The Straits Times, 13 September 2005

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  • 23 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 104 PAG&r^FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 2005 JT A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 676 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia By First quarter Second quarter Total in Industry 2005 2005 first half Manufacturing 5.500 9,300 14,800 Construction 1,500 5.400 4.900 Services ***** 18,400 29.200 Wholesale, retail trade 2.200 2.600 4,800 >• Hotels, restaurants -1,200 400 -800 •> Transport storage, communications 1,200
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  • 466 1  -  Chong Chee Kin By IN THE first case of its kind, two men were charged in a district court yesterday with making racist comments on the Internet. Nicholas Lim Yew, 25, and Benjamin Koh Song Huat, 27, are accused of making seditious
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  • 149 1 Professional cliff diver Joey Zuber performed a series of somersaults and twists off the disused Kekek Quarry in Pulau Übin yesterday. The 28--year-old Australian was in Singapore for a three-day PHOTO: trip to find a suitable platform here to promote the sport on a competitive level.
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  • UPFRONT
    • 964 1  -  Leong Chan Teik By TWO years ago, the site at Tuas was just another piece of vacant, reclaimed land next to the sea. Tiny planes the size of birds used to dive and swoop over it when wannabe flying aces gathered to
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 42 2 Review of strategy Time to look again at the the practice of fogging, says reader. PAGEHB Educational aid The PSE Account is not intended to, and will not replace, the wide range of existing financial assistance schemes, says MOE. PAGE H8
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    • 29 2 Nuclear talks The six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis reopen tomorrow. PAGE 7 Goodwill gesture India and Pakistan yesterday exchanged hundreds of civilian prisoners. PAGE 9
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    • 38 2 In need of a miracle In terms of marquee names and spectatorship the Singapore Open was not worth its $3.36 million. PAGE H9 Sorry affair Wayne Rooney has apologised to David Beckham over their heated exchange. PAGEHIO
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    • 49 2 Improved showing Temasek Holdings Pte posted group net income of $7.65 billion for the year to March 31, a 3.8 per cent rise. PAGE H2O Search for successor A review committee appointed by China Aviation Oil will suggest at least five names for the CEO's job. PAGE H22
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    • 35 2 Hurricane alert Hurricane Ophelia triggers a storm warning for a swathe of the US East Coast. PAGE 13 Attack foiled British police thwarted an Al-Qaeda plot to assassinate Prime Minister Tony Blair. PAGE 14
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    • 17 2 Unintended benefit The new crusade to lift service standards might bring an unintended benefit. PAGE 17
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    • 64 2 Right strategy Fogging is the way to go in Singapore, says a Brazilian expert. PAGEHS Blind spot FOR every person here diagnosed with age-re-ated macular degeneration (AMD), 154 others are not even aware they have an eye condition that can lead to blindness. PAGE H5 Cybergaming boost A national
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    • 289 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 6-11 World 12-16 Review 17-19 FYI 20 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports H9-Hl3 Obituaries.... Hl4-Hl5 Money Hl6-H22 LIFE! Buzz L2, LlO Arts L3 Travel L6, L7 Events L8 Horoscopes TV L9 (sunpage) gH^ |\/1 y WK&I* mmmm mm^^KKKßa£Vrs U a store 1 LOCAL
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  • PRIME
    • 416 3  -  Neve Dekaljm (Gaza Strip) JUBILANT Palestinians planted flags on the rubble of Jewish settlements and set synagogues ablaze yesterday as Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation. "This is a day of happiness and joy that the Palestinian
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    • 616 3  -  Luz Baguioro MAID'S LAST WORDS TO HER FAMILY: By Philippines Correspondent In Manila A DAY before her dismembered body was found, Filipino maid Jane Parangan La Puebla, 26, made a phone call to her cousin back home. "She called to wish me a happy birthday,
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    • 614 4  -  Kwan Weng Kin Lee Hsien Loong By PM Lee sends his congratulations PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday congratulated his Japanese counterpart Junichiro Koizumi on his Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory on Sunday. Dear Koizumi-san, My heartiest congratulations on your resounding victory in the
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    • 546 4  -  Roger Maynard AL-QAEDA WARNING By Australia Correspondent In Sydney GOVERNMENT officials in Australia said last night they were taking seriously a threat apparently from Al-Qaeda to attack Melbourne. The videotaped warning, which also included Los Angeles, was first aired on ABC News in the US on
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 128 3 How the events unfolded THURSDAY, 7.30pm An "upbeat" Mrs La Puebla phones her cousin, Miss Parangan, in the Philippines to wish her a happy birthday. FRIDAY, 1.45pm and 6pm Mrs La Puebla's chopped-up remains are recovered from two areas, behind Orchard MRT station and at Macßitchie Reservoir. FRIDAY, 7pm Filipino
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  • ASIA
    • 801 6  -  VinceChong By Visiting Chinese V-P expresses high tourism hopes for the park Hong Kong Correspondent CHINESE Vice-President Zeng Qinghong yesterday welcomed more global investors to Hong Kong during the colourful East-West fusionstyled Disneyland opening. He also urged the city's people to set aside their
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    • 255 6 Hong Kong WHEN Mr Derrick Johnson beat thousands of people to become one of the first two visitors to enter Hong Kong's new Disneyland, he was so elated that he dropped to his knees, raised his arms and bowed towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle.
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  • CHINA
    • 576 7  - 6 parties return to the Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing Officials do not expect real breakthrough in negotiations on North Korea's nuclear plans ENVOYS are back in the Chinese capital today for the resumption of six-party talks aimed at defusing the North Korean nuclear crisis. The talks reopen
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    • 221 7 Shanghai CHINA will no longer consider death tolls and other information about natural disasters to be state secrets, an official said yesterday, saying the move was aimed at boosting transparency. "Declassification of these figures and materials will facilitate our disaster relief work and also ensure
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    • 352 7 TYPHOON KHANUN Shanghai AT LEAST 14 people were killed in China as Typhoon Khanun ground its way inland yesterday, causing widespread damage and forcing tne evacuation of more than one million people in coastal areas. Khanun, the 15th typhoon this year,
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  • EAST ASIA
    • JAPAN ELECTION
      • 721 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin By If he focuses on just Japan Post, his party could lose big at the next election Japan OrrcsfHttidem In Tokyo NOW that voters have delivered the mandate that Mr Junichiro Koizumi asked for, the pressure is on the Japanese Prime
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      • 162 8 PHOTO TWENTY out of the 26 "assassins" sent to run against LDP rebels who opposed Mr Koizumi's postal reforms won seats on .Sunday. Eleven lost in their respective single-seat constituencies but secured seats through proportional representation blocs in which voters select a party,
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      • 115 8 TOKYO: The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had only seven registered candidates to fill the eight slots it won in the Tokyo bloc's proportional representation system because so many LDP members managed to win individual seats. As a result, the vacant seat was given
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      • 291 8  -  Tracy Quek Lee Tee Jong By In Beijing In Seoul JAPAN'S strained ties with China and South Korea are set to dip further as a visit to the Yasukuni shrine by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looks certain following his electoral triumph, media
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      • 154 8 Some rebels score hits against all odds EVEN though they were up against the full might of the LDP and a specially selected squad of "assassins", 18 rebels out of 33 who ran in single-seat districts managed to retaiy their seats. Among the 37 LDP Lower House members who opposed
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      • 308 8 China and South Korea...During his election campaign, there was no mention at all about how to improve ties with the two countries," it said. In Seoul, Sejong Institute's director for security studies programme Lee Sang Hyun said: "With a strengthened grip on power, Koizumi will
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      • 102 8 TOKYO: Two personal aides of Mr Koki Kobayashi, an incumbent legislator who lost to Environment Minister Yuriko Koike on Sunday, have been arrested on suspicion of election fraud, the Mainichi Shimbun daily reported yesterday. The two men are Mr Akihiro Toyoshima and Mr Koji Shibamoto,
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      • 87 8 TOKYO: The opposition Democratic Party of Japan will elect a new chairman on Saturday to replace Mr Katsuya Okada. Mr Okada resigned on Senday to take responsibility for his party's embarrassing defeat in the election, Kyodo News said yesterday. Former party chiefs Naoto Kan
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 487 9  -  Ravi V eloor By India Bureau Chief In Han(.aiorf Indian firm Bharti pulls plug on venture to run Delhi airport INDIA'S Bharti Enterprises yesterday announced it was pulling out of a bid to run Delhi airport ;>nd blamed its Singapore partner for the aborted
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    • 233 9 THE Singapore company involved in the bid to run the Indian airports said there were differences in opinions over several "outstanding critical issues and the approach taken to resolve them" with its Indian partners. Changi Airport Managers and Partners (Champs), a wholly owned subsidiary of
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    • 175 9 ISIAMABAI) THOUSANDS of Islamic schools in Pakistan yesterday rejected an order from President Pervez Musharraf to register with the authorities, branding it discriminatory. The President, a key ally in the United Statesled war on terrorism, last month announced a plan to regulate the country's estimated 12,000
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    • 349 9  -  P. Jayaram By India ".orrespondeni In New Dfi.hi MORE than 500 Indians and Pakistanis who have been languishing in each others' jails yesterday returned to their homeland for an emotional welcome that underscored one of the most tangible outcomes of the peace process between the South
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    • 743 10  -  Salim Osman By Crises then and now 1997/1998 CRISIS Rupiah went from around 2,400 per US dollar in July 1997 to around 16,000 in 1998 Foreign reserve between US$2O billion (Ss33 billion) and US$22 billion External debt in the private sector was US$B2
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    • 283 10 Jakarta INDONESIA plans to raise domestic fuel prices early next month, the government said yesterday. The announcement was the first clear indication of when Jakarta would reduce crippling but politically sensitive fuel subsidies. "We have not set the date, but it will be in
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    • QUICKLY
      • 93 10 MEXICO CITY: Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Mexico on Sunday for a three-day state visit to sign trade and cooperation accords with President Vicente Fox. The two men yesterday were expected to sign agreements allowing "Mexican grapes access to China and allowing
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      • 83 10 HONG KONG: Hong Kong issued a health warning yesterday as air pollution reached high levels with the city cloaked in dense smog. With city air pollution index levels in the "very high" category, the government advised people with heart or respiratory illnesses to avoid outdoor
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      • 118 10 SHANGHAI: Several villagers in southern China were injured yesterday when they tried to prevent hundreds of policemen from seizing accounting ledgers they say contain evidence of graft by the village chief, a villager said. Residents of the village of Taishi, on the outskirts of Guangzhou,
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      • 130 10 NEW DELHI: New Delhi Vgovernment has a rat-catch-ing department that has not caught a single rodent in more than a decade, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Rat Surveillance Department employs 97 rat catchers, who each earns about 3,500 rupees (Ssl4o) a month. But there
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 424 11  -  Neo Hui Min Hyl Malaysian PM leads global roadshow to woo investors Straits limes Europe 'iurcau In London MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has extended an invitation to more than 30 global fund managers to visit Malaysia and "see for themselves"
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    • 262 11 Kuala Lumpur CREDIT rating company Moody's Investors Service warned yesterday that Malaysia's move to extend hefty fuel subsidies will undermine efforts to trim its budget deficit and may weaken, the economy in the long run. The government last week yielded to public concerns
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    • 310 11 Kajang (Selangor) THE youth wing of Malaysian opposition party Parti Agama Islam SeMalaysia, or PAS Youth, and the Chinese educationist movement Dong Jiao Zong (DJZ) yesterday urged the Malaysian government to abolish the use of English to teach science and mathematics.
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  • WORLD
    • 766 12  - PALESTINIANS' BIG GAZA Neve Dekalim (Gaza Strip) Joyous crowds pour into land given up by Israel after 38 years WHEN the Israeli guns were finally gone, countless Palestinians made beelines for beaches that for decades they saw shimmering beyond the barbed wire oi Jewish settlements, but could never approach. Israel's
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    • 506 13 Region's National Guard on standby as residents are urged to evacuate Miami TWO weeks after Hurricane Katrina smashed into the southern United States, a smaller cousin named Ophelia inched towards its eastern coast yesterday, prompting concerned local officials to post storm warnings,
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    • 365 13 Baton Rouge (Louisiana) THE hottest selling item in New Orleans is guns. Mr Marshall Morgan of Baton Rouge is selling guns faster than he can replace them amid security fears in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. "We could hardly keep up. We would sell
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    • 249 13 Katrina is world's most expensive hurricane Zurich SWISS Reinsurance Co, the world's second-largest reinsurance company, yesterday doubled to US$4O billion (Ss67 billion) its estimate of claims which the global insurance industry will face from Hurricane Katrina, making it the world's costliest hurricane. Swiss Re, which previously agreed with world's largest
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    • 585 14  -  Betsy Pisik By Disputes mar bid to craft document on behalf of 191 governments Straits Times US Bureau In New York SEEMINGLY intractible disputes on terrorism, human rights, UN management reforms and humanitarian intervention have all but derailed diplomatic efforts to craft an
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 14 A flower sculpture towers over dancers in traditional Dutch clothes PHOTO: on the streets of Vaikenswaard, southern Netherlands. More than 14 dahlia floats marked the weekend flower parade this year in a theme based on water. Much of The Netherlands lies below sea level and is built on
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    • 262 14 Enter Bruce Lee symbol of Bosnian unity Sarajevo THE ethnically-divided Bosnian city of Mostar has agreed to erect a new symbol of unity a statue of gongfu legend Bruce Lee, worshipped by Muslims, Serbs and Croats. A group of enthusiasts came up with the idea of honouring the childhood hero
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    • 360 14 Berlin CHANCELLOR Gerhard Schroeder has hammered relentlessly at one issue as Germany's election campaign enters its last week that the professor from Heidelberg might wreck the cherished welfare state with wild economic reforms. Mr Paul Kirchhof, the former Supreme Court Justice whom front-running challenger
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    • 250 14 London BRITISH police thwarted an Al-Qaeda plot to kill Prime Minister Tony Blair during celebrations on Queen Elizabeth's 50 years on the throne, a former London police chief has said. Officers had learnt that AlQaeda snipers intended to kill Mr
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    • 484 16 Insurgent group seeks retaliation for offensive by US and government forces Dubai AN IRAQI militant group has offered up to US$lOO,OOO (S$168,000) as a reward for killing the country's prime minister and top officials who launched an offensive on rebels in a northern
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    • 357 16 Belfast SEVENTEEN police officers were injured when a second night of rioting gripped Belfast and nearby towns. Protestant groups, angered by a marching ban, attacked police on Sunday with Molotov cocktails, improvised grenades and paving stones. Eighteen people were arrested as more than 700
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    • 267 16 Mubarak promises Egyptians political reforms Cairo EGYPT'S veteran President Hosni Mubarak has pledged to pursue political reforms after sweeping to a fifth term in office in an election widely criticised by his opponents. "The true victory is the victory for democracy and pluralism," Mr Mubarak said on Sunday. It was
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 90 16 MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Ministry yesterday said 662 soldiers died outside of combat this year, and almost 200 were suicide cases. Many of those deaths were probably due to the brutal taunting that many recruits undergo. Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov acknowledged this in June, saying he would
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      • 83 16 MOSCOW: A staff member of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow has been beaten here, the ItarTass news agency said yesterday. The staffer, who was not named, was struck three times in the face on Sunday in Leningrad Avenue, the news agency said, quoting sources. The city's
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      • 85 16 LAGOS: Nigeria will pull its peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over sexual abuse claims, police said yesterday. "We are withdrawing the entire contingent because when one is contaminated, the whole bunch is contaminated," police spokesman Haz Iwendi said. Ten of the 120
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      • 130 16 JERUSALEM: The former head of Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip said yesterday he was warned not to leave a jet that had landed in London because police would arrest him on war crimes charges. Reserve Major-General Doron Almog said he arrived in London on Sunday
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 272 15 TO AMERICAN troops, he is the "Kagin' Cajun", an affable but demanding general barking orders to resuscitate a drowning city. To his country, he is an icon of leadership in a land hungry for a leader after a hurricane exposed the United States' vulnerability
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      • 133 15 MRS IMELDA Marcos, the former First Lady of the Philippines, has vowed to go to court to stop the government's plan to sell millions of dollars' worth of jewellery confiscated from her family in 1986. The collection is reported to include a t
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      • 140 15 SOON aftej Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger started campaigning to be California governor, a publisher that was recruiting him as a consultant tried to suppress a risque 1983 Playboy video in which he starred. The video, which first aired years earlier on the Playboy Channel, shows him grabbing
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      • 96 15 A BELGIAN Catholic priest has appeared before a Rwandan village court accused of helping to incite the 1994 genocide. Father Guy Theunis, 60, denied reproducing articles inciting killings in a Rwandan magazine he edited, saying the pieces in question were just press reviews. He is the
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      • 195 15 TOP Muslim clerics have come out in support of India's teen tennis sensation Sania Mirza, days after a Muslim group issued an edict describing her short skirts and sleeveless shirts as un-Islamic. "What Sania wears in (the) tennis court is the demand of the
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  • REVIEW
    • 410 17 MR JUNICHIRO Koizumi will now lead the strongest government Japan has elected in 15 years. By casting Sunday's plebiscite as a referendum on his postal reforms, Mr Koizumi correctly judged that the Japanese people were weary of a decades-old system that often stymied liberalisation. Voters were
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    • 841 17  -  Koh Buck Song By CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS No doubt, higher service standards will boost tourism and help Singapore compete internationally and become a thriving global city. But the more vital change is in the deeper multiplier effect a shift in psychology, behaviour and social norms in the
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    • 1040 17  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent WHEN F-15 Eagle fighters are paired with F-16 Fighting Falcon for aerial combat, these American-made combat aircraft have proven unbeatable. Air combat kills chalked up by the Israeli F-15s and F-16s in the skies over Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
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    • 1185 18  - Six- party talks: The way forward Ralph Cossa By For The Straits Times PYONGYANG'S STALLING TACTIC More troublesome is the view by many in Washington that Pyongyang has no intention of ever giving up its nuclear weapons programme but recognises that simply staying away from the talks (as they did
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    • 757 19  -  Barry Meier By Knowing why devices are failing is important because some problems are more significant than others. Device failures that are abrupt and catastrophic are more critical than those that happen slowly or do not interfere with life-saving functions. MONTHS before the
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    • 798 19  - English, the IdL L Id choice for EU Abram de Swaan By THE European Union (EU) has a single currency, but what about a single language? Since its inception, the EU has made each member state's language one of its official tongues. Recently, even Irish, spoken at home by only
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    • 212 17 Safety disclosures The US authorities should give the public more data on the safety of medical devices. PAGE 19 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1 (XX) Toa Payoh North. Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPI 1 Jui'f Ijcecutiw )fficer 1 jtecuuve Vice- President Alan Chan
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    • 85 18 http://podcast.straitstimes.com FiNTJ If s the battle of the Mozzies Dengue cases hit a new high as weekly average soars to 493, bringing the total this year to more than 8,000 cases. The disease has also claimed at least its eighth life of the year, as infections continue to soar to
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    • 182 20 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY ITap your toes to jazzy tunes at a performance by the Lasalle-SIA College's jazz orchestra, directed by Timothy O'Dwyer. Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Auditorium, Goodman Road. I.lopm. Free. Tel: 6340-9194. 2 View an exhibition by the Printmaking Society, which showcases its new works
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      • 49 20 1321. Italian author Dante Alighieri, one of the world's greatest writers, dies from malaria at the age of 56. He is best known for his epic work TTie Divine Comedy, an allegory of human life in the form of a vision of the world beyond the grave.
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      • 35 20 1971. A 21-year-old woman survives a fall from the seventh floor of an HDB flat at Beach Road, as she fell on a mound of soft soil. She sustains serious spinal injuries.
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    • 419 20 Singapore today Slightly hazy. Showers with thunder in the late morning and afternoon over many areas. j fjnrpniniins Bj||j|j|j|Ak|jS[iiU&|^ Community Coiiege Lxv MOE Rtgislfrrd ollfjf ACADEMY I tiffer M.O.E. Registered Specialised Courses in I 1/jJjJ iJJJiJiJijijJiJJJj Organisation^nat sent their JHHHfIB staff to us for training: \^^^HHHHB^ >/ |B»^K^a^a^a^ai $'pore Management
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    • 465 1  - Thief swiped credit cards of partying TV actress Chong Chee Kin By He and girlfriend used Fiona Xie's cards to buy two branded watches worth $4,100 AN OPPORTUNISTIC thief who stole MediaCorp actress Fiona Xie Wanyu's wallet in a nightclub and racked up more than $8,000 on her credit' cards
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    • 267 1 3 ring up $10,000 bill fake cards USING counterfeit credit cards, three members of a Hong Kongbased syndicate racked up over $10,000 worth of branded watches and electronics products in just one day. But before they could wreak further havoc, police nabbed Xu Dingwen, Pang Xiuzhen and Sz,eto Koon Leung
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      • 741 2  -  Robin Ganguly By Crucial witness in trafficking case retracts statement, claiming he can't recall anything THE witness's testimony was supposed to be enough to convict the man accused of being a drug trafficker. But Tan Chow Fong, 31, appeared to have really poor
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      • 367 2  -  Chua Hian Hou By< SINGAPORE is likely to pass its first anti-spam law by early next year, allowing companies and individuals to sue local companies that violate rules covering unsolicited e-mail and SMS messages. The draft Bill spells out clear rules for local companies
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      • 445 2 BUKIT BATOK STABBING AN UNEMPLOYED man saw red when his friend allegedly insulted his mother, calling her a prostitute, leading him to stab his friend in anger. Vijayakumar Veeriah, 24, told the High Court yesterday he had no intention to cause any hurt nor
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      • 434 2 PHOTO: DYNAMIC STYLE "I had a strong feeling these pictures would win. There's a lot of energy in them. They show a local cityscape in the background, yet are dynamic enough to have an international feel to them." PHOTOGRAPHER ALAN LIM
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      • 297 2 THE number of Singaporeans watching out for thieves and other suspicious characters in their neighbourhood has grown by leaps and bounds in the last eight years. From just 26 Neighbourhood Watch Zones in 1997, there are now over 600 such zones made up of residents
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      • 296 2  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By FAMILY members of the cyclist who was paralysed after he rode into a barrier installed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) finally broke the news of his condition to his mother, who is in her 70s, on Sunday, after keeping it
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      • 513 4  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Corresponden t Merc orders soar as taxi firms rush to buy "greener' cabs to enjoy hefty tax cut TAXI commuters can expect to ride in greater comfort with Mercedes-Benz poised to deliver a record 600 taxis worth $66
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      • 476 4  -  Judith Tan By THE mention of the word "tsunami" brought tears to the eyes of Dr Tjut Maulina and nurses Rosni B. and Sri Darmayani, from Banda Aceh and Meulaboh. As medical workers, they suffered both personal and professional pain in the disaster.
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      • 660 5  -  Lee Hui Chieh By Daily dengue update No. of dengue cases reported for Sept 12: 98 No. of dengue cases admitted to public hospitals on Sept 11: 69 No. of beds taken up by dengue cases on Sept 11: 287 Prevention Tip:
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      • 184 5 ABOUT 60,000 people took part in the Safra Sheares Bridge Run and Army Half Marathon on Sunday. Chief of Army, Major-General Desmond Kuek, flagged off more than 5,200 competitive runners in the 21.1km half marathon at 5.45am. The guest of honour was Defence Minister Teo
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      • 403 5 FOR every person here diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 154 others are not even aware they have an eye condition that can lead to blindness. AMD is the leading cause of blindness among those aged 55 and above in developed
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      • 26 6 LONDON EYE: Each year, 3.5 million people ride on the London Eye, which is the inspiration for the a Singapore version.
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      • 620 6  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By Work on iconic Ferris wheel starts later this months; it may even have a sushi capsule AFTER a three-year wait, the Singapore Flyer finally has the money to get going. Planning for Singapore's own giant observation wheel began as
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      • 281 6  -  ARTHUR POON SINGAPORE-BASED Tiger Airways said yesterday that it will not impose a fuel surcharge for the "foreseeable future", despite surging jet fuel prices. The airline hopes this strategy will give it an advantage over rivals like Jetstar Asia and Malaysia's Air
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      • 514 6  -  Feng Zengyan By IT IS not "How many Chinese meals?", but "What's the jet fuel surcharge?", that's turned out to be the main question holidaymakers asked agents at the three-day Natas Holidays 2005 travel fair that ended on Sunday. From
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      • 680 6  -  Karamjit Kaur NEWS ANALYSIS By Transport Correspondent MADAM Alice Loo, 52, is off to Shanghai next week. She paid $388 for a three-day package with airfare and hotel stay. "When I saw the newspaper advertisement, I thought it was such a good deal. I didn't know
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      • 525 7  -  Leung Wai-Leng By I A national sports association that aims to promote the pastime may be set up soon A NEW national sports association (NSA) governing cybergaming may be set up in as little as nine months, Team Singapore general manager Kelvin Chua
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      • 269 7 BESIDES knowing all the nifty details about the new tech toy you're about to buy, make sure you also understand what the warranty covers. This is because when things go wrong, the devil is often in the warranty details. Consumers Association of
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      • 7 7 TAN SUAN ANN
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      • 436 7  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent MR JOHN Brock was just 19 years old when Japanese imperial forces surrendered to Allied forces in Singapore 60 years ago. The New Zealander, who served aboard a Royal Navy landing ship, said Sept 12 is special to him not
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      • 231 7 IN DECEMBER 1941, the ships and men of Force Z, which included the battleship HMS Prince Of Wales and battle cruiser HMS Repulse, set sail from the Sembawang naval base to confront the Japanese fleet off Kota Baru, Kelantan. Many did not survive. On Sunday, two
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    • FORUM
      • 344 8 Why fog when experts find it ineffective? THE DENGUE SCOURGE THE article, "Three theories on why dengue is out of control" (The Sunday Times, Sept 11), contained the shocking revelation that several world experts on dengue hold the view that fogging is ineffective in controlling the mosquito population and the
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      • 263 8 Post- Sec Account is in addition to aid schemes MS LAUREL Teo ("'Bonus' may miss target needy students"; ST, Sept 9) and Madam Eng Mui Ngoh ("Education accounts: Some may not benefit"; ST, Sept 10) commented that the PostSecondary Education (PSE) Account would shut out the same group it was
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      • 325 8 WE REFER to Mr Joseph Wong Yong Lye's letter, "Accident waiting to happen" (ST, Sept 2). At the Bras Basah Road/Bencoolen Street junction, three of the approaches have crossing facilities for pedestrians. Mr Wong commented that students had been jaywalking across the remaining approach, which
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      • 203 8 ON SUNDAY I watched a telecast of What Women Want Really, hosted by Diana Ser on Channel NewsAsia. Each episode of the tongue-in-cheek series focuses on one of the seven deadly sins and the one that I watched was on "Lust". What I found
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      • 290 8 I TRIED getting a seat at the recent lecture by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman but it proved very difficult. When the talk was first advertised in The Straits Times on Sept 1, 1 registered by e-mail immediately, and received a reply from
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      • 159 8 I HAVE just recovered from dengue fever. Three of my next-door neighbours also came down with it. There are three vacant houses along the lane where we live. After the outbreak, fogging was carried out in the surrounding areas as well as inside the
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      • 269 8 A SECOND-TIME dengue victim, I hope my contribution will go some way towards bringing an early end to the near-epidemic. Let us take a step back and re-look the situation. What has changed in recent years that may have brought about the increase in
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      • 118 8 THE advertisement, "Fight dengue today!" (ST, Sept 10), placed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) lists the steps that one should take to prevent mosquito breeding. There is one potential breeding ground in the home that NEA may have overlooked the mini
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      • 155 8 IT IS encouraging to see The Straits Times carrying a number of reports on Sept 8 which helped in disseminating information on dengue haemorrhagic fever. I have the impression from talking with my family and friends that there had been little public awareness of
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      • BOUQUETS
        • 58 8 AS AN American living in Singapore I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for Singapore's quick and generous response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Your unselfish assistance, whether it be during last year's tsunami that was close to your shores or Katrina on the other side
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        • 68 8 MY 82-YEAR-OLD mother, a dementia/Parkinson's sufferer, was admitted to Alexandra Hospital on Aug 16 for elbow fracture. She was in Ward 10 for a week, cared for by a professional medical team. I would like to thank Dr Benjamin Lam, who called me twice to
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        • 65 8 I WOULD like to thank the statf of Long John Silver at Lot 1 CCK for their good service. On Aug 18 my fiancee and I were at the restaurant at 7.30pm. The staff were polite and friendly. My fiancee, who dropped her wallet at the
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        • 108 8 I WOULD like to express my utmost gratitude to NTUC Comfort Taxi driver Sim Soon Chye, who drove me and my students from the Nanyang Technological University to Havelock Road on Aug 18. I forgot to retrieve my brand-new laptop from the boot and
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        • 79 8 I WOULD like to thank Mr Peter Loke of the Cold Storage supermarket at Compass Point. On Aug 14, I left a bag of cheese at the cashier's after paying for it. The cheese was meant for my class' cooking activity. I contacted Mr Loke,
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    • SPORTS
      • 1623 9  -  Marc Lim »GOLF By Sports Correspondent JUST FOR A CHANCE "Big names like Adam Scott and Lee Westwood just fly in and win the tournaments. I was hoping fora chance to beat guys like them." EDWARD MICHAELS, on competing against Adam Scott
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      • 600 9  -  Nicholas Fang OBITUARY By FORMER Singapore Olympic judoka Ang Teck Bee died yesterday morning at his Dorset Road home after a nine-month battle with liver cancer. Fondly regarded as the "Father of Singapore judo", Ang, 85, competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics under
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      • 405 10 WAYNE Rooney has reportedly apologised to David Beckham over their heated disagreement during England's embarrassing 0-1 World Cup qualifying defeat by Northern Ireland last week. The two have spoken warmly several times since being pulled apart in the dressing room as they seek to minimise
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      • 1010 10  - A sorry from the spin- doctors WILD WEEKEND Rooney's apology to Beckham sounds like a PR stunt from the England camp By Wilfred Yeo Deputy Sports Editor WAYNE Rooney has apologised to David Beckham and they are the best of friends again. Since last Wednesday, when they looked like they
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      • 607 10 London LIFE is going to be tough without Patrick Vieira at Arsenal. Now it just got tougher. Thierry Henry could be sidelined for six weeks with a groin injury. The striker, who missed the 1-2 loss to Middlesbrough last Saturday, was
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      • 560 10 Madrid SAMUEL Eto'o scored twice as Bracelona bounced back from their lacklustre start to the La Liga season by beating Real Mafiorca 2-0 on Sunday. The Spanish champions were held to a 0-0 draw at Alaves two weeks ago, but there was
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      • 929 11 SOCCER Merseysiders need to come up with some goals in defence of Championship title Madrid LIVERPOOL now begin the real business of defending their Champions League crown after coming through the ignominy of three qualifying rounds. Today (tomorrow morning Singapore time) they go up
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      • 670 12 SOCCER Lampard not at his best for England JOSE Mourinho has taken a swipe at England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson by insisting that only he can bring the best out of Frank Lampard. The midfielder, after the disastrous loss in Northern Ireland last Wednesday, returned
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      • 425 12  -  Chan Yi Shen BASKETBALL By SINGAPORE eager Zhao Jing was an envious spectator at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall last Saturday as she watched close friend Li Ling and her netball team-mates being crowned champions of Asia. Singapore beat
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      • 328 12 CRICKET London KEVIN Pietersen rode his luck to take England closer to Ashes glory yesterday in an enthralling finale to the fifth and final Test. He was on 105 not out as the hosts, 2-1 up and needing only to avoid defeat to win the
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      • SPORTS WORLD
        • 89 12 VANCOUVER: Mark Calcavecchia ended a four-year drought by firing a final-round one-over par 71 here on Sunday to take the US$5.5 million (559.2 million) PGA Canadian Open by a stroke over Ben Crane and Ryan Moore. The 45-year-old American, nearing the end of his 24th
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        • 93 12 CARMEL (Indiana): The United States regained the Solheim Cup from holders Europe on Sunday, winning the biennial women's golf team title for a record sixth time by a margin of 15 j 12 2 points. It was all square at 8-8 going into the
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        • 74 12 SPA FRANCORCH AMPS (Belgium) BAR's Takuma Sato will lose 10 places on the Sept 25 Brazilian Grand Prix starting grid as a punishment for colliding with Michael Schumacher in the Belgium Formula One race on Sunday. Race stewards ruled that the Japanese
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        • 59 12 CHARLOTTE (North Carolina): An emotional New Orleans Saints squad, still reeling from Hurricane Katrina's destruction, made a triumphant American football season debut with a dramatic 23-20 victory over Carolina on Sunday. The Saints said they were playing for New Orleans and the entire
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      • 897 12 BADMINTON Asian Championships in Hyderabad, India, finals Men's singles: Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Kuan Beng Hong (Mas) 15-10 15-5. Doubles: Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Lee Jae Jin/Jung Jae Sung (Kor) 15-11 15-7. Women's singles: Wang Chen Wang (Hkg) bt Kaon Mori (Jpn) 1 1-8 11-4. Doubles: Lee
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      • 727 13 Federer reigns supreme TENNIS Agassi acknowledges US Open champion's superiority New York THAT Andre Agassi put on one of his finest performances in a US Open tennis final and still lost is yet another testament to the greatness of Roger Federer. The defending champion won 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
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    • OBITUARIES
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        893 13 OM NAMO NARAYANAYA 8 S 3ARO JA I Wife of late GSK Naidu I Age: 73 9 Passed away peacefully on 12 September 2005. Sadly missed by loved ones. I Children: 8 Mohan Das Naidu Raji Naidu(Brisbane, Aust) 9 Vijayalakshmi Naidu(Johor) Usha Devi Naidu(Canberra, Aust) I tndrani Naidu Pandu Naidu
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        726 15 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Henry Heng Jee Kwang Chief Executive Officer, PSB Corporation On the demise of his beloved father HENG KOK SAN m Departed on 12 September 2005 From: The Board of Directors, Management Staff of PSB Corporation Pte Ltd II HENG KOK SAN Age: 83
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      • 274 17 Basel THE world's central bankers expect record oil costs will slow global economic growth and drive up inflation rates, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet said. "There's absolutely no doubt," he said at a conference here yesterday after chairing a meeting of
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      • 399 17 Comment attributed to acting sec-gen on upcoming hike is 'incorrect', it says OIL prices stemmed last week's losses to hold above US$64 a barrel yesterday as Opec denied a report that it planned to raise output by almost two million barrels a
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      • 452 17 New York ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has reached a tentative agreement under which he would pay US$lOO million (*****.2 million) to charity 'to resolve a lawsuit charging that he engaged in insider trading in 2001 in one of the largest payments made to
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      • 67 17 September 12 CapitalandDßeCW6o227 18.339 000 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 17,301,000 STX PO KWIOO 17,055,000 CapitaLand 16,536.000 GlobalTest 10c 16,436,000 UniFiber 10c 15,216,000 IPC Corp 2Oc 14,578.000 Sunßusiness 5c 13,740.000 Biosensors USO.Ok 13.378.000 CapitalanßNPeCW6o2lo 13,294.000 BH Global 34,800,000 SembKimtrans 10c 33.015.000 MMI Hldgs 10c 29,182,000 Sin Soon H 1c 27.142,000 Mediaßing
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      • 2106 17 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE SEPTEMBER 12. 2005 UWEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST YOLU« MY LAST BUOTt mm low com cowwnr nuoco sjui +a« 'ooe wen urn miyoi suur 185 Ti 3779 ASI Marine W*****1 16 +0~5 U3 16 IVS 15~5 115 10 4287 Bio-TreatßNPeCW6o42l 115 +05 7330 1)5 105 11
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      • MONEY WORLD
        • 109 17 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) said it is seeking compensation from Airbus because of a delay in the delivery of six A3BO aircraft from the manufacturer. Penerbangan Malaysia, the parent of Kuala Lumpur-based MAS, placed a US$l.6 billion (552.7 billion) order for six
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        • 108 17 LONDON: Petronas of Malaysia has revealed that it has built up a 4 per cent stake in Centrica, the owner of British Gas, but said it was not about to take the company over. The news came as Centrica raised its gas
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        • 121 17 SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said it would start making next year a new flash memory chip capable of doubling the data storage capacity of digital cameras, music flayers and other hot-sell-ing portable devices. Samsung, which controls nearly 60 per cent of the world's
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      • 319 18 Shanghai CHINA is preparing ways to boost the competitiveness of its domestic stock market, including a plan to launch a new type of locally listed shares for Chinese companies, which currently only have an overseas listing. The authorities are also developing an
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      • 397 18 Beijing CHINA'S trade surplus more than doubled last month from a year earlier to hit its third-big-gest figure on record, suggesting foreign pressure for a further rise in the value of the yuan may intensify. The surplus reached US$lO billion (5516.9 billion), compared with U5510.55
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      • 682 18 Spending by consumers and firms continues to sustain growth Tokyo JAPAN S economy grew at a 3.3 per cent pace in the second quarter, triple the initial estimate, adding to investor confidence in the recovery after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won a
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      • MEDIA & MARKETING
        • 552 19  -  Fiona Chan .By Newspaper, TV ads make up lion's share of market, but outdoor ads are on the rise ADVERTISERS are going all out literally to get their messages across to spoilt-for-choice consumers. Buses are painted inside and out
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          29 19 COCA-COLA has teamed up with the developers of the critically acclaimed World of Warcraft game in its latest ad campaign, reflecting its willingness to try new avenues.
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        • 478 19  -  Gabriel Chen By DRINKS giant Coca-Cola is riding on the wave of popularity of a multiplayer online game in its latest bid to win the hearts of teens. Coke unleashed special promotional 500ml bottles bearing images of warlocks and other characters from the
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        • 339 19 London THE Guardian, the daily newspaper of left-leaning Britons, yesterday switched to an easier-to-handle mid-sized format with colour pictures on all its pages in a bid to woo back readers. It is the third "quality" national newspaper to downsize, but unlike The
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        • 274 19  - MindShare, Young Rubicam stay on top Erica Tay By ADVERTISING agency Young Rubicam (Y&R) has done it again. After scoring the coveted job of selling Singapore to tourists worldwide, it has now been tasked to sell the Republic's national brew overseas. It snagged the Tiger Beer Export account from M&C
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      • 358 20 SINGAPORE could announce plans to set up an Islamic stock index by September next year when it hosts the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meeting, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said recently. He said that while Singapore is
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      • 475 20  -  Goh Eng Yeow R> THE head of the investors watchdog, Mr David Gerald. has to pay $185,000 in legal costs arising from a libel case, but that is well under the half-a-million-dollar bill many expected. But the amount still represents a
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      • 658 20  -  Bryan Lee By Investment firm helped by overseas contributions and one-time gains SINGAPORE'S investment company, Temasek Holdings, posted a 3.8 per cent rise in profit to $7.65 billion for the year ended March 31. The figures were contained in offer documents sent out yesterday
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      • 90 2 HONG KONG Basking in the success of her first two shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum over the weekend, Singapore's Stefanie Sun has announced that she will give two more gigs there in January. She told the Hong Kong press on Saturday night that
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      • 175 2 BANGKOK A popular Thai television star has caused a stir after admitting to being five months pregnant out of wedlock, after repeatedly denying that she was going to have a baby. Kataleeya "Mam" Mclntosh's admission has been the talk of the town. The unmarried 30-something made the
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      • 464 6 Take outdoor wedding pictures in hot and humid Singapore? Not for sales and marketing director Cheryl Yapp, 30, and civil servant William Koo, 30. They got married in June and headed to the Czech Republic to snap their dream shots. "I never fancied
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      • 187 10 BRITISH singer Melanie Chisholm, 31, is in Singapore to promote her latest album, Beautiful Intentions. She was last here in 2001 for a show with Australian dance duo Madison Avenue at the Harbour Pavilion. A crowd of over 2,000 turned up then to hear her
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      • 282 10 HONG KONG On the day that Taiwanborn Lee Ang won the Venice Film Festival's top prize, his winning film Brokeback Mountain premiered to a moist-eyed audience in Toronto. Ming Pao Daily News said the word of mouth about the movie, about a forbidden romance between two cowboys, at
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      • 270 10 TORONTO Broken bones could not keep American pop diva Madonna from travelling to Toronto to support her husband, British director Guy Ritchie, in his quest for a distributor for his latest film, Revolver. "The wife is good, thanks. Eight broken bones and she's come with
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    • 3618 16 asdfasdsadf P£v ART/CREATIVE flfk ART/CREATIVE 1 1 [)ue to expansion, Chew Interior Design requires: 1) Salary will commensurate with experience Female working environment LI Able to speak English, Mandarin I] Malaysians with SPM Certificate are welcome I Interested, please call 6873 5626 for interview i Working location: Ginza Plaza or
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    • 459 16 Billabong Permanent Sales Promoters Bilingual in Eng Mandarin Preferably with sales experience Ability to generate sales Able to work independently Basic salary commission Interested, pis walk-in to: No. 8 Jin Kilang Timor 803-05 Kewalram House Tel: *****181 VCD/ DVD Movie Shop urgently requires FULL-TIME SALES ASSTS for several locations Pleasant
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    • 18 1 Digital Life nlltCt^ Your Weekly Tech Magazine From THE STRAITS TIMES Tuesday September 13, 2005 MICA (P) 210/10/2004
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      209 2 COVER STO RY 6 Doing it yourself? If you're building your own PC, make sure you get a warranty that will be honoured Is it covered against coffee spills? When you buy a laptop, make sure it's insured DI G ITAL LIVING Q State of play Are Singapore's professional
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      • 475 4 Place a $i,ooo smart-phone next to a bar of soap and it's clear which one you'd prefer not to drop on the floor accidentally. Yet few people take care of their phones and probably fewer know what warranty conditions they are getting until their prized gizmo
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        400 6 If you're building your own PC, make sure you get a warranty that will be honoured, says CHUA HIAN HOU Try to get a warranty from the authorised distributor when buying a computer-related component like a hard disk or graphics card. This is because some retailers in geekhaunts
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      • 421 7 Sometimes a product warranty does not mean you will get good service. So insure your valuable electronic items, says MELISSA LWEE T'ma bit of a klutz, especially when it comes to electronic gear. So when I bought my first laptop JLtwo years ago,
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      • 648 8 »work Today's multimedia phones are being built to take in AAP3 music, online games and even TV. CHUA HIAN HOU reports Mobile phone users want to do more than voice calls and send text messages. And manufacturers have obliged by delivering firstgeneration multimedia phones like the Motorola
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    • 35 11 Kelly Latimer won the Nikon cosplay competition for her killer rendition of Princess Leia in Star Wars, complete with soundtrack. Digital Life also caught several other games enthusiasts wondering around the competition area.
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      • 133 18 »apply IT In Singapore, home-grown company Ranger Technology launched its USB VoIP Phone called RUP-200 (right) that can be plugged into the USB port of a PC or notebook to make calls using the Skype Internet telephony software. Ranger said a user can make Skypeln and
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      • 644 22 »digital edge After all the hype, Apple's recently announced products turned out to be more of the same Honestly, Mr Jobs, I expected better. Maybe I'veTiad my expectations way up high when it comes to Apple announcements, but can you blame me? The last few
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      • 227 24 Gotta have it! H CHUA HIAN HOU/Pkk Of The Week After months of media hype and industry speculation, the first iTunes phone was finally unveiled last week. The Motorola Rokr (say rocker) Ei is the world's first phone to bundle Apple's popular iTunes digital music player software.
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        328 25 »prolink bluetooth 301 series Bluetooth is the new carrier for wireless audio, and Prolink's Bluetooth 301 series gets rid of cable clutter from your audio systems. Using the audio adaptor, I was able to transmit music via Bluetooth to the headset from my iPod and laptop easily. Music
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      • 341 26 »test »thinkpad X4l The first Lenovo-IBM notebook has arrived with all the goodness of an IBM laptop intact, says CHARLOTTE ONG The ThinkPad X4l Tablet PC notebook retains IBM's signature look dark, hardy and serious. There are no brushed metal or lacquered plastics here to distract you from
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      • 647 27 games »tenchu: shinobi taizen Shinobi Taizen for the PlayStation Portable console is dark for all the wrong reasons, leaving LIONEL WONG wondering how far it could have gone, if only players could see where they were headed PLOT The two remaining members of the Azuma ninja
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        414 28 »games »steel empire This Game Boy Advance console port of an old 1992 16-bit game is steel fun for VALENTINE CHUA PLOT Steel Empire is a port of a 1992 Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in the United States) side-scrolling shooter for the Game Boy Advance (GBA). The
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        891 29 SOFTWARE Phishing out spyware and spam McAfee has unveiled five products for its 2006 line-up of security software to combat threats facing home PCs including identity thefts, e-mail phishing scams, viruses, spyware and Trojans. VirusScan 2006 ($59.90) detects, blocks and removes viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans and dialers by
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        591 30 QMy sister's PC has a spyware program that is really difficult to get rid of. We tried Ad-Aware downloaded from www.lavasoft.de, but even after getting rid of the spyware, it reappears when we log in to the Internet. We decided to reformat the hard disk and reinstall Windows XP. But
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        641 30 Have any questions you want answered? Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers m I removed the hard disk \J (with Windows XP installed) from my defective laptop, and plugged It into a different laptop as an
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      • 605 31 »tech me Four members of Victoria Junior College's campus moblog team tell SERENE LUO how they managed to be crowned Most Popular JC Blog CLAIM TO FAME DENYS: We were talent-spotted to take part in this competition through our personal blogs. Our teacher personally approached us to ask
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      • 498 2 20,000 retail workers lead way to top service. By KHst 800, st, Aug 27. Or even "May I heptch you?" for the full Singlish experience! In Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech, he said that Singapore must improve its levels of service. That
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        225 2 Mr T. Mogan, Singapore's own pet detective, specialises in tracking down missing pets. His career started in 1 997, when a Japanese couple hired him to find their missing spaniels. Playing a recording of the owners' voices, Mr Mogan tracked the dogs down to an empty shophouse. But
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      • 625 4 SINGAPORE HEROES Singapore has sent its Chinook helicopters, which were based in Texas, to help out with relief efforts in New Orleans. The helicopters flew in to air-lift hundreds of people to safety, and to drop food supplies. The mission was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin Rodrigues,
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