The Straits Times, 5 February 2007

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  • 660 1  -  Marc Lim Nirmal Ghosh »ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND-LEG FINAL: SPORE 1, THAILAND 1 By IN BANGKOK THIS time, there were no controversial calls, no protests and no trouble. Instead, the second leg of the Asean Football Championship in Bangkok yesterday featured an
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  • 631 1  -  Sandra Davie Tony Tan suggests Govt give small amounts, proposes co-payment system By Education Correspondent START small. Dr Tony Tan has said that if the Government were to give money to every Singaporean to take his education beyond secondary school, it should be a
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1080 1  -  Cheong Suk-Wai By Senior Correspondent WHEN Mr Wee Lin was a tyke celebrating Chinese New Year in 1953, he once heard a neighbour singing a Cantonese ditty which went: "Who thinks I'm a fool?" Now 60 and an electrical engineer, he recalled with
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    • 79 1 Flying Jf^ China S\ People m\ «*%CHIIIIII high I clean-up Mw person j *j|iObUl |l Radio saved me from ■S. President Hu Jintao is showing J-:T^=-r^E[ For new EDB chief Lim Siong iv' 3 being a bum, says that China's latest anti-graft r''^^A Guan, the phrase 'people V I IHIIIS
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    • 378 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 3-4 Site for thrill rides Asia 6-13 The 60ha Lorong Halus World 14-17 could become a site for Review 18-20 adventure sports such as PY| pi motorcross racing, river-crossing and SECTION TWO tunnelling. Home Hl-H7 PAGE H3 Youthlnk H9-10 Forum Hll GST to grow Singapore 1-119
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  • PRIME
    • 598 3  -  Lee Hui Chieh Differences in number of patients may be one reason: Ministry By SOMEONE with a ear, nose or throat (ENT) problem needs to wait 3V2 days to see a doctor at the specialist outpatient clinic at Changi General Hospital (CGH),
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    • 358 3  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By WATERFRONT living, until now the preserve of condominium developments, is making its way to the public housing sector. The Housing Board's first waterfront project will be completed in about three years. Five blocks comprising 816 three- to five-room flats will
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    • 601 4  -  Salim Osman More rain forecast for next few days, and capital is placed on highest alert level By Indonesia Correspondent In Iakarta THE floods in Jakarta have worsened as more rivers burst their banks, leaving over half the capital under
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    • 38 4 VIEWS FROM THE TOP CEOs' Budget wishes l -;^-m i i^^^^H Business leaders pick the top item from their respective wish-lists for next week's Budget and tell us its significance Man watching son take part in sailing event
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  • ASIA
    • 722 6  -  Tracy Quek But consolidation of political power at the heart of anti-graft drive, say experts By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S biggest problem, it has been famously said, is that orders issued in Zhongnanhai, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) headquarters in Beijing, seldom "leave" the compound. China's
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    • CHINA
      • 595 8  -  Tracy Quek 3ut China's mild 'esponse shows t may adopt a flexible stance By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S mild response to Washington's decision to sue it over "illegal" industrial subsidies suggests Beijing could refrain from a hardline position during bilateral consultations to
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      • 529 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Lusaka (Zambia) CHINESE President Hu Jintao unveiled nearly US$9OO million (Ssl.4 billion) in investment and debt waivers as he toured copper-rich Zambia. Escalating anti-China sentiments here have forced Lusaka to tone down his programme. Mr Hu's flagship
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      • 219 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS St George's (Grenada) A DIPLOMATIC gaffe marred the opening of a Chi-na-financed stadium on this Caribbean island when a band performed Taiwan's anthem. Chinese Ambassador Qian Hongshan and scores of blue-uniformed Chinese labourers who built the new US$4O million (Ss6l million)
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      • 375 8 Taipei TAIWAN'S top opposition leader has said in a TV interview that the ruling party was endangering the island's security and hurting its international status by advocating independence from China. During the 30-minute interview with CNN, which was aired last Saturday, Mr Ma Ying-jeou
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      • 239 8 PHOTO: Hong Kong HERITAGE protectors in Macau are set to take their fight to preserve unobstructed views of a historic lighthouse to the United Nations, according to a Hong Kong news report yesterday. A "lighthouse movement" has been launched to ensure an all-round
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 569 9  -  Kwan Weng Kin Vote is seen as bellwether for crucial Upper House polls in July By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday lost one of two key local elections, signalling more trouble ahead for Prime Minister
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      • 69 9 Prince Hisahito being held by his mother, Princess Kiko, during a stroll near their imperial villa in Hayama, south of Tokyo, on Saturday. The baby is the first boy to be born in Japan's imperial family in 40 years. His father, Prince Akishino (second from left),
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      • 267 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo THE Japanese Foreign Minister has criticised United States policy in Iraq as "naive" and blamed it for spiralling unrest there, in another swipe at US tactics by Washington's key ally. Mr Taro Aso's comments followed remarks last month by
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      • 357 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul NORTH Korea is prepared to halt operations at a key nuclear facility in exchange for oil and an easing of United States financial restrictions, a Japanese news report said yesterday. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper report
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    • INDIA / SOUTH ASIA
      • 512 10  -  Ravi Velloor Shiv Sena-BJP victory a message to Congress that ruling party's grip can be fragile By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi CITY government polls in Mumbai have again endorsed a coalition of Hindu extremist and nationalist groups, underlining the pull of
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      • 48 10 PHOTO: An overcrowded train ■packed to the brim with Muslim devotees leaving Tongi, the site of the "Biswa Ijtema", or World Muslim Congregation, for Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event is believed to be the largest Muslim gathering after the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca. AFP
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      • 295 10  -  RAVI VELLOOR New Delhi PAKISTAN'S port of Gwadar, soon to be run by Singapore's PSA Corp, has come under another rocket attack. Two rockets were fired from the eastern end of Gwadar city late on Thursday night, leaving the strategic facility
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 674 12  -  AZHAR GHANI INDONESIAN EXPORT BAN Maritime security chief cites border and extradition treaties as reason for measure By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIA'S blanket ban on exports of land sand, which takes effect tomorrow, has taken on a new twist. A
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      • 147 12 REUTERS Manila MUSLIM rebels released a top Philippine general, a senior government official and their aides yesterday after holding them for two nights in their camp on a remote southern island. "I'm okay. I'm glad this crisis is over," Brigadier-General Ben Dolorfino, commander of
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      • 461 12  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent in Jakarta PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the regional authorities in Jakarta and its neighbouring areas to come up with a plan that will put a stop to the capital's perennial floods. "There is a need
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 690 13  -  Carolyn Hong His case could become a sensitive issue involving religion By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MR ZULHAIDI Omar looks like a Chinese, leads a typically Chinese lifestyle and speaks perfect Mandarin. This is because he is Chinese, except on official records.
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      • 446 13  -  Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur THIS week Malaysia's former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is hosting his third conference to promote his mission to criminalise war. But he has not forgotten his personal war with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. In an
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  • WORLD
    • 508 14 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Hungary, China, Egypt, Russia, South Korea, Vietnam and now... JK culls thousands of turkeys as WHO :onfirms Africa's first luman victim of virus London BRITAIN yesterday gassed to death tens of thousands of turkeys as it joined a
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    • 435 14  -  Lee Hui Chieh By SIX suspected bird flu patients have been reported in Singapore so far this year, but none was actually infected. As neighbouring Indonesia prepares to declare bird flu a national disaster, the authorities, hospitals and farms in Singapore
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    • 404 15 REUTERS But Taleban warns of 2,000 suicide bombers poised for big offensive Kabul THE United States took over command of the 33,000-strong Nato force in Afghanistan yesterday amid warnings of a bloody offensive by the Taleban. The Taleban leader in a key southern
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    • 317 15 NEW YORK TIMES San Francisco WHEN Dr James Gray failed to return home from a sailing trip a week ago, Silicon Valley's best and brightest went out to help find him. After all, Dr Gray, 63, a Microsoft researcher, is one of their own.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 125 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Filipino maids in Hong Kong took to the the streets yesterday in protest against a labour law proposed by the Philippine government that has angered millions of its citizens working abroad. If passed, the law will require maids who work overseas
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      • 71 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM: The Israeli Cabinet yesterday unanimously approved the appointment of a former infantry general as the new army chief of staff, with the mission to rebuild confidence in the military after last year's war in Lebanon. Major-General Gabi Ashkenazi, who was di-rector-general
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      • 82 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: India has successfully test-fired its Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed with Russia. The missile, designed to carry conventional warheads, was fired from India s main missile testing centre in Orissa state in eastern India, the Press Trust of India said yesterday.
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      • 125 15 REUTERS TOKYO: Japan's Coast Guard yesterday chased a Chinese research ship that entered disputed waters near an East China Sea gas field. The natural gas field, between Taiwan and Japan's southern-most islands of Okinawa, has been the subject of a dispute between China and Japan
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      • 82 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: Indonesia will pursue its plans to develop nuclear power as part of efforts to find alternative energy sources to address its growing needs, Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said yesterday. But he added that no deadline has been set. Jakarta shelved atomic energy plans
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    • 636 16 NEW YORK TIMES Mid-East tensions stir up friction in US, leading to fears of violence Dearborn (Michigan) ESCALATING tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites across the Middle East are spilling over into the United States, splitting American Muslim communities. Twice recently, vandals have shattered windows
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    • 311 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia) VENTURING into enemy territory, President George W. Bush made an appearance at a retreat for House Democrats. He invited the new congressional majority to work with him on immigration, energy and even national security. "I do know we
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    • 294 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS Isfahan (Iran) IRAN has opened the gates to a key uranium conversion facility to visiting diplomats and journalists in an effort to show that its disputed nuclear programme is peaceful. The visit to the Isfahan plant in central
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 333 16 BLOOMBERG, ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLIONAIRE Rupert Murdoch's trust has given each of his six children shares of News Corp, valued at about US$lOO million (Ssls4 million), seven months after settling a family dispute over how to share control of his stake in
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      • 148 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS SLOVENIAN swimmer Martin Strel has completed the second day of what may be his most ambitious adventure yet: a 5,430 km swim through the murky Amazon River that he expects will take him some 70 days. Mr Strel, 52, who holds two Guinness
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      • 154 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BOLLYWOOD icon Amitabh Bachchan and younger rival Shah Rukh Khan appear to be bickering over who is the bigger star, media reports said yesterday. "Let us see what happens to him after 35 years," Bachchan was quoted as saying by
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
      • 363 17 NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: WORLD WHAT IT IS IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he will announce "good news" about the country's nuclear programme this week as it marks the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. The festivities, known as the "Decade
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      • 165 17 CLARISSA 00N EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS SIX-nation talks to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programme in exchange for economic and security guarantees resume in Beijing on Thursday. The talks have not made any progress of late due to the North's
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      • 187 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS WORLD WHAT IT IS PRESIDENT George W. Bush will send his budget to Congress today. Pre-viewing the spending for fiscal year 2008 last week, Mr Bush said his upcoming budget proposal would emphasise restraint on domestic spending while making defence
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      • 176 17 NIRMAL GHOSH SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will visit Thailand on Sunday for a two-day meeting with his Thai counterpart Surayud Chulanont. A major issue on the agenda will be Thailand's approach to the insurgency in its three southern-most
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 24 14 Sunni-Shi'ite rift in US Middle East tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites are spilling over into the US and dividing Muslim American communities. PAGE 16
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 148 17 MONDAY BANGKOK: Democrat Party is to release results of its probe into alleged corruption by the former government of Mr Thaksin Shinawatra. KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad chairs the International Peace Forum. TUESDAY WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. MECCA
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  • REVIEW
    • 406 18 BY 2025, there may be 30 wa-ter-scarce countries in the world, says the United Nations. Singapore is not likely to be one of them, though. From the breakthrough withNewater, Singapore has gone on to the forefront of water-treatment technologies. Yet, having the process is one thing. Placing
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    • 2117 18  -  Goh Yeng Seng Taiwan's politicians and freewheeling media are dragging the island down By For The Straits Times IN SEPTEMBER 1979, on arrival at Kaohsiung Hsiaokang Airport, the Customs inspector there made what I thought was a strange request, asking me to
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    • 986 19  -  Chi Lo By For The Straits Times RECENT warnings from the Beijing authorities, including National People's Congress vice-chair-man Cheng Si-wei, about a bubble forming in the stock market have prompted a sharp correction in the mainland's stocks. Regulators have also started investigations into illegal bank
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    • 745 19  -  Salma Khali k »INSURANCE PAYOUTS AND THE WOMAN WITH THE 9CM TUMOUR By Health Correspondent AN INSURER recently refused to pay a woman who discovered she had breast cancer six months after applying for a health insurance policy, and just two
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    • 1131 20  -  Ngiam Tong Dow By THE Wall Street Journal Asia carried this headline in its Nov 10-12 edition: "In China, land seizures fuel unrest in rural areas". According to the paper, hundreds of angry farmers in a Guangdong village surrounded a granary during its inauguration
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 28 18 lie of the land Ex-senior civil servant Ngiam Tong Dow talks about land acquisition, compensation and related issues in Singapore. PAGE 20 PUNCHLINES^ v I —TcrSv Hop* —l
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    • 8 21 DAWN CONFESSES: Breaking up is hard to do
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 794 21 Singapore today Afternoon showers mainly n 0 JL- 0 n over southern and western Singapore. THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5 2007 ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL ™MBERS i 1 j«. Emergency lines BEIJING0^ Police 999 I^A SEOUL 0 Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 TOKYO j*\ Civil Defence (Fire, Rescue and Emergency
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    • 138 21 c IHIbUAY IN HKTfIPV 1W "a J WIX NASSER AS PRESIDENT 1( co r AU i <» T 1958" Abdel Nasser is nominated as the first president of United Arab Republic the state formed by the union of Egypt and s syrla»SHAW HEIR KIDNAPPED 1964. Armed gangsters kidnap Mr Shaw
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  • HOME
    • 592 23  -  Tracy Sua Teh Joo Lin BCA declares three homes out of bounds after latest incident By ANOTHER mudslide, probably triggered by wet weather, hit semi-detached houses in Upper Bukit Timah's Hillview estate. This "avalanche" in Jalan Dermawan happened recently, along the same slope and
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    • DIRECTIONS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION
      • 608 24 Excerpts from an interview with Dr Tony Tan on the key recommendations by the International Academic Advisory Panel, which he heads On getting more Singaporeans into university "The fundamental question which we should address is how much education a young man or a
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      • 867 24  -  LIAW WY-CIN By IF A liberal arts college is not set up here, someone else will do it in the region and it will be Singapore's loss. This warning came from Dr Tony Tan, who heads a high-powered international panel
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      • 793 24  -  LIAWWY-CIN WITH enrolments of about 2,000 students, liberal arts colleges in the United States are only a tenth the size of most universities. But they punch above their weight in terms of the impact their students make. Their alumni include Mrs Hillary Clinton, the
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    • 497 25  -  Chua Hian Hou Teo Chee Hean raises idea of turning former landfill Lorong Halus into an adventure site By THRILL seekers may soon get to enjoy adventure sports like motocross racing, trail running, tunnelling and river-crossing at Lorong Halus, in the north-eastern part of Singapore.
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 129 25 SINGAPORE Institute of Management (SIM) has seen its enrolment increase by one-quarter the biggest jump in its 43-year history. It now has 20,300 students, up from 16,300 a year ago. SIM has been growing since it was restructured in 2005. It now comprises SIM University (UniSIM)
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      • 66 25 THE Vice-Prime Minister of the Gabonese Republic, Mr Jean Ping, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a visit to establish diplomatic relations, at the invitation of Foreign Minister George Yeo. Mr Ping, who will stay until Thursday, will also call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy
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    • 596 26  -  Tracy Sua Body found in Jurong West carpark after Netizens responded to his family's plea By A MAN in his mid 20s missing from home for a week and who set online car forums talking about his whereabouts was found dead
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    • 295 26  -  Teo Cheng Wee By IN THE end, it was stage presence that trumped strong vocals. With his nifty dance moves and showmanship, Daren Tan Sze Wei, 23, pranced out of the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night as the winner of Project SuperStar 2. In the process, he
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    • 187 26 THREE residential fires broke out yesterday afternoon the worst of which resulted in three people being sent to hospital. That blaze at Block 124, Bedok Reservoir Road also led to residents from five storeys of the block being evacuated. The kitchen fire in a four-room
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    • 543 28  -  Krist 800 CHUA HIAN HOU Mah Bow Tan to give details next week on how it will help build Spores infrastructure By NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan intends to sketch out next week how part of the revenue from the impending goods and
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    • 349 28  -  LI XUEYING POTONG Pasir MP Chiam See Tong wants to see the poor exempted from the impending goods and services tax (GST) hike. Any increase should also not be applied to necessities, including milk powder and school textbooks, he said last night at
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    • 273 28 FRANKIE CHEE CRAZY Horse saw a lukewarm send-off when it staged its final shows at Clarke Quay last night. Despite a last-minute surge in interest and calls for the Parisian revue to be extended, the hall was only half-full for both its Bpm
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    • 363 28  -  Ken Kwek By LESS than a month after quitting an opposition alliance, National Solidarity Party (NSP) members donned new colours and painted the town not red but orange yesterday. Sporting bright orange polo shirts and party badges, a dozen members led by president Sebastian Teo
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    • 861 29  -  Teh Joo Lin $120,000 Choa Chu Kang course has 10 custommade obstacles By ROOKIE cops used to cut their teeth on the army's obstacle course, designed with war-fighting in mind. But policemen usually chase after suspects, not crawl under barbed wire. They should
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    • 519 30  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI By NEW clothes, new crockery, new furniture you know Chinese New Year (CNY) is around the corner when everybody's busy shopping. In fact, shopping for big-ticket items started right after Christmas. Mr Terry O'Connor, managing director at Courts (Singapore), says: "For a furniture and
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        55 30 WHET your palette with Pizza Hut's new Fortune Pizza, which is a prosperous spread of roasted BBQ chicken strips, juicy pineapple chunks and sliced shitake mushrooms on a crispy three-cheese stuffed crust pizza. Served with a handful of golden Chinese crackers. A regular-sized pizza is priced at $24.90,
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      • 64 30 LEGENDARY symbols and creatures from ancient mythology originally inspired the creation of Cornucopia, a luxuriously distinctive collection which has won the hearts of connoisseurs throughout the world. Opulent, dramatic and greatly coveted. Cornucopia is considered by devotees to epitomise the unrivalled characteristics and qualities of Wedgwood's classic tableware
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      • 54 30 GAIN City welcomes the lunar new year with an attractive array of giveaways worth up to $599 for single purchase of any electronic and electrical appliance from its extensive range and assortment of products. This celebratory offer is valid at its seven showrooms from nowtill Feb 17.
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  • YOUTHiNK
    • 504 31  -  Tessa Wong Allowing them to come up with ideas can help foster true spirit of voluntarism By 'AXE heart, folks. Contrary to 'opular belief, Singaporean teens actually do care for the needy and underprivileged. Well, sort of. In an informal poll conducted by
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    • 443 31  -  Goh Wen Zhong LETTERS HOME By THE idea was outrageous. A full-scale, original musical featuring an all-student cast who would sing, act and dance its story, backed by a "live" band and a full functional set. However, on Jan 19, Excess Baggage:
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    • 1130 32 MY LIFE The Overseas Singaporean portal, launched last year, aims to help S'poreans around the world keep in contact with home and to network with relevant businesses. What do students think? Have your say Far away or so close? What
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  • FORUM
    • 358 33  -  Wah June Hwang IN THE letter, "What if 'informed choice' is coloured by money?" (ST, Jan 31) by Mr Teoh Chin Leong argued that there is not enough information on the long-term effects on donors for an informed choice to be made. However, this argument
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    • 104 33  -  Eng Wee Leng I REFER to the letter, "How safe are products in aerosol containers?" by Mr Chiang Bak Hoi (ST, Jan 26). An aerosol can is designed with built-in safety features. When used properly, it will not explode for no reason. It may
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    • 240 33  -  Charles him Yit Chiun IT IS said Singapore does not have enough natural attractions. Fortunately, it is an island so there is always the seaside. But if we are not careful, the seaside will soon be a place where one can only
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    • 194 33  -  Priscilla Kumari (Ms) I AM writing to express concern about indiscriminate parking along the pedestrian footpath in Woodlands Avenue 1, in front of the Sll coffee shop at Block 306. Every morning, a convoy of motorcycles and scooters is parked along this muchused path. It
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    • 430 33  -  Raymond Lee Weng Fatt CURRENTLY, CPF members who turn 55 are required to set aside the Minimum Sum of $94,600 in cash or pledge property up to 50 per cent of the Minimum Sum. If the amount set aside is less than the
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    • 273 33  -  Sheeba John (Mrs) I REFER to the letter by the Ministry of Manpower, "Better to settle all issues before maid is sent home" (ST, Feb 1). Often, it is not just a matter of settling all the maid's claims. Once the employer loses
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    • 73 33  -  Sajeev Roy Dharan TRASH bins on the roadside and in front of homes and shops all over Singapore are a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Since they have no water outlets, both waste and rain water accumulate at their base. Daily trash in
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    • BOUQUETS
      • 102 33  -  David Chang Yuen Fook MY 75-YEAR-OLD mother had a bad fall at the entrance steps of Centrepoint on Jan 20. A crowd gathered, mostly to watch, but mall manager Kelvin Boh promptly came to our assistance. The mall's security guards controlled the crowd
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      • 78 33  -  Zulkifli Hashim ON NEW Year's Day at about 6pm, my car broke down before the exit to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. My cellphone was not working, but I met a good Samaritan, Miss Quah, who handed me her cellphone so that I
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      • 61 33  -  Letty Giese (Mrs) I AM visiting Singapore from the United States. Last Monday, while travelling from Holland Village to Tanglin Mall in a City Cab, I left my purse in the taxi. The driver looked for me in the mall and safely returned
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      • 60 33  -  Eunice Seoh Bee Sien (Mdm) I WOULD like to express my sincere thanks to Dr Chong from the SGH Burns Centre for going the extra mile for his patients. My three-year-old daughter was scalded by hot water last December. Under Dr Chong's dedicated treatment
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    • 30 33 Letters to Forum Editor Please include your full name, address and a telephone contact number. For women, indicate Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Send your letters via e-mail to stforum@sph.com.sg
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    • 68 33 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Limited choice of trans fat-free options in supermarkets Great leadership one student's experience Illegal hawkers selling unhygenic food at overhead bridge Stringent screening at airports: Better to be safe than dead Hero worship just
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  • SPORTS
    • 1501 34  -  Marc Lim ALVIN FOO > ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Thailand 1 Singapore 1 (Singapore win 3-2 on aggregate) Super-sub's wonder strike silences 35,000 Thai crowd to hand Lions the Asean crown By Sports Correspondent In Bangkok THERE are goals that win matches and then there are
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    • 307 34  -  MARC LIM THE Asean Football Federation (AFF) will convene a special committee to look into Wednesday's Thai walkout. The incident happened during the first leg of the Asean Championship final hosted by Singapore at the National Stadium. The committee will meet in
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    • 871 35  -  Jeffrey Low > ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Thailand 1 Singapore 1 (Singapore win 3-2 on aggregate) Winning the trophy on Thai soil gives legitimacy to Singapore's title By In Bangkok FOOTBALL'S perfect storm blew over Bangkok for exactly 90 minutes last night and
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    • 654 36  -  Tay Cheng Khoon > ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: Thailand 1 Singapore 1 (Singapore win 3-2 on aggregate) Singapore stop Thais and match the kingpins by winning the title a third time By Sports Editor FHAILAND had never lost in the :hree finals of
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    • 475 36  -  Nicholas Fang By SINGAPORE deserved to lift the Asean Championship trophy last night. But most of The Straits Times' panel of experts also agreed that Lady Luck had a part to play in the 1-1 draw with Thailand. The result gave Singapore
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    • 269 36  -  HOE PEI SHAN "There were only three of us among the Thais, so we didn't dare to jump up or scream. "When Singapore scored, the whole stadium was quiet. There weren't any cheers, we could only clap. "We even wore black, a neutral colour.
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    • 335 36  -  Chan Vi Shen By TUCKED away in a sleepy corner in Bedok North, the normally serene Geylang United clubhouse was a cacophony of noise last night. Some 50 fans turned up at a live screening to root for Singapore in the second-leg final
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    • 376 36  -  Jeanette Wang By FOR nearly two hours last night, football fever filled pockets of Golden Mile Complex at Beach Road. Large groups of fans gathered at the popular Thai hangout to catch the live telecast of the Asean Football Championship second-leg
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    • 758 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Henry rescues a point for Gunners at Boro, but Senderos sent off London "I FEEL 11 against 11 would have won this game," insisted Arsene Wenger, after 10-man Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough on Saturday. But this is the reality: The two
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    • 610 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London A FIVE-MINUTE cameo from captain John Terry, a couple of outstanding saves by Petr Cech and a goal from Frank Lampard ensured a 1-0 Premiership win for Chelsea against Charlton. And the relief from manager Jose Mourinho was
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    • 247 38 London CAN things get any worse for West Ham? Bad enough they lost 0-1 to Aston Villa in the Premiership after a dreadful display on Saturday. Worse, they also saw £6 million (SslB million) new signing Matthew Upson go off with an injured calf after
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    • 249 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London TWO runs came to an end on Saturday at Wigan. Portsmouth lost for the first time there in 28 years but, more importantly for Wigan, their 1-0 win ended a club-record run of eight straight Premiership losses. Ironically, their hero was Lee
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    • 141 38 P W D L F A Pts dan United 2519 3 3 5718 60 Ihelsea 2617 6 3 4519 57 .iverpool 2615 5 6 3917 50 Irsenal 2513 7 5 46 21 46 iolton 2613 5 8 30 27 44 teading 2612 410 39 34 40 'ortsmouth 26 10
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    • 434 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London A CONVERSATION between two Watford supporters on the way to Saturday's Premiership match against Bolton said everything about the club's situation. "How do you reckon we'll do in the Championship next season?" one asked. The fact that the match
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    • 569 39 SOCCER He vents frustration after match ends 0-0, saying rivals visit Anfield to play for draw Liverpool THE Merseyside derby on Saturday may have been forgettable, but Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez still managed to inflame local passions. He compared neighbours Everton with "the
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    • 260 39 REUTERS Rome THE Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) held an emergency meeting yesterday, as soccer stadiums fell silent for the second day after a policeman died following fan violence. All soccer matches, from children's leagues to the national team's friendly against Romania on Wednesday, have
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    • 372 39 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS RUGBY London JONNY Wilkinson could not have scripted his comeback any better. After more than three years of injuries to his neck, shoulder, arm, knee, appendix, groin and, most recently, kidney, the fly-half returned to rugby's international stage with
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    • 293 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ►>GOLF Dubai HENRIK Stenson, Europe's Ryder Cup hero, beat Ernie Els and Tiger Woods to the Dubai Desert Classic title yesterday. The Swede, who holed the winning putt against the United States last September, was steadiest among the leaders on a difficult
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    • 274 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Washington THE big rematch with Kobe Bryant turned out to be too big for Gilbert Arenas. Two of the National Basketball Association's most riveting playmakers tried to outdo each other point for point, flashy move for flashy move. The Los Angeles star scored 39
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    • 87 39 Balestier Khalsa's Ratna Suffian (third from right) was crowned the H-TWO-0 Ultimate Move winner at Esplanade nightspot DXO on Saturday. The defender beat 11 other S-League players to the title. They were handpicked by H-TWO-0 for their wholesome bodies and athleticism. The guest of honour, Parliamentary
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    • 608 39 BASKETBALL NBA: LA Lakers 118 Washington 102, Charlotte 98 Golden State 90, New York 94 Orlando 86, Indiana 116 Memphis 110, Dallas 94 Minnesota 93, New Orleans 87 Houston 74, Utah 108 Phoenix 105, Miami 117 Milwaukee 98, Sacramento 94 Denver 87, Chicago 88 Portland 86. GOLF Dubai Desert
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 98 39 SONNY Tobing, an official of the Indonesian bodybuilding federation (P ABB Si), has issued a public apology to Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation president Paul Chua. He also withdrew the "damaging, untrue and false" statement he had made in a Nov 7, 2006 article
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      • 73 39 SYDNEY: Singapore's Christian Murchison crashed out of the feature race in yesterday's Al Grand Prix. He collided with Canada's James Hinchcliffe after the pack had made it through the first turn in the opening lap. The Canadian car rolled in the air and
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      • 54 39 NATIONAL sailor Russell Kan won the Sing Tel Optimist Championships at the Changi Sailing Club over the weekend. He beat national teammate Rachel Lee in the Open category after six races. Daniella Ng was third. The race is part of a monthly series of events which
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      • 61 39 REUTERS TOKYO: Martina Hingis thrashed Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2 to win a record fifth Pan Pacific Open tennis title yesterday. The Swiss second seed outclassed her opponent completely, wrapping up a one-sid-ed final in 71 minutes. It is her third singles title
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    • 147 39 Barcelona 2012 6 2 43 18 42 Sevilla 2013 2 5 4121 41 Valencia 2112 3 6 32 18 39 Real Madrid ....2012 2 6 28 17 38 A. Madrid 2110 6 5 27 17 36 Zaragoza 2110 5 6 33 22 35 Getafe 20 9 5 6
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  • OBITUARIES
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      105 40 "Suirty gmt/lnna ami tirlry iUutifcitUm' Me all ihp tltiys iif my life imti I will rturtt in she faxise uf vte Lordjorvivr." Pulm2S£ ONG GEOK LEE, MARGARET Age: 59 was called home lo be with the Lord on 3 February 2007 Leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Chiam Heng Keng Daughters:
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      99 40 B II Hie Ittrd is my Shepherd, I there is nothing I shall I I foBC* Psalm 23:1 I GRACE NELLY CHEONG Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Son: Richard Tan Daughter-tn-law: l.isarine l*e Daughter: Caroline Tan Son-in-law:
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      131 40 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 YAP CHANG KONG Age: 73 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Kum Lay
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      124 40 "Tlie Ijtrtl is mv-Shepherd" P*alm 23 NANCY CHIN GUEK BENG Age: 67 was culled linmi- lv hi- with the Lord on 3 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: !c in .on Wev 1 iani Quet Son: Kevin Wee Hock Chye Daughter-in law: Seel /Jichyun (.randson: /aehai v Woe t
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      165 40 1/ —\l "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I luav kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 TAN LIONG KEW Age: 59 was called home (o be with the Lord on 3 February 2007. Deeply missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved Wife: Wong Lee
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      51 40 MAMRUW (Ice Katti itaju) passed away peacefully on 04.02.2007. Dearly missed and fundly remembered by: Wife: Selve Daughters, son, sons-in-law, grandchildren, all relatives. Kml) is resting ;ii lllk KOO, #07-4395 Yishun Ring Road. Tel: 9840 8318. Cortege will leave on 05.02.2007 (Monduy) at 4pm for Mandai Crematorium for cremation at
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      187 40 IP —^1 have fought the good fight, I Jiave finished tlte race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 PAUL LEONG CHAI SING Age: 57 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 F«b 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Joan Yin Daughter: Aiinabelle Liang Mother-in-law: Annie
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      84 40 "The Lord is my Sitepherd, I shall noi want." Psalm 23: J YEO Mill ENG f MARY Age: 60 was called home to be with the Lord on 4 February 2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ian tiak Chua Andrew, deceased) Son: Tan Tiong Chye Raphael Wake is held al
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      51 40 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED I I Ifn *W» V 'J HAN LEE FONG TAN JEOK HWA Departed: Feb 5,1996 Departed: Apr 6,1995 Your love, care and magnanimity will always be deeply cherished by us. Fondly remembered and dearly missed by children, grandchildren, greai grandchildren, godchildren. relatives and loved
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      32 40 6lh Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KASINAPHAN SUPPIAH Departed: 5 Feb 2001 Time passed. but your thoughts u-ill linger In our hearts forever. We lave miss you. Dearly missed by Ixived Ones
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      183 40 "Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies/' John 11:25 "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in The house of [he l/)RD forever." Psalm 23:6 CATHERINE LEOW
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      179 40 g "Surety goodness ami merry shall fuiltHt- mir alt the li'i ifftny UU and f willttmrtlin ththnn$vnfU\eij>rtt fiirtivr." f^lrti Z3rft a IIIHIIM l l l l MMIIHHH LIMSWFF CHENG Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 Feb 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ive
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      94 40 KRISHNAN (Holland Raju) 07.12.1956-03.02.2007 Leaving behind loved ones. Wife: S. Anchalai Dcvi (Shanti) Mother-in-law: Sinniah Rajaletchimi Son: Daughters: K. Yuvarajakumar (Raja) K. Shavitha (lamna) K. Parvathi K. Hemavathi K. Nalini Brothers-in-law: Sisters-in-law: (Sinniah Ramakrishnan, deceased) (Ex. TCS Producer, Tamil Unit) S. Nachiappan Vanaja S. Kumaravelu Logambal (Shanti) S. Nanthakumar Thaivany
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      25 40 3rd Anniversary In tverlovtng Memory Of TANG HONG CHOON Departed 5 February 2004 Cherished ft loved forever by your Wife, Children, Chlltlren-in-law, Grandchildren lured ones.
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      54 40 5£ In Loving Memory Oj LOONG CHAY MEI tail&l home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on 5Sh February 2000 Time changes many things, but sweet memories of you remains. Always tfierisiied atul dearly missed by family tit friends 'The eternal Cod is our refuge, l^ <■!•! ut.i-'i I
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    • 591 42 REUTERS Yen's slide versus the euro in past year is 4 times that against US dollar Paris THE Europeans go into G-7 talks in Essen next weekend looking to put a stop to the yen's slide but could leave the German
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    • 300 42 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York MERRILL Lynch, the world's third-largest securities firm by market value, gave US$6B.4 million (*****.1 million) in restricted stock to its top six executives, rewarding them under a compensation plan tied to the firm's earnings. Chief executive Stanley
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    • 428 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS Foreigners allowed to buy only 1 home for own use as China tries to tackle surge in housing costs Beijing FOREIGNERS in Beijing will be limited to buying a single home for their own use under new curbs imposed amid
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      • 107 43 BLOOMBERG NEWS NEW YORK: Dell, the world's second-largest personal computer maker, has been sued by two institutional shareholders that claim it had hid payments from Intel to inflate its stock price. Amalgamated Bank and the city of Wolverhampton, England filed the suit
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      • 71 43 REUTERS ATLANTA: A United States jury has found a former Coca-Cola executive assistant guilty of conspiring to steal trade secrets of the beverage giant and trying to sell them to rival PepsiCo for as much as US$l.5 million (552.3 million). Joya
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    • 564 44  -  Fiona Chan Launches of posh projects such as Beaufort on Nassim keenly awaited By Property Reporter A SLEW of upcoming projects in the Orchard Road area is expected to set new benchmark prices for homes in Singapore. Developers and other
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    • 226 44 CREATING jobs Singaporeans are able and willing to fill is the first priority for the Economic Development Board (EDB) in deciding which industries to grow, said new chairman Lim Siong Guan. Take digital media. "Singaporeans love this IT stuff; they have the capacity for
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      • 63 44 PAUL ARROWSMITH: Appointed Singapore chief executive officer (CEO) of HSBC Insurance. Mr Arrowsmith joins HSBC Insurance from AXA, where he headed the Indonesian operations. Taking over from Mr Jason Sadler, he will play a key role in growing and developing HSBC's insurance business in
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      • 80 44 KEE TECK KOON AND JENNIE CHUA: Mr Kee has been appointed chief investment officer of property developer Capita Land and Ms Chua, chief strategic relations officer. Mr Kee will oversee Capita Land's investment portfolio and help improve the group's capital productivity. Ms Chua,
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      • 54 44 ANDREW GEORGIOU: Appointed chief operating officer and business development senior vice-presi-dent of sports marketing and media firm World Sport Group. Mr Georgiou will be responsible for driving the group's growth in the Asia-Pacific region. He was formerly chief executive of the Australasian PGA
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      • 29 44 CHEW HAI CHWEE: Resigned as executive director of Indonesia-based forestry group United Fiber System. Mr Chew stepped down last Thursday for personal reasons.
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      • 63 44 CHAN SIEW HOONG: Resigned as executive director of civil engineering firm Multi-Con Systems. Mr Chan tendered his resignation on Jan 23 after Capital Multiplier Holdings bought a substantial stake in Multi-Con. His stake in Multi-Con has since fallen to 38 per cent from 67
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      • 36 44 KERR KENG HONG: Resigned as deputy managing director (MD) and executive director of Kian Ho Bearings. Mr Kerr tendered his resignation last Monday and will leave on April 30.
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      • 77 44 SHANE GANNON AND ANTHONY KUTRA: Appointed non-executive directors of commercial explosives maker Fabchem China. Both Mr Gannon and Mr Kutra are senior executives of Australian industrial explosives firm Dyno Nobel. Dyno Nobel became Fabchem's second-big-gest shareholder last month when it bought a 30 per cent
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    • 184 44 THE Singapore Press Club is organising a property seminar that will try to answer the question nagging many investors Is this hot market a bubble or not? Rapid sales and fast-rising prices have been headline fodder for months while the Urban Redevelopment
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    • 1228 45  -  Goh Eng Yeow COMMENTARY Exchange should disclose how fee revision will affect revenue base By Markets Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is quick to point out that small investors will be winners when changes to share trading fees kick in next month. And
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      • 308 52 AP LOS ANGELES Martin Scorsese won the top honour last Saturday from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for his mob saga The Departed, moving him a step closer to finally nabbing Hollywood's biggest film-making prize at the Academy Awards. He was given the award for outstanding
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      • 233 52 AP, Reuters LONDON Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling signed a marble bust in the hotel room in Scotland where she finished the final book about the boy wizard. She wrote a message on an an-tique-style statue before checking out of Edinburgh's five-star Balmoral Hotel last month. It
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      • 639 53  -  Sarah Ong Timothy Olyphant returns in HBO's final season of Deadwood and talks about the series and his family AMERICAN actor Timothy Olyphant is nothing if not versatile. He has played Carrie Bradshaw's young suitor in the TV series Sex And The City and a gay
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      • 893 54  -  Tay Yek Keak If Forest Whitaker does not win the Best Actor Oscar for playing a dictator with a penchant for grand titles, I will renounce mine of being Lord Of My Table starsngripes SO MANY new movies opened I thought I was watching
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    • 166 76 FEB14 Crisis counselling: During this one-day workshop, HR professionals will be equipped with the skills to assist employees during a crisis. 5ome of the objectives include recognising the symptoms of people in crisis and applying short-term intervention techniques. For details and to register onfine, please visit: http ://h rsi n
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        252 78 GOT A TALENT FOR WRITING HIDDEN UP YOUR SLEEVE? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FLAUNT IT! To celebrate the opening of The Illusionist in Singapore, Archer Entertainment is organising a National Short Story Writing Contest. Wow the reader with your writing skills by composing a short story of any
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      • 250 78  -  SERENE GOH When the average young person gives, it has less to do with money, more to do with time. v ,~i M i ii So when Youth Challenge leader Vincent Lam resigned, many thought others would follow suit, taking their time with them. But no. Unlike the
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      • 179 78 THE BEST OF STink SPILL "Volunteering is good only when v have spare time cos it's still better to focus on academic stuff." princejul on STINK discussion topic "Volunteering for ppl with no life or is it cheap labour?" (Jan 27, Junior STOMPer) "Ankle socks win at life! :D" Jingwen92
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      • 610 80 NEW IN CROWD PRESIDENT JESSICA GOH RECOUNTS HER FIRST TASTE OF GETTING TO KNOW THE REST OF THE TEAM It was almost just like any co-curricular activity meeting except the members were from different schools. At the official induction of IN Crowd 2007, a group
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      • 501 81  -  CHUAH Yll WEN ALFRED CHUA GAINING HOLD WHAT IS IT? These cute little accessories are popular with athletes. Many of those who play basketball and bowl like how the finger sleeves allow them to get a better grip of the ball. They also protect your
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        260 82 THIS WEEK: SUNSET IN CAMBODIA POEM BY ESTHER MAE LEE YIEN LING, 13, SEC 2, FAIRFIELD METHODIST SECONDARY SCHOOL Fiery sun, Circle of light Golden fire, Land is bright Creep slowly To the edge of the world, Sky turns dark, You shine like a pearl In comes pink, Along
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      • 688 83 THIS TEMASEK POLY STUDENT MADE FULL USE OF AN INTERNSHIP ABROAD. CASSANDRA CHEW ASKS WHAT IT WAS LIKE Going the extra mile can take you places, and not just in the hospitality world. Meet self-professed computer geek Darren Sim, 19, who took advantage of Temasek Polytechnic's
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      • 799 84 FACED WITH SCANDAL, YOUTH CHALLENGE'S MEMBERS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE AND KEEP IT GOING STRONG. TESSA WONG HAS THE STORY Charity is bigger than a disgraced leader. And volunteers passionate about Youth Challenge are not about to let
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      • 178 84 IT NEEDS COMMITMENT "If you really want to help people, you have to put in lots of effort and time to do things, even something as simple as packing supplies and talking to people." Lu Yifang, 18, who is waiting for her A-level results. She volunteered with
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      • 933 86  -  ANDREW DUFFY KRIST 800, 4 Asia, with only a handful of attractive cruise ports, has yet to catch up with famous cruise hubs such as the Caribbean where tourists flock to beaches like this one in Haiti. TEXT: BY Quick Quiz I: Which of
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        652 87 THISWEEKWEZOOMINON... LAYOUT: TAY CHERN HUI TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY Youth Challenge is not one of the biggest charities in terms of funds. It drew donations of just $400,000 in 2005. But it has become one of the best-known local volunteer organisations, with around 1,000 volunteers and 95 members. But now
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      • 710 88 ASSOCIATED PRESS A TEEN 1N... ...SOUTH KOREA IS ONE OF A GROWING NUMBER FORMING AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB: YOUNG STOCK MILLIONAIRES. Their wealth comes from the country's chaebol. A chaebol is a conglomerate a large group of businesses run as a single company, and often owned by
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      • 309 88 ALLITERATION IS A LITERARY DEVICE THAT USES THE REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS FOR EMPHASIS THEY ALSO BOOST THE QUALITY OF YOUR WRITING. YEN FENG SHOWS YOU SOME EXAMPLES TO GET YOUR GOAT MEANS: To make you annoyed or angry. ORIGINS: The
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      • 545 89  -  AMELIA TAN, BY THE STRAITS TIMES, JAN 26 Hitting the lights is usually synonymous with getting romantic but not for jumping spiders. These leaping arachnids only get frisky with the lights on. Local scientists have found out that ultraviolet (UV) light
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    • 163 78 SUPERVISING EDITOR Bertha Henson EDITOR Serene Goh COORDINATOR Jane Ng CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Duffy, Alison De Souza, Mardiana Abu Bakar, Yen Feng JOURNALISTS Tessa Wong, Jessica Lim COVER Design: Jeffrey Lim, Photo: Desmond Wee ART AND DESIGN Alexis Hooi, Jeffrey Lim, Tay Chern Hui INTERNS Alfred Chua, Chuah Vii Wen, Rajesh
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    • 613 79 StSlßyjijollPlGlElfSßllSl IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF SINGAPORE'S DEFENCE... Readers wrote in to share what Total Defence means to them, and their ideas on how to get more young people involved I'd make it sound fun i i i i Launch an ad campaign "I'd make it sound fun and
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    • 67 80 YOUR BOURHOOD ETHICSI CONCERN OVER TV ANCHOR The friendship between TV news anchor Maria Bartiromo and former Citigroup executive Todd Thomson raises questions about ethical boundaries between reporters and their sources, experts said. Mr Thomson found himself out of a job recently after spending US$5 million (S$7.7 million) of Citigroup's
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    • 49 81 GET INSIDE THE TOP TRENDS YOUTH FATIGUED OVER SEX MESSAGES When it comes to sex talk, youths are not mincing their words. "Don't preach to us", "not this again" and "shut up already" are just some expressions of message fatigue in response to campaigns about sex. (ST, Jan 29)
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    • 83 83 THE NEXT BIG THING IS YOU A TASTE OF JAPAN Six Singapore students had a taste of life including eating sashimi in the Japanese sea port of Hakodate in Hokkaido, as part of celebrations to mark 40 years of diplomatic ties. The students from Temasek Secondary and Bendemeer Secondary and
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    • 69 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK a HARM TO CHARITIES Questionable practices uncovered at Youth Challenge, a charity devoted to motivating young people, bear a resemblance to problems that felled the previous management of the National Kidney Foundation. There was remuneration excess for the chief executive, bumped up via a convoluted
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    • 83 84 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK FUNDS FOR NEEDY STUDENTS Needy students at 100 schools will get $1 million this year to help pay for school lunches, uniforms, transport and educational trips. The money can also be used for spectacles, hearing aids or for specialist help for those who need counselling.
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    • 59 86 RACK YOUR BRAINS i CRAZY HORSE SHOW OVER It came to Singapore barely over a year ago, all sparkling lights, barely covered bottoms and sexy high heels. Now, the Crazy Horse Revue, widely hailed as the Great Entertainment Experiment that would take Singapore's reputation as a world nightlife centre to
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    • 74 88 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR A 1 YOUTH CRIME DOWN There has been a drop in youth crime about 30 per cent from 200S to last year. Youths still account for one in five people caught last year. Aged seven to 19, they comprise about IS per cent of the
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    • 52 89 READ AND WRITE BETTER ALLIANCE FOR CURES The Singaporebased Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases has joined hands with two Indonesian institutions, with the aim of finding cures for tuberculosis and dengue fever. The alliance wants to come up with one of the drugs for patients to use by 2012. (ST,
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    • 862 90 This article discusses a fascinating scientific discovery in animal behaviour by 5. behavioural biology two Singapore-based scientists. It may spur new applications in nanomaterials. This week, before we begin any exercises, we provide you with definitions of the scientific concepts and keywords used in the article. 5 intensity A) SCIENTIFIC
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