The Straits Times, 8 March 2007

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  • 26 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 148 PAGES IN SIX PARTS I MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, MARCH 8 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 620 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia About half will go to white-collar workers; foreign worker quotas in most sectors to stay By SINGAPORE can expect to create more than 450,000 jobs in the next five years, with about half of them going to white-col-lar
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  • 656 1  -  Salim Osman JURJMNK MIRACLE ESCAPE FOR 115 ON BOARD By Indonesia Correspondent IN YOGYAKARTA then to the rice field. After I began running, I saw the plane explode," she added. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered an investigation into the cause of
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1151 1  -  Jane Ng By EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Jed Yeo loves horses and wants to know all he can about them. So he surfs the Internet at home to find out what they eat and where they live. And for physical education, he learns horse-riding
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    • 394 2 i§r fc?SMU KSj NT SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT W Beyond accountancy Excellence redefined fl In just seven years, SMU School of Accountancy has radically Darren Lim smu valedictorian reshaped the accounting education arena. Our distinctive pedagogy W2- r =~*l Analyst, Global Investment Banking u_ -u_ iL V~ I hsbc imparts a depth
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    • 385 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Leniency plea Asia 6-24 The three legal wives of World 25-30 a man who raped his Review 32-34 young daughters pleaded PY| qf; guilty to charges of abetting the crime. But SECTION TWO the girls have asked the Home Hl-HIO court to be lenient with
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  • PRIME
    • 523 3  -  Sandra Davie BUDGET DEBATE It will also help more kids from low-income families attend pre-school By Education Correspondent FOR some years now, parents, educationists and Members of Parliament have urged the Education Ministry (MOE) to deepen its involvement in the special education
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    • 550 3  -  Dcvi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Solok (West Sumatra) SURVIVORS camped out in tents outside the ruins of their homes here yesterday as officials assessed the damage done by the twin earthquakes that struck Sumatra on Tuesday. The death toll was revised downwards
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    • 158 4 They stood in line and, after waiting for several hours, jumped for joy clutching their Sony PlayStation3 sets. These 10 people (seen here with Mr Tetsuhiko Yasuda, managing director of Sony Computer Entertainment Asia back row, fourth from left) had started queueing since 2pm yesterday
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    • 584 4 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MEETINGS WITH NORTH KOREA ON NORMALISING TIES New York The two men discussed the legal and political hurdles to establishing relations between the two countries, which have not made peace since
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    • 45 4 Thursday property Site sales, en bloc deals, acquisitions and more. In the Property Page. Many know of Nicoll Highway collapse hero Heng. But few know of man who died saving co-workers in ship fire... Unknown His daughter hears confirmation of truth from our team smiles
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  • ASIA
    • INDONESIA PLANE CRASH
      • 975 6 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Survivors recall ordeal as they leapt, ran or crawled from burning plane YOGYAKARTA A LOCAL Islamic leader was among those who survived the hellish crash of a Garuda jet here yesterday. "Suddenly there
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      • 786 8  -  AZHAR GHANI Emphasis on profits a reason for poor safety record in Indonesia By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta YESTERDAY'S deadly runway accident has again put the spotlight on the dangers of travelling by plane, train, ferry almost any means of public transport
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      • 397 8 Jakarta THE Garuda Indonesia plane crash occurred at a time when the airline was showing signs of improving its financial condition. Garuda had narrowed its net loss last year, revising the figures announced in January, as it carried more passengers
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      • 208 8 SOME RECENT INCIDENTS Nov 30,2004: A Lion Airlines plane overshoots runway at Solo, killing 26. Sept 5,2005: A Mandala Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Sumatra, killing 150 people. DEC 4,2005: A GT Air plane crashes after take-off from Timika, killing 17. Dec 29,2006: A ferry carrying some
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    • INDONESIA QUAKE
      • 982 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Indonesia Correspondent Dcvi Asmarani covered last May's Java earthquake, in which more than 5,000 people died. Yesterday, she travelled to the scene of Tuesday's quake in West Sumatra. And while the damage appeared much less serious, she still found real misery as she
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      • 771 12  -  Jessica Cheam All 317 buildings where tremors were felt have been inspected By T. Rajan ENGINEERS here completed building checks yesterday and gave a clean bill of health to all 371 buildings where occupants had reported feeling the tremors from Tuesday's Sumatra earthquakes. Thousands
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      • 373 12  -  T. Raj an By THE recent tremors felt in the region may be aftershocks of the monster earthquake which caused the devastating tsunamis on Dec 26, 2004. Aftershocks minor or major can occur even years after an earthquake, Professor James Rice of
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      • 253 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta FOLLOWING Tuesday's deadly quake in Indonesia, earthquakes were reported in Iran and New Zealand yesterday. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake was also reported off Sumatra, occurring at 5.53pm. It was centred underwater some 105 km west-northwest of Sibolga, Sumatra, the US Geological Survey
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    • CHINA
      • 506 14  -  Chua Chin Hon NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS But despite pledge, he avoids journalists seeking update on city's pension scandal By China Bureau Chief In Beijing MAYOR Han Zheng, interim party boss of the scandal-hit Shanghai leadership, yesterday vowed greater transparency and accountability in the running of China's
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      • 84 14 REUTERS CHINA is likely to complete the building of its first aircraft carrier in three years, according to a military delegate attending the annual parliamentary session in Beijing. The Wen Wei Po newspaper identified the source as a zhong jiang", meaning lieutenant-general or vice-admiral, depending
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      • 103 14 REUTERS CHINA'S stability could be threatened if the government tried to curb smoking, a senior official said yesterday. "Smoking harms people's health, but restraining smoking threatens social stability," said Mr Zhang Baozhen, deputy chief of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration. "Smokers rioted when the former Soviet Union
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      • 109 14 XINHUA A DELEGATE at China's top advisory body yesterday called for the end of a government monopoly on funeral items such as ash containers. "The public is angry about the exorbitant prices of funeral goods and tomb sites, said Mr Li Baoku, who is attending the
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      • 539 15  -  VINCE CHONG It met 90 per cent of its own needs in past 30 years, says top official By In Beijing CHINA is not a threat to global energy security, its chief economic planner said yesterday, insisting the country has been mainly self-reliant
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      • 158 15 REUTERS CAPITAL controls and the small size of its stock market mean China cannot be blamed for last week's global equities rout, the country's top economic planner said yesterday. "Compared with stock markets in other countries, China's stock market is fairly small," said Mr Ma
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      • 325 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing US TREASURY Secretary Henry Paulson arrived in Beijing yesterday to lobby high-level Chinese officials for action to end Beijing's controversial currency controls and rein in its bulging trade surplus. Minutes after landing in Beijing, he held an
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    • EAST ASIA
      • On track in New York, off track in Hanoi
        • 570 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS New York PROPPED up by two aides, North Korea's top nuclear negotiator staggered out of a dinner party hosted by his American counterpart. As drinks flowed freely, Mr Kirn Kye Gwan let his hair down at the private
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        • 534 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG Hanoi THEY shook hands but did not smile for the cameras before entering the meeting room. And shortly after Japan's top delegate Koichi Haraguchi and his North Korean counterpart Song II Ho ended a morning round of talks,
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      • 678 19 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS It says Abe's remarks don't contradict 1993 statement admitting coercion Tokyo JAPAN, under diplomatic fire for appearing to sidestep responsibility for forcing women to act as wartime sex slaves, yesterday reiterated that the government stood by a 1993 apology acknowledging coercion.
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      • 328 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington CHINA'S intelligence services are the most active in the world in spying on the United States and are aggressively targeting advanced technology, a senior US intelligence official has said. Mr Joel Brenner, the new head of the Office of National
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • Article, Illustration
        74 20 Workers in Pakistan rolling up carpets after drying them out on the ground in Islamabad. Pakistan's share of world exports of hand-woven carpets has risen to 24.5 per cent in recent years. This is attributed to the exodus of Afghan weavers who fled to Pakistan after the 1979
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      • 385 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PAKISTAN was left disappointed after the first meeting of a new anti-terror panel with India on Tuesday, complaining about a lack of information on last month's deadly cross-border train attack. A senior government official said India had reported little
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      • 226 20 BLOOMBERG Colombo SRI Lanka's government said police and army officers are among people arrested as part of investigations into abductions of civilians during the conflict with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. At least 25 people have been detained recently over cases
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      • 450 20  -  P. JAYARAM Spread of disease is slowing down, says UN, easing fears of epidemic By India Correspondent In New Delhi THE United Nations agency that coordinates global efforts to fight Aids says India, which has one of the highest number of Aids
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 404 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Court orders removal of depot, which is seen as likely terror target Manila THE Philippine Supreme Court ordered the Manila city government yesterday to immediately remove a sprawling oil depot in the capital because it could be a potential
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      • 171 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok A WETLAND bird that eluded scientists for nearly 140 years has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, Birdlife International announced yesterday. Little is known about the large-billed reed-warbler because it had not been seen since
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 568 22  -  Nirmal Ghosh Thailand's legal panel rules that the TV station can continue broadcasts during govt takeover of operations By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok EMBATTLED Thai TV station iTV got a reprieve yesterday when a legal panel ruled that it could remain on
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      • 180 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok THE appointments of Thailand's new Finance Minister and three deputy ministers were approved yesterday in a reshuffle aimed at addressing mounting doubts about the country's economic and political stability. King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved the appointment of Mr Chalongphob Sussangkarn, a Cam-bridge-educated economist, as Finance
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      • 417 23 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Clash highlights woes of the poor who lose homes to urban developments Shah Alam RIOT police fired water cannons and tear gas at about 100 villagers who refused to budge when their squatter houses were to be
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      • 212 23 NEW STRAITS TIMES George Town FOR Mr Amir Hamzah, a quiet coffee break turned into a harrowing experience. The Penang car salesman was drinking coffee at a food stall on Monday when a man, believed to be mentally unstable, bit off part
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      • 249 23 Johor Baru THE proposal by Singapore to set up a consulate in the Johor capital has been well received by businessmen in the state. When Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo first revealed this news in Parliament on Monday, he described his Malaysian counterpart,
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      • 155 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN court is expected to bring forward the trial of an influential political analyst charged over the murder of a Mongolian model, a senior court official said yesterday. The High Court in Shah Alam, west of Kuala Lumpur,
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    • 29 6 Reprieve for iTV A legal panel rules that the Thai TV station can remain on the air while its operation is being taken over by the government. PAGE 23
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  • WORLD
    • 563 24 LAT-WP Bush administration's credibility damaged; Democrats quick to seek political gain Washington THE verdict in the trial of top aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, 56, is being seen as an indictment of the White House political operation he helped design and direct.
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    • 233 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS I. LEWIS Libby is the highest-ranking White House official to be convicted in a government scandal since the IranContra arms affair two decades ago. The verdict closed a nearly four-year probe into how CIA official Valeric Plame's name was leaked to reporters in
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    • 337 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE United States has acknowledged missteps in its treatment of terrorist suspects since Sept 11, 2001. The admissions were made as it released its annual report on global human rights on Tuesday. "We do not issue these reports because we
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    • 494 24  - Bush off to Latin America but it's no holiday Jonathan Eyal By US PRESIDENT George W. Bush today begins a week-long tour of Latin America but the visit will not be easy. Washington's southern neighbours are worried about Mr Bush's apparent indifference to their affairs, and remain resentful about US
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    • 569 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS Goal of insurgents is to provoke Shi'ite militias back onto streets of Baghdad Baghdad SUNNI insurgents in Iraq are striking with attention-grab-bing bombings and gruesome killings posted on the Internet in an apparent bid to threaten a US-led effort to
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 98 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: Southern China's Guangdong province has disputed the findings of a US university study that said their region was the source of many strains of the deadly bird flu virus. "The findings... are the wrong conclusion from evidence and lack credibility," the China Daily
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      • 88 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea's first woman prime minister, Ms Han Myeong Sook, formally resigned yesterday amid speculation she may join the race for the December presidential election. Questioned by the media whether she would seek the liberal Uri Party's nomination for the presidency,
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      • 115 25 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK: Mr Ernest Gallo, whose pioneering use of advertising helped develop the US mass market for wine and built the fami-ly-owned E&J Gallo Winery into the largest US maker, died on Tuesday. He was 97. Mr Gallo died of natural causes at his home
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      • 131 25 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: An American mother and daughter are believed to have been poisoned with thallium in Moscow. "Two American citizens, Marina and Yana Kovalevsky, were hospitalised in Moscow for possible thallium poisoning. They are hoping to return to the United States soon," a US
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      • 81 25 REUTERS JERUSALEM: Israel has warned its citizens to immediately leave Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab states with which it has full ties, out of concern that they could come under attack, a government official said yesterday. The advisory was issued on the recommendation of Prime
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    • 426 26  -  Abraham Rabinovich Defection of deputy defence minister would be damaging blow to Teheran By For The Straits Times In Jerusalem A FORMER Iranian deputy defence minister who went missing in Turkey last month has defected and sought asylum in the United States, according
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    • 282 26 REUTERS Teheran IRAN has started construction of its first domestically built nuclear power plant, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation has been quoted as saying. Iran, embroiled in a row with the West over its nuclear programme, has previously said it planned to
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    • 224 26 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New York THE world's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of US$37O million (***** million) has been won in the United States. At least two punters struck gold after the winning numbers for the Mega Millions top prize were announced on Tuesday night
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 276 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRENCH Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal undervalued her property portfolio to avoid paying wealth taxes, according to a newspaper report yesterday. Pre-empting the French newspaper report by speaking on television on Tuesday, Ms Royal denied the accusation of tax fraud. However,
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      • 170 29 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INSURANCE magnate John Charman has begun a challenge to a British court ruling that he pay his former wife £48 million (Ssi42 million), a record in British legal ryLondon's High Court last year ordered the 54-year-old to pay Mrs Beverley Charman,
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    • 446 29 NEW YORK TIMES Budget hotels are moving into the emirate to meet growing demand of low-cost travellers Dubai DUBAI on a budget sounds like an oxymoron. As the most ostentatious of the seven city states of the United Arab Emirates, it is where travellers go
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    • 116 29 ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANCE'S Louvre has inked a 30-year deal with Abu Dhabi to open a version of the museum in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. But the move on Tuesday has been decried by French purists, who say the museum is sacrificing French
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  • REVIEW
    • 439 31 THE employability of older people is no academic exercise but a policy issue, now that the Workfare social scheme is entrenched. No paid work, no Workfare. Details are awaited on practical steps that will be recommended by a committee on ageing headed by Mr him
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    • 1122 31  -  Denis Hew TRADE LIBERALISATION By For The Straits Times ONE of the economic issues discussed at the 14th Apec Summit in Vietnam last November was the possibility of establishing a free-trade area in the Asia-Pacific region (FTAAP). Although this initiative is not new (it was
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    • 970 31  -  Joseph E. Stiglitz By PART of modern medicine's success is built on new drugs, in which pharmaceutical companies invest billions of dollars on research. The companies can recover their expenses thanks to patents, which give them a temporary monopoly and thus allow them to charge
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    • 781 32  -  Michael Johnson ►>NEW LIST OF SEVEN WONDERS By SIX of the Seven Wonders of the World have long since gone with the wind. The Giza pyramids of Egypt are the sole survivor and now they are threatened by modern Cairo's rapidly spreading urban sprawl. But the
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    • 1198 33  -  John Mcßeth By Senior Writer TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Australian geologist Mansur Geiger set off up the Kahayan River into the heart of Indonesian Borneo. Travelling by motor boat and canoe, he spent the next month living with Dayak tribesman and looking for minerals in a
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  • HOME
    • 794 36  -  Elena Chong The girls worry that they and younger siblings will suffer even more if mums go to jail By TWO mothers who persuaded their daughters to have sex with their father broke down and wept in court yesterday
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    • 590 37  -  Salma Khalik NHG signs pact with Indian firm on scan-reading service By Health Correspondent THE National Healthcare Group (NHG) has gone into business with an Indian company to supply a worldwide, 24-hour scan-reading service. Once the service starts three months from now, it could
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    • 128 37 YOU cannot fool a radiographic scanner, a lorry driver found out at the Woodlands Checkpoint yesterday. He had declared his Malay-sian-registered lorry was carrying 200 large boxes of tissue packs when instead contraband cigarettes worth almost $450,000 were found by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers.
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    • 639 37  -  Tan Hui Yee By Housing Correspondent THE Housing Board has added yet another feather in its cyberspace cap an e-portal called MyHDßPage. Details of your flat's mortgage status, renovation permit and even parking fines are now just a click away. Already, about
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    • 470 37  -  Alfred Siew By Technology Correspondent CELLPHONE users may soon be able to watch TV on the go, with the Media Development Authority (MDA) planning to issue a licence to broadcast programmes to mobile phones this year. If the service which would be a
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    • QUICK NEWS
      • 126 37 APPLICATIONS for the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) scholarship are now open for those who want a postgraduate degree. The scholarship is offered to outstanding students in Islamic schools (madrasahs) and other institutions, and is good for studies in both local and overseas universities. It
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      • 66 37 SENIOR Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin Rasheed left for Teheran yesterday to attend the 7th Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation Council of Ministers' Meeting. The two-day forum will explore areas of economic cooperation between littoral and island states in the
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      • 72 37 LOCAL company Tohtonku, which introduced New Feel sanitary napkins and Silk Pro skincare products, will celebrate International Women's Day today by offering free rides for all female commuters on 20 bus services. They include service numbers 7, 13, 70, 74, 80, 93, 143, 154, 335,
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    • 763 38  -  Christopher Tan Insurer's strategy, which includes loans, may help it regain ground lost to agent-insurer tie-ups By Senior Correspondent INSURER NTUC Income is recommending that people buy cars from parallel importers, claiming that they are cheaper and of better quality.
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    • 311 38 AS EXPECTED, COE prices rebounded strongly after the "crash" during Chinese New Year, which saw buyers flocking to showrooms as premiums dropped to 17-year lows. At the close of yesterday's tender, the certificate of entitlement (COE) premium for cars up to 1,600 cc hit a
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    • BUDGET DEBATE 2007
      • MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
        • 854 39  -  Liaw Wy-Cin More primary, secondary schools to offer conversational Malay, Mandarin; two more third-language options By MORE students are likely to leave school in the coming years knowing three, if not four, languages. This is due to changes announced by Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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        • 513 39  -  Goh Chin Lian By THE Education Ministry is looking into licensing and accrediting private schools. This is to ensure they maintain academic standards, have proper financial management and take care of student welfare, Minister of State for Education Gan Kirn Yong told
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        • 3-MINUTE ROUNDUP
          • 60 39 THE Ministry of Education is rolling out more language programmes in schools to make sure Singaporeans fit well into a multilingual globalised world. Current conversational Mandarin and Malay courses will be made available in more schools, while Bahasa Indonesia and Arabic will be introduced as Third Language
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          • 57 39 THE experiment to hold special education classes in mainstream schools has been so successful, the Ministry of Education wants to have more. It will also develop targets for special-needs schools. Educators say the benefits go both ways. Mainstream students learn empathy while special-needs children get a chance
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          • 60 39 THE Education Ministry wants to lower dropout rates, so it is making it easier for schools to take back students who had left previously. It is also looking into arresting attrition rates by outlining three strategies early intervention; roping in the family and community; and helping those
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          • 61 39 NATIONAL Education should go beyond hard knowledge about Singapore to address the emotional ties that bind one to the country. To achieve this, said Minister of State (Education) Lvi Tuck Yew, the curriculum will be revamped to make it more interactive. Students will also be encouraged
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          • 54 39 IN ORDER to grow, Singapore still needs foreign workers as it is running out of local bodies to fill new jobs, said Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday. But, he added, with the exception of the construction and process industries, foreign worker quotas will not
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          • 53 39 THE Employment of Foreign Workers Act will be amended to include stiffer penalties for certain offences as well as draw up new ones. Employers must also provide information on where they intend to house their workers, and the Manpower Ministry will look into collective insurance schemes for
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        • 447 40  -  Jane Ng MOE to add 4 more schools for specialneeds kids, up funding age limit to 21 By WHEN Huang Kaisong, who has autism, topped his class in Geography, his mother thought it was a fantastic feat because he did better than
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        • 168 40 Chong Boon Secondary student Chen Guanzhen (right) is glad to be in the same class as Huang Kaisong (left), who is from the special-needs Pathlight School. This is because Kaisong's questions to the teacher help clear her own doubts. Guanzhen, an 18-year-old student from China who
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        • SNIPPETS
          • 152 40 NOMINATED MP Siew Kum Hong thinks a new system to assess teachers' performance is making matters worse. Some teachers say there is no transparency in rankings. Others say it does not adequately recognise good classroom teachers, and rewards those who play up their list of
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          • 164 40 STUDENTS will not be able to use the money in the new Post-Secondary Education Account for courses in private institutions for now. Minister of State for Education Gan Kirn Yong told the House that the plan is to allow the money in
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          • 79 40 TEACH students Chinese dialects as second languages, urged Dr Lam Pin Mm (Ang Mo Kio GRC), because they are pertinent to Singapore's heritage. But Minister of State for Education Gan Kirn Yong replied that there was a need to maintain a "common space" in mainstream schools
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        • 480 40  -  Ong Soh Chin By TEACH students family values in school. Help build their character. And teach money management. These were among the calls from six MPs when they presented the Ministry of Education (MOE) with their wish lists for
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        • 300 40  -  HO Al LI SCHOOL dropouts will now find it easier to get back into class. The Ministry of Education (MOE) wants to help students stay in school and lower the dropout rate from 2.5 to 1.5 per cent. Since last year, schools had
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        • Finding a foothold in English with Flair
          • 407 41 UNABLE to afford the fees, Tan Wan Ni's father did not send her to kindergarten. Teachers at Gan Eng Seng Primary found out about it last August when he registered her for Primary 1. They also found the sev-en-year-old could not speak a
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          • 369 41 PHANNIPA Lim, seven, spent the first four years of her life in The Land of Smiles, but she had little to smile about when she started preschool here. Phannipa, whose mother is Thai and father, Singaporean, was lost
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        • 405 41 Dr Amy Khor's (Hong Kah GRC) view on National Education took on a personal note as she tutors her kids on the subject "FROM the perspective of the students, National Education, which at secondary schools is currently taught under the subject Social Studies, is perceived as
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        • 737 41  -  Lydia Lim »FROM THE GALLERY By THE essence of yesterday's debate on the Education Ministry's budget was neatly summed up in this observation by Minister of State Lvi Tuck Yew. The distance between the head and the heart can be the most
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      • 492 42  -  Liaw Wy-Cin MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Revamp of National Education to include student-initiated activities and online bank of resources for teachers By THE Ministry of Education (MOE) wants the next phase of National Education (NE) to go beyond imparting "head knowledge" about Singapore,
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      • 313 42  -  Goh Chin Lian MINISTRY OF HEALTH By WHEN Singapore consolidates the medical records of every Singaporean into one online folder, a key priority will be to keep them confidential. In giving this commitment yesterday, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the online system
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      • MINISTRY OF MANPOWER
    • 427 45  -  Khushwant Singh EX NKF CHIEF'S CRIMINAL TRIAL NKF exec had testified earlier nothing warranted $20,000 payment to designer By AN NKF executive, who testified on Tuesday that no work had been done to justify a $20,000 payment that former chief T.T. Durai had requisitioned,
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    • 307 45  -  Roger Maynard SYDNEY POISON CASE By Australia Correspondent AUSTRALIAN prosecution yesterday sought a minimum of 10 years' jail for a Singaporean man found guilty of trying to kill his two daughters. The case against the 37-year-old, who cannot be named to protect
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    • Article, Illustration
      83 45 It started as a war of words and ended with two men being arrested for disorderly behaviour. The fracas which broke out at about 3 am at Kirn San Leng Food Centre off Lorong 16 Geylang yesterday soon escalated into threatened fistcuffs, said onlookers. The two men screamed
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    • 340 45  -  Selina Lum By A LAWYER facing a tribunal of judges for not keeping his accounts in order was yesterday suspended for a year but he was also given a helping hand. Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong, heading the tribunal, suggested that Mr Tan
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    • 338 45  -  SELINA LUM WHEN Ms Sandar Aung and her mother flew to Singapore from Myanmar for two days so the elderly woman could undergo an operation to clear a heart blockage, Mount Elizabeth Hospital estimated the cost of the procedure would be $15,000. Eleven months
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    • CASE FILE
      • 74 45 A YOUTH was charged yesterday with the murder of a 35-year-old man in Fullerton Road on Sunday. Aw Poh Hee, 19, was allegedly part of an unlawful assembly, members of which attacked and killed Mr Lim Chye Huat, a driver, in front of the babyface disco
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      • 98 45 A 49-YEAR-OLD production supervisor who molested his teenage niece at a flat in Jurong West was yesterday sentenced to three weeks in prison. The man had gone to the victim's flat in late March last year to ask her to burn a CD
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      • 90 45 A TATTOO artist, who attacked a man he had allegedly spotted molesting his fiancee, was given the maximum $1,000 fine yesterday after pleading guilty to causing hurt. Loh Chien Wei, 30, was at Zouk disco in Jiak Kirn Street on April 2, 2005,
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      • 79 45 A MAN led a jewellery shop assistant into thinking he was interested in a $2,000 gold bracelet. He made a show of inspecting it, then fled the scene with the item. The theft occurred in a shop in New Bridge Road on Tuesday
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  • FORUM
    • 234 46  -  Laurence Lien »THE SHIN CORP PURCHASE VIR PATRICK Tan Siong Kuan ("Billions at stake, so Shin saga a national con:ern"; ST, March 3) was understandably concerned that if Temasek Holdings' investment in Shin Corp made loss3S, Singapore would lose national reserves. But this
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    • 194 46  -  Myrna Thomas (Ms) WE APPRECIATE Mr Patrick Tan Siong Kuan's concern over Temasek Holdings' investment in Shin Corp ("Billions at stake, so Shin saga a national concern"; ST, March 3). Temasek operates with commercial discretion and flexibility as a commercial in- vestment company. Like
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    • 398 46  -  Anthony Lee Mvi Yu EVERY March 8 is International Women's Day (IWD), to recognise the needs and achievements of women. Some countries mark IWD officially, with men gifting related and familiar females. It enjoys Mother's Day status in countries where children give presents to mothers
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    • 234 46  -  Dr Lim Boon Hee I READ that in Raffles Junior College some A-level students who got less than a perfect score of four As, Al for General Paper and three distinctions in S papers were weeping or hanging their heads
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    • 241 46  -  K. Mathiyazhaki (Ms) AVERAGE O-level students with an aggregate score between 18 and 20 points are finding it harder to get places in the polytechnics despite having passed all six subjects. In the past, polytechnics had been an avenue for these students to build
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    • 303 46  -  K. Bhavani (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Ban on nude art hurts bid to be arts hub" (ST, March 6), by Mr Toh Han Shih in Hong Kong. Exhibitions of nude paintings and photographs are allowed in Singapore. Such exhibitions have taken place in
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    • 318 46  -  Pearlyn Koh Siew Lin (Ms) MORTGAGE INSURANCE I REFER to the letters by Mr Allen Lim Chen Jye ("How to avoid tax on insurance proceeds"; ST, March 6) and Ms Maria Loh Mun Foong ("Exempt up to full value of main residence"; ST March
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    • 136 46  -  Jennifer Eveland THE article, "Pet abuse case leads to family rift" (ST, March 6), begs the question, What is a Siberian Husky doing in Singapore? Chewie has suffered more abuse than just the injury to its leg. It comes from a long ancestry
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    • 182 46  -  Goh Wee Koon SINGAPOREANS felt tremors following earthquakes off Indonesia's coast on Tuesday. High-rise buildings in the Central Business District were the most affected. They swayed slightly for 10 minutes. Office workers started leaving the buildings even though there was no announcement of an
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    • 105 46 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Budget airline? Better to pay more and have a pleasant flight with a traditional airline Air Asia didn't allow me to carry cabin-sized bag onto plane Security guards there to protect residents from intruders,
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  • SPORTS
    • 788 47 > CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Skipper Gerrard says Liverpool have laid down a marker, and can beat any team London BARCELONA took Liverpool's 2005 European trophy. Now the Reds are dreaming of returning the favour, after knocking the holders out at Anfield on Tuesday. Although Liverpool lost
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    • 239 47 FOR Liverpool's new American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr, their first match at Anfield was a special experience. Gillett had stood dumb-struck during the bellowed pre-match rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone, and again when it rang out in
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    • 351 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS London BARCELONA believe that elimination from the Champions League gives them the opportunity to concentrate on retaining the Spanish league title. "This is a let-down but not a failure," said midfielder Deco, whose side clash with Real Madrid on Saturday
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    • 536 47 REUTERS Madrid INTER Milan and Valencia have been charged with improper conduct by Uefa, after madness descended following their 0-0 stalemate on Tuesday. Valencia's unused substitute David Navarro has been charged with gross unsporting conduct at the Mestalla Stadium. He admitted his
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    • 469 48 SOCCER That and Ballack's winning goal carry lucky Chelsea into the quarter-finals London CHELSEA were finally served a slice of luck on Tuesday. A terrible blunder by Porto's goalkeeper Helton helped them to a 2-1 win and a quar-ter-final spot in the Champions League. Not that
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    • 428 48 London MICHAEL Ballack has insisted that Chelsea have the character to win the Champions League. The German captain scored the winner against Porto on Tuesday to confirm his club's place in the quarter-fi-nals. And the English club's response to going behind to a Ricardo Quaresma goal
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    • 298 48 REUTERS London TOTTENHAM have fond memories of playing Portugal's Braga, having walloped them 9-0 on aggregate in the Uefa Cup in 1984. But Martin Jol is still wary of the club's Brazilian threat when the sides clash today in the first leg of their
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    • 352 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Lyon THE last time Roma advanced to the last eight of the European Cup, they went all the way to the final in 1984. They will be dreaming of a repeat, after Tuesday's shock 2-0 win
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    • 538 49  -  Alvin Foo »GOLF Some feel it is, owing to easy fairways, lack of water obstacles, but others disagree By ENGLAND'S David Howell has termed the Classic course of Laguna National Golf and Country Club "the scoring course". Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee would not be surprised
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    • 907 49  -  Jeanette Wang By HE WAS one of the biggest babies to come out of South Africa's Nelspruit Hospital. Now, 20 years on, Anton Haig looks set to make it big in golf. He stands at 1.93 metres and weighs 83 kilograms,
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    • 327 49 BADMINTON A BELOW-PAR performance and the cold at the All-England Badminton Championships did Singapore's women's doubles pair Jiang Yanmei and Li Yujia in. They lost to Malaysian pair Lim Pek Siah and Joanne Quay 20-22, 21-17, 23-25 yesterday. "We played them twice before and beat
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    • 416 49  -  Leonard Lim SOCCER By AGU Casmir can play for Gombak United in this season's S-League, starting with today's game against Geylang. The five-member Players' Status Committee (PSC) decided last night that he could be registered outside the transfer period. But it reprimanded the 22-year-old
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 61 49 The Singapore Sports Council's three-day International Women's Day Sports Shopping wil end today at the Raffles Place Park. Various sports programmes, including swimming, yoga, snow boarding and sailing, are scheduled between 11am and 7pm. There will also be great shopping bargains and free gifts. A free
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      • 107 49 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETOWN (Barbados): An upset two-wicket loss to Bangladesh and an injury to fast bowler Mark Gillespie have jolted New Zealand ahead of the cricket World Cup. Three weeks after beating reigning champions Australia 3-0 in a one-day series at home, the Kiwis lost by
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      • 67 49 LOS ANGELES TIMES MINNEAPOLIS: The Minnesota Timberwolves gave the Los Angeles Lakers chance aftei chance to seal a victory on Tuesday night. Somehow, the Lakers blew every opportunity. They eventually lost 107-117 in double overtime in the National Basketball Associatior game. Not even Kobe Bryant's
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    • 443 50  -  Lin Xinyi »TABLE TENNIS But Commonwealth Games winner is said to be unhappy with lack of international events By THIS time last year, paddler Zhang Xueling was looking for an HDB flat to settle in. Yesterday, the 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist decided to
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    • 292 50 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 129 Toronto 109, Seattle 100 New York 99, Minnesota 117 LA Lakers 107 (OT), Dallas 102 New Jersey 89, Denver 106 Oklahoma City 91, Sacramento 102 Indiana 98, San Antonio 99 Portland 94. CRICKET World Cup warm-up matches In Port-Of-Spain: Pakistan 273-8 in 48 overs (Inzamam-ul-Haq
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    • 38 49 TV times GOLF: Singapore Masters: Day 1 (Live, Chs Ch24, 2.30pm). Pods C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4am). Events GOLF: Singapore Masters: Day 1 (Laguna National G&CC, 7.40 am). SOCCER: S-League: Gombak v Geylang (Jurong West, 7.45pm).
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      118 50 CHAN AH CHANG Age: 87 Passed away peacefully on 7 March 2007, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Yong Wan Lin Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chan Kam Chuen William Jacey Tee Chan Kirn Seng Sharon Ho Chan Kirn Keong Michael Teo Puay Wah Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chan Lai Keng Carol
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      138 50 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. PSALM 23:6 Wake is held at Blk 711 dementi West St 2 (void deck) Tel: 8288 1122/ 6872 0725. Nightly prayers will be held at Bpm.
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      81 50 CHENG PET HIAN Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 7 March 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Connie Cheng Son: Daughter: Wan Hsien Yuen Yee Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Siok Hsien Marilyn Kok Hsien Patricia Wei Hsien Hanoi Grandson: Frasier Niece, Nephews, loved ones and Caregiver: Jessica Body
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      67 50 LIEM PAU KOON LAU PAU KOON Age: 58 Departed peacefully on 7 March 2007. Daddy, We love and miss you always. Wife: Chua Bay Bee Lily Son: Daughter: Liem Sian Yang Alan Liem See Ling Vivian Wake is held at Blk 683 Jurong West Ctr 1. Cortege will leave on
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      38 50 4th Anniversary In loving memory of LOKESOWFONG In our hearts your memory lingers, Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, That we do not think of you. Dearly missed by beloved husband, children and grandchildren.
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      25 50 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KUOLIUHSIU (PEIPEI) Departed on 8/3/1999 Deeply missed always remembered by Husband: Peter FooHeelim Son: Bryan FooZhi He Loved ones
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      33 50 In Loving Memory of NGAN LAY KIM Departed 8 March 2003 Your memory is as dear today As in the hour you passed away. Always remembered by Husband, Daughter and all loved ones.
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      133 50 LEE SIANG HENG THOMAS passed away peacefully at Leisure World, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada on 20 February 2007 (Tuesday) at the age of 91. Predeceased by his beloved wife Chan Ec Tiam Catherine Son: Daughter-in-law: Lee Cheow Seng Sebastian TanWoon Lan Catherine Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lee Clara Ho Seng Hock Lee
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      156 50 X**' The LORD is my sheperd; I shall not want He makes me to lie Jp down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters." 'v Psalm 23 ROY SANTHANARAJ so A. LOUIS Age: 47 was called home to be with the Lord on 7 March 2007 leaving
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      43 50 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to DR Chou Chung Shih and The Family of the Late MDM LEE CHIN POH Departed on 05.03.2007 From DANIEL NG GORDON NG DIRECTORS OF REALTORHUB REAL ESTATE RH HOUSING BEST LAND PTE LTD BEST CROWN PTE LTD
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      48 50 10TH ANNIVERSARY DURGADAS SACHDEV Departed on 8 March 1997 Always in the hearts of Krishna Sachdev Prabha Chawla Pali Mohan Sachdev Shashi Vinod Pawa Neerja Rajiv Sachdev Rita Avnesh Pawa and Loved Ones. For the loved ones whom you remember... "In Memoriam'' i <Ib d^ WATS N^^y CLASSIFIED
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      26 50 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late 2WO ROY SANTHANARAJ Departed on 7/3//07 From: Commander, Officers and Men of Tengah Air Base
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      30 50 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late 2WO ROY SANTHANARAJ Departed on 7/3//07 From: Commanding Officer, Officers and Men of Air Logistics Squadron, Tengah Air Base
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      28 50 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late 2WO ROY SANTHANARAJ Departed on 7/3//07 From: Officer Commanding, Officers and Men ofFCFIALS, Tengah Air Base J
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      29 50 s. With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late 2WO ROY SANTHANARAJ Departed on 7/3//07 From: PMC and Members of Club de Specialists, Tengah Air Base
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      25 50 With deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to the family of the late 2WO ROY SANTHANARAJ Departed on 7/3//07 From: PMC and Members of Tengah Officers' MESS
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      37 51 DR RATNA MITRA passed away peacefully on 7 March 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Husband: Dr Amit K. Mitra Relatives: Mr Asit K. Mitra Ms Rima Mitra Mr Anindya Mitra and all friends loved ones.
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      49 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Professor John Wong (Dean, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS) Family on the /Hissing of his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING on 4 March 2007 From: Head and Staff of Dept of Radiology, NUS Dept of Diagnostic Imaging, NUH 3 g:
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      68 51 I ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA I AYAPU LETCH AMI vv/o late Vasu Pillai Departed on 22-2-07 Sadly missed by all loved ones. The family of the late wish to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives friends for their prayers visits during their recent bereavement ATHMA SHAMTHI POOJA will be
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      29 51 In Loving Memory Dearest lean, MM ftlSl today Hut eivryday. We remember the times we shared You will always be missetl by usl love. Stephanie Rt all loved ones
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      36 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Jill Wong family on the demise of her beloved father DR WONG HECK SING on 4 March 2007 From: Director, Management Staff of National Cancer Centre Singapore L A\
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      35 51 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Prof John Wong Family on the demise ol his beloved father DR WONG HECK SING From: Chairman Deputy Chairman Group Chief Executive .Management Staff of Thomson Medical Centre Ltd
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      69 51 In Loving Memory Of i 1 YIP CHONG LONG Departed on Bth March 2002 Five years on and memories of you continue to bring tears to our eyes. Often we wish you were still here to walk life's journey along with us. But accept we must, that you are now
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      32 51 Love's Greatest Gift Rememberance JEANNIETAN //fiat would I give to clasp her hand, -Veer happy face to see. «vo hear her voice and see her smile, «~/hat meant so much to me.
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      143 51 am the Resurrection and the life. Wlioever believes in Me will live, even thougfi he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die." John 11:25-26 LOW SIEW LIEN Age: 80 Called to rest in the Lord's embrace on 7 March 2007 Always cherished by loved ones. Beloved
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      117 51 Ruth, Benedict, Timothy, Andrew, Karen, Lilian and Jonathan Tan, family of the late MR TAN KIAT SIONG HENRY wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to: Rev Jeffrey Khoo and brethren of True Life BP Church Rev Tan Kian Seng and brethren of Berean BP Church Brethren of Life BP Church
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      90 51 LOKE VOW LIN Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 06.03.2007 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yip Kwai i !heong Chan Un Sievv Yip Kwan Cheong Ijeong Kit Yee Grandsons: Granddaughters: I nii'st Yip Hon Weng Yip Wei Wei Marcus Yip Han /Jiang Yip Wei Funn Yip Wei San Grandson-in-law:
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      147 51 GOH GEOK HOON Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 7 Mar 2007 Dearly missed by loved ones. I Husband: long Chin Siong. deceased) Brother-in-law: Sister-in-law: long lei- (iuang Richard Ohia Huan Mvi Winnie Children: Children-in-law: liric Soh Chin I luck lanice lim Seoh Lng Tong Beng IJan Roger lay tick
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      97 51 MDM MUTHAMMA D/O KARUPPANNAN wife of late Venu Pachayappam Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 7 March 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Venu Gopal Sarojah Venu Sinnasamy Vellammal Venu Ramasamy Apoovam Venu Rajoo Buwanes Venu Seger I Isha Venu Vellu Pushapa Rani Venu Murugaiya Daughters: Sons-in-law: Angkamal Venu
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      71 51 s "Surely wxxhiess and meny and lure shall follow me alt the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the I xtra forever." Psalm 23:6 DAUD SHAH SHIREEN (SHEILA) called home peacefully to be with Jesus 7 March 2007 God daugther: Shirley Scan Wake service
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 6006 52 TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 7, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 3.5 1 5716 lstSoftware 11.5 6 3148 8Telecom 34.5 20 5834 A-Sonic 101 96.5 6389 ABFSGBondETF 36 17 1500 ACEDynamics 4EI- N 27 13.5 1100 AEM-Evertech 29.5 12 2101 APOil A
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      • 1531 52 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY IRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 21 2E 46 79 E 82 28^E 26 4a 13.E 6.E IOC 13 12 9 31 41.E 8C 48 19.E 12 7.8 68 4E 2C 11.5 24 13.E 26 23.E 29 9 3B.E 16 3E 13.E 1C
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      • 58 52 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +OR■VOL 'OOO DAY NET P/E M CAP SMIL HIGH LOW ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3370 2382 6235 STIETF1OO 3348.2 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119cd US3740 US***** US*****cd
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    • 578 53 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS New York SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has prepared a blistering attack on rival Google, accusing the Web search leader of taking a cavalier approach to copyright protection. The censure by top Microsoft lawyer Tom Rubin came as the two corporate titans step
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    • 550 53 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bernanke suggests Congress rein in loans portfolios of Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac Washington US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke urged Congress to bolster regulation of mortgage groups Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac, and suggested limiting their massive holdings
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    • 33 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 16,764.62 (-79.88 points) »Japanese issues closed down 0.47 per cent at the end of a see-saw session, as investors remained nervous about the outlook for global markets.
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    • 41 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,918.64 (-139.92 points) Hong Kong stocks fell 0.73 per cent, giving up early gains as a weaker finish in Tokyo sparked fresh concerns that the global market correction has yet to run its course.
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    • 31 53 uvcliddi II AFP Yesterday's close: 2,896.59 (+56.42 points) Chinese share prices finished sharply higher, rising 1.99 per cent on support from bargain-hunting and solid gains in overseas markets.
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    • 35 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,825.3 (+53.5 points) Australian share prices ended 0.93 per cent higher, as investors took heart from global stock markets regaining some of the territory lost in last week's sell-off.
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    • 35 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,156.58 (+25.62 points) Malaysian stocks closed 2.27 per cent higher, extending gains into a second day as investors picked up bargains among blue chips after Wall Street's overnight rally.
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      31 53 BLOOMBERG NEWS Yesterday's close: 12,579.75 (-117.34 points) »Indian shares dropped as the Japanese yen strengthened, causing concern that investors will sell higher risk assets funded by borrowing in Japan.
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    • 39 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,743.18 (+10.75 points) »Indonesian stocks ended 0.62 per cent higher but were off their best levels as some investors took quick profits. Volume was 3.14 billion shares, worth 2.31 trillion rupiah (*****.5 million).
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    • 35 53 AFP Yesterday's close: 670.37 (-3.87 points) Thai shares finished 0.57 per cent lower, pressured by growing concern over a slump in the economy. Shares worth 10 billion baht (***** million) were traded.
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    • 224 53 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,059.15 Mar 7 Allgreen 0.51 1.540 +0.070 Ascendasreit 0.91 2.260 -0.090 CapitaComm 0.61 2.690 +0.110 CapitaLand 4.90 6.850 -0.050 CapitaMall 0.98 3.360 +0.080 Chart SemiCond 0.88 1.480 -0.040 CityDev 2.78 13.100 +0.300 ComiortDelGro 1.38 1.780 -0.020 CoscoCorp 0.91 2.510 +0.010 Creative Tech 0.27 9.550
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    • 51 53 Mar 7 Genlntl 117,277,000 Yongnam 57,682,000 Sing Tel 50,633,000 Sapphire 41,866,000 Macquarie MP Reit 41,228,000 ChinaEntSp 38,951,000 SunVic 34,064,000 Star Cruises 32,888,000 Indofood 28,006,000 China Energy 25,263,000 CSCHIdgs 24,409,000 Longcheer 22,273,000 CapitaComm 21,834,000 Unionmet 19,873,000 China Sun 18,844,000 STATSChP 18,497,000 STI 3000SGAePW***** 17,719,000 GuthrieGTS 17,219,000 BBRHIdgs 16,806,000 PDCCorp
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    • 139 53 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Mar 7 -OREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT ]F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1810 1.1950 Ian dollar 1.2920 1.3070 Euro 1.9970 2.0190 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4348 0.4355 4Z dollar 1.0360 1.0590 Sterling pound 2.9430 2.9750 JS dollar 1.5200
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    • 2372 53 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: MAR 7, 2007 52 WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LIST VOLUME TRADED SALE '0O0 51 8 3779 SSL Marine W*****1 37.5 -3 80 48 5 22 5 9588 AllgreenMBLeCW***** 27 5 +3 5 11 43 24 9337 Allgreen RBeCW070T19 27.5 +3.5 250 9
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    • 828 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS, REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Investors cut back on low-interest yen loans used to fund higher-return assets London THE yen strengthened against the euro yesterday on speculation that swings in global equity, bond and currency markets will deter investors from resuming so-called carry trades. The
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    • 328 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS Beijing CHINA may set up a second exchange for trading the stocks of start-up companies and expand corporate bond trading this year. The move is aimed at providing more investment options to help investors manage risks, said the securities regulator. "China
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    • 231 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS Tokyo NIKKO Cordial Corp's biggest shareholder, Harris Associates, dismissed Citigroup's US$lO.B billion (5516.5 billion) bid for Japan's third-largest brokerage as too low. Harris Associates, which owns about 7.5 per cent of Nikko, will not accept Citigroup's offer of 1,350 yen
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    • 457 55  -  Fiona Chan About half of tenants have moved out; rest will do so soon By Property Reporter PLANS are finally under way to tear down the ageing Ocean Building in Collyer Quay, more than a year after owner Keppel Land (KepLand) was
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    • 202 55  -  FIONA CHAN THREE more freehold sites were put up for collective sale yesterday. One is a 32-unit estate sitting on 18,656 sq ft of land at 396 to 398 River Valley Road. It is going for an indicative price of $36.5 million, or
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    • 297 55  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam By THE newly formed Swiss private bank Clariden Leu is looking to double its assets under management in Asia within five years and add to its Singapore workforce in the process. Clariden Leu, established only in January, is targeting the
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    • 467 55  -  Grace Ng By DBS Bank bosses Jackson Tai and Frank Wong enjoyed bumper pay rises last year, with their total earnings exceeding $15 million at least $1.5 million up on 2005. Mr Tai, the chief executive, and Mr Wong, the chief
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 74 55 PROFITS at Jardine Strategic Holdings edged up 1 per cent to US$l.4l billion (552.16 billion) for the year ended Dec 31. Revenue rose 46 per cent to U5512.85 billion as its property, retail and hotel management businesses grew strongly. Earnings per share were
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      • 66 55 JARDINE Matheson Holdings has recorded an 8 per cent increase in earnings to US$l.35 billion (552.07 billion). Revenue for the year ended Dec 31 grew 36 per cent to U5516.28 billion. Earnings per share were US$3.B3, up from US$3.5B. Net asset value per share
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      • 64 55 PROPERTY developer City Developments (CDL) is paying $131.5 million for Hong Leong Condominium in the West Coast. About 370 new units can be built on the 956-year leasehold plot, which currently houses 180 units. Including a development charge oi $23 million, the
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      • 98 55 FARM produce distributor 01am International is attempting to take over an Australian cotton company for as much as Asl42 million (*****.5 million). The locally listed company is offering to pay Queensland Cotton Holdings investors A 54.75 per share in cash, which
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      • 74 55 PROPERTY developer Ho Bee Investment, tof ether with Malaysian partner 101 Properties, as won the tender for a condominium site at Sentosa Cove with a record-breaking bid. The two companies beat four other bids for the Seafront Collection site with a
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    • 510 56  -  Audrey Tan Its first equity stake in another bourse follows months of talks with Indian side By Assistant Money Editor THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has acted on its long-flagged interest in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) with an announcement yesterday that it
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    • 468 56  -  Goh Eng Yeow By Markets Correspondent INVESTORS of Star Cruises jumped ship yesterday after sister firm Genting International pulled out of a Macau casino project linked to Hong Kong tycoon Stanley Ho. The shares were suspended on Monday to
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    • 264 56  -  LEE SU SHYAN DIRECTORS' TRADES THE controlling shareholder of Lee Kirn Tah Holdings, a firm linked to executive chairman Lee Soon Teck, has been buying shares in the construction firm on a daily basis since the start of the month. Mr Lee has
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    • 275 56  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) has clinched a landmark US$l36 million (Ss2oB million) deal to convert Boeing 767-300 passenger jets to cargo planes. The work will be done by ST Aerospace's subsidiary ST Aviation Services Company (Sasco) at
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    • 370 56  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH THE recent market plunge has not dampened investor enthusiasm for covered warrants on property giant Capita Land. They have been snapping up growing numbers of the contracts on the counter, as the mother share price gyrated
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    • 629 57  -  Arthur Poon TAKING STOCK A sharper fall may be looming as markets are still volatile: Analysts By WITH two days of gains behind them, investors are now wondering if this rebound is a bright new beginning or a bear trap waiting the unwary. There was
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    • 27 57 Gainers: 388 LoserS; 385 Unchanged: 606 Australian dollar 1.1810 1.1950 Euro 1.9970 2.0190 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9430 1.5200 2.9750 1.5370 fen (100 units) 1.3016 1.3157
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    • 245 57  -  BRYAN LEE CAPITAL REDUCTION STARHUB investors can look forward to a cash windfall, after the telco announced yesterday that it will pay out $444 million in a capital reduction exercise. A shareholder with 1,000 shares will receive $228.80, as the telco looks to
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      • 470 62 Respected senior Buddhist monk Kong Hiap had a collection of valuable artworks in his house. These are now on display in a museum Adeline Chia ARTS REPORTER WHEN painter-calligrapher Tan Swie Hian was organising an exhibition in memory of respected senior Buddhist monk Venerable Kong Hiap, he found
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      • 405 64 Alice In Wonderland has been turned into a funny ballet for children June Cheong ARTS REPORTER BALLET and literature are hardly strange bedfellows. Just think Romeo And Juliet or Sleeping Beauty, texts which have been performed as dance. Now, British author Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland has
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      • 424 64 June Cheong CHOREOGRAPHERS Susan Yeung and Lim Peck Lee share more than a love for dance. They are both big fans of Hong Kong pop star Eason Chan's music. And their passion for his moving tunes was part of the reason for their upcoming dance, Yet
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      395 65 > concert SINGAPORE: A GEOPOLITICAL UTOPIA Singapore Symphony Orchestra with Opus Posth ensemble and Vasilev Chamber Choir/Lim Yau, conductor/Tatiana Grindenko, violinist Esplanade Concert Hall/Monday Stephanie Yap THE Singapore premiere of Russian composer Vladimir Martynov's latest symphony was pleasant to listen to, at times stirring, with its deliberately synthetic
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    • 362 65 AFP, NYT The renowned consumer culture critic, whose theories were discussed in The Matrix, was an accomplished author and lensman too PARIS French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard (inset), one of Europe's leading postmodernist thinkers and a fierce critic of consumer culture, died on Tuesday in Paris.
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      • 188 69 HE IS shy, low-key and prefers to snip away than prattle on. Poles apart from his bubbly, de-signer-clad boss David Gan, you might think. But hairstylist Ryan Yap (right) has been dubbed "the next David Gan" by none other than Gan himself. Yap, 29, a senior
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      495 97 Shoppers are in for a treat with early-bird specials and special pricing YES, it's that time of the year to go gadget shopping. This expo is not only for geeks. There's something for everyone from those looking to buy TVs for their new homes to those who want
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      715 98 Buying a new gadget is not just about the purchase. DARYL LIM says there is work to be done both before and after the deal GOING to the IT show can be a tiring affair. In order to find the best deals, you will have to push
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    • 356 99 PHOTO: Microsoft is making its presence felt with a whole floor showing its new Vista operating system and Office 2007 AS YOU go up the escalators to the fourth and sixth floor of the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, you certainly won't miss
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    • Printer Inc.
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        150 101 Look out for Brother's range of all-in-one printers, including the MFC-425CN 6-in-l Colour Flatbed Inkjet Multi-Function Centre (MFC), priced at $298 (usual price: $348). It comes with a free black ink cartridge and 20 sheets of A4 premium glossy photo paper. The MFC-7420 5-in-l Monochrome Laser Multi-Function Centre is
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        120 101 Trade in your old printer for a new Canon iP5200 (above) with a $100 rebate, and pay only $169 for this A4 inkjet photo printer. The L8P2900 monochrome laser printer is now priced at $179. Plus, buyers get a free USB speaker set worth $35. The compact L8P2900 features
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        86 101 For $99 you can own a Dell 926 (above) all-in-one colour inkjet printer. This compact standalone machine prints up to 20 pages per minute (ppm) in black-and-white, and 15ppm in colour. Users can connect cameras via USB or memory cards for direct photo printing. There is also an option
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        160 102 The Stylus Photo R270 printer (right) is Epson's featured star buy, going at a show price of $198 (usual price: $248). It can print up to 30ppm for both black text and colour printouts, and churns out a 4R photo in 13 seconds. Its new Claria ink system extends
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        164 102 Two of Fuji Xerox's featured buys are the DocuPrint 203A (above) and the DocuPrint 525A. The monochrome DocuPrint 203 A's show price is $188 (usual price: $199). It comes with an additional toner free. The colour DocuPrint 525A is priced at $599, and freebies are a duplex kit
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        152 102 Featured inkjet buys at the HP booth include the HP Deskjet F3BO (above) and Photo Smart C6lBO, both multifunction all-in-one printers. The Deskjet F3BO can print, scan, copy, and has a 20ppm black printing speed. Get it for $98 (usual price: $149). The Photo Smart C6lBO has photo-printing as
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        155 102 Samsung returns to the IT Show with a wide range of laser printers, including the SCX-4200 (above), a three-in-one monochrome model with 18ppm print speed. The IT Show price for the SCX-4200 is $249 (usual price: $298). Early-bird bargain hunters can score a laser printer for just under a
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    • Take note
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        192 103 Value seekers can consider the Aspire 5583WXMi (above), a 14.1-inch screen notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo processor, integrated 3D graphics, 120GB hard disk, double-layer DVD burner and 1.3 megapixel integrated webcam. For better graphics performance, the Aspire 5584WXMi and Aspire 5685WLMi are the candidates to view. The 5584WXMi
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      • 207 103 Asus is showcasing several notebooks, including the Asus S6F pink (right), winner of three major design awards including Red Dot, iF China and G-Mark. It's going for $3,888, and the show promotion includes a free stylish carry bag, leather optical mouse, additional six-cell and three-cell battery, Asus My Cinema
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        79 103 Widescreen LCDs are the key features of Dell's two notebooks on show. The Inspiron 640 M and Inspiron 6400 (right) boast widescreen LCDs with Dell's Truelife screen technology for vibrant, sharp displays. The 14.1-inch Inspiron 640 M comes with a base configuration of Intel Core Duo processor, 60GB hard
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        140 103 For a compact tablet notebook with HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) connectivity, the Fujitsu Pl6lO (above) is worth a look. Making its debut at the IT Show, the Pl6lO is super-light at lkg. It is also very compact with an 8.9-inch LCD screen and a bi-di-rectional hinge which
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        139 104 The HP Pavilion txIOOO Entertainment Notebook PC (right) features a 12.1-inch "twist and touch" screen which can be rotated 180 degrees, as well as converted to a flat slate for quick scribbles with a stylus. It also features an integrated webcam and dual omni-directional microphones for video-con-ferencing, and fingertip
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        91 104 Five models of Lenovo notebooks are featured at the on show, with prices ranging from $1,499 to $2,999. Purchases of Lenovo notebooks come with a free six-in-one gift box, which consists of a travel adaptor, cleaning kit, cellphone charger, USB hub, sonic headset, and sponge cleaner. The NlOO and
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        110 104 The LG Rl-B (above) comes with a 14-inch widescreen LCD powered by nVidia GeForce Go 7400 graphics. Another LG notebook in focus is the Zl, with a sleek 12.1-inch screen, with a pi-ano-black design, and only 1.89 kg in weight. The base configuration includes a generous 120GB hard disk
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        91 104 NEC is launching its Versa L series of notebooks at the show, with the spotlight falling on the L2lOO series (above), its most affordable designer notebook. It features a trendy leather-clad chassis, which also provides better grip a balance between design, form and function. The Nee L2lOO also has
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        89 104 Those looking for a compact 12-inch screen notebook equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processors without breaking the bank, can check out Packard Bell's 8U45 range (left). The company claims to have the lowest-priced and widest range of 12-inch notebooks in Singapore. The base model comes in at
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        107 104 A notebook to keep users healthy? That is what Samsung's Q35 (left) promises. It features a silver-na-no technology which ensures germ-free notebooks by inhibiting bacte-ria-growth. Up to 99.9 per cent% of bacteria are eliminated with the silver-na-no technology, says Samsung. This compact 12.1-inch screen Intel Core 2 Duo notebook
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        125 104 Toshiba notebooks under the spotlight during this show are the Satellite AlOO (below) and Satellite MlOO. The Satellite AlOO comes with a 2.OGHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, IGB memory, 160GB hard disk, ATI Mobility Radeon Xl6OO graphics and 15.4-inch LCD screen. It is also equipped with an integrated
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    • Desk companions
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        164 105 For a really slim PC, consider the Acer L3lO (below). Only 25cm high and 6cm thick, it has been compared to two cans of soda and touted as an easily hidden PC. At 3 litres in volume, that's just one-tenth that of conventional desktops. Despite its size, the L3lO
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        43 105 Dell Computer will be showcasing the E520, dubbed the multimedia and entertainment centre, and the Dimension 9200 (left), touted as the ultimate gaming and multimedia machine. Configurations for the E520 start at $1,649, while the Dimension 9200 starts at $2,509. Booth 8438
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        82 105 The HP Pavilion Home PC a5098d (above), targeted at the home user, features an alluring new industrial design featuring a black and silver scheme. Its chassis is fitted with a sliding panel that hides the ports in the front panel. A 15-in-one card reader lets you transfer files easily,
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        90 105 Lenovo desktop systems, the HlOO and QlOO (above), come with bundles targeted at the Maple Story fan and the student. The HlOO ($1,299) comes with a free Maple Story game starter pack and Microsoft Student Encarta Standard 2007 software, while the QlOO ($1,599) adds an additional freebie in the
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        84 105 At first glance, one might wonder: Is it a desktop or a notebook? The Sony Vaio LA3B (right) certainly challenges conventions of what a desktop should look like. This slick machine comes with a 15.4-inch LCD, 82-key keyboard with integrated touchpad which can be folded away to save desk
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    • Fat world
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        60 106 Akira has great bargains like the 32 inch LCD TV (LCT-32CH10ST, above), going at only $899, discounted from the usual price of $1299. Pair the TV up with the DVD-3218E player at only $49.90 (usual price $69). For movies on the go, get the 8 inch LCD Portable DVD
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        93 106 Local electronics megastore Audio House is showcasing the Sharp 37 inch LCD TV (AF3, below), on sale at a special price of $1299 (usual price $2599), while stocks last. The set is HD compatible, uses Pal Optimal Panel (960 x 540 pixels), has 800:1 contrast ratio and HDMI
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        88 106 See Panasonic's humongous 103-inch plasma television (above) at the show it's the equivalent of four 50-inch plasma panels, and the world's largest. It supports full 1080p HDTV resolution and a maximum contrast ratio of 5000:1. Despite its size, consumers can expect this panel to display the same image accuracy
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        68 106 Philips' 19 inch widescreen LCD monitor, the 190CW7 (above), has a fast sms response time, both VGA and DVI connectors, and one-touch brightness and contrast controls. At the 17 inch front, the ***** features built-in speakers, a compact ergo base for fine viewing-position adjustments, Bms response time, and Smart
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        134 106 Two of Samsung's featured LCD monitor buys are the 940NW (right) and the 2258W. The 940NW will be launched at the IT Show at an introductory price of $299 (usual $359). It's a 19 inch widescreen monitor with a sms response time. The 2258W, a 22 inch widescreen, goes
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        65 106 Featured star buys from Viewsonic are the VAI9I2WB and VX223SWM widescreen LCD monitors. The 19 inch VAI9I2WB is on promotion at $299 (usual price $329), while the 22 inch VX223SWM goes for $499 (usual $599). Both have fast sms response time, analogue and DVI interface, and built-in speakers. There
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    • 354 109 WAR games more Sony is showcasing its latest gaming console, the Play Station 3, with new games and Blu-ray movies like The Last Samurai (right). Better let Tom have his set first, though DON'T worry if you were not among the 200 people at the official Singapore debut of the
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      530 110 Here are 10 Play Station 3 games that have just been released in English Genji: Days Of The Blade Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc Price: $42 The player controls four characters in an action game set in feudal Japan, where warring clans do battle against each other
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    • Digi dizzy
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        53 111 Home-grown company Akira's X-5340 (right) digital camera is going for $149 which is a steal since its usual price is $399. It is no backburner product either as it is a slim compact five megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, 2 inchLCD, and the ability to record movies with
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        142 111 Look out for the mini-DV camcorder, Canon MDI2O (right) which has just been launched here. It features a high-power j 35x optical zoom, bringing faraway subjects closer to view; variable zoom speed control; electronic image stabiliser for smooth, steady videos; plus the ability to record high-resolution widescreen video in
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        113 111 Just 2.5 cm thick, Casio claims that its Exilim Hi-Zoom EX-V7 (right) is the world's slimmest digital camera with a 7x optical zoom. Just available in Singapore, it is very compact at 5.9 x 9.5 cm height and width, which fits nicely in the palm. It is light in
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        161 112 Photobugs who have been waiting to get their hands on the Epson photoviewers can check out the P3OOO (above) and P5OOO. Featuring the world's first four-colour display and four-inch screen, they can display a wider colour gamut, up to 88 per cent of the Adobe RGB colour space. The
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        165 112 Zoom in on the new Fujifilm cameras, the F4ofd, the Zsfd, and the S5 pro. The F4ofd is an 8.3 megapixel camera and has 3x optical zoom and a low-light shooting performance of up to ISO 2000 sensitivity. It also has an improved screen that expands viewing angles by
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        104 112 Hitachi, the company who pioneered the DVD camcorder, establishes another first with the release of their hybrid DVD and hard disk camcorders. With the built-in BGB hard disk, up to six hours of videos can be recorded without interruption. Quickly burn and share the film highlights to DVD, right
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        153 112 The Olympus Mju 770SW (above) is one very tough camera the world's first waterproof digicam up to 10m, shockproof against falls to 1.5 m, freeze proof to minus 10 deg C and load proof to 100 kg. This 7.1 megapixel camera can dive even deeper, up to 40m, with
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    • SNAP SHOTS
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        145 113 Panasonic's HDC-SDI (right) and HDC-DXI are two high definition home videocams making their way to consumers this season. The HDC-SDI records on SDHC memory cards, while the HDC-DXI records on DVD media. Both are 3CCD camcorders, ensuring richer colours and capture quality. Leica lenses, renowned for their optical qualities,
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        81 113 Ranger is showcasing its DVGenius series of mul-ti-functional video-recording devices, priced between $199 and $339 after a $50 cash back promotion. These gadgets combine digital camera, webcam and voice-recording functions, besides shooting digital videos. The $199 DVGenius 550 is small, compact and weighs only 160g, but still comes with
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        80 113 The Ricoh Caplio R6 (right), the world's slimmest digital camera with 28mm wide-angle, 7.1 x optical zoom lens, will be launched in Singapore exclusively at the IT Show. It measures just 20.6 mm at its thinnest point. The 7.1 megapixel Caplio R6 retains the vibra-tion-reduction function from the R5.
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        90 114 Samsung's digicam offerings the NV3 and the NVIO (left) will appeal to the design-conscious buyer who wants a camera which does not just shoot good-looking pictures, but looks good too. The NV3 goes on show at a recommended price of $599. The NVIO is available at $699. Buyers of
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        80 114 Good news for digital SLR enthusiasts who have been eagerly following Sigma's SDI4 (left) developments: this long-awaited successor to the SDIO has finally reached Singapore shores. The SDI4 retains the use of a Foveon X 3 imaging sensor, which unlike other DSLR sensor technology, is the only one that
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        95 114 Ogle at Sony's stylish digital cameras on show. The WSC-TlOO from its distinctive T-series maintains the sleek, slim profile, while packing in the features such as 8.1 megapixel resolution, a 5x optical zoom, and lcm macro-focusing mode. The slim and light Cybershot W55 and W35 (left) from Sony's entry-level
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    • Store, play... ...and listen
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        93 115 The Akira MP-E5 flash-based digital music player (below) can play back both MP3 and WMA files. It comes in three colours: silver, blue and red, and has a seven-colour LCD display. There are preset EQ modes to adjust the sounds to your sonic preference. It can also record voice,
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        203 115 Homegrown audio giant Creative Technology is showing off its most popular lines of MP3 players. There's the Creative Zen V Plus with its scratch-resistant surface. It also has a high resolution 1.5-inch Oled screen, letting you enjoy photos and videos as well as digital music and radio on the
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        152 115 Making its first appearance in Singapore at the IT Show is the black Samsung K3 MP3 player (below). The slimmest ever Samsung MP3 player at 6.95 mm (0.695 cm), it weighs an equally minimal 50g. With optional portable docking speakers that double as a protective slip case, the K3
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        118 115 Singapore company Shiro returns to the IT Show with its authorised dealer Skylet. Catch the Shiro MY (below), MX and MA line of compact, portable, flash-based digital media players on show. With the Shiro MY, there's no more need to split the left and right earbud with your friend,
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        63 116 The LG F8162 Stylish Micro System (below) looks the part with a sleek piano black design. Its three-way speaker system with side woofer dcliv- ers a total of 160W sound output. It plays audio CDs, MP3s and WMA audio files, and incorporates an AM/FM tuner. Its six-mode equalisation allows
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        103 116 Logitech's flagship surround sound speaker system, the Z-5500 Digital 5.1 (above), adds a huge sonic punch to your computer, MP3, gaming console and home audio-visual set-up. The system has 505 watts of power, 188 watts of which are packed into the sub-woofers for that deep bass effect. Surround sound
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        152 116 Two Creative headphones, the HQ-1400 and HS-390, are available for the first time in Singapore at this expo. The HQ-1400 (right) has a circum-aural closed-back design, high performance 40mm neodymium drivers, and velvet-cushioned earpads for long hours of comfortable listening. Get it for $39 (usual price: $49). The HS-390
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    • 500 117 A few tips on setting up your equipment and protecting it from hackers and keeping it running smoothly. And yes, you will need to read the instructions AFTER the initial excitement of swiping your card or passing over cash for that new
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    • 712 119 Put the power in your hands with the following selection of personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones that organise contacts, send e-mail on the go, and even help navigate your way around. Dopod Look out for Dopod's latest product the UlOOO (right). It allows you to
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    • Skype's the ring thing
      • 67 120 The IPEVO free.2 Skype Internet phone has an LCD screen to display call information. There is a toggle scroll for easy searches through your contact list, and a one-touch recording button with accompanying software. The free.2 (right) comes in either black or white, and comes with a phone
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        120 120 All those images you took of your holiday in Egypt are still in your digital camera. You can share them by displaying them on the the Philips Digital Photo Display (right). It comes in a stylish desktop design. Images can be on a slideshow too. The display also has
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      • 229 120 In the heat of the battle, how fast and accurately you can execute the movements or fire the shots counts. With discounts applied to its peripherals on show, Logitech's gaming control gadgets are more irresistible than ever. Consider the Gl5 gaming keyboard which offers an unprecedented level of in-game
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      • 101 120 Looking for a single box that has the ADSL2+ modem function and the latest wireless-N technology? The Linksys WAG32SN fits the bill. It also has four 10/100 ethernet ports for wired LAN connections. Catch it at the show for $249. Linksys will also have the WVC2OO wire-less-G pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ)
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      • 100 120 Two of the latest Netgear wireless products on show are the WNRBS4T and DGB34G. The WNRBS4T is a wireless-N router with a gigabit switch, ensuring speed wireless as well as wired connections. At the show, the WNRBS4T is available together with the WNSIIT Range Max NEXT Wireless-N Notebook Adapter
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        106 120 The Shiro 5K9151 Skype Dect phone (right) lets you makes calls over the Internet without the wire mess, using Dect technology. Just plug in the accompanying USB dongle into your computer, and pick your contact list from the device's 1.5 inch colour LCD screen with a full graphical interface.
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        53 120 Belkin's latest Skype Wi-Fi phone FIPPOOOGN-SK (right) is on exhibition at a promotional price of $289 (usual $329), including a free OmniDock-L holder for mobile phones and PDAs. For a purchase-on-purchase deal, buy any Belkin product, and be entitled to buy the Pre-N Notebook Card (FsDBoloak) at $42 (usual
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      265 123  -  TEE HUN CHING It is said that in China, women will slather on sunscreen just to head next door because they fear getting zapped by those darn UV rays. Pigmentation, say beauty companies, is something that over 80 per cent of Asian women fret about. For while Caucasians
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        328 125 Mary-Kate Olsen really is a bag lady in every sense of the word. Not only does she dress like a hobo, she is also too lazy to change her wardrobe. I've been wondering lately why on earth the bulimic Olsen twin has been toting the same little Fendi bucket
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      • 87 125 CAP SALE: From now till March 21, enjoy 30 per cent off selected items from the American casualwear brand's fall/winter season. Go to any of its outlets at Wisma Atria, Vivo City and The Centrepoint. LLADRO OPENS: Spanish porcelain figurine brand Lladro pronounced "yah-dro" has opened a store on
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        213 125 Dutch design duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren of the label Viktor Rolf caused a stir at Paris Fashion Week last week when they sent models down the runway looking like bedsheets pinned on a laundry line. Each model catwalked with a heavy steel rig, tungsten lights and
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        258 125 For style-deficient men, help may well be here in the form of fashion and image consultant Ana Liew (right). Last week, the 40-year-old set up an online fashion consultancy called Style Council which targets men in need of a wardrobe overhaul. For $100 an hour, she will take
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      • 234 125 Celebrate today it's International Women's Day with free bling and discounted clothes. Local jeweller Goldheart is giving away 3,800 stainless steel key rings to women because it is the day that commemorates their fight for equality and justice, among other things. From noon, members of the fairer sex
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      721 125  -  May Yip Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your aperies to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg Ql'm 25 but the skin around my eyes is already drooping, maybe because I've been plucking my brows often. I have tried different eye creams but I've yet to
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      241 125 /Belle Charlene Kwan These two fashionistas were spotted at the officia opening of Lladro Boutique at Paragon last Friday Tricia Fu, 24, training manager Where did you get your clothes from? My dress is from GG<5 and cost $166. I got my shoes from Melbourne for $180. My bag
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        126 126 Real flowers die, but this loud and cheery floral arm candy is a keeper. PVC tote, $469, by Tsumori Chisato, from Blackjack, 01-10 Forum i The pleats allow more room for loose change without unsightly bulges. Leather coin purse, $16, from Miss Selfridge, 03-48 A/49 Paragon Wear
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        130 126 Photographers: Combining form and function, this leather tote fits your documents, laptop, iPod and more. Bonus: The lighter-sized accessory that comes with it twists open to reveal a pen. $499, from ck Calvin Klein,, 01-07 Forum This spicy and masculine scent is inspired by Africa think Robert
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    • MAN AND MACHINE
      • 62 128 It's not quite something you chat about with the boys over a pint, but everyone's got to mow the forgotten crevices of noses and ears. Now, there's no excuse for embarrassing stray strands with Braun's Ear Nose Trimmer. The handheld product comes in a sleek silver
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      • 40 128 Got a lunch date with the hot newcomer in the office? Get rid of your spm shadow with the handy Shavy, a compact shaver from Japan with a small, rounded shaving head. 573.90, from Mustafa Centre
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      • 51 128 Let's face it, peel-off pore-cleaning strips and over-enthusiastic facialists aren't a man's best friends. Enter Panasonic's Pore Cleanser, a nifty ergonomic device which sucks your pores clean with a teeny "nose cup". Simply place the ultra-slim cup on clogged pores to remove blackheads and whiteheads. $63, from Mustafa
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      • 55 128 The name Shavy Femini doesn't sound terribly macho. But this battery-operated "personal shaver" allows you to shave sensitive areas like brows, hairy chests and other more intimate body parts without causing irritation. The device's blade never makes contact with the skin, allowing for a delicate shave. Shavy
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      • 53 128 If the thought of scrubbing your skin with a pumice stone that rock-like tool sold in drugstores sounds like torture, try this clever dry skin remover shaped like a regular razor. Simply scrape the ridged edges along the ball of your heels. $1.90, from Sasa stores, including
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      • 76 128 Since the total area of facial skin shaved in 18 months is equivalent to that of a football pitch, why not invest in a top-end shaver? Braun's 360° Complete removes even the most stubborn stubble with a patented design that lifts strands which usually lie flat on
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      • 61 128 For the hairy man who wants an all-in-one package, try the Philips 7-in-1 Grooming Kit which comprises a precision shaver, hair clipper, nose, eyebrow and ear trimmer, full-size beard-trimmer unit and precision beard trimmer unit. This rechargeable kit is equipped with self-sharpening blades and contourfollowing combs which result
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      • 56 128 Shape the perfect goatee with this tiny razor, which comes in both straight and T-shapes to target hard-to-reach areas. Use the T-shaped razor for the top section of a goatee or brow, and the straight one to neaten the lower edges. You can also use the razor for
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        66 128 What's the difference between a school prefect and a corporate ladder climber? The "dimple" in the prerequisite tie. The dimple is that vertical crease in the necktie just under the knot. While veteran tie-wearers have no trouble creating that crucial detail, novices can cheat with The Dimpler
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        85 128 Traditionalists who insist that old-fashioned razors achieve the closest shave can keep their blades sharp with the Razor Care System (right). This contains "neodymium magnets" created from a metal used to make welders' protective goggles. Apparently they align the blade's molecular structure to keep it sharper for a
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      626 128 AFP Fashion-conscious men are lacing up corsets to achieve perfect posture After skirts, make-up and pantyhose for men, the corset, one-time symbol of women's oppression, might be the next big thing for fashion-conscious men. Young Parisian corset maker Sylvain Nuffer began cutting, stitching and boning corsets for men
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      357 129 Master the art of runway dressing for less. ANGELINE NEO shows you how to make rugged chic and sexy Catwalk inspiration Donna Karan (left) Why you'd want the look: Colonial romanticism meets urban jungle glamour- it's classy in an old-money way with a modern, sexy twist.
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    • 828 131  -  ANGELINE NEO Fresh, bright and sexy the season's best haute make-up looks make modern glamour a cinch. Midas lids were seen on Chanel's runway, flirty lilac winks at Karl Lagerfela and cool graphic definition at Rodarte. men there was the sensational bold mouth at Vivienne
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      466 133  -  ANGELINE NEO With the right whitening products, you don't have to resort to cover-up measures to beat the sun Smarter, more targeted and deeply rooted in science today's whitening skincare with its fancy cell-regulating powers reads like a sci-fi plot. Whitening goes beyond your basic cleanser or moisturiser.
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    • 352 133 Anti-ageing Sun rays don't just give you spots, they also give you lines and wrinkles. Which is why Clarins'White Plus HP Total Whitening Essence (right), $122, is a two-in-one serum that tackles spots and creases. It contains alchemilla, a plant which reportedly
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    • 169 133 The term whitening is actually a misnomer, since the products today don't bleach your skin but clarify it, so your face appears brighter. Certain whitening agents like mercury can poison the skin and affect the nervous system. Pregnant women exposed to mercury risk giving birth to brain-damaged babies.
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      923 134 Fashionistas have taken to foraging for cool threads at swop meets, reports BRENDA GOH The sight of 20 fashionistas crammed into Swirl, a clothing boutique, pawing through clothes on a Sunday afternoon is not unusual. What's strange is that they are completely ignoring racks of colourful new pieces
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    • 877 136  -  .EONG SU-LIN He's shy, would rather cut hair than talk and is celebrity hairstylist David Gan's heir apparent. Meet Ryan Yap of Passion HE competitive world of the celebrity hair stylist can be a snippy one, but even top crimper David Gan is happy to put
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      571 137  -  MICHELLE TAY The man in charge of making sure clothes at Spanish high street brand Massimo Dutti sell like hotcakes is one cool customer Alejandro Munoz (above) oozes confidence when asked if he is afraid of competition from rival Spanish labels Zara and Mango, or Britain's Topshop and
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      657 138 NYT The best way to combat ageing is to maintain strength and flexibility with regular exercise, says JANE E. BRODY An apology to all babyboomers and beyond: I'm afraid that in our efforts to get everyone to become physically active, we've sold you a bill of goods. A
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    • 280 138 In their recently published book, Age-Defying Fitness, two prominent physical therapists, Marilyn Moffat of New York University and Carole B. Lewis of Washington, DC, provide the ingredients to help you make the most of your body for the rest of your life: a quick quiz
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    • 322 139  -  TAN HSUEH YUN I'm not what you'd call a barfly, but I like to try out boozy drinks served in interesting ways. Belgian beers, in their unique and sometimes wacky glasses, are a firm favourite. Such a clever marketing ploy. Recently, I drank a delicious, fizzy pear
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      155 139 Someone should put a sign outside Candy Empire to stop the weak-willed from wandering in. The store is fun to shop in but it sure does bring on a fierce sugar craving. Not to mention an uncontrollable urge to throw things into the shopping basket. It's the go-to
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      233 139 How can you have a drinks party without chips? I've been noticing these exotic Kettle chips in supermarkets and could not resist trying them all. And while I'm not a big fan of very spicy food, the Chipotle (chi-POAT-leh) Chilli Barbecue ($6.50 for a 142g bag) was the
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      148 139 If you're having a drinks party at home, be sure to have these nibbles from Carrefour on hand. They are savoury and salty everything you want in a bar snack. Salmon Mini-choux is the best by far. Button-sized choux puffs have a creamy and not too fishy salmon
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      658 140  -  gSu-Lin THEBAGPAGE/Leon Music cable network Channel [V] VJ Sarah Tan is one of the most down-to-earth celebrities in town. As soon as the pixie-faced beauty steps into the studio, she pulls out a tube of Polo mints and offers them round. And she doesn't baulk when the photographer
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