The Straits Times, 30 July 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, JULY 30 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    Lock icon Temasek to explore public co-investment
    643 1  -  ALIVIN FOO The aim: Expand pool of stakeholders, improve performance discipline By TEMASEK Holdings may allow retail investors to co-invest with it as part of long-term plans to expand its stakeholder pool and enhance discipline for its performance. This proposal was mentioned yesterday by Temasek
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Death ruled a suicide
      47 1 THE death of undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja (right) was a suicide, the coroner ruled yesterday. However, the Indonesian's family reacted to the verdict with anger, storming out of the court and yelling to passers-by that there was a "cover-up". PRIME PAGE A 4
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      Lock icon US, China to cooperate
      37 1 THE United States and China wrapped up their biggest-ever meeting yesterday, pledging to work together on a wide range of issues, from fighting climate change to combating the global recession. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon Property buzz warning
      48 1 THE Government will take whatever action necessary to prevent excessive speculation in the property market, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. He called for caution amid a buying frenzy that has gripped the real estate sector in recent months. PRIME PAGE A 5
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      Lock icon Ming Yi aide lying: DPP
      67 1 "GEESE in close formation" was how the prosecution described the relationship between Ren Ci founder Ming Vi and his aide Raymond Yeung. The accusations were made after they pinned Yeung down on discrepancies between what he had said in court and statements to the Commercial
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      Lock icon Cleaning contract boost
      69 1 THE Government is offering grants of up to $75,000, or a maximum of 5 per cent of a contract's value, to any organisation that looks beyond just the cheapest price when awarding a cleaning contract. Labour chief Lim Swee Say also said that the labour movement's aim
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    Lock icon ROW OVER SUPER SWIMSUITS
    167 1 MM F^mA w^ *A^ WHEN Germany's Paul Biedermann (left) thrashed Michael Phelps in the 200 m freestyle to grab the American's world record, he wore the Arena X-Glide. It is one of several controversial new swimsuits that have turned relative unknown swimmers into world beaters at
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  • VIEW POINTS
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      Lock icon Hands-free phoning not risk-free
      81 2 American research concluding that motorists texting while driving increases accident risk is stating the obvious. It will overshadow real concern over a safety anomaly the permitted use of hands-free kits on the grounds that this is safe. Early research disputes the belief. This is really commonsensical:
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      Lock icon Sale of a lifetime
      27 2 An artist friend's sale of all his possessions has Tan Shzr Ec asking: How much is a life worth? LIFE! PAGE C 4
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      Lock icon Not that free after all
      27 2 An individual professor's academic freedom is not as wide as people assume, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A 26 OUR READER SAYS
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      Lock icon Marriage still relevant
      28 2 There is still a desire for genuine intimacy with another, though we act like we don't, says Focus On The Family. FORUM PAGE A 27
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      Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
      40 2 www.straitstimes.com Loh Keng Fatt wasn't sure if he should cheer for the Lions or for Liverpool at their recent match in Singapore. Terrence Voon says journalists shouldn't act like fans even if they love a particular football team.
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  • prime commentary
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      Lock icon Relook maids' pay and benefits
      1041 2  -  RADHA BASU Standard contract not enough to ensure fair treatment for foreign help By I SENIOR CORRESPONDENT SHE stood alone in the busy mall, sobbing softly. My friend noticed her and went to ask what was wrong. She was a Filipino maid and had just
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  • prime news
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      Lock icon US, China end talks with pledge to work together
      685 3  -  CHUA CHIN HON They will cooperate on a wide range of issues, including fighting terror By US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: The United States and China wrapped up their biggest ever meeting on a feel-good note yesterday, pledging to work together on
      XINHUA  -  685 words
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      Lock icon Key issues and outcome
      246 3 Climate change A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation on climate change was the only major agreement. But the two countries by far the biggest emitters of carbon did not set firm goals, such as emission targets. Economic crisis The two sides pledged to avoid protectionism by
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      Lock icon Choreographer is BH Achiever of Year
      556 4  -  STEPHANIE YAP By ASK Malay dancer and choreographer Som Said what adjectives she hopes people will remember her by, and the 58-year-old laughs and says: "People always associate me with 'traditional', so let it be that." Then she adds, firmly: "But not conventional." The
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      Lock icon What happened that day
      40 4 On March 2, final-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja (left) attacked his supervisor, Associate Professor Chan Kap Luk (right). Although disputed by Widjaja's parents, this is what the coroner said happened: ST GRAPHICS
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      Lock icon Student's death ruled a suicide
      765 4  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN CORONER'S VERDICT ON INDONESIAN UNDERGRADUATE AT NTU Long-running hearing ends with family storming out of court By Sujin Thomas ONCE the coroner declared that Indonesian undergraduate David Hartanto Widjaja had killed himself, his family stormed out of court yelling to all and sundry
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      Lock icon Coroner responds to family's points
      502 4 THE family of David Hartanto Widjaja made a last-ditch attempt in court yesterday to put forward claims that their son had been "murdered". Here are their arguments and the coroner's reply: STATE OF THE BODY Widjajas: There was blood on his neck when they viewed
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      Lock icon Mah sounds warning on property buzz
      609 5  -  JESSICA CHEAM Government will take action if excessive speculation develops By THE Government will take "whatever action necessary" to prevent excessive speculation in the property market, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday. Mr Mah's note of caution comes amid a buying frenzy
      ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  609 words
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      Lock icon New financial centre reaches a milestone
      318 5  -  JESSICA CHEAM THE first of three towers at the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) was topped out yesterday, marking a key step in the giant project's progress. Topping out occurs when the last steel beam is placed at the top of a building an
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      Lock icon Flu surpasses epidemic level in Singapore
      611 7  -  SALMA KHALIK Polyclinics are seeing unprecedented numbers of influenza patients By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Jessica Jaganathan THE HINI flu bug is spreading like wildfire, more than doubling the number of people down with influenza. With the outbreak set to peak in the next week or
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      Lock icon Pregnant victims four times as likely to be hospitalised
      442 7 LONDON: Pregnant women infected with HINI are at least four times as likely to require hospital treatment as other people with the virus, a new study says. While experts do not know if pregnant women are more susceptible to the new
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      Lock icon New SAF recruits to be taught CPR
      538 9  -  JERMY CHOW Life-saving skills will equip them to handle emergencies By SOLDIERS joining the Singapore Armed Forces from next year will be given life-saving lessons to help out in medical emergencies. All 20,000 recruits taken in every year will be taught to perform
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      Lock icon Organic food 'no healthier'
      392 9 LONDON: Organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food, according to a major study published yesterday. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said consumers were paying higher prices for organic food because of its perceived health benefits, creating a
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      Lock icon My group bombed Jakarta hotels, says Noordin Top
      477 6  -  SALIM OSMAN JAKARTA: Indonesian police are investigating a message posted on two radical Muslim websites, supposedly by wanted terrorist leader Noordin Top, who said his group was behind the recent suicide bombings at two Jakarta hotels. "It is retribution for all the
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      Lock icon All eyes turn to Bashir's school
      986 6  -  Salim Osman IN SEARCH OF THE Jl NETWORK Main suspect in the JW Marriott blast is a former student By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT SOLO (Central Java): The last militant linked to the infamous Pondok Pesantren Al Mukmin graduated over a decade ago, but whenever there
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      Lock icon Cleric under close watch
      605 6  -  SALIM OSMAN SOLO (Central Java): Radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is one person whom the authorities are keeping a close watch on these days. On Tuesday last week, police stopped him from delivering a lecture at a community hall in Malang, East Java, following a ban
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon China puts mafia games on hit list
      593 10 ONLINE: WHAT'S OUT Online games featuring street gangs, hooliganism now banned by the govt BEIJING: Whether it be religion, environmentalism or non-profit charities, the Chinese government has always been wary of any organised activity it cannot directly control. A new addition to the
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      Lock icon Combating Internet addiction
      210 10 THE new regulations the Chinese authorities have imposed on Internet use reflect increased concern over the pernicious effects of computer games on Chinese youth. There are summer camps for teenagers who spend too much online, and in Shanghai, volunteers monitor Internet cafes, looking for children younger than
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      Lock icon Baidu, Discovery link up to launch new site
      316 10 WHAT'S IN BEIJING: Baidu, which runs China's leading search engine, and the Discovery Channel have launched a website to carry nature and science features, adding to rivalry in China's competitive Internet market. The site discovery.baidu. com will raise the Discovery Channel's profile
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        Lock icon Lots of goodwill as duo seek win-win moves
        626 12  -  GRACE NG U.S.-CHINA TALKS Personal high-level ties get boost; talks seen as laying foundation for future cooperation By CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING: Getting up close and personal was the biggest take-away that Beijing and Washington had from their two-day talks, which brimmed with
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        Lock icon Chinese foresee rocky rise to the top: Poll
        219 12 BEIJING: Most Chinese believe their country's rise to become a real power will be more difficult compared with what the United States went through, a survey in China has shown. Almost 70 per cent of some 1,000 respondents in a recent survey
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        Lock icon Deng's widow dies at age 93
        167 12 BEIJING: Madam Zhuo Lin, the widow of late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, died yesterday, 12 years after her husband. Madam Zhuo, 93, died in Beijing, Xinhua news agency said in a brief dispatch. It did not specify the illness. She was Deng's third
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        Lock icon Hirings up with rosier outlook for China hub
        517 15 Output rising and Dongguan can still hit 10% growth: Mayor DONGGUAN: Factories in a southern Chinese trade hub are cranking up production and hiring more workers in signs of improved sentiment after a brutal year for the export sector, officials and executives
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        Lock icon Nearly 10,000 missing, says Uighur activist
        169 15 TOKYO: Nearly 10,000 Uighurs involved in deadly riots in China's north-western Xinjiang region are missing, and an international inquiry is needed to probe the incidents, exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer said yesterday. Madam Kadeer, the United States-based head of the World Uighur Congress, was
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        Lock icon KL hires top lawyer to lead aide's inquest
        536 17  -  Elizabeth Looi Move aimed at signalling impartiality in probe into death of DAP official By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT SHAH ALAM: The government yesterday took the unusual move of engaging a well-known criminal lawyer from private practice to lead an inquest into the death
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        Lock icon Naturalised S. Korean to head state agency
        256 17 SEOUL: South Korea yesterday named a naturalised citizen a German who has lived in the country for more than 30 years to head a state agency for the first time. Mr Lee Cham, 55, was appointed president of the Korea Tourism Organisation for
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        Lock icon PM Singh firm on peace with Pakistan
        656 19  -  RAVI VELLOOR He stands by overtures despite protests, saying it's the right thing to do By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stood firm against a storm of opposition over his recent conciliatory overtures to Pakistan, saying he was
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        Lock icon The show stretches on and on
        61 19 yeste PHOTO: Noodle stretching comes easy to Chinese chef Li Enhai (right), who holds the Guinness world record for making a 2,852km-long noodle with one kg of flour. His skill in noodle stretching was on display at the opening ceremony of a local hotel
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        Lock icon Thai police chief may be charged over Oct 7 crackdown
        210 19 THE NATION ASIA NEWS NETWORK BANGKOK: National police chief General Patcharawat Wongsuwan is likely to face a criminal charge in connection with last October's bloody crackdown on anti-govern-ment protesters which left two people dead and more than 100 injured. This
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        Lock icon Myanmar warns against predicting trial outcome
        279 19 YANGON: Myanmar's state media warned against making predictions of a guilty verdict in the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying this would amount to contempt of court. The warning by New Light Of Myanmar newspaper came a day after Ms Suu
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        Lock icon Australia acts against migration scams
        587 20 GREAT LOSS FOR AUSTRALIA "I'm anticipating a quite sharp fall in the number of Indian students who elect to come to Australia." Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis The revelations are the latest to damage the A 515.5 billion a year industry Australia's third-largest export earner
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        Lock icon Tory chief basking in lead but faces pitfalls aplenty
        853 21  -  Jonathan Eyal Cameron's challenges for next GE include split in party's support base and state of the economy By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: Mr David Cameron, the leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives, left London this week for his summer holiday
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        Lock icon 'Insurgent' campaign needed to win election
        310 21 LONDON: Britain's Labour government, in power for 12 years, is now an underdog that must fight an "insurgent" campaign to overturn the opposition Conservatives' lead, says Business Secretary Peter Mandels on. Mr Mandelson's rare admission in a BBC interview was underlined by a Comßes
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        Lock icon Ahmadinejad told to toe the line
        494 23 Warning comes from hardliners as more detainees held over poll protest are freed TEHERAN: Iranian hardliners warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday to obey the country's Supreme Leader, piling further pressure on the embattled leader following his disputed re-election and a series of controversial political
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Docs strive to save twins
          104 23 MANILA: Doctors at a Philippine hospital are trying to save conjoined twin girls who share a body. The twins were born on Tuesday and are now under observation at the neo-natal intensive care unit of the Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila. A hospital
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          Lock icon $ handling: Chen apologises
          131 23 handling: Chen apologises TAIPEI: Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian rejected charges of corruption in closing arguments in court yesterday, but apologised for the way his family "handled money", officials and local media reported. "The trial is not fair," he said, calling judge Tsai Shou-hsun of the Taipei District Court biased.
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          Lock icon Musharraf not in court
          125 23 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former military ruler, Mr Pervez Musharraf, yesterday ignored a summons from the Supreme Court to explain his decision to impose a state of emergency and to sack judges two years ago. Mr Musharraf is understood to be in Britain. Although attendance at the Supreme
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          Lock icon 40 lashes over slacks
          120 23 KHARTOUM (Sudan): A Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing "indecent trousers" in public has resigned from her job at the United Nations to fight the indecency law, which she says is used to harass women. As a UN employee, Ms Lubna Hussein could have immunity
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        Lock icon Spain car bomb blast
        51 23 PHOTO: Investigators viewing a Civil Guard barracks damaged when a car bomb went off in the northern Spanish city of Burgos yesterday. At least 46 people were hurt, according to emergency services. The paramilitary police force said the probable culprit was the Basque separatist group, ETA.
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      418 24 RESEARCHERS in the United States have confirmed the patently obvious in concluding that motorists who send text messages while driving are at greater accident risk. Even the magnitude of the risk 23 times greater than otherwise should not surprise the Virginia Tech transportation institute that
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      1742 24 TEMASEK CEO'S SPEECH Executive director and CEO of Temasek Ho Ching spoke at an Institute of Policy Studies luncheon yesterday. We carry today edited excerpts of her speech TEMASEK is a long-term investor. This means we will act to enhance long-term value, and will not
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        1334 25  -  ANTHONY PAUL I By I SENIOR WRITER SIXTY years ago today, a small British frigate, its hull torn by communist Chinese gunfire, stood off the coast south-east of the Yangtse River's mouth and, while continuing its flight, flashed a message to the Admiralty: "HMS Amethyst
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        1068 25  -  ANDY HO I By I SENIOR WRITER Indeed, when speaking as citizens outside their academic institutional settings, they may in fact have less protected speech than other citizens. Most citizens won't lose their jobs if they expressed unorthodox views. But a professor who does so may be
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        416 26 THE article, "Break-ups spark marriage debate" (July 20), should also raise the question of the value of marriage in Singapore. We agree with Dr Ron Haskins that "marriage has been under assault for a long time, but it has been
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        479 26 I WAS at Sunday's SingaporeLiverpool game at the National Stadium and find Mr Lvi Teow Eng's criticism of the local fans ("Lions were forgotten amid the swooning", Tuesday) misplaced. The match was a joyous affair and not once was the Singapore
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        202 26 Fan club: We're proud S'poreans blame emcee, organisers SINGAPORE VERSUS LIVERPOOL WE REFER to Tuesday's letters, "Lions were forgotten amid the swooning" by Mr Lvi Teow Eng and "Where's the national spirit?" by Mr Alvin Tan. At the Official Liverpool FC Fan Club (Singapore), we are proud to be Singaporean
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        232 26 WE REFER to the letter "Quality football on TV Fees not the issue" by Mr Ong Kien Seng (July 18). SingTel's mio TV coverage is currently at 95 per cent and there are ongoing efforts to increase it based on a
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        163 26 WE REFER to Tuesday's letter by Mr Harry Tong, "Have rolling payout instead", and wish to point out that the one-time payments to Mr Magnus Bocker, the new CEO-designate of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), are not given as a bonus but
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        416 26 WE REFER to the letters, "Screen visitors from known crime zones" and "Invoking special law Why was this necessary?" (July 22). Foreigners have to meet entry requirements before they can be allowed entry into Singapore. Those with dubious
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        140 26 WHILE I was having breakfast at a coffee shop at the junction of East Coast Road and Jago Close earlier this week, I spotted our pride and glory the Singapore flag improperly displayed above a shop at 235 East Coast Road (right) and
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
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      Lock icon Ming Yi and aide 'like geese in close formation'
      674 28  -  CAROLYN QUEK TRIAL OVER REN Cl FUNDS Prosecution accuses monk's aide of lying in court to help his boss By "GEESE in close formation." The prosecution in the trial of Ren Ci Hospital founder Ming Vi likened the monk and his
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      190 28  -  CAROLYN QUEK THE criminal trial against Ming Vi and his former aide Raymond Yeung has been adjourned till Monday when two witnesses for the prosecution are set to rebut earlier evidence the Buddhist monk had given to the court. Yeung had applied for an employment pass to
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      545 29  -  K.C. Vijayan Late tycoon's wife faces yet another court battle after losing one against her daughter-in-law By LAW CORRESPONDENT FOR over 10 years, the matriarch of an Indonesian tycoon's family fought a bid by her daughter-in-law for a share of her late husband's
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      332 29 $5k fine, driving ban for causing m-cyclist's death A MOTORIST who caused the death of a motorcyclist through negligence was fined $5,000 and banned from driving for three years yesterday. Nursing manager Pow Cher Boey, 54, had admitted to driving his car into motorcyclist Sze Khin Fatt, 54, while
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      311 29  -  ELENA CHONG AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged in court yesterday with carrying a semi-au-tomatic pistol in Ang Mo Kio earlier this week. Low Hua Choon, 41, who was wanted by police in connection with unrelated offences, was arrested at the junction of Ang Mo
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      337 29  -  YEO GHIM LAY GOT A NEWS TIP? Z Call 1800-828-2828 Tip-offs that lead to a story win a $100 shopping voucher SPONSORED BY CajifflLand A FIRE broke out yesterday at a foodcourt next to Yew Tee MRT station as diners were tucking into a late
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      501 30  -  CAI HAOXIANG Grants offered to firms that look beyond price when offering contracts By THE Government is wooing businesses, in its bid to encourage Singaporeans to be cleaners and reduce the reliance on foreign workers. It is offering grants of up to $75,000 or a maximum
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      450 30  -  LEOW SI WAN DEBT SPIRAL "They have extended themselves in terms of credit, buying homes beyond their means...there is a downward spiral effect." Dr Yaacob Ibrahim en who attended a course in April had secured jobs. That course was meant for women
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      468 31  -  NICHOLAS YONG Construction firm and nine others honoured with top total defence award By TO HELP NSmen working in his construction firm to stay in shape, Lucky Joint's managing director Yeow Kian Seng, 54, spent more than $50,000 on a 24-hour gym. Mr
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      504 31  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LESS FOAM, LESS TIME REFUELLING "According to anecdotal evidence, taxi drivers here can take up to 20 minutes to fill up their tanks because diesel foams a lot when dispensed. Caltex diesel with Techron D reduces foaming
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      399 32  -  SERENE LUO Instant translator aims to break language barrier in Asia-Pacific By THE language barrier has been broken. At least, it's being beaten down by researchers who have written an instant translation program to be used on cellphones and other devices. It could
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      326 32  -  GRACE CHUA Wee Jun Kai By AFTER almost 15 months of doing business out of temporary digs in Race Course Road, Tekka stallholders prepared for the big move back to their refurbished market and food centre yesterday. The upgraded Buffalo Road venue will reopen
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      87 32 Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai called on President S R Nathan yesterday. During the meeting, they affirmed the warm and strong bilateral ties between the two countries, and expressed satisfaction on the progress of the cooperation and joint projects between both sides. Mr
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      292 33  -  JESSICA JAGANATHAN CLOSE to 20,000 cranes filled a primary school yesterday in an effort to help Singapore's needy. Pupils, some of their parents, and teachers from Nanyang Primary School folded 19,688 cranes, which will be exchanged for rice to give to the less
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      532 33  -  SALMA KHALIK Four cases found there, bringing total number of victims since May to 28 By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT A NEW malaria cluster has emerged, dashing hopes that the malaria outbreak which started in early May has finally been contained. Four people in Sembawang have
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      636 33  -  SALMA KHALIK By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT DOCTORS fear that a shortage of a cheap isotope, used largely for heart disease and cancer diagnosis, could lead to poorer screening methods for the thousands of people here who need such radionucleid scans each year.
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      270 33 What is it? Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) is a radioactive isotope used in diagnosing and treating certain medical conditions, such as cancer and heart disease. It has a very short shelf life as it starts to decay from the moment it is created. Where does
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      124 28 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm seriously. I am a patriotic Singaporean MOST-READ ONLINE and that match had nothing to do with Sing Dollar "no enough". whether I am loyal to Singapore or not." m cn www.stomp.com.sg BLOGGED ABOUT SINGAPORE SEEN Which reds to root for? Says
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      369 29 MmO&J Premium Grade Chinese Herbs Ginseng r Dang Gui Ling Zhi "^^HeShouWu IUSS" on the Rise! "X Do/7 #f let yourself be the next victim W /HJU7V.2/ While balding in men is almost always the result of genetic predisposition coupled with age, in f~* fT™L.r n /fi.™/» women, it can
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORTS
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      293 34 ROME: Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini brought the house down at the Foro Italico yesterday, when she won the 200 m freestyle world title in a new world record time of lmin 52.985 ec, her second record in the event in two days. Her countrymen's
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      621 34 US star will not swim in major meets until super suits are made illegal ROME: Finally, the resentment that has been simmering in swimming's World Championships has reached boiling point. No bodysuit ban, no Michael Phelps. His coach Bob Bowman did not mince words after his
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      Lock icon Shana equals record – again
      321 34 Shana equals record again Head to CATS FASTADS in The New Paper for job opportunities! CLA/DecOs/Sg ROME: Talk about consistency. For the third time this year, Shana Lim has equalled the national women's 50m backstroke record. The 16-year-old Hwa Chong International student recorded an effort of 29.20 seconds on the
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      Lock icon HE-THINK ON SINGAPORE'S ROLE
      582 35  - HE -THINK ON SINGAPORE'S ROLE TERRENCE VOON Japanese rugby officials feel it is too hot here for World Cup matches By "Some people say it is hard to accept it (Singapore) and we must take another look at it." NOBORU MASH I MO, a vice-president of the Japan Rugby Football
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      Lock icon England face cross-border issue
      398 35 LONDON: The International Rugby Board (IRB) believes that the award of the 2015 and 2019 World Cups to England and Japan respectively should be seen as two parts of a whole. The ability of England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) to produce a dividend greater than that
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      Lock icon Williams pair do enough to post wins
      231 35 STANFORD (California): Neither top-seed-ed Serena Williams nor her second-seed-ed sister Venus showed off their best tennis on Tuesday. But each still did enough to record straight-set victories in their first-round singles matches at the Stanford Classic. Serena broke serve three times in the
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      Lock icon Ochoa ready for British Open
      536 35 LYTHAM ST ANNES (England): Despite poor results in her last two big tournaments, Lorena Ochoa believes she can rediscover her best form at the women's British Open, which starts today. The top-ranked Mexican finished 26th at this month's women's US Open and 40th at last
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      Lock icon Bell has plenty to prove in Test return
      475 35 Cruel nicknames The Sherminator (lan Bell, cricketer) Australian spinner Shane Warne mocked Bell in the 2006-07 Ashes series, comparing him to The Sherminator the ginger-haired geek in the American Pie movies. Mrs Doubtfire (Colin Montgomerie, golfer) It did not escape American hecklers
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      Lock icon BMW TO QUIT F1 RACING
      501 36 Question now is how many more teams will follow suit BERLIN: And another one bites the dust. Already hit by the departure of Honda, Formula One (Fl) suffered another major blow yesterday when German team BMW announced they will pull out at the end of
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      182 36 ROME: Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher is making a sensational return to Formula One, Ferrari announced yesterday. The German motor racing legend, who retired in 2006, will replace injured Felipe Massa in the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug 23. News of Schumacher's comeback came
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      Lock icon Sports School take title
      107 36 MUHD Syimir Amisabudin (No. 17) celebrating with his Singapore Sports School teammates after scoring against Victoria School in the National B Division boys' football final at Meridien Junior College yesterday. The defender's powerful long-range shot in the 31st minute was the first goal of a thrilling
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      Lock icon 4x1oom team miss Games target
      358 36  -  CASSANDRA LIM By SINGAPORE'S 4xloom relay squad may have clocked the third-best time in South-east Asia this season, but it was still not good enough to book a ticket to December's South-east Asia (SEA) Games in Laos. At last Saturday's Chinese Taipei Open, Gary Yeo,
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      75 36 ROME: Spain's Xavier Valles (left) fends off Canada's Thomas Marks during the quarter-finals of the water polo competition at the World Swimming Championships. Spain won 11-4, thanks to a hat-trick from Xavier Garcia, to set up a semi-final clash with the United States, who beat Germany
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      73 36 Mickelson to play next week AKRON (Ohio): American golfer Phil Mickelson will compete in next week's Bridgestone Invitational. He took two months off after his wife and mother were diagnosed with breast cancer. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Super Reds emerge winners SOUTH Korean side Super Reds beat Home United 2-1 in
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      551 37 He dismisses them for having unbalanced squad after big signings MUNICH: First, he blasted cross-town rivals Manchester City for being "a small club, with a small mentality". Now, Alex Ferguson has taken aim at the club who prised his star attacking midfielder away from him. The
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      120 37 Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's most expensive footballer, celebrating his first goal for new club Real Madrid in their 4-2 win over Ecuadorean side LDU Quito in the Peace Cup tournament in Spain on Tuesday. The 23-year-old winger, playing in his third game since signing
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      Lock icon Ancelotti won't leave Joe Cole on sidelines
      218 37 LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti has reassured England winger Joe Cole that he has an important role to play when he returns from injury. Cole, 27, has been sidelined since January, after suffering a knee injury during his club's FA Cup win at Southend, and
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      163 37 Kolo Toure joined Manchester City on a four-year deal from Arsenal yesterday. The 28-year-old Ivory Coast defender joined Mark Hughes' side for £14 million (Ss33 million). David Villa has ended speculation surrounding a move to Chelsea by insisting he will not quit Valencia this summer. The Blues have
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      476 37 LONDON: Fernando Torres has told Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez that the Reds need to sign a striker in the mould of Wayne Rooney if they are to entertain any hope of winning the Premier League next season. The Spaniard is convinced that the Manchester
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      Lock icon What's really got Fergie riled
      617 37  -  NELI HUMPHREYS LIGHTERSIDE By For a guy who isn't bothered about the club, Ferguson can't stop talking about them. NO WONDER Sir Alex Ferguson is fuming. The billboard poster says it all. Welcome to Manchester. And there he is; arms outstretched, smile plastered on the
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      188 34 A RE-THINK Japan may not allow Singapore to co-host Rugby World Cup. QUITTING Fl BMW blame falling revenues and poor track season for quit decision. RQ O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Liverpool crush Singapore 5-0. Fans all over roll out Red carpet
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      127 36 S.League Woodlands Sengkang Thu, 30/07/09 7.45pm S.League Albirex Tampines Thu, 30/07/09 7.45pm S.League Ceylang Combak Fri, 31/07/09 7.30pm UE Europe and International Football matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. L /f\ Draw No. 2453/2009 MLJLJ Draw Today! Thursday, 30 July 2009 Group 1
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      201 36 Today Cricket Third Ashes Test, day 1: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 5.58pm 8.30pm). Football S-League: Woodlands v Sengkang (Woodlands), Albirex v Tampines (Jurong East) 7.45pm. Golf Moravia Silesia Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 9.15pm). Buick Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 3.15 am). Tennis WTA Stanford Classic: Rd of
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      395 36 Athletics Cricket Yuliya Efimova (Rus) 1:05.41. 3 Kasey Carlson Monaco Grand Prix (winners only) Men's Second ODI In Roseau, Dominica: West Indies (USA) 1:05.75. 1,500 m freestyle: 1 Alessia 100 m: Churandy Martina (Aho) 10.07 sec. 274-6 in 50 overs (D S Smith 44 T Dowlin F|l|PP' (lta) 15:44.93. 2
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  • OBITUARIES
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      94 38 Mrs Selina Conner Departed on 20 June 2009 in St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. (21 June 2009 in Singapore) Psalm 62:5-6 "Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken." A
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      79 38 Thalai Thevasam Ist Anniversary RASAMMAL W/O ARUMUGAM Departed 10.8.2008 In loving memory of our Dearest Mother who left us a year ago. Those we love, don't go away. They walk beside us everyday. Amma, your tender smile loving care Forever lingers in our hearts.. Sadly missed fondly remembered by family
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      55 38 The Family of the Late ALVIN LIM GAK BENG Departed on 24 July 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Doctors and nurses of NUH ward 58
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      33 38 10™ ANNIVERSARY In Ever Loving Memory Of Our Founder/Chairlady MRS ONG SLEW MAY Departed 30th July 1999 Always Remembered By Board of Directors, Management and Staff of ONG&ONGPTELTD GLOWTEC ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PTE LTD
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      55 38 AL-FATIHAH i i Allahyarhamah HJH SALMIYA BTE AHMAD passed away peacefully on 27 July 2009 The family of the late beloved Hjh Salmiya Bte Ahmad wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives friends for their kind attendance prayers during the recent bereavement. Children: Daughters-in-law: Abd Ghani Faridah Razali
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      133 38 NG THIAM SYN THOMAS Age: 37 passed away peacefully on 28 July 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: Mother: Ng Kirn Chen Tan Chuan Hiok Brother: Sister-in-law: Ng Thiam Poh, Alex Teo Sio Hoon, Claudine Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Ng Poh Nui Seah Yong Chye Ng Poh Tee
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      157 38 KANG LYE CHOON Age 77 Passed away peacefully on 28/07/2009 Sadly missed by: Husband: Law@ LowYong Han Sons: Daughters-in-law: Law Kum Cheng, Jimmy Goh Lee Hway, Lily Law Kum Koon, Lawrence Chua Mang Lee, Phoebe Low Kum Ming, Ricky Zheng Li Juan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Law Kum Shaw, Angelia Teo Chen
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      47 38 7th Anniversary QUEK HOCK LIAN Departed 30th July 2002 Tbusyourname will ever be The key that unlocks memory Of a dear one gone but cherished yet, A beloved face we'll neverjbrget. Sadly missed by Husband: Billy Yap Daughter: Mrs TeoChin Chew Sons: Christopher Michael Yap and grandchildren
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      172 38 r"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 CHEWTENG HUI (BBM) Age: 86 was called home to be with the Lord on 29 July 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wives: Eng Lee Keng Yap Mvi Hwa Sister: Chew Siew
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      496 43  -  FIONA CHAN By TEMASEK Holdings chief executive Ho Ching yesterday dismissed rumours in the market about why CEO-designate Charles "Chip" Goodyear had decided not to take the top post. "I think there has been a lot of speculation," she said, in her first public
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      330 43  -  FIONA CHAN THE entire staff of Temasek Holdings are taking personal financial hits, with annual bonuses likely to be slashed in the wake of the investment firm's losses over the past year. Part of every Temasek employee's bonus goes into a pool that is
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      302 43  -  FIONA CHAN TEMASEK Holdings' portfolio lost more than $40 billion in value in the last financial year, said chief executive Ho Ching yesterday. The exact figures for the 12 months to March 31 are not available yet, but the headline number indicates how
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        540 39  -  YANG HUIWEN BULLS AND BEARS Dip mirrored in Asian bourses as markets slip from 10-month highs By THE local market ended a four-day rally yesterday as investors took profit after the recent market frenzy, in a fall mirrored across Asia as regional bourses slipped from
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          203 39 Yesterday's close: 10,113.24 (+25.98) Japan's Nikkei edged up 0.3 per cent to a seven-week closing high, lifted by high-tech shares, but gains were capped ahead of key earnings reports. Yesterday's close: 1,164.48 (-7.9) Malaysian shares closed down 0.67 per cent on profit-taking. Losers outpaced gainers by 478 to 219.
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            182 39 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri China Hongxing Genting SP FrasersComm LifeBrandz IndoAgri LifeBrandz R Cosco Corp CapitaLand SingTel NOL Pac Andes KencanaAgri EuNetworks ChinaSports 41.5 21.5 84 19.5 1.5 152 1 131 400 346 166 27.5 31.5 3 18 0.0
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            105 39 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY July 29 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.1790 1.2150 Can dollar 1.3240 1.3400 Euro 2.0300 2.0530 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4077 0.4087 NZ dollar 0.9390 0.9590 Sterling pound 2.3540 2.3800 US dollar 1.4330 1.4490 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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            618 39 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MII 127 85 255 123 68.5 147 143.9 139 414.5 50.5 127 206 99 223 678 229 291 183 141 362.8 ■■I" 220 64.5 206 82 75 87 33.5 238 122 116 232 661
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        723 40  -  YANG HUIWEN Directors cling on with close margins, no end to row over rescue plan By ASIA Water Technology's (AWT's) major shareholder failed by a narrow margin to pull off a boardroom coup at a marathon five-hour extraordinary general meeting (EGM) yesterday. But
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        460 40  -  JOYCE TEO By THE small investors' watchdog has made a last-minute plea to the board of retailer CX Tang to reconsider its offer price for delisting the company. The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) is representing the views of
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      559 41 CSCEC stock surges as much as 90%, raising fears of market bubble SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: The strong-er-than-expected debut for China State Construction Engineering Corporation's (CSCEC) US$7.3 billion (5510.5 billion) IPO showed China's booming markets are drawing investors. However, it also heightened concerns about a speculative
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      228 41 WASHINGTON: If your investments did not fare so well last year, here is a small consolation: neither did United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's. The world's top central banker saw his net worth fall by more than a quarter to between US$B5O,OOO (Ssl.2
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      394 41 NEW YORK: Home prices in major cities in the United States registered the first monthly gain in nearly three years, the latest sign that the housing market may have finally turned the corner. The widely watched Case-Shiller home price index
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      496 41 WASHINGTON: A US House panel has voted to prohibit financial firms from offering corporate pay packages that encourage executives to take big risks, going further than what President Barack Obama wanted to curb excessive salaries and bonuses on Wall Street. Lawmakers,
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      655 42 HIGH HOPES "This agreement comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo, our users and the industry. And I believe it establishes the foundation for a new era of Internet innovation and development." Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz Deal reached on long-sought Web search
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      471 42  -  SMITA KRISHNASWAMY By NO QUICK WAY OUT "What is clear is that the upside slope of the recovery will be much less steep than the rapid descent that preceded it." Mr Manpreet Gill, Asia strategist at Barclays Wealth THE global recovery when it comes will
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      381 42  -  MELISSA TAN By KIAN Ann Engineering has become the first company to tap OCBC Bank's new service which allows local companies to settle their trade bills in yuan. It was the first local company to open a yuan-denominated bank account with
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      331 43 With a long tradition of service in Asia, ANZ has remained resilient through the global financial crisis, and is continuing to implement its super-regional strategy with a sharp focus on serving Asian wealth. Over the past year, ANZ's performance represents a solid foundation with strong underlying momentum in our business
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      531 45  -  eddino abdul hadi Before writing the scores of Asian films, Shigeru Umebayashi rocked it out in a new-wave band music reporter Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi is known among film fans for his soundtrack work with Asian film auteurs such as Wong Kar Wai and Zhang Yimou. What is
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      462 45  -  jocelyn lee Malaysian singer Nicholas Teo specialises in love ballads but he is passive when it comes to love in real life, preferring not to take the first step. The 28-year-old tells Life! in a recent interview at Gallery Hotel: "I prefer to be more low
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        118 47 'I don't mind people stealing my music, that's fine. But I think they should steal everything. You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill up your tank and drive Off Musician Kid Rock (right) 'Have you met
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        1417 47  -  culture vulture An artist friend exhibited everything he owned and put them up for sale a life tagged and appraised How much junk can a man accumulate in 33 years of life? One flat-screen TV. Gnarled tubes of paint. Toy soldiers. Pliers. Books and paintings. More
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        127 48 Ever wondered how objects in museums made their way there? Some of these exhibition highlights unravel the story. TIGER (South-east Asia) On loan from the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore (NUS) What: During the early 20th century, Raffles Museum curators built up
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        1423 48  -  deepika shetty LEATHERY TURTLE (19th century, South-east Asia) On loan from Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research What: This turtle was found on the beach in Siglap on Dec 14, 1883. The largest of the living turtles, this is the only one recorded in Singapore
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        184 48 CURATOR'S TOURS What: Exhibition curator Clement Onn takes you on the collector's trail. Hear the stories behind the artefacts and the origins of the Asian Civilisations Museum's South-east Asia collection. Where: Level 2, ACM When: Tomorrow and Sept 4, 7.30-8.30pm Admission: $12 each. Limited to 15 people a
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        687 49  -  adeline chia The all-women play is back after its successful sold-out debut at the recent arts festival arts reporter THE CRAB FLOWER CLUB Where: Drama Centre Theatre When: Aug 20 29, 3, 8 9pm (different times) Admission: $35, $45 and $55 from Sistic (tel: 6348-5555,
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        517 49 Magdalen ng Australians and Singaporeans are highly literate but many only functionally reading just enough to pass an examination or navigate a webpage. So says Australian author Dr Ken Spillman, who believes that people who read for pleasure are now sadly in the
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      455 51 Booker Prize 2009 longlist A.S. Byatt, The Children's Book J.M. Coetzee, Summertime Adam Foulds, The Quickening Maze Sarah Hall, How To Paint A Dead Man Samantha Harvey, The Wilderness James Lever, Me Cheeta Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall Simon Mawer, The Glass Room Ed O'Loughlin, Not
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      667 51 New York Roy Lichtenstein's 1982 print of the Statue of Liberty, once wall candy at Lehman Brothers Holdings, is expected to contribute about US$3O,OOO (5543,000) to the bankrupt company's coffers when it is offered for auction in November. The company will begin selling its
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      405 51  -  chang tou liang METAMORPHOSIS Singapore Youth Festival Orchestra Chan Tze Law, Conductor Victoria Concert Hall Tuesday With so many new and young orchestras and ensembles emerging here, one often wonders where they come from. Look no further than two national institutions of the Ministry of Education:
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        525 53  -  jocelyn lee Moses Chan, one of Hong Kong's biggest male TV stars, sounds like he is being a little paranoid. He says if he could live his life all over again, he definitely does not want to be an actor. "An actor needs to be
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        299 53 Kuala Lumpur Friends of Yasmin Ahmad have blasted Utusan Group's Kosmo! newspaper for publishing "salacious gossip" about the late film-mak-er, says a report. The tabloid alleged in a front-page story on Monday that Yasmin, who died of a stroke last Saturday aged 51, used
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        512 53 Las Vegas Police seized cellphones and a computer hard drive from the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's personal physician on Tuesday as the probe into the pop star's sudden death focused increasingly on the doctor who was at his side when he
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        156 53 ESTRADA'S SILVER SCREEN COMEBACK Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, once an action-movie star, is returning to the big screen with his first film since he was toppled on corruption charges. The 72-year-old started filming a comedy yesterday about a minibus driver trying to deal with his daughter's plans to
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        615 83  -  June Cheong Reporter junec@sph.com.sg People get broken all the time. Hips give way, hearts weaken, sugar levels soar and slide. The stories of the sick may be different and diverse but all share a common wish to heal at home. Hospitals may have their doctors
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        833 85  -  Dr Ang Peng Tiam Patients walk a long narrow stretch of my clinic, which lets in the sunlight from the garden outside, to get to my room. One patient, who is a close friend, said to me: "As I sit on the bench along the long corridor outside
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      225 87 Health news in small doses ACTIVE KIDS SLEEP BETTER Kids who play a lot sleep well. A new study found that active children nodded off faster come night time, WebMD reported. It also found that the longer it took a child to fall asleep, the shorter was his total
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      253 89 Is sunscreen good or bad? The claim: Sunscreens can increase the risk of melanoma, which in its malignant form is a deadly skin cancer. The facts: Is it possible that a product meant to protect against skin cancer might actually cause it? Several studies have investigated claims
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        73 97 Q, Why does my left eye always feel more tired, heavier and drier than my right eye? also notice that the eye bag of the affected eye does not appear as GOT A PROBLEM? E-mail your question to sthealth@sph.com.sg. Include your name, NRIC and
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        806 99 VIYB speaks to health professionals in this weekly column Dental surgeon William Chong, 47, of Pacific Healthcare Specialist Centre at Paragon Medical, never fails to be amazed by the transformation of his patients following their tooth implants. POON CHIAN HUI reports I decided to specialise in implant dentistry
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