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Title Section46 2010-02-06 1 THE STRAITS TIMES MI CA P 09 4/11/ 2009SA 2009SA TURD A Y FEBRU A RY 620 1 0 AS IN GA P O REPRE SS H O LDIN GS PUBLI CA TI O NE NE S T A BLI S HED1 8 45 1 0046 words
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Article59 2010-02-06 1 CANDY products containing light bulbs on sale here have prompted the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) to direct food importers to recall them as they could be dangerous. The products are Baby Flash Pop and Blink Pop, both made by an American company called Kidsmania.59 words
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Article, Illustration53 2010-02-06 1 THIRTEEN schools, mostly in the heartlands, have introduced horse riding as a co-curricular activity (CCA) to their students. Weekly classes in riding and care of horses are being run by the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre, and they cost less than those at the other four53 words
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Article39 2010-02-06 1 WASHINGTON is forming an “Export Cabinet” and toughening its stance on trade barriers as it aims to achieve President Obama’s target of doubling US exports over the next five years and creating two million jobs.39 words
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Article37 2010-02-06 1 DBS Group Holdings yesterday reported a better than expected 67 per cent jump in fourth quarter net profit to $493 million. For the full year, net earnings were unchanged at $2.06 billion.37 words
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Article46 2010-02-06 1 RESIDENTS and businesses along the Circle Line MRT are happy and excited about the opening of the next phase of the line in April. For some, it will mean shorter travelling times, while for others, there is hope that business will pick up.46 words
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Article, Illustration566 2010-02-06 1 GOH ENG YEOW - Export-oriented markets in Asia hardest hit as investors panic By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg ASIAN share markets were hammered yesterday as fears over Europe’s spiralling debt crisis, and escalating unemployment in the United States, ignited a re-gion-wide sell-off. Markets endured their worstPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 566 words
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Article, Illustration107 2010-02-06 1 MR SAIFUL Bukhari Azlan (right), 25, the man who has accused Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy, gives key court members on Thursday his account of what took place at the Desa Damansara Condominium in Kuala Lumpur in June 2008. Court officials, Mr Saiful and AnwarPHOTO: REUTERS - 107 words
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Article, Illustration659 2010-02-06 1 MAVIS TOH - By MAVIS TOH mavistoh@sph.com.sg JAYWALKING was the biggest cause of deaths among elderly pedestrians last year. Of the 20 people above 60 years old who were killed on the roads, 13 were jaywalkers. The Traffic Police listed elderly pedestrians as one of two keySource: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE; ST GRAPHICS - 659 words
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Advertisement103 2010-02-06 1 10 BIG IDEAS ECONOMIC STRATEGIES COMMITTEE SHIFT OR SWING? Food for thought from this week’s key proposals SATURDAY SPECIAL REPORT, PAGES D1-7 INSIGHT, PAGES A34-36 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 PRIME PAGE A6 HOME PAGE B1 PRIME PAGE A10 MONEY PAGE C29 LIFE!103 words
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102 2010-02-06 2 WE SAY From what a height Toyota and other Japanese carmakers have fallen. On a wider front Toyota is losing traction at a time when Korean marques Hyundai and Kia and even Chinese upstarts such as Chery and Geely are making an impact. Toyota’s ills102 words
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Article, Illustration26 2010-02-06 2 COLUMNS Goh Sui Noi says the less provocative “porcupine” strategy for Taiwan’s defence deserves support if it deters war with China.26 words
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Article, Illustration21 2010-02-06 2 Though she doesn’t know it, my tumbling toddler has made me a jittery dad, says Neil Humphreys.21 words
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Article22 2010-02-06 2 OUR READER SAYS Albert Tay expresses his confidence that Singapore’s future government will benefit from a vibrant political scene.22 words
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Article, Illustration19 2010-02-06 2 www.straitstimes.com Abdul Hafiz examines who is to blame if Singaporeans cannot get to watch the World Cup.19 words
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Article, Illustration977 2010-02-06 2 CHING CHEONG - Past experience makes China anxious over situation in Hong Kong By CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com A“DEFACTOreferendum”looms over Hong Kong after the resignation on Jan 26 of five legislators in protest against the lack of progress in democratic reforms in the territory.977 words
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Article, Illustration386 2010-02-06 3 SALMA KHALIK - Ongoing proceedings related to amount that doctor charged a patient By SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg ONE of Singapore’s most prominent private surgeons has appeared before the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) for a disciplinary hearing. Dr Susan Lim’s appearance before the committee is related toST FILE PHOTO - 386 words
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Article545 2010-02-06 3 CHUA HIAN HOU; Additional reporting by Zeslene Mao, Luke Vijay; Karen Zainal - By CHUA HIAN HOU Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Zeslene Mao, Luke Vijay Karen Zainal A CONTROVERSIAL Facebook group has been taken offline, apparently by the United States-based social networking website. The move follows the arrest of three of the group’s members, allegedly for making545 words
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Article, Illustration563 2010-02-06 4 Firm’s chief vows to overhaul quality control as new issues emerge ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO: Toyota president Akio Toyoda yesterday apologised for the recall of millions of cars worldwide and admitted his firm was facing “a moment of crisis”. Speaking atASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; REUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 563 words
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367 2010-02-06 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES A SERIES of mass recalls at Toyota has raised questions about potential problems with the computer systems running cars today and led safety officials in the United States to launch a probe into possible electronic interference. The electronicAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; NEW YORK TIMES - 367 words
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Article, Illustration689 2010-02-06 6 TESSA WONG; Zeslene Mao - AVA says sweets could be ‘hazardous’; some shops not aware of ban By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Zeslene Mao CANDY products containing light bulbs on sale in Singapore have prompted the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to issue a warning to allST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE - 689 words
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Article, Illustration137 2010-02-06 6 The centrepiece of the River Hongbao festival was lowered into place yesterday at the Marina Bay floating platform. Standing 18m tall about six storeys the God of Fortune lantern is the tallest in the festival’s 24-year history. The God of Fortune is a Taoist deity often prayedST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE - 137 words
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Article, Illustration281 2010-02-06 8 MAVIS TOH - MAVIS TOH MOTORCYCLISTS might be safer on the roads if they wear reflective, high-visibili-ty vests while riding. The Singapore Road Safety Council, a non-profit organisation launched yesterday, will do research to see whether what motorcyclists wear can make a difference. Chairman Bernard Tay said motorcyclists oftenST FILE PHOTO - 281 words
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Article, Illustration105 2010-02-06 10 The United States is estimated to have exported US$1.5 trillion (S$2.1 trillion) of goods and services last year Top US markets are Canada, the European Union and China Exports account for 11 per cent of US GDP and support 10 million jobs LessPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 105 words
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Article769 2010-02-06 10 BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR - ‘Export Cabinet’ to be set up; aims to lower trade barriers By BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR US CORRESPONDENT bhagya@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is setting up an “Export Promotion Cabinet” and toughening its stance on trade barriers as it seeks to double American exports over the769 words
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728 2010-02-06 12 CHUA CHIN HON - It needs coherent strategy to address China’s growing ties with the region By CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg WASHINGTON: The United States needs to step up its game in South-east Asia, which is fast becoming a critical728 words
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42 2010-02-06 12 ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANGST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG - 42 words
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562 2010-02-06 14 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: The United States dollar hit a sev-en-month high against a currency basket yesterday, boosted by risk aversion as the cost of insuring the debt of some euro zone nations against default hit record highs on worries over their fiscalREUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 562 words
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453 2010-02-06 16 LIM WEI CHEAN - By LIM WEI CHEAN ABOUT 3,500 people with serious criminal records will be barred from Singapore’s two casinos when they open. Starting today, notices called the Commissioner of Police Exclusion Orders will be served on those with a history of crimes related453 words
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Article, Illustration997 2010-02-06 16 CAROLYN HONG - Sponsored education and own office among perks, claims accuser By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: A young man who has accused Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising him claimed in court yesterday that the Malaysian opposition leader lavished special attention on him. AsPHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 997 words
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302 2010-02-06 16 CAROLYN HONG - CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: For the second time since the sodomy trial began on Wednesday, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyers have crossed swords with the Umno-linked Utusan Malaysia newspaper. The lead defence counsel Karpal Singh yesterday urged the court to issue a stern302 words
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435 2010-02-06 16 CAROLYN HONG - CAROLYN HONG KUALA LUMPUR: It cannot be easy for Ms Nurul Izzah Anwar to listen to lurid testimony about her father’s alleged seduction of his male aide. But the eldest daughter of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said she does not believe a word of the435 words
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Article, Illustration635 2010-02-06 18 Project touted as a sign of religious co-existence in Egypt ASSOCIATED PRESS ZAAFARANA (Egypt): Egypt’s antiquities chief unveiled this week the completion of an eight-year US$14.5 million (S$20.6 million) restoration of the world’s oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of Christian-Muslim co-existence. The announcementASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: XINHUA - 635 words
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Article, Illustration736 2010-02-06 24 Americans could see long jail terms for attempting to take 33 children out of the country AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE: Ten American missionaries charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy are facing lengthy jail times in a Haitian prison after trying to take 33AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS - 736 words
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Article, Illustration821 2010-02-06 25 Under fire over error in report, he says he is not responsible for the ‘melting glaciers’ claim LONDON: The embattled chief of the United Nations’ climate change body has hit out at his critics, saying he would not resign or apologise for aPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 821 words
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Article, Illustration1254 2010-02-06 26 / 27 SIM CHI YIN - A million frustrated graduates swarm squalid colonies, posing a social quandary By SIM CHI YIN CHINA CORRESPONDENT simcy@sph.com.sg BEIJING: They are smart, industrious and marginalised, huddling together for comfort. Hordes of China’s underemployed or underpaid university graduates have formed squalid enclaves on the fringes of the country’sST PHOTOS: SIM CHI YIN - 1,254 words
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439 2010-02-06 28 ONE only needs to examine how far Toyota ascended as a corporate behemoth to comprehend the extent of its fall. For the longest time, Toyota was a byword for reliability, quality and performance while its famous just-in-time production system was an invention without peer. In439 words
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Article, Illustration842 2010-02-06 28 GOH SUI NOI - By GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg THE cross-strait situation may have stabilised in the past year or two as a result of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s Chi-na-friendly policies. But Beijing’s strident response to Washington’s announcement of a new arms sales package to Taipei842 words
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Article, Illustration851 2010-02-06 28 JOHN MCBETH - INDONESIAN POLITICS By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com HANDS up those who know what the Golkar Party is up to over the 6.7 trillion rupiah (S$1 billion) Bank Century bailout scandal. Hands up even those in Golkar who understand it or are willing to explain851 words
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Article, Illustration1074 2010-02-06 29 JANICE TAY - LETTER FROM KYOTO By JANICE TAY BYJANICETAY CORRESPONDENT tastingjapan@gmail.com THE first thing that tells me Kanako-san might be different from the average Japanese girl is the way she drops her okonomiyaki. We meet through a mutual friend at a kyudo dojo and, after practiceST PHOTO: JANICE TAY - 1,074 words
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Article, Illustration1002 2010-02-06 30 ANDY HO - Cellphones cancer: Ring of truth? DAEDALUS By ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg IN SEPTEMBER last year, the first International Expert Conference on Cell Phones and Health was convened in Washington. Though there was little media coverage of the event, the United States Senate took advantage of the presence of experts1,002 words
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Article, Illustration2882 2010-02-06 34 ZAKIR HUSSAIN - Productivity is back in vogue and older Singaporeans wonder why it was allowed to slide in the first place. Wasn’t productivity the mantra in the 1980s? So what happened? What’s different this time around? How will the Economic Strategies Committee proposals affect the worker andST FILE PHOTO - 2,882 words
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Article366 2010-02-06 38 Albert Tay - WITH OR WITHOUT PAP, THERE MUST BE A... Albert Tay IN HIS letter on Wednesday, Mr Ling Tuck Mun (“Imagining a Singapore without the PAP”) suggests that ordinary Singaporeans like me should imagine Singapore without the People’s Action Party (PAP). While I find the exercise useful, I366 words
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Article141 2010-02-06 38 Manuel Nathan - Manuel Nathan THE Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices’ reply (Real challenge is changing mindsets”, Jan 29) to Ms Abinaya Puspanathan’s letter (“No Mandarin? Sorry, no job”, Jan 23), was fair and encouraging. However, Duty Free Shopping’s reply (“Why DFS needs Mandarin speakers”, Jan 29)141 words
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193 2010-02-06 38 Dr John Ng - Dr John Ng I REMEMBER my first encounter with property magnate Ng Teng Fong, who died on Tuesday, when my good friend and his son Philip took me to Mr Ng’s office in Far East Shopping Centre. Mr Ng struck me as193 words
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Article254 2010-02-06 38 Veronica J. Zuzarte (Ms - Veronica J. Zuzarte (Ms) HOW much clutter should a family accept from their neighbours? I have had to put up with neighbours in my Bedok North block who think nothing about littering in common spaces and have appropriated the front of the common corridor of254 words
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147 2010-02-06 38 Dig at Padang MS CHERYL KOH, deputy director, corporate communications and industry promotion division, National Heritage Board: “I refer to Thursday’s letter by Dr Irving Chan Johnson, ‘Invest more to unearth the past and deepen our roots’. The archaeological excavation at147 words
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186 2010-02-06 38 Train tunnels MS NG SOOK FUN, director, corporate and marketing communication, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore: “I refer to Mr Lau Wee Cheng’s letter on Tuesday, ‘The North-South Line is still in the 2G world’. The Infocomm Development186 words
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233 2010-02-06 39 School bus safety MR JONATHAN LIM: “I refer to Wednesday’s letter by Madam Chin Meng Leng (‘Ensure seat belt safety on school buses’). First, I would like to thank Madam Chin for her timely reminder. The school term started233 words
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130 2010-02-06 39 “Six A1s and four A2s but failed to win a place in first-choice JC.” O-level disadvantage MS TOH SIEW TIN: “I agree with Mr David Goh (‘O-level’s A-level disadvantage: Have more IP schools’, Jan 23) that the Integrated Programme (IP) has created a space crunch in Singapore's top junior colleges130 words
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102 2010-02-06 39 Missing pets MR DENNIS LEE: “I disagree with Mr Lennie Hill’s letter on Wednesday (‘Security cameras at supermart switched off because of cost’) which suggested police insensitivity on the treatment of animals. I fully agree with how the police handled Mr102 words
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Article125 2010-02-06 39 Fake IDs MR BENNIE CHEOK: “I refer to Monday’s report, ‘Teens using better quality fake IDs'. It is shocking that at least two printing shops in the Bencoolen area blatantly forged identity cards. The fake documents altered the ages of the teens to allow them to enter clubs, and125 words
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102 2010-02-06 39 Illegal subletting MADAM MARY TAN: “I refer to the HDB’s letter last Saturday, ‘Tenants cannot sublet HDB flats to others’. How often does the HDB conduct checks, especially of flat owners who have sublet their whole flat? Does it conduct compulsory checks or102 words
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Article99 2010-02-06 39 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MS LIM SIEW HUI: Sentosa’s traffic policy unfair 2 MR MURALI SHARMA: Help PRs in credit card debt 3MR ROBIN CHEE: More SMCs may work to PAP’s disadvantage 4 MR JACK SIM: Productivity means encouraging creativity 5 MR P. CHNDRAKUMAR: Bencoolen’s parking problem99 words
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Article308 2010-02-06 39 Leong Sun Yee (Madam - INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY Leong Sun Yee (Madam) THE current discussion on growing Singapore with a big shift in productivity is an attitudinal one as well. The line separating white and blue collar workers is too stark in Singapore. Many adults and teenagers have a mental308 words
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Article369 2010-02-06 41 Bernadette Low (Ms - MRT SERVICES Bernadette Low (Ms) Manager, Corporate Marketing and Communications SMRT I THANK Forum writers for their recent feedback on train services. The MRT system is designed to transport a large number of passengers, and our trains are heavily used during peak hours as they remain369 words
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Article, Illustration866 2010-02-06 1 AMELIA TAN - Thirteen schools, mostly in the heartland, allow students to pick up horse riding at lower cost By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg HORSE riding the sport of kings? Think again. It has been introduced as a co-curricular activity (CCA) this year in 13 primary and secondary schools.ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW - 866 words
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Article, Illustration94 2010-02-06 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _US wedding planner sued _Woman jogger stabbed MOST COMMENTED ON _Young PAP gets over 1,000 new members. Says jlpjlpjlp: “I will wait and see what strategies they come up with to solve the housing issue, foreigners and PRs94 words
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Article, Illustration531 2010-02-06 2 SUE-ANN CHIA - It will help young women realise leadership potential, develop a heart for service By SUE-ANN CHIA SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT sueann@sph.com.sg YOUNG women looking to network with their more seasoned counterparts in the business and political arenas now have a new platformST PHOTO: DESMOND LIM - 531 words
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Article, Illustration430 2010-02-06 2 RACHEL CHANG - By RACHEL CHANG MEMBER of Parliament Lee Bee Wah is stepping down as president of the 4,700-strong Institute of Engineers Singapore (IES) when her two-year term ends in May. Ms Lee, who intends to hand over the reins to currentST FILE PHOTO - 430 words
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323 2010-02-06 2 THE hearse carrying the body of the late property tycoon Ng Teng Fong will drive past Far East Plaza today, as it was one of the landmark developments that helped earn him the title King of Orchard Road. About323 words
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Article, Illustration83 2010-02-06 2 President S R Nathan congratulating Madam Sophia Pang, the first Singaporean woman to trek to the South Pole, during a reception at the Istana yesterday. The 37-year-old freelance IT consultant, fitness instructor and mother of three was part of an all-woman Antarctic expeditionST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN - 83 words
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261 2010-02-06 2 THE Reform Party yesterday welcomed remarks by United States Ambassa-dor-designate David Adelman that he would use public diplomacy to work towards a genuine multi-party democracy in Singapore. A statement released by secre-tary-general Kenneth Jeyaretnam on the opposition party’s website said that when measured261 words
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386 2010-02-06 3 Her relationship with adopted daughter was unclear, says bank officer OCBC Bank yesterday defended its decision to bar a multimillionaire from opening a joint account with her adopted daughter, by saying it had reason to believe age was making the old woman mentally386 words
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Article, Illustration430 2010-02-06 3 MELISSA KOK - By MELISSA KOK SINGAPOREAN Neha Suri, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died in the United States on Tuesday (Wednesday, Singapore time), a little more than a week after contracting bacterial meningitis. She had been in a medically induced comaPHOTOS: THE BADGER HERALD, PROFESSOR DOUGLAS MCLEOD - 430 words
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Article, Illustration496 2010-02-06 6 The Singapore Airshow 2010 opens its gates to the public today. Here is what is in store at the Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC). OPENING AND SHOW TIMES Today and tomorrow, 9.30am-5pm (last admission 4.30pm) Aerobatic Flying Display showtimes: 11.30am and 3pm Carnival activities: Art zone,PHOTOS: PACIFIC AEROSPACE, EMBRAER, ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, BOMBARDIER INC, AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE, PILATUS AIRCRAFT, ALENIA INC, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG TEXT: FENG ZENGKUN and JEANETTE WANG GRAPHICS: TANG WEE CHEOW and TIEN CHUNG PING - 496 words
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Article654 2010-02-06 7 KARAMJIT KAUR; Jermyn Chow - Larger numbers of trade visitors from abroad also a plus By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Jermyn Chow SINGAPORE Airshow 2010 shut its doors to trade visitors yesterday with about US$10 billion (S$14.1 billion) in deals sewn up not a bad654 words
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Article, Illustration407 2010-02-06 8 / 9 CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF Aviation fanatics, look out! The Singapore Airshow 2010 has landed, and it is bigger than before. It promises more participants, more sky-high action and more activities for the entire family to enjoy. In this fourth of a six-part series, Straits Times photojournalists, with the help ofPhoto by Desmond Foo using Nikon D3S and Nikkor 500mm f4 VR lens; Photo by Joyce Fang using Nikon D3S and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR II lens; Photo by Alphonsus Chern using Nikon D3S and Nikkor 14-24 mm f2.8 lens; Photo by Caroline Chia using Nikon D3S and Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 lens; Photo by Ng Sor Loan using Nikon D3S and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 lens - 407 words
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Article, Illustration653 2010-02-06 4 EUNICE NG - Ngee Ann Polytechnic students’ project aims to promote use of biodiesel By EUNICE NG euniceng@sph.com.sg ONE day you could be filling up your vehicle’s fuel tank with diesel converted from oil that was used to fry curry puffs. A group of nine businessST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN - 653 words
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334 2010-02-06 4 MELISSA SIM - Donating bone marrow doesn’t hurt so sign up By MELISSA SIM DONATING bone marrow does not hurt. That is the message the Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) is trying to promote. Contrary to popular belief, there will not be a large syringe piercing through your spine to get to your334 words
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Article, Illustration267 2010-02-06 4 MALINI NATHAN - Saving the world one lunchbox at a time By MALINI NATHAN THAT’S what 240 Primary 1 pupils from Tampines North Primary School are attempting. As part of this year’s Total Defence Day theme “I Will”, the pupils each received a lunchbox from Swedish furniture store Ikea last week, to kick-startST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM - 267 words
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Article, Illustration208 2010-02-06 4 EISEN TEO - EISEN TEO STUDENT enterprises gave back to society at the annual Singapore Polytechnic (SP) Entrepreneurship Bazaar. Held for the second year at SP, the three-day bazaar, which ended yesterday, hosted 18 stalls manned by SP students, selling clothing, accessories and snacks. TherePHOTO: SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC - 208 words
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Article75 2010-02-06 4 gift elderly THE Tsao Foundation, which aims to improve the quality of life of the elderly, is launching a Gift Of An Le drive to raise funds. “An Le” means peace of mind and happiness in Mandarin. Cash contributions of between $1,000 and $10,000 are75 words
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Article88 2010-02-06 4 A CAFE being planned for the Bedok Reservoir-Punggol area will provide part-time work to low-income families in the area. This will be run as a social enterprise project called BuRP! To raise funds for the project, students from the Singapore Management University and youth volunteers from88 words
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Article64 2010-02-06 4 A DRAWING contest is being held for students aged between eight and 18 to raise funds for child victims of the Haiti quake. The contest, on the theme Children Helping Children, will gather the entries and auction them at GenevaWorld, a cultural and philanthropic organisation64 words
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Article, Illustration790 2010-02-06 1 LYNE LEE, WAHYUDI SOERIAAMATDJA - Jakarta’s street kids younger and increasing There are 233,000 of them in the capital and other cities in Indonesia now, up from 36,000 in 1997 BYLYNNLEE LYNE LEE, WAHYUDI SOERIAAMATDJA WAHYUDISOERIAAMATDJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENTS lynnlee@sph.com.sg wahyudis@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: At a bustling intersection in East Jakarta, 10-year-old Anwar sits inside a bus shelter,PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 790 words
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Article, Illustration109 2010-02-06 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _Girl, nine, gives birth _Giant squids invade California MOST COMMENTED ON Obama won’t budge on Dalai Lama meeting. Says RedneckLoo: “If the meeting takes place, it will be on US soil, where the US government has sovereignty. China109 words
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Article, Illustration791 2010-02-06 11 P. JAYARAM - Wives abused if sum deemed too small; activists want stricter enforcement of laws By P. JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: The pinpricks started soon after the marriage. Next came merciless beatings. Mrs Renu Pal, a teacher with a private school in thePHOTO: REUTERS - 791 words
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Article, Illustration299 2010-02-06 2 WAHYUDI SOERIAAMATDJA - WAHYUDI SOERIAAMATDJA SEVEN-year-old Arief had been busking on the streets for three months when his body was found chopped into pieces at a bus terminal in May 2008. The boy was a victim of cigarette vendor Baekuni, 49, who recently confessed to killingPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 299 words
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278 2010-02-06 2 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KARIANA, aged three, has a lonely existence in the New York homeless shelter her parents moved into last year. Lonely, but not alone there are nearly 16,000 children like her. Homelessness in New York has soared as a result of theAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 278 words
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Article, Illustration780 2010-02-06 3 LYNN LEE - Fears about fallout from political squabbling may affect inflow of dollars NEWS ANALYSIS By LYNN LEE INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT lynnlee@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: If two recent reports are anything to go by, offshore investors are beginning to temper their bullishness about Indonesia’s growth prospects with some measure ofPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 780 words
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316 2010-02-06 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: A statue of US President Barack Obama as a boy will be removed from a park in the Indonesian capital due to public opposition, officials said yesterday, just weeks before Mr Obama visits his old hometown. The Jakarta governor’s officeAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 316 words
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554 2010-02-06 4 NIRMAL GHOSH - Up to 100,000 ‘red shirts’ may demonstrate in key cities this month BYNIRMALGHOSH NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: Thailand is readying itself for a wave of political demonstrations later this month, with as many as 100,000 people expected to hit the streets. While554 words
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396 2010-02-06 4 NIRMAL GHOSH - NIRMAL GHOSH BANGKOK: Thailand yesterday postponed its much-criticised repatriation of ethnic Karen refugees to Myanmar, but did not say when the deportations would resume. The Thai military was due to repatriate 161 Karen yesterday morning, out of a total of 1,628 at Nong Bua and Mae396 words
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Article, Illustration743 2010-02-06 6 ALASTAIR MCINDOE - Poll watchdog stands by new system amid calls for manual count BYALASTAIRMCINDOE ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA: Glitches and delays in preparing for the debut of electronic voting are prompting calls that the Philippines revert to a manual count rather than risk aPHOTO: REUTERS - 743 words
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Article, Illustration570 2010-02-06 9 P. JAYARAM - Congress leader’s visit comes days after warning by radical group over his criticisms By P. JAYARAM BYP.JAYARAM INDIA CORRESPONDENT pjay@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi showed yesterday that there is a spunky side to his charm. Two days after a regional Hindu radical group570 words
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Article, Illustration625 2010-02-06 12 Govt reconciliation with Islamist insurgents may set back hard-won gains AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL: Ms Farida Tarana defied age-old Afghan tradition, death threats and sexual discrimination to become a pop star and later the public face of post-Taleban women’s politics. Now a localAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 625 words
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Article, Illustration451 2010-02-06 13 Death of woman breaks 65,000-year link to one of world’s oldest cultures AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG PORT BLAIR (India): The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of theAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG - 451 words
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Article, Illustration936 2010-02-06 14 BYGRACENG; Lina Miao - A year after China launched its massive stimulus package to boost its economy, headline-grabbing numbers show it’s been a success. But not everyone is feeling good about it. CHINA’S 4 TRILLION YUAN STIMULUS By BYGRACENG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: What a differencePHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: RFUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Sources: XINHUA AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REFORM COMMISSION; ST GRAPHICS - 936 words
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Article, Illustration316 2010-02-06 14 GRACE NG; Lina Miao - GRACE NG Additional reporting by Lina Miao BEIJING: When China’s 850 billion yuan (S$176 billion) health-care reform package was unveiled to great fanfare last April, Ms Li Aimei, a building materials shop owner in north-west China, was not hopeful that rural folk like her would getPHOTO: REUTERS - 316 words
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234 2010-02-06 14 GRACE NG - GRACE NG BEIJING: China literally built its way out of the global economic slump last year. It devoted the largest chunk 38 per cent of its 4 trillion yuan (S$834 billion) stimulus package to rolling out infrastructure, ranging from railways to roads, airports to234 words
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230 2010-02-06 14 GRACE NG - GRACE NG BEIJING: Seventeen-year-old Wu Ningning will not forget Aug 19, 2009 easily. That was the day she and her parents gathered round their new 26-inch, 2,000 yuan (S$414) television set. “It was the first TV set we had bought in over a decade, so230 words
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Article, Illustration689 2010-02-06 15 BYTHESTRAITSTIMES - Online critics now have say in local govt BYTHESTRAITSTIMES BYTHESTRAITSTIMES China Bureau BEIJING: For the past six years, Mr Jiang Jianfeng has been blasting his municipal government on online forums. Ignored at first, the 36-year-old soldiered on, eventually gaining a following among his fellow netizensPHOTO: COURTESY OF JIANG JIANFENG - 689 words
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418 2010-02-06 15 BEIJING: They hide behind changing identities and false IDs. They take orders from supervisors in cyber space, and try to mould public opinion in favour of one political party or the other. In the United States, they might be called “spin418 words
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Article, Illustration40 2010-02-06 16 A young couple enjoying the Chinese New Year decorations in Ditan Park in Beijing, China, on Thursday. The park will host the 25th Spring Festival Temple Fair from Feb 13 to 20. photo: xinhua PHOTO: XINHUAPHOTO: XINHUA - 40 words
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455 2010-02-06 16 Countrywide boom means workers may not return to coastal manufacturing hubs ASSOCIATED PRESS GUANGZHOU: Pulling suitcases and hefting heavy bags on their shoulders, millions of Chinese workers are boarding trains to head home for the Chinese New Year a holiday that triggers the world’s biggestASSOCIATED PRESS - 455 words
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301 2010-02-06 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: North Korea said yesterday it will release an American activist, who was arrested in December for illegally entering the country in a journey to raise awareness of what he described as human rights abuses by Pyongyang. “The relevant organASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 301 words
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Article, Illustration652 2010-02-06 17 KWAN WENG KIN - Mongolians cry foul after hero’s enforced retirement for stepping out of line once more By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: To the unsmiling, conservative elders of sumo, Asashoryu may seem like the “bad boy” of Japan’s national sport. But the652 words
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Article, Illustration303 2010-02-06 18 REUTERS TAIWAN yesterday said it would buy up to 20 military helicopters from European maker Eurocopter. This move comes less than a week after Washington proposed an arms deal with the island. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry spokesman Martin Yu said the island would buy EC225REUTERS - 303 words
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766 2010-02-06 18 JONATHAN EYAL - Ban imposed post-Tiananmen is complicating relations as China rises to prominence BYJONATHANEYAL JONATHAN EYAL STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON: The United States is not alone in sparring with China over arms sales, for Europe, too, has just stumbled into a similar row766 words
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Article, Illustration589 2010-02-06 19 Anti-dumping move likely to aggravate current trade rift REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China will levy heavy anti-dumping duties of up to 105.4 per cent on chicken products from the United States, its Commerce Ministry said yesterday, in a move likely to aggravateREUTERS; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 589 words
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272 2010-02-06 19 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON/BEIJING: United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner voiced optimism that China would begin letting its currency appreciate, despite Beijing’s dismissal of US complaints that Chinese policies put American exports at a disadvantage. His comments to US lawmakers on Thursday came aREUTERS; BLOOMBERG - 272 words
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Article, Illustration173 2010-02-06 19 BEIJING: China will replace its ambassador to the United States next month, news reports said yesterday. Mr Zhang Yesui (right), 56, heads to Washington next month to take up the job after more than two years as Chinese ambassador to the United Nations in New173 words
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Article, Illustration718 2010-02-06 20 China to open security conference for the first time ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUNICH: The Munich Security Conference was set to open yesterday with an address by China’s Foreign Minister a shift from the meeting’s traditional trans Atlantic focus and a nod to theASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 718 words
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Article, Illustration768 2010-02-06 24 Three MPs and one House of Lords member accused of false accounting ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LONDON: Four British lawmakers will face criminal charges and the prospect of jail over Britain’s expenses claim scandal, the country’s chief prosecutor said yesterday. Mr Keir Starmer, director ofASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 768 words
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Article, Illustration732 2010-02-06 25 IASON ATHANASIADIS - Ex-associate links death of Hamas arms dealer to Israeli intelligence service BYIASONATHANASIADIS IASON ATHANASIADIS FOR THE STRAITS TIMES iason.athanasiadis@yahoo.com ISTANBUL: A Hamas arms dealer mysteriously killed in an opulent Dubai hotel may have been the victim of his own wandering eye, said aPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 732 words
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397 2010-02-06 25 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: In another blow to Google’s planned digital library, the US Justice Department says a class-action settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers had significant legal problems, even after revisions. In a 31-page filing that could influenceNEW YORK TIMES - 397 words
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515 2010-02-06 26 German officials oppose it but scholars say annotated version provides context NEW YORK TIMES MUNICH: A battle is brewing between a group of scholars and government officials over plans to republish Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, Mein Kampf, for the first time since itNEW YORK TIMES - 515 words
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Article, Illustration178 2010-02-06 26 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: Some dinosaurs had rus-set-coloured feathers, and one jazzy specimen even had a Mohawk crest and stripes, researchers say in the first reports to confidently assign colours to dinosaurs. Their colours have long been a subject of speculation. In theASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 178 words
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Article, Illustration367 2010-02-06 27 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG SYDNEY: A bank employee caught on live TV viewing risque pictures of a top Australian model will not be sacked, the bank announced yesterday, after the episode sparked a worldwide campaign in support of the man. Even the modelAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: REUTERS - 367 words
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Article293 2010-02-06 27 LONDON: Mrs Cherie Blair is to be investigated by the office overseeing judges’ behaviour for apparently giving a man convicted of assault a more lenient sentence because he was religious, British media reported. The National Secular Society (NSS) has written to the Judicial Complaints Office293 words
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Article125 2010-02-06 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE fengshui HONG KONG:Hong Kong police said yesterday they had released a fengshui master suspected of forgery in his failed claim on the estate of late billionaire Nina Wang, once Asia’s richest woman. Mr Tony Chan, 50, Ms Wang’s former lover and spiritual adviser, spentAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 125 words
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Article158 2010-02-06 28 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA:Malaysia has found the two missing F-5E jet engines in Uruguay with the help of the government there, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail said yesterday. Thanking the Uruguay government for its cooperation in recovering the engines, he said that the Malaysian governmentTHE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 158 words
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Article99 2010-02-06 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Courts in southern China have sentenced one person to death and 24 others to jail terms in a string of kidnapping cases, including one in which the victim died, state media reported. The verdicts in the nine cases were handed down in Guangzhou,AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 99 words
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Article, Illustration115 2010-02-06 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: Britons will soon be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won’t. There are about 87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks each year, with many resulting in hospital visits, Home Secretary Alan Johnson (left) said as he introduced twoASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 115 words
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Article109 2010-02-06 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taiwan has allowed the first private jet to fly directly to China, a transport official said yesterday. The Gulf stream jet that has been given permission to fly across the Taiwan Strait is owned by Mr Terry Gou, chairman of electronic giant Hon HaiAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 109 words
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Article, Illustration147 2010-02-06 28 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown has been sworn in as a US senator, taking the seat held for almost half a century by the late Edward Kennedy and ending the supermajority for Senate Democrats that let them overcome stalling tactics on legislation. “I want toBLOOMBERG - 147 words
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Article131 2010-02-06 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s leaders announced a hard-fought accord to transfer key remaining powers from London to Belfast yesterday, a move hailed as opening a “new chapter” in the long-troubled province. Responsibility for police and justice in Northern Ireland will transfer to Belfast from AprilAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 131 words
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Article141 2010-02-06 28 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesian film producers said yesterday they had withdrawn from cinemas a horror-comedy about a ghost, due to threats from hard-line Muslims. “We did this because the reaction to the film is outrageous. The situation is still tense,” said K2K production house manager Evelin Hutagaol.AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 141 words
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Article114 2010-02-06 28 ASSOCIATED PRESS KARACHI: Two bombs exploded in Pakistan’s largest city yesterday, one outside a hospital treating casualties from the first attack. At least 22 people were killed and more than 70 wounded. The first blast targeted a bus carrying Shi’ite Muslim worshippers, most of themASSOCIATED PRESS - 114 words
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Article, Illustration1040 2010-02-06 29 ESTHER TEO - Aims to cut proportion of revenue it makes here from 70% to 40% in bold move BYESTHERTEO ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg NEW DBS Group Holdings boss Piyush Gupta is wasting no time in setting a bold new agenda for South-east Asia’s largest bank. UnveilingST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO - 1,040 words
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Article, Illustration103 2010-02-06 29 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE _Asia at ‘epicentre of ageing crisis’ _A good financial website should be reliable MOST COMMENTED ON _AIG’s $140m bonus plan sparks outrage. Says david222: “Greed caused everyone’s misery during this recession. When will they learn?” BLOGGED ABOUT _As103 words
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291 2010-02-06 30 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea’s Woori Investment Securities is set to launch a US$30 million (S$42.7 million) fund of hedge funds with Temasek Holdings’ Fullerton Fund Management, as part of a restructuring of its hedge fund business. The plan comes after WooriREUTERS - 291 words
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362 2010-02-06 30 LEE YEN NEE - By LEE YEN NEE SINGAPORE’S standing as a key oil and gas industry support centre has received another boost. Ezra Holdings and Keppel have set up a joint venture to supply a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in a362 words
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Article509 2010-02-06 30 DAWN ZENG - ETFs’ turnover hit $4.6 billion last year as their popularity with local investors soars By DAWN ZENG dzeng@sph.com.sg INVESTORS have been piling into exchange traded funds (ETFs) over the past year, with daily trading volumes surging on the back of the market rally. The Singapore509 words
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450 2010-02-06 31 REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: United States payrolls unexpectedly fell last month, but the unemployment rate also took a surprising drop to a five-month low of 9.7 per cent, according to a government report yesterday that hinted at labour market improvement. The surprisingREUTERS; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 450 words
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Article, Illustration952 2010-02-06 31 Dilemma for euro zone’s core nations like Germany: To bail out troubled neighbours or let them default? NEWS ANALYSIS NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: “We must hang together,” Benjamin Franklin once said of the colonies that formed the United States. “Else, we shall most assuredly hangNEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 952 words
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Article, Illustration500 2010-02-06 32 JESSICA CHEAM - By JESSICA CHEAM A BOOMING property market on the back of a broad if tentative economic recovery last year has boosted the results of two mainboard-listed developers. Guocoland posted a net profit yesterday of $60.4 million in its second quarter ended Dec 31 lastPHOTO: GUOCOLAND - 500 words
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474 2010-02-06 32 JONATHAN KWOK - No trading suspensions as the 130 met yesterday’s deadline By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg ALL firms listed on the Catalist board met yesterday’s deadline to find sponsors and so avoided trading suspensions, said the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday. There were concerns last month474 words
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524 2010-02-06 33 JONATHAN KWOK - STI closes below 2,700 mark for first time since Nov 9 as jitters spread BULLS AND BEARS BYJONATHANKWOK JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE lead-up to Chinese New Year is turning out to be anything but cheery, as regional share markets shed value524 words
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Article, Illustration84 2010-02-06 33 SEMBCORP Industries group president and chief executive Tang Kin Fei (right) exercised some of his share options in Sembcorp Marine on Wednesday. He exercised 7,000 options at $2.11 a share and 49,000 options at $2.38 apiece. This takes his total stake to 109,690 shares, or 0.01 per cent ofPHOTO: SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES - 84 words
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Article80 2010-02-06 33 MADAM Chong Poh Soon, director of Hosen and spouse of the group’s chief executive Lim Hai Cheok, exercised 30,000 warrants on Wednesday. The transaction raises her direct stake in the company by 0.01 per cent to 17.95 per cent of its issued share capital. Both Madam Chong and80 words
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Article58 2010-02-06 33 OSIM chief executive Ron Sim purchased one million shares in the company at an average price of 57.3 cents apiece via a series of transactions on the open market on Monday and Tuesday. Mr Sim’s total shareholdings, including his deemed interest, now stand at 404.5 million shares or58 words
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Article49 2010-02-06 33 CHAIRMAN of CapitaMalls Asia Liew Mun Leong purchased 300,000 units of CapitaMall Trust at $1.71 a unit on Jan 28. This brings his direct holdings to 933,479 units, or 0.03 per cent of CapitaMall Trust equity units. Mr Liew holds another 0.03 per cent in deemed interest.49 words
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Article, Illustration20 2010-02-06 33 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 2.17 billion shares worth $1.99 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 93 Losers: 510 Unchanged: 66020 words
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Article81 2010-02-06 33 Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials -13.07 651.10 Utilities -14.60 -15.86 511.46 662.97 -8.72 293.98 499.29 Industrials Consumer goods Health care -15.14 -19.48 592.75 Financials Technology Real estate 660.87 -6.54 -13.21 686.8981 words
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Article231 2010-02-06 33 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,057.09 (-298.89) Japanese stocks fell 2.9 per cent as risk aversion rose on growing sovereign debt issues in Europe, but Toyota shares found a floor despite recall woes. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,247.9 (-17.13) Malaysian stocks dropped 1.4 per cent, mirroring losses on231 words
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Article189 2010-02-06 33 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 5,2010 Top Rises Feb 5 CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5648 224.4 2.9 (0) Feb 5 CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10USS 5648 224.4 2.9 1362 36.0 2.7 Asia Pac Brew 1240 10.0189 words
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Article398 2010-02-06 33 Top Rises Feb 5 CENTS STI 2950SGAePW*****7 58.5 9.5 19.4 STI 2950BNPePW*****0 59.5 7.5 14.4 STI 2750 DBePW*****1 24.5 6.5 36.1 STI 2850BNPePW*****0 45 6.5 16.9 STI 2900 DBePW*****1 53.5 6.5 13.8 Genting SP.ES.1002 113 6.0 5.6 STI 2750BNPePW*****5 19 5.5 40.7 STI 2700 DBePW*****3 39 5.0398 words
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Article37 2010-02-06 33 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Ill 3.0 2.8 275.961.000 185.421.000 72.646.000 49.329.000 1.5 -1.5 By Value CENTS Value CENTS o/o Value Genting SP Ill 3.0 2.8 306,648,840 DBS Grp 1404 -16.0 -1.1 131,788,76537 words
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Article61 2010-02-06 33 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 5 2010 Buying Selling Feb 5 2010 Buying 1.2230 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4122 0.4133 ..1.2600 1.3180 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.9420 ..1.9630 Indonesian rupiah 0.***** 0.***** NZ dollar 0.4122 ...0.4133 0.9710 2.2280 ..0.9910 Source:61 words
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Article61 2010-02-06 33 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL TEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 446 170 5606 CapitaLand 36461 words
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Article80 2010-02-06 33 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL TEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M $mil 133 35.5 5600 Allgreen Ill80 words
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Article, Illustration643 2010-02-06 42 TERRENCE VOON - Veteran joins relay team in skipping national training By TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg VETERAN sprinter Poh Seng Song has thrown in his lot with the four sprinters who will be boycotting relay training under national coach Hamkah Afik. Poh, the most experienced member in the nationalPHOTOS: BERITA HARIAN, THE NEW PAPER - 643 words
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Article, Illustration128 2010-02-06 42 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES _Athletics coach quits Show cause, Terry told Fergie to Arsenal: Batter Chelsea MOST COMMENTED ON Athletics coach quits Said milovettrack: “The truth is that the (athletics) clubs are the ones that produce the athletes for SAA. SAA128 words
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Article, Illustration396 2010-02-06 35 Bitter rivalry resumes with Twickenham’s centenary as backdrop THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: This is rugby tribalism at its very best and very worst. The sheer desire for the one country to put it over the other has always been an aspect of the Welsh attitude to this game,THE TIMES, LONDON; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 396 words
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Article, Illustration390 2010-02-06 35 REUTERS VANCOUVER: The threat of a terrorist attack on the Vancouver Winter Olympics is considered low but Canada is still spending far more to protect the event than it did to build the venues where athletes will compete. Airport-style screening for spectators at venues, divers patrollingREUTERS; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 390 words
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Article60 2010-02-06 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Mike Dunleavy stepped down as the Los Angeles Clippers’ coach on Thursday but retained his job as general manager. Dunleavy, who has led the Clippers to just one winning season since taking over the National Basketball Association team in 2003, willASSOCIATED PRESS - 60 words
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Article50 2010-02-06 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Flanker George Smith, one of only four Australians to reach the 100-Test milestone, announced his retirement from international rugby yesterday. The 110-Test veteran told Australian Rugby Union and ACT Brumbies officials that after 10 seasons, he wanted to explore other options.ASSOCIATED PRESS - 50 words
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Article70 2010-02-06 35 BANGKOK: Steve Darby has been removed as Thailand’s assistant national coach and Under-23 coach due to their poor performance in the SEA Games. But the Englishman, a former coach of S-League club Home United, remains with the Football Association of Thailand because he is contracted70 words
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Article57 2010-02-06 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUBAI:Defending champion Rory McIlroy faltered at the last hole with a double bogey, after breaking a six-way tie for the lead in the second round of the Dubai Desert golf Classic. He carded a two-under 70 for a 138, to trail newAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 57 words
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Article, Illustration894 2010-02-06 36 FRANKIE CHEE - Athletes must know when to relax to avoid injuries and illness FITNESS BYFRANKIECHEE FRANKIE CHEE THESE days, it seems that every one is in a get-fit craze. For the ironmen, going to the gym has become a staple activity. For outdoor athletes, running894 words
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Article, Illustration527 2010-02-06 36 REUTERS MIAMI: North Americans call it “the greatest show on earth” but in reality, not much of the world is really paying attention to the Super Bowl. Tomorrow’s game (Monday morning Singapore time) between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints willREUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 527 words
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Article, Illustration470 2010-02-06 36 Today Basketball NBA: Philadelphia v New Orleans (Live, Ch23, 9am). Football AFC Champions League qualifier: SAFFC v Muang Thong (Tha) (Jalan Besar, 7.30pm). English Premier League: Liverpool v Everton (Live, Ch27 Ch304, 8.40pm), Hull v Manchester City (Live, Ch22,11pm), Manchester United v Portsmouth (Live, Ch27,10.55pm), Bolton v470 words
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Article, Illustration49 2010-02-06 36 “We are confident racing will go ahead as scheduled on Monday weather permitting and we are looking forward to finally getting this competition on the water.” Brad Butterworth, Alinghi skipper, on the America’s Cup resuming after a two-year legal dispute. Alinghi will take on BMW Oracle in Valencia, Spain49 words
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Article276 2010-02-06 36 Basketball NBA Cleveland 102 Miami 86, Portland 96 San Antonio 93. Football Dutch Eredivisie Waalwijk 0 Feyenoord 1. Italian Cup S-final, 1st leg: Roma 2 Udinese 0. Spanish King’s Cup S-final, 1st leg: Atletico Madrid 4 Santander 0. Golf Asian International In Bangkok, 2nd rd: 138 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha)276 words
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Article, Illustration647 2010-02-06 37 V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR - Abhiraj and Varun are national U-16 mates but face off for their schools SCHOOL SPORT MATTERS BYV.K.SANTOSHKUMAR V.K. SANTOSH KUMAR santosh@sph.com.sg THEY play together for the national Un-der-16 cricket team and Kallang Colts in the Singapore Cricket Association’s Division Two league. Abhiraj Singh and Varun Sivaram, though,ST PHOTOS: LIM SIN THAI, CHEW SENG KIM - 647 words
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291 2010-02-06 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAGPUR (India): Injury-ravaged India were sweating over the fitness of key mid-dle-order batsman Venkatsai Laxman ahead of the first cricket Test against South Africa starting in Nagpur today. Laxman, a Test veteran with 6,993 runs, has yet to recover fullyAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 291 words
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Article, Illustration421 2010-02-06 37 BANGKOK: Lam Chih Bing kept his composure to remain just a stroke behind the leaders after the second round of the Asian Tour International yesterday. The 33-year-old bogeyed his opening hole at Suwan Golf and Country Club. But it was the only blemish in hisPHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 421 words
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Article274 2010-02-06 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: Dustin Johnson was determined to get off to a good start in the Northern Trust Open. So, for the first time, the American golfer decided against trying to drive the 10th green at Riviera and instead laid up with a four-iron. HeASSOCIATED PRESS - 274 words
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Article, Illustration767 2010-02-06 38 ROB HUGHES - INGO0D CONSCIENCE By ROB HUGHES stsports@sph.com.sg IT IS three or four o’clock in the morning. Moustapha Salifou awakes in a cold sweat. “They are firing at me,” he says. “I’m on the floor, calling out, ‘You okay?’ No answer from his friend, the goalkeeperPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 767 words
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Article, Illustration454 2010-02-06 38 FRANKIE CHEE - S’pore Slingers aim to pin down Indonesian club in deciding game By FRANKIE CHEE frankiec@sph.com.sg IT HAS come to the wire for the Singapore Slingers, who will have to work their magic once again in the inaugural Asean Basketball League. They will need to win the deciding semi-finalSI PHOTO: AIDAH RAUF - 454 words
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Article, Illustration255 2010-02-06 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND: LeBron James was willing to do anything necessary to beat close friend Dwyane Wade. Even if it meant filling in at point guard. Forced to start in the backcourt, James scored 36 points 17 on free throws and Daniel GibsonASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: REUTERS - 255 words
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Article, Illustration576 2010-02-06 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY: One by one, Kevin Durant has been taking the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) biggest names and scoring his way right past them. First Kobe Bryant. Then LeBron James. Next up, Carmelo Anthony. With a spree that began just before Christmas,ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 576 words
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Article, Illustration909 2010-02-06 39 RICHARD JOLLY - Despite different aims, they are starting to look more like each other THE BIG MATCH By RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg THIS is a historic season on Merseyside. Normally such a statement would reflect favourably on its two teams. Not this year. The records have been entirely unwanted.PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 909 words
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Article, Illustration563 2010-02-06 39 LIVERPOOL: Rafael Benitez believes that a victory in today’s 213th Merseyside derby could be the result that transforms his team’s disappointing season. A win against Everton in the lunch-time fixture would send the Reds up to fourth place in the Premier LeaguePHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 563 words
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Article, Illustration368 2010-02-06 40 REUTERS LONDON: The transfer ban imposed on Chelsea by Fifa has been lifted after the Premier League club reached agreement with French club Racing Lens over Gael Kakuta, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Thursday. The Blues were barredREUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 368 words
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Article, Illustration484 2010-02-06 40 England captain accused of hiring out his Wembley personal box LONDON: John Terry faces new questions over his fitness to be England captain, after he was accused of “touting” his personal box at Wembley for £4,000 (S$8,980) a match. His contract to rent the luxurious 12-seater facilityPHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 484 words
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Article, Illustration387 2010-02-06 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Lose to Chelsea in the Premier League tomorrow, and Arsenal’s remaining hopes of ending a desperate five-year trophy drought will fall on the Champions League. And few believe it will be Cesc Fabregas lifting the European Cup in May. The questionAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 387 words
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718 2010-02-06 40 BYGABBYLOGAN - By BYGABBYLOGAN THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg IT’S a job with huge rewards, it can take you from a very average existence to a mansion on millionaires’ row in a very short time. Aspiring to become a Premier League footballer’s wife in 2010 is718 words
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Article311 2010-02-06 40 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE LONDON: Roberto Mancini has revealed the mental torment Wayne Bridge has suffered over his ex-fiancee’s affair with England team-mate John Terry. But the Manchester City manager insisted the defender is ready to return and prove himself as the best left-back in the country,AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE - 311 words
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483 2010-02-06 40 MANCHESTER: As much as they may wish it, life has certainly been far from dull of late for Portsmouth’s fans. Things have been bad enough so far with their team propping up the Premier League, six points483 words
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Article, Illustration1031 2010-02-06 41 WANG MENG MENG - SAFFC, Muang Thong eye spot in lucrative Champions League By WANG MENG MENG meng@sph.com.sg IT IS the battle of the big spenders at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight, as Singapore Armed Forces FC and Thailand’s Muang Thong United clash in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League (ACL)PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS - 1,031 words
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Article, Illustration342 2010-02-06 41 WANG MENG MENG - WANG MENG MENG Gombak United 0 Tampines Rovers 1 AN EARLY Goal of the Season contender lit up what was otherwise a boring S-League affair at the Jurong West Stadium last night. Qiu Li’s solo strike in the ninth minute, when he dribbled pastST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM - 342 words
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Article, Illustration1101 2010-02-06 2 LEE SU SHYAN - Such an institution may go a long way towards helping SMEs compete on a global level The Economic Strategies Committee and its eight sub-committees threw up hundreds of ideas in their reports. We examine five game-changing ideas that got shortlisted and five1,101 words
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Article, Illustration980 2010-02-06 2 LINDA LIM - COMMENTARY By LINDA LIM The writer is a professor of strategy at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a Singapore citizen. IN RETHINKING the nature, if not the purpose, of growth, the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) has made a small but hopeful980 words
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Article, Illustration1098 2010-02-06 3 TAN HUI YEE - Employers are increasingly looking for workers with not only a core competence, but also a range of skills in other areas By TAN HUI YEE tanhy@sph.com.sg PROPOSAL: When your job skills are represented by a letter of the alphabet, you know you live in interesting times. The way1,098 words
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Article, Illustration886 2010-02-06 4 ADELINE CHIA - Singapore’s good for business, but it needs culture to feed its soul By ADELINE CHIA ARTS REPORTER chiahta@sph.com.sg PROPOSAL: Forge a more liveable and attractive city by ensuring that Singapore attracts, nurtures and retains talent. That was one of the proposals put forward by a sub-committee chaired by886 words
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Article, Illustration827 2010-02-06 4 TAN HUI YEE - In its search for more land to develop, S’pore is increasingly looking at what lies beneath By TAN HUI YEE tanhy@sph.com.sg PROPOSAL: Where do you go when you are running out of available land to build on? Underground, according to the sub-committee of the Economic Strategies Committee that827 words
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Article, Illustration812 2010-02-06 5 LEE SIEW HUA - Uniting forces may be the way towards home-grown, globally visible companies By LEE SIEW HUA SENIOR WRITER siewhua@sph.com.sg PROPOSAL: Singapore enterprises should embark on a merg-ers-and-acquisitions (M&A) spree to grow big fast and spur a new generation of home-grown, globally visible companies. The Republic has to build aST PHOTO: AIDAH RAUF - 812 words
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Article, Illustration1320 2010-02-06 6 SUSAN LONG; LEE SIEW HUA - 5 thoughtprovoking ideas that didn’t make it but set us thinking By SUSAN LONG ENTERPRISE EDITOR LEE SIEW HUA SENIOR WRITER TAP OUR REGIONAL HINTERLAND SINGAPORE should look past bilateral spats and work on tapping the potential of its hinterland, argues an Economic Society of Singapore sub-committee. Its submission, written1,320 words
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Article, Illustration702 2010-02-06 8 VICTORIA VAUGHAN - Singapore scientists discover new species in trip to ‘crab capital’ BYVICTORIAVAUGHAN VICTORIA VAUGHAN vvaughan@sph.com.sg CHRISTMAS has come early for a group of Singapore scientists who have discovered new crustaceans during an expedition to the “crab capital of the world”. Three new species have been discoveredPHOTOS: TAN HEOK HUI; PHOTOS: TAN SWEE HEE - 702 words
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462 2010-02-06 8 GRACE CHUA - By GRACE CHUA FIRST, bioengineer Robert Langer’s laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a geckoinspired bandage, with super-sticky ridges modelled after a lizard’s feet. Now, a Singaporean PhD student there has come up with another potential winner inspired by nature.462 words
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Article, Illustration605 2010-02-06 8 VICTORIA VAUGHAN - BYVICTORIAVAUGHAN VICTORIA VAUGHAN JUST as Singapore’s first casinos are expected to open in the next few months, scientists and economists have discovered a gene that affects risk-taking behaviour such as gambling. In economics, playing the lottery or a slot machine is a “longshot risk”,ST FILE PHOTO - 605 words
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Article, Illustration603 2010-02-06 9 Victoria Vaughan - British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce launched its $700 million project to set up two factories, as well as training and technology centres, at Seletar Aerospace Park on Monday. Victoria Vaughan speaks to Professor Ric Parker, director of research and technology for the company, onPHOTOS: ROLLS-ROYCE - 603 words
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Article225 2010-02-06 9 VICTORIA VAUGHAN - VICTORIA VAUGHAN MUSIC and speech are linked, scientists have found. The most commonly used musical scales mimic the sound of the human voice. Also, minor notes the black keys on a piano correspond with vocal expressions of sadness, while major notes the white keys on225 words
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Article, Illustration795 2010-02-06 2 deepika shetty - Lorenzo Rudolf, the man behind the prestigious Art Basel, is bringing the high-end art fair here in January deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg For years, Singapore delegations who visited the prestigious Art Basel art fair tried to woo its director to set up a similar fair here.ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW - 795 words
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Article, Illustration1125 2010-02-06 4 lin wenjian - Chinese New Year celebration to stress on varied cultures lin wenjian wenjian@sph.com.sg The voice of the master of ceremonies echoing across the waters of Marina Bay on the final night of this year’s River Hongbao extravaganza might cause some festivalgoers to rub their ears. NotSource: River Hongbao Organising Committee; GRAPHIC: G. CHANDRADAS; ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE - 1,125 words
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Article, Illustration433 2010-02-06 6 eddino abdul hadi - Indonesia’s Glenn Fredly plans to take a break from music to focus on humanitarian aid eddino abdul hadi music reporter dinohadi@sph.com.sg Indonesian pop balladeer Glenn Fredly has just completed his 10th album Lovevolution and will be celebrating it with a concert for his fans at thePHOTO: SONY MUSIC SINGAPORE - 433 words
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Article223 2010-02-06 6 Peter Lim - Peter Lim I read with dismay about the recent resignations at theatre group Zebra Crossing Productions (3 partners quit theatre group, Life!, Feb 4). The report said the group lost about $1 million after the box-office failure of the stage musical Victor/Victoria. I personally know the223 words
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Article70 2010-02-06 6 Kok Kum Fai - Kok Kum Fai I refer to the review of Puccini’s La Boheme, Boheme Rhapsody (Boheme rhapsody, Life! Feb 1). The production was an aural rather than a visual treat for me. It was a good idea to set it in Paris during the Great Depression to work70 words
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Article192 2010-02-06 6 Rachel Lim - Rachel Lim I refer to Mr Kok Kum Fai’s letter on his disappointment with the performance by Theatre Group Gumbo (Ridiculous show, Life! Jan 30). Although I did not watch the show and am in no position to comment on it, I am concerned by192 words
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Article, Illustration944 2010-02-06 7 cara van miriah - Mandopop clubs launch new acts and theme shows to start Chinese New Year with a bang cara van miriah caravm@sph.com.sg Mandopop nightspots are gearing up for a roaring weekend from next Friday to Feb 14 to usher in the Year of the Tiger. Revellers are spoiltST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM - 944 words
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Article, Illustration630 2010-02-06 8 Does the record price of Giacometti’s sculpture signal a recovery in the art market? Associated Press London It only took eight minutes for a wiry sculpture of a striding man to make history. After a brief but intense bidding war involving at least 10 prospective buyers,Associated Press; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS - 630 words
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462 2010-02-06 8 Alberto Giacometti could never have imagined that his work would break auction records for 20th-century art. He was born in 1901 in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, the eldest of four children of Giovanni Giacometti, a PostImpressionist painter, and appeared to have a happy462 words
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Article, Illustration658 2010-02-06 9 John lui - A British documentary shows how a pop contest grips the imagination of post-Taleban Afghanistan John lui film correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg British film-maker Havana Marking thought that her documentary about a singing contest similar to American Idol in war-torn Afghanistan would be an “interesting, quirky portrait of young people”.PHOTO: HAVANA MARKING - 658 words
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Article, Illustration437 2010-02-06 9 Pneumonia drugs killed Murphy Associated Press Los Angeles Actress Brittany Murphy’s (above) death in December was accidental and the result of pneumonia, anaemia and “multiple drug intoxication”, the Los Angeles Coroner’s office said on Thursday. She probably would have survived if she had gone to a doctor in time, assistantAssociated Press; PHOTOS: REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 437 words
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Article, Illustration107 2010-02-06 14 ‘I gave her an iPod. And when the naughty scenes came on, I pressed play and covered her eyes’ Actor Ryan Gosling (left) on how his mother watched his new film Blue Valentine at Sundance ‘When we’re together, we’re squabbling 99 per cent of the time’107 words
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Article, Illustration865 2010-02-06 14 neil humphreys - My active, tumbling tot has turned me into a jittery dad, but she is none the wiser neil’s world neil humphreys stlife@sph.com.sg There was the scream. That came first. My mother’s terrified cry of anguish told me something was wrong. he only time she screamsST ILLUSTRATION: ADAM LEE - 865 words
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Article, Illustration1216 2010-02-06 10 tay suan chiang - Residents and firms say the opening of the Circle Line’s next stage will help them cut travelling time and improve businesses tay suan chiang taysc@sph.com.sg Three years ago, Mr Sebastian Yiang bought a five-room executive HDB maisonette in an estate more than 15 years old. On topST PHOTOS: SAMUEL HE, AIDAH RAUF; ST GRAPHICS - 1,216 words
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Article, Illustration507 2010-02-06 11 Here is what to expect when the new stations on the Circle Line open in April: TAI SENG Located along Upper Paya Lebar Road, this station will serve those working in the nearby industrial estate. Companies located around the station include Charles Keith, Sakae Sushi andST PHOTOS: LAU FOOK KONG, AIDAH RAUF, SAMUEL HE - 507 words
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Article, Illustration674 2010-02-06 11 tay suan chiang - Designer Yuji Kimura made Esquire Japan the handbook for top quality magazine production tay suan chiang taysc@sph.com.sg Famed Japanese art director Yuji Kimura has made a name in editorial design, for publications such as the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, the now defunct Japanese edition of men’s magazine EsquireST PHOTOS: LAU FOOK KONG - 674 words
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Article, Illustration540 2010-02-06 12 They are not the run-of-the-mill pussy willows or roses, but these plants can usher in the festive, romantic season too stlife@sph.com.sg With Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day falling on the same day, homes are likely to be adorned with roses, pussy willows and pots of chrysanthemums. hyPHOTOS: NPARKS - 540 words
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Article, Illustration404 2010-02-06 12 tay suan chiang - tay suan chiang Most Singaporeans know about the Singapore is a “fine” city T-shirt (below). But it is time the Singaporean identity is updated on a T-shirt, according to new local design initiative GoodEyeDeer (GED). The group is inviting the public to submit T-shirt designs inspiredPHOTO: THE NEW PAPER FILE - 404 words
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Article, Illustration106 2010-02-06 12 Call it the Swiss army cutlery. The Spork a spoon, fork and knife rolled in one is now available for left-handed folks (above) and kiddies. Created by Scandinavian designer Joachim Nordwall for Swedish company Light My Fire, five million pieces of the original version have been sold sincePHOTOS: LIGHT MY FIRE - 106 words
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Article, Illustration571 2010-02-06 15 lee nian tjoe - Citroen’s new and funky DS3 passes the style test with flying colours lee nian tjoe in paris, france stlife@sph.com.sg The writer is editor of Torque, a motoring monthly published by SPH Magazines. Mass volume car manufacturers are a bit like fast-food restaurants: They rely on standardisation toPHOTOS: CITROEN - 571 words
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Article122 2010-02-06 15 I drive an off-peak car, which has travelled about 70,000km. Whenever I switch on the air-conditioner, the engine will vibrate. What is the likely problem? When you switch on the air-con, there is an additional load put on the engine. Under normal circumstances, the engine’s speed will automatically122 words
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Article, Illustration785 2010-02-06 16 christopher tan - The new sports car Evora will appeal to die-hard fans as well as those new to Lotus christopher tan senior correspondent christan@sph.com.sg There are two reasons why Lotus does not figure prominently in the sports-car arena. First, its cars have long been pretty pricey. Sure, sports carsST PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER TAN - 785 words
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Article, Illustration627 2010-02-06 17 david ting - VW’s Golf R tries to beat the GTI at its own game by packing a lot more firepower david ting in ellmau, austria stlife@sph.com.sg The writer is deputy editor of Torque, a motoring monthly published by SPH Magazines. As the latest flagship of Volkswagen’s Golf range,PHOTOS: VOLKSWAGEN - 627 words
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Article, Illustration353 2010-02-06 17 cChristopher tan - cChristopher tan GOLF IS SAFEST Volkswagen’s Golf has been named 2009’s safest car by the EuroNC Institute in Brussels. The Golf not only performed well in frontal and side crash tests, but it also excelled in categories such as occupant protection, pedestrian protection and supporting safety and driverPHOTOS: KIA, RENAULT, CHEVROLET - 353 words
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Article, Illustration593 2010-02-06 20 akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg A classic Singapore musical is being served up with a new twist, to commemorate the 50th year of grassroots organisation, the People’s Association (PA). Singapore Idol winner Taufik Batisah will star as the heart-throb next door in a new version ofPHOTO: ST FILE - 593 words
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Article, Illustration253 2010-02-06 20 Agence France-Presse Miami Pete Townshend defended being picked to perform with The Who in tomorrow’s Super Bowl half-time show, saying he was saddened by his critics who cite his 2003 link to child pornography. Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey on Thursday performed a preview ofAgence France-Presse; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 253 words
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50 2010-02-06 20 The Amazing Race Asia is returning for a fourth season. AXN Channel is now calling for entries. Aspiring teams can download forms from www.axn-asia.com/tara and submit completed forms with a three-minute video by March 22. The winning prize for the race is US$100,000 (S$141,000).50 words
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Advertisement250 2010-02-06 1 Plan ahead, stay safe Companies are looking to the future and taking steps to improve workplace safety and health standards PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM NUS National University of Singapore Office of Estate and Development fa gffE We are proud to be a bizSAFE Partner Partner i Director Office of Estate and Development250 words
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Article, Illustration641 2010-02-06 2 More SMEs are committing themselves to raising safety standards INCREASINGLY, the topic of workplace safety and health (WSH) is be coming a key to business continuity, success and profitability. This comes with the growing emphasis of WSH in our workplaces and the realisation thatPHOTO: WSHC - 641 words
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Article, Illustration1050 2010-02-06 3 grace ma - CCIS Singapore’s strength is in helping businesses from different industries implement the bizSAFE programme by grace ma SINCE CCIS Singapore was established in 1992, it has helped more than 3,000 companies achieve various international standards in quality and risk management such as those set by the InternationalPHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG - 1,050 words
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Article, Illustration767 2010-02-06 4 philip lee - Already a bizSAFE Partner and Star, Boustead Projects aims to be a bizSAFE Mentor this year by philip lee EARLY last year, two workers were building a brick wall on a concrete beam 5m above ground when a sudden gust of wind hit their worksite in thePHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG - 767 words
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Article, Illustration784 2010-02-06 6 mike lee - Workplace safety and health is an integral part of Sembcorp Marine’s value proposition to its clients and stakeholders by mike lee WITH one of the region’s largest marine and offshore engineering facilities, it goes without saying that Sembcorp Marine strives for only the highest standards in itsPHOTO: SEMBCORP MARINE - 784 words
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Article, Illustration536 2010-02-06 8 mary lim - AkzoNobel Paints Singapore has set its sights on becoming a bizSAFE Star and improving safety standards in the workplace by mary lim AKZONOBEL Paints Singapore, which changed to its name from the former ICI Paints Singapore in 2008, became a member of the bizSAFE programme inPHOTOS: AKZONOBEL - 536 words
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Article, Illustration806 2010-02-06 10 grace ma - While working with an industrial real estate solutions provider that demands strict safety standards, G-Tech Metal decides to improve its own safety measures as well by grace ma WHEN Mr Ong Ding Ji, 40, started his company G-Technical Engineering and Trading in 1993, he had little knowledgePHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG - 806 words
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Article, Illustration874 2010-02-06 12 alex lim - Samwoh Corporation’s commitment to high workplace safety standards enables it to reduce losses and improve efficiency By alex lim SAMWOH Corporation is an example of a company that can achieve and maintain a high level of workplace safety standards while growing its business. “Samwoh believes that safety shouldPHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG - 874 words
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Article, Illustration566 2010-02-06 12 mary lim - Rotary Engineering Limited lists workplace safety and health among its core values by mary lim A REGULAR work day at Rotary Engineering Limited begins with an on-site meeting every morning. This is when the supervisor goes through the tasks to be completed and explains the procedures andPHOTOS: ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED - 566 words
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Article, Illustration718 2010-02-06 13 mike lee - For Ssangyong Engineering Construction, workplace safety and health is paramount to protecting its greatest asset its employees by mike lee SSANGYONG Engineering Construction takes pride not just in its leadership in landmark construction projects, but also in setting high standards in workplace safety and health. ItsPHOTOS: SSANGYONG - 718 words
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Article, Illustration574 2010-02-06 14 philip lee - Having earned the bizSAFE Star and Partner certifications, Sunray Woodcraft continues to aspire for more by philip lee SUNRAY Woodcraft Construction’s dedication to work safety and health is embodied in this corporate philosophy: No job is considered successful unless it is completed without any worker casualty.PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG - 574 words
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Article, Illustration602 2010-02-06 15 ahmad osman - Keeping up to date on safety issues and effective communication ensure that Holcam Construction provides a safe environment for its workers by ahmad osman SAFETY is the utmost priority for Holcam Construction, says its founder and director Meyaragan Alagu (left). “We strongly believe that any job that602 words
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Article, Illustration829 2010-02-06 16 ahmad osman - Having fostered a workplace safety culture, the Keppel group is moving closer to its target of creating zero incident workplaces By ahmad osman 2009 was a good year for the safety and occupational health of the Keppel group of companies here and inPHOTOS: KEPPEL CORPORATION - 829 words
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Advertisement218 2010-02-06 4 floLCAi Construction pte ltd 18 Boon Lay Way #09-150 TradeHub 21 Singapore *****6 TradeHub 21 Office: Tel 6795 2965 Fax: 6795 4174 Ayer Merbau Office: Tel 6867 7702 Fax: 6867 7701 E-Mail: corporate@holcam.com.sg aAS J* m r i; k s QUM M'.SU.I s T R Cert,No. N4660 ISO 9001 2000218 words
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Advertisement108 2010-02-06 10 AkzoNobel Paints Singapore is proud to announce our double achievement as bizSAFE Star and bizSAFE Partner A world leader in decorative coatings, AkzoNobel is home to some of the best-known brands in the industry such as DULUX, DULUX TRADE and DEVOE. AkzoNobel Paints Singapore strong commitment towards excellence and the108 words
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