The Straits Times, 17 July 2006

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    24 1 The straits Times 68 PAGES IX FOUR PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 MONDAY, JULY 17 2006 Jl*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 »80 CENTS
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    Lock icon UN slams N. Korea missile launches, imposes sanctions
    630 1 But Pyongyang dismisses unanimous vote and vows to 'bolster war deterrent 1 Seoul NORTH KOREA'S WORLD RECORD "This has to be a historic day. North Korea has set a world record m rejecting it (the resolution) 45 minutes after its adoption." WASHINGTON'S
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    Lock icon Indonesia's bird flu toll nears record
    368 1 Jakarta INDONESIA ecged closer to becoming the country that has been hardest hit by the bird flu virus after a 44-year-old man who tested positive for avian intluenza died, health oaiciais said yesterday. "'Local tests showed he was infected with the HSNI virus, senior
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    Lock icon Staying in shape: 2,500 in women-only race
    267 1  -  ELAINE YOUNG MEN were left on the sidelines yesterday as 2,500 women took part m Singapore's first women-only race. The Shape Run 2006, organised by Singapore Press Holdings' women's health magazine Shape, had a dou-ble-edged mission: mark the magazine's second anniversary and increase
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  • » UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Wiring up for a bold education experiment
      1074 1  -  Grace Chng By Deputy News Editor THEY call it the School of the Future (SOF). When it opens m September, 170 Philadelphia teenagers will be the first to participate m a bold experiment m American education. The campus will be wired up, and
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      476 1 t scorer global splash J^BB|Mm task B^H i|wi# Singapore's Shamsul Maidin Temasek Holdings BBjj3MJJ mm Juventus coach says m W "VEEE"! is voted the World Cup's takes on the big boys it's "almost impossible" V fWWw/ best referee m international investing to return to Serie Am a year VJ p
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      491 2 SECTION ONE »HOME Prime 3-4 Teen's trauma Asia 6-12 A 13-year-old boy will be World 13-16 asked to relive in court Review 17-19 this week the trauma FV 9 n of watching his aunt hYI u battered to death SECTION TWO seven months ago Home H1-H6 PAGEH1 Forum H8 c™^
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Police, LTA dragged into dispute over faulty Audi
      650 3  -  Christopher Tan Case revolves around fuel leak m car which owner wanted explained By St'nior Correspondent A MATTER OF SAFETY "Premium knew this was not a criminal offence. Why is it getting a public institution to harass its own customer? All I
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      Lock icon Owners of house damaged by Circle Line works get $380,000
      523 3  -  Tanya Fong By THE owners of a terrace house which they claimed had been damaged by Circle Line works have been compensated by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The Pillays, a family of 10 siblings, received a pay-out of $380,000
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      Lock icon Israel escalates assault on Lebanon
      645 4 "Whoever hit Haifa will pay a heavy price." ISRAELI DEFENCE MINISTER AMIRPERETZ "The American president says Hizbollah should be disarmed... But it will not happen." IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI STRIKING HARD: The compound wall of the buildings housing the Hizbollah television station following
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      43 4 En-bloc fever cooling? 911 J IBS he Collective sale sites are streaming into the market but developers are getting choosy. Find out which districts are hot and which are not Sporty teen dies after collapsing during match warm-up Family and friends m shock
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Strong UN resolve
      558 6 But sanctions will not deter Pyongyang from building missiles Tokyo THE unanimous Un.ted Nats (UN) vote to slap limited sanctions on North Korea sends an unexpectedly strong message that will pressure the communist state but do little to stop its missile development, analysts said yesterday. They also
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      Lock icon puts pressure on N. Korea
      253 6 "It is unjustifiable and gangster-like for the UN Security Council to debate on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's missile launch...The DPRK's missile development test fire, manufacture and deployment serve as a key to keeping the balance of force and preserving peace and stability m
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Varsity entrance exams not up to the mark
        547 8 Chinese dons say current tests fail to reward students for creativity Hong Kong CALL FOR REFORM "To reform the university enrolment system is not to abolish the national entrance exam but to change the practice by which one single exam determines the
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        Lock icon Tourists pose danger to ancient Tibetan palace
        407 8 PHOTO: Lhasa FORTY years ago, during the Cultural Revolution, it took an edict from then-Chinese premier Zhou Enlai to protect Tibet's symbolic Potala Palace from being destroyed by the infamous Red Guards. Now a new menace tourism threatens the jewel of Tibetan Buddhism.
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        Lock icon Chen turns to independence groups for support
        284 8 Taipei TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian yesterday sought support from independence >ts after a fresh call for him to step down to take responsibility for graft scandals implicating his family. Mr Ng Chiau-tong, National Policy Adviser to the President, said he had agreed to
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        Lock icon Tsang hints at universal suffrage for Hong Kong in 2012: Report
        373 8 Hong Kong HONG KONG Chief Executive Donald Tsang has hinted at the possibility of full universal suffrage m 2012, as demanded by democracy activists, says a newspaper. It is the first time the Bei-jing-backed leader has offered any sort
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Cheaper costs in west draw foreign business
        505 9 Cheaper costs in west draw foreign business Chengdu attracting record foreign investment and many blue-chip companies Chengdu CHEAP labour and lower start-up costs are luring foreign companies to Chengdu, helping to revitalise an ancient western city determined to close the gap with the more prosperous east. Chengdu, China's western cultural
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        Lock icon Crisis alert as S.Korea is hit by heavy rain
        246 9 Seoul SOUTH Korea issued a national crisis warning yesterday as torrential rain caused flooding m parts of the country, killing at least 13 people and leaving another 18 missing. The orange alert the second-highest of tour alert levels issued for Seoul,
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        Lock icon Japanese toy makers target adults at play
        382 9 Tokyo WITH a growing elderly population and a falling birth rate, Japan's toy makers are eagerly going after the young-at-heart 30- and 40--somethings who have the disposable income and want toys to satisfy their youthful fantasies. The size of the Japanese toy market
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon India puts off peace talks with Pakistan
        539 10 Move sparked by suspicion that militants m Islamabad were behind Mumbai blasts New Delhi INDIA has put off peace talks with Pakistan due this week after suspicion for carrying out the Mumbai train bombings fell on Islamist militants based m that country. "We
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka presses rebels to free soldier after battle
        314 10 Colombo THE Sri Lankan government is pressing Tamil Tiger rebels to release a soldier they captured after a heavy mortar duel over the weekend that killed at least 16 combatants, officials said yesterday. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam returned
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Thaksin to seek King's nod for polls next month
        548 11 But critics doubt that he will get go-ahead for Oct 1 5 elections Bangkok ELECTION HURDLE "If the Election Commission is still around, there will be no elections. But if it steps down, the sky is clear." MR BANHARN SILPA-ARCHA, Chart
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        Lock icon Filipinos not sold on plan to change charter: Poll
        431 11  -  Alastair McIndoe By Ph ilippines Corresponden t In Manila A MANILA government-backed plan to change the Constitution to switch to a parliamentary form of government appears to be meeting increasingly stiff opposition from voters. A survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS),
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon A ROYAL BREAKFAST IN BRUNEI
        125 12 Attending a breakfast hosted by Sidtan Hassanal Bolkiah (fourth from right), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong right) joined Prince Mo hamed Bolkiah, Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen for a meal at
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        Lock icon Asean to state position on Myanmar at meeting
        498 12 Regional group's image m the eyes of the world hit by junta m Yangon Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN ministers from South-East Asia are expected to come up with a "position" on military-ruled Myanmar when they meet m the Malaysian capital later this month.
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        Lock icon Time to put an end to Abdullah-Mahathir row: Umno leaders
        380 12 Ipoh UMNO Supreme Council member Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday urged all parties to put an end to the Abdullah-Mahathir saga as the government has declassified all the documents relating to the abandoned bridge project. He said the documents provided all
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        Lock icon Sarawak hit by hand, foot and mouth disease again
        173 12 Kuala Lumpur SARAWAK is battling a fresh outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease, with the authorities urging parents to cancel children's social events to curb the virus. Deputy Chief Minister George Chan said 44 new cases were detected yesterday, with
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
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          Lock icon MALAYSIAN POLLS SOON?
          73 12 YONG PENG: MCA vice-presi-dent Dr Chua Soi Lek believes the Malaysian general election is getting closer and urged party leaders to be prepared. "I don't know exactly when but I believe it is soon," he said m his speech at the Johor Wanita MCA's delegates meeting. He
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          Lock icon KL, JAKARTA TO DISCUSS BURNING
          89 12 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Indonesia will discuss the problem of burning on palm oil plantations which contributes to haze m the region when officials meet this week, a minister said yesterday. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin said the meeting with his Indonesian counterpart
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          Lock icon INDIA DEVELOPS BIRD FLU VACCINE
          102 12 NEW DELHI: India has developed a local version of an animal vaccine to combat the deadly strain of bird flu that spread to the country m February, the Agnculture Ministry said yesterday. The vaccine was developed by the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory, the only
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          Lock icon VILLAGERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN HAINAN
          122 12 BEIJING: Dozens of villagers have been detained following a violent clash between police and residents from a Li ethnic minority village m south China, according to a Hong Kongbased rights group yesterday. The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said 40 villagers, including
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      331 6 Getting the F grade China's university dons say current entrance tests and teaching methods fail to encourage creativity. PAGE 8 I ilrY It 1 II I r I BIePI I V^ > r r| I I Hi BlNkiH fAMM Biflf a 1 w&r tm 9 II arl BUS ajpll II
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tough choices for Israel and opponents
      747 13  -  Jonathan Eyal By] Straits Times Europe Bureau I\ London Both Syria and Iran have an interest m keeping the current violence bubbling, but preventing it from escalating into a total war. DESPITE a marked escalation m violence^ Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to
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      Lock icon ISRAEL'S 4-STAGE ATTACK
      751 13  -  Abraham Rabinovich Under battleplan, onslaught on Lebanon will mount m intensity By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem VICTIMS ALL Non-combatants young and old on both sides of the battle line have not been spared as the Israeli-Hiz-bollah conflict worsens. A Lebanese child {left) from Zebdine village,
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      Lock icon US holds out against WTO status for Russia
      573 14 Moscow must offer more trade unccssions to satisfy US: Bush St Petersburg TALKS on Russia's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have broken off, with no agreement, and President Yladmir Putin seems doomed to be denied one of the economic prizes
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      Lock icon HE'S GOT THE STEERING RIGHT
      86 14 US President George W. Bush (above) has a go at driving an electric cart at the Group of Eight summit m St Petersburg and seems to be a pretty adept driver too. The organisers of the summit, staged for the first time on Russian soil,
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      Lock icon India to press for 'zero tolerance' policy towards terror
      285 14  -  Ravi Velloor By Enow Bureau Chief I\ New Delhi INDIA will urge Group of Eight (G-8) leaders to adopt a cy oi "zero tolerance" towards terrorism across the world. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday. "We will impress upon the leaders.
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      Lock icon Iran says US incentives package can be basis for nuclear talks
      387 14 Iran says US incentives package can be basis for nuclear talks Teheran IRAN said yesterday that a US package of incentives aimed at persuading it to stop enriching uranium was an "acceptable basis" for talks, and invited world powers to enter detailed negotiations over its disputed nuclear programme. "We consider
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon NO CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER LONDON SHOOTING
        153 14 LONDON: No police officer will face criminal charges over the fatal shooting last year of an innocent Brazilian man who was mistaken for a suicide bomber by police, British newspapers reported. The Times, The Guardian and The Independent all carried reports that the Metropolitan
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        Lock icon NY JUDGES CAN CARRY GUNS IN COURT
        98 14 NEW YORK: It's one way to assure order m the court. The New York state Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics has ruled that it is permissible for judges to pack a pistol beneath their robes while on the bench. "From an ethical standpoint,
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        Lock icon SPAIN 'A CENTRE FOR RECRUITING RADICALS'
        130 14 MADRID: Police have warned that Spain remains a centre for recruitment of radical Islamic fundamentalists, a newspaper reported yesterday. El Pais said a police report released m May about the Islamic threat m Spain said there had been an increase of recruitment activities m
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        Lock icon PLANS TO PUNISH FIRMS EMPLOYING ILLEGALS
        117 14 LONDON: Britain is considering plans to strike off company directors and seize the assets of firms caught employing illegal immigrants, newspapers reported yesterday. Under the scheme being considered by the Home Office, the directors of firms found breaching immigration rules on two occasions could
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      Lock icon Iraq's Olympic committee chief kidnapped
      391 15 Gunmen barge m during meeting and abduct mure than 30 people BuiHDAD GUNMEN hjive kidnapped the chairman of Iraq's Olympic committee and at least 30 others m a brazen daylight raid on a sports conference m the heart of Baghdad while armed clashes erupted elsewhere
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon HE'S DEAD
        187 15 ...but they wouldn't believe it KEN Lav has taken his place beside Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison m the pantheon oi people whose deaths have not been fully believed. On Internet sites and blogs, conspiracy theorists and jokesters have Boated the idea that the Enron founder's powerful friends
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        Lock icon HE'S ALIVE
        191 15 ...and they'd better believe it A SENIOR Malaysian Cabinet minister announced that he was still alive yesterday, after rumours of his death were circulated by SMS. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Lim Keng Yaik said he had been jolted out of bed by the news via SMS of
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        Lock icon Sars code-breaker admitted to Britain's prestigious Royal Society
        175 15 THE Hong Kong microbiologist who cracked the code that helped identify and control the killer Sars virus has been made a fellow of Britain's Royal Society, the world's most prestigious scientific academy. The academy said yesterday that Mr Malik Peiris was being
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        Lock icon Hillary Clinton's $35m war chest
        212 15 Hillary Clinton's $3 5m war chest US SENATOR Hillary Rodham Clinton has more than US$22 million (Ss3s million) for her re-election run against two little-known New York Republicans, raising the possibility of plenty of leftover cash for a potential presidential bid. The former first lady said her campaign had raised
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        Lock icon Discovery waiting for all-clear to return to Earth
        238 15 Houston DISCOVERY'S six astronauts are waiting for the final all-clear to fly home as analysts examine the space shuttle's heat shield for potential micrometeorite impact. Nasa declared Discovery's left wing free of damage, hours after it undocked from the International Space Station
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      Lock icon Count down to Asean meeting
      192 16 SOUTH EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS SENIOR officials from Asean nations begin meeting on Saturday ahead of the 39th \sean Ministerial Meeting ■AMMi m Kuala Lumpur. Asean foreign ministers will discuss and pass resolutions on the issues of Myanmar, the North Korean missile issue and
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      Lock icon UN debate on Iran
      129 16  -  JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHAT IT IS AFTER months of fruitless diplomacy, the dispute over Iran's alleged nuclear programme returns to the UN Security Council. Foreign ministers of the five permanent council members the US, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany meet today m a closed
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      Lock icon Growth data coming up
      129 16  -  TRACY QUEK CHINA WHAT IT IS CHINA'S National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is due to release the country's second-quarter economic figures tomorrow. Last week, the Securities Times reported that the economy expanded 10.9 per cent m the second quarter. If the newspaper report is correct, it
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      Lock icon Mahathir returns
      124 16  -  CAROLYN HONG SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad returns to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday after a three-week vacation abroad. He is slated to visit the opposition-held Kelantan the following week to air his grievances about Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's administration. There is also talk that
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      21 13 Waiting for all-clear If checks for potential micrometeorite impacts show no damage, Discovery's six astronauts will return home today. PAGE 15
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      3248 18  -  Ong Soh Chin It is no longer just about building up local enterprises or incubating strategic industries. Today, Temasek Holdings is a major player m international investing, jostling with Hong Kong tycoons, Arab sheikhs and other big players for stakes m big companies. And
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      174 20 Singapore today Showers with trninder likeK 7 m the late morning and eaiiy afternoon. John Mathews is a highly regarded, cutting edge researcher who is widely published m top international journals, and uses his expertise to enrich the learning of his students. All the business cases he unearths have been
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      271 20 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY IView The Scenic Eye, an exhibition on visual arts and the theatre. National Museum, 93 Stamford Road. 10am-6pm. Free. Visit http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/ for more information. 2 Sign up for a series of workshops on making speeches m Mandarin. Wednesdays, from July 19 to Aug 30.
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      641 H1  -  Ben Nadarajan The boy will relive trauma of incident when he appears m court today By DOING THE RIGHT THING NOW "It is my chance to 'help 1 my aunt Then, I was too scared to do anything. Now, I
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      365 H2  -  K.C. Vijayan Landmark case involved couple whose marriage was dissolved by Syariah Court m November 2004 By IN A landmark case, the High Court ruled that a Muslim couple who split up m the Syariah Court will have their divorce recognised by the
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        96 H2 POLICE broke into a flat m Block 33 Taman Ho Swee, m Tiong Bahru. last Friday, and arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly stabbed another man with a sharp, pointed object. The suspect, who lived on the 10th floor, attacked his neighbour at the lift
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        88 H2 A MAGAZINE stall owner m Block 20, Ghim Moh Road lost phone cards worth $7,000, about $4,000 m cash, and 57,000 worth of cigarettes after thieves struck between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. When the 72-year-old stall owner went to open his shop at
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        72 H2 A 15-YEAR-OLD boy lost $24 and his mobile phone worth $150 to a man who claimed he was a police officer. The incident happened at the void deck of Block 230, Pending Road, m Bi.kit Panmng on Friday afternoon. The man, who appeared to
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      Lock icon S-league club official arrested after alleged pub scuffle
      592 H2  -  Chan Yi Shen Tanya Fong By A FREE AGENT OUTSIDE FOOTBALL Tm shocked. His involvement with Tampines is as an official. We have no control over what he does outside of football." TAMPINES ROVERS CHAIRMAN TEO HOCK SENG ONE of Singapore soccer's
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      435 H2  -  Ken Kwek By UPBEAT ABOUT NEXT PHASE "We are looking forward to the next phase of the Workers' Party, and also to be better representatives of the electorate, particularly the younger generation." MS SYLVIA LIM, Workers' Party chairman THE Workers' Party (WP) yesterday ushered
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      244 H2  -  TANYA FONG POLICE have arrested a university student suspected of being the "Spiderman" involved m several break-ins m Choa Chu Kang. The arrest followed a burglary on Thursday which bore the "Spiderman's" trademark an early morning break-in, with the thief climbing m through the kitchen window of
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      826 H3  -  Arlina Arshad They escaped recent Sunday raid by JB police as many race illegally on Saturdays; some bet up to $10,000 By i JUST want to see how fast my car will go." he said. But the Singaporean, who has taken part m races on
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      508 H3  -  Grace Ng By SOME tenants at Suntec City Mall's newly opened Tasty Treatz, a cluster of "takeaway" food outlets, are m a dispute with their landlord over an apparent promise they received that a competing food joint nearby would make way for them.
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      259 H3  -  David Boey By Defence Correspondent THE medical certificate that a military doctor was disciplined for falsifying was his own, the Ministry of Defence has said. Dr Kevin Ong Shu Shien, 29, a former Singapore Armed Forces regular medical officer, was "discharged with ignominy"
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      726 H4 In the second part of a weekly series examining the promises and perils of using personal information m research, Daryl Loo explores the growing importance of disease registries here Give your views NATIONAL disease registries are set up only after "careful consideration"
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      316 H4 THE National Thalassaemia Registry counsels more than 20 couples a week about the likelihood of passing the blood disorder to their children. About 170,000 people m Singapore carry the gene which causes the disease, although only about 100 actually suffer from the full-blown version
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      298 H4  -  Daryl Loo By NINE days of gruelling competitions m physics came to a close here yesterday as Singapore picked up a gold, a silver and three bronze medals at the 37th International Physics Olympiad held at the Nanyang Technological University. The prestigious meet,
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      Lock icon Meet 'Uncle Lau' — an NTU undergrad who is a father of 3
      449 H4  - Meet 'Uncle Lau' an NTU undergrad who is a father of 3 Maria Almenoar By HE EXPERIENCED every student's nightmare as an outsider on the first day of school no friends, strange looks and a nickname. But this did not faze Lav Eng Tin. He expected it. The 45 -year-old
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      85 H4 A red Mercedes SLK and grey Ford Mondeo both went up m flames shortly after they collided m Sixth Avenue, near Namly Crescent, at 10.10pm last Saturday. Police said there was a third car involved but it did not catch fire. The driver of one of the cars,
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      343 H4  -  Jessica Lim By ABOUT 80 volunteers will be knocking on the doors of nearly 300 low-in-come kidney patients to find out how they can be helped. The Muslim Kidney Action Association (MKAC) volunteers will address issues like the medical needs of family
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        419 H5  -  LYN CHAN By STEEPED m history, culture and style, and also home to international star-studded football teams, Milan and Barcelona are within easy reach of Singapore from Wednesday when Singapore Airlines starts its new service to the two cosmopolitan cities m Europe. Fashion aficionados
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          113 H5 IN town to promote her new album "Dancing Diva", Taiwanese pop princess John Tsai will meet her fans and sign autographs at Marina Square's central atrium on Thursday, at Bpm. But get there early: admission to the free event is on a first-come-first-served basis. Later
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          78 H5 Haute stuff at Century Square GIVE m to temptation and indulge yourself m full retail therapy. Shoppers can have the best of both worlds during the "Haute Stuff" promotion now on till July 30 at Century Square m Tampines. They stand to win fantastic prizes for every purchase at the
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          167 H5 THESE shoes have been spotted on the feet of Kate Winslet, Cindy Crawford and Madonna. And now, you too, can own a pair of Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) footwear, which comes m chic styles and cool colours. First introduced to the world m 1998 by Swiss engineer Karl
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          88 H5 SMEs are the springboard to global economic success. Here is a chance to uncover their business secrets or get more insights into how to seize the windows of opportunities. Come to the "Pulse of Success" seminar, organised by Lianhe Zaobao and OCBC Bank, on Thursday and Friday,
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          71 H5 How does Islam view wealth? What are the positive values of being a rich Muslim? These questions and more will be answered on Sunday at Berita Harian's 4th financial planning conference at Raffles ballroom, Raffles City convention centre. Co-organised by SSA Consulting Group and sponsored by Maybank, the
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        286 H5  -  LEONG PHEI PHEI By I WHETHER you are a health nut, a gym rat, or just a curious cat, you would not want to miss this most-anticipated health event of the year Health U. This two-day crowd-puller, to be held on July 22
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        245 H5  -  AHMAD OSMAN By RIDING on Asia's growing interest m wealth management tools and strategies, Singapore is hosting the first options trading championship from tomorrow to Friday, with a grand prize of $30,000 at stake. Held over three nights from 9.30pm to 4.30 am, participants
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        379 H5  -  GERALDINE TAN By SOME women have an obsession with shoes, while others go crazy over handbags. For Katherine Tan, 32, her passion is written all over her bathroom: every surface is covered with bottles, tubes and pots of lotions and potions for hair, face and body.
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        312 H6 SINCE her childhood, Miss Colleen Tan has loved shiny things. "I love colours too," said Miss Tan, now 25. "When I was five, I remember spending hours playing with my mother's diamond ring." While most people would be content with playtime, she has turned
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        513 H6  -  Kenny Tan YOUNG AND RESTLESS Jewellers are targeting a new customer base: The twentysomething who's ready to spend By TAI tais are always welcome, but jewellers here are scrambling to cater to a new star customer. She is m her early 20s, has a
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        302 H7  -  M azu in Khamis By AN AMERICAN acquaintance once told me she admires the Asian tradition of grandparents looking after their grandchildren when the parents are at work. Where she comes from, she said, once children are out of the house, they are pretty
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        64 H7 Let's talk about FAMILY VALUES GROWING PAINS A Youthink writer recently overheard two elderly men talking about their children one complained that his son never wants to help him. This set her thinking. She and other Youthink members write FAMILY TIES: Show our parents we care by visiting them if
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        161 H7  -  Khoo Lih-Han By IT IS a tough world out there we are all fighting to survive. But, whatever challenges we face m our daily lives, we must never forget our parents, our family and values. Our parents have spent so much effort, and shed blood
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        190 H7  - No time, no money no good excuse Nicholas Sim By TOO many young Singaporeans take their parents for granted these days. Many of us are caught up m the excitement of receiving our first pay cheques as salaried workers, and relegate our parents to the bottom of our priority list
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        237 H7  -  Alicia Zhuang By AT THE gym last week, I overheard two parents complain about their children. One said: "When our children ask us to buy their something, we have no problems spending money on them. But when they start working and we ask them to buy
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        231 H7 HIP et HAPPENING >> Place: Maad Sunday Crowd: Artists, designers, bargain hunters and collectors Where it's at: Red Dot Design Museum, 28 Maxwell Road Word on the street: A hip new flea market for shoppers looking for quirky and unique cesigner gear, Maad Sunday is held every Sunday, from 1
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        606 H8 I COULD not believe my eyes when I read that our national football team have been denied the chance to represent the country m the 2006 Asian Games m Doha. Qatar by none other than the Singapore National Olympic Council. The reasons
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        425 H8 *LL ARE WELCOME Aware welcomes men and women, like Mr Wong who obviously is passionate about addressing gender inequalities, to join us m our work to promote a society that provides optimal opportunities for women, and men, to realise their highest potential. I
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        281 H8 I RECENTLY had my teacher's investiture at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the company employed to provide the academic gowns was Serangoon Broadway. I was disappointed when I realised none of the gowns had been pressed when they were issued to
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        547 H8 WE HAVE the best airport m the world. Our per capita GDP is one of the highest m Asia. We rank among the global elite for the quality of our workforce and transparency of our financial markets. We have first class educational institutions and our
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        208 H8 Are eggs really bad for one's cholesterol? I RECENTLY watched a programme on Australian TV Channel 9 called What's Good For You. It researches and tests popular health beliefs and misconceptions. Many people believe eating eggs increases one's "bad* cholesterol. So the tester ate four eggs a day for a
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          109 H8 LIKE Mr Darren Lim ("Fresh frad pledges $4,000 a year to elp needy students"; ST, July 7), I too have been on the receiving end of the Singapore Management University's generosity and wish to repay it for its kindness. I was suddenly afflicted
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          234 H8 LAST month, I went biking m East Coast Park with my two children. My nine-year-old daughter had a nasty spill, skinning her knee and elbow, and hurting her arm so badly she couldn't move it. As she lay screaming on the bike path,
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          84 H8 I WOULD like to commend Dr Noeline Tan of the School Dental Service, who provides regular dental check-ups at my school, Bedok Green Secondary. Her affability coupled with a warm smile iust brightens every student's day. Dr Tan once told me that being able
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        224 H8 CONSISTENCY OF SENTENCING SUPREME Court assistant director (corporate communications), Ms Jenny Ang, reassured the public that the courts do take consistency of sentencing into account ("Judge to explain sentence"; ST, July 13). However, she did not give the reasons for the judge's decision. Instead,
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        650 H9 PHOTO: Rome JUVENTUS' new coach Didier Deschamps admits that it is near impossible for the Italian giants to regain their Serie A place at the first attempt following their demotion for match-fixing. The Turin club were relegated
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        531 H9 Rome AC MILAN dodged the bullet being allowed to remain m the Italian Serie A despite their part m the match-fixing scandal. But there are those questioning if that was fair. A front-page story m the Corriere dello Sport pointed
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        410 H9 London NOT HERE "You cannot say what has happened m Italy happens here. It doesn't happen here. We do not corrupt referees, it doesn't happen." ARSENE WENGER, insisting that the English game is clean ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger believes the Italian game has been riddled with
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        347 H9 ENGLAND'S top four clubs Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are set for a shopping spree m the wake of the Italian soccer scandal. FA Cup holders Liverpool are prepared to pay £10 million (5529.4 million) for Juventus striker David Trezeguet. If the
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        132 H9 BOLOGNA president Alfredo Cazzola believes his side should be promoted to the Serie Am the wake of the match-fixing scandal. They spent last season m the Serie B. but after the 2004-05 campaign was declared void m the wake of the scandal, he feels their
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        1010 H10  -  CALMED DOWN SOCCER He insists his stamp on Carvalho was an accident and he is not angry at Ronaldo's act London "By the next morning, I was no longer angry over what had happened, or even with Ronny." WAYNE ROONEY, on the
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        577 H10 London HE MAY have lost his job as England's coach. but -Goran Eriksson still has not lost his touch for getting onto tabloid covers The Swede was the highlight of yesterdays News of the World m which he was shown nuzzling up to a girl
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        521 H10 London ASIA'S Premiership players have a double motivation to excel when the English football season kicks off next month. The disappointing performances of South Korea and Japan at the World Cup stripped away some of the 'prestige earned by their impressive efforts m
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        276 H10 COUNTING sheep works for most people but not Wayne Rooney. The England striker cannot fall asleep without the whirr of a vacuum cleaner or his girlfriend's hairdryer. "When I'm on my own, I still not only like to have the TV and light on to help
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        Lock icon Villa boss orders probe on mutiny
        216 H10 London ASTON Villa manager David O'Leary has been ordered to find out who started a high-ly-publicised player mutiny. Furious chairman Doug Ellis is demanding to know who was behind the public statement, supposedly on behalf of the players, which hammered the 82-year-old for a
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        150 H10 ALBERT LUQUE'S 50thminute goal enabled Newcastle to draw 1-1 with Lillestrom at St James' Park m the Intertoto Cup. But the Magpies were poor on Saturday and their aim of claiming a Uefa Cup place is m jeopardy. They play the return leg m Norway
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        465 H11 HORSE RACING Patrick Shaw-trained horse overcomes a lack of iead-up races to capture Spore Derby GIVEN that he was starting from barrier 16 and had not raced for nine weeks. Our Falstaff was not expected to do wonders at the Singapore Turf Club m Kranji
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        392 H11 »TENNIS Beijing CHINESE tennis took another step forward yesterday when Li Na put her country into the elite Fed Cup World Group for the first time. Li, who became China's first Grand Slam quarter-fi-nalist at Wimbledon this month, secured an unbeatable 3-0 play-off lead over
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        529 H11  -  JOANN ADAMS Written By HE hadn't raced for nine week's, his preparation as described by trainer Patrick Shaw was the 'hardest ever' but still Our Falstaff was able to not only hold off his rivals, but clear out for an comprehensive win m
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        176 H11 Senden fires 64 for 3 -stroke lead »GOLF Silvis (Illinois) JOHN Senden shot a seven-under 64 to open a three-shot lead at the John Deere Classic heading into the final round. The 35-year-old Australian is seeking his first United States PGA Tour win. He was on 16-under 197 through three
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          54 H11 LONDON: Terry Yenables has ruled out any prospect oi him taking over once again as England's national football coach. Said Yenables, who took England to the semi-finals of Euro '96: "I am not about to join England's staff as a way of getting Steve
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          48 H11 COLORADO SPRINGS: Kobe Bryant will not for the United States m next month's basketball World Championship m Japan. The Los Angeles Lakers' guard underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Friday and will need eight to 12 weeks to recover. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          78 H11 ZAGREB: Croatia coach Zlatko Kranjcar was tired on Friday following fierce public criticism of his team's first-round exit from the World Cup. "We won't extend his contract," Croatian soccer federation head Vlatko Markovic said. Kranjcar's contract was set to expire on July 31. Croatia, who
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        845 H11 Singapore Racing Results Sunday, July 16 Track: Yielding Race 1 Class 5 1400 m II EMBODY, R Stewart 1. 14 King Kaap, M Dv Plessis 2. 1 Hutton, A Spiteri 3. Margins Neckx3Hlan. Time: IXI Nos. It, 14,1. Win: $26. Place: 511.85, $14. FCT: 5177. PFT (1-11) $21,
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        376 H13  -  Chan Yi Shen ATHLETICS She breaks her own national high jump record by 1 em at Asian Junior C'ships By IT TOOK Michelle Sng two years to break the national high jump record. Now, the 19-year-old has re- written the mark twice m three
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        341 H13  - Singapore clinch 4 golds in Vietnam Lin Xinyi •TABLE TENNIS By DESPITE the absence of top paddlers Li Jiawei and Yang Zi, Singapore bagged four golds, two silvers and two bronzes at the 20th Golden Racket International Table Ois Tournament m Vietnam. lie the absent duo were competing m the
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        860 H13 MOTOR RACING French Grand Prix Results: 1 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari lhr 32min 7.8035 ec 2 Fernando Alonso (Esp) Renault 10.131 sec behind 3 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 22.546 4 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 27.212 5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren 30.006 6 Giancarlo Fisichella
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        281 H13  -  Lin Xinyi "SOCCER By S-LEAGUE leaders Young Lions defeated bottom-placed Sengkang Punggol 2-1 at the Hougang stadium yesterday. The win means that they will go into Sunday's top-of-the-table clash with Singapore Armed Forces FC m pole position. The Warriors signalled their title intentions
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        136 H13 Tomorrow Geylang United v Balestier Khalsa (Bedok, 7.30pm) Wednesday Sengkang Punggol v Sporting Afrique (Hougang, 7.30pm) Thursday Gombak United v SAFFC (Queenstown, 7.30pm) Tampines Rovers v Young Lions (Tampines, 7.30pm). Friday Woodlands Wellington v Home United (Woodlands, 7pm) Live, CNA, 7pm Sunday Young Lions v SAFFC (Jalan Besar, 7pm)
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        152 H13 > CYCLING Gap (France] FRENCHMAN Pierrick Fedrigo won a war of nerves, surviving a 145-km breakaway to win a crash-hit 14th stage of the Tour de France yesterA former national champion, he outsprinted Italian Salvatore Commesso m a nail-bit-ing finish, with chasing American Christian
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          141 H13 SINGAPORE'S Sarah Tan and Lim Tze Ting have lost their pole position m the girls' 420 category at the 36th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships. The pair, who were leading after the opening day's action, are now last m the 11-boat field after
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          59 H13 THE National University of Singapore Soccer Open will kick off on Aug 12. Registration for the event, which runs till Sept 23, has begun and is open till July 31. A $1,200 cash prize and medals are up for grabs for the winning team. For more
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        31 H13 CRICKET: Pakistan Tour of England, Ist Test: Day 5 (Live, Ch9s, 6pm) CYCLING: Tour de France: Stage 14 (Delayed, Ch22, 10.30pm) GOLF: Scottish Open: Day 4 (Delayed, Ch22, noon)
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        247 H13 BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees 14 Chicago White Sox 3, St Louis 2 LA Dodgers 1 (10 innings), Chicago Cubs 9 NY Mets 2, Philadelphia 14 San Francisco 6, Toronto 7 Seattle 6 (14 innings), Baltimore 8 Texas 1, Houston 12 Florida 0, Cincinnati 3 Colorado 2, Boston 7 Oakland
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        270 H14 LEE HEE CHIN Age: 78 passed away peacefully at home on 14 July 2006, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Thong MengYee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Willy Lee Liak Wee Lucy Yau Lee Kok Wee Adeline Low May Ling Lee Chung Wee Woo Siau Hui Lee Soo Wee Dr Lee Kuan Wee Jean
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        318 H14 v With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to MR WILLY LEE (Managing Director of Medialink Printing Services Pte Ltd) on the demise of his beloved father tLEE HEE CHIN on 14 July 2006 From: The Management Staff of Medialink Printing Services Pte Ltd "The Lord Bless you and keep you; The
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        138 H14 I I'll love Thee m life, I will love Thee m death, And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath* MDM PANG FONG WAH Age: 74 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 |uly 2006. Deafly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Lee
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        50 H15 Week's Top Falls CENTS Creative T 25c 370 125.0 12 6 CityDev 50c 380 70.0 M DBS6rp 1730 70.0 3.9 Venture Corp2sc 975 65 0 63 JMHUS2Sc4OO 1760 63 4 2 2 JardineC&C 1030 50 0 4 6 ISH US5c 500 1070 47.5 2 7 SIA 50c 40.0 3 2
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        78 H15 Where SS stands per 100 units of foreign currency *new 2006 low new 2006 high Source: Reuters i ■•< SS- > USS 1.5830 -0.26 1.6630 1.5591 Euro 2.0095 -0.06 2.0422 1.9182 I .2.9170 -0.29 2.9995 2.7897 AS 1.1921 -0.04 ***** 1.1366 Yen' ***** +0.23 1.4419 1.3530 Rapali -0.***** +0.61
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        486 H15  -  Chua Kong Ho TAKING STOCK Fed chiefs Congress testimony, Microsoft and Intel results may swing markets m Asia By Markets Correspondent CHASING THE INDEX Put warrants are set to feature on the most active and gainers lists as traders take to betting on
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        210 H15 BROKERS' CHOICE DBS Vickers has initiated coverage on Thai Beverage with a "buy" recommendation and price target of 34 cents. The broking house cites the brewer's dominant market leadership, its plans for overseas expansion and the domestic consumption growth rate over five years of 11 per cent for beer and
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        602 H16 borne economists even fear a recession if unrest m the Middle East worsens Washington NEARER TO CRISIS "We're moving towards that perfect storm, especially with this latest rise m energy." MR JOEL NAROFF, president and chief economist of Naroff Economic Advisors
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        458 H16 Washington MORE than 2.200 United States companies may have manipulated the timing of stock option grants to executives between 1996 and last year, said a new study by researchers whose work set off the current wave of federal investigations. The study, released on
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        348 H16 Renault, GM and Nissan will take 90 -day review New York RENAULT and Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn and General Motors (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner said after a meeting last Friday that the firms will take about 90 days to review the potential benefits of a three-way alliance. "We had
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        477 H16 St Petersburg The significant risk of legal challenges to Rosneft's ownership of Siberian oilfields, confiscated m 2004 from the Yukos oil company, reduced interest say bankers BRITAIN'S BP, Malaysia's Petronas and China's CNPC were the three main buyers of shares issued
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        499 H17  -  Kelvin Han US retail developer seeking projects where it can build shopping centres By UNITED States retail developer Taubman Centers is still eyeing opportunities to break into Singapore's retail .ape, despite its disappointment ai failing to sea plained mall at the
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        162 H17 JUST three weeks into his new role, Citibank's newly appointed head of retail banking m Singapore, Mr Anil Wadhwani, has already created waves among the bank's top-tier customers well, almos! literally. On Saturday, he accompanied 100 customers oi CitiGold. the wealth-management arm of Citibank,
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        259 H17  -  IN THE quest to cement Singapore's position as a global trading hub. IE Singapore and nine top international "rading companies will support Singapore Management University (SMU) as it offers a new academic course on internaticnal trading to develop talent m the field. The n:.ne
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        126 H17 TAUBMAN expects to complete around a dozen projects m the region over the next decade, m light of the opportunities opening up m India, China, Macau, Japan as well as South Korea. South Korea: In its first project m the region, it is developing the
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          69 H17 TAREK ANWAR: Appointed new global head of transaction sales at Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart). Mr Tarek (above) will lead the transaction sales team, and be responsible for global sales of cash management, trade and securities services. He joins Stanchart from Bank of America, where he was
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          45 H17 DANIEL CHIAM: Appointed market head at Swiss private bank Julius Baer. He joins the bank from OCBC Bank, where he was head of private banking. Mr Chiam has more than 20 years of private banking experience at various financial institutions.
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          64 H17 SHAUN WOOTTON: Appointed general manager of public relations agency Waggener Edstrom Worldwide's Singapore office. Mr Wootton will be responsible for reintroducing the agency to Singapore and South-east Asia, building up both a customer base and a local team. Previously general manager of the German office,
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          84 H17 GAO BIN: Appointed chairman of Zhonghui Holdings, a provider of domestic waste management services. He was previously its president and chief executive director. The company has also appointed Mr Tan Chong Huat as lead independent director, while Mr Wang Wei, previously an independent director, has been
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          103 H17 THOMAS MEIER AND RIAZ MAHMOOD: Mr Meier (above) has been appointed South-east Asia and China general manager at Raffles Hotels Resorts, and Mr Mahmood, its Inc.o-China general manager. Mr Meier joined the group six years ago as the general manager of Rafiles Hotel Le
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        701 H18  -  Goh E ng Yeow Unusual scheme raises question of whether PCRD chief Richard Li should vote 01 the deal By DOUBTS are growing among investors over the wisdom of the decision by Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) to finance the
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        691 H18  -  Lee Su Shyan It plans new course that offers diploma qualification and provides assessment By Companies Correspondent TO BEEF up the knowledge and performance of company directors. the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) is taking its training programme to new levels by offering
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        289 H18  -  LEE SU SHYAN »EXPORTING LOCAL CUISINE IE SINGAPORE has launched an ambitious strategy to help domestic players enter the huge United States food market. The plan includes organising events targeted at consumers, such as last August's Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab
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      8 1 life! HE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, JULY 17 2006
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        853 2 Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan en Fist gongfu to stop an assassin. His rter onstage last week was a show-stopper Reeling from blows ACTION man Jackie Chan can punch and kick his way out of trouble m reel life. But m real life, he has a knack for
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        104 2 HONG KONG Faye Wong's manager has rejected fresh rumours that the pop star is quitting showbusiness. Last week. Chinese reports claimed that China's top TV producer. Zhang Jizhong. said Wong had set her heart on retirement. Zhang is a friend of Wong's husband, actor Li Yapeng. The
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        84 2 LOS ANGELES Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne married fellow musician Derw.x Whibley m California last Saturday, said People magazine. The outdoor ceremony took place at a private estate m the coastal city of Montecito, off Los Angeles, with about 110 guests m attendance, the magazine said.
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        272 2 LONDON Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue has admitted that her battle with breast cancer is not over, but says she now has a new outlook on life. "I've been through something that as anyone who has been through it knows or anyone who is
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        249 2 HONG KONG Zhang Yimou wants an Oscar badly. One of the producers of his new film. Curse Of The Golden Flower, said they are targeting an Oscar nomination m the best foreign film category. "Even before we started filming, Yimou and I had already talked about
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        596 3  -  Ong Sor Fern Thinking of this actor or another will spark off an idea for a story, like a painter doing a portrait' years filming lust, French ertrand Blier w prefers to as they can be ;cious than film CORRESPONDED FRENCH director Bertrand Blier m Imdmu it
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        2077 4  - MAN OF THE MATCH Clara Chow had a good run at the World 2up, but referee Shamsul Maidin, the Macbeth-quoting former air steward, would rather stay out of the limelight mondayinterview I'd have sent Zidane off, too 'Now she knows Zidane and Ronaldo. Last time, she was like "who's that?".
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        480 5  -  June Cheong gangsters, the man with the tan talks shop as well as shopping for his personal heroes IT IS, perhaps, just as well that Hong Kong heart-throb Louis Koo spent a good year filming Election 2, which hit silver screens earlier this year. That movie
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      560 4 SHORT AND SWEET FROM SHORTS WORN OUTSIDE TIGHTS TO JUST SHORT SHORTS, jOHAN WONG AND CASSANDRA CHEW BRING YOU UP TO DATE WITH THE WORLD'S LATEST SUPER TRENDS. TAILORED SHORTS WHAT ARE THEY? Not all shorts were created equal, but a good number of tailored bottoms have been showing up
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        225 4 GET INSIDE THE TOP TRENDS I SUPER DEAL! In July last year, Canadian Kyle MacDonald, 26, advertised a red paper clip m the barter section of Craigslis:. org, and two Vancouver women gave him a fish-shaped pen for it. And so began a crosscontinental trading trek that a almost a
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      630 5 WHAT IS ECONOMIC GROWTH? WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ECONOMY? >> The word 'economy" refers to how well a country is doing m terms of producing and using up (or "consuming") goods and services. Goods are physical items that we buy or sell, such as chocolate or computers. Services are things
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        86 5 THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NEWS mimk WORLDS BIGGEST DONATION Legendary investor Warren Buffett, the world's secondrichest man, will start giving away the bulk of his US$44 billion (S$707 billion) fortune to charity in July. Mr Buffett, 75, will donate 85 per cent of his vast wealth that is a mindboggling
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        273 6  - OUT AND ABOUT AND WAY OVER THE TOP CASSANDRA CHEW Among Japan's silliest videos comes a new icon: Hard Gay, a Japanese entertainer on You Tube. Since his 1 8 videos were uploaded more than a month ago, they have been viewed between 20,000 and 300,000 times. Also known as
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        606 6 STUDENTS ARE SO INTO JAPANESE ANIME THESE DAYS, THEY ARE STARTING TO DRESS LIKE THE CHARACTERS. FERN DENG CHATS WITH TWO SUCH COSPLAY BUFFS. A pirate, monsters and Gothic "Lolitas" these are not things you see every day, much less all m one place. But at Downtown
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        58 6 TRENDS AND QUIRKS COSPLAY NOT NEW The popularity of cosplay among teenagers today is not new as youth have been dressing up like their favourite pop stars from way back. -Lim Cheng Tju, a history teacher who has written about popular culture in Singapore for the Journal Of Popular Culture
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        364 7 BUSTED THIS WEEK: RAT ON 'EM Creative? Got something original* to share? Tell us about it, or tell on your friend it could be a drawing, a song, a poem, a work of art, anything! Busters and their creative victims, and those who get their work featured here, will each
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        123 7 The animated movie Hoodwinked tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood as you have never heard before. Do you know that the little girl m this classic childhood tale is not as innocent as she looks? Or that the big, bad wolf is simply
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        649 8 IN TO THE BLUE I CANT SHAKE OFF THE BLUES? DON'T BLAME THOSE COLDPLAY SONGS -IT MAY BE A SIGN OF DEPRESSION. YEN FENG FINDS OUT WHAT TEENS ARE DEPRESSED ABOUT AND WHERE HELP IS AVAILABLE. M t Admiralty Secondary M^k School, there is a MJ^ special room fitted with
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        72 8 w MENTAL HEALTH f EARS FOR BRITISH YOUTH One in 10 children below the age of 1 5 in Britain has a mental health problem, said a report by the British Medical Association. The report also shewed that emotional disorders such as depression, phobias and eating problems like anorexia were
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        379 9 I i niHPHHJHHJHHHHHHJHH|H VMS Ibig sto r y HB^I B^^^BMB s^^^ iTt tic WHEN DOES FEELING MBgM|i|MWM SAD BECOME CLINICAL Many people think that def>ression is a temporary period of P4 sadness, not lasting more than a day or two. That is mostly B S3 S^@ V^j^^fiSifi true. But for
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        1126 10  -  DARYL LOO BY THE STRAITS TIMES, JULY 7 TEXT: ANDREW DUFFY That is very fast to have a meeting one day and to announce the very next the direction three industries will take for the next five years. Do you agree with Andrew Duffy's
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        77 10 RACK YOUR BRAINS I STORE'S OWN HIGH-END WATER SOME DAY? "Singapore could look into producing its own brand of high-end bottled water to market to the world. After all, premium water can cost even more than petrol. Look at how much a bottle of Perrier costs." Mr Peter Schwartz, chairman
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        1073 12  -  RAFE MARTIN w/ 1 -laHi P^iiJPrl c f jfa%a a ftp! IP! bj| ft 1 Hklf. > lull I wuCl Ball pJRCIj rU C^RaA DC ImilC nuß iAh WRITTEN BY A BREAKFAST SERIALS STORY CHAPTER 16: THE HONORED DEAD 'DON T BE AFRAID," SAID EAGLE MOTHER, SEEING
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        81 12 SCIENCE IS NOT SET IN STONE Palaeontologist Jack Horner, 60, who inspired the scientist character in Jurassic Park, says schools should stop teaching science as fact, because science is all opinion and hypothesis waiting to be disproved. "Labelling something as 'fact' makes it so final. Children get to thinking that
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        71 13 STORY THIS WEEK NEW SNAKE SPECIES FOUND Researchers have discovered a new species of snake in West Kalimantan in Indonesia. The 0.5m-long snake, known locally as the mud snake, has the ability to change colours. This ability, known in some reptiles, including the chameleon, is rare in snakes. The reddishbrown
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        59 13 NOW TRY THIS! I 2 BISK 3 i 6 Test your vocabulary with this crossword puzzle. (If you need help, you can look for the words in the story.) DOWN 1) A field of grass 2) With a feeling of awe and respect 3) Almost transparent ACROSS 4) An unpleasant
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        1994 14  -  ALAN JOHN BY THE STRAITS TIMES, JULY 5 Somewhere m Singapore today, someone will commit suicide. Seven others will try, but help will come m time and they will survive. The same will happen again tomorrow, and every day. These are among the
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        105 14 .ers HAVE THE FACTS ON SUK1DE Keeping away news or facts from readers will not deter or reduce the suicide rate. People are too well informed and educated these days. The "copycat" scenario holds no truth. I am sure the suicide figure, which has not declined, is not caused by
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        68 15 READ AND WRITE BETTER SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK FOILED The plan was for several suicide bombers to board commuter trains and set off their deadly load of explosives m backpacks, unleashing death and destruction m an act of martyrdom. But investigators working with their counterparts m six other countries intervened before
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