The Straits Times, 19 December 2007

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 118 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon 5,000 apply for 316 flats
    685 1  -  Jessica Cheam HOT PROPERTY PUNGGOL, SENGKANG,HOUGANG SEE UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND By OVERWHELMING demand for the latest batch of new Housing Board (HDB) flats suggests newlyweds are now looking at outlying estates they once shunned. A total of 5,147 applications had been made yesterday by the close
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    Lock icon MILLIONARIE MAID ABUSERS
    155 1 New York couple found guilty of torturing Indonesian maids VARSHA Sabhnani and her husband Mahender lived the American dream but they twisted it into a nightmare for two Indonesian women. Their New York loft served as both an office for their multi-million-dollar perfume business and a torture
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    Lock icon Temasek fight anti-trust ruling in court
    311 1  -  Gabriel Chen By TEMASEK Holdings has filed an appeal against a ruling by Indonesia's competition watchdog that said the investment company broke anti-trust laws. Temasek's managing director of corporate affairs, Ms Myrna Thomas, said in a statement: "The case against Temasek is baseless and
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Six hours on the road, just another day in Jakarta
      962 1  -  Dcvi Asmarani By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta COMPANY executive Lestari Sudibyo leaves her home in South Jakarta in a chauffeur-driven car at 6am every day, arriving at work in the western part of the city almost three hours later. The
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      363 2 SECTION ONE HOME >rime 2;5 Just the basics would do ftp C 1 Q V goo Everyday items are at the top of World 19-23 fjjg w i sn ii s t 0 f underprivileged Review 24-26 Singaporeans this Christmas. FYI 27 PAGEHI SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 Cab bookings fall
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon HIGH TIDE CHAOS LOOMS
      536 3  -  Salim Osman Flood havoc in the region IN MALAYSIA 27 dead, 33,000 people evacuated IN INDONESIA Flood waters reach 1.5 m, 2,000 evacuated IN THAILAND 2 dead, 150 schools closed, 900 evacuated By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur FRESH
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    • Article
      Lock icon Watch out for floods during Xmas period
      344 3  -  ARTI MULCHAND IN SINGAPORE KEEP your umbrellas close it will be a wet, windy countdown to Christmas, says the weatherman. Thunder and showers are expected over the next three days, particularly in the afternoons, and moist and unstable monsoon winds will continue to
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      Lock icon MUSLIM PILGRIMS UNITED IN FAITH
      154 4 They came in the tens of thousands on foot, by bus and in pick-up trucks united in faith. Up to two million Muslim pilgrims, dressed in uniform white robes, poured onto the plain of Arafat, east of Mecca, yesterday as the sun rose over the
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      Lock icon Japan knocks out missile in space
      557 4  -  Kwan Weng Kin The successful test paves the way for deployment of a missile shield By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPAN yesterday successfully intercepted a mock ballistic missile in a test over the Pacific Ocean, paving the way for the deployment of a defence
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      44 4 Restaurant chains go places Singapore food service operators are venturing beyond this region into markets like Australia, Japan and India. We feature three of the leading chains. mA _!_*_!r -TZmmmA I _fl 10th anniversary ofSilkAirMllBs crash Single mum who took on big boys' &won
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon MACAU: BOOM OR MIRAGE?
      713 6 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Revenue not rising much, analysts warn, as MGM opens new casino Hong Kong MGM Mirage Inc opened a 600-room Las Vegas-style resort in Macau yesterday, fuelling concerns that the tiny gambling enclave has one casino too many. The US$l.25 billion (551.82
      REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS  -  713 words
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      Lock icon Hong Kong Disneyland hit by poor attendance
      250 6 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong THE woes of Hong Kong Disneyland continue with the latest figures showing that the number of visitors has fallen by more than 20 per cent in its second year of operation. After attracting a low-er-than-expected 5.2
      REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  250 words
    • CHINA
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        Lock icon Xi Jinping consolidates his position at the top
        533 8  -  Chua Chin Hon Sixth-ranked Chinese leader takes over elite party school By China Bureau Chief In Beijing CHINA'S sixth-ranked leader Xi Jinping has taken over leadership of the elite Central Party School (CPS), consolidating his position as the front runner for the
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        Lock icon Rapidly greying China set to see growth slowing
        288 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, XINHUA Beijing CHINA'S rapidly ageing population could wipe out the country's low-cost labour advantage within the next few decades and stifle economic growth, said a report released recently. Economic reforms over the past three decades have turned China into
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        Lock icon Protests in Hanoi: Beijing 'concerned'
        178 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA said yesterday it was "highly concerned" over anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam, after the second rally in a month there over rival claims in the South China Sea. "We hope the Vietnamese government will take a responsible attitude and effective measures to
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        Lock icon Zoellick: China can be a key development partner
        604 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS It is starting to give aid instead of receiving, says World Bank chief Beijing CHINA is starting to play a bigger role in the World Bank and can be an important partner in helping development in places such as
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        Lock icon China to survey and protect its dialects
        166 9 REUTERS Beijing CHINA will next year survey the thousands of iialects spoken in the country with an eye to protecting those which are threatened with extinction, a state newspaper said yesterday. The survey will also look at the influence of iialects on Mandarin,
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon SPEND MORE ON DEFENCE: HSIEH
          101 9 REUTERS TOKYO: Taiwan presidential candidate Frank Hsieh said yesterday that the island needs to boost its defence budget to more than 3 per cent of its gross domestic product because it stands under the threat of attack by China. "Taiwan needs to continue buying defence
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          Lock icon JAPAN DEFENCE OFFICIAL CHARGED
          73 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese prosecutors said yesterday that they had indicted the Defence Ministry's former top bureaucrat over a gifts-for-contracts scandal. Takemasa Moriya, the former vice-defence minister, and contractor Motonobu Miyazaki were both re-arrested and indicted over bribery allegations related to the defence equipment deals, prosecutors
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          Lock icon LIFE TERM FOR KILLING BROTHER
          97 9 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI: The younger brother of a man once touted as a future leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for his murder. The sentencing came a day after Judge S.P. Davare found Pravin Mahajan
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          Lock icon TOP U.S. AWARD FOR SUU KYI
          108 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has voted to award Myanmar pro-democra-cy leader Aung San Suu Kyi its highest honour the Congressional Gold Medal. Supporters of the legislation, which was passed 400-0, made clear that the award was meant to send a
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          Lock icon BEIRUT JAILS MAN FOR BOMB PLOT
          99 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT: A court sentenced a Lebanese suspect to 12 years in jail yesterday for last year's failed attempt to bomb German trains. Three other defendants were acquitted. Jihad Hamad was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison, judicial officials and
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon I have nothing to hide, says S. Korean poll favourite
        689 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Seoul mayor set to become new president despite facing fraud probe Seoul THE man widely expected to be South Korea's new president insisted on the eve of election yesterday he had nothing to fear
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        Lock icon Making history
        344 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS IF FRONT runner Lee Myung Bak wins South Korea's presidential election today, he will become the first president-elect to face a criminal probe. Allegations against Lee The ruling United New Democratic Party (UNDP) on Sunday showed a video clip of Mr Lee saying he established
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        Lock icon S. Korean province backs farm project in the North
        238 10 REUTERS Suwon (South Korea) A SOUTH Korean province is backing a rare project to help fam-ine-prone North Korea grow more food and bring production up to the level of its much richer neighbour. Gyeonggi province, which circles Seoul and shares a
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    • INDIA /SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Pakistan nabs two cops over escape of terror suspect
        642 12  -  Kamal Siddiqi FROM REUTERS AND ASSOCIATED PRESS Officers who escorted Rauf for prayers suspected of aiding his escape By For The Straits Times In Karachi THE Pakistani authorities have arrested two policemen suspected of aiding the escape of a Pakistani-British man
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        Lock icon Female call centre employees to get pepper sprays
        245 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bangalore SEVERAL Indian information technology companies are ordering cans of pepper spray for their female call centre employees so they use them against possible attackers, a newspaper reported yesterday. The move follows the rape-murder last month of a 22-year-old call
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        Lock icon Ex-cons enlisted to help stem crime
        209 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS LUCKNOW INDIAN police are betting that there is no honour among thieves. Police said yesterday that they were asking former criminals to give up trade secrets to help stem a massive crime wave that has hit the city of Kanpur in Uttar
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Loved ones remembered 10 years after SilkAir crash
        537 13  -  Karamjit Kaur Families gather at Palembang memorial site; many plan to visit Musi River today By Aviation Correspondent RELATIVES of those who perished when Silk Air Flight MI 185 crashed on Dec 19,1997, have gathered at the accident site in Palembang to
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        Lock icon Thai party leader Abhisit escapes unhurt in car crash
        233 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok "I got a bit of a knock," Mr Abhisit said in an interview. "I think I was lucky because the car was hit very hard." Thailand's 45 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday in an election that
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AP  -  233 words
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        Lock icon Papua forests 'home to many species yet to be discovered'
        287 13 REUTERS Jakarta VIANY more species are probably yet to be found in pristine jungle in Indonesia's Papua province, where two mammals believed to be new to science were discovered in June, an Indonesian zoologist and conservationist said. Scientists found the
        REUTERS; PHOTO: AFP  -  287 words
    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA / MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Relief aid dropped by air as flood waters rise
        576 15  -  Carolyn Hong WET WEATHER WOES MALAYSIA By Malaysia Bureau Chief Kuala Lumpur AS MALAYSIA braces itself for worse flooding from the end of this week due to high tides and strong winds, more people are being evacuated as the air force
        PHOTO: SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  576 words
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        Lock icon Heavy rain hits Sulawesi, Jakarta and Medan
        406 15  -  Salim Osman INDONESIA By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta FLOODS, triggered by days of torrential rains, inundated several parts of a Sulawesi city as heavy rain and strong winds damaged houses in Jakarta, Medan and Yogyakarta yesterday. Reports from Gorontalo in central Sulawesi said
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        Lock icon In Australia, storms bring a welcome break to drought
        404 15  -  ROGER MAYNARD IN THE back blocks of rural New South Wales, farming folk are witnessing a scene that has become all too rare in recent years fields of lush green grass. The grandfather of droughts in the driest continent on earth
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Smugglers who shipped stolen cars through S'pore caught
        338 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Johor Baru MALAYSIAN police have busted two syndicates which smuggled stolen vehicles to Kenya and the United Arab Emirates through ports in Johor, using Singapore as a transit point. Police have recovered 32 stolen four-wheel drive and multi-purpose
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  338 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Activists in KL threaten more marches
        496 17  -  Carolyn Hong Opposition-led group warns of protests if 'biased' head of election body is not removed By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Putrajaya AN OPPOSITION-LED coalition for electoral reforms has threatened to take to the streets if the government does not heed its call for
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        Lock icon Call for witnesses by commission on judge-fixing video
        315 17 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Kuala Lumpur THE special commission into a controversial video clip that purportedly shows a senior lawyer brokering the appointment of judges will begin calling witnesses from next month to help in its inquiry. The chairman of the government-appointed
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      27 6 Seoul candidate upbeat Lee Myung Bak is confident of a win in today's Seoul presidential election, despite a new probe into fraud charges against him. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon NY 'slave masters' guilty on all counts
      539 18 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES Wealthy couple abused their two Indonesian maids over five years New York CRYING uncontrollably, Ms Enung, an Indonesian maid, told a jury how she had been forced to wrap her naked co-worker in sticky tape. Once Ms Samirah was
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      Lock icon Torture in millionaire's mansion
      187 18 FOR five years, Indonesian maids Enung and Samirah were subjected to physical and psychological abuse in the Sabhnanis' plush mansion. Ms Enung was forced to: Rip sticky tape from her co-worker's naked body after the latter refused to eat 100 raw chilli peppers; Take 30 showers
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      Lock icon Greenhouse gas cuts gain favour in the US
      692 19  -  Derwin Pereira Lawmakers support limits on emissions as President stands alone on the issue By US Bureau Chief In Washington \FTER taking a tough line at :he recent Bali climate con'erence, the Bush administra:ion is being forced to con:ront a hard reality:
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      Lock icon LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
      93 19 Workers renovating the exhibits at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, which has been struggling to rebuild its collection since it was looted in the United States-led invasion in 2003. The museum has been closed to the public since then, but curators have been trying to
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      Lock icon Turkish soldiers cross over into Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels
      280 19 REUTERS Arbil (Iraq) TURKISH troops crossed into northern Iraq overnight in the latest in a series of small-scale raids against Kurdish separatists over recent months, Iraqi and Turkish officials said yesterday. A Turkish military official said the soldiers moved in
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      Lock icon Saudi rape victim's troubles are not over despite royal pardon
      559 20 REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE She lives in fear of attacks by relatives while some Saudis criticise the pardon Riyadh A SAUDI gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes for being alone with a man, in a case described
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      Lock icon S'pore pledges $1m to Palestinian development
      216 20 SINGAPORE has pledged $1 million for the Palestinian people at a major international donors' conference on Monday. Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan told the conference in Paris that it was an important step following the Annapolis meeting in the United
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      Lock icon US economy is sound despite some clouds: Bush
      712 21  -  Bhagyashree Garekar But critics say his claim is detached from reality faced by most Americans By US Correspondent In Washington AMID warnings that a recession is around the corner, the White House continues to play up the "strong" fundamentals of the United
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Miss Belgium jeered for inability to speak Dutch
        274 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS THE language divide that has led to Belgium's political deadlock has also spread to its beauty contest. Newly-crowned Miss Belgium, French-speaking Alizee Poulicek, was booed by parts of a 3,400-strong Antwerp audience when she let on that she could not
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        82 22 REUTERS A BROTHER of French Justice Minister Rachida Dati has been sentenced to eight months in prison for drug trafficking. Omar Dati, 36, one of Ms Dati's 11 brothers and sisters, was found guilty in Paris on Monday of acquiring and selling cannabis in 2004
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        191 22 REUTERS ONE of Britain's most senior and controversial police officers broke into his own headquarters in order to test its security for himself. Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom, head of the North Wales Police, scaled scaffolding erected outside the building in Colwyn Bay
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        150 22 REUTERS AILING Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, has suggested he might give up his formal leadership posts. Speaking of his possible retirement for the first time since he fell ill, Mr Castro said on
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      29 18 No fears for US economy President Bush has said the US economy is sound and can weather the rough months ahead, even as experts fear a recession. PAGE 22
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      439 23 ALLOW failing businesses to fail, Washington advised Asian governments in 1997-1998 during the Asian financial crisis. The weak should be allowed to be killed off so the strong can survive, Asians were told. In 2007, Washington is doing the opposite in grappling with its own
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      1592 23  -  Zainudin Nordin SOCIAL COHESION IN SINGAPORE By For The Straits Times NO NATION can claim to be ethnically homogenous. Even traditionally monolithic countries such as Japan and South Korea have become more multiracial, through the movement of people seeking economic opportunities. Others, like Singapore, have
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      976 24  -  Lee Kuan Yew RISE OF INDIA AND CHINA By 3VEN though the Indian economy's annual growth rate has been 8 per cent to 9 per cent for :he last five years, the country's peaceful rise lasn't led to unease over its future. Instead, Americans,
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      862 25  -  NOURIEL ROUBINI GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK By IN RECENT weeks, the global liquidity and credit crunch that started last August has become more severe. In the United States, the euro zone and the United Kingdom, spreads between Libor interest rates (at which banks lend to each other) and
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      796 25  -  Shiran Ali ►>NEW ROUND OF PEACE TALKS By For The Straits Times LAST month saw a fresh round of discussions between the Palestinian Authority and Israel at Annapolis in the United States amid much scepticism. As with previous failed rounds of talks, the expectations of
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      29 23 Rebels with a cause The latest attempt to secure peace in the Middle East threatens to be derailed by militants with an agenda of their own. PAGE 26 PUNCHLINES
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      1065 26 Singapore today Partly cloudy, showers with J| M) J| M) M Mp^^--thunder over many areas in the afternoon. THE STRAITS TIMES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 2007 >' ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL N"MBERS 5"THINGS,Y0U CAN I 1 Emergency lines DO TODAY e SEOUL PoUce 999 Clear PoliceHotline 1800-255-0000 Q i*% Civfl Defence
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      175 27 4 ticks saves Choose Choose COOL FACT 1: The more ticks on your aircon, the GREATER your annual electrical savings rCOOL FACT 2: From Jan 2008, all aircons sold in Singapore MUST HAVE NEA-approved Energy Label COOL FACT 3: Daikin has the MOST number of inverter aircons with 4 ticks
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      446 28  -  Tessa Wong Jessica Lim Simple items top the list for the needy, and donors are pitching in By A TEDDY bear, a reading lamp, and a mattress may not seem like the most exotic Christmas presents. But everyday items like these are
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      493 29  -  Maria Almenoar TAXI FARE HIKE Drop on Monday seen by SMRT too, but commuters' reactions mixed By ON MONDAY, the first day of taxi commuters' Christmas "blues", the higher fares did keep some away. But for how long, some wonder. ComfortDelGro saw
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      358 29  -  Lim Wei Chean By TAKE the Chinese New Year "lo hei" while suspended over 42 storeys in the air? Clients of some corporations will be able to toss the traditional raw fish salad high in the sky on Feb 11, 12
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      384 29  -  Teh Joo Lin GHIM MOH MURDER By TWO more foreign nationals were arrested yesterday in connection with the gruesome murder of a man whose decomposing body was found in a flat last Wednesday. This brings to four the number of suspects, all Bangladeshis, implicated in the
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      512 30  -  SUMATHI V. SELVARETNAM One could hold a wild boar, and two others, 15 each such traps are a threat to endangered animals By VOLUNTEER nature guide Ben Lee, 45, has very sharp eyes he spotted three illegal animal traps recently. On his monthly walk
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      227 30  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent A SCHOOL dropout, who was among the bullies who robbed a student, was sentenced to reformative training yesterday. Nicholas Yeo Kexiong, 17, had earlier admitted to robbing Matthias Leonard Lim Chong Guan, 16, of a $698 phone
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      291 30  -  ELENA CHONG A DELIVERY driver who died in an accident in September had taken a sedative and a drug for heroin addicts before he was crushed to death in his own trailer truck, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. Traces of the
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        591 31  -  Jane Ng He nets a record in Normal (Technical) stream using books meant for higher level By SELWYN Sim is in the Normal (Technical) stream but he worked on assessment books for those from the Express stream because
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        749 31  -  Ho Ai Li By STEADY determination saw to it that Mayflower Secondary's Toh Li Ping, 16, mastered Indian dance at school. One of three Chinese dancers in the troupe, she had no dance background, so she put in many hours to
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        169 31 ONE in two Normal (Academic) students who took their N-level exams this year will be allowed to skip one year of school and head into higher-level technical courses. Under new rules, some 6,502 out of 11,653 Secondary 4 N(A) students are eligible for direct
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        243 31 STUDENTS who seek a career in hairstyling can now take up a National ITE Certificate (Nitec) course in Hair Fashion and Design. It is one of five new, full-time Nitec courses that will be made available by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) for
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      540 32  -  Alfred Siew Discs are in 2 formats; special machines needed; and these play only one of the two types By Technology Correspondent THEY can show pictures so sharp you can see the pores on Brad Pitt's face. But sales of next-generation DVD
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      169 32  -  ALFRED SIEW JUST like a DVD offers sharper pictures than a VCD, next-generation DVDs promise clearer, high-definition images for your movies and TV shows. How sharp? Actors have fretted about their makeup showing when shot by cameras that can show all the details on new discs. In
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      291 32 OVER 8,000 sheep and goats arrived in town yesterday ahead of the annual Hari Raya Haji animal sacrifice. The first batch of 2,700 sheep and goats were flown in from Perth, Australia on a cargo plane. It marked the first time
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      Lock icon Pass on the festive cheer to the lonely
      151 33 ONE lonely 70-year-old from a home for seniors was bedazzled in Orchard Road. Together with a group of volunteers, she sat in the open deck of a Hippo bus. It made her day to see the Christmas light-up for the first time.
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      640 33  -  Sandra Davie More polytechnic and ITE students can go on exchange programmes and work attachments By Education Correspondent THIS year about 1,400 Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students headed abroad on student exchange programmes, work attachments and to help poor
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      464 33 TOP up your medicine cabinet and save a trip to the hospital this festive period, doctors advise. More than half the people who turn up at public hospital emergency departments are there for minor emergencies, some of which can be treated easily at home, or
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      47 28 ALL I WANT IS A FRIDGE "I wished for a new fridge this year. Mine broke in June and whirrs really loudly at night. I am so grateful someone cares enough." MADAM ZUBAIDAH SALEHUDIN, 34, a housewife with four children. They live on about $1,000 a month
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      241 29 II H^ In the Ding Hai year of 2007, both property and stock markets prosper and opportunities abound. BP^^i^^ In the traditional Tao Hua year of 2008, how do you keep your SSSSEp^M i marriage alive and reap abundant wealth from stock investment Fyl9hV t^f I at the same time?
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      271 35  -  Yu Woon Chi (Ms) CRIME AND THE LAW I REFER to the report, "Punched, slammed onto cars by drunk US sailor" (The Sunday Times, Dec 16). I am perturbed that in a case where the victim is hurt to the extent of
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      118 35  -  Kow Yew San COULD somebody please explain why there is such a big discrepancy in the sentences our courts mete out? A driver who defied a drink-driving ban and killed a pedestrian was jailed for a year. Another drunk driver killed a pedestrian and
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      138 35  -  Paul Staes I REFER to the article, "Drink driver gets jail and five-year ban" (ST, Dec 12). From what I understand, the offence of businessman Su Hong was extremely serious even if not intentional: not only did his action kill an- other person,
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      291 35  -  Goh Shih Yong I REFER to the letter, "Check estates, parks to spot unleashed dogs" (ST, Dec 10), by Ms Goh Ec Ca. Upon receipt of feedback from the public on dogs straying or dogs not being muzzled, officers of the
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      375 35  -  Gary Anthony WHILE the expression "only in America" generally refers to something bizarre, when people say "only in Singapore" generally they are referring to how safe it is or the exceptionally honest people. As an expat I sometimes find this honesty
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      369 35  -  Raymond Lo Wan Mou I REFER to the letter, "Is it right time to raise top civil servants' pay?" (ST, Dec 15), and the article, "Salary rises for top public servants necessary, says SM Goh" (ST, Dec 16). I believe that most Singaporeans
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      90 35  -  Paul Wee Kian Nghee SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong and his colleagues often cite "talent loss" prevention for paying top government officials well, as he again did over the weekend following public reaction to the latest round of salary increments for those
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      224 35  -  Chia Hwee Boon Tee Swee Ping WE REFER to the letters, "Retain scenic trees in South Buona Vista Road" (ST, Dec 6) and "Is there no place for our very own Albizia?" (ST, Dec 10). Albizia trees generally have shallow
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      202 35  -  Chia Boon Beng I AM perplexed by the measures taken so far against errant pork sellers ("Thawed pork sold as fresh meat: 31 fined"; ST, Dec 15). In the pursuit of dishonest gain, these perpetrators have brushed aside any concern for public safety, knowing full well
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      142 35 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Poor SEA Games performance if it takes a new leader to head the SAA for it to improve, so be it Allow bikes on trains and build more skate parks Study issue carefully before making
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      802 36  -  Wang Meng Meng PETANQUE Petanque is Nur Izzati's love, and she'd love to beat Thailand in 2009 By AT 12, Nur Izzati Ismail should have been like many of her peers, enjoying her pre-teenage years of not just growing up, but dolling up. Acne
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      760 36 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing ASIA'S stature as a sporting hub grew enormously in 2007, with the focus set to be ramped up even further next year with the Beijing Olympic Games. While the exploits of Asians on the world stage was relatively muted, the
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      404 37 SOCCER London MANCHESTER United stars found themselves at the centre of a sex scandal yesterday, after a woman claimed she was raped at the team's Christmas party. The police were called to Manchester's Great John Street Hotel early yesterday morning over reports that
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      745 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE With Drogba also injured, League Cup could be Chelsea's best bet for a trophy London CHELSEA have one more reason to beat Liverpool in the League Cup quarter-final today it may be their best bet for a trophy this season. The
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      Lock icon Grandmother behind Alonso's Renault return
      276 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOTOR RACING Madrid FERNANDO Alonso may be a two-time Formula One world champion, but he still listens to his grandmother. It was she who put pressure on him to leave McLaren for Renault. "The person who was most concerned was my grandmother, who
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      597 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Paris BRAZIL and AC Milan's Kaka proved the claim that he has simply been the outstanding footballer of 2007 by winning the Fifa Player of the Year award on Monday. The 25-year-old Milan playmaker received 1,047 points in a vote
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      337 37 Liverpool RAFAEL Benitez may have been assured that his job is safe after amicable talks on Sunday with Liverpool's American owners. But the question remains whether he will hang around. The Spaniard met the American duo for
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      922 38 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER He can mould the England team into a strong unit without falling prey to favour London THE people in charge of England's under-achieving soccer team have chosen an Italian coach who has absolutely no experience of the English game and barely
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      186 38 BADMINTON ONE of Singapore's top seeds at the Cheers Youth International Badminton Championships has stumbled at the first hurdle. China-born shuttler Huang Chao was stunned in the opening round of the boys' Un-der-17 singles by Indonesia's Alrie Guna Dharma, losing 19-21, 14-21 after a 30-minute
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      201 39 REUTERS BASKETBALL New York LEBRON James became the youngest player in National Basketball Association history to score 9,000 career points on Monday night. The 22-year-old had 31 points at home to help the Cleveland Cavaliers edge out the Milwaukee Bucks 104-99 in double overtime.
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      627 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS Suns score six crucial free throws at the end to deal champs their first home loss San Antonio (Texas) NOBODY on the Phoenix Suns team was talking about revenge on Monday night. After all, this is still the early part of the
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      208 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »TENNIS Paris WORLD No Is Roger Federer and Justine Henin are the ITF World Champions for 2007. Federer, who won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles to take his Grand Slam haul to 12, took the award for the fourth year
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        103 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS PAARL, South Africa: Chris Evert and Greg Norman got engaged last Sunday, less than a year after divorces from long-time spouses. Tennis great Evert, who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, wore a large diamond on her ring finger at a news conference
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        108 39 NEUTERS ZURICH: Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard will sit out his team's :irst Champions League knockout stage match, after being hand;d a touchline ban by Uefa. European soccer's ruling body said on Monday that Rijkaard would serve a two-match touchline ban, after being sent off
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      53 39 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 116 Utah 111, Cleveland 104 Milwaukee 99 (20T), Indiana 119 NY Knicks 92, Miam 91 Minnesota 87, Golden State 125 Memphis 117, Dallas 111 Orlando 108, Phoenix 100 San Antonio 95, Portland 88 New Orleans 76. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Detroit 4 Washington 3 (SO), Colorado 4
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  • OBITUARIES
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      81 39 ANG KENG THIM (PBM) Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 17 Dec 2007 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Tan Siew See Sons: Daughter-in-law: Ang Chee Koon Aw Gek Ai Ang Chee Peng Daughter: Ang Hwee Been And all relatives and friends Body is resting at Blk
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      49 39 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory TAN CHIN HENG Departed: 19/12/97 (SUkAlr Flight MI 185) We have been lonely since you left us Home has not been the same Chin Heng, we love you! Sadly missed and always remembered by Wife: Ho Chew Peng Suzanna ions: Chor Yean Wai Yean
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      178 39 "For I know the plans I have for you, "declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 MARY LIM LAY KENG Age: 49 Was called home to be with the Lord on 17 December 2007, dearly
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      66 39 TAN PENG KIAT Age: 74 Passed away peacefully on 17December 2007. Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lee Li Cheng, Nancy Daughter: Tan Ling Ling, Charlene Son-in-law: Gan Hock Chai Granddaughter: Gan Hui Qi, Vanessa Wake is at Singapore Casket, Pearl Room (Level 3). Cortege will leave on
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      110 39 "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in him I will trust." Psalm 91:2 DR CHAN VAT WAH Age: 65 Went peacefully home to the Lord on 18 December 2007 Always cherished by loved ones Beloved Wife: Caroline Lim Cheng Son: Daughter-in-law: Dr Chan Kok Weng Lim-Chan Elaine
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      90 39 MDM INDRA DEVI W/O LATE SHRI ROOP LAL SHARMA (SMALSAR) Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 18 Dec 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Children: Spouse: Nijinder Pal Sharma Darshana Kumari Sharma Herminder Pal Sharma Late Valeric Leong Lajia Wanti Late Yogra] Sharma Nirmala Sharma Vijay Kumar Sharma Kamala Sharma Jaipal
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      69 39 ROLAND TAN JOO CHUAN Age: 50 passed away peacefully on 17 Dec 07. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife Yeo Soh Hoe Son Tan Rio Siong, Thomas Daughter Tan Ming Li, Constance Wake is held at Blk 48 Lower Delta Road (Multi-purpose Hall) Tel: *****900 Cortege will
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      62 40 Wong Lucy Age: 69 Passed away peacefully on 17 December 2007 Deeply missed by all loved ones. (Husband: Wee Tee Nam, deceased) Daughters: Wee Hui Shean, Joanne Wee Hui Yen, Joyce Wee Hui Ting, Jenn Body resting at Singapore Casket, Crystal Room (Level 4). Cortege leaves on 21 December 2007
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      109 40 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late I I S. ATHEAMMAL Departed on 5 December 2007 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Management Staff
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      24 40 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of KOH POH KWEE Departed 19 Dec 1997 Deeply missed by Pa, Ma, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and friends.
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      32 40 IN LOVING MEMORY OF VANESSA MIRANDA DEPARTED on 19/12/86 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear; Your memory grows Sweeter year after year. ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY DADDY, MUMMY AND ADRIAN
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      52 40 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late CHOON TIAN POH ERIC Departed on 12 December 2007 From all of us at U.S. Meat Export Federation Wake is held at Singapore Casket, Regency Room. Cortege will leave on 22 December 2007 (Sat) at 11am for Mandai Crematorium
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      56 40 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Director Mr Thomas Heng on the demise of his beloved father HENG KOK LONG Departed on 17 December 2007 From: The Management Staff of COMPASS SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD L As a mark of respect, the company will be closed from
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      34 40 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The family of the late of WEE SOON KIANG Past President, SSIV Departed on 16 Dec 2007 From The Council Staff of Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers
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      91 40 Hare Hare Om.«Slva Siva Om M V KANESON Ganesh Ram Age: 62 Passed away peacefully on 17 Dec 2007. Sadly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved Wife: M Vijayaletcheme Daughters: Sons-in-law: X Renuga Dcvi X Sankaralingam X Meera Dcvi V Vijaiyandran X Prameela Dcvi S Vairakannu(Kanna) X Gayathri Grandchildren:
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      33 40 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of SIM KOK QUEE Rested: 19 Dec 2005 "Those we love remain with us for Love itself Hues on." Always loved and cherished by family and loved ones.
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      85 40 1 Oth Anniversary In Loving Memory of Our dear colleague and friend TAN CHOON YEOW departed on Silk Air Flight MI 185 on 19 December 1997 in Palembang, Indonesia From: The Management Staff of Solar Turbines Asia Fondly remembered by: Bob Graf Julie Hew Chandra Sekar Liou Shiow Hsian Chen
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      68 40 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LIM NEAT KOOI Departed on 19 Dec 2006 Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by Daughters: Sons-in-law: Jane Richard
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      42 40 10th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Cheng Lay Nah Departed: 19th Dec 1997 (SilkairMllBs) Ten years have passed since you left us Time changes many things But not the the memory this day brings Always remembered by Evi, Debra, Mci, Yoke Ling
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      45 40 The family of the late WONG MUIJEE Departed on 15 Dec 2007 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all pastors, relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and prayer groups for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      62 39 TV times BASKETBALL: Atlantic Coast Conference: Kansas v Georgia Tech (Live, Ch23, Bam). CRICKET: Ford Ranger Cup: Western Australia v South Australia (Live, Chi 10, 11.13 am). New Zealand Tour of Australia: 3rd ODI (Live, Chi 10, tomorrow, 6.58 am). SOCCER: Carling Cup, q-final: Chelsea v Liverpool (Live, Ch22, tomorrow,
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  • MONEY
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        6626 41 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 18,2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 2.5 34 104 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 31 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 228 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 267
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        56 41 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MIL 20C 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 STIETFIOPV.. US200cd ,US6200cd .USIOOOcd ,US*****cd ,US*****cd 3600 3455.7
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      754 42 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Banks, investors could lose hundreds of billions as lending is scaled back drastically Washington FEW people knew at the start of this year the meaning of "subprime" home loans or how they might affect the United States and global economies. Today, worries are
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      Lock icon Fed bares plan to stamp down shady home lending practices
      415 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington A NEW United States government plan will give people taking out home mortgages new protections against shady lending practices. The rules to be proposed by the US Federal Reserve are especially geared to providing some future safeguards
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      38 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,207.86 (-41.93 points) »Japanese shares ended with a modest 0.27 per cent loss, after Wall Street suffered a fresh sell-off overnight on worries about the fallout from United States sub-prime mortgage problems.
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      35 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 26,732.87 (+136.29 points) Hong Kong shares ended up 0.51 per cent, as blue chips drew bargain-hunters despite caution over the US economy and possible tightening measures in China.
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      25 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,836.17 (-40.59 points) Chinese shares closed 0.83 per cent lower in volatile trade, as profittaking trumped an initial rebound.
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      33 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,236.9 (-26.6 points) Australian stocks recovered from sharp early losses to close down 0.4 per cent, as bargain-hunters snapped up shares oversold over the past two days.
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      27 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,385.45 (-6.16 points) Malaysian shares closed down 0.4 per cent amid concerns about a possible US economic slowdown amid rising inflation.
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      32 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 19,079.64 (-181.71 points) »Indian shares fell 0.94 per cent, led by weak Asian trends on persistent concerns of rising inflation and an economic slowdown in the US.
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      36 42 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,646.23 (-18.69 points) »Indonesian shares closed 0.7 per cent lower in volatile trade, with sentiment undermined by Wall Street's scepticism about the Federal Reserve's efforts to boost the US economy.
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      42 42 Yesterday's close: 813.9 (-3.72 points) Tha i stocks closed 0.45 per cent lower, on worries over the short-term impact of a Cabinet order to make energy giant PTT pay for the use of natural gas pipelines, dealers said. AFP
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      209 42 Dec 18 Mlgreen 0.46 Hscendasreit 0.86 CapitaComm 0.48 CapitaLand 4.06 CapitaMall 0.91 Chart SemiCond ...0.55 CityDev 2.68 ComfortDelGro 1.26 Cosco Corp 1.81 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.16 Datacraft 0.16 FSN 2.36 Gentlntl 0.70 HK Land 3.51 Hyflux 0.31 IMH 2.93 ISH 2.10 lardine CXC 1.07 lurongTech
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      60 42 Digiland 226,357,000 Memstar 86,365,000 DBS MBL eCWOBOSO2 35,548,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO4O4 34,200,000 Capita Land 33,754,000 Thai Beverage 27,485,000 Sing Tel 27,477,000 SingTeISGAeCWOBO3I7 24,435,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 23,378,000 CapitalanDßeCWoBo6l6A 22,284,000 STXPO KWIOO 19,326,000 UOB DB eCWOBO6I6 18,920,000 Cosco Corp 18,364,000 China Hongxing 17,673,000 ChinaNTown 15,755,000 Firstßes 14,922,000 Yangzijiang 14,893,000 El-Nets
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      135 42 Dec 18 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2460 1.2610 Ian dollar 1.4430 1.4600 iuro 2.0910 2.1150 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4350 0.4357 <Z dollar 1.0900 1.1130 Sterling pound 2.9330 2.9660 JS dollar 1.4510 1.4680 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      2177 42 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 18,2007 52-WEEK ILL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY TRADED T LASI V< SALE i/OLUME '000 15 1 5 2835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 50 5 6 5 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 30 5 12 5 1851 AusGroupMEReCW*****8 50 15 4912 BakerTech W110G13 35 27 3657 BiosensorDBeCW*****3 24 5
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      434 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS BAD SIGNS Construction of singlefamily homes fell 5.5% to 829,000 units, the lowest level in more than 16 years. In a bad sign for future activity, applications for building permits fell for a sixth straight month. Washington HOUSING construction in the
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      Lock icon Bear Stearns insiders may have pulled out of funds
      243 43 REUTERS New York INVESTIGATORS in the United States are looking into allegations that some Bear Steams insiders may have pulled their personal money out of two bank-run hedge funds that collapsed this year before outside investors were allowed to do so,
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      488 43 It offers emergency support to banks at below market rates in bid to ease fears EMERGENCY help for financial markets has entered new territory. The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday pumped in almost 170 billion euros (*****.7 billion) in extra liquidity
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      Lock icon S'porean funds seen as 'safer option'
      477 44 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Potential for political tensions less when Spore govt-linked capital is involved, say experts AS CONCERNS rise about the increasing clout of state-owned investment funds, Singaporean capital is seen as potentially less threatening than other sources of government-linked funding, analysts say. "I think
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      Lock icon GIC, partners buy 15% of Indian property venture for $437m
      551 44 REUTERS MUMBAI CITIGROUP, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and other international investors are buying 15 per cent of a real estate venture of India's Shapoorji Pallonji group for about US$3OO million (*****.6 million), Indian papers reported. The deal
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      537 45 NEW YORK TIMES Worry for US dealers is that Tata Motors may devalue car's luxury brand name New York THE maker of the world's cheapest car is poised to buy Jaguar and that has dealers in the United States worrying that the
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      324 45 idJiijaoa WHAT kinds of intellectual creations can I register? How do I know if my intellectual creations can be protected? Are my intellectual property rights recognised overseas? Copyright protects works like novels, computer programs, plays, sheet music and paintings. Generally, the author of
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        1130 46  -  Tan Hui Yee Engineering firm makes its mark by impressing clients with employees that pay attention to detail and go the extra mile By JOB seekers applying at Kenyon Engineering, take note: Do not stroll. The firm's managing director, Mr Tan Yong Keng, will
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      627 47  -  Karamjit Kaur Additional purchase costing $1.9b will boost carrier's fleet to 70 planes by 2016 By Aviation Correspondent TWELVE today, 20 by 2010 and 70 by 2016. Tiger Airways on an aggressive expansion plan confirmed yesterday that it is adding another 20 Airbus
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      484 47  -  John Zarocostas By For The Straits Times THE boom in foreign exchange trading in Singapore has propelled the Republic into the top five markets in the world and just behind Japan as the biggest in the AsiaPacific. Average daily forex market turnover
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      Lock icon Maker of cosmetics ingredients builds $38m plant in S'pore
      395 47  -  Chua Hian Hou By JAPANESE cosmetics ingredients manufacturer Nikko Chemicals is building a new three billion yen (5538.4 million) plant in Singapore to make chemicals used in the cosmetics and toiletries industry. Nikko's plant, according to an Economic Development Board (EDB)
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      257 47  -  CHUA HIAN HOU ANYONE needing a guide to help navigate the sometimes baffling Web 2.0 world can now bookmark a new one-stop site providing the latest news and developments. Web 2.0 refers to new interactive digital media such as videoaring site
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      Lock icon Blue chips recover from hefty falls but broad market still wary
      661 48  -  Goh Eng Yeow STAKING STOCK Traders cast doubt on sustainability of rise, with still no sign of usual year-end rally By Markets Correspondent FRAYED nerves were calmed a touch yesterday, due to a muted blue-chip rebound after four straight
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      72 48 (0) Dec 18 JSH lardine C8C Lyxor China H 10IISS CityDev DBS Grp STI ETF IOPV Keppel T8T UOB Tat Hong Wilmar CapitaRChina DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 GuocoLand Ltd CENTS 1540 116.7 2050 50.0 2000 43.8 1370 30.0 2000 30.0 3455.7 21.5 565 20.0 1920 20.0 330
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      55 48 Dec 18 C SembMar SGAeCW*****8 Sunmoon CoscoCorpMBLePW***** lasper Sapphire U0BMBLePW*****8 STI 3300SGAePW*****8 CapitalandRBeCW***** SingTelMBLePW*****5 luken Tech STI 3600BNPePW*****8 CoscoCorpBNPePW***** CENTS 4.5 125.0 1.5 50.0 ...14.5 38.1 2 33.3 2 33.3 ...21.5 26.5 ...33.5 26.4 5 25.0 ...10.5 23.5 24 23.1 ...32.5 22.6 5.5 22.2 2. 4. 4. 7.
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      60 48 (0) Dec 18 CENTS GLD 100S$ 7810 CoscoCorpDBSeCW***** 62 IMH 2500 CoscoCorpDBeCW*****5 60.5 Lyxor Asia 100S$ 505 SIA 200 1730 HKLand 442 ftngzijianP,BeCW***** 60 CoscoCorpBNPeCW***** 19.5 CoscoCorpBNPeCW***** 14.5 ISHSCI India 100 930 JOL 430 87.5 80.0 72.9 37.5 36.5 30.0 29.2 28.0 27.5 22.5 21.9 20.0 0. 56.
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      67 48 iec 18 CENTS lityDev BNPeCW*****1 0.5 lepCorp DB eCW*****1 1 JOB MBL eCW*****3 0.5 JOB MBL eCW*****4 0.5 IoscoCorpMBLeCW***** 4.5 IoscoCorpMBLeCW***** 2 (OL SGA eCW*****3 2 [epLandBNP eCW*****1 2.5 IoscoCorpBNPeCW***** 14.5 IoscoCorpBNeCW*****8 1 IoscoCorpBNPeCW***** 19.5 IoscoCorpDBSeCW***** 62 :apitalanBNPeCW***** 0.5 83.3 81.8 75.0 75.0 67.9 66.7 66.7 61.5 60.8
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        236 48  - YANG HUIWEN DIRECTORS IN COSCO STABLE RAISE STAKES A DIRECTOR of shipping company Cosco Corp has raised his direct stake in the company. Mr Wang King Ru bought 200,000 shares at $5.75 each on the open market. The transaction was done and announced on Monday. The acquisition raised Mr Wang's
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      550 48  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent A FUND to be managed by Islamic investment bank Kuwait Finance House has paid GuocoLand about $818.4 million for 97 units in the developer's Goodwood Residence. The huge deal for the units all four-bedders ranging from 2,500
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      255 48  -  GOH ENG YEOW WARRANT WATCH SINGAPORE banks have borne the brunt of a regional selldown as fresh fears of a global credit crunch sour investor appetite for risk. In just two weeks, DBS Group Holdings has fallen by 70 cents or 3.4
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      233 48  -  Yang Huiwen By AN AUSTRALIAN affiliate of property developer SC Global has won a tender to develop a New Zealand residential project. AVJennings (AVJ) will help build 600 homes with an estimated total value of NZ$3OO million (*****.3 million) in Auckland's northern suburb
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      738 49  -  Nicholas Fang Kua Zhen Yang Louis Vuitton and Chanel will double size of outlets in Takashimaya as mall adds more luxury labels By SINGAPORE'S booming retail market has led luxury brands Louis Vuitton and Chanel to double the size of their flagship
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      30 49 in j i.yy Gainers: 335 Losers: 399 Unchanged: 957 Australian dollar 1.2460 1.2610 iuro 2.0910 2.1150 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.9330 2.9660 1.4510 1.4680 fen (100 units) 1.2851 1.2996
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      211 49 BLOOMBERG NEWS TURKISH INCURSION London CRUDE oil prices rose after an incursion by Turkish troops into the north of Iraq, holder of the world's third-biggest crude reserves. Turkey sent 700 soldiers into northern Iraq in an assault on Kurdish militants who have
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      27 49 Growing fleet Tiger Airways confirms order for 20 more Airbus A-320s valued at $1.9 billion, which will expand its fleet to 70 planes by 2016. PAGE H2O
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      134 50 MOVIES IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH NATIONAL TREASURE: GOOD LUCK CHUCK d The impact of war on the BOOK OF SECRETS What was it like 1 1 average American This sequel is surprisingly good kissing Jessica Alba? W pageB page 9 pagelO W eeaeaW. f J**±' Wl jiilnfcI /ih B^^^
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        1725 51  -  Helmi Yusof Will Smith's new film, I Am Legend, has broken the box-office record in the United States set by The Lord Of The Rings, making him the new king of Tinseltown IN HONG KONG ON ANY given day, Hong Kong's Time Square is bursting with
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        187 52 A LOOK at Will Smith's pay cheques throughout his film career I Am Legend (2007): No official figures yet, rumoured to be above US$2O million (5529.3 million) The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006): US$2O million I, Robot (2004): US$2B million Bad Boys II (2003): US$2O million plus 20 per
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        358 52 DESPITE being the most powerful actor in Hollywood, it seems that Will Smith will not rest until he achieves world domination. When China decided to ban I Am Legend from being shown on the mainland due to restrictions on the influx of Hollywood films, he arranged
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        1160 53 NYT, AP PARIS She is well born, well known and wealthy, an heiress and former supermodel turned pop singer who has dated Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. Now Ms Carla Bruni has been romantically linked to Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, the 52-year-old president of France.
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        843 54 Renowned as one of the world's capitals of design and style, Milan is also a major artistic centre of northern Italy, Leong Phei Phei discovers FEW cities in the world come close to Milan in terms of vibrancy and energy. One of the largest
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        771 55  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Breaking into the Malay market is the way to go, but it will be tough for the Asian Idol to make it big in Malaysia and Indonesia MUSIC REPORTER NOW that he's won the Asian Idol crown, Hady Mirza can bask in the
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        584 56 Newsßite from RlipiS Junction A world of exciting new food concepts awaits you at the revamped Bugis Junction basement. Daphne Lee reports Photographs courtesy of Jamie Koh SPH-UW Do not miss the new basement food marketplace at Bugis Junction. It has something for everyone. With the shopping
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        339 56 Be dazzled awed... This Christmas, Soo Kee Jewellery and Bugis Junction present a Larger-Than-Life Musical Box. This is the largest ever musical box in Singapore and is now on display at Bugis Junction until Dec 31. In line with Bugis Junction's Christmas theme, this Larger-Than-Life Musical
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        608 57  -  Ong Sor Fern Tommy Lee Jones is mesmerising as the grieving Dad searching for answers in Paul Haggis' crime drama > drama IN TH E VALLEY OF ELAH (M 18) 120 minutes/Opens iomorrow/itkirkii FILM CORRESPONDENT Certainly, Jones has been playing a series of increasingly
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        427 58  -  Ong Sor Fern This sequel to 2004's National Treasure is rollicking fun > action NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (PG) 126 minutes/Opens tomorrow •Hririrtt THE first National Treasure (2004) was an unexpected cineplex treat. Happily cashing in on the fad for conspiracy theories and alternative histories
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        85 59 'Approve of me and I'd smile. Disapprove of me and I'd smile. Scold me and I'd still smile. I'd be all right but worried that the person who scolded me would still be unhappy' Actor Jet Li (above) This should be interpreted as "I am not dead"' Author Terry
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        664 59  -  Douglas Tseng Dane Cook says it's not easy doing racy scenes, including one with a fat woman which literally took his breath away DANE COOK is the luckiest man on the planet. Well, at least, the American stand-up comedian plays one in the comedy Good Luck Chuck,
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      365 60  -  Chang Tou Liang Chamber group re:mix gives Beatles numbers and other familiar favourites a delightful classical treatment > concert THE STANDARDS re:mix, Foo Say Ming, Violin Conductor Esplanade Recital Studio Sunday GOOD music transcends the confines of words, language, time and place. The second concert by
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      621 61 Reuters US talk show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will resume taping their shows without their writers LOS ANGELES Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their shows on Jan 2, crossing picket lines
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      402 63  -  Chua Hian Hou You can now download music from an online service promising quality that rivals CD sound MUSIC fans can now download tunes from regional stars on a new online service that employs cut-ting-edge sound technology developed here. The "lossless" service launched yesterday by music
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        225 65 Reuters LOS ANGELES Quickie marriage, quickie divorce and, now, a quickie reconciliation. Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson (right) has apparently made up with her third husband just three days after filing for divorce to end their two-month marriage. In a divorce petition filed last Friday in Los
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        194 65 PHOTO: HONG KONG Shu Qi has denied British reports that she was the woman seen kissing Hugh Grant in a chic London restaurant. The British actor was photographed with an Asian beauty in the Roka Japanese restaurant early this month. The Mirror reported last week
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        123 65 REASON FOR SPLIT UNTRUE Actor-director Stephen Fung (right) denied on Monday that he and pop star Karen Mok split up over his secret affair with a married woman. He said the woman linked to him is his sister-in-law. He added that his nine-year relationship with Mok was "engraved on
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      227 52 I ffltSlF DKNY jj DONNA KARAN NEW YORK Make this season merrily magical! y^f nXnu^ Christmas 2007 f^Fy Sr i®1 dkny Ij VgU I 2T @l DKNY Be Delicious Men DKNY Men Be Delicious Men Fall Harvest Set, $80 Weekend Getaway Set, $85 Just Picked Holiday Set, $118 Eau de
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      208 53 Reach out for a sr experience Challenge what you know about gravity at Underwater World Singapore. Introducing the MAGIC-T (Mystic Anti-Gravity Interactive Concept Tank), an all-new interactive exhibit to bring you even closer to our lovely aquatic animals. Entice, feed and feel your favourite underwater dwellers through the openings in
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      155 54 A special feature brought to you by SinGAPORE AIRLIHES A great way to fly A STAR ALLIANCE MEMBER V From 14 January 2008, Singapore Airlines offers daily flights to Milan, the fashion capital of the world. Go shopping at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, the famous arcade housing some of the world's
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      90 57 Singapore 1. The Warlords 2. Alvin And The Chipmunks 3. (1) The Golden Compass 4. Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium 5. (2) Enchanted 6. Good Luck Chuck 7. (3) The Heartbreak Kid 8. (7) Lust, Caution 9. (10) Nanking 10. (4) Hitman > Information: Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association United States 1.
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      156 59 m^y* iiiiiiiiiiii Douglas Tseng Brother beware Coming soon: Two movies about sibling rivalry and the damage done DAN IN REAL LIFE Opens Jan 10 A dramedy directed by Peter Hedges, Oscar-nominated screenwriter for About A Boy (2002) Stellar siblings: Steve Carell, 45, and Dan Cook, 35, play brothers Dan and
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      487 95  -  GLORIA CHANDY fTJTTI/og Go any place in Singapore this week and you will find that the sound of Muzak has ceded its place to the sound of Christmas. The übiquitous strains of Little Drummer Boy and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town bombard
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      285 95 There will be no publication of The Straits Times on Boxing Day. But Mind Your Body will be back on Jan 2. We'll ring in the New Year with a toast to good health and wellness. And bring you the columns and
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      1826 97 The festive season is a time for family and friends. But there are those in our midst who will face it alone. With merry-making all around them, they need more than money, hampers or gifts company and, perhaps, an emotional
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      299 98 You hear it, read it everywhere you go: Tis the season to be jolly. But what if you are not? For some people, it is actually a season of stress and a lot of anxiety. "At Christmas we put ourselves under unnecessary stress on top of
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      251 98 fact or fiction THE CLAIM Do not eat the mistletoe. It can be deadly. THE FACTS That Christmas bough of mistletoe has a legendary reputation for romance, but it is also widely considered lethal. At this time of the year, poison
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      621 101 Hangover cures fact or fiction? IPartying and imbibing too much 'good cheer' could make your morning after a hellishly heavy-headed one. Elaine Young searches for the elusive cure. The party's over, the bottles are empty and the room has stopped spinning. But your head is throbbing, your mouth is as
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      295 101 Mr Calven Khoo, bar manager at Prime Society restaurant on Dempsey Hill, has a decade of experience and has come across various remedies for hangovers. He says: "Drinking citrus juices, popping Vitamin C tablets and drinking coffee all have certain effects, but they do
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      498 101 Many consider ginger to be a medicine cabinet all by itself. If you're not already keeping fresh ginger or even a box of ginger tea in your pantry, buy some the next time you go to a supermarket. Ginger has been proven to relieve both
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      587 102 Christmas pudding Ingredients 2 cups raisins 1 cup currants 1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped V 2 cup chopped blanched almonds V 2 cup mixed candied peel (available in baking section of large supermarkets) V 2 cup chopped glace cherries (optional) 3 tbsp grated lemon rind
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      954 104  -  Wendy Chua K. Wand ffl33/eSSOA7S for Mind Your Body The writer is a life coach, founder of Wand Inspiration and an author. Her latest inspirational self-help book is Break To Dawn: New Challenges, New Commitments. My mother-in-law has been staying with us for
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      513 105  -  SUKI LOR Chris Turner (right) is one of the few people in Singapore who relies mainly on raw food. The 44-year-old Australian permanent resident reckons that about 95 per cent of the food he consumes is uncooked. Mr Turner became a
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      855 107 THE NEW YORK TIMES Do you refuse to accept or exchange gifts during the festive season? Then you may be missing out on an important connection with family and friends, say psychologists Gift giving has long been a favourite subject for studies on human
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      202 108 Miss February, Mr November and the March twins all have something in common. They all came into the world at the Thomson Medical Centre (TMC). Can anyone resist ooh-ing and aah-ing over baby pictures? The hospital, realising that these tiny tots would make
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      305 108  - Lose weight the scientific way JESSICA GOH, thelibrary Fight The Fat: What You Must Know And Do To Lose Weight By Dr Ben Tan Marshall Cavendish: Singapore, c 2007 Call No: SING 613.712 TAN Available at NLB libraries When it comes to weight loss, there are fads. And then there
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      428 110 tomorrow 20 december Exploring Spiritual Suffering from a Medical Perspectiv What: A talk about spirituality and suffering and how one's belief can affect physical and emotional health. Where: The Awareness Place, Blk 231 Bain Street, #03-39, Bras Basah Complex When: 7.30pm to 9.30pm Registration: E-mail wsdp@kmspks.org.
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      189 95 7 BEATING BACK PAIN I A physiotherapist explains what she can do to relieve back pain using both old-fashioned massage and high-tech machinery. 15 MONSTER IN LAW I A life coach counsels a wife who has been made miserable for nine years by her mother-in-law, who even tried to stop
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