The Straits Times, 16 January 2006

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    22 1 SHE STRAITS TIMES 70 PASESTN^buR PARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 MONDAY, JANUARY 16 2006 •ff*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Record 32m pass through Changi Airport
    575 1  -  Karamjit Kaur A sterling year for airport, thanks to new airlines, more flights and attractive fares By Transport Correspondent NEW airlines, more flights and attractive fares combined to make 2005 a record-breaking year for Changi Airport. More than 32 million passengers passed through Changi
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    Lock icon Racket supplying babies to S'pore busted by Batam police
    559 1  -  Arlina Arshad Nur Dianah Suhaimi By In Batam SEX WORKER MUMS? "Some of these sex workers have debts with their ibu ayam, or mamasans. When unplanned pregnancies occur, the women repay what they owe with their babies." BATAM SOCIAL WORKER MARTJE-ROGI
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    Lock icon CEO gem behind a hilltop Jewel
    1065 1  - CEO gem behind a hilltop Jewel Richard Lim By THE Sentosa Leisure Group has been busy raising $8 billion over 10 years since 2002 to put the resort island on the world tourism map. Across the water, furious work is continuing on a number of projects at the Harbour Front
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon "Singapore's Leadership Crisis"
      333 2 The single biggest challenge facing Singapore m 2005 and beyond is the unprecedented lack of personal leadership within our public and private sector organisations. And personal leadership is required at all levels; from executives, directors, managers, team members, workers and professionals. "...we need leaders who can articulate
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      626 2 SECTION ONE Vehicle recall Prime 3-4 About 51,600 vehicles Asia ..6-11 were recalled by dealers m H \o 1 a l ast Y ear f° r problems Ona f£"i° ranging from fuel leakage Review 19-21 to faulty brakes. FYI 22 PAGEH2 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H8 ?P ecia J ta e
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Community urged to deal with terror problem
      795 3  -  Peh Shing Huei A simulated car bomb ripped through a car parked outside the popular Serangoon Gardens hawker centre, Chomp Chomp, m one of two emergency exercises held m the heartland yesterday (left). The fireball, which gutted the car, erupted just as another
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      Lock icon Help for weak pupils scheme extended to all
      503 3  -  Aaron Low By A PROGRAMME that helps Primary 1 and 2 pupils struggling with maths and English will be beefed up and extended to all primary schools by next year, said Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The Learning Support Programme (LSP) for English,
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      Lock icon All aboard at 'white elephant' station
      594 4  - All aboard at 'white elephant' station Theresa Tan First train stops at Buangkok after 2V2 years of residents lobbying By FARE gates at the $80 million Buangkok MRT station opened to passengers for the first time yesterday, ending 2 ■> years of intense lobbying by residents and grassroots leaders. Fittingly,
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti ruler dies after long illness
      346 4 Kuwait THE ruler of United States ally Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber alAhmad al-Sabah, died yesterday after a long illness, and the ailing crown prince is set to take over as emir of this major Gulf oil producer, the Kuwaiti Royal Court announced. Sheikh Jaber was
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      178 4 CEOs 1 Budget wishlist What else would CEOs want from the Budget but more pro-business incentives and fiscal policy? Read BT to find out She married m 1999. She married again m 2003 (after making false declaration) hkSEMb theresat@sph.com. sg REPUTATION Offered by one of Asia's top Business schools. Nanyang
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon BEIJING: Focus on Olympics, rural poor
      497 6  -  Clarissa Oon By China Correspondent In Beijing BLUEPRINT FOR BALANCE "There is the need to strengthen weak links m economic and social development, solve the problems facing farmers and balance urban and rural development." MAYOR WANG QISHAN VISITORS to Beijing will enjoy better transport
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      Lock icon TWO CITIES, TWO ROAD MAPS FOR GROWTH
      30 6 TWO CITIES, TWO ROAD MAPS FOR GROWTH PHOTO: PHOTO: AFP DRIVING FORCE: Building for the Beijing Olympics dominates planning. AP BUSTLING: Shanghai wants to be an international "Four Centres" hub.
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      Lock icon SHANGHAI: Plans to boost global standing
      488 6  -  Jean Chua By China Correspondent In Shanghai NEW GROWTH TARGET "While further improving economic structure, enhancing efficiency and reducing resource consumption, we aim to increase the city's gross domestic product by an average rate of 9 per cent annually." MAYOR HAN ZHENG CHINA'S financial
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      Lock icon Former Taiwan premier elected DPP chairman
      549 7  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Yu Shyi-kun seen as President Chen's pick and likely to echo his policies By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday picked former prime minister Yu Shyi-kun as its new chairman, a move which will strengthen President Chen
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon FOUR HELD FOR HELPING TERRORIST
        92 7 JAKARTA: Indonesian police said yesterday they had arrested four suspected extremists for helping fugitive Malaysian bomb-maker Noordin Mohamed Top evade capture. The four were detained in separate raids in the towns of Semarang and Klaten in Central Java province on Friday, said an officer with
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        Lock icon ONE FEARED DEAD IN LAND PROTEST
        109 7 BEIJING: At least one person a 13 -year-old girl was feared dead and scores of people injured in a clash with police over a land dispute in southern China after officers used electric batons to disperse protesters, villagers said yesterday. Up to 20,000 people
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINE RENEGADE SENT HOME
        119 7 MANILA: A renegade police officer who led a raid on a police camp that left 14 people dead in 1989 has been repatriated to the Philippines from Malaysia, police said yesterday. Rizal Ali fled to Malaysia in the early 1990s after leading a small band of
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        90 7 SEOUL: North Korea has awarded a medal for the first time to an American the late leader of a US-based aid group for his efforts to help the communist state fight hunger and poverty, a news report said yesterday. Pyongyang last week awarded its friendship medal
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        71 7 SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors planned to question six researchers today as part of an investigation into fraudulent claims of breakthroughs by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo Suk, news reports said. It would be the first time prosecutors interview researchers since the investigation began
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        Lock icon CHINA'S TRAVEL SEASON BEGINS
        135 7 BEIJING: The annual 40-day peak travel season in China has started as millions of workers, students and tourists visit hometowns and holiday destinations to celebrate Chinese New Year on Jan 29. More than two billion trips are expected to be taken from Jan 14 to Feb
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      145 6 Abe's views on Asia Hardliner Shinzo Abe wants closer Japan-India ties and transparency from China. PAGE 8 ■BY VtBH I 2 I vfV BH BVBW j p l^bL^^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^flfl^P I II f^^^^^H B •w/f/i TRICHODERM 9 '^■■■^^^■H >J 1 6oosf your confidence with fuller, healthy looking hair a^H^l B 9 I
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Hardliner Abe wants closer Japan-India ties
      408 8 Possible future PM also calls for China to boost military transparency Tokyo JAPANESE government spokesman Shinzo Abe, a hardliner seen as the strongest candidate to be the country's next prime minister, said yesterday that Japan should boost ties with India and called on China
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      Lock icon 'China threat' a self-fulfilling prophecy, says Japan official
      581 8  -  Connie Er By THE surest way to turn a rising China into a threat to the region would be for leaders and people to view and cast it as one, a visiting Japanese Foreign Ministry official said amid an emergence of voices
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      Lock icon CHILLING OUT
      77 8 Some people make enduring the winter cold a sport At Tokyo's Kanda Myojin shinto shrine, Japanese men splashed icy water over themselves during an annual cold-endurance festival at the weekend (top). About 30 people, including a 71-year-old man, took part m the event. In Chulwon, south of Seoul,
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      Lock icon Wrong organs removed in hospital mix-up
      174 8 Wrong organs removed in hospital mix-up Seoul A SOUTH Korean hospital said yesterday that it was investigating how surgeons had mistakenly removed healthy organs from two patients. The alleged malpractice seemingly resulted from hospital workers confusing the identities of two women in their 60s. The pair were admitted to Konyang
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      Lock icon Beijing-New Delhi relations blooming
      391 8  -  Larry Teo By TIES between rising economic giants China and India are off to an auspicious start this year, which they have designated as "SinoIndia Friendship Year". Two Indian ministers visited Beijing within a week. Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar's trip focused on joint energy cooperation
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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      Lock icon Delhi 'stands to lose from stalling campus'
      590 9  -  Ravi Velloor Top institute should be set up to take advantage of Spores education hub status: SM Goh By India Bureau Chief In Ahmedabad INDIA stands to be the loser from the decision to stop one of its top management institutes from opening
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      Lock icon Dhaka youths 'corrupted' by free cellphone calls
      177 9 Dhaka THE telecommunications regulator in Muslimmajority Bangladesh yesterday asked cellphone companies to stop free late-night services because they degraded the moral values of youths. "Boys and girls. ..have subscribed to these packages and set aside their study and sleep, they spend all night
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      Lock icon India turning into child-sex centre
      258 9 India turning into child- sex centre New Delhi INDIA is slowly turning into a centre for child-sex tourists, says a new study, calling for a global battle against child sex. "In India, the abuse of both male and female children by tourists has acquired serious dimensions," said the 748-page study
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Ruling party backs Arroyo's plan to change charter and stay in power
      437 10  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo's ruling party has thrown its support behind her amid persistent calls for her to relinquish power and increasing public dissatisfaction with her performance. At the end of an
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      Lock icon General to boost peace efforts
      159 10 Bangkok THAILAND'S Privy Council chairman Prem Tinsulanonda has agreed to play a more active role to help stamp out the insurgency m the south. General Prem is credited with having wiped out separatism m the south m the 1980s. His decision came after a twohour
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      Lock icon Thaksin takes steps to regain weakening grip on power
      466 10 Thaksin takes steps to regain weakening grip on power Talk of family divestment and crackdown on graft meant to pacify public Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has made no secret of his desire to stay m power until 2009. Dubbed the "wizard with weak magic" by Government House reporters,
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL nabs controversial Lebanese 'billionaire'
      395 11  -  Carolyn Hong ElieYoussef Najem arrested at home over cheating charges By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur SELF-proclaimed Lebanese billionaire Elie Youssef Najem, who made headlines with his outlandish promise to donate more than a billion ringgit to a cancer cause, was arrested yesterday by police
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      Lock icon Keadilan gets Anwar to begin working the ground
      249 11 Kuala Lumpur ALTHOUGH Malaysia is not due to hold the next general election for at least two more years, Parti Keadilan Rakyat is hoping to create momentum for itself and the opposition. The party has deployed adviser and former deputy premier Anwar
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      Lock icon School 'wrong' in forcing Sikh student to shave
      306 11 School 'wrong' in forcing Sikh student to shave Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian education authorities have ruled that it was wrong for a school to order a Sikh student to shave off his facial hair, which was kept for religious reasons. "I am so happy that they decided that my son
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  306 words
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      44 11 PROBLmPROPERTY •m. l^^^^^^^ IB 'i b. jm They have fully paid for the house, but a I group of Singaporeans face the possibility j of having their property at Taman Permata, i Johor Bahru, auctioned off by the bank. Full story m Ekoniaga today.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Fears of Tamiflu shortage mounting
      723 12 Only two drugs left m common flu fight after US finds two others ineffective Atlanta CRISIS 'ONLY A MUTATION AWAY* "The lesson here is that flu constantly evolves, and we are always just one mutation away from a resistant virus." CDC CHIEF JULIE GERBERDING FEARS
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      Lock icon Turkish girl dies, while brother continues to battle bird flu
      369 12 Van (Turkey) A 12-YEAR-old Turkish girl has died of suspected bird flu m the eastern city of Van, officials said yesterday. Although preliminary test results had proved negative, further tests were being done to determine whether she had m fact
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      Lock icon Iran's 'peaceful' nuclear talk rings hollow
      1001 14  -  Jonathan Eyal Even as Teheran defies censure, it leaves room for more negotiation By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London AS THE confrontation over Iran's nuclear programme reaches a critical point, the country's president, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has reiterated the claim that its intentions
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      Lock icon No plans for military action against Iran, says EU
      310 14 London THE international community is not considering military action against Iran over its nuclear programme, the European Union's foreign policy chief said yesterday as senior officials prepared to meet m London to discuss hauling the country before the UN Security Council.
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      Lock icon Saudis start pulling down deadly haj bridge
      463 15 Criticism forces Riyadh to take action to ensure pilgrims' safety RIYADH SAUDI Arabia has started pulling down a disaster-prone bridge near the Muslim holy city of Mecca after criticism over the death of 362 pilgrims m the worst disaster to hit the Muslim
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      Lock icon Crushed to death
      82 15 LAST Thursday, 362 pilgrims were crushed to death at the Jamarat bridge m Mena, a narrow valley near Mecca, as they jostled to perform a stoning ritual. The Saudi authorities said pilgrims who ignored instructions to leave behind baggage and others who joined m illegally added to
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda deputy 'not among US air strike victims'
      504 16 Zawahiri had been invited for dinner but didn't show up, says Pakistan ISLAMABAD A DINNER invitation to AlQaeda's second-in-command triggered a United States air strike m Pakistan's tribal region, but Ayman al-Za wahiri failed to show up, Pakistani intelligence officials said yesterday.
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      Lock icon No sign yet of Sharon emerging from coma
      183 16 Jerusalem MEDICAL tests show activity m both sides of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain, but doctors report no signs that he is emerging from a coma 10 days after suffering a massive stroke. The Hadassah hospital said on Saturday that tests
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      Lock icon Chief judge in Saddam trial quits over criticism
      404 16 Baghdad STUNG by criticism for tolerating Saddam Hussein's many tirades m the courtroom, chief judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin has submitted his resignation from the tribunal that is trying the deposed Iraqi leader and seven co-defendants. But Iraa's Cabinet has yet to act
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        Lock icon EX-SYRIAN V-P TO FORM EXILE GOVT
        89 16 BERLIN: Former Syrian vicepresident Abdel Halim Khad dam said he was preparing a government-in-~xile as he is convinced that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be forced to step down this year. Mr Khaddam, 73, who has been living m exile m Paris since he
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        Lock icon JOURNALIST'S KIDNAP WENT UNNOTICED
        97 16 BAGHDAD: A British freelance journalist kidnapped m Iraq and held for five days was rescued last week by American special forces and was astonished to discover that no one had noticed he was missing. Mr Phil Sands, 28, was held by gunmen who ambushed his car
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        Lock icon MIX-UP BLAMED FOR SUBWAY SHOOTING
        77 16 LONDON: An investigation into the death of a Brazilian mistaken for a suicide bomber will conclude that a communications mix-up was partly to blame, Britain's Sunday Times reported. Officers following Mr Charles de Menezes sent a message to armed colleagues at a subway station that
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        Lock icon SHOT TEEN KEPT ALIVE FOR ORGANS
        80 16 LONG WOOD (Florida): A 15--year-old boy shot by police while brandishing a toy gun m school was clinically brain dead but was being kept alive to harvest his organs. Christopher Penley was accused of pulling out the pellet gun m a classroom on Friday
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon MP stays on in reality TV show
        231 17 LEFT-wing firebrand George Galloway will get to stay m the Big Brother house after prime-time viewers voted to eject a buxom blonde glamour model from the reality TV show instead. Living up to bookmakers' predictions, Ms Jodie Marsh was the first to be
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        Lock icon Rape victim with a mission
        93 17 THE Pakistani woman whose gang rape triggered an international outcry is m France for the presentation of her French biography, Deshonouree (Dishonoured). Ms Mukhtar Mai was at- tacked m 2002 as punishment for her brother's alleged love affair with a woman from another tribe. She
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        Lock icon California man breaks record for Rubik's Cube
        144 17 A 20-YEAR-old California student set a new world record for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain twister from scrambled to solved m just 11.13 seconds. Mr Leyan Lo's record-setting time came early m the day among his first five
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        Lock icon Ted Koppel turns down job offer from Al-Jazeera
        120 17 AMERICAN broadcast journalist Ted Koppel said Arabic television news channel Al-Jazeera was one of many news outlets that sought to hire him when he left ABC News m November, but he never seriously considered working there. Mr Koppel, who recently joined cable
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon Experts to discuss funds for global bird flu battle
        248 18  -  CHUA CHIN HON CHINA PHOTO: WHAT IT IS CHINA will host a two-day "pledging conference" to raise funds m the global campaign against bird flu. To be held m Beijing, the conference will bring together health officials and international experts to
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        Lock icon Charter flights extended
        136 18  -  ONG HWEE HWEE EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS NON-STOP cross-strait charter flights between China and Taiwan, first launched during the Chinese New Year holidays last year, will run from Jan 20 to Feb 13. This year's direct flights offered previously only to mainland-based Taiwanese businessmen and their
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        Lock icon Jusuf to meet GAM leaders
        143 18  -  AZHAR GHANI SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS INDONESIAN Vice-Presi-dent Jusuf Kalla will meet the exiled leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) this week m Helsinki, possibly on Thursday. A meeting with GAM's top leader, 83-year-old Hasan di Tiro, who lives m Sweden, might also
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        Lock icon Anti-terrorism conference
        131 18  -  JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHAT IT IS A TWO-day international anti-terrorism conference under the auspices of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies begins m London today. Speakers include Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Sa'ud al-Faysal Bin-Abd-al-Aziz Al Sa'ud. WHY IT MATTERS The event
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      122 18 A look at the key world E*^ jj events this week by j j^hJ^^Bl BhagyashreeGarekarofThe i M Straits Times Foreign Desk jh^ BEAUTY SPA ACADEMY EMBARK ON A LUCRATIVE CAREER IN BEAUTY SPA THERAPY UK International UK International Aesthetician Diploma Body Massage Diploma UK International JHjjj^Hjijj^Sjjfcja Anatomy •UK International Physiology
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      209 18 MONDAY BANGKOK: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to appear m a round-the-clock reality TV show as he visits Roi Et m the north-east. His move comes as polls show confidence m Mr Thaksin and his administration falling to the lowest level m eight months. KUALA LUMPUR: A panel investigating a scandal
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      377 19 CHINA'S overall trade surplus last year astoundingly was almost US$lO2 billion ($166 billion), more than three times higher than m 2004. The country's surplus with the United States also reached a record high. Likely, this will further trouble relations between these two trading nations with
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      1497 19  -  Andy Ho By Senior Writer SNIFFING OUT THE INFECTION EARLY With more widespread use of the Veredus kit, doctors should be able to ascertain if indeed most human infections with the HSNI virus do not actually cause a serious illness. The trick is to test
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      710 19  -  Ong Soh Chin B* Senior Writer THE buzz m local affairs last week was the ministerial committee on low-wage workers announcing a one-time payment for those aged 40 and above who have worked a minimum of six months and are earning $1,200
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      1212 20  -  John R. Bradley A Western comedian provokes censure from Kazakhstan, but who is the real butt of the joke? By Senior Writer UNTIL recently, Borat Sagdiyev was an inside joke among fans of the Ali G television show on which he appears as an obnoxious
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      891 21  -  Hilary deVries By In Los Angeles INTEGRITY SHORTFALL If they expect audiences to continue to fork over the price of a movie ticket to bask m their presence, stars need to create at least the illusion of integrity. HOLLYWOOD'S annual award season gets under
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      214 19 In the line of fire A Western comedian provokes Kazakhstan's ire, but the butt of his jokes is not quite what it seems to be. PAGE 20 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACnVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer
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      30 H1 HOME Be prepared Ngee Ann Polytechnic fresh graduate Tang PinJi has this and other advice for that all-important first job interview. PAGE H7 THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY JANUARY 16, 2006
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      Lock icon Cyberspace cons get more personal
      991 H1  - Cyberspace cons get more personal Khushwant Singh By Victims fall prey to personalised e-mail promising easy money; five people here lost $900 to $300,000 last year Watch out for these ploys Help a priest: A "priest" claims he has been promised a big donation. But because of tax problems, the
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      248 H1 STOREKEEPER Neo attended his first computer course m February last year. He then got an e-mail address with Yahoo for free but ended up being conned out of $6,000. Mr Neo, who did not want his full name published, told The Straits Times that he
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      651 H2  - 53 recalls uy ecu dealers last year Christopher Tan Some 51 ,600 fairly new vehicles involved, including Toyota Corollas and Mercs By Senior Correspondent FUEL leakage, faulty brakes and steering, faulty lights, weak welding. These are just of the problems found m fairly new cars that were recalled here last
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      325 H3 Thieves use ruses to distract victims 10 people have lost more than $200,000 HOLD on to your handbag and valuables if someone suddenly throws water or powder on you or starts vomiting it may be a ruse to rob or steal from you.
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      363 H3  -  Elaine Young By A BIG crowd and a colourful lion dance greeted the Uniquely Singapore clipper as it sailed home yesterday evening. The Clipper Round The World Yacht Race came to a halt m Singapore after a 2,550-nautical mile sail from Fremantle, Western
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        91 H3 A MAN m his 40s was found dead m a lorry parked m Hougang yesterday afternoon. He was wearing a T-shirt and baggy trousers when he was found lying motionless m the light blue lorry, parked m the carpark at Block 23, Hougang Avenue
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        Lock icon MONEY, CASHCARDS TAKEN FROM CABBIES
        116 H3 A TAXI driver was punched and kicked by three men at Block 538 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 on Saturday. The 52-year-old man was on his way home at about 3am after working the night shift when he was accosted by the robbers, whom he
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      Lock icon Over 1,000 poly places open for those with special talents
      556 H5  - Over 1,000 poly places open for those with special talents Sandra Davie Students good m some fields may get m even if they don't meet course cut-offs By Education Correspondent MORE than 1,000 students with special talents will be able to take up places m the five polytechnics here this
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      537 H6  -  Lee Hui Chieh Increasing use of cardiac CT scans prompts move by medical academy By NEW guidelines have been drawn up for proper use of improved technology to scan the heart for clogged arteries, which could replace the current standard test m future.
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      Lock icon Spores first food centre with wireless hot spots in Tampines
      362 H6  -  Tham Yuen-C By TAMPINES Round Market and Food Centre has gone upmarket after a $5 million renovation. It is the first food centre m Singapore to have wireless hot spots where people can connect to the Internet using their laptops,
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      115 H6 Mr G.S. Many am, 55, and his wife M. Chandramathi, 48, make an offering ofMaattu Pongal, a sweet dish made from boiled rice, fresh milk and sugar, to a cow as part of Pongal celebrations m Little India. Pongal is a thanksgiving harvest festival with
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        560 H7 In this monthly series on firsts for youth, Mary-Ann Russon examines the trials and tribulations they go through when it is time to step out into the real world and get a job MS TANG PinJi, 20, a fresh graduate m
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        250 H7  - Thank you for your support NATALIE SOH YOUTHINK has been around for a year now, giving young writers a taste of reporting for The Straits Times. They scout for news, check out youth trends and produce special features all under tight deadlines and they say loud and clear: We're young,
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        241 H8  -  Clement Tan By ALL I want for the next general election (GE) is to actually get to vote even if there is no opposition candidate m sight. I just want to be able to say that I voted m my MP. The lack of credible
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        328 H8  -  Abdullah Luqman By CULTURE OF IDEAS LACKING We need our own culture of ideas and passionate causes to stand up for. POLITICAL participation seems an alien concept to the majority of youngsters m Singapore. Many of us simply do not have the motivation to
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        41 H8 Let's talk about THE GENERAL ELECTION GROWING PAINS With whisperings of a general election m the air f we asked our young writers some questions: What do you want or expect from this GE? What are the issues that concern you?
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        Lock icon Focus on pre-university education
        129 H8 Focus on pre-university education I AM looking forward to seeing how the candidates will tackle issues like family welfare and education. I hope that they will focus on pre-university education, including the polytechnic and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) systems. Maybe the renewed focus could lead to improvements benefiting the
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        232 H8  -  Goh Wen Zhong By I GREW up m an age of political stability, material adequacy and near-absolute tyI received a good education and I served my national service without a hitch. To many people elsewhere, a childhood like mine is but a pipe
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        Lock icon More youth-oriented, youthful MPsf please
        322 H8  - More youth-oriented, youthful MPs f please Eisen Teo By PARLIAMENTARY TRAILBLAZERS I hope young, dynamic personalities such as Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Ms Eunice Olsen will signal the start of a flow of parliamentary trailblazers who will be open to change. UPON hearing that the next general election could be
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        283 H8 Place: Ministry of Sound Crowd: Local and international party people Where it's at: Block 3C, The Cannery, River Valley Road, #01-02, Clarke Quay Word on the street: An iconic name m the global clubbing scene, the Ministry of Sound has finally opened its largest club to date right
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        701 H9 For more readers' views, log on to h Up:// www. straitstimes.asia 1 .com. sg/forum Access to online letters is free. Why does POSB charge $50 processing fee on returned cheque? DBS Bank charged $530 for statements of savings account Want to be a millionaire?
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        285 H9 1 READ with interest the letter by Miss Celine Teo Ying Zhen ("She got perfect score, but can't get into elite JCs"; ST, Dec 31). My daughter did well m the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). She was m the top 10 per
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        295 H9 I REFER to Mr Tongel Yeo's letter, "Drop checks for cars less than 5 years old" (ST, Jan 7). Compulsory periodic vehicle inspections serve to ensure that vehicles on our roads meet roadworthiness standards, thus minimising vehicle breakdowns and road accidents. Vehicles which
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        327 H9 I READ with regret how our actions were misinterpreted m the letter by Ms Ivy Teo Siok Cheng ("Agency insisted maid be kept against her will"; ST, Jan 9). As a maid employment agency, our role is to find employment for maids as
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        280 H9 I REFER to the letter, "How SBS can raise its service standards" (ST, Dec 22, 2005), by Ms Esther Yee Swee Yoong. We thank Ms Yee for her feedback. Our newly set up Service Quality committee will look into the issues raised by commuters to improve
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        237 H9 VlPs' sons given special treatment in 1999 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Ms Ho Ching's manifestation of humility, as described by Mr Lionel De Souza m his letter, "Day I witnessed PM and wife's humility" (ST, Jan 12), is certainly awesome and refreshing. This contrasts with my own experience
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        166 H9 ON OR around July 31 last year, my friend was issued a traffic summons for crossing a double white line. On the date of the offence, I was a passenger m my friend's car. He had driven past Stevens Road, and was m
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          94 H9 MY FAMII V would like to thank the kind Comfort cabby who took my 12-year-old sister home on Jan 4, after she boarded the wrong bus and ended up m Chong Pang, Vi shun, instead of Sembawarig. My sister was crying when she approached him
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          99 H9 IT WAS raining heavily on Jan 5. I was driving along the Kranji Expressway when I realised I had a punctured tyre Help came m the form of I police expressway patrol car. Officer Chong Guan Fatt's dis play of professionalism and genuine concern
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          59 H9 I WOULD like to thank the kind person who returned my lost identity card on Dec 3 last year. It was lost on Dec 2 but 1 found it the next day m my mailbox m an envelope. A big "thank you" to the sender,
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        688 H10 SOCCER He tells undercover reporter he may go to Villa if England win World Cup London ENGLAND football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was scrambling for defence yesterday after he was caught saying all the wrong things. He told an undercover reporter, posing as a wealthy Arab businessman,
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        Lock icon West Brom, reduced to 10 men, stun Wigan 1-0
        294 H11 SOCCER LONDON WEST Bromwich Albion shrugged off Darren Moore's sending-off to record their first Premiership away win this season 1-0 at Wigan Athletic yesterday. He was dismissed on 43 minutes after receiving his second yellow card for an un- necessary challenge
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        Lock icon Fergie and Rooney in trouble
        704 H11 Man Utd pair may face FA inquiry after half-time rant at referee Bennett Manchester LOSING 1-3 to Manchester City on Saturday was bad enough. Now, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and striker Wayne Rooney could face a Football Association investigation after a derby day debacle
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        Lock icon Henry in contract talks with Arsenal
        364 H11 London THIERRY Henry smashed a hat-trick as Arsenal crushed Middlesbrough 7-0 on Saturday, and then revealed that initial talks with the Gunners about a new contract have finally started. But the skipper cautioned that there is still much to discuss before he seals a
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        Lock icon Allardyce slams ref over red card
        283 H11 London BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce claimed that referee Mike Riley nearly caused a riot during their goalless Premiership draw with Blackburn on Saturday. Riley had dismissed midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata for two bookable offences m the first half of the fractious Lancashire derby, although his
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        163 H11 LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has been put off buying English players by the accompanying price tags. He has signed Dutch defender Jan Kromkamp and Danish defender Daniel Agger during the transfer window. He admits he would like to sign young, talented English players, but feels he
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        Lock icon Sampdoria in TV rights row
        568 H11 Sampdoria in TV rights row SerieA Ascoli 3 Empoli 1 Fiorentina 2 Chievo 1 Inter Milan 3 Cagliari 2 Juventus 1 Reggina 0 Livorno 2 Siena 2 Parma 1 Lazio 1 Udinese 2 Treviso 2 Roma v AC Milan Late kick-off Romp SAMPDORIA put their current argument over television rights
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        Lock icon Ranking points despite fiasco
        525 H12  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF 800-boo reduces SPGA Medal to one-day affair, yet points are awarded By IT WAS a farce. But ranking points will still be awarded for the one-round SPGA Medal held earlier this month, SPGA president Lim Kian Kee confirmed yesterday. This despite the tee-box
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        Lock icon Toms sets record with 61 , shares lead
        295 H12 Toms sets record with 61 shares lead DAVID Toms birdied the last hole for a tournament record nine-under 61 to move into a share of the Sony Open lead with fellow- American Chad Campbell after Saturday's third round. Campbell, co-leader overnight, fired an eight-birdie 62 to end a relatively calm
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        Lock icon Finding a slice of Africa in sleepy Seletar Hills
        743 H12  -  Alvin Foo SOCCER By TUCKED away m an old semidetached house along a quiet side road m Singapore's Seletar Hills estate lies a slice of Africa. That is the home of 16 players from Sporting Afrique FC, who will be making
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        Lock icon Sehwag in prime form for India
        322 H12 CRICKET Lahore INDIA'S Virender Sehwag was four runs short of his 11th Test century after India made 145 without loss m reply to Pakistan's 679 for seven on the third day of the first Test yesterday. Sehwag was m prime form after resuming on
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        452 H12 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL play-offs: Denver 27 New England 13, Seattle 20 Washington 10. BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 114 Atlanta 106 (OT), Detroit 114 Charlotte 91, Denver 100 Milwaukee 93, Indiana 91 Chicago 89, San Antonio 80 Memphis 79, Dallas 110 New Jersey 77, Oklahoma City 86 Houston 80, Phoenix 115
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        427 H12 Kwan voted into US Olympic team SKATING St Louis (Missouri) MICHELLE Kwan was named m the American team for next month's Turin Winter Olympics despite missing the weekend's US championships with a groin injury. Sasha Cohen, after four runner-up finishes to Kwan m the last six years, was a class
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        Lock icon Stopping Federer is what the buzz's all about
        636 H13 TENNIS Uppermost m rivals' minds is preventing him from lifting 7th Grand Slam crown Melbourne ALL the talk on the eve of the Australian Open is about how to prevent Roger Federer from winning his seventh Grand Slam crown. The Swiss ace
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        Lock icon Keen interest in women's field with world's top 20 entered
        594 H13 Melbourne ON PAPER, it will be the most open of Australian Opens. For the first time m 30 years, every one of the world's top 20 women are entered to play. So too will former champion Martina Hingis, who is
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        Lock icon No Asian Grand Slam champ just yet
        381 H13 INDIAN tennis sensation Sania Mirza oozes confidence anjl even dares to dream that she will one day win a Grand Slam, motivated by being Asia's great new hope. The 19-year-old knows she is carrying the expectations not just of her country but the
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        Lock icon James scores 46 but Suns outshoot Cavs
        263 H13 BASKETBALL Phoenix (Arizona) LEBRON James at his best was not enough to beat the Phoenix Suns. The band of sharpshooters led by Steve Nash overcame James' 46--point night to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-106 on Saturday. It was the Suns' ninth win m
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          63 H13 WELLINGTON: Openside flanker Richie McCaw, 25, is almost certain to replace retired skipper Tana Umaga as the next rugby captain of New Zealand. Coach Graham Henry told the Sunday Star-Times yesterday: "McCaw has been vicecaptain of the All Blacks and filled m for
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          Lock icon ADAMS NOW A TRAINEE COACH
          45 H13 AMSTERDAM: Ex-England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams will start work at Dutch first division side Utrecht today as a trainee coach. He has been improving his knowledge and experience of European football with spells m Italy, France and Belgium. REUTERS
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          Lock icon BAILEY DETHRONES THE PATRIOTS
          56 H13 DENVER (Colorado): Champ Bailey ended the reign of twotime defending Super Bowl champions, the New England Patriots, on Saturday. He intercepted a Tom Brady pass m the end zone and •returned it 100 yards to settle a tight defensive battle as the Denver Broncos won 27-13
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      836 H14 u He who dwells m the shelter of The Most High will rest m the shadow ofl Psalm 91:1 '^''^JSBSBipI CHRISTIE LIM fl Age: 65 Was called home to be with the Lord on 14 Jan 2006 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Husband: Lim Kian Seng
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        Lock icon Outlook bright despite last week's slide in STI
        464 H15  -  Goh Eng Yeow "TAKING STOCK Robust trading volumes, humming economy give traders reason for cheer By Markets Correspondent Companies awash m cash may follow the footsteps of OCBC and UOB to return cash via share buy-backs IT IS with some relief that
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        45 H15 Week's Top Rises CENTS SIAJPeCW*****0 191 114 0 1481 lardineCIC 1190 100 0 92 Spore Land 500 35 0 6.2 OUE 1110 30.0 2 8 WBLCorp 550 30 0 5 8 Eiec I Ettek 80c 263 261 6 5 Keppel Corp SOc 1210 20.0 1.7
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        48 H15 Week's Top Rises CENTS SIA IP eCW*****0 191 148 1 114.0 El-Nets 1c 2 1000 10 NobteGrpSGAeC W0602 1 3 1 100.0 0 5 SwmgMediaW*****3 1 1000 05 Jade Tech 1c 2 5 66 7 1.0 AscendasCA eCW*****4 31 55 0 110 SingTelMBLePW*****1 10 53 8 3 5
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        46 H15 Week's Top Falls CENTS Creative T 25c 1360 70 0 4 9 DBSGrp 1650 60 0 3.5 FIN 1790 500 27 Venture Corp25c 1350 40 0 2.9 JMH US2Sc 400 1710 32 6 12 OCBCCap3 93%Pre110 ***** 30 0 0.3 HyfluxSc 298 18 0 5 7
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          43 H17 TEH KOK LENG: Appointed as chief financial controller of Richland Group, effective last Monday. Mr Teh replaces Ms Yvonne Hoe, who resigned as chief financial officer of Richland. Her last day of service with the company was last Tuesday.
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        799 H18  -  Lee Su Shyan Special auditor suspects inflated sales and profits for last two years By Companies Correspondent DAKA Designs, which has issued two profit warnings since it was listed m July 2004, found itself m more trouble early yesterday morning after
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        586 H18  -  Goh Eng Yeow By THE bogus business activities uncovered at Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) last year have emerged as a tangled tale of fake invoices, Caribbean companies and money-shuffling on a grand scale. Sources said the ruse, dubbed "round-tripping", has been
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        55 1 kAu .MX ~^_r?i__r m Hi jp&, b la '1^%^ I* making their careers and feeding big business 3b1hb^^ W <»*>*" flfeSl PLUS: COUNTING HONGBAOS Jl I -H-BBk "_^B^B^I -I bV Brfc^BfcJB^ "^5 llfcSR__^_p9^B^_BB^B^_DBe^B^B^BV^B^_B-B___- di*' X^^M-^ Fish C'lc Special -t KFC Far East Sqoa.e and KFC Wild wt|dWet^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^ AJtV^|bV> \nt")\G KrO
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        720 2 IN° INBOX HAVE YOUR r say YOU'VE READ THE WINNING PIECE, NOW READ THE ENTRY OF THE 2ND MHHMMHHH RUNNER-UP FOR OUR OLIVER TWIST CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION. HHHHHHH NREMEMBER THE TIME |i^m WHEN ALL WE HAD ILJIII \A#EBE ■MedeOubU YYtnt... ROPES, A WHISTLE AND TORCHLIGHT. The choppy sea tossed our
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        582 3  -  KRISTIE CHIEW TEENS ARE ASKING THEIR PARENTS FOR ADVANCE CASH BASED ON PROJECTED FIGURES OF THEIR HONGBAO HARVEST BY THE ADVANTAGE TO CUTTING THIS KIND OF DEAL IS FREEDOM -THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHAT TO BUY. THE ADVANCEHONGBAO PRACTICE IS POPULAR
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        58 3 TRENDS AND QUIRKS HONGBAO OFFERS Banks are unwrapping hongbao promotions ahead of Chinese New Year. With the new festive season already here, DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank are already offering "red packets" to savers, m the form of ever-higher interest rates up to as high as 3
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        55 3 Ever wondered what Mickey Mouse looked like m the past? Now you can find out, at Singapore's first toy museum. The five-storey museum, with a collection of more than 50,000 toys, is located m Seah Street, opposite the Raffles Hotel. Admission is $10. Explore Home to
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        50 3 This Friday, sailing enthusiasts can look forward to meeting the crew Clipper Round the World Race at the Singapore Festival Village m Sentosa Cove, where a programme of sports is planned till Sunday, with a focus on sailing. Read the Sports section for the latest action.
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        54 3 Ireland's best known sportsmen will congregate at Singapore Polo Club this Saturday to introduce hurting to you. The game of hurling, which is similar to hockey, is one of Ireland's best-known games. There will also be Irish music, dance and activities on that day. Admission
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        11 3 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK the globe m the World pages :>
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        75 3 Visit Spring Festival Kranji this weekend at the Kranji countryside. The annual festival will indude the sale of auspicious plants believed to bring good fortune for the Chinese New Year, as well as fresh produce lik fruits, vegetables and other seasonal goodies. There will be shuttle
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        56 3 Welcome the festive season and c celebrate Spring m the City a Chinese New Year promotion m Raffles City Shopping Mall, which will feature song and dance is performances, Chinese opera and traditional arts and crafts by artists from China. Admission is free. For more things
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        63 4 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS BACK TO SQUARE rONE The technique for cloning human cells, which seemed to have been applied since March 2004, now turns out not to exist at all, forcing cloning researchers back to square one. Prof Hwang's public disgrace has also damaged the international standing of
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        120 4 STEM CELLS CLONING Culture plate WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON BEHIND THE NEWS? HERE'S THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES DESIGNED TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THOSE CATCHPHRASES THAT MAKE THE HEADLINES AND WHAT TEXTBOOKS DON'T ALWAYS TELL YOU. -—^I~2>^-^ Inner a Blastocyst an embryo that is a
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        55 4 Cells that have the ability to grow into any type of cells m our bodies. Everyone has them the blood stem cells m our bone marrow, for example, act like little blood-making factories but you can also find stem cells m human embryos m the first
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        49 4 WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Because of their special transforming ability, scientists want to grow them into different types of tissues which can then be transplanted into sick peoplerwho j need replacement tissue or oqjans.They can also be used to treat those with diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's.
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        110 4 CLONING is the creation of exact copies this can mean copies of either a segment of DNA, an entire ceM, or an entire animal or person. (DNA is a substance, found m the cells of most living things, that carries genetic information
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        120 4 ©Embryonic stem cells are extracted from the inner cell mass region.These cells have the potential to develop into r any type of cell m the body It was recently revealed that South Korean scientist Hwang Woo Suk (right) faked claims to have cloned human
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        81 4 »Yes, researchers have managed to clone several animals, the first being Dolly the sheep, which was later joined by Cc the cloned kitten, ANDi the monkey and piglets, calves and a mule. In fact, this is one result that Prof Hwang did
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        73 4 WHY DO SOME PEOPLE GET UPSET? OVER CLONING AND STEM-CELL RESEARCH? »This research results m human embryos being destroyed and many believe that this amounts to taking a human life. In countries such as the United States, research on human stem cells is either banned or severely limited for scientists
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        50 4 Despite the South Korean scandal, work on stem cells and cloning looks set to continue, with scientists m the United States and Britain still applying for permission to clone human cells. The controversy, however, will march on as well. LTEXT: ALISON DE SOUZA GRAPHICS ADAPTED FROM REUTERS
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        384 5  -  KRISTIE CHIEW BY IN THIS EDITION OF A WEEKLY SERIES ON THE FUN SIDE OF ENGINEERING, IN LEARNS HOW NUS STUDENT LEE SIN YONG HOPES TO DO HIS PART FOR THE BIOMEDICAL WORLD. PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN ML here National University of Singapore student W LeeSinYong,24; grew up m
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        33 5 BOOMING BIOMED SECTOR The Government's massive investment m biomedical sciences has thus far proven successful, with the sector now accounting for 6 per cent of total economic output. (ST,Jan5)
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        34 5 Affiengineering fc m^^ Pass)on f Possibities A STUDY ENGINEERING THE POLYS 3 www.engineering.edu.sg i TWO Nanyang j^ NGEE ANN Q5 REPUBLIC "^SINGAPORE mTEMASEK Wjf^ I 1W Polytechnic \p lf!?TOr?7? KtruDL^ EiS polytechnic fc^PF f
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        125 5 TICKETS! Planning to watch a movie soon? Answer this question correctly and you may be one ofthe five lucky winners to walk away with a pair of movie passes! After working on a device that tests users' glucose levels, what is Mr Lee aiming to invent next? A. A device
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        176 6 THIS WEEK: Or maybe you've seen a movie, or bought a CD you loved (or hated). Write m with your review to tell us what you thought. DONE ANYTHING AMAZING LATELY? •> Then tell the world send us photos of you designing a dress, shooting hoops blindfolded, breakdancing, Dj-ing,
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        35 7 TALES FROM NEAR AND FAR HOT TOPIC Recent figures from the Genevabased World Meteorological Organisation indicate that 2005 was probably the secondhottest year worldwide since the 1 860s, when reliable records were first kept. (STJanll)
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        729 7  - TEENS AROUND THE WORLD ALISON DE SOUZA A TEEN IN BY ...TIMOR LESTE IS PART OF A GROUP USING ITS BUDDING JOURNALISTIC AMBITIONS TO HELP SPREAD INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A community radio programme called Labirak Nia Lian, or "Voices Of Children", broadcasts the voices of teens
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        115 7 Diana Frances Spencer was born at Park House, m Sandringham, Norfolk, on July I 1 961 She married Britain's Prince Charles m a fairytale ceremony at London's St Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981, at age 20. She then had two sons: Her first child, Prince William Arthur
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        53 8 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK HOMEGROWN TALENTS Project SuperStar winner Kelvin Tan's I longawaited debut Mandarin album would have been out m music stores by the time you read this. Other Project SuperStar alumni also have albums planned Kelly Poon next month, and both I Chew Sin Huey and Hong
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        143 8 Mr Kingsley Morrando started Talenome on Radio Malaya, attracting participants from Singapore and Malaysia. First Talenti me show organised by then-Singapore Broadcast*^ Corporation to be held annually m four languages. Prizes amounted to I 1.000 cash and hi-fi equipment. But, with no promise of a recording contract,
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      473 9  - PUTTING THE'SING'IN SINGAPORE YEN FENG allowing home viewers to vote for their favourite contestants, overnight fame is no longer impossible. As Michelle Chia Xue Ling, 15, of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School, pointed out: "It makes me feel involved m the competition, as if I am also one of the
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      41 9 THE BIG STORY THIS WEEK NOT ALL BLESSED Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah's debut release, Blessings, sold over 30,000 copies. In contrast, Idol runner-up Sylvester Sim's debut album Take Flight failed to do just that, selling just 15,000 copies. (ST, Dec 30)
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      84 9 English TaJentime brought back by MedtaCorp, with contestants gunning for prizes worth $70,000. The winner would get a recording contract with MediaCorp Music UK Pop Idol was a big hit and other countries like America bought franchise nghts for Idol competitions. Singapore Idol was a huge success. Some 1.1 million
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        64 10 RACK YOUR BRAINS X SNOOZE REPORT ill US studies have shown V that there is an increased risk of disease when people get less than six -f i or seven hours of sleep. Failing to get enough sleep or sleeping at odd hours heightens the risk of a variety of
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        727 10  - MANY DONT WANT TO TAKE PART IN H hALTH STUDY ANDREW DUFFY SALMA KHALIK CHANG AI-LIEN TEXT: BY AND THE STRAITS TIMES, JAN 7 The first question has to be, what is this study for? Then, who is gathering the information and what is it being used for? Finally, what's
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        249 13  -  LIAW WY-CIN FRETTING ABOUT GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL? TRY TURNING THESE SCHOOL-RELATED PHRASES TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. BY FROM THE OLD SCHOOL WHAT IT MEANS: Having ideas that were popular m the past, which are no longer popular, current or modern. AS IN: There seems to be
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        150 13 WHAT IT MEANS: This phrase spells "pressure" for university professors. It refers to how they are obliged to publish books or articles m significant journals about their research and findings, or else risk becoming less successful. Simrlar to "do or die". AS IN: Don't think university professors
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        388 14 READ AND WRITE BETTER >} REVAMP I Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced a revamp of the Trim and Fit programme, 1 which recently came under fire when a study found it may have contributed tc schoolgirls developing eating disorders Areas like nutrition counselling games skills sport! participator and health educatior
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      672 15 WITH A LUNGE, HE USED HIS FREE HAND TO RIP THE BAG FROM HER GRASP, ALL THE WHILE HOLDING UP THE STICK. Gillian, up against the rock, an awful sickness rising inside her, was too frightened to move. "Where'd you find this?" he demanded. "Over there,"
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        54 15 What was Gillian walking through when Ed saw her? E-mail your answer to stin@sph.com.sg with "Reading the Sky" m the subject line. Be sure to include your full name, age, school, level and contact number The first 10 entries to reach us by Wednesday will win exclusive The Straits Times
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        94 15 Sometimes, different news articles on the same event Similarly, different people m the same situation may may have different perspectives. have different viewpoints. Flip through The Straits Times The story was mostly written from Gillian's point of and find an article reporting an interesting event view, describing her feelings and
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        548 16 FACES PLACES IN THE NEWS ANIMALS MADE THE HEADLINES RECENTLY, AS DID A HIGH-STEPPING MONK AND A PING-PONG STAR LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. BY ALISON DE SOUZA NUMBERS IN THE NEWS Match these digits to the reasons they made the news. a) 200,000 b) 475,000 c) 2.5
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