The Straits Times, 30 September 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    Lock icon Rush to replace old ez-link cards
    91 1 More than 20 commuters spent their lunchtime standing in line at the Transit Link ticket office in the Toa Payoh MRT station yesterday. Most were waiting to exchange their old ez-link cards for new ones. The LTA has said that the old cards cannot
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      56 1 SUPERMARKET chain Sheng Siong has bought up five wet markets and plans to convert them into "air-conditioned markets". The move has upset residents who patronise the affected markets in Choa Chu Kang, Serangoon North, Bukit Batok West and Bukit Panjang; the stallholders there also wonder what will become
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      70 1 FLOOD relief efforts are falling behind as the Philippines continues to struggle to cope with the fallout of the floods wrought by last weekend's cyclone. Nearly 400,000 homeless survivors have been crammed into evacuation centres, and the authorities are coming under criticism for their response. The storm has,
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      Lock icon Singapore student killed
      55 1 A SINGAPORE Polytechnic student on attachment in Heilongjiang in north-eastern China has died from stab wounds picked up in a nightclub brawl there. Details of the dispute are hazy, but 19-year-old Vincent Chia Ming Jin's father has gone there to sort out arrangements to bring his body
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      Lock icon Alonso moves to Ferrari
      49 1 TWO-TIME Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is set to sign a five-year contract with Ferrari worth €25 million (Sss2 million) a season. According to Cadena Ser radio, the deal will be announced tomorrow, before this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. SPORT PAGE 810
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      40 1 WASHINGTON plans to hold its first direct talks with Myanmar leaders this week. But the policy shift towards engaging Myanmar does not mean the United States will scrap the sanctions imposed on the regime. WORLD PAGE Al9
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    Lock icon SingTel, StarHub battle for EPL rights
    630 1  -  Terrence Voon Bidding war looms, with customers likely to end up paying more By SINGAPORE'S two pay-TV giants have submitted bids to broadcast live English Premier League (EPL) matches from next year. This sets the stage for a bidding war that could ultimately see
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    Lock icon Realising Russia's potential
    290 1  -  Kor Kian Beng By VISITING Russian businessmen and political leaders discussed ideas yesterday on how to take their country forward amid the economic downturn. One way is to make better use of the wealth generated from its oil and gas resources, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew
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        Lock icon The foreigners in your face
        84 2 WE SAY Singaporeans have been vocal about the many foreigners in their midst. The latest population figure which shows one-third of the 4.99 million population is made up of foreigners could accentuate the tension. Feelings could ease if more permanent residents, who number a substantial
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        Lock icon Secularism put to test
        32 2 COLUMNS K. Kesavapany examines the challenges to Singapore's secularism, which has been twice tested this decade by the Jemaah Islamiah and the Aware saga. REVIEW PAGE A 23
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        Lock icon Put residents needs first
        28 2 OUR READER SAYS Town councils should use excess funds to help residents, and not for investments, says Lim Beo Thiam. FORUM PAGE A 25
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        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow discusses how the weakening greenback is impacting on regional equities markets.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      74 2 IN YESTERDAY'S report "Population rises but at a slower pace", the figures given in the accompanying graphic for the age composition in 1970 and 2009 were incorrect. The composition in 1970 should be 0-14 years (39.1%), 15-64 years (57.5%) and 65 years and over (3.4%),
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      Lock icon Tame doctors' greed and protect patients
      866 2  -  Salma Khalik Not letting GPs profit from certain drug sales can curb malpractices By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THERE is no doubt that the majority of the 8,000 doctors here are ethical professionals. But time and again, black sheep who indiscriminately prescribe drugs for profit and
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      Lock icon Who will represent S'pore now?
      802 3  -  Lim Wei Chean Carolyn Quek Controversial Ris Low gives up her beauty pageant title By &< CONTROVERSY-PLAGUED beauty queen Ris Low has decided to give up the Miss Singapore World crown, saying that it was a decision that was "best for everyone". Her comments came
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      Lock icon Fann goes Bollywood
      196 3  -  BOON CHAN ACTRESS Farm Wong looked like a Bollywood princess when she stepped into the Shangri-La Hotel last night with her bridegroom, fellow MediaCorp star Christopher Lee. She wore a pale cream wedding gown encrusted with over 1,000 gems and crystals, complete with a head shawl, while
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      Lock icon Poly student dies in nightclub brawl in China
      567 5  -  Kimberly Spykerman Three men accosted him in the toilet, and later stabbed him By A SINGAPORE Polytechnic student on an industrial attachment in a city in north-east China died from stab wounds after a nightclub brawl with three Chinese nationals last Friday.
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      Lock icon Google's three-wheeler
      168 5 A CAMERA-mounted tricycle will soon make tracks in areas here closed off to cars. Google's Street View Trike is following up on the work done by its camera-mounted cars, which took a year to take photos that will go into making Google Street Singapore, a three-dimensional and virtual
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      16 5 PARLIAMENT will sit on Oct 19 at 1.30pm, the Clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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      Lock icon 3.6m old ez-link cards yet to be replaced
      548 6  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By LONG queues snaked from Transit Link ticket offices yesterday as commuters scrambled at the last minute to get their ez-link cards replaced. They must swop them for a new card with enhanced features by the end of today,
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      Lock icon More storms headed to the Philippines
      621 6  -  Alastair Mclndoe TYPHOON KETSANA Arroyo opens palace grounds for distributing supplies to flood victims By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA: The Philippines braced itself for more storms this week, as the massive floods from tropical storm Ketsana stretched relief efforts to the limits. Rescuers pulled more
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      Lock icon Ketsana batters Vietnam, killing 32
      444 6 DANANG (Vietnam): Typhoon Ketsana killed at least 32 people as it roared into central Vietnam yesterday, causing almost 170,000 people to flee the floods, heavy rain and winds of up to 145kmh. After gathering strength over the South China Sea, the typhoon made landfall on
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      Lock icon Singapore Red Cross raising funds
      287 6 THE Singapore Red Cross is raising funds to help Filipino survivors of the recent tropical storm Ketsana, one of the worst storms there in decades. The Philippines Tropical Storm Appeal began yesterday and funds collected from now till Oct 30 will go towards immediate relief
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      806 8  -  Jessica Cheam The aim: Spore as regional centre for leadership training By Accenture India receives first Asian Human Capital Award ACCENTURE Services India won the inaugural Asian Human Capital Award at a ceremony held at the Raffles City Convention Centre yesterday. The judging panel was
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      Lock icon MM optimistic about Russia, but it's not all smooth going
      959 10  -  Jeremy Au Yong The country has vast potential; oil wealth has to be used wisely By 3 AREAS WHERE WE CAN COOPERATE MONEY PAGE 820 MORE REPORTS MONEY PAGE 819 FOLLOWING his five visits to Russia in the past four
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      Lock icon The man who brought Russia to Singapore
      1726 10  -  Kor Kian Beng THE ST INTERVIEW By Geopolitical harmony THINKING out of the box comes naturally to the former ambassador to Russia. When Mr Michael Tay wanted to raise Russian awareness of Singapore, he turned to music. He commissioned renowned Russian composer Vladimir
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      Lock icon Country that is becoming more global
      464 10 f~\ How do you see Russia developing in the V^ near future? With oil and commodity prices all going up, and China and India not having much resources, these are all emerging markets that will need all kinds of inputs into their systems. Russia
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      Lock icon Chilling video footage from Noordin's laptop
      992 11  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA HOTEL BOMBINGS IN JULY Bombers picked by Noordin's talent spotter THE two men behind the twin bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were believed to have been recruited by preacher Syaifudin Zuhri Djaelani Irsyad, suspected to
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        618 12  -  Salim Osman But critics say legislation is attempt to undermine work of anti-corruption agency By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia's Parliament last night approved a controversial Bill that some fear will weaken the power of the country's respected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The passage of the
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        Lock icon Lockdown for Beijing's prime avenue
        632 13  -  Peh Shing Huei Chang'an Avenue residents find their windows locked, movement restricted ahead of 60th anniversary oarade By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF NO FREEDOM There are new restrictions every day. Both humans and dogs are not allowed to roam freely. Most people are not too pleased."
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        Lock icon China 'bids for Nigerian oil stakes'
        576 14 CNOOC's $42 billion bid puts it in competition with Western oil groups LAGOS: Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC is among companies in talks with Nigeria to buy large stakes in some of the richest oil blocks in the world, according to the president's office
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        Lock icon No more jobs descending from heaven
        777 15 High salaries, string-pulling and scandals THE practice of amakudari, which allows Japanese public officials to move to high positions in the private and public sectors before their official retirement age is up, dates back to before World War 11. But now, amakudari is widely
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        479 16  -  Hazlin Hassan BAGAN PINANG BY-ELECTION Ex-federal minister was suspended from party in 2004 for buying votes By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) will field a tainted Umno leader as its candidate for a by-election in Negeri Sembilan, in a battle in which it
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        Lock icon Actress killed herself with weedkiller
        337 16 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian actress K. Sujatha committed suicide by drinking weedkiller, the coroner ruled yesterday. Coroner Mohd Faizi Che Abu admitted that the disappearance of urine samples and the family's refusal to allow a post-mortem had deprived him of "knowing the cause of death from
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        Lock icon India's big shift to nuclear power
        672 17  -  Ravi Velloor Expansion offers huge opportunities for global industry, says PM Singh By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India wants to raise the amount of power it generates from atomic energy a hundredfold, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, signalling the prospect of billions
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        Lock icon Arms race a 'waste of money'
        222 17 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should not start an "arms race" with Singapore, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. He said this when asked for his views on Singapore's plan to exhibit two F-16 fighters at an international aerospace show in Langkawi in December,
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        Lock icon US set for direct talks with Myanmar leaders
        837 18  -  Bhagyashree Garekar Meeting on UN sidelines first time junta has shown interest in engaging with Washington By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: Washington is preparing for its first direct contact with the Myanmar junta on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Assembly in
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        Lock icon Populism and fear tactics ahead of certain defeat
        809 20  -  Jonathan Eyal NEWS ANALYSIS By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is relying on a mix of populist measures and fear tactics in his uphill battle to win voter support against the opposition Conservatives. In all his speeches
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        Lock icon Brown rallies Labour with talk of change
        546 20 He promises at annual conference to target crime, clean up politics BRIGHTON (England): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the ruling Labour Party to "change the world again" in what was billed as his make-or-break speech at the party's annual conference, BBC
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        Lock icon US working to cut off Iran's links
        522 21 Plans to target Iranian economy if talks to rein in nuclear ambitions fail WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is laying plans to cut Iran's economic links to the rest of the world if talks this week over the country's nuclear ambitions founder, according to
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        Lock icon A bed that's also a wheelchair
        70 21 An employee of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic demonstrating a new robotic product that transforms from a bed into a wheelchair at the annual Home Care and Rehabilitation Exhibition in Tokyo yesterday. The innovation is designed to help people with limited mobility maintain an independent
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          80 21 NEW DELHI: Loss-making state-run Air India has cancelled a quarter of its international and domestic flights, and will suspend bookings on more flights, due to a strike by its pilots over pay, the carrier's spokesman said yesterday. Around 250 pilots have refused to work since last
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          Lock icon Tackling bridge suicides
          99 21 SEOUL: The city of Seoul aims to stamp out suicides at major bridges spanning the Han River, following an increase in the number of people trying to end their lives at these spots. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters Department will launch, by next year, a
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          116 21 LONDON: Years of torment from young neighbours led a despairing single mother to kill herself and her disabled daughter, a British inquest jury ruled. Police inaction contributed to the deaths, it said. Ms Fiona Pilkington suffered more than a decade of abuse from a gang of youths
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          Lock icon Nixon kin back in politics
          197 21 ALBANY (New York): Mr Edward Cox, the adored son-in-law of former United States president Richard Nixon, is re-entering public life, taking on the task of reviving the demoralised and shrunken Republican Party in New York state. Mr Cox, who appeared at the ex-president's side during
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      Lock icon The foreigners in your face
      435 22 SINGAPORE'S population will exceed five million before the year is out. The 3.1 per cent rate of increase, to 4.99 million inhabitants at end-June, has been the slowest since 2007 on account of more foreign workers going home when jobs became scarce. But like Dubai,
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      Lock icon Secularism in S'pore a work in progress
      459 22  -  K. Kesavapany THINK-TANK By IN DECEMBER 1965, at the very first session of independent Singapore's Parliament, then Law Minister E.W. Barker emphasised the absolute need for Singapore to be a secular state. "Whilst a multiracial secular society is an ideal espoused by many,"
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      421 22 substantial challenges to Singapore's model of secularism. One was violent; the other non-violent but noteworthy precisely because of the peacefulness with which it occurred. well-integrated into the economic and social structures of the country. What this means is that the JI operatives' motives
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      817 22  -  Bruce Gale By SENIOR WRITER WILL South Korea become the first of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries to raise interest rates from their record lows? Recent statements by Bank of Korea (BoX) governor Lee Seong Tae suggest that it might. Seoul's moves
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        Lock icon The dragon marks its peaceful rise
        826 23  -  Ron Matthews Wang Di 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF PRC By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES China's desire to cultivate the image of a benign and responsible state is likely to curtail any use of its hard power. Therefore, the country's rise should be
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        Lock icon Story of growth and unhappiness
        834 23  -  Ching Cheong By SENIOR WRITER MAO Zedong helped the Chinese people stand up; Deng Xiaoping helped them get rich. This oft-heard saying neatly sums up the achievements of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over the past 60 years. The first three decades of communist
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        806 23  -  Harold James By IF ANYONE wanted evidence that we are not in the political world of the interwar Great Depression, the outcome of the German election a stable government of the cen-tre-right should be a clincher. In interwar Germany, the Depression destroyed German democracy and led
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        373 24 ASSESSING TOWN COUNCILS I REFER to last Thursday's report, "Town councils to be assessed individually". I am 52 years old, and have been unemployed for the past 18 months. Before that, my earnings were fitful, especially after my business collapsed and I lost
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      469 28  -  Jermyn Chow Increase in rates due to higher fuel prices By ELECTRICITY charges will go up by 12.5 per cent from tomorrow on the back of higher fuel prices, utility provider SP Services said yesterday. Electricity will cost households 21.69 cents per kilowatt hour
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      222 28  -  AMRESH GUNASINGHAM THAT old computer circuit board, printer or mobile phone we throw away without a second thought is being turned into gold, as part of the national push to minimise waste here. For the past four years, Centillion Environment and Recycling which specialises in extracting
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      340 29  -  Elena Chong US govt seeks extradition of businessman to face terror charges By COURTS CORRESPONDENT FORMER Reform Party committee member Balraj Naidu Ragavan was brought before a district court yesterday for an extradition hearing in relation to terrorism charges and brokering an arms deal
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      271 29  -  ELENA CHONG IT WAS an apparent case of texting gone too far. Yesterday, a 40-year-old housewife appeared in court for allegedly "bombing" a man with more than 200 SMSes from her mobile phone. Bavani Subramaniam, charged two weeks ago, is accused of intentionally
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      671 30  -  Sujin Thomas SYDNEY DOUBLE MURDER RETRIAL Jury retires to come to verdict in Tiwary trial By About the case TWO Singaporean undergraduates were found murdered in a Sydney apartment on Sept 15, 2003. Seven months later, their flatmate Ram Puneet Tiwary, a fellow Singaporean
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      457 30  -  Selina Lum By THE driver of a bus who ran over a Chinese national, as well as the bus company, were yesterday found wholly liable for the fatal accident two years ago in a civil suit filed by the victim's husband and
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      702 31  -  Zakir Hussain They will also ensure that affiliated firms comply with unfair competition laws By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CPIB director Soh Kee Hean noted that in places like the Middle East, Singapore companies are viewed in a positive light because of their
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      511 32  -  Zakir Hussain By LAW Minister K. Shanmugam is confident that Singapore can preserve its clean image despite a rise in the number of immigrants and the opening of the integrated resorts next year. In its favour are four factors that have played a
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      409 32  -  Grace Chua Keppel is among 10 winners of water conservation prize By GOLF courses are notorious for being environmental villains, what with their high water consumption and use of pesticides. But Keppel Club, nestled in Pasir Panjang, not far from Sentosa, is trying to
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      822 33 Manchester United v Wolfsburg Live, mio TV Ch6l, tomorrow, 2.45 am Who are Wolfsburg? They are owned by Volkswagen and were founded in 1945 as the car manufacturer's works team. They play at the Volkswagen Arena. They wear white shorts because, when the club were founded, the shorts
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      74 33 Today Group A Bayern Munich v Juventus Live, mio TV Ch63, tomorrow, 2.39 am Girondins Bordeaux v Maccabi Haifa Group B Manchester United v Wolfsburg Live, mio TV Ch6l, tomorrow, 2.45 am CSKA Moscow v Besiktas Live, mio TV Ch6l, tomorrow, 12.30 am Group C AC Milan v
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      431 33 MUNICH: The last time Bayern Munich lost at home in the group stage of the Champions League was five years ago, and the opponents were Juventus. The German team have much to be worried about when they play Juventus again in Munich today: They
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      587 34 "We didn't win our headers and we didn't win our tackles... you've got to match their work rate. We didn't do that, the whole team." JOHN TERRY (right), blasting his teammates after the shock Wigan loss Chelsea can't afford to stumble against Apoel after Wigan shocker NICOSIA:
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      569 34 MANCHESTER: Carlos Tevez refused to celebrate, despite netting his first two Premier League goals for Manchester City in a 3-1 win over West Ham on Monday. His teammate Emmanuel Adebayor courted controversy when he ran the length of the field to celebrate in front of
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      130 35 CENTURION (South Africa): Heavy rain caused the abandonment of the Champions Trophy Group A cricket match between India and Australia at the Super Sport Park on Monday. Australia were in a strong position on 234-4 after 42.3 overs at the time of the stoppage. They play Pakistan,
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      152 35 Cricket Champions Trophy In Centurion: Australia 234-4 in 42.3 overs (T. Paine 56, R. Ponting 65, M. Hussey 67, C. White 35 n.0.) v India. Match abandoned due to rain. Football English Premier League Manchester City 3 West Ham 1. Tennis Pan Pacific Open In Tokyo, 2nd rd: Aleksandra
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      553 35 Changing colours Fl drivers change teams like they change gears. Here are some frequent movers: Fernando Alonso (9 years, 3 teams) '01 Minardi '02-'O6 Renault '07 McLaren '08-'O9 Renault '10 Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen (9 years, 3 teams) '01 Sauber '02-'O6 McLaren '07-'O9 Ferrari '10 McLaren Nick
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      425 35 TOKYO: The US$2 million (Ss2.B million) tennis Pan Pacific Open has lost its top six seeds, after Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva bowed out in the second round yesterday. That leaves No. 7 Jelena Jankovic, a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 winner over
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      204 35 SINGAPORE Armed Forces FC are just one win away from their fourth straight S-League football crown. They can clinch the title with four matches to spare if they win tonight's away game against fifth-placed Gombak United at the Jurong West Stadium. The Warriors' job was
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      484 35 KEEPING FANS EXCITED "The whole idea is to play well at the end... It's very similar to what they do with Nascar, what they try to do with play-offs in other sports." TIGER WOODS, on the points system ATLANTA: After two successive years of tweaking
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        57 35 BERLIN: Ex-Germany football captain Lothar Matthaus has been linked with the vacant coaching role at Hertha Berlin. Lucien Favre was fired on Monday, after Hertha's 1-5 defeat at Hoffenheim last weekend, which left them at the bottom of the Bundesliga table. Matthaus, 48, is currently
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        49 35 BANGKOK: World No. 25 Sam Querrey has pulled out of tennis' Thailand Open, after undergoing emergency surgery for a freak injury. The American was sent to hospital on Monday after he stumbled and landed on a glass table, badly cutting his right forearm. REUTERS
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        36 35 MELBOURNE: Australia cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy, due to an injured back, on the eve of a crucial match against Pakistan. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      337 33 O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Hamilton lashes Singapore circuit. Devils enjoy extra time. Arsenal's boys beat WBA in League Cup. MOST COMMENTED Arsenal's boys beat WBA in League Cup. Says analytic: "Third-choice goalkeeper Vito Manone made half a dozen saves and almost
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      237 35 Today Basketball Singapore Challenge Series: Singapore Slingers v Barangay Ginebra (PBA) (Singapore Indoor Stadium, Bpm). Cricket Champions Trophy: Australia v Pakistan (Live, ChllO, 3.15pm and 7.45pm). Football S-League: Gombak v SAFFC (Jurong West, 7.45pm). Asian Champions League, q-finals 2nd leg: Pohang Steelers v Bunyodkor (Live, Ch24, 5.25pm), FC Seoul v
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      58 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Ms. Amie Family CAPT. HANS J. ROSENFELDT Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. From The Management Staff Of BBC Chartering Singapore Pte Ltd Andersen Shipping Company Pte Ltd Agility Project Logistics Pte Ltd Sadly missed and forever
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      147 36 MARY HEW YOKE MOY passed away peacefully on 29/09/2009. Dear Mother, Your loving spirit touched many lives in many ways, With dear father, you are reunited for eternal days, A new journey you have begun, But you will never be far, Forever you will be treasured in our memories, our
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      37 36 Siti Saleha Binte Ali Enrolled Nurse Ward 58 General Surgery Singapore General Hospital The Management and Staff of Singapore General Hospital extend their deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of the Late Siti Saleha Binte Ali.
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      31 36 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Vikneshvaran Samugam Departed: 30th September 2006 Dearly missed and Fondly remembered by Father: S R Samugam, Mother: Anjalay Dcvi Brothers: Shentil Kumaran and loved ones
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      81 36 CAPT. HANS J. ROSENFELDT Age 65 Passed away peacefully on 28th September 2009, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Amie Rosenfeldt Daughter Misty Son Tristan Son-in-law Luke Grandchildren Charlie Rocco, Alfie Lucas Please kindly send your wreaths to Address: 2, Chwee Chian View Singapore *****8 We would
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      118 36 am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though he dies." John 11:25 NEO AH LAY Age: 73 Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 September 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Tan Kirn Leong (deceased) Sons: Spouses:
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      38 36 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SHIVANATH PARTAP CHAND Departed 30/9/2007 Of one we will never forget His absence to us is a sorrow His loss we will always regret Forever in our hearts Dearly missed by family
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      156 36 CINDY TEO KEOW GEOK Age: 55 Passed away peacefully on 28 September 2009. Dearly missed and always remembered by: Husband: Francis Ng Swee Huat Mother: Goh Ah Hoon Son: Ng Shun Geng Daughter: Ng Qiu Rong Siblings: Spouses: Teo Kay Leng Chua Bee Hong Teo Keh Hock Lim Ah Yeo
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      36 37 In Loving Memory of our Dear and Close Friend CAPTAIN HANS Time changes many things but not the wonderful memory of knowing you From Paul and Salinah Baragwanath and The Management and Staff of Underwater Shipcare
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      28 37 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SALLY CHEANG LYE NEO (Wife of the Late Orchard PohWhatt Chye) Departed 30 September 2005 Always remembered by family and loved ones.
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      145 37 "7 have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness." 2 Timothy 4:7-8 LAGMAN S. JESUS Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, 28 September 2009. Fondly remembered
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      56 37 OM SIVALINGAM SINNASAMY Jaison Silva Age: 55 Departed on 28-9-09 Sadly missed by: Wife: Jeyanthy D/o Selvam Son: Siva Prakash Father: Sinnasamy, deceased Mother: Dhanaletchimi all Brothers, Sisters, Relatives Friends. Dearest Husband is rostlno st BLK 437 Jurong West Aval., #05-432 Contact: *****274(Praka5h) *****S79(Devan) Cortege leaves today, 30-9-09, 3.30pm for
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      42 37 1 Oth Anniversary In Loving Memory of DR ELLIOT YOONG CHONG PIN called home on 30 Sept 1999 10 years gone by, yet you'll live forever in our hearts and mind. Missing you dearly, our world's best husband, father, son and friend.
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      49 37 The family of the late CHOO KAN TEE Departed on 24 September 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates and church members for their kind L assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions KS during their recent bereavement, jj
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      85 37 OW LAN CHAN Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 29 Sep 2009 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Eng Fock Tin, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law: Eng Aik 800 Steven Lorna Quek Eng Aik Wee Daughter: Son-in-law: Eng Aik Kin Teo Boon Chuan Grandson: Eng Zenghong Derric Granddaughters: Eng Zenghui Darrelle Eng Zengrui
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      25 37 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory Ng Her Peng-w-?°r±f-(*^-«N£) Dept 30 9 2003 'Forever Cherished and Remembered By:^ Wife, Children, Daughters-in-law, ,J t Grandchildren Loved Ones
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      56 37 VELLIAPPAN THEVAR Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 29 Sept 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Ramatha Son: Subramaniam Daughter: Annathai Son-in-law: Ramakrishna Grandchildren Relatives. Body is resting at BlklllSerangoon North Avel, #06-609. Tel: *****172 Cortege will leave on 30 September 2009 (Wednesday) at 4.30pm for
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      45 37 SHIVA SAMBO R RAJAKUMAR (SHANKAR) Age:34 Passed away peacefully on 28-9-09 Sadly missed by: Wife: Sunitha all Relatives Friends. Dearest Husband is resting at BLK 177, #07-241 BUKIT BATOK WEST AveB Hp: *****304/*****493 Cortege leaves today, 30-9-09,4.30pm for cremation at Mandai Crematorium Hall 4, spm
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      334 37 FAREWELL CAPT. HANS JORGEN ROSENFELDT f^ We are saddened by the passing ofCapt. Hans Jorgen Rosenfeldt, Master Mariner, Father, Brother Son on CF§nu?m eg?€iJt> of companies 28 September 2009. Whether at the helm of a pleasure craft, on the bridge of a v VLDCC or as Master of a Supply
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      772 45  -  Robin Chan FOURTH RUSSIA-SINGAPORE BUSINESS FORUM SM Goh identifies three areas where Singapore, Russia can cooperate By ONE is driven by natural resources, the other has very few. One covers a vast land mass, the other is tiny. Russia a nation of more
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        559 38  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS Wilmar and property stocks in Singapore attract buying interest By ASIAN markets staged a surprise comeback yesterday following sharp falls on Monday. Taking heart from overnight gains on Wall Street, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) added 34.06 points, or
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        472 39  -  Francis Chan Tour operator says venturing into hotel industry is a natural step as it seeks growth areas By SHANGHAI: Tour operator Commonwealth Travel Service Corporation (CTC) Holidays is aiming high for its fledgling hotel business with a plan to launch 20
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      581 40  -  Yang Huiwen GENERAL ELECTRIC CEO'S VIEW But GE is expanding its presence in Asia in anticipation of growth By THE visiting boss of General Electric, the largest conglomerate in the United States, believes the outlook for the global economic recovery is still very uncertain. But Mr
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      41 40 How the Chinese economy does in the short term is probably more important than sitting there praying for a robust recovery in the US." a Mr Jeffrey Immelt, GE's chairman and chief executive PHOTO: THE BUSINESS TIMES
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        203 42  -  JONATHAN KWOK Mr Tan and Mr Chan received a Sony handycam DCR-SR67E worth $899 from HSBC. Send your entrepreneurial story to franchan@sph. com. sg You may just be featured in our SME Spotlight in the coming weeks. Featured entrepreneurs will receive Pan-West vouchers worth
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      649 43  -  Despite agency's huge portfolio, it has regained over half of recent losses By Alvin Foo THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has done well in the timing of its stock market moves given the size of its portfolio, said fund managers and analysts
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      509 43  -  Gabriel Chen By MALAYSIA'S CIMB Group is making an aggressive bid to bolster its retail presence in Singapore, despite being hobbled by restrictions that allow it to have only two branches here. The group's retail banking business was officially launched in Singapore yesterday by
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      736 44  -  Fiona Chan FOURTH RUSSIA-SINGAPORE BUSINESS FORUM While US, Europe try to tighten rules, emerging economies must open up further: Tharman By ACHIEVING A WORKABLE MIDDLE GROUND Have strong local banks "The need for a few strong domestic banks as anchors of the system is
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      256 44 NEW YORK: United States house prices rose for a third month in July, but consumer confidence fell unexpectedly this month as the worst job market in 26 years fuelled worries about personal finances, private reports showed yesterday. The reports showed it is still early
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      1302 47  -  John lui Known as a guy's writer, British author attempts his most in-depth portrayal of a female yet in Juliet, Naked The man who came to fame as a writer of novels about men, for men, is now being embraced by female readers. Nick Hornby's choice of themes
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        587 48  -  ong sor fern Woodstock-era nostalgia is sweet but shallow in director Lee Ang's fuzzy take on life in the 1960s TAKING WOODSTOCK (R2l) 110 minutes/Opens tomorrow The story: Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) is a mild mannered interior designer and painter helping out at his parents' rundown motel in
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        415 48  -  jocelyn lee ffWEWesDionage/thriller THE MESSAGE (NCI6) 116 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: During World War 11, a Chinese puppet government is infiltrated by an underground anti-Japanese group called Old Gun. Japanese officer Taketa arrests five suspects, who are tortured until the mole turns himself in. With a
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        799 49  -  John lui A comedy about death? Director Judd Apatow gets more realistic and personal in his new movie film correspondent 'It's actually called Let Me Underwhel You. It's not even me singing, it's Seal' Singer Robbie Williams (right), promoting his upcoming album, Reality Killed The Video Sta 'If
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        528 49  -  John lui comedy FUNNY PEOPLE (M 18) 146 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: Successful but lonely comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandier) discovers he has leukaemia and re-evaluates his life. He hires unknown stand-up comic Ira Wright (Seth Rogen) to write jokes as well as become his personal minder. Through
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        805 50  -  Dave Chua Deepika Shetty The coming months will see two movies from China based on real or fictional heroes. Mulan Opens: Dec 3 Disney had its turn with Mulan in 1998 and now China is taking it back. China actress and singer Vicki Zhao
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        216 50  -  John Lui All the buzz in the movie world Bodyguards And Assassins Opens: Dec 18 Actor and martial arts practitioner Donnie Yen (right) scored a sleeper hit last year playing Bruce Lee's teacher in the wmtm *93& jm^ martial arts biopic Ip Man. This time, he is a
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      669 51  -  cheryl tan Anita Kapoor Discovery Travel Living host Anita Kapoor looks for the unusual in her new travel series on Asia's kooky nooks Asia is full of them. There is just not enough online or in books and material to tell people what a great damn
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      749 52 Los Angeles For three decades until his arrest in Switzerland over the weekend, director Roman Polanski lived under the threat of a 1978 United States arrest warrant from his conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. The award-winning director of Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and
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      393 53 Los Angeles Conan O'Brien (right) turned his Tonight Show stunt injury into laughs at his expense by showing footage of the cringe-worthy backward fall on a hard studio floor. "As many of you may know, on this past Friday's show, I was doing
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      745 53  -  adeline chia arts reporter 'I'm not obsessed about the title, it's just about naming something A, B or C Mr Low Kee Hong on the title change 'It is, however, usual for nationa festivals of this scale to be organised independently with support from the government and
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        331 55  -  akshita nanda Michael Jackson is still drawing fans after his death. Advance tickets for the movie This Is It, edited together from footage shot during the late pop star's concert rehearsals, go on sale tomorrow. And about 500 fans have already signed on to be
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        210 55 New York One theatregoer will not forget to turn his or her mobile phone off next time, after actor Hugh Jackman (right) halted a Broadway show to stop a phone from ringing. "You want to get that?" he said in character, after the ringing
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        108 55 DATE WITH US JAZZ ACTS United States jazz fusion musicians Scott Henderson on guitars, Dennis Chambers on drums and Jeff Berlin on bass will perform at the Singapore Conference Hall on Oct 21. Tickets from $35 to $65 from Sistic from Friday. SAM HUI TO PERFORM DURING CNY Cantopop
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      1073 73 There's something romantic about travelling by rail and it's hiahlv theraDeutic too 2L3ll'rc rt,™ IZZ L rl* travellers can Choose to snooze Chlt-Chat, read, eat or watch the world go by from the comfort Of their seats. And unlike in a plane, v.
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      4076 77 Education Notices W 3 S COMMERCIAL S COMMERCIAL f!k TUITION |P COURSES |P COURSES |P W^S5 CHEMISTRY, MATHS, PHYSICS, 1 -p^~ 1 Sec/ IP/ 18/ JC H3 Maths/ Maths IP aTsT X a^ c J !3>ft& EsBSl ing/TngrV M^E Ta^QM^HM ?S2£- ■ZJH3I BUY IT-SELL IT> FIND TT accredited cdlßg* ™P"™
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      3645 78 Notices 0 INTERNATIONAL TEHO INTERNATIONAL INC LTD. ■ffl fflffi! RSCISm (Company Registration Number *****1433K) GLOBAL EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR PROVISION OF SERVICES lnOrpOa cd'" he ReP °'Snflapae' FOR DRILLING, TESTING AND COMPLETION OF EXPLORATORY WELLS Notice of Annual General Meeting Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd. ("CEIL") is the Operator
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      3538 79 A MATS Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st7ol.com IffS PROFESSIONALS/ FINANCE Hfc LECTURING/ Hfc LECTURING/ Tth ART/CREATIVE Tth ART/CREATIVE HK SALES f~^ ATT Tl f~> H|/EXECUTIVES |||F HI/TEACHING TEACHING |f)F |f)F Vjl/ll r\6CrUlt VjUIQC sin™s™y" EHEEESI BePartOfAGrowlngAndExcltlng I Interior Consultant Firm at Orchard Road requires I »rgenti
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    905 85 Work-life balance is achievable if you keep things in perspective and manage your time sensibly ACHIEVING a work-life balance is the new ideal for employees, because an imbalanced life results in stress and fatigue, loss of control and even strained relationships. You may feel exhausted and resentful,
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      1167 85 RECRUIT Executive Appointments: toll free 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs: 1800-289-9988 www.st7ol.com We are a mainboard listed Company in V Singapore and have immediate vacancy for: Our Client, a Reputable Manufacturing Company in Myanmar requires an experienced Senior Production Manager to be based in Yangon. This is a challenging Position for an
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      658 87  -  grace chng dl says GRACE CHNG tells why she's getting hooked on the e-book reader, her new must take-along travelling companion THE e-book reader was the best gizmo I took along on a recent holiday. The paperback-sized Kindle was light and petite, fitting nicely into the backpack
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        782 88 VODAFONE'S new Internet service which debuted last week offers access to a host of integrated social networks and applications. With this move, it is trying to grow data revenues and compete with smartphones like the iPhone. Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue,
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        232 89 MAKING the rounds of the rumour mill is chatter about Microsoft's Courier, a touch-screen tablet computer. The booklet-shaped device is in the "late prototype" stages of development, according to gadget website Gizmodo, and features two 7-inch touch-sensitive screens, reported telegraph.co.uk. The report added that Courier's screens are
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        179 89 RESEARCH firm Gartner said that global PC shipments will suffer only a 2 per cent decline from last year, which is more optimistic than its June forecast which anticipated a 6 per cent drop. As the world economy moves out of the financial crisis,
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        288 89 RESEARCH in Motion (RIM), the maker of the Blackberry cellphone, missed analysts' projections for its second quarter earnings ending Aug 30. While its fiscal second-quarter sales were U553.53 billion, a 37 per cent increase from a year earlier, it was less than the U553.62 billion forecast
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        423 90 Lenovo ThinkPad X2OO Tablet PC and T4oos laptop From U551,654 (552,340) for the ThinkPad X2OO Tablet PC and U551,999 for the T4oos. Go to www-07.ibm.com/lenovoinfo/bp/sg for list of retailers EXPECT more finger fun on the Lenovo ThinkPad X2OO Tablet PC and T4oos laptop. Both come with multitouch so you
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        698 91 Fingers welcomed Wacom Bamboo tablets $129 for the Bamboo Pen and Bamboo Touch, $179 for the Bamboo and $329 for the Bamboo Fun. Check www.wacom.com.sg/store/si/siool .html for list of retailers NOW you can not only write and draw on your Wacom Bamboo tablet, but also poke and prod
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        247 92 Blow it up 3M MProl2o $580, from Epicentre and AAA.com in Sim Lim Square and Funan DigitaLife Mall and Sprintcast and Dufry in Changi Airport YOU can watch a movie almost anywhere, as long as there is a wall or screen nearby, with the MProl2o portable projector. It can
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          718 93 The Straits Times Smartphone makers 'ecognise that consumers are Duying their nandsets oecause of the availability of apps and they are starting their own app stores. Mobile applications, or apps, as they are often called, are gaining popularity and driving smartphone sales. TAN CHONG YAW
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          570 93 RUNNING short of cash and unfamiliar with her new workplace at the International Business Park, Cheng Qiyun (right), 25, whips out her phone. Within a minute, the phone provides a list of ATM machines ranked by how far they are from where the marketing executive is.
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          474 94  -  Tan Chong Yaw By ANDY Tan (right), 39, reads the "3.5-inch edition" of The Straits Times, a news reader app on his iPhone. "I am always on the move. With this app, I can keep up-to-date on breaking news whenever I get a chance like while waiting
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          473 94 WHEN you see Shamady Matnin (right), 34, tapping on his mobile phone at a restaurant, he may be paying his credit card bills through an app. "There is no need to wait for a PC to boot up. I can pay my bills on my
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        710 95 In part two of a home theatre special, ALFRED SIEW checks out mid-priced systems that bring the best out of movies SPENDING $2,400 to $5,000 might seem a tad extravagant with the sputtering economy just seeming to turn a corner. That, however, would be more
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        313 96 BETWEEN them, they have created an application that cuts down the time needed for computers to process information, games that provide hours of fun and software that lets people back-up important data. The 26 developers selected for the Digital Life Singapore Successful IT Developers Awards are also
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        611 97  -  THAM YUEN-C Haziq Ridwan East Spring Primary School students go to the zoo with digital worksheets stored on iPhones." tags along (above) of the iPhone that was hanging by a lanyard on his neck > I like to use it to take pictures of the animals.
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        547 98 Besides announcing new technology, console makers also announce price cuts to kick-start buys for the year-end holiday season THE Tokyo Game Show, billed as the world's largest computer entertainment fest, kicked off last Thursday with hopes that depressed sales of game consoles will
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        680 98  -  SIM CHENG KAI Missed the show? Fear not rounds up its key announcements PHOTOS: Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition (FFI3) PS3, comes with 250G8 of storage Although the English version of FFI3 will be coming out on both the Xbox36o and the PS3, it
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        649 99 Search giant rekindling its acquisition drive as economy recovers, says CEO Eric Schmidt (right) GOOGLE Inc expects to buy one small company a month as it rekindles its acquisition engine and moves beyond the worst phase of the global recession, chief executive Eric
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        527 100 What's brewing between chip-makers Intel and AMD? It appears to be a battle between the CPU and the GPU. 00 GIN LEE reports CHIP-MAKERS Intel and AMD upped the ante in the ongoing processors war with two new top-of-the-line products trotted out last week. Intel launched its Core
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        376 100 A BLOCK of airwaves designated for public safety use would benefit from a public-private partnership, a key United States lawmaker said last Thursday as T-Mobile said a chunk of the spectrum should be auctioned off to companies. The so-called D-block airwaves
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        447 101 The French parliament has passed a controversial Bill which allows authorities to cut the Internet connection of illegal downloaders and impose fines FRANCE'S disputed Internet piracy law, which allows the authorities to disconnect repeat illegal downloaders, was finally approved in parliament last Tuesday but the
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        660 102 A To some, Mm Twitter's new valuation makes sense. Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all reportedly made entreaties to acquire the company... Popular microblogging website Twitter is set to raise USsloom, placing a US$l b value on the company that has yet to generate
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        675 103  -  Sherwin Loh Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 By RATING 7/1OHl&H Cheat sheet Health packs These appear when you maximise the use of fusion abilities, combining forces with another character. In most cases, you have to hit between 12 and 15 enemies within an allocated time to receive the
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          431 103  -  Sherwin Loh Wet By RATING^I ISSEISS SAD to say, the things you were set up for in Wet turn out to be a letdown. First, the good bits. You play with a female character voiced by Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku. Love that hottie. Next, action
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          471 104  -  Oo Gin Lee Raven Squad By rating! 5/IOHHI I WAS roaring to go when I saw the description of this game on the box part first-person-shooter (FPS) and part real-time-strategy (RTS). The two genres are totally separate and any game that can meld them is worth a
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          500 105 By Chester Chen, a recognised Microsoft Most Valuable Professional specialising in Windows Desktop Experience Final say The U2410 monitor is perfect for the dual role it plays as a home office work tool and device for high-definition movie enjoyment. Dell Ultra Sharp U2410 24-inch widescreen monitor $1,052,
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          371 105  -  Aaron Tan By a freelance writer Final say The updated Inspiron 13 offers good graphics performance in a compact package, although I was disappointed that it was not as spill-resistant as Dell said it would be. Dell Inspiron 13 notebook From $1,199, from authorised retailers and
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          395 105  -  Lim Yee Hung By a freelance writer Final say If you want a netbook for multimedia use, such as watching movies or editing photos, this is a good, if expensive, choice. Sony Vaio W netbook $899, from Sony stores and authorised retailers AT $899 a pop, Sony's first
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          389 106  -  Sherwin Loh By Final Say INQ Mini SingTel exclusive, from as low as $0 on 3G Flexi and SingTel Youth plans WHEN I began reviewing this phone, the folks behind the device drummed one reminder into me: remember that INQ Mini is meant for the pricesensitive. Decoded, it
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