The Straits Times, 15 September 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Child killer jailed
      69 1 SARLE Steepan Kolundu (below), who took his girlfriend's baby girl and killed her in a fit of anger, was jailed for 18 years yesterday and ordered to be caned 16 strokes. In handing the punishment yesterday, Justice Tay Yong Kwang said that those who inflict violence on
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      Lock icon Boost for pre-schools
      50 1 AN EARLY childhood education training institute here plans to double the number of training places for pre-school teachers to 1,000 next year. This will go as far as to meet half of Singapore's demand for 2,000 new childcare educators over the next three years. HOME PAGE B2
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      Lock icon Jakarta-KL feud continues
      50 1 EMOTIONS appear to be still running high among ordinary folk in Indonesia and Malaysia over several issues despite official pleas for cooler heads to prevail. ST correspondents in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur examine the reactions and what could be driving them in both countries. WORLD PAGE AlO
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      Lock icon Sino-American trade war
      47 1 CHINA and the United States are locked in a trade dispute over the Obama administration's decision to levy tariffs on Chinese-made tyres. Beijing has reacted swiftly and sharply. ST correspondents in Beijing and Washington take a look at the implications. PRIME PAGE A 6
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      Lock icon V-shaped recovery?
      50 1 A WAVE of optimism is sweeping across those who monitor Singapore's economy. Research houses Morgan Stanley and United Overseas Bank are among those tipping that the economy will stage a V-shaped rebound from the depths of recession and not stagger along in a prolonged downturn. MONEY PAGE 818
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    Lock icon Govt reins in property market
    775 1  -  Joyce Teo Interest absorption scheme stopped, regular land sales to resume By a^aW tn's ''**'e re<* ot belongs to THE Government has moved to rein in the fast-rising private property market, banning a popular scheme that allowed cash-poor buyers to defer paying the bulk of
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    Lock icon Obama renews call for tough financial regulations
    824 1  -  Chua Chin Hon By US BUREAU CHIEF "Unfortunately, there are some in the financial industry who are misreading this moment... so I want them to hear my words: We will not go back to the days of reckless behaviour and unchecked excess at
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    Lock icon Mummy's a winner
    60 1 When Belgian Kirn Clijsters won the US Open tennis tournament on Sunday, her No.l fan daughter Jada Lynch scampered onto the court to help her celebrate. Clijsters became the first mother to win a Grand Slam since 1980, and the first unseeded player to win the tournament
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      46 1 What Chen Shui-bian's PflH I Uzbekistan SSSSWBB SB9Hi^H sentence says R f A journey J? $$(k KJiffimß^Wfflyffiffi^ abOllt Tai"Wan EC Where nobody's > f»"v ,i^ ■•■■■■■pfliß(llßß hedrd of Singapore -jt VfiPl^^ H9HRMH BSSiIAB Hml PRIME, PAGE A 2 WORLD, PAGE Al3 P LIFE, PAGES C 2-3 JJ^SS^
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        Lock icon A year after capital's systems failure
        90 2 WE SAY One year to the day after a financial plague descended on the world following the failure of Lehman Brothers, the scorecard hasn't been all bleak. Wall Street is staging a gradual comeback, complete with the detested derivatives. This bears watching, or the
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        Lock icon Not just based on GDP
        40 2 COLUMNS Basant Kapur says civil service bonuses should be based on a mix of factors: One of them should be a welfare component related to the disposable income of the less well-off. REVIEW PAGE Al7
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        Lock icon Inspiring comeback
        28 2 Kirn Clusters' performance reminds us the sporting comeback is uniquely inspiring, and nice guys or gals don't always finish last, says Rohit Brijnath. SPORTS PAGE B9
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      • Article
        Lock icon Beware rise of elitism
        28 2 OUR READER SAYS The Education Ministry must be careful in implementing more IPs as it may breed elitism, says David Goh. FORUM PAGE Al9
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        Lock icon ONLINEs BLOGS
        19 2 www.straitstimes.com Teo Cheng Wee looks closely at the opening speeches of the MIC general assembly in Malaysia.
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      Lock icon Test of Taiwan's rule of law
      1009 2  -  Goh Sui Noi Chen's trial showed no one is above the law, but it was also tainted by perceptions of meddling By SENIOR WRITER It is an emotionally charged case that has divided Taiwanese society. So it is of no surprise that the sentencing
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      Lock icon Missing Yale student's body found hidden in laboratory
      689 3 Police find large amount of physical evidence; now hunt is on for killer NEW HAVEN: Sunday was to have been Miss Annie Le's happiest day as a bride. Instead, it turned out to be the day that investigators found the body of
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      Lock icon Sweet, smart and spunky
      288 3 NEW HAVEN: Miss Annie Le will always be remembered by those who knew her as sweet, spunky and smart. Colleagues at the Yale laboratory where she worked recalled that in the weeks leading up to her wedding, she had chatted constantly about how excited she was,
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      Lock icon Beijing retaliates over US tyre tariffs
      580 6  -  Peh Shing Huei SINO-AMERICAN TRADE WAR It lodges complaints to WTO on car parts, chicken meat By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: After years of just grumbling, China has retaliated against American protectionist measures with a strong countermove which analysts believe is as much a
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      Lock icon US action may be ploy for bigger trade deals
      620 6  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: The Obama administration's decision to impose three years of punitive tariffs on the import of Chinese tyres smacks of protectionism, but is also being seen as a calculated manoeuvre to mollify labour unions before pushing
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  • prime parliament
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      Lock icon Stringent laws to govern private schools
      1045 7  -  Sandra Davie Owners who offer fake degrees risk criminal legal action By SENIOR WRITER The new Private Education Act UNDER the Private Education Act passed yesterday, the more than 1,000 private schools here will have to meet a list of criteria before they can
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      Lock icon Speculators likely to be hit: Experts
      565 8  -  Fiona Chan Gabriel Chen REACTIONS TO GOVT MOVES ON PROPERTY SECTOR They see limited impact on genuine buyers in axing of interest-only, interest absorption loans By THE removal of schemes that allowed home buyers to defer mortgage payments until the property has been fully
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      Lock icon Resumption of land sale via confirmed list draws mixed views
      529 8  -  FIONA CHAN REGULAR, scheduled sales of state land will resume next year, to meet developers' increasing appetite for new sites. The Government yesterday said it will again start selling plots through its confirmed list, a system it halted last October
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      Lock icon Property players, Temasek suffer paper losses of $1.1b
      488 8  -  Goh Eng Yeow By PROPERTY tycoons and Temasek Holdings have taken the biggest battering from the Government's introduction of measures designed to prevent future dramatic price swings in the residential property market. The paper losses incurred by the eight biggest tycoons as
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      Lock icon HDB flats still affordable, says Mah
      563 9  -  Goh Chin Lian 8 in 10 households qualify for grants; first-timers use less than 30% of household income to service loans By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AMID concerns about escalating prices of resale flats, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday assured Singaporeans that HDB
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      Lock icon HDB flats: Prices and quantity
      630 9 The affordability and availability of HDB flats were concerns raised by several MPs. This is an edited excerpt of the replies from National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. Cash over valuation MP him Wee Kiak (Sembawang GRC): Is the practice of cash over valuation the
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • Unneighbourly SQUABBLE
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        Lock icon Cool but upset with Jakarta
        596 10  -  Hazlin Hassan MALAYSIA By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT JUST A DANCE "There are other more pressing matters than a dance." Malaysian housewife Stephanie Chee KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian officials and media have been generally restrained in their reaction to displays of belligerence on the streets of Jakarta. But
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        Lock icon Anti-Malaysia feeling still strong
        817 10  -  Lynn Lee INDONESIA By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT SERIOUS IMPACT "If our business leaders and citizens of both countries fail to connect, we are going to have tough times ahead." Mr Teuku, an Indonesian Foreign Ministry official JAKARTA: Anti-Malaysia sentiment shows no sign of abating in Indonesia, despite
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    • world regional
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        Lock icon Penang villagers give up fight as demolition begins
        317 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Indian villagers gave up a high-profile struggle to prevent Malaysian condominium developers from razing their homes, as the demolition of the last few remaining houses of Kampong Buah Pala in Penang began yesterday. One grief-stricken woman tried to set herself
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        Lock icon MCA poised for do-or-die battle
        663 12  -  Teo Cheng Wee Warring factions agree to EGM after marathon meeting By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT BEST INTERESTS "This is done so as not to waste time or money, or to put the central delegates in a difficult situation." MCA central committee member Gan Ping Sieu, acting
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        Lock icon 107-year-old still looking for love
        353 12 KUALA BERANG (Terengganu): A 107-year-old woman who has married 22 times is looking for her 23rd husband. Afraid that her current husband might leave her after completing his drug rehabilitation programme, Madam Mek Wok Kundor is looking to marry again. The centenarian, who married Mr
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        Lock icon Chen appeals against sentence
        522 13 Former Taiwan president's move highlights his objections to 'unfair' graft trial, says aide TAIPEI: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan's first former president to be indicted and convicted, has appealed against a guilty verdict and life sentence for graft, his office said yesterday. The Taipei District Court had convicted
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        Lock icon New name emerges for Japan's finance chief post
        364 13 TOKYO: Japan's leader-to-be Yukio Hatoyama may choose Mr Masayuki Naoshima, his party's policy chief, as Finance Minister instead of Mr Hirohisa Fujii, Kyodo news agency reported yesterday. Mr Fujii, a veteran lawmaker who briefly served as finance minister in the *****, has
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        Lock icon Dalit 'queen' forced to stop statue spree
        336 14 India's popular low-caste leader censured for wasting $760 m on construction of memorials NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court has forced lowcaste political icon Mayawati to halt her statueconstruction spree aimed at celebrating the heroes on the lowest rung of the country's social ladder.
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        Lock icon Aceh passes law on stoning of adulterers
        330 14 BAN DA ACEH: Muslims who commit adultery in Indonesia's Aceh province may be stoned to death under a controversial new syariah law passed by the local Parliament yesterday. Aceh is the only province in predominantly Muslim Indonesia to use syariah for its legal
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        Lock icon MM Lee on visit to Britain
        156 15 LONDON: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday in the Foreign Office in central London. MM Lee is on a visit to Britain, Armenia and Russia, which started on Sunday and ends next Wednesday. He will be in London
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        Lock icon Venezuela to buy weapons with $3b Russian loan
        274 15 CARACAS: Russia has agreed to lend Venezuela US$2.2 billion (Ss3.l billion) to buy tanks and advanced anti-aircraft missiles, in deals that show Moscow's commitment to working closely with Washington foe President Hugo Chavez. Mr Chavez said on Sunday that the purchases agreed
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        Lock icon Obama lashes out at 'big circus'
        554 15 HEALTH-CARE REFORMS Republicans see opportunities in latching on to uproar over US President's health reforms WASHINGTON: While President Barack Obama has downplayed the uproar over his health-care reforms as the noisy venting of a "big circus", Republicans are seeing opportunities in the loose-knit movement
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        Lock icon France eyes happiness as economic indicator
        685 16 Measuring well-being would make France's economy, famous for its short work week and generous social benefits, look more rosy. Crisis obliges nations to adopt novel ways of tracking growth: Sarkozy PARIS: France plans to include happiness and well-being in its measurements of economic progress,
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        Lock icon 3 in aircraft bombing plot jailed for life
        370 16 LONDON: Three Britons were jailed for life yesterday for plotting a "terrorist outrage" on the scale of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using bombs made from liquid explosives. Judge Richard Henriques said the
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      • INBRIEF
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          Lock icon Bacteria in shower heads
          66 16 CHICAGO: Shower heads can deliver a face full of dangerous pathogens, according to a study published yesterday. US researchers analysed 50 shower heads from nine American cities and found 30 per cent had significant levels of a pathogen linked to lung disease called mycobacterium avium. They
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          Lock icon Radar glitch probe
          82 16 MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday ordered an investigation into an embarrassing radar breakdown at the nation's main airport, her spokesman said. A faulty radar system that should have been replaced four years ago was to blame for the problem, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman
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          Lock icon By-election on Oct 11
          54 16 KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission yesterday fixed Oct 3 as the nomination day for the Bagan Pinang state seat by-election in Negeri Sembilan. Polling will take place on Oct 11. The seat fell vacant following the death of assemblyman Azman Mohammad Noor from the Barisan Nasional
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          Lock icon Arrest in disputed waters
          100 16 TAIPEI: Taiwan sent five coast guard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japan arrested a skipper from an island, accusing him of illegal fishing. The skipper declined the Japanese officials' request on Sunday to board his fishing boat which carried one crew
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          Lock icon Syringe attacks not toxic
          89 16 BEIJING: The authorities in northwestern China's restive Xinjiang region have found nothing toxic in blood samples taken from victims of a wave of syringe attacks, state press said yesterday. No radioactive, poisonous or viral substances were detected in tests on 250 people who were allegedly jabbed
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          Lock icon Iran agrees to N-talks
          90 16 TEHERAN: Iran agreed yesterday to hold talks with six world powers next month on its latest proposals to allay concerns over its nuclear programme, in a move Washington welcomed as an important first step. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana spoke to Iran's top nuclear
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      107 10 JK, WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm verdict is legal or not." MOST-READ ONLINE Mum had sex with son. BLOGGED ABOUT Principal in sex scandal held. One for Singapore! Says Eng Seng: "I attended the Singapore National Day MOST COMMENTED party in Tokyo... Great Hainanese Ex-Taiwan leader
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon A year after capital's systems failure
      437 17 THE failure of Lehman Brothers one year ago today induced mass financial poisoning that infected every region, except where money is not the sole unit of exchange. This much is known and felt. The worst recession in seven decades, or so experts of varying
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      Lock icon New post-crisis challenges for Asia
      880 17  -  Tai Hui By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES FOLLOWING the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Asian economies were severely tested on several fronts. Exports collapsed; US dollar liquidity dried up; international banks withdrew lending; and economic growth fell to the lowest level since the Asian financial crisis
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      Lock icon Just a numbers game? Quality counts too
      726 17  -  Basant K. Kapur ECONOMIC GROWTH By Economic growth should be significantly based on productivity improvement and be inclusive, benefiting all sections of society, especially the less privileged. RECENT observations by economists suggest a need to reconsider some aspects of Singapore's economic growth experience.
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    • review
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        Lock icon Politics makes for bad business
        893 18  -  Tyler Cowen By Americans should return both the financial and medical sectors and, indeed, the entire economy to greater market discipline. They should move away from the general attitude of "too big to take a pay cut", especially when the taxpayer is on the hook
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        Lock icon Slap the Tobin tax on finance 'casino'
        857 18  -  Dani Rodrik By SOMETHING happened late last month that I never thought I would see in my lifetime. A leading policymaker in the AngloAmerican empire of finance actually came out in support of the Tobin tax a global tax on financial transactions. The
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        Lock icon Frankly, North Korea doesn't give a dam
        901 18  -  John McBeth By SENIOR WRITER A FEW days ago, I received an e-mail from a former correspondent of a major American newspaper whom I had worked with in South Korea in the late 1980s. It simply said: "What can I say?" Nothing more.
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        Lock icon Beware of breeding elitism
        544 19 EXPANDING IP PROGRAMMES Unfair advantage? "My daughter who is in Primary 3 took the gifted education test. Also taking the test were older pupils. Shouldn't there be a separate test?" MADAM TEO SUANG SIM: "My daughter who is in Primary 3 took the gifted education programme
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      • Letter
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        241 19 Teachers "Does the ministry allow teachers to hold part-time jobs?" MR CLEMENT WONG: "Mr Ho Kong Loon's letter ('Teachers have an overflowing plate so support them', Sept 1), offers an impressive list of a teacher's attributes and onerous duties. But how committed are teachers to their jobs? One finds
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        Lock icon Just 3 months pregnant but no job offer
        297 19 I AM 27 years old and currently three months pregnant. I have gone for at least 10 job interviews in the past two months, but was turned down at each. Most employers stated their interest in interviewing me for full-time positions until
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        Lock icon Ez-Link has yet to justify new charges
        260 19 I REFER to the official reply by Ez-Link in the Forum Online on Saturday ("Ez-Link addresses concerns over new charges") which, unfortunately, does not address the concerns that Forum contributors voiced. I asked about how a service that was previously rendered free of
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        428 19 Pools prize "The winning number is not displayed prominently." MR ANDREW SEOW: "I refer to yesterday's report, 'In search of $1.55 m Singapore Sweep winner. It will not surprise me if the Super Sweep prize winner does not appear within the 90-day validity period. If one were to check
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      606 19 More letters on yfVf^^^^ www.straitstimes.com 1 MR GERRY OH: Sorry culture of insults and skewed arguments on Net forums 2 MS NORMARLINA MOHAMED TAIB: Thoughtful organisers, considerate hotel 3 MR YEE JENN JONG: Case of Taiwan's Chen shows having clean govt isn't easy 4 MR RALPH S. LESSLAR: Management needs
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      903 21  -  Selina Lum Man killed girlfriend s 2-month-old infant after taking her from shelter By Security measures at crisis shelters ONE of three shelters for abused women in Singapore has a strict no-visitor policy and this could even apply to relatives who turn up
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      98 22 Visitors to the Wallace Education Centre will be greeted by two life-size replicas of the building's former occupants cows. The new centre, which is named after English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, houses the Wallace Environmental Learning Lab and an interpretative centre, where visitors can learn
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      669 22  -  Leow Si Wan Training institute aims to double number of teacher training places B\ AN EARLY childhood education training institute aims to double the number of training places for preschool teachers to 1,000 next year. This will meet half of Singapore's demand for 2,000 new
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      128 22 HPB e-site revamp THE Health Promotion Board (HPB) website, www.hpb.gov.sg, has got a facelift and is now a one-stop health portal allowing users to personalise their own pages. Users can get information on a spectrum of health topics, view health-related videos or listen to radio segments. Visitors can also
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      448 22  -  Judith Tan By A SINGAPOREAN who has spent more than 20 years working on behalf of sexual minorities and those with HIV and Aids here, will be commended today in Britain. Professor Roy Chan, a specialist in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), has worked tirelessly to
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      534 23  -  Elena Chong Judge rebukes them for thuggish behaviour and hurting passers-by By COURT CORRESPONDENT TWO men who mounted a pepper spray attack in Golden Landmark Shopping Complex in March last year were jailed yesterday. Scow Mm Fu, 41, was given eight months' jail, and Wong
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      406 23  -  Khushwant Singh By A SENIOR anti-graft officer has been acquitted on charges of injuring a suspect he was interviewing last year. The prosecution had failed to prove that Mr Neo Siong Leng, 33, had intended to hurt Chinese national Lin Yanmei, 41, while interrogating
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      453 23  -  Selina Lum By A BUSINESSMAN who lost his investment in a property deal has sued the lawyer involved in the deal to get back $850,000. Mr Satinder Singh Garcha said he was talked into investing $1 million and found after
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      259 25 WITH a crowd of about 100,000 waving her off, the Uniquely Singapore set off from the Humber river in north-east England on Sunday for the round-the-world Clipper Race. This is the third time Singapore is taking part in the amateur sailing race, which
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      351 25  -  Grace Chua Institute at Biopolis is first independent research set-up overseas for Waseda By MICE with erratic sleep patterns and other schizophrenia symptoms are all in a day's work for Dr Miwako Ozaki. But the Japanese doctor's research could eventually find new ways to
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        788 26  -  Amelia Tan SINGAPOREANS ALSO AT RISK "We should not assume that only foreign students are at risk of being deceived. In fact, given the high trust level Singaporeans have in MOE, the mere mention that the school is MOE-registered often gives potential students and
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        552 26  -  Kor Kian Beng By THE Government will come down hard on new hotels that rent rooms by the hour, as it tightens the rules for these places which are often seen as hotbeds of prostitution. Newcomers applying for an operating licence
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        279 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong By A BILL was introduced in the House yesterday that will give effect to pro-business tax measures announced during the Budget speech in January. If passed, the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill will, among other things, exempt companies from paying
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        167 26 THE Singapore Indian Development Association's 11-year-old Project Read launched several new initiatives yesterday to promote reading among children from low-income families. The 175 children under the programme will each get a Book Pack with a sketchbook, journal and coloured pencils, among other things. They will
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        605 26  -  Judith Tan By PATIENTS here soon might not need to repeat their medical history or the types of medication they are taking each time they see a different doctor. Singapore's IT strategy for a seamless sharing of medical information among hospitals and doctors
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        705 27  -  Salma Khalik Revenue drop marginal despite economic slump and HIM flu outbreak By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Spore sewing up deal to get H1N1 vaccines SINGAPORE is finalising a deal to obtain vaccines against the Influenza A (H1N1) bug that is causing the current pandemic. Details will
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        387 27 ALTHOUGH the Formula One championship is a street race both here and in Monaco, Singapore needs more time to prepare for it for three reasons, said Mr S. Iswaran, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, yesterday. One, the Singapore race,
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        572 27 Most top-scoring students live in HDB flats MOST of the top scorers in the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) live in HDB flats, said Education Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday, citing figures. They make up more than 60 per cent of the top 10 per cent of PSLE scorers.
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        511 27  -  K. C. VIJAYAN By LAW CORRESPONDENT About the case MUHAMMAD Noor Indra Hamzah was convicted on various charges of drug consumption and robbery in a Subordinate Court in January and was sentenced to a three-year jail term. The prosecution appealed for a stiffer
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        118 27 Cabby dies after heart attack on PIE A MAN who suffered a heart attack while driving along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) died after striking another car and hitting the central divider. At about 11.20 am on Sunday, taxi driver Chew Poh Soon, 52, is believed to have stopped his
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      114 21 Mm WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com blogged about MOST-READ ONLINE Bold look at Singapore's origins. Sex in the suburbs. Says Yazid: "This book explains why "I thought he was gone." we should not just focus on the period from 1819 and more recently from 1965 MOST
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      1113 28 U.S. OPEN KIM CLUSTERS 2005 US Open champion 2007 Retired and got married 2008 Gave birth to daughter 2009 US Open champion after comeback PLEASANT SURPRISE "I don't have the words for this. This has been so exciting for me, it was not really our
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      1394 29  -  Rohit Brijnath U.S. OPEN Clijsters' Grand Slam victory defies sporting logic, form and history iSPORTINGLIFE I By THE press release was as stylish and cool as his play. It contained only two words, but it said enough. This was 1995, and the wandering baseballer had returned
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      482 29 NEW YORK: Serena Williams' profani-ty-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a US Open line judge drew a US$lO,OOO (5514,229) fine Sunday. But more punishment could follow from a broader investigation into what the head of the tournament called her "threatening manner". The fine not quite
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      556 30 United travel to Istanbul intent on not repeating last year's final errors Besiktas v Manchester United Live, mio TV Ch62, tomorrow, 2.39 am MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson begins another Champions League campaign at Besiktas today, confident his team will not repeat the mistakes which
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      337 30 MILAN: Barcelona open their Champions League title defence tomorrow at the San Siro against Inter Milan, who are led by a familiar face: Jose Mourinho. Assistant to Bobby Robson at Camp Nou in the late *****, when Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was an
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      437 30 LONDON: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is convinced his team are capable of winning the coveted European crown. They lost in the final on penalty kicks two seasons ago to Manchester United, and Ancelotti feels the Blues are now ready to make the final step to
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      211 30 Double success for Clarence, Isabelle GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador): Singapore's youth paddlers Clarence Chew and Isabelle Li claimed both the junior and cadet titles in the boys and girls' singles respectively at the Ecuador Junior Cadet Open on Sunday. The four golds at the International Table Tennis Federation Junior Circuit event
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      407 30  -  Terrence Voon By LIVERPOOL have finally arrived in the big league of shirt sponsorship, after confirming a record deal with Standard Chartered Bank that reportedly matches the largest in football history. The four-year deal, which was inked at Anfield last Friday, will see the British
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      606 31 Athletics IMF World Final In Salonika, Greece (selected winners) Men's 200 m: Usain Bolt (Jam) 19.685ec. 1,500 m: William Biwott (Ken) 3min 35.045ec. 110 m hurdles: Ryan Brathwaite (Bart 13.16. Long jump: Fabrice Lapierre (Aus) 8.33. Pole vault: Maksym Mazuryk (Ukr) 5.70. Women's 100 m: Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.67.
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      528 31 Tiger fires 68 to land his sixth title of the season by eight strokes LEMONT (Illinois): Tiger Woods celebrated his sixth title of the season at the BMW Championship on Sunday and described the year as one of his most successful despite failing to win a Major. "Absolutely,
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      605 31  -  Steve Slater DRIVER'SSEAT By The next race, Singapore, could make or break either driver's chances. However even with the prospect of a titanic final battle between Button and Barrichello, team boss Ross Brawn says he isn't worried. A PERFECTLY judged a 1-2 victory for the
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      178 31 MONZA: Ferrari left Kimi Raikkonen's future open to speculation on Sunday, despite the 2007 Formula One champion reaching the podium for a fourth straight race at the Italian Grand Prix. Team principal Stefano Domenicali refused to say whether the Finn will drive for the team next
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      243 28 FERGIE CONFIDENT Alex Ferguson believes Man Utd will do better in Champions League. 810 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES 'Wake up, S-League'. Alam Shah told to back claims. United issue threat over Pogba claims. MOST COMMENTED 'Wake up, S-League' Said Wind Wanderer:
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      125 30 Champions League TODAY Group A Juventus v Girondins Bordeaux Maccabi Haifa v Bayern Munich Group B VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moscow Besiktas v Manchester United Live, mio TV Ch62, tomorrow, 2.39am Group C FC Zurich v Real Madrid Olympique Marseille v AC Milan Live, mio TV Ch63, tomorrow, 2.39am Group
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  • OBITUARIES
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      142 31 "The Lord is my shepherd." Psalm 23 PATSY TAN SIEW HONG Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 Sept 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Son: Daughter-in-law: Reuben Gershom Luke Sheryl Ra] Sisters: Brothers-in-law: (Elsie Tan, deceased) John O'Shea Rosie Tan Anthony Tay Chin Aye Dolly
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      65 31 In Loving Memory of LIM CHOO LIAN Departed on 15 September 2008 In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true. There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Dearly missed and forever remembered by Husband: Lim Seng Teck Sons: Isaac Lim
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      33 31 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CHAN CHOY LAN Departed: 15 Sept 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered b^ Husband Tuck Meng, Henry Loh Daughter Jia Mm, Family members and all loved ones
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      188 32 SwSi "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstjruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Cor 15:20 fj|l I "Whatyou sow does not come to life unless it dies...The body that is sown yj I is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor,
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      153 32 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" Psalm 23:6 MELVIN TAN PENG YEW AGE: 49 was called home to be with the Lord on 13 Sep 2009. Dad, Mum (Lav Hor), Annette (Mina)
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      76 32 Anbe Siva in You were just like a rose, even though crushed you did not forget to give your fragrance to those around you. Thanks dad, we love you forever in our hearts. ARIUNAN S/O KUPPAN SBISTAFF passed away peacefully on 14 September 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Body is
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      107 32 Our Dearest Father And Grandfather LIM FANG MOH Age: 83 Yrs passed away peacefully on 14th Sep 09. Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Choo Chee Mm, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Tew Gharm, George Goh Kong Pang, Germaine Lim Tew Fatt, Peter Tan Suat Chin, Jenny Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law:
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      124 32 KOH CHENG SENG Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 14 Sep 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chong Sai Mci Son: Daughter-in-law: Dr Koh Kwong Fah Ivy Ying Daughters: Sons-in-law: Koh Siew Fah, Jeanette Koh Mcc Fah Lee How Son Koh Choon Fah Ong Scow Beng
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      31 32 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late MELVIN TAN PENG YEW Departed on 13 September 2009 From The Management and Staff of Container Trades Statistics Limited
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      90 32 The family of the late LOW JOSEPHINE Departed on 9 September 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr Matthew Sebastian, doctors and nursing staff of Singapore General Hospital, Ward 5, priests of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, church
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      59 32 KOH KIM TENG Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 13 Sep 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Han Tin Tang Children: Son-in-law: Koh Nien Yue El'fred 800 Koh Nien Sien Wake is held at Singapore Casket, Regency Room (Level 5). Cortege will leave on 17 Sep 2009 (Thu) at 2.45pm
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      118 32 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 CHIANG KONG ONG Age 66 Was called home to be with the Lord on 13 September 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Tan Peng Cheong Son: Silas Tan
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      40 32 We, the family of the late TAY PIAK HANG Departed on 3 September 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, donations, wreaths and contributions during our recent bereavement.
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      52 32 GURMEET SINGH S/0 GURDIAL SINGH (Chemabath) Age: 51 passed away peacefully on 10 September 2009. Dearly missed fondly remembered by family, relatives friends. Body is resting at Blk 407 Clementi Avenue, #10-62 Cortege/ Buses will leave today at spm for Mandai Crematorium Hall 1 for cremation at 5.45pm. Tel: 9383-3200
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      38 32 AL-FATIHAH MD SHARIFF S/O SHUEL HAMID Age: 69 Departed on 11 Sep 2009 Sadly missed by Wife: Jumela Bte Shaik Abd Kadir Children: Perwira Tuah Puspawati Faeeza Puspita Dewi Faaezar Rathna Sri Dewi Md Jabbanil Khusna HP: 8233-2125
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      241 31 Today Cricket Fifth ODI: England v Australia (Live, ChllO, 9.28pm and tomorrow, 1.30 am). Cycling Tour of Spain: Stage 16 (Live, Chll3, 9pm). Football S-League: Young Lions v DPMM (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Uefa Champions League, Group A: Juventus v Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa v Bayern Munich. Gp B: Wolfsburg v CSKA
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      737 38  -  Robin Chan Economists here revise forecasts upwards due to strong global data By THE "V" is back in fashion, as a wave of optimism sweeps across those who monitor Singapore's economy. Research houses Morgan Stanley and United Overseas Bank are among those tipping that the
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      558 35 Stiglitz hopes G-20 leaders will push US to curtail size of too-big-to-fail banks PARIS: Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz said the United States has failed to fix the underlying problems of its banking system after the credit crunch and the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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      403 36 NEW YORK: You would hardly know that Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley is struggling through the chaotic aftermath of the global financial crisis sparked a year ago by the collapse of investment banking rival Lehman Brothers. At least not from the way Morgan
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      151 36 SINGAPORE has been invited by the United States to participate in the Group of 20 (G-20) Leaders Summit in Pittsburgh next week. Singapore is the current chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. The Ministry of Finance said that Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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      426 37  -  Smita Krishnaswamy AmCham regional poll finds high level of satisfaction here By PRICE OF SUCCESS "In a way, by being such an attractive place to work, you get the corresponding negative that you have such a high demand which raises prices." Singapore-based AmCham chairman
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      397 37  -  Gabriel Chen By LOW Keng Huat's second-quar-ter net profit more than tripled, thanks to its booming construction segment and higher contributions from its gaming centre operations. The property and hospitality group yesterday posted net profit rising 264 per cent to
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        743 33  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS BEARS Property counters down amid concern about the impact on sector By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR Property stocks' closing prices Ho Bee Investment $1.39 (-10.3%) Heeton 43.5 cents (-8.4%) GuocoLand $2.24 (-8.2%) Allgreen Properties $1.16 (-7.9%) City Developments $10.24 (-7.6%) Wing
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          178 33 Yesterday's close: 10,202.06 (-242.27) »Japanese shares slumped 2.3 per cent as a stronger yen hammered exporters. Yesterday's close: 1,203.36 (-4.92) Malaysian shares closed down 0.4 per cent following losses on regional bourses and Wall Street overnight. Yesterday's close: 20,932.2 (-229.22) Hong Kong shares closed 1.1 per cent lower on
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          105 33 runi.mii uunnLiiLii iiuil nniLo: vcmm;: S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Sept 14 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2120 1.2480 Can dollar 1.3080 1.3230 Euro 2.0600 2.0830 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4062 0.4070 NZ dollar 0.9900 1.0120 Sterling pound 2.3550 2.3820 US dollar 1.4170 1.4330 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        427 34  -  Alvin Foo By PROMINENT car and property player Peter Kwee has been ordered to pay about $1.56 million to NSL Resorts International, in a High Court judgment handed down yesterday. The ruling followed a long-running dispute between Mr Kwee, 62,
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