The Straits Times, 2 December 2007

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  • 19 1 thesundaytimes DECEMBER 2, 2007 110 pages in four parts MICA(P) 199/12/2006 *mmW A Singapore Press Holdings publication O\J Cents
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  • 555 1  -  Tan Hui Yee Mavis Toh TOP OF THE NEWS TOWN councils tempted to play the stock market to increase the returns on their sinking funds will now have to meet a new rule that caps how much they can put into higher-risk investments. Councils,
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    • 484 2  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Mavis Toh Precautionary move should not affect market prices, says AVA VEGETABLE farmer Wong Kok Fah is seeing red these days hard not to, given that the lush crops of kailan, chye sim and Chinese cabbage of farms in the
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    • 798 3  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Dog ownership has risen, with some owners being accused of Insensitive' behaviour towards others EVERY dog has his day and for Bobo and Mia, that day is Saturday when they enjoy a splash-about at Sentosa's Tanjong Beach with their owner Lai Soon
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    • 472 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Shuli Sudderuddin YOU can keep your $1 million; retired technician Jim Klass won't sell his Marine Parade flat for any amount. "So what if my flat can fetch a good price? Where are we going to live after
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    • 452 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Finance Ministry's estimated quote may dash hopes of unit owners hoping to seal en bloc deal RESIDENTS at Neptune Court may have to bury their dreams of reaping a windfall of up to $2.4 million each from a collective sale. The Ministry
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    • 949 5  - S 'pore fast becoming Viets' top tourist spot Tan Dawn Wei Its reputation as a safe and cosmopolitan city has won over growing number of affluent Viets keen on shopping trips BEFORE Mr Le Ngoc Chau and his wife came to Singapore for their honeymoon, he had already heard from
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    • 460 6  -  Mavis Toh The 176-page book takes readers back to post-war Singapore when hawkers lined the streets with their carts SOFTWARE project manager Koh Seng Tiang traded in his computer keyboard and a cushy office job for an apron and endless hours in a steamy
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    • 78 6 MR JOSEPH Wong, 78, gamely agrees to get a safe sex message "tattooed" on his chest by Durex ambassador Tan Sue Ann (left) in Orchard Road, while his wife, Elizabeth Low, looks on. As part of the World Aids Day, condom manufacturer Durex yesterday
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    • 963 7  -  Shuli suaaeruddin Jamie Ec Wen Wei Jamie Ec Wen Wei Tragedy still on the minds of many paddlers, but they want to move on IT WAS safety first for the paddlers who were at the Kallang Water Sports Centre for their weekly
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    • 83 8 An ambitious plan to link up a 9km chain of hills from Mount Faber Park to Telok Blangah Hill Park and Kent Ridge Park is taking shape. Yesterday, a 55m-long steel section was lifted about 36m above the ground to complete a bridge over Henderson Road.
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    • 391 8  -  Debbie Yong Too poor to afford a grand wedding back in 1957, they do it in style on golden anniversary AS THE wedding march chimed through the Meritus Mandarin Hotel ballroom, guests fixed their eyes on 68-year-old "bride" Tan Bee Choo
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  391 words
    • 863 9  -  Jessica Cheam Billionaire tycoon Francis Yeoh, the man behind YTL Corporation, opens up about his life and loves WHILE his pals were off sightseeing during the school holidays, Malaysian tycoon Francis Yeoh was doing his own brand of "site"-seeing: checking
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    • 1562 10  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Nur Dianah Suhaimi Some MPs and social workers say pleas for financial aid from poorer residents are growing louder and more frequent with the rising cost of living ADMINISTRATIVE assistant Noor Zeen earns $1,350 a month and has
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    • 512 11  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi FOOD PRICES UP A UTILITY^H^ H BILLS "p 11 Mother of five scrimps and saves on food, household necessities and even electricity to stretch family dollar in a five-room flat in Marsiling. Madam Maryanti always shops around for the cheapest groceries and household
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    • 498 11  -  Mavis Toh Shuli Sudderuddin DOWNSIZING is one way of fighting soaring rents, but expatriate Diana Cloe and her husband moved downstairs instead, going from their 24th-floor condominium apartment to a simi-lar-size unit on the fourth. The step down came after their landlord raised
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    • 579 11  -  Shuli Sudderuddin IT IS difficult to pin down 71-year-old Madam Daisy Chee over the course of a week. On Tuesdays she does aerobics, while on Thursdays she cuts a rug with youngsters at Latin and line-dancing events. And every fortnight, she spends her
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    • 117 12 A SUMMARY ofthe MIS warning was posted on the website of the Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure, a secure government website. It was reproduced in the Times of London. The summary says: "The contents of the letter highlight the following: the Director-General's concerns
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    • 514 12 State-sponsored espionage targeting vital parts of Britain's economy: Mls LONDON BRITAIN has accused China of carrying out state-sponsored espionage against vital parts of the British economy, including the computer systems of big banks and financial services firms. In an unprecedented alert, Mr Jonathan
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    • 371 12 AP, Xinhua, Reuters BEIJING CHINA and Japan began talks on trade and economic issues yesterday that are intended to bolster the recent warming of their long-un-easy relations. The meetings, which continue today, bring together the largest number of Cabinet ministers and officials from the
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    • 708 14  -  Chow Kum Hor Chow Kum Hor Hindu group's claim that Malaysian Indians being targeted is 'baseless' MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR A VISIBLY angry Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi yesterday lashed out at an influential Hindu group for accusing his government of carrying out "ethnic
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    • 258 14 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA wants India not to meddle in its internal affairs after New Delhi expressed concern over the treatment of ethnic Indians in Muslim-majority Malaysia. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that the government would deal with citizens
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    • 528 15  -  Chow Kum Hor Minister has lost touch with poor Indians despite his weekly sessions with them, say analysts MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR EVERY Tuesday, about 200 people, mostly Indians with a litany of woes, make their way to the Works Ministry, in downtown Kuala Lumpur,
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    • 241 15 AFP, Reuters KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA says it will review gas prices and electricity tariffs together and will weigh the impact on consumers as well as on utility giants such as Tenaga Nasional (TNB). "We do not want the people to be overburdened with
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    • 296 16 AFP, NYT, AP LOS ANGELES DAREDEVIL Evel Knievel, who dodged death in a series of spectacular motorcycle leaps and crashes that made his name synonymous with showmanship, has died at age 69. He had been in failing health for years with diabetes and an incurable
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    • 374 16 AP, AFP Proposal for Vatican meeting follows Muslim group's signed appeal for greater dialogue between religions VATICAN CITY POPE Benedict XVI has invited senior Muslim figures, who signed an appeal for greater dialogue between religions, to a meeting at the Vatican. The pontiffs formal reaction
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    • 501 18  -  Roger Maynard WOMEN IN THE NEWS Sabah-born minister reflects Australia's multicultural face AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT SYDNEY SHE is the 21st century face of multicultural Australia. Ma-laysian-born Penny Wong, 39, who started a new life Down Under as a child, will become Australia's first Asian-born Cabinet minister when she is
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    • 406 18  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO SACHIKO Moriya (right), 56, is not only a better golfer than her husband, her greed has also known no bounds. Last week, she made history of sorts by being arrested together with her husband, former top
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    • 355 20 AFP, Reuters Putin seeks clear win while the West fears polls may not be fair MOSCOW FINAL preparations were under way in Russia yesterday for parliamentary elections expected to hand a sweeping victory to President Vladimir Putin's party, just three months before presidential polls. From
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    • 217 20  -  Clarissa Oon BEIJING MISS China Zhang Zilin won Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China, late yesterday, much to the delight of the home audience. Miss Angola came second and Miss Mexico third at the Miss World Organisation's 57th beauty pageant, held on the southern holiday
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    • 436 21  -  ROCHESTER (New Hampshire) AP Mentally ill man with 'bomb' strapped to chest takes over campaign offices but surrenders five hours later A MENTALLY ill man claiming to be armed with a bomb took over US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's campaign offices for more than five
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      • 100 21 AFP ISLAMABAD I'ormer Pakistani premiers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif will meet early this week to discuss whether or not to boycott the upcoming elections. Ms Bhutto has said that her Pakistan Peoples Party will participate in the elections scheduled for Jan 8 but
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      • 75 21 Reuters BAN DA A(JEH A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials and residents said. The quake's epicentre was 33km southwest of Singkilbaru at a depth of 18km and
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      • 70 21 AFP BEIJING Average temperatures in (JUina rose this year to their highest level since 1951. "It is the 11th straight year for the country to experience an abnormally high temperature against the global backdrop of climate change," meteorological spokesman Jiao Meiyan told China Daily yesterday. From
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    • 423 22  -  Kwan Weng Kin Students soak up culture on Japan-funded youth exchange programme JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO FIRST-TIME visitor Hong Siang Huat finds the Japanese people polite and their culture "amazing". He is among 90 first-year junior college (JCI) students from Singapore soaking
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    • 95 2 INDEX asia XL to review gas prices Gas and electricity price hikes are likely to be implemented early next year, following deeply unpopular fuel price increases 15 Clock profits on watches ....24 S. Korea's smoking woes 32 Run for different reasons.... 39 Kindle a love for e-books ....42 Cube fever
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    • 1671 23 These cheap investment tools were virtually non-existent in Singapore a few years ago, but a recent growth spurt has sent their popularity soaring. GABRIEL CHEN looks at reasons to invest in warrants and how to go about it IF THE experts are right,
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    • 419 23  -  Ron Muhlenkamp Putting all your eggs in the correct baskets FOUNDER, MUHLENKAMP&CO WE OFTEN hear the phrase "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". We think that's good advice. We always use at least 20 baskets, never putting more than 5 per cent of our assets into
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    • 354 23 Reuters Financial stocks' rally marks end of dismal November run NEW YORK THE Dow and S&P 500 indexes rose on Friday, capping a dismal November with a four-day rally. Financial stocks were lifted by optimism over a proposed rescue for struggling homeowners and heightened expectations for more interest rate
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    • NEW-GENERATION ASSETS
      • 1100 24  -  Nicholas Fang In the second of a four-part series on alternative investments, The Sunday Times counts down the ways in which watch-collecting is not only a fascinating hobby the rich indulge in, but it can also provide good returns for anyone who has passion and time
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    • 504 25 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q MY COUSIN, who is separated from her husband, was recently told by her lawyer that "whether an annuity can be classified under matrimonial assets would depend on whether the policy has a surrender value". As far as I know, whole
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    • 1706 26  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY Strong faith 'I could have sold off my company shares when we listed on the Singapore Exchange, but I chose not to do so. The reason is simple: Investing in a good company that delivers good results will
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    • 408 27  -  Ang Kirn Lan YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q WAS an Indian citizen before becoming a Singapore citizen. I own quite a lot of property land and a house in India which I would like to leave in my will to
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    • 760 28  -  Tan Hui Yee PROPERTY Many resale units will reach the 10-year mark within the next three years, which means sale restrictions will be lifted and they can be marketed like any other private home HOUSING CORRESPONDENT EXECUTIVE condominiums (ECs) are back in the
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    • 709 28  -  Paul Heng YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER Q MY WIFE is 45 and has a bachelor's degree in business administration earned through a distance learning programme. She has worked in purchasing for more than 10 years, and for the past four years,
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    • 404 29 MY SPACE Director Jeff Choo, 32, tells Jocelyn Lee why his four-room executive condo in Rivervale Link is an ideal place for chilling out with friends after a long, hard week "MY WIFE, Chrisandra, and I love going to spa resorts overseas, as they make
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      388 30 Draqon boat team The nation mourned the loss of five national paddlers who drowned during a dragon boat race in Cambodia. Mr Chee Wei Cheng, Mr Jeremy Goh Tze Xiong (above), Mr Stephen Loh Soon Ann, Mr Poh Boon San and Mr Reuben Kee En Rui died after their
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    • 347 30 Wonders of modern living 'When I first moved to Queenstown, the thing that amazed me most was the modern sanitation...to move into a flat where you could just pull the flush and everything disappeared. That was the most, to me, amazing thing because I had never experienced
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    • 1507 30 Queenstown consisted of hills, swamps and cemeteries before it was transformed into Singapore's first high-rise housing estate. Below are edited excerpts from a new book titled 10-Stories, Queenstown Through The Years charting the 55-year-old estate's colourful history as seen through the eyes of its residents.
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    • 890 31 FROM wooden walls, mud floors and congested shophouses to concrete units in a planned housing estate, the early residents of Queenstown certainly had a lot to learn and adapt to. One such "lesson" was learning to deal with the height of these new blocks of flats 14 storeys
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    • 645 32 WHETHER wearing life vests might have made a crucial difference in the rowing accident in Cambodia may never be determined by the inquiry panel. The five young men who perished could have been trapped under a pontoon, as fatal a barrier in underwater emergencies as an
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    • 1030 32  -  Lee Tee Jong SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT IN SEOUL DISPATCHES IT IS tough to be a non-smoker in South Korea. On the streets, it is common to see scores of smartly dressed men with a suitcase in one hand and a cigarette in the
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    • 1248 33  -  Janadas Devan ON WORDS ONE can never predict the effect of any article one writes. Thus I was surprised by the number of e-mail and blog entries that a piece in this space, "Good writing is not about sticking rigidly to fixed pattern" (Oct 29), elicited.
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      • 95 34 GOLD: EIGHT Shooting Men: Gai Bin (10m air pistol), Jonathan Koh (10m air rifle), Mohamed Zain Amat (trap), Choo Choon Seng (double trap), 10m air rifle team, trap team, double trap team. Women: Jasmine Ser (10m air rifle). SILVER: SIX Shooting Men: Ong Jun Hong (10m air rifle),
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      • 22 34 SHOOTING Men's skeet qualification (individual/team): Lee Yee, David Chan, Eugene Chiew. Women's skeet qualification and final (individual): Michelle Ng.
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      • 674 34  -  Terrence Voon Jasmine gets over the team missing out on a medal to be Singapore's first woman winner BANGKOK A TEAR ran down Jasmine Ser's face when she missed out on a team medal yesterday morning. The shooter was still crying in the afternoon only this
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      • 181 34 Athletics Men: Shameer Ayub (100m/4xl00m), Poh Seng Song (100m/4xl00m/4x400m), Muthukumaran Radhakrishnan (200m/4x400m), Kenneth Khoo, Sathiyanesan Shalindran (400m/4x400m), Rajamanickam Subaish (800m/4x400m). Gary Yeo, Calvin Kang, Muhammad Yusof Azhari, Alfred Sim (4xl00m), Alexander Teng (4x400m), Stefan Tseng (triple jump), Chia Chang Yi (shot put). Women:
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      • 579 35  -  Leonard Lim After 0-0 draw with Laos, Singapore face an uphill fight to reach semi-finals KORAT TWO weeks after the Lions propelled Singapore football to a new high by reaching the World Cup third-round qualifiers, their juniors plunged it to a low. All the Young
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      • 626 35  -  Leonard Lim The Sunday Times looks at sports which have underachieved at the Games. Today: Athletics Debutant has a medal chance if he can throw beyond 14 metres WHEN burly Chia Chang Vi walks into Korat's Main Stadium on Friday, the shot
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    • 1013 36  -  Wang Meng Meng In-form striker's physical play will be missed if he is suspended for World Cup qualifiers HAS Noh Alam Shah's reckless actions dented Singapore's World Cup hopes? When the Tampines Rovers striker attacked Daniel Bennett in last Sunday's Singapore Cup final, it
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    • 437 36 A BELOW-PAR Singapore sank to a 57-run defeat by Kuwait on Friday, but still advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian Cricket Council Under-15 event in Nepal. The Republic folded for 119 in 29.5 overs, after Kuwait made 176-7 in their allotted
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    • 1695 37  -  Rob Hughes Richard Jolly Benitez and Liverpool's owners are talking to each other through the media HEART OF FOOTBALL RAFAEL Benitez is a man in a lonely spot today. His Liverpool team are unbeaten in the Premier League. Their chances of reaching the knock-out stages of the
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    • 689 38 AFP, AP Ugly 1-0 home win over West Ham a throwback to ex-manager's days LONDON FOR once, Chelsea were not as smooth in a long while. But Avram Grant was happy with an ugly 1-0 Premier League victory over West Ham United at home
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    • 227 38 PREMIER LEAGUE Weekend Results Chelsea 1 West Ham United 0 Cole 76 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United Bentley 54, 67, Tugay 90 Martins 47 Portsmouth 0 Everton Reading 1 Middlesbrough Kitson 54 Tuncay 83 Sunderland 1 Derby County Stokes 90 Wigan Athletic 1 Manchester City Scharner 25 Geovanni 1 Aston
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    • 417 38 London TWO sublime goals from David Bentley helped Blackburn Rovers to a 3-1 win over Newcastle at home yesterday. It was their first win in five games. The Magpies took the lead after the re-start, when Obafemi Martins headed in Geremi's free kick from the
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    • 694 39  -  Wang Meng Meng SINGAPORE MARATHON (TODAY, 5.30 AM) Not all of the record 40,000 runners will be going for glory or meals SOMETIMES, it is not about winning medals and breaking records. Certainly not for Chan Meng Hui, Dr Janice Khoo, Koh Boon
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    • 528 39  -  Marc Lim SPORTS CORRESPONDENT THE wait is almost over for Lee Chee Khiang. After months of training, countless hours of pounding Singapore's streets, and many more trying to eat right and keeping fit, the 44-year-old will finally make his marathon debut this morning. "I
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    • Article, Illustration
      520 39  -  Edwin Koo Good things come in pairs Text photos by Russian sisters Daria Kuznetsova (left), 22, and Ekaterina Kuznetsova, 17 Daria Height: 1.78 m Weight: 60kg Diet: For breakfast, it's fruits, bread, omelette and oven-baked fatless beef or chicken and a generous portion of salad with tomatoes, as
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    • 411 40 AP Miami FOR the second time in two weeks, the Miami Heat got into trouble against the Boston Celtics. Not a good idea against the NBA's hottest team. Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 27 points in the first quarter, Kevin Garnett added 23
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    • 450 40 NYT Roddick and Blake place them one victory away from first title since 1995 PORTLAND UNADULTERATED tennis joy has been hard to generate for the US' finest men's players in the age of Roger Federer, but this Davis Cup final on a quick home
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      • 69 40 AFP FORMER England captain David Beckham was the star as Los Angeles Galaxy beat Wellington Phoenix 4-1 in an exhibition soccer game in Wellington, New Zealand, yesterday. He scored a penalty and created three goals as the American club completed their tour of
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      • 65 40 AFP WEST Indies suffered a shock 31-run cricket defeat by Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday. Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck his eighth one-day century, 127 not out, but the West Indies could manage only 243-8 in 50 overs. The unfancied hosts
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      • 79 40 NYT THE Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four men on Friday in connection with the murder of Washington Redskins star Scan Taylor. The American football player died on Tuesday, after being shot during an attempted burglary of his home. The police identified the men as Venjah
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      • 70 40 AP INDIA ran up an imposing first-innings total of 616 for five declared on the second day and grabbed an early wicket to take a grip on the second cricket Test against Pakistan in Kolkata yesterday. Vangipurappu Laxman and Saurav Ganguly joined Wasim Jaffer in scoring
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    • 130 38 Playing Today Liverpool v Bolton Wanderers (Live on cti27, io.55pm) Liverpool are still without Xabi Alonso and Jermaine Pennant, both out with long-term injuries. Bolton's Kevin Nolan and Nicky Hunt are suspended, while Danny Guthrie who is on loan from Liverpool cannot play. Tottenham v Birmingham (Live on ch22 hd
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  • Obituaries
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      85 40 KALIMUTHU SOMASUNDARAM Age: 86 passed away peacefully on 1/12/07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: S. Vijayaletchmi, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: (S. Perinb ana than, deceased) Vasantha S. Nandakumar Violet Cheng Lai Chun S. Rajindaran Banumathi S. Kunasekaran Manjula S. Sandramohan Rajeswari t Daughter: Son-in-law: ■S. Kalaiselvi M.
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      51 40 SATNAM WAHEGURU GAGANDAS DHALOMAL NANWANI Departed 30 Nov 2007 Deeply missed and always remembered by family and loved ones. Path Da Bhog will be held on Monday, 3 Nov 2007 from spm to 6pm at Katong Gurudwara, 17 Wilkinson Road Please treat this as a personal invitation. Tel: 6787 9054/
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      34 40 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of THILLIAMPALAM ARUMUGAM (T. ARUMUGAM) His memory is as dear today as the time he was with us Deeply missed and fondly remembered by family, relatives and dear friends.
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      69 40 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA We, The Famfly of the Late SAAVITRY (CHANDRIKA) Departed rm 18 November 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives friends for their condolences attendance during our recent bereavement. ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA will be held on Monday 3 Dec 2007 at Holy Tree
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      49 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Dr Whang Hwee Yong on the demise of her beloved Father DR WHANG TAR CHOUNG Departed on 30 November 2007 From Friends Colleagues of Singapore Oncology Alvernia Dr Elizabeth Au Dr Florence Lim Dr Joanna Lin Dr Kong Hwai Loong DrTanYewOo Dr KarmenWong
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      96 41 LEONG HONG CHEONG Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 1/12/2007 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Yip Lye Eng, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: rhomas Leong Yue Choon Christine Chin Nget Yue Leong Yue Wing Susan Lai Sau Kuen Daughters: Sons-in-law: Leong Bew Leng Cheng Seng Hau Leong Mew Yin Toh Mun Heng
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      27 41 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of GOHKHOONKIT Departed on December 2, 2004 You live on in our hearts and minds Always lovingly remembered by family loved ones.
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      140 41 The family of the late STEPHEN LOH SOON ANN Departed on 23 Nov 2007 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, neighbours, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Dr
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      60 41 FRANCIS CHONG was called home to be with the Lord on 29 November 2007, leaving behind Wife: Annie Sons: Daughters-in-law: Benedict Christine Christopher Avellin Daughter: Son-in-law: Monica Lawrence Grandchildren: Claire, Alexandre Melanie The wake is held at the Church of St. Teresa, 510 Kampong Bahru Road. Funeral Mass will take
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      175 41 "In my father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I'm going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also
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      27 41 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of Gurjiv Singh Pardip Singh Departed 02 Dec 2002 Sadly missed and always remembered bm your beloved parents, relatives and loved ones.
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      60 41 In Loving Memory Of Sueann Chia Mci Fong Departed on 02 December 2006 To our dearest Sueann, We miss you ever since the day of 2nd Dec 2006. For the rest of the days, we're going to miss you more and never stop loving you. From: Chia Family All of
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      68 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family ofthe late NORINAH BTE BUKARI Departed on 29 November 2007 (USA. 28 November 2007) From: The Management Staff of Tan Tock Seng Hospital The body is resting at Blk 539 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #04-2575 Singapore *****9. The body will leave
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      97 41 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences The family of the late NORINAH BTE BUKARI Departed on 29 November 2007 (USA, 28 November 2007) In memory of our Nursing Manager, dear colleague and friend, who epitomises the pinnacle ofthe nursing profession. You were a motherly figure around the wards, always nurturing and
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      34 41 The Family Of The Late WONG KEE HUNG Departed on 25 Nov 2007 Wish to thank all relatives and friends for their kind support, floral tributes and donations during their recent bereavement. a m
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 532 40 BASKETBALL 10.30 am). West Indies Tour of Zimbabwe: 2nd ODI (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.55 am). Scottish Premier NBA: Toronto 91 Cleveland 82, Philadelphia 85 ICE HOCKEY (Live' Chll0' 328 Pm)- Lea Bue: Aberdeen v Hibernian (Live< Chlo7< 10 Pm)Washington 841 New Orleans 92 Atlanta 86, New York NHL New Jersey
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    • 671 42  -  Loh Wei Loong Amazon's portable reader and Marvel Comics' online subscription service are the latest offerings BOOKWORM Geraldine Guo has found the perfect holiday gift for her friends, but they will probably have to wait till next Christmas to receive it. The gift she has
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      402 42  -  Yeong Ah Seng Stephanie Gwee Q NEW TOYS ON THE BLOCK Video Capture for Mac Why it is hot: Pinnacle Video Capture for Mac offers a simple and easy way to convert analogue video to iPod format. Plug any analogue video input into the RCA sockets on this device
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    • 624 43  -  Tan Weizhen af%n*i i o Qi" git mmiiw By REALITY video fans, rejoice! Set your pulse racing in Reallife.sg's latest video series, which is guaranteed to keep you glued to your computer screen. We will bring you on an adrenaline-filled ride together with 20 Stampers who signed
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    • 51 43 STOMP is Singapore's No.l citizen journalism website with user-generated material fuelling its success. We're also big on social networking, enabling thousands to come together to interact and bond both online and offline in our various Talkback forums, and in Singapore Seen. Ml Ulll r ujujuj.stomp.com.sg mms/snis ***** email *****@stomp.com.sg phooo
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      796 44  -  Debbie Yong Debbie Yong Rubik's puzzle game is gaining new fans, thanks to availability of online tutorials THE Rubik's cube is back in vogue. Toy stores in Singapore say that sales figures for the puzzle have doubled in the past month, with one store, Bloomington Greetings in Anchorpoint
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    • 565 44 Not sure what is good English and what is not? Write to The Sunday Times and we will get your queries answered. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. It's only words THE English language is expanding so fast
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  • talk
    • 842 45  -  Tan Dawn Wei expat eye THE cute, cheery animals that populate artist Mariann Jo-hansen-Ellis' paintings and prints actually represent people. "Maybe I find people tricky. If I make them into animals, they're easier to handle," said the Dane whose works can be found
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    • INBOX
      • 244 45  -  Susan Carpenter (Mrs) I WAS at Paragon shopping centre recently and saw a mother yelling at her two children. She stopped her verbal abuse momentarily only to pull her daughter's ear and to slap her on the face. She then turned to her son and
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      • 293 45  -  S. Satish Appoo I REFER to the letter, "Are pets allowed in eateries?" (The Sunday Times, Nov 25). We thank the reader for his feedback. Under the National Environment Agency's regulations, pets cannot be taken into public food outlets and hawker centres, including the outdoor
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      • 332 45  -  Jolovan Wham RECENT articles to the press have highlighted the problems that foreign workers bring into our communities with their "anti-social" behaviour. The responses of some Singaporeans towards these foreign workers have been disconcerting. The article, "Foreign workers at void decks leave residents seething" (The
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      • 198 45  -  Sherman Low Sze Hong I REFER to the letter by Ms Yong Ming Lee, "K2 concert: Small is better" (The Sunday Times, Nov 18). My son graduated from Kindergarten 2 (K2) last month, and I had the pleasure of attending his concert. My wife and
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      • 178 45  -  Ai(Ms) WE REFER to Ms Ruth Lee Ting En's feedback, "Dance music too sexy for kids" (The Sunday Times, Nov 25). In conjunction with the Bth Asian Children's Festival, the National Library Board (NLB) invited various partner organisations to stage music and dance performances
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      • 156 45  -  Dennis Chew Wai Yip I REFER to the letter by Ms Lindy Lv Ling Li, "Karung guni racket bane of neighbourhood" (ST, Nov 26), on the nuisance caused by karung guni men. Some readers have responded to the letter writer by asking her to move to
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    • 46 47 PULSE READ TASTE PULSE READ TASTE B R READ More people students, yuppies and expatriates are saying yes to playing mahjong, and without money changing hands. SANDRA LEONG reports. A m |k DAPC JK Bk. k ly^ In ral DESIGN: BONG FORTIN ST PHOTO: ALAN LIM
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  • lifestyle
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        1080 48  -  Huang Lijie Eating at a remote, rustic location is becoming a draw for the Singapore urbanite SINGAPOREANS, it seems, will do anything for a unique dining experience. And this includes travelling 30 minutes to a far-flung farm in Mandai Agrotechnology Park to eat in a greenhouse surrounded by
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        1800 50  -  Sandra Leong The click-clack of mahjong tiles is getting louder as many new unlikely converts frown and plot for relaxation and fun WHEN National Junior College student Teh Bei Xi turned 17 in March, her friends didn't buy her gifts you would imagine a teenager would usually crave,
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      • 1005 52  -  Adeline Chia Comedian Mark Lee's museum tours are in hot demand, and his next one is for taxi drivers and their families ARTS REPORTER YOU could call it a culture shock. Mark Lee, one of Singapore's friendliest Ah Beng comedians for years, is going to talk about
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      • 699 54  -  Emily Lek Pre- and post-nata spa treatments are gaining popularity as Mums want to de-stress and get back into shape PREGNANT women are not just going for appointments with gynaecologists these days. Many of them, plus those who have given birth, are also turning up at spas for
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      • 869 55  -  Debbie Yong She has to take care of her husband who has Alzheimer's Disease but Emily Tan stays cheerful and strong for him AFTER 51 years of marriage and building a life together with wife Emily Tan, 77, retired school teacher Tan Ewe Hoon, 85, mixes up
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      • 455 55  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi ALZHEIMER'S disease, a brain disorder, is most commonly manifested in forgetfulness and affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities. In a report prepared for the Asia Pacific Members of Alzheimer's Disease International and funded by the Tsao Foundation in 2006,
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        1521 56 NYT When hotshot director Lee Ang is home, he's a regular Dad raising chicks, playing chauffeur and attending his son's football games NEW YORK Director Lee Ang, whose films have won eight Oscars out of 27 nominations, does not have a screening room in his four-bedroom home in
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        610 57  -  Boon Chan Two Chinese stars, two big pay cheques. Is this where superstar salaries are heading in the Asian film industry? MARTIAL arts star Jet Li has landed a killer hit in terms of pay with his latest movie, Peter Chan's upcoming The Warlords. Li, 44, pockets a
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      • 870 78 Conrad Centennial's executive sous chef yearns for spicy sambal and chilli crab Huang Lijie HE KNEW from the age of five that he wanted to be a chef. And executive sous chef William Lim of Conrad Centennial credits his housewife mother for nurturing his love for
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      • 481 78  -  Tan Hsueh Yun CHEAP GOOD TRUTH be told, when a friend suggested a dinner of goat briyani, I was intrigued but also a bit worried. Would the meat be too gamey, I wondered. Did the restaurant serve anything else? But greed got the better of me
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    • pulse
      • 526 58 AP ...and you could walk your way to good health, as studies on pedometers prove CHICAGO A US$2O (5528.90) fitness gadget stood up to multiple research studies, helping people walk an additional I.6km each day, but only if they logged their steps. Those who did lowered their
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      • 357 58 Reuters NEW YORK Low levels of vitamin 812 could speed mental decline in older people, a new study suggests. Among a group of men and women aged 65 and older, those whose levels of two 812-activity markers indicated higher blood levels of the vitamin had
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