The Straits Times, 18 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAUS TIMES 18 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon No shortage of taxis at city fringe stands
    331 1  -  Maria Almenoar Liaw Wy-Cin By: THE new city area surcharge of $3 up from $1 had cab operators worried that cabbies would avoid taxi stands in the city fringes and head to where the money was. But this was not the case
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    Lock icon One-size-fits-all health messages miss the mark
    598 1  -  SALMA KHALIK MOH study finds they are not reaching the less educated, who are more at risk By< Health Correspondent SINGAPORE needs health campaigns that are more focused on the less educated if it hopes for further gains in developing a healthier society. A
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    Lock icon Shop in Orchard? Not if you're in a wheelchair
    1004 1  -  Radha Basu UPFRONT By Community Correspondent SHOP till you drop in Orchard Road? All set to climb the financial corporate ladder in Shenton Way? It is not that easy when you are in a wheelchair in Singapore's retail paradise or central
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      23 2 Little hope of peace Thais in the southern provinces have little hope that the elections will bring peace to them. PAGE 11
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      36 2 World food prices soar further The price of wheat has risen to above US$lO a bushel for the first time, leading to a food price spiral that threatens to derail global economic growth. PAGE 16
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      32 2 Long road from Bali The Bali climate conference did not produce measurable results but it did show that governments' thinking on global warming is changing. This should be exploited. PAGE 21
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      21 2 Where's local enterprise? Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are risking future growth by failing to create companies that matter. PAGE 22
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      55 2 Small is in Ultra small computers that can fit into a ladies' handbag and perform regular PC functions are finally available. PAGE HI No nod yet for Prima PrimaDeli will stay closed a while longer, perhaps missing the festive season, as the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority conducts checks on
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      57 2 US sailor will be dealt with The US sailor who assaulted a Singaporean motorist will be held accountable under both Singaporean and US military law. PAGE H6 Part-timers' benefits clarified Sheng Siong Supermarket's "special worker bonus" is meant to be a reward for employees who report to work on
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      24 2 A new kind of fulfilment Singapore's former golden girl of swimming, Joscelin Yeo, talks about life after retiring from competitive swimming. PAGE H9
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      42 2 Collective sales ardour cools Most collective sale sites put up for tender in recent weeks have closed without attracting any bids. But it has been a record year for such sales, which have chalked up $12.5 billion this year. PAGE HlB
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    Lock icon Attempted murder charges against 31 dropped
    563 3  -  Hazlin Hassan »ATTACK ON MALAYSIAN POLICEMAN But 26 of the protesters are still accused of the lesser offences of illegal assembly and mischief By Malaysia Correspondent In Shah Alam ATTEMPTED murder charges against 31 Indian protesters were dropped yesterday, two days after the Malaysian
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    Lock icon Cambodia monks battle cops outside embassy
    321 3 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: Phnom Penh DOZENS of Buddhist monks kicked, punched and hurled bottles at baton-wielding police in Cambodia's capital yesterday at a demonstration to demand religious freedom for monks in neighbouring Vietnam. The clashes erupted as about 40 monks approached the Vietnamese Embassy
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    Lock icon RIDING WITH 'RICE COOKERS'
    89 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS Motorcyclists wearing crash helmets "rice cookers" as they are known in Vietnam riding through a street in the Hoan Kiem district (right) in Hanoi, Vietnam, last Saturday. Most motorcyclists in the country have complied with a much-reviled law that requires them to wear helmets
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    607 4  -  Salim Osman Indonesian civil society group seeks to overturn Temasek ruling By! Indonesia Correspondent in Jakarta A CIVIL society group is attempting to overturn the Indonesian business competition watchdog's ruling that Singapore's Temasek Holdings broke anti-monopoly laws through its stakes in the country's two biggest mobile telcos. The Indonesian
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      52 4 Of mice and biotech Chakra Biotech has made a name for itself from its work on mice. But doing drug discovery in Singapore can be a challenge. The company tells why. Driver knocks down old woman He gives her $50 drives off She dies later I didnt know she was
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon China's new Special Environmental Zones
      696 6  -  Chua Chin Hon Beijing picks two clusters of cities to push new green policy aimed at sustainable development By China Bureau Chief In Beijing FOR decades, SEZs, or Special Economic Zones, referred to cities such as Shenzhen which led China's march to being a market-oriented
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      75 6 A grouping of nine cities in Hubei with provincial capital Wuhan at its heart and the eight cities of Huangshi, Ezhou, Huanggang, Xiaogan, Xianning, Xiantao, Qianjiang and Tianmen. This cluster generates 60 per cent of Hubei's GDP despite being only a third of the province's size. Half of
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      66 6 This refers to the grouping of three Hunanese cities provincial capital Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, the hometown of the late Chairman Mao Zedong. The cluster houses 20 per cent of Hunan's population and accounts for about 38 per cent of the province's economic output. Between them, the three
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Paper crunch drives up book prices in China
        519 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Droblem caused by luge demand for Dooks, closure of small paper mills Beijing FOR Chinese fans, the latest Harry Potter book is not so affordable. Neither are the latest Dan Brown novels and classic Chinese fiction. Voracious demand for books
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        189 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHINA is deeply embedded in the international book market. It is the United States' biggest offshore supplier of print products, chiefly books. Exports of paper products from China rose by 76 per cent between 2005 and last year, according to government statistics,
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        Lock icon Hong Kong public willing to pay more for clean air
        457 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Hong Kong HONG Kong residents would be willing to pay higher transportation costs if it means breathing cleaner air, according to a survey published yesterday as the city's dazzling skyline was once again shrouded by a thick
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        63 8 REUTERS The lake may be frozen, but that does not mean these members of the Shenyang Women Winter Swimming Group have to stay at home. Founded in 1987, the group relishes an ice-cold swim come winter in Liaoning province. And so what if the lake freezes over? That
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        Lock icon China's economy 'overestimated'
        275 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE size of China's economy is overestimated by some 40 per cent based on the most current measures, but it is still the world's sec-ond-largest, the World Bank said yesterday. In a report ranking the world's economies, it said a more reliable method of
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        Lock icon US-made vaccine recalled in China
        202 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Beijing MORE than 100,000 doses of US-made vaccines for meningitis and pneumonia in children have been recalled in China due to sterilisation concerns, the Chinese government said. US pharmaceutical company Merck and its China importer have recalled 104,930 doses
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Disgraced cloning scientist seeks comeback
        282 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Seoul DISGRACED South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo Suk is part of a team seeking government approval to resume research into stem cells, officials said yesterday A research lab opened by Hwang last year has submitted a request that it be allowed to
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        74 9 This dead finless porpoise covered in crude oil was placed in a boat after it was found floating in the sea off Gunsan, about 270km south of Seoul, on Sunday. Tar balls the hardened black toxic remnants of evaporated crude oil have also washed up on the shores
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        462 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Parliament votes to reopen investigation into fraud charges as new video proof shows up Seoul SOUTH Korea's Parliament voted yesterday to launch a new probe into fraud allegations against presidential opposition front runner Lee Myung Bak, two days before the
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        Lock icon Fukuda says sorry over pension scandal
        315 9 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda apologised yesterday for his ruling party's handling of a public pensions crisis, after seeing his support ratings tumble in polls. His comments came as the Social Insurance Agency began sending warnings to an estimated 8.5
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        Lock icon Exit polls point to BJP victory in Gujarat elections
        486 10  -  P. JAYARAM By: India Correspondent In New Delhi THE pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems set to return to power in India's most industrialised state of Gujarat for a third consecutive term, but this time with a reduced majority. According to
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        514 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Team heads to Pakistan to probe S. Asia's first human cases as outbreaks pop up elsewhere Islamabad THE World Health Organisation warned yesterday that countries should be on the alert for bird flu because it is on the move again, with
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Three million absentee votes cast
        304 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangkok NEARLY three million Thais have cast absentee ballots for this weekend's general election, a record turnout for early voting, the Election Commission said yesterday, but doubts over their legitimacy remain. "We have never had this many people vote early before," Election Commissioner
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        Lock icon Thais in south put little faith in elections
        606 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Analysts say leading political parties have no new ideas on how to improve security in restive southern provinces Yala (Thailand) WITH a long-running insurgency showing no signs of letting up, Muslim Korlet Jae-ware says he has little hope that this
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        Lock icon Vietnam's secretive military opens up
        431 12  -  Roger Mitton Defence academy to hold training for outsiders on Viet operations, strategy By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi IN A landmark change, Vietnam's secretive Defence Ministry is opening up and inviting foreigners to come and study the country's military operations and strategy. Senior military officers
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        99 12 FOREIGN military officers will be invited to Hanoi for a 92-day course at the defence academy, which trains Vietnam's high-ranking commanders and strategists, starting on March 4. It will include three weeks of tutoring in key military topics such as Vietnam's national defence policy, its security and anti-terrorism
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        Lock icon Trial of JI chief begins in Jakarta
        278 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta THE leader of Islamic militant network Jemaah Islamiah could face the death penalty under Indonesia's tough counter-terrorism laws, prosecutors said yesterday as his trial opened in court. Zarkasi and the head of JPs military wing, Abu Dujana, were captured in
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        Lock icon New animal species found in Indonesia
        172 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Jakarta RESEARCHERS in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the country, scientists said yesterday. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Most Malaysians back tough stance on street protests: Poll
        391 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Petaling Jaya AN OVERWHELMING number of Malaysians are against street protests and have backed the government's decision to use the law to stop anyone from threatening racial peace and harmony, according to a recent survey. The survey
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        Lock icon Non-Muslims 'not forsaken'
        122 13 BERNAMA THE absence of a department for non-Muslim affairs does not mean the government has forsaken non-Muslim communities in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Naiib Tun Razak. He said the government has provided many channels and mechanisms to enable the various communities, including Indian Malaysians, to
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        Lock icon Kelantan floods worsen as river overflows
        578 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, FHE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Golok River on Thai-Malaysian border also causes chaos in Thai province of Narathiwat Kuala Lumpur FLOODS in north-eastern Malaysia worsened yesterday after a river bordering Thailand burst its banks, as the country's death toll from annuil
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Diana's 'greatest love' left her because of cultural differences
        418 14 THE heart surgeon widely regarded as the greatest love of the late Princess Diana reluctantly decided not to marry her because their cultural differences would have torn them apart. Dr Hasnat Khan, a Muslim, ended his relationship with the Princess only
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        Lock icon Emmy-winning news anchor arrested for hitting police
        263 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS A US television news anchor who made headlines for sending photos of herself in a bikini to a married man at the NFL Network was arrested after she punched a police officer in the face. Emmy award winner Alycia Lane hit
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        Lock icon Oldest living person dies at age 116
        184 14 A BACHELOR who was thought in his lifetime to be the oldest person in the world has died at the age of 116 in Ukraine. Mr Grigoriy Nestor died in his sleep last Friday night in the village of Stary Yarychev in the
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        Lock icon Brother guilty of killing Hindu party leader
        263 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS AN INDIAN court yesterday found the younger brother of the late Hindu nationalist party leader and former federal minister Pramod Mahajan guilty of murdering him last year. Judge S.P. Davare found Pravin Mahajan, 52, guilty of murder and trespass
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Food costs to rise further as wheat prices hit all-time high
      792 16 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS High prices of basic commodities threaten to derail economic growth, analysts warn New York THE price of wheat has risen above US$lO (5514.40) a bushel for the first time, leading to rises for other grains and oilseeds,
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      Lock icon Grain prices spiralling up
      72 16 Chicago Board of Trade March wheat contract (weekly closes) Wheat: Has surpassed US$lO (5514.40) a bushel for the first time. Rice: Futures last Friday settled at U5513.1250 per lOOlbs, just shy of the previous record price of U5513.40 set in January 1988. Soya bean: Jumped to
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      Lock icon Billions pledged in aid to Palestinians
      537 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PLAN They get more than they expected to revive their economy and lift peace hopes Paris INTERNATIONAL donors have pledged billions of dollars for a Palestinian recovery plan, far more than what the Palestinians had expected. Palestinian President had
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      Lock icon Saudi King pardons teen jailed after she was raped
      257 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Riyadh SAUDI Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a teenage girl sentenced to six months in jail and 200 lashes after being gang raped, the Al-Jazirah newspaper reported yesterday. The ruling against the 19--year-old girl in this ultra-conserva-tive
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        123 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that he would agree to become Russia's prime minister if Mr Dmitry Medvedev were to be elected as his successor. Mr Putin's statement virtually ensures that the 42-year-old Mr Medvedev, who is seen as
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        Lock icon JAPANESE PM TO PAY FIRST VISIT TO CHINA'
        111 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will visit China from Dec 27 for his first summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao, a Japanese newspaper said yesterday. During the planned four-day trip, Mr Fukuda will also meet Premier Wen Jiabao and
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        Lock icon SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 10 RECRUITS IN PAKISTAN
        122 17 REUTERS KOHAT (Pakistan): A suicide bomber killed 10 Pakistani military recruits in the north-western town of Kohat yesterday in the first major attack since emergency rule was lifted two days ago. The bombing was near an ar-my-run school where Islamist militants have, in
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        Lock icon CHINA TO PROBE PANDA POACHING IN SICHUAN
        109 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: China is investigating reports of illegal wildlife trading in the country's south-west where locals have been offered huge sums of cash for giant panda pelts, state press reported yesterday. Local police have found cases of panda bear hunting in Baoxing
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      Lock icon Long slog ahead after climate change deal
      611 18 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS But any real results unlikely until US gets new president: Analysts Bali A "HISTORIC" Bali deal. A "Berlin Wall" dividing rich and poor countries on global warming policy falls. A "new chapter" for the United States after six years of
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      Lock icon Key decisions in Bali
      264 18 REUTERS Two-year dialogue Negotiators agreed to start two years of talks on a new deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, the main pact till 2012 to fight climate change, to bind outsiders led by the US, China and India. The talks will start next April and
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      Lock icon Rudd: Bali talks almost fell through
      147 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Sydney NEGOTIATIONS on climate change in Bali had been in danger of falling "in a heap" before the US backed down and accepted the deal, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (right) said yesterday. Mr Rudd, who placed himself at odds with major
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      Lock icon Snowstorms blanket N. America
      533 19 EUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Flights grounded and traffic disrupted as snow and wind lash US north-east and Canada Boston A SNOWSTORM that blanketed parts of the US Midwest last week has barrelled into the north-eastern part of the country and neighbouring Canada, bringing snow, freezing rain and
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      Lock icon TURKEY BLASTED FOR HITS AGAINST REBELS IN IRAQ
      125 20 Turkey's bombardment of suspected PKK separatist bases inside northern Iraq drew a furious response yesterday from the Iraqi government and villagers hit by the weekend air strikes. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said civilians were hit despite Turkey's insistence that only Kurdistan
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      Lock icon Moscow delivers nuclear fuel to Teheran
      568 20 REUTERS It urges Iran to end enrichment, and says it was assured fuel would not have military uses Moscow RUSSIA has delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr atomic power station a step Western powers, worried by Teheran's nuclear ambitions, had
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      30 16 Hard slog after the deal Now that a deal has been hammered out at the Bali climate meeting, governments face the difficult task of working out the details. PAGE 18
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      442 21 THE United Nations climate conference in Bali ended much as expected, in a fog of self-protec-tion by the principal polluters. The United States kept to its anti-Kyoto treaty stance by blocking mention of fixed targets of carbon reduction, of 25-40 per cent by 2020 as proposed
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      1420 21 CARBON CREDITS AND INDONESIA By John Mcßeth Senior Writer but which was still a source of profound embarrassment to the hosts of the just-conclud-ed Bali conference. Kalimantan is only part of the problem. More damage has been done by loggers and oil palm planters
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      979 21  -  Michael mchardson »AUSTRALIA-U.S. TIES By For The Straits Times IN A move that will test the strength of Australia's longstanding alliance with the United States, the new Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is negotiating with the Bush administration the withdrawal of Australian frontline forces
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      730 22  -  Andy Mukherjee PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA By ment entrepreneurship that is also globally competitive. The two Thai companies on the Boston Consulting list are Charoen Pokphand Foods, the country's biggest meat producer, and Thai Union Frozen Products, the world's second-biggest tuna canner. The
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      35 21 Not very enterprising There is something intrinsically wrong with the composition of the capitalist class in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. PAGE 22 PUNCHLINES f Oti-~-WE DON'T I *Tffllm' HAVE PROBES I with cockroaches.' I sf2fM
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      1014 23 Singapore today I^S^3^^^<. Cloudy with intermittent rain, M m. 0 M *m//7j^^7/ THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 2007 USEFUL NUMBERS 5 THINGS YOU CAN ASIA WORLD WEATHER UifcHJL IMUMBtKi Tftn v i 1 Fmemenrv lines UVJ IUUAI °BEISH P SE 9 V.. 999 r^mJ**' PoHf Hotline 1800-255-0000 Attend a
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      701 25  - Portable computers now getting smaller... and cheaper Oo Gin Lee Tham Yuen-C Slightly bigger than a large smartphone, they are powerful for their size By i SMALL enough to fit into a handbag and light enough for kids to carry to school the age of the "ultra-mobile portable computer" (UMPC)
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        624 26  -  Maria Almenoar Liaw Wy-Cin Drivers' group says cabbies manage to earn slightly more By SOME commuters skipped their regular taxi ride into the city yesterday morning, the first day of higher fares charged by the biggest cab company ComfortDelGro. Cabbies interviewed said
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        360 26  -  MARIA ALMENOAR VIANY commuters could temporarily turn away from taxis bllowing the recent move to ■aise fares, a top transport offi;ial said yesterday. But most will likely go sack to these rides as long as !ares remain competitive with public transport, said Mr
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          220 26 GETTING to Suntec City from Ang Mo Kio was a breeze for housewife Eilyn Chan, 38, yesterday. Together with her daughter and her sister's family, the group of eight boarded the new CityShopper premium bus service from the bus stop just outside her flat at Block
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          188 26 SOME commuters have found a way around the problem of not being able to get a cab during peak hours, even when they call for one. They have turned to the pricier option of chauffeur services which are available for daily or hourly rental. Urban Spirit,
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      451 27  -  ELENA CHONG WHEN Tan Wen Zhong stepped into a lift in the wee hours of one morning in April, he was not exactly dressed for action. The 21-year-old national serviceman was clad only in a pink bikini to the shock of a
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      77 27 I: LAU FOOK KONG This silver Honda Civic was travelling along the Pan-Island Expressway near the Toa Pay oh Lorong 2 exit when it is believed to have skidded. It crashed into a tree and ended up wedged underneath the flyover yesterday. The Singapore Civil Defence
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      187 27 CORPSE IN CONDO: IDENTITY UNKNOWN THE body of a woman found dead in an unfinished condominium unit along Queensway is believed to have been in a cardboard box. According to Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao, her naked and bloody body had been stuffed into a paper carton about lm
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      112 27 POLYTECHNIC student Shawn Goh Jin Fa was driving friends home late one evening last year when his car skidded off the road, mounted a kerb and flipped over. One of his passengers died two months after the crash, and yesterday, the 24-year-old Goh was fined
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      328 27  -  ELENA CHONG THE man behind an online casino popular with gamblers across the island was jailed for three months and fined $80,000 yesterday. Cheh Back Hai, 59, was the local webmaster and chief salesman of an Internet gaming house whose software he peddled
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      337 27  -  K.C. VIJAYAN TWO workers have died and a third is in serious condition after inhaling toxic fumes aboard a tanker moored off the island's west coast. The three Indian nationals were part of a team deployed to remove gas and oily water from the Singa-pore-registered
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      462 27  -  David Boey Carolyn Quek »US EMBASSY ON ALLEGED ASSAULT: Embassy: US Navy cooperating fully in S'pore probe By THE United States Navy sailor will be taken to task if he is found guilty of assaulting Singaporean motorist K.M. Ho last Friday.
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      477 28  -  Diana Othman AVA will also review how bakery chain processes and stores food By PRIMADELI, still smarting from a food poisoning scandal, will remain closed for at least the next couple of days, according to public health officials. Investigators from the
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      228 28 FROM next month, the Government will increase funding for a programme that helps students cover tuition and extracurricular fees, officials said yesterday. Edusave contributions will go up by $10 to $180 for students at the primary level, and by $20 to $220
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        84 28 SECONDARY 1 posting results are scheduled to be released tomorrow at 11am. Students can check their results via the Education Ministry website (www.moe.gov. sg), by calling 6691-2066 or going to their primary school. Students are to report to their posted secondary schools on Friday at
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        97 28 DEPARTMENT of Statistics officers will be knocking on doors in the next fortnight to find out how households are spending their money. From Dec 24 to Jan 7, the officers will go to Choa Chu Kang, Jalan Berseh, Jurong West, Seletar, Serangoon North, Tampines, Tanjong
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        145 28 FIVE members and supporters of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday handed a letter to the Malaysian High Commission here, expressing their opposition to the crackdown on protesters in the country. The group included party chief Chee Soon Juan, his sister Chee Siok Chin and party
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        731 29  -  Radha Basu Wheelchair-bound shopper finds many Orchard Road malls inaccessible By Community Correspondent THOSE steep flights of stairs fronting several Orchard Road buildings are daunting to tired legs, let alone wheelchair users. But even malls that are built to be accessible to all are
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      22 25 Still closed PrimaDeli could remain closed through the Christmas season, as checks continue to ensure its premises are properly disinfected. PAGE H4
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      71 27 Or is there? Despite the various schools of thought, the effects of global warming are evident. CNN Future Summit brings together today's leading environmental scientists and politicians to address climate change the most important and pressing issue of our time. CNN Future Summit: Saving Planet Earth. Premieres 18-23 December on
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      290 30  -  Agung Santoso Ongko Low Lee Siang I READ with great relief the article about ministers and top civil servants getting a 4-21 per cent pay rise next month (ST, Dec 14). We can now be assured that only the most competent people will
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      345 30  -  Patricia L. Herbold (Ms) ASSAULT ON SINGAPOREAN MOTORIST I WOULD like to respond to the articles in the Dec 16 and 17 editions of The Straits Times concerning the US sailor who is in custody for voluntarily causing hurt. The US Embassy and
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      99 30 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Tiger Airways staff encouraged women to seek passengers who could help out in luggage allowance Why can't our MRT, taxi service just be like Hong Kong's? Cabby made a big scene although it
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      253 30  -  Col Darius Lim I REFER to the letter, "Wanted: Answers to Red Dye saga" (ST, Dec 12). On Nov 23, the Republic of Singapore Air Force conducted a ground-trial which involved producing red smoke from one of its stationary aircraft at Tengah Airbase. This
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      170 30  -  Elvin Yeo Wee Kiat I REFER to the letter, "S'pore's SEA Games performance dismal" (ST, Dec 15), by Mr Lim Chun Yaw. Mr Lim seems to link a nation's sporting performance to its economic status, in comparing Vietnam as a developing country
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      158 30  -  Chia Wenn Teck ALTHOUGH Singapore athletes returned from the SEA Games with 43 golds, considered their best "away" performance, this has to be put in perspective. The 2007 games is the largest in terms of number of events. A total of
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      259 30  -  Tan Ching Fern (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Tough lot of a part-time employee" (ST, Dec 15), by Mr Jeremy Hau Wen Xin. As part and parcel of good work ethics and being in the retail/service line, our employees are expected to report
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      153 30  -  Dr Wong Jock Onn I REFER to the letter, "Stop diseases, ban parties like ZoukOut" (ST, Dec 14), by Mr Kwok Chee Chiu. I get the impression that some people think that the best strategy against some- thing undesirable is to ban it. This
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      637 31 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Gunners' manager prefers four-way battle as it will be more interesting London ARSENE Wenger has the destiny of the Premier League in his control, but the Arsenal manager expects a four-way battle before he gets his hands on the title.
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      226 31 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHELSEA manager Avram Grant felt his side deserved at least a point from their match against Arsenal on Sunday. Former Chelsea defender William Gallas headed in the goal that gave the Gunners a 1-0 win in their Premier League
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      542 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Manchester MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson expects to know who his side's Premier League title rivals will be four games from now. United, the reigning champions, trail leaders Arsenal by a point after Sunday's matches. Arsenal beat Chelsea
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      223 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE statement issued by Liverpool on Sunday said the talks were "positive, amicable and constructive". But it remains to be seen whether the discussion between Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett will eventually save Benitez's jobRelations between
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      376 31 Statistic of the week 5 Number of away wins, and all five hosts did not even score. Only three home teams took full points. Top scorers 9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton) 8 Benjamin Mwaruwari (Portsmouth), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Nicolas Anelka
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      598 32 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER Introduced as the new team manager at news conference, Italian promises 'great results' London FABIO Capello was introduced as England's new soccer coach yesterday, promising to bring "great results" to a team that have repeatedly failed to live up to expectations.
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      327 32 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Manchester FHERE is a banner draped Dver the Stretford End at Old Frafford which reads "32". It is a reminder to the suc-:ess-starved fans of Manchester City of just how many years have passed since the club last
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      235 32 London FULHAM manager Lawrie Sanchez has confirmed reports he is looking to sign South Korea international Song Chong Guk on a free transfer. The 28-year-old will be a free agent later this month when his contract with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings expires. "If he is
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      730 32 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE Madrid REAL Madrid ensured they will be the leaders of the Spanish league entering 2008, with a 2-0 win over Osasuna on Sunday. The victory sets them up perfectly for '"El Classico" against Barcelona this Sunday. It was the 60th anniversary of
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      356 32 REUTERS MILAN INTER Milan extended their lead at the top of Serie A to seven points, after second-half goals from Julio Cruz and David Suazo secured a 2-0 win at struggling Cagliari on Sunday. The unbeaten defending champions, on 40 points from 16 games, were always
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      811 33  -  Rohit Brijnath GAME, SET AND MATCH By HOW'S your shoulder, I kidded Anil Kumble a few days ago. In truth, there's nothing wrong with the shoulder of India's cricket captain, who landed this morning in Australia armed with a team of pen-sion-age
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      643 33  -  Teo Cheng Wee »SPORTSPEOPLE But ex-SEA Games Golden Girl Jos has no regrets retiring to devote time to youths By WHEN Singapore's swimmers took the plunge on the first day of South-east Asia Games competition two weeks ago, Joscelin Yeo had a surreal
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      Lock icon Cheers is last event at historic SBH
      213 33  -  Wang Meng Meng BADMINTON THERE is still time for one last hurrah at the historic Singapore Badminton Hall. Although tenants Singapore Badminton Association will relocate to the Sports School when its lease ends on Jan 31, it will host the Cheers Youth International
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        93 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS NYON (Switzerland): Argentina finished top of soccer's world rankings in 2007, winning Fifa's Team of the Year title in the process. The final rankings from soccer's world governing body released yesterday had an unchanged top 10 from November's list. Argentina were first with 1,523
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        74 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS ST LOUIS: Brett Favre became the National Football League career leader in yards passing on Sunday, eclipsing Dan Marino for his latest achievement in a milestone season. Favre threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns in the Green Bay Packers' 33-14 victory over the St
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        66 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI: Annika Sorenstam won the Dubai Ladies' Masters by two strokes on Sunday in her first win since winning the same event in 2006. The Swedish golfer closed with two-under 70 for an overall 10-under 278. Overnight leader Iben Tinning (73) had a
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      763 34 NEW YORK TIMES ►>GOLF World No.l wins Target Challenge title for 4th time with 22-under 266 Thousand Oaks (California) IN A near-perfect ending to a spectacular season, Tiger Woods tied up a lot of loose ends on Sunday in the Target World Challenge at
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      381 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Toronto WITH another dominant defensive performance, the Boston Celtics matched their longest winning NBA streak in 14 years. Paul Pierce scored 18 points, Kevin Garnett had 16 and the Boston Celtics extended their streak to nine games by beating the Toronto Raptors 90-77
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      154 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS WITH a heavy heart and a lighter frame, NBA star Stephon Marbury returned to work on Sunday. Two weeks after the death of his father, Donald, and one week after taking bereavement leave from the Knicks for the second time, Marbury practised with
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      426 34 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 109 Golden State 87, Boston 90 Toronto77, Portland 116 Denver 105, LA Lakers 113 LA Clippers 92. GOLF Target Challenge at Thousand Oaks, California, final rd: 266 Tiger Woods (USA) 69 62 67 68 273 Zach Johnson (USA) 69 67 69 68 275 Jim Furyk (USA)
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      44 33 TV times BASKETBALL Atlantic Coast Conference: Albany v Duke (Live, Ch23, Bam). SOCCER: English League Cup, q-finals: Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.40am), Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3.55am). Event BADMINTON: Cheers Youth International Championships (Singapore Badminton Hall, 9am).
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    1106 34 GURDIAL KAUR W/O LATE BAGGA SINGH (RAUKE) Age: 97 passed away peacefully on 16 December 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Cremation will take place at 3.45pm on 18/12/07 (Tue) at Mandai Crematorium, Hall 1. Buses will leave Khalsa Dharmak Sabha at 2.30pm. Akhand
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        7404 36 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 17,2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R3 34 104 3C 27 42 141 195 14 8 24 29 18 31 17 5 15 43 5 26 126 34 5
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        1405 36 52-WEEK IEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E MCAP SMIL 0RHIGH LOW 3C 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 22.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 3; 69 21.; 38 24.; 2.3 6.; 47.; 19.3 24 li.;
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        55 36 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 620C 100C 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2940 6235 STIETF1OO 2962.9 6236 STI ETFIOPV US200cd US6200cd USIOOOcd US*****cd US*****cd 3434.2 +20
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      608 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Growth may slow to 4-year low and inflation could hit 10-year high Washington THE world economy is facing the risk of stagflation the double whammy of suffering both recession and faster inflation. Global growth this quarter and next may be the slowest
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      340 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS Atlanta FORMER United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says he favours using US government money to bail out mortgage borrowers who risk losing their homes because they cannot make payments. Mr Greenspan, speaking on ABC's This Week programme aired last
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      285 37 BLOOMBERG NEWS New York MERRILL Lynch, which suffered a record U552.24 billion (553.23 billion) loss in the third quarter, told fixedincome managers to cut this year's bonuses by 40 per cent on average, according to two people briefed on the matter. Payments may fall by
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      37 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,249.79 (-264.72 points) »Japanese shares closed down 1.71 per cent at a near three-week low on concern that simmering inflation may limit the scope for further United States interest rate cuts.
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      35 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 26,596.58 (-967.06 points) Hong Kong stocks closed sharply lower, down 3.5 per cent, on regional weakness and worries that rising United States inflation will halt interest rate cuts.
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      29 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,876.76 (-131.15 points) Chinese shares closed down 2.62 per cent lower, extending last week's losses with property and financial stocks leading the decline.
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      39 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,263.5 (-228.2 points) Australian shares closed down 3.5 per cent to their lowest level in three months in response to falls on Wall Street and a retreat in base metal and commodity prices.
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      34 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,391.61 (-11.8 points) Malaysian shares closed down 0.8 per cent, as investors sold stocks across the board amid renewed concern over the outlook for the United States economy.
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      29 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,261.35 (-769.48 points) »Indian shares closed down 3.84 per cent amid Asia-wide market worries that rising inflation could halt United States interest rate cuts.
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      37 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,664.92 (-75.14 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 2.7 per cent lower in line with regional markets, on concerns that rising United States inflation could make it difficult for more rate cuts there.
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      37 37 AFP Yesterday's close: 817.62 (-18.78 points) Thai shares closed 2.25 per cent lower, as sentiment was downbeat across Asian markets following last week's losses on Wall street on pessimism over the United States economy.
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        222 37 Stock Name WT Close Change Allgreen 0.46 Ascendasreit 0.85 CapitaComm 0.48 CapitaLand 4.08 CapitaMall 0.91 Chart SemiCond ...0.56 CityDev 2.64 ComfortDelGro 1.27 Cosco Corp 1.87 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.06 Datacraft 0.16 FXN 2.38 Gent Intl 0.69 HK Land 3.68 Hyflux 0.32 JMH 3.00 JSH 1.99
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        58 37 SingTeISGAeCWOBO3I7 54,778,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBoso2 38,046,000 CapitaLand 32,266,000 DBS MBL eCWOBOSO2 23,903,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO4O4 21,801,000 SingTel 21,437,000 Mercator 19,018,000 Gentlntl 18,328,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 15,443,000 CoscoCorpMßLeCWoBo2o4 14,676,000 Dec 17 Yangzijiang 13,804,000 Abterra 13,118,000 STXPO KWIOO 12,805,000 SGX MBL eCWOBO3OS 12,076,000 FXN SGA eCWOBO3I7 11,902,000 China XLX 11,766,000 Golden Agri 11,762,000
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        137 37 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2460 1.2610 Ian dollar 1.4160 1.4330 iuro 2.0800 2.1040 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4358 0.4365 <Z dollar 1.1050 1.1290 Sterling pound 2.9070 2.9400 JS dollar 1.4410 1.4580 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS )F
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        2334 37 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 17,2007 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 9 2 5 ArianeCorp W*****9 50 5 8 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 30 29 4481 Asia Water W*****0 18 5 13
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      157 38 MEDIA MARKETING SOFT TOUCH "Changi's hardware attributes of efficiency and service orientation are world-renowned. The latest campaign moves beyond the functionality aspect of the terminal and focuses instead on the divine and heavenly experience each traveller will encounter at T3." MR ALAN LEE, CAAS deputy director for marketing and passenger
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      Lock icon Changi Terminal 3 unveils ad campaign that's simply divine
      611 38  -  Nicholas Fang TV and print ads by Y£tß focus on softer side of T3, including nature-inspired architecture, lush greenery By GROWING competition from regional airports has led Singapore's Changi Airport to apply a softer touch in its advertising for its new
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      358 38  - Saatchi Saatchi clinches top award NICHOLAS FANG SAATCHI Saatchi Singapore has been named Agency of the Year by trade publication Marketing magazine. The top award was based on a survey of advertising clients and marketing agencies, although responses from agencies were disregarded when finalising the top 10 firms in eight
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      Lock icon China to curb growth of bank loans to firms next year
      487 38 REUTERS Beijing CHINA will intensify its policy tightening next year to curb credit growth, deputy central bank governor Liu Shiyu said in remarks published yesterday. He told a weekend conference that the central bank would use a variety of
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      Lock icon Australian regulator rejects SingTel broadband proposal
      250 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS Sydney AUSTRALIA'S competition watchdog yesterday rejected a SingTelled plan to build a multibilliondollar, high-speed broadband network in Australia, but it added it would welcome a revised proposal from the group. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a draft decision
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      Lock icon Recycling company building $50m plastic-to-fuel plant
      577 40  -  Jessica Cheam Enviro-Hub's plant will be able to convert into fuel 30,000 tonnes of plastic waste a year By; AN EXCITING new use has been found for the annoying plastic waste that often washes up on beaches and clogs rubbish dumps: fuel. It may
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      170 40 HOW ENVIRO-HUB'S PLANT WORKS Mixed waste plastic is fed to a reactor to be melted at 350 deg C. A special catalyst is added at controlled intervals, whereby a process called depolymerisation starts. The catalyst "cracks" the polymers of the waste plastic, producing three by-products:
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      426 40  -  Nicholas Fang By SINGAPORE will take part in a six-month trial that will help the United States assess the viability of scanning all US-bound boxes for nuclear or radioactive materials. Brigadier-General (NS) Choi Shing Kwok, the Singapore Transport Ministry's Permanent
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      526 40  -  Gabriel Chen By A SLUMP in drug shipments and continued weakness in the electronics sector saw Singapore's non-oil exports fall unexpectedly last month, reversing six months of gains. Overseas sales of made-in-Singa-pore goods known as non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) sank
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      Lock icon ST Index plunges on a lack of buyers
      570 41  -  Goh Eng Yeow STAKING STOCK Worst performance since August leads to three-week low as investors bail out By Markets Correspondent SOME blamed inflation worries, while others agonised over soaring oil prices but it was chiefly a dearth of buyers that accounted for
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      45 41 (0) Dec 17 JMH OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 STI ETF 100 MOIL CapitalanMBLePW***** SPC STI 3400SGAePW*****0 STI 3800SGAePW*****8 CENTS 2550 ***** 3600 225 36 800 45 64.5 43.3 20.0 MM 17.3 12.5 100 8.5 8.5 /o 1.2 0.2 5.6 53.2 1.3 23.3 15.2
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      45 41 (0) Dec 17 GLD 10USS Lyxor China H 10USS DmegaNav STIETFIOPV SGX DBS Grp Jardine CSC UOB CENTS 7870 1970 2480 3434.2 1250 1970 2000 1900 173.1 129.8 120.0 113.2 80.0 MM 70.0 70.0 o/ /o 1.5 4.4 4.6 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.6
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      Lock icon Air China 'will not block SIA-China Eastern deal'
      606 41  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent ASSURANCES have been given that Air China will not block a tie-up between China Eastern Airlines, Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore's Temasek Holdings. Setting the record straight, China Eastern chairman, Mr Li Fenghua, told The Straits Times
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      340 41 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ASIAN and European stocks tumbled yesterday as last week's strong United States inflation data reduced expectations that the US Federal Reserve would deliver further interest rate cuts soon. Also, in a sign that rising food and agricultural prices may
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      Lock icon STI slide spurs interest in blue-chip contracts
      282 41  -  Yang Huiwen WARRANT WATCH By A SHARP fall in the local benchmark index yesterday led to renewed interest in warrants which are seen as an affordable way for investors to gain exposure to bluechip stocks. Weak market sentiment due to lingering credit fears,
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      141 42 WANING INTEREST? Big sites such as Villa delle Rose (below) off Holland Road, Spanish Village in Farrer Road and Elizabeth Towers in Mount Elizabeth .j| had no takers at the close of their tenders recently. SOURCE PHOTO CBRE CBRE The 10 mos expensive collective sale de lea
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      Lock icon No takers for many collective sale sites as market cools
      596 42  -  Joyce Teo Quiet end to record year where $12.5b worth of estates were sold en bloc By Property Correspondent MOST collective sale sites put up for tender in recent weeks have closed without any bids. About 40 estates have been
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      21 42 Australian dollar 1.2460 1.2610 Euro 2.0800 2.1040 Sterling pound US dollar 2.9070 2.9400 1.4410 1.4580 Yen (100 units) 1.2736 1.2875
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      8 42 UP DOWN Gainers: 162 Losers: 641 Unchanged: 881
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      Lock icon Apple retailer Afor gears up for listing
      225 42  -  YANG HUIWEN PLANS FOR EXPANSION AFOR, a speciality retailer of Apple products in Singapore, is seeking a listing on the local bourse's secondary board. The firm, which sells gadgets such as iPods and MacBooks through its two EpiCentre stores, lodged a preliminary prospectus
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      21 42 Not going to waste Recycling company Enviro-Hub is pumping $50m into building the world's first large-scale, commercial plastic-to-fuel plant. PAGE Hl6
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      15 43 Stephanie Gweeand Tham Yuen-C shop up a storm in the name ofcharitv Pgsl2&l3^
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          154 44 Super Mario Galaxy Pg22 A NEW online service called Cellware has recently launched to allow people to upload and create their own ringtones without paying a cent for it. No more paying major labels for copyrighted songs or navigating through websites with loads of fine prints for
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          80 44 IF YOUR PC is sluggish especially when opening multiple browser windows, chances are that you don't have enough memory. Pack in more RAM and you should find immediate improvement. If you are using Windows XP, you should get at least 512 MB, though with
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          Lock icon Work: Phone cum scanner, copier
          157 44  -  Irene Tham Convert an image of a document, business card or whiteboard message, captured on your camera phone, to a PDF file or vCard format and get it emailed or faxed to you, using a new web-based service from Scanß. A US-BASED startup called Scanß
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        105 44 IT DOES not have to end at the last full stop. Get more information, download discount coupons, watch a movie trailer and do much more on your phone by using ZapCode. 1. Install ColorCam software SMS "zap" to ***** (post-paid subscribers) or *****401 (pre-paid subscribers). You will receive
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        1001 45  -  Irene Tham Windows XP trials on "US$100" one-laptop-per-child device MICROSOFT will begin Windows XP trials on the so-called US$lOO (Ssl44) laptop in January next year. The low-cost laptop is designed for educational use in developing countries. The project, called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), is pioneered by a
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        Lock icon Ultra-mobile PCs: They're small, beautiful and oh-so-affordable
        868 48 Small and slim enough to slip into a handbag, the ultra-mobile PCs are going to be next year's big hit. 00 GIN LEE gets the skinny on these digital midgets THE laptop is now cheaper than the mobile phone. And you don't have
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        Lock icon It's Eee-easily the leader of the pack
        411 48  -  lAsus Eee PC THE Asus Eee PC 4G (right), which stands for easy to work, easy to play and easy to learn, is truly a pace-setter for the ultra-mobile PC industry. At $598 (with GST) it is over $300 cheaper than its nearest
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        Lock icon Use them as laptops – or swivel them like tablets
        417 49 Use them as laptops or swivel them like tablets |Kojinsha SAI and SHBII THE Kojinsha UMPCs (ultra-mo-bile portable computers) score very high for great features at a competitive price point. There are currently four different models, so I tested the entry-level and the top-tier ones. The basic black Kojinsha SAI
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        323 49 |lntel Classmate MOST adults who looked at this UMPC didn't quite like it. But my five-year-old went gaga over it when I brought it home. She preferred to squint at the sev-en-inch screen instead of the 20-inch monitor connected to my
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        Lock icon The lightest, but sma keys for thumbs only
        327 49 IGigabyte U6O AT JUST 740g, the Gigabyte U6O was the lightest of all the UMPCs tested this round. When you first approach the U6O, it looks like a miniature tablet device with a 6.5-inch touch-screen. It runs on Windows XP and you
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        Lock icon Unglamorous, but oh, what a workhorse
        290 49 Packard Bell Easynote XS2O IF YOU are the conservative type who likes plain black unglamorous laptops, then the Packard Bell Easynote XS2O is definitely your cup of tea. The XS2O is a decent performer in a light 950g body. It comes with a VIA
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        989 50 Once the realm of B flicks, 3D movies are regaining their shine, says SHERWIN LOH THREE-dimensional (3D) movies are going to be big again. Paving the 3D way is none other than Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis, of Forrest Gump and Back To The
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        584 52 In the spirit of giving, THAM YUEN-C and STEPHANIE GWEE seek out some electronic goodies for charity auction AN ASSIGNMENT to go shopping for charity. How hard can that be. That is what we thought before we trooped off to e-Life@suntec digital mall to
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        312 52 For the ex, the office show-off, and others you feel strangely bound to shop for Bagman (neoprene) camera pouch For the snap-happy colleague Colour-coated cameras are cool, but for snap-happy teenagers, nothing causes a cardiac arrest faster than thought of the shooter
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        77 52 DO YOUR part for charity by taking part in the Digital Life auction. Items purchased by our gadget girls are now up for auction at eßay Singapore at www.asiaone.com/specials/DLauction The auction is made possible by the sponsorship of IT products by Suntec Reit. All proceeds go
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        272 52 Genius digital photo frame For grandma and grandpa Not the geekiest people, but they could use some geek gear. Get them a digital photo frame to play slide shows of images of their birthday party and of that trip to Perth. Acts as a
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        204 52 Guitar Hero 111 Legends of Rock game and controller For the rockstar wannabe You've already given your honest opinion, but his rockstar dreams remain. So give him this game that comes with a guitar-shaped controller. It's modelled after the Gibson Les Paul, so
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        211 52 Amethyst Speaker pig For the young at heart This pig-shaped speaker adds a dose of cutesy bling to your television cabinet. The animal's pastel-coloured exterior is über-quirky, and the pig comes in pink, yellow and white. Its innards hold the bass boomers and sound enhancers, making
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        703 53 LEUNG WAI-LENG looks at essential hardware for the serious PC gamer fighting it out in the brave new virtual world IF YOU want to make it to the top of the ranking ladders in Battlefield 2142 or Team Fortress 2, you'll probably want some of
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        129 53 ANSWER these two questions correctly and win free Granado Espada online game clients to use your gaming peripherals with. Every week, 250 winners will be selected in this four-week contest. All winners will then enter a grand final. Prizes for grand finals are:
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        652 58 Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sc Illegal instruction I HAVE a problem with my laptop running on Windows XP Professional edition. When I log into Windows, this message pops up. "16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem c:\smss.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered
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        648 55 The coming ultra-fast network will invite competition, creating better deals for consumers. Reports by ALFRED SEW LURED by cheaper prices and freebies like LCD TV sets, Internet users have been quickly signing up for broadband services this year, pushing up the household penetration rate here
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        254 55 SINGAPORE'S not the first city to seek ultra-fast broadband. Several other cities have led the way. Hong Kong Here you can sign up for possibly the world's fastest broadband service at a mind-boggling lGbps. What to do with so much speed? DVDs that took a day to download
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        853 57 Devices that let you stream music and videos are cheap. But when will mobile data rates go down? ALFRED SEW reports from Amsterdam WI-FI is not cheap in Europe. In Amsterdam, it costs 19.95 euros (5542.22) a day, when it is often free to
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        274 57 Alfred Siew CELLPHONE giant Nokia is looking to offer more content and services "out of the box" when it sells mobile gizmos to users next year. It's a response to Apple, which is trying to expand its iPod success to iPhones, as
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          70 59 ►laptops Lenovo s Ci4oo notebook Prices start at $1,199, at all authorised dealers LENOVO'S G4OO notebook is solid power at an affordable price. This 14.1-inch high-definition piece has an integrated microphone, high definition audio, and a Dual-Core T2OBO processor. The dual-core processor bumps up the computer
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          75 59 ►wireless headsets Invisio G5 headset Out at all authorised dealers; price: $199. YOU want to chat long hours using a wireless headset, but you don't want a bulky gizmo sticking out your ear. Go for the Invisio G5 headset, a discreet gizmo weighing less than 6g.
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        375 60  -  Sim Cheng Kai, Super Mario Galaxy GALAXY summons pot-bellied plumber Mario into space not to defend humanity, witness woman-on-alien lesbian action (a la Mass Effect) or unclog sewage pipes. But to do the same thing he's been doing for years: Perform precise jumps,
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        202 60 NEED a boost to jump through some of Galaxy's tougher obstacles? Get a second Wii remote controller (Wii-mote) ready. Galaxy features a two-player Co-star functionality which lets a friend use the second Wii-mote to perform several peripheral actions. What we're interested in here is the super jump a prized
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        396 60  -  Wilson Wong, Gears of War I WAS never a fan of any shooters that can be controlled only by the D-pad controllers that the Xbox 360 has. The reason: It's not intuitive and takes the fun away from the quick-draw like Billy the Kid facing off
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        474 61 Need for Speed ProStreet NEED for Speed ProStreet is Electronic Arts' attempt to take illegal racing out of the streets. In this title, racing is kept within enclosed tracks woohoo for it being environmentally kind but boohoo for the scenery: Racing is limited to identical tracks bordered by
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        425 62  -  Billy Teo, Eternal Sonata IF YOU are in tune with quirky role playing games (RPG) with cutesy doe-eyed characters straight out of a Japanese anime, Eternal Sonata (known as Trusty Bell in Japan) should be music to your ears. The fantasy world of
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        389 62 Lifesigns: Surgical Unit YOU saved countless patients in the heart-pumping surgical thriller Trauma Center: Under The Knife. Now take a pinch of the emergency room drama minus the adrenaline rush of working against the clock of Trauma Center and add in some anime soap
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        420 63 Samsung SGH-G6OO $698 (without operator plan) Available at all authorised Samsung dealers SHUTTERBUGS now have one more five megapixel camera phone to choose from: Samsung's SGH-G6OO joins the likes of Nokia's N95 and Sony Ericsson's KBSOL This quad-band 2.5G slider is Samsung's first five megapixel
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        328 64  -  Wilson Wong, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro One-yr subscription $109 (licence for three PCs) Get it from authorised dealers WITH myriad web threats out there, it is not hard to get the PC infected with viruses and spyware within minutes of hooking up to the Internet.
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        387 64  -  Daryl Lim, Razer Lachesis $129 Available at most computer shops LACHESIS muta muta one of the most venomous pit vipers in the world. And its namesake is one mean mouse. Reverting from the right-handed design that characterised their previous mouse the Deathadder Razer has once
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        332 66  -  Tony Lim, Nokia 6500 Classic $628 (without plan) Get it from authorised Nokia retailers AFTER lagging behind the likes of Samsung and Motorola in the slim phone market, Nokia is finally in the thick of the action with the 6500 Classic. At 9.5mm
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        345 66  -  Melvin Seah, Nokia NBl BGB $938 (without operator plan) Available at all authorised Nokia dealers A TRUE multimedia phone that's the Nokia NBl BGB. While many other phone makers throw in the requisite basic games and music player, Nokia has added some real multimedia muscle into the
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        859 67 Net telephone services now allow smart consumers to dial long-distance at affordable rates. LIM YEE HUNG explains Skype (skype.com) ARGUABLY, the most well-known (and successful) of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, Skype offers a diverse range of services, including free PC-to-PC voice and
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        937 68 LEUNG WAI-LENG finds out more about one local game developer's plan to take over the world FOR someone who came into the industry by accident, Irene Chua has sure come a long way. While in Creative Technology in Singapore, where she was a
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        772 69  -  L ►By 00 GIN LEE J Watchful but smart censorship is needed for nudity and sexual content WHEN I was 10,1 had my first experience of female nudity. It was at the video arcade. I was into slaying dragons and
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      478 82  -  June Cheong SDT's Xia Hai Ying finally gets to dance the role of Odette in the famous ballet ARTS REPORTER PLAYING Odette in the classic ballet Swan Lake is the dream of a lifetime for most ballerinas. That is why Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT)
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      362 82  -  Hong Xinyi > theatre MAD FOREST young Wild The Republic Cultural Centre, Lab Last Thursday THE acting was uneven, the pacing lagged in the seemingly interminable final act and the cast's attempt at Romanian accents was, perhaps expectedly, an acquired taste. But
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        439 84  -  PHILIP LEE SmartFlex Technology ISO certification is SmartFlex Technology's ticket to expansion By BUSINESS has been brisk at SmartFlex Technology and the contract manufacturer of smartcard integrated circuit (IC) modules is now expanding its operations at its premises inTampines. Its managing director, Mr Tan Tong Guan,
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        288 85  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL Ancon Anda ISO certificates boost public confidence in the firm By HOMEGROWN building construction contractor Ancon Anda received two new ISO certifications last month that will boost public confidence in the firm. With consultancy help from CCIS Singapore, Ancon Anda received the ISO
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        371 86  -  PHILIP LEE Greenfield Construction Greenfield Construction wants to be big in Singapore and in Malaysia By THEY say theirs is a friendly and trusted business partnership. Although their five-year-old construction business brought in a modest turnover at $2.8 million last year, both Mr Keith
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        340 86  -  LYNN SEAH Aegis Building Et Engineering The building maintenance company find: that ISO certification has many pluses By WHEN Aegis Building and Engineering was formed in 2002, its founder Yeong Wai Teck (right), 40, already had ISO certification in mind. "I wanted this company to
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        123 90 SHANGHAI Singer Chyi Chin seems to be really over his epic romance with actress Joey Wong this time. The 47-year-old Taiwanese has been quietly dating a 23-year-old Chinese singer named Yaya (right), after he and Wong ended their 17-year on-off love affair in 2004, say reports.
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