The Straits Times, 22 August 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 28 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon Only small part of CPF Minimum Sum to be used
    668 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia New 'tail-end annuity' scheme: Plan will kick in with smaller payouts at age 85 until member dies By Aaron Low A NEW scheme making annuities compulsory for Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will be tailored to cover them
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    Lock icon First, food. Then toys. And now...clothes
    434 1  -  Clarissa Oon FEARS OVER CHINA PRODUCTS NZ boy burnt after China-made pyjamas caught fire By China Correspondent In Beijing A YOUNG boy in New Zealand suffered burns and underwent a skin graft after his made-in-China pyjamas caught fire early last month. Three-year-old Jack Livingstone's
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon In S. Korea, civil service jobs an 'iron rice bowl'
      862 1  -  Lee Tee Jong By South Korea Correspondent In Seoul UNIVERSITY graduate Cho Yong Choi has been trying for three years to become a police officer. "The job is stable and allows me to play a direct part in the security
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon HDB flat owners can pay less when opting out of upgrades
      792 3  -  Tan Hui Yee Also, essential repairs to older flats will be free under new home improvement scheme By Housing Correspondent OWNERS of ageing Housing Board flats will soon be able to pay less when opting out of bigger improvements
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      Lock icon Ex-minister Howe Yoon Chong, 84, dies
      483 3  -  Keith Lin Lee Hui Chieh By FORMER Cabinet minister Howe Yoon Chong, who played a key role in developing Singapore's infrastructure and financial framework, died yesterday. He was 84. The former Defence and Health minister, who was in politics from 1979 to 1984, died
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      Lock icon Another lawyer disappears overseas
      329 4  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Law Correspondent A LAWYER allegedly skipped town over the weekend with about $68,000, suspected to have been stolen from a former client's account. David Khong Siak Meng, who is in his 40s, had practised as a sole proprietor for five years until about
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      Lock icon Tunnel work stops at Circle Line site after road sinks
      567 4  -  T. Rajan Stop-work order at Telok Blangah site is fourth this year on $6.7b MRT project By ALL tunnelling works on the Circle Line worksite near Telok Blangah have been halted, after part of the road sank four days ago.
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      33 4 THE LURE OF MONEY Does an investment in currencies make sense? In Executive Money, BT scrutinises the risks and rewards of currency funds Jailed for lying to help bigamous Viet wife trust her
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Abe makes landmark trip to India to boost ties
      867 6  -  Ravi Velloor Trade is high on his agenda as Abe arrives with huge business delegation By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived here yesterday for a landmark trip meant to set new strategic and economic
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      Lock icon India 'needs to push hard to stay ahead of China in IT'
      382 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi INDIA must make a huge push in education and infrastructure to ensure it is not overtaken by China as a global outsourcing destination, a top industry body warned yesterday. China is unlikely to surpass
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Beijing air cleaner during car ban test, officials claim
        578 8  -  Tracy Quek Drivers welcome jam-free roads, but some residents say air was no different By China Correspondent In Beijing TAKING 1.3 million cars off the road daily for four days improved Beijing's air quality and eased congestion, the city's officials were
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        Lock icon Airline offers apology and $150 hongbao
        341 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO CHINA Airlines offered US$lOO (Ssls3) and an apology yesterday to Taiwanese passengers who escaped a fire that destroyed its jet on a runway in Japan. The Boeing 737-800 operated by Taiwan's largest carrier burst into flames at Naha airport
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        Lock icon US group slams poor conditions in Chinese toy factories
        351 8 REUTERS Hong Kong A US-BASED workers' rights group said it found "brutal conditions" and labour violations at eight Chinese plants that make toys for big multinationals, and called on the companies to take steps to improve standards. China Labour Watch said
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Japan gets lift from retiring baby boomers
        735 9 REUTERS But spending may slow as younger workers get paid less, which may hit economy Tokyo THE millions of retiring Japanese baby boomers may push up spending here and there, but the young people who replace them will be paid much less, and
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        Lock icon Taiwan farmers want ban on US pork to stay
        270 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS Taipei HUNDREDS of angry farmers pelted riot police with rotten eggs yesterday at a rally in Taipei demanding the government stand firm on banning US pork imports containing a controversial hormone. Taiwan currently bans ractopamine, a hormone that promotes
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Oil workers call off strike after minister pledges to meet demand
        362 10 BLOOMBERG New Delhi INDIAN oil workers have called off a strike for higher wages within hours of it starting yesterday after the government agreed to one of their demands. Indian Oil Corp and other state-run oil companies, which control
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        Lock icon India's labour shortage threatens growth
        527 10 BLOOMBERG Salaries rocket as companies vying for limited talent battle each other for skilled workers New Delhi MR KARTHIK Agashe, a 27-year-old software salesman, has switched jobs four times in his 4V2-year career. Mr Manjit Singh, 29, who met Mr Agashe in 2005 when they
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        246 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS MALAYSIA will help train Thai Muslim religious teachers and provide scholarships for students in insurgency-hit southern Thailand under a pact signed yesterday. Visiting Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Badawi witnessed the signing of the agreement
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        Lock icon Dislike for Thaksin fuels 'yes' vote in south
        593 12  -  Nirmal Ghosh Observers say strong support for Constitution shows locals want elections and stability By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THE Thai souths enthusiastic "yes" vote for last Sunday's referendum on the country's new Constitution reflected both a deep-seated dislike of former prime
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon KL court failed to hear inmates' appeals for years
        783 13  -  Carolyn Hong Lawyer for 2 death row prisoners seeks their release, citing the long delays By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur TWO death row prisoners have petitioned a Malaysian court for their release after it failed to hear their appeals
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        162 13 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE President SR Nathan yesterday urged Asean legislators to broaden their outlook on problem-solving by familiarising themselves with issues that transcend national borders. In his message to the ongoing 28th Asean In-ter-Parliamentary Assembly (Aipa) here, President Nathan pointed out that legislators had
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        Lock icon Man dies in fourth bus crash in nine days
        312 13 BERNAMA Gua Musang (Kelantan) A CAMBODIAN religious teacher was killed and four others seriously injured when the express bus they were in skidded, flipped and landed squarely on its roof at the Kuala Krai-Gua Musang road near here, around lam yesterday.
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        Lock icon At 100, he is the Klang Valley's oldest living pensioner
        261 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALAYSIAN Thuryrajah Sinnaypoo has been a pensioner for far longer than he has been working. At 100, Mr Thuryrajah of Petaling Jay a has been a pensioner since 1963 when he retired as chief clerk after
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        Lock icon Author threatened over book on Masako
        207 14 REUTERS THE Australian author of a controversial book on Japan's Crown Princess Masako said yesterday he had received death threats, ahead of the book's Japanese-language release today. The Japanese government has said that the original version of Ben Hills' Princess Masako Prisoner Of The
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        Lock icon Kidnap victim 'still haunted' one year on
        222 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUSTRIAN kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has said she remains haunted by the memory of the man who held her captive for over eight years, even as she now fights to build a life for herself. While the memory of what her
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon WoW, online games can help fight real epidemics
      704 16 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Virtual diseases offer insight on how people react to outbreaks Copenhagen THE elves, ores and serpentine monsters that do battle in the popular online game World of Warcraft (WoW) may help scientists fight the next epidemic, two epidemiologists said.
      BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; WWW.W9RLDOFVVARCRAFT.COM  -  704 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia gives WHO samples of Bali bird flu
      254 16 Jakarta INDONESIA sent bird flu samples to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as part of efforts to woo tourists back to Bali island, where the virus killed a woman a week ago, a Health Ministry official said. Indonesia, the nation hardest hit
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      Lock icon Hurricane Dean ploughs into Mexico
      526 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Monster storm is the strongest since 1992 to hit land in Atlantic region Tulum (Mexico) HURRICANE Dean, a monster storm twice the size of South Korea, ploughed into the Caribbean coast of Mexico yesterday, lashing ancient Mayan ruins and heading for modern
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      Lock icon Headscarf redesign for Turkey's probable first lady
      363 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Ankara TURKEY'S probable first lady has commissioned a cutting-edge designer to "modernise" her contentious headscarf. The move comes ahead of the likely election later this month of her husband, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, as president of the staunchly secular republic. With
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon kL BANS REPORTS ON RAPPER
        88 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: The government yesterday ordered mainstream newspapers to stop reporting on provocative Malaysian rapper Wee Meng Chee, whose video clip and songs mocking the national anthem and Muslims have angered his countrymen. The Internal Security Ministry told newspapers here that they should
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        Lock icon ARM WRESTLING MACHINES PULLED OUT
        119 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Lose an arm wrestling match to a Japanese arcade machine, and you could break your arm. Distributor Atlus said yesterday it would remove all 150 Arm Spirit arm wrestling machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the
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        Lock icon 14 KILLED IN ALUMINIUM PLANT BLAST
        127 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING: At least 14 people were killed and 59 injured after molten aluminium spilled at a smelter in eastern China, triggering a blast that wrecked part of the plant, a local government spokesman said. The accident occurred as workers gathered for a morning
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        Lock icon ABU SAYYAF TURNS TO YOUTUBE
        99 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA: Al-Qaeda-linked extremists in the Philippines have turned to the wildly popular Internet vid-eo-sharing website You Tube in an apparent attempt to raise cash and recruits. For the first time, two video clips from the Abu Sayyaf group, responsible for some of the
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        Lock icon HARDLINE CLERIC'S LAWSUIT REJECTED
        75 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA: An Indonesian court yesterday rejected z class action lawsuit filed by hardline cleric Abu Bakai Bashir, who had sought the disbanding of the police's anti-terror unit. Judge Wachyono told a hearing at the South Jakarta district court that the class action suit did
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      Lock icon War of words between Syria and Saudi Arabia
      542 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Spat between Arab heavyweights could have regional repercussions Beirut A NEW war of words has erupted between Syria and Saudi Arabia, signalling a further low in relations between the Middle East's two key regional players, one aligned with Washington and
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      Lock icon Fake engineer cleared over 1,000 Qantas flights
      250 18  -  Roger Maynard By Australia Correspondent In Sydney MORE than 1,000 Qantas flights were cleared to fly by an employee posing as an engineer, it was claimed yesterday. Australia's Federal Police have been called in to investigate the man, who was hired for an
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      Lock icon Aussie court rules against govt on visa
      125 18 REUTERS Brisbane AN AUSTRALIAN court ruled yesterday that the Immigration Minister wrongly revoked a work visa for an Indian doctor who was accused of links with a failed UK car bomb plot in June. Civil rights and legal groups criticised Canberra for its
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      Lock icon London turns to Venezuela to subsidise bus fares
      595 19 BLOOMBERG, FINANCIAL TIMES City gets cheap bus fuel in return for giving transport and urban-planning help London SOME 250,000 low income commuters in London will enjoy halfprice tickets for their bus journeys, thanks to a donation from oil-rich Venezuela. Mayor Ken Livingstone
      BLOOMBERG, FINANCIAL TIMES; : BLOOMBERG  -  595 words
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      Lock icon Fat? You can blame some of it on virus
      337 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington IN THE buffet of reasons for why Americans are getting fatter, researchers are piling more evidence on the plate for one still controversial cause: a virus. New research announced on Monday found that when human stem cells the
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      Lock icon More trauma for students at Virginia Tech
      154 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS Blacksburg (Virginia) STUDENTS who returned to classes at Virginia Tech, four months after the shooting rampage in which 33 people died, were hit by a gas leak and a new disturbing report on the attack. Carbon monoxide from a faulty water
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      Lock icon SALUTE TO MAORI KING
      49 20 Paddlers on board Maori waka canoes preparing to salute Maori King Tuheitia and dignitaries beside the Waikato River in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, on the first anniversary of his coronation yesterday. The 52-year-old became king after the death of his mother a year ago. PHOTO: AP
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      Lock icon Paedophile given Viagra rapes boy, 5
      486 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Sarkozy vows to get tough after case that has shocked the French Paris FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed tough new measures to crack down on paedophiles after a repeat offender who had been prescribed Viagra was arrested for allegedly
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      26 16 Cheaper oil, lower fares About 250,000 low income commuters in London will enjoy half-price bus fares, after Venezuela sells discounted oil to the city. PAGE 19
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      439 22 AS YOUNG as it is, Singapore already is a remarkable success story. The economy today is strong, and growing in new directions as Singapore attempts to secure the future too. But it isn't without its challenges. Perhaps the greatest of these is the widening
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      996 22  -  Daljit Singh By For The Straits Times ASEAN is viewed variously as an organisation for regional confidence building, economic cooperation, or just a talk shop, depending upon the knowledge and disposition of the beholder. But not many people outside elite circles think of it as
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      934 22  -  ROBYN LIM CHANGING SECURITY INTERESTS By For The Straits Times JAPAN'S Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in New Delhi at the height of controversy about whether the Indian Parliament will ratify a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States. In 1998,
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      1189 23  -  Li MINGJIANG By For The Straits Times THE Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched a series of personnel changes since June this year, the most notable case being the swop of posts between Lieutenant-General Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of General Staff of the PLA
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      734 23  -  John Kenney LOS ANGELES TIMES By In New York "Hitler's outward hatred for Jews and Russians may have belied a secret passion for some of their greatest musical works, if a recently discovered cache of records proves to be the remains of his
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      26 22 PLA developing talent The job transfer of Lt-Gen Zhang Qinsheng shows the Chinese PLA's attempt to train senior officers with multiple sets of skills. PAGE 23
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      679 23 Of P- SPRING Young looks for older women 0 Exam Is Just A Game! s —> &mL fAI ear parents Is Your Child Winning In The O Levels/PSLE? f g^. j I vni ID \A/PPI^PKir\Q Ever wondered why some students are able to get good grades and score'A's in B
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      372 24 :-sHi^ Your Shortest Brightest s!sgpi Path to CPA Australia JUfc" -555" Singapore fji Murdoch Murdoch Accounting Degree T m'°"°<»<«Z2° m 13 -14 September 07 "^"university Ji ln '10'0000irwi CRICOS Provider Code *****J aoioooi **********0,1 Suntec Singapore International ■»:Sc::£SEK/i i n i na <——«- ********************^^0, 1 BBM 31 v m^ i
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      11 24 Nude swimmer spotted at East Coast Beach Story in Singapore Seen
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      1016 24 Singapore today Showers with thunder and M A fl jp^j J^/7^^ morning over many areas. THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 2007 //Is^ /I/^/// ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFULIJ UMBERS JJTS^J SfS i t 1 Emergency lines DO TODAY BEIJINGO^ j~&sh A V Police 999 SEOUL 0 Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000
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      465 25  -  Tracy Sua 23-year-old started work just 10 days ago; nabbed 36 hrs after body found By THE family hired a maid to take care of 71-year-old Choy Ah Moy because she was getting frail and having leg pains. But on Sunday
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      242 25 ITS head was cut off. Its front legs too. And the worst part is that no one knows whether the cat was alive or dead when it happened except the person who did it. The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is
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      717 26  -  Carolyn Quek Move will help SCDF cope with jump in the number of such calls By Teh Joo Lin CHE Singapore Civil Defence (SCDF) is looking into par;elling out some emergency calls :o private ambulances. This is to enable the SCDF
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      441 26  -  Selina Lum KALLANG BODY PARTS MURDER By THE 52-year-old married man found guilty of the Kallang body parts murder of 2005 has failed in his final court bid to be spared the hangman's noose. Former factory supervisor Leong Siew Chor, convicted by the
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      123 26 CHILDLESS couples giving in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) a try can now turn to Raffles Hospital to raise their chances of becoming parents. The booster comes from traditional Chinese medicine, used in conjunction with infertility treatments, at the hospital's clinic offering this East-West therapy. In IVF, a woman's egg
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      424 27  -  Chong Chee Kin Man knew would-be wife was already married; helped her lie to immigration authorities too By THE man who helped his Vietnamese wife commit bigamy was jailed for seven weeks yesterday, closing a case in which the woman had earlier been jailed
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      254 27  -  Carolyn Quek By THE rainy weather over the last six months in Singapore has helped bring the number of fires here to a 10-year low. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said yesterday that a total of 2,273 fires were reported from January to
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        96 27 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been ordered to stand trial in the High Court next month for allegedly raping his 18-year-old sister. The crime allegedly took place in the family home last September. If convicted, the teenager, who cannot be named to protect his sister's identity,
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        137 27 A QUARREL between a man and a woman on an MRT train on Saturday evening became so heated that a fellow commuter hit the train's "emergency stop" button. This brought the west-bound train to a stop at its next station, Dover, where station officers
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      537 28  -  Radha Basu Two centres to counsel couples in which at least one partner is under 21 By Community Correspondent TWO one-stop marriage guidance centres to be inaugurated tomorrow will share a unique aim to get couples to consider dropping the idea of getting
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      335 28  -  Ho Ai Li By RACHEL Destinee Lee was a playful child in primary school. She never had high expectations, and never imagined she would win anything. But yesterday, Rachel, a student at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East, won the prestigious
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        81 28 NAVIES from the region, together with the United States Navy, have been flexing their sea muscles in an annual exercise code-named Seacat. The South-east Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (Seacat) exercise, which started on Aug 14, ends today with navies from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and
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        79 28 THE Singapore Government has donated US$BO,OOO (*****,000) to help victims of the recent floods in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The funds have been channelled through the Singapore Red Cross Society to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, for relief operations in
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        58 28 GERMAN State Secretary for Defence Peter Eickenboom is in Singapore on a two-day visit. He was here to attend the Third Germa-ny-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue yesterday, a regular meeting that began in 2004 for both countries to discuss defence cooperation and strategic developments. Dr Eickenboom also
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        66 28 MINISTER for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang will be visiting Cambodia from today till Saturday. He has been invited by Cambodian Minister of Posts and Telecommunications So Khun to participate in the Seventh Asean Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers' Meeting. This
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        98 28 SENIOR Parliamentary Secretary for Education Masagos Zulkifli will be on a three-day visit to Brunei starting today. He will be leading a nine-member delegation to attend a debate in Malay Titian Minda between Singapore and Bruneian students, which is now in its 12th year. They will
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      600 29  -  Jessica Cheam HOUSING They hope new plans for estate will materialise fast; HDB says more details to be revealed soon By PLANS announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for Punggol 21 have revived residents' hopes for more amenities and infrastructure to be built
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      2014 30  -  Aaron Low ►>CPF SPECIAL, MEDISAVE RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS No more fixed 4% rate; move will spell better returns over long term: Eng Hen By THE Government is moving to float the interest rate of the Central Provident Fund's (CPF) Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts and peg
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      666 31  -  Li Xueying WORKING LONGER Lim Boon Heng advises bosses to start preparing for 2012 re-employment law now By IF MR Lira Boon Heng were the boss of a company, this is how he would prepare for the re-em-ployment law that will kick in on
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      314 31 IT IS possible that compulsory annuities may take the form of a state-managed basic annuity package coupled with private insurance companies offering riders over and above it. This is an idea members of the public have e-mailed to Minister Lim Boon Heng, who oversees ageing issues.
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      407 31  -  Aaron Low BIGGER RETIREMENT NEST EGG By ALL the plans to ensure older Singaporeans have a bigger retirement nest egg are in place. But of these, the most important is the proposed law to ensure they have jobs, said Manpower Minister Ng Eng
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      1930 32  -  Jeremy Au Yong HOWE YOON CHONG OBITUARY 'I've no liking for politics/ said veteran civil servant who played key role in iconic projects like MRT but was MP for just five years By IF THE reluctant politician is a Singaporean stereotype, then the late Howe Yoon Chong
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      204 33  -  Patrick Low Soh Chye »REACTIONS TO PM'S NATIONAL DAY RALLY SPEECH NOT many countries in the world fine-tune their policies to the extent that Singapore does to address the problems arising from a greying population. While I welcome the raft of measures proposed
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      313 33  -  Bernice Swee Wern Foong (Ms) WITH regard to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech, I wonder why the Government has not provided housing benefits for middle-income professionals. The widening income gap does not simply occur between the poorest poor and
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      255 33  -  Lim Yao Ho I TOTALLY agree with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Singaporeans need to work after age 62.1 also agree that upon re-employment one should accept a lesser position with a lower pay. However, what would appeal to many Singaporeans
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      196 33  -  Tan Siew Leng (Mdm) I APPLAUD the Prime Minister for his concern for the ageing population. I have been looking after my 88-year-old aunt for the last 16 years, providing her with food and lodging and paying for her dental bills
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      281 33  -  Jonathan Law THE article, "Exxon Mobil exec tackles green issues at seminar" (ST, Aug 18), rightly points out that "there are no easy answers". However, the article incorrectly implies that this means ExxonMobil does not support efforts to reduce the growth in greenhouse gas
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      249 33  -  Ivy Yeoh (Ms) MATTEL thanks Mdm Wong Siew Ching for her letter, "How to reach Mattel for refund?" (ST, Aug 18). We would like to advise her and other consumers who have the affected toys that they should immediately take these products
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      272 33  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter, "Neighbour's five Rottweilers strike fear" (ST, Aug 17), by Mr Foo Seek Siong. In response to Mr Foo's feedback, an officer from the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority (AVA) visited the premises of his
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      133 33  -  Toh Boon Ngee I REFER to the letter by Ms Tong Ka-Pin of Capita Land Retail Limited, "Plaza Singapura wasn't raided by police" (ST, Aug 16). In our press statement issued on Aug 13, we stated that police "busted a syndicate involved
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      110 33 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Joining the workforce employers still biased against the disabled Place Mother Tongue on equal status with other curriculum subjects Inability to excel in languages a major hindrance Writer confused concept of language literacy with that
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      221 34 GOALKEEPER David James is in good form during training, Paul Robinson less so. Having brought the 37-year-old back into the squad, McClaren may be prepared to pick the Portsmouth goalkeeper, ahead of the man who would otherwise mark three years as England's^ No 1 next month. DEFENCE England's
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      591 34  -  Wang Meng Meng »SOCCER With only Owen, Defoe and Smith for a strike force, England will stutter against Germany By BRANDED "McDonut" by certain sections of the British press, can Steve McClaren ever prove that he is more than just a sugary, sweet manager
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      297 34  -  WANG MENG MENG AMPLE sleep, proper hydration and limb-stretching to improve blood circulation are known remedies for jet lag. David Beckham is likely to receive similar advice, as he punishes his body in the name of football. In the space of six days, he
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      419 34 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London GERMANY defender Christoph Metzelder has branded England the biggest underachievers in Europe. He also insisted his team desperately want revenge for their humiliation six years ago. The Real Madrid defender admitted that Germany are still hurting after their
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      278 35 »SOCCER London THE referee who gave Chelsea a controversial penalty against Liverpool reportedly apologised to Blues manager Jose Mourinho last season after rejecting a series of penalty appeals. Rob Styles, 43, baffled supporters everywhere by awarding Chelsea a point-saving penalty at Liverpool on Sunday, after
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      271 35 London CRISTIANO Ronaldo is still seething after being slapped with a three-match ban for his sending-off in a Premier League match at Portsmouth. The Manchester United star claims the provocation, leading up to the incident on Aug 15 with Pompey midfielder Richard Hughes, was "absurd".
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      783 35 Row with star striker Berbatov said to have doomed coach; Sevilla's Ramos offered the job London THE question is no longer whether Martin Jol will be sacked as Tottenham manager. It is question of when. The Dutchman, despite the 4-0 Premier League win over Derby
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      310 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London GABRIEL Heinze has failed in his attempt to force Manchester United to sell him to Liverpool. A three-man Premier League arbitration panel met for two days to resolve the dispute at the request of the defender, after United refused to
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      466 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS Paris SERBIA, Portugal and Northern Ireland will be hoping to close the gap on their respective group rivals, when qualifying for the 2008 European Championship resumes today. Six fixtures are scheduled, and half of those matches involve teams in Group A, which has
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        72 35 LONDON: Carlo Cudicini is upset with Chelsea after the club blocked his chance of a move in this transfer window. The goalkeeper has finally decided to quit as a No 2 after three seasons in Petr Cech's shadow. Manchester City are believed to have enquired about
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        66 35 LONDON: Manchester City's Valeri Bojinov is out until February because of a knee injury, reported The Guardian. The striker lasted only six minutes in Sunday's derby win against Manchester United after injuring his right knee. Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson may now bring in a replacement
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        100 35 LONDON: El-Hadji Diouf has told Bolton that he wants to leave the club unless they show their ambition by signing five players before the transfer window closes at the end of the month. Sammy Lee's team are bottom of the English Premier
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        102 35 LONDON: Newcastle have dismissed reports that new owner Mike Ashley is ready to sell the club to an Icelandic consortium. Reports from Iceland said billionaire sports retail magnate Ashley held talks with Palmi Haraldsson and Jon Asgeir Johannesson over a £135 million (Ss4os million) takeover. However,
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        78 35 BLOOMBERG NEWS LONDON: The Queens Park Rangers board resigned yesterday, paving the way for a takeover by Flavio Briatore, who led the Benetton and Renault teams to Formula One titles. He lodged a £22 million (Ss66 million) bid for the West London team on Aug
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        62 35 MADRID: Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has told the club to sign another striker to support Ruud van Nistelrooy. He has not been happy with the performances of Raul Gonzalez, Roberto Soldado and Javier Saviola, reported The Telegraph. Real Zaragoza's Diego Milito is the striker whose
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      301 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS RUGBY London ARGENTINA centre Martin Gaitan will miss the Rugby World Cup after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. He fainted in the Millennium Stadium's dressing room, after playing in the 20-27 loss to Wales for the full 80 minutes without apparent trouble.
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      605 36  -  Leonard Lim »SOCCER FAS hopes China-born Sun and Luo will get citizenship in time for Thai SEA Games By WHEN Sun Jie left her native Dalian in north-eastern China for Singapore three years ago, all she wanted was to learn English. That is, until her
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      315 36  -  Leonard Lim By HE EARNED plaudits for playing through injury in January's Asean Football Championship campaign. But, yesterday, it was Muhamad Ridhuan's turn to inflict pain. His victims: Zimbabwe. The winger turned in a sparkling performance, creating one goal and scoring another as
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      66 36 Students from the Beijing No 9 High School chat with local shuttler Li Li at the Singapore Badminton Association yesterday. The Beijing Olympic Games Organising Committee has assigned 200 students from the school to cheer for the Singapore contingent at next year's Olympics.
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      278 36 CRICKET SKIPPER Anish Param led from the front, as Singapore kept alive their semi-final hopes at the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 tournament in Kuala Lumpur. The Raffles Junior College student cracked 88 in yesterday's 5 5-run win over Oman. On Monday, the Republic lost by
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        92 36 REUTERS MUMBAI: Former India captain Kapil Dcv has been sacked as chairman of the national cricket academy, for refusing to end his involvement with the rival Twenty2o league. "We have expelled Kapil Dcv and all players and officials who are with the Indian Cricket League,"
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        97 36 REUTERS NEW YORK: Tennis world No Is Roger Federer and Justine Henin have been named as the top seeds for the US Open, which starts in New York next week. Federer, a Swiss, will be bidding for his fourth consecutive title, while Belgium's Henin is
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        43 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND (Virginia): Atlanta Falcons quar-ter-back Michael Vick agreed on Monday to plead guilty to conspiring to run a dog-fighting ring. The 27-year-old, one oi American football's most dynamic stars, faces at least a year in prison.
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        82 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON: World Cup 2010 chief Danny Jordaan has defended South Africa's safety record in hosting major sporting events, saying that not one fan nor athlete had been a crime victim in 13 years. He was responding to queries about the country's crime
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        92 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO: Double Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitalima yesterday overcame a leg muscle tear to win the men's 100-metre breaststroke at the International Swim Meet 2007. The Japanese (59.74 seconds) finished ahead of Australian Christian Sprenger (lmin 00.765 ec) and American Jon Roberts (1:00.82).
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      853 37 ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHLETICS Race and practice runs show in-form American can beat Johnson's 43.18 at World C'ships Phoenix (Arizona) JEREMY Warmer, in the form of his life, enters the World Championships confident of breaking Michael Johnson's 400 metres world record. The
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      390 37 BASEBALL MLB: San Francisco 8 Florida 7, St Louis 6 Chicago Cubs 4, Oakland 6 Toronto 4, Boston 6 Tampa Bay 0, Atlanta 14 Cincinnati 4, Washington 7 Houston 0, Seattle 9 Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 4 Kansas City 3, Pittsburgh 4 Colorado 2 (11 innings), Milwaukee 9
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      174 34 JoFs time almost up Martin Jol's time at English Premier League club Tottenham may be coming to an end, after he fails to get backing from the board. PAGE HI 1 Euro 2008 qualifiers TODAY Group A Armenia v Portugal Live, Ch22, 11.55pm Belgium v Serbia Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40
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      88 36 TV times CRICKET: South Africa Tour of Zimbabwe, Ist ODI: Zimbabwe v South Africa (Live, Ch9s, 3.28pm). SOCCER: Asian Olympic qualifiers: Japan v Vietnam (7.25pm), Iraq v Australia (11.55pm)-Live, Ch24. Euro 2008 qualifiers: Armenia v Portugal (Live, Ch22, 11.55pm), Belgium v Serbia (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40 am). International friendlies: Switzerland
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      110 37 LIM EE HOON Age: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 Aug 07', leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Wong Choon Ong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Samuel Wong See Yeah Esther Kan Yoke Lin Late Moses Wong Kah Ong Shirley Eu Daughter: Son-in-law: Ruth Wong Ec Suen Wilfred Ho
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      88 37 IST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF SHAWN LIM WEN CHANG Departed 22nd August 2006 Shawn dearest, Out1 hearts still ache in sadness and secret tears still flow. What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know. Your presence was a joy Lo us and your smile an everlasting
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      42 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of the Late B PRADEEPA Departed on Sunday, 19 August 2007 Deeply missed and always remembered by Board of Governors, Management and Staff of Tanglin Trust School Ltd TANGLIN TRUST SCHOOL, EST. 1935
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      12 37 In loving memory of our parents LeeOngAh (1.5.1941-11.8.1976) i Robert NgNam Seng
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      27 37 In Loving Memory Of BOON KHENG HIN ALVIN Born 27 Sept 1972 Departed 22 Aug 1994 Always remembered by all who knew him and loved him dearly
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      30 37 In Loving Memory Of Janet Lee Foong Lin 28 Dec' 47-22 Aug'oo You always have a special place in our hearts. Loved cherished by Andrew, Michele grand daughter Lee Ann
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      231 37 r "One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell i in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple. Psalm 27:4 TEO BENG LEONG
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      175 37 LEONG SUI HENG Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 20 Aug 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Sin Kway Thong (Deceased) Brother: Sister-in-law: Granddaughters: Grandson-in-law: Leong Siew Hun Chan Chee Meng Gemma Sin Soke Mun SQ ns: Daughters-in-law: Mabel Sin SukYee Justin Koh Meng Seng Sin Wai Mun (Deceased) May
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      137 37 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1) SARA BOLLINGER MCINNIS Age: 86 peacefully departed to be with the LORD on 9 August 2007, leaving behind her loved ones: Daughters: Sons-in-law: Grandchildren: Molly Mclnnis Farlow Lowell Dean Farlow Molly Catherine Farlow (Singapore) Anna Rebekah Farlow Mary Mclnnis
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      153 38 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, \nd I will dwell in the luntse of the I OKI) forever." Psalm 23:6 Koh Whee Whong Age: 71 was called home to be with the LORD on 20 August 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: I
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      108 38 rely goodness and mercy shall fellow me all the days life, mid I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever LSONG MOOI Was called home to he with the Lord on 20 August 2007, dearly missed and fondly cherished by loved ones. Husband: lamThear. Chwee (deceased) Daughters Son-in-law:
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      43 38 1 The family of the late ROYSTON LOW BENG LEE Departed on 17 August 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      54 38 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MANOHAR JAVVA Departed: 22 Aug 2006 tone from our lives one so dear, hut in our hearts forever near. Dearly missed and fondly remembered hy loved ones. Wife: \arnis lawa Sons: Daughter-in-law: s.imeet l.m.i Kadha lavv.i Kahul lawa (.randson. krish lawa Kajiv lawa And
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      59 38 The Family Of The Late CHING KUAN MUAI taffc passed away peacefully on I August 2007 wish to exprevs their heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance. attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement Deeply loved and missed by sort,
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      113 38 I 'Be thou faithful until death and I will give thee a crown of life." Wnrtww n 2 >o I Javaias Sagayas s/o Joe Christy Age: 11 months wa called home to be with the Lord on 20 August 2007. leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: Selvaraju Joe Christy Sanna
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      114 38 HAROLD LIM REI ZHE Age: 6 years was called home to be with the Lord on f 20 August 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Father: Mother: William Lim Teong Wee April Chang Shu Ping Grandfathers: Grandmother*: (James Lim, deceased) Mary Kang Chang Chao Fu (Wu NAei Yue, deceased) j Sisters:
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      77 38 IST ANNIVERSARY IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF SINNADURAI THIRUMOORTHY Departed 3rd September 2006 Dearly missed and always remembered with fond memories by Sinnadurai family, loved ones and Management ft Staff of Kings Security ft Safety Management Pte Ltd. King's Security Training School Pte Ltd ft Grandas (Singapore) Pte Ltd Special prayers
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      147 38 I LILIAN CHEW BOON ENG Age: 90 was called home to be with the Lord on 21 August 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Victor Lee See Ing Belinda Tan Lee Cheng Vincent Tan Boon Leong Alison Tan Eric Tan Boon Yong Jennifer Goh Pi
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      74 38 HOWE YOON CHONG Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 21 August 2007, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Wan Fook Yin Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tet Sen Meng Ai Tze Sen Patricia Tsui Ying Daughter: Hwee Siew Grandchildren: ChoongYin YingYi Wake at 9 Binjai Walk. Cortege will leave on 24 August 2007 (Friday)
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      20 38 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of SARAS AM MA Departed 22 Auk 2006 homily remembered by family, relatives and friends
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      83 40 Our Deepest Sympathy And Heartfelt Condolences To The Family of Our Late Chairman MR. HOWE YOON CHONG Departed on 21 August 2007 Board of Directors l\/l ar* I *7% aTV Lj OT% W^ sTlt i'lll iUJI4a M. JL CJLJaIIW Mr. Michael Wong Pakshone Professor Lim Chons Yah Mr. Michael Hwang
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      39 37 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back, to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. t v
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        6853 41 TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 21,2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R3.5 34 103 3C 42 195 32 15 24 17 5 18 17 5 12 5 43 5 126 16 144 25 89 1C 111
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        50 41 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 1OSOC 500C 100C 3730 119 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2495 6235 STIETF1OO... ,US119ld US500C US100C US1120C .US1250C 3340 -1C 12 338C 333C
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      457 42 REUTERS Worsening credit crisis may present 'real' opportunities, says billionaire New York BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett may buy parts of beleaguered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, some investors are speculating, according to The Wall Street Journal. He told TV network CNBC last
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      366 42 REUTERS New York THE United States Federal Reserve is ready to take more steps to improve lending conditions, including cutting the key rate, but is not alarmed by market volatility, a Market News International article said yesterday, citing sources inside
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      37 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,901.34 (+168.86 points) »Japanese stocks rallied for a second straight day, extending a recovery from last week's fall as fears of a credit squeeze shaking the global economy seemed to recede.
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      38 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 21,729.35 (+133.72 points) Hong Kong stocks closed off their highs as investors locked in profits amid talk that more hedge funds may suffer in the fallout from the sub-prime mortgage sector.
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      38 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,955.21 (+50.35 points) Chinese stocks rose 1.03 per cent to close at another record high as the market continued to focus on strong corporate earnings following a huge rise the previous day.
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      40 42 Sydney S&P ASX 200 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,989.4 (+56.8 points) Australian stocks rose 1 per cent as gains in key Asian markets helped lift the mining and banking sectors. Volume was 1.99 billion shares, worth A 55.44 billion (Ss6.B billion).
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      37 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,231.48 (-11.91 points) Malaysian stocks closed 1 per cent lower in cautious trade on the eve of a policy meeting by the Bank of Japan. Losers outpaced gainers 714 to 203.
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      36 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,989.11 (-438.44 points) »Indian share prices plunged 3.04 per cent on fears of early polls linked to a row between government allies over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.
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      35 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,993.01 (-48.58 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 2.4 per cent lower, with investors exercising caution over the impact of a credit squeeze on the United States economy and global markets.
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      36 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 764.40 (-27.62 points) Thai share prices closed 3.49 per cent lower with cautious foreign investors exiting the market amid worries over US mortgages and a late sell-off around the region.
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      222 42 3OOQ CR -J L- Aug2l Stock Name WT Close Change Mlgreen 0.49 Hscendasreit 0.90 CapitaComm 0.50 CapitaLand 4.72 CapitaMall 0.95 Chart SemiCond ...0.65 CityDev 2.89 ComfortDelGro 1.45 Cosco Corp 1.51 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.59 Datacraft 0.16 F8N 2.08 Genlntl 0.75 HK Land 3.38 Hyflux 0.24
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      58 42 Star Cruises 50,189,000 Thai Beverage 37,210,000 Ban too 35,141,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO2O6 33,076,000 Yongnam 31,947,000 Chip EngSeng 30,681,000 UOB MBL eCWDSDIQ3 29,188,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBD2D6 26,560,000 Digiland 26,223,000 Liang Huat 25,967,000 Jade Tech 24,871,000 Yangzijiang 22,690,000 LantroVis 22,651,000 Baker Tech 22,637,000 LottVis 22,211,000 ComfortDelGro 21,727,000 Sing Tel 21,084,000 Gen Intl
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      135 42 Aug2l UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2150 1.2300 Ian dollar 1.4340 1.4510 Euro 2.0450 2.0680 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4364 0.4372 IZ dollar 1.0510 1.0730 Sterling pound 3.0140 3.0480 IS dollar 1.5180 1.5350 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS
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      2322 42 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 21,2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY 32 14 1631 AceDvn WD9D417 47 0.5 1674 Allgreen RBeCW*****0 15 1.5 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 9 3 ArianeCorpW*****9 49 8 1473 AscendasSGAeCW*****D 58.5 4 4105 Asiatravel W*****7 32.5 8.5 2872 AusGroupRBeCWD***** 27 5 2853 AusGrpMBLeCW*****D 16.5 0.5 9604 BOC
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      Lock icon Japan, US pledge to keep close watch on markets
      454 43 REUTERS No plans by G-7 for emergency meeting or statement, says Japan finance chief Hong Kong THE finance chiefs of the world's two biggest economies promised yesterday to keep a close eye on jittery markets, which are trying to gauge if
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      353 43 BLOOMBERG NEWS Hong Kong GLOBAL worries that banks are facing a systemic crisis are exaggerated because large banks are able to absorb losses, Moody's Investors Service has said. "Notwithstanding the possibility of a severe depression of earnings attributable to asset impairment, higher funding
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      Lock icon China seen funnelling at least $30b into HK stocks
      377 44 REUTERS Pilot programme unleashes cash and lifts investor confidence in HK Hong Kong HONG Kong just started looking a whole lot better to stock investors, that is. On Monday, Beijing fulfilled Hong Kong's fondest dream. Letting Chinese people invest there directly
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      115 44 REUTERS Beijing A PILOT programme allowing Chinese residents to invest directly in Hong Kong-listed securities will be extended to Shanghai if it is successful, an official source said yesterday. The Bank of China branch in Tianjin will be the initial gateway for the experiment,
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      345 44 BLOOMBERG NEWS Washington A UNITED States appeals court that specialises in patent law has made it harder for owners to argue that improper use of their inventions was "wilful" and that damages should be trebled, in a case involving Seagate Technology. The
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      Lock icon Rolling off the presses and reaching the world
      775 45 L&£C^ More and more overseas publishers and companies are turning to Singapore firms to meet their printing needs, and this speaks volumes of our local SMEs' abilities and reputation. SPRING helps printing SMEs to build their capabilities to compete more effectively in
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      Lock icon Family business shows off its true colours
      468 45 When C.O.S. Printers Pte Ltd landed a contract with a major UK publisher in 2003 to print journals for distribution worldwide, it invested in a new production line and upgraded its capabilities with support from SPRING. Since then, it has garnered many more
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      460 45 Key drivers of printing firms, industry veterans, new recruits and potential entrants are all welcome to enrol at the new SCI Print Technology Institute, the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia. Marking a promising new chapter in the history of Singapore's printing industry, the SCI Print Technology
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      468 46  -  Joyce Teo It will invest $27m in joint venture, start selling The Estella in the next quarter By Property Correspondent In Hanoi KEPPEL Land (KepLand) has received the official go-ahead in, what observers say, is dou-ble-quick time for the development of its
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      294 46 SMEclinic HOW does the Advantage! scheme make it cheaper for my company to hire older workers? What does it subsidise? Can I apply for my existing workers above 40 years old, or only new hires? The Advantage! scheme is open to companies
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        1361 47  -  Gabriel Chen Family business of freezing water goes from traditional to cutting-edge, as it is passed down through 4 generations By TUCK Lee Ice has been in Mr Jeremy Hauw's family for four generations but the business is hardly frozen in time. Jeremy,
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      578 48  -  Karamjit Kaur ADDING VALUE "All the different fares, carriers and options mean more complexity, and handling this is where a corporate services company like HRG adds value." MR JAMES OF HRG, on complex travel arrangements BASIC SERVICE "The normal travel agent is entirely focused
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      433 48  -  Gabriel Chen By INVESTMENT bank JPMorgan says it expects to help arrange many big corporate deals in the region in the months ahead, despite the global markets turmoil. The recent market chaos has prompted speculation that companies are likely to delay raising funds in
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      Lock icon Rise in office rentals slows to 2.7% in July
      388 48  -  Fiona Chan By Property Reporter PRIME office rents went up by 2.7 per cent last month, the slowest monthly rise so far this year, according to a report by consultancy Cushman Wakefield yesterday. Since January, office rents have been rising by
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      Lock icon MTI sees growth at upper end of 4%-6% range
      230 48 THE economy should be able to expand annually at the "upper end" of the Government's 4 per cent to 6 per cent estimate over the next five years if external conditions stay favourable. That is the view of the Ministry of
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      648 49  -  Alvin Foo BLOOMBERG NEWS STAKING STOCK Investors cash in on Monday's 191-point surge after Wall Street rises unconvincingly By THE blue-chip rally was brought to a screeching halt yesterday, as investors cashed in on their profits while keeping a wary eye on developments in
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      323 49  -  Goh Eng Yeow By THE man who helped transform UOB Kay Hian into Singapore's largest brokerage is retiring from active management after 35 years in the business. Mr Tang Wee Loke, 60, will step down as deputy managing director of UOB Kay
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      255 49  -  GOHENG YEOW sdfdsf INSIDERS have been loading up on Noble Group shares as its share price tumbled during the stock-market turmoil. Shareinvestor.com data shows that Noble vice-chairman Harindarpal Singh Banga bought 500,000 shares at $1,546 apiece on Monday to raise his stake to
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        621 57  -  Tay Yek Keak THE idea of gay ghosts appealed to Poltergay director Eric Lavaine so much that he even made up a false quote. Attributing it to the late, respected French film archivist Henri Langlois, Lavaine put it in the movie's production
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        216 63 Tomorrow 11am: Opening ceremony of jewellery fashion show by nine participating jewellers such as Soo Kee, Lee Hwa, Goldheart and Taka Jewellery featuring, nine specially crafted pieces in diamonds, gems and gold that commemorate Singapore's National Day on Aug 9. 2pm:
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        356 66 Reuters NEW DELHI Bollywood is thrilled with news that actor Sanjay Dutt was offered interim bail on Monday. He had been jailed for six years for receiving guns from gangsters involved in the Mumbai 1993 bombings. His producers are expected to queue up
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        49 104 In the report, "Natural boost for cancer cures?", in last week's issue, the price stated for Betty L. Khoo-Kingsley's book, Cancer Cured Naturally, was wrong. The actual recommended retail price is $23.71 (without GST) and $25.40 (with GST). We are sorry for the error.
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        270 105 -NEW YORK TIMES ...heart disease and high blood pressure, a decade-long study of US war veterans shows Researchers studying 313 healthy Vietnam war veterans in the United States have found that anger and hostility may increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
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        808 106 Combining traditional Chinese medicine with Western treatments can increase a couple's chance of conceiving. Elaine Young reports Getting pregnant is not easy for many couples, so why not use the best of both worlds to achieve it? The Word Health Organisation claims that
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        552 106 STILL TRYING FOR A BABY AFTER FOUR YEARS Agnes Soh, 42, has a stressful job in private banking. She is trying acupuncture for the first time. "I started trying for a baby six months after I got married. I was 38 years old then and I
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        73 106 Fertility at Raffles TCM clinic General fertility (for couples who are planning to start a family) Consultation/five acupuncture sessions/prescription Chinese medicine for 21 days Cost: $498 IVF booster (complement IVF) consultation/five acupuncture sessions Cost: $368 Endometriosis (natural remedy to balance hormones) consultation/four acupuncture sessions/prescription Chinese medicine for
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        271 106 There are three main problems causing infertility in Singapore, noted Dr Sheila Loh, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Raffles Hospital. "Endometriosis, ovulation problems (this could be polycystic ovaries or a hormonal imbalance) and male factors. "We always talk about women but there are genetic abnormalities in
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        862 107 This traditional form of treatment is carving out a niche in mainstream Western medicine. Lee Hui Chieh visits hospitals to find out more. Eighty-one-year-old Low Chwee Neo is undergoing acupuncture to ease her back and knee pains, not in a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic, but
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        603 108 Acupuncture over to the West Medical acupuncture, based on Western medicine, is practised by medical doctors here. Lee Hui Chieh finds out more With the increasing acceptance of acupuncture in mainstream medicine, a new form known as medical acupuncture has developed. Medical acupuncture is practised by medical doctors, and it
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        177 110 When junior falls sick or has a bad accident medical costs can escalate visibly, especially if baby needs a long term stay in hospital. As a final plank in the overall health insurance system, the Government is mandating that all children be covered by
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        792 110 Ally's medical shield Ally, three, was only seven months when she was diagnosed with leukaemia. Her mother, Mrs Lourdes Samson, tells Judith Tan that without insurance, she would have to pay over $175,500. Three-year-old Alessandra Samson loves running around and dressing up like any other
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        322 110  -  JUDITH TAN ST PHOTO: Farahin's medical shield When 13-year-old Mas Farahin Maswari had fever and fits in April, both her mother and the family doctor thought she had been infected with dengue. "It was during the height of the recent epidemic so we
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        633 111 ST PHOTO: A fun alternative could be to take your weekly exercise routine to the parquet dance floor. Jessica Jaganathan takes a look at a few dance forms It is a great aerobic workout, plus dancing improves flexibility and strength, say dance instructors. And there is anecdotal
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      900 112 Risk factors for sudden cardiac death »Family member with heart disease »High cholesterol »Smoking »Hypertension Sportsmen are sometimes victims of cardiac failure. Shefali Srinivas uncovers a checkup that helps them nip problems in the bud. Like many amateur athletes in Singapore, Mr Michael Tan, 43,
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        623 113 ST PHOTO: Karen Yeo treats patients in their homes and helps families assist in their recovery. Shefali Srinivas reports Atypical day for nurse Karen Yeo, 32, could involve zipping around Sengkang, Punggol and Hougang estates to care for patients in their homes. As
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        228 115 -NEW YORK TIMES factorfiction THE CLAIM: Vinegar can treat jellyfish stings. THE FACTS: Nothing can ruin a day at the beach like a jellyfish sting. And while such attacks are common, the methods for treating them vary and many remedies can do more
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        546 116  -  ELAINE YOUNG On Sunday, more than 60,000 people will be pounding the pavement on and around the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. That's 120,000 feet open to blisters, aches and pains. If you haven't been training for this weekend's Safra Sheares Bridge Run and Army Half-Marathon,
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