The Straits Times, 27 December 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 20 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27 2007 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 682 1  -  Tan Hui Yee Bishan to get about 460 flats built by private developers; blocks may be as high as 50 storeys By Housing Correspondent BISHAN, one of the hottest young estates in the *****, is poised for a new infusion of public housing built
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  • 573 1  -  Judith Tan Lim Wei Chean By FROM next month, electricity tariffs will go up nearly 6 per cent, to 22.62 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh). This is the highest price hike since 2001. The revision is the result of soaring fuel prices, said Singapore Power
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  • UPFRONT
    • 953 1  -  Christopher Tan By Senior Correspondent WHEN news broke in May 1996 that taxi operator City Cab had ordered a fleet of Mercedes-Benz E-class cars, Mercedes agent Cycle Carriage's phones rang off the hook. Scores of customers who had booked that car wanted
      TANG WEE CHEOW; COMFORTDELGRO, FIAT, PEUGEOT, BT & ST FILE PHOTOS  -  953 words
    • IN A FLASH
      • 33 2 OK if Thaksin returns home Thai PM Surayud Chulanont says he has 'no problem' with deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra returning home, but others warn he should stay out of politics. PAGE 8
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      • 30 2 Expelled for meeting the enemy Kabul has expelled a Briton and an Irishman working for the EU and the UN, accusing them of meeting the Taleban illegally. PAGE 18
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      • 27 2 Research networking Singapore is going great guns in biomedical research. Linking up with an international peer network of research professionals is another incremental step. PAGE 26
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      • 25 2 America's new hope If there is a presidential candidate who can contribute to restoring America's international reputation, it is Democrat Barack Obama. PAGE 27
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      • 64 2 A natural conversion High petrol prices and a generous "green" tax rebate are reasons why more car owners are converting their vehicles to run on both compressed natural gas and petrol. PAGE HI Battle for travellers Coach operators are gearing up for competition, especially in the luxury fare market,
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      • 69 2 Share, not scare Reader says that scare tactics will not motivate a person to quit his addictive behaviour. Instead, a campaign to share the experiences of those who have overcome their addiction will give encouragement to those who want to quit. PAGE Hll Charity begins at home Reader urges
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      • 24 2 New life across the Causeway Ex-Tampines Rovers striker Noh Alam Shah has signed for Malaysian Super League team Polis Di-Raja Malaysia. PAGE Hl3
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      • 35 2 Boxing Day rally In just three trading sessions, the STI has shot up by 90 points, recovering more than one-third of the losses it suffered in a regionwide selldown earlier this month. PAGE H22
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • PRIME
    • 574 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Third anniversary of disaster marked with prayers and ceremonies Calang (Indonesia) THREE years after Indian Ocean nations were lashed by massive tsunamis, sombre ceremonies were held yesterday to remember those lost in one of the worst natural catastrophes in modern
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    • 465 4 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Rains and floods cause thousands to lose homes across Indonesia Jakarta TORRENTIAL rain triggered landslides that killed at least 78 people in Central Java yesterday, an Indonesian rescue official said, while floods inundated thousands of houses elsewhere in
      REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA; AFP  -  465 words
    • 280 4 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE San Francisco A TIGER that mauled a zookeeper last year escaped from its pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing one man and injuring two others before police shot it dead, authorities said. An investigation has been launched but
      ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  280 words
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  • 557 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BLOOMBERG But others warn former leader against meddling in politics and judiciary Bangkok THAILAND'S military-in-stalled Prime Minister said yesterday that he had "no problem" with the possible return of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra. But others warned
    AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, BLOOMBERG; AFP  -  557 words
  • 163 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE leader of last year's protests against former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been sentenced to three years in prison for defaming the billionaire during a rally, a Thai court said. Sondhi Limthongkul, the media baron who spearheaded street demonstrations which culminated in
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  • 152 8 REUTERS, THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Total seats: 480 Seats to form government: 241 Seats won: PPP, 233; Democrat Party, 165; other parties, 82 What is next: The People's Power Party said yesterday that three or four small parties have agreed to form a coalition with it.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 29 8 Growth stumbling block The Philippines' top general calls for an end to political unrest so that the nation can go on to achieve its full economic potential. PAGE 13
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  • CHINA
    • 523 9 ASSOCIATED PRESS, :HINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK It wants half its population to meet this target by 2020 in bid to quadruple per capita GDP Beijing CHINA hopes to expand its middle class to more than half of its population by the end of the next
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    • 313 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA yesterday reiterated its long-term dependence on coal for energy, but pledged to step up efforts to burn the fuel more cleanly to reduce its impact on global warming. In its first White Paper on energy, the Chinese government
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    • 38 9 REUTERS A woman breaking down during a ceremony to mark the 114 th anniversary of the birth of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in his hometown of Xiangtan in Hunan province yesterday. PHOTO:
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 613 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Successor will have to act on Taiwan's UN membership vote By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWANESE President Chen Shui-bian has said his successor would be required to act on the outcome of a potentially destabilising referendum which China fears could
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    • 189 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, suffering a sharp fall in public support, tried to show his soft side yesterday as he basked in the glow of the celebrated Urawa Reds football team. Mr Fukuda, a 71-year-old political veteran who
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; AFP  -  189 words
    • 425 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda heads to China today on a mission to further ease strains in ties between the two Asian powers which hit rock bottom just a few years ago. Mr Fukuda, a political veteran paying
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  • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
    • 511 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS 15 bodies found so far, with 100 more, mainly women and children, still missing Kathmandu HUNDREDS of policemen, soldiers and villagers are still searching an icy river in western Nepal for bodies and survivors after a steel footbridge
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    • 198 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bhubaneswar (Orissa) HINDUS attacked at least 10 churches in eastern India on Christmas night, leaving one man dead and 30 injured, police said yesterday. Protesters backed by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) set fire to six churches and ransacked
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 250 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, PHILIPPINE INQUIRER/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK Manila TREASURE hunts in Philippine caves are to come under government regulation to protect the country's natural and cultural heritage, the Environment and Natural Resources Department said yesterday. Only Filipino citizens are allowed to conduct treasure hunts, and they
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, PHILIPPINE INQUIRER/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  250 words
    • 607 13  -  Alastair Mclndoe Top general calls for urgent end to military adventurism, communist rebellion By Philippines Correspondent In Manila THE top general in the Philippines has warned that the country will never achieve its full economic potential until there is an end to
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 98 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: The authorities deployed thousands of police at a popular Indian resort area to protect tourists after a group protesting against the building of industrial parks said it could not ensure the safety of visitors. The group in Goa said earlier this
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      • 134 13 REUTERS ANKARA: Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerilla targets in northern Iraq yesterday in their fourth such cross-border raid in five days. The Turkish military said its offensive against outlawed separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerillas inside Turkey and across the border in northern Iraq would
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      • 83 13 REUTERS SEOUL: South Korea's Cabinet yesterday approved a special counsel to look into securities fraud allegations against President-elect Lee Myung Bak, the presidential Blue House said in a statement. He has denied the allegations. President Roh Moo Hyun, working with the Supreme Court, is expected to
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      • 85 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, XINHUA YANGON: Myanmar's national airline will resume flights from Yangon to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur after unrest forced the suspension of services in October, the company said yesterday. Myanmar Airways International (MAI) had stopped services when it discovered that its MB-82 aircraft on the services
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 332 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MORE than 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers who claim their employers underpaid and abused them have sought refuge outside their country's embassy in Malaysia, an envoy said. The Bangladeshi High Commission has turned a section of its mission into a
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    • 416 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA Multiracial nation may be torn apart if Malaysians fall for their approach Kuala Lumpur PRIME MINISTER Abdullah Badawi has warned Malaysians to be on their guard against religious extremists tearing apart the multiracial nation which suffered deadly race riots in 1969.
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BERNAMA  -  416 words
    • 204 14 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK GOVERNMENT broadcaster RTM is rebranding its second TV channel to create a more multiracial flavour, including news programmes featuring Malaysians of different ethnic backgrounds. Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said: "This includes having newscasters, newsreaders, DJs, actors and musicians
      THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK  -  204 words
    • 168 14 REUTERS Teheran A COMPANY linked to a Malaysian tycoon yesterday signed a multi-billion-dollar gas development contract with Iran. Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said the National Iranian Oil Co and Malaysia's SKS reached a preliminary US$l6 billion (Ss23 billion) deal to develop the
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  • WORLD
    • 769 17 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kabul expels two regional experts in what diplomats say is a misunderstanding Kabul A DIPLOMATIC row erupted yesterday between Afghanistan and its key aid partners after Kabul ordered the expulsion of a Briton and an
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    • 210 17 BRITISH intelligence agents held secret talks with Taleban leaders in Afghanistan last summer, The Daily Telegraph reported. The disclosure, if true, could prove embarrassing for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who just weeks ago told Members of Parliament that there would be no negotiations with terrorists.
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    • 512 18 NEW YORK TIMES Hospitals rush to build proton therapy centres, but critics say they will add to health costs Washington A NEW nuclear arms race is under way in hospitals. Medical centres in the United States are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used
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    • 286 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS Panama City A 12-YEAR-OLD American girl has been found miraculously alive in the wreckage of a light aircraft which had crashed into the western Panama jungle in bad weather. Three others on the plane were killed in the crash on Sunday.
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    • 146 18 ISTOCKPHOTO London IF YOU have been indulging in dark chocolate this holiday season, thinking that it is good for your heart, you may be making a mistake. Any health claims about dark chocolate may be misleading, and instead, many products may just be abundant
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    • 467 19  -  Bhagyashree No growth slowdown worries, but climate change, terrorism will be pressing issues By Garekar US Correspondent In Washington FOR those losing sleep over the prospect of a global economic slowdown next year, here is an antidote from the Swiss
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    • 273 19  -  BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR Housing Your high-tech house will be communicative, able to sense your needs, and carbon-neutral, which means it will have no net emissions of carbon dioxide from all its energy use. Food Food and drink will come from "pharming" the
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    • 280 19 Peace and goodwill to all men even in war zones ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome AS THE faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders across the world called for peace and reconciliation, while hope flickered in places long plagued by conflict. m Iraq, Christians made their way past checkpoints on Tuesday
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    • 573 23 NEW YORK TIMES British universities finally getting cash to turn research into products Bristol (England) MR TERENCE Cosgrove, an unassuming professor in this western English town, imagined a world where chewing gum did not stick to sidewalks, shoes, theatre seats or hair. His was
      NEW YORK TIMES  -  573 words
    • 265 23 BLOOMBERG London THE backlog of passengers at London's Heathrow Airport has been almost cleared as the dense fog, which disrupted flights during the Christmas holidays, lifted. Most stranded passengers, who were forced to stay in hotels, have either caught their flights or returned
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 211 24 ASSOCIATED PRESS AN OREGON man known for his sense of humour gave his friends and family a start recently when they received Christmas cards from him two months after he died. Mr Chet Fitch died in October at age 88. Weeks later, Christmas cards, 34 of
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      • 245 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to the banks of the Nile in Egypt for the Christmas holidays. The recently divorced Mr Sarkozy and Ms Bruni, accompanied by nine others from Paris, were
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      • 162 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A MAN who scattered girls' underwear in his neighbourhood in Japan has been arrested for alleged involvement in a mur-der-robbery 14 years ago. Kazuo Oshitani, 48, had previously been arrested only on charges of littering. Earlier this month, he was picked up by
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      • 161 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A FORMER New York doorman who slipped on a pile of pigeon droppings on a subway station's stairs has been awarded US$6 million (SsB.9 million) in damages. Mr Shelton Stewart, 56, slipped on the station steps on Sept 21,1998, despite
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  • REVIEW
    • 401 25 BIOMEDICAL research is growing at such a rate in Singapore that linking up with an international peer network, the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, is a routine requirement for clinical researchers. The outfit provides recognition for ethical standards as well as an opportunity for professional training and
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    • 1087 25  -  Ofra Bengio THE TURKISH-KURDISH-AMERICAN TRIANGLE By THE crisis between Turkey, the Turkish Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq that flared up again late this year brings to the surface the dramatic changes which have occurred within the Turkish-Kurdish-Ameri-can triangle. The
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    • 143 25 The KRG will do everything in its power to protect its gains in Iraq, even if it has to fight the PKK. Turkey considers its Kurdish question an existential issue and will seek to crush the PKK wherever possible. But the PKK, in whatever form that might emerge,
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    • 752 25  -  Asad Latif BOOK REVIEW Title: The Talibanisation Of South-east Asia: Losing The War On Terror To Islamist Extremists Author: Bilveer Singh Publisher: Praeger Security International, 230 Pages, $50 By For The Straits Times THIS book warns that the war on terror is being lost
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    • 509 26  -  Michael S. Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan Eldar Shafir »U.S. SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS By WHILE the causes of the US subprime mortgage crisis are myriad, a central problem was that many borrowers took out loans they did not understand and could not afford. Brokers and lenders offered loans that
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    • 786 26  -  Dominique Moisi »U.S. POLITICS By FOR eight years, President George W. Bush has managed to incarnate and reinforce all the prejudices and negative stereotypes the world has of the United States. He has antagonised the world more than any other American president before him, seriously damaging
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    • 290 30  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN What is CNG? CNG is compressed natural gas, a fossil fuel that is more abundant than oil. It is cheaper than petrol (about 80 cents an equivalent litre, versus $1.90 for petrol); and is considered to be cleaner than diesel. What
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    • 654 30  -  Christopher Tan High petrol prices, green rebate help steer over 400 to compressed natural gas-powered vehicles By Senior Correspondent STEP on the gas. More motorists are choosing to do exactly that these days. More than 220 have had their cars converted to run
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    • 585 31  -  K.C. VIJAYAN High Court draws distinction with policyholders who are totally permanently disabled By Law Correspondent FPD or not TPD that was the question before a High Court ludge. TPD is "Total and Permanent Disability", and a standard clause in
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      134 31 AZIZHUSSIN Singapore Management University graduates Joshua Chua, 27, and Chan Bijun, 25, chose the SMU campus in Bras Basah as the venue for their wedding solemnisation on Christmas Day. Both of them were among the second batch of SMU students who enrolled in 2001; both graduated with
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    • 85 31 AVERAGE hotel room rates last month were the highest ever, attesting to this being a boom year for tourism. November's average hotel room rate was $226, according to the Singapore Tourism Board. Hotel room revenue was $175.4 million, the highest ever for the month
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    • 1108 32  -  Karamjit Kaur Coach operators gear up for competition in luxury fare market with coming entry of budget carriers By Aviation Correspondent MORE than 1.3 million people hop on express coaches to head north to Malaysia each year, with Singapore-Kuala Lumpur one-way
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    • 608 33  -  Lee Hui Chieh It cites conflicts with its philosophy on needy patients By DOVER Park Hospice has withdrawn from the Medifund scheme, two years after joining it and never having dipped into the fund to help needy patients pay their medical bills. The hospice, which
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    • 240 33 MADAM Diana Lav's father would have had to die in pain at home, had it not been for Dover Park Hospice. It waived all charges for his three-week stay there before he died of nose cancer in May this year,
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    • 70 33 LIANHEZAOBAO Australian gospel singer Deb Fung performed at a Christmas concert held outside Paragon Shopping Centre on Tuesday evening. Part of Orchard Road was cordoned off for the concert, which was organised by Celebrate Christmas in Singapore. About 60,000 people turned up for the
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    • 700 35  -  Chong Chee Kin ST PHOTO: By Negligence was serious, says judge, as victim was dragged for over 9m while pinned under bus THE man whose bus ran over and then dragged a trapped woman for nearly 10 metres, killing the Chinese
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    • 546 38  -  Carolyn Quek DEATH OF SPORE BIKER ON JOHOR TRACK Malaysian police and circuit management are investigating Sunday's accident By THE body of a 28-year-old amateur motorcycle racer was cremated yesterday, three days after he died in a freak collision on the Johor Racing
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    • 237 38  -  CHONGCHEEKIN A MEMBER of a Malaysia-based syndicate of credit card cheats was jailed for 38 months yesterday after he admitted to chalking up nearly $8,000, using two fake cards, on a single day. How Chee Meng, 53, was caught using the cards at Jurong
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    • 692 39  -  Diana Othman Three of caterer's 20 ovens broke down; 36 patrons affected By SPIRITS were dashed during at least 10 dinner parties on Christmas Eve when the roasts customers ordered from a caterer did not turn up. Three ovens at Espirito
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    • 33 30 Fatal crash: Driver jailed Man jailed three weeks over death of woman who was dragged under bus for 10m. Ironically, he later lost part of his left leg in another crash. PAGE H6
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    • 250 40  -  Dr Choo Kay Wee I REFER to the article, "One-size-fits-all health messages miss the mark" (ST, Dec 18) and the letter, "Health messages now target specific groups" by Mr Lam Pin Woon, chief executive officer, Health Promotion Board (ST, Dec 20). Mr
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    • 403 40  -  Murali Sharma I REFER to the report, "Volunteer at home? No thanks!" (ST, Dec 23). It is a pity, though not surprising, that some young people prefer to go overseas to do charity work than help in Singapore. They claim they interact with people of
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    • 318 40  -  Florence Tan Slew Bee (Ms) BEING single in Singapore is becoming increasingly difficult. I am a single woman who holds a decent job but is struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living and housing are rising. As I intend to
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    • 150 40  -  S. SatishAppoo PLEASE refer to the letter "Name errant pork sellers" by Mr Chia Boon Beng (ST, Dec 19). The National Environment Agency (NEA) has already imposed high fines on the pork sellers who foisted thawed frozen pork as chilled pork on unwary customers.
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    • 81 40  -  Cindy Lee (Ms) REFER to the letter, "Transformed Bugis Village i fire hazard" by Mdm Shirley Woon (ST, Dec 22). We believe the location mentioned refers to Bugis Street and not Bugis Village. The management takes a serious view of choppers' safety in Bugis
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    • 105 40  -  William Toy Kay Chiak MY RELATIVE, a cancer patient undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Cancer Centre, was interviewed by a social worker for Medifund assistance. Subsequently, he was given Medifund assistance for treatment there. However, as he has also a heart problem he
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    • 88 40 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Wishes for 2008 make it a better year for all Singaporeans It's the driver, not the car Workers given just trash bags to protect themselves from the rain Appalled over unhygienic practice at
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    • 311 40  -  Ramesh Govinda Raju MY WIFE and I were cycling along the park connector at Loyang Avenue at about 10.30 am on Dec 22 when we had a nasty experience. As we came around a bend, there was a truck spraying large quantities of
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    • 443 40  -  Tracy Phillips IN RESPONSE to Mr Kwok Chee Chili's letter, "Stop diseases, ban parties like ZoukOut" (ST, Dec 14). From the nature of the letter, I assume Mr Kwok did not attend ZoukOut and the opinion may be based on The New
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      • 62 40  -  Jamie Pang Ru Xue (Miss) ON DEC 11,1 was getting dinner at Subway in Junction 8 Because I was in a hurry, I lefi my wallet at the counter, anc realised it was missing onl} the next day. When I wem back to the restaurant in
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      • 62 40  -  Leow Chee Siong I AM writing to commend Miss Sophia Qin of ASA Holidays. I booked my air ticket through Sophia and subsequently made changes to my itinerary, sometimes at short notice, but Sophia never ceased to amaze me with her resourcefulness and promptness. In
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      • 58 40  -  Joanna Chua Kah Wei (Ms) I THANK Cathay Pacific counter staff at Changi Airport Terminal 1 for giving us a special concession and especially the cabin crew on Cathay flight CX736 who flew with us to Hong Kong on Dec 13. I was feeling unwell but
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      • 76 40  -  Khoo Tien Wei MY WIFE is almost four months pregnant and felt nausea on the morning of Dec 19 after standing throughout a feeder bus and train ride. She could hardly stand when the train reached Somerset MRT station and had to alight to take
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    • 161 41 ARSENE Wenger has joined the growing debate over the verbal abuse of players and managers by supporters by saying errant fans should be filmed and their families forced to view the results. "Why do people get away with it?" Wenger said. "Because they are
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    • 378 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS »soccer London MANCHESTER United swept aside old boy Roy Keane's Sunderland 4-0 yesterday, while Liverpool's blushes were spared by captain Steven Gerrard's last-gasp goal at bottom side Derby. The Reds managed a 2-1 win right at the death. United's victory was every bit
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    • 752 41 Chelsea battle to 4-4 draw with Villa in topsy-turvy thriller, lose ground on leaders London GARETH Barry's last-ditch goal rescued a point for Aston Villa in an eight-goal thriller against Chelsea yesterday. The two teams served up an incredible topsy-turvy Boxing
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    • 392 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London ROBBIE Keane scored his 100 th Premier League goal as Tottenham crushed managerless Fulham 5-1 yesterday. Republic of Ireland striker Keane and Tom Huddlestone both scored twice at White Hart Lane, while skipper Ledley King made his long-await-ed comeback
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    • 385 42 SOCCER JOHOR A MALAYSIAN referee went from being card-happy to trig-ger-happy, leading to his arrest after a soccer match in Johor turned unruly. Chased by unhappy players and fans after issuing a red card, the referee, who is a policeman
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    • 547 42  -  Wang Meng Meng Banned Singapore striker signs one-year deal with Selangor club By AFTER his red mist in the Singapore Cup final, Noh Alam Shah will start a new life across the Causeway in the new year. The Tampines Rovers striker, banned one year by
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    • 218 42  -  WANG MENG MENG THE 2008 Asean Football Championship will be co-hosted by Indonesia and Thailand. The Asean Football Federation (AFF) announced this during its council meeting in Bali last Saturday. After studying the possibilities from five candidates the others being Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam the
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    • 426 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL Los Angeles THIS is getting serious. The Los Angeles Lakers, left for dead before even hitting the ground in Honolulu for training camp, pushed through another level on Tuesday. They beat the Phoenix Suns 122-115 to move within a game of the
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    • 755 43 »A LOOK BACK AT 2007: ATHLETICS Former sprint queen was stripped of her Olympic medals after she admitted to doping London MARION Jones and Asafa Powell were the biggest names in athletics in 2007 for very different reasons. Jones admitted to doping
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    • 864 43  -  Neil Humphreys NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By CHRISTMAS is upon us and the goalkeeper is getting fat. The festive season is a time of crunch clashes and for teams like Derby to imitate the decorations and go down after Christmas. The packed fixture
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    • 358 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS CRICKET Melbourne LEG-SPINNER Anil Kumble took five wickets yesterday to overshadow Matthew Hayden's 28th Test century and put India in a strong position after the first day of the first Test against Australia. India's captain (5-84) made it clear his team would not be
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      • 63 43 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Wild Oats XI, chasing a third straight win in the Sydney to Hobart race, led an 82-yacht fleet out of Sydney Harbour and down Australia's south-east coast yesterday at the start of the annual bluewater classic. Late yesterday, Wild Oats led by
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      • 58 43 LONDON: Iraqi footballer Nashat Akram has received an invitation for a trial with Manchester City, according to the player's website. The 23-year-old midfielder, who was second runner-up in this year's Asian Player of the Year voting, will undergo a 10-day trial after receiving the
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      • 86 43 REUTERS TOKYO: Japan's former national football team coach Ivica Osim has left intensive care and start- Ed rehabilitation, after suffering a serious stroke last month. The 66-year-old Bosnian collapsed while climbing the stairs at his home. "He's in higher spirits than I would have
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      • 94 43 REUTERS PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's new soccer coach, former South Korean international Yoo Kee Heung, aims to transform the region's whipping boys into one of the best teams in South-east Asia. Yoo insisted potholed pitches and a chronic cash shortage will not prevent him from turning
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    • 595 44  -  Jeanette Wang ►>MOTORSPORTS The inaugural Formula Drift Singapore will have cars sliding at speeds of over 100kmh By FOR the past three years, driver Ivan Lim has been heading across the Causeway to hone his passion for drifting. Singapore is void of practice spaces for the motorsport, which
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    • 238 44 JASON CHEW Date: April 27, 2008 Location: Singapore Airshow grounds, off Changi Coast Road Tickets: $10 pre-sale (available at Sistic from early January), $15 at door What it is: A combination of speed and agility, drifting is both an art and a motorsport. In competition, drivers manoeuvre
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    • 107 44 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 96 Miami 82, LA Lakers 122 Phoenix 115, Portland 89 Seattle 79. CRICKET Day one of the first Test in Mcl- bourne: Australia 337-9 in 90 overs (P. Jaques 66, M. Hayden 124, A. Symonds 35; Z. Khan 3-93, A. Kumble 5-84) v India. First one-day
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    • 92 41 A look back at 2007 In a year when Asafa Powell broke his own 100 m world record, Marion Jones admitted to doping and lost her Olympic medals. PAGE Hl4 Yesterday Birmingham City 3 Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 4 Aston Villa 4 Derby County 1 Liverpool 2 Everton 2 Bolton Wanderers
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    • 60 43 TV times AMERICAN FOOTBALL: College Bowl Game, Motor City Bowl: Purdue v Central Michigan (Live, Ch23, 8.30 am). CRICKET: India Tour of Australia: Ist Test, day 2 (Live, Chi 10, 7.30 am). SOCCER: Dutch League: Ajax v FC Twente (Live, ChlOB, tomorrow, 3.15 am). English Premier League: Manchester City v
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    1810 44 LEE KEOK Age 82 passed away peacefully on 26 December 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband TayAh Huat Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Teow Poh Ong Geok Keow Tay Poh Wah Chiok Kirn Hoon Tay Boon Kwan Wan Ying Tay Lye Choon Tan Pheck Whatt Daughters: Sons-in-law
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      • 6636 46 TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 26, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 34 104 3C 42 141 195 32 14 8 24 18 61 17 5 15 43 5 126 34 5 16 144 19 4 89 1C 52 5 2C 267 65
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      • 1571 46 HIGH SMIL LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW p/i 30 41.; 31 16.; 70.; 46.; 13.; 44.; IOC i;.; i; 16.; 2; 9C 48 19.; 19.; 7C 21.; 88 24.; 6.; 47.; 19.3 24 li.; 74.; 21.; 4;.; 20 17 43.; 88 i;.; 30.; 33.; 39.;
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      • 55 46 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 20C 620C 100C 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** 6170 SPDRS 2975 6235 STIETF1OO 2962.9 6236 STI ETFIOPV US200xd US6200cd US1000 US*****cd US*****ld +45
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    • 464 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS Attempt to extend holiday shopping follows a 3.6% rise in sales a four-year low New York WITH the 2007 run-up to Christmas boosted by a last-minute sales surge, United States retailers are putting extra emphasis on afterChristmas discounts,
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    • 465 47 New York FOR billionaire investor Warren Buffett, Christmas came not a moment too soon. After just two weeks of negotiations, Mr Buffett, who has been looking for acquisitions on which to spend his company's billions of dollars, snagged an industrial conglomerate in
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    • 230 47 NEW YORK TIMES New York FOR the Pritzker family, which founded and still controls the Hyatt hotel chain, the sale of a 60 per cent stake in Marmon Holdings to Mr Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will help advance a plan to liquidate
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    • 32 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,653.54 (+100.95 points) »Japanese stocks advanced for a fourth straight session as market worries about the fallout from the recent global credit squeeze continued to recede.
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    • 20 47 BLOOMBERG NEWS Monday's close: 28,128.8 (+501.88 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for the Christmas holidays.
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    • 33 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,233.35 (+32.17 points) Chinese share prices closed 0.62 per cent higher, with retail stocks leading the gains on expectations of strong sales during the New Year holidays.
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    • 19 47 BLOOMBERG NEWS Monday's close: 6,323.6 (+76.6 points) »The markets were closed yesterday for the Christmas holidays.
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    • 36 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,424.02 (+0.78 point) Malaysian share prices closed up 0.1 per cent as investors continued to buy palm oil-related plantation stocks. Volume was 632.45 million shares, worth RMI.OI billion (Ss44o million).
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      36 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,199.52 (+345.4 points) »Indian share prices closed up 1.74 per cent as concerns about the fallout from a global credit squeeze receded. They said metal, property and capital goods stocks rose.
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    • 37 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,714.55 (+56.57 points) »Indonesian shares gained 2.13 per cent, belatedly following gains on Wall Street. Fund managers were active as they tidied up their portfolios before the end of the year.
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    • 34 47 AFP Yesterday's close: 841.2 (-2.08 points) Tha i share prices closed 0.25 per cent lower as sentiment remained cautious after weekend elections saw allies of the ousted prime minister claim victory.
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    • 10 47 Dec 28, 2DD7 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,473.21 +38.68
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    • 219 47 Stock Name WT Allgreen 0.45 Ascendasreit 0.87 CapitaComm 0.48 CapitaLand 4.14 CapitaMall 0.95 Chart SemiCond ...0.52 CityDev 2.65 ComfortDelGro 1.23 Cosco Corp 1.95 Creative Tech 0.16 DBSGrp 9.38 Datacraft 0.16 FXN 2.34 Gent Intl 0.69 HK Land 3.86 Hyflux 0.31 JMH 3.01 JSH 2.04 Jardine CXC
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    • 52 47 JES 134,462,000 Digiland 90,177,000 Yangzijiang 33,773,000 China Hongxing 31,291,000 Ban Joo 27,137,000 Jade Tech 25,858,000 FirstRes 25,478,000 Sinostar 23,577,000 El-Nets 22,162,000 FirstRes MEReCW*****8 21,058,000 Dec 26 KTL Global 20,246,000 Biosensors 20,037,000 JiutianC 18,446,000 ChinaOHFId 17,421,000 SPH SGA eCW*****6 17,061,000 Baker Tech 16,810,000 Adroit 16,754,000 StarCruises 15,371,000 LottVis 15,043,000
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    • 142 47 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE A PPEARS ON MONDAYS FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2580 1.2720 Can dollar 1.4640 1.4810 Euro 2.0800 2.1040 Malaysian ringgit* ..0.4346 0.4353 NZ dollar 1.1030 1.1260 Sterling pound 2.8610 2.8920 US dollar 1.4440 1.4600
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    • 1853 47 Bonds, Loans Warrants 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 9 2 5 ArianeCorp W*****9 50 5 6 5 8798 AscendasSGAeCW*****3 25 5 9 5 1436 AusGroupMBLeCW*****4 3 halt 12 -0 5 950C 10 +0 5 IOC 37 27 3657 BiosensorDBeCW*****3 36 5 +7 89C
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    • 744 48 NEW YORK TIMES Profits expected to soar 40% next year; sector's earnings may drop by a third Sydney JUST months ago, Qantas Airways chief executive Geoff Dixon was battling to restore his reputation after supporting a failed private equity bid for the airline. But
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    • 364 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS Nagoya TOYOTA Motor plans to sell 9.85 million vehicles worldwide next year, setting itself an ambitious target despite worries about a slowing United States car market as it tries to become the world's top carmaker. Toyota also said
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    • 920 49 Global big names ranging from drugmaker Novartis to oil giant ExxonMobil put down huge sums on big investments in Singapore, including bricks-and-mortar assets as well as research and development activity. GABRIEL CHEN assesses some of these mega deals THE stream of huge deals
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    • 620 50  -  Gabriel Chen Win-win deal as firm recoups and Temasek gains toehold in US franchise: Analysts By TEMASEK Holdings says its newly unveiled US$4.4 billion (556.4 billion) investment in United States financial giant Merrill Lynch reflects its belief in the "strong growth potential" of
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    • 520 50  -  Fiona Chan By SINGAPORE'S factory output slowed last month, dragged down again by a lacklustre drugs sector. Industrial production fell by 1.5 per cent from a year ago, in a sharp reversal from the revised 2.2 per cent growth figure given in October. And
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    • 288 50  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) chief executive officer (CEO) Chew Choon Seng will stay in his seat until December 2010. In a statement yesterday, the company's board said Mr Chew has been offered a new three-year service contract that will
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    • 286 50  -  Nicholas Fang By AN AGREEMENT between Singapore and the northern European nation of Estonia, aimed at boosting economic ties by cutting down double taxation, comes into effect today. The deal was signed last year on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank
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    • DIRECTORS1 TRADES
      • 249 50  -  YANG HUIWEN SC GLOBAL Developments chairman and chief executive officer Simon Cheong has bought 100,000 shares on the open market at an average price of $2.30 apiece. The luxury property developer is known for its prime residential projects including The Marq on Paterson Hill
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    • 49 51 The big worry among traders is a possible unravelling of the yen carry trade. Until the past two weeks, STI had closely tracked the ups and downs of the faltering US dollar, as its value gyrated against major currencies such as the yen. GRAPHICS TIEN CHUNG PING
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    • 80 51 (0) Dec 26 JMH JSH STI ETF 100 DBS Grp Jardine CSC CIMBAsean40 100US$... HKLand STI ETF I0PV Keppel Corp GLD10US$ Lyxor Asia 10US$ B Sembawang Spore Land DBS Bk 6% NCPS 10 CENTS 2662 104.5 2.8 1550 69.7 3.2 3670 45.0 1.2 2112 44.0 2.1 2154 44.0
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    • 68 51 Top Rises ra Dec 26 CENTS CapitalanBNPeCW***** 1 100.0 0.5 CapitalanSGAeCW***** 1.5 50.0 0.5 Chasen 1.5 50.0 0.5 CoscoCorpSGAeCW***** 21 50.0 7.0 Digiland 1.5 50.0 0.5 SGXSGAeCW*****8 32 45.5 10.0 LottVis W*****7 6.5 44.4 2.0 China XLXMBLeCW***** 3.5 40.0 1.0 CoscoCorpMEReCW***** ...12.5 38.9 3.5 FirstRes MBLeCW***** 18 38.5
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    • 74 51 (0) Dec 26 CENTS o/ /o CoscoCorpDBeCW*****5 18 CityDev 1396 DairyFarm 436 SGX SGA eCW*****7 31.5 SPC DB eCW*****0 35.5 TIH 314 GuocoLeisure 97.5 STI 3300 DBePW*****3 24.5 STI 3700SGAePW*****8 53 YangzijiaSGAeCW***** 16 BanyanTree 202 SI A 1740 STI 3700BNPePW*****8 26.5 STI 3400SGAePW*****0 26.5 31.5 63.6 20.0 1.4
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    • 82 51 Dec 26 CENTS KepLandSGAeCW*****8 1 CoscoCorpDBeCW*****5 18 ST Engg DBSeCW*****6 2 STI 4200BNPeCW*****8 3.5 UOB RB eCW*****3 4 Semb CorpMBLeCW***** 1.5 CoscoCorpMEReCW***** 1 UOB DB eCW*****7 5 SGX SGA eCW*****7 31.5 OCBC Bk RB eCW*****8 6.5 DCBC Bk BNPeCW*****8 6 YangzijiaSGAeCW***** 16 STI 2800 DBePW*****3 5 HemstariOk 1.5
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    • 684 51  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK With latest gains, STI has clawed back one-third of this month's losses By Markets Correspondent DEBATE may be raging over whether the year-end rally can last. But there is no denying the Singapore equities market is on a
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    • 22 51 Australian dollar 1.2580 1.2720 iuro 2.0800 2.1040 Sterling pound JS dollar 2.8610 2.8920 1.4440 1.4600 fen (100 units) 1.2657 1.2793
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    • 8 51 UP DOWN Gainers: 510 Losers: 177 Unchanged: 1,036
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    • 193 51  -  YANG HUIWEN ASIAN EXPANSION SPH Magazines, a unit of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), has strengthened its Asian expansion strategy by buying all the luxury magazines published by a Hong Kong firm. The company will pay Adkom, a media group established in 2000 with
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    • 119 49 1 dKMfc. PULSES ON SALE! The investment magazine, Pulses, is now on sale at newsstands. Published by the Singapore Exchange and now produced by The Business Times, the relaunched issue is available at Buzz Pods, leading bookshops and selected newsstands at $5.50. But if you buy your copy from any
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  • URBAN
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      24 52 A/IK, 11 I Vv^^h VVII n r 2 sets of Vaude winter apparel worth $1,000 m We tell you what to keep
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    • 269 53  -  TEE HUN CHING In with the new, out with the old? Not quite my ballet flats, floaty skirts and jewel-toned tops are coming right along with me to 2008. It used to be that you would edit your wardrobe according to the seasonal edicts from the major catwalks
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      238 53 Two sets of Vaude winter apparel worth $1,000. Simply answer this question: You can find premium winter wear brands like Vaude, Patagonia and The North Face at The Planet Traveller (04-15/16 Paragon and 03-113 Marina Square). True or false? E-mail your entries with your full name, NRIC, address and
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    • 144 53 4 FASH HAG Coveted labels eye spots A in new mall i 5 ASK ANGIE Ditch casual, go formal 1 in three easy steps 10 URBAN MAN Which actors were dressed for success at Star Awards? 11 The barbershop shave is back in vogue FEATURES 6 Cracking open the
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    • ANGEUNE NEO'S PICKS
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        167 54 This slim and compact purse is the perfect clubbing accessory. Hook the chain to your belt loop so you don't lose your cash. Patent leather mini purse with chain, $650, from Celine, Level 1 Isetan Scotts When a timepiece isn't just a watch but jewellery too. Jen
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        206 54 Oil-free, waterproof and sweatproof, this sunscreen sprays on at any angle. No fuss, no muss, just spray and go. Perfect for golfers and sun sports enthusiasts. Coppertone Continuous Spray Sport, $19.80, from all Watsons stores A casual jacket that s dressy enough to make the cut for
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      305 55 What do Louis Vuitton, H&M and department store Lane Crawford have in common? Well, my daahlings, i all are "in talks" to open stores in the latest mall to hit J Orchard Road. A reliable source told moi that LV is looking to occupy one of the upcoming mall's
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    • 110 55 END SEASON SALE: G2OOO is having a storewide discount of up to 50 per cent from now till Jan 13. YIP customers enjoy an additional 15 per cent off their final bill. At all G2OOO outlets. TROT TO FOX: Fox is giving a storewide 40 per cent discount, except
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      313 55  -  Noelle Loh Forget shock protection, multiple time displays and chronographs. Instead, watch brands are turning on the charm literally. The latest timepieces to covet are designed to look like costume jewellery, from charm bracelets to bangles and even pendants. It is not exactly a new trend. Watch brands
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    • 293 55 Local fashion designer Desmond Yang is what we would call a model citizen. The 34-year-old behind the label abyzz did Singapore proud when he was named the top winner at the inaugural International Apparel Federation (lAF) Designer Awards held in Taipei on Oct 25. The
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    • 249 55 Probably no other luxury fashion house has collaborated as much with artists as French leather goods company Louis Vuitton. After New York fashion designer Marc Jacobs was hired as artistic director in 1997, the label has invited several artists to design special collections: American fashion designer-cum-artist
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    • 39 55 1 LIKE TO EAT AND SMOKE AND DRINK A LOT, SO I HAVE TO EXERCISE TO KEEP MYSELF IN SHAPE' Carla Bruni (right), former model, now folk singer and potential French first lady PHOTO REUTERS
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      523 55 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Angeline Neo at sturban@sph.com.sg Ql'm under pressure to wear a suit to my fiancee's company dinner. But I'm a jeans-and-tee kind of guy and suits just seem stuffy. Is there a happy compromise?
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      259 55  -  Melissa Lee These two head-turners were spotted at Scandalicious at Zouk on Dec 20 Sally Wang, 20, student What are you wearing? The white dress is actually a skirt that I got in the Bugis area for under $20. The belt was from Far East Plaza and cost $10.90.
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    • 852 56  -  MICHELLE TAY When does an egg cost a whopping $27 million? When it's a fabled Faberge egg, of course A good-looking man in a blue pin-stripe suit is waxing lyrical about necklaces and watches. But something else fights for your attention in the DeGem jewellers' showroom in
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    • 555 57 The original 50 Faberge Imperial Eggs were made by Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge from 1885 to 1917 for Russian Czars Alexander 111 and Nicholas II as gifts to their wives, Maria Fyodorovna and Alexandra Fyodorovna. Here are some of the most breathtaking enamelled embryos. The Hen Egg,
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      405 57 Maybe all you know of eggs is whether you want them scrambled or sunny side up. Here are some facts about Faberge eggs to flaunt at your next chi chi party. Origins In 1885, Russian Czar Alexander 111 commissioned the first egg from Peter Carl Faberge as
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      1928 58  -  HONG XINYI Ihese are the people who defied fashion conventions and created their own styles this year In the world of fashion where trends come and go swiftly, the element of surprise is a highly prized asset. The ones who stood out this year turned the rules upside
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    • STAR GAZING
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        209 59 Tay Ping Hui My guess is actor Tay Ping Hui, who was nominated for Best Actor, fancies himself Singapore's George Clooney. Sartorially speaking, he's at least got the formula right. An all-black ensemble is always classic and appropriate, if not too safe. I just wish the good looker
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        180 59 Bryan Wong TV host Bryan Wong and Taiwanese pop star Show Luo (above) must have had a wardrobe powwow before appearing on stage that night. Both look equally ridiculous in ill-fitting trousers tucked into mid-calf length boots. Mark Lee Comedian-host Mark Lee must have banked on his red-packet
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      854 60 Lather up shaving services are making a comeback in i barbershops in the US Washington Shave and a haircut: 920 bits. It may cost a lot more than the two bits of old, but the traditional barbershop shave is making a comeback. Even as the service disappears
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      1096 61  -  ANGELINE NEO Once upon a time, there were certain laws of absolutes when it came to fashion and beauty. From March to August, typically known as the spring/ summer season, you would see clothes made of lighter fabrics such as cotton and linen in breezy styles and silhouettes
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      811 62 CaKvalk looks are easy to translate off the runway for next season. Some require only a switch of lipstick. ANGELINE NEO shows you how Just like how fasion trends have become less fickle, gone, too, are the pendulum swings when it comes to beauty trends. Before, if you
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      650 63 fhe spotlight is on all things shiny ■his season. NOELLE LOH shows /ou how to dazzle without ooking like a Christmas tree Christmas may be over, but the festive sparkle is still alive and well. From high-fashion labels such as DKNY to high-street brands like Topshop and
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      381 63 Black gold Wool pullover, $255, from agnes b, chiffon beaded skirt, $499, from Glitterati, crystal necklace, price unavailable, from Dior, patent leather sandals, $1,440, from Bottega Veneta Light touch Cotton tank top, $19, and viscose wide-leg pants, $219, both from Topshop, crystal earrings, price unavailable, from Dior, snakeskin
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      894 64 Kids today sure are growing up fast style-wise that is. NOELLE LOH checks out toddler fashion that is taking a cue from adults' wardrobe Call it a case of "Honey, I shrunk the clothes". Gone are the days of baby hoods and jumpers. Instead, today's toddler fashion appear
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      887 65 NYT Some believe acupuncture can not only cure your ills, but also keep wrinkles and ageing at bay Composer and solo pianist Jane Becker celebrated her 50th birthday at the dermatologist, paying US$l,5OO (552,186) for shots of Restylane and Botox. But three months later, their wrinkle-smoothing effects wore
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    • 160 65 Just as varieties of yoga exist, so do styles of facial acupuncture, each with a different emphasis. Mci Zen This system, developed by Martha Lucas and Denise Ellinger in 2003, uses shallow needling techniques with Korean face and hand needles. A treatment plan may also include herbs, qigong
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    • 1020 66 Just a big brown bag will not do these days. Department stores are coming out with stylish totes that are a real keeper New York A team of designers at Saks Fifth Avenue envisioned "a piece of modern art" and hired a renowned graphic artist
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    • 510 67  -  PRADEEP PAUL The simple rubber band is a great tool for an effective workout. And it's also cheap to boot TRICEP KICKBACK What it works: The triceps How to do it: Stand with one end of the band under your right foot, the other end in your
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      309 68  -  TAN HSUEH YUN Aren't you glad Christmas is over and we can all get back to regular programming and eating? Goodbye turkey, ham and logcake for another year. I love them but there's only so much you can eat Defore the stomach throws a tantrum. Tame an
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      152 68 I've been eyeing these deep dish egg tarts at Sun Moulin bakery for a while now, but for one reason or another, never got round to buying any to try. Finally I did, and they're terrific. The egg custard is a little sweet, to be sure, but it
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    • 246 68 More spuds, this time, in the form of chips. On a potato farm in Herefordshire in Britain, spuds dug up in the morning are sometimes turned into chips by lunchtime. fe>\ That's the freshness guarantee on Tyrrells' chips, made by a family that also grows
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    • 151 68 It's happened to Pocky, now it's happening to Pretz. These humble, savoury pretzel sticks, made by Glico in Japan, have gone upmarket. For some time now, the sweet Pocky range has been expanding, with gourmet versions featuring the pretzel sticks coated in any number of thick,
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      319 69  -  'Shaan Seth THEBAGPAGE Simon Yam may be a movie star, but his feet are planted firmly on the ground. The 52-year-old, who has chalked up about 20 years in showbiz, greets you enthusiastically in his Fullerton Hotel suite. Offering drinks and snacks, he comes across as a genuine
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    • 268 69 4 Montblanc wallet It's a simple wallet and it's filled with pictures of my wife and daughter. I don't think my wife knows about these pictures actually. His bag Qi Qi gaveTnis bag to me because I'm always travelling and she thought I could do
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  • THE POWER LIST 2007
    • 74 70 Design: LEE CHEE CHEW ST Photos:/ Dempsey Hill's super-cool mix of eateries got every foodie talking this year. It was a place to be seen and even actress Maggie Cheung was spotted there. The driving force behind the enclave in Tanglin? Businesswoman Florence Tan (left), who
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    • 528 71 The growth of new places to chill out and wine and dine has put these 10 names on our power list SINGAPORE this year became a discovery channel for foodies and nightlife lovers to suss out new enclaves of restaurants, bars and clubs. Among them, the sprawling Tanglin
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    • 667 72  -  Huang Lijie Florence Tan, 50 Director of Country City Investment YOU could say many people have fallen head over Dempsey Hill. Since bursting onto the scene six months ago, it has become a hip lifestyle hub within the leafy, 40ha Tanglin Village, with some
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    • 406 73 Mohan Mulani, 47 Chief executive officer of Harry's Holdings WHILE others have been hogging the limelight with big and fanciful venues, one nightspot operator has been spreading his wings stealthily like a bird of prey. His Harry's Bars have taken up vantage points, from
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    • 480 73 Pang Lim, 53 Founder and managing director of Koufu FANCY tucking into Chinese roast pork rice in the English countryside or slurping fishball noodles next to a running track in an air-condi-tioned sports stadium? These dining fantasies are realised at food-court operator Koufu's outlets in Anchorpoint
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    • 368 74  -  Frankie Chee Devin Otto Kimble, 45 Managing director of Brewerkz NO ONE should be denied an ice-cold beer. In the case of Brewerkz, the first local microbrewery here, hot demand for its beers made it invest in a bigger $2-mil-lion microbrewery in Kampong Ampat. Brewerkz had opened in
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      111 75 You don't have to act the haircut, the haircut is acting by itself... You don't have to play weird if you have that weird haircut' \ctor Javier 3ardem right) on his jowl cut in No Country For Did Men 'You have to duck down... in case there's a little
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    • 453 75  -  Huang Lijie David Lim, 37 Founder of Denise The Wine Shop CALL it breaking a personal record best. David Lim, founder of Denise The Wine Shop, went from opening 20 outlets in three years in Malaysia to opening 17 stores in 17 months here. The irony
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    • 404 75  -  Frankie Chee Dennis Foo, 54 Chief executive of St James Power Station DENNIS Foo has made headlines countless times during his 26-year span in the nightlife business, from the time he converted his father's coffee shop in Changi Village into a bar to the opening of
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    • 391 76  -  Frankie Chee Clement Lee, 38 Chief executive of Lifeßrandz WITH outlets like Balcony Bar, Cafe Del Mar and The Cannery under its wings, Lifeßrandz has almost 150,000 sq ft of party space in town. Many of them the 35,000 sq ft Cafe Del Mar on Siloso Beach
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    • 418 77  -  Huang Lijie Michel Lv, 37 Restaurateur WHERE he used to stumble into bed at the crack of dawn after a night of hard partying, Singaporean lifestyle entrepreneur Michel Lv now wakes up at 6am to buy frogs' legs from the market for his restaurant kitchen. Switching
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    • 239 79  -  Huang Lijie Lamine Guendil, 41 Chief executive officer of Senso Holdings CALL it a high-flier. Italian dining group Senso Holdings, which is behind restaurants such as Senso in Club Street, La Nonna in Namly Place and pizzeria chain Spizza, is spreading its wings and will take
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