The Straits Times, 11 August 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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    Lock icon Toddler survives nine-storey fall from open window
    596 1  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By A THREE-year-old boy miraculously survived a nine-storey fall after landing in a thick clump of bushes at Goldenhill Park Condominium in Lorong Chuan yesterday. The South Korean toddler was found conscious and wailing only minutes after he went missing from
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      Lock icon Taiwan curbs bride brokers
      49 1 THEY come with three guarantees: they can be returned, exchanged and are in "mint condition". To put a stop to such demeaning advertising, Taiwan has banned businesses which broker marriages between Taiwanese men and mainland and foreign brides starting this month. PRIME PAGE A 7
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      Lock icon Beijing gets media-savvy
      38 1 FACED with mounting media pressure to be more open, Beijing has instituted a six-step routine to get its side of the story out quickly, said a media strategy adviser to China's Cabinet. WORLD PAGE AlO
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      Lock icon Keyhole ops gain ground
      57 1 KEYHOLE surgery is being used for more types of operations here. The minimally invasive procedure is now being used for about one in two patients being treated for early stage stomach cancer at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Thirty other medical conditions are also seeing success in
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      Lock icon Giving hope to job seekers
      62 1 A CLUSTER of churches gave hope to job seekers yesterday by hosting a job fair at Pasir Ris with more than 800 positions on offer. Close to 1,500 people of various races and religions turned up. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean applauded the organisers,
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      Lock icon Tiger makes it win No. 7
      55 1 TIGER Woods became the first seven-time winner of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday. His fifth victory this year and 70th of his PGA Tour career put him three behind Jack Nicklaus, and 12 victories away from the all-time record held by
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    Lock icon Airports to test new scanners for liquids
    629 1  -  Karamjit Kaur High-tech screens could end restrictions on taking toiletries aboard By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT THE days of having to pack toiletries in re-scalable transparent plastic bags may be numbered, as airports are expected to test new scanning technology from next year. The International
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  • VIEW POINTS
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      Lock icon The trouble with underage sex
      93 2 Police and counsellors fret that underage sex is growing, but they concede that this is indicative of a societal trend and changing values. The problem is that often, the acts are consensual. That would seem to make law enforcement less effective as a counter than
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      Lock icon Obama's headache
      21 2 Significant implications await the progress, or lack of, on Guantanamo Bay's closure, says Chua Chin Hon. WORLD PAGE Al3
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      Lock icon Asia's pivotal role
      32 2 Politicians and policymakers across the emerging world must press ahead with market opening strategies for a more balanced global economy, says Gerard Lyons. REVIEW PAGE A16 OUR READER SAYS
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      Lock icon Banks not doing enough
      25 2 Banks should be the first line of defence against the unauthorised use of credit cards, says Paul Chan. FORUM PAGE AlB
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      27 2 www.straitstimes.com Tessa Wong gets a taste of the Clipper Race. The ST Online team blogs live on the ground from NDP 2009 at Marina Bay.
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      Lock icon Speak up on science issues before it's too late
      978 2  -  Chang Ai-Lien More public engagement on bioethics will help build better safeguards By SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT MAN is on the verge of playing God. Last year, scientist Craig Venter's team cooked up and stitched together over half a million chemical letters spelling
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      Lock icon Celebrating Singapore's birthday
      141 3 The country's top leaders blew out the candles on a large cake marking the nation's birthday yesterday at a National Day reception hosted by President S R Nathan (centre) and Mrs Nathan (fifth from left) at the Istana. Gathered around the cake were (from left) Minister Mentor
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      Lock icon Temasek investment in cash calls pays off
      731 3  -  Gabriel Chen Some of money pumped into rights issues may have come from sale of stakes in BoA, Barclays By» THE investments Temasek Holdings has made in rights issues over the past eight months have surged by around 184 per cent on the
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      Lock icon Man killed in Java shoot-out 'not Noordin'
      604 4 Fingerprints and facial features differ, but cops still await DNA results JAKARTA: The fingerprints and facial features of a man killed in a shoot-out with police on Saturday are different from those of Noordin Top, leading to growing belief among officials that the
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      Lock icon Taleban's Hakimullah: I'm still alive and so is Baitullah
      327 4 DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani Taleban commander Hakimullah Mehsud has called news agencies to deny reports he was killed during a clash among militants seeking to succeed the group's leader. Hakimullah yesterday in a call to an Associated Press reporter who was
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      Lock icon KL raps Maybank board, orders changes
      550 5  -  Leslie Lopez It paid too much for Indonesian banks By SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's central bank has directed a sweeping overhaul in the board of directors of the country's largest banking group Maybank, in an unprecedented government censure on a board of
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      Lock icon Staying dry crossing a flooded street
      75 5 A resident pulls a makeshift raft to take two girls across a flooded street after Typhoon Morakot hit Cangnan county, Zhejiang province yesterday. The typhoon battered China's commercial east coast on Sunday, killing a child and flattening houses. Half a million people in coastal
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      Lock icon Taiwan's bride brokers under scrutiny
      688 7  -  Ho Ai Li Only non-profit firms allowed under new law By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: They come with three guarantees: they can be returned, exchanged and are in "mint condition". But "they" are women, not goods, being advertised on flyers and posters touting brides from China
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      Lock icon Nepal widows spurn marriage incentive
      321 7 KATHMANDU: About 200 Nepalese women gathered in the capital Kathmandu yesterday to protest against government plans to pay men to marry widows. The government said last month it would introduce a 50,000 rupee (Ss9so) grant for marriages involving a widow. The plan is part of
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      Lock icon Will you need to pay an emissions tax for your flight?
      1319 6  -  Karamjit Kaur Industry mulls EU plan to make planes pay for climate change impact By AVIATION CORRESPONDENT Greener flights, bluer skies, cleaner air THE EU's PLAN To include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in 2012. ■To cap
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      Lock icon Safety still high despite crashes
      374 6 MORE than 560 passengers and crew died in four separate air crashes in the last two months, but overall, flying is far safer today than it ever was, said the president of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao), Mr Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez. The recent accidents
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD
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      Lock icon Mudslide buries 600 in Taiwan
      574 8 Typhoon Morakot causes major damage as it sweeps through island before hitting China TAIPEI: A typhoon-spawned mudslide has engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said yesterday. Typhoon Morakot dumped up to 2m
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        Lock icon Mystery over refusal of entry
        518 9 AFGHAN PLANE TURNED AWAY FROM CHINA Reasons cited in differing reports include bomb threat, bad documents, technicality BEIJING: Conflicting reports dogged a plane from Kabul that was denied entry into north-western China's Xinjiang region reportedly over a bomb threat. China's state media had said the
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        Lock icon $1.1m reward for an 'upright official'
        275 9 BEIJING: Residents of a Chinese village have offered a U*****,000 (Ssl.l million) reward in their search for an "upright official" to recover money they say was appropriated illegally by the local authorities. In their offer posted on the Internet, the villagers of Dongnan, in
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        Lock icon 300 Chinese kids sick with lead poisoning
        195 9 BEIJING: More than 300 children from a county in north-western China need treatment for lead poisoning that their parents blame on a nearby metal smelting plant, state media have reported. "Both of my children took physical examinations that showed the lead in their
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        92 9 Groom Wang Xuefeng kissing his bride Li Lihua, who is in Anshan, north-east China's Liaoning province, in a videophone wedding in Urumqi, capital of north-west China's Xinjiang region. The couple planned to marry on Aug 8 last year, but Mr Wang, a member of the special police
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        66 10 Stamp collectors the world over would likely love to get their philatelic tweezers on one of these pure gold specimens. The stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1 went on sale in Beijing yesterday. Each golden stamp
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        Lock icon China opens up with new media strategy
        723 10  -  Grace Ng Used during major crises, system aims to get its side of the story out fast By China Correspondent BEIJING: Set up press centres. Check. Inundate journalists with information. Check. Monitor all news and Internet opinions. Check. Faced with mounting media pressures
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        Lock icon Help repatriate Rohingyas, Dhaka urges UN
        266 10 DHAKA: Bangladesh has sought help from the UN refugee agency to repatriate thousands of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar and stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country, officials said yesterday. Dhaka says there are about 28,000 Rohingyas in camps near the Myanmar border,
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        Lock icon Taleban rebels attack Afghan govt buildings
        490 11 tive Killed in raid on governor's building, police and polls offices LOGAR (Afghanistan): Taleban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Afghan government buildings south of the capital Kabul yesterday, killing five people, said officials and residents. Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said six fighters wearing vests
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        Lock icon Natural resource trade 'still under-regulated'
        387 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh By THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK: Trade in natural resources is still largely under-regulated, World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief economist Patrick Low warned yesterday. He underscored the necessity of a successful conclusion to the Doha Round of negotiations on an international trading system. Natural resources
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        86 11 Talk about a tight fit. This poor baby elephant had to endure what must be its longest and most uncomfortable three hours ever when it was trapped in a manhole of a drainage ditch in Thailand's Rayong province. The accident occurred when mahouts (elephant
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        602 12 Relatives poised for showdowi over Gayatri Devi's estate, which is worth up to $575 m NEW DELHI: The death of an Indian queen who personified a lost era of aristocratic privilege has sparked a bitter inheritance dispute among her surviving family members. Ms Gayatri
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        Lock icon Spotlight on alleged abuses by Indian police
        352 12 NEW DELHI: Photos purportedly showing the ex-tra-judicial execution of a young man by Indian police have thrown the spotlight on alleged human rights abuses by the country's security forces. The sequence of photographs published by news magazine Tehelka and aired on TV shows
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        Lock icon Hyundai boss in N. Korea to seek worker's release
        339 12 SEOUL: The head of South Korea's Hyundai group crossed into North Korea yesterday to discuss the release of an employee detained since March by the communist state. Group chairman Hyun Jung Eun will discuss the release of the detainee surnamed Yoo,
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        Lock icon Obama's headache over Guantanamo Bay closure
        1224 13  -  Chua Chin Hon Americans don't want detainees in US jails; sending them home or to third countries may not be feasible By US BUREAU CHIEF Controversial detention centre Number of detainees: More than 800 detainees have passed through Guantanamo since 2002. An estimated 229
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        71 14 Enthusiasts in quirky self-made aircraft competing to fly the longest distance in the Red Bull Flugtag contest near Moscow yesterday. A professional jury selected 45 teams based on the plans of their aircraft. Each contestant ran across a specially constructed 6m springboard runway built over the
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        Lock icon Arctic ice cap could reach record low
        626 14 Scientists report high rate of summer melt due to global warming TUKTOYAKTUK (Canada): The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square kilometres of ice in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record
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        Lock icon US prepares for next H1N1 wave
        393 14 WASHINGTON: The US and other countries in the Northern Hemisphere are bracing themselves for a second wave of Influenza A (HlNl) infections that could strike millions of people and contribute to the hospitalisation and deaths of thousands, including many children and young adults. While
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        Lock icon People in Britain spied on every 60 seconds
        444 14 LONDON: The authorities in Britain made more than 500,000 requests to the communications industry for confidential data on private phone and e-mail records, leading to claims that Britain has "sleepwalked into a surveillance society". An official report disclosed that hundreds of errors
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        Lock icon Bombing wave shakes peace in Iraq
        534 15 Attacks in Mosul and Baghdad kill at least 42 people, injure 230 KHAZNAH (Iraq): At least 42 people were killed and more than 230 wounded in a spate of bloody bomb attacks near the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul and in the capital
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        Lock icon Fish food
        72 15 So-called "doctor fish" swimming around a man's face as he relaxes in a hot spa pool in Kangal, south of the central Turkish city of Sivas. The "fishy" treatment is said to heal psoriasis, a chronic skin disease which affects the joints and skin. The fish, whose proper
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon By-election date set
          84 15 PUTRAJAYA: Polling for the Permatang Pasir state seat in Penang has been set for Aug 25, Malaysia's Election Commission has said. Commission chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the nominations for the polls will be held on Aug 17. The Pakatan Rakyat, which rules the state, is
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          Lock icon 255 hurt in jail riot
          105 15 LOS ANGELES: A riot at a prison in southern California left 55 inmates hospitalised with serious injuries and more than 200 others with minor injuries, said a spokesman for the state prison. Fighting erupted on Saturday among inmates in a medium security section of the
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          Lock icon Chavez wary of US
          99 15 CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told his military to be prepared for a possible confrontation with Colombia, warning that Bogota's plans to increase the US military presence at its bases pose a threat to Venezuela. Mr Chavez has issued warnings almost daily that Washington could
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          Lock icon 1,200 freed in China
          107 15 GENEVA: China said yesterday that it had released more than 1,200 detainees held over the unrest in Tibet last year, while more than 700 people are still being held over last month's riots in Xinjiang. "After the 1,231 suspects were punished, made to submit statements of
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          Lock icon Abhisit party office hit
          113 15 BANGKOK: Gunmen sprayed bullets at a Bangkok office of the party of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday, police said, underscoring the country's continuing political tensions. There were no injuries in the pre-dawn incident at the Democrat Party office in the Klong Toey area of the
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      443 13 UNIVERSITY^ BIRMINGHAM •16* Year: 71 Fully delivered in Singapore by professors from the University of Birmingham, UK Ranked 83rd globally; 14* in the UK and 23rd in Europe (Source: The Financial Times, 2009) Ranked 67* globally (Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2008) Ranked 25* on The Good University Guide UK
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon The trouble with underage sex
      425 16 THE police and counsellors have a specific reason to express concern about the rising incidence of underage sex and its corollary, statutory rape. This is because statistics out last week showing a 70 per cent increase in prosecutions in the first half of the year
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      Lock icon Asia's pivotal role in balancing act
      962 16  -  Gerard Lyons ECONOMIC WATCH By The challenge is that for emerging economies to switch to domestic driven growth would not only take time but also require them to open up their capital markets... Whatever the speed, countries in the emerging world must not fall
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      Lock icon Shareholders can take some control
      873 16  -  HOWARD DAVIES BANKERS' PAY By ARE financial sector workers paid too much? Not all of them, of course, for there are poorly paid bank clerks and cleaners. But is it possible to justify the enormous rewards earned or should we say received by investment bankers,
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        Lock icon More symbolic than substantive
        679 17  -  Zhou Piqi AMERICA'S RETURN TO S-E ASIA I By I FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Some observers believe that America's real purpose in returning to South-east Asia is to curb China's growing influence in the region...But in reality, China and South-east Asian countries have already become interdependent.
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        Lock icon $720m Myanmar arms deal: Real or imagined?
        834 17  -  Robert Karniol By DEFENCE WRITER WHAT'S THE DEAL? "I would not be surprised if the regime's very ambitious plans fell in a heap and the armoured personnel carrier project stalled. As always, we are left wondering what is going on inside Myanmar and
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        Lock icon Life in S'pore: Not so black and white
        389 17  -  Philip Merry I By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES I AM British. I have lived in Singapore for 20 years and I think Singapore is one of the best places on earth to live. Yet, when in conversation with Singaporean friends about what
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        576 18 Sense of belonging "As my son joined us in the Pledge, I finally felt: This is where we belong." MS CINDY TAN: "My late grandfather and my father were patriotic. I was not. If not for my sickly mother, my husband and I would have chosen to live at
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        Lock icon Card fraud: Banks not doing enough
        391 18 I REFER to the letters, "Customers are the first line of defence" by the Association of Banks in Singapore and "Safeguarding accounts a collective process" by Citi Singapore (Aug 3), and wish to point out that the two organisations should think again if the
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        Lock icon NS for adult new citizens not practical
        283 18 I REFER to last Friday's letter by Mr Michael Ang, "Make English and modified NS a must". National service (NS) is not merely a rite of passage for young male Singaporeans. It was conceived with a specific objective to build up a citizens'
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        101 18 WOULD the Land Transport Authority (LTA) care to explain why, in awarding tenders for the right to install and manage billboards and other forms of advertising on more than 900 bus shelters islandwide, it has chosen to limit the duration to just one year?
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        154 18 WE REFER to the letter by Mr Basil Yeo, "Police recruits: Why accept diploma only from 5 polys?" (Aug 1). The entry requirement for diploma positions in the Singapore Police Force, like the rest of the Singapore Civil Service, is a polytechnic diploma.
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        174 18 CONGRATULATIONS to Shell on the petrol company's innovative promotion on National Day in which customers who filled up at its stations got a 44-cent discount on each litre of petrol they pumped between 4pm and spm. The gimmick was so successful, it brought out the
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        374 18 Being Singaporean "Citizens of the world but loyal to one country." MS JESSICA LEE: "For the first time, I watched the National Day Parade alone in a hotel room on Sunday as I had just arrived in Taipei on business. And for the first time, I felt a longing
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      678 19  -  April Chong Minimally invasive procedures increasingly used across the different medical specialities By The keyhole method is not suitable for all operations. If there is no marked difference in healing time, or the length of hospitalisation, then there is no reason to carry out keyhole
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      577 20  -  Tessa Wong More stores to open as sector is expected to remain buoyant By A LESS VOLATILE MARKET "The luxury market is less volatile than the mass market in a downturn. Those who immediately feel the pinch are the mid-income groups, but high-income earners don't
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      375 20  -  Victoria Vaughan By A SINGAPORE-based aquaculture company has netted an endorsement from the China government to supply disease resistant baby shrimp to farms across the country. T-Tech International Singapore, set up last year, will supply first-generation shrimp fries from its farm in Fengxian
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      309 21  -  Serene Luo Police are investigating death, which has been classified as unnatural By WHEN dinner never came last Thursday night, Madam Susan Ang became worried about the whereabouts of her husband. By the next morning, with still no word from the 65-year-old engineer,
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      228 21 RAIN fell in sheets yesterday morning, like the tears of mourners as they huddled around a tan-coloured coffin and bid their last goodbyes to Ms Clara Lee Jing Yu. The Republic Polytechnic student, who was 20, died in the early hours of
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      243 21 UNDER the guise of boating around two local fish farms, a Chinese overstayer tried to leave Singapore illegally on Sunday, but she was stopped. Not only had the 36-year-old woman overstayed, she was also carrying a forged document when she was arrested
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      540 21  -  K.C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT AN AUSTRALIAN court has thrown out an appeal by a Singaporean who claimed his lawyer was lazy and incompetent, and that it led him to lose his case. Drug trafficker Puan Vi Hong, 39, had been convicted
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      472 23  -  April Chong Event is praised for help offered to all races and religions in tough times By INSTEAD of their usual call to be more spiritual, a cluster of churches in the east yesterday preached a message of "Hope". There were more than
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      572 23  -  Jermyn Chow By THIS year's National Day Parade proved to be a hit with many people, with most citing the historic Pledge Moment at 8.22pm as the highlight. Ms Sujatha Subramaniam, 34, who was at the parade with her family, said she was proud
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        3818 24 THE COMMENDATION MEDAL (PINGAT KEPUJIAN) Attorney-General's Chambers Kalidass s/o Murugaiyan, Assistant Public Prosecutor, Criminal Justice Division, Attorney-General's Chambers; Mrs Shahla Iqbal, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Criminal Justice Division, Attorney-General's Chambers; Tan Kiat Pheng, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Criminal Justice Division,
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      677 26 "The referee's made a rod for his own back. He'd stopped the game twice already." ALEX FERGUSON, on play not being stopped as Chelsea broke away to score their second goal "I have to be happy the referee didn't blow because maybe I blocked him a little bit.
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      322 26 Transfer talk Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh is so desperate to join Arsenal that he has been losing sleep over the move. The French club have rejected an offer of €7.5 million (5515.3 million) from Arsenal and the Gunners are refusing to meet their price of €15
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      416 27  -  Lin Xinyi By AS THE Yonex-Sunrise World Badminton Championships began yesterday against a backdrop of a terrorist threat, national shuffler Fu Mingtian was keen to pose problems of her own. Her target? Bulgaria's world No. 38 Linda Zechiri, her first-round opponent who is ranked 11
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      281 27  -  LIN XINYI SWIMMER Bryan Tay broke the men's 100 m butterfly national record at the Asian Age-Group Championships in Tokyo yesterday. His time of 54.46 seconds during the Group A (aged 18 and above) heats erased Nicholas Tan's previous mark of 54.795 ec set
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      544 27  -  Leonard Lim But Lions remain wary of opponents who are on a three-win streak By China squad Goalkeepers: Guan Zhen, Yang Zhi, Zeng Cheng Defenders: Dv Wei, Sun Xiang, Wang Qiang, Chen Lei, Liv Jianye, Rong Hao, Cheng Liang, Zhao Peng Midfielders: Hao Junming, Yu
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      995 28 Woods secures seventh Bridgestone title and 70th PGA Tour win AKRON (Ohio): The battle was everything Tiger Woods expected. The finish was nothing anyone imagined, except for him hoisting another World Golf Championships (WGC) trophy at Firestone. Woods, who has now won the WGCBridgestone Invitational seven times in
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      354 28  -  Jeanette Wang By THE highlight of his week was seeing Tiger Woods up close in the locker room. Apart from that, Lam Chih Bing's outing at the US$B.5 million (5512.2 million) World Golf Championships -Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio could be
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      570 28 England squad Goalkeepers: Ben Foster (Man Utd), Robert Green (West Ham), Paul Robinson (Blackburn). Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Man City), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Joleon Lescott (Everton), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham). Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Man
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      491 28 LEEDS: England will not panic after Australia needed less than three days to win the fourth cricket Test and set up an Ashes series decider, said captain Andrew Strauss. The hosts never recovered after collapsing to 102 on day one as
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      464 29 Seven-time champ will use 2007 Ferrari model to prepare for comeback FRANKFURT: Seven-time Formula One (Fl) champion Michael Schumacher plans to test-drive an old Ferrari model again as he prepares for his planned comeback later this month. Schumacher is planning to drive today and
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      101 29 WORKERS setting up the Youth Olympic Games countdown clock at City Hall, which will play host to a mega-countdown party on Friday night. The centrepiece of the event is the lOm-tall clock, which will mark the 365 days left until the inaugural Games kick off in
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        78 29 HOBART: Libby Trickett and Christian Sprenger set world short-course records at the Australian championships yesterday. Trickett broke her own record in the 100 m freestyle, finishing in 51.01 seconds to improve on her mark of 51.70 set three years ago. Sprenger broke the world mark
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        53 29 WASHINGTON: Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro won back-to-back Legg Mason Tennis Classic titles with a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) win over top-seeded Andy Roddick in Sunday's final. It was the American's first tournament since losing an epic five-set Wimbledon final to Roger Federer last
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        63 29 LONDON: London 2012 organisers have decided against using Aston Villa's stadium for the preliminary stages of the Olympics because the club cannot guarantee that building work will be completed in time. Villa plan to renovate Villa Park to expand capacity from 42,640 to about
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      575 29  -  Jeanette Wang By MOST runners are in constant competition with themselves for a personal best. An elite handful would also have their eyes on a prize. But all that five veteran runners, who will be among some 70,000 people taking part in Sunday's
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      149 29 "You are talking about winning the Open. I'm talking only about being fit and recovering from my injury 100 per cent." Rafael Nadal, the former world No. 1 tennis player. He has not played due to knee tendinitis since May 31, when he went
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      216 29 Badminton World C'ships In Hyderabad, India, Ist rd: Men: Peter Gade (Den) bt Valeriy Atrashchekov (Ukr) 21-11 21-16, Dicky Palyama (Ned) bt Bao ChunlaijChn) 21-18 21-14, Lin Dan (Chn) bt Misha Zilberman (Isr) 21-9 21-11. Women: Lianne Tan (Bel) bt Elena Prus (Ukr) 21-18 22-20, Susan Egelstaff (Sco) bt
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      226 26 TIME TO TEST Michael Schumacher plans to test-drive an old Ferrari model. 81l 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES City frets over Tevez injury. Tiger takes Bridgestone title. No baby blues for Federer. MOST COMMENTED Everton confirm Arsenal talks. Says Eagle2oo4: "When Yakabu,
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      514 27 Mgi/giJ Draw No. 2456/2009 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Winning No. Add. No. I I I _-^l ~mmW M 'Zj 15 20 22 23 29 33 28 Group 1 Prize —^J V -W —mm\ $680,568 KH^UUm£^^^^l Winning shares for Draw No. 2456/2009 K^fi f m\^M m\ ~^\mu m^^^^^y^^-~ Group 1 Prize:
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      145 29 IT P Singapore National Amateur C'ship: Day 1 (Warren G&CC, 7.25 am). M T Tennis 4 ATP Rogers Masters: Ist rd *4_ V (Live, Ch22, 7am and 11pm). Tomorrow Football National Day Challenge: Singapore v China (National Stadium, 7.30pm). World Cup qualifiers: Azerbaijan v Germany (Live, Ch27,11.55pm), Faroe Islands v
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      106 30 LIM TEK PIN Age: 81 Passed away peacefully on 9 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ng Lai Keng Sons: Daughter-in-law: Joseph Lim Chin Chiang (deceased) Robin Lim Chen Sheng Carol Lim Daughters: Son-in-law: Lena Lim Chian Hung Jacqueline Lim Chian Ting Soo Yew Weng
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      121 30 MDM MARY MARGARET CHANDRA Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 9 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Joseph Lourdesamy (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Rev Fr Augustine Joseph Joy Thomas Joseph Kevin Joseph Roslah Mary Aloysius Rene Joseph Hiromi Ito Daughter: Son-in-law:
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      106 30 "I havefought a good fight, I finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 PETER CHIN MENG KIM Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 9 August 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Alice Ooi Sons: Daughter-in-law: Christopher Chin Sharon Chua Gary Chin
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      216 30 '"V "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not "V v. -<. be in want. He makes me lie down in green £j V&j pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul." Psalm 23:1-3 Third Anniversary In Loving Memory of TUNG LAI KWONG Departed on 11 August
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      55 30 SELVAKUMARIARUMUGAM Age: 58 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Sons: Jayaprakash Sathiaseelan Mother, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and all loved ones. Body is resting at 12, Hougang St 92 Regentville Tower 2 #12-08 S'pore *****8. Cortege will leave on 11 August 2009 (Tuesday) at 3.30pm for Mandai Crematorium.
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      133 30 GAM SENG KOON Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 10 August 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chew Mwee Kheir Sons: Daughters-in-law: Gan Ser Beng Hoo Soon Lan Gan See Siong Low Sue Foung Paul Gan Sze Leong Kelly Kek Daughters: Sons-in-law: Gan Poh Suan Low
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      107 30 YEO GEOKYEN Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 9 August 2009, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lim Tai Thuan, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Lim Tiong Seng, Henry Nancy Cheng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Chai Hoon, Margaret Foo Foot Siong Lim Chai Kheng, Cindy Tan Keng Ann Grandsons: Granddaughters: Lim Boon Kiat, Alex
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      61 30 MEHMAN SINGH PURAIN S/O LATE KARAM SINGH PURAIN Age: 49 passed away peacefully on 9/08/2009. Jiearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mel Purain Son: Nashwin Singh Purain Mother: Tej Kaur brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, relatives and all loved ones Cremation will be at Mandai Crematorium Hall 1
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      66 30 The family of the late MRS CHEN LAI PING Departed 3 August 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. special thanks to Prof Lucien London Ooi of SGH, Dr Koo Wen
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      60 30 Bth Anniversary p n Loving Memory of JOACHIM BENNETT GOMEZ Departed 11 Aug 2001 Remembering you in the shadows. Remembering you when the morning breaks. Remembering you in life's paces. May your dear soul rest in peace Loving You Always Loving Wife: Lily Children: Leo, Sonya, Pamela, Prema, Pio Anita
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      782 36  -  Yang Huiwen Experts divided on whether rebound could be bear trap in the making By THE sizzling run-up in local stock prices since March is starting to ignite fears that valuations have run ahead of the economic reality. At its current level, the
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      442 32 Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says worst is over, but world economy still needs second stimulus KUALA LUMPUR: Aggressive stimulus spending by governments helped the world avoid a second Great Depression, but full economic recovery will take two years or more,
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      272 32 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday urged regulators worldwide to jointly create a compatible, sustainable and effective surveillance system to prevent future market crashes. This would include keeping a close eye on risk-taking activities and having a common procedure for intervention should there be
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      229 32  -  FRANCIS CHAN CUSTOMERS are being wooed by their banks with attractive rewards and gifts for their business and children who have their own bank account are no exception. OCBC Bank has recently introduced the Mighty Savers vending machine at its Hougang Mall branch. Instead of drinks
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      447 34 SPH INK AWARDS The SPH Ink Awards honouring creative excellence in press advertising were conferred on Thursday, with Ogilvy Mather taking the top prize for its striking Life Before Death campaign for the Lien Foundation. Today, we look at some of the other winners and
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      513 35 Rise in June's machinery orders and current account surplus brings good cheer TOKYO: Hopes mounted yesterday that Japan's economy is on the mend after its worst recession in decades as the current account surplus showed the first rise in 16 months and machinery orders
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      416 35 LONDON/NEW YORK: The British Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) chief executive officer, Mr Hector Sants, has said the regulator is unable to rule on pay policies and bonus payments for individuals. "The question of the size of individual payments is not one for the
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      112 36 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm nature of ours." MOST-READ ONLINE HK investors protest at DBS. OVERCOMING THE STORM UK firms see credit easing. In our microsite Overcoming the Storm With Confidence on BLOGGED ABOUT www.straitstimes.com, tell us what we Shanghai blues. Says Hizra: "People can
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        1140 38  -  serene goh A visit to its vineyards means not only tasting the wine but also imbibing the stories of the families tending the grapes In fair Verona, a Hollywood crew is filming the Post-It plastered shrine of a balcony credited with once having held Juliet as she
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        583 39 To plan a wine tour, trawl the Italian Trade Commission's site for food and wine at www.italianmade.com for information on each region. Wineries may also be contacted directly more than 5,000 of Wine Web's over 35,000 listings are in Italy. Recommendations for books, magazines, articles and forums
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        372 39 Even if you do not make it out to a vineyard, you can sample fine Italian wines at these establishments. Antica Bottega del Vino Via Scudo di Francia 3,1 ***** Verona, tel: (39) 045 *****35, www.bottegavini.it Dining at Antica Bottega del Vino in Verona is
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        1689 40  -  Jessica leow Scotland is not just steeped in history and culture, it also has a charming, rugged side (jrCttUtS ttlßrC To Edinburgh Airlines that fly direct from Singapore to Edinburgh include British Airways, Air France and Lufthansa. Edinburgh-Skye Driving is your best option. In good traffic, it
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        550 41 My boyfriend and I are planning a trip to Taiwan over Christmas and New Year. We are planning to visit Taipei. What are the places around it that you would recommend? Sim Hui Yin For a romantic holiday by the beach, why not try the islands of Penghu.
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        563 42 'Call me Mr Moore. I've been called a lot worse' Actor Ashton Kutcher (right) responding to rumours that his wife, actress Demi Moore, might take his last name 1 have guy friends who have been dating a girl for s months and our other friends don't know her
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      607 43 Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute India may help Indian actors break into the West Mumbai The most prestigious acting school in the United States is planning to open branches in India, with hopes that they can help discover new generations of talent and make
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      370 43 New York While most of the television world was atwitter about Paula Abdul's failed contract negotiations last week, Fox Broadcasting fired the opening salvo in another looming contract battle, this one over the future of 24, which stars Kiefer Sutherland. Mr Kevin Reilly, president for entertainment
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      962 44 But not every blogger becomes a success like Julie Powell, whose blogs have inspired a movie New York Blogger Julie Powell says she was not thinking book or movie deal, when she began an online journal to chronicle her recipe-by-recipe adventure through Julia Child's Mastering
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      414 44 Los Angeles Sources "very close" to Michael Jackson's family on Sunday denied claims by former British child acting star Mark Lester that he could be the biological father of the late singer's daughter Paris, People magazine reported. Lester, who played Oliver Twist in the 1968 film
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        328 46 Denver, Colorado Victoria Beckham's (right) debut on American Idol is apparently a flop. The former Spice Girl filmed scenes as a celebrity judge for an episode of series nine of the talent show as auditions started last Friday in Denver. She is among guest judges
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        298 46 Universal City, California Miley Cyrus rode a wave at the Teen Choice Awards. The teen queen sailed away with six surfboardshaped trophies at Sunday's ceremony. She won the Comedy TV Actress and Comedy TV Show awards for Hannah Montana, Music/Dance Movie Actress and Hissy Fit
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        91 46 NO CRITICS' SCREENING FOR FILM PAYS OFF Paramount Pictures' strategy to skip critics' screenings for G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra has paid off with the film earning an estimated US$lOO.5 million (*****.8 million) worldwide. About US$56 million in tickets were sold in North America, where the film was
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        388 88 Try it the Dot way! Every week, we brew up Dot-flavoured lessons from a collection of classroom recipes. This week, pupils learn about newspapers. By MALINI NATHAN DOT READERS V BIG TIME BIG TOOLS BIG MISSION N In pairs JI 30 minutes (one period) J
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        438 74 'Travellers to Malaysia ditch buses for planes' By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent and Nicholas Yong (ST, Duly 27,2009) Activities by ANDREW DUFFY BUSINESSMAN Andy Bhasin has dumped buses for airplanes. "I don't think I will ever take the bus again," declared the 45-year-old
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        Lock icon THINKINGBIG Put on your thinking caps!
        144 77  -  MALINI NATHAN Read the following text, then answer the questions below. By TEXT bJ A FIVE-STOREY building collapsed in Karachi, killing at least 23 people, mostly women and children. Mayor Mohammad Dilawar, who was supervising the rescue work, said the building caved in late
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        Lock icon BIGINSIDE Say aaaaaah...
        340 79 Ever wondered what lives inside your mouth? Open up as KIMIKO CHAN takes a look LOOK in the mirror and say "aaaaaah". You cannot see them, but there are billions of bacteria living in your mouth maybe even more than six billion, which is the number of
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        188 80 A 54-YEAR-OLD man from Michigan, the United States, is going to jail after a game of Monopoly turned violent. Kenneth Repke was charged with hitting a woman and damaging her glasses when she refused to sell him Park Lane and Mayfair. Neighbours have expressed surprise
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        71 80  -  EISEN TEO MALINI NATHAN Read the following news clips, then draw arrows to connect each box to the corresponding area on the map. Next, try writing headlines for the weird news items on the left. Finally, have a go at the exercises on the right. By Exercises
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        42 74 Imm^AZW^Am m m\ wt vyi^s^mW rmclV M Touch 29 At NDP 'fl B^ mm fm> fl Diamond AA^% Fun [^DP fl H V, -^-^Packsfl Tickets^ Mix-and-match Singapore's 44 historical milestones as you celebrate National Day. rednano.sg Singapore's local search and directory engine
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        338 75 The numbers, faces, events and places of the region. By AMANDA TAN THE BIG NUMBER I That is how many people took to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to protest against the Internal Security Act (ISA) on Aug 1. More than 400 people were arrested, although most were later
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        Lock icon BIGOUTSIDE A though little frog
        314 78 BIGOUT SIDE A though little frog Most frogs need freshwater to survive but the Singapore crab-eating frog is tougher. By ELLEN WHYTE THE crab-eating frog is indigenous to Singapore. It lives in ponds, canals, mangroves, farmers' fields anc forests. This amphibian is about Bcm long the size of your hand.
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          Lock icon Smoking ups risk of lung cancer!
          588 82 AlLcl AlLcl LONDON, DUNE 28,1957 It's official: smoking causes lung cancer. A ground-breaking report published by Britain's Medical Research Council has revealed a direct link between cigarettes and this deadly disease. In other words, if i you smoke, you increase your risk of aettina
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        34 75 SPOT THE (Wl VIRTUE Look through The Straits Times World section and find a good example that someone set. Headline: Who did you pick: What was the example: How can you do the same:
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        Lock icon THEBIGTHING Make those pennies count!
        442 76 Learn how to spend your money wisely with the LRD Savings Passport. By EISEN TEO A GROUP of nine-year-olds had ready answers when The Straits Times shot them this question: "Do you know what an economic recession is?" Hands shot up across a class of
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        Lock icon INTHEDOTLIGHT You're invited!
        264 81 AlLcl 11^| DA^ I^C I must be a Singapore Collection book) between Aug Ito 31 to stand a chance to win NDP 2009 funpacks. CANT get your hands on any National Day Parade ~.n n, There are 100 funpacks up for grabs! Each winner (NDP) funpacks? Not
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        Lock icon BIGHAPPENINGS It's time to give thanks!
        235 86 Teachers' Day is coming and there's no better time to show your teachers your appreciation! TEACHERS all over Singapore work hard, day after day, to impart knowledge to and instil good values in young minds. Now, it is your turn to tell them what
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        Lock icon Your time to shine!
        161 86 ARE you aged nine to 12 and have a talent you want to share? If so, Plaza Singapura wants you. The mall is turning 35 this year and has a host of activities lined up for children like you, starting with a talent competition. If you
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        Lock icon BIGONBASICS Talk your way to an A!
        466 87  -  MALINI NATHAN Little Red Dot shows you how to ace your oral examinations. This week, focus on the reading and conversation part of the exam. By IE Primary School Leaving Examination orals are next week. It comprises three parts: text, picture and conversation.
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        224 89 **r •BIGACTIVITY* EXCLUSIVE PUZZLE BY LIM KAILL ST ART DEPARTMENT UNIVERSAL I kakuro puzzle w Created by Timothy E. Parker AW ■piHH T 13 ip 91 sb t k bH^Bb i WM m A p_s_B_fl v ~lKP^^^ 5 The numbers in the black cells Previous puzzle solution are clues. Numbers
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