The Straits Times, 7 December 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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      Lock icon Scholar dies in Sweden
      32 1 AN A*Star scholarship holder studying for her doctorate suffered a cardiac arrest on her way to school and died five days later, in Sweden. PRIME PAGE A 5
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      Lock icon Cabbies hail info boards
      40 1 CABBIES are giving two thumbs up to new electronic signboards at Changi Airport which show how many cabs are waiting at each of the four terminals and how many flights are coming in HOME PAGE Bl
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      Lock icon Perk for green weddings
      47 1 IHE National Parks Board is offering couples a 20 per cent discount on the venue :ost if they hold eco-friendly weddings. For now, the discount applies only to non-air-sonditioned venues at HortPark, which charge between $83 and $260 an hour. HOME PAGE B5
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      Lock icon Downsizing Nobel prizes
      59 1 THE Nobel Foundation has warned that it may have to reduce the money it awards winners. It will continue to give 10 million Swedish kronor (Ss2 million) for each prize this year, but because the global financial meltdown wiped out a fifth of its invested capital, this
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      Lock icon US job losses 'peaked'
      33 1 IT'S slowing down the country's recovery from the economic crisis. Now, a key economic indicator signals that job losses may have peaked in the United States. MONEY PAGE 820
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    Lock icon Battle lines drawn as climate talks open
    708 1 in the harbour in central Copenhagen: "Our climate our future your decision." Ahead of the summit too, another battle has risen: between scientists and climate change deniers who accuse the former of suppressing findings that fail to support their claim that planet Earth
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    Lock icon Next step in the marathon – a bigger people's event
    625 1  - Next step in the marathon a bigger people's event Wang Meng Meng By A MARATHON for the people that is what Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck wants the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon to evolve into next year. The run, which has capped its participation
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      53 1 Home in at Karaoke m^^% Singapore A t age 40, James wong king's lament EDB chief's message M is still aiming for glory Partyworld boss Eric Chan if 7 for global companies at the SEA Games has a secret sorrow '"IS^ PRIME, PAGE A 6 SPORT, PAGE 810 LIFE! PAGE
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      Lock icon Animal welfare first and last
      83 2 WE SAY Animal welfare does not get a lot of attention here. The scheme by the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority under which pet shop proprietors and their staff are required to undergo training in animal care and customer advice is well conceived, and should be
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      Lock icon Ensuring safe shipping
      38 2 COLUMNS With increasing shipping density in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, which are among the world's most important maritime arteries, safety issues must be addressed with greater urgency, says Joshua Ho. REVIEW PAGE Al6
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      Lock icon Will we ever learn?
      26 2 Humans are still in denial about the world's health 17 years after the first Earth Summit, says Nirmal Ghosh. REVIEW PAGE Al7
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      Lock icon Good governance the key
      28 2 OUR READER SAYS Companies should adhere to both the form and the spirit of corporate governance norms, says Nick Sim. FORUM PAGE AlB www.straitstimes.coin
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      30 2 BLOGS www.straitstimes.com Tan Chong Yaw wonders whether the end is near for camcorders, despite their usefulness. Niki Bruce reviews a new book about the enduring bonds of fighting men.
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      Lock icon Healing the rift in climate change talks
      967 2  -  Goh Sui Noi Rich and poor nations must compromise for an agreement to be struck By SENIOR WRITER THE battle lines have been drawn between rich and poor nations. Two draft proposals at the Copenhagen climate talks one from Denmark, representing developed countries,
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      Lock icon Deaths of kids from broken homes a 'wake-up call'
      868 3  -  Zakir Hussain Yaacob: Tragedies a sign of deeper problem in Malay community By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT AFTER he went missing for a week, a six-year-old Malay boy was found dead last month. A family friend who ferried him to and from school
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      Lock icon 'Something's wrong'
      168 3 DR YAACOB recounts how he felt when his press secretary sent him an SMS about the killing of six-year-old Edy. He was then in Mecca on the haj, a religious pilgrimage for Muslims. "I felt like, 'My God, What is wrong?' Basically, something has gone wrong in this
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      Lock icon 3 deaths too many
      242 3 THREE deaths of young Malay children in recent years led Minister Yaacob Ibrahim to call on the Malay-Muslim elite to urgently make it their mission to solve the community's problems. Case 1: In March 2006, two-year-old Nonoi, or Nur Asyura Mohamed Fauzi, was missing from the
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      Lock icon Rocker Douglas O attacked near home
      395 4  -  Amresh Gunasingham PHOTO By VETERAN rocker Douglas Oliveiro was beaten up by a group of men near his home early last Wednesday morning, which left him with a fractured skull and cuts and bruises on his face. The well-known local musician, who has been
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      Lock icon A*Star grad scholar dies in Sweden
      332 5  -  Teh Joo Lin She collapsed on the way to school when her heart suddenly stopped By AN A*STAR graduate scholar studying for her doctorate in Sweden died a week ago after fainting on the way to school. Miss Terry Huang Ying Ting, 24, was
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      66 5  -  Desmond Foo It's that golden time of the day when things start to wind down, people head home, and friends and family start getting together. Straits Times photographers show their take on that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 6.39pm. By I PHOTOJOURNALIST An artisan puts
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      Lock icon S'pore, your home away from home
      1292 6  -  Robin Chan EDB chairman wants global firms to make the island a long-term base By THE Economic Development Board's new chairman has a message for global companies: make Singapore your home. Mr Leo Yip hopes that companies from around the world will not put
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      Lock icon Experience in talent development
      209 6 A CIVIL servant and a former policeman, Mr Leo Yip became the chairman of the Economic Development Board on July 1. He joined the EDB as deputy chairman in September last year before taking over from Mr Lim Siong Guan, who is now with the Government
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      Lock icon Building longer-term, deeper ties
      216 6 IN THE past, if a company received a cold call from an Economic Development Board officer, chances are it was to get it to put a new multi-million-dollar project or investment in Singapore. With the EDB's new strategy, its officers now talk to companies on a
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      Lock icon They support children all over the world
      495 7  -  Jennani Durai More Singaporeans are helping underprivileged kids via sponsorship By THREE years ago, Mrs Rachel Lim was inspired by her in-laws to sponsor a girl from Bangladesh through World Vision, for $45 a month. "I thought, I have three meals a day
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      554 7 ONE grew up scavenging for items to sell in dumpsters, while the other came home one day from primary school and found himself being forced into an orphanage. Today, the little scavenger is a Lieutenant-Com-mander in the Philippines National Coast Guard, and the abandoned child
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
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      Lock icon India's climate change dilemma
      1049 8  -  Ravi Velloor ROAD TO COPENHAGEN Just as its economy powers ahead, it is told to curb the engines of growth By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF while, a ballooning population is pressing on its resources, from water to coal and foodgrain. Now, when its accelerating economy is
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      Lock icon Where it stands
      105 8 Rich man's cuts Climate change is a problem created by rich Western countries. They should do more, by cutting 20 per cent to 40 per cent of their 1990 emission levels within 10 years. No cuts by poor Poor nations need room to grow. About 400 million
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    • world memo from beijing
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        1043 9  -  Sim Chi Yin CHINA Environmentally friendly buildings fast catching on as China gets serious By CORRESPONDENT IT IS centrally located and has won international architectural design accolades. But the iconic Modern Moma estate in downtown Beijing has another trump card: It is "green". Equipped with
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        Lock icon KMT faces more tough battles ahead
        632 10  -  Ho Ai Li Opposition DPP aims to build on strong showing in Saturday's elections in polls due next year By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI: Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang faces further tough challenges at the ballot box after its disappointing showing in local elections on Saturday, when
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        Lock icon Taobao.com website trumps eBay in China
        505 10 YIWU (China): Mr Ge Hongjun started a shop on Taobao.com China's answer to eßay as a class project, but now, he thinks it will help make him a retail magnate. Taobao's rising popularity has fired the ambitions of students like Mr Ge, multinational corporations
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        Lock icon Hatching sushi's future in tuna farms
        454 10 KUMANO (Japan): Thousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's future? Tuna raised like chickens or cows? As
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        Lock icon Ampatuan clan leaders to be charged with rebellion
        479 11 62 people arrested in southern Philippines in wake of martial law SHARIFF AGUAK (Philippines): Philippine troops arrested 62 people and discovered another major weapons cache yesterday after martial law was imposed in a southern province following the country's worst political massacre. Thousands
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        Lock icon Night of 10,000 lanterns
        62 11 Indonesians releasing lanterns into the sky in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta last Saturday night, in an attempt to break a world record. Thousands of people helped break the Guinness World Record for the most number of lanterns released at the same time into the sky,
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        Lock icon Indian PM in Russia to seal nuclear deal
        404 11 NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flew to Russia yesterday on a visit to strengthen ties between the long-time allies and finalise a deal to expand cooperation on nuclear energy. Dr Singh's two-day trip, his sixth to Russia as Prime Minister
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        Lock icon US envoy on nuclear mission to N. Korea
        250 11 INCHEON: The United States special envoy for North Korea arrived in Seoul yesterday, on his way to Pyongyang to try to persuade the communist regime to return to stalled nuclear disarmament talks. Mr Stephen Bosworth who will be holding the first direct
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        Lock icon Japanese police nab 4 US teens over bike crash
        167 11 TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested four teenagers living in a United States military base for allegedly stringing a rope across a road that caused a woman to crash her motorbike and fracture her skull, officials and news reports said. The four
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        Lock icon US may launch new bid to nab or kill Osama
        696 12 Top officials say it is vital to capture Al-Qaeda leader, but are not sure where he is hiding WASHINGTON: The United States will launch a new effort to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding
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        Lock icon Pakistan's nuclear arms are safe: US
        187 12 THE United States has helped Pakistan improve security arrangements for its nuclear arms and is "comfortable" that the weapons are secure, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview aired yesterday. The Pakistani government has come under repeated attacks by Taleban extremists most
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        Lock icon PM's wife a champ
        99 12 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak hugging his wife after the inaugural Piala Perdana IMalaysia badminton tournament held at the Seremban Municipal Council hall on Saturday. Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor is president of the welfare association for Cabinet ministers' wives, or Bakti, which won the competition. Runner
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        Lock icon Najib, Abhisit to visit troubled Thai south
        284 12 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian and Thai prime ministers are making an unprecedented visit to Thailand's troubled south this week, presenting a united front in the face of an insurgency that has killed 4,000 people. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Thai counterpart
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    • world international
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        Lock icon Caring job can sour a happy marriage
        372 13 Study shows those in caring professions at high risk of break-ups LONDON: Love and lots of patience may be the key to a successful marriage but being a dentist or pharmacist helps too, said a new research which correlates occupations with divorce and
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        Lock icon Masterpieces seized in raid
        68 13 An Italian police officer holding a Picasso painting, one of 19 masterpieces seized in Parma, Italy, on Saturday. The art pieces, worth €100 million (Ss2lo million), were stashed away in attics and basements. They are said to belong to Calisto Tanzi, former head of dairy group
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        Lock icon LA church defies pressure on gay clergy
        415 13 SAN FRANCISCO: Los Angeles' Episcopal diocese has elected an openly lesbian priest as assistant bishop, a move likely to stoke more tensions in the global Anglican community over the divisive issue of gay clergy. The Reverend Mary Glasspool of Baltimore, 55, needs approval
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        Lock icon NZ man injects wife with HIV
        269 13 WELLINGTON: An HIV-positive man in New Zealand has admitted injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus which can cause Aids, a newspaper reported yesterday. It is believed that the man, 35, wanted to give her the disease so
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        Lock icon Nobel may hand out less cash
        378 14 Foundation hit by financial crisis, so future prize money may be cut STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Foundation may have to reduce the money it awards winners of its prestigious prizes due to the effects of the global financial crisis, its director has said. The foundation
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        Lock icon Strictly for the birds
        103 14 Three golden eagles all wearing decorated hoods are featured in this combination photograph taken during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, some 150 km east of Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, last Saturday. When it snows on the steppes of eastern Kazakhstan, hunters saddle up and
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon China rewards porn-spotters
          131 14 BEIJING: The Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (552,020) to Internet users who report pornographic websites, state media reported yesterday. Within the first 24 hours, a hotline set up last Friday by the Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre was flooded with more than
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          Lock icon Sleepwalking teenager drowns
          98 14 KUALA TERENGGANU: A teenager with a history of sleepwalking drowned after falling from a balcony into the flooded compound of her home last Saturday. The area around the village home of Norshariah Ismail, 14, had been filled with water from the floods in Terengganu state. Her grandmother
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          Lock icon Call for action after club blaze
          112 14 PERM (Russia): President Dmitry Medvedev is demanding that Russia's notoriously lax fire codes be tightened, after a fire killed at least 107 people in a nightclub which had been fined twice for breaking fire safety regulations. About 130 people were injured, dozens critically, in
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          Lock icon Celebrity 'rat killers' charged
          102 14 SYDNEY: Two stars of the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here television show have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming. Chef Gino D'Acampo, who won the viewerfeedback contest series, and actor Stuart Manning were charged
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      121 8 JK* WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE The UN's climate change panel has Thai King calls for national unity hit back at sceptics' claims that the case for human influence on global MOST COMMENTED ON warming has been exaggerated, saying 35,000 more
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Animal welfare first and last
      426 16 IN REQUIRING pet shop owners and employees to undergo training, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is taking another step in promoting animal welfare. A quarter of licensed pet shops have attained the top of four grades upon inspection for best practices, up from 14
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      Lock icon Ensuring safe and efficient shipping
      874 16  -  Joshua Ho STRAITS OF MALACCA AND SINGAPORE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES LAST month, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) released the preliminary results of its carriage capacity study during the 34th Tripartite Technical Experts Group Meeting held in Singapore. The study indicated
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      Lock icon Revisiting the Anzus Treaty
      674 16  -  Robert Karniol By I DEFENCE WRITER THE trilateral Anzus Treaty binding Australia, New Zealand and the United States in a military alliance is all but dead and has been since the mid-1980s. But a new initiative seems set to recast relations. Anzus dates from 1952 and
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        811 17  -  Michael Richardson CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN By PHOTO: FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WHERE does Southeast Asia rank in greenhouse gas emissions? The short answer is that the region is an important source of worldwide emissions, mainly from deforestation. And it is expected to
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        814 17  -  Nirmal Ghosh Many scientists believe the Earth is entering a warming phase anyway as it has periodically done before. Some say human activity has nothing or very little to do with it. But even if the climate change argument is false,
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        828 17  -  Jessica Cheam By ONLY three years ago, I, like others of my generation, knew little about the world's imminent climate challenges. Daily life offered its own demands, and my awareness of environmental issues was largely confined to re-using plastic bags and
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      381 18 ROLE OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg. I READ with interest Goh Eng Yeow's
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      332 18  -  Soon Min Sin WE REFER to last Saturday's letter by Dr Praema Raghavan-Gilbert, "Are only YIP trees protected?", on residents' efforts to nurture trees in Marsiling estate. Sembawang Town Council supports planting and gardening activities in the common area. We advise residents to keep their
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      174 18  -  Rev Dr Yap Kirn Hao I REFER to the report, "Wet markets: Saved but for how long?" (Nov 28). When small businesses are no longer profitable, their owners are forced to close them and seek employment with big firms. From being a stall owner, they
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      314 18 Singapore Marathon "Prize money for women is less than that awarded to men." MR STEPHEN CREAN: "I fail to see why prize money for women who take part in the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon is less than that awarded to men. Although first-place cash prizes for men and
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      429 18 More letters on *3J www.straitstimes.com 1 MS KAY REN TSE: Review language teaching philosophy 2 MR LEONG SZE HIAN: Cool response to smaller flats It's not just a matter of preference 3 DR PERRY LIM: Crowded trains could facilitate spread of HINI 4 MR TIMOTHY CHOW: Macßitchie monkeys getting bolder
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      672 19  -  Karamjit Kaur MORE INFORMATION, BETTER DECISIONS "If I have all the information in advance, I can at least gauge the waiting times and decide which terminal to go to." Cabby Suppiah Tangavelu New information boards to help direct cabbies to where they are needed
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        1165 20 Pet store owners have been told to attend courses to brush up standards. Kimberly Spykerman and Lester Kok check out the worst of the shops. ONE tank with brightly coloured fish had a dead frog floating in it. Another tank had water so murky
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        417 21  -  LESTER KOK PHOTO: ALL pet shop owners and their staff will have to go back to school. If they want to keep their licences or get one to sell pets, they will need to sit through 16 hours of lectures, eight hours of
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        666 23  -  Victoria Vaughan More options now for couples to help save the environment while pledging their love By GO GREEN for your big day and save on the cost of the wedding venue. The National Parks Board (NParks) announced the 20 per cent discount offer
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        247 23 TO ENCOURAGE couples to hold environmentally friendly weddings, the National Parks Board is rolling out a "Green Wedding Special", in which a couple will receive a 20 per cent discount off the venue's rental at HortPark if their wedding incorporates at least eight "green"
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        340 23  -  TESSA WONG DONNING mortarboards and black and orange robes, nearly 200 senior citizens took to the stage yesterday at Singapore Polytechnic's Convention Centre to receive their graduation certificates. They had completed a course on lifelong learning by the Yah! Community College, a
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        343 23  -  MELISSA SIM THE Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Graduate School of Public Policy (Graspp) at the University of Tokyo will jointly offer a double degree from July next year. This is the LKY School's first tie-up with an
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          51 24 Learn about currency trading, investing in properties and Singapore's investment outlook for 2010 at an investment seminar this Sunday from 2pm to 5.30pm at SPH News Centre Auditorium. The seminar is organised by my paper and CMC Markets. Register at http://pbp.sph.com.sg/ mpexec at $10 per person. Registration closes
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          50 24 Carlsberg has officially launched Kronen bourg 1664, the world's best-known French beer, in Singapore. It is sold in Carrefour, Cold Storage and The Market Place at a promotional price of $20.95 for a limited promotional period (normal retail price is $22.80). Also available in some pubs and clubs.
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          72 24 From now till Dec 31, when you Hill's Science Diet, you not only save but you also stand to win prizes for yourselves and your pets. You can save $20 or $38 when you purchase twc bags of Science Diet Dry food products. You alsc stand to win
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          61 24 Bursting with berry goodness is the latest addition to F&N Magnolia Yoghurt Smoothie range the F&N Magnolia Mixed Berries Y< ghurt Smoothie with luscioi strawberry bits. Also available in two other flavours strawberry with nata de coco and mang with orange sacs -theF&N Magnolia Yoghurt Smoothie comes in
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          58 24 Singapore's first youth-led moderate drinking programme, Get Your Sexy Back (GYSB), celebrates its second anniversary at Zouk's Velvet Underground this Wednesday with a bang. Tickets to the GYSB Boomz 09 concert, which features regional superstar JJ Lin, cost $10 (inclusive of one drink) each. GYSB is spearheaded by
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          65 24 Indulge in a lavish dinner created by an award winning chef on board the Singapore Flyer this Christmas. Priced at $299 per couple, the festive menu features an appertiser, main course and dessert. Guests get to enjoy butler services and festive novelty gift packs too. The festive menu
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        579 24  -  ZACKARIA ABDUL RAHIM The German car maker lives up to its Vorsprung spirit of progress through technology with a major advertising campaign in The Straits Times by: TO mark its 100 years of heritage, German car maker Audi went into high gear with a major
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        358 24  -  LAI Yl MING PHOTO: BY I WITH the addition of its sixth screen on the fagade of newlyopened mall 313@Somerset, SPH MediaßoxOffice (SPHMBO) has enhanced its position as the largest digital media owner of large formats of outdoor LED (light
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        198 24 SEE limited editions of the Peugeot 107 at Raffles City given a tres cool and chic makeover by French fashion icon Agnes b. Conceived by Agnes b. herself, the two limited edition designs feature her favourite prints and colours clothing the Peugeot 107
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        162 24 MORE than a thousand office workers were drawn to the Nestle Fitnesse Office Challenge 2009. Held in partnership with Personal Trainers Singapore and Puma Singapore, the contest aimed to encourage an active office lifestyle and a work-life balance. Nestle Fitnesse and Personal Trainers Singapore
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        286 24 PHOTO: WHEN you buy a hamper from Noel this Christmas, the money will benefit needy school children, as the floral and gifts company is participating in the The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund for the third consecutive year. Last year, Noel
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      975 25  -  Kimberly Spykerman Grace Chua By TURKEY is a festive season must-have at hotel Christmas buffets and family dinners, with demand shooting up every November and December. The frozen birds are flown in from as far away as Brazil and the United States, and
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      110 19 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE WWW.StraitstimeS.COm teaching the English language too?" MOST-READ ONLINE HDB rents 'holding steady' BLOGGED ABOUT Man found dead in office A historic meeting. Says Firzen: "Even if a Copenhagen Protocol is MOST COMMENTED ON finalised...it will a futile effort to tackle
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      429 23 SEED Institute was built upon a vision to give children the best head-start possible, by grooming early J childhood professionals to provide the best care and education to young children. jnct jtutS ur s n gl e m i n ded belief in the importance of early education is expressed
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      65 23 fI Krvuirlel "More are going for traditional Chinese medicine" Here's why... "Spore to pledge 16% cut in gas emissions" I SEE YOUR (/AS »N ECOV CAR HAS GONE" FRtENDLY? ALGAE. V k^-yeAR-"On the 'Cooling-off' Day before the Polling Day" THIS EXPENSIVE ,-—n WEIGHT-LOSS PROGRAMME V Al/ HASN'T DONE ME ANYQOOP.
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      65 25 DREAMING OF A GREEN CHRISTMAS is a three-part weekly series leading up to Christmas which looks at how environmentally I A friendly some of the festive traditions are. This week, we look at the prevalence of turkeys at r fc\ Christmas lunches L 03 and dinners. Next J||L at how
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      943 26  -  Yen Feng Kimberly Spykerman Language's cultural link is just as important as its economic value By WITH China poised to lead the world economy in the next 20 years, there is an urgent, economic value to keeping students speaking the language. But as Prime Minister
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      767 26 MY LIFE The economy is picking up, but are youths still attracted to the banking sector after the crisis? Follow the heart, not money i REGARDLESS of the health of the economy, money or parents' wishes should not be the only consideration when it
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      346 26  -  Jonathan Liautrakul MY THOUGHTS By MENTION commonplace hobbies like blogging or swimming and most youths relate quite comfortably. But mention military modelling and you will probably get a blank stare. When I told my army friend I loved assembling World War 11-era German tank models,
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      178 26 British NBA Education (International) Exclusive for Education Managers now Available in Asia (Thailand) "Fart-time 'Semi-Distance Learning 'Fee Discounts Attend four, 4-day residentials over 2 years at Payap University, Chiang Mai Thailand Start Date: May 2010 Exclusively taught and validated by Keele University, UK. Move up the Education career ladder get
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      522 27  -  Jonathan Wong By VIENTIANE: They say goals will win you matches, but it is the defence that wins titles. Or in this case, the South-east Asia (SEA) Games gold medal. And Singapore's water polo team proved that adage to be correct, as they routed their main rivals the
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      113 27 CHAMPION AGAIN Luke Kibet retains Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon title. 81l O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, YOUR SAY AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Thomas Cai: From fat to fab and fit Gerrard has little to cheer despite reaching milestone YOUR SAY Singapore coach T. Pathmanathan will need to lift
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      18 27 COUNT RISES 1 TO SIX Six women now claim they have had an affair with Tiger Woods. 813
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      714 28  -  Jonathan Wong Singapore athletics hit a new low at the 2007 SEA Games with just one gold and a bronze The Straits Times meets two men a veteran and a teenager who are determined to bring cheer to their sport Discus thrower returns from 2V2-year layoff
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      71 28 Matthew Goh (long jump), Muhammad Amirudin Jamal (100 m, 4x100m) Poh Seng Song (100 m, 4x100m) James Wong (discus) Scott Wong (discus) Scan Lim (pole vault) Stefan Tseng (triple jump) Rachel Isabel Yang (pole vault) Teo Hui Juen (javelin) Wan Lay Chi (discus) Zhang Guirong (shot
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      912 28  -  Rohit Brijnath SPORTINGLIFE By UNDER a blue sky, on a red runway, Stefan Tseng is preparing for take-off. He is an aeronautical engineer in shorts, a muscular jumper who is trying to master the mechanics of low-level flight. In three movements hop, step, jump he
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      506 28 VIENTIANE: After suffering a bout of opening-day jitters, Singapore's Under-23 footballers are still in some pain. But there is no time to lick their wounds as they face Myanmar today in their second SEA Games Group B game knowing that an improvement is
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      621 29  -  Wang Meng Meng Kenyan breaks his own race record in cool conditions STANDARD CHARTERED SINGAPORE MARATHON By THESE days, it is not good enough to have five gears. As Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon Men's Open winner Luke Kibet showed, one needs an extra sixth gear to
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      177 29  -  ST PHOTOS: ALAS, Thomas Cai, the plucky Singaporean featured in The Straits Times on Friday, did not achieve his goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon, which carries a 3hr lOmin requirement. The 27-year-old IT professional, who credited his National Service stint for helping him
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      54 29 Men's Open 1 Luke Kibet (Ken) 2hr llmin 25sec 2 Johnstone Chepkwony (Ken) 2:11:33 3 Vincent Krop (Ken) 2:11:51 Women's Open 1 Albina Mayorova Ivanova (right, Rus) 2:32:49 2 Lyubov Morgunova (Rus) 2:34:49 3 Mary Akor Beasley (USA) 2:36:44 Singapore Men's 1 Mok Ying Ren 2:43:46 Singapore Women's 1
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      292 29 MUMBAI: India secured top spot in cricket's Test rankings for the first time, after handing Sri Lanka a second successive innings defeat and wrapping up their three-match series 2-0 yesterday. Zaheer Khan took three more wickets to record his eighth five-wicket haul, as
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      75 29 Maswar Sahlan (in black), 69, donned a Spider-Man suit for his 10km run at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon yesterday morning. He was among 50,000 runners who nartio.inated in the event. ST PHOTO: "I've come to Singapore to win. And I'm good at finishing. Now that
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        142 30 TOKYO: Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa made history when he finished top of the Japan Golf Tour's money list yesterday. At 18, he is the youngest player ever to win a money title on an officially recognised tour, surpassing Spanish great Seve Ballesteros, who was
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        39 30 SYDNEY: Australia won the men's Champions Trophy hockey title for a record 10th time, after recovering to beat Olympic and world champions Germany 5-3 yesterday. Australia trailed 1-3 at half-time before storming back. REUTERS
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        66 30 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei won his second consecutive Super Series Masters Finals title, when he beat South Korean Park Sung Hwan 21-17, 21-17 yesterday. There was further joy for Malaysia in the women's singles, as Wong Mew Choo defeated German
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        41 30 SYDNEY: Adam Scott held off Stuart Appleby to win golf's Australian Open by five shots yesterday. The two-time Singapore Open champion fired a level-par 72 for a 15-under 273 total to beat compatriot Appleby (75). AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      412 30 Manager unfazed by 1-2 loss at Man City as they still lead United by 2 pts MANCHESTER: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is remaining calm despite the 1-2 loss at Manchester City, which followed a mid-week League Cup quarter-fi-nal exit at Blackburn Rovers. "We have two points more
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      225 30 MANCHESTER: Mark Hughes says Shay Given's penalty save that secured Manchester City an unlikely 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Saturday could be the turning point in the club's season. The Republic of Ireland international kept out Frank Lampard's late effort as City ended
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      262 30 MANCHESTER: Manchester United could make a move to sign Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko, admitted Red Devils assistant manager Mike Phelan. The 23-year-old has been linked with a host of top European clubs after helping his team win the German title last season. The Bosnian,
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      13 30 Yesterday Fulham 1 Sunderland 0 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur Late kick-off
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      199 30 P W D L F APts 1 Chelsea 2 Manchester United 3 Arsenal 4 Tottenham Hotspur 5 Aston Villa 15 12 0 3 37 10 36 15 11 1 3 34 13 34 14 9 1 4 38 18 28 14 8 2 4 33 19 26 15 7
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      310 30  -  Chan U-Gene By HOSTS Singapore were upset by Canada in the Nations Cup opener at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday. Right from the starting whistle, the 15th-ranked Singaporeans were secondbest, despite vociferous support from the 1,500-strong netball-loving crowd. They never took the lead as they
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      807 31 Sixth alleged lover identified as he mulls confession on Oprah ORLANDO (Florida): First, there were three. Now four. Then five. And now six. Tiger Woods' reputation and marriage, all already in tatters from revelations that he had affairs with three women, took three more body blows yesterday
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      995 31  -  By Nick Pitt THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: It may be spoiling the sport to tear oneself away from the Tiger jokes and the weird and hilarious comment postings that followed the Woods mea culpa on his website. However, what is at jeopardy, in
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      446 31 THOUSAND OAKS (California): Graeme McDowell, the late replacement for absent host Tiger Woods, surged into a share of the lead alongside South Korea's Yang Yong Eun at the Chevron World Challenge on Saturday. Northern Ireland's McDowell caught fire on the back nine at Sherwood Country Club,
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      441 32 PHOTO: They are first nation to retain trophy since Sweden in '98 BARCELONA: Spain's second straight Davis Cup win showed that the country's tennis talent extends beyond Rafael Nadal. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco beat the Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek and Tomas Berdych 7-6 (9-7), 7-5,
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      154 32 NEWCASTLE: Amir Khan retained his World Boxing Association light-welterweight title in stunning fashion on Saturday, when he knocked down unbeaten American challenger Dmitriy Salita thrice before the fight was stopped after only 76 seconds. Khan (22-1, 16 knockouts) put Salita on the canvas after barely
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      120 28 Laos 2009 Myanmar U23 Singapore U23 Mon, 07/12/09 4.00pm UE Champions and E League Champ matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. Laos 2009 Myanmar U23 Singapore U23 Mon, 07/12/09 4.00pm k /fl Dr "W No. 2490/2009 A A IV Draw Today! Monday, 7
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      817 31 Today Basketball ABL: Singapore Slingers v Thailand Tigers (Live, Ch24, Bpm). Football SEA Games In Laos: Myanmar v Singapore (Live, Chs, 4pm). Net ball Nations Cup: Scotland v Tanzania (4pm), Canada v Northern Ireland (6pm), Malaysia v Singapore (Bpm) Toa Payoh Sports Hall. Tomorrow Football Uefa Champions League: Juventus v
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      119 32 WEE PECK GEOK Age: 92 Cherished and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Passed away peacefully on 6 Dec 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Goh Lye Oh Sons: Daughters-in-law: Goh Tay Thor, Rexe Helen Lim Goh Toh Soon Elly Bustamin Goh Toe Lee, Tony Stella
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      91 32 The family of the late TAN CHAI LIAN Departed on 2 December 2009 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, business associates, colleagues and church members for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and contributions during their recent bereavement. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Cher
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      141 32 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 EDWARD CHIANG HOCKYEW Age:4B was called home to be with the Lord on 6 December leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Sally Lin Son: Daughter: Scan Chiang YiHeng Cheryl Chiang Wei
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      134 32 "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me." Psalm 23:4 LIM EE SENG Age: 82 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 December 2009 leaving
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      65 32 THALAI CVIVE (VIVEKANANDA CHANDRASEYKERAN) Passed away on 20 November 2008 Sadly missed by all loved ones. THEVASAM PRAYERS will be held on 9 Dec 2009, from 9am to 12noon at the residence, BLK 120, SERANGOON NORTH AYE 1, #03-217, S(*****0) Tel: *****687 TEMPLE PRAYERS Will be held on 9 Dec
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      45 32 ►V The family of the late LIM HOR LAM Departed on 2 December 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths i j. during their recent bereavement.
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      32 32 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of SOMASUNDARAM S/O VEERAPPAN Departed: 7 Dec 2008 In our hearts and always will be in memory. Deeply missed and always remembered by family and loved ones.
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        191 34 TOKYO: Japan's government plans to guarantee about 700 billion yen (Ssll billion) in loans and other funds provided by financial institutions to keep Japan Airlines (JAL) afloat, the Nikkei business daily reported. The plan will be funded through an extra budget for the
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        240 36 THE asset management arm of United Overseas Bank has tied up with a South Korean firm to share expertise and give the investors of both companies more investment options. UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) has signed an agreement with HI Asset Management,
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      614 38 Economic indicator shows present recovery differs from past cycles NEW YORK: The peak in unemployment in the United States has probably passed, according to one economic indicator that has proved reliable in all 10 previous recessions since World War 11. If it
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      288 38 KUWAIT: Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said yesterday that it has sold its entire US$3 billion (Ss4.l billion) stake in Citigroup, making US$l.l billion in profit. The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) transferred the preferred stocks it owned in the United States bank to normal
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        421 46  -  ng yi-sheng EEBtheatre CAT, LOST AND FOUND The Finger Players Drama Centre Black Box Last Friday Cat, Lost And Found gathered the conventions of drama and crushed them, violently, into a throbbing mass of chaotic splendour. Director/playwright Oliver Chong seemed inspired by stories of
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        339 46  -  chang tou liang BUSS concert PRELUDE TO A SYMPHONY Singapore National Youth Orchestra Victoria Concert Hall, Last Friday The prowess of young Singaporean musicians today is often proven by the demanding musical programmes they deliver in concert. The latest offering by the Singapore
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        409 48 Hong Kong Actress Tavia Yeung faced the heat from fans a day after TVB's Anniversary Awards were handed out while actors Sheren Tang and Wayne Lai's acting wins were seen as well deserved. Yeung's two wins for Best Performance and Favourite Female Character for her
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        235 48 New York Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of singer Billy Joel (both right) and model Christie Brinkley, was admitted to a Manhattan hospital last Saturday after swallowing eight pills following a break-up with her boyfriend. Her roommate called 911 after noon to report an
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