The Straits Times, 30 December 2009

Lock icon This issue may only be viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries. See FAQ for more information.

Microfilm: NL30358
Total Pages: 90
1 90 The Straits Times
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Lock icon Masthead
    30 1 MICA (P) 094/11/2009 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 2009 S|sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS Spl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES.
    30 words
  • INSIDE
    • Article
      Lock icon S'pore can't be a satellite
      77 1 THROUGH the highs and lows of nearly 20 years of ties, Singapore has built up an unspoken understanding with China that bodes well for future relations, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday at a dialogue. However, he stressed that Singapore must hold to its
      77 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Internet is king
      59 1 ITS viral presence in everyday life is the great technology change of the decade. The Internet has shaped all of life, from education and entertainment to media and politics. But for all the wonders of Google, Facebook and high-speed surfing, there is a new dark side of
      59 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Far East's rare move
      63 1 FAR East Organization is selling the 408-unit The Shore Residences on a 103-year lease even though the project in Katong sits on freehold land. The rare step means Far East will settle for lower prices for the units but it will retain an interest in the
      63 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Reactions to H1N1 jab
      58 1 A DOZEN people have come down with serious reactions to the vaccination for the HINI virus, including allergic reactions, persistent vomiting and breathing difficulties. But the health authorities say these are similar to reactions to the seasonal flu virus. All 12 patients have either recovered or
      58 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Thai minister quits
      54 1 THAILAND'S Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai quit yesterday after he was accused of negligence linked to dubious plans for a procurement project worth 553.6 billion. It was the third ministerial resignation since the government took office a year ago and the latest setback for Prime Minister Abhisit
      54 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Chinese in schools to undergo changes
    722 1  -  Amelia Tan Teaching to be tailored to a pupil's abilities, with new ways of testing By CHINESE language teaching and examinations here are about to undergo a sea change as Singapore educators grapple with the broad band of Chinese students who speak mainly English
    722 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Plane plot: We did it, says Al-Qaeda wing
    569 1 Obama's low-key response: Critics miss the point MORE REPORTS, World Page Al4 Editorial: Page Al7 "There are more just like me who will strike soon." Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (above, in a photo released by the US Marshals Service), giving a defiant warning
    REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; ABC NEWS  -  569 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      244 1 8 *****1 *****7 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg Pictured slightly larger than Jjrs^ actual size. jjjpnffl Ptease confirm. .^fl k WIP 7-^ Bj g pj| ot > s watch. Ref. 5004: Your wrist never felt this big before. The case of the top model in the §sHH
      244 words
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 1 Miscellaneous Column 1
      50 1 MOVIES W* M ST INTERVIEW: ZURAIDAH ABDULLAH I^^^ Mother's love, Mr\ High-fliers P[-l Malay children A I a murder mystery in the N^ V^ 9 need wider and more IT world r jTJr circle of help >^^^^ LIFE! PAGE C 4 IN DIGITAL LIFE f{ PRIME, PAGE A 8 flfcfr
      50 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • prime commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • Article
        Lock icon Terror that mocks the imagination
        104 2 WE SAY The troubling aspect of the terror attempt aboard an American airliner on Christmas Day is the ever more imaginative means being deployed to detonate explosive charges. There was the case of the shoe bomber, then the alleged use of charges masked in liquids.
        104 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon S'pore's good fortunes
        27 2 COLUMNS Kishore Mahbubani counts the many blessings of Singapore, which has sailed through a second big economic crisis in 12 years. REVIEW PAGE Al7
        27 words
      • Article
        Lock icon A look at the 'Noughties'
        33 2 As uncertain as the future is, the decade just ending looks like the period when the West finally lost its economic domination, says Gwynne Dyer. REVIEW PAGE AlB
        33 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Travellers can play a role
        29 2 OUR READER SAYS Airline passengers can act as a second security eye in spotting and preventing terrorist activities, says Gilbert Goh. FORUM PAGE Al9
        29 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Loh Keng Fatt says Singaporeans can learn from the traffic manners of the Vietnamese.
        17 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon A woeful lack of foresight in India
      918 2  -  Ravi Velloor Cricket fiasco puts the spotlight on malaise that is pervasive I By I SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF WHEN will India ever learn? Roads are widened years after a booming auto industry has clogged them so much that they have become almost
      918 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon PUNCHLINES
      1 2
      1 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      111 2 rHiMH (fl? f^L 5S 101 Victoria Street, #01-06 #04-00 PjMJfcu %B R& Ws| ?JS» Hotel Grand Pacific {Formerly: Alison Hotel) fell AHYATABALONE c lwmQ Tl /-770 OOQQ fJUMHP lor v m risr\ v k a n i Singapore iboUlo lei: OOOZ ZZOO I x O m O nTfra ill/ I
      111 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      146 2 OWELL Body Care Health, Confidence Happiness Commencing the New Year with a Prosperous Start V a I 24K Gold W *W± Zodiac Pendant While stock lasts. T&Capply jf v OWELL 810-Ge TITANIUM HEALTH BRACELETS TIMEPIECES NEW -Z^^-Z^Ti^i -s. x NEW launchJ 1 -i "X B/,^- LAUNCHJ /r /P,1 P-? !>V"
      146 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • prime news
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon MM Lee: We cannot be a satellite of any nation
      1023 3  -  Clarissa Oon Singapore must retain own point of view to be effective By SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT MM Lee on an exchange with Chinese leader Hua Guofeng in 1976 "He said to me: 'You are in a military alliance with Taiwan.'
      LAU FOOK KONG  -  1,023 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bring skills the Chinese do not have
      425 3  -  Cai Haoxiang By WANT to work successfully in China? Bring with you skills the Chinese do not have, said Mr Lee Kuan Yew last night. These can be an intimate knowledge of and links with parts of the world that matter to China,
      425 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Limits in copying S'pore's experience
      465 3  -  Kor Kian Beng By CHINA too has its version of the Meet-the-People session something that its officials picked up from Singapore. But unlike Singapore, where the Prime Minister himself meets his constituents to know their problems first hand, only lowerranked cadres in China have to
      465 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Diplomat a suspect in hit-and-run case
      797 4  -  Teh Joo Lin Jermyn Chow By THE Romanian diplomat who claimed that his embassy car was stolen at the time it was involved in a hit-and-run accident a fortnight ago is now a suspect in the case. Dr Silviu lonescu, the charge d'affaires of
      SHIN MIN; LIANHE WANBAO  -  797 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Diplomats in trouble
      335 4 CASE 1:1997 A Georgian diplomat was imprisoned in the United States for manslaughter in the drink-driving death of a 16-year-old girl. Prosecutors said the deputy ambassador of the Republic of Georgia to the United States, Gueorgui Makharadze, was drunk and driving about three times the speed limit.
      335 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Minister re-affirms bilingual policy
      878 4 Ways to test ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAMME This programme is offered across the United States and Canada and is recognised by universities in more than 55 countries. Key features: Extensive use of Webbased texts, animated computer software, and audio and video products as well as newspapers, fiction
      878 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Physical education and arts academies to be set up
      484 4  -  Jennani Durai By PHYSICAL Education and arts teachers will get more training and support. Education Minister Ng Eng Hen announced plans to set up the Physical Education and Sports Teacher Academy (PESTA) and the Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aßts (STAR)
      484 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      217 3 I "ii ill ill 1 I' mm I w\ \i ':«1p I I ill iißiiiHili Attractive prices from $770 psf Wate^ Hotels Hi—* One MRT stop to Jurong Lake District, the new Chinese M//A regional commercial hub with vibrant entertainment tt a New«rachme S e 0 Singapore En] Garden V
      217 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      31 5 H AYXTA. THE NEW CONSTELLATION. DISCOVER THE WORLD WITHIN. VERTU .CO M VERTU #01-21, RAFFLES HOTEL ARCADE +65 6723 2288 #02-05, lON ORCHARD +65 6509 8878 #01-02, MANDARIN GALLERY (OPENING SOON)
      31 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • prime special report
    • Article
      Lock icon A LOOK BACK AT THE DECADE
      6 6
      6 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon AGE OF THE 2000-2009 INTERNET
      1670 6  -  Chang Ai-Lien The first decade of the new millennium has been one of profound change. In Part Four of our series looking back at the highlights of the past 10 years, The Straits Times looks at how the Web has changed the way we work,
      ST FILE; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  1,670 words
    • 2000-2001-2002-2003-2004
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon PICKS of the decade
        502 6 Speedy surfing Internet usage has exploded, with more than 1.7 billion people using the Internet. An estimated 350 million are broadband or high-speed Internet users, allowing for seamless surfing, voice calls over the Internet and fast downloading of music and videos. Google it The search engine
        ASSOCIATED; ST FILE; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  502 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • prime people
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Wanted: More help on the ground for Malay pupils
      2211 8  -  Zakir Hussain THE ST INTERVIEW Outgoing Mendaki CEO laments the attitude of parents who are reluctant to enrol their children in tuition schemes I By! First Malay woman grad to join police MADAM Zuraidah Abdullah, 47, leaves Mendaki tomorrow after serving
      BRYAN VAN DER BEEK  -  2,211 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      313 9 SONY make, believe Sony Days Year End Promotion 4 DEC 2009-3 JAN 2010 BRAVIA™ Blu-ray Disc™ I VAIO DSLR I Cyber-shot™ Handycame Walkman 8 Play Stations Sony Ericsson f^\ A I I#W WXGA W^M \J V V tflfl li^Ml HEimi *®g a SN SN Rise above expectations >N^. tX vJ
      313 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • THE STRAITS TIMES WORLD.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon STIMULUS FOR GRAFT
      785 10 Thailand: Minister quits over scandal Financial ills Prices of medical equipment, such as heart monitoring systems, were found to be greatly inflated. Price of ultraviolet sanitising fans was reportedly inflated sharply to between 40,000 baht (551,685) and 80,000 baht per unit. Budget allocations for hospital construction were
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE  -  785 words
    • Article
      Lock icon China: $48b in public funds misused
      526 10 BEIJING: China's auditor has found that 234.7 billion yuan (5548.2 billion) in public funds was misused in the first 11 months of this year, with much of that tied to China's massive stimulus package, said media reports. Beijing last year launched a four trillion
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG  -  526 words
    • world regional
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Driving into danger on Malaysian buses
        577 11 er Bus drivers forgo sleep and work longer than they should to make up for low salaries PETALING JAVA: They are underpaid, undertrained and overworked. And they lie at the bottom of the pile as far as commercial vehicle drivers are concerned. While lorry
        THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  577 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Noordin Top's father-in-law formally accused
        245 11 JAKARTA: Indonesian police formally accused the father-in-law of slain terror mastermind Noordin Top of harbouring the Malaysian extremist and storing explosives, laying the ground for charges. "Baridin has been made a suspect for hiding Noordin Top and storing materials used to make a homemade bomb,"
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  245 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Japan, India vow to widen economic ties
        615 12  -  Ravi Velloor Economic cooperation pact negotiations to be concluded 'at the earliest' By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: Japan and India focused on their widening economic relationship as Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wound up a three-day visit to the South Asian
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  615 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Indonesian court clears mum of defaming hospital
        595 12  -  Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja E-MAIL SLANDER CASE By INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: A Tangerang district court yesterday acquitted a woman of defamation charges, in a case brought by doctors after she sent an e-mail message to friends sharing her ordeal caused by poor service in a
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  595 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon China-Britain row over execution
        666 13 Beijing ignores British appeals that drug mule is mentally unstable, unwitting criminal URUMQI: China brushed aside Britain's repeated appeals and executed a British drug smuggler who relatives said was mentally unstable and had unwittingly been lured into crime. Akmal Shaikh was executed by lethal injection yesterday
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  666 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Seoul to pardon ex-chairman of Samsung
        268 13 SEOUL: Convicted ex-Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee will be granted a special pardon to allow the influential business magnate to rejoin efforts to bring the Winter Olympics to South Korea, the government said yesterday. Lee stepped down from his chairmanship in April last year
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS  -  268 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Obama assures the nation, calmly
        760 14  -  Chua Chin Hon NEWS ANALYSIS Failed attack and lapses provide fodder, even as President is unruffled By I US BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON: An out-of-sight President vacations in Hawaii while the nation frets over a new albeit botched terror attack in the thick of the holiday
        760 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Privacy fears limit full-body scanner use
        440 14 WASHINGTON: High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because of privacy concerns over the machines' capability to see through
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG; GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM  -  440 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Travellers beset by confusing security rules again
        516 14 "Will it get to a point when we can't get up at all during the flight, or have to raise our hands to go to the bathroom? Where does it end?" Traveller Daniel Kirn, 36, who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport three
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  516 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Suspect sought counselling and friends on Web
        307 14 WASHINGTON: The Nigerian man accused of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an American airliner apparently turned to the Internet for counselling and companionship. The 23-year-old wrote in an online forum that he was "lonely" and had "never found a true Muslim friend".
        WASHINGTON POST; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  307 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Would terror blast have downed plane?
        354 14 WASHINGTON: Even if the suspect in the failed Christmas Day terror attack managed to properly detonate his explosives, would it have caused enough damage to bring down the transatlantic airliner? Experts have been pondering over that scenario and other possible outcomes after Nigerian Umar
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  354 words
    • world international
      • Article
        Lock icon Don't pamper your jobless graduate kids
        739 15 Some advice for parents DO Allow children to relax once they graduate, but only for a few weeks. Encourage them to get a job. Make them do their own washing and ironing. Empty the fridge of student-friendly snacks. Cut back on handouts. Look out
        739 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Here's to a smashing new year
        104 15 A volunteer smashing a computer as part of Good Riddance Day in New York on Monday. The event, held in Times Square, was aimed at allowing people to rid themselves of bad memories from 2009 and drew throngs of New Yorkers and tourists seeking
        REUTERS  -  104 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Iran MPs blast Western govts for fomenting protests
        424 15 TEHERAN: Iranian members of Parliament called for the "maximum punishment" of opposition demonstrators yesterday after violent protests erupted during a Shi'ite religious commemoration and at least eight people were killed. The conservative-dominated Parliament condemned "disgusting comments" by Western governments about Sunday's unrest
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  424 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Bristol Palin in heated custody battle for son
        217 15 ANCHORAGE (Alaska): A judge's ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between former Alaska governor Sarah Palm's eldest daughter and the father of her grandson. Ms Bristol Palm's request to keep the proceedings closed was denied last week by a Superior
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  217 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Pirates hijack 2 vessels after freeing 2 ships
        421 16 Somali gangs earlier released Spore-flagged container ship, Chinese bulk carrier MOGADISHU: Somali pirates have hijacked two vessels, just hours after news emerged that they had released two other vessels a Singapore-registered container ship and a Chinese bulk carrier and their crew unharmed.
        REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  421 words
      • INBRIEF
        • Article
          Lock icon Bomb, riot wreck Karachi
          119 16 KARACHI: Pakistan's financial capital Karachi shut down yesterday to mourn its worst attack in two years and count the cost of rioting, after a suicide bomber killed 43 people at a Shi'ite Muslim procession. Interior Minister Rehman Malik appealed for calm after attending the funeral of
          AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  119 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Hospital visitor was wife
          130 16 KUALA LUMPUR: One of the two women brought into the royal suite of Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore a month or two ago, where the Sultan of Kelantan was warded, was the second wife of Sultan Ismail Petra, the Malay Mail has reported. It said a
          130 words
        • Article
          Lock icon N. Korea confirms detention
          106 16 SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it had an American in custody after he sneaked into the communist country to raise international attention to its human rights situation. The American was being investigated after "illegally entering" the country through the North Korea-China border last Thursday, North Korea's
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  106 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Migrant project sped up
          150 16 BEIJING: China will use stimulus spending to speed up moving 330,000 people slated to be displaced for a vast water transfer project, accelerating work on the troubled scheme, an official newspaper said yesterday. The displaced residents, mostly poor farmers in central China's Henan and Hubei provinces,
          REUTERS  -  150 words
        • Article
          Lock icon Waterproof hearing aid?
          85 16 WASHINGTON: About 60 swimmers begin testing a next-generation hearing aid next month to see if stronger coatings can withstand at least three swims a week, allowing the device to repel the water that short-circuits regular hearing aids. The Lyric is inserted 4mm from the eardrum, aiming to
          ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  85 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon No shots at party this year
        85 16 A Filipino policeman having his gun's nozzle taped yesterday at the National Capital Region Police Office headquarters in Bicutan, a suburb of Manila, as part of the Philippine National Police campaign against indiscriminate firing by police and military personnel during the coming New Year
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  85 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      87 10 MAHPO9OO6BO >TjtJ* FOR REUEF OF 4i«^R Smf SHOUIDERS iSiS' lANDI AND MUSCL£ PAIN a. Af J^stt IS**m m m S^J Antiphlogistic and Analgesic Liquid Non-sticKy liquid Egjji Hf H absorbs quickly AMMELTZ I Easy handling and f^™|l:(,™ A application with mmm^ LJLflJ^^^^ tilted-necked bottle r -^|j~ NGE y^l -I^>] I-
      87 words
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 11
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      768 12 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REVISION SP Services reviews the electricity tariffs quarterly based on guidelines set by the Energy Market Authority (EMA). Electricity tariffs will increase by an average of 5.5% or 1.18 cents per kWh for the quarter 1 Jan to 31 Mar 10 due to higher fuel costs. For households,
      768 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 13 Advertisements Column 1
      14 13 Start the decade with eight resolutions \V\ for a healthy V l^^ new you
      14 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 13 Advertisements Column 2
      616 13 NTUC HEALTHCARE I v^h^i^^| i^f^3B EI i%\^^ pß°^oij3 ebenell l^^^—^^^l I MMSKK GREEN LtFE Q/K-rie/t GF* Fk) \J W^ tk \S _^^LJ Selected items till 24 Jan 2010. Excludes medicinal items and promotional packs. I M Not applicable with other promotions discount; privileges. While stocb last. Reler in-store tor more
      616 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 15 Advertisements Column 1
      82 15 UNt tv DAY I STOREWiDE I 2X STAR POiNTS J ANY PURCHASE* Have Fun at fcw^s^A Q^j Forum The Shopping Mall Paragon Suntec City Mall #03-03/25 #06-12/18 Tropics #03-005 Tel: 6235 4322 Tel: 6836 4865 Tel: 6336 3908 Tampines Mall United Square Vivo City Aa #03-17 A #02-10/15 #02-182/3 Tel:
      82 words
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 16 Advertisements Column 1
      595 16 P*^"^^^^BJ B^^^^ -^^BJ O Wisma Isetan (Sports Town) L 4 m^i^^^"^J^^iaJl bsdymaster 5 BY .r—sTxT"1\ /*~l /V\.C L PORTLAND 1001' TEXASIOOS' B^^ BBCTpJirM^ bsdymaster Jurong Point (Sports Town) L 2 fCZZ YOI" TlVrl VXiLLJ '-J fc ad DETRIDTS9B6, 0H10,.6346, W^ M- -_P W "ADP.D S3 POME 5 3 50 LB2
      595 words
Page thumbnail Page 17
  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
    • Article
      Lock icon Terror that mocks the imagination
      452 17 THERE are features of the Christmas Day terror attempt on an American passenger plane that have instigated common responses. Chief among these was how the alleged terrorist, a Nigerian man, evaded airport checks in Lagos and Amsterdam although he had on him a plastic explosive
      452 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Time to count our blessings
      1025 17  -  Kishore THINK-TANK By I Mahbubani DECEMBER is a great month to be in Singapore. The northeast monsoon passes through. It rains regularly. Temperatures fall. Cool breezes flow. Parents leave town with their kids. Traffic jams diminish. All this provides a great setting to sit back
      1,025 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Change must come from within
      853 17  -  Hiro Katsumata ASEAN, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WEST By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES OBSERVERS of South-east Asian affairs commonly assume that the Western powers are putting pressure on Asean to address human rights issues in the region. Indeed, public statements of the European Union and
      853 words
    • review.
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon How the West lost the world
        854 18  -  Gwynne Dyer By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES DECADES don't usually have the courtesy to begin and end on the right year. The social and cultural revolution that Western countries think of when they talk of the Sixties only got under way in 1962-63, and
        854 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Good riddance to the Big Zero
        818 18  -  Paul Krugman By MAYBE we knew, at some unconscious, instinctive level, that it would be an era best forgotten. Whatever the reason, we got through the first decade of the new millennium without ever agreeing on what to call it. The aughts? The noughties?
        NEW YORK TIMES  -  818 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Switch to offence to stop terrorists
        388 18  -  Clark Kent Ervin By THE Christmas Day attempt to destroy an airplane landing in Detroit underscores the sad reality that terrorism is a constant danger to the United States. Let us hope that policymakers will take this opportunity to make some overdue changes in
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  388 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Perhaps the biggest lesson for airline
        402 18 security from the recent incident is that we must overcome our tendency to be reactive. We always seem to be at least one step behind the terrorists... Why not identify all the vulnerabilities and then address each one before terrorists strike again? there was
        NEW YORK TIMES  -  402 words
    • forum.
      • Letter
        Lock icon Reinvent Singapore Idol talent hunt
        198 19 IT IS time the Singapore audience spoke up to the organiser of Singapore Idol for exploring other methods of talent scouting among youth. Singapore Idol epitomises talent but confines it to singing and dancing. Is that all there is to talent? It has been several
        198 words
      • Letter
        Lock icon Air passengers can be second security eye
        187 19 TERROR THREAT I REFER to the terrorist plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on Christmas Day as it made its final approach to land in the American city of Detroit. Fortunately, thanks to the quick reaction of a Dutch passenger, the
        187 words
      • Letter
        Lock icon Why singles need more help with housing
        209 19 WRITE IN: Letters should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Please e-mail your
        209 words
      • Letter
        Lock icon Ways to curb loan shark menace
        199 19 t I REFER to last Friday's letter by Mr Ronald Lee, "Loan sharks: Rid society of this scourge". We must understand that in law enforcement, whenever the authorities build a higher wall to prevent crime, criminal predators seemingly always come up with a taller
        199 words
      • Letter
        Lock icon MYPOINT
        300 19 Avoid confusion "If mixed marriage couples can choose the race of their child, they should be allowed to choose the surname as well." MR ACE KINDRED CHEONG: "I refer to yesterday's report, 'Race of child: Parents get more flexibility. If mixed marriage couples can choose the race of their
        300 words
Page thumbnail Page 18
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 19 Advertisements Column 1
      52 19 ,dl 'Delicate' Lin Chiling performs her own fight sequences in The Treasure Hunter S y'^^r r-T^Jf I I —7 ~n I id 11 Xl ftfni/ig nwMMwiiiic in ha mwi» faim? |\J 1. i^-*^ v>w^ The Treasure Hunter, Old Dogs, Hear Me, J 7 The Fourth Kind, It's Complicated fc T
      52 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 19 Advertisements Column 2
      89 19 BHiJBMHMpiIHHHHHIijfIBI ||jf§ii|j|ji|||j3 <J2. J3 A selection of contemporary and antique jewellery pieces «wrf branded watches are available for sale. J C^VCI^J V>aSll Hawn Brokers Jewel2Cash Pte Ltd (*****0512W) 193 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore *****8 Phone: +65 *****740 Fax: +65 *****640 Business Hours Mon to Fri 10.00 am to 6.00pm Sat
      89 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 20 Advertisements Column 1
      38 20 BwfllTßa I 11 B^VSil li \mK^M W"WVtM 1 R|« El \f I |1 I j if ill H^» B K^fcfl I'HIVI 111 I l«l I^S^l r— 1 I h Bt^^F^^c3 I i j-|t^%| I y E^^^Rfl I liii^^^l
      38 words
Page thumbnail Page 21
  • THE STRAITS TIMES HOME.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon H1N1 jab: Cases of serious reactions
      712 21  -  Jessica Jaganathan But side effects are similar to those arising from seasonal flu jabs By *****70pulyjfrthyu A DOZEN people here have reported serious reactions to the Influenza A (H1N1) vaccinations, ranging from allergic reactions and persistent vomiting to breathing difficulties. The health authorities say,
      TERENCE TAN  -  712 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon The making of the H1N1 vaccine
      1255 22  -  Victoria Vaughan Surveillance on bird flu virus helped fight outbreak of new strain By urtyui6e***** FOR several years, scientists knew a flu pandemic was looming and had hedged all their bets on the next big one being the HSNI or bird flu strain. But
      JEANETTE WANG; GRAPHICS TAY CHERN HUI; ISTOCKPHOTO; ST FILE; ST GRAPHICS; BRYAN VAN DER BEEK  -  1,255 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 2 firms fined for safety lapses
      270 22 TWO construction companies have been fined a total of $96,000 for worksite safety violations, which, in one case, resulted in one worker being injured. The more severe of the two incidents happened on Oct 13 last year, when construction worker Ji Zhi Li fell
      270 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Women who power IT
      131 22 THREE women are making waves at IT multinational Hewlett-Pack-ard, leading three business units here. Together, the trio Ms Tan Yen Yen, 44, Ms Serena Yong, 44, and Ms Janice Lim, in her 40s have worked for the American IT company for a combined 53 years. Digital
      131 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Electricity prices up again next quarter
      401 23 Higher oil prices the reason for 5.4% hike in tariff ELECTRICITY prices are on the rise for the fourth consecutive quarter. The electricity tariff is set to go up by 5.4 per cent from 21.69 cents to 22.87 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the
      401 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Parents, kids whip up a treat at work
      306 23 INSTEAD of making semiconductors, employees of United Test Assembly Centre (Utac) made sandwiches yesterday with the help of their children. The factory and its staff played host for a day to these young visitors under the Little Ones Work initiative run by
      AIDAH RAUF  -  306 words
    • QUICKNEWS
      • Article
        Lock icon Award for maids
        50 23 NOMINATIONS are being accepted for an "Outstanding Foreign Domestic Worker of the Year" award. The winner of the award, to be presented by the Association of Employment Agencies (Singapore), will receive $1,500. To find out more, visit aeas.org.sg or call 6836-2618. The closing date is Jan 31.
        50 words
      • Article
        Lock icon ERP gantry moving
        146 23 THE Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry in Upper Bukit Timah Road near Hume Avenue is being relocated to facilitate the building of a tunnel for the train network's Downtown Line Stage 2. The gantry will be placed 150 m from its current site. The structure will be
        146 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Rise in pump prices
        49 23 PUMP prices went up by three or four cents at Shell, Caltex and ExxonMobil stations yesterday. With the adjustment, a litre of 92-, 95- and 98-octane petrol now retails at $1,747, $1,807 and $1.90 respectively. Prices at SPC stations were unchanged as at 3pm yesterday.
        49 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Road safety for the elderly at issue again
      563 24  -  Carolyn Quek Jaywalking blamed as three elderly pedestrians are killed in four days By truie567yhu THREE elderly pedestrians have lost their lives on the roads here in four days. The first of them, Madam Chng Poh Choo, 73, was hit by a
      AIDAH RAUF; LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY; ST GRAPHICS  -  563 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Summons at airport sends man into rage
      390 24 HE HAD left his car outside the departure hall of Changi Airport's Terminal 2 while he sent someone off. But when Wilson Raj Perumal returned to find two Certis Cisco officers and a summons notice for parking along double yellow lines waiting for
      390 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Tribunal probes lawyer's conduct
      500 24  -  K. C. Vijayan By LAW CORRESPONDENT THE conduct of a lawyer who hurled insults at a school teacher during a private meeting was enough for a disciplinary tribunal to refer her case to a Court of Three Judges. The woman lawyer, who is not being named
      500 words
    • Article
      Lock icon CASEFILE
      105 24 4 teen robbery suspects held FOUR teenagers aged between 17 and 18 were arrested on Monday for suspected involvement in two robberies in Serangoon and Ang Mo Kio. In the first one on Dec 16, three young people attacked a woman aged 31 in a Serangoon Avenue 3 void
      105 words
    • Article
      Lock icon IT-sawy Yew Tee stays in the loop
      404 25  -  Ang Yiying Facebook, Twitter, blogs are ways in which residents can be updated on ministerial visit By RESIDENTS of Yew Tee who cannot be present when a minister visits their community next month will be able to follow the proceedings through live feeds
      404 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Don't fall for 'drop money' scam
      373 25 MONEY that drops out of a fellow passer-by's pocket should just be returned promptly. A 78-year-old man found this out the hard way when he became the latest victim of the "drop money" scam. Since July, more than 12 people, mostly senior citizens, have
      SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE  -  373 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Yeo Cheow Tong won't contest next general election
      404 25  -  Zakir Hussain By MR YEO Cheow Tong, a former Cabinet minister who has been representing the Hong Kah area for 25 years, will not contest the next general election. Mr Yeo told The Straits Times yesterday that he had expressed his intentions
      ST FILE  -  404 words
    • TEEN CRIME: A TICKING TIME BOMB
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Pulling juveniles back from the brink
        594 26  -  Eisen Teo Ex-offenders and at-risk youths get help but some feel more can be done By uier68e457ehyu PUTTING wayward teens back on track and keeping them there will take a national effort. Even though the number of youth arrests has dropped by 16 per
        EISENTEO; ST FILE PHOTO; LIM KAILI  -  594 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Teen who fell through the cracks
        591 26 FOR every at-risk youth put on preventive programmes, or youth offender arrested, there are a few more who drop under the radar. Randall (not his real name), 16, is one of them. The second of four siblings signed up in 2007 when he was
        591 words
  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      237 21 Let natural beauty blossom from within BRAND'S®, the pioneer of bottled Bird's Nest is proud to introduce the new i^y^T BRAND'S® Royal Superior Bird's Nest. j|| l BRAND'S® Royal Superior Bird's Nest is 'f^T made from 100% top quality cave nests. gW .^fcfe m Tenderly harvested from the locales of
      237 words
  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 21 Miscellaneous Column 1
      100 21 Jk WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE www.straitstimes.com YOUR SAY MOST-READ ONLINE The Internet's spread into everyday Parents can declare race of newborn life has been the biggest technology change of the decade. How has the MOST COMMENTED ON Internet changed your life? Share your Sezairi Sezali
      100 words
Page thumbnail Page 22
  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 22 Advertisements Column 1
      74 22 Drink, (X JT UM m IiVJ SIU not drunk M Ml CJ^^J Wmjg&A^i in the new ■■^lUmI I^l J sfi ff^lJ I year w'tn a Iffnillff hangover IpijJHi ■■^■■■■^■■■■■■■■■■fl Buy any 2 copies of newspapers and win attractive prizes*! l^lMl^l^ft^^^kl*^ JlWiUwT^ Top prizes include: BUYIT-SELLIT-FINDIT 32" LCD TV j Netbook
      74 words
Page thumbnail Page 23
  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 23 Advertisements Column 1
      99 23 L^ Draw dates: Cash prizes: ctoooo Btfcl 177^ Ist prize: $0000 l| Week 1(4 Jan) 5 x $288 I I Week 2 (11 Jan) 5x5288 2nd prize: $2888 B kT I W^^M B^P^^ wmJ* m ENTRY Complete this form and mail it to: ¥Mm KVFV^^^ A CnDM Attention to: June
      99 words
Page thumbnail Page 24
  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 24 Advertisements Column 1
      103 24 3 Renowned Brands Under 1 Roof Diplomat Invincible Collection $538 $968 $228 $438 $318 fe»* B;:*J T^ W I J 119 119E 125 125E 006EHK H36xW4l(cm) H36xW4l(cm) H42xW3s(cm) H42xW3s(cm) H6oxW4s(cm) APS Super Strong Burglar Resistant Main Outlets: <11On $1480 -185ToaPayoliCentral#01-318 $800 T llww 3 -BukitTlmahPlaza#Bl-K6B E, 9 Selected Models at:
      103 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 24 Advertisements Column 2
      23 24 rednanosg^* QI Fashion Accessories 7. Beauty Wellness D^ IT Electronic Household Lifestyle Dlwn! •«K- Tra»e, B I Our Partners: IiTC ©Windows'phone b^c,™,^ I
      23 words
Page thumbnail Page 25
Page thumbnail Page 26
Page thumbnail Page 27
  • THE STRAITS TIMES SPORT.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon DEADLOCK REMAINS
      584 27  -  Jonathan Wong SSC adamant SAA must sort out affairs first to be eligible for funding By rtuie*****e57y rt8i**********56y FOR the first time in four months, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) met face to face yesterday. It should have signalled that the war
      ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  584 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nani flops as Ron's cover, to quit United
      276 27 LONDON: Manchester United's Portuguese winger Nani is set to leave the Premier League club after failing to fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo. The Red Devils had already signalled earlier this month that they are now calling time on his efforts
      276 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Tragedy keeps van der Sar out
      670 27 LONDON: Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been granted indefinite compassionate leave after tragedy struck his young family during the Christmas period. The 39-year-old Dutchman is keeping vigil at his wife's bedside after she fell seriously ill just before Christmas. Annemarie van
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  670 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon TITLE IS POSSIBLE: MANCINI
      618 28 New boss upbeat on an earlier challenge as City fans sing his praises LONDON: The king is gone; long live the king. Manchester City supporters may have liked Mark Hughes, but they love their club. They sang Roberto Mancini's name on Monday night, as the new
      THE TIMES; LONDON; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  618 words
    • Article
      Lock icon United, unlike City, weaker than before: Capello
      265 28 LONDON: England coach Fabio Capello thinks that current English Premier League champions Manchester United are no longer as relentless a "war machine" as they were over the past three Premier League seasons. In an interview with Italian sports newspaper Gazetta Dello Sport, the
      265 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Arsenal gaining ground on leaders
      352 28 LONDON: A month after Arsenal's loss to Chelsea left Arsene Wenger's side 11 points behind the Premier League leaders, their title challenge is back on track. The Gunners visit bottom-placed Portsmouth today, with just seven points separating them from Chelsea and two from Manchester United.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  352 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Blues to wing it sans Drogba
      443 28 LONDON: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti is adamant his team will be able to cope with the loss of Didier Drogba while the striker competes in the African Nations Cup. The Ivory Coast international was allowed to delay his flight to Angola, along with compatriot
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  443 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon I'll be back, says the Special One
      373 28 "I have always said the same I love jt here, I love it here, I love it here." JOSE MOURINHO bares his heart for the EPL LONDON: Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has warned that he wants to return to the English Premier
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  373 words
    • SPORTS WORLD
      • Article
        Lock icon Tickets for Lions' Iran game on sale
        55 29 TICKETS for Singapore's Asian Cup football qualifier against Iran at the National Stadium on Jan 6 are now on sale. A grandstand ticket costs $11, gallery $7, with a $3 concessionary fare for students, children and senior citizens. Tickets are available from Sistic.
        55 words
      • Article
        Lock icon No offer from sheikh, say Real
        59 29 MADRID: Real Madrid have dismissed reports that Manchester City's owner made a €1 billion (552.02 billion) offer to buy the Spanish football club. Spanish newspaper AS said on Sunday that Sheikh Mansour Zayed Al-Nahyan had made the offer to Real chief Florentino Perez and
        ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  59 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Vettel's the next F1 champ: Ecclestone
        121 29 BERLIN: Formula One commercial rights boss Bernie Ecclestone says Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel rather than Michael Schumacher could be the next world champion. "I'm saying it well in advance, but for me, Sebastian Vettel will be the next world champion," he told the
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  121 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Scoreboard
      207 29 "This is an opportunity for our juniors to compete against the best in the world and also where future stars could be groomed." SIEH KOK CHI, Olympic Council of Malaysia secretary-general, telling the country's sports associations to take the 2010 Youth Olympics seriously Badminton Copenhagen Masters Men's singles, Group
      207 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Alfa Romeo zooms to victory
      117 29 New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo (above) rounding Tasman Island near the finish en route to winning the Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race on Monday. It completed a start-to-finish victory and relegated four-time and defending champion Wild Oats XI to second place. Alfa Romeo, skippered by Neville Crichton,
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  117 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon TIGER SPOTTED AT A PARTY
      543 29 Golfer, alleged mistress Uchitel, attend party with 300 other revellers IT CUTS BOTH WAYS "While having a celebrity of Tiger's stature as an endorser has undeniable upside, the downside risk is substantial, too." VICTOR STANGO, economics don, on how companies sponsoring the golfer have lost
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  543 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Call for Pacquiao to rethink tests
      427 29 MIAMI: World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum will ask the Filipino boxer to reconsider his objection to blood testing, raising the prospect that the proposed mega-bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr could go ahead. Just hours after Arum said that he was going
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  427 words
  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 27 Advertisements Column 1
      131 27 tyjdtry dtr6u56 WU Ebene Bio-Ray gift I packs worth $540 A League Central Coast Wellington Thu, 31/12/09 3.00pm Football Singapore Singapore Oman Thu, 31/12/09 6.30pm E Premier matches are also on sale. For more details, please check Singapore Pools website. L /f\ /ll Draw No. 2496/2009 MLJLJ Monday, 28 December
      131 words
Page thumbnail Page 28
Page thumbnail Page 29
  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      20 29 "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, OLORD, make me dwell in safety." Psalm 4:8 tui6r7o078p-8
      20 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      114 29 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him inglory.... Col 3:4 MARYANG (MRS ANG EAM HOCK) 22 October 1915-29 December 2009 At rest in the Lord Jesus Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Dennis Su-Lin, Richard Shirley Sarah Grandmother of David, Lisa, Evelyn Ying, Neil
      114 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      112 29 TAN FOOK CHAI I AGE: 65 Passed away peacefully on 28.12.2009 Leaving behind loved ones Dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved ones Wife: Tan Gek Keow, Justina Siblings: Siblings-in-law: Tan Kit Har (Deceased) Koh Liang Chye Tan Fook Hee Lim Poy Nuey God Sons: God Daughter-in-law: i Tan Yun
      112 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      180 30 LIAM CHENG LEONG Age: 84 Passed away peacefully on 29 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Tan Chai Har Sons: Daughters-in-law: Liam Kok Hin Tay Swee Eng, Maureen Liam Kok Cheng, Steven Loy Soon Boey, Jillian Liam Kok Siong Leek Mvi Keow Liam Kok Kheng
      180 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      46 30 rWith Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Senior Consultant T I Mr Liam Kok Chye Family 1 On the demise of his beloved father LIAM CHENG LEONG Departed on 29 December 2009 From: The Management Staff of k MATCOR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Jk m^ PTE LTD _^ji
      46 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      42 30 rWith Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to our Director T Mr Liam Kok Aeng Family On the demise of his beloved father LIAM CHENG LEONG Departed on 29 December 2009 I From: The Management Staff of I Ink EJ COATINGS PTE LTD JH
      42 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      297 30 VICKY (VICTORIA) TAN nee KHOR KHENG HOON Beautifully coiffed and manicured to the end, Vicky Tan, born Khor Kheng Hoon and wife of the late John Tan Boon Teck, passed away peacefully at age 83 in the early hours of 29 December 2009. Her precious daughter Rowena Tan Poh Choo
      297 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      153 30 Dp We, the family of the late TEO TENG TENG Departed 24 Dec 2009 Age 93 Children Spouses Ho Koon Hwee Ho John Swee Seng Joyce Tan Ho Pin Pin (Mrs Chew) Ho Jackie Joseph Lim Ho Suzette Dr. Daniel Wong Ho Li Li Dr. David S. Cheng Grandchildren Spouses
      153 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      33 30 (Deepest Sympathy and Jfeartfett Condolences to The Family of the late Jeffrey Ow Hong Pat Departed on 27 December 2009 From:: The Management and Staff of P ENERPACI*) *Bl Actuant Asia Pte Ltd
      33 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      96 31 The Family of The Late CHAN U SEEK 1925 2009 Departed 23 December 2009 wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to relatives, friends and business associates for their kind assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. All donations will be channelled to The Apex Harmony Lodge
      96 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      68 31 The family of the late CHER SOO KIM, HELENA Departed on 25 December 2009 Would like to thank everyone including priests, sisters, relatives, friends and colleagues who helped and supported us during the recent bereavement. Special thanks to St Joseph Dying Aid Association and prayer groups who came to offer
      68 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      60 31 KOH AH LAY (ANNIE) Age: 66 passed away peacefully on 28 December 2009. Always loved and remembered by Husband: GohYeowPing Daughter: Son-in-law: Dawn Goh Hoe Teck Wei Godson (Aaron), brother, sisters, in-laws, nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives and friends. Body is resting at Blk 61 Marine Drive. Cortege will leave
      60 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      168 31 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 LIM SOON LAN was called home to be with the Lord on 29 Dec 2009 leaving behind Beloved Husband: (Tan HengYeow, deceased) Sons: Daughter-in-law:
      168 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      153 31 i #JU19:105 li TEON GOH EN Age: 80 years Wife of the late Lim Keng Seng Was called home to be with the Lord on 28 December 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Son: Daughter-in-law: Lim Tien Soo, Stan Melor Lim Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lim Phek Lian, Janice
      153 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      132 31 ?"The Lord is my Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want. til Even though I walk through the valley of darkness, I will 'i fear no evil, for you are with me. "Psalm 23 LAU SOU HAR LILIS Age: 54 was called home to be with the Lord on 29
      132 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      182 31 MDM SOON LAI TIN Age: 81 passed away peacefully on 29 December 2009, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Hoong Ah Kong (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Hoong Khai Soon Lav Chuk Kwan, Betsy |j Hoong Khai Chew Ong Kirn Hong, Wendy Daughters: Sons-in-law: Hoong Bee Eng Au Gang Hoong Bee Geok Scow
      182 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      126 31 SIM BEE KOK Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 29 December 2009. Always cherished and remembered by loved ones. Wife: ChuaAh Hiang Sons: Daughters-in-law: Sim 800 Hock, Matthew Chng Swee Noi, Anne Sim Poh Hock Chua Sock Yong, Yvonne Daughters: Sons-in-law: Sim 800 Tin Young Khai Mong Sim Bu Kiau
      126 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      44 31 In Loving Memory of Mervyn Lim Keng Wee Departed: 30.12.1993 To us your name will ever be The key that unlocks memory Of a dear one gone but cherished yet, A beloved face we'll never forget. Always remembered by mum, dad, sister and brother
      44 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      26 31 V 1 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of THAM POH YUEN Departed: 22 Dec 1999 Lunar Calendar Nov 15 Always remembered Lby loved ones I A
      26 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      49 31 P 1 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LEE KIM KIAT Departed on 30 December 2004 Mum Dearest, we missed all your loving care, guidance, as listener when we were down. You will always be in our thoughts. Deeply missed by Daughter: Liaw Bee Lay all who loved her.
      49 words
    • Obituary, Illustration
      Lock icon Untitled
      23 31 JOHNNY NGEOW JOON CHEN Departed 30 Dec 2006 Time changes But not the memory this day brings. Wife: Soh Ah Leng, Children, Grandchildren/*
      23 words
  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 29 Advertisements Column 1
      81 29 One-stop funeral services within your budget. Funeral services for all religions: Taoist, Catholic, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Soka Gakkai, Tibetan, Nichiren Shoshu etc. 9 Parlours (24-hour air-con) with Wireless Internet Sofa at city centre Lavender Street. Expertise in international repatriation Import cases. aTs"433^ Professional embalmers. tKWO^F Full range of funeral supplies:
      81 words
  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 29 Miscellaneous Column 1
      71 29 Today Cricket Ist Test, final day: Australia v Pakistan (Live, Ch 110, 7.28 am 10am). Football English Premier League: Manchester United v Wigan (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 3.55 am), Portsmouth v Arsenal (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.40 am). Tomorrow Football International friendly: Singapore v Oman (Bishan Stadium, 6.30pm). Tennis Capitala World C'ship
      71 words
Page thumbnail Page 30
  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 30 Advertisements Column 1
      29 30 For booking enquiries, call OVkt+iinirioQ 1800-289-9988 6319-5192 kJ IJ (office hours) (after office hours) CLASSIFIED Bookings made after office hours for next day's publication are subject to space availability.
      29 words
Page thumbnail Page 31
  • Page 31 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 32
  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 32 Advertisements Column 1
      111 32 1k L I M News y > Straits Times [subscribe now for a 30-DAY FREE TRIAL' Sing Tel mobile subscribers, call *155^ MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION RATE FROM ONLY $4.28* Ml mobile subscribers, sms SPHSMS to 2222 For billing and other enquiries, please contact: Star Hub mobile subscribers, sms SPHSMSNEWS to *****
      111 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 32 Advertisements Column 2
      24 32 (^■■^■•■■■■■■^fl V \~_AW M C_ 1 1% W^^VV*"' V^ I^^ ufl^X f B jS»£, >~ aoTrfr^ Mt3k >. Hg-LljSljljSXjSlfl <~ f Jfr ¥£>f ""-"2i.">* tf J— I
      24 words
Page thumbnail Page 33
  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 33 Advertisements Column 1
      261 33 I I T3B system is featured as a top want to share my experience here. I've been] J JKB^^^ passive income earner system using the system for about 13 months and am Vv in the book "Sleep Get Rich", very glad for my steady profits, be it up or I
      261 words
Page thumbnail Page 34
  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 34 Advertisements Column 1
      296 34 J^mmtK^S^TW^WTWfWWM^i 1 BERITA HARIAN «uijLost In The Market unpaid traffic Hi|HH You Found Your Direction? c IMMn (CCCI lIUI The stock markets are recovering better and faster than expected.This shows that this ik t is the best time for you to start learning how to really invest in the stock
      296 words
Page thumbnail Page 35
  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 35 Advertisements Column 1
      12 35 Hello again She can hear voices once more thanks to cochlear implant
      12 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 35 Advertisements Column 2
      387 35 i You Don't Have To Be Rich to Invest In Property. What You Need Is A Proven System. Never I have dreamt of owning a property with just Ss3ooo income. L {^^k Dickson has helped me open up my perspective and has proven to me nothing I n^H is impossible!"
      387 words
Page thumbnail Page 36
  • THE STRAITS TIMES MONEY.
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon 103-year lease on freehold land
      706 36  -  Joyce Teo u6yui568p89ujmknjghft Units will fetch lower prices but developer will retain interest in the site By FLATS at Far East Organization's new project are being sold with a 103-year lease even though the project in Katong sits on freehold land. The rare step means
      FAR EAST ORGANIZATION  -  706 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon US consumers' confidence in economy grows
      550 35 Bullish jobs outlook boosts sentiment for second straight month NEW YORK: A more upbeat outlook on jobs pushed Americans' confidence in the economy higher in December for the second month in a row, a survey released yesterday said. A separate report yesterday on homes
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  550 words
    • Article
      Lock icon British tax on banker bonuses unfair, says JPMorgan CEO
      384 35 NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon has told the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling that his 50 per cent tax on banker bonuses would unfairly penalise the American bank, a person close to the firm said.
      BLOOMBERG  -  384 words
    • Article
      Lock icon US Fed proposes term deposits to stem inflation
      573 35 WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve has proposed allowing banks to set up the equivalent of certificates of deposit (CDs) at the central bank, a move that would help the Fed mop up money pumped into the United States economy and prevent inflation from
      ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  573 words
    • money markets
      • Article
        Lock icon STI continues year-end surge, hits new high
        487 32  -  Lee Su Shyan BULLS AND BEARS Stocks rally as optimism grows over recovery of the global economy By ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR THE local bourse continued its year-end surge yesterday, hitting a new high on growing optimism that the global economy has turned the
        487 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Mortgage giants' shares rise on govt aid moves
        428 32 LOS ANGELES: Money from speculators poured into shares of Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac on Monday, the first day of trading after the Obama administration in effect gave the mortgage giants blank cheques of federal support. But exactly how the United States
        LOS ANGELES TIMES  -  428 words
      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • Article, Illustration
          Lock icon SINGAPORE
          21 32 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.67 billion shares worth $1.11 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 367 Losers: 139 Unchanged: 848 lokjgggggggggggggg hhhhhhhhhhhj ergaersw4etgf
          21 words
        • Article
          Lock icon REGIONAL
          193 32 Yesterday's close: 10,638.06 (+3.83) Japanese stocks were virtually flat, edging up just 0.04 per cent as a fall in banking shares offset gains among retailers. Yesterday's close: 1,275.22 (+2.49) Malaysian stocks ended 0.2 per cent higher on end-year "window-dressing" activities. Yesterday's close: 21,499.44 (+19.22) Property developers pulled up Hong
          AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  193 words
      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • money.
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon From 'deep winter' to a 'hot summer'
        74 33 THE YEAR IN PROPERTY The fast and furious pick-up in the Singapore private homes market around the middle of the year caught everyone by surprise. Wasn't there supposed to be a recession? Joyce Teo looks at what happened during the year. ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
        HONG LEONG GROUP; ST GRAPHICS  -  74 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Keppel Fels ends year with record 13 rigs delivered
        370 33  -  Robin Chan By MARITIME company Keppel Fels has delivered a record 13 rigs this year, with its last delivery made ahead of schedule. The firm received a $100,000 bonus from Seadrill after delivering the sixth of seven semi-sub-mersible drilling tenders (SSDT)
        370 words
    • money sme spotlight
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Trailblazers who thrive in times of crisis
        1215 34  -  Sylvia Paik Father-and-son team looks for opportunities in emerging markets By THE old business saying that you should never waste a crisis has practically become a mission statement for Kranji Auto Machinery Trading. The firm has made a point of searching for opportunities
        AIDAH RAUF  -  1,215 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon New man set to take the helm at SICCI
        317 34  -  Esther Teo By A NEW chief executive is set to be appointed at the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce Industry (SICCI) at the start of next year. Mr Hernaikh Singh, 46, who is currently the associate director of the Institute of
        317 words
  • Page 36 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 36 Advertisements Column 1
      97 36 567e45 I#«^^ kP^*js 1^ Jim M ak^S Ifc^fc W HIV 1 ■V^P^^^^S k^^L\ril a^^^a bM v;:' BR^ H mmjmjjjMjiMmkjM^ wl *smjm\M\ A a a. a. k.4iP^ HBl^^™^™^™^l a^ BB Bft BBr BBr J BB^^BB B^^ BBBBIBk^a^A^MA.I I uj^Jb! B^^bl B^B^^^^^^^BBJ^ V^B^ I^^^^^l^^MBfl BB^ BP^^^^^^BB^l *JBmH BBTbT -j'l\^r vR '1^ 1'
      97 words
Page thumbnail Page 37
Page thumbnail Page 38
  • Life! THE STRAITS TIMES.
    • life! movies
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Slayer under alien attack
        570 38  -  cheryl tan Mil la Jovovich stars in alien flick The Fourth Kind, but she does not believe in little green men rtyier**********8 Judging by her resume, you could say actress Milla Jovovich has a messiah complex, whether she is saving the world from zombies (2002's Resident
        AFP; SHAW  -  570 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon short cuts
        341 38 ffWEWthriller THE FOURTH KIND 98 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** It sucks you in, toys with your mind and spits you out, making you feel like you have just been on a joyride. Its title refers to extra-terrestrial beings who abduct humans, but The Fourth Kind contains no scenes of grotesque
        WALT DISNEY STUDIOS  -  341 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Web and cable killing free TV
        740 38 New York For more than 60 years, United States TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer. The business model is unravelling at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, as
        Associated Press  -  740 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Jay's first love
        894 39  -  jocelyn lee Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou will return with an album and a tour next year Fans of Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou's music have reason to look forward to the new year. He says he will return to working on his new album, which will be
        AIDAH RAUF; GOLDEN VILLAGE  -  894 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Hunt that's all over the map
        477 39 ffffflfflaction adventure THE TREASURE HUNTER (PG) 106 minutes/Opens tomorrow/**-*** The story: A legendary treasure hidden deep in a desert attracts the attention of relic protector Qiao Fei (Jay Chou), author Lan Ting (Chiling Lin), opportunist Chop (Eric Tsang) and an archaeologist with a past,
        AIDAH RAUF  -  477 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon My eye candy image must go
        370 39 Taiwanese model-actress Chiling Lin, who has earned the label "huaping", which literally means "vase" in Mandarin, for being the eye candy in movies, is trying to shake off the image. For her role in her latest Taiwanese action movie The Treasure Hunter, she plays
        GOLDEN  -  370 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Mother knows best, or does she?
        998 40  -  foong woei wan In the hands of Korean director Bong Joon Ho, mummy is both maternal and monstrous 'When my mother came to the preview of Mother six months ago, I was very nervous' Director Bong Joon Ho (above) who says he has a
        FESTIVE FILMS; CHEONGORAM; ST FILE  -  998 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Fame with only 3 films
        242 40 South Korea's genius director, Bong Joon Ho, rose to fame domestically and internationally with three films. BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE (2000) A noisy dog goes missing in the apartment block of a lecturer with a pregnant wife and money woes, in Bong's first film that
        242 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Mum, interrupted
        452 40  -  foong woei wan 'WBWdrama MOTHER (R2l) 129 minutes/Opens tomorrow/***** The story: A simpleton (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a schoolgirl and the case is closed too quickly by the police. To prove his innocence, his mother (Kirn Hye Ja) will stop at nothing. At a heart-piercing point
        452 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Sheer genius in mad idiots
        579 41  -  deepika shetty An excellent cast, great story and superb songs add up to a winner from star Aamir Khan BWEWcomedv 3 IDIOTS (PG) 173 minutes/Now showing The story: Two friends Farhan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman Joshi) are on a quest to find their college roommate
        JALAN DISTRIBUTORS  -  579 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Released in 2010, made much earlier
        1030 43 Many of the films opening next year were delayed by the writer's strike and scheduling bumps Los Angeles Go to a new movie in early 2010, and chances are good you will end up with an eyeful of 2008. And the star you see
        New York Times; PARAMOUNT PICTURES; LIONSGATE; DIMENSION FILM; UNIVERSAL PICTURES  -  1,030 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Meyers knows what she wants
        729 43 Hollywood Inside her home, just like on the sets of her films, Nancy Meyers (below) rules the roost. On a recent December afternoon, Meyers welcomed a camera crew and some journalists and photographers into her expansive Pacific Palisades residence to discuss her new film, It's
        Los Angeles Times; REUTERS  -  729 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Decade slips away with no name
      1153 42 'I'm living in my state of monogamy quite happily. I never thought I'd get there, but mmiiiiwifii I did. It feels good. I like myself better quote me than I did' Film-maker Clint Eastwood (right, with wife Dma) on how his womanising ways are
      Washington Post; REUTERS  -  1,153 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Models get dirty for causes
      839 44 Fashion celebrities are going beyond glamorous fund-raisers to do their part for humanitarian efforts 'It's part Mother Teresa, part entrepreneur. It's not like I have a huge public behinc me. Yes, a few powerful men of industry at the start, but you have to make
      AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE  -  839 words
    • life! buzz
      • Article
        Lock icon Sheen's wife wanted divorce
        460 46 Denver Charlie Sheen's wife told police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her in a Christmas Day fight that began when she said she wanted a divorce. An arrest warrant affidavit released on Monday quotes
        Associated Press Reuters  -  460 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Boyle goes to Japan
        243 46 Narita (Japan) Susan Boyle (right), the Scottish spinster whose talent show performance catapulted her to global stardom, arrived here on Tuesday to perform at a New Year's Eve music gala watched by millions. She waved cheerfully to fans as she was escorted through Narita airport east
        Agence France-Presse; ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  243 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Tyra to end talk show
        237 46 Los Angeles Former supermodel Tyra Banks (right) said on Monday she is ending her Emmy-award winning TV daytime talk show in the spring of 2010. In a posting on her official website, Banks, 36, said of the current fifth season of the show on the
        Reuters  -  237 words
      • Article
        Lock icon TMZ fooled by fake photo
        277 46 New York It was, as TMZ said dramatically in a headline on Monday morning, "The JFK Photo That Could Have Changed History". Could have if it had been a real photograph. Hours after the popular celebrity news website published a photo that it said "appears
        New York Times  -  277 words
      • Article
        Lock icon buzzing
        269 46 3 IDIOTS SCORES AT BOX OFFICE Mumbai Aamir Khan's new film has given Bollywood a boost after a disappointing year marked by a damaging strike, swine flu fears and a series of big-budget flops. The romantic comedy 3 Idiots, released worldwide on Christmas Day, took more than 1 billion
        269 words
  • Page 38 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 39
  • Page 39 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 39 Advertisements Column 1
      200 39 i i 11 B^B I PFl^r"T|| J Discover truly different television with bold and uncompromising original series ■RjHA'^KpS A I |l|l| T^^^^^^^M 9k tike Monty Python: Almost the Truth, ml^^^^^^^^ w J L L^^^^^H fe EL Theatreland, Iconoclasts and London Live. PbJI Get it as part of the Super Saver
      200 words
Page thumbnail Page 40
Page thumbnail Page 41
Page thumbnail Page 42
  • Page 42 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 42 Miscellaneous Column 1
      170 42 NON SEQUITUR STONE SOUP ll^ruKoMr^T I rTS^ S A ~]f-w\ V let* just 4*w"| \vmWSWM~ I WHY«?N't\ HONE0OY?! fe 4**- I [T^-JU^T KrMPA V-^V tAE.ftt4KT^ftECMiN' Tf V J tw& STtiSe?. AWUTAPNOU? HfPE TfcUU /KNOW... *£gs* WITH 7WEM, /-?-?> INSANITY STREAK GET FUZZY 1 /^fefc^ iFW, f IT'S MICE...BUT ifS^H '-J
      170 words
Page thumbnail Page 43
Page thumbnail Page 44
  • Page 44 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 44 Advertisements Column 1
      1087 44 \^j\mWL\-LU Q www.jY.djjj 2* rn.iv.emjj wsa Date: 31 Dec Venue: Gold Class, GV Vivo City Celebration Set $90 1 Watch Sherlock holmes or AVATAR paired with 3-course dinner wHh wine. W Vh'it miwjv.iiiiii.ii t" M mmv tiling nnd session lime;. Bonk now to avoid disappointment. •7?J7±IT*TH SHERUKIHOIMES" SHERLOCK HOUniS" 1.00
      1,087 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 44 Advertisements Column 2
      338 44 l^^^T L. \^2fit^^^^l t m -«aiMBMBB* amil^M^MM a (wit I ri,l'hllfi'' alvin —^i^wtjiu. MbM BltfljiffialiMjil BliiWi^yaMHtiyniiyntMßM I!S^^' Ms^U^^,V. 2iii lft% l, l n si^S^ M EW-5UNTEM0.30,1.(X>,3.Cf1,5.<)0,7.00,9.00pm AVATAR- BODYGUARDSAND AVATARICSI-10:15am, AVATAR" AVATAR" AVATAR- IMS2OO QDi 51?? i BC^TOIhISiS 1115 1240 ?Vi EWJUBILEE-1030,3.05,5.00,7.00,9.Mpm BZi;^^ ASSASSINS(M)(CSSES)* 11:30,1:30pm,2:45,4:45, SXg^^^H Q^^^^^B^JOH^^^B 5.15 >Jopm VA^: 2.00,2.30,3.55,5.45,9.00,
      338 words
Page thumbnail Page 45
  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 45 Miscellaneous Column 1
      2821 45 SSSSSSS3T 00 WARRIOR HAPPENING W^~~~ T S SSS^SEJSt^ISSg fivb WV3C J 9.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 7 Channel s,Bpm Star Movies M^ g^ Beach Volleyball ohOW CO (V) I^^^^^ OnSnrißl DO), ypm Mr^\ *^—WL.Mti§ 9nn Wnrirl Tun fW Dftftl A LJiohliohtc 93 11 3fl f*nnl KiH'c Partite f\\-\ A ~M
      2,821 words
Page thumbnail Page 46
  • Page 46 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 46 Advertisements Column 1
      114 46 To Stay in Best Shape Wellness with KETTLER VITO KETTLER \MI |Z Promotion Price A $2268 'B >B^ Pr .'Um.ilimm Pm-.<; F'Om M o d«lne«mon» m\ *^^H^^^P SaturaM l^^k Crosstrainer M| Made In Germany Coach LS Marathon ST Rowing Machine Motorized Treadmill ~*§—=|°>— KETTLER I jg,. UJ\ Promotion Price vl
      114 words
Page thumbnail Page 47
  • Page 47 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 47 Advertisements Column 1
      378 47 r^^^A J BUY IT* SELL IT* FIND IT CATS CLASSIFIED "**>»>. j#^ J^ Fun on a budget: J&i^|B^ FT?l\7iP fl a great winter vacation. /ill iv class 576 Bftj L AJ-^-VV^^- PAGECI6 <^ porridge feast <!**■* P 1H t .*b£&t^ j E-mail blast jjjjg^ After indulging in an assortment of
      378 words
Page thumbnail Page 48
  • Page 48 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 48 Advertisements Column 1
      3486 48 •j^Mp 9 Personal BUY TT SFTT TT FIND TT Meet Us! Advertising Terms SPH ADVERTISEMENT SALES AND SERVICE CENTRE 1. While care is taken in processing your order, under no circumstances will the publisher be liable for any loss to you from 1000 Toa Payoh North NEWS CENTRE Singapore *****4
      3,486 words
Page thumbnail Page 49
  • Page 49 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 49 Advertisements Column 1
      1847 49 •j^Mc 9 Personal ©CARPETS/ RUGS |fk CURTAINS PjK HOME APPLIANCES/ BK HOME APPLIANCES/ PjK HOME APPLIANCES/ lIX HOUSE CLEANING/ HOUSE RENOVATION/ IfK HOUSE RENOVATION/ ftf\ HOUSE RENOVATION/ IfK HOUSE RENOVATION/ Up LIGHTING y^jf LIGHTING LIGHTING PAINTING }§/jf DECOR y/jf DECOR y/jf DECOR U? DECOR AUTHORISED CARPETS wallpaper WINDOW SOLAR S
      1,847 words
Page thumbnail Page 50
  • Page 50 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 50 Advertisements Column 1
      2074 50 •j^Mp 9 Personal BK HOUSE RENOVATION/ lIX HOUSE RENOVATION/ ifh PLUMBING iffY PLUMBING lIX CHILD CARE/ ftbi DOMESTIC HELP DOMESTIC HELP ftbi DOMESTIC HELP ftbi DOMESTIC HELP Wbk DOMESTIC HELP y/jf DECOR UP DECOR U? U? m/ BABYSITTING AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AVAILABLE NORTHWEST INTERIOR RENOVA- n; m.cii. o>ip Aitbu
      2,074 words
Page thumbnail Page 51
  • Page 51 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 51 Advertisements Column 1
      2862 51 Personal Business ©DOMESTIC HELP ffti DOMESTIC HELP P|K BUSINESS P|K BUSINESS P|K BUSINESS AVAILABLE |fjP AVAILABLE [pF OPPORTUNITIES [pF OPPORTUNITIES [pJ OPPORTUNITIES US !LJOI Pt,--Ti2^»J L T7 i~* HJOSB^S L No.lln'lnfeTeJhnologyf' VCCXCOTC UOUV \OVC... S*l £L W^ Phil Agency Fee $188 A {9 indonAgyFee $288 f )vßdftl A fc A
      2,862 words
Page thumbnail Page 52
  • Page 52 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 52 Advertisements Column 1
      2366 52 •iAgp Business Vehicles a ffi /^M PK DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU lIX DAIHATSU fj/jf FOR SALE fj/jf FOR SALE fj/jf FOR SALE fj/jf FOR SALE fj/jf FOR SALE fj/jj FOR SALE fj/jj FOR SALE fj/jj FOR SALE fj/jj
      2,366 words
Page thumbnail Page 53
  • Page 53 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 53 Advertisements Column 1
      3609 53 aw Vehicles s^\l Iffii HYUNDAI Iffii HYUNDAI Pfe HYUNDAI IffeV HYUNDAI IIK MERCEDES ¥Sf\ MERCEDES SUBARU PK SUBARU PK SUBARU PK SUBARU FOR SALE \gf FOR SALE f^f FOR SALE \^f FOR SALE fgjf FOR SALE fgjf FOR SALE fjjf FOR SALE fjjf FOR SALE fjjjj FOR SALE }jjjp FOR
      3,609 words
Page thumbnail Page 54
  • Page 54 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 54 Advertisements Column 1
      3340 54 Jt a :^3r Vehicles ©VARIOUS I IBS VARIOUS I IBS VARIOUS IflK VARIOUS [fit VEHICLES FOR if^W VEHICLES FOR VEHICLES Mli OTHER COMMERCIAL Hli OTHER COMMERCIAL Hlfc OTHER COMMERCIAL MAKES \jjjj MAKES \jjjj MAKES H^ MAKES p^P HIRE HIRE m +J WANTED pflpj VEHICLES FOR SALE pflpj VEHICLES FOR SALE
      3,340 words
Page thumbnail Page 55
  • Page 55 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 55 Advertisements Column 1
      5098 55 Ifeg: 9 9 Properties **jj# BDOI-O8 if|^Dll 821 NEWTON/^ ~'|f|h Dll 821 NEWTON/ ""PK D l 9-20 ""llfev DOl-08 llh Dol^oB~ ffh DO9-10ORCHARD/ Tth DO9-10ORCHARD/ "Hfck DllB2l NEWTON/ Hh DllB2l NEWTON/ CITY B SOUTH-WEST |f|j BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |f|j BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |ffjj SERANGOON/THOMSON Ufl CITY B SOUTH-WEST Ufl CITY B SOUTH-WEST Ufj TANGLIN/HOLLAND
      5,098 words
Page thumbnail Page 56
  • Page 56 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 56 Advertisements Column 1
      4143 56 IS- 9 9 Properties »Dlia2l NEWTON/ '"Tj^DII 821 NEWTON/ "'|!K Dll 821 NEWTON/ ilfei Dll 821 NEWTON/ ""Hh DllB2l NEWTON/ ~"|lh DllB2l NEWTON/ PfiV Dl 5-16 EAST COAST "Wttk D*ls-16 EAST COAST "™"Bfrl Dl7-"i8 Wf\ D22-24WEST BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI m U PTEAPTS
      4,143 words
Page thumbnail Page 57
  • Page 57 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 57 Advertisements Column 1
      4815 57 IS- 9 9 Properties B^ ANG MO KIO "TiI^BEDOK^ ~Kh BEDOK ""IBS BEDOK ""Kh BEDOK IBlk BEDOK '"ffcTEDOK Wtk JURONG EAST "Wt\ KALLANG/WHAMPOA l|h QUEENSTOWN jjfj HDB APTS FOR SALE jjjjj HDB APTS FOR SALE jjjjj HDB APTS FOR SALE jjjjj HDB APTS FOR SALE jjjp HDB APTS FOR SALE
      4,815 words
Page thumbnail Page 58
  • Page 58 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 58 Advertisements Column 1
      5287 58 Properties Wjfk TAMPINES "t^te NORTH" ~~\Wtk NORTH I~Wh CENTRAL ""Wh CENTRAL Pfcv DOl-08 '"P^DOl-08~ Pfcv DO9-10 ORCHARD/ "Wti DO9-10ORCHARD/ Kfftv DO9-10ORCHARD/ ||WhDBAPTS FOR SALE hUf HOUSES FOR RENT hUf HOUSES FOR RENT UjF HOUSES FOR RENT IfjF HOUSES FOR RENT UH CITY a SOUTH-WEST UH CITY a SOUTH-WEST |j|l TANGLIN/HOLLAND
      5,287 words
Page thumbnail Page 59
  • Page 59 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 59 Advertisements Column 1
      5566 59 _3P Properties SDO9- 10 ORCHARD/ fftv DO9-10 ORCHARD/ ~\Wf^i Dll 821 NEWTON "ti||\ Dll 821 NEWTON *"|fK Dl2-14BALESTIER/"" Ifc DiVi6 EAST COAsf*lfl£H)ls-16 EAST COAST Wftv FJI 7-18~ "~"|flftv Dl9-2(T~ Wf\ D22-24WEST TANGLIN/HOLLAND |j|l TANGLIN/HOLLAND UM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI UM MACPHERSON/GEYLANG |j|? PTEAPTS FOR RENT |j|? PTEAPTS FOR RENT WM CHANGI/PASIR
      5,566 words
Page thumbnail Page 60
  • Page 60 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 60 Advertisements Column 1
      5172 60 IS- 9 9 Properties Illi SHORT-TERM llh ROOMS FOR RENT "iff* NORTH/NORTH-EAST "Hf* NORTH/NORTH-EAST ""Hh CENTRAL ~WK WEST '"feIfMIXED WKfk HDB/HUDCAPTS "Wfk HDB/HUDCAPTS WK FACTORY SPACE |||7 ACCOMMODATION J/fJ (HDB) HDBAPTS FOR RENT HDBAPTS FOR RENT HDBAPTS FOR RENT |jj|i/ HDBAPTS FOR RENT ||JF HDBAPTS FOR RENT |fgf WANTED (RENT/
      5,172 words
Page thumbnail Page 61
  • Page 61 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 61 Advertisements Column 1
      3341 61 Jjjfc Properties fth OFFICE SPACE^ Wh OFFICE SPACE OFFICE SPACE "fKIV OFFICE SPACE ""Hh SHOP SPACE ~Rh SHOP SPACE ""iRjf?HOP SPACE Bk RESTAURANT/ ~HK RESTAURANT/ Wk WAREHOUSES/ mjf FOR RENT mjf FOR RENT ISJU FOR RENT ISJU FOR RENT Eftf FOR RENT |Hf FOR RENT Eftf FOR RENT EEJ LOUNGE
      3,341 words
Page thumbnail Page 62
  • Page 62 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 63
  • Page 63 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 63 Advertisements Column 1
      1878 63 tgfaM 9 Travel '•J^jp^' B^k TOURS P3| TOURS P3| TOURS P3| TOURS P3| TOURS P3| TOURS TOURS H% TOURS H% TOURS RR| TOURS W J L J J A k W* M I II Bt M X Idl Official Credit Card OTO Titanium #V ESS V *m 1 M Jtk.
      1,878 words
Page thumbnail Page 64
  • Page 64 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 64 Advertisements Column 1
      3056 64 Wgß^ Travel Education §^9|P^ T/ H TOURS M| TOURS M| TOURS "Mk TOURS "Mk TOURS Mk TOURS M| TOURS M| TOURS TUITION "[jjftfr TUITION EXPERIENCED GRAD. OFFERS EnDistinction Tutorial School glish, Maths, Science Chinese. tixnc, I ■■■■■■HpHIMI since December 1993 All levels S dists. 8113-8618 ■T JL I l£~$& ■-L
      3,056 words
Page thumbnail Page 65
  • Page 65 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 65 Advertisements Column 1
      3179 65 r^f^^ji GEARS ■S 99 l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l IN THE HIGH COURT OF BThapter2o) CT KPWWfH NOTICE THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE BANKRUPTCY RuLES ■^■■■ifl '^W iWi- CWU05.N0.1740f2009/G NSSS!?LfI?SJIIIS E, II EF ■IS Slfl CM Ql f\f* CAI C UNDER RULE 96(4)(c) OF ■■Mfß ON DLWO OnLC the bankruptcy rules BmUPiH PROPO<SFn APPI IPATION
      3,179 words
Page thumbnail Page 66
  • Page 66 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 66 Advertisements Column 1
      2785 66 r^aff^^^ MATS H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ H|K PROFESSIONALS/ PK PROFESSIONALS/ Hfc LECTURING/ HK SALES A TIP "Tfc 1 ■P' EXECUTIVES Mr EXECUTIVES |fp? EXECUTIVES |fp? EXECUTIVES Up? EXECUTIVES TEACHING Hpf f l^/^/"*T*l 11T I 1 11/Hq kindergarten near marsiling 1 .rl I,^ rir^l ITI II I I~^ I
      2,785 words
Page thumbnail Page 67
  • Page 67 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 67 Advertisements Column 1
      3790 67 «P 9 o Classified Jobs 17 v HK SALES HK SALES HK COUNTER/ HK CUSTOMER ttf\ CUSTOMER HjK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ HjK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ HjH ADMINISTRATIVE/ HfK ADMINISTRATIVE/ If}? 111^ |ffP RECEPTIONISTS If}? SERVICE If}? SERVICE ||j7 LOUNGE ||j7 LOUNGE |gj? LOUNGE If}? CLERICAL \jjjf CLERICAL llwe are a leading marine insulation
      3,790 words
Page thumbnail Page 68
  • Page 68 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 68 Advertisements Column 1
      2951 68 «P 9 o Classified Jobs 17 v HK TECHNICAL HK TECHNICAL HK GENERAL Bii WAREHOUSING/ Bii WAREHOUSING/ Bii WAREHOUSING/ Bii WAREHOUSING/ Bl!^ SECURITY BIS CLEANERS BIS CLEANERS lII^ lII^ PRODUCTION ||gP INVENTORY ||gP INVENTORY ||gP INVENTORY ||gP INVENTORY |H? ||g? ||pP n 3 MTHS TEMP Production Opera- CLEANERS: 1) SUPERMARKET
      2,951 words
Page thumbnail Page 69
  • Page 69 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 69 Advertisements Column 1
      2862 69 9 Classified Jobs^Executive Appointments jj v RA UKIVbKb/ RA UKIVbKb/ rtj* UKIVbKb/ MS PART-TIME/ PART-TIME/ y§f CHAUFFEURS |||f CHAUFFEURS ||pr CHAUFFEURS |pf TEMPORARY |pf TEMPORARY I \C% v 7 Executive Appointments Hk^Hlhd^H aflLWa^r i ■■■I /^Viß^ M '^A^ V«; I Obtain your Taxi Vocational Licence Jt» Sr^^ V\ xJj* FASTERwithour
      2,862 words
Page thumbnail Page 70
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Getting the message across
    767 70 A FRIEND of mine told me about coming home from work one day and finding her primary school daughter sitting outside on the patio. She was wrapped up in a big sweater with a blanket around her legs, her head buried in a library book. The
    767 words
  • Page 70 Advertisements
Page thumbnail Page 71
Page thumbnail Page 72
  • DL digital life
    • dl Says
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Menu
        188 72 Features Balance of power 5 The best of both worlds 6 7 Women of substance 8 9 The best 3-D experience 10-11 Facebook: The growing cyber nation 12-13 Business 'Tis the season to be wary 14 Surfing the sky 15 Reviews Men Of War: Red Tide 16 Band Hero
        188 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon What's in store for gizmoholics next year
        698 72 The must-have gizmos in 2010 for the sports fan, voracious reader and mobile warrior LOADS of exciting gadgets came into the market this year, like this super-thin Asus Eec PC Seashell netbook held by Taiwanese actress Cheryl Yang (right). Many bit the dust
        ASUSTEK COMPUTER  -  698 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon TECH TOONS
        9 72 ST artists take on the tech world
        9 words
    • hot news
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Scholarly wolf expands database
        215 73 IN ITS year-end update released last week, the team behind the search engine Wolfram Alpha gave a rundown of the improvements that have been made to the database since its launch in May. Mathematics remains its forte. Support for Bessel, gamma, elliptic and zeta functions have
        AFP  -  215 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Software taps US military transmissions
        215 73 WITH nothing more sophisticated than a US$26 ($36) off-the-shelf Russian software, Iraqi insurgents were able to intercept live video feeds from unmanned military drones of the United States military, reported the Wall Street Journal recently. But it was an "old issue that's been addressed", an
        215 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Just push button to record police arrest
        209 73 STUN gun supplier Taser International is offering a videocam that can be worn by police officers as they conduct their investigations, Information Week reported recently. Worn over the ear, the camera starts recording when the wearer pushes a button on the camera. The
        209 words
      • Article
        Lock icon TIP OF THE WEEK
        5 73 DSCSF
        5 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Google spins a faster Web
        260 73 SEARCH giant Google is behind a slew of projects to make the Web faster, IDG News Service reported last week. This month, the Google Public DNS, a postman that ensures that browsers go to the right webpages, was launched. The company launched the Chrome browser,
        260 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon new products
      712 74 mobile phones Green player Sony Ericsson Elm Price not available, available in the first quarter of next year GOING green does not mean having to give up your gadgets. At least not the Sony Ericsson Elm mobile phone. The phone is made of recycled plastics and free from
      712 words
    • features. cover story
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Balance of power
        755 75 More women are assuming leadership positions in the IT industry. GRACE CHNG talks to three of them who happen to work in the same company y Women in HP m and in Singapore are blessed because of the equal opportunities in education and at work. Tan Yen
        DESMOND FOO  -  755 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon The best of both worlds
        789 76 The three women country heads of HP Singapore a first worldwide for the IT multinational tell GRACE CHNG how they juggle family life and work Janice Lim, late 40s General manager of HP's imaging and printing group, has one daughter aged 16 The worst time
        DESMOND FOO  -  789 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Women of substance
        458 76 EVE YAP speaks to five other female head honchos in the IT world misconception of the role of a CIO irritates me. Some still think of a CIO as a programmer or a technician. Rosina Howe Rosina Howe, mid-50s Group director, innovation information technology; chief innovation officer
        LTA  -  458 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Women of substance
        1748 77 e6345 ***** *****0 Jessica Tan, 43 Managing director, Microsoft Singapore My job I am responsible for developing and driving growth strategies for Microsoft's business in Singapore, as well as deepening relationships with partners, customers and employees. It is also a big priority of mine to invest in
        ASHLEIGH SIM; SINGTEL; JOYCE FANG  -  1,748 words
    • features
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon The best 3-D experience
        1164 78 Dolby 3D Technology: Dolby 3D projection is done with a special filter wheel installed in the projector that filters the light into different wavelengths for red, green and blue. Combined with the colour glasses worn, they separate the red, green and blue wavelengths for each eye,
        20TH CENTURY FOX; STEPHANIE YEOW  -  1,164 words
    • business
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon 'Tis the season to be wary
        650 80 A festive greeting message sent to your e-mail account may just turn your computer into a zombie, reports TAN CHONG YAW Botnets are now up and running in hours after a shutdown instead of taking weeks or months. CYBER CRIMINALS do not take breaks.
        ISTOCKPHOTO  -  650 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Surfing the skies
        608 81 In-flight Wi-Fi connectivity is taking off in a big way, with more American airlines offering the service WHERE there is a wallet, there is a way, it seems, even at 30,000 ft. After embracing mobile technology and offering passengers ways to use their phones from the air
        Featurewell; BOEING  -  608 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Android apps tipped to grow
        257 81 GOOGLE'S Android mobile software may offer as many as 150,000 applications by the end of next year, as the company chases Apple for downloads, according to a mobile application research firm. A lot of developers have come onto the Android platform because of efforts by
        Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  257 words
    • reviews games
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon It's a real war out there
        523 82 Men Of War: Red Tide RATING^BH 7/iopsjap||| MEN Of War: Red Tide (MoWRT) is the standalone sequel to MoW released earlier this year. Like its predecessor, it plays like a strategy game with real-time tactical action where you have direct control over your troops.
        NEW ERA  -  523 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Drumming up bright colours and top songs
        474 84  -  Sherwin Loh Band Hero By ratingTIPSJMI 8/1o MH INSTEAD of focusing on the songs or releasing yet another version of the Guitar Hero game with new tracks, developer Activision has decided to reach out to new audiences. Make no mistake, Band Hero, despite
        ACTIVISION  -  474 words
    • reviews products
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Head-turning model
        469 85  -  Aaron Tan By a freelance writer Final say A head-turner but for a netbook which is better suited for basic computing tasks, its hefty price may deter potential buyers. Sony Vaio X series From $1,999, from major electronics retailers THE Sony Vaio X netbook is a catwalk model
        SONY  -  469 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Super slim shooter
        437 85  -  Mike Lee By a freelance writer Final say A super slim and affordable I,oBop shooter that produces better results in bright light. Toshiba CamileoS-IO $279, call Toshiba Data Dynamics on 6741-8181 TINY pocketable videocams that are also light on the wallet are creating a niche market of
        TOSHIBA  -  437 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Glam factor for ears
        372 85  -  Tham Yuen-C By Final say For those who have deep ear canals and like strong bass in their music. Heartbeats by Lady Gaga $240, from Audio House EVERYTHING about Lady Gaga, from her make-up to her costumes and songs, screams "look at me". So too the
        BEATS BY DR DRE  -  372 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Looks and sounds good
        582 86  -  Adli Yashir By a cun«spunueii v Internet coordinator with Berita Harian Final say If you cannot afford a monster multimedia rig, this ultra-portable notebook is an affordable alternative. HP dm 3 notebook From $1,299, from authorised HP dealers MOST notebooks simply do not have enough multimedia
        HP  -  582 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon TOP 10 DIGITAL MUSIC DOWNLOADS
        11 86 SOURCE: PHOTO: NOKIA MUSIC STORE AP
        NOKIA MUSIC STORE; AP  -  11 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon This will rock your world
        365 86  -  Adli Yashir By PHOTO: iPI Home Studio Series Speaker $499, from Challenger Superstore and Apple resellers AT its maximum volume, the iPhone could probably wake a sleeping cat. But if you want something that really rocks your world, you need a bigger boom box. The
        TECHVENTIS  -  365 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon iPhone shortcuts you never knew existed
        687 87  -  Edvarcl Heng New to the iPhone 3GS legion? Get the heads-up on your new toy's features in the first of a three-part i Phone Central series By an iPhone addict who writes 10 support ins ravenous iTunes app store account SLEEK and beautiful, the
        APPLE  -  687 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Four tips for the newbie
        274 87 1 Reset an iPhone When your iPhone gets sluggish or worst, hangs, do a reset. Hold down the Sleep and Home buttons until a white Apple logo appears. This switches off the phone. Switch it on again by pressing on the Sleep button. 2 Rearrange
        274 words
    • toolbox
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Accessorise and shoot
        673 88 In part nine of a 10-part series on the basics of shooting digital video, BILLY TEO shows you accessories that can enhance your clips 76 AS A budding James Cameron or Steven Spielberg, you might wonder how these esteemed directors managed to get their shots right. Like
        BILLY TEO  -  673 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Help desk
        17 89 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg *****56 *****867- 75tr74e56
        17 words
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon TOP SEARCHES of the week (Dec 21-28)
        12 89 tri4r9 5 rt7irf76odr 56 AP
        AP  -  12 words
    • the dl interview
      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon The Facebook-friendly boss
        748 90 Friendster's Asia head sees nothing wrong with letting his staff use Facebook and other social networking sites on the job. THAM YUEN-C reports If they m can check their e-mail, why can't they check their social networking site Inbox? Lan, on allowing employees to use social networking
        AIDAH RAUF  -  748 words
Page thumbnail Page 73
Page thumbnail Page 74
Page thumbnail Page 75
Page thumbnail Page 76
Page thumbnail Page 77
Page thumbnail Page 78
Page thumbnail Page 79
  • Page 79 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 79 Advertisements Column 1
      361 79 P^ HA I I A MASS SUICIDE 1 1 Ifacebook BHjE 11 PVI R| HI PI IPAGE 55 H fl I*V3 *T^^fl I L-I^^l I on 9 Kong police are H fl investigating a 1 €%f\O/ At\o/ I Facebook group which BppHHBH PPflB 5J w /O Iw /O have had
      361 words
Page thumbnail Page 80
Page thumbnail Page 81
Page thumbnail Page 82
  • Page 82 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 82 Advertisements Column 1
      44 82 Ovi Store lets you DO MORE WTTH YOUR NOKIA. Log on to store.ovi.com or click ,m on your Nokia phone to download top apps today! I r^mF^i —3^ The NEW Nokia N97 mini .IS p=^^^ INI OKI A Supported by over 30 devices OVl~™
      44 words
Page thumbnail Page 83
Page thumbnail Page 84
  • Page 84 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 84 Advertisements Column 1
      58 84 THE STYLISH KSil WIRELESS ALL-IN-ONE I PHOTOFRAME ROUTER 1\ L,:^ o B y ■ii '^H Ui^^^ Facebaak helps you connect and share with Sign 4 if V r --J X---4 _^^£^5 o- ■■-■..ft "*'~s^ j*v,. y Jl ft lilP H^-. <:^ JL @^S C#lGreenTechnok^V I Award Winning! Microsoft Windows 7
      58 words
Page thumbnail Page 85
Page thumbnail Page 86
  • Page 86 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 86 Advertisements Column 1
      54 86 $^SS^v -00/ month* /^B^^^^^B^ FrRB Wen Hosting (1 yoar) V H^^ Free -cam.sg domain name (1 year) \^^k\ Free Website Building Tool Free Anti-Virus Free Spam-Filter FreeWebmail Free Control Panel Unlimited Email accounts J^^^Ov. Si Unlimited Email forwarding \^B^^^^^H^Bx Shared Calendaring BP^^ Shared Address Book and Morel HtirryS Limited to
      54 words
Page thumbnail Page 87
Page thumbnail Page 88
Page thumbnail Page 89
Page thumbnail Page 90