The Straits Times, 21 October 2009

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  • 16 1 N H GNMHY, S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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    • 57 1 THE new contactless card introduced by the Network For Electronic Transfers two weeks ago cannot be topped up at most automated teller machines in Singapore. Despite earlier promises that users would be able to do so, checks by The Straits Times show that this is
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    • 54 1 LOAN-shark syndicate runners can expect the law to come down hard on them from now. Zuraimi Abdul Rahim, 29 and said to have made a "career" out of harassing debtors, was yesterday given the harshest penalty to date a six-year jail term and six strokes of the
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    • 50 1 AFGHANISTAN'S election commission yesterday ordered a Nov 7 run-off in the disputed presidential poll, after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 per cent of the total. Mr Karzai has accepted the finding and agreed to a second-round vote. WORLD PAGE Al5
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    • 55 1 PIRATES from Somalia who hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean threatened yesterday to execute its 25 Chinese crew members if any rescue operation was attempted. A Chinese navy source said a naval escort fleet is heading at high speed to rescue the vessel,
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    • 39 1 TWIN suicide blasts tore through a university campus in Islamabad yesterday, killing at least five. The bombing took place as the military continued its offensive on a Taleban stronghold in the north-west. WORLD PAGE Al4
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  • 1006 1  -  Salim Osman Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja President sworn in, calls re-election a victory for democracy By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS Congratulations for a second term Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) extending his hearty congratulations to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was sworn in to a second
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  • 805 1  -  Gabriel Chen By UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has told 4,000 customers who invested in two complex products that have been belted by the global financial crisis that they can cash out and walk away with their initial principal. The offer, which closes on
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 80 2 WE SAY Earth is increasingly being ravaged by natural disasters, many of them ascribed to the effects of global warming. Governments are divided, unsure about how to proceed to counter the phenomenon, while time is running out for a deal in Copenhagen in
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      • 37 2 COLUMNS Lee Wei Ling reflects on beauty and its appeal to human beings, concluding that for her, character especially integrity, courage, compassion is the most important aspect of a person. REVIEW PAGE A 22
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      • 37 2 The minuscule royalties collected by A*Star after investing more than $1 billion a year into research is nothing much to worry about, says Radha Basil. Such payback takes time. REVIEW PAGE A 22
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      • 28 2 OUR READERS SAY Kumar Pillay Thangavalu says the Government should reconsider the cut in employers' CPF contribution rates for workers over 50. FORUM PAGE A 23
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      • Article, Illustration
        25 2 www.straitstimes.com Tan Chong Yaw compares owning a DSLR with marriage and deems the camera too hard to have and to hold for life.
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    • 929 2  -  Jonathan Eyal Teheran's warning to Islamabad reflects worry over realigned Mid-East By STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU IRAN regularly blames the United States and Britain for its internal troubles. So, when a suicide bomber killed 42 people including some top officers in Iran's elite
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    • 263 2 *p ff* To the more than ™^r- JaLl I 500 participants who |Lk^ m IHJ have registered for wW R the event, thank you 11^ Im for your support. irnAC Ann^' P inner ESSIfES p AA 81 DialOgUe in Nation Building GENERATION V HAS A LOT p <ft TO OFFER
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  • prime news
    • 781 3  -  ELENA CHONG Harshest penalty yet for runner comes on back of rising harassment cases By COURTS CORRESPONDENT LOAN-SHARK syndicate runners who harass debtors can expect stiff sentences from now on. Zuraimi Abdul Rahim, 29 and jobless, was yesterday handed down a six-year jail term
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    • 538 4  -  TAN WEIZHEN OCBC, UOB will enable their machines from Nov, DBS from March By THE new contactless card introduced by the Network For Electronic Transfers (Nets) two weeks ago cannot be topped up at most automated teller machines (ATMs) in Singapore.
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    • 670 4  -  CAROLYN QUEK By AN AIRPORT baggage handler collapsed during a soccer friendly on Sunday and died later, casting a tragic shadow over the novel project aimed at turning around the lives of the homeless. Mr Muhamad Nasri Kasbri, a 24-year-old father of three,
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    • 1025 4  -  RAVI VELLOOR By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF ON THE outside, Raj Rajaratnam was rock hard: a driven, demanding hedge fund boss who called his talented employees "idiots" and worse. A brilliant player on the world's technology and health-care markets, he
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    • 455 6  -  LYNN LEE By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Singapore investors are keen to put their money in Indonesia and they will feel more certain about doing so, as the country strengthens its investment rules to benefit from more foreign dollars, said Prime Minister
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    • 2394 8  -  KOR KIAN BENG THE ST INTERVIEW Ahead of the Asean and related summits which will take place in Thailand this Friday, Foreign Minister George Yeo gives his take on what can be expected from the meetings with regional leaders and Asean's progress towards integrating
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    • 325 8 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is embarking on a 10-day trip to the United States, during which he will receive a lifetime achievement award from the US-Asean Business Council. Mr Lee is the first recipient of the award, which recognises Asean's contribution to
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    • 949 9 Advertising Feature Singapore school wins international excellence award Homegrown Global Indian w^\ J "i International School achieves f~ -7 ;^^^M§ a first for Singapore with the j *<2^ Asia Pacific Quality Award. f Singapore was honoured when Global proud to be the first Singapore education Uj Via Indian International School
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • 685 10  -  PEH SHING HUEI 330,000 people I Costs 3 times more relocated I than Three Gorges Dam Billions of tonnes of water will be moved from the south to north By CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING: China has started to relocate 330,000 people as it pressed ahead on
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    • 367 10  -  P. JAYARAM By INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: The Indian government, in the face of widespread media reports here about Chinese plans to build dams along the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet, has said that this could have "significant impact" on the
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    • world regional
      • 614 11 Relocation of marine base on Okinawa the sticking point; issue could hurt bilateral ties TOKYO: The United States wants to stick to a deal on realigning its troops in Japan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday, giving the new Japanese government
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      • 486 11  -  HO AI LI By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TENSE SITUATION "Without any mutual trust mechanism, an accidental occurrence might be misconstrued as an act of provocation and lead to a full-blown military conflict." Taiwan defence ministry report TAIPEI: A proposed peace pact between China and
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      • 558 12  -  TEO CHENG WEE Embattled party leader drops legal chief deemed as being opposed to him By REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: Embattled Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Ong Tee Keat sacked the party's legal bureau chief yesterday, sparking concerns of a witch hunt. The
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      • 46 12 Staff from a hotel in Hua Hin, southern Thailand, displaying paintings of Hua Hin Railway Station yesterday. The paintings will be presented to Asean heads of state and dialogue partners at the 15th Asean Summit from Friday to Sunday. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 333 12  -  SUJIN THOMAS By MALAYSIAN police are investigating a restaurant franchise chain after 10 investors, including a Singaporean, lodged a report claiming one of its directors had absconded with more than RM9 million (553.7 million). The investors are part of a group of more
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      • 164 12 JAKARTA: Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia are looking into the "boat people" problem affecting Australia after the issue was raised during bilateral meetings following the swearing-in of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Dr Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday said navy, immigration and
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      • 603 14 Bombing is the first since army began offensive in major Taleban stronghold ISLAMABAD: Two suicide attackers bombed an Islamic university in Islamabad yesterday, killing at least five people and wounding 29, as Pakistan pressed ahead with a major offensive on a Taleban stronghold
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      • 465 14 TEHERAN: Gunmen shot dead two policemen in Iran's volatile south-east region near its border with Pakistan late on Monday, a day after a deadly suicide bombing in the same province killed 42 people. Mr Mohammad Arab, a local police official, said the policemen were
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      • 489 15 Poll ordered after fraud probe drops President's votes below 50% mark KABUL: Afghanistan's election commission yesterday ordered a Nov 7 run-off in the disputed presidential poll, after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 per cent of the total.
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      • 666 16 Six ships under the control of Somali pirates DE KIN HAI: Seized on Oct 19, the Chinese bulk carrier was carrying 76,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa to India. It has 25 crew. KOTA WAJAR: Seized on Oct 15, the 24,637-tonne Singapore-flagged container
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      • 643 17 British researchers working on body parts that will allow elderly to be active past 100 LONDON: Advances in the science of "spare parts" will allow the elderly to remain active well beyond their 100 th birthday, researchers have said. The University of Leeds, Britain's biggest bioengineering unit
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      • 692 18  -  BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR Rewards offered to end Darfur crisis but threat of penalties if peace fails By US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has struck a conciliatory new tone towards Sudan, offering incentives to its tainted leadership to resolve the Darfur crisis and
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      • 285 18 SYDNEY: Blood taken from a leech found at an Australian crime scene has been used to catch an armed robber eight years later, in what officials yesterday claimed was a world first. The engorged bloodsucker was found beside a safe at the ransacked
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      • 489 20 It insists on conducting lAEA-hosted talks with only US and Russia VIENNA: Talks meant to persuade Iran to send most of its enriched uranium abroad and thus delay its potential to make a nuclear weapon bogged down yesterday over fierce Iranian resistance to
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      • INBRIEF
        • 109 20 SYDNEY: Residents were urged to leave their homes yesterday as erratic winds brought wildfires dangerously close to hundreds of suburban properties in Australia's north-east, officials said. Flames up to 4m high were rushing towards the suburbs of the northern Queensland city of Rockhampton, from Mount Archer
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        • 122 20 WASHINGTON: A leading American scientist who worked for the White House and National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been arrested and charged with attempted spying for Israel. Stewart Nozette, 52, was apprehended on Monday after a sting operation involving an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation
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        • 128 20 TOKYO: A Japanese firm said yesterday it would start selling the world's first genetically-modified blue roses next month, 20 years after it began research to create the novelty flowers. The Suntory product, named Applause, is "recommended as a luxurious gift for special occasions such as
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        • 100 20 JAKARTA: Gunmen shot and wounded two employees of American company Freeport yesterday, as their bus travelled along an eastern Indonesian road to the world's largest gold mine, police said. Police spokesman Agus Rianto said the injured men were in stable condition. The Grasberg mining complex has long
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        • 141 20 TOKYO: The head of Japan's sprawling postal operator yesterday said he was stepping down, bowing to pressure from the new government as it slams the brakes on the free-market privatisation process. Mr Yoshifumi Nishikawa's decision to resign as president of Japan Post Holdings came after
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        • 141 20 WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates of Guantanamo Bay who want to be freed in America, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail. The long, drawn-out case comes after a federal judge last year ordered
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    • 105 10 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm be found on the Internet?" MOST-READ ONLINE Shakira dressed like a man YOUR SAY Manila mall shoot-out sparks panic The Obama Administration has struck a conciliatory new tone towards MOST COMMENTED ON Sudan, offering incentives to its tainted Outrage
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 444 21 THE deadline for a new global climate treaty is closing in and the lack of progress at the latest round of negotiations in Bangkok earlier this month was not encouraging. Yet, both developed and developing countries are painfully aware of the need to
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    • 857 21  -  AHMED RASHID FIGHT FOR STABILITY By AFTER nine suicide attacks in just 11 days that killed 150 people, the Pakistan army has finally started its long awaited offensive in South Waziristan where the Pakistani Taleban are based. The success of the offensive could
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    • 806 21  -  BRUCE GALE By SENIOR WRITER NEWLY elected governments often come into power with bold ideas for change, particularly if they have been in opposition for some time. But untested ideas and inexperience in government can quickly lead to problems. Recent developments in
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    • review.
      • 967 22  -  LEE WEI LING THINK-TANK By I BEGAN thinking about the concept of beauty after watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Aug 8 last year. I, like everyone else, was captivated by the pretty nine-year-old girl Lin Miaoke as she apparently
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      • 1145 22  -  RADHA BASU RADHA BASU R&D INVESTMENT By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT From lab to market...with help from Exploit EXPLOIT Technologies does more than find investors willing to invest money in marketing research done at institutes under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star). Over the
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    • forum.
      • 267 23 I REACHED 50 years of age recently. Crossing the half-century hurdle creates fresh hurdles. At this age, heartlanders like me are neither in the younger worker age group nor in the senior worker group neither here nor there. I worry about holding on
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      • 395 23 Honest cabby "What honesty. He tried to refund the money on the same day and during peak hour." MS TAN SUAN GEOK: "Last week, Mr Ng, who drives cab number SHB 3799 approached me at my office in Genting Road to hand me $7. He wanted me to return
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      • 376 23 'NATIONALISING' PRESCHOOLS AS A mother of three, and as someone who has founded and managed an early childhood education business which today employs over 850 teachers for more than 20 years, I would like to add to what my peers in the industry have said on
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      • 352 23 I REFER to last Thursday's report, "Plastic surgeon fined, censured for cell therapy". I and many of my medical colleagues are dismayed by the very light punishment given by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC). It can only reinforce the public's impression that
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      • 205 23 I REFER to Monday's report, "Food bloggers face legal heat over reviews". I don't understand why it is wrong for someone to comment or voice an opinion on the food he has consumed. Restaurants are not behaving professionally if they choose
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      • 330 23 WE THANK Mr Chong Foo Sin for his letter, "How now?" (Oct 15), which questioned the justification for EZ-Link to charge a convenience fee for auto top-ups. Due to the termination of the Transit Link top-up on Oct 1 for the
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  • THE STRIATS TIMES HOME.
    • 860 25  -  ANG YIYING New centre will help train such businesses to enable them to survive By The key to success: Watch your costs THOUGH quite a few businesses funded by the Com Care Enterprise Fund (CEF) have gone bust, several are doing well. Among the 47
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    • 473 26 He ran checks on people he knew 10 times over a 6-month period in 2005 A POLICE officer yesterday admitted to using the force's database as his personal address book to check up on the particulars of people he knew. Inspector Sylvester Marian, 44, will
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    • 456 26  -  SELINA LUM By THE lawsuit between wealthy businessman David Eng and Opera Gallery over a US$l million (Ssl.4 million) sculpture serves as a cautionary lesson for collectors of high-end art, said Singapore's highest court. In a written judgment dismissing Mr Eng's
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    • 368 26 CHILD'S DEATH A CLEANER assaulted his two-year-old daughter for messing with his cigarettes because he was incensed that they had been destroyed, not because he was concerned about her welfare after she had eaten them. A forensic psychiatrist told this to the High
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    • 638 27  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN Most are high-end models, dealers say, noting that barriers like surcharge remain By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT MARINE consultant Nick White was shopping for a used sports car but was a tad picky. "I wanted the newest possible model with the lowest mileage,"
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    • 431 27  -  KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN By ONE man's drive to raise money for his family in quake-devastated Padang may have landed him in trouble with the law. The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) says it has contacted the man, whose name it would
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    • 367 28 South-east Asia's only movie theme park will welcome its first visitors early next year. When fully completed, Universal Studios will feature seven lands and 24 attractions, 18 of them original or adapted for Singapore. Here is a sneak preview: 1 BY YEAR'S end, work on the hotels, theme
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    • 1062 29  -  THERESA TAN It will give parents of abused children a case summary before matter goes to court By Ang Yiying Help for troubled kids EVEN when children are removed from their parents' homes, arrangements will be made for them to be in "regular contact" with
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        • 205 30  -  JEREMY AU YONG CYCLISTS who cause hurt to others or endanger lives could find themselves in jail or facing a heavy fine. Transport Minister Raymond Lim said yesterday that Section 279 of the Penal Code specifically allows for such errant cyclists to be jailed up
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        • 176 30  -  JEREMY AU YONG THE Government is always on the lookout for private sponsors to support local sporting events, said Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports disclosed that such efforts have led to the number of blue-chip sponsors for Singapore Sports Council
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      • 480 30  -  Jeremy Au Yong WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FROM MONDAY'S PARLIAMENT SITTING Sponsors keep pageants in line; Govt won t step in By WHEN it comes to global opinion, beauty is more than skin deep. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang made the point yesterday when he
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      • 318 30  -  CASSANDRA CHEW NSAs wholly responsible for selecting, hiring them By THE Government is not involved in the selection and hiring of coaches at national sports associations (NSAs). That responsibility lies wholly in the hands of an NSA, said Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan.
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      • 284 31  -  NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI By MINISTER Lim Boon Heng, who is in charge of ageing issues, does not see the need for a new body to coordinate the efforts of various government ministries. The Ministerial Committee on Ageing, which he heads, is already doing it,
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        • 163 31  -  JEREMY AU YONG THE Government is looking at introducing programmes tailored for marriages between Singaporeans and foreigners. These programmes would involve counsellors and educators trained to address cross-cultural issues. Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan disclosed this in a written reply yesterday to a question
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        • 162 31  -  NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI THE Sarimbun Recycling Park, a piece of land in Lim Chu Kang set aside for recycling activities, has been fully leased out. It is occupied by 13 companies recycling items from wood waste to used tyres, said Minister for the Environment and Water
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  • THE STRIATS TIMES SPORT.
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      693 32 Need to tighten up GOALKEEPER Petr Cech (left), in his 50th Champions League match for Chelsea, will have to better if he wants a 22nd clean sheet. The 1-2 loss at Aston Villa exposed a key weakness: Six of the eight Premier League goals that Chelsea have conceded
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    • 413 32 MADRID: Real Madrid's Brazilian superstar Kaka faces old club AC Milan for the first time today, when the two sides do battle at the Santiago Bernabeu in a Champions League Group C match. Kaka was an icon at Milan after six successful years, helping
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    • 74 32 TODAY Group A Girondins Bordeaux v Bayern Munich Live, mio TV Ch63, tomorrow, 2.39 am Juventus v Maccabi Haifa Group B CSKA Moscow v Manchester United Live, mio TV Ch6l, tomorrow, 12.30 am Wolfsburg v Besiktas Group C Real Madrid v AC Milan Live, mio TV Ch6l, tomorrow,
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    • 328 32 "I have not finished my mission in football. I need more time." SEPP BLATTER, who wants to run again in 2011 when his current term expires MILAN: Fifa president Sepp Blatter has declared that he will run for re-election in 2011,
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    • 515 33 Red Devils most likely to enter next stage if their makeshift side win MOSCOW: Manchester United could all but seal qualification for the knock-out stage of the Champions League with victory against CSKA Moscow today. But the Premier League champions will have to do so with
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    • 281 33 LONDON: The player who caused England coach Fabio Capello to hurl a metal food tray against a wall during a meal recently was Emile Heskey. The Aston Villa striker incurred the wrath of the Italian because he was texting on his mobile
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      • 49 33 LONDON: Fulham celebrated their 130 th anniversary with a 2-0 win over Hull at Craven Cottage on Monday. Bobby Zamora's first-half header and a Diomansy Kamara strike just after the hour settled the contest and lifted Fulham up to 12th in the Premier League. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • 46 33 quit STOCKHOLM: Swedish star Henrik Larsson will retire at the end of the Swedish league season on Nov 1. The 38-year-old footballer, currently at Helsingborg, had spells at Celtic, Barcelona and Manchester United and played for Sweden in three World Cups. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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      • 27 33 MUNICH: Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has decided against risking injured Dutch winger Arjen Robben for today's Champions clash at Bordeaux. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • 52 33 JOHANNESBURG: Joel Santana has parted company with South Africa, after failing to turn around the fortunes of the 2010 World Cup hosts. The football association said it had unanimously agreed that the Brazilian, who was appointed in April last year, would leave the job with immediate effect.
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      • 56 33 LIVERPOOL: The Guardian has reported that Manchester United fans attending Sunday's Premier League clash at Anfield will be searched for beach balls. United fans are suspected of being behind the increased demand for Liverpool beach products for a planned tribute to Darren Bent's controversial goal in Liverpool's
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    • 387 33  -  TERRENCE VOON Singapore 1 Korea University Selection 0 By "They worked extremely hard, but we played well and kept our shape." JOHN WILKINSON, Man of the Match A MIX of old warhorses and new faces helped Singapore to a winning start at the Ho
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    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 77 34 RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to spend US$6O million (5583.6 million) on security and prove the country could successfully host the 2014 World Cup finals and the 2016 Olympics, after drug gangs shot down a police helicopter during
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      • 87 34 SYDNEY: Former Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock has been ruled out of the first two rugby Tests in Australia's end-of-season tour because of a calf injury. The strong-running centre will be unavailable for the Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Tokyo on Oct 31 and
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      • 51 34 SAN DIEGO: The Denver Broncos' perfect start to the National Football League (NFL) season continued with a 34-23 win over the San Diego Chargers on Monday. Eddie Royal returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns as Denver joined Minnesota as the NFL's only 6-0 teams.
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    • 394 34 THAI teenager Vasin Sripattranusorn wants a second chance. The 18-year-old won last year's Singapore Open Amateur Championship to earn a slot at the Barclays Singapore Open. But a disappointing performance saw him miss the cut at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong Course. After
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    • 514 34  -  JONATHAN WONG World No. 11 to tee off in USssm event with Aussie compatriot Scott By 'He's played very little in this region, so I think the public will be very excited to see Geoff here for the first time." CHRIS JORDAN, event promoter World Sport
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      89 35 KINGSTON: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt, 23, received the Order of Jamaica award during Monday's heritage celebrations in the nation's capital. He is the youngest to receive the honour. Last month, Jamaica renamed a highway after the Olympic and world 100 m and 200 m champion and record-holder. The
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    • 47 35 "I've not had a phone call yet from the Prime Minister. Jenson Button got one, but I haven't. I'm clearly not important enough." BETH TWEDDLE, the British gymnast who was miffed at not being congratulated by Gordon Brown after winning the floor exercise world title in London
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    • 669 35 WINNING RACES "I'm not one of these drivers who's going to be looking for a new team that can pay me a big amount of money, that's not what I'm about. I want to go and win races." JENSON BUTTON, on his intention to stay with Brawn GP
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    • 254 35 PARIS: Former Renault team principal Flavio Briatore has asked a Paris court to overturn his ban from Formula One. A Paris-based spokesman for the Italian said yesterday that his lawyers presented their motion to the court, which fixed Nov 24 as the date for the
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    • 376 35 MOSCOW: Jelena Jankovic boosted her hopes of qualifying for the season-ending WTA Championships after defeating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the first round of the Kremlin Cup yesterday. The Serb avenged her loss to Shvedova in the second round of the US Open last month
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  • OBITUARIES
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      109 35 TAN SOON KIM Age: 92 passed away peacefully on 20 Oct 2009, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lian Sect Chong, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Lian Song Chuan Tan Teng Choo Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lian Shong Loo Ng Cho Tham Lian Lee Loo Paul Lam Ah Keing Liang Kirn Kee (Koh Eng Huat,
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      49 35 The family of the late LEONG MOH LIM Departed on 16th October 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, and members of Bethesda Katong Church and Boscombe Life Church for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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      67 35 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of JOHN ONG KAH CHUAN was called home to be with the Lord on 21 October 2008 Dearest father, You toiled all those years for us, And then you had to go, To eternal peaceful rest Promised to the just and honest. Deeply missed by:
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      58 35 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of ONG QUEE BOCK Departed: 21st October 2008 Of one we will never forget, His absence to us is a sorrow, His loss we will always regret. Deeply missed by Sons: Chye Teng Lawrence, Chai Huat Freddie, Chye Kee Terry, Chye Lim Paddy Daughters: Al
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      107 36 LEE SEN HUI Age: 54 Passed away peacefully on 19 October 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Beloved wife: Tan Hwee Suan Sons: Lee Yu Wei Lee Yu Ming Lee Yu Jie Brother: Sister-in-law: Dr Lee Seng Hong Dr Janie Lav Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Dr Lee Song Leng
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      155 36 IJ^^ "I am the light of the world, anyone who "^S Iff?' follows me will not be walking in the dark ipl but will have the light of life." Jn 8:12 RICHARD PHANG LEE ONN Age: 86 years Was called home to be with the Lord on 19 October 2009,
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      116 36 "You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand." Psalm 16:11 mm FOO YET WAH Age: 72 was called home to be with the Lord on 20 October 2009 leaving behind loved ones.
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      178 36 CHEONG WAI FONG Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 20 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Yeong Ann Siong Sister: Guo Xiv Yu, deceased Brother-in-law: Spouses: Yong Zu Siang, deceased Chen Zhu Ying, deceased (China) Sister-in-law: Yong Cvi Lian (America) Zhang Neng Gan, deceased Sons: Daughters-in-law: YeoKianMin Ling Ton
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      21 36 In Loving Memory Of CHRISTINA FOO CHIEH LI departed on 21 Oct 2000 Loved and Cherished by Husband, Son, Loved Ones.
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      35 36 13th Anniversary In loving memory of TAN JEE CHIN Departed 21 Oct 1996 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf. Always in our hearts by family all loved ones.
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      82 36 'I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving kindness.' Jeremiah 31:3 REMEMBERED IN LOVE KEONG POH GUAN, CHRIS Called home to be with the Lord on 21 October 2008 A year ago you left us, and yet you haven't. We still feel your love,
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      65 36 Second Anniversary In Loving Memory of Tan Seok Lun Called home on 21 October 2007 Two years have passed but she is not gone from our lives. The joy of her life lives on in our memories. And forever in our hearts. Still very missed by all of us. Kar
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      92 36 N. KAMALAKSHI AMM A (wife of late Sankara Pillai) Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 20 October 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Nanaprakash Pillai (deceased) Oma Kumary Reghunadhan Pillai Helen Rani Ramachandran Pillai Veero Kaur Daughters: Sons-in-law: Letha Kumary Lela Kaur Hardiel Sjngh Saraswathy Amma Surash Pillai Grandsons,
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      37 36 23RD ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOLLY CHAN Departed: 21 October 1986 Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts Never shall her memory fade. Fondly remembered by sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters and loved ones.
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      153 36 "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 THOMAS WEE TECK BAN Age: 75 Was called home to be with the Lord on 19 October 2009. Dearly missed and fondly
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      87 36 To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 TAN LILY passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Fondly remembered with much love by her family, relatives and friends. Husband: See Chan Teck Children: Spouses: Desdemona Eric Desmond Keok Dexter Valeric Grandchildren: Marissa
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      49 36 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of GRACIE SHANMUGAM Departed2l Oct2ooo They who think that you are gone Because no more your face they see, Are wrong for in our hearts you live; And always will, in memory. Loving you forever! Peter, Kevin Karma Shanmugam, Martin family and loved ones
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      68 36 Athma Shanti Pooja M. KALIAMMAL KRISHNASAMY Age: 84 Departed on 7.10.2009 Sadly missed by Sons, D aughters -in- law, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Grandchildren, Great-Grand children and Great-Great-Grandson Karumathi Prayers will be held on 21.10.2009 (Wed) night at Blk. 556, YishunAveG, #13-11, Lilydale Condominium Athma Shanti Pooja will be held on 22.10.2009
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      24 36 f In Loving 7 Memory Of Our Beloved Nya-Nya KOHENGNEO Departed 21 Oct 1987 Remembrance Dearly missed by Allen, Angeline, Susan Hong Lee Jerry
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 684 44  -  YANG HUIWEN But momentum could taper off over concerns of stimulus withdrawal By THE current earnings season is unlikely to deliver the sort of nasty surprises that had been feared earlier this year in the depths of recession, analysts say. The Government's upward revision last week
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      • 492 37  -  GOH ENG YEOW BULLS AND BEARS Regional bourses rise on Apple shares, but little impact seen here By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT BUMPER profit numbers from Apple sent regional stock markets rolling yesterday, although the local bourse lost its enthusiasm half way through the day. The
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      • 403 37 SAN FRANCISCO: Apple's profits and sales streaked past Wall Street forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares rocketing to all-time highs on Monday. Sales of Mac computers the largest single contributor to Apple's revenue jumped
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      • 240 54 London Britain's press watchdog says it has received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately (right) after critics used Twitter to brand the article homophobic and insensitive. Gately died on Oct 10, aged 33, while vacationing in
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