The Straits Times, 18 December 2009

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  • 20 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 2009 Sf.l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
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  • INSIDE
    • 72 1 POLYTECHNIC graduates have the edge over university graduates in the job market. The reason: they cost less and possess more practical skills. Also, those laid off are more willing to take lower-paying jobs, unlike degree-holders. Headhunters suggest that degree-holders venture into such sunrise industries as
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    • 49 1 DON'T leave your home without an umbrella this weekend. The National Environment Agency is predicting periods of moderate to heavy rain accompanied by strong winds over the next few days as a surge of north-easterly winds in the South China Sea gathers strength. HOME PAGE B2
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    • 32 1 SINGAPORE'S exports finally turned around by jumping 8.7 per cent in November over the same period last year, the first such increase in 19 months. PRIME PAGE A3
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    • 43 1 China is planning to abolish a long-controversial demolition and relocation regulation, a week after five legal scholars petitioned the government. The ruling came after a spate of tense stand-offs over forced evictions across the country. PRIME PAGE A2O
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    • 59 1 INTEREST rates in Singapore are likely to remain stable at their current low levels for most of next year, meaning continued cheap loans for companies and homebuyers. This prognosis emerged after the US Federal Reserve said yesterday that it would keep its benchmark rate near zero
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  • 91 1 PHOTO: THE PLACE: Pasig, the Philippines. A gymnasium becomes a makeshift home for hundreds of Filipinos, made homeless by a typhoon and prolonged flooding in October. Around the world, the number of people forced out of their homes by the weather and the effects of global
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  • 737 1  -  Sujin Thomas By About the case SINGAPOREAN Ram Puneet Tiwary, 30, was jailed for life with no chance of parole, in 2006 after an 18-day trial. He was convicted of murdering Singaporeans Tay Chow Lyang, 26, and Tony Tan Poh Chuan, 27, in the flat
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  • 671 1  -  SUJIN THOMAS Yen Feng Target: Dangerously-placed items on high-rise buildings By uwtypuo;w THE Housing Board is on a mission to stamp out killer litter again. Over the next few months, the public housing agency will send out letters to about 900,000 HDB residents urging them
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  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 114 2 WE SAY There are more graduates without work in an improving economy than a year ago, when job scarcity was kicking in on account of the spreading financial crisis. Yet third-quarter figures confirm that the recovery is not a job-less one, as the job
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      • 31 2 COLUMNS SAF's policies on recruitment have to keep pace with the changing demographics and value systems of Generation V, say Ong Weichong. REVIEW PAGE A 24
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      • 31 2 Copenhagen's likely failure shows that the green movement has not managed to convince mainstream public opinion of the seriousness of the challenge, says DexTorricke-Barton. REVIEW PAGE A 27
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      • 29 2 OUR READER SAYS World leaders should collectively work out realisable approaches to cut carbon dioxide emissions and curb pollution, says Paul Chan Poh Hoi. FORUM PAGE A3O
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      • Article, Illustration
        11 2 www.straitstimes.com ■Tessa Wong cheers the demise of TV Mobile.
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    • 990 2  -  Carolyn Hong XL projects message of non-interference while trying to be helpful By MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF WHEN Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak visited strife-torn southern Thailand last week, he chose an unusual and lyrical means of conveying a hard message. "Di mana bund dipijak
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  • prime news
    • 99 3 Singapore's SEA Games silver-winning 4xloom relay team carrying coach Hamkah Afik after their surprisingly good showing in Vientiane yesterday. The team of (from left) Muhammad Amiruddin Jamal, Elfi Mustapa and Gary Yeo, together with Lee Cheng Wei (not in picture) also broke the national record.
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    • 575 3  -  Fiona Chan The strong growth suggests turning point in recovery By SINGAPORE'S exports turned in a stunning performance last month, reversing an 18-month decline and leaving economic forecasters astounded at the pace of the rebound. Increased shipments of chemical products were the key factor
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    • 464 4  -  Magdalen Ng Resorts World's Festive Grand Theatre is venue for charity show By TOMORROW will be a big day for 12-year-old Tay Kuan Li. Together with students Zach Hourihane, 13, and Jane Lee, 14, the CHIJ Katong (Primary) pupil will be
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    • 476 6 A BREAKTHROUGH "We now see uncovered all the forces that have generated that cancer and we now see all the genes that are responsible for driving those two cancers." Professor Mike Stratton, who led the institute's cancer genome project LONDON: Two common forms
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    • 586 8 Political tensions set to rise after court decision removes protection from graft charges ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's President faced fresh calls to step down yesterday, after the Supreme Court struck down an amnesty that had protected the increasingly unpopular leader and several allies from corruption charges. The
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    • 767 10  -  Kor Kian Beng They find work more easily than university grads in tough economy By Tips for jobless graduates "As our economy becomes even more knowledge intensive, it will require more, and not fewer, graduates to perform more complex tasks and higher-level thinking work, such as
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    • 90 10 Calista Ma, 21, manoeuvring a Segway around the lunchtime crowd at Food Republic at 313@Somerset yesterday. Filled with canned drinks, cups, ice and straws, the customised Segway is a new concept by Food Republic to peddle drinks to their customers at their latest outlet.
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    • 458 11 Way found that offers hope for patients to communicate easily NEW YORK: Experimental research is helping a paralysed man turn his thoughts into the beginnings of re-al-time speech. Mr Eric Ramsey was 16 when he suffered a stroke after a car accident, which left
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    • 384 14  -  Ravi Velloor Evaluation of ST Kinetics' weapons to continue following freeze due to Indian corruption scandal By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India will proceed with field trials of Singapore-built artillery, easing a freeze on contacts with ST Engineering earlier this year after
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    • 514 14  -  Ravi Velloor By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: India has no objections to its famed Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) or Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) setting up campuses overseas, including in Singapore. "In principle, I am not opposed to it,"
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    • 860 18  -  Sim Chi Yin Move follows petition by 5 legal dons slamming demolition rules By CHINA CORRESPONDENT TURNING POINT "If the demolition regulation is really overhauled, it will be a very major improvement. It shows that Chinese society has reached a point where we can't
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    • 457 20 Practice deceives people into believing they can get away with crime or have abnormal powers KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim scholars in Malaysia want laws to ban witchcraft in the country to help curb a wave of robberies, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. Influential cleric
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    • 504 21 Brazilian police say man carried out black magic ritual on toddler to spite his wife RIO DE JANEIRO: A two-year-old Brazilian boy with more than 40 sewing needles stuck everywhere inside his body was the victim of a black magic ritual performed by his
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  • prime special report
    • 1016 12  -  Sandra Davie Recession and dent in reputation caused by dodgy schools behind the dip By SENIOR WRITER Several private schools have shut in the past two years, with a few hitting the headlines in regional newspapers for leaving students stranded. THE double whammy of recession and
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  • prime copenhagen summit
    • 927 16  -  Jessica Cheam Contribution depends on developing countries agreeing to oversight By RISK OF TRAGEDY AND FARCE "I think it would be a tragedy if we failed because we couldn't agree on the substance it would be a farce if we failed to reach an
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    • 480 16  -  Clarissa Oon By COPENHAGEN: Singapore yesterday pledged support for negotiations to reach a legally-binding global agreement to address climate change, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announcing to the conference that Singapore would cut its carbon emissions growth by 16 per cent below business-as-usual
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    • 413 16  -  Nirmal Ghosh By COPENHAGEN: With expectations for the climate talks dropping by the day, it appears that the only likely outcome to emerge from COPIS is a watered-down political statement from the leaders. Even at the start of the talks, the expectation was that any form
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    • SUMMIT SNIPPETS
      • 143 16 NEW DELHI: India cannot accept a global warming treaty that would stall its drive to lift millions out of poverty, Premier Manmohan Singh said yesterday as he left for the climate talks. Dr Singh said he looked forward to "constructive deliberation" but stressed that the
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      • 120 16 COPENHAGEN: The stress of late-night negotiations and rushing between meeting rooms that can be more than half a kilometre apart is taking a toll on participants at the UN climate talks. Emergency doctors at the Bella Centre say they treated around 110 cases a day last week,
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      • 151 16 COPENHAGEN: If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. The United Nations estimates 40,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide will
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      • 108 16 NEW DELHI: South Asia's largest prison Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi is hoping to become the first in the world to go green, by using renewable energy, recycled waste and cutting its electricity consumption. The vast complex in the west of the Indian capital
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 437 22 A SIGN that the economy's recovery is not a job-less one is that the third quarter's gain of 14,000 jobs cancelled out the first six months' losses. This is reassuring. Recession cycles in industrial countries in the past two decades had seen
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    • 738 22  -  Ong Weichong GETTING THE BEST INTO THE SAF By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE its inception more than 40 years ago, the Singapore Armed Forces has been the principal guarantor of the Republic's security, strategic interests and sovereignty. But the SAF plays another
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    • 791 22  -  Bruce Gale MATA JELI: A PERSPECTIVE ON INDONESIAN AFFAIRS By SENIOR WRITER WOULD a Singapore-style Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system help solve Jakarta's notorious traffic problems? Governor Fauzi Bowo certainly thinks so. Earlier this month, he formally requested that the central government issue the
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    • review
      • 915 24  -  Arnold Reiner By THE recent case of the pilots from Northwest Airlines who became so absorbed in their laptop PCs that they flew 240 km past their destination have added to the concerns of the public. The incident should also be a
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      • 865 25  -  DEX Torricke-Barton UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE United Nations Climate Change Conference may technically succeed by the end of this week. Today or more likely, after a theatrical all-night session lasting well into tomorrow officials representing 192 countries will probably
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    • review insight
      • 1401 26  -  Jeremy Au Yong JEREMY AU YONG Return of the left? By This is the year when history made news and a generation of young Singaporeans scratched their heads and asked Fong who? Poh who? Today, we take a look at what happened when the past revisits
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      • 316 26 TO MANY, Singapore's birth can be marked either in 1965 when it broke away from Malaysia to be an independent republic, or in 1819 when it was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles. This year came a jolting reminder that there is one more year that also
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      • 567 27  -  Jeremy Au Yong By DR SEET Ai Mcc was once Singapore's highest-rank-ing female politician, holding the post of Acting Minister for Community Development. That was until 1991, when she narrowly lost her Bukit Gombak seat in the General Election to then Singapore Democratic
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      • 520 27  -  Cassandra Chew By MANY Singaporeans will remember her as the "feminist mentor" behind a group of activists who captured Aware, the women's advocacy group, triggering one of the biggest controversies of the year. If they delve into history, they will see a portrait of
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    • forum
      • 258 28 Chin-up advantage "Our soldiers will look very stupid if they cannot scale a wall to engage an enemy." MR VIM YEW FEI: "I refer to Wednesday's letter, 'Is Napfa an equitable test for NS?' The chin-up station in the National Physical Fitness Award (Napfa) tests upper body strength, which
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      • 391 28 PLEA TO WORLD LEADERS I REFER to Wednesday's commentary, "Four sides to the climate change story", and wish to point out that it missed a crucial factor political will. As an engineer by training, I tend to support views of the sceptics because by
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      • 369 28 I REFER to the letters, "Plant pruning at night? Spare a thought for poor workers" by Mr Michael John Price last Friday and "Pruning plants at night a good idea" by Mr Wah June Hwang on Monday. The National Parks Board (NParks)
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      • 258 28 I REFER to Wednesday's report, "14 'evaded CIQ checks' in which the Malaysian Immigration Department claimed that 14 individuals had deliberately crossed the border improperly. I am in no position to refute such allegations, but I would like to relate my own experience. On Dec 5,
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      • 123 28 I REFER to Mr Advin Kwok's letter last Saturday, "Show World Cup matches for free". We would like to clarify that MediaCorp has been in discussion with the rights owners for some time now, and there is no specific Fifa ruling for
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      • 436 28 Beyond call of duty "The driver then used his own small umbrella to help us board other buses. By the time he was done, he was drenched." MS WONG LAI YIN: "It was raining heavily on Dec 4 when I boarded SBS Transit service 154 from Eunos interchange at
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    • 201 28 jj"\ More letters on NIJ www.straitstimes.com 1 MR OH KAI KEAT: Don't penalise train commuters for drinking water 2 MR BRYAN NORMAN: White specks? That's the chicken you asked for 3 MR CHRISTOPHER TENG: Set up online facility to send photos of traffic offences 4 OCBC: We will explore more
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • 1151 31  -  Mavis Toh Sujin Thomas KILLER LITTER KILLER LITTER By Education and punishment needed to stop perennial problem at HDB flats Dos and don'ts DO Remove or relocate objects that are placed in a dangerous manner, and encourage others to do so too. Ensure bamboo poles are used only
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    • 374 32  -  Amresh Gunasingham By IF YOU are planning to go out this weekend, take an umbrella with you. The weatherman has forecast rainy weather for the next three days. The National Environment Agency's Meteorological Services Division said in a statement yesterday that a surge of
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    • 496 33  -  Tessa Wong TAKEOVER OF WET MARKETS All five will remain as wet markets; no change to rents until next March By THE Government has given Sheng Siong supermarket chain the green light to take over five wet markets which will stay as wet
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    • 764 34  -  Amelia Tan Leow Si Wan All schools must sign up with new statutory board and meet criteria on finances, staff and facilities, among other things By Registration process Schools covered by the old legislation Schools registered under the Education Act will have until June
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      • 154 35 STUDENTS from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will now have the chance to obtain the Adobe Certified Associates (ACA) certification, in addition to their Nitec or Higher Nitec certifications. The ACA certification is recognised by the industry as a leading benchmark of proficiency in digital
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    • 623 47 Minister plans to deny citizenship to women who wear full-body veils PARIS: France's immigration minister has said he wants the wearing of Muslim veils that cover the face and body to be grounds for denying citizenship and long-term residence. Mr Eric Besson said he planned
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      • 754 48 Surge in number of shoppers; retailers rush to set up cyber stores to tap growth potential By The Straits Times China Bureau BEIJING: The boom in the online shopping industry has spread to China, home to the largest Internet population, rattling traditional retailers who are
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      • 275 48 HONG KONG: The chief editor of a top sports publisher in China is being investigated for alleged corruption involving almost 100 million yuan (5520.5 million), in another blight on the country's sports scene. Mr Qu Youyuan, chief editor and part owner of the
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      • 869 51  -  Hazlin Hassan Plan to improve oft-criticised public transport system in Klang Valley By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT Train networks in Malaysia Light Rail Transit: Connects Kuala Lumpur to its suburbs. Has 49 stations covering 56km. A planned extension will add 26 more stations
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      • 209 55 SHANGHAI: The Chinese authorities are trying to move 1,200 tombs from the future site of the planned Disney theme park in Shanghai before construction begins, state media said yesterday. The municipal government has offered compensation to the families of the dead to help them bury
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      • 649 57 A SECURITY ISSUE "The freeze certainly raises questions about how Japan would address contingencies, for example in North Korea, in its alliance with the United States." Professor Takehiko Yamamoto, a professor of international relations at Waseda University. Decision on the shield, a joint project
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      • 223 57 TOKYO: Whether you are alcohol-intolerant or drink like a sailor, the proof is in your mouth. A Tokyo-based company has introduced a DNA test kit that assesses a person's tolerance to alcohol based on a mouth swab just in time for
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      • 671 60 NO SYMPATHY "Unfortunately, the Americans are arrogant. They think of themselves as omnipotent. That's how they come across." A Pakistani official, who says the US has brought the problem on itself Some US aid programmes to the country are being held up because of the campaign
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      • 311 60 WASHINGTON: Congress is investigating allegations that US tax dollars are being paid to warlords and the Taleban for security on supply routes used to truck food, water, fuel and ammunition to American troops in Afghanistan. If the allegations are true, then the United States
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      • 484 61 3-year plan is part of govt's bid to lift ranking in corruption index as investors turn wary KUALA LUMPUR: The government yesterday unveiled a three-year action plan to combat worsening corruption amid worries of declining investor interest in Malaysia. Various steps were announced from an online
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      • 248 61 PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a ruling by the High Court that the anti-graft commission cannot interrogate witnesses beyond office hours. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had lost the case last month when the High Court ruled that a Selangor town
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      • 467 61 KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra is challenging the decision of his eldest brother, the Kelantan Regent, to remove him from a council that picks the next ruler of the state, in a widely watched royal battle. The Regent, Tengku Muhammad Faris
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      • 665 62 TSUNAMI SURVIVOR In tomorrow's Saturday Special report: The tsunami, five years on Family struggled to get help after publicity that followed boy's miraculous survival BATTICALOA (Sri Lanka): The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami brought international fame to Baby 81, but the parents of the then two-month-old,
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      • 529 64 Analysts say deal is in response to Beijing's Spratlys naval build-up HANOI: A major arms deal with Russia, reportedly involving the purchase of six submarines, aims to bolster Vietnamese claims against China over potentially re-source-rich South China Sea islands, analysts say. While much
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      • 611 65 VIOLATIONS OF US SANCTIONS Bank helped banned clients do business in US by hiding identities WASHINGTON: They referred to banks with code names like "Iron" and "Wood". Sometimes they just used initials. For nearly two decades, employees of Credit Suisse, Switzerland's second-larg-est bank after ÜBS,
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      • 561 66 French, Greek workers protest against austerity moves; BA in last-ditch bid to avert walkout PARIS: Anger over the fallout from the crippling recession mounted across Europe yesterday, with strikes against austerity measures and court battles over threatened stoppages. Europe's busiest commuter train line remained
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      • 355 66 CUERNAVACA (Mexico): Two hundred sailors raided an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed Mexican drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses", and three members
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      • 525 68 Berlusconi love him or hate him Leftists and rightists in war of words after attack on the PM ROME: This week's bloody attack on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, already a larger-than-life figure in Italian politics, further polarised a sharply divided country. The Premier was set to be discharged from hospital
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      • 388 69 JERUSALEM: A team of archaeologists and scientists said it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the United States,
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      • 439 70 Hormone controlling how much we eat could play role in dementia: US study WASHINGTON: A person's risk of contracting Alzheimer's may be linked to levels of the appetitesuppressing hormone leptin, according to a US study which could point the way towards future treatment of
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      • 278 70 WASHINGTON: Will a gene bring healthful blessings or the curse of disease? It may depend on whether it is inherited from mum or dad, researchers have reported. A team at Iceland's Decode Genetics Inc found mutations in five disease-related genes that only take
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      • 470 73 PARIS: France's glamorous former justice minister Rachida Dati has been caught on camera complaining about her role as a member of the European Parliament. "I can't stand this. I really can't stand this," she is heard saying, forgetting that she has a television microphone
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      • 240 74 PARIS: A group of French farmers dumped piles of hay in front of the French presidential palace yesterday to protest against falling food prices and demand more help from the government. Police used tear gas to push back about 100 demonstrators from the Young
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      • 111 74 WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed a decision by Myanmar to allow detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) to meet three elderly senior members of her National League for Democracy party. The democracy icon in Myanmar was taken on Wednesday to a state
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      • 103 74 NAZRAN (Russia): A suicide car bomber attacked a group of police and soldiers in Russia's restive North Caucasus yesterday, wounding at least 23 people, officials said. The bomber struck the group at a checkpoint in the city of Nazran, in the province of Ingushetia, said
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      • 138 74 JAKARTA: About 300 people yesterday protested against the police killing of separatist leader Kelly Kwalik (left), who was accused in the deaths of 11 people in Indonesia's restive Papua province, and demanded his body be released for burial. Many wore tribal dress, sang patriotic songs popular
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      • 102 74 VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Limerick's bishop, who was heavily criticised in an Irish investigation of clergy sex abuse of children and a church hierarchy cover-up, the Vatican said yesterday. The one-line announcement that Monsignor Donal Murray had resigned did not mention
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      • 117 74 BEIJING: The trial of a suspected gang boss as part of a sweeping crackdown on mafia activities in south-western China's Chongqing municipality has taken an unexpected twist with the arrest of his lawyer on charges of fabricating evidence. The mafia crackdown's focus has now switched to alleged gang
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      • 112 74 JEDDAH: Weeks after a devastating flash flood, residents of Jeddah fear further heavy rain could bring a huge, brimming reservoir of raw sewage cascading onto the city's streets. Until the Nov 25 flood, truckloads of human waste were transported daily from Jeddah a city of 2.6 million
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
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      725 77  -  Leonard Lim Spore sprint to unexpected silver in men's 4xloom relay ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: In sport, one of the best ways to answer one's critics is by coming up with a showing that not only is unexpected, but also propels you into a league that the previous
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    • 541 78  -  Leonard Lim Controversial thrower in conciliatory mood after winning shot put gold ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: They both won gold, but the reactions of Singapore's two national throwers could not be more different. Zhang Guirong simply smiled yesterday after picking up Singapore's 33rd gold of the Laos
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    • 353 78  -  Lin Xinyi By VIENTIANE: Singapore's wait for its first badminton SEA Games women's doubles gold medal will continue. Yao Lei and Shinta Mulia Sari were outclassed by top seeds Wong Pei Tty and Chin Ec Hui 12-21, 11-21 in the final yesterday. The 3-0 lead
      LIM SIN THAI  -  353 words
    • 173 79 VIENTIANE: Malaysia beat Vietnam 1-0 yesterday to clinch their first title in the SEA Games Under-23 football competition since 1989. Vietnam, who beat Malaysia in the group stage, had the better of the exchanges in the first half but could not make their dominance count.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  173 words
    • 551 79  -  Jonathan Wong Singapore outplay Laos to win the football bronze medal again ATTHE GAMES By VIENTIANE: The last time the final whistle blew at the Chao Anouvong Stadium, Khairul Nizam trudged dejectedly off the pitch with a goal to his name but little else. Yesterday, the 18-year-old
      MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN  -  551 words
    • 428 79  -  Leonard Lim GAMESDIARY By VIENTIANE: As the 25th SEA Games draws to a close, it is not the gold medallists or the flamboyant celebrations who will stay in my memory. Rather, it is sport's ability to draw out the best in humans,
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  428 words
    • 390 80 Thailand's 100-gold dream shattered by impressive Vietnam VIENTIANE: The battle for SEA Games supremacy will go down to the final day. Thailand had 84 gold medals compared to Vietnam's 81 yesterday. There are nine more golds up for grabs: three in tennis and two each in petanque,
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  390 words
    • 359 80  -  Jonathan Wong By "If it can encourage people back home to try something new and help establish a future for wrestling, then that's enough for me." SULAIMAN YUSOF, on his runner-up finish in the wrestling competition VIENTIANE: They might look the same but the
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    • INBRIEF
      • 100 80 JAMES Wong may have won his ninth SEA Games gold medal but he is already dreading the flight home to Singapore. The reason is a simple matter of space. At 1.95 m tall and 125 kg, it is no small task for the 40-year-old
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      • 73 80 NOT only do they help with the medal presentation during the prize-giving ceremonies, but the Lao beauties are also proving to be a hit with the media as well. While waiting for the medals to be given out at yesterday's track and field competition,
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      • 63 80 LOCALS who have been hired for the fortnight to ferry YIPs, officials and media around have gathered at the Press Centre Building because of the big-screen television showing live SEA Games action. Over 20 of the drivers were watching the Laos versus Singapore football
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    • Article, Illustration
      867 80 Singaporeans in action Shooting Men's 25m centre fire pistol Gai Bin, On Shaw Ming Poh Lip Meng Closing ceremony (Live, Chs, 7pm) Webcast also available at www.teamsingapore.com.sg Gold medals at stake today: 9 Petanque (2) Shooting (2) Men and women's Men's 25m centre fire Triples pistol, team Sepak takraw
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    • 568 81  -  Leonard Lim Officials say country's sporting future is bright, thanks to SEA Games ATTHE GAMES By "SEA Games fever has shown that people want to cheer for and support their athletes in popular sports, so this leads me to believe Lao sport will improve."
      MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  568 words
    • Article, Illustration
      297 81 Vanessa Neo, 22 Singapore shuttler, playing in her third SEA Games Q What dish from Singapore do you miss most? A Chicken rice. It's something you can get anywhere. Even when you find it elsewhere, it just doesn't taste the same. Q Which item did you bring with you
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    • 1061 82  -  Wang Meng Meng Singapore athletics boss says SSC is only paying lip service to association By WAKE UP, ATHLETICS... "Without athletics firing on all cylinders, Singapore will always be hamstrung in our final performance in multi-sports events." ...SO WHY HAMMER US? "We have
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    • 459 83 LONDON: Arsene Wenger turned on Mick McCarthy over the Wolverhampton manager's decision to field their reserves against Manchester United in the Premier League on Tuesday, but the Arsenal manager has larger concerns now. His side could not make their early domination count against Burnley and
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    • 718 83 SPURS PASS BIG BOYS TEST They crush Man City 3-0 and look good for 2010 Champions League LONDON: It was like an audition for a place in the Champions League next season, for the right to join the big boys of Europe, and Tottenham emphatically passed it at White Hart
      THE TIMES; LONDON; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  718 words
    • 278 83 LONDON: Rafael Benitez has challenged his Liverpool players to use victory over Wigan as a springboard for a winning run that will catapult the club into the Premier League's top four. Fernando Torres marked his 100 th appearance for the Reds with
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS  -  278 words
    • 355 83 LONDON: Carlo Ancelotti has admitted that Chelsea need to show more mental strength to cope with the pressure of leading the Premier League, following his side's nerve-wracking 2-1 win over Portsmouth. The Blues were only 11 minutes away from a fifth successive game without a
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  355 words
    • 245 83 BEIJING: Olympic and world badminton champion Lin "Super" Dan has been ordered to play in this week's Chinese club qualifiers despite complaining of exhaustion. The world No. 2, the only player to have won the world men's singles title three
      REUTERS  -  245 words
    • SPORTSWORLD
      • 141 83 ABU DHABI: Lionel Messi scored within two minutes of coming on as a substitute to help Barcelona complete a 3-1 comeback win over Mexico's Atlante on Wednesday and reach the football Club World Cup final against Estudiantes. Guillermo Rojas put the Concacaf champions ahead in the
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      • 81 83 LOS ANGELES: Japanese slugger Hideki Matsui (above), the World Series Most Valuable Player for the New York Yankees, signed a one-year contract worth US$6.5 million (Ss9.l million) with the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The transfer means the flow of Japanese money and baseball
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  81 words
      • 70 83 THAILAND'S Poom Saksansin and Australia's Angie Yang took top honours at the 18th SICC Junior Invitational Golf Championship yesterday, winning the A Div boys' and girls' competitions respectively. Poom's three-round total of 215 was three better than Singapore's Gregory Foo, who finished second at
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      • 117 83 MILWAUKEE: Kobe Bryant sank a 15-foot jump shot for the last of his 39 points as the final buzzer sounded, giving the Los Angeles Lakers a 107-106 NBA overtime victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday. He scored the last seven points of the game
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  117 words
      • 48 83 MILAN: Felipe Massa complained of a sore neck on Wednesday, after completing two days of tests in a 2007 Ferrari Formula One car. The Brazilian has been out since suffering life-threatening head injuries in an accident at July's Hungarian Grand Prix. REUTERS
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    • 612 84 "He would just call crying and say, 'My dad is with another woman', and that would be all he could say. He would be so upset, so I just tried to be there for him and listen to him." DINA PARR, talking about her high-school boyfriend
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    • 280 84 FLORIDA: Tiger Woods' indiscretion will cost the PGA Tour, television networks and merchandise vendors, such as Nike, a combined US$22O million (Ss3oB million) or more in lost revenue. His indefinite leave from the sport, announced last week after he admitted cheating on his wife, deprives
      BLOOMBERG REUTERS  -  280 words
    • 407 84 Basketball NBA Atlanta 110 Memphis 97, Indiana 101 Charlotte 98, Orlando 118 Toronto 99, Cleveland 108 Philadelphia 101, Utah 108 New Jersey 92, LA Lakers 107 Milwaukee 106 (OT), LA Clippers 120 Minnesota 95, New Orleans 95 Detroit 87, Dallas 100 Oklahoma 86, Denver 111 Houston 101, Sacramento 112
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    • 224 77 I Jp 0 WHAT'S ONLINE MOST VIEWED, YOUR SAY AND MORE www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Tiger's wife wants divorce Fulham into Europa League last 32 Silver for Spore in 4xloom relay YOUR SAY The Young Lions matched their 2007 performance by bringing home the football bronze medal. Are you satisfied
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  • OBITUARIES
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      187 84 "The Lord is my Shepherd, Lshall not want." Psalm 23 LIM GEOK JOO Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: (Lim Chuan Hee, deceased) (Choa Siok Oan, deceased) Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Lim Hong Lian Tan Kok Wan (Lim
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      140 84 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want...and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 LOW SOON HOCK Age: 63 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Judy
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      120 84 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Joong Piang, Bryan, Gillian and Ethel Dr. Edith Quah Swee Liang Departed on 14th December 2009 You were the leggy beauty with the megawatt smile in our class! We basked in your friendly charm, and admired your passion for causes close to your
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      207 85 LIM KHIN (LIN JIN) Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 16 Dec 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Sister: (Gwee Kay Swee, deceased) lim Siew Khim Brothers: Sister-in-law: Sisters: Brother-in-law: (*ME#, deceased) deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (Gui Poh Seng, deceased) PangYook Lan (Gui Poh Lin, deceased) Lim Yew Geok Gui Poh
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      43 85 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to BG Ng Chee Meng Director ST Aerospace Systems Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother LEE HANG HOE Departed on 17 December 2009 From: The Board of Directors Management of ST AEROSPACE SYSTEMS PTE LTD
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      98 85 The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want Psalm 23:1 ROBERT PERIASAMY Age: 80 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Meenachi Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kumar Periasamy Smita Kumar P. Ramachandran Jeyaranee Periasamy Daughter: Sarajadevi Periasamy Grandchildren: Jessica,
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      66 85 J? 4th Anniversary <& In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Lee Hiok Kher Departed on 18.12.2005 Four years have passed since you attained the bliss of nirvana. Yet fond memories of you are mid in our mind, your boundless benevolence, simple virtue and wise teachings are always imprinted in our
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      193 85 MDM TAN CHYE HONG Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 16 December 2009. Dearly missed and fondly rememebered by loved ones. Husband: (Lim Chan Meng, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Tian Kuay Chee Yen Chin Lim Tian Tiew Soh Siew Cheng Lim Tian Khai Chua Pheck Keng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Kwee
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      41 85 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MG Ng Chee Khern Director Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother LEE HANG HOE Departed on 17 December 2009 From: The Board of Directors Management of SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES AEROSPACE LTD
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      128 85 LOH NUN KEOW Age: 85 Passed away peacefully on 16 Dec 2009. Leaving behind loved ones Husband: Patrick Ec Dah Pat (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Rudy Ec Hock Hee (Deceased) Carolyn Ang Ai Choo limmy Ec Fook Chye (Deceased) Lim Ah Kirn Paul Ec Fook Huat Lucy Chan Daughters: Son-in-law: Patsy
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      116 85 TONG CHOK KAOW Age: 100 passed away peacefully on 16 December 2009 Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Mdm Ng Poh Yoke Sons: Daughters-in-law: Thong Sai Soh Leong Yin Leng, Kathy Thong Kam Chuen Cheng Kum Sim Tong Kum Kok Ong Lay Eng Tong Kum Yew Lim Lay
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      73 85 3nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of Diana Chiang Hwi Lin Departed 18 Decembei 2006 Her smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall; She had a land word for each And died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet her, Some day we know not when,
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      148 85 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 SANTHANASAMY LOUIS (ANTHONY) (Ex-Old Paya Lebar SATS Staff HP) Age:6B was called home to be with the Lord on 12 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mary Victoria d/o
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      44 86 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MG Ng Chee Khern BG Ng Chee Meng RADM Ng Chee Peng on the demise of their beloved mother LEE HANG HOE Departed on 17 December 2009 From: The Board of Directors Management of SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ENGINEERING LTD
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      41 86 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to RADM Ng Chee Peng Director Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother LEE HANG HOE Departed on 17 December 2009 From: The Board of Directors Management of SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES MARINE LTD
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      41 86 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to RADM Ng Chee Peng Director Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother LEE HANG HOE Departed on 17 December 2009 From: The Board of Directors Management of SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRONICS LTD
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      121 86 LEE HANG HOE Age: 79 Passed away peacefully on 17 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Ng Ban Hin (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Chee Kang Elicia Lim Bee Choo Ng Chee Hong Sylvia Tan Mann Feei Ng Chee Khern Elaine Neo Poh Choo Ng Chee
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      102 86 6th Anniversary have set the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8) In Loving and Cherished Memory Of ROBERT CHONG KWIFONG Entered into the Lord's embrace on 18 December 2003 Fondly remembered missed by Wife: Lydia Boon Soon Neo
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      119 86 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want....and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 LIM CHENG SAN Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 16 Dec 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chin YeckHwa Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Wei Lim Limei Lim Yong
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      35 86 First Anniversary In Loving Memory LEE POH TIN (Mrs Chew Keow Seong) 14 May 1919 -18 Dec 2008 Loved and admired by her daughters Beatrix, Rosemary, Christine, Vivien, Phyllis Joyce, sons-in-law, gmndchildren and great grandchildren
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      97 86 My dear silent father, Ist anniversary in loving memory of YEOW TAI PEOW departed: 18 Dec 2008 dearly missed remembered by family loved ones Each new account either revokes the previous sentence or dovetails into the provenance of quiet tributaries. Soon becoming part of received wisdom. If only you were
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      103 86 We, the family of the late ARUL CHELVAM (ROGER) Mother: Mrs Nageswari Kandasamy Sister: Pusparani Wife: Kalarani and her sons, Prasad Vinesh "Perhaps you sent a lovely card Or sat quietly in a chair Perhaps you sent a floral piece If so we saw it there Perhaps you spoke the
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      64 86 ARUNASALAM SUBRAMANIAM Age: 58 passed away peacefully on 16 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Kamala Subramaniam Sons: Selvakumar Puvaneshwaran Daughter: Rajalakshmi Son-in-law: Devainthran Daughter-in-law: Rajenthy Granddaughters: Priyanka Darshini Deraysha Radeishaa Brothers, Sisters, Relatives And Friends Wake is held at Blk 104 Gangsaßd#lo-65 Tel: 6524 6909 Cortege leaves on
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • 749 92  -  Robin Chan Forecast follows Fed move to keep key rate close to zero By INTEREST rates in Singapore are likely to remain stable at their current low levels for most of next year, meaning continued cheap loans for companies and homebuyers. This prognosis
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      • 507 87  -  Jonathan Kwok BULLS AND BEARS Some investors bullish on Genting ahead of Resorts World opening By THERE were early hints yesterday that traders might drive the market on from Wednesday's heroics but the end result was something of a non-event. The signals from the
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      • 437 87  -  Joyce Teo By MANY expected to see a surge in the number of home loan defaults, what with the worst recession in Singapore's history and the rising tide of jobless people struggling with mortgage instalments. Nothing, it turns out, could be further from
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          104 87 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.40 billion shares worth $1.34 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 194 Losers: 248 Unchanged: 821 Mid Cap 665.69 1.47 Basic materials 326.95 0.64 Utilities 499.62 1.23 Small Cap 525.25 T -3.14 Industrials 600.07 0.64 Financials 731.92 T -1.91 All Share 691.59 T -0.10 Consumer goods 715.21 2.07
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        • 189 87 Yesterday's close: 10,163.80 (-13.61) »Japanese stocks ended slightly lower, mirroring losses on other markets in the region following a mixed performance overnight on Wall Street. Yesterday's close: 1,266.97 (-2.06) Malaysian shares edged down 0.16 per cent ahead of a long weekend, with the market closed today for a public
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        • 105 87 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 17 2009 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2460 1.2840 Can dollar 1.3080 1.3240 Euro 2.0180 2.0420 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4077 0.4087 NZ dollar 0.9970 1.0190 Sterling pound 2.2680 2.2950 US dollar 1.3890 1.4050 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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      • 534 88  -  K. C. Vijayan Independent directors want to oust board's executive directors By Law Correspondent $85 million worth of transactions were made without necessary board approval and authorisation INDEPENDENT directors of strife-torn Sino-Environment Technology have won the first round in their bid to oust the executive
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      • 494 88  -  Gabriel Chen By THE clock is running down for FerroChina with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) rejecting its bid for more time to submit a proposal for resuming the trading of its shares. The SGX said yesterday that it turned down the
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    • 463 89 House okays $217b plan to save jobs, give relief to the jobless, and fund infrastructure projects WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved a US$l55 billion (Ss2l7 billion) measure that seeks to create jobs and blunt the impact of the worst
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    • 359 89 CHARLOTTE (North Carolina): Bank of America's (BoA) board of directors has chosen consumer banking chief Brian Moynihan (right) to replace embattled Ken Lewis as the CEO on Jan 1. Their pick of an internal candidate on Wednesday followed a months-long search and unsuccessful
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    • 776 90  -  Goh Eng Yeow NEWS ANALYSIS USsl7b raised is strong indication that markets are back from the brink By THE fact that banking giant Citigroup was able to raise US$l7 billion (5523.8 billion) in a share offering on Wednesday speaks volumes about the way
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    • 381 90  -  Alvin Foo By THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's (GlC's) stake in Citigroup has been diluted following the American bank's capital raising this week. GIC now holds about 4 per cent, down from 4.9 per cent, its spokesman told The Straits Times
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    • 759 94  -  jocelyn lee It took more than 1,000 script changes and 10 years to make, but Bodyguards And Assassins was worth fighting for, say cast After the gala premiere of new blockbuster movie Bodyguards And Assassins in Shanghai earlier this week, veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka
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      574 95  -  Magdalen ng Dating couple thought they had a shot at top three but did not expect to win The Amazing Race Winners of The Amazing Race Season 15 Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney were almost spot-on with their pre-season pick of which would be the top three
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    • 1052 96  -  tara tan When art and politics clash Edgy works that upturn sensibilities and force people to re-think feature in the Ml Fringe Festival arts reporter 'What is freedom? Here, in London, some people are like prisoners, living life only for money or business' London-based Myanrnarese artist Htein Lin
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    • 520 97 Theatre JIWO JIRO (Zero Soul in Bahasa Indonesia) Who: Najib Soiman When: Jan 15 and 16, Bpm Where: Esplanade Recital Studio Admission: $19 What: An absurdist tale about the relationship between man and machine, with zany characters including a singing midget. The play is directed
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      467 98  -  tara tan Christmas is hard on a man, and a play shows how two guys survive the festive fervour arts reporter The average Joe takes centre stage in A Christmas Adam, a new play to be staged at the Play Den at The Arts House. Created and
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    • 1032 99 'We look at Bruce Lee as a lifestyle' Shannon Lee (above), his daughter Gongfu icon's daughter wants to rebuild his image and increase the income from his estate Hong Kong Albert Einstein, dead since 1955, is earning US$lO million (Ssl4 million) a year. John Lennon,
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    • 872 100 Animatior doesn't work without someone who believed, and Roy believed' Mr Peter Schneider, former president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, on Roy Disney's contribution Roy Disney, nephew of legendary Walt Disney, dies at the age of 79 Los Angeles Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of
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      • 149 101 They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Yet no matter how Mrs Tiger Woods may have reacted in private to news of the golfer's serial affairs, she has not deigned to feed the media frenzy so far. In keeping a stiff upper lip, Elm
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        951 102  -  yeow kai chai Move over Madge. Lady Gaga is the new anything-goes, play-acting icon for the instant pop-idol age sound bites I W^^k g A r<T/75 QUOte me 1 know will be burnt alive. I'm not coming into it with any great expectations of coming away with §reat
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      • 635 103  -  cara van miriah There's no dirt on the guys from band Hoobastank, which probably makes them unpopular with gossip tabloids 'We don't sit around in a meeting to decide how we should sound in the next album. We just write and play, it's that simple' Doug Robb (centre,
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        979 105 ffifflfflasian pop DANCING QUEEN Landy Wen Seed Music ■A"A"A"&"& There is no chance that you will forget who you are listening to. That is because Wen keeps spelling out her name L.A.N.D.Y. In a nutshell, that spells out her problem. She is a versatile singer with a lightly
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      • 504 106  -  jocelyn lee Comedian-singer Zhang Di will make up songs on the spot in his concert He may be from Taiwan, but fans attending veteran singer Zhang Dis concert here this Sunday can expect references to hot topics in Singapore. The celebrity is famous for his off-the-cuff lyrics, and
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    • 625 109 The British singer joins a motley crue of characters who are You Tube stars San Francisco The year's biggest hits on the Internet's top video channel were anchored by an improbable singing sensation, a groggy boy nursing a sore mouth, a bride and groom dancing down the
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      • 466 111 Beijing Hollywood disaster film 2012 has leapt to No. 1 on China's box-office list this year after breaking the 400 million yuan (SsB2 million) ticket sales mark. The Roland Emmerich movie has grossed more than 451 million yuan since its mid-November release as Chinese
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      • 177 111 Former Miss Singapore Ris Low (right) has been ranked as one of the 25 most influential people or groups in Asia this year, a division of United States news network CNN said on Tuesday. In the list Who Mattered Most In Asia 2009, Low was
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      • 203 111 New York Sarah Jessica Parker said she had her famous chin mole removed in 2008 but she has since regretted that. The actress told TV host David Letterman on his show that she was never fond of it and finally asked her brother-in-law, a plastic surgeon,
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      • 292 111 FIRE-BREATHING ACT GONE WRONG Taiwanese variety host Tong Chih-cheng suffered facial burns when a performer's fire-breathing act went wrong at the taping of a programme and a gust of wind blew the flames onto him, said TVBS News. Tong, who is also known for playing Shancai's dad in Meteor
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