock icon Notes fiasco 'solved fairly'
      48 1 THE structured notes fiasco has been resolved fairly and without political pressure, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang. Mr Lim, also the deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, was responding to MPs' questions in Parliament yesterday. PRIME PAGE A 7
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      Lock icon India, US seal arms deal
      57 1 INDIA and the United States yesterday agreed on a defence deal which is expected to boost US arms sales to the former. New Delhi also approved sites for two US nuclear reactors. Both were seen as tangible accomplishments for the visit of US Secretary of
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    Lock icon Those with flu more likely to have H1N1 now
    597 1  -  Jessica Jaganathan Virus will become dominant, but most patients will recover as strain is mild By IF YOU have the flu bug, the chances of it being the HINI virus is now higher than it was a few weeks ago. Latest
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    Lock icon ORCHARD ROAD'S NEWEST STAR BECKONS
    142 1 lON Orchard opens today, ready for the shopping hordes and curious visitors who simply cannot resist a new mall. About 70 per cent of the shops are ready for business at the mall, which occupies a prime spot above the Orchard MRT station. More than
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        Lock icon Uncle Sam in Asia: Look East, stay fast
        110 2 WE SAY The United States has embarked on a charm offensive in Asia, with Mrs Hillary Clinton visiting India and Thailand for high-level talks this week. It is also believed that President Barack Obama will attend the Apec meetings here later this
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        Lock icon A firmer resolve
        30 2 COLUMNS A stronger, more confident Indonesia is likely to emerge after the Jakarta bombings, and this bodes well for Asean, says Yang Razali Kassim. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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        Lock icon Potentially divisive
        22 2 China's flawed minority policy played a part in fuelling the Xinjiang ethnic violence, says Goh Sui Noi. REVIEW PAGE Al9
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        27 2 OUR READER SAYS The Government should continue to to do so, given the still uncertain economy, says Priscilla Sharon Hendriks. FORUM PAGE A2O
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        21 2 www.straitstimes.com Lynn Lee blogs about the fear and trepidation in Jakarta in the aftermath of last Friday's hotel bombings.
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      Lock icon Clash of the computing titans
      994 2  -  Oo Gin Lee Microsoft's dominance challenged by Google's business model By MAKE no mistake. The battle lines between the established forces of order and the new armies of chaos will only get more brutal. Early this month, Google announced its own operating system (OS) for
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      Lock icon Nasdaq president slated to helm SGX
      583 3  -  Gabriel Chen Magnus Bocker will succeed Hsieh Fu Hua as CEO in December By THE Singapore Exchange has bagged a stock market veteran of more than 20 years to build on its hard-won success. It announced yesterday that the president of the second largest
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      Lock icon Citi opens new $100m global hub in S'pore
      398 3  -  Francis Chan By CITIGROUP took the wraps off a new $100 million global operations and technology (O&T) hub here yesterday. The 200,000 sq ft purpose-built facility at the Changi Business Park marks the completion of the first phase of a $220 million
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      Lock icon The Changi hub acts as the new site for Citi's
      119 3 major processing centres, including its regional service centre for securities and funds administration plus its regional cash processing management unit. and cut 10 per cent of its greenhouse emissions by 2011, the building has a number of green features. These
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      Lock icon School owner claims he is facing bankruptcy
      526 4  -  Amelia Tan Bogus-degree centres shut down, he says he has been giving refunds By THE man behind Brookes Business School, which was shut down last week for offering fake degrees, claimed he had refunded fees to some 50 students and transferred 90 to
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      Lock icon Schools offered degrees at a bargain
      259 4 THE Education Ministry shut down Brookes Business School and Stamford Global Learning Centre last week. Both schools offered something that many students found too good to refuse a degree in a year for $12,000, and from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) no
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      Lock icon Jakarta blasts: More than 2 bombers?
      591 5  -  Salim Osman Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Two Dutch guests of Ritz-Carlton reported missing By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS JAKARTA: Indonesian police are not ruling out the possibility that more than two suicide bombers were involved in the twin strikes on two luxury hotels, JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton, last
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      Lock icon Sisters, 4 and 8, triumph over older programmers
      417 5  -  Tan Weizhen By TALK about starting young: Celine Chan, four, took on competitors far older in a national computer programming contest held here recently. Celine and her sister, Charlene, eight, proved more than a match for the older competitors, trumping most of
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      Lock icon S'pore group head to China for rare glimpse
      472 6  -  Victoria Vaughan By A PASSIONATE group of eclipse chasers from Singapore are journeying to Wuhan in central China to view tomorrow's total solar eclipse. The group of 22 comprises members of The Astronomical Society of Singapore and their families, and is led
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      Lock icon Billions in Asia to witness eclipse
      621 6 Travel firm Cox and Kings has chartered a Boeing 737-700 that will take off from New Delhi before dawn, "intercept" the total eclipse at around 12,500 m and then chase its path to the western state of Bihar. All 21 sun-side, window seats have
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      Lock icon Structured notes fiasco settled fairly: Lim Hng Kiang
      678 7  -  Francis Chan Process not overly legalistic or subject to political pressure By THIS IS NOT MAS' JOB "MAS does not, and cannot, micro-manage financial institutions in their operations, including the sale of structured products." Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang THE
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      Lock icon More than 13,000 get jobs in public sector
      424 7  -  Goh Chin Lian By THE public sector has hired more than 13,000 people in the first five months of this year. This is almost three-quarters of the 18,000 jobs in ministries, statutory boards and other agencies that it planned to fill in
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      Lock icon Asean agrees on role of human rights commission
      602 8  -  Nirmal Ghosh Focus will be on promotion, not protection, but is expected to evolve By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT PHUKET: Asean foreign ministers yesterday approved the terms of reference of a new regional human rights commission, to be adopted by the regional grouping's leaders
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      Lock icon Appeal to critics to view proposed body positively
      425 8  -  NIRMAL GHOSH PHUKET: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, chair of the 42nd Asean Ministerial Meeting, yesterday stoutly defended the regional grouping's proposed Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, pleading for critics to be positive on the development. Downplaying criticism that the commission will
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      Lock icon Myanmar urged to release all detainees
      299 8  -  NIRMAL GHOSH ASEAN foreign ministers yesterday urged Myanmar's ruling regime to release all detainees, including pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, to pave the way for genuine reconciliation and meaningful dialogue involving all parties concerned and with a view to enabling them to participate
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        Lock icon US, India reach deal on sophisticated arms
        791 9  -  Ravi Velloor Clinton vows to expand ties to more areas; India names sites of US-supplied nuclear reactors By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF BEYOND STEREOTYPES "If Hollywood and Bollywood were how we all lived our lives, that would surprise me. And yet it's often
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        Lock icon Documents from anti-graft office seized
        375 10  -  Elizabeth Looi XL OPPOSITION AIDE'S DEATH By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock have seized documents from the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office. They also recorded statements from the graft agency officers and took away closed-circuit
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        Lock icon Mum gets $77k for 16-year baby mix-up
        470 10 Blood test led to discovery that South Korean hospital had given her the wrong baby SEOUL: A South Korean court has ordered a hospital to pay a mother 70 million won (5577,000) in damages after it mistakenly gave her the wrong baby 16
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        Lock icon India govt enters Ambani gas row
        655 11  -  P. Jayaram Price dispute between the brothers a threat to Indian economy, it says By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Indian government has stepped into a long-running feud over gas pricing between the billionaire Ambani brothers, saying that the national economy cannot be held
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        Lock icon Ringgit's fall against Singdollar a plus for some
        391 11 JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian ringgit has slid in value against the Singapore dollar in recent months, and this could spell good news for some Malaysians, a Chinese-language newspaper reported on Sunday. The strong Singapore dollar meant that Malaysians working in Singapore could
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        Lock icon JW Marriott bomber studied at Ngruki: Media
        760 12  -  Salim Osman But spokesman denies Nur Hasbi was pupil of Islamic school co-founded by militant Bashir By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT Ngruki's alumni a who's who of terror Aii Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, the operational chief for the first Bali attack in 2002, graduated in 1985.
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        Lock icon Mumbai terrorist pleads guilty in surprise reversal
        496 12 MUMBAI: The lone surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people last November and raised tensions between India and Pakistan pleaded guilty and gave a detailed account of the plot in court yesterday, reversing months of denial. "Sir, I plead guilty
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        Lock icon Taiwan, China to set up tourism offices
        576 13  -  Ho Ai Li Offices to open in Taipei and Beijing by year end; they will deal with tourist issues only By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: A year after the take-off of direct cross-strait flights saw increased tourist flows, Taiwan and China plan to set
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        Lock icon It's back to 'Chiang Kai-shek'
        46 13 Workers putting a sign that reads "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall" back on the Taipei landmark yesterday. In 2007, then President Chen Shui-bian renamed the hall National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall as part of a campaign to erase Chiang's legacy, photo: reuters
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        Lock icon Kelantan prince sues wife, mother-in-law
        337 13 KUALA LUMPUR: A Kelantan prince has sued his runaway Indonesian teenage wife and mother-in-law for claiming that he had raped and tortured the girl during their year-long marriage. Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry filed a defamation suit yesterday in the High Court seeking US$3O million (5543.6
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        Lock icon Toilet trouble on crowded space station
        398 14 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer because of a flooded toilet. On Sunday, one of the two commodes aboard the international space station broke down, in the middle of complicated
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        552 14 MARS ANYTIME "Sometimes I think I flew to the wrong place. Mars was always my favourite as a kid and it still is today." Astronaut Michael Collins First men on the moon say the Red Planet makes a more worthwhile exploration project WASHINGTON:
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        Lock icon Travellers in Britain with flu symptoms can't check in
        364 16  -  Karamjit Kaur Additional information by LONDON: Holidaymakers in Britain suspected of having Influenza A (H1N1) will be prevented from checking in and will be required to provide doctors' notes saying that they are fit to fly, airlines said yesterday. The news
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        Lock icon British army rejects Brown's Afghan visit
        840 16  -  Jonathan Eyal Military's snub is over continuing dispute about the lack of equipment By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: British military commanders have turned down a request by British Premier Gordon Brown to visit his troops currently fighting in Afghanistan. Although the official reason
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        Lock icon Bid to defraud UAE bank of $61b foiled; manager held
        451 17 Five nabbed in all for 2 separate attempts at central bank branch ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates (UAE) police have arrested five people accused of two audacious attempts to defraud the nation's central bank of almost US$42 billion (Ss6l billion),
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          Lock icon Seized US soldier identified
          131 17 HAI LEY (Idaho): The Pentagon has confirmed and identified the United States soldier captured in Afghanistan as Private Bowe Bergdahl, a day after he was seen in a Taleban video posted online. Private Bergdahl, 23, who was serving with an Alaska-based infantry regiment, was last seen
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          Lock icon Iranian V-P denies quitting
          126 17 TEHERAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial choice for vice-president yesterday denied reports that he has quit, despite his appointment ruffling feathers even among hardliners. Mr Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, considered a close confidant of Mr Ahmadinejad, dismissed the media reports of his resignation as lies, according to
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          Lock icon 1,000 flee chemical leak
          138 17 BEIJING: More than 1,000 people fled their homes and businesses, and four factory workers were sent to the hospital after a chemical leak at a shoe factory in eastern China over the weekend. Twenty tonnes of the chemical styrene leaked from containers on Sunday at the
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          Lock icon Cory's health deteriorates
          129 17 MANILA: The condition of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, in hospital for colon cancer, has deteriorated, her daughter said in a televised interview yesterday. "This is the hardest time for all of us," Ms Kristina Bernadette Aquino told ABS-CBN television. A celebrity in the Philippines, Ms Aquino
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        Lock icon Fighting fires set to get safer
        139 17 PHOTO: STOCKHOLM: Firefighting arguably one of the world's most dangerous jobs is about to get a lot safer, thanks to a revolutionary technique developed in Boraas, a small town in south-west Sweden. A newly designed fire hose (left), known as the Cobra and developed
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      410 18 BARELY a year at the Oval Office, United States President Barack Obama has embarked on a charm offensive in Asia. This week, Mrs Hillary Clinton his erstwhile rival and now Washington's top diplomat will visit India and Thailand. In New Delhi, Mrs
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      905 18  -  Yang Razali Kassim INDONESIA RISING AFTER THE BOMBINGS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The bombings should strengthen Dr Yudhoyono's hand...This will mean a more confident Indonesia. So long as it does not throw its weight around, a confident Indonesia that stays on top ofthe domestic terrorist challenge
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      869 18  -  William Pesek REVVING UP MALAYSIA'S ECONOMY By longer need to set aside 30 per cent of equity for indigenous, or bumiputera, investors. Overseas ownership thresholds in the fund-management industry and at local stockbrokers also were raised. While much more needs to be done, these steps send
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        940 19  -  Goh Sui Noi By SENIOR WRITER THE Chinese government may blame outside forces for igniting the ethnic violence in Xinjiang earlier this month. But the tinder was home-made. It was the volatile mixture of economic and ethnicity-related grievances on both sides Han Chinese and
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        843 19  -  Nouriel Roubini By RECENT data suggest that job market conditions are not improving in the United States and other advanced economies. In the US, the unemployment rate, currently at 9.5 per cent, is poised to rise above 10 per cent by the autumn. It should peak
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        272 20 ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY I REFER to last Thursday's report, "No need for additional stimulus, says minister", and applaud the Government for implementing economic packages to help Singaporeans cope with the economic downturn. These include GST Credits and Senior Citizens' Bonus for 2007 to 2010 as part of
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        208 20 I REFER to the report, "Red boxes like red packets for HDB shops" (July 6); the letter by Ms Eileen Tan, "Aljunied did right Misuse of the red boxes should not be tolerated" (July 9); and the editorial, "Shopfront stalls a boon" (July
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        396 20 ABOUT two years ago, my wife, teenage son and I went to a Mobile One (Ml) open house at Jurong Point atrium to sign up for an Ml line. We selected the phone we wanted, chose from a list of numbers
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      611 21  -  Yang Huiwen Asia's largest luxury columbarium to open by 2011 By SINGAPORE will soon be home to Asia's largest "six star" columbarium, according to a Malaysian company which is investing $50 million to renovate an existing facility in Choa Chu Kang. The facility, Nirvana
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      502 22  -  Khushwant Singh Imei number gave group away when phone was sold; 2 on murder trial By A DEAD man's cellphone helped police track down his attackers. Investigators had found the cellphone's Imei number short for Interna- tional Mobile Equipment Identity number on the
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      744 22  -  Jessica Lim By A NATIONAL University of Singapore (NUS) undergrad has become the latest victim of an increasingly common trend: Teens and young adults who take pictures of themselves having sex or in other compromising poses, or allow others to do so.
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      194 22 A FAMILY of eight Singaporeans were injured after the car they were in overturned on Malaysia's North-South Highway on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened in Tangkak, Johor, at about 4pm as the Singaporeans were on their way home from Selangor. It is believed that the
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      723 22  -  Carolyn Quek By Latest move SENIOR Counsel Andre Yeap, the lawyer for Ming Vi (above, left), yesterday got the judge to restrict the admission of the monk's credit card transactions over a five-year period from 2001 to 2006 as evidence. Mr Yeap
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      528 23  -  Tessa Wong URA shelves idea after 80% of 250 who responded to survey reject plan to inject vibrancy By THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has nixed a plan to allow live entertainment in pubs and restaurants near residential areas, after most respondents in
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      546 25  -  Liaw Wy-Cin Two MOUs signed; one project is to keep moisture intact while microwaving By POPPING bread into the microwave only for it to come out rock hard may be a thing of the past in the near future. A research and development (R&D)
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      259 25 MINISTER of State for Trade and Industry Lee Vi Shyan highlighted two companies' innovations in food technology, with the help of Spring Singapore, the enterprise development agency which helps SMEs go further in business: Packaged tea and coffee maker Gold Kili The 30-year-old company has just developed
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      390 25 TO BUILD the young nation's armed forces, Singapore's first defence minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, assembled a team of systems engineers in the *****. Systems engineering in turn created Newater, Electronic Road Pricing and a successful battle plan against Sars, said Deputy Prime
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        692 26  -  Sue-Ann Chia Gan Kirn Yong assures MPs: Monthly sum will be paid despite provision in new law By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MANPOWER Minister Gan Kirn Yong has assured Singaporeans they will receive a monthly payout from the CPFLife annuity scheme for the rest of
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        289 26 CHANGES to Central Provident Fund (CPF) rules will allow about 18,000 more people to contribute to the accounts of their family members. An amendment was passed yesterday that removes the age limit on members who can receive CPF top-ups. Previously, CPF members could
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        277 26 THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board undertakes rigorous checks and investigations to ensure that the CPF savings of deceased members will go to their spouses and children, said Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong. He was replying to Madam Halimah Yacob (Jurong GRC), who was
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        506 26  -  Clarissa Oon By THE nine new Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) were sworn in yesterday afternoon in Parliament to begin a 2V2-year term. One of them, sociologist Paulin Tay Straughan, 46, also became the first among them to speak in the House, when she
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        376 26 IN SIX years' time, Singapore can provide university places for 30 per cent of pupils in any Primary 1 year. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen gave this assurance yesterday when concerns were raised about the Government's decision to reduce the number
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        232 26 91 races classified here CITIZENS here are classified under 91 races, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng said in a written reply to Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC). She sought details of the different groups within the Registry of Citizens. Mr Wong said the
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        447 26 A CAP on increases in the resale prices of HDB flats would be "unrealistic", Parliament heard yesterday. Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu argued that prices of properties especially HDB flats which are owned by 85 per cent of Singaporeans should
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      100 21 <X WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm responsibility that we should all accept MOST-READ ONLINE for human survival." Fined $30 for eating sweet on MRT. www.stomp.com.sg BLOGGED ABOUT ASK LIBBY Waste not, want not. Says Question of the day: What is the segkooiloh: "Thank you for your
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      199 22 Mf V^^fcw JHHP|VIB| j Jurong Point (jP2) Mk \'V Pioneer Wharf #bi-45-46 'I" 24-26 July 'o9ll lam-10pm Ikffi^^^sHSHU^mPPnil Wedding Banquet 7r,J l m from mg\g\ nelt QgM \W\t__W_ m&r Aws A 9 mT~* Why CSCP? l>flfNPM I'-'S:-^^-■^W"^-■^-w'^ptl^T *Be qualified as a Supply Chain expert Bfllßß P*"^ I jj Ii <2iJk^
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      81 24 S Congratulations To \\_^M^_Lwm ¥mm*mm\Enm'2im Scorpio East Holdings Ltd m^ WmmmWt -___^F^^^M r^ 1^ j- |^M J MB |^X V' 1 ■^■'M£T AmmWWW WR^AA wnAi *ißp.^B H^!-^^ k-3^**™^^^ ■$t|l| H.IH^BhL '^^1 J mwm —F'lHw liW W .H I^^^mw* "MW WmW On Scorpio East Building's Inauguration 21 st July 2009 Our
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      476 27 THE TIMES, LONDON, REUTERS Manchester City set to break world transfer fee and wage record LONDON: Determined as they are to buy success, it will come as no surprise that English football club Manchester City's expenditure on transfer fees and wage commitments is set to exceed US$l billion
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      480 27 Spore squad to play Liverpool Goalkeepers: Hassan Sunny (Tampines Rovers), Lionel Lewis (Home United) Defenders: Baihakki Khaizan (Geylang United), Daniel Bennett (SAFFC), Precious Emuejeraye (Woodlands Wellington), Jumaat Jantan (Home United), Isa Halim (Home United), Mohamed Noh Rahman (Sengkang Punggol), Rosman Sulaiman (Home United),
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      84 27 Manchester United's Michael Owen (left) shields the ball fron defender Mohammad Aidil Zafuan during the English club's 2-0 win over Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil Stadium last night. The ex-Liverpool and Newcastle striker scored his second goal in as many matches in the 12th minute.
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      661 28 "I'm pleased as punch that I've won this tournament, and also proud of the way Tom Watson played." STEWART CINK TURNBERRY (Scotland): Not the onrush of history, not the seeming preordination of the champion, not the brutal crosswind off the firth nor crowds of
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      157 28 TOM Watson's heroic attempt to roll back the years at the British Open has caused tournament chiefs to consider changing the age limit exemption for former champions. It was reduced from 65 to 60 only two years ago, but 59-year-old Watson, who came within a
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      865 28  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By This is not about golf, this is about sport in general. It isn't about turning the clock back, it's about being competitive whatever the clock says. IF YOU'RE over 40, keep finding silver in your hair, have hips
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      378 28 VERBIER (Switzerland): Lance Armstrong's pursuit of an eighth Tour de France title may have reached a dead end. The 37-year-old American, racing at cycling's biggest event for the first time in four years, wilted on the final climb to Verbier, Switzerland, on Sunday.
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      488 29  -  Leonard Lim Striker could be frozen out of football if club does not pay agent By ONE of Singapore's top marksmen is on the verge of being suspended from football and through no fault of his. Lions skipper Indra Sahdan Daud may have his career put
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      437 29 LONDON: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff celebrated his final Test at Lord's yesterday with five for 92 to give the home side their first victory over Australia at the home of cricket for 75 years. Australia, who had resumed at 313 for five in their second
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      431 29  -  Leonard Lim By TWO weeks after her exploits at the Asian Youth Games, Quah Ting Wen leaves for a much bigger stage, the Fina World Championships, tonight. Fellow-Beijing Olympians Tao Li and Lynette Lim are also in the Singapore squad that will compete in
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      100 29 LOS ANGELES: Hostile Los Angeles Galaxy fans with anti-Beckham signs greeted David Beckham and booed him during the Major League Soccer club's 2-2 draw with AC Milan on Sunday. The signs carried slogans like "EVlL"and "Go Home Fraud 23"X got S°bad that Beckham went to
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      292 29 Cricket 2nd Ashes Test at Lord's, London, final day: England 425 and 311-6 dec (P. Collingwood 54, M. Prior 61; Hauritz 3-80). Australia 215 and 406 (M. Clarke 136, B. Haddin 80, M. Johnson 63; Flintoff 5-92, Swarm 4-87). England won by 115 runs. They lead the five-match series
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      538 30  -  Jeanette Wang Shape Run criticised for poor planning and bracelet fiasco By LAST Sunday's Shape Run has drawn the ire of some participants, who have criticised aspects of the race's organisation, like crowd and route management, in online forums and blogs. A key gripe: the finisher bracelets ran
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        70 30 FAENZA (Italy): Toro Rosso named Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari as their replacement for the fired Sebastien Bourdais yesterday. The 19-year-old will become the youngest driver to take part in a Formula One race at this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. The Barcelona native, a British F3 champion, came
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        44 30 THE Singapore Sports Council yesterday appointed Robert Gambardella as its chief for Sports Development and Singapore Sports Institute. The SSC also added David Howard Voth as its senior director for sports marketing. He will start work on Aug 11.
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        22 30 THE Super Reds drew 0-0 at home with Woodlands Wellington in yesterday's Great Eastern-YEO'S S-League football match.
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      229 27 n WHAI'S UIMUIMt i") MOST VIEWED, m 9 MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Who is the hypocrite? No more signings for United: Fergie. Red Devil fever. MOST COMMENTED Red Devil fever. Said antibully: "We can't get anyone to bring them here because in Singapore, the local companies
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      57 27 cjfe TWIST OF FATE VllL AT TURNBERRY r^ a Stewart Cink outlasts fan 1 favourite Tom Watson to jf J win British Open. B8 PAYMENT DISPUTE Problem over agent's fee may lead to a ban for striker Indra Sahdan. B9 I 'Jf HEADING TO ROME Swimmer Quah Ting Wen hopes
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      37 29 "I kicked badly, I didn't want to score against Cruzeiro, but later I changed my mind and ended up scoring." Ronaldo, after scoring the winning goal for Corinthians in their 2-1 win over Cruzeiro, his first club.
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      86 29 Today Cycling Tour de France: Stage 16 (Live, Chll3, 6.45pm). Football S-League: Balestier v Young Lions (Toa Payoh, 7.45pm). Vodacom Challenge: Manchester City v Kaiser Chiefs (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.10 am). Tomorrow Cycling Tour de France: Stage 17 (Live, Chll3, 6.15pm). Football S-League: Sengkang v Home (Hougang, 7.45pm). Thursday Cycling
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      39 30 I With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr. TAN CHENG LEONG on the demise of his beloved Grandmother MDM SEAH KAH HOUN Departed on 20 July 2009 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of AUTRON CORPORATION LIMITED
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      48 30 < X IN MEMORIAM MUTTIAH COOMARASWAMYbbm Fondly remembered by his family on the Tenth Anniversary of his passing on 21 July 1999 When we sustain a heartbreaking loss When grief overwhelms our soul The Saviour who gave himself on the cross Reminds us that He is in control < X
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      97 30 The Family Of The Late MDM LOW AH YUET (14-03-1912 to 14-7-2009) wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their condolences, assistance, attendance, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr. Harvey Teo Melissa Teo, and Doctors
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      66 30 The Family Of The Late LI LOKE YIN Departed on 17 July 2009 Wishes to express heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their presence and support, condolences, wreaths and donations during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to the pastors and members ofThe 'Fisherman of Christ'
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      46 30 In Loving Memory of Our beloved Amah who dedicated her life to bringing us up Mdm Low Ah Yuet Age: 97 Passed away peacefully on July 14, 2009 Dearly missed and forever cherished by Melissa and Harvey Your work is done May you rest in peace.
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      68 30 With Deepest Condolences to The Family Of Our Mentor Our Pillar of Support for Decades A distinguished GESSian and President Emeritus of our Old Students' Association. The Late EM Professor Kiang Ai Kirn, PBM From: The Community at Gan Eng Seng School:Gan Eng Seng Old Students' Association Gan Eng Seng
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      156 30 "The LORD is my shepherd .and I shall dwell in the house ofthe LORD forever." LEOW AH LOKE BMis Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband Ng Moh Seng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Seng
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      52 30 DR QUEK KAI MIEW Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 19 July 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Body is resting at Singapore Casket, Diamond Room Level 2. Cortege will leave on 23 July 2009 (Thursday) at 10.15 am for Mandai Crematorium Hall 3 for cremation at
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      47 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late EMERITUS PROFESSOR KIANG AI KIM, PBM (NUSS Past President and Honorary Member) A true stalwart, a caring and generous member of NUSS Sadly missed and always remembered by The NUSS Family nuss The Graduate Club
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      108 31 MDM CHIAAH CHIAM Age: 95 passed away peacefully on 19 July 2009. leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lim Soon Jin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Boon Tong Molly Chan Bob Lim Boon Seng Sally Tan Lim Boon Hwa Bay Mcc Hoon (Lim Boon Chong, deceased) Tan Bee Choo Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim
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      43 31 DEVI PONNUSAMY (Wife of the late Muthuvijayan Karuppiah) Age: 78 Went home to be with the LORD on 18 July 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Body resting at Jade Room, Level 3, Singapore Casket till Thursday 23 July 2009 4pm. HP: *****205 *****002
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      46 31 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 MM. (Deepest Synqxitliy Heartfelt QmJfoknces to The family of the late POH MEI MEI Departed on 20 July 2009 Always in mr Hearts LynnPek *}YvonneKeng JudyKang MfynTey
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      140 31 V^ POH MEI MEI MRS LAWRENCE TAY SWEE KUAN Age: 42 passed away peacefully on 20 July 2009, Cleaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lawrence Tay Swee Kuan Sons: Scan Tay Jia Wei Shane Tay Jia Hao Seth Tay Jia Cong Father-in-law: Mothers-in-law: Tay Tiong Hoo Lim Poh Lian (deceased) Chan
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      35 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late Emeritus Professor Kiang Ai Kirn Departed on 18 July 2009 From: Staff and Students of the Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore
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      51 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family ofthe late EM PROF KIANG AI KIM, PBM Our Friend and Supporter Departed on 18 July 2009 From The Chairman and Members of the NTU Board of Trustees, President, Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni Nanyang Technological University P» NANYANG L/|^g TECHNOLOGICAL X^SJ/
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      43 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late EMERITUS PROFESSOR KIANG Al KIM From The Chairman and Members ofthe Board of Trustees, President, Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni of National University of Singapore f~ NUS National University of Singapore
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      94 31 MS YIP LYE KING, JENNY Age: 68 Passed away peacefully on 19 luly 2009. She will be dearly missed by family, friends and colleagues. Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Yip Eng Hua Tang Ching Thye Yip Weng Fook Rosalind Tan Siew Gek Sister: Brother-in-law: Yip Lye Meng Lee You Tat nephews, nieces, relatives
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      53 31 The family of the late SIANG MENG HIANG MRS BETTY HO SOO CHEOW Departed on 16 July 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, church members, colleagues and business associates for their kind t assistance, attendance, condolences, <l prayers, wreaths and contributions during
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      44 31 The family of the late PETER PHOR PUAY KWEE Departed on 16 July 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbours, doctors and nurses for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      52 31 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Per Tiong Shim Managing Director of Hup Kiong Private Limited on the demise of his beloved father PER SOON CHWEE on 19 July 2009 From Jason Tang TC Wong Low Chin Kwee Toh Jia Han John Toh William Ang Koh Wah Eric Say
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      714 36  -  Fiona Chan By If sold, it will be first state-owned residential site sale in 10 months EVER since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the United States and Singapore's slide into recession, the Government has been unable to attract bids
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        516 32  -  Goh Eng Yeow BULLS AND BEARS Benchmark index surges to 2,456.15 points; Asian markets also see rally By ASIAN markets rallied for a fifth straight day, as traders made huge bets that the reporting season will deliver some bumper earnings surprises. In Singapore,
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        367 32 The site is expected to yield about 5,000 homes as well as commercial developments, including office and retail with a gross floor area of about 680,000 sq m. KEPPEL Corp has announced that it will be developing eco-homes and commercial developments in Tianjin
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            20 32 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.15 billion shares worth $1.80 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 467 Losers: 102 Unchanged: 684
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            79 32 Mid Cap 550.71 16.81 Basic materials 265.22 7.12 Utilities 381.15 8.59 Small Cap 458.86 18.60 Industrials 520.74 9.37 Financials 610.18 9.07 All Share 598.97 8.87 Consumer goods 617.52 14.65 Technology 555.66 22.13 Fledgling 534.53 13.19 Health care 551.09 16.28 Real estate 547.19 13.35 China 246.50 7.09 Consumer
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            193 32 Friday's close: 9,395.32 (+51.16) Tokyo markets were closed yesterday for a public holiday. Trading resumes today. Yesterday's close: 1,139.25 (+18.35) Malaysian shares closed up 1.6 per cent as investors bought into blue chips. Yesterday's close: 19,502.37 (+696.71) Hong Kong shares closed 3.7 per cent higher as sentiment was boosted
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            397 32 DBXT Nifty 100S$ 9270 244.9 G1D 100S$ 9320 164.3 DBXT FTChina25 100S$ 2877 144.1 IMH 2728 98.0 Lyxor China H 100S$ 1514 89.3 Lyxor MS India 100S$ 1248 63.4 Great Eastern 1210 62.0 STXP0 100 1348 58.0 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1349 35.0 CityDev 972 34.0 SIA
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            180 32 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol iDlden Agri 37.5 Renting SP 76 JniFiber 7.5 ;hina Hongxing 18.5 Iceanus 35 fongnam 27 [zion 62.5 lusGroup 56 Jwiber 89.5 :uNetworks 3 ;osco Corp 123 (lidas 81.5 ;apitaLand 381 (eppel Land 243 SingTel 328 2.5 2.5
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            104 32 runLiun -junnLiiiji iiuil hhilo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 20 2009 Buying Selling Hust dollar 1.1560 1.1910 Can dollar 1.2950 1.3110 Euro 2.0350 2.0570 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4067 0.4077 NZ dollar 0.9310 0.9510 Sterling pound 2.3560 2.3830 US dollar 1.4400 1.4570 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            377 32 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 521.9 263.6 1208 164 322 1715.3 460 91 69.8 442 3304 1740 2050 1092 300.7 224 855 247 800 1622 364 201 420 293 457 425 366 285 2018 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5 5417
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            631 32 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 114 83.5 255 126 68.5 159 146.8 128 477.5 53 143 131.8 217 101 130 224 678 246 291 190 146 372.8 545 220 64.5 206 82 75.5 86.5 33.5 244 126 116
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      Lock icon Objection over Asia Water's sale of shares
      785 33  -  Yang Huiwen Substantial shareholder says firm has great value and vows to block deal By FORCED TO ACT "I never had the intention to take control of AWT and was content with just being a passive investor..." Mr Venkataramana (left), who raised his
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      377 33  -  Smita Krishnaswamy By The group is targeting to increase the export of aquarium and pet accessories to 10 more countries within the year, up from the current 30 countries. ORNAMENTAL fish firm Qian Hu Corp posted a 10.3 per cent year-on-year rise in second-quarter net
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      421 33  -  Melissa Tana By TWO units within the Keppel Group of companies reported second-quarter results yesterday. Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation (Keppel T&T) posted a second-quarter profit of $10 million 6.5 per cent down on the same quarter last year while K-Reit Asia saw distribution
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      533 34 Demand stabilising but few companies plan to hire immediately: Survey WASHINGTON: The US recession is slowly abating but most companies are still cutting costs, and few have immediate plans to hire workers or raise capital spending, according to an influential survey of
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      319 34 WASHINGTON: This is Mr Ben Bernanke's week. The US Federal Reserve chairman will be under the spotlight four times in the next six days in what adds up to an unusual publicity blitz for a central banker. Today and tomorrow, he delivers his semi-annual testimony on
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      435 34 WASHINGTON: Many of the banks that got federal aid to support increased lending have instead used some of the money to make investments, repay debts or buy other banks, according to a new report from the special inspector-general overseeing the United States government's
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      574 34 NEW YORK: CIT Group has secured US$3 billion (554.4 billion) in last-minute rescue financing from its bondholders in a deal that should keep the struggling firm, according to people briefed on the matter. The deal will buy CIT once the largest issuer of small
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      552 35  -  Fiona Chan Brisk weekend sales indicate continuation of strong momentum By SALES of new condominium projects continued at a robust pace last weekend, despite some developers starting to test the market with slightly higher prices. Buyers picked up 120 units at Waterfront Key
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      355 35 PROTECTIONISM must be avoided if the world is to emerge swiftly from the global recession, says Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean. Addressing the Australian Chamber of Commerce here yesterday, the minister said he was making it a priority to push for
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      105 36 JK WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, YOUR SAY AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm large. A single misstep by any one of MOST-READ ONLINE these giant economies could unravel MAS reports losses of $9.2 billion. hopes of a rebound." YOUR SAY OVERCOMING THE STORM US financials lift hopes of rebound. In our microsite on
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      886 38  -  tay suan chiang Orchard's newest mall is not only striking, but more than 70 per cent of its stores are also new do at lon besides shopping and dining. A double-storey observation deck located on the 55th and 56th floors will open. Shoppers can access it via a
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      236 38 You know you are someone when you use one of two $10,000 toilet bowls in lon Orchard. There are two special restrooms tucked away discreetly on Level 2. They each have their own small sitting area, decorated with a chandelier, black-and-gold wallpaper, black marble flooring and
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      371 39 Gusttimo di Roma, 01-15 What: This gelateria and trattoria from Korea is said to be responsible for starting the Italian gelato craze in Korea in 2003. The mall's only alfresco dining cafe is expected to open till 11pm on weekends. Canton-I, 03-14 What: Tuck into Hong Kong
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      263 39 Boucheron, 02-01(above) What: An haute French jewellery brand founded in 1858, well known for its diamond pieces. Its fans include celebrities such as Eva Longoria-Parker and Nicole Kidman. IWC, 02-06 What: First standalone boutique of Swiss luxury watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen, whose timepieces cost up to hundreds
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        1059 40  -  shuli sudderuddin With its sulphuric hot spring and pristine ski slopes, Japan's Kusatsu exudes a natural charm So there I was at an outdoor hot spring in the dead of winter in my birthday suit. It felt like all of Japan was there with me that
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        72 40 1 Don't wear your Japanese robe, which is provided at the onsen, the wrong way. It is considered taboo to tie the robe right over left as only the dead are dressed this way before they are buried. 2 Don't forget to give your host or guide a
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        166 40 ISoak in an onsen every day. Its healing properties are said to be effective only after a period of time spent in the water. 2 Stay in a ryokan or traditional Japanese hotel. Its rooms are slightly more pricey than Western-style rooms but it is a
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        93 40 Singapore Airlines flies daily to Tokyo. From Tokyo, take the JR Nagano Shinkansen from Tokyo to Karuizawa, a trip which will last about one hour. From Karuizawa, take the JR bus to the Kusatsu Onsen bus terminal. It will take about one hour and 20 minutes. You can
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        761 41  -  yusuf abdol hamid One bloggers ad income covers her travel expenses and it helps her keep a permanent record Ms Eunice Khong chronicles her travel experiences online. But the 31-year-old's blog, at Traveler Folio.com, is not just a hobby. Having won the Best Photography Blog
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        557 41 Michael Jackson's exalted journey ended last week in Los Angeles at Forest Lawn Cemetery but the tour is not over yet. Fans who will not stop till they get enough of the musician are returning to his early years, when he was just a Little Prince
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        99 41 PHOTO: This snapshot of a tea appreciation session set against a tranquil and hilly Taipei backdrop is just one of 380 submissions that Appetites Escapades received for its travel and food photo competition. The contest closed on July 15. Organised by Sphere Exhibits, a subsidiary of
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        110 45 1 wouldn't object but I would be concerned about the quality of her sex life' Taiwanese show host Matilda Tao (right), on whether she would object if her daughter married a much older man 'I get this all the time: "Has anyone ever told you that
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        424 45 ON THE ROAD TO CHINA Motoring fans will love the Automobile Association of Singapore's 23-day Auto Venture driving trip from Singapore to the city of Lijiang in China's Yunnan province. It is the longest driving holiday the association has organised so far. From Sept 4 to 26, you
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        484 42 AS I approached the rim of the smoking volcano, I half expected to look into a cauldron of red-hot lava. What I saw instead was a pool of azure water and billowing steam. We were peering into the crater of Naka- dake the single active peak
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        524 43  -  alex lim This coastal city connected China to the rest of the world in the old days by AS THE embarkation point for many early migrants to South-east Asia, including Singapore, Xiamen can claim to be the city that connects China to the rest of the
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        675 44 It won't cost an arm and a leg to see the city anew when you get the pace right, reports Lee Kirn Chew A WALKING tour to the little nooks in one of the world's great cities is a novel way to discover hidden London. You'll
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      1211 46 Obituary Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt dies at 78 of cancer 'I think there's something about the Irish experience that we had to have a sense of humour or die. That's what kept us going a sense of absurdity, rather than humour' Frank McCourt (left) New
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      807 47 Broadway producers are hoping Hollywood celebs will help boost sales of theatre productions New York A slew of Hollywood stars led by Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig will open the new season of Broadway, as producers test whether star power will keep the Great White
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      486 47 Tokyo At first glance, Japanese cellphones are a gadget-lover's dream: Ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators. But despite years of dabbling in overseas markets, Japan's handset makers have little presence beyond the country's shores. The
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        326 49 New York AEG Live, the company behind Michael Jackson's (right) planned comeback in London, is seeking a Hollywood deal to release in cinemas a documentary about the final days of the singer. According to sources close to the negotiations, the concert promoter offered the rights
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        253 49 Hong Kong The former home of Bruce Lee is now a love motel, renting rooms by the hour. But officials on Monday launched a design competition to turn it into a Hong Kong museum for the gongfu icon. "I hope I can personally witness
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        209 49 Los Angeles Harry Potter cast a spell over moviegoers worldwide as the sixth entry in the fantasy franchise set a new opening record of U*****.7 million (***** million). Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince earned U*****.7 million in the United States and Canada, the sixth-biggest
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          454 87 Singapore has been searching for a national costume since the *****. By LIM DUN Yl THEN (1960s to *****) Since the *****, Singapore has been searching for a national costume that will reflect our multi-racial and multi-cultural society. In 1980, the Ministry of Culture invited local fashion
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          305 88 This week, make yummy ice cream from scratch. By MALINI NATHAN Four steps in the recipe below are placed in the wrong order. Can you spot the errors? (Hint: Read the start and end of the method carefully) WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT ADULT
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        187 83 A SERBIAN woman not only survived being struck by lightning but had her serious heart condition cured by the shock too. Ms Nada Acimovich, 51, of Sljivovica, Serbia, was saved from death by her rubber soled shoes. But doctors who had been treating her for
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          96 78 400,000 That is the number of people who were evacuated from Yao'an county, south-west China, after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit on Duly 9. WHY IT MATTERS More than 18,000 houses collapsed and more than 75,000 others were damaged by the disaster. In all, more than 1.26 million
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          141 78 Eugenio Vagni He is the last of three Red Cross workers to be released by Islamist extremist group, Abu Sayyaf. WHY IT MATTERS The 62-year-old was released in the Philippines last week after spending six months as a hostage in the jungle. The Italian was weak but
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      128 92 UNIVERSAL KAKURO PUZZLE Created by Timothy E. Parker 2/4 The numbers in the black Cells Previous puzzle solution are clues. Numbers above the slash are across clues, num- BSh^ 39 HSh bers below the slash are down M 2 54 1 3 689 1 clues. The goal is to enter
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