The Straits Times, 15 September 2008

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    18 1 MICA (P) 115/12/2007 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 2008 Jg* AN SPH PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS THE STRAITS TIMES
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      Lock icon F1's youngest winner
      71 1 TORO Rosso's Sebastian Vettel has become the youngest driver to win a Formula One race after finishing first in the rain-hit Italian Grand Prix. The German, aged just 21 years and 7 4 days, edged out Heikki Covalainen of McLaren by 2.ssec on Monza's slick cuit yesterday.
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      Lock icon Recruiters vs school
      57 1 A GROUP of agents who say they paid a Tanjong Pagar-based private school between $20,000 and $50,000 for training and a licence to sign up foreign and local students have filed police complaints about the school's practices. They claim they had their services terminated within a year
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      Lock icon Vital leads in Delhi blasts
      73 1 INDIAN police, pursuing several leads into the serial bombings in New Delhi on Saturday have been talking to an 11-year-old boy who said he had seen two men drop off a large plastic bag at one of the blast sites. A CCTV camera that was
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      Lock icon Robust or rough future?
      55 1 THE past 25 years have seen good economic growth, but how will coming decades play out? It depends on how well global policymakers manage the slew of challenges facing the world today, warned Dr Tony Tan, deputy chairman and executive director of the Government of Singapore
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    Lock icon Thailand lifts state of emergency
    698 1 It's still not stable "I DO not think the situation in Thailand has fully stabilised yet, because this is only an interim government and parliament will have to nominate a new prime minister. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to evaluate the situation to
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    Lock icon Winning 4D ticket found in donation box
    225 1  -  Theresa Tan By SOMEBODY shared his luck with the less fortunate last month: He put his winning lottery ticket into a donation box. The prize money: $40. The Community Chest has no idea who donated the winner but he has done "a beautiful
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        Lock icon Oil price and Opec
        28 2 WE SAY Opec adjusting oil supply alone will not send prices soaring to their advantage. The tweaks actually betray market inefficiency. EDITORIAL PAGE Al9
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        16 2 COLUMNS Thailand wants more than helicopters, says Robert Kairnol. REVIEW PAGE A2O
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        Lock icon Find your own match
        19 2 Don't rely on parents to get you a spouse, says Jessica Lim. YOUTHINK PAGE B8
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        Lock icon Engaging new media
        37 2 OUR READER SAYS Reader Chan Chee Keong says that while it is high time for the Government to engage the masses via the new media, it should do so with care. FORUM PAGE A2l
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        32 2 www.straitstimes.com Ho Ai Li finds out why BBQs have become the rage during the Mid-Autumn festivities in Taiwan. Sim Chi Yin captures the moments at Pin Xiu's record-breaking 50m free-style.
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      Lock icon Counting down to D-Day
      1116 2  -  Carolyn Hong Even if Anwar wins 30 defectors tomorrow, it won't be the end for BN By I MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF ONE day to Sept 16, and Malaysians are on tenterhooks for D-Day in opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's high-stakes gamble to topple the Barisan Nasional government.
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      Lock icon Ministers criticise ISA arrests
      798 3  -  Hazlin Hassan One threatens to quit if 'unjust' law used again; Umno rocked by dissent I By MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT "We have many laws which the police could have used without having to use the ISA. We have the Sedition Act and the Penal Code... I know
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      Lock icon MM Lee out of hospital
      147 3 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was yesterday discharged from the Singapore General Hospital after being successfully treated for an abnormal heart rhythm. Mr Lee, who turns 85 tomorrow, was warded for a day for atrial flutter, which is not uncommon among people of his age.
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      Lock icon 7.59
      88 4  -  Lim Wui Liang What happens a minute before Bam? Straits Times photographers show their interpretation of that moment in the Prime pages every Monday entitled 7.59. We aim to capture everyday scenes across the island with a different perspective, bringing readers a slice of life that would perhaps go
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      Lock icon New check on punishing prisoners
      622 4  -  Teh Joo Lin External panels must be consulted before errant inmates can be caned I By THE prison authority's power to cane inmates who wreak havoc within prison walls is about to get an outside check. External committees will be set up to deliberate on
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      Lock icon $500 is icing on the cake
      91 9 PARTNERS Kathleen Gail Mendoza and Bobby Wong Hong Cheng won $500 by finishing a lkg cake second-quickest at a wedding cake-eating contest yesterday. Some 23 couples fought for the top three prizes of $1000, $500 and $250 at the contest, which is one of
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      Lock icon $12,000 for MBA from this varsity?
      559 9  -  Sandra Davie Graduates fume on finding out course offered via insurance association is unaccredited I By SENIOR WRITER JUST last month, 40 members of the insurance industry celebrated getting their Masters' degrees in Business Administration. Then one of them had a niggling suspicion about
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      665 6  -  Jermyn Chow NSF officer wins nation's top award for saving a recruit's life I By SECOND-LIEUTENANT Kok Khew Fai was overseeing a grenade-throwing exercise earlier this year when he saw one of the live explosives slip through the hand of a recruit. It landed just 4m away, and the
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      Lock icon Short-term apartment leases a growing trend
      1397 8  -  Fiona Chan More expats, medical tourists and even locals seek interim homes; estates with collective sales delayed cater to demand I By I PROPERTY REPORTER Transient tenants may face trouble from next-door MATCHING short-term landlords with temporary tenants seems like a win-win situation all
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      Lock icon What it should have been
      48 8 IN OUR story yesterday, "5 Things To Do This Week", we said that the SPH Gift Of Music: Philharmonic Winds Singapore Botanic Gardens concert will take place today at 6pm. The concert was on yesterday at 6pm. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Abdullah faces survival tests
      705 10  -  Reme Ahmad Besides Anwar's deadline to topple govt, PM may be asked to quit earlier By ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi faces two huge challenges to his political survival this week, even as his Cabinet is divided over the use of the tough security
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      Lock icon Some Barisan MPs 'unhappy with PM'
      468 10 UNHAPPY CAMPERS "From the conversations, we also know that these MPs are unhappy about this Taiwan trip. They feel like a herd of sheep being driven all over the place." PKR information chief Tian Chua WHAT MEETING? "Everybody met at the lobby later, and
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      Lock icon Reporter keen to return to work
      349 10 HELD UNDER ISA BUKIT MERTAJAM: A day after she was released from detention, Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng said she just cannot wait to get back to work. "I will have a short rest, and then go back to reporting again," she
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      Lock icon Family can see detained MP
      308 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Police said they will allow family members of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), to visit her at an undisclosed location at 2pm today. The message was conveyed to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng by Deputy Inspector-General
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        Lock icon Police find vital clues to bombings
        604 12  -  Ravi Velloor NEW DELHI BLASTS Eyewitness and CCTV camera could be helpful as police quiz suspects By SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old balloon seller who saw two men drop a package into a trash can, and a closed circuit television camera
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        Lock icon India faces threat of home-grown militants
        238 12 NEW DELHI: The group that claimed responsibility for last Saturday's deadly bomb blasts in New Delhi is a shadowy outfit that has forced India to confront the emergence of a home-grown Islamic militancy. The vast majority of previous attacks on Indian soil have been
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        Lock icon Party already decided on Aso?
        1036 13  -  Kwan Weng Kin Critics say elders have chosen him as leader poll is just a ploy to boost support for LDP I By JAPAN CORRESPONDENT BY ALL appearances, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is conducting an election to pick a new president to replace
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        Lock icon New churches burnish Jakarta's secular image
        631 14  -  Salim Osman By Permits issued for four churches despite risk of backlash from extremists INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA: For 16 years, pastor Stephen Tong struggled to get a permit to build a church for his growing congregation. He had to hold religious services in hotels.
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        Lock icon Kim Jong I1 'had surgery by doctors from China'
        257 14 TOKYO: North Korean leader Kirn Jong II underwent surgery by Chinese military doctors following a stroke last month, a Japanese report said yesterday, citing unnamed Chinese sources. Five doctors were dispatched by China at North Korea's request to perform surgery after
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        Lock icon Inspectors fan out for checks
        504 15 TAINTED MILK POWDER IN CHINA They will go to dairy producing regions to trace contaminant source BEIJING: China sent teams of inspectors to its main dairy producing regions yesterday, after more than 430 babies developed kidney stones after drinking contaminated milk powder produced by a
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        Lock icon Texas picks up the pieces
        604 16 Rescue workers fan out to help those who are trapped after hurricane GALVESTON (Texas): Rescue crews canvassed neighbourhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge yesterday in a race against time to help those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and
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        Lock icon Floods, havoc as typhoon pounds Taiwan
        411 16 TAIPEI: Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Taiwan with heavy rain and winds of up to 160kmh yesterday, flooding low-lying regions, causing landslides that blocked traffic and delaying international flights, officials said. One person was reported dead and disaster officials said 14 others were hurt in
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        Lock icon Campaign turns nasty over Palin revelations
        424 16 CHICAGO: The US presidential campaign got nastier yesterday as a leading newspaper revealed that Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palm used her position as Alaska Governor to give top jobs in her state administration to friends. The New York Times (NYT) reported that Mrs Palm
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        Lock icon Brown faces mutiny by Labour MPs
        490 17 British PM denies MPs right to vote on whethe he should lead party LONDON: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tried to stamp out an attempted leadership coup by denying Members of Parliament the right to vote on whether he should keep his job. The
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        Lock icon 88 killed in Russian plane crash
        289 17 MOSCOW: A Russian Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed near the Ural mountains yesterday, killing six crew members and 82 passengers on board 21 of them foreign nationals. The plane, operated by Russia's national airline Aeroflot, was on an internal flight from Moscow when it ploughed
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        Lock icon LA train crash: Rail operator blames engineer
        166 17 LOS ANGELES: A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed for the deadliest rail disaster in 15 years in the United States. The accident killed 25 people and left such a mass of smouldering, twisted metal that it took nearly
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      • world in brief
        • SLICEOFLIFE
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            Lock icon US-China trade talks tomorrow
            84 18 WASHINGTON: The United States and China are scheduled to hold Cabinet-level trade talks in California this week amid tensions over China's massive export surplus and worries about the slowing global economy. US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and US Trade Representative Susan Schwab will host Chinese
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            Lock icon Suu Kyi to appeal for her release
            154 18 YANGON: Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will soon submit her first personal appeal for release to the ruling junta. Her lawyer Kyi Win said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate had approved the final draft of a legal appeal to the
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            Lock icon Killer landslide: Shanxi governor resigns
            135 18 BEIJING: The governor of northern China's Shanxi province has resigned over a devastating landslide that killed at least 254 people, state media reported yesterday. Mr Meng Xuenong's resignation was accepted by the provincial legislature yesterday afternoon, said Xinhua news agency. It is the second time
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            Lock icon Salvaging the dregs of war
            75 18 Residents of Poti, a port on Georgia's Black Sea coast, watching as divers attach cables to let a crane pull up a naval ship sunk by the Russian air force last month. Over the weekend, former Georgian defence minister said President Mikheil Saakashvili had long
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            Lock icon Beijing discontinues limited car-use rule
            128 18 BEIJING: Beijing has decided not to make measures that limited car use during the Olympics permanent, said state media yesterday, despite considerable public backing for curbs that brought the cleanest air in years. From Sept 20, private car owners will no longer face any restrictions,
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            Lock icon Japan looks for alien sub a little too late
            81 18 TOKYO: Japan was searching yesterday for an unidentified foreign submarine detected in its territorial waters earlier in the day, said the Defence Ministry. Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force spotted what it determined to be a periscope of an unknown submarine between Kyushu
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            Lock icon Mid-Autumn: Looney tunes? No, lunar songs
            95 18 BEIJING: China broadcast greetings and two Taiwanese songs from its first moon probe satellite, Chang'e-1, to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is associated with reunion, yesterday. The Chang'e-1 satellite, which marked the first step of China's ambitious moon mission, broadcast two songs with a
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      205 10 One day Only in Singapore, Wednesday 17th SEPTEMBER 7.30 pm, Tanglin Club, Stevens Road. BOOM OR GLOOM? THE AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY MARKET 2008-2010 Interest rates have just started falling in Australia after 5 years of moving upwards, yet some cities have still achieved over 80% capital growth, whilst others have not
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      112 10 jy WHAT'S ONLINE MOST READ AND MOST COMMENTED www.straitstimes.com most commented MOST-READ ONLINE Umno man who made "immigrants" remark suspended. Anwar Ibrahim slams arrest of Says ringose: "For the record, Ahmad opposition member and journalist as an Ibrahim never denied what he said. He attempt to derail his bid to
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      55 15 C School 1 during a grenade-throw-ing drill in Pulau Tekong. They were throwing grenades from a walled-off platform towards the grenade range. Under 2nd Lt Kok's watch, one recruit armed an explosive. But when he went to throw it, the explosive slipped from his hand and landed on the ground
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES REVIEW & FORUM.
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      Lock icon Oil price and the Opec factor
      425 19 IT WILL be a mistake for Opec, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, to think that adjusting supply alone can force up oil prices to its advantage. Even if its dozen members, which account for 40 per cent of global production, comply with last
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      Lock icon Stakes high for port cities
      1112 19  -  Michael Richardson RISING SEA LEVELS By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES AS POLICYMAKERS plan ahead in Singapore and other major port cities, one of the most vexing questions they face is how much the sea level will rise. The stakes are high. The number of people
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      Lock icon The rhetoric of protectionism
      725 19  -  Nayan Chanda U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES WITH unemployment reaching a five-year high and unremitting bad news from key sectors of the United States economy, except export, the backdrop to the US presidential elections seems tailormade for a protectionist romp. The fact that
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        Lock icon In between identities
        764 20  -  Hoon Chang Yau THE CHINESE IN INDONESIA By I FOR THE STRAITS TIMES They are obviously proud of their Indonesian homeland. But after decades of having internalised differences, they are still unable to totally identify with Indonesia. It may take more than one generation for the Chinese
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        367 21 I READ with interest followed by disgust about some activities included in this year's orientation, especially at the National University of Singapore (NUS) ("Orientation just fun or plain lewd?", Aug 31). I remember exactly one year ago reading about orientation on university campuses
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        260 21 I REFER to the letters, "Address problem of high turnover" by Mr David Chung (Sept 5) and "Being a police officer is a noble calling" by Mr Lionel De Souza (Sept 9). Beyond remuneration, people development is an important part of the Singapore Police
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        387 21 I AM writing in response to the letter, "Please give PRs a break" by Ms Chan Mci Kuen (Sept 6). I think some of her comments were unfair to Singaporeans and our system. First, Singaporeans do not distinguish between foreigners based on their
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      597 24  -  Karamjit Kaur They are not following SlA's move; many say fuel prices still volatile ByK AVIATION CORRESPONDENT AIR travellers cheered by Singapore Airlines' decision to cut fuel surcharges last week should not hold out for an across-the-industry reduction. Other than Thai Airways International, which
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      194 24 THE top leader of south China's Guangdong province arrived here yesterday for a four-day visit to study Singapore's development experience. Mr Wang Yang, the province's Communist Party secretary and a member of the party's decision-making Politburo, is accompanied by a large delegation of
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      465 24  -  Sumathi v. Selvaretnam By SOME 15,000 Singaporeans travelled through the unopened stretch of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) tunnel on foot yesterday. The event, called Swing KPE, was organised by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to celebrate the completion of South-east Asia's longest
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      174 24  -  GRACE CHUA NEEDY North West District residents who require wheelchairs for a few months can now borrow them from their community development council (CDC) and other local service groups. The programme, which was launched yesterday, was started after residents approached the council and grassroots organisations
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      531 25  -  Judith Tan Many S'poreans keen to go there, survey shows; 1,500 sign up for China packages at one-day fair I By THE Beijing Olympics have ramped up the world's interest in the Chinese capital and Singaporean travellers are no exception. In a recent
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      132 25  -  TANIA TAN Putting the paddle to the metal, these won from the Singapore Breast Cancer Foundat: tore up the water at Bedok Reservoir yesterday. Two teams of 12 breast cancer survivors Paddlers In The Pink and Hope In A Boat took part in a dragon boat
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      277 25  -  Tania Tan By MORE local training is needed to plump up the pool of physiotherapists here to better cope with Singapore's greying population. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday said that his ministry was already in talks with universities to offer physiotherapy degrees here. But no
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      238 26  - Bus, train fares up but not for most in this family Shuli Sudderuddin By WHEN chef Annie Kee, 52, heard that transport fares would be raised on Oct 1, she was worried the change would hit her family of six. The Kees live in Woodlands Circle and do not own
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      499 26 Expats rank Republic second in survey of Asian judiciaries, with Hong Kong at No. 1 SINGAPORE: Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, according to a survey of expatriate business executives. The survey by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy
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      67 27 Filipino artist Isabel Aquilizan with her installation piece titled Address for the Singapore Biennale. It is a room within a room made of everyday objects such as crockery, clothes and toys that were given to her by friends when she moved to Australia. The exhibit is
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        857 28  -  Amelia Tan The next goal is to attract more skilled volunteers who will up care quality I By ART teacher Han Kian Teng goes once a week to Bedok to teach a group of students who cannot enrol in classes at any of his
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        674 28 WHEN Mr Joshua Teo, 35, was growing up, his relatives would joke that his grandfather was "back in prison" when the patriach failed to show up for family gatherings. His grandfather, Mr Goh Ewe Kheng, 84, really has been in and out of prison for the
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        363 28  -  AMELIA TAN LECTURER Boi Kwong's biggest regret is having initiated his 12-year-old brother into a gang 16 years ago. While Mr Kwong, then 14 years old, broke free of the group a couple of years later, his brother went into a tailspin,
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        595 29  -  LEONGPHEIPHEI Private hospitals are stepping up their delivery services with the enhanced baby perks BY I With the bigger baby bonus package from the Government, private hospitals with delivery rooms are hopeful that the new perks will encourage couples to have more children and opt
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        255 29  -  LIM YANN LING BY Rivaling the likes of Monaco and Shanghai on the racing calendar, Capitaland's Clarke Quay is hosting the CQ River Party 2008 over two weekends leading to the world's first Formula One night race. The 62 food and beverage, entertainment, retail and
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        329 29  -  PHILIP LEE BY The region's most established medical event, HOSPlMedica Asia, opens at Suntec Singapore on Wednesday to unveil an evergrowing range of health-care equipment and supplies from more than 350 exhibitors representing 32 countries. Since its debut in Singapore in 1997, this world-class biennial
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        191 29 Perched on the 60th floor of UOB Plaza, Tian Fu Teahouse is a new place to sip Chinese tea and savour dimsum with a difference. From its lofty heights, the teahouse nestled within Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant serves 25 types of premium Chinese teas that
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        284 29 Sports icons If you live and breathe sports, come be the faces for a women's marketing campaign presented by my paper and the Singapore Sports Council. You can take part in the Sporty Mum Child Search or Sporty Babe Buddy Search categories. Attractive prizes such as Pure Yoga membership
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        609 30  -  Jessica Lim SOAP BOX Just let your parents help you find a date? Let's be more pro-active I By SO IT has come to this: men and women brandishing graduation photographs and CVs at Speakers' Corner, fervently looking for love for their unwed
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        773 30 Time to speak up or maybe not MY LIFE Who will step up at Speakers' Corner? Youthlnk writers voice their doubts Is this real or pseudo? TO DEMONSTRATE is to put forth a purposeful and visible critique of society, policy or leadership. People demonstrate where their intended effect will be
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        393 30  -  Cassandra Chew LETTERS HOME By NOBODY told me moving back home from overseas studies would be this difficult. Unlike my summer visits, where being in Singapore was merely physical relocation, moving home meant re-integration a process I would have preferred to
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      1088 31 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MONZA (Italy): Sebastian Vettel became the youngest race winner in Formula One history after a faultless Italian Grand Prix performance from the 21-year-old German. In tough, wet conditions, he followed his debut pole with a maiden race win, crossing the line by sinking his head
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        937 32  -  Terrence Voon Tyre maker will supply Fl cars with its softest rubbers for street circuit By No umbrellas, please IF YOU have grandstand tickets for the Sing Tel Singapore Grand Prix, leave your umbrellas at home. This is because they may restrict the view
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        524 32 "It's insane for teams to have 1,000 people to make two cars." FLAVIO BRIATORE, director of the Renault team, saying that the public is not interested in how Formula One cars are made MONZA (Italy): The video made the rounds of the Internet and other
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      694 33 "We threw him into the game. We've gone through that process now and we're better for it." MARK HUGHES, Man City manager, on the importance of Robinho getting his first Premier League game under his belt Man City's top-four talk is put into perspective after 1-3 loss to
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      135 33 Stoke City 2 Everton 3 LONDON: Tim Cahill, who had not played since March because of a broken foot, marked his return to the Everton side with the winning goal in their thrilling 3-2 Premier League win at Stoke City yesterday. Everton, who had been 2-0
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      513 33 "We now feel we can go into a Champions League in good heart and spirit." RAFAEL BENITEZ, looking forward to the Marseille game after beating Man Utd LONDON: Alex Ferguson is ready to turn to Cristiano Ronaldo to fire Manchester United back
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      369 33 LONDON: Under-fire Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is ready to tell fans baying for his blood: Give me £1,000 (552,500) each and you can run the club yourselves. There was a massive fans' protest against the millionaire during Saturday's woeful 1-2 Premier League home defeat
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      343 33 LONDON: Wayne Rooney has a new nickname Bobby Charlton. And it is not because his skills resemble that of the Manchester United legend. It is because Rooney is going bald, just like Charlton. The England striker is furious that his teammates are mocking
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      239 33 LONDON: Jose Mourinho's criticism almost made Joe Cole leave Chelsea. The scorching gusts of Alex Ferguson's hairdryer hardly need to be rechronicled and even Arsene Wenger admits: "I go over the top." But seeing Gianfranco Zola at his unveiling as West Ham's
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      719 34 RYDER CUP Stiff rivals in the past, Azinger and Faldo have much to prove as captains "Well, it's already started. I don't know if you've seen it, but one of those papers said I called you a p***k and that everyone from your generation hates you. Even though
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      307 34 BEIJING: Self-flagellation, mutilation, bladder constriction welcome to the world of the Paralympic cheat who reaches for a belt or a sharp object rather than a banned substance to gain an edge in elite competition. The grisly practice of voluntary autonomic dysreflexia commonly known
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      256 34 ROME: Defending champions Inter Milan clinched their first victory of the Italian Serie A season on Saturday. They beat Catania 2-1 at the San Siro despite being reduced to 10 men, although the result was controversial. Inter, who travel to Panathinaikos for their
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      166 34 MADRID: Barcelona midfielder Alexander Hleb will be out for between three and four weeks, after spraining his left ankle during his team's 1-1 draw with Racing Santander on Saturday. The former Arsenal player was making his Nou Camp debut for Barcelona but was
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        279 34 FOOTBALL English Premier League: Stoke 2 Everton 3. French Ligue 1: Auxerre 1 Nancy 1, Monaco 2 Lorient 0, Bordeaux 1 Marseille 1, Le Mans 1 Toulouse 2, Lyon 3 Nice 2, Stade Rennes 1 Le Havre 1, Valenciennes 1 Grenoble 1. German Bundesliga: Cologne 0 Bayern Munich 3, Borussia
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      143 34 ASSOCIATED PRESS After crossing nine time zones to reach four cities in three days, David Beckham (right in picture) appeared a little disoriented, after the Galaxy's 0-2 loss to Kansas City, which extended the Lo? Angeles football club's winless streak to 12 games. He played 10
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      114 34 Next 72 hours TODAY FOOTBALL S-League: Woodlands v Dalian (Woodlands, 7.45pm). English Premier League: Tottenham v Aston Villa (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.55 am). PARALYMPIC GAMES Daily highlights: (Chs, 6pm). TOMORROW FOOTBALL AFC Cup: Q-final, Ist leg: SAFFC v Al-Nahda (Omn) (Jalan Besar, 9pm). Uefa Champions League: Chelsea v Bordeaux (Live,
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      170 35 "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You". Isaiah 26:3 WINNIE TAN CHEOK HIANG Age: 91 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 September 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Sng Kirn Choon)
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      164 35 JOHN SEAH KWEE YOMG Age: 88 Called home to the Lord on 14 September 2008, Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Lily Goh Lee Boon Sons: Spouses: Anthony Choon Tong Rita Ho (Jeffery Choon Hou, deceased) Dominic Tien Hock RosyKoh Daughters: Dolores Gek Cher Willie Chia Helen
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      64 35 1 st Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Mrs jtuie kwok nee Chan Sal Gek Departed on 15 September 2007 They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see, Are wrong-far in our hearts you live; And always will, in memory. Always remembered by Husband James
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      51 35 H SthAnniversary In Loving Memory Of VIVIEN KHONG LAI KUEN Departed 15 September 2003 The depths of sorrow we cannot tell, Of the loss of one we love so well, As in life we loved you dearly So in death we do the same. Always remembered by family and loved
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      143 35 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23:6 GAYLEE^HIAP Age: 88 Called home to be with the Lord on 14 September 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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      36 35 RADHAMMAAMMA Age: 55 passed away peacefully on 14 September 08. Cremation done on the same day. Dearly missed and always fondly remembered by. Husband Ooma Maheswaran Sons Pratheep Praveen Daughter Preetha All relatives and friends. J
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      67 35 r 1 THE™MA A D DSTTiSr BAI@ Departed on 31 August 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance and support. Athma Shanti Pooja will be held today 15 Sept at 7.30pm at the Sri Shivan Temple, 24
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      171 35 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:6 w. A MARY CHIA (MRS. TAY KIM TEE) Age: 94 was called home to be with the Lord on 14 Sept 2008. Lovingly remembered
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      48 35 Our Dearest Friend PETER YONG KHIM YOON Departed on 15 September 2007 Dearest Ah Yong, A Year has passed, it's like you've never left us. You are dearly missed everyday. Friends Forever Amos Mci Yen David Andrew Michelle Harry Daniel Naoko Jen Raymond Elaine Lawrence Shummy Stephanie Magdalene
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      39 35 The family of the late MARCHING KUN Departed 10 Sept 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      196 35 l^fl B-K mXt With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Sunny, Chua Siak Song Kelly, Sim Mci Yong of Tech United Air Conditioning Elect. Contr. on the demise ofbeloved mother /mother-in-law /^UTTJI Iff|| fZ"Vf^\mf^ CHUA HUI KfcJMb n r\ nnnn DeDai*teQ Oil 13 SCDt 2008 I7*V"»*-l/l MPI \Jllt WU DOUr-L/llUn,
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      61 35 The family of the late LOO ACHI LO SWEE LIN called home to the Lord on 10 September 2008 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to DrKoo Wen Hsin (NCC), Dr Ngoi Sing Shang, (Gleneagles) Dr him Kian Peng (Mt E), Pastors Elders ofZion BP Church, church members, friends
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      63 35 ANUIYIANDAN S/O KRISHNAN Age: 78 passed away peacefully on 14 September 2008. Wife: M. Sarada Sons: (A. Thayalan, deceased) A. Asogar Daughters-in-law: S. Nagammal (Paru) D. Malarvili Daughter: A. Thilaga Son-in-law: (M.Thagarajan, deceased) Brothers, sisters, grandchildren, great-grandchildren all loved ones. Body is resting at Blk2ls,YishunSt2l #03-281.Te1: *****388 Cortege will leave
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      738 37  -  Goh Eng Yeow CAI JIN By Asian equities are the world's worst performing stocks. Does that make buying them a good proposition? Not necessarily. LAST year, as the sub-prime mortgage crisis erupted in the United States, it became fashionable for analysts to suggest that Asian
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        55 38 OLIVIA LUM 001 LIN: Resigned as independent non-executive director of the Singapore Exchange. She will also be giving up her position on the bourse's audit, regulatory conflicts and remuneration committees. Ms Lum, 47, chief executive officer (CEO) of water-treatment group Hyflux, said she was stepping down
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      376 38  -  Robin Chan By THREE of Asia's top 25 in-house lawyers are from Singapore, a leading regional law journal has announced. The publication, Asian Legal Business, selected the best lawyers from a variety of companies from 10 economies across Asia from South Korea in
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      371 38 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Keeping pace with change What are your views on the proposed changes to the Employment Act? How would the changes affect the running of your organisation? CEOs share their thoughts BUILDING FUTURES J"1 PLUlLlllAlfl One success story at a time Agriculture USD RIC-B 05/09/08 8 25
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        1157 42  -  jasmine teo Anka After half a century in showbiz, Paul Anka is still swinging with the Classics and the new He has spent 50 years in showbusiness but 67-year-old singer-songwriter Paul Anka has no intention of calling it quits. His love affair with the music industry
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      556 48 American David Foster Wallace earned praise for his ambitious works Los Angeles David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, was found dead last Friday night at his home in Claremont, California, according to the Claremont Police Department.
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      517 48 Los Angeles The Simpsons once again claimed United States television's highest honour for a prime -time cartoon on Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, extending the show's recordwinning streak. It marked the 10th time that The Simpsons, airing on the News Corp- owned Fox network
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        176 50 Dalian, China Chinese actress Li Bingbing (above) was the queen of the night at the close of the Hundred Flowers Film Festival last Saturday when she won Best Actress prize for The Knot. She defeated Taiwanese singer Vivian Hsu who was also nominated for
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        352 72  -  Bernice Leong The Paralympics are no less glamorous than the Olympics, says Sept 6, 2008. To how many people does that date ring a bell? But that night, 4,000 people from no less than 148 different countries paraded around Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, just
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        635 74  -  Bernice Leong Lim Pow Hong discovers that many teen readers are unable to tell fact from fiction online. A certain species of octopus in the Pacific North-west lives in a tree. Sounds ridiculous? Well, 34 out of 35 Singapore students who read the bogus website http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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        221 78 "Once, he fell into the pool accidentally, and I wanted to save hin so I jumped in with my clothes on and screamed: 'ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?' But of course, he was in no danger of drowning." Lifeguard wannabe Amanda Lee, 15, a Secondary
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        413 78 1 Have you spoken to your crush before? A. Well, no, but we did make eye contact a few times B. Yes, a few times C. Of course, we hang out with the same group of friends D. Only on MSN with a
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        887 80  -  Sonia Sng Read this article by Dominic Nathan in The Straits Times of August 14 and then test your reading skills by doing the quiz. Lesson by SECTION 1 End the 48-year Olympic medal drought at the Beijing Games. Well, just maybe. Continue
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        599 82 Km It was, to say the least, a shock that the man who helped bring the country its first medal in nearly 50 years should be pushed i out immediately after such a victory. The root of the decision L lay in one game in Beijing. Ms Lee had
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        485 83 Last week, our lesson centred on an interview with the founder of Wikipedia, Mr Jimmy Wales The first exercise asked you to find the meanings of a list of words and phrases from the article. You were asked to explain what each word and phrase
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      135 81 SUMMARISE: In 100 words or fewer, summarise the main Points of the story. WRITING TIP: Quotation marks confuse a lot of writers, but there are a couple of simple rules. When you're writing a sentence that someone said, use double quotation marks: "Those fireworks were really dramatic," Ah Lian said.
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      610 84 V' I L^LJ ft^w Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 m b°x contains every digit from Ito 9 inclusively Match these digits to the reasons they made the news O w U_ 1) Number of Chinese tourists that Singapore wants to attract a) 93,000,000,000 this year.
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