The Straits Times, 22 September 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Property demand still high
      35 1 IT WAS the first weekend since the Government announced new measures to cool the property market. Going by the take-up rate at three condo launches, demand remained buoyant. MONEY PAGE B16
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      Lock icon Airships over S'pore soon?
      44 1 A SINGAPORE-based company has secured the rights to bring in one of the world's largest flying machines: the Zeppelin. Zeppelin Airship World, started by German permanent resident Armin Spenninger, hopes for a take-off here by early 2011. PRIME PAGE A3
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      Lock icon More medi-tourists
      49 1 A UNITED States-based medical tourism company is planning to send up to 20 patients a month here from next year for medical treatment. The patients will come here for a range of treatments including knee replacement surgery and for cancer, heart and obesity problems. PRIME PAGE A6
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      Lock icon Distractions ahead for G-20
      63 1 AS WORLD leaders prepare to meet later this week for the G-20 summit, barely five months after their last gathering in London in April, there is concern that domestic issues will be a distracting factor from the larger issue of global financial reform. The leaders are
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      Lock icon MM Lee gets 'personal'
      63 1 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew faced questions of a different kind in Moscow yesterday at a dialogue with students from the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. They wanted to know about his personal experiences. He obliged, speaking frankly about the challenges he faced in his early
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    Lock icon H1N1 virus yet to mutate; vaccines on track: WHO
    560 1 Supplies 'limited' till end of year, but will ease early in 2010 HONG KONG: The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday gave an upbeat assessment of the global fight against the HINI flu virus as China, which is at
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    Lock icon Sharp rise in kids with behaviour disorders
    1000 1  -  Theresa Tan By Common disorders and how to spot them Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a learning and behavioural disorder. Children with ADHD talk excessively, do not listen to what is being said, and often make mistakes in their school work, among
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        Lock icon Make it 'can write, can speak'
        72 2 WE SAY No doubt about it: Spoken English has declined so badly that a concerted effort is required to arrest the dip before one can think of seeking improvements. The Education Ministry's campaign based on classroom practice and the use of language centres and
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        Lock icon G-20's empty promises
        46 2 COLUMNS It would be wrong for people around the world to have too much faith in the Group of 20's promises to rein in monetary and fiscal policies, much less to do so in a coordinated way, says Martin Feldstein. REVIEW PAGE A21
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        Lock icon On kosher genes
        26 2 Recent findings suggest that genes are irrevocably tied to ethnicity, though not necessarily skin colour or physiognomy, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A22
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        34 2 OUR READERS SAY Chan Kok Keong says the Housing Board's ethnic quota system needs tweaking, so it can respond more quickly to fluctuations and accommodate new arrivals. FORUM PAGE A23
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        13 2 www.straitstimes.com Tan Chong Yaw ponders the problem of dying phone batteries.
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      Lock icon Poland and Singapore: Thinking like Bismarck
      873 2  -  William Choong For small powers to survive, they need to think like big powers By SENIOR WRITER RUSSIA and the United States have made a deal that would make even arch-realists like Otto yon Bismarck blush. Last Thursday, the Obama administration announced it would
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      Lock icon Airship firm hopes for 2011 take-off
      504 3  -  Christopher Tan It secures rights to distribute Zeppelins in Singapore and Malaysia By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT A SINGAPORE-based company has secured the exclusive rights to bring in Zeppelin airships among the world's largest flying machines. Zeppelin Airship World (ZAW), started by German permanent resident Armin
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      Lock icon Drug offender with brain tumour spared jail sentence
      463 3  -  Khushwant Singh By IN WHAT is believed to be the first case of its kind, a hotel management student who smoked cannabis to relieve the pain of a brain tumour has been spared jail. Paresh A. Ramanlal was granted a conditional discharge
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      Lock icon The race goes on for Renault
      109 4 A Renault R29 2009 Formula One racing car is snapped in the Singapore circuit's pit building with the team's crates of equipment still unpacked. Yesterday, while more than half the 10 teams were already setting up their garages, all was quiet at Renault ahead
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      Lock icon Paralysed man who won right to starve dies
      444 6 PERTH: An Australian quadriplegic who won a landmark legal battle to starve himself to death by refusing food died yesterday, his family said, ending an existence he had described as a "living hell". Mr Christian Rossiter, 49, who was paralysed from the
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      Lock icon More US tourists – but they're visiting hospitals
      706 6  - More US tourists but they're visiting hospitals Salma Khalik Lack of insurance drives them to cheaper cures overseas By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT AN AMERICAN medical tourism company expects to send up to 20 patients a month to Singapore next year opening up a steady new supply of foreign pa- tients for
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      297 4 H COUPLE'S DEAL SENIOR CITIZENS' DEAL FRIENDS'DEAL H ALL-IN-FAREAT: ALL-IN-FARE FROM: ALL-IN-FARE FROM: I PER PERSON I I FOR 2 PERSONS I I PER PERSON (4-TO-GO) I J** Looking for a refreshing getaway? Choose one rkTir>vniTn is n T T«TUT-»AvrT»r ate x^W 5 i j vi ENJOY OUR 16 BIRTHDAY
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      1330 8  -  Ravi Velloor rats** But not over the top yet for Asian economies even as stock markets rebound and govt stimulus measures show results By IT'S FOR REAL "The recovery is as real as the red blood flowing througl the veins. The key issue is sustainability and
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      Lock icon China factories hungry for workers again
      988 8  -  Grace Ng Jobless rate comes down as surge in orders leads to labour crunch By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Gnilia B THE BAD NEWS: First-quarter growth fell to 6.1 per cent Ethe lowest in 10 years before recovering to 7.9 per cent in the second quarter.
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      Lock icon A job at last-but for how long?
      369 8 BEIJING: In September last year, when the machines in the once-bustling Xile Food Manufacturing factory in southern Guangdong province ground to a halt, 19-year-old Dong Yazhou thought the world had come to an end. Three years ago, the farmhand and his 40-year-old mother
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      Lock icon Distractions galore at G-20 meet
      1055 9  -  Chua Chin Hon Europe believes the US, troubled by debate on health care, must focus on financial reforms By US BUREAU CHIEF Host of issues for leaders to tackle KEY ISSUES Financial reforms: One year after the calamitous Wall Street collapse, frustration is building over
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        387 10 THREE major meetings will be taking place in the United States this week the United Nations General Assembly, the G-20 meeting as well as a climate conference. Here is a brief look at the three meetings and their agenda. CLIMATE SUMMIT, Today United
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        Lock icon China's bestseller predicts a bigger financial crisis
        529 10 BEIJING: A disaster worse than the financial crisis will engulf the world, predicted China's latest financial bestseller, and its author is preparing to profit from the turmoil. But that profit will not be in US dollars. Mr Song Hongbing's Currency Wars 2 will
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        85 12 Firemen investigating the site where a bus caught fire on a Beijing street yesterday. The municipal authorities said the blaze that destroyed the bus at a road crossing near Puhuangyu was caused by a gas pipeline leak in its engine. Only the driver and
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        Lock icon China halts knife sales ahead of Oct 1 bash
        695 12 Temporary ban follows two recent stabbing incidents near site of National Day festivities BEIJING: China has temporarily banned the sale of knives after two stabbing incidents in the capital, major retailers said yesterday, in the latest sign of official security fears
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        Lock icon Xinjiang's development 'hampered by unrest'
        348 12 BEIJING: Violence and unrest instigated by separatists agitating for an independent Xinjiang have hit economic development hard in the western Chinese region, a government policy paper said yesterday. Energy-rich Xinjiang, homeland to the Muslim Uighur people and strategically located in central Asia, has been struck
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        Lock icon Veteran MIC president ready to call it quits
        749 13  -  Elizabeth Looi Samy Vellu prepared to give in to BN allies who regard him as a liability By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Long-time Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu has for the first time indicated that he is ready to
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        Lock icon Suspension will anger MCA grassroots: Chua
        417 13 KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) deputy president Chua Soi Lek does not welcome a surprise decision by the party's central committee to overturn an earlier decision to sack him. The central committee announced last Saturday that Dr Chua would instead be suspended
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        Lock icon Well wishes for Thai King pour in
        547 14 Many flock to hospital to pray for his fast recovery BANGKOK: Thais were streaming to the capital's Siriraj Hospital yesterday to wish King Bhumibol Adulyadej a quick recovery, reported local media. People have been going to the hospital to sign get-well books since
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        Lock icon $2.4m in gems stolen at Thai fair
        228 14 BANGKOK: Three men posing as customers stole 56 million baht (552.4 million) worth of jewels from a Bangkok gems fair over the weekend in what police yesterday called the biggest heist in recent memory in Thailand. The men entered a booth at the
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        Lock icon Afghan war could fail, warns US general
        263 15 KABUL: The top United States commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, has said in a confidential assessment of the war that without additional forces and a new strategy, the mission "will likely result in failure". The assessment is contained in a 66-page
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        Lock icon World's major deltas face severe flood risk
        464 15 Rising sea levels and sinking land are main causes, study finds PARIS: Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught in the scissors of sinking land and rising sea levels, a study has found. The findings
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        Lock icon A time to celebrate
        208 16 Muslims around the world are celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. For most, this year's holiday began on Sunday, while for others, it started yesterday. The joyous occasion was marred by tragedy in Jakarta as more than a dozen
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        Lock icon MM Lee reveals more personal side
        652 18  -  Jeremy Au Yong He recounts experiences at tea session with students in Moscow ByJ MOSCOW: While the dialogue a day earlier had focused on the big picture and global policies, 10 students handpicked to attend a tea session with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
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          Lock icon Kidnapper back from S'pore
          131 18 MELBOURNE: A 23-year-old convicted kidnapper accused of fleeing to Singapore has been extradited and placed in police custody in Melbourne, The Age reported. Julian Mathias Buchwald, whose failure to show up in court last Thursday sparked a massive police hunt, arrived on Sunday, a police spokesman
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          Lock icon DPP threat on Uighur film
          148 18 TAIPEI: The pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday threatened to screen a film on exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer islandwide after China criticised plans to screen it in Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-biggest city. "If the copyright issue can be solved, the party's elected government officials are
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          Lock icon Jolo rebel base captured
          102 18 ZAMBOANGA (Philippines): A total of 24 Al-Qaeda-linked rebels and eight soldiers were killed as the military overran one of the extremists' main strongholds in the south of the country, officers said yesterday. Troops on Sunday took control of the Abu Sayyaf group's biggest camp on the
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          Lock icon 7 killed in Bhutan quake
          74 18 GAUHATI (India): Officials in Bhutan said an earthquake yesterday killed at least seven people in the remote, mountainous nation. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake caused homes to collapse in an eastern region of the country, which borders India. Much of Bhutan is sparsely populated, reachable only by
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          Lock icon Ex-boss pays $121m fine
          107 18 SEOUL: The former chairman of South Korea's largest business group Samsung has paid a fine of more than Ssl2o million in a single instalment, officials said yesterday. A court last month sentenced Lee Kun Hee to a suspended three-year prison term and a fine of 110
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          Lock icon Over 35m have dementia
          87 18 WASHINGTON: More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, said the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness. The new count is about 10 per cent higher than what scientists had predicted just a
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      233 9 6.37 AM 8.21 AM 8.52 AM STANDING BY TO WHIP UP YOUR PRE-ORDERED PREPARING FOR MONSOON SHOWERS. READY TO HOP ONTO THE FAST BREAKFAST. SUCCESS ALWAYS TASTES BETTER EVERYTHING'S TAKEN CARED OF SO NOTHING LANE. WE KNOW THE SHORTEST WHEN IT'S FRESH AND EARLY. DAMPENS YOUR SUIT AND SPIRITS. ROUTE
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      108 9 Jy WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, BLOGGED ABOUT AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm neighbour is a non-Muslim. MOST-READ ONLINE Non-Muslims joining in the fasting Financier killed himself. during Ramadan will understand the Headless conjoined twin born. real spirit of Islam it is a religion of true peace." BLOGGED ABOUT Non-Muslims join in the
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      379 18 Find out how to assess your bone health and manage related issues that affect your quality of life. Organised by The Straits Times Mind Your Body, your weekly source of health news, %^SS^ Kl7%7^Wr% th's seminar is a spin-off from the annual Health You Exhibition. Don't miss it. Presents SEMINAR
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Make it 'can write, can speak'
      426 19 IT WILL be a challenge to reverse the shocking decline of proficiency in spoken English among Singaporeans, and to also shore up second language skills. The effort must be made. School is about the best place to start. Language institutes and specialists that Education
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      Lock icon The G-20's empty promises
      917 19  -  Martin Feldstein By TALK about exit strategies will be high on the agenda when the heads of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries gather in Pittsburgh a few days from now. They will promise to reverse the explosive monetary and fiscal expansion of the past two
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      Lock icon Asia's delicate balancing act in globalisation
      801 19  -  Jong-Wha Lee By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES Emerging economies of the developing world must be allowed to speak frankly on their increasingly pivotal role in keeping the global economy growing. Their voices must not only be heard, but most importantly, they must play a
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        Lock icon On kosher genes and racism
        926 20  -  Andy Ho DAEDALUS By SENIOR WRITER Genes are irrevocably tied to ethnicity though not necessarily skin colour or physiognomy ...All this busts the notion that race is merely a socially constructed category with no biological basis whatsoever. Genomics seems to be hardening the biological boundaries
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        Lock icon Jingoism on the Thai-Cambodian border
        777 20  -  Peter Vail By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES PREAH Vihear temple is once again in the news, as protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) clashed with local Thai villagers near the Cambodian border. In 1962, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded Preah Vihear
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        Lock icon Populism as good economics
        827 20  -  Paul Krugman By Protecting consumers from financial abuse IN THE grim period that followed Lehman's failure, it seemed inconceivable that bankers would, just a few months later, be going right back to the practices that brought the world's financial system to the edge of collapse. At
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        Lock icon HDB's ethnic quota policy needs tweak
        397 21 THE Housing Board's ethnic integration policy needs tweaking if it is to better promote racial integration and harmony. HDB's website states that the status of ethnic changes is updated on the first day of each month and is "applicable for resale applications submitted in
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        Lock icon Staggered income ceiling worth a look
        252 21 I DISAGREE with Mr Lim Hing Kok's view last Thursday, "Four ways to bring down flat prices", that HDB owners be forced to leave their flats should they become "very successful in life". Public housing, as a means of residence, should not be taken
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        397 21 Walkabout "Mr Nature-loving Cabby, thanks for rescuing an Irishwoman lost in Singapore." I AM a 23-year-old Irish primary school teacher on a year-long career break, and I stopped over in Singapore for a twoweek stay with relatives before heading for my destination, Australia. Most evenings, I would go for
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        Lock icon Why these students get common call-up
        188 21 I REFER to Mr Sylvester Lim's letter, "Call-up blues" (Sept 14), on the call-up of operationally ready national servicemen (NSmen) who are pursuing full-time studies in institutions such as the Singapore Institute of Management. To maintain the operational readiness of army units, the Singapore
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        Lock icon Lost items: Be more proactive, Comfort
        383 21 GIVEN today's technology, I fail to understand why Comfort does not contact drivers to look out for items misplaced in their taxis when a phone report is made. I called Comfort on Sunday at around 10am to report that my parent's wallet had been
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      700 23  -  Jermyn Chow MOM: Bosses take large share of blame in half of 200 workplace deaths By HALF of the 200 workplace fatalities occurring over the past three years were caused by a failure to follow safety plans, a failure tacitly endorsed by bosses. In
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      456 24  -  Amelia Tan By PERSONAL EXPERIENCE "I know what it is like to play mahjong for hours and not wanting to stop because you think if you continue, you will start winning." Mr Tee Wei Jie, 23, an accountancy student A GROUP
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      554 25  -  Sujin Thomas SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER RETRIAL Accused's lawyer shows court online exchanges between victim and woman in Spore two months before murders By SYDNEY: In a courtroom surprise, new evidence has been submitted by the defence in the retrial of Ram Puneet Tiwary to
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      105 25 More than 30 syringes were found at a housing estate in Toa Payoh last Saturday. A computer technician, who gave his name only as Mr Huang, told Shin Mm Daily News that he discovered the discarded syringes while he was burning incense paper. They
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      817 26  -  Amelia Tan Church reaches out to serve community as it marks 100 years here By lyJ^HISTORY OF THF/^^J ANGLICAN CHURCH IN SINGAPORE 1819 Early Anglican settlers working for the British East India Company arrive I in Singapore 1837 The first Anglican church building is erected.
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      431 27  -  Leow Si Wan Group for the deaf also seeks to develop talents in the arts By WITH Singapore's silver population growing rapidly, many more people here risk losing their hearing. So the Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf) is reaching out to seniors
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      148 27 SINGAPORE has appointed its first non-resident ambassador and permanent delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). Mr Andrew Toh (right), 62, who will be based in Singapore, has had a long career with the United Nations. He has been with the organisation for
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      1162 28 Flavio's finished... but Renault drive on PARIS: Having emerged as one of Formula One's top power brokers over the past two decades, Flavio Briatore has now found himself completely ostracised from the sport. Renault may have escaped rather lightly from yesterday's "Crashgate" hearing, with a permanent ban suspended
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      514 28 WHAT THEY SAID "The World Motor Sport Council considers Renault Fl's breach relating to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to be of unparalleled severity. Renault Fl's breaches not only compromised the integrity of the sport but also endangered the lives of spectators, officials, other competitors
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      283 28 PARIS: Former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr criticised his former team boss Flavio Briatore and expressed bitter regret for his own role in Formula One's race-fixing controversy yesterday. The Brazilian driver escaped punishment after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) granted him immunity in exchange for
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        124 29 Undergraduate Low Shu Mm, 23, will be leading the Sing Tel Grid Girls out at the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. The psychology major at the National University of Singapore earned the honour after beating 19 other contestants to win this year's Grid
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        554 29  -  Leonard Lim But lighting consultant allays concerns over rain's effect on race By Today's driver appearances 3.30pm to spm Williams' Kazuki Nakajima at Santaro Japanese Restaurant, Amara Century Resort, Sentosa. 3.30pm to spm McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen at Exxon Mobil Refinery on Jurong Island. 4.15pm to 7.30pm Williams'
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        672 29  -  Steve Slater By LAST weekend at Goodwood in Britain, a unique motor racing event called The Revival served as a timely reminder of what motor racing used to be. The Goodwood track last held a contemporary motor race over 40 years
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        522 29  -  Jonathan Wong By WHAT was all the fuss about? That was my first thought as I sat in the Caparo Tl, otherwise known as the Johnnie Walker Join the Pact Supercar, yesterday. Sure, it had a top speed of 329kmh on a low downforce set-up,
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      1126 30 3 contentious extra minutes at Old Trafford The build-up to Michael Owen's winner and the controversy surrounding the additional minutes: 90th minute: Craig Bellamy scores his second goal of the afternoon to put Man City level at 3-3 shortly after the fourth official signalled that four
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      459 30 "If the referee doesn't feel it's a penalty and it's a dive, he should send him off. It's got to be one or the other, not nothing." HARRY REDKNAPP, on the Robbie Keane incident in the Chelsea penalty area LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti is not
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      325 30 MADRID: Real Madrid say their debt has risen to €327 million (Ss6Bo million), but they plan to cut the figure to €210 million by June. Announcing their accounts at their annual assembly on Sunday, the Spanish football giants said their debt has risen largely through an
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      276 30 LONDON: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to unleash his latest batch of young Gunners on Championship leaders West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup's third round today. Historically, Wenger has used English football's second-tier Cup tournament to blood his most highly-rated prodigies,
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      102 31 "F*** off, white boy." El-Hadji Diouf, who allegedly abused a ball boy verbally during Sunday's 0-3 loss to Everton at Goodison Park. The Blackburn footballer claimed the ball boy failed to return the ball quickly enough KATOWICE (Poland): Pau Gasol (right) scored 18 points and grabbed
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      362 31 Athletics Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Winners: Men 100m: Tyson Gay (USA) 9.69sec. 200m: Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.57. 400m: Lashawn Merritt (USA) 45.28. 800m: Augustine Choge (Ken) lmin 45.10sec. 1,500m: Amine Laalou (Mar) 3:34.19. 110m hurdles: Terrence Trammell (USA) 13.15. High jump: Andra Manson (USA) 2.27m. Long jump: Dwight Phillips
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      631 31 "I felt like I had just turned professional today. I was so nervous." CHOI NA YEON, on facing her putt on the 18th green She surrenders 7-shot lead but rallies on last hole to win World C'ship LA JOLLA (California): It is just as well
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      420 31 CHESTER-LE-STREET (England): Graeme Swarm took 5-28 as England bowled Australia out for 176 and won by four wickets on Sunday to avoid becoming the first side to lose a one-day international cricket series 0-7. Australia clinched the series 6-1, but surrendered their recently-regained status as the leading
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      150 31 Today Young Lions v Home (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm) Tomorrow SAFFC v Albirex (Choa Chu Kang, 7.45pm) Friday Home v Woodlands (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm. Live, Chs, 7.25pm) P W D L F APts 1SAFFC 2 Tampines Rovers 3 Brunei DPMM 4 Home United 5 Combak United 6 Super Reds 7
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        45 31 NEW DELHI: Virender Sehwag quit as captain of Indian Premier League cricket team Delhi Daredevils yesterday. He said he wanted to focus on his batting. Gautam Gambhir will lead the Daredevils in next month's Twenty2o Champions League tournament. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        41 31 BANGKOK: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Thailand Open due to a stomach injury suffered at the US Open earlier this month, tournament officials said yesterday The tennis tournament starts next week. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        42 31 WENTWORTH (England): The prize fund for the European golf tour's season-ending Dubai World Championship has been slashed from US$lO million (Ssl4 million) to US$7.5 million as a result of the global economic downturn. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      206 28 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Late Owen winner costs $2.3m Alonso attends Renault race-fixing hearing Chelsea ease to 3-0 win MOST COMMENTED 'Noisy' City silenced. Said madCoffee: "Two of Manchester City's goals were gifts one from Ben Foster, the other from Rio
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      129 31 Today Baseball World Cup, Italy: S-final (Live, Chll3, tomorrow, 2am). Cricket Champions Trophy: South Africa v Sri Lanka (Live, ChllO, 8.15pm and tomorrow, 12.45am). Football S-League: Young Lions v Home United (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm). Tomorrow Baseball World Cup, Italy: S-final (Live, Chll3, Thursday, 2am). Cricket Champions Trophy: Pakistan v West
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      142 33 I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-26 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house
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      56 33 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Katherine Kong Sheue Ling Passed away peacefully on 22 September 2008 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near... Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Teck Meng, Gavin,
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      103 33 PHANGYOONAI Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 21 September 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Chai See Juet, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Peter Chai Karen Wong Daughters: Sons-in-law: Judy Chai William Er Carnation Chai Scow Kia Kwan Grandsons: Granddaughters: Nicholas Chai Chloe Chai Ryan Er Richelle Er
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      75 33 Thalai Thevasam In Loving Memory of SUNDARARAJ S/O M. THARMALINGAM passed away peacefully on 2 October 2008. Wife: Amsavali Daughters: Sons-in-law: S. Logambal Ravindhran S. Rathika S. Magesvary Devandaran S. Brownie Sons: Grandchildren: S. Saravanan Divya (Kasthuri) S. Blackie Jeevanathan Father, Brothers, Sisters, In-Laws, Relatives Friends. Prayers will be held
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      125 33 TANAPAKIAM D/O MUNISAMY Age: 72 wife of the Late Karpayah s/o Raju passed away peacefully on 20 Sept 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: K. Sivam Raja K. Gunasundari K. Sambasivam M. Anjalidevi K. Sathasivam S. Anjalai K. Selvaraja Wee Hong Yen Daughters: Sons-in-law: K. Sulochana K. Ramasamy K.
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      60 33 Athma Shanti Pooja S. SENTHAMANI Departed on 8 September 2009 Sad/y missed by family loved ones. Karumathi Prayers will be held on Tuesday night, 22/09/2009 at Blk 206 A, Compassvale Lane, #02-61. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on Wednesday night, 23/09/2009, 7pm at Sri Sivan Temple, No 24 Geylang
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      136 33 "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-26 SEET LIAN NEO Age: 68 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 Sept 2009, leaving behind loved ones.
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      62 33 The family of the late CATHERINE FROIS Departed on 15 September 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and prayers during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Fr. John V. Dich Fr. Andrew Wong of
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      26 33 15th Anniversary In Everlasting Memory Of Jubilee Tan Eng Lee Departed 22 Sept 1994 Sadly missed and fondly remembered by your family and all loved ones.
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      47 33 The family of the late CASEY CHUA KIM SENG Departed on 16 September 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, church members, colleagues, clients and students for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      817 38  -  Jessica Cheam Cooling-off measures had little impact on weekend's sales By A quick sales tally M THE INTERLACE at the former Gillman Heights site In the past week, 233 units, or 65 per cent, of 360 units launched were sold. ELLIOT AT THE EAST
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      92 34 KE ITIN Coca-Cola, according to the industry report released last Thursday by New York-based global consulting firm Interbrand and Business Week magazine, is worth US$6B.7 billion (5597.4 billion) in value, a 3 per cent rise from a year ago. But, for the first time since the inaugural
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      583 35  -  Christopher Tan Group expects to sell 10,000 cars there this year: Asia-Pacific chief By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT THE conversation with Mr Christer Ekberg starts with the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show. On how the economic slowdown has taken a toll on the world's leading automotive exhibition
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      439 35 HONG KONG: China has quietly eased restrictions on its citizens travelling from Guangdong province to Macau, sending casino stocks soaring yesterday as industry executives bet on record October earnings in the world's hottest gambling market. Shares in Galaxy Entertainment
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      580 36 Investors snap up Treasuries even as US dollar weakens NEW YORK: Demand for the American dollar shows no sign of abating, even as the greenback falls to its lowest levels of the year and the United States' budget deficit tops US$l trillion (Ssl.4
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      343 36 WASHINGTON: Tax dodgers in the United States who have hidden assets overseas will get a few extra weeks to apply for an amnesty programme that has been flooded with applications ahead of tomorrow's deadline. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said yesterday the deadline
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      339 37  -  Smita Krishnaswamy Majority feel they lack know-how and men are better equipped By THREE out of four women here feel they are not equipped to make sound investment decisions and only half feel financially secure, a new survey has found. The online survey was
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        37 37 KALPANA DESAI: Appointed as deputy head of Asia for Macquarie Capital Advisers. Ms Desai, 42, will be based in Hong Kong, and was most recently head of Asia-Pacific mergers and acquisitions for Merrill Lynch.
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        46 37 WONG BAN SUAN: Retires from DBS Group Holdings at the end of the month. The 52-year-old managing director and head of the Central Treasury unit has helped manage the bank's balance sheet and asset and liability mix for increased returns since 2001.
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        48 37 KANG HWEE MENG: Appointed as an executive director and chief executive of C2O Holdings. Mr Kang, 48, joins from EFG Bank Singapore, where he was senior vice-president. Mr Robert Chua, an executive director of C2O Holdings, has been made the company's executive chairman.
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      244 37  -  Jonathan Kwok By OCBC Bank's push into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment has paid off with the bank winning an industry accolade. Its market initiatives have earned it the Innovation Class (I-Class) certification by Spring Singapore. It is the
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        1179 40  -  wena poon You can find poetry in Austin's creeks, graffiti, the homeless and horses I will just get this out of the way: Austin is a small town. The capital city of Texas has only 750,000 people, 16 per cent of Singapore's 4.7-million population. It is
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        715 41  -  Wena Poon The landscape of downtown Austin is changing and one of the driving forces behind this is architect Michael Hsu. His firm, Michael Hsu Design Office, has been quietly building nearly all of Austin's new hot spots, such as Uchi, a sushi bar; hip
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        1068 42  -  deepika shetty Once the location of a bloody battle, Inverness offers serene spots to chi out in and plenty to see Inverness Inverness in Scotland was granted its city status in 2000. It is the prosperous hub of the Highlands with an enviable location
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        609 43 Tourists still visit the epicentre of the hippie movement but things are not quite the same San Francisco First came a moratorium on the so-called head shops that sell pot-smoking paraphernalia. Then, neighbours turned out in force to support a new development that includes an upscale grocery store.
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        231 48 Seoul Korean star Bae Yong Joon has been hospitalised for an illness believed to have been caused by extreme fatigue and stress, his management agency said on Sunday, Yonhap reported. The agency said the actor was admitted to a Seoul hospital last Thursday after
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        64 48 Hong Kong star Andy Lav was cheered by fans when he made his first appearance at a public function after his secret marriage to Malaysian-born Carol Choo was exposed last month. He attended Sunday's charity premiere in Hong Kong of The Founding Of A Republic, the star-studded movie funded by
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        410 48 Tokyo Tributes have come in for Japanese cartoonist Yoshito Usui, after his bruised body was found on a mountain. Usui, 51, creator of the popular Crayon Shin-chan series, was popular worldwide among manga enthusiasts. He had gone missing on Sept 11 after going hiking on
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      329 52 "Capitalism is evil, and you can't regulate evil" that's the premise behind US documentary filmmaker Michael Moore's latest film "Capitalism, A Love Story", where the message is that "you have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people." Whether
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      586 61 Earn accounting finance qualifications Academic progression path from diploma to degree level available To become a qualified accountant or work in accounting and finance, you should be trained to maintain, audit and process financial information to help managers, investors, tax authorities and other parties make resource allocation decisions. Students with
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          209 68 Peek a moo! Visitors to the Wallace Education Centre will be greeted by these two life-size replicas of the building's former occupants cows. The new centre is named after English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Visitors can learn about the changing landscape of Dairy Farm and Bukit Timah
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          324 81 Muhammad Ariff Ahmad is considered the 'father of Malay linguistics'. HEATHER LIM tells you more about the 84-year-old expert on Malay culture MUHAMMAD Ariff Ahmad is an author and expert on Malay culture and traditions, having written many fiction and non-fiction books, children's books and
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          283 82 Try making poached fish fillet in barley broth for a healthy treat this week. Activity by MALINI NATHAN pr?Read the method carefully and draw a picture of the item ■ftW in bold in the space provided. The first one has been done for you. WARNING: DO NOT
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        191 76 AN AMERICAN man robbed a woman outside her home then returned two hours later to ask her out on a date. Stephen Bennett, 20, was one of three men who robbed Ms Diana Martinez and Mr Daniel Martinez Batista of their wallets at gunpoint outside
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          393 77 What happens when a person faints and what causes it? KIMIKO CHAN explains 89 FAINTING, which doctors also call "syncope", happens when the brain does not get enough blood or oxygen. When this happens, a person passes out, blacks out or loses consciousness. This often happens all of
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          316 79 Read the following texts, then answer the questions below. By MALINI NATHAN Muhammad Ali, 67, and battling Parkinson's disease, made a sentimental journey on Sept 1 to discover his Irish roots. He met distant relatives during celebrations at the local town he and a nearby
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          562 70 The Five Ws and an H of a new book about the People's Action Party. By ANDREW DUFFY WHERE DID THEY GET THEIR FACTS FROM? The authors talked to the winners and the losers. The winners are the men in white who still sit in Parliament.
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        349 71 The numbers, faces, events and places of the region. By AMANDA TAN THE BIG FACE Chen Shui-bian The former Taiwan president, 58, was jailed for life on Sept 11 after being convicted of wrongly using public money and taking money for favours. WHY IT MATTERS Chen wants the island
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          607 80 HISTORY IN THE HEADLINES* Palestinian terrorists storm into their Olympic village apartment at the Munich Games, taking them hostage MUNICH, GERMANY, SEPT 6,1972 Eleven athletes and coaches from Israel's Olympic Games team have been killed by terrorists who attacked them at the Olympic Village
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          273 73 THE use of newspaper articles as a dynamic, relevant source for teaching will be among the tips and ideas teachers will share at The Straits Times' fourth annual Teachers Forum on Thursday. The session, which is free, will show how articles can
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          456 78 9 Win tickets to watch Shorts! ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Toe Thompson is a school "nerd" who struggles to make friends. One day, a mysterious rainbow-coloured rock falls from the sky and hits Toe on the head, changing everything. The rock has the power to grant the wishes of anyone who
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      173 84 'BIGACTIVITY* I EXCLUSIVE PUZZLE BY PAUL ERIC ROCA, ST ART DEPARTMENT UNIVERSAL KAKURO H Pii I Hey Kids! Can you you climb up the \j L /T^ word ladder and change "walk" into created by vmothy e. Parker /J "beat"? Change one letter from each HHHjIHHHHHjH] word as you go
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