The Straits Times, 29 November 2005

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    Lock icon Large-scale test for cheaper industrial water
    597 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh By If successful, the more efficient method may be used for Newater SINGAPORE'S search for cheaper water sources is looking even better now. The Public Utilities Board is setting up a $7.6 million plant to test an improved system that makes
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    Lock icon Lions' soccer gold bid ends
    259 1 Lions soccer gold bid ends SINGAPORE athletes picked up several medals yesterday including a gold in the women's shot put competition but the Republic's long wait for a gold in South-east Asia Games soccer and the 100-m sprint event continues. The soccer team's quest came to grief despite its 1-0
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    Lock icon Brother's search leads him to heartbreaking find
    781 1  -  Tanya Fong DUO FOUND DEAD IN CAR By GOOD WORK ETHIC "She wanted to improve her work performance and often asked her colleagues and supervisors how she could do better. Jerome said he admired her work attitude a lot." A COLLEAGUE OF MS
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    Lock icon Doc probes mystery of missing Thai men
    1051 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh UPFRONT By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAILAND'S celebrated forensic pathologist, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, is being called upon to help settle a bitter controversy in the Muslim south: whether the military is abducting and murdering suspects in its war on insurgents. The
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon More cameras to monitor void decks, carparks in HDB estates
      411 3 More cameras to monitor void decks, carparks in HDB estates MORE surveillance cameras will soon be installed in housing estates to deter criminals. Fourteen town councils are working with police to put in place about 600 cameras in March to monitor areas like void decks and carparks. The cameras, expected
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      Lock icon $300,000
      330 3  -  YEN FENG ST Pocket Money Fund gets bulk of $500,000 given to charity by Lee Lee TEN days was all it took for law firm Lee Lee to raise $500,000 for charity, which it handed out to three beneficiaries at its 50th anniversary reception yesterday. It gave $300,000 to
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      Lock icon Abdullah apologises to China for strip-search clip
      472 3  - Abdullah apologises to China for strip -search clip Carolyn Hong By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur He also orders probe into video showing naked Chinese woman doing squats PRIME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday apologised to China and ordered an independent investigation into the video clip showing a naked Chinese
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      Lock icon Toxic slick hits Russian territory
      44 4 COUNTRY SET TO SHUT DOWN RUNNING WATER PHOTO: AP COLD COMFORT: An environmental worker preparing to make a water test at the Amur River near Khabarovsk, which could be affected by the benzene spill from the Jilin chemical plant.
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      Lock icon More than one million residents in 70 cities and villages may be affected
      423 4 Moscow RUSSIA was preparing to shut down running water to an estimated one million people as a toxic chemical spill from China entered its territory yesterday. Benzene at twice the permitted levels was detected in water samples
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      Lock icon Saddam back in court, as combative as ever
      458 4 NOT HAPPY: Saddam complained about being in handcuffs which made it hard for him to carry a copy of the Quran. Baghdad A DEFIANT Saddam Hussein yesterday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution witness
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      40 4 S'pore tech stocks The tack to take After months of underperformance, the worst looks like over for Singapore tech stocks. We look at the segments within the industry that show promise. Ex-wife used Personal Protection Order to SMEAR MY NAME
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Explosion rips through Chinese coal mine
      695 6 Deadly industry Feb 14, 2005: A gas explosion kills 214 miners at a coal mine in north-eastern Liaoning province. March 19: A blast kills 69 people at the Xishui colliery in Shuozhou city, northern Shanxi province. >> May 19: A blast kills at least
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      371 6 Rift over reforms Koizumi faces opposition on proposals to merge state banks, slash government wage bill and raise sales tax. PAGE 10 for just $10 onwards a day*. Now. you can enjoy a lifetime of hair-free skin for just $10 H^^ftk i onwartis a day. Bella's (JteQilux) Hair Free System
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon Harbin building new hub for old city
      561 8 Harbin Officials confident of attracting investors in move to cash in on real estate boom THE huge chemical spill in the Songhua River that threatens the water supply of Harbin, an old industrial city located in China's frigid north-eastern corridor, has focused attention
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Disneyland workers to form union
      251 8 Hong Kong EMPLOYEES of Hong Kong Disneyland will launch a union to protect workers' rights and campaign for fairer treatment like Disney workers elsewhere in the world, a spokesman said yesterday. The group, called Hong Kong Disneyland Cast Members' Union, would be launched
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      Lock icon Pollution cover-up 'a well-meaning lie'
      383 8 Pollution cover-up 'a well-meaning lie Hong Kong IN A rare admission by a top Chinese official, Heilongjiang Governor Zhang Zuoji said the government told a "well-meaning lie" when it announced last week that Harbin was cutting water supply to carry out system checks. The truth: A Nov 13 explosion at
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      Lock icon Ex-minister charged with corruption
      258 8 Beijing CHINA'S former minister of land and natural resources Tian Fengshan has been charged with accepting bribes, the Beijing News reported yesterday. Tian is the most senior official to be ensnared for graft since President Hu Jintao took office. The 64-year-old, who was relieved of his
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Building fraud rattles Japanese home owners
      610 9  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo 39 blocks built using falsified design data left vulnerable to strong earthquakes THE recent revelation that dozens of hotels and apartment blocks in Japan may not withstand strong tremors because they were built using falsified design
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      Lock icon HELLO KITTY
      80 9 What do you do if you find a kitten (above) trapped in your car's engine? Leave it where it is and risk it being injured or dismantle the engine to free the feline? In this case, the kitten was lucky. The owner of the Mercedes convertible in Hong
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      Lock icon HK land scandal: Civil servant challenges audit report
      449 9  -  Vince Chong By Hong Kong Correspondent A RETIRING civil servant at the centre of a HK$l25 million (Ss29 million) land scandal is challenging the authority of the Hong Kong government by launching court proceedings over an audit report which brought the matter
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      Lock icon Koizumi faces strong resistance to more reforms
      514 10  - Koizumi faces strong resistance to more reforms Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Ministersand bureaucrats oppose plan to merge banks and cut govt payroll WITH barely 10 months left before he steps down, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi faces stiff resistance from key ministers and officials as he
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      Lock icon Seoul slams Japanese minister's shrine remarks
      283 10 Seoul SOUTH Korea's Foreign Ministry yesterday denounced his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso's remarks about a controversial Tokyo war shrine. Mr Aso said on Saturday that the only countries complaining about Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni shrine were South Korea and China.
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      Lock icon CHARITY ONE
      70 10 Sow^/z Korean children standing in line to host a ceremony at the Salvation Army's main office in Seoul yesterday. The organisation is preparing 10,000 charity pots to be placed at banks and public places nationwide for its annual fund-raising campaign, which will begin on Friday. The money collected
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon LAWMAKER ACCUSED OF GRAF
        123 10 TOKYO: Police yesterday arrested a high-profile lawmaker who has in the past angered Asian neighbours, alleging he illegally profited by up to 30 million yen (*****,000) from allowing aru employee to use his name as a lawyer. Shingo Nishimura, a 57-year-old Lower House lawmaker from the
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        Lock icon N. KOREA SEEKS U.S. COMPENSATION
        89 10 SEOUL: North Korea yesterday demanded compensation from the United States over a scuttled project to build two nuclear reactors in the communist nation under a 1994 agreement. Last week, the United States, South Korea, the European Union and Japan terminated the project promised under the
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        Lock icon KL MAY ALLOW BATIK IN PARLIAMENT
        85 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian lawmakers may soon be allowed to appear in Parliament in batik shirts and sarongs as part of the government's efforts to popularise the traditional dyed textile, officials said yesterday. The Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry will present a proposal to the
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        Lock icon ANALYST DEEMED SECURITY THREAT
        92 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia said yesterday an American expert on terrorism and Islamic militancy in the region had been banned from returning as she was deemed a security threat. Justice Minister Hamid Awaluddin said the decision to stop Ms Sidney Jones, Indonesia director of the Brussels -based
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka leader ready for talks with Tiger rebels
      429 11 Colombo Rajapakse calls for new ceasefire, but many doubt he will offer concessions SRI Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said yesterday he was willing to start immediate talks with Tamil Tiger rebels on improving a 2002 ceasefire, a day after the rebels
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      Lock icon Earthquake survivors die as winter starts to bite
      196 11 Muzaffarabad (Pakistan) THE onset of winter claimed the lives of at least two earthquake survivors yesterday the first confirmed victims of what officials fear will be a new disaster for the 3.5 million Pakistanis who lost their homes last month. Three-month-old Waqar
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      Lock icon Foreign investment in India 'to jump'
      377 11 New Delhi FOREIGN investment in India is expected to rise about 20 per cent in the financial year that ends in March as the government eases procedures. India has been struggling to attract long-term capital despite a fast-growing economy, managing just US$4 billion to
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      Lock icon Fury over hardliner's call for more Hindu babies
      132 11 New Delhi A LEADING Hindu hardliner in India has angered women and Muslims by pressing Hindus to have as many children as they can to avoid being swamped by Muslims. Mr K.S. Sudarshan, head of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the ideological
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Two major parties reaffirm support for Yudhoyono
      583 12  -  Salim Osman By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Golkar backing was expected, but PKS move was crucial for administration INDONESIA'S two major political parties have decided to back President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after weeks of playing hardball to get more seats in the Cabinet.
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      Lock icon Golkar to forge network with parties in region
      264 12  -  SALIM OSMAN GOLKAR is seeking a higher international profile, becoming what it describes as "the face of Indonesia". It will forge a network with major political parties in the region. A one-day international conference which it hosted on Saturday ended with a
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      Lock icon Group issues threats of terrorist attacks
      366 12  -  Mafoot Simon By AN UNKNOWN organisation describing itself as Al-Qaeda's South-east Asian division has declared war on the region, particularly Thailand and Malaysia. The declaration was made in Malay on a new Indonesian website that is being described by analysts as a jihadist website.
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      Lock icon REMEMBERING SUU KYI
      69 12 Mr San Lwin, a National League for Democracy member, showing his portrait of party leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the NLD headquarters in Yangon. It is one way by which party members keep alive their memories of Ms Suu Kyi, who has spent 16 years under
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    • BIRD FLU ALERT
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        Lock icon Bird flu may be spreading in Indonesia
        591 13 Jakarta Officials cull fowl in Aceh as disease hits 23 of country's 33 provinces THE bird flu virus may be spreading even as Jakarta draws up a national pandemic preparedness plan. The Indonesian health authorities slaughtered more than 200 chickens in Aceh after
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        Lock icon Shanghai to check travellers for symptoms
        456 13 Shanghai SHANGHAI yesterday began screening international travellers for fever or other symptoms of bird flu as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts launched an investigation into two deaths from the disease among farmers in eastern China. All passengers leaving or entering the country via Shanghai's
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL, S'pore pledge close ties to face security threats
      286 14  -  Leslie Lau By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE and Malaysia have pledged to maintain a high level of cooperation between their security agencies to fight regional terrorist threats and other cross-bor-der crimes. Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar said here yesterday
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      Lock icon Anwar draws huge crowd at PAS rally
      573 14  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Pasir Mas (Kelantan) He shows he has not lost touch with the people on his comeback trail FORMER deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has shown that he has not lost his charismatic touch despite being out of
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      Lock icon First legal victory on software piracy
      272 14 PUTRAJAYA A MALAYSIAN manufacturing firm charged with using pirated software has been fined RM120,000 (5553,000), marking the government's first successful prosecution of computer copyright violation, officials said yesterday. Mr Iskandar Halim Sulaiman, head of the state-run In- tellectual Property Protection Unit, said that Atom
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      206 15 UOB celebrates the dawn of a new era in Thailand i The United Overseas Bank (UOB) Group celebrated a historical milestone in A subsidiary of United Overseas Bank, UOBT has total assets of Baht 206 Thailand on 28 November 2005 with the creation of United Overseas Bank billion (SsB.4 billion)
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A night in tents for Iran quake survivors
      622 16 HOMES GONE "Around 1 ,000 people are house*! temporarily in tents, and another* 2,000 are waiting to be housed. Since the houses are made of mud bricks, they have either been destroyed or are not safe to live in." QESHM ISLAND GOVERNOR
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      Lock icon UN talks seek to ease global warming dispute
      552 17 Montreal Meeting aims to map out action after first stage of Kyoto Protocol ends A UNITED Nations conference opened in Canada yesterday with the host expressing hopes of easing a dispute between the United States and most of its allies on ways
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon REPORTER TO TESTIFY IN CIA CASE
        137 17 WASHINGTON: A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) leak case, the New York Times reported yesterday. Ms Viveca Novak has been asked to testify about her conversations last year with Mr Robert Luskin, a
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        Lock icon 65 RESCUED OFF SKI LIFT
        80 17 LAKE LOUISE (Alberta): A ski lift at a famous Canadian resort malfunctioned, trapping about 65 people in gondolas for hours as darkness fell and temperatures dropped below freezing point. When the resort could not get the lift working again, ski patrollers saved the passengers by
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        Lock icon NEW TWIST IN UN MURDER PROBE
        114 17 DAMASCUS: A man has appeared on Syrian state television saying Lebanese officials, including the son of Rafik Hariri, had forced him to testify falsely to a UN inquiry into the former Lebanese politician's assassination. Mr Hosam Taher Hosam, a Syrian who said he had
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        Lock icon TEENS 'SELLING DRUGS IN BRITAIN'
        120 17 LONDON: Children aged just 14 are involved in selling drugs or help out dealers by either acting as runners or lookouts, a report published by a social charity said yesterday. The findings in a study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation also discovered that drug dealing
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        Lock icon SEDITION LAWS: CALL FOR INQUIRY
        112 17 CANBERRA: Australia's government should scrap plans to broaden sedition laws and to increase penalties for the offence until its proposals have been put to a public inquiry, a parliamentary report recommended yesterday. The new legislation, which would raise the maximum jail term for sedition from
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        Lock icon MUGABE TIGHTENS GRIP ON SENATE
        91 17 HARARE: President Robert Mugabe's ruling party cemented its grip on power, winning an overwhelming majority in elections for a new Senate amid bitter, potentially irreconcilable, divisions in Zimbabwe's opposition. With results from all but four of the 31 voting districts counted by early yesterday, the
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      Lock icon Europe needs to press on with changes, says PM Lee
      735 18  -  Lydia Lim By In Paris Painful adjustments to economy, society will help countries emerge stronger EUROPEAN nations need to push ahead with adjustments to their economies and societies, painful as some of these might be, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Pro-Kremlin party sweeps Chechnya ballot
      197 18 Grozny (Russia) KREMLIN-backed candidates swept weekend parliamentary polls in Chechnya, officials announced yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the announcement: "The election finalises the legal process for restoring consti- tutional order in this republic." It was the first parliamentary election in the rebel region
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      Lock icon Calls for minute of silence when Nguyen is hanged
      496 19  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent But Howard refuses to make nationwide call and will attend cricket match AUSTRALIANS were called on yesterday to observe a minute's silence on Friday when convicted drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van is due to be hanged
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      Lock icon Peres may leave Labour for Sharon's new party
      266 19 Jerusalem ISRAELI elder statesman Shimon Peres may leave the Labour Party that ousted him as its leader and join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new centrist list, a spokesman for Mr Peres said yesterday. The defection of the 82-year-old Peres would represent a
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      1102 21  -  Aidan Foster- Carter EDUCATION IN SOUTH KOREA By For The Straits Times AMERICANS marked Thanksgiving last Thursday. Less formally, nearly 600,000 bleary-eyed South Korean teenagers did the same. Their long ordeal was over, at least for now. Many enjoyed their first lie-in for
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      757 21  -  Tom Plate By In Los Angeles THE people of South Korea have responded to the stemcell scandal involving geniusinnovator Hwang Woo Suk with admittedly excessive passion and near-unanimous conviction. Still, by rallying around their amazing Seoul National University pioneer, their support should be
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      1522 22  -  Mafoot Simon SOUTH-EAST ASIA By Senior Writer Calling itself a branch of Al-Qaeda, it posts 41 ,000-word message on Web warning of more attacks in region ON THE very first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan last month, a hitherto unknown group posted
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      1273 23  -  John McBeth By Senior Writer In Jakarta LET IT BE KNOWN Americans sympathetic to the Indonesian position say it is now up to the Indonesian military to not only reform, but to be seen to be reforming. IT WAS characterised in the American press
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2005
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      Lock icon Faulty air-con Foul play
      769 1  - Faulty air- con Foul play Ben Nadarajan Tanya Fong TRACY SUA Puzzle for families By ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY BAFFUNG TRAGEDY "There are too many question marks." MISS GIAN BAO LING, Miss Linda Gian's eldest sister who thinks foul play is a possibility CANT BE SUICIDE "I know my brother...He would
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      Lock icon Jump in school fees at Raffles, Hwa Chong JCs
      476 2 Both say hike is necessary to improve quality of courses in integrated programme SCHOOL fees at Hwa Chong and Raffles junior colleges will go up next year from the current $26 to $225 and $28 to $250 a month respectively. The
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      Lock icon Tipsy fare breaks cabby's nose
      261 2 Tipsy fare breaks cabby's nose AFTER driving a tipsy man home in the early hours, cabby Annel Maideen turned around for payment and received a punch in the face that broke his nose. Yesterday, Tan Yeo Kwan, 52, was jailed for two months after he pleaded guilty to hitting the
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      428 2  -  Tracy Sua By WITH at least 78,000 shoppers, hotel guests and staff, Raffles City faces an immense challenge coordinating an emergency evacuation of its office tower, mall and hotels. Yet it has once again won the annual fire safety excellence special mention award for
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      Lock icon Man jailed, caned for fatal assault
      356 2  - Man jailed, caned for fatal assault Khushwant Singh By JAYABAL Israel did not hesitate for a moment to plead guilty yesterday to assaulting Mr Cher Ah Chew early this year. When he was arrested on June 4, the 34-year-old unemployed man faced a murder rap that carried the death penalty.
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      Lock icon S'pore to help set up Mid-East institutes
      307 2  -  William Han By SINGAPORE will help set up two training institutes in the Middle East, in a follow-up to a move initiated by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. One will be in Doha, Qatar, and will teach public administration, while the other, focusing
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      Lock icon Back to school and grandpa gets PhD
      500 3  -  T. Rajan By ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENTS: Mr Peter Hung was near-blind, Ms Anthea Yeo was a school dropout and Dr Wee Lee King was burdened by age and illness. But all these did not come in the way of their pursuit of
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      Lock icon New appeal panel for HDB flat valuation
      403 3  -  Tan Hui Yee By BUYERS and sellers unhappy with the valuation of Housing Board flats can now appeal to an independent panel to have it reviewed. The new scheme, run by the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, will help allay fears of
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      187 3 THE familiar stained-glass dome has been restored. But vying for attention at the new Singapore History Museum in Stamford Road is a 16m-high, 24m-wide glass drum that serves as the main entrance to the new Singapore History Gallery. This mix of old and new
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      Lock icon $48m in rebates for HDB families
      223 3 MORE than 700,000 HDB households will receive $48 million worth of rental and service and conservancy rebates next year. One-room flat dwellers will not be charged for service and conservancy services for four months January, March, June and September. Residents of two-room flats will
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        746 4  -  Theresa Tan FINDING THE PERFECT By My brief was to be a fussy customer and check out what kind of sterling service you can get from foodstall holders who are on their feet more than 10 hours a day, seven days a week. I chose four mee
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        188 4 FROM the minute you walk into a restaurant, the waiter is completely welcoming, attentive and pays attention to the smallest detail. Would you tip him generously, if at all? Why or why not? And do you think service staff serve badly because they are
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        Lock icon Eye institute's clear vision of good service
        231 4  -  Francis Chowdhurie SERVICE WITH A SMILE... OVER the past four years, my 83 -year-old mother, Ms Margaret Chowdhurie, has been under the care of the eye doctors at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's The Eye Institute. My mother's consultant, Dr Lim Boon Ang, and
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        Lock icon Not told about long wait for repairs
        284 4  -  Tang Shi Wei ...AND WITH A SNARL I DROPPED off my mobile phone at the service centre for the liquid crystal display (LCD) to be repaired. I was told I should expect to wait a week for the repairs to be done. That
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        152 4  -  Prema Jayakumar (Mrs) I HAD a very pleasant customer experience at the Bishan Junction 8 branch of Hush Puppies a few days back, thanks to the sales staff. Although it sells shoes, Hush Puppies also has an apparel line, and I had
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        906 5  -  Lim Wei Chean NEWS ANALYSIS By A BIG DIFFERENCE "Service means remembering to ask after Madam Tan, whose elderly mother just had a fall." MR CHUA SER KENG, president of the Federation of Merchants Association The familiarity and concern do make a difference but
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        Lock icon Are you being served—with heart?
        445 5 Are you being served with heart? SAY WHAT LAST week, we asked if the message of good service hastrickled into the heartland. While some readers pointed out that a different flavour of service is to be expected outside the tourist belt, they said there are some basic service lapses that
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        488 5  -  Lim Wei Chean SPOTLIGHT ON SERVICE By CUSTOMER IS KING: ShengSiong managing director Lim Hock Chee reminds his workers that it is the customer who funds their pay cheques. He has committed to sending all 2,000 staff for Gems training, to give customers even better service.
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      Lock icon Subsidy revived for implant to aid hearing
      662 6  -  Salma Khalik By Health Correspondent It will cover up to 800/o of the $42,000 cost and benefit 35-45 people every year DEAF people who need cochlear implants are once again eligible for government subsidies that cover up to 80 per cent of the
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      Lock icon Irish humour, African dance for Chingay
      259 6 THERE will be a touch of Irish humour in next year's Chingay Parade, to be held on Feb 3 and 4. Irish street theatre company, Bui Bolg a regular in the national St Patrick's Day parade in Dublin will regale Chingay spectators with their
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      Lock icon Needy kids shop with President
      187 6 SHOPPERS at the NTUC FairPrice supermarket in Toa Payoh HDB Hub were pleasantly surprised yesterday when they spotted President S R Nathan strolling through the aisles. President Nathan went "shopping" yesterday with eight children from Chao Yang Special School. The children were allowed to choose
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        Lock icon TEO CHEE HEAN IN THE PHILIPPINES
        78 6 DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean will call on President Gloria Arroyo during his four-day visit to the Philippines. which began on Sunday. Mr Teo will also call on Philippine Secretary of National Defence Avelino Cruz Jr and Philippine Secretary of Interior and Local Government
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        122 6 THE live satellite TV introduced on Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights to London in June is now available to passengers flying to New York via Frankfurt. The service, which can be accessed only through laptop computers, offers four channels BBC World, CNBC, EuroNews and Eurosportsnews.
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        Lock icon S'PORE RE-ELECTED TO MARITIME COUNCIL
        95 6 SINGAPORE was re-elected for a seventh term last Friday to the 40-member council of the London-based International Maritime Organisation (IMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations that deals with issues like shipping safety and maritime pollution. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, who led the
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      Lock icon Paying X-tra for early fun
      68 6 XBOX fever has hit Singapore, months before Microsoft's new game console is due to hit shelves here. Unable to wait until next March, some local gamers are shelling out up to $1,000 for parallel-im-ported versions. That is almost double the expected US$299 (Ssso7) price tag.
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        362 7 NO GOOD CAME OUT OF SURVEYS Why do the Public Transport Council and the two bus companies bother to carry out surveys when there are no tangible improvements arising from the results? TWO years- ago, the top grouses among bus
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        146 7 IF SOME commuters in the latest public-transport survey think that waiting 15 to 20 minutes for a bus is frustrating, just let them try tak- ing the SBS 200 service which plies between Holland Road and the West Coast. It
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        131 7 IN THE report, "Not-so-sweet truths about diabetes" (ST, Nov 24), it was stated that 160,000 people here do not know that they have diabetes because they have never checked. About one in 10 adults here has the disease, double the world average. Before we look
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        Lock icon Houseman makes fun of patients' plight
        568 7 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asia 1 .com. sg/forum. Access to online letters is free. Punish those who borrow from loa nsh arks? Ttiafs bring merciless to people in desperate need of money Please don't call them'AngMoKio aunties'. If s derogatory
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        132 7 I REFER to the letter, "Can guards keep visitors' ICs?" (ST, Nov 22). The National Registration Regulations authorise certain officials, for instance, officers from the police and Immigration Checkpoints Authority, to retain a person's identity card (NRIC) for the purpose of investigation. Security
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        Lock icon Moral of story behind Mindef reply on NS case
        426 7 I REFER to Mr Ben Nadarajan's commentary, "$5,000 fine for skipping NS? That's just not fine" (The Sunday Times, Nov 27), and the numerous articles and letters which have expressed indignation and unhappiness over the fact that pianist Melvyn Tan was
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        168 7 I WAS enlisted into the army on June 22 last year for two years' national service and will ORD next June. I am an ITE graduate and, because of my good grades, I secured a place in a polytechnic. I thought I would
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        309 7 Dr R. Ponampalam Director, Drug Poison Information Centre Consultant Toxicologist, Department of Emergency Medicine Singapore General Hospital I REFER to the article, "Stung by a stonefish, he is suing Sentosa" (ST, Nov 14). It is unfortunate that Mr Adam Hamzah suffered such ill
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        136 7 I AGREE fully with Mr Yusuff A. Rahman ("Why buy books that are not going to be used?"; ST, Nov 24). My only child is going to Primary 1 next year. We had to buy her textbooks from the school bookshop. On the booklist
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        153 7 MR YUSUFF A. Rahman had queries on why parents had to buy all the workbooks listed in the booklist when some ended up not being used at all ("Why buy books that are not going to be used?"; ST, Nov 24). As our schools
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        249 7 I CONGRATULATE the wa-ter-polo team for winning Singapore's first SEA Games gold medal. However, we didn't get to watch any of the matches on TV. Only two minutes of the highlights were shown on the news on Friday. Every day, including Saturday and
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        Lock icon Indonesia qualify with 4-0 victory
        169 8 Bacolod (Philippines) INDONESIA coasted to a 4-0 win over Laos yesterday, to join Group B winners Vietnam in the semi-finals of the SEA Games soccer competition. However, the win came at the expense of three of their first XI, including captain Agus Indra Kurniawan, who
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        Lock icon Back to the drawing board for Singapore soccer
        927 8  -  Tay Cheng Khoon COMMENT By Sports Editor In Manila ALMOST every Singapore athlete, player and official who had a spare afternoon spent it at the Rizal Stadium yesterday. They were there to see Zhang Guirong and Du Xianhui do a 1-2 for
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        Lock icon No happy birthday for Raddy
        715 8  -  Marc Lim SOCCER By Sports Correspondent In Bacolod (Philippines) Poor performance ends in another early trip home for the Singapore soccer squad IT WILL be a relaxed 56th birthday for Singapore national soccer coach Raddy Avramovic today. He will not need to plot how to
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        84 8 P W D L F A Pts x-Thailand 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 Malaysia 2 10 16 2 3 Philippines 2 10 14 3 3 Cambodia 2 0 0 2 2 9 0 P W 0 L F A Pts x-Vietnam 4 3 0 1 11 4
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        361 8  -  TERENCE LIM DISAPPOINTMENT and anger were the reactions of most of the 20 fans The Straits Times spoke to after the Young Lions again failed to reach the SEA Games soccer semi-finals. Muhammad Nabiil, 16, was angry when interviewed after the team's exit despite yesterday's 1-0
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          1046 9 HOW SINGAPOREANS FARED YESTERDAY Athletics: Zhang Guirong (gold in women's shot put, bronze in women's javelin). Du Xianhui (silver in women's shot put). Poh Seng Song (4th in men's 100m final). U.K. Shyam (7th in men's 100m final). Kenneth Wang (7th in men's long jump). Abdul Hakeem
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          Lock icon Zhang is first solo champ
          607 9  -  Alvin Foo ATHLETICS By In Manila Thrower keeps pledge to make up for disappointing 3rd place in javelin DEVASTATED by her defeat in yesterday morning's javelin event, Singapore thrower Zhang Guirong vowed to make amends. She was true to her word. Zhang won the Republic's
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          Lock icon CHAMPIONS ARE BACK HOME
          79 9 The Singapore water polo team (above) are greeted by about 80 well-wishers on their return at Changi Airport yesterday. Among them was Dr Mohamed Maliki Osman, Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, as well as family and
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            51 9 FENCER Nona Lim bagged a bronze in the women's individual sabre event at the Pasig Sports Center in Manila yesterday. She beat Thailand's Supanna Samaboot 15-14 in the quarterfinals, but lost 6-15 to Filipina Joanna Franquell in the semi-fi-nals. Vietnam's Nguyen Thi Le Dung bagged the
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            55 9 JASON Goh clinched a bronze in the men's individual rapid chess event at the Tagaytay City Convention Center yesterday. The 2003 silver-medallist lost to lVfc-2% to Indonesia's Megaranto Susanto in the semi-finals. Goh will compete in the team rapid event today with Wu Shaobin, Wong Meng
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            Lock icon THIRD FOR 8-BALL TEAM AFTER PLAY-OFF
            43 9 SINGAPORE'S 8-ball doubles team of Tey Choon Kiat and Chan Keng Kwang bagged a bronze at the Makati Coliseum yesterday. They lost 3-9 to Vietnam in the semi-finals, but beat Brunei 9-6 in the bronze medal play-off.
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            Lock icon HOSTS DOMINANT IN DIVING EVENTS
            93 9 THE Philippines swept all three diving events yesterday, giving the hosts four gold medals from six events in the pool. Sheila Mae Perez was a double winner, adding the women's 3 -metre springboard event to her synchronised success with partner Cesiel Domenios on the same
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            Lock icon SHOCK DEFEAT FOR WORLD WUSHU CHAMP
            53 9 WORLD champion Ho Ro Bin was defeated in the men's nanquan event on the first day of the wushu competition. He took the silver medal after losing to Pedro Quina of the Philippines with a difference of 0.09 points. Ro Bin accumulated a total
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          Lock icon Seng Song just misses the bronze
          427 10  -  Alvin Foo ATHLETICS By In Manila He equals personal best in men's 100m final but poor start and finish cost him ALL Poh Seng Song felt was regret, despite equalling his personal best of 10.58 sec in the SEA Games 100m final. The Singapore
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          Lock icon S'pore wants 2011 or 2013 Games
          446 10  - S'pore wants 201 1 or 2013 Games Tay Cheng Khoon By Sports Editor In Manila THE SEA Games -has won another believer: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. And the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports wants to bring the Games back to Singapore. "In 2011 or 2013," he told The Straits
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          Lock icon No golds yet in shooting's harvest
          386 10  -  Chan Yi Shen SHOOTING By IT WAS a bittersweet experience for Singapore shooter Alex Chow in the men's practical pistol event at the PSC PNSA Shooting Range in Manila yesterday. While he was happy with his silver medal, his joy was tempered by teammate
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          Lock icon Ronald sits out and Singapore lose 2-3
          374 10  -  Peh Shing Huei BADMINTON By In Manila NO RONALD Susilo, and so, not surprisingly, the Singapore men's team were edged out 2-3 by Vietnam and sent out of the SEA Games last night. As expected, Singapore's injured top shuttler was not sent on
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          Lock icon A promising future in the water
          695 11  -  Chan Tse Chueen SWIMMING By In Laguna (Philippines) Rookies in Singapore team offer optimism for medals now and at Games to come QUAH Ting Wen was only nine years old when she watched the 2001 SEA Games swimming competition on TV with her father.
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          529 11  -  CHAN TSE CHUEEN AT 34 years old, Richard Sam Bera cuts an interesting figure as a swimming medal hopeful. But the Indonesian can also add intrigue to a conversation, even for those who know of his title-
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          Lock icon Hosts Philippines win 18 golds on Day 2
          433 11 ROUND-UP THE Philippines won 18 of the 49 gold medals on offer yesterday to stretch their total to 23 as the SEA Games had its first security scare. The hosts also lead the overall medal count with 48, eight more than the
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            52 11 JOURNALISTS covering the Games take the famous jeepneys or just use their feet. But some prefer the horse carriage for their sightseeing, only to be charged US$5O (SsBs) for a 15-minute ride. The operators claim that food and medical treatment for the upkeep of horses
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            Lock icon FIGURE THIS OUT: GMA OPENS SEAG
            70 11 ERP, COE, PAP, CPF. Singaporeans may fancy themselves as the masters of acronyms but they are no match for the Filipinos. Here is yesterday's headline: GMA opens SEAG. Read: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo opens the South-east Asia Games. Then there are RP (Republic of
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            Lock icon ALL STRESS AND NO CUTE STORIES YET
            46 11 THE pressure of delivering medals may have got to some officials. Asked by The Straits Times if they have any cute anecdotes to share, a Singapore team manager replied by SMS: "Only you are the cutest. All else stress."
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            Lock icon MOE WANTS TO BEAT JOSCELIN AGAIN
            73 11 MOE Thu Aung, who famously beat Singapore's Joscelin Yeo in the 50 metres freestyle in 2001 Malaysian Games, is back. The 24-year-old Myanmar swimmer spent 4M months training in Perth and will race in the three freestyle events plus the 100m butterfly. On facing
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            64 11 THE Rizal Stadium's electric Scoreboard displayed Shameer Ayub's name at the men's 100 metres heats on Sunday. But it was U.K. Shyam, who was a late entrant, and not Shameer at the starting blocks. Thankfully, the stadium announcer got it right. And so did the
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          Lock icon Pei Yi lands surprise bronze
          330 12  -  Marc Lim KARATE By Sports Correspondent In Cebu (Philippines) CALMNESS WORKS WONDERS "I didn't expect to be a medallist Perhaps that worked in my favour. I was very relaxed out there." NG PEI Yl A relaxed attitude helps Games rookie win S'pore's first medal in
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          1101 12 ATHLETICS Men's 100m: 1 Wachara Sondee (Tha) 10.475ec 2 Sompote Suwannarangsri (Tha) 10.52 3 Suryo Agung Wibowo (Ina) 10.57 4 Poh Seng Song (Sin) 10.58 7 U.K. Shyam (Sin) 10.83. 110m hurdles: 1 Mohd Robani Hassan (Mas) 14.08 2 Muhd Faiz Mohammad (Mas) 14.16 3 Narongdech Janjai (Tha) 14.22
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        442 13 Rooney' s Best-like tribute SOCCER London He scores one and creates another in United's 2-1 win over West Ham LEAVE it to Wayne Rooney to pay a fitting tribute to George Best. Of all the countless salutes, the most apt and eloquent flowed from the feet of the 20--year-old Rooney
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        180 13 GEORGE Best, one of football's all-time greats, will be buried in Belfast on Saturday after a funeral service at Stormont, Northern Ireland's parliament buildings, his agent Phil Hughes said yesterday. Best died aged 59 on Friday after a long battle with ailments related to
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        172 13 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 14 12 1 1 33 7 37 Man United 13 8 3 2 21 13 27 Arsenal 13 8 2 3 22 10 26 Wigan 13 8 1 4 16 10 25 Tottenham 14 6 6 2 16 10 24 Bolton
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        Lock icon Ronaldinho fancied for award
        859 13 Paris SILKY-smooth Barcelona striker Ronaldinho is tipped to win the 50th European Footballer of the Year award. The Brazilian with mesmerising soccer skills, whose two goals in a 3-0 win over Real Madrid two weeks ago left even the rival fans in applause, is likely to
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        Lock icon All Shearer's fault that I flopped, says Kluivert
        336 13 London PATRICK Kluivert was a flop at Newcastle United because of Alan Shearer. Kluivert, who plays for Spanish La Liga side Valencia, has blamed his former teammate for his unsuccessful stint at Tyneside. The striker left Newcastle after just one season, having
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        Lock icon EPL return unlikely, says Becks
        378 13 EPL return unlikely, says Becks London DAVID Beckham has not, spoken to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson since the day he left to join Real Madrid more than two years ago. In an interview in The Times yesterday to coincide with the launch of his soccer school, the 29-year-old midfielder
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        Lock icon Big guns eye improved chances in League Cup
        286 13 London WITH Chelsea out of England's League Cup, Arsenal and Manchester United now see a greater chance of booking a place in the quarter-finals. The Gunners meet Championship leaders Reading and Manchester United face Premier League strugglers West Bromwich Albion in this
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        Lock icon Funk in Skins record
        269 14 Funk in Skins record »GOLF La Quinta (California) Short hitter makes big $1.2m cash statement via accuracy FRED Funk had so much success during the first day of the Skins Game on Saturday after dressing in a skirt, you almost expected him to show up for the second day wearing
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          Lock icon KIDD STARS IN NETS' WIN
          73 14 LOS ANGELES: Jason Kidd had 35 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 102-96 overtime win over the Lakers in the National Basketball Association. Nenad Krstic had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Nets (6-7), while Richard
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          Lock icon LARA'S GOODBYE TO AUSSIES?
          83 14 ADELAIDE: It appeared yesterday that West Indian batting superstar Brian Lara had played his final cricket Test match in Australia. After his second innings at Adelaide Oval, he deliberately waved his bat to all parts of the ground as he neared the boundary fence. Commentators interpreted
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        366 14 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Kansas City 26 New England 16, Tennessee 33 San Francisco 22, Minnesota 24 Cleveland 12, Chicago 13 Tampa Bay 10. San Diego 23 Washington 17 (OT), St Louis 33 Houston 27 (OT), Carolina 13 Buffalo 9, Cincinnati 42 Baltimore 29, Miami 33 Oakland 21, Jacksonville 24
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        382 14 PARIMALA VISWALINGAM, who woke up for the last time on Friday, was in this life an enthusiastic aunt and grandaunt, also a bustling supporter of friends summoned up in recounting the victories of everyday working life, and stoutly embedded in a world of curiously driven, eccentric, mostly extraordinary women battling
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        158 14 LEE CHOO LEK Age: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 27th November 2005 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Khai Yong, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Tee Cheng Yang Hong Zhu Tan Ah Tee Tiah Sian Gek (Harry Tan Hong Cheng, deceased) Sally Ong Guat Keng Daughters:
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        94 14 7 have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 Benjamin Khoo Beng Chuan, b.b.m. AGE: 82 Called home to be with the Lord on 27 November 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Beloved wife: Doris Ang Ann Wee relatives,
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        126 14 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late LETCHUMI Departed: 14 Nov 2005 vish to express their heartfelt thanks and ippreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues or their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, vreaths and donations during their recent >ereavement. Uhma Shanti Pooja will be held TODAY, 29 Nov !005
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        87 14 Ulric Augustus Danker Age:7o passed away on 26 th November 2005 teloved Wife: Amy Children: Adrian Carl Geralyn Kenneth Mark (deceased) Gregory I brothers, sisters and loved ones Wake is at 34 Jalan Chelagi (S *****5), (contact *****701 *****225 for more information) Cortege leaves on Friday 2 nd December 2005
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        78 14 Ist Anniversary In loving Memory Margaret Lee Guan Cheng Departed: 29 November 2004 Time changes many things but not the memory this day brings. Sadly missed by: Husband: Andrew Foo Chee Wah Son Foo Tiang Huat, Wellington Daughter in-law Zhu Wei Daughter Foo Lai Meng, Michelle Grandson Dexter Foo and
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        177 14 AL-FATIHAH The Family Of The Late JOHARRIANDI BINHJJAHARI Age: 28 Departed 24 Nov 05 (22 Syawal 1426) Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and donations during their recent bereavement. Deeply missed and fondly remembered by family. Hj
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          5926 15 TRANSACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 28. 2005 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST VOL BAY ED'S NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADES SALE +M- '800 HISH LOW OIV P/E SMIL 7 5 2 5716 lstSoftwaresc 2.5 io.l 22 6 SMI BTetecomUS2c 7 unch 50 7 7 26 3 33.5
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          1673 15 6 2 1505 Falmaclc 3 4.7 70 58.5 5020 Food June 8c 60cd unch 38 60 60 50N 9.1 72.2 34 23 2303 Fuji Offset2oc 30.5 2.5N 12.2 15.2 14 5 9 5825 Futuristic 10c 10.5cbi 14.3 15.5 6.5 5153 GKElntsc 10.5 -1 95 11.5 10.5 5N 18.5
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          71 15 ffi-WEEX TEL CURRENCY LAST V& SAY MS «T I CAP HISH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +M DM HIGH LOW DIV HI SMIL ***** ***** 6065 Diamonds USlolsocd 6095 IS DJ US Tech U***** 6097 IS MSCI Spore U5555 6101 ISS&PSOO U***** ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS USll2oocd 2449
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        Lock icon US shoppers spent $47b over the weekend
        653 16 NEW YORK That is an increase of 22% over the post-Thanksgiving weekend last year SHOPPERS in the United States did not hold back over the post-Thanksgiving weekend, spending a whopping US$27:B billion (5547.2 billion), up 22 per cent from a year ago and
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        Lock icon HSBC chief exec to succeed chairman when he retires
        206 16 LONDON HSBC stuck to its tradition of promoting insiders yesterday, when it named Mr Stephen Green, group chief executive (CEO), to succeed Sir John Bond, who will retire next year. The head of HSBC's British bank, Mr Michael Geoghegan, 52, will
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        33 16 Yesterday's close: 14,986.94 (+202.65 points) Japanese share prices rose for an eighth straight session, closing near the symbolic 15,000-point level as positive market sentiment showed no sign of waning. AFP
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        35 16 Yesterdays close: 15,100 (+18.53 points) Hong Kong stocks ended higher following the release of stronger-than-expected economic growth figures on Friday and signs of strong consumer confidence in the United States. REUTERS
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        33 16 Yesterday's close: 1110.82 (-4.09 points) Chinese stocks slipped for the first day in four. Oil stocks, such as Sinopec Zhongyuan Petroleum, dropped after crude declined in New York. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        43 16 Yesterday's close: 4,665.3 (+16.5 points) Australian stocks added 0.35 per cent to finish just short of an all-time record, led by resources as prices of base metals hit fresh highs and gold struck its best level in 18 years. AFP
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        34 16 Yesterday's close: 900.14 (-4.14 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0.46 per cent lower in lacklustre trade with most investors remaining on the sidelines ahead of the release of third-quarter economic data. AFP
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        42 16 Yesterday's close: 8994.94 (+105.91 points) Indian stocks rose, with the Sensex posting its third straight record. The stock of Hindustan Lever, the top consumer products company in India, rose after the the company raised prices of some detergents. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        30 16 Yesterday's close 1,081.06 (+6.66 points) Indonesian share prices closed 0.62 per cent higher amid cautious sentiment over a possible announcement of a Cabinet reshuffle this week. AFP
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        34 16 Yesterday's close: 666.69 (-3.2 points) Thai stocks closed 0.48 per cent lower in range-bound trading as investors waited for the Central Bankruptcy Court's ruling on fuel giant TPl's debt restructuring. AFP
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        251 16 November 28 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 50c 0.32 1.330 +0.020 Ascendasreit 0.99 1.980 BIL Intl US2Oc 0.55 1.370 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.26 3.300 +0.020 CapitaMall 0.82 2.290 +0.020 Chart SemtCond 26c 0.78 1.190+0.010 CityOev 50c 2.47 8.500 +0.050 ComfortDelGro 25c .1.67 1.550 Cosco Corp 20c
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        65 16 November 28 SingTel 15c 24,095,000 UniFiberiOc 19,126,000 Teledata 5c 17,773,000 AirOcean 5c 17,585,000 LinkßeitßNPeCWo6lo3l 11,224,000 BeautyChina HKIO 11,017,000 Landwind 1c 10,771,000 Sing Tel BNPeCW6O42O 10,400,000 Biosensors USO.OIc 9,973,000 ChuanHup 20c 9,804,000 KepCorpSGA eCW*****4 9,097,000 China Hong HKIOc 8,458,000 GlobalVoice 5c 8,422,000 Reyoung US7.5c 7,559,000 STX PO KWIOO 7,201,000
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        141 16 November 28 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2380 1.2520 Can dollar 1.4430 1.4600 Euro 1.9730 1.9950 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4489 0.4493 NZ dollar 1.1710 1.1960 Sterling pound 2.8870 2.9180 US dollar 1.6870
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        Lock icon Bonds, Loans & Warrants
        2108 16 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE NOVEMBER 28 2005 52-WEEK TEL CURREKCT LAST VOLUME HIGH LOW COSE COMPANY TUBES SALE 'ODD 8.5 4 ArianeCorpWo9l229 5 unch 100 4 2 4105 AsiatravelWloosl7 2 unch 3 12.5 3.5 4287 Bio-TreatßNPeCW6o42l 5.5 +0.5 320 20.5 5 4353 BiosensorßNPeCW6o427 7.5 +0.5 20 28.5 10.5 4300
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        Lock icon Merck to cut 7,000 jobs, shut 5 plants in effort to slash costs
        383 16 New York MERCK yesterday said it will cut 7,000 jobs and close five plants in a bid to save up to US$4 billion (Ss6.B billion) in costs by 2010, the first steps by its chief executive (CEO)
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        Lock icon Overseas buying of Japanese stocks hits records $135b
        401 17 Tokyo Foreigners are fuelling a rally in markets there, amid good economic data FOREIGN buying of Japan's stocks has reached a record this year, as overseas investors lead a rally in local stock markets amid a recovery in the world's second largest
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        160 17 Jakarta INDONESIA expects to put an investment Bill to Parliament within a week that would slash the time needed to start a business and put foreign investors on an equal footing with domestic players, the investment chief said yesterday. Mr Muhammad Lutfi, head
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        Lock icon Asian Reits could rebound on Link listing
        369 17 Asian Reits could rebound on Link listing Hong Kong THE successful stock market debut of Hong Kong's first real estate investment trust (Reit) may be a catalyst for Asian Reits to rebound from a second-half slump. Link Reit rose 15 per cent in its first day of trading last week.
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        Lock icon Global brands built on long-term strategy
        559 18  -  Erica Tay MEDIA MARKETING By Asian names that make it big are those committed to extracting value from such efforts over time, says expert QUICK. How many global brands can you name that originate from Asia? Singapore-based branding expert Martin Roll tried but could
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        255 18  - Young Rubicam tops ad table Gabriel Chen By ADVERTISING agency Young Rubicam (Y&R) bagged the OCBC Bank account and regained top spot in the ST-R3 Advertising League, a position it had held for four months running from May. The table is compiled by remuneration consultant R3 Asia-Pacific and ranks creative
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        88 18 BRANDING does not stop at ad campaigns and nice logos, says Mr Roll (above), who has advised Fortune 500 boards on branding. Pointing to success stories like Banyan Tree and Starbucks, he notes that they had been built on a commitment to long-term brand-building strategies.
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        Lock icon Industrial output up 17.6% last month
        441 20  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Economics Correspondent RBHEB Growth beats market forecasts, with higher output across the board FOR a third straight month, Singapore's factory output easily eclipsed market expectations last month, surging 17.6 per cent over October last year. That gave the wider economy a
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        335 20  -  Erica Tay By 'TIS the season for bankers, stockbrokers and currency brokers to be merry, and no wonder: They enjoyed the biggest revenue increases among services industries last quarter. Sadly, the same could not be said of Singapore's architectural and engineering companies, whose
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        Lock icon UOB completes takeover of Bank of Asia
        297 20  -  Grace Ng By UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB), which yesterday completed its takeover of Bank of Asia, expects the Thai market to contribute up to 15 per cent of the bank's profits in five years. UOB's Thai unit which now operates under a new
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        Lock icon Former chief exec of ACCS to claim trial
        251 20  -  Azrin Asmani By Companies Reporter LEGAL BATTLE Tan (left) has been given tentative trial dates, between April 17 and May 12 next year, for him to contest the allegations THE former chief executive of Accord Customer Care Solutions, Victor Tan, is claiming
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        Lock icon Sing Tel CFO takes on more roles in top-level changes
        619 21  -  Bryan Lee By Chua Sock Koong to oversee expansion abroad as telco focuses on 3 areas SINGTEL announced a wideranging shake-up on the corporate floor early yesterday morning as it attempts to tackle slowing growth in its biggest markets. The
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        Lock icon UOB may issue up to $lb in hybrid debt
        240 21 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) plans to raise about US$5OO million to US$6OO million (*****.5 million to 551.02 billion) in hybrid debt, said a source familiar with the deal yesterday. This would be "the first hybrid debt issue for UOB and the
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          Lock icon CITYNEON IPO SHARES AT 250 EACH
          98 21 CITYNEON Holdings, which helps stage international conventions like the recent Global Entrepolis, has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 21 million shares at 25 cents each for its Sesdaq listing. Of the total, which represents about 28.7 per cent of Cityneon's enlarged share
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          Lock icon CHASEN OFFERS SHARES AT 20c APIECE
          78 21 CHASEN Logistics Services yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 23 million shares at 20 cents each for its Sesdaq listing. The offer, representing 15.6 per cent of the enlarged share capital, is priced at a historical price-earn-ings ratio of 4.47. Two million
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          Lock icon PNE INDUSTRIES SINKS INTO THE RED
          92 21 PNE Industries sank into the red with a net loss of $27.4 million for the full year ended Sept 30, from a net profit of $1 million previously. The loss was due mainly to a $31 million impairment recognised for goodwill arising from an
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          Lock icon GENEMEDIX SUFFERS LOSS OF $11M
          60 21 BRITISH bio-drug company GeneMedix has chalked up a net loss of £3.75 million (5510.9 million) for the nine months to Aug 31, with no revenue from the period. Loss per share was 1.1 pence compared with one pence in the same period last year when
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          Lock icon LINAIR POSTS 15.6% PROFIT GROWTH
          71 21 LINAIR Technologies reported net profit growth of 15.6 per cent to $2.6 million for the year ended Sept 30. Revenue was $18.9 million, up 5.8 per cent. Earnings per share were 3.28 cents, down from 3.41 cents, while net asset value per share rose from
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          Lock icon AUTRON'S EARNINGS SOAR 42%
          68 21 AUTRON Corp reported a 41.5 per cent jump in net profit to As3 million (Ss3.B million) for the first quarter ended Sept 30. Revenue was A560.2 million, from A550.3 million previously. Earnings per share rose to 0.41 Australian cents from 0.28 Australian cents, while net tangible
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        Lock icon Sing Tel, banks lead blue-chip charge
        637 21  -  Azrin Asmani TAKING STOCK By POSITIVE economic data gave the local bourse a leg-up yesterday, pushing the market index, to its highest levels in more than six weeks. The benchmark Straits Times Index yesterday surged at the eleventh hour, adding 12.81 points to close
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        Lock icon Link Reit making waves even in S'pore
        229 21  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH THE much-delayed Link Reit has taken the Hong Kong market by storm since its debut last Friday, and the effect in Singapore has been immediate with strong interest in covered warrants on the real estate investment trust (Reit).
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        Lock icon KepLand to set up Reit with assets totalling $631m
        696 22  - KepLand to set up Reit with assets totalling $631 m Kelvin Wong By FOR STABLE DIVIDENDS AND LONG-TERM GROWTH: K-Reit Asia will invest primarily in quality commercial real estate and real estate related assets throughout Asia. The aim is to achieve stable dividend income and long-term growth in net asset
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        9 22 1 Nov 28. 2005 2,308.54 +12.81
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        30 22 erhn BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2380 1.2520 Gainers: 212 Euro 1.9730 1.9950 LoserS: 224 Sterling pound 2.8870 2.9180 US dollar 1.6870 1.7050 Unchanged: 709 Yen (100 units) 1.4089 1.4237
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        Lock icon Ascott to expand into North Africa
        205 22  -  FIONA CHAN TIE-UP WITH BAHRAIN BANK NOT content with its aggressive expansion plans in Asia, The Ascott Group is now looking to venture into relatively unfamiliar territory North Africa. The service apartment operator yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bahrainbased Addax Investment
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        399 2 Actor Jet Li says he found true love with Nina Li (left). He admits to dating his first wife, Huang Qiuyan (above), because she took care of him. He married Huang in 1986, but the couple divorced five years later. He married Nina in 1999.
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        95 2 THE gorilla has landed. Well, sort of. Peter Jackson's monster movie about a giant monkey going ape, King Kong, opens here on Dec 14. The film's distributor UIP is offering Life! readers a chance to win an exclusive set of four international posters. There are 10 sets to
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        333 12 Film-maker Kelvin Tong is on a roll as he focuses on love in an inaugural regional film project with a company owned by Andy Lau AFTER his recent scarefest The Maid, homegrown film-maker Kelvin Tong is now training his lens on love scenes. In
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        111 12 CANBERRA. Australia Call it lethal weapon 2. But actor Russell Crowe showed he could now laugh about throwing a telephone at a Manhattan hotel concierge. He was hosting the Australian Film Indus try Awards the country's version of the Oscars in Melbourne on Saturday when he
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        198 12 Mr Mrs Smith... and kids TOKYO Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt flew into Tckyo on Saturday to promote their movie Mr Mrs Smith, and barred the foreign media from attending a press conference yesterday. Local media were banned from asking personal questions, Japan Today reported. As Jolie led her adopted
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        457 3  - Vintage Bolton rocks Tay Suan Chiang He may be 51 but Michael Bolton can still charm an audience and hold a tune MICHAEL BOLTON VINTAGE WORLD TOUR 2005 The MAX Pavilion Singapore Expo/Sunday IT HAS been 11 years since American crooner Michael Bolton last held a concert here, but his
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        411 3 HONG KONG It took more than 30 years, US$lOO,OOO (S$170,000) and a lot of convincing. But on what would have been his 65th birthday on Sunday, Bruce Lee finally got the recognition his legions of fans worldwide felt he deserved in his hometown, Hong
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        768 5  -  Clara Chow ARTS REPORTER The first Chinese Nobel Laureate for Literature, Gao has found a way to wash his paper with ink to mimic the wrinkled texture of cloth... but his greater accomplishment is that each of his paintings is a conceit— a clever embodiment of an
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        552 5  -  Hong Xinyi ARTS REPORTER Explore hard issues through experimental theatre, and all without spending a cent THE death penalty, religious conflict, cloning and female sexuality. Hard issues delivered in convenient bite-sized drama. This is what Initiation International promises. The two-day arts festival from Saturday to
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        1530 6  -  Sandra Leong Try off-the-beaten track venues this holiday season NEED a break from the year-end rush, but don't have enough leave to spare to, say. wander around Europe? Relax, there are other options, such as weekend getaways. That seems to be a popular choice among Singaporeans this holiday
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        929 9  - Great bites and good buys MAGDALENE LUM By Catch the Year-end Sale in Sabah and Sarawak too YOU will now find it easier and more convenient to fly to Sabah in East Malaysia next month, as SilkAir launches its direct flights to Sabah's capital, Kota Kinabalu (KK). From Dec 12,
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      364 9 M LV^l L Series Project Editor: Ricky Yeo Contributor: Magdalene Lum Art and Design: Paula Grosse, Uma Venkatraman, Jacqueline Woo, April Chen Editor: PaulJansen Creative Director: Jacqueline Wu Associate Supplements Editor: Jasmine Miller Chief Sub-Editor: Paula Grosse Admin Manager: Zain Afridi Advertising Sales: Martin Boey (9620-1358), Alfred Lee (9673-3578) For
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      349 5 Wf\ OFHCE EQUIPMENT/ |£p SUPPLIES AT WHOLESALE PRICE Direct fr importer, Digital Analogue Copiers/ Faxes/ Shredder Other office equipments 'Narita/ Canon/ Ricoh/ Brother/ Sharp/ Amano/ Ideal" Special Offer: Copier $388 Fax $199, Shredder $120 NTT Copier Machines Supplies Blk 8 Lor Bakar Batu 904-02 3(*****3) Tel: *****801 Email: nttt@starhub.net.sg Used
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      259 7 PK OTHER MAKES ipr FOR SALE CHENG YONG CREDIT 1993-2002 1000 units VARIOUS MODELS European, Mercedes, Japanese Commercial Vehicles Allused cars wanted HANDICAPPED FRIENDLY VEHICLES Sienta (WELCAB) available for viewing Call *****555 www.ricardo.com.sg REPOSSESSED SFR4S3OU. 1/'O5 Ssangyong Rexton RX32O. Highest tender to 6553-1661 Hh CLASSIC/ IfcJP VINTAGE CARS 1982 ROYCE
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      537 8 ■k DOl-08 Ik DOl-08 k2j CITY ft SOUTH-WEST IM CITY ft SOUTH-WEST PT PTE APTS RENT PTE APTS RENT •3+l rms (1 ,475-1 ,873 sq ft) l!^ Full condo facilities I Nearby amenities:- Near fe| S"«i% Singapore Science Park, lt»j Alexandra Distripark and I lift International Business Park, sH«33r__ -XJPjP
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      595 8 NEW ALESSANDREA 3+l rms. High fir. F/furn. Mins to MRT. Pool, gym. Rental/ sale. UT *****455 ••TANGLIN VIEW 3+l. Redhill MRT. 1249 sqft. Part/ f/furn. Avail mid Dec. 9062-7222 DTZ BLUE HORIZON IMMED 2/3 bdrm Sea view. Part/ full furn. Shuttle to MRT. F/facilities *****700 WESTBAY/ WESTCOVE/ PARK West/ Regent
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      613 8 ¥fh D22 24 10 WEST BF PTE APTS RENT MAYSPRINGS 3+l 1800 sqft «19. Big balconies. P/furn. Facilities. Amenities. $1.6K. *****085 agt MAYSPRINGS 3+l POOL View ur blocked bright windy Shpg Mali interchange etc 9850 7506 MAYSPRINGS 3+l, 1346 sqft. H flr. Furn/ unfurn. Designer decor Also for sale. *****870
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      922 9 P^ HOUSES FOR RENT BRADDELL HEIGHTS. S/STOREY bungalow. *****/ 3800 sqft. 3 study maid patio. Australian/ French Sch. HSR 8100-8099 CHESTNUT. 10 MINS to Int'l Sch. Renovated. 2 storey. Patio, pte gdn. pool. s+l+l. $8500 0.n.0. Immed. Sole agt 9692-4)28 CASABELLA NEW TOWNHSE. Pte gdn. Balcony Jacuzzi. 4+l. P/furn. 3200
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      793 9 Wffi SERVICE Wffk SERVICE ffh SERVICE lIP APARTMENTS \Ujf APARTMENTS \jjjf APARTMENTS Whether you choose our prestigious Bukit Timah address, or decide to stay in the heart of the city at Queen Street, Wilby Residences offer the comfort of peaceful and guiet surroundings tucked away from the hustle and bustle.
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      134 9 Hfl ROOMS FOR RENT lijF (PRIVATE) NEAR TANAH MERAH MRT. New Aircon, f/furn. SCV, internet. Can cook. $550. Owner 9028-3920 PASIR RIS AIRCON rm with bath for foreign students/ execs. Meals, laundry. Owner *****613 FOR SINGLE EXPAT! Little India/ Evertqn Pk rms with balcony, furn, aircon. No owner. 9112-7973 NEAR
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      718 9 Uh ROOMS FOR fjjif RENT(HDB) $350 COMMON ROOM S'GOON N AVE 4 BLK 508 Aircon, TV Cosy, well furn Light cooking Professional Near grocery 24-hr coffee-shop Immediate *****549 owner I 1 1 _^^_^^____i i S2BO-5450 MASTER/COMMON ROOMS all areas. Include aircon utility. Near MRT. 24hrs service. *****360/ *****099 ALL AREAS-
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      633 9 Properties Pfe. DO9-10 ORCHARD/ EE) TANGUN/ HOLLAND V HOUSES -SALE Exclusive Bungalow > in Prime Shangri-la Vicinity Quiet and green Inground pool 5 large bedrooms Land 16,000 sqft JTResi Jennifer 9617-2793 BEAUTIFUL ANDREW 55,000 sq.ft. Elevated with scenic view. Built 3 mansions. This is fabulous! $400 p.s.f. Call HARVEST 9678-3035
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      755 9 Ph DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ MM TANGUN/ HOLLAND J/f PTE APTS -SALE Orchard Road Area Ardmore Pk 4 rm 2886 sqft, penthse 8740 sqft frs4.smup Ladyhill 4 rm 2300 sqft $4.xm Reqency Pk 3 rm 3100 sqft, 4rm 3650 sqft Paranomic view Azure, Sentosa 3 rm 1733 sqft penthse 3165 sqft,
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      807 9 Wf\ 009-10 ORCHARD/ MM TANGUN/ HOLLAND BF pte apts- sale F'HOLD AT LEASEHOLD price. bdrms/ penthse. TOP. Cairnhill Crest/ Tomlinson. 10% deposit. 3 yrs g'teed. income. 9029-4988 YOUR HOME SOLUTION PETER FONG 9695-8866 DTZ Brand new condo Orchard Grab Before Price Increase! Freehold. TOP obtained 5% cash 5% CPF 90%
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      776 10 ■Ik Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ IM BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HOUSES -SALE Banks PI Sale uj 30 UPP BT -nan View (Ridgevale Gdn) 3 storey semi-d 2569 sq.ft 4+l+family. Nice iayout. F'hold Nature reserve *****892 F'HOLD. STRATA BUNGLW. Contemporary design. Exclusive tocat on. pool 2 parking lots. 423C sq.ft. built-in. 4+ study. Asking
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      662 10 ■It D l2- 14 BALESTIER/ y|U MACPHERSON/GEYLANG JJ PTEAPTS-SALE F'HOLD BRAND NEW exclusive condo off Baiestier/ Thomson Rd. 2+l, 3. 3+l bdrms penthse. Good price! Call 9761-5516 DTZ JACKPOT FOR QUICK buyers 9 Pre-iaunch sale. 2/ 3/ 4 bdrms. F'hold. MRT/ condo facilities/ Foreigners eligible. 9691-5551 F'HOLD. SUNVILLE. JUST TOP!
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      648 10 ■k 17-1 8 CHANGI/ [2i PASIR RIS JJ PTEAPTS-SALE PropNexMnß JLN SENANG INTER terrace. 2 storey. 1866sqft. F'hold. Move- in cond. Easy access to PIE. 9368-1079 Hj. IsmaiKAWT Team) BALLOTA PK/ CHANGI Rise. 1280/ 1259 sq.ft. 3+l High fir. Pool view. Face E. Move-in. 9383-8886 ERA SELLING i GOOD Dont
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      736 10 fff\ D25-28 NORTH y£P PTEAPTS-SALE BANK'S Sale LJ BULLION PK TWR 5, 1238 sq.ft 3+l F'hold. Pool view. Attractive Sembawang Cottage 1001 sq.ft F'hold *****668/ *****892 INraj New LACASA EXEC CONDO Invitation' 2rm 3+l. Early bird discount S3OK grant. Limited choice units! S3SOK+ By appt only 9027-4466 bfTfcf Cheque WOODLANDS
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      618 10 Wh HDBAPTS FOR SALE |pf (BUKITPANJANG) 4'A' 448 #06 Unblocked... Below 4'A* 507 #13 Unblocked.... Below I 4'A' 46B/ 475/ 477/ 478/ 481... 50 i s'l' Pt 111 Corner Big Recess/ hall i Beautiful Bring luggage 5255K up j 5T 465 #14 f/aircon Below IST 536 Above #15 4-bdrms $0
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      724 10 ■k HDBAPTS FOR SALE EjD (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ J/0 YIOCHUKANG) Exec Apt 850 Near MRT. SOcash Exec Apt 698C High fir. Nice view Mais 720 Unblock. 1678sqft Cheap 5T 956 High fir 100% renovated 5T 526 Upgraded Unblock. MRT 4'A' 936 2nd owner. 3 aircons. 4'A 1 665 High fir. corner Urgent
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      620 10 Properties HK HDBAPTS FOR SALE far (JURONG) 4 'A' Corntr 731/ 941 89 Move in 4 'A' Corner 403, 661D, 909 Lift 5 I A 1 107 4-bdrm. Move in. Windy 5 'I' Pt Blk 213, 219A, 234, 532 5 'I 1 Corner 670A, 6828 88+ Exec Apt 669A 813+
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      514 10 IfK HDBAPTS FOR SALE \jtff (PASIR RIS/CHANGI) 5M 1 740 815. Vacant. Unblocked. 5T 763 #08. Corner. Windy. Both HDB valued! Move in. Amenities. Urgent! Call 9006-0761 Snr teoc Directoi ■>■».< V^^J 5T CORNER BLK 423. Top fir. Lift upgrading. Face park/ fish pond. 1410 sqft with recess. 5 yrs
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      635 10 IfK HDBAPTS FOR SALE IKK (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 5 'A' CORNER Tampines blk 349. 100% move-in. High fir, unblocked, iift level. 9383-8686 EPA 5 T CORNER Blk 294. Mia fir. Al decor. Unblocked. Malay owner. Opp mkt/ shops. 9795 0001 McR Uk HDBAPTS FOR SALE Hy (TOA PAYOH/ |p POTONG PASIR) ALL
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      968 11 fjtfi HDB APTS FOR SALE H|r (WOODLANDS) 3 'A' 311. Mid fir. Malay hse. MRT. 4 'A' 754/ 895A. High floor. $0. 5T 178/513/606/706/831. High fir, sea view S2SOK up *****441 4 'A' 758 ard fir, well renovated. 5 V 173 low fir, 5 'I' 705 high fir. Amenities. All
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      540 11 HK ROOMS WANTED \jif (RENT) 35 AGTS NETWORK having 100 Tenants require rooms, 1-3+l, HDB/ Pte, Condo. Call *****933 DEAR LANDLORD, GENUINE tenant want to rent your room. Good budget. P!s call John 9009-7762 URGENTLY NEED RMS in Hougang Lor Ah Soo for foreign workers with cooking. 9009-5048 HK PRIVATE
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      1447 11 Wfi FACTORY SPACE HH FACTORY SPACE Rf| FACTORY SPACE \Hf FOR RENT g£P FOR RENT \jjf FOR RENT FOR LEASE INDUSTRIAL SPACE HI-TECH BUSINESS PARK TECHPLACE I 11, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 5 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES Unit sizes from 600 sf TECHQUEST, International Business Park A-Z BUILDING, Paya Lebar Rd
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      1015 11 Wf\ FACTORY SPACE HJ_ FACTORY SPACE WK FACTORY SPACE IP? FOR SALE iil^ FOR SALE fjjj? FOR SALE SHE BH I^B H^B r >fm ?^^La]<C3j|g] ':f^^~ j Bflr p^sf i^f^^^y _3^» i i '■■■I MK Near to PIE/AYE, IMM I I Jurong East Central-Full AmenWes The only ramp-up with 8m
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      434 11 Properties ¥4jf\ OFFICE SPACE ¥9f\ OFFICE SPACE IfP FOR RENT Igr FOR RENT UNITED SQUARE 807 5768 sq. ft. Fringe of CBD, sheltered access to Novena MRT Station. Refurbished lift lobbies and toilets. Fitted /Partially furnished units available. 5 mins to CTE PIE. Ample and convenient car parking facilities. ODEON
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      672 12 fth OFFICE SPACE RK OFFICE SPACE Rfk OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Iffy FOR RENT %J0 FOR RENT 5-minute dr ve to CBD #lii»%HSX!\\; Seated at HarbourFront MRT, only 3 stops >ByA>Avk a\\a\ r or^ Raffles Place MRT v'-'H^KvSSNsIV Close to all the major expressways A^-E C T EandECP) 3f m^VVO^
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      418 12 GOOD RENT 3100 SQ.FT. HENDERSON. Parti tioned furn., aircon, carpet, good layout. Amenities. Corp. image. $1.30 p.s.f. Call 9487 9007 CHINATOWN POINT. MRT. 2489/ 4887 sqft. High fir. Fitted/ bare. Panoramic view. Available immediate. Andrew Tan 9182-3488 livll3iKii^ji['][7lfilii?ll^Fii3 DON^MISs] RAFFLES PL MRT. 3928 sqft. Fittedm conference, training, mgr, CEO etc.
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      513 12 HK OFFICE SPACE Up for rent GOOD RENT CECIL ST. NEAR MRT/ Food Ctr. Central location! Self contained unit. 4000 sqft. Fitted. Aircon, partition. Hurry! 9489 8939 |Jl|l||M|M "*"1 Near MRT LOVELY SHOPHSE! CLUB/ Amoy St. Nice features, regular shape. Aircon/ timber/ conference rm. Easy parking. 2 units! *****206 tMOyHN
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      570 12 Hh OFFICE SPACE IP 1 FOR RENT GOLDHILL CTR. OFFICE 1200 sqft. I 2 director's room. Outside CBD, i Near Novena MRT. 9848-3030 TANNERY HSE. 1950 sqft. Nicely fitted/ aircon. 4 rms. Near Paya Lebar MRT. $1.30 psf. *****637 THE PLAZA. BEACH Rd. Outside CBD. MRT. 398 sqft. 815. Sea
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      368 12 Hljk OFFICE SPACE |pF FOR SALE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. 1000 sqft. Tenanted. Tg Pagar MRT. Excellent location. Must view! Priced to sell. 9797-2098 HSR BEST BUYS FOR Hiqh floor facing sea Location: Sqft: Psf: HighStCtr 550 $750 Int'l Plaza 473 $750 j Int'l Plaza 980 $690 Shenton Hse 550 $810 Plaza
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      609 12 Properties Wtk SHOP SPACE HJi SHOP SPACE \JHf FOB RENT Up FOR RENT mmmmm novena m j calling ail sports retailers m new 3-storey extension m over 70 brand new shops, ranging from 300 5,000 sq ft m directly above novena MRT station easily accessible by CTE and PIE catchment
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      619 12 RJfc SHOP SPACE |iJr FOR RENT NEAR PARCO BUGIS. Excellent location. Variou sizes. New retail space avail immed. Affordable. All trades. Jeffrey 9022-3233 FORTUNE CTR. NEAR MRT. 230 sqft. Suitable for beauty/ Office. Near escalator. Move in immed. Call Dawn 9845-8282 PN TOA PAYOH CENTRAL Blk 177. 300/ 600 sqft.
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      556 12 fffi SHOP SPACE Ujr FOR RENT YISHUN MALL 418/ 101. Opp wet mkt/ Pearl ctr #01, Beach rd, 1108 sqft/ Fajar 445. Page 9495 7777 PROMINENT FRONTAGE. MAIN River Valley. #01. 5000/ 3000 sqft. All trades. Cheap! *****550 agt THE BENCOOLEN. 312 sq.ft. D ble frontage. Good human flow. Bugis
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      717 13 B RESTAURANT/ ffk. RESTAURANT/ LOUNGE E3 LOUNGE SPACE FOR RENT SPACE FOR RENT PRIME RESTAURANT SPACE Property Area (sq ft) Central Mall 1.884 4.994 Chinatown Point 4,037 With full M&E facilities for restaurant use-grease trap, exhaust, floor trap Available immediately Tel: 6877 1818 City Developments Limited }lk RESTAURANT/ till LOUNGE
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      590 13 ■k WAREHOUSES/ E3 STORAGE U SPACE FOR RENT GROUND/ UPPER FLR Aljunied/ Macpherson/ Kallang/ Paya Lebar/ Thomson 800- ***** sqft. Bare/ fitted. 9489 8939 C2l jjStorHubjj ISELF STORAOEI KALLANG, CHANGI, T.PAYOH facilities. 99 sizes. 12 to 800 sqft. Mthly or yearly. Biometric 24-Hr access. Hi-security. 6337-2000 Upper Thomson Road Various
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      568 13 POLAND 3 PLOTS OF freehold agricultural land in JB. 3-4 hectares each. Annual rent RM 60-77. Call Sook Yean at 6236 4012 FTY. LAND $98 p.s.f. Near Circleline with approved plan for 8-sto-rey/ basement. 6382-71-71 HRZ BUDGET $20M! F'HOLD land wanted urgently in all areas. Owners/ agents, pis Mr Lim
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      389 13 IDBatamTour 20 Royal Palace 4* (Seafeqd lun* Feiry (Ferry »1 N9n-.su> S Shopping -i- City Tour) BWransferj 1 20 Kekmg Resort Wcon' 2D Turi Beach (Ferry+B'fast+Transfer) (Ferry+Bfast*Trarisfe' 1 2D Desam Beach 20 Bintan Beach' i (Fen^^s^ransfer; (-env+Bfast+'ransfe- i msmzm Special 2D Holiday Inn 5* I Ticket 1 4D3S Ipoh PenangTour
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      515 15 H^ TUITION KENT RIDGE TUTORS (Since 1988) Graduate, ex-MOE teachers, full-time, subject specialists Familiar with MOE syllabus, teaching methodology, exam format Result oriented. Proven since 1988 over 10,000 students Pri 1 Sec 4 all subjects Group/Individual/Home Tuition PI Preparation for Kl/K2 "Read in a week' Phonics Nursery/ Playgroup Near MRT/
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      736 16 Rh TUITION OUALITY TEACHERS/TUTORS with latest sviiabus. Certs verified. Fair rates. Results oriented. www.parents.here.ws *****200 CURRENT SCHOOL TEACHERS, LECTURERS, GRADUATES. UNDERGRADS. QUALIFIED EXPERIENCED FULL-TIME TUTORS All tutors are eguipped with PAST YEAR EXAM PAPERS Etam orientated Laltst syllabus Results proven All levels/ subjects/ areas *****250 Julie Daisy A 1 TUTORS
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      683 16 HJ^ TUITION 'A' LEVEL CHEM group tuition (Bt. Timah) by experienced Teachers (Masters degree). *****651 1-TO-1 HOME/ GROUP Tuition by sch teachers. All levels. Results gteed. 9187-4373/ 9298-6532 PASIR RIS CHINESE. Ex Sch Teacher. JC/ Sec/ Pri group. G'teed improvement. *****345 PHYSICS/ MATHS TUITION by experienced Masters graduate. All levels.
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      850 16 ffh PROGRAMMES Wfh PROGRAMMES ffh PROGRAMMES Ipf FOR THE YOUNG |pf FOR THE YOUNG |fc£/ FOR THE YOUNG International Diploma in Montessori Method of Education (21/2 toe years) gfii MODE OF STUDY: Part-Time External Study jfeSSSil •SDF Approved Course AarßEUl lK ./intamationaih, Demean This one y ear Part-* 1 programme
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      936 16 Education Notices I < '^'^^m^^^^m^mM Bk BP I^B^^K 1 r JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST' The 2005 Japanese Language Proficiency Test, jointly organised by the Japan Foundation and Japan Educational Exchanges and Services; conducted by the Japanese Cultural Society, Singapore will be held on Sunday, 4th December 2005. at separate test
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      300 16 1 IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF 1 THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE D.C. Suit No. 3486 of 2005/Q Between GE MONEY PTE LTD (formerly known as SDL LEASING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD) (RC No. 1 *****203 R) ...Plaintiffs And 1. WONG YET MENG (HUANG ZHIMING) (NR1CN0.*****033/A) 2. CHUAGIMPANG (NRICNO.SBO2O9O9/F) Defendants NOTICE OF
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      229 16 i This is to inform that our ex- Sales Executive, Mr Sam Urn Peng Huat (NRIC No: *****388Z) is no longer under the employment of WAN SERN Metal Industries Pte Ltd w.e.f from 25 November 2005. He is therefore not authorized to transact in any business dealings or collect any
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      556 17 .Jlil^S •PK professional; |pf EXECUTIVE Vitasence the Leading Manufacturers of Skincare Products using the latest in Biotechnology is looking for suitable personnel to fill the following positions: Sales Manager Asst Sales Managers Beauty Advisors Asst Beauty Advisors Requirements: Bilingual and Computer Literate Tertiary Education is preferred for the position of
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      548 17 Mb professional; |pf EXECUTIVE I A well established CPaI I firm invites applicants for: I Pis write with resume and contact no. to 10 Anson Road #13-01 Int'l Plaza 5(*****3) NOV'OS INTAKE OPEN for 'Financial Planners'. S'porean Fresh Graduates ORD Personnels Welcome. Contact Tony: *****851 for appt. WANTED EXPERIENCED AUDIT
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      494 17 KEh NURSING/ |j|r HEALTH CARE FULL-TIME CLINIC ASSISTANT required for Paediatric Clinic in Bukit Timah Must possess good PR skills Computer literate Fluent in at least both English and Mandarin SRN/ SEN welco.ne Able to start work in Dec 2005 Please call *****001 after 9am for interview NURSE FOR TEACHING
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      584 17 Mljf^ ioB HWk SALES Rm^ SALES m popular POP@Central POPULAR DRAS DASAH is looking for enrhusiaric highly comirted personnels for the following full-time positions: Pre-requisites Diploma in any discipline Min. 1 year's experience in customer service Able to work retail hours Pre-requisites (position 2 3): Min. GCE N' Level Possess
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      760 17 Hfffc SALES Rmfc SALES "Raffles" The leading educational co. since 1990 5 Sales Consultants (Immediate vacancies) Min. 'IST Level Bilingual PR Welcome Training /Seminar provided Min. income $1,500 above Transport Allowance Incentives Benefits Good promotion prospects Interested parties, please walk-in today tomorrow (29/1 1/05 30/1 1/05) (Between 10am s:3opm) |11
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      410 18 f9r\ CUSTOMER \fP SERVICE HALF-DAY CUSTOMER SVC Asst. Speaks Mandarin Eng. Sweet pleasant. Near MRT. Office hr, 5 days. ChrisLinrnf>income.com.sg CONTRACT/ FULL-TIME CUSTOMER Service. Good communication basic computer skills. West area. Call 6874-0269 (9am-6pm) CUSTOMER SERVICE EXEC (ocean) East. SI.BK 52.2K. Knowledge of freight forwarding. iC*****1) Email applyiPjmcsg.com CUSTOMER SVS.
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      651 19 f&k TECHNICAL Pgv TECHNICAL A Local A1 Construction Co in Building Civil Engineering is seeking suitable candidates to fill the following positions to work in Thailand:ARCHITECTURAL CO-ORDINATOR Diploma in Architecture Min 5 yrs. site experience in architectural works Experience in large hotels or commercial jobs is preferred M&E CO-ORDINATOR Dip
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      462 19 WK GENERAL ]f0 PRODUCTION I Bakery requires full time suitable I candidates for the position: Applicants must be able to work on shift duty eve of PH PH weekends. Must be a team player and able to work in a fast pace environment. Be able to commence work immediately. For
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      494 4 Mr Robbie Bach, the man behind Microsoft's Xbox, chose not to use the Windows operating system to develop it. Sacrilege, you might say, but he got away with it On Valentine's Day 2000, Microsoft's chairman, Mr Bill Gates, and chief executive, Mr Steve Ballmer, met the XBox
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      409 6 A BIGGER BYTE of Apple at Orchard There are now two Apple resellers along Orchard Road. But is the Apple pie big enough for all? STEPHANIE YAP finds out As the new year approaches, Apple fans are in for a bountiful harvest. Not only is the AppleCentre@Orchard at Wheelock Place
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      1022 12 Now that Cyber Team Singapore's Wilson Chia has shown that he can go head to head against the world's best, more want to follow in his footsteps. LEUNG WAI-LENG reports MORE ROOM TO PLAY The world is a different place for Wilson Chia these days.
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        161 13 We Challenge Intel to a Dual-Core Duel In April 2005, AMD introduced the world's first xB6 dual-core server microprocessor Since then, we've won every major industry-standard benchmark for xB6 servers. Now our competitor says they're a contender. So let's settle it. In the spirit of fair and open competition, AMD
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        591 22 With fans trooping to watch the Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire movie, it is not surprising that Potter frenzy has hit the blogosphere, with everybody wanting to be a wizard or a witch. MELISSA LWEE hunts down some cool Potter-related blogs THE LEAKY CAULDRON www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/ For Harry
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        730 22  -  Carl Skadian By DIGITAL EDGE Who cares about the ban on satellite dishes? TV is going to the Internet I am not sure about you, but what's getting me excited in the technology world these days is old-tech specifically, TV. First, a
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          183 31 It's being called the worst computer worm of the year a fast-spreading Internet threat that looks like an official e-mail from the CIA or FBI but can leave your computer wide open to intruders. The bogus e-mail claims the United States government
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          52 31 ZTE Corp, China's second-largest telecoms equipment maker, and Cisco Systems said last week they would jointly develop information-technology services in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. Cisco and ZTE would develop services based on -data-rich third-generation and next-generation technologies, they said in a
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          136 31 Canon said last week that it has developed a printer that can print information from digital TV broadcasts and aims to expand the business to 100 billion yen (Ssl.4 billion) in five years. Canon plans to launch the inkjet printer in Japan in
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          149 31 Hollywood's major movie studios and Internet technology provider BitTorrent have signed a pact to help stem piracy of films on the Web, but the move was deemed by both as an "early experiment." Under the deal announced last week, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen agreed
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