The Straits Times, 5 December 2006

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  • 24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 130 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 219/03/2006 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 2006 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 655 1  - Labour chief makes way for deputy Li Xueying By .NTUC head tor 13 years, Lim Boon Heng heiped workers e globalisation THE anticipated leadership handover in the labour movement will take place on Jan 1, as Mr Lim Boon Heng resigned formally as its chief yesterday. After 13 years, the
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  • 541 1  -  T. Rajan By GET set to board the Sentosa Express an eight-minute train ride to the resort island, from next month. The fare will be $3 for the monorail loop service. Tickets that allow entry into Sentosa 's attractions will start from $30.
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1192 1  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Yala (Southern Thailand) FROM CLOSE TIES TO CLOSED TIES "We used to eat from the same rice bowl as the Muslims, now we can't even talk to each other." MR PRASERT KHONG-IM, 72, who was among
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  • IN A FLASH
    • 12 2 Prime 2-4 Asia 6-14 World 15-19 Review 20-23 FYI 24
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    • 12 2 Home Hl-H7 Forum H8 Sports ..H9-Hl5 Obituaries Hl5-Hl6 Money Hl7-H26
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    • 48 2 Popular Macau Visitor numbers double over five years to hit record 20 million this year, thanks to gaming industry and travellers from mainland China. PAGE 8 Haze crackdown Indonesia hopes tough new moves to tackle haze will bring about major improvements within next two years. PAGE 14
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    • 26 2 US to press for change US is likely to press for changes next week to China economic policies which have strained bilateral ties. PAGE 15
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    • 40 2 Watch work element The job inducement element of the Workfare Bonus is as important as the income support it gives poorer families. Qualifying criteria need to be adjusted if the job aspect is not performing to expectations. PAGE 20
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    • 32 2 Killer attitude The Straits Times joins a town council official on a hunt for killer litter but not all residents take kindly to being told to remove dangerous items PAGE HI
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    • 46 2 Some Singaporeans want most of their Workfare Bonus as cash in hand, not as a deposit in their CPF accounts PAGE H2 Lawyer suspended Lawyer suspended six months after touting for property conveyancing business more of such reprimands are expected to follow. PAGE H4
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    • 55 2 Avoiding confusion Is there a less confusing way to honour the nation's leading lights, than by changing the names of streets and buildings, asks reader. PAGE H8 Credit safeguards Issuers of credit or charge cards cannot send unsolicited cards to individuals who do not already hold one of their
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    • 30 2 Make-or-break clash Anything less than a win for defending champions Barcelona and they will be the first Champions League title holders to fall at the first hurdle. PAGE Hl3
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    • 27 2 Helping themselves Financial advisers told to be more transparent when telling clients to switch investment products, as MAS clamps down on fee-generating "churning" activity. PAGE H26
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    • 22 2 Helping kids flourish The best environments do not liberate students; the most nurturing environments are in fact highly structured. PAGE 22
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  • PRIME
    • 691 3  -  Mo Ai Li By Fund to promote he language will sponsor trips and literary camps Design a logo, win $3,000 THE Chinese Language and Culture Fund is offering a $3,000 cash prize to whoever can design a logo to depict the
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    • 513 3  -  Alastair Mcindoe By Philippines Correspondent In Manil\ A PHILIPPINE court yesterday sentenced a US Marine to life imprisonment for raping a Filipino woman last year. But the judge left it open whether the 21-year-old would serve his time here or back
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    • 191 4 For her 63rd birthday, cleaner Loh Ah Hoy got a celebratory lunch and, later, a surprise gift a new $50,000 car. She was picked as the winner of a Proton Generation 2, 1.6-litre automatic car from among more than 100,000 entries submitted in the
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    • 490 4  -  Salma Khalik By Health Correspondent 1\ Cape Town (South Africa) 'Pre-diabetic 1 list: 10 nations most at risk 1. Nauru 2. United Arab Emirates 2. Bahrain 2. Kuwait 2. Singapore 6. Kiribati 7. Mauritius 8. Poland 9. Tonga 10. Denmark It
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    • 42 4 In the zone The details are still sketchy. But the ideas for the so-called free access zones in Johor are raising interest among investors on both sides of the Causeway. Teen bites mum again and again in ferocious attack Mum says EH
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  • ASIA
    • 628 6  -  Carolyn Hong JOHOR SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur "ficial denies state sent mixed signals about Republic's cirticipation WHAT JOHOR MENTERI BESAR SAID EARUER The Iskandar Development Region in south Johor is not dependent on spillover economic effects from Singapore.
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    • 663 6 Chinese graduates' woes About 1.49 million Chinese university graduates may be jobless next year when their numbers hit a record high. PAGE 9 SIMM 0% Blmiffrntrn low to reate A Monthly Income of I Singapore Institute of Materials Managamertt Curtin University of Technology IWilllffWliy I. Jk^ 1 H 1 J
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  • CHINA
    • 493 8 Dramatic rise in research spending causing some concern in the West Shanghai CHINA has overtaken Japan to become the second-biggest spender on research and development after the United States, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has reported. It said
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    • 508 8  -  VINCE CHONG By Hong Kong Correspondent A SURGE in the number of gaming and individual tourists has brought Macau's incoming visitor volume this year to a record high of more than 20 million. The figure is also two times
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    • 452 8 THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 2006 TaylorsCollege PREPARATION FOR UNIVERSITY SUCCESS I Taylors College established in 1920, is regarded as Australia's leading university preparation college. I THE roiiOWING PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED: MEET OUR STAFF SUCCESS IN 2006 Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) Interviews are being conducted by 90% TAFY
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 169 9 Tokyo JAPAN'S ruling party decided yesterday to allow lawmakers expelled for insubordination to return, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would shoulder "all the criticism" for the unpopular move. The Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) ethics committee accepted a joint petition
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
      • 86 9 SURABAYA: An Indonesian energy company blamed for a torrent of hot mud gushing from the ground signed an agreement to pay victims more compensation for their land. Some 10,000 people were displaced and entire villages inundated by the mud that has flowed since a drilling accident in
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      • 120 9 LAHORE: A court in Pakistan decided to delay the implementation of an earlier ruling that ordered a 12-year-old Scottish girl at the centre of a custody battle be returned to her Scottish mother. It ruled that Molly Campbell, also known as Misbah Irarr. Ahmed Rana,
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      • 105 9 MOSCOW: Moscow yesterday dismissed as "rumours" a report that North Korea had offered Russia exclusive access to its uranium deposits. The report had said the offer was in exchange for Russian support in six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme. Japanese daily Tokyo Shimbun
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      • 112 9 IPOH: Raja Izzuddin Iskandar Shah Sultan Idris Shah is seeking a declaration that the stripping of his Raja Kechil Besar Perak title is null and void. Raja Izzuddin Iskandar Shah, who filed for a judicial review of the decision to strip him of the
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    • 557 9 Record high of 4.95m graduates will flood job market next year Beijing ABOUT 1.49 million Chinese university graduates may immediately join the ranks of the jobless next year, when the number of graduates reaches a record high of 4.95 million. There
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    • 555 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo His planned trip next year will ease tension in ties if historical issues are avoided A PLANNED visit next year by Chinese leader Hu Jintao to Japan will blaze the way for deeper
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    • 303 10 Taipei A TOUR bus crashed into a steep ravine in a scenic mountain area in southern Taiwan, killing 22 and seriously injuring 24 others, officials said yesterday. The tragedy occurred on Sunday as the dou-ble-decker bus wound its way down a mountain
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    • 286 10 Seoul NORTH Korea's top leader has told his military that the South will eventually end its suspension of aid to his country, a South Korean professor claimed yesterday. Mr Kim Jong II also said the rice from Seoul could be used to feed the
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 121 11 A survivor of last year's catastrophic earthquake in Kashmir removing snow from his car in the village ofNeelum Valley, about 77km north-east of Muzaff arabad, the capital of PalcjgtqivadTninigtereg Kashmir. More than 300,000 survivors of the quake are at risk of being cut off from
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    • 433 11 Salaries for job-hopping reporters leap as circulation and advertising revenue rise New Delhi IT IS boom time in India, where journalists are hopping from one job to another, picking up fatter jpay cheques on the way. Indian media managers say they are scrambling to
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    • 142 11 MUMBAI A SPECIAL court yesterday ended India's largest terrorism case after a decade of trials 100 people out of 123 accused have been found guilt v in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case. The court, headed by Judge Pramod Kode, convicted the final six people
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 471 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok His remarks are also aimed at boosting image Of a Cabinet made up of 'elders' THAILAND'S King Bhumibol Adulyadej yesterday endorsed the country's new government and urged Thais to support it. Making his customary speech yesterday,
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    • 373 12  -  Khushwant Singh By DOMESTIC worker Remy Padayao received an anguished telephone call from her husband in the Philippines yesterday, saying he could not contact his father, whose home lay in the path of typhoon Durian. The 70-year-old retiree lives with a son and daughter on
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    • 127 12 THE authorities have evacuated tens of thousands of people in southern Vietnam from the path of the approaching typhoon Durian, which has killed hundreds in the Philippines. The national weather forecast centre said the typhoon was packing winds of up to 133kmh and would likely
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
    • 462 14 Policy of seizing land where fires break out is yielding results, says minister Jakarta INDONESIA hopes to see a major improvement in the annual haze problem within the next two years after introducing tough new methods to tackle the problem. Environment Minister
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    • 90 14 This was supposed to be a shopping mall Instead, the project that began in 2004 is now a subject of controversy in the BatuPahat Municipal Council Six Umno councillors objected to the local authority's decision to lift a stop-work order against the developer for building violations. The
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    • 286 14 Kuala Lumpur TWO OF Malaysia's largest newspaper groups said yesterday they were pursuing a merger but had not yet reached agreement on the deal that is reportedly opposedby sections of the ruling party Umno. The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) and Utusan Melayu,
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    • 235 14 Kuala Lumpur POLICEMEN living beyond their means will have their movements monitored the moment they leave home in a bid to curb corruption within the force. All district police chiefs have been told to watch out for the slightest hint of
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  • WORLD
    • 1004 15  -  Bhagyashree Garekar By Officials to call on Beijing to 'pay its dues' to global trading system BENEFITS ALL ROUND "China has been an enormous beneficiary of trade liberalisation and the global trading system, and that is great It is good for China, the
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    • 492 16 The temporary appointment ends in a few weeks when Congress adjourns Washington UNABLE to win Senate confirmation, US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will step down when his temporaw appointment expires within weeks, the White House said
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    • 564 16 London OUTGOING United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says life for the average Iraqi is now worse than under Saddam Hussein's regime. In an interview with the BBC World Service broadcast yesterday, Mr Annan said the current situation in Iraq is much
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 107 16 PARIS: Six world powers and a European Union envoy will meet here today to discuss a United Nations resolution on Iran's nuclear programme, the French Foreign Ministry said. Political directors of the five permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United
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      • 91 16 CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez stormed to a re-election victory in Sunday's vote, giving him an ample mandate to broaden his promised socialist revolution. Dressed in his signature red shirt, the Venezuelan President told supporters on Sunday that his landslide win was a mow to US President
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      • 97 16 SUVA: Fijian troops locked down the Pacific island nation's capital yesterday as the country faced its fourth coup in two decades. Armed soldiers entered two police stations and seized weapons, and later also took those belonging to the bodyguards of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his
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      • 90 16 MIAMI: An intestinal virus has hit almost 400 passengers and crew aboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas. The ship is back in Florida after a seven-day Caribbean cruise, reDorted UPI. About 10 per cent of the ship's 3,800 passengers are suffering from what is
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 274 17 Let's talk about sex the Islamic way DR HEBA Kotb is a conservative Muslim, wears an Islamic headscarf and goes on television once a week to talk frank ly and in detail about sex. On her show, Big Talk, she answers questions from Muslims all over the Middle East about
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      • 119 17 MEXICAN President Felipe Calderon hat decreed a 10 per cent salary cut for himself, his ministers and other top officials. This mo ve is part of an austerity drive he promised upon taking power last week. Mr Calderon, who took office last Friday, said in
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      • 117 17 FORMER Chilean dictator Ausosto Pinochet, who has never need trial for abuses committed by his military regime, fought for his life early yesterday after surgery for a heart attack. A Roman Catholic priest gave Pinochet his last rites, traditionally reserved for the gravely ill near
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    • 490 18  -  Roger Maynard By Austraha Correspondent In Sydney IN A move that bodes well for Australia's future relations with its Asian neighbours, the country's opposition Labor Party yesterday elected a new leader to fight Prime Minister John Howard at next year's federal election.
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    • 546 18 Ex- spy's friend 'has high dose or radiation' Scaramella recovering in hospital as British cops expand Litvinenko probe to Russia London MR MARIO Scaramella, who met Mr Alexander litvinenko on the day the former spy fell ill, said he had in his body five times the amount of the radioactive
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    • 806 19  -  Chang Ai-Lien Neo Hui Min IN LUNUUN Singapore Medical Council fights decision to cancel inquiry into Shorvon's alleged ethical lapses Key events in the Shorvon saga 2000: Professor Simon Shoryon (right) is appointed director of Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute. November 2002: Complaints
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    • 137 19 THE three parties involved have enlisted Queen's Counsels considered to be among the finest legal minds in Britain. For the Singapore Medical Council: QC David Pannick, who has been called "untouchable as the supreme advocate of his generation" by legal guide Chambers UK. He is an expert in
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  • REVIEW
    • 427 20 THE Workfare bonus is straight income support for low- wage earners, set for purposes of the payout at average monthly income of $1,500 or less. But those Singaporeans who take issue with welfarism, even if it is compassionate and not wasteful, will be interested to
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    • 2244 20 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke to cadres of the People's Action Party on Sunday. Here are excerpts on domestic issues from the speech. I ON MERITOCRACY we must noi eno up semsn. say ifs just because of youiself. It's because of the o^. ■■rib ■Y^^'ait
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    • 796 22  -  David Brooks NATURE OR NURTURE? By HUMAN beings have divided selves. Some philosophers emphasise that people have a cool, rational side and an unruly, passionate side. Some theologians stress that people have a loving, virtuous side and a selfish, sinful side. Freudians used to emphasise the
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    • 1193 23  -  Thomas Homer-Dixon DEBATE OVER LIMITS TO GROWTH By SAFE DEPOSIT Perhaps the most urgent step, if humankind is going to return to coal as its major energy source, is to figure out ways of safely disposing of coal's harmful carton dioxide. MAYBE Malthus was on to
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    • 8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 2006
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    • 760 1  - BATTLING THE KILLER LITTER MENACE Jessica Cheam By Shortly after the town councils pledged to intensify efforts against killer litter last week, The Straits Times joined senior property officer Stella Wong on her rounds as she identified dangerously placed objects and issued stern warnings IT WAS an accident waiting to
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    • 317 1  -  ARLINA ARSHAD SEVERAL laundry poles were illegally placed horizontally on metal brackets outside the thirdstorey bedroom window of a Bedok South Road flat. When Mr Daud Awi, 50, a senior property officer at East Coast Town Council, spotted them, he went up to the
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    • 718 2  -  Lynn Lee Keith Lin Zakir Hussain By Some prefer more of it as cash; others fear this would tempt people to splurge NO HANDOUTS 'Tying the money to work means they have to find a job and stick to it rather than
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    • 251 2  -  KEITH LIN MADAM Sally Ng, 44, might have missed out on the Workfare Bonus if not for a friend. She had heard about the help scheme, but thought she did not qualify as she was a full-time babysitter with no Central Provident Fund
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    • 118 2 Ideas to enhance Workfare SOME of the suggestions from the 18 MPs, analysts and Singaporeans interviewed about the scheme: Cast the net wider. Send a letter to all those who may be eligible for Workfare on the basis of age, even if their employment records are not available, so no
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    • 127 2 WOMraSHUS!.- Be Singaporeans aged 40 and above. Be Irving in a property with an annual value of $10,000 or lest, Be employed or self-employed, and work for at least six months in 2005 or 2006. Earn an average of $1,500 a month or less. WORKERS EARNING
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    • 554 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By No deterrent sentence as he backtracked on commission offers after prick of conscience A LAWYER has been suspended from practising for six months because he tried to tout for property conveyancing business. And other lawyers suspected of committing similar transgressions are also
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    • 258 4  -  Feh Joo Lin By LOOKING as if they had "nothing to declare", the drivers of two trucks with no cargo on their trailers tried to get waved through Woodlands checkpoint yesterday. But the"' trailers were far from empty, as Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA)
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    • 397 4  -  Christopher Tan CAR REPOSSESSION SAGA By Senior Correspondent THE general manager of a credit company that doubles as a car dealer was questioned by the police for several hours last Friday over a peculiar episode of car repossessions. It was the second
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    • 307 4 SINGAPORE Democratic Par ty (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan has been hospitalised since Sunday, his party said in a statement yesterday. Chee is serving a fiveweek jail term at Queenstown Remand Prison after he opted not to pay a $5,000 fine for speaking in
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    • 533 5 Lim Boon Heng tendered his resignation as secretary-general of NTUC yesterday. Here are extracts from letters by him, NTIJC president John de Payva and PM Lee Hsien Loong, as well as tributes from union leaders Letter from Mr Um to Mr
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 107 5 DEPUTY Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng is in Vietnam to sign an agreement on cooperating in the fight against transnational crime, and to visit Singaporeans based there. The Cooperation Arrangement covers crimes that include terrorism, trafficking in drugs, women and children, and money
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      • 86 5 EDUCATION Minister and Second Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam will visit Indonesia today. He will meet Indonesian National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr Boediono and Minister of Finance Dr Sri Mulyani IndrawatL In his capacity as president of the South-east Asian Ministers
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      • 45 5 MR LEE Yi Shyan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, is in Kazakhstan with a business delegation until Friday. The purpose of the visit is to explore business opportunities in areas like oil and gas, telecommunications and real estate.
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    • 440 6  -  Gracia Chiang By 1 50 students help give out 70,000 used books, helping families save money SHE'LL BE BACK There are a lot of new books on my son's booklist but as long as I still save a bit I don't mind. I will
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    • 104 6 INTERNET service providers here have launched pricier and faster broadband plans. But subscribers are upset that they are not seeing these speeds, especially when they visit popular overseas sites. Digital Life looks at why this is happening, where the bottlenecks are, and recommends the
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    • 559 7  -  Liaw Wy-Cin By Those joining these programmes some jointly run with US varsities can save a year; it is cheaper too AT ONE GO "Ifs good to get all the studying out of the way. Sometimes, after working for some time, it takes
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    • 272 7  -  Tessa Wong By ASPIRING teenage journalists got a taste of life in the newsroom yesterday, at the second Straits Times National School Newspaper Competition. Armed with laptops and digital cameras, teams from 10 secondary schools feverishly worked through the night to produce a four-page newspaper
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      • 312 8 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong, while speaking at Tanjong Katong Secondary School's 50th anniversary celebration on Saturday, said: "The (Singapore) leaders did not believe in glorifying their place in history. They did not name streets, MRT stations, buildings, stadiums and parks after their colleagues
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      • 242 8 WE REFER to the letter, "Pap smear the preferred screening method' (ST, Dec i). We agree with Dr Quek Swee Chong that the article, "New NUH test detects cancer early" (ST, Nov 25), had inaccurately reported the findings of the clinical trial
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      • 100 8 The disabled and financial planning I REFER to the article, "Bosses back drive to offer disabled skilled jobs" (ST, Dec 2). Issues regarding the employment and career development of persons with a disability are related to the financial concerns and goals of the disabled, their parents, siblings and family members.
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      • 496 8 RECENT letters to the Forum raised concerns about upper-primary pupils adjusting to the new PSLE interim examination format for Chinese Language (CL). Dr Paulin Tay Straughan ("Chinese language: Help pupils caught in transition"; ST, Nov 18) mentioned that a new CL curriculum was put
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      • 222 8 I REFER to the letter by Mr Alan Kuek Chye Soon, "Issued unsolicited credit card a second time" (ST, Nov 22). The Banking (Credit Card and Charge Card) Regulations prohibit credit- or charge-card issuers from issuing unsolicited cards to individuals who do not
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      • 91 8 For more readers' views, log on to http j//www. straitstimes.asial com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Malay/Muslims must change mindset to make progress. They should move ahead boldly and quickly SingPost hasn't passed on to customers cost savinqs fro i weaker Ub dollar Timely for Big Four
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      • 249 8 I REFER to the letter, "30 stitches for girl who ran into wall at food court" (ST, Dec 2). The incident was unfortunate but more loom as more government upgrading works come up. Unlike the previous structures, razor-sharp comers are introduced in the upgrading,
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      • 164 8 A food court is not a playground I WRITE in response to the letter, "30 stitches for girl who ran into wall at food court" (ST, Dec 2). The headline says it all. Why was the child allowed to run in a food court? What would have been the result
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      • 246 8 I REFER to the report, "Cops probe possible car sales scam" (ST, Nov 30), written by Mr Christopher Tan. Mr Tan quoted the Land Transport Authority (LTA) as having said that "it could not prevent someone from physically stealing a
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      • 185 8 I REFER to Mr Chew Boon Keong's letter, "Taxi service: Surcharge is king, not passenger" (ST, Nov 27). Mr Chew and other readers may like to know that taxi drivers have no right to offload passengers before taking them to their destination, when the
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    • SPORTS
      • ASIAN GAMES 2006 DEC 1-15
        • 434 9  -  Marc Lim BOWLING By Sports Correspondent In Doha CHASING a doubles medal in the fifth game, Remy Ong knew that only a big score would pull it off. Just 12 hours earlier, he had seen the defence of his Asian Games singles crown go
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        • 473 9  -  Marc Lim SWIMMING By Sports Correspondent In Doha But they still fail to wake up, winning just two of seven golds on offer A KICK up their bottoms was what China's swimmers got yesterday. But it still failed to wake Team China sufficiently from their
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        • 512 9 Doha THAILAND'S Olympic champion Pawina Thongsuk has added another feather to her weightlifting cap. At the Asian Games yesterday, the 27-year-old former physical education student bettered Russian Svetlana Shimkova's world mark in the clean and jerk. Pawina lifted 142kg to break Shimkova's record
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        • 521 10  -  Marc Lim SWIMMING By Sports Correspondent In Doha it's make-or-break for Singapore's swimming queen, who has yet to shine in Doha WHEN Joscelin Yeo decided to skip the 4xloo metres freestyle relay, Singapore's head coach David Lim was in two minds. On the one hand,
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        • 489 10  -  Chan Yi Shen BADMINTON By In Doha THEY had already assured Singapore of a bronze medal the Republic's first in Asian Games badminton. But their joy was shortiived. Yesterday, the women's team came crashing down to earth, beaten 0-3 by Japan in
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        • 639 10 BADMINTON Women's s-finals: Japan 3 Singapore 0 (Kaori Mori bt Li Li 21-19 21-11; Kumikc Ogura/Reiko Shiota bt Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia 23-21 21-14; Eriko Hirose bt Xing Aiying 21-14 12-21 21-18). China 3 South Korea 0. BOWLING Men's singles, final: 1 Ryan Leonard Lalisang (Ina) 1,442 pintails 2 Choi
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        • 645 11  -  Chan Yi Shen SHOOTING By In Doha Teenager has to decide whether or not to train full time for Olympics FIRST, two Commonwealth Games bronzes in March. Now, an Asiad silver. Not surprisingly, Vanessa Yong has been on cloud nine for the past few days. But,
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        • 565 11 BEACH VOLLEYBALL Doha WHEN Salim Al-Nabit and his friends went out to see beach volleyball for the first time, they left their wives at home. Salim said he was willing to force himself to watch the skimpily clad women play, but he certainly
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        • 287 11 BOWLING DOHA HER father did it in 1978. Now, daughter Esther Cheah has followed in his footsteps by winning an Asian Games bowling gold medal. Esther realised her dream by winning the women's singles title here, and her proud dad was with her.
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        • 391 11 "GYMNASTICS Doha A DAY after China's men won their ninth consecutive Asian Games team gymnastics gold, their women's team matched the feat on Sunday. The team featured five of the six gymnasts who won the world tide in October. They were led
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          • 65 11 HOSTS Qatar won their first medal yesterday when their running target shooters finished third and last in the women's team event. Kazakhstan beat Vietnam to the silver in a competition of just 10 individuals and three teams. But the best shooter was Xu
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          • 91 11 IRAN upset basketball champions South Korea 89-75 in Group A on Sunday. Saman Veisi led the team with 20 points. Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami added 18 and Hamed Ehadadi, 17. Former NBA player Ha Seung Jin had a team-high 14 points for Korea, who shot just
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          • 100 11 THE Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) says the door is open for Australia to compete in the Asian Games. "It's possible for Australia to take part in the Asian Games in future," OCA vice-president Manuel Silverio told Xinhua news agency. "It was mentioned by some
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          • 69 11 AN INDIAN woman volunteer died after being hit by a car as she crossed a busy city-centre street, organisers said yesterday. The woman, who has not been named, was 60 years old and lived in Qatar. She had been working as a volunteer at the
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          • 112 11 ORGANISERS have roped in 20,000 youngsters in an effort to fill the empty seats. Children have been brought in from every school in Qatar under a scheme known as Cheerleaders. Said a Games spokesman: "It has nothing to do with empty seats. We
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          • 89 11 A 96-YEAR-OLD man had special permission yesterday to catch the table tennis action on the competition floor at the Al Arabi Indoor Hall. "This gymnasium does not have a lift specially designed for the disabled and senior people," explained Sonia Diaz, a senior executive
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        • 424 12 SOCCER yioience-torn nation finds respite in team's 2-0 victory, following opening loss to China DOHA FOOTBALL has again brought out the best and the worst in people. At the Asian Games on Satur- day, the home fans threw plastic bottles onto the
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        • 444 12 Doha AFTER his surprise win in the Asian Games 50-metre breaststroke, Vladislav Polyakov is targeting a podium finish at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. On Sunday, he beat the Olympic 100m and 200m champion Kosuke Kitajima to give Kazakhstan only their second Asiad swimming gold. He
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    • 411 13 Champions League Today Group A Barcelona v Werder Bremen Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 3.30am Chelsea v Levski Sofia Delayed, tomorrow, 6am Group B Bayern Munich v Inter Milan Sporting Lisbon v Spartak Moscow Group C Galatasaray v Liverpool PSV Eindhoven v Bordeaux Group D Olympiakos v Shakhtar Donetsk Roma v Valencia
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    • 654 13 It's do -or- die for Barcelona SOCCER Defending champions must defeat Werder today or be eliminated from Champions League Barcelona BARCELONA are ready to pull out all the stops in their raake-or-break clash against Werder Bremen today. Anything less than a win, and the Spanish outfit will become the first
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    • 306 13 Drogba says he can be deadlier London DIDIER Drogba has looked unstoppable at times this season, but the bad news for defenders across Europe is that he insists he is nowhere near the finished article. The 28-year-old Chelsea striker has Seen earning rave reviews on all the grand stages of
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    • 382 13 London HIS mind is willing, but his body says stop. Thierry Henry, bidding to recover from niggling injuries, says he needs to rest for a month. The Arsenal captain, who has a sore left thigh muscle, will miss the crucial
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    • 259 13 Istanbul LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez is expected to make a rare sentimental gesture by handing Jerzy Dudek an emotional appearance against Galatasaray here today. Dudek was the hero of the club's 2005 Champions League final victory. But, since then, he has made
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    • 882 14  -  Leonard Lim WILD WEEKEND BY Last weekend's decisions show that the big EPL clubs are favoured SMALL FRY IN EUROPE "We're not a big dub. What does it mean? That means what I'm saying we are not a big dub. I asked the ref
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    • 127 14 Dubai says it is in talks with Reds SOCCER Dubai DUBAI is in talks about a possible investment in Liverpool FC and will start due diligence in the coming days, an official of the emirate's investment arm said yesterday. The Dubai International Capital (DIC) official, who asked not be named,
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    • 546 15 TENNIS He beats Argentina substitute Acasuso for 3-2 win, their first home success Moscow THIS time, there was no home-court disadvantage. Marat Safin overcame a hated surface and a stubborn Argentinian opponent to give Russia their first Davis Cup title on home soU.
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    • 245 15 CRICKET Adelaide MICHAEL Clarke is making it hard for the selectors to leave him out of the Australia team. They will have to look elsewhere to make way for the likely return of all-rounder Shane Watson, after Clarke's stylish century in the second Ashes Test against
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    • 524 15 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Jacksonville 24 Miami 10. Houston 23 Oakland 14, Dallas 23 NY Giants 20. Pittsburgh 20 Tampa Bay 3. Seattle 23 Denver 20, San Diego 24 Buffalo 21, Chicago 23 Minnesota 13, Cleveland 31 Kansas City 28 (OT), Arizona 34 St Louis 20, Tennessee 20 Indianapolis 17,
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      945 16 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences To MR LOH YEW WAI ANTHONY Director of OSS Technologies Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved Father LOH TECK MENG Departed on 3 December 2006 From: The Management Staff of OSS Technologies Pte Ltd Builtact Construction Pte Ltd MKK Engineering Services Pte
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      • 460 18 All-stock deal will create world's biggest securities servicing group New York BANK of New York has agreed to take over Mellon Financial in a US$l6.5 billion (5525.6 billion) all-stock deal that will create the world's largest securities servicing firm and one
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      • 317 18 Hong Kong SHARES of China Eastern Airlines surged by almost 19 per cent yesterday. This came on the back of hopes that a sweetened offer by its parent in a state share reform could attract foreign investment, including from Singapore Airlines
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      • 33 18 Yesterday's 16.303.59 (-18.19 points) >» Japanese stocks closed rnoaed after news that corporate caprtal spending stowed markedly in the three months to September, sparking fresh doubts about the economic outlook. AFP
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      • 30 18 Yesterday's 2.161.65 (+59.6 points) Chinese stocks closed sharply higher, adding 2.85 percent on continued strong fund inflows, as banks, power and auto stocks were snapped up AFP
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      • 34 18 Yesterday's 18.702.73 (+11.91 points) Hong Kong stocks closed flat amid concerns over the US economy after data released on last Friday showed an unexpected drop in US manufacturing activity AFP
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      • 31 18 Yesterday's close: 5.424.9 (-3 points) Australian stocks closed flat, witn sentiment dampened by soft economic data, ahead of the release of third quarter growth figures later this AFP
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      • 25 18 Yesterday's 14)77.44 (-2.67 points) Malaysian stocks fell 0.25 per cert after weak October trade data sparked concerns over Malaysia's export QfQSWfCtS AFP
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        37 18 Yesterday's 13,874.33 (+29.55 points) »TheSens» climbed to a second straight record. Truck and bus group Tata Motors gained after its sates surged in November as it sold a record number of Mica hatchbacks. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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      • 31 18 Yesterday's glim. 1,731.23 (-3.51 points) Indonesian stocks closed 02 per cent tower on profit-tailing after last week's rally, with gains in index heavyweight Tetam limiting the fat. AFP
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      • 37 18 Yesterday's close: 742.45 (+1.07 points) >• Thai stocks closed 0.14 percent higher from buying in the energy sector and strong third-quarter GDP figures. Volume was 1.8 billion shares, worth 10.5 billion baht (SS4SB million) AFP
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      • 210 18 Dec4 Stock Name Wt Close Change Alrgreen 0.35 1.810 +0.010 AiCNfcsrtft LO4 2.360 WLm.:....^. ...0.41- 1 1.610 CapitaLand 509 6.300 +0.150 CapitaMa*,......... 0.91 2.750 Chart Senifioai 091 1.350 -0.010 CityDev 2.96 12.300 -0.100 immmtmmmf 1.38 1.580 CoscoCorp 0.91 2.220 +0.010 CraativaTech 0.32 10.200 OBSGrp 11.96 21.400
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      • 46 18 POC Carp 106.586,000 Genlntl 103,728,000 Yongnam 63,474,000 Sapphire 48,152,000 BBRHIdgs 48,072,000 HsuFuChi 41,306,000 BeriianLaju 29,148,000 FJBsn W*****6 25,279,000 Synear 21,127,000 ChinaKangda 18.120.000 Xpress 18,098,000 IPCOIntI 17,968,000 SingTel 17,438,000 Gem TV 14,768.000 Hongguo 13,185,000 MvatctSCT 13.111.000 Biosensors 12.310,000 Enviro-Hub 11,477,000 FHTKHIdgs 10,721,000 CapitalanSGAeCW7o4o2 10.371.000 Dec4
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      • 135 18 Dec 4 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (MM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Soiling Aust dollar 1.2080 1.2230 Can dollar 1.3400 1.3560 Euro 2.0450 2.0680 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4309 0.4314 NZ dollar 1.0500 1.0730 Sterling pound 3.0360 3.0700 US dollar 1.5320 1.5500 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS
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        • 612 20  -  Gabriel Chen By Winners lauded for establishing a strong presence in at least five foreign markets A MEDICATED oil that relieves headaches and muscle aches may not look like an obvious export winner, but Axe Brand is proving just the tonic for
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        • 320 20  - Noel Gifts embraces ads again aifer 10-year break NOEL Gifts International a name many Singaporeans associate with hampers has unveiled a new marketing campaign after a 10-year hiatus from print and television advertising. A recently completed TV commercial portrays two rival chief executive officers (CEOs) who avoid talking to each
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        • 68 20 Noel's TV commercial portrays two rival chief executive officers (CEOs) who avoid talking to each other, but exchange notes through Noel's flowers and gift sets. Ms Urn Sau Hoong, who heads 10AM Communications, says: "At no point in the TV ad do we see our two lead
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      • 418 22 Tighter rules now bar foreigners from making short-term baht investments Bangkok THAILAND'S central bank tightened foreign exchange regulations yesterday to ease upward pressure on the baht by preventing non-residents from obtaining short-term baht funds to speculate on the currency. The Bank of Thailand
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      • 268 22  - lippo offers First Reit at 71C per unit Fiona Chan BY INDONESIA'S Lippo Group yesterday launched the initial public offering (IPO) for its first real estate investment trust (Reit). Lippo is offering 140.4 million units of the aptly-named First Keit, priced at 71 cents each. in the hopes of raising
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      • 218 22  -  Bryan Lee Bv DUTCH technology giant Royal Philips Electronics has appointed a new Singapore chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) to replace the current country head who is retiring. Mr Paul Peeters, 45, the Asean head of Philips' lighting division, will take over
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      • 724 24  -  Arthur Poon By Income tax review board says profit is capital gain, overruling taxman Attractive offer THE firm had initially rented the two-storey property from the HDB. It used the first floor itself and rented out the second. In September 1994,
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      • 319 24  -  Ashley Ong By, AIMING FOR BIGGER MARKET SHARE: The newly named group plans to handle more building projects, such as highway and petrochemical plant construction in the Middle East and India. It will also focus on the region's power industry. This includes construction and
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      • 407 3 BARCADE 3SS Union Avenue. Williamsburg This homely bar sells delicious microbrewed beers at reasonable prices (US$3 to US$4 per pint). It's also filled with over 30 types of old-school arcade games like Pacman and Space Invaders, all at US$O.25 per try. Thankfully, the games' sound volumes are turned down
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      • 313 3 ECONOMY CANDY 108 Rivington Street, LES This shop is heaven for sweet tooths. It's stocked with a mind-boggling array of candy and chocolates, all at affordable prices. Obscure sweets tike "chocolate babies" and candy legos cost US$4 per pound. One perk is that it's across the street from boutique
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        277 3 IDo take the Staten Island Ferry. Why splash out on expensive river cruises when you can take a roundtrip on this ferry for free? It offers amazing views of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty, 24 hours a day. Ferries leave the Manhattan and
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      • 79 3 1 Don't eat street cart kebabs unless you're really desperate. While the hot docs and bagels from the übiquitous street carts are okay, the US$4 kebabs are usually greasy and made with mystery meat. 2 Besides tipping 20 per cent of your bill at restaurants, don't forget to
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      • 425 4  -  Michelle Tay The quirky boutiques in downtown Manhattan are a fashionista's dream NEW York City. Fashion capital of the world. Hometown and playground of the Bergdorf Blondes and the devil who wears Prada. Every shopaholic's dream. But if you are flying all the way to New York to
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      • 578 5 From previous page For example, a Prada astrakhan (baby lamb fur) coat costs US$2,OOO, a Ralph Lauren white satin cocktail dress US$l2O. a Louis Vuitton babydoll top US$2OO and Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche shoes US$9O. At the men's store, a pair
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      • 228 5 IDo walk around SoHo. There are too many good boutiques to single out Elizabeth, Mulberry, West Broadway, Prince and Bleecker streets are must-hits for great fashion finds, designer or otherwise. 2 Do have a vintage Polaroid taken. A Polish woman uses an antique Polaroid camera and
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      • 1090 6  -  Elaine Tan Head to Kagoshima in Japan for some hot stuff in the cold of winter FORGET Tokyo. Forget Osaka. Forget Sapporo. For a truly "warm reception" in Japan this winter, head to Kagoshima on the southern island of Kyushu for some sun and sand. Well-known
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      • 312 7 1 Do try shochu. The local product of Kagoshima looks like sake, but is so potent that you can feel the heat coursing through your gut as you down it. The drink, made mostly from sweet potatoes, is usually mixed with not or cold water, or
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      • 134 7 1 Don't be shy. You have to get naked in front of others at the hot springs. Most Singaporeans are still not in the habit of stripping in public, so it takes some getting used to. But a hot soak is one Japanese experience you should not miss.
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        436 9 I would Kke to see Cyprus in five days. How do I get there from Singapore, and what's interesting there? SiokAiSng THE most convenient way to get to Cyprus is on Gulf Air (via Bahrain) or Emirates Airways (via Dubai) flights. Gulf Air flies every Tuesday, Thursday and
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      • 123 9 1. Gulf Air has promotional Economy Class airfares that take you to Sydney (above) for as little as $420, and to places like Athens, France, London, Pahs and Dublin for $800 upwards. Pay from $750 to fly to cities in the Middle East. Book your tickets by Dec
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      • 387 10 > theatre OsPs AgniKootthu Guinness Theatre/Sunday NgYi-Sheng I SAT down to watch OsPs (Owe Money Pay Money) expecting a documentary of social victimhood in the world of illegal money-lending. What I encountered was something greater; a powerful tale of a tragic hero, all the more empathetic
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      • 787 12 Building better ties Thailand's ambassador to Singapore, His Excellency Chalermpol Thanchitt, talks to Chan Seet Fun about how he has been enjoying his job "Some people may think that Thailand is a homogenous place. But it is actually very diverse. Each region and province has its own character and even
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      • 820 13  - Home away from home GARY LIM LYNN SEAH By B\ Thais Sutee Kummee (left) and Vorawan Chitavanich live and work in Singapore. They talk about their experiences here CANDIDATES at Maejo University in Chiang Mai were being interviewed for jobs in Singapore the day Mr Sutee Kummee was there visiting
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      • 303 14 > concert MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Tatiana Grindenko and Opus Posth, strings AKance Francase Theatre/Last Fnday CheongSukWai IRREPRESSIBLE fun buoyed this evening of normally mincing music from Europe's Enlightenment era, as Russia's chamber ensemble Opus Posth showed why its nine musicians are among the freshest-thinking musicians
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      • 72 16 le Direc- KENNEDY HONOURS: Director Steven Spielberg, singers Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Znbin Mehta were racogniirid for their achievements in the performing arts at the 29th Kennedy Center Honours gala in Washington on Sunday ...ACTOR IN CRASH: Lane Garrison, who plays Tweener
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        • 119 34 SOUTH KOREAN SCIENTISTS are working on a new-generation robot resembling a human which will be able to walk the walk as well as talk the talk, one of the team said last Thursday. The first walking "android" will make its debut within two
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        • 116 34 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (AMD) unveiled three new high-end computer processors last Wednesday as the chipmaker battles rival Intel for the "power users'" who often set industry buying trends. AMD also announced aggressive pricing for the chips, known as the Athlon 64 FX-70 series, which
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