The Straits Times, 29 July 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 2009 Sfll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Suicides at 9-year low
      49 1 SUICIDE rates in Singapore have fallen to their lowest level in nine years, figures released yesterday by the Samaritans of Singapore show. But the numbers also show that men in their 40s and 50s form the biggest proportion of suicide victims. PRIME PAGE A 5
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      Lock icon UN body opens centre here
      48 1 THE United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation is establishing a new arbitration and mediation centre here. The centre, the first outside of Geneva will hear intellectual property related disputes ranging from trademark and copyright issues to ownership of high-tech patents. HOME PAGE B4
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      Lock icon Visit China, Chinese urged
      57 1 CHINA has, for the first time, set specific tourism targets for Beijing to hedge against the global tourism downturn. To meet the expectations, the city is wooing domestic holidaymakers and promoting new attractions such as the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium in addition to old favourites like
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      Lock icon SMS-ing is a crash risk
      43 1 TEXTING on mobile phones while driving may increase the risk of an accident by as much as 23 times, far more than that of talking on the phone, a study in the United States found. WORLD PAGE Al7
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      Lock icon Hot money pouring in
      57 1 AS THE local stock market hits fresh highs, analysts say that the spectacular bull run is being fuelled by vast sums of hot money flowing into the region in search of returns. One key factor is China's recent loosening of restrictions on the outflow of funds
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    Lock icon Rolls-Royce pumps $700m into Seletar
    441 1  -  Karamjit Kaur It plans a third facility at aerospace park an engine fan blade plant By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT IN A major boost to Singapore's aerospace ambitions, Rolls-Royce plans to build a new facility here to make engine fan blades for large aircraft its first such
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    Lock icon Japan to host Rugby World Cup 2019
    322 1  -  Leonard Lim By SINGAPORE will get a slice of Rugby World Cup action if all goes well, when the competition comes to Asia for the first time. Japan, chosen yesterday to be the 2019 hosts, submitted a joint bid with Singapore and Hong
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      Lock icon Play together, stay together
      48 2 Singapore does not lack recreational facilities, but the new tack in building sports complexes next to community clubs to promote social oneness takes the recreation concept a step further. But promoting national consciousness through sporting excellence will take some doing. EDITORIAL PAGE AlB COLUMNS
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      Lock icon Still at the bottom
      27 2 Bruce Gale says that while Japan's economy may have bottomed out, it is unlikely to pick up any time soon. REVIEW PAGE AlB
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      Lock icon S'pore in the year 2059
      31 2 Ho Kwon Ping imagines what it would be like when Singapore celebrates its 100 th year of self-rule in 2059. REVIEW PAGE Al9 OUR READER SAYS
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      24 2 The Ministry of Finance points out that the Government has no hand in Temasek Holdings' succession planning. FORUM PAGE A2l <—z
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      Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
      12 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow comments on the regional market's exuberance.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      63 2 IN A box accompanying yesterday's report "Credit card stolen? Mind the pitfalls", we said Citibank holds the customer liable for all unauthorised transactions unless the bank is satisfied the loss is not due to negligence. This is incorrect. Citibank holds customers liable for all unauthorised
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      Lock icon Obama takes guessing out of US-China ties
      902 2  -  Chua Chin Hon Stress on cooperation, solidarity and mutual respect good for stability I By I US BUREAU CHIEF A UNITED States president's transition from candidate to commander-in-chief can be an unpredictable process. But one consistent trend in the post-Cold War era is
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      148 3 Primary 5 student Owen Yar, 11, reaches for the muzzle of a 25-pounder cannon at Zhenghua Primary School yesterday morning. Accompanying him and answering questions was Corporal Teo Cheng Van (left). The 21st Battalion Singapore Artillery took four of these guns, which will
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      Lock icon Balance dollar supply, China urges US
      567 3 V-P Wang calls on US to handle properly its impact on economy WASHINGTON: Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan yesterday urged the US to carefully manage the impact of the massive fiscal and monetary policy stimulus it has issued to counter a devastating financial crisis and
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      Lock icon Inmates wipe out tattoos to renounce gang past
      539 4  -  Sujin Thomas By SOME 150 prison inmates from Changi Prison Complex want to wipe their slates clean by having the stains of their past removed permanently. The first batch of inmates, selected from a group of 300 based on good conduct, voluntarily
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      Lock icon Woman jailed over son's 100 lashes
      632 4  -  Elena Chong She gave husband canes and watched while he beat boy By COURTS CORRESPONDENT About this case THE 10-YEAR-OLD boy suffered multiple bruises and abrasions from the two-hour-long caning session by his stepfather in 2007. The 39-year-old hair salon owner has since completed
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      Lock icon Discipline, not abuse, say experts
      345 4  -  Theresa Tan By PARENTS who wield the cane ought to ensure that disciplining a child does not cross the line and become abuse, experts said yesterday. Never lash out at a child in a fit of rage, advised Dr Brian Yeo, a psychiatrist in private
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      Lock icon Suicide rates at nine-year low
      499 5  -  Melissa Sim Lower numbers credited to government policies, volunteer groups' efforts By SUICIDE rates in Singapore dropped to their lowest level in nine years, to 8.76 per 100,000 residents, last year. The actual number of suicides last year also fell to 364, a five-year low.
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      Lock icon Men aged 40-49 are most at risk
      252 5 MIDDLE-AGED men are at the highest risk of committing suicide, the figures released by the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) yesterday show. Of the 364 suicides last year, 15 per cent were men in the 40-49 age group. A further 12 per cent were
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      1983 6  -  Robin Chan THE ST INTERVIEW WTO chief Pascal Lam^ sees bringing down trade barriers as key to resurrecting the world's economy By European voice for trade MR PASCAL Lamy is the fifth director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and has held the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon Beijing seeks ideas to woo tourists
      951 8  -  Larry Teo By What other countries are doing The World Tourism Organisation expects growth in the tourism industry worldwide to range between a negative figure and 0 per cent this year due to the recession. Here is what some top destinations are doing to
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        Lock icon Boediono eyes 7% growth for Indonesia
        619 10  -  Reme Ahmad Govt also wants to halve poverty and slash jobless rate By ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR INDONESIA'S Vice-President-elect Boediono yesterday painted a brighter future for the country over the next five years. The government is targeting average economic growth of 7 per cent a
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        155 10  -  REME AHMAD TECHNOCRAT Boediono used to see his work in terms of statistics. He was a central bank governor under the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and finance minister under former president Megawati Sukarnoputri. But after two months of intense political campaigning as running mate to Dr
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        Lock icon Megawati files suit challenging presidential poll results
        496 10 JAKARTA: Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday filed a lawsuit challenging Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidential election victory, alleging 28 million votes had been miscounted. The complaint, filed at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, came a day after another losing candidate, Vice-Presi-dent Jusuf
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        Lock icon Pakistani troops rescue boy bombers
        530 11 Children groomed to be suicide bombers found in Swat Valley raids ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces fighting Taleban militants in and around the Swat Valley have rescued nearly a dozen boys brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers. A senior security officer in North West Frontier Province said
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        Lock icon Aide's death: Najib assures family of thorough probe
        265 11 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday met the family of the late Teoh Beng Hock and assured them that every effort would be made to find out the cause of the opposition political aide's death. Mr Teoh, 30, was found
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi trial delays Thai PM's Yangon visit
        338 11 BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has postponed a visit to Myanmar scheduled for Friday. The delay was at the request of the ruling junta because of an impending verdict in the trial of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr
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        Lock icon Housewife finds out her husband is Bali bomber Noordin
        384 11 JAKARTA: A woman detained by the police in connection with the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta has identified terror suspect Noordin Top as her husband, her lawyer said yesterday. Ms Arina Rahmah, 25, is being held as a witness along
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        Lock icon Taiwan military punishes 17 over obscene video
        234 12 TAIPEI: Taiwan's military said yesterday that 17 servicemen have been punished over an obscene video involving two male sergeants while on duty, in a scandal that has sparked public outrage. A cable news channel earlier this month aired a video showing two soldiers
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        432 12 Rare media tour is latest push to reassure outsiders about China's rising military strength BEIJING: The Chinese soldiers shot down targets, overpowered black-clad terrorists and then lined up at attention in front of journalists. "Now you are invited to conduct individual interviews!" announced the commander
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        Lock icon HK bosses prefer China grads: Study
        593 13 GROWING GAP "The language proficiency gap between (local and mainland students) is growing, as Putonghua is getting more popular." Ms Lancy Chui, general manager of Manpower Hong Kong and Macau Mainlanders speak better Mandarin and are more motivated HONG KONG: Employers in Hong Kong
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        Lock icon Conjoined twins die of organ failure
        135 13 PEKANBARU (Indonesia): A pair of conjoined twins with a single body and two heads died yesterday of organ failure. The five-day-old boys died within minutes of each other, said Dr Tubagus Odhi at Arifin Achmad public hospital. "The baby on the left side died
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        104 13 Child rights activists have expressed outrage over stunts carried out at a public school in the Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu state that exposed a group of children to serious injuries. In one of the stunts, a motorcyclist rode over the outstretched hands of students lying
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        Lock icon Teen prostitute's killer jailed for life
        320 13 HONG KONG: A Hong Kong man who killed a teenage prostitute before cutting up her body and leaving some of the remains at a butcher's shop has been sentenced to life in prison, a judicial spokesman said yesterday. Transportation worker Ting Kai Tai, 24,
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        Lock icon British MPs up limit for expense claims
        627 14 BLATANT DISREGARD "This episode suggests not just that MPs still fail to appreciate the level of public disgust at their behaviour, but that they simply do not care. While they should be bending over backwards to restore their standing, they are offering the
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        Lock icon German minister's car troubles pile up
        413 14 BERLIN: Germany's centre-left Social Democrats have defended the Health Minister's decision to use her official car during a holiday in Spain, a potentially embarrassing episode two months before an election. Health Minister Ulla Schmidt is facing demands from the opposition and a taxpayer group
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        111 14 Kitesurfers riding the waves during the Kitesurf World Cup on the North Sea off northern Germany yesterday, the fourth day of the competition. Mr Bruno Sroka of France and British racing powerhouse Steph Bridge have dominated this year's competition. Kitesurfing, which is also known
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        Lock icon 8 Iraqi guards killed in $5.6m bank heist
        472 14 BAGHDAD: Bank robbers made off with 4.5 billion dinars (555.6 million) in a pre-dawn raid yesterday that left eight police guards dead in one of Iraq's biggest heists. The heist followed a failed robbery at a Baghdad currency exchange shop on Sunday
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        Lock icon Khamenei orders detention centre closed
        276 14 TEHERAN: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Aii Khamenei has ordered the closure of a jail holding protesters detained after last month's polls as part of measures to curb abuse, a top official said yesterday. "The Supreme Leader has issued a strict order to ensure there is
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        Lock icon Light tag may replace barcode
        575 15 Tiny product identity stamps called Bokodes can hold much more data WASHINGTON: The black and white stripes known as barcodes, long used as identity stamps for products, may be replaced by tiny tags that can hold thousands of times more information. Currently referred to as
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        127 15 CURRENTLY, Bokodes require a built-in LED light source which is covered with a tiny mask and a lens to encode data. Information is encoded in the light shining through the mask, which varies in brightness depending on which angle it is seen from. The Bokode system could
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        Lock icon Suspended jail term for woman with 5 hubbies
        359 15 LONDON: A former glamour model who married five men without divorcing any of them was given a suspended prison sentence by a British judge who said she had undermined the institution of marriage. During the past 13 years, a soldier, a bank
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        Lock icon Woman trapped between toilet and door for a week
        208 15 BRISBANE: An Australian woman has been rescued after spending a week wedged between her toilet and the bathroom door, an official said yesterday. The 67-year-old woman, who was suffering from dehydration, was taken to a hospital after firefighters in the eastern
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        Lock icon SMSing drives up risk of crashing
        514 17 Risk of collision for truckers who text is 23 times greater: Study NEW YORK: The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research and far surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions.
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        Lock icon Go on, freak them out
        62 17 If blood and gore excite you, then you may want to join these candidates for the job of "zombie" at the London Bridge Experience visitor attraction. The successful candidate will have the role of scaring visitors to the tombs underneath the bridge and earn £30,000
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          82 17 LONDON: The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet. The government published guidelines yesterday on using the micro-blogging service Twitter. The document says Twitter can be used for everything from announcements to insights from ministers, and in a crisis could be a primary
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          Lock icon Senate nod for Sotomayor
          106 17 WASHINGTON: Judge Sonia Sotomayor took a big step yesterday towards becoming the first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court as a key Senate panel voted in favour of her historic nomination. The US Senate Judiciary Committee's 13-6 vote referred the appeals court judge to
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          Lock icon Smuggler to get transfer
          89 17 BANGKOK: A pregnant British drug smuggler jailed for life by a court in Laos will be allowed to serve her sentence in Britain, a Lao government official said. Samantha Orobator, 20, will be eligible for transfer to Britain following the signing of a memorandum of understanding
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          Lock icon Voters can donate online
          90 17 TOKYO: Japan's largest Internet retailer Rakuten Inc has launched the nation's first service that allows voters to make political donations online. An initial 73 politicians including incumbents and their challengers signed up for the "Love Japan" service which began this week, ahead of the Aug 30
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          Lock icon Ex-senior cop acquitted
          101 17 KOTA KINABALU: A court has acquitted Malaysia's former No. 3-ranked police official Ramli Yusuff of corruption for allegedly using a police aircraft in 2007 for his own personal travel. The court held that he had no case to answer as the prosecution had failed to establish a
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Play together, stay together
      419 18 ACCESS to recreation in natural form beaches, forests, walking trails and the like is a prime component of nations' liveability indices. Countries not so endowed have to spend serious money to build facilities and, in some cases, replicate nature to provide for their citizens' recreational breathers.
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      958 18  -  Peter Sandman By NO ONE knows how the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic will evolve. Will it keep spreading or will it fizzle out? Will it retreat during the northern hemisphere's summer and return in the autumn? Will it stay mild or turn more severe? Flu experts
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        219 21 TEMASEK CEO MR PATRICK Low ("Go local in hunt for CEO", Friday) says he is puzzled that the Government should have "stumbled" in managing succession planning in Temasek Holdings. The Government is a shareholder of Temasek. It does not manage succession planning for Temasek
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        314 21 ACCORDING to yesterday's report, "Credit card stolen? Mind the pitfalls", credit card consumers are penalised for laxity, but by implication, banks are not. While my experience is with stolen ATM cards, it is relevant to the question of bank laxity which
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        127 21 I REFER to the letter from Mr David Kwok, "Town council report cards", last Friday. HDB engages an external consultant to independently survey customer satisfaction with our branch offices. The results are published in HDB's Annual Report. In FY2007/2008, customers rated
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        268 21 AT THE dialogue on active ageing reported in last Thursday's article, "Seniors look for more active lifestyle", I questioned the anomaly of senior citizens' concessions on public transport continuing to be restricted to specific time periods. In the report, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
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      589 25  -  Jessica Lim Short leases, low rents help businesses test market with less risk By STAMFORD House might as well bill itself as The Entrepreneur Mall now. About half of the 51 units in the historic three-storey building are rented to first-time business owners,
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      332 25  - Cabby flags his gratitude to S'pore 100 times over Jessica Lim By BACK in 1991, Mr Abdul Rahman was still making do with a black-and-white television set in his two-room flat. He could not afford meals outside and had to wash his clothes by hand. At the time, he was
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      536 26  -  Chua Hian Hou First such UN centre outside Geneva will hear IP-related disputes By Call on PM Lee Dr Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo), calling on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana yesterday. Wipo is the United
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      438 26  -  K.C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT THE Law Ministry is seeking public feedback on moves to update Singapore's International Arbitration Act to align it with that of other countries. A key change proposed is to modernise the current definition of arbitration agreements to include
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      385 26  -  Charissa Yong By DBS Bank launched a new initiative yesterday that allows Giro applications to be made at 180 AXS stations islandwide. The service, known as xDDA, can shorten the application process from three weeks on average to as little as
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      374 27  -  GRACE CHUA A DENGUE outbreak here may have been stopped in its tracks by a team of scientists at the Environmental Health Institute. In March, the scientists, studying common strains of the virus here, discovered the resurfacing of a third, less common
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      529 28  -  Amresh Gunasingham Initiatives like its drive to get commuters to think green help it win big at local summit By ON THE BALL "As a transport company, we are constantly on the lookout for the most energyefficient way of transporting the most number
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      139 28 COMFORTDELGRO has become the first transport company to be certified "green" by the Singapore Environment Council. The company was awarded the Green Office Label for introducing a number of environmentally friendly initiatives on its premises, which helped it save $330,000 annually. These
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      256 28 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has joined the National Research Foundation (NRF) board as its new deputy chairman. He is one of seven new members of the board tasked with steering Singapore's ambitious research and development (R&D) endeavours. Other new members
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      95 23 wm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE Which way to the Tao? Says Yeo sth HINI death in Singapore. KH: "Taoism would do well to focus on Singdollar 'no enough. its strengths." MOST COMMENTED WWW.Stomp.COm.Sg Victim of 'camwhoring'. Says TALKBACK Juliedified: "Those who
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      683 29 Olympic star loses his 200 m free world mark to Biedermann ROME: Germany's Paul Biedermann handed Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in four years and snatched away his world record, too with a stunning win in the 200-metre freestyle at swimming's World Championships yesterday. Virtually unknown
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      247 29 SYDNEY: Australian swimming legend Grant Hackett has branded the sport's governing body an "absolute disgrace", after its decision to allow bodysuits at the World Championships triggered a glut of new records. He called for Fina's leadership to be sacked, after seeing fellow-Australian lan Thorpe's seven-year
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      41 29 SINGAPORE swimmer Parker Lam broke the national 50m breaststroke record on day three of the World Championships in Rome. His 28.665 ec effort in yesterday's heats bettered the 29.31 he set in June at Singapore's National Championships.
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      180 29 ROME: The high-tech suits that have rocked swimming have their drawbacks, as American Tyler Clary found when a rip in his polyurethane marvel had him scrambling to make his world championships heat yesterday. Clary was preparing to swim the 200 m butterfly
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      260 30 Obatala helps Gombak win A GABRIEL Obatala (above) brace allowed Gombak to beat Balestier 2-1 in an S-League football match at the Jurong West Stadium last night. He struck in the Mth and 67th minutes before Oh Ddog Vi got Balestier's consolation in the 73rd. Gombak are third in
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      402 30  -  Leonard Lim By "Maybe it will spur the sport's development here such that, one day, we could even field a team at the World Cup." MARK LEE, former national player THE worldwide attention, economic impact and sporting legacy Singapore will gain by hosting several Rugby World
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      605 30  -  Leonard Lim Spore teen sparks interest from US colleges after fine run By Other successes SOME other Singaporean golfers who have done well at major overseas junior tournaments: Choo Tze Huang, 22 Finished third at the Callaway Junior World Championships Boys' 15-17 category in 2004.
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      465 30  -  Lin Xinyi By His move sparked ban ON FEB 1, 1981, Australia were playing New Zealand in the third match of the World Series Cup final, with the score tied at 1-1. New Zealand needed six runs to tie the match from the final ball at
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      591 31 "If his condition continues to improve at this rate, he should be able to leave hospital within seven to 10 days on his own." PETER BAZSO, the medical director of the AEK military hospital in Budapest, where Massa is being treated Fl legend says he will
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      457 31 THE SALVO "On a personal level, I have never had great admiration for him and I never will." CONTADOR THE RETORT "If I were him, I'd drop this drivel and start thanking his team." ARMSTRONG MADRID: Away from the spotlight of the Tour de France and back
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      247 31 CARSON (California): David Beckham planned to crack the United States. But, two years after his triumphant arrival in Los Angeles, the suspicion is that it might be the country that is cracking him. The England footballer clashed with another fan just one week after an
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      393 31 STANFORD (California): Maria Sharapova shook off the rust to beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 in the first round of the Stanford Classic on Monday. Fellow-Russian Elena Dementieva joined her in the second round after beating Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4.
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      78 32 SAO PAULO: Ronaldo will be sidelined for at least a month after breaking his hand (above) in a Brazilian league match on Sunday. Doctors said that the Brazilian forward broke two bones in his left hand after a fall 20 minutes into Corinthians'
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      27 32 "Messi is my Maradona. There is no other player more important than Messi. I could say that in my team, there is Messi and 10 others." Maradona
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      195 32 Swimming World C'ships In Rome Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke: 1 Brenton Rickard (Aus) 58.585 ec (WR). 2 Hugues Duboscq (Fra) 58.64. 3 Cameron van der Burgh (Rsa) 58.64. 50m butterfly: 1 Milorad Cavic (Srb) 22.67. 2 Matthew Targett (Aus) 22.73. 3 Rafael Munoz (Esp) 22.88. Women's 100 m
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      314 32  -  Christopher Ong By LAST year, Raffles Institution (RI) judoka Tan Wei Chuan watched on helplessly as his team lost the Schools National B boys' judo team final. As one of the reserves, he could not do anything to stop the Hwa Chong Institution
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      1080 32 Players with enormous power Alan Shearer His popularity with supporters has not been enough to secure him the Newcastle United manager's job permanently, but his lofty status was underlined in 1999, when Ruud Gullit was sacked as manager a couple of days after dropping the striker.
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      138 32 Arsene Wenger has confirmed he is willing to sell defender Kolo Toure to Manchester City. A £16 million (Ss3B million) fee has been reportedly agreed, and the 28-year-old is understood to be leaving an Austrian training camp for his medical examination before signing a £120,000-a-week deal. Everton's Joleon
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      264 32 LONDON: The question of whether Xabi Alonso's appearance at Singapore's National Stadium was his last for Liverpool will be answered by tomorrow. Spanish newspaper AS says Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez took Real Madrid target Alonso to one side before they left Singapore on Sunday
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      206 32 LONDON: Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho admitted on Monday that he would jump at the chance to step into Alex Ferguson's shoes at Manchester United should the Scot, 67, decide to retire. "I would consider going to Old Trafford, but United have to consider
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      229 29 kmm FINE RESULT Singapore's Kok Jo Ec finishes third in a top junior golf competition. B8 r TERRY TO RUN BLUES? Captain John Terry wants to be Chelsea manager some day. 810 CnT\ WHAT'S ONLINE X). MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Liverpool crush Singapore 5-0.
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      172 32 Today Football S-League: Home v 3^% Super Reds X*S^ (Clementi), SAFFC v DPMM (Choa Chu Kang) 7.45pm. WW Premier League Asia 1^ gjp Trophy: West Ham v Tottenham (5.55pm), Hull v W Beijing Guoan m. (8.25pm) Live, Ch24. Club friendly: Hanover 96 v Arsenal (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 12.25am). Tomorrow Cricket
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      221 33 Kg-grH-ar- 5_ «^f "Because He hath set His love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known My Name." Psalm 91:14 FRANCIS LIM BAK THIAM Age: 77 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 July 2009 Dearly missed
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      89 33 MDM NG LEE Age: 70 Passed away peacefully on 28 July 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Tan Tian Kwee !>_*____«. < Tan Kai Hoe Jeannie Oh Tan Kai Cheong Ong Hwee Ping Tan Kai Meng Quek Meow Swan Grandchildren: Judith Tan Fiona Tan Justin Tan
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      110 33 TAN LUNG ENG Age: 75 Passed away peacefully on 28 July 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Ngin Miang Kirn Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ngin Chiang Seng (deceased) Ngin Chiang Heng, Andrew Lim Chau Mci Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ngin Chor Joo Lim Sze Hoe Ngin Chor Hong Tan Seek
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      116 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mdm Doreen Tan Family On the demise of her beloved husband JIMMY CHAN FOOK LAM Departed on 26 July 2009 From: Alvin Chan Associates Joe Ang Associates Andrew Tang Associates Joel Tan Associates Angeline Ng Associates Leslie Yong Associates Bernard Lim Associates Michael Scow
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      59 33 15 th Anniversary S. SURIA KUMARI Departed: 29 July 1994 Your Presence is ever near us, Your love remains with us yet; You were the kind of Mother, Your loved ones will never forget. Always remembered by Husband: P. Raju^ Children and all loved ones. Prayers will be held on
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      139 33 I WOON JUAT NGOH Age: 101 Passed away peacefully on 27 July 2009 I Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones I Husband: Foo Teck Thye (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Foo Chye Wan Goh Siew Ngoh, Janet Foo Chye Ngok (deceased) Tan Poh Lin, Pauline Grandsons: Granddaughters-in-law: Foo Mooh Shung
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      41 33 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mdm Doreen Tan Family On the demise of her beloved husband JIMMY CHAN FOOK LAM Departed on 26 July 2009 From the Management Staff of .DAVID BOCK ASSOCIATES Representing Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Ltd
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      33 33 Our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family ofthe late Jimmy Chan Fook Lam Departed on 26 July 2009 From Agency Force, Staff and Management of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Limited
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      88 33 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart." D „i„ c .-i JAMES RAJANDRAN Age: 53 was called home to be with the Lord on 27 July 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Mother: N. Manivathani Wife: Gina Rajandran Sons: David Ranjessh, Joshua Suman, Daniel
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      673 40  -  Goh Eng Yeow Vast sums flow into region in search of growth By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IHE current spectacular surge in Asian stock markets is being driven by vast sums of hot money flowing into the region in search Df growth, analysts say. Another
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      465 38 Regulators order banks to ensure loans are not diverted to stock market SHANGHAI: China's first major new share offering since last year rocketed out of the gates on Monday, in the latest sign that the country's efforts to shore up its economy are fuelling
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      463 38  -  Robin Chan By ASIAN economies may be leading a global recovery, but that rebound may be more fragile than it looks, a leading economist has warned. Countries such as China should aggressively make structural reforms in areas such as health care and
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      417 38 NEW YORK: The US oil markets regulator is now saying that speculators played a significant role in driving wild swings in oil prices reversing its earlier position and hinting at the likelihood of tighter limits on such trading. In a contentious report
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      522 39  -  Smita Krishnaswamy They are needed in next 3 years as bank expands priority banking business By STANDARD Chartered plans to hire an additional 300 relationship managers here over the next three years as it expands its priority banking unit. The bank, which has
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      510 39  -  Michelle Tay By TAKE CONTROL "The liberalisation of unsecured lending rulesmeans the Government is now pushing the onus of responsibility back on the individual." Mr Kuo How Nam, president of Credit Counselling Singapore AS INCREASING numbers of people slide into debt
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      505 39 HONG KONG: Sales of local-currency structured notes in Hong Kong are at their highest in a decade as investors, still stinging from losses triggered by the failure of Lehman Brothers, jump at coupons of as much as 25 per cent. New issues of
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      528 34  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Banking stock gains help push STI to highest level since Lehman fall By THE local bourse yesterday powered to a fresh high the fourth day running it has done so as it cruised past the psycholog-ically-important 2,600-point mark for
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      364 34  -  Lee Su Shyan By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR Earlier this year, electronics player Jurong Tech had warned that it would post a loss from last year as key clients started trimming orders in the midst of the financial crisis. THE judicial managers of troubled electronics
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        96 34 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 3.27 billion shares worth $2.48 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 408 Losers: 170 Unchanged: 768 Mid Cap 581.18 3.08 Basic materials 298.21 12.81 Utilities 419.68 6.05 Small Cap 507.10 17.43 Industrials 551.39 9.47 Financials 665.57 15.36 All Share 639.73 10.81 Consumer goods 670.41 29.39 Technology 595.16 12.40
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        200 34 Yesterday's close: 10,087.26 (-1.40) Japanese shares closed flat as investors took a breather after a nine-day winning streak, the Nikkei's longest, unbroken rally in more than two decades. Yesterday's close: 1,172.38 (+15.95) Malaysian shares closed up 1.4 per cent, in line with regional gains. ißHSffin El Yesterday's close: 20,624.54
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        392 34 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ LyxorMS India 10IISS IMH DBS Grp Great Eastern JOB DBXT HSTaiwan 10IISS Lyxor China H 10US$ CityDev DairyFarm ISH OUE Keppel Corp CIMBAsean40 100US$ lardine C8C 01am Creative Tech OCBC Bk Lyxor Korea 10US$ Noble Grp 3072 126.5 1329 90.5 2810 77.6 1372 72.0
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        179 34 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS uuiuen Hgi I ti.j JniFiber 7 Genting SP 86.5 Ban Joo 8 Pac Andes 28 China Hongxing 21.5 CapitaComm 90.5 liutianC 17 rjhinaSports 18.5 Cosco Corp 134 Dceanus 35 fangzijiang 91.5 HOL 169 Synear 28 China Energy 32 0.0 3.0 0.5
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        104 34 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 28 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1740 1.2100 Can dollar 1.3240 1.3410 Euro 2.0400 2.0640 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4093 0.4103 NZ dollar 0.9370 0.9570 Sterling pound 2.3600 2.3880 US dollar 1.4330 1.4500 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        399 34 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 482.1 251.4 1164 162 313 1682.6 455 91 64.9 417 3304 1740 2218 1092 275.4 220 855 261 887 1594 325 201 420 293
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        644 34 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R■VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET M CAP P/E $MIL 127 84 255 123 68.5 150 143.9 139 417.8 50.5 139 127 206 99 130 223 678 229 291 183 141 362.8 540
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        1340 35  -  Francis Chan Granddaughter of tailoring firm founder takes it back to its roots By Mrs Fong did not go down the logical route of mass-producing menswear but instead chose to tap the legacy of her grandfather, who was a skilled tailor and essentially
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        552 36  -  Jessica Cheam Industry group to come up with programmes that meet SMEs' needs By SMALLER building firms have usually been left out of the spotlight, but they will soon get plenty of attention from the new chief of the Singapore Contractors Association (Seal).
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        Lock icon Building industry urged to develop talent for long term
        353 36  -  Melissa Tan By WHERE THE SHORTAGE IS "There is a bigger shortage in mechanical and electrical engineering; people think there are more opportunities for civil engineers than in building services." Dr S. Nasim, managing director of engineering consultancy Meinhardt International THE
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        451 37  -  Fiona Chan 188 businessmen taking part in programme to enhance leadership skills By Courses for senior execs LAUNCHED last year, Spring Singapore's $60 million Business Leaders Initiative aims to train 1,000 SME bosses and senior executives, and groom another 500 entrepreneurs
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        244 37  -  Smita Krishnaswamy By GOOGLE, the SME Infocomm Resource Centre Singapore Polytechnic (SIRC@SP), and Purple Click are partnering to offer Singapore's 158,000 small- and me-dium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a new business stimulus package. The package is intended to help these SMEs attract new customers and improve sales
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      114 40 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com overcoming the storm MOST-READ ONLINE In our microsite Overcoming the Ho Ching's right-hand men, women Storm With Confidence on Eager buyers snapping up home deals www.straitstimes.com, tell us what we can feature to help your SME business MOST COMMENTED grow
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      225 41 DESIGN: SALLY LAM PHOTOS: KAN LUME, LAINAIN FILMS, JOSEPH NAIR, BRYAN VAN DER BEEK, ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE ESPLANADE r I >-~.._ S9 m 4» www.svensonhair.com.sg jQUfITQjC *J HAIR CARE EXPERT THE HEARING CARE PROFESSIONALS Target the root of your ~_^T IZZ hair problem, with Svenson Hair fall is an affliction
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      31 41 Box-office Merce Cunningham Benson Puah champ Revolutionary Should he head^ ll Transformers 2 choreographer NACand breakssB-million dies Esplanadeat mark here the same time? ¥_m C 3 Cl 4 Cl 3 JH&
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  • Life! THE STRAITS TIMES
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        2860 42  -  John lvi Independent film-makers are steadily producing works on tiny budgets and winning accolades film correspondent 'If they had the $1.5 million budget to make a movie that some local film-makers had, they would prefer to make 15 movies instead of one' Mr Nicholas Chee, chief executive
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        349 43  -  boon chan media correspondent Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen has thundered to the top of the all-time box-office chart in Singapore. The summer tentpole picture opened here on June 24 and has earned $8.4 million thus far. It topples superhero flick Spider-Man 3's (2007) take of $7.8
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        117 43 SINGAPORE 1. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 2. (1) Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs 3. (2) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen 4. (3) The Haunting In Connecticut 5. (4) Obsessed 6. High Voltage (R2l) 7. (5) Duplicity 8. (7) Sunshine Cleaning 9. (6) 20th
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        814 44  -  boon chan Director Alan Mak of Infernal Affairs fame says it is a constant struggle to finance films media correspondent 'Felix and I are professional film-makers but we couldn't get enough money to make our films while people were getting rich through stocks' Mak (left),
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        535 44 ffffflfflcrime thriller OVERHEARD (PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Johnny (Lav Ching Wan), Gene (Louis Koo) and Max (Daniel Wu) are a police surveillance team keeping tabs on Feng Hua International which is suspected of manipulating the stock market. When Gene and Max overhear a plan
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        457 44  -  John lvi ffffflffl documentary FOOD, INC. (PG) 94 minutes/opens tomorrow/***** The story: This documentary reveals how cheap food may have come at too high a price to human health, happiness and the environment. All those who wish to hang on to whatever is left
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        664 45  -  John lvi A stag party that ends with the groom missing and a tiger in the bathroom is not necessarily amusing EEBcomedy THE HANGOVER (NCI6) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Doug (Justin Bartha) is getting married in two days. His friends Phil (Bradley Cooper),
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        618 46  -  deepika shetty Deals within deals, corny dialogue and stereotypes carry this humorous film EEDdrama SANKAT CITY (PG) 110 minutes/Now showing/***** The story: Guru (Kay Kay Menon), a small-time crook, steals a Mercedes transporting 10 million rupees (*****,000) for the dreaded gangster Faujdaar (Anupam Kher). The cash mysteriously
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        483 46  -  John Lvi Deepika Shetty BHdrama PERSONAL EFFECTS (NCI6) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow/****-* This pensive, maudlin American urban drama, never given theatrical release in the United States, is based on a story by author Rick Moody. Moody, the master of how anguish works its way through families, wrote the 1994
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        737 47  -  daphne lee 135 jewellers are taking part in the Singapore International Jewellery Show to highlight the latest sparklers that reflect their trends and traditions by Blingfest WHEN Tomorrow to Sunday WHERE Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, level 4, halls 402 and 403 TIME 11am
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        172 48  -  Daphne Lee The Singapore Jewellers Association marks its 70th anniversary this year with a dazzling exhibition DESIGN and branding are key to every jeweller's survival, says Mr Ho Nai Chuen (right), president ofthe Singapore Jewellers Association (SJA), which represents the 330 outlets in Singapore. He says:
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        547 49 Charm bracelets feature prominently for the first time in this year's jewellery show. Mary Lim reports IF YOU have $298,800 to spare, you could be tempted to buy what's reputed to be one of the most beautiful and unique pieces at this year's Singapore International Jewellery
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        343 52  -  marylim There is a lot to see and savour at the four-day Singapore International Jewellery Show by SO MUCH to do and so little time the lament best sums up this year's Singapore International Jewellery Show (SIJS), if its daily programme line-up is anything to go
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        163 52 FASHION SHOWS TOMORROW 9.30 am: Opening Ceremony Jewellery Fashion Show FRIDAY 5.30pm: Fashion Show by Yvonne Creative SATURDAY 2.30pm: Fashion Show by TianPo Jewellery 4.15pm: Fashion Show by Goldheart Jewelry spm: Nonya's "Si Tiam Kir n" Jewellery Sarong Kebaya Fashion Show by Foundation Jewellers SUNDAY 2.30pm: Fashion Show by
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      826 53  -  Adeline chia Benson Puah as chief of National Arts Council and Esplanade may lead to conflict, say some arts reporter 'It suggests that Singapore doesn't have sufficient talent to take on the post of CEO of NAC. There is no grooming of new leadership' Ms
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      229 53 Life! asked some arts insiders whom they thought could be the chief executive of the Esplanade. Here are some names thrown up Goh Ching Lee, 48, National Arts Council (NAC), senior director for performing arts and director of Singapore Arts Festival She joined the then
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      1012 54 'You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls... nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive' Merce Cunningham, who is seen on the left after the presentation
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      468 54 San Francisco The four largest record labels are working with Apple Inc to increase sales of digital albums by including material such as videos and interactive cover notes, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The project, dubbed "cocktail", is designed to encourage
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        681 55  -  zackaria abdul rahim Companies in Singapore are encouraged to go for long-term environmental protection as a way of sustaining their own growth by TO ENCOURAGE more small and medium enterprises (SME) to help protect the environment while sustaining business growth, a new award category has been
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        510 56  -  alexlim The emphasis on conservation is prevalent throughout Holcim, a top supplier of building materials by llt is critical that Holcim's corporate culture has an embedded sustainability mindset across all business units.B Dr Sujit Ghosh (above), chief executive officer, Holcim AS ONE of the world's leading
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        506 58  -  alexlim Energy conservation is a long-term aim of Power Seraya, whose investments will result in cleaner fuel and better use of resources by lAs a power company, we are mindful of our association with carbon, given the nature of our business operations! Mr John Ng, chief
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        436 59  -  daphne lee Greenpac's Revolutionary Systems Concept Packaging is an innovative and award-winning eco-friendly product by GOING green is what Greenpac is about. The company that created the award-winning Revolutionary Systems Concept Packaging (RSCP) aims to provide innovative and environmentally safe packaging services and solutions. RSCP
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        393 60  -  zackaria abdul rahim Pest management company Origin Exterminators believes it has a moral duty to be environmentally friendly by BEING in a business where the use of toxic chemicals is the norm does not stop pest management company Origin Exterminators from fulfilling its moral duty to
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        409 60  -  lai yi mmg SMRT makes sure that environmental consciousness is embedded in every aspect of its operations by FROM energy-efficient lamps to escalators that stop automatically when nobody is using it, being green is an all-encompassing feature in SMRT Corporation. "SMRTbelieves that public transport operators are well-placed to
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        642 62 Los Angeles Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anaesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe it killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, also gave
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        51 62 Actress Michele Reis steps back in time for the film Bodyguards And Assassins in Shanghai on Monday. The cameo role is her first acting assignment since she married shipping heir Julian Hui last year.Filming took place at a replica of downtown Hong Kong circa 1905 and wrapped on Monday. PHOTO
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        369 62 Rock legend Jimi Hendrix's first recording contract worth US$l and erotic audio and video tapes sent by Madonna to her old bodyguard went on sale in an online auction on Monday. Other artists and prominent figures featured among the more than 450 items offered in
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        68 62 The four Jonas brothers (above, from left) Kevin, Frankie, Joe and Nick at the screening of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo in Hollywood on Monday. The youngest brother of the boyband, Frankie, is the voice of Sosuke, a boy who finds a goldfish named Ponyo, in the English version. Noah
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        277 62 Kuala Lumpur Only days after her death, Malaysia is abuzz with talk that film-maker Yasmin Ahmad (below, with husband Abdullah Tan Yew Leong) used to be a man. According to a tabloid report, Yasmin, 51, was once a male singer, Zulkifli Ahmad, and the first
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        190 62 JET Ll CONFIRMED A SINGAPOREAN An executive from Jet Li's One Foundation has confirmed that the gongfu star is a Singaporean, say reports. "Jet Li has indeed migrated again," Ms Zhou Weiyan, executive chairman of the charity project, was quoted as saying in a report on China's Net Ease
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        637 98 Did you know the Apple II was not the first personal computer and that WordPerfect came from Nowhere? WHEN I was writing a commentary for The Straits Times last week about the turf-war clash of the titans desktop supremo Microsoft versus Web leader Google I revisited
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        799 99  -  Irene Tham By JEFF Bezos, boss of Amazon, has apologised for deleting copies of two of George Orwell's classics, Animal Farm and 1984, on customers' Kindle e-book readers. In a forum post, he said: "This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally
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        125 100 Capable Brother MFC-6890CDW $648, from authorised retailers BROTHER launched its MFC-6890CDW all-in-one A3 inkjet printer last week, which it claims will offer businesses a cost-effective all-in-machine that allows users to print, copy, fax and scan images of up to A3 size. From, say, printing posters and leaflets and
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        112 100 Stronger protection Sonic Wall TZ series security appliances From $510, available from ACA Pacific, ACW Distribution Singapore, D-Synergy Tech Systems, Ingram Micro Asia, Red Sentry and Transition Systems SECURITY company Sonic Wall announced the expansion of its TZ series of all-in-one security appliances. In addition to the hardware
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        120 100 TV for foreign workers Pre-paid mobile TV channels $2 per day, available through Gee! Portal on mobile phones using Star Hub's line STARHUB pre-paid subscribers can now tune in to four new mobile TV channels on their 3G handsets. They are CTI TV, MNC The Indonesian Channel, Vannathirai
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          613 102 J So it is ii $1.80 for chicken rice with free Wi-Fi. That is added value for their customers. Ken Chua, CEO of iCell, one of the three private Wi-Fi service providers here, on Wi-Fi being available at a Tampines hawker centre THAM YUEN-C trawls the
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          1013 102 1 Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (main picture) Where: Neo Tiew Crescent Not all areas of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve are covered by the free Wi-Fi network. However, there is a little hut Main Hide IA where you can get Wireless@SG signals. Located right at
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        631 105 GPS devices will become more informative, with routes being updated with real-time traffic alerts as you drive. TAN CHONG YAW reports SOON, motorists here will be able to automatically avoid jams on the road to arrive at their destinations faster. Many currently use Global Positioning
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        514 107 Throw out the chalk and blackboard. Schools are turning to IT to educate and engage the wired generation. IRENE THAM reports COMPUTERS and PowerPoint presentations are so old school. In Singapore today, students are learning through podcasts and interactive white boards and by exploring virtual worlds. At
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        611 107 J^ Nothing beats engaging the students and m m making them look forward to lessons. Darren Nonis, 41, senior teacher for infocomm technologies and research at Tampines Primary School Students at Tampines Primary School learn how to calculate volume by looking at colourful 3-D
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        729 108 Be it through cool 3-D simulations or easy game creations, two tertiary institutions use IT to woo students. OO GIN LEE reports STUDENTS from the Interactive Media Technology diploma at Temasek Polytechnic (TP) not only get to play with cutting-edge 3-D visualisation technology, but they
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        658 108 The School of Science and Technology injects fun into classes with technology. EVE YAP reports WHEN the bell rings at the School of Science and Technology, students need not be in class first thing in the morning. Instead of filing in for assembly at the school in
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        606 109  -  Oo Gin Lee By Zoo trips will never be the same again for students at Westview Primary School WHEN Samantha Lim, nine, went to the zoo last month, she heard the zebras bray, a sound the striped animals make only when they sense a predator.
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        267 110  -  Alfred Siew By Who: Lee Wei-Meng (inset), 37. What he does: Runs his own company, Developer Learning Solutions, which provides hands-on training for the latest developer tools. Can you briefly describe your work? I am a technologist and trainer of my own training business called
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        603 111 Both Chen Fei and I are football fans and we P understand that fans often want to stay updated on an ongoing match while they are out somewhere and unable to watch it live. Third-year electrical and electronic engineering student Edwin Thong Kun, who
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          605 113  -  Sim Cheng Kai The King Of Fighters XII By a freelance writer better known in the online fighting game community as KirbySim WHEN I first saw the King Of Fighters XII (KOF XII) at the arcade three months ago, I had goose bumps. Not because
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          408 114  -  Billy Teo Blazßlue Calamity Trigger By WHAT I enjoy most about Blazßlue (pronounced Blay-Blue) is not the roster of charismatic fighters or the meaty single-player game modes. Nor is it the fact that this 2-D fighting game from Aksys, the developers of Guilty Gear, offers everything
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          386 115  -  Aaron Tan By a freelance writer Dell Inspiron Mini 10v $679, from leading electronics retailers and Dell online store LESS than a year after Dell entered the netbook i fray with the Inspiron Mini 9, the company is reportedly phasing it out. Taking its place is the
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          411 115  -  Adli Yashir By a correspondent/ Internet coordinator with Berita Harian OKI C7lon colour LED printer $2,499; toners: $135 (black), $363 each (cyan, magenta and yellow) AS LED printers have fewer moving parts, they are usually faster and more reliable thar conventional laser models. So this heavy duty
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          269 115  -  Billy Teo By a freelance writer Sennheiser HD 238 $159.90, from tech retail stores; call Pantrade Electrical on 6873-8133 POTENT bass that is the first thing that catches your attention with this pair of headphones. Listening to music on the Sennheiser HD 238, I often felt as if
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          511 116  -  Adli Yashir By a correspondent/ Internet coordinator with Berita Harian Acer Aspire 8935 notebook $3,698, from authorised Acer dealers I WAS totally blown away when I unpacked this desktop replacement notebook. Holding this 4.6kg machine in my arms was pure joy. It was like when
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        329 118 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Can't open attachments I am using Vista Windows Mail to read e-mail. Recently, I could not open e-mail attachments with the jpg file extension. A small warning sign says: "Windows cannot find xxx.jpg. Make sure you
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