The Straits Times, 11 December 2009

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    20 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 2009 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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      Lock icon Head start for Chinese
      65 1 CLASSES have started for some Primary 1 students at Nan Chiau Primary School. They are enrolled in a two-week programme which teaches them to pronounce Chinese characters using hanyu pinyin. Schools have come up with ways to tailor Chinese lessons to the students' proficiency using methods
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    • Article
      Lock icon A more private Facebook
      44 1 FACEBOOK is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. One in three people in Singapore has an account on this popular social networking website. PRIME PAGE All
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      Lock icon Benefits from iPhone war
      51 1 NON-iPhone users will benefit from the competition among the telcos in the iPhone war. Sing Tel and Star Hub said some of the upgrades introduced as part of this week's revised iPhone packages will also be made available to those using other phone models. HOME PAGE
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      Lock icon Made-in-the-US terrorists
      48 1 FIVE young Americans are under probe for possible links to organised terrorist groups after their families found a disturbing farewell video saying Muslims must be defended. They were caught in Pakistan after they were found missing in Washington more than a week ago. WORLD PAGE CI
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      Lock icon SGX plan causes jitters
      50 1 DOUBTS have emerged over how easy it will be to implement a proposal by the Singapore Exchange aimed at improving corporate governance among listed companies. SGX wants Singapore-based independent directors of listed companies to also be directors of the companies' major overseas units. MONEY PAGE DlB
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    Lock icon AT STAKE: OUR EARTH
    91 1 THE PLACE: The Canadian Arctic. These two seemingly carefree walruses basking in the sun are in danger of losing their icy habitat and more. Global warming is causing widespread melting of the polar ice. Huge chunks often break off and float away. Scientists say the shrinking
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    Lock icon Spore 'must join the war for talent'
    868 1  -  Cassandra Chew Such foreigners help create jobs for Singaporeans, says Law Minister By DIFFERENT STANDARDS "If we had decided to put protesters in cages like this, what do you think the reaction of the international media would have been? We usually get a
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    Lock icon Japan needs foreigners, says MM
    145 1 JAPAN needs to be more open to accepting foreign immigrants, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. Speaking at a dialogue with Japanese businessmen at the 40th anniversary of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he suggested that Japan gradually educates its people to
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        Lock icon Yet another jolt in Japan
        94 2 WE SAY Japan had three stimulus spending programmes inside a year under the previous Liberal Democratic tenure. New Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced a fourth in what looks like an early renunciation of his campaign economic manifesto to steer more of the money the
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        Lock icon Tough road ahead
        27 2 COLUMNS A proposed certification system for Indonesia's palm oil industry is struggling to get off the ground, says Bruce Gale. REVIEW PAGE A 25
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        Lock icon Sing Tel falls short
        29 2 OUR READER SAYS Sing Tel should work on resolving its hardware and technical assistance issues, says mio TV user Alan Lee. FORUM PAGE A 29
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Goh Eng Yeow assesses the latest sweeping changes to the Singapore Exchange's rule book.
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      48 2 In the article "No compromise on safety" which appeared in the Singapore Prestige Brand Award 2009 supplement yesterday, the name of the company which won the Established Brand award is Unique Gas Solution, not United Gas Solution. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Taiwan's DPP back in the fight
      905 2  - Taiwan 's DPP back in the fight Goh Sui Noi KMT's losses at local polls a warning to party not to be complacent By SENIOR WRITER DEFEAT was written on Taiwanese President Ma Yingjeou's lined, haggard and grim face on election night last Saturday. "The results were not ideal...We have
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      Lock icon S'pore tops medal tally as golds roll in
      571 3  -  Leonard Lim Swimmers, shooters, table tennis players take raft of SEA Games titles By MORE REPORTS, SPORT PAGES Dl-4 VIENTIANE: The swimmers' five golds may have been the biggest contribution to Singapore's place atop the medal tally after the second day of
      MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; LIM SIN THAI  -  571 words
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      Lock icon Obama gets his Nobel Peace Prize
      617 4 He justifies need for war even as he receives honour in lavish ceremony OSLO: United States President Barack Obama said war is sometimes necessary and justified, even as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and diploma in a lavish ceremony in the Norwegian capital
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      Lock icon Indonesia honours 'Little Barry' Obama
      152 4 AS THE President of the United States received his Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, Indonesia remembered "Little Barry" Obama with the unveiling of a bronze statue of him as a 10-year-old boy. The statue of a young Barack Obama, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, was
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      Lock icon Needle put in girl's brain to kill her finally taken out
      406 6 BEIJING: Doctors in south-western China have removed a needle from the brain of an 11-year-old girl which is believed to have been inserted after birth in an attempted murder by relatives who wanted a boy. Rusted needle shards were
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  406 words
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      Lock icon Blog portrayed teacher as corrupt: Court
      765 8  -  K C Vijayan Writer sued for defamation in keenly watched case By LAW CORRESPONDENT Online comment wars Dawn Yang versus Xiaxue: Ms Wendy Cheng, better known as Xiaxue in the blogging world, made some unfavourable remarks about fellow blogger Dawn Yang online. Ms Yang
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      Lock icon Facebook boosts privacy controls
      595 11 CHANGE FOR BETTER? "Even something as seemingly innocuous as your list of friends can reveal a great deal about you." Mr Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who says the overhaul is troubling, as Facebook users' lists of friends and pages that they are fans
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      Lock icon 1 in 3 here on Facebook
      228 11  -  LESTER KOK WHEN it comes to social networking in Singapore, Facebook takes the cake. The latest figures show that one in three people here have an account with the US-based social networking site. Singapore is also one of four countries globally in which Facebook
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      Lock icon More S'pore farmed fish on menu
      1056 12  -  Victoria Vaughan Republic's largest commercial fish farm a sign of things to come By $smJundfor Singapore food stability THOSE in the food production business have a $5 million fund to tap into to help them grow or import from more places so Singapore will
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      Lock icon Immigrants a solution to ageing population: MM
      1915 14  -  Jeremy Au Yong JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 40TH ANNIVERSARY He refers to Spores experience, urges 'radical rethink' of Japan's reservation towards foreigners By POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MM Lee 0n... Prospects for the American economy: "There are many opinions on this, but I think the
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    • Nature's assault
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        Lock icon Emergency warnings as fires rage in Australia
        369 17 SYDNEY: More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in south-east-ern Australia yesterday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said. Some 2,000 firefighters tackled the fires in New South Wales, where a large blaze was burning dangerously close
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        Lock icon Blizzard brings chaos to US Mid-west, killing 12
        433 17 FORT WAYNE (Indiana): A fierce storm ripped across America's Mid-west this week, leaving travellers stranded, forcing hundreds of schools to close and cutting off power to thousands of people across the country's heartland. The National Weather Service (NWS) on Wednesday warned residents
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      Lock icon 20,000 Thaksin supporters stage protest
      700 18 Bigger rallies planned in the coming weeks to topple government BANGKOK: Thousands of red-shirted supporters of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra flooded back into the streets of Bangkok yesterday in an attempt to step up pressure on the embattled government. Police said more than
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      1124 19  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Aim is to reduce the number of Malay dropouts there By Dr Yaacob on teen marriages, job skills and more DR YAACOB Ibrahim's call to the Malay community: Discourage teen marriages "Suppose you have a 17-year-old daughter who just dropped out of
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      Lock icon The carbon output blame game
      656 16 China and US clash over aid to help poor countries cope COPENHAGEN: The United States and China, the world's top two carbon polluters, clashed over who is to blame for global warming and funding to help poor countries cope with climate change. Mr Yu Qingtai,
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      Lock icon Help us survive, low-lying Pacific isle pleads
      695 16 Split within developing world The "Basic" bloc Members: Brazil, South Africa, India and China Its stand: Says developed nations caused global warming, so it is their responsibility to fix it by reducing emissions under the Kyoto Protocol Rejects mandatory reduction targets on themselves
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        99 16 COPENHAGEN: The climate change conference could end up emitting more carbon dioxide in a year than Kiribati, the Pacific Island nation in danger of being swallowed by rising sea levels. The 17,000 people attending the 12-day summit will emit 40,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide travelling to and
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        Lock icon Emblem controversy
        90 16 COPENHAGEN: It has been variously described as a planet with a million interconnected dots, an infra-red snapshot of the sun, a high-tech fur ball or rather like the event it denominates a hopelessly tangled ball of string. Now, the emblem of the Copenhagen talks has raised diplomatic hackles,
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        76 16 LONDON: More than 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement released yesterday, defending the evidence for human-made climate change in the wake of leaked e-mail messages that have emboldened climate sceptics. E-mail stolen from an English university appears to show scientists discussing ways to shield data
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      86 16 I Mitigation I Refers to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or remove them from the atmosphere. Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently, switching to alternative energy, and protecting forests to absorb carbon dioxide from the air. At the same time, there is a need for "adaptation", which refers
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM
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      Lock icon Yet another jolt in Japan
      425 20 HATOYAMA-BASHING among Japan's vengeful conservative core will peak now that the new Democratic government has been forced into stimulus spending, just to give the flat economy a jolt. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's campaign economic manifesto had differed from the Liberal Democrats' orthodoxy in one feature:
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      Lock icon Smart cities: Not only about clean air
      1659 20  -  Joel Kotkin By 'Smartest' cities in the world Singapore Hong Kong Curitiba, Brazil Monterrey, Mexico Amsterdam, the Netherlands Seattle, the United States Houston, US Charleston, South Carolina, US Huntsville, Alabama, US Calgary, Alberta, Canada IN TODAY'S parlance, a "smart" city often refers to
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        1043 22  -  Timothy Garton Ash BANNING OF MINARETS IN SWITZERLAND By Let us be clear: This vote was wrong both in principle and politically. The European Court of Human Rights would almost certainly find that it violates the principle of religious freedom. Religious freedom cannot consist in
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        Lock icon Greening of palm oil sector a long slog
        818 23  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER GOING green doesn't pay. That's the grim conclusion some short-sighted players in Indonesia's palm oil industry could be forgiven for coming to these days. Seeking to improve their environmental performance
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        Lock icon Not for sale
        1687 24  -  Rachel Chang By "Usually it is not a democracy, but very occasionally it is." Author John Kampfner, on Singapore in his book, Freedom For Sale. See this and other excerpts on Insight Page A2B. ALSO IN THE WEST "Although differently expressed, the pact is just as alive
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        Lock icon Excerpts from Freedom For Sale
        1508 26 MEASURING SUCCESS "The West is becoming the problem. You don't want to give up the space. You're also proving increasingly incompetent at government...By every indicator Singapore is the most successful nation. It is not just the wealth we have created; it is how we take
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        Lock icon Save otters from dog menace
        352 27 NATURE RESERVE LAST weekend, I was at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve photographing wildlife when I chanced on five smooth otters at the water's edge looking for their morning meal. These otters had been sighted at the nature reserve a few years ago, and it looks
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        370 27 That's service "Sensing my interest in Blackßerry devices, instead of simply showing me the brochure, he painted different scenarios I could relate to." MR WEE BOON CHIAN: "All it takes for a salesman to distinguish himself is to listen closely to his customer's needs. Mr Charles Hock Yu at
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        Lock icon Rebooting mio TV – there's time for a cup of coffee
        413 27 Rebooting mio TV there's time for a cup of coffee AS A subscriber to mio TV for the past year, and a previous subscriber of Star Hub, I would like to share my experience with mio TV so far. I had been a Star Hub cable TV subscriber for about
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        Lock icon Plant pruning at night? Spare a thought for poor workers
        281 27 I WAS flabbergasted to read former Straits Times editor Leslie Fong's commentary ("Cut daytime jams, do roadworks at night", Wednesday), suggesting that foreign workers be forced to prune plants on the expressways only at night so he may enjoy smootherflowing
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        Lock icon Police have stepped up action against errant heavy vehicle drivers
        453 27 WE REFER to Mr Gordon Yeo's letter, "Policing roads: Has policy changed?" (Nov 27), where he shared observations on the traffic conditions of roads in the vicinity of Pasir Panjang Road. Traffic Police take a very strong stance against traffic
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      731 29  -  Carolyn Quek Jeanette Wang Researchers call for more ambulances in hot spots, during peak times By A GROUP of medical researchers has found that emergency calls are not as random as they seem. The researchers found patterns to the calls and believe their
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      397 30 ABOUT $20,000 worth of gifts such as food, rice cookers, fans and other home appliances were handed over to the Boys' Brigade Sharity Gift Box yesterday as part of Singapore Press Holdings' (SPH) community efforts, which raised and donated $6 million this year.
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      483 30  -  Judith Tan Premature girls in intensive care; temple, church and NKF help family make ends meet By THE twins were a welcome arrival for bus driver Asmawi Asmaullah, 44, and his wife Nenamah Woosin, 40, but not without costs. Madam Nenamah, the first woman
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      761 31  -  Youth Wing debates issue with great fervour By Zakir Hussain Rachel Chang PROJECT engineer Alex Tan did not mince his words as he blamed the ruling People's Action Party for the apathy of Singapore's youth. He pointed his finger especially at the PAP's dominance
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      177 31 THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) welcomed its new chief yesterday. Brigadier-General Ng Chee Meng, who was No. 2 in the air force, took over from his older sibling Major-General Ng Chee Khern at a parade held at Tengah Air Base. The handing over
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      773 32  -  Amelia Tan Leow Si Wan THE TEACHING OF CHINESE More innovative methods to get studeni interested in language By THEY have a few weeks to go before starting Primary 1, but about 80 children are already attending classes at Nan Chiau Primary
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      247 32 NAN CHIAU PRIMARY: IT IS not something you see in most language classes students sitting around playing card games. The school came up with a Chinese version of the English card game "Taboo" which sees players guessing words based on descriptions given by team members.
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      218 32 OUTRAM SECONDARY SCHOOL: STUDENTS watch five-minute recordings of "silent movie" scenes enacted by fellow students and produced by teachers. Using their imagination and creativity, the students then come up with the Mandarin dialogue to fit the action on screen. They bring the "silent movie"
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      191 32 NGEE ANN SECONDARY SCHOOL: INSTEAD of the classroom, some language lessons will be held at a traditional Chinese medicine shop next year. Some 80 students will spend three to four lessons at the shop interacting with the TCM practitioners in Mandarin. They will get to
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      462 33  -  Tessa Wong By THE drive to go green has revved up with the opening of Singapore's first eco-friendly supermarket. But shoppers here seem slow to take part. Yesterday, NTUC Fair Price, the nation's largest supermarket chain, officially launched its first green supermarket at the
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      479 33  -  Maria Almenoar Resin coating method makes for quick fixes for concrete stretches such as bus bays By LONG road closures due to surfacing works near bus bays and road junctions are now a thing of the past. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has found a
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      836 36  -  Chua Hian Hou Sing Tel, Star Hub let other handsets' users sign up for iPhone mobile Internet plans By NON-APPLE iPhone mobile Internet users are reaping the benefits of the iPhone war currently being waged by Singapore's three telcos. Some of the upgrades introduced
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      350 36  -  Lim Wei Chean By Lim Wei Chean THE iPhone craze has left some Mobile One (Ml) customers fuming. Ml had opened reservations for the popular Ap-ple-made mobile phone a month ago. But yesterday, customers who had made reservations found themselves in
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      479 39  -  Carolyn Quek Dog was leashed but broke free of owner's grasp, and bit 3 children By THE man whose mongrel bit three children in January was fined $9,000 on three charges yesterday. It was Mr Terri Chua's first brush with the law, but not
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      121 39 A CYCLIST in his mid-30s died in Changi General Hospital yesterday afternoon after a collision involving a lorry in Bedok about an hour earlier. While details of the accident are unclear, police said it took place at the junction of Bedok South Road and Bedok
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      431 39  -  Khushwant Singh By AT ABOUT dawn one day in February last year, Pang Kum Huat tried to flee from a police roadblock set up near Race Course Road. When his car smashed into a signboard along Kerbau Road, he tried to escape on
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      465 40  -  Khushwant Singh She helped her then boyfriend set up a phony clothes website By AN INTERNET scam artist was jailed for nine months yesterday for cheating 106 people of $11,260 through a fake clothes website in 2007. Sales executive Foo Su Ling, who turned
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      424 40  -  Elena Chong By COURTS CORRESPONDENT A CABBY who followed his passenger to her hostel in an attempt to rob her was jailed three years and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane yesterday. Sazali Sujak, 32, who pleaded guilty, aborted his
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        107 40 A CAB driver's tip-off led to the arrest of three men, aged between 21 and 22, yesterday afternoon for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The driver had picked up the trio along Hougang Avenue 8 and driven them to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3. He
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        73 40 A MOTORCYCLIST in his sOs died of multiple injuries on Wednesday morning after a collision with two cars. They were travelling along the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway towards East Coast Parkway. In another accident, another motorcyclist died after his bike skidded on Wednesday evening. The 65-year-old man was
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        88 40 THIEVES broke into two cars parked along Van Kit Road on Wednesday evening after smashing the passenger windows. One of the car owners, a woman in her 20s, found her handbag worth $2,500 missing. Inside was a $900 cellphone and $1,000 worth of cosmetics and jewellery.
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      517 41  -  Elena Chong Of his 3 accomplices, two are sent for reformative training, the other to be sentenced late By COURT CORRESPONDENT A 22-YEAR-OLD man who, with three others, attacked a student in Chinatown earlier this year leading to the victim's death,
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      266 41  -  ELENA CHONG A MAN facing a capital charge for the murder of a six-year-old boy under his care was charged yesterday with separate drug-related offences. Mohammad Johan Rashid, 31, was said to have consumed morphine on Nov 25, the day he was nabbed in
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      487 42  -  Jeremy Au Yong One charge remains for each; trial date to be set at pre-trial conference next week By SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan and party supporter Yap Keng Ho have been cleared of three charges each of speaking in
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      478 43  -  MARIA ALMENOAR MARKETING officer Mahmoud Faris, 27, is willing to take a $1,000 pay cut, give up a cushy nine-to-five corporate job, and run the risk of not being able to meet his fiancee every day. All for a job that allows him to
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      498 43  -  Amresh Gunasingham New $1.5 m centre lets trainees interact with virtual customers By A NEW training facility to boost service standards will take technology into the classroom, so that trainees can, for example, interact with virtual customers to learn how to react to unusual situations.
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      663 45 ARRESTS IN PAKISTAN VIDEO WAS DISTURBING "One person appeared in that video and they made references to the ongoing conflict in the world, and that young Muslims have to do something. And they did not specify what they would be doing. But just
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      251 45 CHICAGO: A Pakistani-American has pleaded not guilty to helping to plan the deadly Mumbai attacks last year and plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. David Coleman Headley, 49, is accused of being a scout for two different Pakistan-based
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        857 46  -  Carolyn Hong They are the first to be hauled to court, more expected next week By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF Suits and countersuits PORT Klang Free Zone (PKFZ), a 400 ha industrial and trading hub, opened in 2006, but the massive cost overruns were
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        386 46 HAGATNA (Guam): The governor of US-administered Guam said his Pacific island would be unable to provide a new home for a US airbase at the centre of a row between Washington and Japan. As part of a 2006 pact between Tokyo and
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        660 48  -  Salim Osman Coordinating agency that will report directly to President will put more emphasis on preventive measures By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: Indonesia will escalate its war against violent extremism by setting up a new agency to coordinate counter-terrorism work by a variety of agencies. Officials
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        641 49 Clashes loom after 4,000 militiamen loyal to Ampatuans ignore deadline to surrender MANILA: Philippine troops moved in on the southern strongholds of about 4,000 government-armed militiamen loyal to a powerful clan accused of ordering the brutal massacre of 57 people, the military said
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        224 49 ZAMBOANGA: Security forces scoured the jungle in the southern Philippines yesterday for two factory workers held by Al Qaeda-Tinked militants, after the severed head of a third hostage was dumped in a park. Police and soldiers stepped up their search on the island of Basilan, but
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        500 52 Critics say move to form Telangana could lead to other separatist demands HYDERABAD: India will carve a new state out of southern Andhra Pradesh, home to several major international companies, a move that could fuel social unrest and separatist demands in other states.
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        368 52 JAKARTA: Indonesia's Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has accused Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie of trying to discredit her and has defended her role in a banking bailout in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "Aburizal Bakrie is not happy with me. I'm not
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        202 52 NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court has suggested legalising prostitution as a solution to the rampant sex trade that has flourished despite a raft of laws, a report said yesterday. "When you say it is the world's oldest profession and when you are not
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        900 54  -  Carolyn Hong But lawyers say pressure to clear case backlog is too much By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF Acquittals after delays The High Court in Malaysia acquitted an ex-government servant of criminal breach of trust last year, as the Sessions Court had failed to prepare the
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        860 55  -  P. Jayaram Notoriously slow system has over 30 million pending cases By INDIA CORRESPONDENT Two notable cases The longest pending case 176 years old is said to be before the Calcutta High Court. It relates to the property of an erstwhile "zamindar" or landlord, that
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        619 56 Chinese out-buying Americans but total spending is still much less than in the US GUANGZHOU: For the first time, the Chinese will buy more cars this year than the Americans. Demand is so high that drivers put their names on long waiting lists
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        165 56 CHINA will extend into next year stimulus measures that have driven car and home appliance sales to record levels, while reining in some incentives in a move to curb excesses, especially in the property market. The decision by the State Council, or
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        495 57 Beijing looks to region which is seeking new markets beyond Russia BEIJING: China aims to deepen energy ties with Central Asian states which are seeking new markets for oil, gas and uranium, an official said yesterday. Chinese President Hu Jintao will be visiting two
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        384 58 BEIJING: China said yesterday that it opposes any new US arms sales to Taiwan, following comments from an Obama administration official who said Washington was weighing fresh sales to the island, including submarines. "We are firmly opposed to US arms sales to Taiwan,"
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        590 58  -  Ho Ai Li By TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT Nearly 200 people nabbed for offence in last week's county polls TAIPEI: The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) was voted out of power in 2000, in part because of unhappiness with the party's money politics. Yet, despite the authorities' efforts, vote-buying
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        424 61 Hatoyama s call comes as Beijing says V-P Xi will be visiting Tokyo TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama yesterday urged China to make progress on democracy, just as Beijing announced that a rising leader will be visiting Tokyo in a sign of deepening
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        369 61 SEOUL: The US envoy for North Korea failed to secure a firm commitment from the country to resume nuclear disarmament talks but said he had won assurance that it supported a 2005 agreement to disarm. Mr Stephen Bosworth, speaking yesterday after
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        530 62 It warns of more attacks against Iraqi govt; MPs grill PM over security BAGHDAD: Al-Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility yesterday for coordinated Baghdad bombings this week that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500. It also warned of more strikes against the
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        366 62 CHICAGO: Researchers in the United States have found a drug-free way to block fearful memories, opening up the possibility of new ways to treat problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Their study, which builds on studies in rats, found that reactivating a
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        363 64 White light over Norway appeared after launch failed MOSCOW: Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said yesterday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway. The Bulava missile was test-fired from the
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        146 64 KIEV (Ukraine): Ukrainian police say a 25-year-old chemistry student died after chewing bubble gum that exploded and tore off half his face. Police spokesman Elvira Biganova said yesterday that the student had accidentally dipped the gum in the explosives he was using for his studies.
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        404 66 Singapore among the countries that will add to kitty for disaster aid Disaster aid New donors Pledged sum (US$) Russia $2,000,000 Singapore $30,000 Sovereign Order $5,000 of Malta Mauritania $3,844 Madagascar $2,000 Contributions already paid Source: Cerf UNITED NATIONS: Rich and poor nations pledged
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        539 67 Health council finds risk of virus transmission is low, so ban is lifted SYDNEY: Australia announced yesterday it will lift a ban on trials of animal-to-hu-man transplantation, after the government's top health body determined the risk of transmitting animal viruses to people was low. The
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        440 68 Thousands of Jews protest against freeze on building activity in occupied territory JERUSALEM: Thousands of Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters have demonstrated near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to protest against his 10-month building freeze. The
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        247 68 PARIS: Muslim men who force their wives to wear the full Islamic veil should not be granted French citizenship, Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said yesterday. Wading into the debate over whether to ban the burqa, Ms Alliot-Marie said the government would await the
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        527 70 Countries with weak law enforcement get help against hackers who set up base there WASHINGTON: The tip came from another country's law enforcement officials: Eight major banks in the United States were being targeted by cyber criminals operating there. Agents of the Federal Bureau of
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        69 70 Hunting enthusiast James Cap, a quadriplegic since a football accident in 1979, using a breathing tube in his mouth to aim and fire his shotgun on Tuesday in Manville, New Jersey. Mr Cap, 46, tires the gun by sipping on the tube. He recently won a
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        309 69 HONG KONG: Ms Hu Shuli, former editor of top Chinese business magazine Caijing, has set up a personal website a month after her high-profile departure from the publication she founded 11 years ago. The site, "Hu Shuli and Us", at shuli.sysu.edu.cn is a collaboration between
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        287 69 LONDON: Britain's Prince Charles borrowed nearly £3,000 (556,800) from his protection officers after the royal found himself short of cash and needing to fork out for "travel expenses" two years ago. The heir to the throne repaid the £2,744.34 tc his officers after they
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        211 69 ATLANTA: A grandson of Mr Jimmy Carter is following the former US president into politics with a run for the Georgia state Senate. Democrat Jason Carter said he will run for an Atlanta-area seat that is being vacated by President Barack Obama's nominee for the
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        66 71 Yang Vi pointing out the symbolism of his paper-cut artwork to people in Hejin, in China's Shanxi province, on Wednesday. The 35-year-old artist took one week to create this huge paper-cut, measuring 3.5 m long and 1.6 m wide. It features 118 tiger figures and was created to
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        156 71 PARMA (Ohio): Police near Cleveland say a man dressed as Santa Claus tried to kidnap a 12-year-old girl walking to school. Anthony Russo was later arrested wearing the Santa suit and carrying a sack, a large box of candy canes and a unicycle with Christmas decorations. Parma
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        110 71 GENEVA: The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons. The collisions occurred on Tuesday evening as the Large Hadron Collider underwent test runs in preparation for operations next year, said Ms Christine Sutton of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or Cern. Two
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        117 71 SAN FRANCISCO: If the data devoured in the United States last year was converted into text, there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile 7m deep, according to a study. US residents consumed about 1.3 trillion hours' worth of information from radio, television, computers,
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        152 71 KATHMANDU: Nepal's former king is to pay tax for the first time, the government said, a year and a half after the world's last Hindu monarch stepped down from the throne. Mr Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dcv has been living as a commoner since May
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        116 71 DHAKA: The authorities in south-eastern Bangladesh are searching for 14 fishermen missing for 10 days after pirates attacked their trawler in the Bay of Bengal, police said yesterday. Cox's Bazar district police chief Sakhawat Hossain told AFP around two dozen pirates stormed the vessel on Dec 1,
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        136 71 BEIJING: Chinese police have detained three people suspected of selling milk powder tainted with melamine the industrial chemical involved in a massive toxic food scandal last year, state media said yesterday. The three were detained in north-western China's Shaanxi province on Dec 2, before the
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      511 74  -  Leonard Lim ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: As far as opening statements go, the ones made by Quah Ting Wen and Singapore's swimmers yesterday not only settled some nerves, but also served notice of what to expect. Five golds from seven events, two South-east Asia
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        62 75 HAVING won her first SEA Games gold medal, Feng Tianwei (above) was in the mood for a photography session. The world No. 6 snapped shots of the men's singles final and the Singapore crowd with a borrowed camera. "I find photography interesting," she said. "But
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        79 75 MALAYSIAN athletes and officials have been told by their government not to treat the competition as a holiday. Malaysia's Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek warned the delegation about breaches of discipline after a group of cyclists almost missed a flight to Vientiane. "There
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        78 75 FILIPINA cyclist Marites Bitbit will not compete in Laos, after the Philippine cycling team failed to secure accreditation from the International Cycling Union (UCI). Bitbit, who won the women's road race gold medal at the 2007 Games, is one of 13 Philippine cyclists affected
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      912 75  -  Jonathan Wong ATTHE GAMES By Air rifle specialists kick off harvest by reaping three golds on first day VIENTIANE: Goh Jia Vi turned around, wondering what all the commotion was about. She had just fired what was her 10th round in the South-east Asia Games women's 10m
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      223 76 Pang Xue Jie, 16 Singapore table tennis player, who is making his second SEA Games appearance Q The Singapore food you miss the most... A Hainanese chicken rice. I'll have a plate as soon as I touch down. Q One item you can't do without and took with you
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      231 76 VIENTIANE: Eight years ago, he led Thailand to the 2001 SEA Games men's table tennis team title. As one of the top Thai coaches, Korakij Sermkijseree could look to more glory. Instead, he made it his mission to help the Laos national table tennis team despite
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      576 76  -  Lin Xinyi Singapore's men and women clinch table tennis team gold ATTHE GAMES By "The weight of expectations gave me sweaty palms and an accelerated heart rate. But there was also a tinge of excitement. I think that was the turning point." GAO NING of Singapore, after beating
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      421 76  -  Jonathan Wong GAMESDIARY By VIENTIANE: The cheers and sounds of air-horns and tambourines could be heard from 200 metres away as I headed to catch my first glimpse of one of Laos' favourite pastimes petanque. Surprisingly, it was not a game indigenous to Laos
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      304 77  -  LIN XINYI VIENTIANE: Team sports in Singapore are set to receive an injection of funds if they can prove their potential. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck said that investing in teams will be required to take Singapore sport
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      833 77  -  Jonathan Wong Boos greet 0-0 draw but Singapore and Laos defend negative tactics ATTHE GAMES By Singaporeans in action Badminton Men and women's team Q-finals Cue sports Men's snooker doubles Pre-qualifier/q-finals: Ang Boon Chin, Lim Chun Kiat Boxing -57kg Prelims/q-finals: Muhammad Ridhwan Ahmad -60kg Prelims/q-finals: Khairul A.
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      869 77 Cue sports Men's 9-Ball pool Q-finals Doubles: Nitiwat K/Surathep P (Tha) bt Django Bustamante/Efren Reyes (Phi) 7-4, Vie Do Hoang Quan/Luong Chi Dung (Vie) bt Muhtadee Billah/feo Chee Soon (Bru) 7-3, Muhammad Zulfikri/Ricky Yang (Ina) bt Ibrahim Amir/Lee Poh Soon (Mas) 7-2, Chan Keng Kwang/Toh Lian Han (Sin) bt
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      323 77 VIENTIANE: Thailand began solidly in its quest to remain the top nation at the South-east Asia Games, winning gold medals in shooting, taekwondo and weightlifting yesterday. The Thais topped the medal tally on home soil in Korat two years ago and are also expected
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      485 78 Businessman Lopez one of four parties keen on Formula One team MONACO: Luxembourg-based businessman Gerard Lopez has made clear his interest in a possible takeover of the Renault Formula One team. He is the founder of technology investment company Mangrove Capital Partners, an early investor in Skype, and
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        53 78 LAGOS: Cameroon footballer Samuel Eto'o is on track to win a record fourth CAF Africa Player award. The Inter Milan striker has been shortlisted for this year's prize, along with Chelsea stars Didier Drogba and Michael Essien and Barcelona's Yaya Toure and Seydou
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        55 78 LIVERPOOL: Everton are in talks to sign Los Angeles Galaxy footballer Landon Donovan on a short-term loan. A temporary move to the Premier League would enable the American to retain match fitness before the World Cup. He spent thre months on loan at Bayern
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        50 78 PHILADELPHIA: Rodney Stuckey scored 27 points and hit the winner with B.7sec left as the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 90-86 in the National Basketball Association on Wednesday. Allen Iverson's 11 points could not prevent the 76ers from an 11th straight loss. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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        51 78 SINGAPORE'S top women amateur golfers will battle next month for a spot at the HSBC Women's Champions. The local qualifier will take place at Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden Course on Jan 20-21, with the winner earning a berth at the main tournament from Feb
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      93 78 Australian Olympic gold medallist Michael Klim showed that he was not just a good sportsman but also a sporting one during a chat with 417 participants of the Singapore 2010 Friendship Camp at the Singapore Sports School last night. The ex-swimmer shared his Olympic experiences, and even gamely
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      519 79 "Fourth remains a priority, it always is at this club, both financially and because the top players want to play in the Champions League." STEVEN GERRARD, Liverpool skipper Liverpool to focus on EPL after disastrous Champions League LIVERPOOL: Rafael Benitez is hoping for a fresh
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      486 79 Who's in Champions League last 16 (top two from each group qualified) Barcelona AC Milan Arsenal Bayern Munich Chelsea CSKA Moscow Fiorentina Girondins Bordeaux Inter Milan Manchester United Olympiakos Piraeus Olympique Lyon Porto Real Madrid Sevilla Vfß Stuttgart Europa League last 32 (third-placed
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      229 79 SEVILLE: Sevilla made sure of top spot in Group G of the Champions League when Frederic Kanoute's early penalty goal gave them a comfortable 1-0 victory over a toothless Rangers on Wednesday. Manolo Jimenez's side began strongly and were awarded a spot kick after
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      270 79 "If you don't have pressure, you will stay weak. The pressure makes you stronger." TAKESHI OKADA. Japan's football coach expects his team to handle the pressure of being grouped with Holland, Denmark and Cameroon at the 2010 World Cup Basketball NBA Atlanta 118 Chicago 83, Portland 102 Indiana 91,
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      535 80 "It can be difficult to pinpoint who would make it as a manager. For instance, nobody here thought Mark Hughes would become a manager, never in a million years, and we all thought Bryan Robson was a certainty to be a top manager." ALEX FERGUSON, when
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      432 80 MANCHESTER: Brazil star Robinho has told his Manchester City teammates to aim for the top of the table after their 2-1 win over English Premier League football leaders Chelsea last weekend. Despite that victory, which ended a run of seven straight league draws, City are
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      306 80 I By Frankie Chee SOME of the top names in Muay Thai will compete in Singapore tomorrow in the first Lion City World Grand Prix. The fighters include European and World champion Dzabhar Askerov from the United Arab Emirates, three-time World heavyweight champion Ramazan Ramazanov from
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      427 80 ABU DHABI: Auckland City advanced to the quarter-finals of the Fifa Club World Cup after defeating Al Ahli of the United Arab Emirates 2-0 in the football tournament's first match on Wednesday. Goals by English striker Adam Dickinson and Chad Coombes at the Mohammed
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      510 81 "I guess I would be deeply sorry for never considering her during the whole process. And him not bringing her up was just a way for me to pretend that he didn't have one (wife)..." JAIMEE GRUBBS (above), who counts about 20 sexual encounters with Woods Grubbs
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      130 81 LOS ANGELES: A US Congressman has abandoned his attempt to have Tiger Woods awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest civilian award given by Congress and Woods had been put forward for his sportsmanship and excellence. But Congressman Joe Baca, a Democratic Representative
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      340 81 LOS ANGELES: Was she his "fixer", providing beautiful women for his sexual dalliances, or was she really his lover? The true status of Rachel Uchitel in Tiger Woods' sex life continued to remain murky as a string of e-mail that were allegedly exchanged between the
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      110 74 Rk I mk m I ■P I I~',1 i4l rl 5W J O WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, MOST COMMENTED AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Porn star is ninth woman Woods ads vanish Singapore withdraw YOUR SAY The International Olympic Committee is meeting in Lausanne to discuss radical and controversial
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      14 74 SORRY, v 1 ELIN Tiger Woods' mistress apologises a-*«\ to his wife. D 8
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      470 79 Today &X Chll6 Sunda y 3.40 am). d if *h ii «fe' German Bundesliga: Bremen v Schalke (Live, md S a ni Cn2l Sunday, 1.30 am). ii h,7 an v 1 Italian Serie A: Cagliari v Napoli (Live, mio TV, rhT5 Jt> Cn61 Sunday, 12.55 am), Bari v Juventus. 11
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      971 81 TWO of the star performers from Singapore's big International If BeiTy gOOCI ChailCe meeting back in May look strong *J ;<Jfc. J NEWLY-LICENSED jockey Fran Berry hopes come Sunday in Hong Kong's i—y»a jwj i j #~w stands an excellent chance of getting his day of days. MM f' uttßHl
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      135 82 v v CHIN CHOO TRADING CO ?'}^)>^J IST JEWELLERY Jigp 4s& GEYLANG PAWNSHOP PTE LTD NEW SWEE GUANG Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 9 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Lim Chew Sons: Daughters-in-law: New Chee Seng, Lary Liang Lam Hai Poh New Kee
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      55 82 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Danny Ong Ann Boon Family Director of General Labels Labelling Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved father ONG PENG HOCK Departed on 9th December 2009 From the Management Staff of KOMARKCORP Berhad (Group of Companies) General Labels Labelling Pte. Ltd. General
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      101 82 Maj (Ret.) MICHAEL LEE AH CHANG Age: 63 passed away peacefully on 9 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chee Kum Oi, Josephine Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Kwong Weng, Edwn Oon Seok Kirn, Adeline Lama Thubten Namdrol Dorje Ang Su Ec, Emmeline (Lee Kwong Wai, Felix) Daughter: Lee Mun Sau,
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      43 82 In Loving Memory of Dr James MJ Supramaniam Ist Anniversary Departed 11 December 2008 Since you left us, there has been a vacuum which cannot be filled. Praise God that in His time we will meet again. Ranee, Paul, Margy, Tim and Matthew
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      117 82 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished tht race, I have kept the faith" 2Timothy4:7 Jesus, I trust in you. BENEDICT OEN BOON LIM Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 Dec 2009 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Anna Chew Mvi Mvi Son:
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      88 82 LEE HAI KOON Age: 46 passed away peacefully on 10 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Wife: Yap Bee Kuan Father: Mother: Lee Geok Wat Lim Chue Siang Mother-in-law: Tan Siew Keem Sons: Kevin Lee lia Le, Ken Lee lia Wei, Kendrew Lee lia lun All uncles aunties,
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      53 82 j With Deepest Sympathy and ®$W f Heartfelt Condolences to I Our Spiritual Director Lama Thubten Namdrol Dorje (Lee Kwong Wai, Felix) on the demise of his beloved father Maj (Ret.) MICHAEL LEE AH CHANG Departed on 9 December 2009 From The Management o£ Staff of L THEKCHEN CHOLING A
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      60 82 17TH ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF DR WOON WAH SIANC DEPARTED 11 DECEMBER 1992 Life's greatest gift is remembrance. In remembrance of our Dearest Dad and Kong Kong Whose memory is still much cherished and presence still deeply missed. You are always in our thoughts and forever in our hearts.
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      88 82 40tk (Day Trayer In Lovina 'Memory Of (YOG SOCCER COACH FORMER SINGAPORE INT'L) Departed on Ist November 2009 "In our Hearts you wiffaCways five Your fove, your voice and your smife are "Forever imprinted in our minds and Hearts.'' To all our relatives and friends. The honour of your presence
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      66 83 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Our Shareholder Retired Managing Director Mr Toh Shung Chee Family LOH SWEE KING Departed on 9 December 2009 From: The Management and Staff of Wo Kee Hong (Holdings) Limited (Hong Kong) Wo Kee Hong Distribution Pte Ltd (Singapore) Wo Kee Hong Marketing Pte
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      60 83 LEE TECK TONG Age: 60 passed away peacefully on 9 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Khoo Hoi Chit Sons: Lee Teck Loon Lee Tong Loon and all relatives Wake is held at Blk 825, Jurong West Street 81. Cortege leaves on 13 December 2009 (Sunday) L at 11am
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      37 83 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE THAM CHONG PAX Departed on 6 Dec 2009. Wishes to express their heartfel thanks appreciation to al relatives, friends colleagues fo\ their kind assistance, attendance condolences, wreaths donation: during their recent bereavement.
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      116 83 "Surely goodness and love will follow JP me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in yfk the house of the Lord forever. "Psalm 23:6 LIEWSETWAH Age: 42 was called home to be with the Lord on I 9 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones I Husband:
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      50 83 10th Anniversary CPT. TEDDY QUAH KOK MENG Departed: 11 Dec 1999 Ten years have passed. But in the hearts of those you've touched, Time has not erased the memories. We still miss you. "What to do? Like that, lor." Dad Robert Quah Mum: Lucy Quah Sis Tammy Quah Family Friends
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      41 83 Tie family of the late EDWARD CHIANG HOCKYEW Departed on 06 December 2009 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind issistance, attendanci condolences, lonations and wreath during their recent bereavement.
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      118 83 Beloved Wife, Mother Grandmother LOH SWEE KING Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 9 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Toh Shung Chee (Shareholder Retired Managing Director of Wo Kee Hong Group) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Toh Wing Chow Fu Lee Chuan Toh Wing Keen Benjamin Toh
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      51 83 lstjfinnivmary In£gving Memory of CONSTANTINE FLETCHER Departed on 11 December 2008 His memory is as dear today, As in the hour he passed away. Forever cherished and loved by Wife: Gertrude Fletcher Sons, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren and all loved ones. Mass will be held on 11-12-09 at Holy Trinity Church at
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      46 83 In loving remembrance 'CHUATECKSENG' Called Home: 11 Dec 1995 Our dearly loved Dad/Kong Kong I If memories bring us closer I We are never Jar apart I I You are always here beside usl I And forever in our hearts I Deeply cherished by loved ones
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      47 83 In Loving Memory Of Our Parents ChowKhengFong Leong Vat Choon Departed 11 December 2000 Departed 23 June 2006 "To the memory of our parents Whose spirit and wisdom continue to live within our hearts forever." Deeply missed always remembered by all your children, grandchildren and loved ones
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      103 83 Jimmy Lim Pang Hock Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 10 Dec 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Jeanette Lim Mother-in-law: Chan Mci Lin Daughter: Lindy Lim Li Son: Benny Lim Pin Sisters: Lim Siew Hong Lim Kheng Hoon Nephews: Lim Soo Hock Victor family
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      24 83 3rd Anniversary in loving memory of MICHAEL OH JIN LEONG 22. 03.1945 -11.12. 2006 We remember... We celebrate... We believe... missed forever cherished. 1
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      51 83 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of MR. NANOO ACHUDAN Departed on 11 December 2007 It has been two years since that day You left us for a place far away... If time heals everything, please tell us how For your memory still lingers, even now... Always remembered by family and
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      41 83 2nd ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of S. KARTAR SINGH SEKHON (JHANDIANA) Departed 11 December 2007 Time changes many things, But not the memory that this day brings. Deeply missed and lovingly remembered in the hearts of family and loved ones always.
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        481 84  -  BULLS AND BEARS STI loses 0.6% as fund managers start closing books for the year By Goh Eng Yeow SENIOR CORRESPONDENT MOST Asian markets fell yesterday amid continuing global jitters over debt levels, especially in Europe. In Singapore, traders were more interested
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        351 84  -  By Esther Teo THE Supreme Court has granted a request by the independent directors of Sino-Environment to restrain its executive directors from making certain financial transactions. But the independent directors did not say in a statement yesterday how the judge had ruled in
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          108 84 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.59 billion shares worth $1.41 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 193 Losers: 286 Unchanged:772 STRAITS TIMES INDEX lid Cap 662.27 T -3.06 Basic materials 316.79 T -7.57 Utilities 485.67 6.55 imall Cap 531.11 1.23 Industrials 603.06 T -2.13 Financials 726.33 T -2.88 ill Share 685.30 T -3.41
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          184 84 Yesterday's close: 9,862.82 (-141.90) »Japanese share prices tumbled as investors worried about the impact of a strong yen on the country's export-dependent economy. Yesterday's close: 1,259.90 (+4.14) Malaysian shares closed up 0.33 per cent, led by gains in construction and finance stocks. Yesterday's close: 21,700.04 (-41.72) Hong Kong shares
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            416 84 Dec 10 I CENTS DBXT Nifty 100S$ OCC 3.93% NCPS10 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ ISH Lyxor India Nifty 10 Creative Tech WB1 Corp DBXTMSKorea 10IISS DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 DOB 5.05%NCPS 100 IS MSCI India 100 fiongWoon Asia Pac Brew Great Eastern SGX SembMar B Sembawang rpv
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            431 84 Dec 10 CENTS iukitSemW*****8 255 :apitalanMBLeCW***** 43 lityDev RBeCW*****9 31.5 SoodpackW*****0 45 !TI 2700BNPePW*****8 19 ;TI 2850BNPePW*****0 21 !TI 2850SGAePW*****8 26 !eeHS W*****5 11.5 :apitalanDBePW*****9 22 IBS MBL ePW*****6 26.5 lai Leek Will 124 11 (SH Hldg W*****2 16 SGXMBLeCW*****4 37.5 !TI 2700SGAePW*****0 6 5TI 2750 DBePWI
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          104 84 FOREIGN CURRENCY NUTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 10 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2610 1.2990 Can dollar 1.3110 1.3270 Euro 2.0380 2.0610 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4086 0.4098 NZ dollar 0.9980 1.0200 Sterling pound 2.2520 2.2780 US dollar 1.3810 1.3960 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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          389 84 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 446 244.9 1116 168 147 1532 425 120 52 495 3240 1856 2710 870 198 326 874 285 891 1450 315 184 399 324 390 376 352 232 2008 700 170 5606 CapitaLand 93.5
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          615 84 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR'OOO HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 133 96 195 98 74.5 172 123 150 267 26 132 147 226 108 133 247 600 250 319 216 68.5 334 179 220 42.5 193 47.5 78 95 33.5 296 150 70
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          186 84 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS By Volume cents Vol ian Joo 7.5 fing Li 66.5 Ichieva 11.5 lapMallsAsia 268 Ihina XLX 68 iinotel Tech 65.5 iolden Agri 47.5 lovena 22 Iceanus 36.5 Jni Envtech 32.5 icoWise 25 iongWoon 67.5 Ihina Hongxing 19.5 ienting SP 108 iinomem
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        716 85  -  Sylvia Paik Minister urges local companies to build on edge with govt support By Small, medium-sized...but winners all THE Singapore Prestige Brand Award, now in its Bth year, honours home-grown brands with excellent branding strategies. This year's overall winners are: Promising Brands:
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        322 85  -  Esther Teo By TWO units of Keppel Offshore Marine (Keppel O&M) have clinched a series of deals totalling $160 million in the last quarter of this year to end 2009 on a high note. The contracts secured by Keppel Shipyard and Keppel FELS include converting
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        395 85  -  Dickson Li By THE upcoming integrated resorts and MRT network expansion are good business for construction firms. And civil engineering firm Hock Lian Seng is set to ride this wave with a listing. Established 40 years ago, Hock Lian Seng has played a role
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        283 85 WASHINGTON: The average number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits over the past four weeks dropped to a one-year low, showing firms are gaining confidence as the economy recovers. The four-week moving average of initial claims declined to 473,750 last week from 481,500,
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      365 87 TOKYO: Japan is expected to revise upwards its economic forecast for the next fiscal year, on expectations that its stimulus package and solid Asian growth will support expansion, the Mainichi newspaper reported. In its growth forecast to be released later this month, the government is
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      373 87  -  Dickson Li Dril-Quip building new factory to treble its manufacturing capacity in Asia-Pacific region By AN AMERICAN drilling equipment manufacturer has started building a $46.5 million factory in Tuas that will allow it to make a larger range of equipment for the oil and
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      352 87  -  Gabriel Chen By A FAMILY-OWNED Swiss bank that set up in Singapore four months ago is confident it can make a mark in the fiercely competitive wealth management game dominated by big-name players. Geneva-based Banque Heritage has amassed nearly $100 million
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      585 89  -  JONATHAN KWOK Keeping investors in the know can mean difference between success and failure By SMALLER firms aiming to grow their businesses will need cash-rich backers, so adopting sound investor relations (IR) practices can mean the difference between success and failure. The advice
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      245 89 KUALA LUMPUR: Online social networking pioneer Friendster has accepted a buyout from a company controlled by Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan, the companies announced yesterday. They said the site would shift into e-com-merce. Friendster, which made its debut in 2002, was widely used to share videos,
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      292 89 A TENDER for a Balestier industrial plot that can be converted into a residential project failed to attract a high enough bid when it closed yesterday. Marketing agent Credo Real Estate received several bids and expressions of interest from developers, but the prices
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      324 89 ATHENS: European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday urged the Greek government to take "courageous" measures to tackle its debt crisis since it concerns the whole eurozone. "Consider the gravity of the situation. I am confident that the Greek government will in the
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      564 93  -  akshita nanda Studio Ghibli comes to Singapore as fans of the famed Japanese animation powerhouse will get to watch seven classic anime films here PHOTOS: Studio screenings Seven classic anime films from Studio Ghibli will be screened at Cathay's The Picturehouse from next Thursday to
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      847 95  -  cara van miriah Three beach parties will compete with ZoukOut at Sentosa this weekend It is the annual ZoukOut music festival at Sentosa this weekend but get set to be partied out, with three rival beach parties upping the fun factor for the first time. Beach-loving revellers have
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      148 95 ASIA DANCETINATION 2009 What: The 12-hour music and dance event will showcase more than a dozen Indonesian musicians and deejays When: Today, 6pm to 6am Where: Azzura and Harem Club, Siloso Beach Tickets: $20 to each venue SINGTEL PRESENTS ZOUKOUT 2009 What: Zouk club's outdoor
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      545 96  -  jocelyn lee Magdalen ng and Seasoned partygoers share tips on how to survive ZoukOut, the 12-hour beach party at Sentosa's Siloso Beach tomorrow from Bpm to Bam. Before Arrive early: Reach the venue before the start-time to avoid the long queues at the entrance, the traffic
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      728 97 From next year, traditional arts will get more Government support to strengthen Singapore's cultural identity Adeline chia arts reporter The traditional arts will get a boost from the Government next year. The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) will increase its support for the traditional arts,
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      688 99  -  Magdalen ng Tickets to this month's charity concert performed by youths are already sold out iVenue: Festive Grand, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) 'Car*: Drive to RWS via the Sentosa Gateway. Keep to the extreme left lane which will lead you to the entrance of the
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      426 100 Sylvia Ratonel is the first woman in the show's three seasons to make it to top two jocelyn lee For the first time, a woman has reached the final two in the Singapore Idol competition. Hotel secretary Sylvia Ratonel, 21, will duke it out with
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      571 100 Johannesburg South Africans say a new Hollywood film about sports, race and Mr Nelson Mandela will tell the world about the country's history of struggle and triumph despite some criticism that the lead roles are played by American actors. Clint Eastwood's Invictus depicts Mr
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        685 103  -  tan shzr ee The cast of Merlin say more romance and action are brewing in the new season Before Superman, there was King Arthur. And before King Arthur, well, there was Prince Arthur and his right-hand boy, Merlin. Bowl-cut hair, chain mail, velvet gowns and one or
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        671 104  -  foong woei wan A down-and-out former Wall Street whiz shows the best things in life are free telemad YOU'RE HIRED Star Hub Demand TV TOGETHER Channel 8 weekdays, 9pm POLICE ET VOUS E City (Star Hub Channel 56) Sundays, 7pm The hero of You're
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        569 109  -  eunice quek After 35 years in showbiz, veteran Marcus Chin moves in new directions with a solo concert and a studio album 'I'm not Aaron Kwok. I feel there's no point spending on costumes. It's more important that the audience leaves the concert feeling satisfied' Chin (left)
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      1056 114 'It has affected the market. It's always a problematic thing to say to a private collector your work is not a Rembrandt. Before you go to auction or go to a private dealer to buy a Rembrandt drawing, you should talk to a
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        371 116 Los Angeles The ex-girlfriend of Nicolas Cage (below) is suing the actor and his former business manager, claiming she is owed more than US$l3 million (SslB million) and a house the star had promised her. Former actress Christina Fulton, 42, who is the mother of
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        201 116 HOLLYWOOD BREAKS REVENUE RECORD Hollywood has set a new box-office record as the year's North American ticket sales head beyond US$lO billion (5513.9 billion) for the first time. The previous record of US$9.6B billion was set in 2007. BABY BOY FOR GISELE Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has given birth
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      570 152  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg A few years ago, a friend devised a personality test of zero scientific basis which she posed to a group of us over lunch one day. It was all in the name of fun, she said, but our choices would reflect
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        695 156 Party animals with aching feet will find their solemates in the vending machine outside Zouk. Rollies, touted as Singapore's first shoes-on-the-go concept, was launched last Saturday. A pair of buttery soft ballet pumps that comes rolled up in a box no larger than your palm pops out of
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        305 156 In its rush to become the world's newest superpower, I fear China may be in too much haste to run some of its distinctive sartorial traditions underground. Over in Shanghai, I hear there's a government campaign underway to discourage the long-standing habit of wearing pyjamas in public areas. This
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      476 157 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at sturban@sph.com.sg QI am organising my company's dinner and dance and the theme is Rocker's Nite. I am clueless about telling my fellow accountants how to dress the part. Please give
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      2023 158 Unifem's charity sale offers pre-loved designer pieces at purse-friendly prices. KAREN TEE takes a sneak oeek Do your part to save the planet, contribute to a worthwhile cause and score yourself a unique addition to your wardrobe. You can do all these at the Buy To Save
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      480 165 r 42 This 12-piece set from SK-ll's k premium «j anti-ageing _v skincare range LxP is luxury skincare at its best. It includes the LxP Ultimate Revival Cream, a rich rose-scented potion that contains one of the highest concentration of Pitera, SK-ll's miracle ingredient,
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      343 166 52 Get Junior this cuddly toy dog made from an old pair of Levi's jeans one can never be too young to grow a green conscience Soft toy, $225, from Asylum, 22 Ann Siang Road 53 Origins has a festive set of body wash, scrub and body cream which
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      393 167 62 This handsome felt tote fits a laptop comfortably and the padding protects it from bumps and thuds too. Beantown Quinn bag, $560, from Kate Spade, 01 -23 Raffles City Shopping Centre 63 This new video game comes with a turntable that lets you live out your DJ dreams.
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      315 168 72 This exotic, caffeine-free tea made from young rosebuds was an ancient herbal remedy used by the Persians and Romans. Pink rose buds tea set, $38, from The Indulgence, Basement 2 Takashimaya Food Hall 73 Break the ice at awkward gatherings with these cue cards, which require players to
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      324 169 82 This silver piggy bank could well make a family heirloom in years to come. Fire truck bank, $2,650, from Tiffany Co, 01-05 Takashimaya Shopping Centre 83 Chewable multi-vitamins fruity flavours and cute anim; shapes are a clever way to make sure junii meets his daily health needs. Nature's
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      437 170 92 Keep old-fashioned snacking alive with this lovely ceramic cookie jar. Concessions to proper nutrition can come in the form of these animal-shaped organic biscuits. Cookie jar, $39.90, organic biscuits, $11.90 per box, from Jones The Grocer, 01-12 Block 9 Dempsey Rnnd 93 These bejewelled frames add sparkling luxe
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      291 171 This HDB estate in the north has so many eats and treats, it is worth another look HEARTLANDFINDS Stephanie Gwee The 2,IOBhaHDB estate near the northern end of the island might be a tad out of the way, but some shoppers gladly travel to Yishun to shop.
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      155 171 The estate was originally named Nee Soon after rubber magnate Lim Nee Soon. The name was changed to the Chinese translation, Yishun, in the 1970s at the height of the Speak Mandarin campaign in a bid to replace dialect names with Chinese ones. Lim (1879-1936) was the
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      104 171 Rasa Rasa Warisan 01-387 Block 291 Yishun Street 22 Surinah Ali Arshad (right), 50, the owner of this Malay nasi padang stall, says the secret to her tasty dishes lies in using fresh ingredients and marinating the meat for hours on end. The fare, which includes beef tulang, stir-fried
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      79 171 01-229 Block 293 Yishun Street 22 Offbeat is how you would describe the desserts at this year-old corner stall. It offers local desserts with a new twist, such as Milo and chocolate ice kachang ($2.30 each). The former is topped with Milo powder while the latter comes with
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      275 171 3S Eyecare 01-79 Block 101 Yishun Avenue 5, tel: 6753-1138 The 10-month-old shop is home to trendy eyewear from labels such as Lacoste and Guess. Owner Stephanie Tan, 23, imports the frames directly from local distributors, which means the frames here cost between 20 and 50 per cent less
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      377 172  -  TAN HSUEH YUN Roast turkey and baked ham Christmas feasts are made of these. But here are some delicious, rib-sticking alternatives for the cool weather BEEF UP YOUR X'MAS This is a dish that would make great leftovers. Bluespoon diner is offering an Oven Stewed Beef
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      241 172 I know that cooking at Christmas is an act of love, a gift of hospitality for friends and family. So warm, so fuzzy. But you have to be fuzzy in the head to want to do it. As I draw up a battle plan for Christmas lunch
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      181 172 If money is no object, then Santa's Pot Of Gold, a new Christmas offering from the Fairmont Singapore, is just the thing for a luxe Yuletide feast. The stew, presented in a handsome Staub cocotte, is sort of like a Chinese New Year poon choy lots of
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      41 172 Al By Ashley Isham, 02-21 Mandarin Gallery Bottega Veneta, 01 -43 Paragon Cupid Jewels, 01-D1 Orchard Central Envie De Pois, 03-07 lon Orchard Pedro, 02-186 Vivo City Shunji Matsuo, 01-02 Wellington Building, 20 Bideford Road T.M. Lewin, 81-20 lon Orchard
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        393 173 If you are planning to get a present for Saleemah Ismail, a bag might be a good idea. The president of the United Nations Fund For Women (Unifem) Singapore owns only two handbags a straw tote she got in Cambodia and a croc-skin bag from home-grown label Kwanpen
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        229 173 i jnarignai Tang journal I use this to pen motivational words for myself, such as what I want to achieve in life and the things that I am grateful for. 2 Braun Buttel key pouch This pouch contains my office keys, a flash-drive and Internet
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      514 154 JINGLE BELL ROCK Two home-grown jewellers are out to wow, showcasing $35 million worth of sparkling rocks in two festivals. NORA FARHAIN checks out the rare gems and best buys "T/ \~7 1f t 1 A 18K rose gold Diamond- jj j Owl pendant 3 w i\a) pendantwith encrusted /'j
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      244 176 TESTED, PROVEN, LOVED Singaporean women have discovered the genetic secret to visibly youthful and brighter skin. 3 women share their experiences and how their beauty concerns have been answered with Genifique Youth Activator and Eye Concentrate. A A\wms&~ Aw ffwmW km AW \wm i m 1 RADIANCE FIRMNESS SMOOTHNESS FADED
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