The Straits Times, 1 October 2009

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  • 20 1 MICA (P) 191/11/2008 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 2009 S|Si A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 58 1 AN ARTIFICIAL heart weighing only 400g and is smaller and more long-lasting than older models is now available here. Cardiac surgeons are looking at offering it to heart-failure patients in the longer term, instead of using it as a bridge in patients who are waiting
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    • 57 1 CHINESE President Hu Jintao will mark the apex of his political career today as he reviews the 60th National Day parade. He will join an exclusive group of just three Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin who have had the rare honour
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    • 56 1 COMMUTERS have one more week to replace their ez-link cards for free but they will not be able to use their old cards from today. The Land Transport Authority yesterday extended the deadline as a sizeable number have failed to swop their old cards for
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    • 52 1 BRUNEI DPMM, one of three foreign clubs in the Singapore club tournament, cannot play any more in this season's competition. This follows a global ban that world governing body Fifa slapped on the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (Bafa) yesterday for government interference in Bafa's SPORT
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    • 54 1 THE amount of bank lending to corporations finally rose in August after nine straight months of decline. Latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore showed that Singapore-dollar business loans in August rose by about 1.1 per cent to $153.5 billion from $151.8 billion in
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  • 625 1  -  Salim Osman Buildings collapse with thousands trapped; early death toll put at 75 By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Buildings and homes collapsed like cards, trapping thousands of people under the rubble, when a powerful earthquake rocked West Sumatra province yesterday afternoon. The initial death toll was put
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  • 631 1  -  Teh Joo Lin Elizabeth Looi By IN SINGAPORE IN KUALA LUMPUR IT WAS a regular day at work, until accountant Kelvin Ng's office began to sway. The 26-year-old ran nine flights down from his Bencoolen Street building to the road outside. "It was
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 82 2 WE SAY The modest success that emerged last week in an Aids vaccine trial in Thailand is both a shot in the arm and an injection of realism in the quest for a cure. The study indicated 31 per cent protection, but also raised
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      • 38 2 COLUMNS What's behind Google's massive undertaking of digitising books and making them available online? The unspoken reason could well be user data that Google is after, says Andy Ho. REVIEW PAGE A2B
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      • 29 2 Suffer for fashion? Not Stephanie Yap, who says it's silly to be a slave to fashion in Singapore's hot weather. LIFE! PAGE C 6
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      • 33 2 OUR READER SAYS If we continue to adopt Singlish as our spoken language, we will lose out on the global stage, says Zhou Penghui. FORUM PAGE A 29
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      • Article, Illustration
        16 2 www.straitstimes.com Loh Keng Fatt suggests night-time events for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
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    • 970 2  -  Lim Wei Chean Case in point: Banks, which only now will cap card fraud liabilities By IT TOOK a few years, much cajoling, and not a little teeth-gnashing, but come Nov 1, credit card holders in Singapore will finally get a measure of protection from banks
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  • prime news
    • 396 3  -  Terrence Voon By MINISTER for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan has confirmed that Singapore's troubled Sports Hub project is facing delays due to financing problems in the wake of the global downturn. He said Singaporeans will get their $1.87
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    • 500 3  -  Goh Chin Lian A gradual phasing out is preferred because recovery is uneven By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT UNION leaders, concerned about uncertain economic prospects in the coming months, hope the Jobs Credit scheme will be withdrawn gradually instead of at
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    • 713 8  -  April Chong A compact artificial heart lets her go about her activities By MADAM Salina Mohamed Soot, has no pulse but is very much alive. Just five months ago, the administrative assistant was staring death in the face, or, at best, a life of
      CHEW SENG KIM; NATIONAL HEART CENTRE; MIKE M DIZON; FENG ZENGKUN  -  713 words
    • 625 9  -  Zakir Hussain New unit to protect networks, fight hackers By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A NEW government unit has been set up to fight the cyber equivalent of terrorist attacks. The Singapore Infocomm Technology Security Authority (Sitsa), which starts work today, will come under the Internal Security
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    • 250 9 BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): The billionaire founder of the Cirque dv Soleil show blasted off on a Russian rocket yesterday, bringing his trademark humour and energy into the clinical world of space flight. Mr Guy Laliberte, 50, a Canadian citizen, is estimated to
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  • prime quake in indonesia
    • 713 4 Numerous buildings collapse; bridges topple, power lines cut PADANG: As night fell, Padang appeared to be a city in ruins and in shock. Piles of rubble covered places where buildings had stood, fires were still burning and thousands of residents swarmed on the streets,
      REUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BERNAMA  -  713 words
    • 199 4 MEDAN: The massive quake off Padang was so strong that its impact was felt some 400 km away in Lake Toba here in North Sumatra. The quake caused water levels in the volcanic lake to raise by half a metre and triggered waves as
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    • 488 4  -  Amresh Gunasigham By THE earthquake which hit Sumatra yesterday was one of the worst this year, said a top geologist. And the escalating intensity of quakes in the region in recent years will eventually be followed by a massive
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  • prime tsunami in south pacific
    • 797 6 Villages and tourist resorts wiped out by waves as high as 7.5m APIA (Western Samoa): Towering tsunamis churned up by a huge earthquake slammed into the Samoan islands on Tuesday, killing at least 113 people as they wiped out entire villages and flattened tourist
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  • prime typhoon in indochina
    • 686 7 Homes and heritage sites under water; thousands forced to flee landslides HOI AN (Vietnam): Typhoon Ketsana extended its trail of destruction across South-east Asia yesterday, killing at least 85 people in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and unleashing some of the worst floods in
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 780 10 US finds ways to contain infections as HINI cases rise MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin): Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharmacies do, too. Now some American hospitals are exploring the option of opening drive-thrus to screen and treat a swelling tide of Influenza A (H1N1) flu patients.
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    • world regional
      • 426 11 PRESIDENT S R Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have written to congratulate Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao on the occasion of China's 60th national day today. Both Singapore leaders praised China for its dramatic transformation and tremendous progress in the last
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      • 655 11  -  Peh Shing Huei Chinese President expected to stick closely to predecessors' programme, attire and words By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: President Hu Jintao will mark the apex of his political career today as the People's Republic of China flags off its grand 60th national day
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      • 615 12  -  Carolyn Hong NEWS ANALYSIS By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF It is clear that Umno does not want to take any chances. Its pledge to reform has suddenly started to ring hollow, say critics. KUALA LUMPUR: The upcoming Bagan Pinang by-election is the best chance for
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      • 488 14 Ex-communist chief had sued state for 'slanderous' remarks KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court yesterday struck out a suit filed by former communist guerilla leader Chin Peng against the federal government for going against the spirit of peace treaties signed with
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      • 211 14 JAKARTA: Indonesian police opened fire at three cars after an altercation involving men with weapons at Jakarta's international airport yesterday, an airport official said. "The information I received was that there were three cars. Suddenly, the passengers got out and attacked the counter
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      • 194 14 BANGKOK: Thailand's Prime Minister has appointed an acting national police chief whom he would like to see hold the position full-time. A statement on Tuesday from the office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said he has appointed police general Pratheep Tanprasert to the interim job because
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      • 364 15 Forest fires hit visibility in Sarawak; poor air quality disrupts airports and schools JAKARTA: Forest fires sent smoke and ash over large parts of western Indonesia yesterday, prompting flight cancellations and health warnings as the air quality plummeted. The fires also affected visibility
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      • 195 15 BANGKOK: Most of Indonesia's emissions come from "forest-related issues, such as forest fires and deforestation", President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said, as he announced ambitious plans for the country to cut greenhouse gas emissions. He made the pledge at a working lunch during the Group
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  195 words
      • 683 18  -  Ravi Velloor Graft case called off; big-ticket arms deals can proceed By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF Partly due to the scandal, wary defence ministers have year after year returned to the finance minister money allocated for weapons purchases, often drawing howls of protest from
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    • world international
      • 626 20 Man falls foul of Japanese law for taking children away from ex-wife who ran off with them NASHVILLE (Tennessee): An American father from Tennessee who flew to Fukuoka city to get his two children back from his ex-wife who ran off with
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      • 211 20 MONTPELIER (Vermont): A glib, globe-trotting serial swindler who spent his life stealing from rich hotel guests and is wanted in several countries has been arrested in the United States. Colombian Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt (below), 33, has at least 10 aliases and used his good
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      • 517 21 KEEPING JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATURE SEPARATE "It's largely symbolic but I think on the other hand, you would say: 'How on earth can you have a country where a supreme court is a division of the legislature?'" Mr Roger Smith of Justice,
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  517 words
      • 448 23 Getting fatter in middle age shrinks chances of reaching 70 in good health, study shows LONDON: Being fat in middle age may slash women's chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 per cent, a new study
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      • INBRIEF
        • 153 23 DHAKA: A Bangladeshi farmer who killed 83,450 rodents took home a colour TV yesterday after he was crowned the country's champion rat killer of 2009, officials said. Mr Mokhairul Islam disposed of the rats from January to September. His haul was more than double the tally of
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        • 107 23 NEW DELHI: Pilots at the ailing state-run carrier Air India yesterday called off their strike over wage cuts after five days. The pilots' announcement came after Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said no changes would be made to bonus wages without prior consultation with employees.
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        • 98 23 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Saudi Arabia yesterday said they would establish a US$2.5 billion (553.5 billion) partnership to invest in oil and gas and real estate projects here and abroad. The joint-venture company is a collaboration between government development and investment firm IMalaysia Development Berhad
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        • 87 23 LONDON: A British girl who died shortly after being given GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) cervical cancer vaccine had an underlying medical condition and the dose was "most unlikely" to have caused her death, health officials have said. The British officials said on Tuesday that initial indications from
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        • 93 23 LOS ANGELES: A self-styled pastor and former reality television contestant has pleaded not guilty to murdering Singapore-born adult movie actress Felicia Lee. Brian Lee Randone, 45, a former contestant on reality TV show The Sexiest Bachelor in America, was ordered to remain in custody. His bail was
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        • 107 23 DETROIT: Toyota Motor Corporation said it will recall some 3.8 million vehicles in the United States because of the risk that a loose floor mat could force down the accelerator, a problem suspected of causing crashes that have killed five people. The recall, which includes the hot-selling
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        • 105 23 TAIPEI: Taiwan's former leader Chen Shui-bian scored a rare legal victory yesterday when a court cleared him of defamation over claims that military personnel had enriched themselves in a 1991 French frigate deal. Chen, who left office last year, was sued by five retired officials for
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 110 10 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COin Israeli people will not stand idly by and MOST-READ ONLINE wait for their own destruction." Three women caught at sex orgy World 'must share burden with US' YOUR SAY West's demands, crisis at home Towering tsunami waves spawned by
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 428 25 THE modest success that has emerged in an Aids vaccine trial in Thailand is both a shot in the arm and an injection of realism in the quest for a cure for the disease. After more than 20 years of research, it was
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    • 953 25  -  Gwynne Dyer By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES MY YOUNGEST daughter is 17, so she will have lived most of her life before the worst of the warming hits. But her later years will not be easy, and her children will have it very hard
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    • 835 25  -  Maureen Dowd ON SAFIRE By DURING the Clinton impeachment circus, I walked past William Satire's lair. He had an imposing office in "murderers' row", as he dubbed the hall where we worked, full of English antiques, Oriental rugs and a couple of old ties
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    • review
      • 826 27  -  Mabel C. Chou By Qingxia Kong FOR THE STRAITS TIMES When people believe that they stand a larger chance of winning with certain numbers, instead of perceiving the lottery game as a pure game of chance, they are assuming that they would have
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      • 878 27  -  Andy Ho GOOGLE'S E-BOOK LIBRARY By SENIOR WRITER THE book lover's millenarian dream is a universal online bibliotheque. Google began scanning books in 2002 to build, it claimed, just such a library. It planned to scan every book so all works could
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      • 595 27  -  Pavin Chachavalpongpun By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THAI royalists have been camping for over a week outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok to wish the much beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej well. Hospitalised since Sept 21 after suffering from fever and fatigue, the 81-year-old King may be
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    • forum
      • 171 28 YESTERDAY'S report, "Wet markets' buyout causes upset", is certainly upsetting. No doubt the Government does not own these markets, but big players should be mindful of the feelings of customers who use them and stallholders who operate them. Conversion to an air-conditioned
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      • 534 28 I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Ms Jessica Walker, "Teachers can't do it alone". Ms Walker asserts that teachers cannot be blamed for the prevalent use of Singlish among students, but rather the system and the individuals themselves are at fault. Yet
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      • 300 28 MR KEN Tai's letter, "Parents' aspirations for kids play big part" (Sept 21), claimed that most parents who prefer their children to take a break after examinations are HDB dwellers, and he concludes that lower-income parents seem to set a lower
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      • 291 28 LAST Thursday, my father and I went to an OCBC branch in Hougang to open a fixed deposit (FD) account. We communicated with the relationship manager in Mandarin as my 66--year-old father speaks very little English. We told the relationship manager we wanted to
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      • 265 28 EPL bidding war "Sing Tel and Star Hub, one wrong move will cost you dearly." MR ONG SOON YAM: "I think the current charge to view sports channels has reached its maximum tolerance level for English Premier League (EPL) fans. They are already 'forced' to subscribe to four sports
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    • 472 28 jjY More letters on V^i www.straitstimes.com 1 MS LIM CHIU MEI: Kids can excel with right strategy, says parent from working class 2 MADAM SYLVIA SEAH: Cost of unsupervised soccer in school $9k medical bill and counting 3 MR GERALD LEE: $3k penalty to redeem loan with $lk rebate 4
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 706 30  -  Jennani Durai STALKER TO VICTIM IN DUBAI: Victim's sibling recalls nightmare, frustration over 'police inaction' By STATE OF PANIC "My sister was so frantic. She told the police, 'He's in front of my house every morning, he's calling my family; how much
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    • 433 31  -  Maria Almenoar By COMMUTERS will get more than connectivity when the train pulls in at the Esplanade MRT station. Scheduled to open next year as part of the Circle Line Stage 1, the station will boast a shopping area called Esplanade Xchange.
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    • 421 31  -  Yeo Ghim Lay LTA extends deadline for free exchange to Oct 7, but old cards not usable from today By COMMUTERS have another week to exchange their ez-link cards for the new ones, but they cannot use their old cards from today. The
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    • 90 32 A total of 1,314 staff and pupils of Greenndge Primary School gathered to raise cups of milk yesterday to cheer World School Milk Day. They also set a local record for the most number of people drinking milk at the same time,
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    • 801 32  -  Salma Khalik Project to capture every person's medical history will involve select group for a start By HEALTH CORRESPONDENT Rolling out in stages U October 2009: Tender to be awarded. November 2010: EHR rolled out with summary of care records. Two
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    • 457 33  -  Eisen Teo By THE Straits Times' Children's Day treat for its young readers is a first a story book about great innovators who made history. Eureka! contains eight heart-warming tales of figures such as aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright, explorer Ferdinand Magellan and
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    • 595 33  -  Amelia Tan Applications include teaching maths, making music and taking students' attendance By PRIMARY 1 pupils at CHIJ Kellock used to lug boxes of marbles and ice cream sticks to school to help measure objects during mathematics classes. But now, all they have to do
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    • 691 35  -  Elena Chong He would threaten to beat his eldest child if she told her mother By COURTS CORRESPONDENT Victims want dad out of their lives A PROSECUTOR told a court yesterday that it was clear the two victims had been seriously traumatised by
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    • CASEFILE
      • 88 35 THE Fragrance Hotel at Pasir Panjang Road was robbed of $5,000 in cash early on Tuesday morning. The robber used a knife to threaten a 23-year-old man who was manning the front desk into emptying the cash register. After taking the cash, he fled on a
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      • 102 35 A CHINESE national who lied that she had a nursing diploma from a Chinese university was fined $5,000 yesterday. Ma Yuqing, 37, pleaded guilty to making a false statement when she applied for an S Pass at the Ministry of Manpower's work pass division in January.
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      • 82 35 AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged in court yesterday with stealing a woman's handbag in a church in August. No plea was taken from Michael Neo Eng Keong, 30, who is said to have stolen housewife Irene Lee Aik Hock's handbag at the Hephzibah Christian Fellowship at
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    • 274 35 USING a pair of binoculars, he made sure residents opposite his block could see him before he removed his clothes and performed an obscene act. Graham Wayne Smith, 60, who teaches slow learners in primary schools with his Singaporean wife, was at
      WONG KWAI CHOW  -  274 words
    • 712 36  -  K.C. Vijayan Duo claimed father would not have given her the $2.9 million as they were on bad terms By LAW CORRESPONDENT UNHAPPY that their father left a $2.9 million inheritance to their less successful sister, two brothers one a doctor and the
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    • 318 36  -  MUHD NURLUQMAN BETWEEN them, they have caught more than 200 shoplifters in NTUC Fair Price supermarkets this year alone. For their efforts, Mr Bakar Mantau, 48, and Mr Abdul Rashid Abdulla, 47, were awarded the Singapore Retailers Association's Safe Shopping award yesterday. The award recognises
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    • 389 37  -  Ang Yiying By ABOUT $230,000 was raised yesterday, a day ahead of Children's Day today, for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and The Business Times Budding Artists Fund. Children were at the heart of the event dubbed Children For Children which brought in
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    • 560 37  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan ASIA'S TOP RESTAURANTS Miele Guide's top 10 list includes four local restaurants By Asia's top 5 1. L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (Hong Kong, China) 2. Iggy's (Singapore) 3. Robuchon a Galera (Macau, China) 4. Jaan par Andre (Singapore) 5.
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    • 348 37  -  Terrence Voon By ROCK climbing, raft building and rope obstacle courses will feature at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore next year but not as official sports. Instead, they are part of a comprehensive Culture and Education Programme (CEP) that organisers
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • 542 38 Benitez slams clueless Reds, who need to pick up quickly for Chelsea FLORENCE: Not the best way to warm up for a pivotal Premier League clash against Chelsea, is it? Liverpool were hopeless in Tuesday's 0-2 Champions League loss to Fiorentina. "We certainly will never be as
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    • 224 38 LONDON: Liverpool's warring American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have been issued with an ultimatum by the club's bankers to attract investors to reduce their £250 million (***** million) debt or to sell out, reported The Times. That will explain why
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    • 723 38  -  Terrence Voon By FANS' VIEWS "It feels like we're being held to ransom. It's one dilemma after another for us EPL fans." SHAWAL ROSLY, 24, Manchester United fan "The MDA should have been more proactive in this whole issue. Now, the fans will
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    • 656 39  -  Gerard Wong Fifa bans sultanate's FA following government intervention in its affairs By "We are hoping that things can be sorted out because DPMM joined the S-League this year on a three-year commitment." ERIC ONG, FAS spokesman Lions in Indonesia Noh Alam Shah (Tampines Rovers
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    • 590 39  -  Wang Meng Meng Gombak United 2 Singapore Armed Forces 1 By SINGAPORE striker Aleksandar Duric is set to become the latest national footballer to join the Lions' exodus to the Indonesia Super League. The 39-year-old Singapore Armed Forces FC skipper told The Straits Times that
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    • 524 39 LONDON: Olympiakos manager Zico has suggested that a French conspiracy resulted in his club's 0-2 loss to Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday. Andrei Arshavin was seemingly offside when he scored an 86th-minute goal with a cheeky back-heeled flick, prompting the
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    • 225 39 SEOUL: Luiz Felipe Scolari may have outstripped Jose Mourinho as the world's best-paid football coach at a mind-bog-gling US$lB million (5525.5 million) a year. But the former Chelsea manager still failed to steer Bunyodkor into the semi-fi-nals of the Asian Champions League yesterday, with the cash-rich
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 40 "If I were a garbage man and she worked at Burger King..." LAMAR ODOM, the basketballer whose marriage to US reality TV star Khloe Kardashian last Sunday, after a two-month romance, turned Monday's LA Lakers media day into a circus PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • 356 40 Cricket Champions Trophy In Johannesburg: England 146 in 43.1 overs (P. Collingwood 40; Bond 3-21, Elliott 4-31). New Zealand 147-6 in 27.1 overs (M. Guptill 53; Broad 4-39). New Zealand win by 4 wkts. In Centurion: Pakistan 205-6 (M. Yousuf 45). Australia 206-8 (M. Hussey 64). Australia win by
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    • 183 40 COPENHAGEN: American First Lady Michelle Obama arrived yesterday, the first of a succession of state dignitaries due in Copenhagen to promote four rival bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics ahead of tomorrow's lOC vote. The US First Lady, who will be joined by her husband, President
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    • 631 40 lOC's dilemma: To pick Rio or Chicago as host of the 2016 Olympics COPENHAGEN: Rio de Janeiro or Chicago? Risky versus reliable. For the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the biggest decision in choosing which city to host the 2016 Games is what statement it
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    • 387 40  -  Jonathan Wong By WHILE Singapore's city skyline was again given the thumbs-up by TV audiences who tuned in to this year's Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, some buildings were still left in the dark. This came despite pleas from the Singapore
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    • 102 40 SAO PAULO: Formula One driver Felipe Massa got behind the steering wheel of a kart on Tuesday, practising for the first time in public since suffering multiple skull fractures in a crash in July. Television images showed him racing in his Ferrari uniform on a kart at
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    • 262 40 TOKYO: Toyota have confirmed what many in Formula One have long feared that quitting the sport remains an option for the Japanese carmaker. "Our participation is unclear, depending on our financial results," said Toyota team boss Tadashi Yamashina. The signs are not good,
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    • 425 41 TOKYO: Crowd favourite Maria Sharapova stormed into the quarter-finals by beating fellow Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the Pan Pacific Open yesterday. The former tennis world No. 1, the champion here in 2005, fired an array of lightning service-return winners to come from behind to
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  425 words
    • 121 41 HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest- profile women's tennis tournament has asked the government for a US$7OO,OOO (*****,000) bailout after its main sponsor withdrew for the early-season exhibition event. Organisers are hoping the Hong Kong government will dole out HK$5.5 million for the Women's Champions
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    • 737 41 TRIED AND TESTED "I feel like I have some direction now on where I want to go with my putter." PHIL MICKELSON, after being advised by ex-PGA Championship winner Dave Stockton to return to his old putting style. Mickelson had asked his caddie for suggestions,
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    • 232 41 CENTURION (South Africa): Australia almost stole defeat from the jaws of victory before booking their place in the semi-fi-nals of cricket's Champions Trophy with a riveting final-ball, two-wicket win over Pakistan yesterday. Australia, the reigning champions and unbeaten before this clash after a win and a washout,
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 95 41 ROME: Spain's two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso has joined Ferrari for three years, the Italian outfit said yesterday. The agreement covers three racing seasons starting next year, Ferrari said in a statement. The value of the deal was not revealed but media
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      • 86 41 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina coach Diego Maradona has called on God's hand to shield the South American country from World Cup elimination "The Beard (God) saved me many times, I hope he saves me this time too," said Maradona, who scored his infamous "Hand
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      • 72 41 LONDON: Bryan Robson views coaching Thailand as a route back into management after a mixed record with English football clubs, and he hopes to lead the Asian nation at the 2012 London Olympics. Robson has not managed since leaving Sheffield United in February
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    • 173 38 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Hamilton lashes Singapore circuit 'Exaggerating a fall is OK' Arsenal's boys beat WBA in League Cup MOST COMMENTED 'Exaggerating a fall is OK. Says Electric Eye: "Arsenal have the most divers and actors in the English Premier
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    • 153 40 S.League Albirex Young Lions Thu, 01/10/09 7.45pm A League Cold Coast Utd Wellington Fri, 02/10/09 6.00pm S.League Ceylang Super Reds Fri, 02/10/09 7.30pm UE Europe, German and X League matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. Qualifying Sat, 03/10/09 I.oopm Japan Race Final Sun,
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    • 292 40 Today Football S-League: Albirex v Young Lions (Jurong East, 7.45pm). Golf Alfred Dunhill Links C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, 8.45pm). Turning Stone Resort C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 4am). Tennis WTA Tournament, Tokyo: Q-finals (Live, Chll3, 3pm). Tomorrow Cricket Champions Trophy: S-final 1 (Live, Chill, 8.15pm and Saturday, 12.45
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  • OBITUARIES
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      172 41 TAN YAM NAM Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 30 Sept 2009. Leaving behind loved ones. Wife: (Chua Bay Bee, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Tan Kay Poh, deceased) Danker Cecelia Patricia Tan Kay Chong Mary Ng Meow Cheng Tan Kay Joo Lim Poh Cheng Tan Kay Teck Ding Sien Tan Kay
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      147 41 Jesus said, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. IHe whn helieves in Ma will live even thnimh he dies" I TAN HWI AIK Wife of KOH LIAN WAH(deceased) Age: 87 was called home to be with the Lord on 29 September 2009. Dearly missed by: Children: Spouses: KohSiokL.ee Andrew
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      115 41 have fought the good fight, f\j have finished the race, I have kept II the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 JOEY ONG LIAN HOE Age: 47 was peacefully called home to be with the Lord on 29 September 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family, relatives and loved ones. Wife:
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      80 41 The Family of the Late SUGUMAREN S/0 KANAN Departed on 15/09/2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the Management and Staff of Seagate Technology International, Officers and Crew of R.S.S. Stalwart, all relatives, colleagues and friends for their prayers, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      36 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Amie and Family on the demise of her beloved husband CAPT. HANS JORGEN RESENFELDT Departed on 28 September 2009 FROM S.KLOH, The Management Staff of COMMONWEALTH FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD
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      33 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To Mrs Amie Rosenfeldt and Family on the demise of her beloved husband CAPT. HANS JORGEN ROSENFELDT Departed on 28 September 2009 From: David Yunita Hill and Family
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      80 42 Bth Anniversary in living Memory of LIWEIXIONG wvw-o, You left without a word and left us with a hurt, a wound, that never heals 8 rXrlar -iz^Jt- Deeply missed cherished Dad, Cm, Brother ky, loved ones *A Memoru wanders as shadows tall p. ar Lfo i-L, A udut iv v
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      76 42 QO v CIIAT Mill W" Aae-89 #»J§C Oi» passecf away peacefully on 30 September 2009, feawng e h /nc f /o^cf ones. Daught.r,-ln-law: HoLaySwee LawHuiMeng HO Lay TGCk (d6C6aSGCJ) T6O SJGW Heok Daughters: Son-in-law: HoLeeWah Lawrence Ng Ho Lay Lay Grandson: Granddaughter-in-law: Ng Thiam Huat Pauline Tay Granddaughter: Ng May
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      114 42 j^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^_ "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 JAMES WOON CHONG LEE YIN CHONG LEE Age: 72 was caUed home to the Lord on 30 Sep 2009 leaving
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      128 42 "I have asked the LORD for one thing one thing only do want: to live in the LORD'S house all my life, to marvel there at His goodness, and to ask for His guidance." Psalm 27:4 LIM CHAI "VICKY ABe: 4" was called home to be with the Lord on
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      60 42 I AL-FATIHAH I I T Allahyarham SHAIK ABDUL RAHIM B SHAIK MOHD SHAFFEE passed away peacefully on 29 September 2009. Leaving behind wife, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren all loved ones. The family of the late wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives friends for their kind attendance prayers
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      71 42 ATHMA SHANTHI j The Family of the Late M X SASEENDRAN NAIR Departed on 21 September 2009 would like to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to colleagues, friends and relatives for their condolences, wreaths, attendance and assistance during their recent bereavement. ""^^SLX™" 8 Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, 19 Ceylon
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      62 42 REX PEK HOCK ANN Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 30 September 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Son^PekJin s^ien Brothers: Sisters: Tony Peggy Royr9e Lucy 6 Mandy Godsister: Florence Tan ssssssss^sssss&s^ Grandnieces, Uncles Aunties. Wake is held at Blk 14AGhim Moh Road. Nightly services at Bpm. Cortege leaves on Sunday,
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      127 42 MT~ "To God who accomplishes all things forme, jp he will send from heaven and save me." Psalm 57:2-3 Mdm Krishnasamy Parvathy /TTliryoVm-f l"l\ Hill £i<X UC 111 J Ace* 83 passed away peacefuUy on 30 September 2009. Fondly missed and remembered by loved ones. Husband: Katherayson Ramakrishna (deceased) Sons:
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      67 43 With Deepest Syrrwatfiy &f Condofences to our Managing Director Mr. Robin Liow Leong San hisfamiCy on the demise ojfiis befovedfatfier LIOW ENG GIAP Departed on 30 Sep 2009 From: The Management and Staff of CPP GLOBAL PRODUCTS PTE LTD IMPETUS ENGINEERING PTE LTD HYDROMAX SIPHONIC (SEA) PTE LTD NRG NORDIC
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      56 43 With Deepest Sympathy *}{eartjeCt Condolences to our Chairman Mr. Ronald Ho Soo Fatt hisfamify on the demise of his 9eCovedfather-in-Caw LIOW ENG GIAP Departed on 30 Sep 2009 From: The Management and Staff of GDS ENGINEERING PTE LTD KIM TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PTE LTD Wake is held at Teochew Funeral
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      28 43 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late LIM BOON TIONG Departed on 29 September 2009 From The Management Staff of Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd
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      71 43 The family of the late HENG SUK U Departed on 26 September 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special Thanks To: Dr Donald Poon (Clinic A), Dr
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      117 43 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 KOH SOON TECK Age: 81 Called to rest in the Lord's embrace on 29th Sep 2009. Always loved and cherished by: Beloved wife:
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      29 43 10TH ANNIVERSARY I In Loving Memory Of C JENNIFER FTT FFN daiTAvcuai.! BAMANSHAW Departed: Ist October 1999 Fondly loved and deeply mourned by Gerard, family and all loved ones
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      76 43 anbe'iT sivam HAI MURUGAIYAN (Ex Staffof PUB, PasirPanJang Power Station) Age:Bo Passed away peacefully on 29-9-09 Sadly missed by all loved ones. Beloved Wife: Letchimi Dcvi Sons: Daughter-in-law: M Tanapalan N Puspa M Saravannan Daughter: M Amuta Brother:Durayappan Grandchildren: T Navindren T Roshan Brothers-in-law, Sisters-in-law, Relatives Friends Dearest Husband is
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      140 43 THAM WAI THOONG ERIC (General Manager of De Times Contract Pte Ltd) Age: 41 passed away peacefully on 28 September 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father: (Tham Kok Keng, deceased) Mother: KongYuetNgor Father-in-law: (Tan Ah Goo, deceased) Mother-in-law: Ngo Moy Wife: Tan Siew Kiang Julie Son:
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      • 529 44  -  Yang Huiwen BULLS AND BEARS STI sees late rally after being mostly in the red as Wilmar shares dive By MONTH-END "window dressing" when fund managers beef up their portfolios to put on their best face for their clients turned out to be something
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      • 423 44 CHINA-BASED Ziwo Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 121.6 million shares at 23.5 cents apiece. The company, which is one of the top sellers of foamed synthetic rubber and synthetic yarns in China, is selling 60 million new shares for its
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          99 44 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.49 billion shares worth $1.96 billion JP DOWN Gainers: 155 Losers: 399 Unchanged: 781 Mid Cap 618.42 1.33 Basic materials 323.64 T -5.39 Utilities 495.23 2.23 Small Cap 549.69 T -9.53 Industrials 576.98 T -2.93 Financials 667.86 4.94 All Share 658.09 1.39 Consumer goods 692.41 T
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        • 209 44 Yesterday's close: 10,133.23 (+33.03) Tokyo stocks rose 0.3 per cent, with investors hesitant to trade actively ahead of a quarterly Japan corporate sentiment survey. Yesterday's close: 1,202.08 (-6.13) Malaysian shares shed 0.51 per cent due to local fund selling in most sectors. Losers outnumbered advances by 464 to 199.
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      • 287 45  -  Robin Chan By SHIPPING tycoon Ow Chio Kiat has given his backing to an innovative fuel-saving technology produced in Singapore. Mr Ow's mainboard-listed Singapore Shipping Corporation is to market the technology from Singapore-based Neftech to 10 shipping lines, following the signing of an agreement yesterday.
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      • 601 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow CFDs or Contracts for Difference an increasingly popular derivative product By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT GAINING exposure to a blue-chip company need not mean buying its pricey shares listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Investors are making a beeline for an
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      • 192 45 HK police raid Ernst Young offices in fraud probe HONG KONG: Police raided the Hong Kong offices of accounting and auditing giant Ernst Young (E&Y) as part of a fraud investigation linked to the city's biggest corporate collapse, the company said yesterday. New York-based E&Y, one of the Big Four
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    • 676 46 Q2 figures show signs of recovery but consumer spending is still weak WASHINGTON: The US economy contracted in the second quarter at a slower pace than previously thought, while a surprise slide in manufacturing activity in the country's Midwest region last month pointed
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    • 425 46 LONDON: Likely losses from the financial crisis in the three years to next year have been reduced by US$6OO billion (SsBsO billion) to US$3.4 trillion as the world economy grows faster than previously expected, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. The organisation warned,
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    • 391 46 TOKYO: Japan's industrial output rose in August but the pace of increase slowed for the fourth straight month and manufacturers expect a further slowdown in September, a sign that the impact of government stimulus spending is starting to fade. The government is unlikely to
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    • 220 46 TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister and Transport Minister said yesterday the government was ready to support Japan Airlines (JAL), aiming to dispel worries over the viability of the loss-making carrier. The public statement of support came after at least two companies showed reluctance to
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    • 554 47  -  Alvin Foo Post-crisis strategies and market access to be discussed at meetings By DEALING with the downturn, positioning for post-crisis growth and tapping into global markets are to top the agenda at talks starting here on Saturday. They will be the focus of
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    • 273 47  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAPORE'S workers and students alike have been urged to become more "world-ready". This is because globalisation is set to continue just as the Asian growth story will accelerate, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said at a panel
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    • 167 47 THE chairman of South-east Asia's biggest bank DBS, Mr Koh Boon Hwee, predicts that capital requirements for all banks will rise in five years' time and return on capital will fall. Mr Koh, who was responding to a question at the Singapore Human
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    • 705 49  -  Gabriel Chen August uptick ends nine months of decline; sign of economic recovery By IN A fresh sign that the Singapore economy is recovering, the amount of bank lending to corporations finally posted an uptick in August after nine straight months of declines. According
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      • 530 53  -  tara tan Well-known musicals get the Singapore treatment in a fun revue by Stages arts reporter BROADWAY 4 SUAKUS: LUST BUT NOT LEAST When: Oct 15 to 18 and Oct 22 to 25 at 7.30pm, with additional 9.30pm shows on Fridays and Saturdays Where: The
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      • 507 53  -  yong shu hoong in Gothenburg, Sweden When Catherine Lim appeared at the Singapore booth at Sweden's Gothenburg Book Fair, she attracted the attention of book lovers and, thanks to her fiery-red cheongsam, curious onlookers too. On the second day of the fair, which took place at
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      • 429 55 This Saturday, local theatre director Natalie Hennedige (below) will share what she learnt at the 10th Annual LaMaMa International Symposium for Directors in Umbria, Italy. Hennedige, who helms Cake Theatrical Productions, attended the event from June 28 to July 12 with the support of the National
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        362 57  -  chang tou liang BWEWconcert JIN TA FLUTE RECITAL WITH LIU JIA, PIANO Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall Tuesday In one of the finest flute recitals in recent memory, Singapore Symphony Orchestra principal flautist Jin Ta (above) distinguished himself as a virtuoso par excellence. His musicianship in articulating
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    • 533 59  -  boon chan Actress Farm Wong's Indian-inspired gown at her wedding dinner drew puzzled responses media correspondent Actress Farm Wong's Bolly-wood-inspired gown threatened to steal the limelight from her and her husband Christopher Lee at their much-hyped wedding banquet at the Shangri-La hotel on Tuesday night. And
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      • 185 61 HOLLYWOOD'S FOX IN FIRST CHINESE FILM Hollywood studio Fox is producing its first Chinese film with China's Huayi Brothers Media. Hot Summer Days combines six love stories starring Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Rene Liv, Vivian Hsu and Barbie Hsu. MJ ESTATE SUES FOUNDATION Michael Jackson's estate has
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